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'Intervention Lcttef. Mr. John C. Calhoun, of Florida, has written a !oii;: letter in tavor of the doctrines sought to be '''limited on tho national policy by Kosruth ?i:d ;.;s adherants. Its o-reat length prevents us Ironi publishing it. bnt we think tiiat Utc //<; y+J, ivucu it aitys in its remarks ou the letter that ' tbo ^.>iitb nro 1r""V!n:iin</' to thaw, ''Veil ill the mid-winter; and the .vowais made by John L'. Calhoun, and the principles ?i veloped by liini, -ronsi produce a sudden and remarkable change 021 the oppo-itiou le.r- tolbiv maintained by the Southern State- towards Ko.-iitli and his idea.'' is egrcgiously mistaken. The Southern States can newrplay second fiddle to tin* abolitionists and red republicans of the North in sin tnininga doctrine against which all their institutions and interests are diametrically opposed. No such "sudden and remarkable change,as predicted \ l>y the Herald, i< lik ly to occur. Conservatism is the life-blood of Southern j prosperity and of Southern safety. Let the flood- j gates be raided to admit that rampant deiiiocm- , cy whose fires have l?oen smouldering in the Nor-! thorn States for some years j.a;t, and which the eloquence of the Magyar has fanned to a flame, and will sweep with a fury totally destructive of ( the South, in whatever iignt ims new uw.-u;mmaybe viewed, the thinking man will perceive ! that there is danger not only to our institutions J hut the principles of true republicanism. And j although this doctrine fastens its-it' on the better feelings of human nature, and s'-ls in motion the springs of human sympathy and friendly interest, yet the manifest and well defined results of j its success here, and more especially its ell'oct up- j on the planting States of the South, forbid her j people from rushing blindly into tire vortex. The arguments of Mr. Calhoun arc plausible ! and well said, but fail to prove that the doctrine , advpcal-'d would be beneficial to tl.o country or! innocuous to the South and her interests. The i first and most immediate cons.-.'itier.ee of the en- j 'grafting of such a principle on the foreign policy , of the United States would lx- a ton igu war, ? and Mr. Calhoun hits not shown, nor can any man | show that, even without any other ill fi- ets ac- ' eonipanying it, this would not Ik.- a calamity to the South. AVe have no fear, however, that tindoctrine will be sustained by the South- rn people.?South Carolinian. Reform of the Navy.?The committee on Xa- j val Affairs in the Senate and House of iiopre-j * " ' T~ ' l ,| . ?i | sentativcs o* tne uniica chares. nave me ?uu-1 jtct before them of a Re-organization of the Xa-1 vy. That a reform has become essential for th<> j greater efficiency of the service? i.; generally ad-' mittod. The number of officers in the grades of Captains, Commanders, and Lieutenants, is 402, J 94 of whom have been, it is said, practically j withdrawn from sea service, making the true j and active number only SOS. The 04 receive j not only pay, emoluments and honours, hut pro-1 motion by seniority, equally with those who! have undergone risks and hardships. This gn>ss- J ly violates the principle of equality. Those who < do only shore duty are in the same line of pro motion witli the officers who have incurred not only the hazards of sea service, in its ordinary forms, but have boon subjected to the insalubrity of climates tbe most adverse to health. iSoine of the lirst rank have not been at sea for twenty years, several for ten years, and a still largr ;;umb r from live to eight years, receiving from *2500 to i'3500 p-r annum. In the second and ! ? -"1 - ^ C e u fl?r. t:oirtn . IIIaIU W , "im ill' .-?*?i?v. .? ...jw.v. ficm active duty, for Jk-jukLj varying from live to twenty year.-, tie1 compensation h;is been from ?1800 to ?2100. These loug exemptions ought not to be permitted, or if allowed there should bo a graduation of pay corresponding to the ' character of the service when at sea or onshore.! This would dimini-h the inducement to remain out of active employment. Mere length of s rvice should not be ] ermitted to outweigh the j professional merits of officers who uphold the j naval reputation of the country on the score of I efficiency. Another Rot Uss indispensable reform is the : formation ofa retir- d list. Shore stations should be reserved for tho-e who have from length <>f actual service entitled themselves to this indu!-, gence, and when they are entirely disabled. they ; should receive half pay. The prejudice in the United States noair;.-t the Tension system is natural. Tut the abuse of that system should not ! be confound"d with its salutary uses. The line should bo drawn between offices, civil and unlit a-1 rv, which arc exposed to peculiar risks and ex- i } must ion of the physical powers. A twenty years | active service in the army or navy leaves the officer often without mind or body, of sufficient energy to obtain the ordinary comforts of life.? They enter both brandies of service i:i th vigor and buoyancy of youth. Tliev are subjected to hardships that prematurely wear out their constitutions, and are at length di-missed to p nury, | with no provision for their families. Indcpend- j ently of the cruelly of this, its impolicy is most striking. What motive is there to enter the naty or the army with the prospect of such final neglect? In all the liberal profs sins there is the chance of such remuneration, during the activity of youth, and the energy of manhood, that the perspective is ever before the aspirant that his old age may be crowned with comfort, if not alum- j dance. W hat pro*poet i* in view of the, officer j who devotes the l.* -t of his days to the public j service on a salarv that but iust suffices to main- ! fiiin him in decency? Shall the objections to a system of pedoning, including all who have served the country, in "?:tIs r a civil or military cnpacily. j apply to men who cannot look beyond the horzon , oi'his profession emolument? who are cribbed and confined to one uniform class ofduties? Pol- j iev as well as equality forbids it. .? ?? Politics in" Alabama.?The correspond" nt of the Mobile Tribune, writing about the " omproiu- , i>?; resolutions introduced into the Alabama Legislature, says: "The Georgia platform, eras Itobinson of your 1 countv calls it, the Georgia Sews, is the spveial order for each evening from seven to half-past tiinc. On PVidav nirrlit the debate was rmeiied bv Mr. Nick*. union democrat from Talladega, in a speech of some thirty minutes duration. The Tlouse was surprised at the ability which the honorable member manifested in condensing so much stupidity into a speech so short. Col. Philips replied: No I am wronnr. Hr could not reply to Mr. Nicks. Col. Philips followed in a most masterly effect. Nobly did he vindicate the state right party from the foul aspersions contained in the preamble to these illtirncd resolutions reiterated by the federal speakers, and which form the chief elements in the vocabulary of those democrats who denounce that patriotism which their little souls c ut neither feci imrappre) ciatc. I had proposed giving you a sketch of this I speech, hut as. 1 know he has Wn requested to i prepare it for publication, I will not mar its c fleet ' 1 - r.niHurt '1*111< iniieh T will sav. I i it was decidedlv the speech ot the session, and I kiiots it <li?l in licit to confirm tlio .1 >ubtsof some tenderfoot'd democrats as to tlio orthodoxy of tlio union party. ' Mv serious impression is that this platform cannot pass the House. Tlio preamble certainly will be stricken out. and also the fifth resolution. The judgment of a large majority is adverse to the whole tiling, but many are. afraid to put their judgement in opposition to the prejudices of their constituents. < hie tiling is certain; it'the speaker decides, as he should do, that the previous ijii' Stioii having been sustained, the vote cannot betaken on the resolutions seriatim, but tlu-v must be adopt. <1 or rejected as a whole, then the batch of false premises, conclusions and falser pledges will meet the fate they so richly merit."?South Camli/iion. The Railroad System in South Carolina. Ywo have never known a time when there was so general and deep an interest telt in the construction ot Railroads in this State, as at present. -Vikl it is remarkable tliat tJi:s interest lias grown up almost without agitation, and with vcn few appeals to the geneojsitv of men. The j substantial prosperity and progress of the State are seen to I"* involved in the extension of these i arteries of industrial life, and the people are ' brought to the support of each undertaking l>v a plain statement of the rest urcs of the region wiiieh will be tributary' to it, and of the success of like enterprises which have been consummated, i We have the advantage now, of a system of Railroads in full operation, which serves as a sol id basis for new undertakings : the experience of i which i? a guide in construction and management; i the workshops of which a?*e ready to furnish much of the rolling stock of new Roads, and the success of which is a foundation of just hope for j the success of others. Thus 01.e enterprise begets another, and by strengthening the spirit of enterprise, and furni hi rig lessons of experience, goes incalculably }>evor.d its own mere profits in enriching and im- i proving a community. Within a short time we have had occasion to notice several Roads in project which promise greatly to increase the trade of Charleston and bring into new lite the energies and resources of large districts in the interior. The Spartanburg Railroad, besides opening to communication with us a great and naturally rich region of our own State, will necessarily result in bringing to our market the Western countries of North Carolina. Th ^ Northeastern Railroad, a Charter for which \\;r> uijuiiir''i ii?#iu ui?.- iii>i i.rj;r iuiuh', j> cd to connect Charleston by a direct route, with the Wilmington and Manchester Road, at a point West of the Croat' 1'oe Dec. At this point of intersection it will meet the Cherawjuid Darlington Railroad, subscription* to which are. now advertised l)v th'Commissioncrs. This line will not stop at. ("Iicraw. ]>y an exte nsion across two Counties of North Carolina in almost a direct line ii will open to us the newly discovered coal mines of that State, which, by their extent and the excellent quality of the coal, promise to bo of incalculable value to the whole of the South Eastern States. On the West ind \'d, the pro-poet is l .tss encouraging. The Georgia Legislature has rejected every proposition to aid the removal of the obstructions to intercourse at Augusta. A last attempt was made on Monday, hut ii failed by a very d risivo majority. Jt is lbr the interest of 1 Savannah that this "Chinese Wall" should be j kept tip, and Augusta allows hot elf to be made J the mstrumt :it 1??r olli-ctin^ the s-'lti-Ii purposes of tli- former. In due time Augusta w ill learn that Savannah aim- as directly and far more fatally at her own prosperity than at that of t 'harlotoii, and sir- will be ready to make concessions when tli y will have lost not only all their "race but perhaps all tlcir value. For the present it is useless to expect anything from that quarter. I hit the road to the AVest is not therefore harrod altogether, because it is obstructed at Augusta, and a new cliann-"l of communication has alreadv been marked out. which is likely to i^riin public favor just in ]>r<>portion as it is examined. Tli'-'t-olumbia and < rrecncville Railroad divides in Abbeville 1 >wtrict, 0"'' branch running to (JrceiK vi'.lc, and the other, which is a more direct continuation of the main trunk, running to Anderson. From this point it is pr<-posed to open a road to Ixnoxvill" in Tennessee. The route we understand is wry j?r;?cticaljl* - It passes through the North ICastcm corner of Goorf'ia, strikes the course of the Little Tennessee river, which it follows to near it^ mouth, and l>y the way of Maryville reaches Knoxville.? From tliis, a Koad already chartered and the construction of which in no long time is certain, would connect Charleston with Lexington in Kentucky, and from there a railroad is already constructed to Cincinnati, thus connecting us with the whole North West. Towards the South, a branch of no great length would connect with the Na-hville Railroad, and the .Memphis and Charleston Railroad at Chattanooga. There is nothing chimerical ahout this plan. We have conversed with intelligent gentlcm?n from Fast. Tennessee, who express entire confidence in its practicability; who assure us that the people on that side are alive to its importance, and ready to do their Lest to carry it out: and that it only needs the concurrence of the people of this State to make it very shortly a substantial reality. The region immediately oppened by the Road to Knoxville is, of itssclf, great interest. Its agS rwult lll'tal tv>crtil 1*1*4-*.: ?n*i? I?v.u4* if *?1 .AHUilc III m!n. j era I wealth; and, with illimitable. water power it. j is fast. lweoming fl or,..it manufacturing country. Add to all iinni"diaic sources of support, the I ca?e with which the most extensive and honeti; cial communications can he apciicd from it into Kentucky, and hy ('hattawfoga into the whole Southwest; and it is not too much to say, that the com j fiction of this route is one of the noblest and most inviting enterpri/cs ever offered to the people of this State. We can thus settle the question of the Bridge over the Savan .L-_?nu. .li...,u?_l3eMCrj.. -- M mill?B?g n;ih River to our own satisfaction at least, if not to that of Augusta; and we see no other way of scttloing it which will be half as easy, or a tenth part as profitable.?Clutrbston Mercury. THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20, 1832 THO. J. WARREN, Editor. Our Market. We have no new feature to notice in the Cotton Market to day, quotations remaining the same as 011 Friday. Charleston, Jan. 2G. Tlio Cotton Market on Saturday was comparatively quiet, the transactions having boon limited to 850 bales. Former prices have been sustained. The sales ranged from G 1-0 to 8 1-4. *5T'Wc have been requested to state that the Swiss j Bell Ringers have postponed their Concert until Satj unlay evening next, when it will tako place at Tcm! porance Hall. The Weather, &c. During the extreme cold weather oflasl week our skating friends had ample opportunities of indulging in this uuiuTCtiium. v/iiu ui u it; jiuiniM j11 i;ie ML'liilij U1 U1Q | town w:\3 frozen ovor, and the ice i:i some cases lias ! been from two to three inches thick. California. Mr. James Root, of Stockton, California, will please neocpt our thanks for his kind attention in forwarding j ' California papers. We hope he will not weary in well doing, and while ho is r>J:ing up the d'uit, will not forget to send us the papers. Temperance Lecture. We arc highly gratified to see that Mr. White, the celebrated Temperance Lecturer, whose advent into our State we chronicled last week, will be here and deliver an address on Monday next, (at night we presume.) His speeches are rich intellectual treats, and may bo enjoyed by all, whether "Sons" of the true line or not. The Charleston papers speak in the highest terms of Mr. White's lectures in that city, and from personal knowledge we beg again to say, thai, he is tho best speaker we have ever heard upon this subject. Hon. S. A. Douglas, of Illinois. We acknowledge the reception of this gentleman's speech, upon the Resolution declaring the Compromise measures to be a definitive adjustment of all questions growing out of domestic slavery. Admissions to Law and Equity. Among the number of gentlemen admitted to prac tice in tho Law Courts of this State on the 20th inst. ti?n nVianrvn tltA nomn r*F \fr fZnnvim TTnr\l/iriorvn pannul. ?? V vu^vt ?V WIW Jimuv VI .>11. Iiuj[min.n/Jij iVV.Liivly of Kershaw District; the names of the others arc John W. Pope, C. II. S. McClcnaghan, and David Bailey, Esqrs. The following gentlemen were admitted by the Equity Court of Appeals, on tho 22d inst., to practice as Solicitors in Equity in the Courts of this State, viz: James Conner, Charles U. Bell, Laurence McKcnzie, Walter D. Smith, and Charles II. Simonton, Esqrs. An Expensive Guest We see it stated that the expenses of Kossuth and his suite at Brown's Hotel, in Washington City, amounted it is said to $500 per diem, which Congress, as a matter of course, will have to foot?an invited guest was not surely allowed to pay his own fmtiiuj. It is further estimated that the visit of this illustrious personage may cost this country a million ot' dollars. This is tho dollar and cents view of the matter. Wili this be all ? We fear not. A restless, dissatisfied spirit has been provoked anion;; tho people; among the masses of tho applauding, unthinking people, who are rife for plunging the country into a war with Russia, and Europe itself if Hungary is interfered with. Wo must confess that the more we hear of tho Kossuth mania, the less confidence do we have in the stability ] of our Coverumcnt, and in the judgment of our people. What right has Congress to squander uur money in that way? The question is idle. We might as well ask. what right have they to rob us at all? We mav j hope to get :es satisfactory un answer in the one ease i its in the other. For the thousandth time those words may bo used, with some propriety, 0 temporal 0 mores 1 Charleston Mercury. This old valuable an J staunch supporter of Southern Rights has changed hands. Col. Carew has wiilulnivvn ' from the business of the paper, ami Mr. Win. It. Tabor, j Jr.. lias associated himself with Mr. Heart, 0110 of its lor- j mcr proprietors. These gentlemen will hereafter con- j ihict it under tho name of Heart & Tuber. We hope it j may continue to receive the liberal support which has ! hitherto been bestowed upon it. Our Coiemporaries. With every successive year comes changes and improvements, among the newspapers of our day. In the early part of the present year, we mentioned the fact, | that Mr. Edwin llcriot had purchased the Temperance ' Advocate, published for so many years successfully, by Mr. Bowman, in Columbia, and that Mr. Ileriot inten. ded to move the same to the city of Charleston, whero in future it would bo published. Wo have just received a copy of our old and esteemed cotemporarv, under the auspices of its new proprietor and Editor, and it gives us inuch pleasure to state, that it has lost nothing of its former excellence, but is improved in its typographical appearance, and its miscellaneous and original reading matter, is still of the first order. Statics Rutins Rep'julican.?Wo welcome Mr. John g. Bowman again most heartily into the ranks or the corps editorial. Ho lias done noble service in the cause of Tetnpcranco, and is still a vigorous and able writer, and now having entered the political arena, we have 110 doubt will exhibit the same earnestness and ability which he did in the more retired, but useful field of labor which ho has just lefi, with honor to himself, having discharged the duties of his vocation, to the entiro satisfaction of the friends of the cause. Light for the Million I Ten thousand mis of Lard Oil wore exported to England last year. Had such things happened in the days of Ixird Byron, when musing on the nfl'airs of (jreeco, he might with great propriety have exclaimed: "'Tis Urease (Greece) but living grease no more." Foreign Trade. Wo see it stated that about twenty cargoes of lumber have been contracted lor in Holland, to he sent directly from the Altatnuhn, St. Mary's aud Satilla rivers, Geor* gia. President Making. Tho wire-pullers Lava, for a length of time, been busily engaged in arranging thoir manoeuvres and perfecting their plans of operation, for the beginning of the groat national game of President making. Visible operations at head quarters give proof that the time is not long oil' beforo tho work will commence openly and in good earnest'. As soon as the national democratic caucus meeting for nominating shall have taken place, then will come the tug of war. The people of the Stales will have to choose between two or more evils; either a Democrat, a Whig, or Frcesoiler. We presume all these schools of political swindlers will turn out one of their best juglers, who will at onco commence the grand-round*, humbugging the people. Til this race there is no telling how many competitors may enter. From present* indications it seems likely that (Jen. W. 0. Butler, and Senator Douglas, of Illinois, will claim the attention of the democratic or right wing of the national army, the great Demosthenes of the down-casters, and the polished Mr. Fillmore will represent the Whig interest, at caucus time, but who will receive the nomination of either party i hard to determine. It is highly probable that the claims of the freesoilers, will be set up in the shape of some "practical atheist" like Seward, who is lx>ld enough to avow his sentiments to "all the world and the rest of mankind," as a practical, working abolition ist, not of the "Taylor Democrat "or ,-Ca.ss Whig'' school. We like to hear things called by their right names, and if Mr. Fillmore, Webster, or any other of the gentlemen we have already mentioned, whose aspirations are for the Presidential Chair, intend to run, lot them come out boldly, like honest men, and fight fairly under the banner of Frec-soilism?first editioncd, refined abolitionism. An avowal of their true sentiments, will fciitilie them to some respect as honest men. The great national doctrines preached up by Fillmorcites, i have already done as much inore harm than all the ravings and rantings of Iiale, Seward, and thoir coadjutors. Those last are honest men, and we kuow that their purpose is to destroy us, and that speedily. The other class will accomplish in time tho same end, but by different means?slowly but quite as surely. An enemy in full view is less dangerous than the concealed foe, who coils like the nestling viper, whoso purpose is hidden, but who will surely strike when chanco makes him certain of his victim. There is some magnanimity about an open, honest enemy, whoso known purpose is to destroy. Such an one is less to be feared than the fawning, flattering pretender, who, Judas like, kisses and betrays?whose friendship proves to be? "A broken reed, alas I a spear, On whose sharp point, peace bleeds and hope expires." The influence which Giddings and all his marshalled hosts arrayed against us on free soil territory, is but as the dust in the balance, compared to that refined abolitionism under the garb of the glorious Union and the great nationality, which is only a protoxt and cngiuo for our destruction. It is a matter of littlaconsequence to the South who i3 nominated lor tho next Presidency. The Northern people with their Southern allies, are too powerful for the true people of the South; the game is iill in their own bands, and they will make a President after then- own liking. In their calculations for office, the South does not come into the count at all and we must say in conclusion, unless things get better, the sooner wo see Seward President the better. Newspaper Subscribers. The following decision in a Court of Philadelphia, decides an important matter for Newspaper publishers, as well as subscribers: "In a case recently tried in Philadelphia, where a suit was brought by the Gorniantown Telegraph against a subscriber for twelve years' subscription, and tho defendant pleaded the statute of limitation, the Judge charged the jury, .as reported by tho Philadelphia papers, as follows: "Judge Kelly charged the jury that, when a person subscribes for a nuncr. and irives directions where it shall l)c loft, lie is bound to. pay for it. unless lie prescribes the time lor which it shall he left. If a subscriber wishes to discontinue the paper, it is his duty to square his accounts and then give notice of a discontinuance. If a paper is sent to a person through the post office, and he l takes it out, hois bound to pay for it. If a subscriber changes bis residence it does not follow that the carrier must take notice of it; and a delivery of the paper at the place where he was first directed to leave it is a delivery to the subscriber, unless the publisher receives | notice to discontinue or send it to another place. The statute of limitation did not all'cet the ease, as the defendant had paid soinetinjr on account in Juno, 1S-11. Verdict Ibr pltiintilf ?22,59. Taking a Horn. In one of our Exchanges we seetlio following notice: "Maiiuied.?In tlie City of Austin, Texas, on the 31st. ult.. by the He v. 1\ K. Foster, Mr. fleorgcS. Dents nnd Miss Mary K. Home. pST* Not withstanding (icorgeisa Son of Tcinpcrauee, it appears that ho can't resist the temptation to taken hum." Who wouM'nt kike a horn under such circumstances, we should like to know? "Mr. Member of Congress, can I sell you some of Jayne's Expectorant?" "Xo, sir." "Why not? Capital things for public speakers, sir." "May be so?but wo members all e-rpect-to-ranl ourselves. Appointments for F. S. White, Esq. Columbia, Wednesday, '28th instant. Camden, Monday, 2d February. Sumter, Thursday, 5th " Oraiip;eburrf, Monday, 9th " Clinton, Wednesday, 11 th " Barnwell, Thursday, 12th " at night. Aiken, Monday, 1 Gth " . " (Jraniteville, Tuesday, 17th " " llamhurg, Wednesday, 18th " " Edgefield, Friday, 20th " " Greenwood, Tuesday, 24th '' M This arrangement is intended to cover one month's operations. In the meantime Divisions and places beyond Greenwood, west, will please , communicate with Judge O'Neall, Newberry C.; H., who will make appointments. Other parts of the State will l>e provided for its soon as possible. Funds raised for the support of the State Lecturer should lie reported toeithorof the Committee. JOHN B. O'NEALL. JAMES TUlTKli. Jan. 24 S. S. McCULLV. jt-fTAll papers in the Stiite, favorable to the cause, arc respectfully requested to copy. At Georgetown, S>. Ga., on luesday, the mercury in the thermometer at 7 A. M. stood at 12 dog. in a comparatively sheltered piazza, and at two P. M. ink had to be kept near the lire to render it s^Wiceable. I TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. M * Pi Three Days Later from Europe ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA. J Baltimore Jan. 25 j The British mail strain ship America arrived V at Halifax at midnight on Saturday. , M The Markets.?The sales of Cotton since the departure 01 me vwa on ine oa mst., compns- m ed -1S.000 bales. The quotations were, Fair Or- B leans 5d;: Upland 4 7-8; and Middling; Upland JS 4 1-2 Flour was finn.?Corn was improving. Sugar had drliiid. Trade iu Manchester was active. Money was steady. S France was quiet, it was reported that a 9 serious misunderstanding had occured l> t ween ? the President and Lord Norman by relative to fl Belgium, and that the latter was about to re- ? turn to England. The promulgation of the 8 new Constitution had been deferred for ten days. Austrian Comments.?Der Lloyd and the official Corrcspondenz l>oth devote a column to the message of the American President; the former, however, directs its attention chiefly to I the reception given to Kossuth, and the effect ?' likely to be produced on the policy of the States by the Hungarian agitator. The writer states 1 that Ko*siitU may think himself most fortunate ' if lie can amass half the sum raised by Jenny Lind to retire upon. In the course of the article the writer gives it as his opinion that America is too wise to commence a war of aggression 1 in Europe until she has got rid of Spaiu and England in her own hemisphere, to both of whom * he kindly accords another .lialf century's enjoymmit /vf* tlinir rMwitinrni'm flint niiirfnr rvf tJm ill bo. The Correspond mz is only half-satisfied 1 w.tli the President's disvov/al of the Cuban Expedition, which should have been foreseen .and prevented. As to 'Kossuth's reception being made the. subject of p'arliamfcntaiy d "'liberation, ** the Austrian organ'consider it not only perfectly out of place, but highly offensive to a friendly power, and calculated to produce much evil in the end, but of a pV.ce' with the" policy that despatched an American agent to the seat of war in Hungary. American institutions will have in the opinion of the writer to go through a fiery j ordeal ere they can be pronounced sound or wor- ?j thy of imitation.?South Caroliiiian. Give your Child a Paper.?A child beginning to rea l b co no delighted wi.h a new -p iper, because lie reads the names of things which are very familiar, and will make progress accordingly. A newspaper in one year is worth a quarter's . schooling to a child, and every hither must con- A sidcr that substantial information is connected ' with advancement, iue mother ot a iamily, bein^ one of the heads, and having a more immediate charge of children, should herself be instructed. And mind occupied, becomes fortified agiinst the ills of life and is braced fur any emergency. Children amussed by reading or study, arc of course more considerate and more easily governed. IIow many parents who have not spent twenty dollars for books for their families, would have given hundreds to reclaim -a son or a daughter who had ignorantly or thoughtlessly fallun into temptation. The Alabama House of Representatives have, by the vote of 48 to 37, postponed until the 9th February, the proposition from the Senate for the i leclion of an. U. S. Senator. This is regarded as e<|uival nt to the defeat of Mr. Clemens' ru-el J ection this winter. ' . " In Ath ms, fra.,on Tuesdiy, tin thir.u vmter was two degrees 1) low zero. Sl ating in abun dance. There has boon skating also in Augusta within the last threw days. At Macon on Tuesday, the mercury in the th ?rm met ^r was only 1 ;il>ove Zero. , The Saw and Wheat Mill belonging to Mr. M. Townseiul, ot' Marlboro,1 and Col. 1). L. McKay, of Georgetown, was consumed by tire one day last week. The property was uninsured.? The loss however, does uot exceed ?^500. Lock Jaw.?We have noticed in the papers lattdy notices of several deaths by this disease, one of them in this neighborhood. We have published several times a certain preventive and remedy, in the application of beefs gall to the wound. Will not our editorial breathren circulate the information and thereby save many valuable lives? 13-sides its antispasmodic properties, the gall draws from the wound any particle of wood, glass, iron, or other substance, that may cause irritation, when other applications have failed to do so. [LoneaMecr Exprcs. Corn which is intended for the market, should not be shelled until the time for sending it away it should then be thoroughlily dry and carefully fanned from chatf and particles of cob,' because these substances aiv frequently the origin of neat in shelled corn, from the fact of their being more apt to decay than the com itself. ?O-- - Kxon r.?An exchange paper says: While the public is contributing their money to aid the cause of Hungary, let it not be forgotten that we have at homo thousands of poor starving creatures that misfortune has fallen upon, and who are worthy of, and deserve assistance from the charitable. The cause of Hungary is a righteous one?but the hungery ones at home should be remembered. Election oy Postmasters.?Anew kink in the extension of the elective franchise has just i 1a. ii. . _i_ r ii. _ r .n iiiJiuc us ;i|i|ita?rancc in cue snnne 01 me luucmir??* pre.'iinblo and resolutions, introduced into the House of Representatives, by Judge Allen, of Massachusetts: " Whereas the best interests of the country demand that the great and rapidly increasing patronage of the Executive Department of the General Government be diminished, by transferring the power of apjiointmcnt, whenever it can be doue without prejudice to the public service, from the Executive to the people; and whereas the appointment of more than twenty thousand deputy postmasters constitutes the largest branch of that vast patronage ; Re it therefore " Resolved, That the committee on the Judiciary be instructed fc> report, within thirty days, an amendment to the Constitution, by which Congress sliall be empowered to provide, as far as practicable, f >r the election of deputy post