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* # ' South Carolina Senators. The Washington Correspondent of the New York Courier and Inquirer, under date of the 10th inst., writes as follows: "Judge Evans, who has been elected successor t to Mr. DeSaussure, as a Senator from South Caj rolina, is a Union man, and a conservative DenioI. crat. Thy, is an important indication of a change j of sentiment in that State. He was opposed by I a Col. Cbesuut, who was a very prominent SeI cessionist during the stormy period preceding | the enactment of the compromise laws. The .1 defeat of such 8 man is a subject of congratulaI tion with all lovers of the Union. The new 1 " " J.t,. ,l.?f Knurl * JKMiatOr Will loriu mi nuuiuun IV v.i?u v....v. v,. conservative Democrats in the Senate from the South who have continued in fellowship with the party solely through the pressure of the slavery controversy, and who are just as likely to oppose as to secoud the policy of the new Admiuistrat'on 'as soon as it shall become developed." AVe make no objection to this last statement. Doubtless the Senators from South Carolina will vote and act according to their conscience. They are under no bonds to party and neither their own principles nor the wishes of the State will tempt them to support any Administration blindiv. But the first statements in the above extract are about as wide of the truth sis they could be made. Judge Evans is no "Union man," and Col. Chesnut was not "a very prominent Scces/ sionist" at any period of the late controversy.? / He was a prominent and active Disunionist, it is r true, and we have heard no intimation that he has changed from that position. But he was also one of "the most active and influential lead ers of the Co-operation parly, who were opposed Vto the separate secession of the State, and advocated a Southern Confederacy. This also was the position of Mr. Preston and Mr. Magrath, who were brought forward by their friends at the recent Senatorial election. Col. Pickens was the only Secessionist among those who were named as candidates. We say "Secessionist," as meaning one of the party who advocated the separate action of South Carolina. In the broader sense, they were all Secessionists. They all maintained the right to secede from the Confederacy; and that there was full justification, in principle, for the exercise of this right. But they denied its policy, and thought it would result disastrous ly for the' very objects we all had in view. There were certainly "Union men" in the State, though thev were but a small fraction of the O v whole, and theii number has not, as we believe, increased, and uo one of those named for the Senate is to be looked for in their ranks. The position of Judge Evans has already been defined in this paper. He was opposed to the secession of the State alone, as a matter of policy; but in all other respect3 he agreed with the Secessionists. His posit;on was that taken by the State Convention?affirming to the fullest extent the right to secede, and only declining to exercise it from motives of policy. The congratulations, therefore, which the correspondent of the Courier and Inquirer offers to the Union?that is, the general assemby of office hunters, spoilsmen, monopolists, demagogues and dupes, who form the drapery, chorus, sopeinu inorarios, prompters and candle-snuffers nf tlxFederal Government?on the important change in the politics of South Carolina indicated by the recent election of Senator, are altogether misplaced. This whole mob of sycophants and parasites have gained nothing at all by it. Our State is still as far as ever from being of their feeding ground, or making their interests the true test of political principle. South Carolina is where she has been on all the great questions likely to engage attention, and if she has failed in meeting all the issues that have been made, it has at least not been until she saw herself deserted by every one of the States that were *?s deeply pledged as herself to the redress of wrongs that equally insulted and threatened the whole South.? Charleston Mercury. Western Hog Trade.?The Cincinnati Price Current of the 7th inst, says : The receipts of hogs for the past week were 71,069 head, previously reported 11,854 ; total 189,923. To same date last year 159,810; to same date in 1850 99,59G. The receipts from Kentucky to date, including those slaughtered in Covington, comprise 53,327 head, leaving about 19,000 to be received to make up the total number from that State last year. The Cincinnati Gazette of the 8th, says : flogs have continued to arrive treeiy, tnose having contracts to fill being anxious to hurry their stock forward with the least possible delay ; and we are now somewhat in advance of last year, as regards number, but the season is expected to close much earlier than usual. The market has continued to maintain a firm tone, and prices are agahrin favor of sellers. The following are the quotations for the last two weeks: Nov. 30. Dec. 7. TTnom nor 100lh?_ not ilB 2S a fi 31 .t.8! a fi 40 ?a- r~* ~ > ' > ? In the value of hog products there lias been 110 variation since our last, with the exception of Lard, which has receded 18a l-4c. per lb. The Madison Courier of the 6th, furnishes the following statement of the receipts of hogs at North Madison, this year and last: Total receipts to Saturday night 48,404, to corresponding date last year 23,502 ; gain this season 24,902. u The weather is very unfavorable and although the pens are full,slaughtering has been suspended at all houses except Godman's and Armel's on the hill, and the Mammoth Cave. We hear of but few sales, at prices 80 a 6,10; 4000 hams from the block sold at 8 1-2." The trade at Louisville up to Saturday night, is shown by the following statement from the Courier of Monday : Total number of slaughtered 78,233; total number in pens 34,900; total 113,1 5Q Priooc worn nnitr. firm of tirit 1. k..4 C. J.VV A nwo ?WIV \JMJW UIU1 c*u VV) mm UUL HJW sales, however, in consequence of unfavorable weather. The Louisville Courier of Tuesday, savs : Owing to the exceeding inclement and warm weather thero was nothing doing in hogs. Prices ate very firm, and holders demanding 6 1-1 cts. net, with more hogs in the pens and neighborhood than ever was known before. The average weight of the hogs packed thus far this season at three of the pork houses, show a falling off of fully ten per cent, as compared with last year. What is the worst kind of fare for a man to live on? War-fare. Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. Washington, Doc. 1*7. The Senate were not in session to-day, and have not yet settled the Kentucky ease. The continued discussion is fruitless. Mr. Dixon is accredited as Senator elect from Kentucky, and Mr. Merriwether does not contest his light to the seat. The discussion which has arisen upon a new question, which the case presents, will end in giving the seat to Mr. Dixon, or in referring the matter to the Committee on the Judiciary. The tariff and financial questions are still discussed in the House, though with no purpose of legislative action at this session. This is to be a loitering session. The House appears to look, with reluctance, upon their copious calender of the last session, and to be unwilling even to approach the bills on the Speaker's table. Mr. Brooks, by his movements and speeches in favor of a reduction of duties, has not pleased cithc-r party to the protective question. The tariff ninn s!iv ili.it In- wishes to imitate Sir Robert Peel, in his change of opinions; but, on the other hand, the freetrade men give him no credit for sincerity. They attribute to him the purpose of preserving and strengthening the protective features of the tariff, and of throwing a bomb-shell into the ranks of the Democratic party. The amount of the surplus revenue has been much exaggerated. It is now ascertained that the surplus, after meeting the indefinite appropriations required for the service of the last three quarters of the present fiscal year, will not exceed seven or eight millions, instead of amounting to twenty, as has been often stated in the debates in the House. The Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances, is not yet submitted to Congress. It is believed, however, that it will relieve Congress from every supposed necessity of disposing of the surplus,-or of reducing the revenue nt the present time. The Secretary has, it is believed, adopted such a construction of the laws as will remove his scruples as to his authority to appropriate the surplus to the purchase of the public debt, at the market price. In this case, the surplus will be easily disposed of, even without allowing a margin for the excess of appropriations which Congress may make, in addition to the estimates, of forty-six millions. Many members of Congress seem to be impressed with the necessity of keeping on hand a large sum?not less than five millions?to meet exigencies which may grow out of our relations towards Mexico and Cuba. In estimates of appropriations for fortifications, the completion or preservation of those in the South-Carolina harbors are provided for. In addition to the regular articles for the navy, appropriations are asked for a propeller steam frigate, and eleven smaller propeller steam vessels. The entire naval estimates will exceed eleven millions. Tiif. Editors' Convention.?We publish ekewhere the proceedings of the " South Carolina Press Association." These will show the objects and purposes of the Association. From this printed record it will bo seen that something more than dollars and cents, is proposed to be gained by this combination of a common brother IuhvI l:ilionii'^ in a common cause. Suum-thing higher and more noble is proposed. An J wo trust will be accomplished. Indeed a higher purpose has already been gained. An acquaintance lias been formed?the hitherto good feeling of the brotherhood has been increased, and we have no doubt a new impetus has been given to the motive power of Newspaperdom in South Carolina. ' It was indeed pleasant, to meet face to face, those with whom we come in spiritual contact week after week. And we trust the annual meeting of the Association will be the means of bringing about and keeping up a more thorough union in spirit and action of all those who are connected with the Prsss in South Carolina. To the gentlemen of the Columbia Pros*, the members of the Association were largely iiulcbtee for their kindness and hospitality. The Editorial Banquet gotten up bv the Columbia Press was a magnificent affair. The Party given by Dr. Gibbs, the President of the Association, and the accomplished Editor of the Palmetto State Banner to the fraternity, was a suitable Jinalc to the first meeting of the "Carolina Press Association." Time and space bid us stop.?Due-1 Vest Tclcecope. Rice.?The amount of Rice exported from South Carolina in 1724, was 18,000 barrels; in t701 A1 os7 ooiio kawou iii 1747-48, 55,000 barrels; in 1754, 104,082 barrels: in 1700-01, 100,000 barrels; from Savannah, in 1752, 2,299 barrels, besides 237 bushels of paddy or rough rice: in 1700, 3,283 barrels, besides 208 bushels of paddy; in 1770, 22,120 barrels, besides 7,004 bushels of paddy; from Philadelphia, in 1771, 258,375 pounds. The amount exported from the United Stales in 1770, was 150,529 barrels; in 1791, 96,980 tierces; in 1800, 112,056 tierces; in 1810,131,341 tierces; in 1820-21, 88,224 tierces; in 1830-31, 110,517 tierces; in 1840-41, 101 047 tierces; in 1845-46, 124,007 tierces; in 184647, 144,477 tierces ; in 1850-51,105,590 tierces. According to the census of 1840, the rice crop of the United States amounted to 80,841,422 pounds; in 1850,215,312,720 pounds. The London Herald estimates the increase of he consumption of Teas in the United States as 10,131,000 pounds in 1843, to 20,000,000 pounds in 1852. The last figures probably un.i .-.i TI.? i> . i. f : ioi>! ufiiaieu. JLIIU uniiMi i^iupnu uousumi.-u HI iot<, fifty-two million pounds, since which the increase has been from 20 to 30 per cent; leaving to other countries, than the United States, about fifteen million pounds of the 100,000,000 annually sent out of China. England pays ten millions of dollars in goods and ten in money. The Uni ted States six millions in money and the remainder in goods. The money, twice told, returns to the British East India Company for Opium, whence they derive a profit of ?25,000,000 a year. The tax on Tea in Great Britain yields t27,000,000 revenue to the Government. Chance of Religion.?Rev. Dr. Ives, the Protestant Episcopal Bishop of North Carolina, who is on a vist to Europe, is reported in the last number of the Tablet says he has gone to Rome, but while in London had an interview with the Cardinal Archbishop. We find the extract in the New York Freeman's (Catholic) Journal. tbi7 semTweekly jouenalT FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 24. 1852. THO. J. WARREN, Editor. Divine Service May be expected in the Methodist Church to morrow morning at the usual hour. Our Cotton Market. The Cotton market has been active since our last, with an advance. We quote at 7^ to 8$. All Right. Our Railroad Bridge is all right again, and the Cars have been Dassinc over as usual since Wednesday last. Temperance Advocate. It will be seen by our Card in to-days' paper, that on and alter the first of January next, the Temperance Advocate will be issued from this office. We hope that every subscriber to the Journal will take it; although we shall send it to none, unless specially directed, and when sent, we expect Two Dollars in return. It is a plain business transaction, and if you desire it kind patrons, we shall be pleased to furnish you with it. The Journal and Advocate are two separate and disI tinct papers, although edited and published under the same roof, and by the same person. The profits derived from both, are exclusively ours; and whilst we shall labor earnestly for the cause of Temperance in this new field, we expect to be paid for it in something more substantial than the good wishes of our friends?very acceptable, it is true, in their proper plare. Those who wish the paper, will please send in their names at once, that they may be entered with the beginning of the year. New Arrangement. On and after the first of January the Camden Journal will be published only once a week.? Those of our patrons who have paid for the semiweekly beyond that time, will be furnished with the Weekly as much longer after their subscriptions have expired as will make up the difference. As nearly all our semi-weekly subscriptions end with the first of the year, we propose to furnish to the few, which extend beyond that date, the Temperance Advocate in place of the Semi-Weekly Journal. This will not. however, he done unless expressly desired by those subscribers. We do not wish to force the Advocate upon any one; although upon its success and increased subscription list, will depend our pecuniary advantage. Post Master at Boykin's. The Post Master General lias appointed Mr. Thomas J. Jones Post Master at Boykin's Depot, in place of Mr. J. S. DePass, resigned. Medals for the Palmetto Regiment The South Carolinian is requested by the Secretary of the Executive Department to state that the Medals for the relatives of the deceased of the I'ulmnUu liu^inn ut propacalinn ;~atul, u.'W ready, the fact will be made public. Lawyers and Editors. We are glad to find that there are so many good Editors in South Carolina, who are also good Lawyers. We have the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with one, at least, whose ability in ei'her capacity will justify this remark. We mean C. D. Melton, Esq , the accomplished gentleman, and abie writer who edits and conducts the "Pal- t inetto Standard." We are pleased, however, that it is not an indispensible pre-requisite, that to be a good Editor, a man must be a Lawyer, although it cannot be denied that it is a great ad vantage. The truth is, an Editor ought to be a little of everything to suit the multitudinous wants of the public, and the wonder is, that Editors are able to get along (all of them) as well as they do. Speaking of Lawyers, our friend Rice, ot the Southern Rights Advocate, at Anderson, has lately added to his profession ot Editor, that ofa Lawyer. We hope he may always have on hand a good client, with a pocket full of rocks. We wish him success, either as an Advocate in the Forum, or of the people's rights through the Press. The Difference. Mr. Webster's Works are selling, it is said, in New York, at the rate of one hundred copies per day. Mr. Calhoun's Book lies upon the shelves of the book-seller, only now and then called for; al most a nameless tomb marks the place of the immortal dead. The reason of this difference is, that the people of the North?in this particular instance at least? manifest in a more effective way, their appreciation of the exalted talents ol their great statesman. As a Scholar, Mr. Webster had scarce an equal? as a Statesman, Mr. Calhoun stood almost incomparable. Editorial Changes. In the last number of the Southern Literary Gazette, the Valedictory ofWm. C. Richards, Esq., appears. Mr. Richards is a man of talent, and [ from a long connection with the Press of the South has gained the confidence and respect of the reading public. We wish him all possible success in his future efforts with that admirable Juvenile the Schoolfellow, to be published herealter in New York. Paul H. Hayne, Esq., now takes charge of the Gazette, to whom we promptly and fraternally extend the hand of fellowship. We also perceive by the last Sumter Banner that J. Richardson Logan, Esq., has become the Editor of that paper. We wish him success. Godey's Lady's Book. mi_- TNn..nfir Mumhnr hn? nrriv*>rJ nrnmnflu I 1 uu Jauuaij and we are pleased to say, betokens no diminution in the beauty and interest of this elegant book. We propose to any of our friends who desire to have the two, to furnish the Lady's Book and the Journal for Four Dollars?the price of these separately will be five dollars. The beginning of the year is a good time to commence the volume. BY THE GOVERNOR. Order No. 2. Headquarters, Columbia, December 14, 1852. The following gentlemen have been appointed and commissioned Aids-dc-Camp to llis Excellency the Governor and Commander-in-Chief with the rank of Lieut. Colonel, and will be obeyed and respected accordingly. By order: J. W. CANTEY, Adjutant and Inspector General. A. Baxton Si'kings, A. M. Kutii, Tillman Ingram, Kodert Mu.vro, Jr., J. M. IIowell, Kansom Caliioun, Paul Hamilton, W. E. Wilson*, Wm. PlCNKNKY STARKE, Augustus Smith, \V. L. Heyn* olds, J. II. Witheksi'oon, Robert J. Willing ham, A. Waui.no, E. P. Bradley, AVm. E. Zimmerman, R. L. Hkiuot, Jacob Belser, Samuel Sparks, Jr., J. E. Cureton, B. Rush Campbell, Fit an cis W. IIe riot, J. B. Jackson, 11. G. Howard, Elliot M. Keitu, John J. Con vers, J. Evans Edings, Joseph J. Pope, George M'Clenaiian. Dec. 24 103 2 BY THE.GOVERNOR. Executive Department, Clarendon, December 21, 1852. In relation to the Pardoning rower, whenever petitions shall be presented for pardon, the report of the Judge who tried the case will be a requisition, in all cases, not to be omitted. The facility with which appeals for mercy can bo obtained, are too well understood to weigh with the Executive; and to enable the Governor to dispense the high prerogative of mercy? which is a constitutional bequest?it is manifest that a dispassionate statement should be made. This determination is absolute. Bv order: B. T. WATTS, S33rotary Bcocativo Djpartmaut. Dec. 24 103 1 Executive Department, December 21, 1352. All communications to the Governor should be addressed to him at his residence in Clarendon, Fu'ton Post Office. Bv order: B. T. WATTS, Secretary Executive Department. Hon. J. L. Orr Will accept our thanks for his kind attention i:i forwarding us Congressional Documents, &c. Life's Inequalities. There are, to be sure, a great many inequalities in life, but after all, are we not, ourselves, responsible for much of the pleasure we enjoy, or lose. From a strange perverseness in the nature of man ho hi nrortnrpt to murmur at misfortune, than to rejoice at prosperity?he takes success in a mattor of course way, as his due, and does not consider for a moment, that of himself, he is nothing, and. that he owes to another and a greater being his existence?lift?and all its blessings. There ure comparatively few men, who have not at some time or other imagined that if they had the arrangement of things, they would provide differently for the mass of mankind for example, equalize things, take from the ricli and give to the poor. This is, to say the least of it, presumptions, for where would still be the remedy tor Life's Inequalities? 'Tis true, "Fortune in men has some small difference made, One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocad'% The Cobler apron'd, and the Parson gown'd, The Friar hooded, and the Monarch crown'd." "And yet, perhaps, if countries we compare A .. 1 A _ ,L.. LI *1 /1I1U estimate lite iiiessings which wiry snare, Though patriots llattor, still shall Wisdom liud An equal portion dealt to all mankind ; As different good, by Art or Nature given To different nations, makes their blessings ev'n.'> To descend from the poetical, and come down to the practical, we have but little doubt, that the ups and downs of life are, with most men, every day occurrences?there is something always at hand to interfere materially with our plans of life, for it is said, "The lone Miser visiting his store, Bends at his treasure, counts, recounts it o'er, Hoards after hoards his rising raptures fill. Yet still he sighs, tor hoards are wanting still." The world has litile use far the man who allows nothing to disturb the equilibrium of his mind ? In other words, if such a thing were possible for a man to pass through this vale of tears without an anxious thought, lie might very reasonably conclude that he was of little consequence to the world. Of course, some have more a/tenlion paid to their affairs than others, or rather others coru rem themselves more in some cases, with matters which do not legitimately belong to them. To illustrate by another touch of poetic fancy, "Those that stand high, Have many winds to shake them," It should be recollected however, that an arrow aimed at the sun, is not apt, in its upward course, to strike an object on a level with the archer; it only finds its real level when its strength is spent and falling far short of its aim, drops to the earth. The sun was never hurt by the arrows of puny man. Nor is the honest man. who pursues the even tenor of his way, seriously impeded by the snapping curs that infest his path-way through Hie. unwara nu goes -pursui ig unwavering ms ; determined career, and rises at last, contemptuous above the clamors of the rabble." The Cincinnatti papers announce the death, in that city, of the notorious "Fanny Wright," alias Madam Francis Wright Darusmont, after a long illness, the consequences of injuries received from a fall last winter. Hon. L. Gibbons, Judge of the Mobile Judicial Circuit, has been appointed by the Govern or of Alabama to the scat on the bench of the Supreme Court, made vacant by the resignation of Judge Dargan. "=,K*" 1" IT""' Is Slavery a Sm ? _ The New York Day Book mys that thp Rev. Dr. Spring, of that city- re&nffy tlccfarr-d that if hy praying for the abolition of slavery hcVowld accomplish it, lie would riot dare to make that prayer. In dbcu.-.-ing the subject, the Day Book makes the following sensible remarks toVn-V "'rhe bilile teaches ns what is and w hat is not lawful in the eyes of God, and as it is uoliotiger a sealed book, but open to all, each individual can judge for himself whether slavery is or is not a sin. We go to a lawyer to learn what is law, . * and the decision <>f eminent judges upon ijtiestions of law are received not omy "with deference and resjiect, but are regarded as binding upon parties who, disagreeing, appeal to them for their decision. The lawyers and the judges examine their books, tliev look into the matter and tell us *-0 -J plainly what the law is, mid we abide by their (I. duration. Is it not quite as reason ble then to appeal to eminent, divines upon qiiestions'jn dispute as to what is gospel. One man says slavery is a sin, another says that it is not a sin ; ^ neither party is as well acquainted or as familiar 4 with the bible as he ought to he, and they them- * 4 fore appeal to men who have made it theirstudy all their lives, and have become eminent for tlieir ^ wisdom in things pertaining thereto. These men have told us over and over again "that the biblo joes not condemn slavery a3 a sin, and that.it laiuly d es not make it obligatory on the master to manumit his slave." This is almost the universal opinion of the eminent clergy-in the Northern States; why then should the newspapers and the laitv continue to "admit that slavery is an evil ?" The supreme court of the United States the constitut:qnI(JjJje bible and the clergy, have all passed judgment upon it, and all admit the moral and the legal 7 right of man to property in the service of maw. No one pretends that man can owji property in man, as he does in an ox or an ass. lite laws of the Southern States make a wide distinction ?they recognize a slave as a man. and protect * him as a man. No man can kill and eat his slave as he docs his ox or his sheep, nor can he turn him out when old and helpless, to die ou the common, .as he does his horse. The properly is only in the services of the slave. The law of the State recognizes the negro as a pauper-^ human being incapable of taking care of Liiusctfc and step* in and makes a contract in his behalf and for him, with his master.,. It agrees-togivfc ? the master his services, and in return the master agrees t0 give the negro his Jimg?to lake.care of him in sickness and in old age, and prpjjJft for all his wants. This law may be wrong, m$y be hard and unjust to the negro, but.that re-, mains to be proved. Experience has not ^efc t lUght us that it is. "The States of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, have withdrawn their guardiaaship* over the liegn, and admitted that they,bad not just right to make such contracts for him. The/ have acknowledged his rights to equality with'' the white nntu, and left him to make his own; terms and take care of himself and family as best suits him. The consequence has been a total failure on the part of the negro to maintain, not a decent, so'cial position merely, but life itself.? lie has sunk lower and lower in the scale of irtr-? t?-lhgcnee ami humanity, his ottspring- hiw with- -5* erod and died 011 the parent stem, and his race, ** but for the supply from the slave States, \voulJ_ soon be extinct. There is no denying these facts;* and tin* negro, like the Indian, if left to himself,1 would disappear before the white man like frost before the sun. To five he must be owned, fed , and cared for, by a superior intellect. No man td j will care for and provide for another if he cannot \ have his services; and when we take from the ! white man the nowernnd the ri'dit to work tho I nesro, we deprive him uf the meaus of support ! inir him, and as a consequence the negro is Itfv to his resources?which resources, the experiment in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, has abundantly proved, are not sufficient for him tomaintain an existence in competition with thewhile race. That the law of the States which contracts with the white man for the support of the negro through life do better for him than ho can do for himself is no longer a question. That in so duinnr it does him a real and lastinur beilefft. wc have no doubt?but more of this anon." Washington*, Dec, 20. The Hon. W. R. King is worse, and has re| signed his seat as President pro tern of the Senate/ who have elected the Hon. David R. Atchison,. ? of Missouri, in his place. The* Hon. A. Dixon has been admitted to the seat for Kentuckj*. The Hon. Richard Brodhead, jr. of Pernsylvania, presented to the Senate on Monday petitions' r in favor of the introduction of a Bounty Land I Bill. In the House of Representatives nothing of any importance was transacted. _ ? Baltimore, Dec. 10. The Southern and Western Trade, Convention g met at Baltimore on Saturday. Two hundred " delegates were in attendance, Senator Dawson ^ presided. An address of welcome to the strangers on the part of Baltimore, and recommending a concentration of trade in that city, wa3 . adopted. Resolutions conforming to the princip'es contained in the address were adopted, and the Convention adjourned to meet in Memphis on the first Monday in June. A splendid dinner was given after the adjournment in the Hall of the Maryland Institute, at which five hundred persons were pre rent. Speeches were made by Dawson, Breckenbridge, of Kentucky, Orr and others. The party broke un at about ten o'clock. - ?.? Tiie London* Times.?:This press is said to | wield astonishing influence in Europe. "Stocks foil with rapidity on the stroke of its editorial pen, and a leading article from its gifted conductors, will shake a throne, and may drag down principalities and powcre." It is a joint stock concern, and its principal editor received a salary -= some years since of six thousand dollars per annum. Its advertising is enormous, and paid for before it goes into the paper. The new adver tisements in a single day have been known to reach as high as ten thousand and thirty-eight dollars. Probably the income from this source for a single day would bo two thousand, or six hundred thousand dollars per annum. Gold is said to have been discovered in Vermont. Specimens taken from a quartz vein, exhibit scales and grains in various sizes. The vein has been traced some 50 or 100 rods. The gold formation in Vermont is known to extend nearly its whole length.