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*THRAR RU'htINNEIIR EDIToRs: J. S. RICHARDSON, JR. W. F. 13. IJAYNSWORTII. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 17, 1855. Agentks tor the Banner. The following persons have been ap. pointed Agents and are authorized to re ceive, and receipt tor, all sums due the Sumter Banner. Any person wihing to become a subscriber to tie Eaner, by handing tlm their name and address will have the paper forwarded promptly. They will also see to forwarding all ad vertising business connected with the paper. WW. WWAKER JR.,. .Colunmbia S. C. S. W. WnTAKER,. .Wilmington, N. C. WII1AM HYDE,......... ...... .." R. C. LOGAN .... . Sumterville S. C. No other person is authorized to receipt for the Banner. gg" Persons wishinr to see us upon business connected with the Paper or Law, can find us at any hour during the day, at o-ur office, just back of Soi.oaroxs' New Store. 0- All letters addressed to the Banner must be pre-paid to insure atten tion. The Timnes Are brigh telling slowly, but surely, we hope and think. In common with our readers we have a personal inter est in this institition ; and therefore, apart from the performance of our duties as a journalist, we have our own reasons private and personal, for looking after 'oumr own ilVestmlenlt ill " The Times." Money has, to all seeming, had very little vitality, late ly : it has circulated with difficulty, and, sq div had the hatl hecome. that the sluggish shallow stream seemed likely to soak back into mother earth. Some of us are troubled with notions about periodicity ; like Peter Simple's carpenter, who was certain that every 27672 years the same events ha ppened overagain precisely in tile same manner to the same, persons and in the same places. That was a comfortable cy cle enough and allowed of a good deal of variety; but not a few among us are accustomed to limitours to the revo. lution of only 20 years, which comes round too soon again ihr comfort. In 1836 the financial world was seized with eramps and violent convulsions and therefore me should look for a similar attack in 1850. Ve are not inclined to laugh at tle idea : we think it would be well if men were some what influenced by it. As long as love of money and sanguine hope continue elements of the human heart, so long I will there be a tendency to think t ha. reverses, when once passe-l through, ara forever behind us, and past expc rience of what can happen will throw no dark shadow uponI tile fu ture, nor restrain flrm these inlflated operationIls and hazardous speculations, which wvillI in the end bring about dis~aster algainl. One more turn of the wheel will bringr us to 1856, and coomplete the 20 years, and the ending of the cycle is not so bright as was its meridiant. IThe con fidence, the bouyancy, of ten years ago is not now felt. T1hec war, thle * losses by fire and water', tile ravages of pestilence, the miseries of the un employed poor, the heavy failures of' commercial houses, the falling off of prices in our staple products, and the scarcity of money, all press upon tile mind and incline it to fatality. But we hope and believe that the gloom will not be of long contintuance, an~d y. that, lIke an arctic sunt in midsutmm, " The Times " will bitt jilst dip below the horizon and commenee a new, bright day. In 1830, there was an almost universal crutsh of b~anks ; in 18556 we rmay with confidence expect our banks to be as sound as~ they have ever beeni. They seem to have had the revoluttioni of that 20 years cyeie *in constant view, and managed their affairs with judicious reference to it. *Speculntion, tho' rife and active en-. -ouigh, his not been so visionary and baseless as 20 years ago. Years of prosperous, active imnprovemenit have developed and increased tenfold the wealth and resources of our great conmry, and it will be no puny stornm which can nowv prostrate her. Thie blast has been strong and keeni and here and there we see marks of its hurtful sweep; but it has been bravely *met, and wve hope its greatest p)ow~er hay been spent. One striking proof ofthis we thitnk is to be found in L~me -firrness wvith which New Orleans has kjt her footing. Low water hasi kept * bacok ftrom her two.thirds of the cottotn efc~p and three fourt a of alt the other Western produce. WVhile these were delayed inactive, the comnercial transactions which had been based *upon them were coming to maturity, 'aid: few would have expected thtat Slabilities to the amount of twenty nillions of dollars, compressed within th64oErt. ennee 'f n fortn inIo. enm hive been iet successfully. Yet this has been done, without, as far as we have been intbrmed, a single failure; the critical time has safely passed, and the swelling ivaters of the Great Val. ley are wafting aid and succer to the great emporium. The transactions in Mobile, in one day of that same fortnight, were esti mated at a million of dollars, without the dishonor of a single merchant. We have closely observed the ac counts of financial allairs in Charleston and have been ppleased to see signs of encouragement and promise. The New York Sun of tile 8th states that the money market shows a decided improvement and that the weekly statement of the city Banks shows favorably. In Boston there is, according to the Journal, a decidedly more comforta. ble and hopeful feeling in the money markt t. Cities are the most sensitive points ill times of monetary dilliculties, and we are satisfied that these great finan eial centres could not so well have sustained themselves had not the con ditioii of the wholo couitry been sound. And when the accumulated products of tile country shall hava fouid their way to market the monied current will flow back, carrying With it relief Irom many an embarrassmcnt and fear. We do not look firward to e.asv times coming soon ; the strin gency muay n 't be soon relaxed ; it is no sea'ono for extravagalnce il Spec ulation ; peace may be yet far away from Europe, and our great staple may not soon recover firoi its depres Sion ; but we believe there is no cause for panie. Ilopeflness and energy will car ry us safl past the event ful point all I start us cheerfully on the reVOlItiion of another 20 Years. Col. [tMellett. We have been requested to call atten tion to the statement, oil another cohinn, of monies received amld expended tby tle above officer in his inonagemueit of tle Financial atlhirs of the 41 th Regiment, S. C. M. WVliere Siall ti Eating House be ? I We see by the new schedule that the passenger cars which leave Wihliigtioni at 8 o'clock A. M., arrive at Sumiterville about 3 P. M. and tlho.e which leave Kingsville at 5 A. M., arrive here at 6 1-2 A. M1., thus reaching-or Stuiteryile, going Oie way, at a convenient hour for din ner, and going the other at a grood hour fr brcakinnt. Wh by not then make Suin. terville the eating place, and give back to Mr. IrcnEAl.L tlt which lie on'ce enljoyed mid mu weil deserves to continue to have the cating house ! Ile has been at much trouhl and considerable expense to estab lish his house, and %%c hope no1w that all things seemI to suit andit to poinit to this la(ce as thei proper place for anl eating hoiure, t hat i' neen.wriy timefer stop/iing in oder to ehlfect t his, wdal Ibe a]llowedl by tose in authionty. TIhec cars leave Kings. vale (5 o'clock,) too early for breakfast at that place aid reatch ars. Bno-rni-:ns toto eairly for dinnelr there, andi ltreim:st.'s is the only' inlterme~diate eatir~g hlous'e onl the li no. .et hium have it. Arce it a& Free Fighat ? We remember once reading a WVes tern aniecdote, which ran somewhat thlus: A t rav1ler, riding imlusinglyv along, eame suddenly upon quite an excited, bustling secene. Men were knocking down and gillging each other ini a very anitmated tmannler. So inipir. itinlg waus thle .ight that our traveler forgot, his mings~lt anti h is wveariness, hattily fastened hisi horse to an over hanging limbih, dismoiunted and asked " if war a free. jih, anid lie was told " it wa :"--theni savs lie "count me in;"' whIereuipon lie wats inistantt ly prost rat ed. IIe rose h1o1rriedly to iis feet, pilt igainl thle qulestion " if it war a free light,'' arid lie was atgainr told "i war;"' thlen says h~e " count me out.'" lIC loose~d iis horse, mou~tnted and resmntred his~ min lgs. 'We cannot tell fromt what asisocia. tion of ideas, whether of si milariti.'s or opiposites, that the above short hlistory revivedl ini outr reco'llection whienl we read of tile sudden stop pult, the other day, to Congressional action uponl the suibject of mnediatin, by the informriation'i tt thle President had, aliready madte some plrofl'ers, and that it was nlot deemned advisalhe to take any further steps ini tile imatter. We have not yet heard the particulars; but, wve tinkil there was a genleral feeling of surprise, that though for some timle past the coutntry has been canvassing tile propriety of a proposal of mredlia tionl, no onie, not even those in Coin. gross who are genierally in theo coli dence of the Admninistrationl, knew' that the President had privately, and of his ownI motion, mixed in the fray; until the position of the IHouse npon the question forced him to thme partial explanation, that he had been "n, bult that ho wa. nm.,t e it unted The Niails. Since the Roil Road and the Govern. ment have made up their quarrel we have had unusual advantages in trav. elling, but we think the postal facilities are by no means increased. The Charleston papers do not reach us until the morning after they are published. In these excited times it is annoying, to say the least of it, that intelligence should be so long delayed, when there are two-trains passing by us daily, from each term inus of the Road. Something should be done to re move such an inconvenience. Death or ExGoversaor Johasona. This distinguished gentleman died at his residence at Limestone Springs, on the 6th instant, and was buried at Unionville the Sunday after. HIe had reached a good old age, and, we are pleased to learn, died in the consolations and joys of that Faith which makes lght and glad the dark passage from this mortal life to the eternal world beyond. In his death our State has lost one of her best sons. His life was filled up with usefulness. His great powers of mind have in one or another service been constantly de voted to the public weal. As a Judge he needs no other monument than the mass ofJudicial writings which, dur ng his long service on the Bench, came from his pen. In every public position which lie occupied he dis. charged his duties with ability and purity. When old age rendered it necessary for him to cease from his ardlioues employments, lie went into private life with the esteem and ven eration ol' all. and now, after a few years of retirement, the calniess and repose of which were nneh'iarred by bodily afilictions, his well spent life has closed in a happy death. 'he College Presideney. A writer in the Yorkril/c En-juirer, whoin that paper endorses as a no.it re spectable gentlemnan, this speaks of Dr. I.aialet in connection with this high sta tion: Since my arrival I have been required to converse, most Ireglently, cncer mng lie vacancy to be erected by the resirna tion of President Thoriwull. Vith re gard to his successors, with tle exception of several wio coild not be induced teo serve, the on;lv gei.ieemeen, uf ihose wiose name I have heard mentioed, whoi would worthily occupL ite posion, is Dr. Fran cis Lee ler. It vast aqirements, enthii tiastic love of iruth. vxicoaidc repilaion an ilng aciintanic w'ithl tihe college are iualificetions, then Dr. Leiber is weil pre. pired to talke lite Presidential Chair." We have known Dr. Larnsin for several years and have been fortunate enough to sit under his instructions while at Col'ege, and we unhesitatingly endorse all that is here sid of hni. The Trustees inight go a great deal farther aufer at President and wouhl not find so edficient a ine as the present learede Professor of history and po lit ical econom ey. A Few D)ays. Theis, we are told is all the rage at present. Onec of our exchanuges thus Lakes it ohiT: "lou may present, to a emani a small atccunt, lee will paey ini a ' fe w days;' the river is expec'ted tee rise ice n' fe-w days;' heusiniess is expected tee le better in a 'few days;' peretty girls expect to emarery imn a ' few(days;' tigger boys whist le a ' few~ days;' brass baeeds blow ouit a 'few~ days;'hligh fellows sing a ' fw daeys;' aned we expect tee give the reader sonic interestinig local itemrs in ai ' few days." The Careoliniati adds: "i And we are hoping that a great imany ofI our sublscribiers will sened ues the atemoutec of thier dues ini a " few days." Aned we say please let the same thinCg happen to tus ini a C" few day s." Sale of Negroes. We lhave hear d it frequcethy said of late that this species of proper-ty has fallen 15, 20, anid somec say as mcuch as 30o per cent on last y'ear's prices, hut tho fel lowing rate, which we leave clipped from our- exchanges, doi not so argue. We advise those hamving negroes to dispose of, tnot to sell at redu~ced prices. Thmose reports we hecar maey all be got up to order, atnd for a particular puerpose: "SAL.E (OF NEGROEs YEs'TERnA. There were 25 or 30 negroes sold yesterdlay, am prices still ini keeping with the leigh rates which leave chia ra(-terized foremer sales. Oe negro man, aged abeout fifty, broueght *1 ,03->; two youeng boys, one aboueet eigheteeni, and the othier abott twoety, brought at an averaege about * 1,150. A niegro girl, about fouirt een, broueght *575; aniothere, abutt sixteeni, broutght A fitnnily, conesisting of a man, wife acnd five children, flee eldest, about twelve, broteght $2635." T1here were ten niegroes sold by the Commt~issioner in Equity, (two small child ren acid one woemate aboeut, 38 or- 40.) They were disposed of one a credit of five years, and avo- aged *896 a head.-- Winsboro R~egister 2d Ja. Nxon'oss.-Messrs. March & Sharp sold1 yesterday a large number of negroes. which brought fine prices. Aimng the last we ioticed fellows who sold at $1.050, A1,020, * 970, &c., and women and childrent at proportionate prices.- Carolinian. SatA. DAY.-MonIuday XAtt was sale day,'and a large number of persons attended the sale of negrocs advertised by lie CommIlissio'ner. Negroes broight high prices. We were pres ent whent a negro boy, about 23 years of age, brouiht, $1250. Ordinary negro men brought $1000 and up. wards.-Lancaster Ledge. Election for Clerk. The following is the oflicial return of the general polls at the recent election for Clerk of the Court for Sumter District : DESCHAMI'S, - -586 Rronus. . . 368 McCE.LAa, . . 219 liiAt'ET, - ?0 WIEELER, - . 161 D Ix -, . . 79 Total, 1621 Our Wondierqf-ul Oouaitry. The great and the grotesque, the admirable and tie absuird. ar" com prised and conitigled in this land of ours to an exteti and inl a degree most astontishin g. One of our singular national traits t4 that of bestowing our sympa hies upon distant objects, - to read the call in the New Orleans papers for a public meeting for the purpose of raising a Russian patriotic fund for the relief of the widows and orphans of those who have fallen or tmay fall in tle present war, onie might, think that, there are niot thousands, inl oir land, whom this very war has depiveil of' emitploy rrnnt and resourices, arnd] who Coln procure 1 Io f'ood for themiiselves ai their w ives and chil dren, excepjt the bowl of soup which here aid there is doled out, to them. This is a itew xopression of that samne feeling whichbas exhibited bv Nor th. erners, II drives the free neg roes anoing them into starvatioin, while it livishes thousanids in het/rinig the condition of the same race at tle diistati South. In the Noith Carolina Lcgislature, on Friday, tle 5thii, the bill introd liced into the C.mnm. for the inomrpo.ra tioin of a lailroad from Wilminglonm to Charloitte. pass its second raling byN quite a decisive votie. (n Saturday, the Oth, tle bill for tle ext ension of th! North Carolina iRail rs:ol East to Bieaiforlt, caet lef bre the Cu1mm11ons on its second reading", td passed tri nmiphantly thi.ogh-o..ly fourteen Votiig din~lst it. The tax of Nicholas Loovorth, df Cincintnasi, ame ounts this year to thirty I tihl oiusand, three lundred and twen ty eight dollars. Late advics fro Europe furnishes I the un welcomei nlews thai~t Mr. Mason, our Mitnister to Paris, lies dangegously ill. The Southern Coin vent ion, in session at. New Orleans, have adospted a reso lution urging te,iees i ty of acqul'ring Cuba, irecosn ilends the repeal of all laws against, the Slave Tradle, and' indi cated a new line for a silrosad fronm Norfolk to the mouth of the Ohio,. The fifth 1- ir of the South Car olina Institute, for the fientrastioni (if art, mnechaipailr in gennlity, andl~ ind(ustry, will lie held at, the new 11 all, recently erected en Meet ing street, in Charles ton. comnmencing on Wecdhbesdlay, the 11th of A piril, arid wi.l continne for two weeks. Cattle dIrivers wh Io have lately croissed thle phlaini to, Californn ia, corm. pl ain thait t hey Ilost rmore o f thie ii stoc~k during the pastt thantr on aniy pirevious year, ands iris st alItogethle r from the depredations of inia ins. Two genitie. rmen of St. Lousis, sinc(if whom had li large contract for cattle to fill. antd the (other had putrchasesd se vetral thiou sanda headi of slierep, have abanidened heiri conltracts ini cosnsequrenee of he. ing afr-aid to venture~ across the court try with their droves. We learn fromrs the Couirier of Sat. urday thait (e Go. 11. K. I lenn-. gait expsired at. his resideni ce, ini Manrioin District, on the inighit of Wedniesday, the 10(lih inst., after art illness of sev oral moilr nhs. D r. I leriregan was elected Lienutennst Giovernor in 1 840, arid soon after, byv the deiatht of Gov. Noble, hecame chief mrtagist rate of the State. Gen. A to~rrE, Msexican Mintister at WVashiingtoni, it is st at ed, hits re eei ved instiuct ioni fromsu Sant(a Aitnna o coinrernce a civil sit tagintst Doit Franisco) de Arranigs is, lte Mex icarn Coinul Generai, forn thle irecovery of six y-o'ight t hoiisarnd dolar s whlih lhe hiolds ats his private commlsrissioni for receivmng the G.adsdern treaity money in behatlf of Mexico. TJhie concor t given by Madame Grisi fori thle benefit, 'if tire poor of New York, y ielded t he hiandlssme sonli of five thtousand dollars, elear of all ex penlses At a pubhlic meet in4 beahi in New York on the 26th uIt., for the reliefof the desti tute, it was stuaind that there are at the present time 27,000 fematules ourt of emn ployment in thiat eity. Our Exchanges. TiHE MERcURY..-We were happy to treet, at the commencement of the year, ur old acquaintance, the Charleston Mer- i :ury, in an enlarged form and in a new I ind beautiful dress. The Mercury is one >f our oldest and best journals and is very way worthy of the high favor and atronage it is receiving, and we congrat ilate her upon this manifestation of her )rosperity and success. TnE SOUTIns LITFRARY MESSENGER ror January, has been received. This valuable periodical, whose monthly num ers average sixty four pages each, is now 3fyered to subscribers at the low rate of S3 00 per annum. Published by MCFAR LANE, FERGUssoN &, Co., Richmond Vir inia. NEW PAPER.-WO have been visited luring the last week by a new comer aid one, too, whose acquaintance we are glad to make-"The Ydrkville Enquirer." This paper is edited by Messrs. SAMUEL W. MEI.TON and J. I. MILLER, at York ille, S. C., and is one of the largest week lies in the State. Their first issue is rquite an interesting and remarkably neat sheet, and is no doubt a sample of what they will hereafter send out. Mr. VEL. TON, is the late editor of the "Chester Slandard" the conduct of which paper, while in his hands, gives a sufficient guar. antee for the success of the "Enquirer.' S. E. CAU.oGaIAN, and J. R. BREARE, have disposed of their interest in the "Smith Carolina Temperance Standard" to their copartner SitifEoN CORLEY. The Sta ndard is an excellent temperance journ al, and will be conducted upon the same principles, and in the same spirit as here. tofore. T.e South Carolinian." Last, buthy no means least, we welcome again the visits if this valuable jnurnal. The Carolinian cones to us now in its usual size, and rontaining as it always did, a large amount if news, and reading matter. The propri etors of this excellent sheet, sustained a urent loss when their "office with all their accusmulated stock of materials was total ly destroyed'' soine month or so ago by fire, yet they have persevered through all this, and are now out in a sheet fully equal to their forner is.'ue. They surely de serve and we hope wi'l receive encour agement of the most flattering and sub stantial kind From the Charlestn Standard. The Last Euhropean News Yesterday's mail brought us Northern pipers containimg full details of the Euro pean intelligence to the 30th uit., brought to New Ynrk by the steamer Baltic. The steamshi'p Sarah Sands, for whose safety great fears were entertained, had put iito Cork with her sails damaged. rhere is very little if anything to repnort about the conlhtion of the markets. The greatest event of the week h-as been Napoleon's speech to the French Legislature. It was warlike in its tone, and nakes io mention of any prospects ot pe;ce. It wan inmmdiately followed by a loan of 500,000,000 france; unatimously voted. l'oorrESq oF NoomyTmpss.-TrE. CON FFRENCE AT VIENNA, ETC. A high political conference was to be held at the residence of the British Minis ter at Vienna, on the 28s h ultimo. Thme aembassadlors of England, France, Russia, Prnssia, and Prince Gortschmaloff, we're to take part in the disenssion. Thme confer ence wvas 'o be of the most positive char. act er. A despatch from Vienna, dated the 20th, says that Prince Gortschmakod, had pre. sented a note received fromi St. Petersburg to Count Bluid. II is btelieved to be un satisfactory, but is not the final reply of Rnussim. Tihe latest dlespatch, dated at Vienn-a On the 28th ilt.. savs: " Notes have been e xchiangedl regrarding the conference .of Vienna between thme representatives of the three allied powers. Those on the part of thme allies were detining the semnse in which their cabinets were to understand the 'four poinms' heretofore proposed as the condi tions of peace. "GortschiakofT on the p-art of Russia, had asked for time to obtain instructions from his government." Private aidvices from I ondon say that thme couirse oh pohitics lavers the possibility ot a speedy termination of the wvar. Anmsmria, it is beieved, will assnmme the olihmsive, and thereby influmenceo ad Ger many on her side. Thme people, it is thoughat. will force their government to accept the propositions of tihe allies. FaoM THtE SEAT OF WAR.-Condiion oef alfairs at Xeastopoihoth parties re. imforced and ready for another desperate /i?gIht, etc. Atlia rs at Sobatopol, up to the 24th of :eca'emr, were unichangedl, The Russi. anis,.htowever, claimed to be doing consid erabhle damtnge ta thme approaches ol the allies, lint nevertheless the thtird parallel of thme French was bristling with mounted cannon. Gen. Menschikoff (whmo, by the wvay, was at the latest diate reported to he lying sick-Osten Sarken being in comnmantd of thme Russmns)-telegraphed on thme 20th D~ecember that there was tnothing new at 80ebastopol since the previous accounts. The weiater was very severe and disa. greeable. lie further s'ates that a well directed fire of tl2 (lussianis had interrumt eid t he etnemuies works. Large reinforcemtents were rapidly arriving to the allies. Up to thme 18th over thirty thousand of these troops hamd arri veil, Five thousand Turks had landed at Emupataria. 'The destination of Omar Ptasha's armoy was a profound secret. It was thioujght he would invest the north side of Sebastopol. lHe left Shum~a for Constantin'iple Ott the 17th of D~ecember. bitt his future mnvements wvere not known. Ihe Turkisht troops began to arrive from Vartna ont the 18tht It was stated that the stormming of Sebastopol wotuld commence on the arrival nif thme Turkish reinforceitents. The French are to storm while the English and Tutrks are to attack Menschikoff. Large reinforcements of Russia were daily arriving at Setastopol, and the next bat tle is ex pected to be the most desperate and tloody of all. The allies at Sebastopol are now fully reae fo ate Thme third parallel of re'ih mtmte gus thrtythotusand Purks, with a division of French and ngilish artillery, were about to seize 'erekop. There are 53 hies there. At the last accounts the weather had nproved and therd had been a heavy frost. loth armies wete renewing their activity. everal sorties were reported, and the tussians had been victorious. The New York papers are beginning to xpress serious fears of the peace of their hty, owing to the stale of mind tinder Vhich thousands there rest, for want of mployment. rhey say that scenes are iow takIng place jn the Park similar to hose which preceded the bread riots vhich occurred in New York in 1837. The Savannah papers announce the ornpletion of the Monument to Count ?ulaski. who fell at the siege of that :ity during the Revolutionary , ar. [he monument is a chaste and beauti. ul structure, sixty feet high, made of he finest Italian Marble. Recent demonstrations of the exist. mnee of a volcano in Arkansas have )co(n the cause of :auch uneasiness and inxiety to a portion of the inhabitaits >f that State. The subterranean fires ippear to be located in a mountain, thout five miles from Waldron, in scott county. Three explosioi.s lately iccurred in one week; they were v ry oud and terrific; threw up stones and arth; filled the atmosphere with clouds (rdust and smoke, anid caused the t arth o quake for miles around. One of he reports was heard at a distance of rorty or fifty miles. The earth o i the mountains is represented as having iunk to a considerable depth. A Swede, by the name of A. F. Svenson, in the employnent of Mr. P. 11. lamnmarskold, of Columbia, com nitted suicide, Saturday night, by anging himsell. The body was found Sunday mornling, suspended by a small outton cord, to the rafters of an old arriage house on Mr. Ilammnarskold's ot. Life wis completely extinct. A nian by the name of Nathan Cook was severely imnjurei ye-sterda , in ol unibia, by the iulling of a block of granite, which strtck agninst his leg, mashiig it severely IlIe was at work in !he new State Capit(l. If reports be true, the country will soon )e thrown imto a state of excitement iy a iequel to the biography of Maria Mmk, .hat promises to surpass even the later in martling developments. Miss Brinkly, the foung nun who recently escaped from the -'onvent at Pittshnmrg. Mi., is writing a onw letter in reply to the one sont forth y the superioress of the iistituttion. She iends to give a complete history of con vent life. Now we shall know all about lie miseries and mnysteries of the exclusive ;is:erhood. An anti-slavery petition has been irawn up, addressed to the Massachu. ietts Senate and House, urging the passmge of the law: "That any per son who engages in arresting, holdiig )r retrrning a fugitive slave, either as United States Judge, Commissioner, .farshmal, DT~ty Mashal, oar in any :apacity whatsoever, or even as a pri. vate.citizens shall be forever incapable ,f acting as a Juror in any Court nf this State, or of holding alny office of trust, honor or emislumennnt. whether sunch office be a State, County, City or l'own office, unless relieved from such disgrace by a pardon; and also to punish by ine aid imprisonment any claimant of an alleged slave or my aider or abettor of such claimnant whou shall attempt to remove such mileged shave fromt this State without his fir4t having a jury trial on the :juestion of his shavery or freedom." A Fo-rTEcoMrno Wosnuan.-Ac :sording to :a correspondent oif Hera path's (Englishl) Jomirnal, steiam power is to be superseded by " Pomdson,' Patent Pendulum T Lever," which will he brought before the public itn about i month. Two men, in a sitting posi. :ion m.will be able with ease to propel a railway engine of 25 horse power, with its lull complement ofcarriages, it any speed attainable by steam pow or. The tenders and boilers of the present engines wvill lbe no longer required, and the new engines will be sonistructed of about onc-fouarth the weight, and say at one-sixth or erne tighth the cost. The wheels and Fmames of the present engin.es will be available tar the new 0ones. MAaatEID,-Onl Wednesday the 1 0th inst, by J. Newton Ridgway, Mr. TosIAn BausNsox to Miss MAnY E. RInowAI.. all of Clarendon County. May he through life smoothly glide With hi. young, smart, and handsome Bride COTTON IMARRET' CnIA t.:s-rox Jan. 15. COTTON.-.-With a briqk dmand, and it bouyant and full prices-the sales to :Jay reachod fully 1700 bales, the particu ars of which were repom ted to us as fol lows: 0 bales at 53-4;0Oat 61-2; 100 it 65-8 ; 113 at 7; 2L at7 1-8 ; 100 at 7'1-2; 71 at 73.8 ; 340 at 7 1-8 ; 83 at 7 5-8; 337 at 7 3-4 ; 72 at 77-8 ; 400 at 3 ; 34 at 81-2. Don't R ead This!!! All persons indebited to the Firm of WV. Jan. Dargan, & Co., are requested to inake immnediate payment, as we will lodge ill papers with the proper authorities on the first daiy of March next for collection. g37" This is positive,.-we cannot give further indulgence. -Jan, 17th, 1854. 11 If Watchman Copy. tf. Coghlan & Gay. B LACKSMIT18, Enginers, Mnrhn heir services to their friends and the pub. lic. Terms Cash-Or, when it is convenIent and safe to open accounts for parties, they inust settle up at the end of each quarter :sf the year, e ither by cash, discount or mote. Our buai'teas wvill be strIctly con incted on this system during the present year. TF. J. COGHLAN, RE~DMUN GAY. yannary 17. lMMl I I Statement o ilitary Execufts. Issued on behalf (f I , 'AHh Zegi , by Col. F. A Melleu. The remtiark should' he wade, re gard to the percentage upon the General' 'ax of defaulters, ordered by t e execn. tions to be collected, that it is the duty of the Sheriff to ascertain such percentage by reference to the tax books, that the percentages appearing in this statement are taken from the bheriff's books, and the correctness thereof is, therefore, not certified to by the Colonel. STATEMEN T. Oct. 28, 1848. Execution issued by Col. F. M.. Mellett, Ai't, of Fines 9146 00. Per contago $13 94. Ain't, paid to Pay.master Jones, $8 (K). Feb. 27, 1849, Execution issued by same, An't, of fines $6.5 00. Per centage, 89 57. Nothing paid to paymaster. June 25, 1849. Execution issued by same, An't, of tines $106 00. Ain't, pdi H. Britton, Paymaster, e30 00. Nov. 19, 1849. Execution issued by same, Ain't, of fines $0:2 00. Pd I. J. Ilaynsworth, Paymaster $2 00 S 11. Britton, " 18 00 Fe b. 27. 1850. Executin issued by same, 4 Am't of fines $1.13 00. Per centage 1 00 Paid H. Britton, Paymatter 80 00 July 1, 1850. Execution issued by same, Ain't, of fines 837 00. Paid to H. Britton. Paymaster 80 00 Nov. 4, 1850. Ex, cution issued by same, A-n't, of lines $36 00. Percentage 3 80 Paid to IT. Britton, Paymaster 29 80 Nov. 6, 1850. Execution issued by same. A i't, of fines 810 00. Paid to H. Britton, Payinaster 8 00 March 1, 1951. Execution issued Iy saime, Ain't, of fines $16 00. Per centage 6 50 Paid to I1. Britton. Paymaeler 36 50 July 1. 1851. Execution i.sued by same, Am't of finps 8940 00. Paid 11. Britton, paymaster 37 00 Oct. 15, 1851. Ex"cution is.'ne:I bv same, An't of fines "*n 00. Paid II. Brittoi, paymaster 27 00 March 4, 1852 Executioi issued bv same, Ain't of fives Sli5 00; July 8, 1852. Execution issued by sa:me, Am'. of fines *t41 00. Percentage 19 59. Paid 11. Britton, paymaster 54 50 Dec. 2S, 1852. Execution i-sued by same, Ain't of fines 66 (H) Percentane. 10 00 Paid 1w H. Britton e1 Vu April 11, 1853. Execution issued by same, Ain't ot fnes $89 'O. Porranmn 7 Qr5 Paid to H Briton, Paymaster $9 65 July 22, 1853. Exenaitiron issued by -the same, Ai't of fines 8177 00. Percentage 6 42. April 18, 1854. Exeention is-ied by same, Ain't of fines 91 (0. Percent.are 7 58. Aug, 7, 1854. Execution issued by same, Ain't of fines 85 00. Summary of the Foregoing. Amount iof tines and percentaeo oin the above stated e'xecut ions $1679 05. Amo'unt received on said Exe cut ions by J. D. Jonies, Pay.. vimaster, : : : : 8 71. Amount rec'd on samte b'y 11. J. Haynsworth. Panymaster, 2 00. Amgotunt rec'd on sawe by II. Britton. Paymaster, 346 65. General Account of Receipts and Expenditures. Amount as above received by H. J. Ha~ynsworth, $2 00. Amount of other receipts by him, 191 27. 6183 27. Paid by him for Field Cr. Colors, Painting &c., $71 00. Paid by him for muisical inistruments, 25 00. Paid by him for expen ses Court Martial, to wit: dinners & crier 25 03. Paid by same (or must ciatns at various pa.. rades, 26 50. Paid by same for Slher itT's comimissinns, 20 00. Paid by him for Pay masters commissions 18 32. " ""postage, 1 15. '' " " on other accounts...........2 8.5. 109 92. Due him (overpaid) $ 16 5.. Amn't rec'd as above by H1. Brit ton, 346 65. Amn't of additional receipts by him 283 64. $630 2A. Cr. Paid by him the amount' due H. J. Hlaynsworth. $16 55. "for Sheriff's coimmis. sionm, '107 8A " " arrest & Jail fees, 123 04).. Refunded to Sheriti; fines. remitted &c., 47 28. Paid to Magistrate for . - swearing out de faulters, 3 00. Paid for adlvertising, 32 110. " " expensesrof vari ous Court Martials, to. wit: dinners & crier, 99 00. Pa id for musicians at vari. - ous parades, 11.3 0(1. Paid for powder, 7 4 76! Refunded fine remitted, 3 (10. Paid for .markers' flngs, 6 50. Other payments, 6 40. Paymaster's commiission, 63 02. (628 36& Balance In Paymasters hands,................ 93. 60 29. By order of' Col. F. M1 MELLETT?. Hi. lBumTo4, Pitymnar, Jan. 10, 1855.' Jan. 1', 1M35 It 1t Tillusrtr A gent frthe Dvi alb Mani factuiry, offeirs their goomia- at mnniutrtitnri