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- . - . '1, - DEVOTED TO SOUTHERN RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY4 NEWS, LITERATURE, AGRICUTURSINEADTI RS JOHN S. RfICHlAtt DSON, Jt. lIROPiRIETOR. -QMo- 1ER IS-$t 1N ADVA X. X- SUMTERVILLE, S. CO., JANUARY 31, 1855 NO.1 THE SUMTER BANNER IS PUBLISHED Every Wedanesday oraImg BY John S. Richardson, Jr, T E It MI8, TWO DOLLA RS in advance, Two Dollars knit Fifty Cents at the expiratiton of six months ur Three Dollars at the end of the year. No paper discontinned until all arrearages are PAIV,nunless at the option ofthe Proprie-tarm. ti Advertisemenu intsterted at SIEV ENTY FIVEu Cents per isquare, (1'2 lines or less,) for the first, aid imif that mtin faireach subsequ,-ni Insertion, (Oflicial advertisentiets the s-ime teachk tinme). 3w" The number of insertieis to lie marked '6n al I A-t vertisenents or I hey will lIe poub ishaei intil ordered to be discontintied, atid charged 'accordingly. gW' ONE DOLLAR per square for a sin gte inisertion. Quarierly and Montthaly Ailver !tisements will be cbarge I the same as a siigle insertion, and semi-mnunthly the sate as new ones. t.7 Obituarys and rriuites or itespect, -over twelve lines, cliarget uns advertignetis. For the lainer. Isaprobatptit -By a gentleman att the request of Misses A. F. and E. L. of Sumter to make themn ith subject of some verses. I know two pretty little sprites And they are wondrous fair, Eyes blue and bright, That fasten quite, The raptured sight, Of all who look upon the fair. Both have merry, smiling faces, Where ihought. ant fecliag have their traces And after seeinm one, It is the best of fun, To turn and look upon, The other's heart. captivating graces. One his a warm and.siiny hae, The other an alhr as i shillitg ; To see them apart, Id enough for the heart To feel 'tve'sj a:iart, But to see thetm together is killing. What's better Ilion all-they're bohli wiuig, Without over.much cooitig or billing, Ducking, physicking or pillbig, To lie ryed, And like silver tried, And purilied, In ih Furnace of mt rimonial Iril'it It OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS Ln ws of South Citrolimas, pmssed at time cessibet of tihe Gicamrial Aseuably of 3851. AN Act to nmake appioprialiois 6i the yetar commtn ing it October. 41ne thousanld eight hundred and lit. ty four. Sc. 1. Be it enactel by the Senate and Htoue of Represenlatives nw me -and mitting in General Assemhly and by the authority of the same, Thar t me following stims bIte and they are here. 'hy appropriated for the payitent, 1o. the various oflicers and expenses of tho StaIte 4 GoVCrnmiient, t hait is to Sa IN TS EXECUTIVE DEPART.tEN---F,,r the salary of the (Gosernor, three thousand five itundred dolflars, fo-ar ihe Private Secretary of the Govern r, live hundred diallairs; loar the Mese ger of thle Governor, t wo htundred tad fifty dollar's; fo r the c't'inget timud cat the 1Executtive Depsartteit, twenty * thotisand dollars; toj be sutiject to thet dr'aft of' the Gov~ernlsr, anmd tos be aie conted far anal ly hiv himt lao the Legishlture; for the rent oif the Gutv erntor's hmoume ini Culubiia, three hun. dred dollars. Sac. 2. IN TvuE LEorsATLarivi DE. 'AarTMET--Foar the paay of' the gtiers bers of' thei Legislture, and the At-. torntey General and( Stlicitors dturita the p~exuent ission, twet. -onme thain sand dollars, if so muitch be tnecessary four the salaries of the ClJerks of' the Senate hsnd I loiuse of' HRresenlatives, one iliitnsandi dollars each, and to the s.aid clerks for the services of' two as sistant cltrksq, two hiundredl anid fifty dollars for the~ Clerk of' thbe Houste, anid t.wus hiundred and fiftly doillar4 li' the Cltk of the Sentle. to lbe psaid at tihe adjur'ntenat osf the Legislatore-; for the satlatries of' two. Aleasengers unnd t wo Door~mkeepers, ch fwas huna dred anmd fifty dasllairs, to he uia it t the adpuronitent of the Lsegi'latture; for the salary oft the Keeper' oft the tatle Hiouse anud Libramrians, seven's huundlredl doi~llairs; fir Ite sailatries of' thi etliig Clerks oft lhe Sentat e anad I Itase of Represncti ati ves, each t wio hundrted and fifty dollar', tos be psaid at the enid lof the sessioan; far the ser'vices if' En g rossing UCitrks, tao be paid undler the directiont of the Spaenker' of' thle Iliatase anid President, of t ho Senuate, foutr hundired llar; foar the printers if the Sentaste anmd fllouse of Itepriesentat ives. in puirsuanee oft thet conatriacts~ miade' hy' the m'ma ...si......o. both m Ious r .title Iittousanid dellars, if so Ituch he ece~ssaiy lr the priest iig exectted b) :he said prititers duriig the presenit ,ssion o. the Legishitire, the sitnio to be paid to thetir Its sooni a tie ainount ilf the said colutracts shall lie a-eel tailned by the Treasuire it lhe Upper Divisii; fhr the printer ihr printmttg itl pamtit phlet tihrin the acts and jirnial it ith i iuses. reports an1d restl iat ins Ig reed t -, the (Goiv ertior's Memsllgero, re1teIis of lhe [1'esi dent, of the Batik, and Comptir-Iler General. with the aceollipanty ing doecle itsets, three thotsand st-veti litildred and lifty dollars. if Iuich lie neces .ArVy; Proe'ided, That the nniiber it elies spiecilied ill the proiposals (if tle printers as Iccete(d by tie legis. aiture, shall lbe printid and deposited in tile lliee of ihe Trea.sur tet cfit' the 1:pper Division beltre the twentieth ity of A pril next, aid lie auitil to be paiu accordi t l the ptoipois:ls, which 'iall Ile ascertainied h-v the 'Treasure-r. aftretsaid; A d firthl'er pro 1cided, That, the priniter fit the aets and jOinuils do piblislh inl his newspatper at Ce1ltm11tbia all the public acts whichi imay be passed at; the presenti session within sixty days after the adijeettini itentt of the Legislatire; foir William F. Artuitir, f p etent. expense< dir ing the preseti sesionrt ot tile Legis. latirte. twelve h11imidred dollars, it sn much be necessary, to lie aec conted for by hit at the Treastry, and re ported by the Treasirer to the Gener Il Assetm bly; fer statioiary, luel. di, tributinitg acts, expenises (f thlie election returits, ttirteet, Iteitdred id ll-tr-, it so intich be iecessary; 1 ur the purchase tf books for the librar -t* the Legis lature, six hutiired ddllars. SEC. :1. 14 ,UCIeARY DEPRTErNTs -F- tlie salaries of* the Juidg'es, Ithree thiosand di lbar cach- f the salary of tihe Attor..ty General, Clev. CIt limtindr'edei tdollho s; 1hr th Ie Nalarnies of' five Solicitoirs, ine. Imuindred dullar., each; loir the Cihrk tife tile Co(2urt, ( Appeals inl Odiinbia, six hinidred dol lars; lbt the -'alar (f the Ale lengCer el the -wd 'our! at Cipuibia, twe: hmdrte.d and tilly dollars;'uP-ovided. It shall e tlie . ilty fi tie ee' id ite -4mes1t nger it suitinen all . -elers (i1' lhe bnt wheoc. .rIe'.....b.r.*f :le A.. i N wheii their cases rmy lie called liuir tji fil; rr the mal..v .t the, Librariani ei tihe Gitlri n Apials in Columbii hia. two hundred d lhers, lie sasie to ill e tide the expentses of fuie'i; leer tiwl trlchase eef boik 1ir ilit library ell lie Coirt. tel Appeals at Chibia. live hitidred dlolhrs; itr fit. wooerd attd feiil fe'r the Court el A pe;ils at Co h1uiet'a, filly dillr, iW sol nui eli be' Iinec:..*r* ; hihr the salary of thIle Chi-rk ef lil Coit oe ApeIlals ill Clharl',ton, six hittiehed elers; l6i tle salary eel the e--cseigeir of the same Coirt, inl Chmalestmn, two) himidred aind lif~ty dl har.; 1'ihr the salary tf it he ibhr:rian (1 tlie Cou (&rt Al peals inl Charlesti, two., huendtlred ie d-lit, t irclude Ot expense of' fue:; Ilr fire wo ae1 1*ini el fir tle C1ort cf 4,l' Aeal; at. Cai1tles .-11, fllty dllar, it se ii1c: lie e e %s ; t O ter thc.e p ehaste 4 If b *ek- cin the library l' the Court. el' A ppeals a1 Charleis' in; live had-red dear; fi the saarv ift' the State lveinerter, tif ive itiuedtd dollars. Atil lihe sever al appropriationes afb-recaid f)ir tiit Cleirks, Librarians-zi, .\IessenitgeIs, Ie porter. miel lie the iticideiital expeniise, el' the iCourtts cef z1pea'ls, ih-ll lit pi 'id by~. thle lTreasuriiier ly upo wi ii ~ar. ranets tie bie drawni by3 the l'residliee dudgides ofl the CouritIs eel Apeal;s, at :tichi tithes andi f'cr such poretiones as thety hialy del'*i just akiid proert. A il it, shllI be tiheI duty of i'.e said h'e ty the sittinigs of the Courjtts oft A pipenbl andit Errris in Cohia anLitd Chlarb-'s thu, andti to reporiet. such aregeiien'ts anid statterineits cof fiilts ias tiny bee tiecessat ry Ite a corc. tenderst aniin eg cif ti deicisionis oft the said Courts; for the pay oif jurircs and conitstabiles, fort s thouetsatnd dcillars, if so mu ich be neces sary. Shec. 4. IN4 Tus ITasAstur DixriAtaT 3LINT: Fo r t he salary of Ithe Cornptroli~i. her Genteral, two thuousanid dliairs; fit he satlairy of the cltet k ofl the Citmp trciller GenteralI se veniI hund red andtt f t) de lilIrs, thle said e'lei k to lbe apipoitt ed and remiioiable at te p'l e'a'ce e cl Ite Ceoemcptroiileer Genereal; for Cte saila. ry oif thle T'reasiurter eof the : cewer 1)hvis. bit, antd for triaensactintg the buisiness oft lie ioa Oeeit llice, al I c. clerk hiire, tweeo t'euscil deellars; foer the salairy el the Threasure'cr cit the Uppiletr I)iv isicin andh for ee k hirei, six teen hiuntdrted diellarts; for' the ase.ssor cef St. Phlilhty'. ane St,. MIichlael's fari mtakinig ccit uncd afiitg aisst'ssmtenits. cf each returin, ceightt huendr~ced dccllars. Su:c. 5. F'oi Tust Soturn CAtnousA On(.sos:~t~ Fo'r the salary ot the Pres. idenft, of lte Collce'ge, t hiree-lithosanid dol lars ; fhr the satlaries of' sevent Proef'escrs cif the Ccllc'ge, two thou. santd five hiuntdred dciilars each ; f'c the salatry of the l'reasu.treir eof the Colliege. five hutnd red dodllars ; for the salary oif the Librarian of tihe College, six Iunired dilltars ; for the salary of the Secretary of the Biartd of Trustees. I wil hund red dillars; for the salary oi the Marshal ftour hundred dillars ; tile salaries of the Pre'sidett, Profess Ors, Treasurer and Librarii to he paid by the Treastrer of the Upper Division, quarterly, in advance, theit draft. being coiuntersigned by thie Treasulrer of the Coileg.C, ; fihr the pur. chase of boosks for tihe College Library. two thiousand doillars, to le paid to the draft. of the 1resident. oif the C lege, couinter.signied by thle Treasurer of the sane ; lr the expense of one% student. at tle South Carolina Col.legi. sent by the Orphban 11 House in Charles toll, fir hundred doillurs, Lit be paid tio, the rcler of the tChairman iofl the Boiar1cd of ('oliliissioners of the Orphai Ilcluse. SEC. 6. FOn TiE ORnisnY CIVI. ExlPENSs i: For the paynlent of the cinit1ingirenlt acconits of the Lp'er IDivision, t wenty-tive thiousanld dollars. If so mtuch bet necessary ; for tile pay iient, of tite citingent aciuntis of* the Lower Divisioin, t.wenty four theu sand dilar's, i iso i notch be neces-ary 1er the Cniisioiiner to be app1ointedil by the Governor1 to superinteid thw Pubibt Works, (ine hundred and lifty dolhlars ; flir tile paynet (if pensis aid ainuities, three thousatid ddlars, if so nuch be necessary ; for the )aymelt, of such clairns as sliall ie adinittbed y tile Legislature at it piesent sessioi, twelve thoimuid dil. a. if : , nneic iiecessary ; ;ir tile -uprt of Free Schools, sever.ty Pont thouitsaid fiur hiired dollars, it so inuch he necessary, to be distrilbitted aiuig the several districts ill th State, ini the proportion ioif six hiid red ilillars to caeh Representative inl the ippular branch of the Le'gishature tir the eduncatioin fif' the deafand duiiih .1id o the blind, five thousand dollars. if so lilie be necessaiy, to be paid Ill the Cninuiiishiolers inl the saie muan ner as tle appropriatioll ieret6ofir iiiade ; fotr refinilint axis as directedi by thle reports of the Coiiittei' to; Ways and Mean", and of Finiance anad Bainks, iareed t, by the Leniiaitti,. t,, ( lmuidred dollars, if so :uiil li niecestsarly : for the payment of' si 1h ithieir claimis ii dcands (oil the statl. :Is 1i1av be alloiwed iy the Geieral Asseibly upon tile reports of oithes c1'o iiiiittees, two thciti-ad live hunitidred doliars, it' so ritutch be necessary ; 6I coriisiensation, aecording to the act fit cighte. t) itindred alld forty three, 1to slaves exei uted, tw, thtiusaid doIlar.,. i omuch he ntecessarv. Sic. 7. F<in M it Rry Ex v Es ) 1 '11nEs For tile salairies f tile 6.i tow iing llicers viz Adjtat a316 li tiplctor G.ienral, two th-'isand live hundred dillirs ; Ar-enal Kl-eeper ill Charleston, ite thiu.ul dtillais; Ar 4nial leicper and Powder Ic'ceiver at Cluibia, at tile rate of1* thtur hititidre.a dtell ars I'er.nni ; lhys ician 4of Ilh, Jail anld Magaziie Giard at. Charles. t.111, five hundre1-kd dlan Inlfor tiwt suJppoirt of the Military AcAdern es :t Chalest'on 3111 Co4ilhumlbia, thirty tloi. sai.t doillars, it .-o much he iecessary. and lie said Military Acadcemies shall et unider tile directioinl (if the lliard ft Visitors of said Ac.diemiies, so th .t thet-ir siupport lthall it. exceed the said sum, to be drawn and accounted lihr to the- Lgislature by the said loa d of Visitor, i, Proeided.' Tha' cach eltectioni distric. shall1 be euit led toi beeiiarics equl 31toi its r'epresenltationi mi thiif liiuse~ if' lIepreset tivesc, cor ini that propijorti on ais tatr as the atpprno. priati oln ihr' tihe schioolis may allow; lior tihe Ail itaily) account'11, as aigreedi to by biothm brtanchels of the Le~cgisi~laur. 'tne hludreid dll at's, if sti itmteh be tiee IeNsary ','Ihru the Militaryv contttigettcies, live thiousanid dollars, toi be drawn andu a6(counlted fihr' as directed by~ th~e Le'gislatutre; for defray ing the ex. pes oif A rtill e ry Comii anies thrtoutghi ouitt tile State, Iif teent htundrted dcillars, if so much01 be n1ecessary ; toi be drawni and1( apipliedI ill tile manntiter prescibled by thle act. ill r'elatiuln to that,. subjct; ih r thle Quartermlaster Genterat, Iiv'e hund1(1red dollar16s ; fot' the serices CoS 6 tihe SeeieCtar1y of State, durinig thetc entsinitg yearii, for al1l03 srices ill issiluig all Miilitarny (Cnuiissions, antd ini tiot ofn hrge Ilgin st t State Itir C211 onun-siots ill' Civil (Ollicer's, eight htundcired dl larts, toj be palid as5 oither salairies aire directed toi be paid by 1law; for a epairlintg aitis ai6n6 arsenmal tplr,' po)ses inl Chairieston iland Columbia1 u, twou thoui~santd dollars. Ssc. 8. Foic OiNisARy LoCxl. f',x iessmrtstt..-Fcr thte sulppori' of' the trantsienlt pootr of' Charkeston, se ven tihiusaund cdilIarsn, to be paid to, t hec City3 Coutel o (f Charles'tion, and1( acuniteJ for1 hby themli to thle Legista ture for the salary iii' tilhe Porit Phlysi cian in Charleston, inceluding boat hire an~d ithe1r incidental exp~enses, eight hunlidred dollars ; for thle executioni of tiht qluatrantine lawsc at Chatrlestont, one0 thousan4id dollars, if sco imucht be nieces. 53ar) ; to be paid Li) the City Coun~cil -of ChaarheLn n d exna dedun...e. heir direetion ; thr lie salary tf that -inpeiintendent of the Fire PrOot flulidiig itn Clharle.,ton diring tihe 'reselit year, one hiiudred dollars i fhr ihe support of the traisient poor of Georgetown, five hinilred dollars, ti be expended by the Comtrtmissitners of Slie Pouir of Winyah. to be accotn:ed fir by thern to the Legislature; ir tile support 4 i the trit-i.nt poor of il~liaf'ort, two huidred do!llars, to he expeided by the Town Cotucil of Ithe staid tioawn, and to be accounted for by Ihem as liretonre;lir th aai i ry of the Pilot fit tihe I Iarb r and a if c'George' town, thrue hunidred anIIId twenty dol. lars; lor aidiiig the supplit tuf a ferry sell -'lliott's G3ut, t)wo hundred dillars, sibjected to tlie order of' the Comiis sinners of lIoads for St. Aidrew's Parish. Si-. 9. For the support of tile Catabta Iidiais, twelve hundred dl. lars, iW so much he necessary, to be iaid to that order of tlit Iidiai Agent. and to be expended under the directiui oft tle Gliveli tr. Sic. 10. Fun Puem 13unu.nSs. il'a a coriplete tile Couit flise Air Cheuster Dist'iet, two thousanid one liidred doliars; tt eomplete the Ciirt llouse for the District of Williansburg, One thouti.iid fbur hiutidred and ilty doillrs ; the above automits to le drawin aid expeided b) tle litards of Comnissioners o the respective districts, aitid Iccounitted fir by theti at, the treaasiry ; to coiplete tile cOlstlucton af t ie Jail of Che ler1ield, (ile hundred atl f'trty famr diallars anld twentiy-eight ceits ; frir Charlestoin Jail, ten .hotsand dollarz. anld no anlore, to be drawnVl and ex penIdl ed iiider the direction (it the Coromis. siiners of Public 13uildings of the said district. Foat ErraX oisa Naity ExrVNDITUR tS to eniable the Trustees -if the Col Ieie air Clharleston tit itupiive iad exteuid t heir 1 1) id i tgs, fi i thI iuisan d aIlhars; lr tle aiinount, of a bIlinee -i the C. -inni iisiasilis oi the Plor accoutil if the exj'enditta-e oaf the noi- -o Piur Fiud, wo hfintiriid aid aity Lw. dlars anl ie iits, ;ao lie drawn by sai ' ( .niissionai-s. And the dividetids that iay lie received oil all such railway shares as the tate inay otw i, at the tiine of delcli ing such dividends, are hereby ;appropraaiald tO the iulilose a1' aidiig .it the ajoeniing and clearing aut of the Sillivani's L-htii ciatiinel to tlie port ,, Charle tan ; mid till sins arising fraii said dividuttls shtall ie bteil iII I lie Treasury. liable to the 41haift ()f* the u.ltoil i iini s i tihe Sur vey of Charles. i i larbor. lREPes O 11o. L. Al. Kkmtrr.-The follwiig reply was recently elicited roin the lin. L. M. KorrI by a reinarh iiade by "Mr. SuL.LE1s of aryland agaiist iulification atid "; ir. Keitt--The getleian finarim .a\ylaild (Mr. Sliens) has initroticed ile what lie is pleased to call tle irtherii extreie atid the Southelin axi trie in catnj inct ion. This, -,jr is A mnatter Of tai-te ar.d when1 nolt conl niected Withi anlything" per-m-nal andi ifllsive, Ianny Ie allweil ta pass. I Ie spoke oil nlificatitn and secessini, aid ,aiul the Katow Nothits were atppoisedt tao thiemt as~ violently as tat Ahbolitiijsmi. Sir, I acep~t thle adl mii sslion. As tmy friienda firim Virgiinii, ( Nir. 2etchter has yitel .cdIIi toile ile lli ar ihrbi a miomienit, I shaill tinake a few reitinrks. "'Sir,; thea pritnci ples oif tntl ificatiaoni have beeni illuastrnated by the niobhlest intelleet of liy State. It hats beeni ill ustrnatedl aii expoi undedi by Calhoiiun, I IaynIe, NI elI~iflia', anid Prietoin, and thiat. hoist, iiigreat inditas, whiach iuread spilendaor up ni the ainnalns of Cairoliina in IS . Sir, it, was a piarty oaf brav e men01 and free tmei. In Limecs ol trouble andl d.-mger, Sautth Caroliia imade havy :ami.nice oif blood anti treasur n ifhar the UnTtio n ; but wh len insuflernable wronig waS iniflited utpoii hen, site toiok hier safety into hter owni htandias, andti galthered lier clil d ren aroundia lher toi redress her wrontgs, tand minltain her rights anid soiverei gty. Yes, siri, she gathieredl Liogethaer sails tat diefenid her rights. This, sir*, she did jpenl y, it thei. etye of the sun. She dlid not giathen themi at tiiditight hourt, iad ini suhtaaneian caives ti coiiceal hamr purpiooe. Ni Catiline was there, wvith brtand andti datgger, festeringi itn iitidtight, consiiracy, ard in senate hall n iext dayi), when disoires waere iiaade, prnafessinig tat be ia -' Kitow Not hi ng." Sir, site rallied haei sonts itndet her owit sotverign huag andi whatever was the fate aif that flag, was their fee. Iti this struiggie, sir, Satuth Caroltina yielded nitt he~ir rights arid sailereignty. Thtus mauch fori niulificat. " Now, sir, faor secession. I wa~s a member of' thtat party. hii 1850, I advocnted thua pialicy of Sothl Cartli. na internosing he Monorint . . 'hiield between her cit.zens and tihe outrages of this golver'ilitit. The spirit, of* resistance to Federal aggress ion wats universal througioiut the State, but we difered as to the " mode and of' redress. Sir, I advocated the policy of secession, and tihe princi ple ly1-iig at its fulintdatioln--the principle f State sovereigity, to retire Irom the federal compact, and if' you dared to as;ail us, to Itueet you upon the open field; to mneet vou witi bow and brand, aid fight "out the I ariel. Sir, I owe altlegianec to imiy State and lily throtigh her to the Federal Governaient. W henever she recalls that atlegiaunice. I have In firth er cOlinectioin with the Federal Governn ent, and I scirn yo4utr claiiiors. 111141 trample liuon youIl hozyanias to the 'ii..n " Sir, I regret that the gentleman from Maryland has iitrodueed the nulilieatiin and secession party inl juixtapo sition with the A boltitiin party; blit, as lie has imiequivocally disclaimed an) thing peronal or olleiisivc. I shall Miake IP personal reply to him. I only desire tosay to tile 1House that I was at lelber of' the secessiOl party of* South Carolina, and wioiever says aught igainst the hotnor or charnetier tif i hat. party I will atiswer them Witi a muoniosy tlble. TalE SUTIIEILN MUTUAl. LIFE IN. SURANCE CoSIasY.-At the last ses. siun of our Legislatine this company was chartered and has commenced its operations. The following are - its allicers: Hion. W. '. DeSausure, President, Prof. C. F. McCay Actuary, Dr. John Fisher, Treasurer. iICroats :-1111. V. F. DeSan sure, 11(m. Jo. i S. Prest-n. Dr. 'M. Laborde, C. P. AleC~ay, Dr. J. MCF. Gaston, Jo4hn Bryce, lRichard Soidley, Dr. Jlohn Fisher, Edwiin J. Scott. Jaiies V. Lyles, Dr. J W. Parker. J. M. Alien', I1un. J. B. O'Neall. Thomias C. Perrin, J. 1'. Reed, It. Ward, Jtilhn A.- Bra'iiv, 11. Dublin. C. A. DeSausure, I. C. Praab-p, W. 1MmAbulinl, ,1. Willb*rd Tuclker,' Re. V -- m Martina, !te. Wm. Crooak. The rates adoipted ihr lisuranice are lower thanl 11hose charged by good Noirthern Coipanies ir resident (if tie S411th11, tiiatigh higher than they charge fogr persons residing inl tle N.-irthern States. Tris ir insurting $1,000 for one year at the age oif 30, the prtmuni. re.piiled by the Alutunal Life 4f New Yoi k is $ 16.33 ; by the Mutual Benle fit of New Jerse% it ik 818 10 ; by the New EnglaInl Mttual A (IE stol it is $14.20; by the Ken tncky M utual it is -.17.60 ; while by this Colipalny it is $13.30. Fir insurance fbir $5.000 for the whiole life at the age (if 30, tile preii 1ut inl the NIutoal i'Lb 1f New Yoik is *14(.10; in tihe Mitial Ienefit of New J ersey it is $1 -10.30 ; in the New Eiglaid M tail of Hostoa it is $1.26. 50; ill the Kntulicky M itu-iI it is $139.00 ; while in the Smith Carolina Con ipimiy it is -oily A12.).00. From thece rates this Company dedicts olie I'harth for tie first year, r/unuirm g oit note ihr the reductiii, but. remiittilig it entirely. The first p-ay:liilt fne Z;1,000 al. tile age of 30 Iir (oneC yearl' is onuy - e.7. and for a whilte fife plicy) only) $18.75. F'ori sublstieqet payl mieints after tile fii'si, a r'educlt ion wiltl also bie made in proporiait iin to thie sucecess anld profits of the Comlpany. Thef obaject. of Lifeo insurance Corn. patieis is to iinake provision fir thle widiows andt or'phiais of' thieir i'memibers. Ev.~er'y jierson who oii n iis the Comnpanay thiese prenChi ns an lS Iid thi ' aeoula a. ilns at eompound111( interest, forii a f'und out of' whiiichi pay mentus ale mad1(e to ihe strvi viing fininifies of'the insui'ed. No imore b~eeviolent, prudent and wise dIisps'i tioni cai b e imaide of' his funnds by any hulsbanild or father, who has not aceiumtlated a comnpetence for his w if'e and clildren, thlan an in vest. mnt of' par't of his annui tal income ill a Lif'e iisiiurane Potlicy. 110Theiiformil success of' Life 111s1. iaiice Compniesii 0, sho ws th-l'it thle true v'alun of' thle risk inisuried aigainst is well ascei'tainied. iiy exam in ling the faillIs of' mlor'ality' att sever'al places, it, is found that the risk of death I amiong a harge miiuuber' of' per'sons is ahniiost inivariiabily the same. This risk beingr knownI,.het pr'oper piemuim for Lii each insur'aince is readily atscerthain. d. If ihie pr'emiiumi is suli~ien~t and saf'eiy inlvested, the security andi staibili ty of a LiIfea(01 Company is uniques. tioalel. As outr funids canniot, biy the chauracter, be mlvested exqept, in State Stocks ori ini Ba'ids or Moi tgages 44n tunenecumhiered reali estate worth thlree tiames thie iaounit ofC 10oan, a lossi of' the funds is impossible. No risks taikeni but ou1 perstns in sound1( health aund of'good hiabis. The amotunt to be insured on any o life is no o exceed $10,000. Tie amiunt insured aiy be made payabile to the wife or the children of the insured free from any claims of the heirs o' creditors. Piemiurns9 may be made payable annually, semi,initually or quarterly. The Crimes tnd Ciisualties !f the Past Yecar.-We fiiid in our exchaiiges tabular st attmneIts of the crimes and easualties it- the United States during the year which has just closed. The liotinigs.up are as follows: Tie t..tal amount of property de; stroiyed by fire is estimuateil, in rou.nd unw1zi1hers, atL twenty.five utillions ot' dollair. The nu iber of persous whose lives lnave beeii saerificed )' burning buid igs, is put down at one hundred and seventy.one. There have been one hundred and ninet3 .three railroad accidents, killing oneQ hundred and eighty six persons, uid wounding five hundred and eighty nmille. There have also been forty.eight stean boat accidents, killing five hun dred aind eighty.seven perions, and' wouiding two hundred and twenty ive. During the year six hundred and eighty.two murders were enmnitted, and eighty.fbuur person s were executed In the State of New York alone there were seventy.four murders and fifteen executLiols. INTERESTINo STATISTICS.- We give Sone initeresting extracts fromt the re ceitly publhhed Appendix to the Cen. sus Ileport, prepared by Piofessor De Bow. It seems, from that portion of these stateinents which relates to the :!ativity oftour popuilation, that the for. eign borr number oily about one. eighth of the niatives,-mruch the larg t p:-'.r;tion being in the Middle States. iLe largest, niiiil)er of imtmn i. g.aunis to this country in any (oe year. was 439,437 in 1852,-though. this ,tateient is scarcely accurate, as inore than a car is compri.-ed in the returns. The most valuable crop in the Uii. ted States is.-thaut.ku'dian Corn., "sti. mated in 1850 at two hundred and nWnety.six Millions of Dollars.-inid beinug nearly three times as valuable iS W heat, and more than three times as valuable as ( otton. Six times as niany acres of land are devoted to In. diani Corn as are given to Cotton and ihree titmes ats much as- to Wheat. hic value of Butter made annually in the United States exceeds fifty millions lot' dollars. There aire only 347,525 slavehtold. I'r in the Uni'.ed States, off whm only two owni ver one thousand negroes, 41nly nine own over live hundred, only lifty.six own over thr e hundred, one hundred and eighty.seven own o'.er two hundred, and fourteen hundred and .eveitv.nine own over one huidred. Ihe greatest nuiber of slaveholders own more than one and less thaini five; the number of this class is 105,683. The statement of the tc upations of the people shows that the Farmiers out. 11immber b3 fiar any other prioession. Their nuiimber is 2,363,950,--while ,he class which appruaches neare.t to theiii is that of' Laborers, who number 909,786. The Carpeiters staud next. countiing 164,671, and then come Coi d. wainers, 130,473, etc.-- Tin.e.v. R1ev. Dr. Baker, the well knowvn Presbyvterian minister at the Soth, has no0w benn preaching nearly forty years, dur ig which lie hais been en gaged in about three hundred revivals out rel igion, and has been instrumental in the professed Coni Version of seven or eigiit thousand soulis, fifty om' whieb iiuimber are ministers. At a revi v.il nieetinig whieb he attended lately, lie is said to have preached tour serinmons a day for eight consecutive days. ARtDENT Si'mins.-In two years ar (dent spirits have cost, the nation a di rect expense of *600,000,000; an indi. reet ex perse of' *600,000.000; destroy. ed 300,000 lives; sent 100,000 chil. dren to the poor house; consigned 150,000 persons to the jails and peni tentiaries; aude 1,000 maniaes; insti gated to the coiiiinission of 1 000 nrders, caused 2.000 to comi suicide; burnt or otherwise caused tor b~e destroyed, property to the amount of' 10.000,000; made 200,000 widows and 1,000,000 orphan children. A WILD M AN CA UonT IN MAINE. A. .'tr. J. WV. McHenri, who lives near Waldoboro, Maine, has actually (aptuired a wild mant. On first seein'g him, Mr. H-. says: "The little felhlow turned a most imn ploring look uipoin me1, and then ntter. ea sharp, shrill shriek, resemblir.g the whistle of' an engine. I took him to my house and tried to induco hitm to eat, some meat, but failed i.. the at. tmpt; I then offered him somec water, of' which he drank a small quantity. I next gave himt so~me dried beach nuts, which hkont* readily. He is of the giale.*peabiz elglitee~nott~ height, and his limbs are in perfect proportion. With the exception of his itc, hands, anid fewt, he is cotered with hair of a jet black hue. Whoev. er may wish to see this strange speci. men of human nature, can gratil'y their e1ri-ity by calling at my house, in the Eastern part of Wd!dbbr(i, fiedr die T rowbridge Tavern. I give these flcts to the public to see if there is any one who can account fitr this won derfil phenrnnenon."- Chas. Mlfercuj3j, flE.tnsN.-Make it a rle (0 rAid a little every day, even if it be but a single sentence. A short, paragiaph will often aflrd you a profitable source of reeflectioi for a whole day. For this purpbsC keep some valuable book or paper always within your reach, so that you may lay your hand on it at any moment when you are about the house. We know a large family tXat has made itsql f intimately acquainted with history, probably more so than any other family in the United States, by the practice - f having one ol the children, each one taking a week by turns, read every morning while the rest were at br. dkfast, ECLIPSES IN TUE YEAR. 1855. There will be this year four Eclipses, two of the Sun and Lw' of theMo11n. The First-A total Eclipse of the Moon, May 1st, at 10 o'clock, fifty. eight minutes in the evening. visible., The Second-A partial Eclipse of the Sun, May... 19th, at .9 o'clock, mnut s in the evening--inVisible.hete -only visible towards the North'Pole, Greenland, and the North part :f North America, latitude 60 and -GL The Third-A total Eclipse of thie Moon, Oct. 25th, at 2 o'clock, 35 minuteF. in (he' morning, visible. The Fourth.-A partial Eclipse o the Sin, November:9, dt 2 o'clock, 39 minutes ip the afternouit, invisible here, and only visible at the South Pole. The Mammoth Lump -of Gold Quartz recently Found in T'alavera county, California, has been: recei ed it weighs tine huidred and sixty anild a half pounds avoirdupois, fifteen pounds only of which is quartz and the rest tie virgin gold; and its value is estimated at thirty-eight thousand nine hundred and sixteen dollars. It was brought. to New Orleans by a gentleman who, having given the five men who found it the round. mi of forty thousisnd dollars for it, intends taking it to Paris next year,'to be'x. hibited at the great exposition to be held there. It having been viewed with no little curiosity by a great number of persons at the St. Louis Ilotel. has beenl placed by its proprie tor for safe keeping in the Bank of Louisiana. A RODDnDai'S CAvE.-The Court of Assize at Munich was lately occupied with the trial of a band of robbers who had for some time back been coll illitting a great number of robberies and several murders. What- distin. guished these men was that they .have ', lived altogether ill tile Gil Blas style. Tihey inhabited a vast cavern in the Schillbinger Forest, the entrance to which wasconcealed by old trunks of trees. Two.and.twnty steps led to tile chambers below, five in sumube', two of which were twenty feet long by nine wide. In the kitchen wvas placed a vast fire.place, the chimney of whlich i::sued inl the n.idst of a thick clumnp of. trees, and through preca.ution, fire was only lighted there by nighdt. 'The rob. buers hlad also their stables and store. hlouses all underground, and at the end of a long corridor there was eveni found a sort of slaughiter.house, where they killed the animals wvhich they tre quired ihr food. The court, condemn. ed live of the accused to death, anld thle others, either to imprisonment with hard labour, or to simple imnpris. menlIt. The last nuinber or the London Globe contains the following important an. nouncemnent, wIch shows that thle goes-. tion with regard to the " Immaculate Conl ception " has been settled by the Bishops of the Church of Rom~e in favor of the new. dogma: A despatch has been received in Parns, announcang the result of the deliberations of the Bnihops assemibledl at Rome to ce.. sider the [nmmculaute Conception.'-j''he'~ numbher of " votes " was 578, inohidiag proxies, and about 120 Bishtopm actually present. Ofthese. 540 pronounedlby ac.. clamation for the new dogrnit-42 tdilces qucstioned the appropriatehied ot'fr's. discussion just now; whilo'euly 4 'votj protested both against the o ddgma'.ti' against the right of the-H~oly See to deckde a question of that imnportanco..without a, regular council. Of these 4 votes, 26.1~t ms rumnoredl, are contributed by French pre.. Buretux, and the othier the Archbi4~ Jiaris h mtself. -W OL.E BULL t. ffrS prigg-o *10 for the best original grand p y an Anmericat coafmpre 44o