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From t&Chrlstois C~Oirit THE MEXICAN WAR. The heroic bearing and gallantry of vue arm} have ei n13thacountry-wita glory. The noble Imanner in.t hich volunteers have 'offered their services, has attracted the adutiration 4f-Europe. The vigor and.gower'of a Republican government have .been felt ..m all-our operations. But notwithstadding all this thjte are some :qestions of domestic policy springing up, connected with the roar, which are calculated in their pro, giess, to produce a profound itpression upon our institutions. i other ws, the, heavy disburse rmets of Goveiinniont wore made in the N rth and on t&e Lake frontier ; our fortification, harbors and navy, have all. been built up in the North. This dmade a constant drain,' whilst we felt the operation in nothing but taxation *ithout any return. In the present war, all this is t eversed, and we yi'see the effects in exchanges,,sedtting in fasr of New-Orleans. The spete funds requi red :fur go erniegte will force .the current in that -direction.. This will be se'vprely felt, and will produce great opposition amongst those who have heretofore received all the benefits of Government. Besides, every ba tile 'fought in Mexi co, and every, dollar spent there but insures the - acquisition of Territory wnvic.i must widen the field of Southern. enerprise and poirer in the future. And ine final result will be to readjust the whole blalance of power in the confed cracy, so as to give, us control over the opera:ions of the Government in all time to come. If the South be but true to themselves, the day of our depressiun and suffering is gone and gone fcrever. This is perceived in other quarters, and the danger now is from such a combination at the North as may over awe the Administration and Congress. A combination maybe made upon thu principle of opposition to the Mexican war upon anti-slavery feeling, and in favoor of restoring the high tariff under a pretext to meet the increased expen ditures of Government. It is this that has swept Penmsylvania and Ohio ir the recent elections, aod it may - do the sane in New York and Maine. If the Democratic party. be . overthrown in those States ik~will .,bring into power a s tung combinaeton.deeply hostile to the South. The first developement will be will be, a mavenrnont to prohibit the. introduction of Slavers: into any territory to beacquired inM-exiRg Ind iensto testore, to a great eftelnts te .high du ties .that dave .be .re ytl. abolished. These L :paints. are: r. 4alculatedt rally the-most.poe terests-agatkt us, and to give- to agitatoiS and dema% gogues their brightest' prospects of tri amph. If they succeed4nh restricting slavery ni'e inch below!the Missouri compromise then if we submit.to,it, we sltal-deserve our degraded desticy. When this issue is tendered us,-'let the consequences be' what they may, 'we must meet - it as becomes men and freemen. 'it will be no time to argue. .. Not that we should care to reserve acquired - territory mere ly ;as a habitatioia for. slares, but ,if they strcceed in fixing .restrictions, against that, institution "specially, it will, be a moral .degradation and insult to us, which., if we'beat in.peace, will make us the fit subjects- o1despotisn'r. These are the-~ 'dangers that are before us. I fear that our friends in Ottio ancLN. York and elsewhere, who voted with us for the reduct itr of taxes, will quail before thre fising. storm, and even next. Session of Congress, we shall see, them-.give, wayfto principles vital'to us and to this Union.. If these events happen no :naia .re. ethe result. We are on the eve of new developements full ofdanger? While, these .things'are taking place ..in'-the, N~orthy ;where our deadliesL' enemieso are gaily,. sendhing. forth their shoots ofitrnph, :tue whole. South appear to be ini a. profound s!uin ber. . We are relying. vitli too much coafadence npon file strEngth of.an ad ministration that is with us on .all these. great questions. We'should he up and doing -ourselves.. ..There:. never was ai thne when more nerve,itaient and: patria otism were requzired in- our public coun eils. Where is the trumpet .caf-.of those men who on~ce stood forth to rottse 1heir country. and lead, o* freumen to. tle rescue I Are we to- stand idly by and~see.those wholhave nobly fought the, battle of free4ade ~with up, clovon. . down andsprostigted~by ans unholy, corn bination; of all thip efements most hostile to the; SouthZ Ias. said 'that periods-of the greatest tritmphs -are often petiods of the greatest. ,doger toa people. It is theu th: they repsein ~too, much confidence upon. whathas been, done.. But four mnonths since,- and-all ur cher. isheprincips seeqmead'tO ~riamppbnt --theodiusandgconstt5iOnal tariff.. of 1842. was- prostrated by.an admis. tra:i~on faithful tit's principles; we have a tariff mithi' ihe minimumsn and speci c duties abolished, sand'. he ,principles. of free trade izitroduced. Englandi, uader. the able- and hrn guidonfiSir t'eg has procilimed 'manicipatiotgt hykllidtrade and :dbor, and thte .&Iig bt4 risng on'a tide, of. rgprify.nvar hdjoie con veived of. .,.- ,u - WeNbe 7 .:b~j~a our 'abet -tazd onjtjy optj tWgdi u onot and .more favored bygeavy I just~eginning tooun i a leap a " strong man when his crdsh .bentken 'off? And just t .o the *hole energy aud prejudice of; the North seem about to be arrayed against-heseprospects, before us. e. hale been able to look out upon the promised land, but I fear there is niIeh rising-between us and its enjoyment. The storm aind the desert may yet have to be passed. High bearing and lofty purpose can carry us through if united tog er., And if we sink all (petty strfes ind personal aspirations in a sincere'd* tion to the country, and nothing country, we. can long. preserve r rights -and our honor,.and the Unnab There is one thing .-clear,.that. as as South-Carolina . is concerned, -al can never expett to contend for. ascen x dency.with the great and powerful states, either of the West or the North. We must depend for in8uene upon our moral and intellectual endo*merits, whileother States expects through their physical numbers, always to be able to conrer the Presidential pur ple, and with it, the offices of Government, we must strive by our boldness, talent, and de votion to tiuth, to develope the great principles .of Government, and thus impress ourselves upon the different factions contending for power. We must be faithful and tiue to the Consti tution-the Country, and its honor. We must not yield to the growing power and, demands, of.the West, any more thap, we have done to the gross usurpations of the North Fidelity to the Constitu tion and its strictest Construction must ever be our watch words. Let no temptations, however great, either in the. lascinations. of future, or the wild theories of unregulated genius, ever seduce South Carolina from the diredt path of duty to the .Constitution, and devotion to our ancient and cherished principles. We have a great carer before as, if we are firm and true. But if we give way or sinks our principles, there is no degredation too low for ,u to reach, in the future contest for p. and place. Let our young, men look to famfa honor rather than to present popularit Let them place South Carolina, where. she has ever been, upon high and di-l interested principles-devoted to nor man or set of men on.earth-with' oy feeling,. save for. our rights, our, interests,' any our common glo" , ..e "ALGE DIFE LATER FRO. E . .Tbe, steamgl . et wsf arrived last night, 8 6; - Gayeston.:',. . ; z. .. v '1.last.accounts. roitnCeiera Am podia .add. his: armysleft-them beyond: Satillo dn their inarch toward San Luis Potosi, dt which point it was rumored! that Santa Anna had, ,arrived at: the -.ead,:; of tliirteen, thousdn.dand daily. expecting, reinforcempu's . The.Georgia Regimeid was the only reinforcement which had reached Monter.ey at the time onr informvants left. . rders had been received, it was understood, by. the otber Regiments stationed on the' Rio Grande, to move towards Head quarters. The Kentucky and Tennessee mounted Regiments had not yeit teached Matamoras. The people of lSlonterey who had left about the time of the seige, wvere gradually returning. They had begun to exhibit friendly feelings towards-the Americans, interchanges of visits not 4J being rate among both parties. .There-hand lysen afrays het ween. the citiens.of Monterey and Tetas Rfan gers, which resulted, firsh, in the as sassination of a Texan Volunteer, and then by way of revenge, in the killing of ereven Mexicans by the comrades of the slain. General Taylor, to prevent smnila tsecurrences,. hand ordered an eBcnt guard to be distributed throrgh I the city.- Lieut.. Col. .McClung was rapidly recovering front the effects -of his wodnds'. Were gratified to be able to state < hat' the duels, wische sergion the tapis I at Camargo betweenr Co. Balie Peyton i and Gen..Ma:;shall, and. also .between 1 Capt. Musson, of tfii~s city, pnda Capt. c Cheevess, of the . Texas Volgnteers,. have all been. amicably arranged. dArivssToN', Oct.27. lam-glad to see that at length our Government is to prosecute the war against Mexico with some showsof.*rea ion nd vigor. . Re-call -Gen.. Wool htom his nonsensical and Quixotic ei6 pedition. to Chihuahua,' order . him;o t join Gen. Taylor-and,.. hilp out in,,ho. t opetions.aginst Snltillo'and'San. Luisi ed'the eyes of the,Mexican -ruleregwill, soon be..opened., All that will beiwan' C r ting will be the subjugation of Tamipio, and the est'abhidimentsof depots of pro visins on the road between that and Sarn Luis, to throw allrof Nothern Mex Ico ecqmpletely into ouir power. Gi W.K. F,'omie N.0. Copanmercial Tunes 2d inst.C LATER FR'OM THE ARMY. ARRIVAL OF THE GALVES-TON. The Steamship. Galveston aniv~d tI eserda-.meing from thetBrasoej4ap-. i tago evia nGalvestojt;;havings left- the, c ormer place o,)the 29th and- the4atter *v n the 80.ut. 4Wehayq n -teceivsd ancrepa ence from Eqte ( eLn eig ~ybt~~gd g~g agrI ialveston News ofi 3 F m olis we a rgh at: e xicant hihk Ttally= avu~t i 'Bole :o-ntry this side of'-Sar, Ls Potosi. The information has been de dedfrom..so.many sources hatr s now no doubt of this fact. The deft Behisd-som0 forty, dragoons to , the foriilicatiois that hadbeen cI rc ied at Los Muertos, a naturally strong and difficult pass on the road to Satillo, and about five or six miles bey I ihe Rincona4u.<. Timey' have . dis ut ned Saltillo, destroyitg-whatever mght be of use to our army, and which they could biot tale away. "Thus there is nothing left for, Gen. aylor to ,conqier, but ibatreg region ofrugged'mountains and thirsty plains, ffdinrin ither .vater nor provisions foe'subsstaicof man or beast, over Sisnte' tw t'gora thr'e'e' miles.toSn otesi. If, as has been said Gen odetIo tiiiarch up an .41 SO1o! Asoas to reah that rcit y heend berensiidlrses how ie Is1o trarse such a count"y s he will lava t1do'oby a forced mar rateof tteeb or!twenty miles pe'8 The only iiater on this }uuteitna.: Mexican tanlis, fiich wijf doubi be all broken up as'the eneIny retire r 'To 'carry water sufficient tos hii arniy and teams from suffering ,o probably require more horses, thu -and oxen, than are now ii the army ifl lof which aro reduired for the transportar tion of the necessary stores andw7muni' ions. In making this retreat, the ene my have doubtless adopted a wise'olicy, leaving behind them a far more form:i' dablo enemy for Gen. Taylor.to en. counter (viz: this march) than he coula ever find'in their -owir arms and fortified to wnts. This policy has tintiuestionably -linn dictated by the sagacity of Santa -Anna. It is stated, on good authority, that he ie ent orders to Anipudia to evacute , and all other places this side buntains, but those orders were 0 4eved til! after the battles lenving the troops neceisary to nlonterey, Saltillo and othiel s00n. Tailor will only haekan' m y out 5000 men, with'.which to iliiateia the heart of the enemy's ''t d; farbeyond the reach of' t*shichi he 'might. fall. in case of i cesity? is a correct acCount nd prospects'of dod-tuthor. eeti perse-. his fpace ejesse in'theervice oft e. , to which Gen. Taylordeiplied no e cess ad-been cofimitted a grave character but that he would preserve or der, i .possible. xican merchant. arrived on the 23d October, says that nopreparations are making at the Pass of the Rinconada, and-that 'Saltillo will~not be defended. This news wants confirmation. Private advices from the city of Mex ic; up todh'e 29th September, inform s that Santa Ainna had left the -'capital nmhat morning with 2000Y cavalry and 300 infantry. Hie was utterly unsuc essful in raisiutg a loarr of' two millions in a mortgage of the revenues of the hurch, as the lien was consider ed by :apitalists illegal. He then applied for $20,00, btut could merely obitain $27r )00, vhich was the sum total with hich he started~ Santa Annar pro'ceeds to- San Liiis ?otosi, where he will halt, and concen rate the' whole of the Merican forces. ?nstructions have been forwarded fd the eneral' commanidiist th'e Army 'ol the forth to make no further resistanice at altillo, but to fall back upon San Luis 'otoi. -From thre N.~ 0. Picayune. From Vera Cruz:--We have nothing C inmiortance from' Mexico by way of' lavna, burt have been admitted' to taake an eittrnct from' a commercial ster of a late date. It is from a' source< ntiled to all respec't :. - VERA CRUZ, OctA I L~eiar Sirs:.-Tbere is very. ijtgle ews worth reportiuig, the preserrt,'Gov-. rnment is trying to render, it'self popular 'y a series of rather..libefal mneasui'es, ncfappears willling to rd.ominerice the ampdiiinoi-e rigoi-busly.' Gen. Snta L'nna is about to leave Mexico 'in orfer 9 a assume liineraTship in .chief.of the roo f c'oiceitrafdlnSan LdisPotosi; u t'weTonfess todiave'th irery worst pirin of' trae iileiican Army, and do ot' belisee. thi1thiey' will nist e any igorous ~rehisine ~to the Anierian t roops. The main difficulty~ will' be,' ioreover, the entire evant of monej Us :the coffers of the treasury theilets niot ven enough wherewith to paj'theilmost eessary and urgent exigencies, 'and ec cdt of'Government- is verg 'rnath? Wten indeec. rt is true that the clerg9 'ill guarantefe,a roan of some millions d f dollars', but' we do noti believe that' s amount will 'be #ro'cur-ed, and evern' it were, undoubtedly tho largest Will n~ist in. Governnieit" jpei,'*ehidiis ry difficult to realize at this monet.: a 'h'Gosaof9f7A b'ama' las set a vpdgs na day sof t~n.klgyi. roughod-that State g.e4 jh: 2 'From the N. .Ielid o*a? 1.er .LATER FyM.H-AVNA-.* Destructive Stoim-Great loss of Life and Propery., -By! the packet brig P. Soule, we have received our regular files of Havana paersjd't1te 24th Oct. Every one of thein; fr6i the 11th to the 17, are filled with the most awful accouuts of the iiurrican', 'liinh commenced there early' Dn the night of the 10;h and continued till the night of the . 11th tlr. On the I0.h the city, and particularly the port, prtssented.a gay and pleasant appear ance. Every: vessel in the harbour flaunted its colors from the masthead, it being idie" Queen's birth day. How changed was the scene on the next morning! howt great was the destruction which the inthless storm had created ! Where, the day. previous, tnrti-colhred pennants floated gracefully in the breeze and the mariners of many climes were enjoying a hilatious holyday, all was a general scene of wreck and desolation. Dead bodies Were seen floating in. the still angry surge ; bales of goods and parcels of produce were cast in confusion on shorn; fragments of vessels and ship furniture covered the surface o, the port, aid the vessels, stripped of their can, vase, and with .bare masts- looked like a blasted forest; The water from the harbor, and the heavy torreits of rain. waich fell during the night of the 10th and morning of the ilth,.kept ihe streets perfectly inunda ted, and the wharves were all under water. A great many lives were lost on board of the vessels arit on shdre. Over 150d houses have been'aized to the ground ,n Havana and its neighbor ing. towns. In one of the principal streets, outside of the walls, which tuns parallel with ihe.northerin part of the coast, there ha ie been more, than 150 houses totally. destroyed. Hundreds of persons residing -in the suburbs, were compelled to seek refuge in some stron ger btidings th p their respective habi tations-many of them after seeing theii own dweallings blown.to. atoms, and thus Iaking shelter, were crtshed under the ruins of the hpiises *here they expected to be safe. The riurnber of buildings which have had their roofs, doors and walls partly destroyed, are probably over.5000 in the' city and suburbs. About 90 persons, fourd *dead .among the ruins, were sent to the burying, ground oil the lath, and it was expected -to find inany more among the ruis and rubbish which ad not yet 6deud rerno" ved.. The Itvania papers-say that the gale of 1844 was slighOtcom ared to this ; that there is1 no huf ican on record, in Sat o the*6rl ~by which human ,:ed 8d sWrely as dn this cl Iti ied; received from Matan ts, Cardenas, and s>me 30 or 40 of the nighbring towns and villages, and in these places the hurricane had like wise destroyed property to a cotisidera ble extent, anti a nuiber of tiles were lost. . . . In Ma'anas,:~ Cardenas, gataona, and Marcel, nearly all the vessels in psort were sunk wr driven ashore. iroma the Charleston' N'es. SIX DAYS LATF. FROM LIVERPOOL. The ship -Alliance, .Capt. Tucker, art ived off' our bar early this mornirig, starting from Liverpool on the 11th Oc tober. European news direct, by 'ail. ing vesseks, being a circumstance so nusual in these days of rapid stearfi. comniunication, is the reason, we pre-. umo -that Capt. T. brought ino papers, except a package directed to the Cou rier Office, to thoa Editors of which wve te indebted for a Slip.containing the rollowing accouint of the maiket. There s no political intelligence. The steamer Great. lritain had not een- goi ot'--she had ten feet. of water her hold at last accounts.. The. .ship -Richmond, Nathorn, for hisport, was up at Liverpool, 10th ult. ,o have despatch; IIV ER POOL, October 9.-Cotton luring the early. part of th~e present veek,ias in steady and good demand, ad . the :rlight concession . w.hich was ubmitted to' after the steamer's' arrival m the 30th ult. was gradually recovered,. iesterday afternoon an active specul~a ive demand sprung. up,'. orig-inated by Ire receipt of, thrsee . days later. advices hon- New York per transient . ship dIarnisog re presenting that ma,;ket to t advanemzg tinder the influence of con inud unfavorable accounts froin .the otton growing districts.; In conse uene of the. general. tenor of these dvices, hol14ers hafe..shown fess'dispo ition to sell,-and prices.: lose wvitp an pwardl teadency. The to al sales of, ie week-amouat to 59,80Oba1'es. To ay the d'eriand is brisk and. general and le sales are 10,000 bales,. about half of rhisch is on- speculation .The, authorized notations of the "fair" -qualities .of Lmericnl -re advanced 1 -8d. per lb., ad a similnr advance on the lower and iddle qualities is, established ,on 1a. 'riday's. qtto.tations. . Elctons.-The returns fo l isricts of Jgaine w)ichvoted formerii ers of the Legislature, up to the 26tl i It., gve 61 Wiand .53 Daiocgig i the organization of the House.. , . John H. Clarke,' was co' Thiis 'af. istlected by.Q ~eislature of Rhod land a United 4e ,Se ir fbr sii easi frm. th ngutl o( artb xt,, h '6te stodd fo *. C os.'~ From the Southdtt Chronicle. ;; .Rsrouti wiyis j~ ssioT %A --W 'hail wiih cb leasue htb4-D D of o sensible and ovaluabip ant allyash editor of the Charleston Nects wbo A been recently ably following. up out own imperfect suggestions, on the necessity of making some: more efectual. legislative provision for the diminution of the ,nmber of free white voters in our State who can not read the ticket they put into the balot box. He has come up most manfuhy to our aid in this important matter, and his remarks are well worthy of tbe attention of every enlightened member of the Legisla ture, who feels his responsibility to his State. The first great duty of every free State is to educate its citizens at whatever cost, and that State has not properly performed that great duty, which numbers among its voters 20,000 unable to read or write ; and neither labor nor cost should be spared to tripe away this disgrace. "Impossible !" once said Mirabeau to one of his secretaries, "never name to me that beast of a word." The same senti meut should animate our legislators. for in so holy a cause as that of.bringing.light to the darkened intellects of their fellow citizens, their efforts, if nade with the fitting energy in the proper spirit, must succeed-at least, the great interests in. volved imperiously require of them-to matk the trial: 'This is no question of policy or expeliency, but of urgent necessity and duty ; let them act, and not only talk about it. . . We have high hopes of this Legislatire, As a celebrated physician once tried sc.' cessfully the experiment of restoring the worn out energies of an enfeebled' patient by the infusion of youthful and mlore healthy blood. so our present Legislature has re 'ceived a strongaccession of new members, many of them fresh from the halls of.Col lege, who stillfeel the bedefts of the in struction they have recently received, and who. if they will otily exert their energies in this noble cause, may secure the lasting gratitude -of their State. A more noble' field for exertion neve .vas presented to any rising body of statesmen, and we ap peal to the Young Men of our State to press forward this great reform, if their older and more politic brethren will give it up in despair. .i We intend io reflection on fortyer Legislatures, which have slurred over all proposed amendments as visionary or impracticable, but we know the influence exerted upon the strongest minds by long continued habits of thinking, an'd therefore earnestly entreat those as yet :unbiassed, seriously id meditate some plan for the in. tellektual iedemption of Souil Carolina. Even fdilire insdcli a caugb will ehon' orable to him who makes the it'ipt.t' Who will be the Cdrtius to plunge'idto this yawning pit of ignorance which threa tens to engulf our State ? Unless; some such be found, no.mati qadtellthb resul . We will lie ldft far, beh indin the .rapid, marcb.of intellect pushing on all around us:.-Even North Carolina hai a free school system superior to'drs. But we desire toadeal'1n psii facts. The firsistep necessary to make ad efied tual. 'improvement, ieto. ascertmid he actual' 'working of, the. present system, which canonly be done.by.ibe dppointment of a, person specially.selected, and etnpow ered by the Legislature to make the ex mination, by personal inspection ofthd schools all over the State. 'This lhas been urged upon the Legislature'by almost all the eminent gentlemen at iffereet' limes appointed to examine info the system. They, have all declared that bey .wanted light on :the subject,.only to be- procured In that way. We need only .inentiod tzie names -of Professors Thaortiwell and Elliott, of Messrs. Bellinger, Blanding, M-Cordi andl Johnsotn, to prove What weight of authority the proposition carried with it. The paltry pretext of exp'nse surely should not be permitted to set aside recommendation so wise and so power fully sustained. The next step..houldbhe the creation of an. adequate fund for the pupse ofc.arrying,out any plan de;er,min ed upon. .TIhe present anuual appropri ation of $%7,000 is totally inadequate (ex cept Us U botidty :o a few teachers.) as these getftremen have conclusively 'shown in their devefal reports. We would, with all due defesreuie'to this -opinions of those better qualified fojodge,. propose ie estab lishment of a system ,of free schools., ad equate to the wais of thes wholecommunity in place of the expensivepjrivate schools, where the childreaof th inch enjoy almost a monopoly ofetfucatin',those of the poor being either deprived of it, or receiying it as an act oftharity/-an'alternative gallin'g to the pride of the jiumblest of our citizens, and productive of mudli of the ignoraitee tha.prevails~ We would suggest that a fund forthe purpose.id~cated he raised biy levying a direct' tax'of one dollar'opoii eveity citizen of the 'Stato qualified t'o voie (the poorest could' 'pay that~. From' thidt source'a fund of at least: $150.000'could annually -be ad dedas a-tax upon dorporation stockse plate, pleasure carriages and other luxuries; as. well as the surplus revenue due..to. the State fromi the. sale of the .gublic land, which could not be better bestowed... The surn th'us taised would be amply sufficient' to1uild school'houses and pay comopetd'nt dtchers'; and thus; by taxing 'lusbries,' the rich may be' made contriburd' td the ducation of the children of their poorer eihbeirs. in free- ubhoofsj*~bere alf miay meet!on a footing of repueblicab equality. :o enjoy the benefits o~f instruction,; for which, to the extent of'his nieans, ecbad qualry contribuited.. 'We want, iucajion injoyed'as Uiight . - . - - Is'not the wehenleptroposeud worthy at' ast df 're~eetion'atnd' consfideation, and' ve;oftpartial .trial'? A'reform'of this :batacter would be a reform indeed 6' .Inrporthifrom' Mtzico' if' thie. - Ih'be New'Tribano gives 'the' eitrait o tletter'in-om the City of~7exij~O aitdW - trocdstiotr E'f- thPsiatstdf;''t vill be 'the'first stiddf?:9ififted~ ity h'e .M ia' u i'thW thre Ulife hitiksitillredtit : he'4d#oitie'if scommissib'n' indi'lid'tff ire made, Meoxico wilt, in all probabili-7 yf~iifoNn~~i497# yao xas. . _ EDGEFIELD C "-11 %NDNESDAT. Novxissa 1184 6. FiT.-..2D Thursd~t+ eveinjh h iE" fire broke a.tit the he1IiAg s K. M'Clintock ofthisplcif{g StIatately, extinguished' betre iuchJdamage was, Some valuable clotL'ingQ.was.destroyetri i Alarm of Fite.-At hf:are i3.pdion Friday marning last, the e:itiziarb tW-p were aroused by the cay:of ' among the number whowet'to the , yg the flames were seen. Some:evifldispoidipet. son or persons had placed In thd' uu t near the premises "of MessrL. E.tibP1 - Ryan and Mrs. Laborde, a pine- oh were placed combustibliesatrialis a on fire. There was miale of m ' lumber in the immediate vi -eji the fire been iscoveredatilepe 9 bly have been destroyed, asthexi ns y high. Whether the box :aboverefr * .'t -'i was setdd fire ftrin sport or net '-ths ' who did it, when discoiered utd 6ft - to feel theisevedity oflili'.y~5 Th. Weath.er-On-Thureday-lest ehiji3g took place-'ir the'veather: =Th-eiaIe'r~nitnre becane cold.abd a light rain .coasenced'fl ing and continued to do so fe ' ins Mleetiag of tA Mechanics i celgt.-We were present on1Sondy venjnigEr last, at the meeting of the T rance i I of this place. Afler-the of business,.the.Society.proc - of Delegates to the state Ter Conven tion whiih will Asseible at on the 25th. inistant. != The following gentlenie ez0i, A. Mctaine, Dr. R:.T lfi n l Ramssay. A forcible addiest Mu elie a Dr. Jo'rn G. Wilaisfirerih thet T Teinince Band we e feanb 6.'En ; livened tli udience yresent,'witbfslejdi. tiful airs. We regretted the abses ief the hadies; who-wauld bave getly snjoyetlh iti. sical tieat. " - Duaringth 'meeting somie lit bm t late Temp~efane Coiventidii e br6i, 1 fore the Society, nds on, notson-actio q them, was gostponed till the next egular me4 ing ftis desirablehat tre Idoilldbe'af l attifdaiceo'fbhe mnbers Jo'iunlay el - tiext, todonsiielihbise resole'tidiii.N e p that as many of'the iizedsas can conveeufl - lydo so, "wll ba i ii"W& a i''j, A .d~3 -: peocure the attendanceof some lather to The copany watli ther sweat milues. if t with Iheir oigi; and we particiarji est the 'Tempierane'Bind'to Favar. ihe' tciei with their presence, and o ddniflieis of 'the ladies' witi"tiei atrains o deielod music. .., . We have receivedl thE rsi ?Iu'&nber6%'~ die~ ly paper entitled the "Pinllisetto Stsie Bae' published at golumbi, S. C. by tiCM Old gan; Terms S'2 per &nliz'm.' Itiiyophibal' appearance is neai, and its originil-:aefalid selectiorni arse of a high 'oirdbr."Ii' girlinel are of the Den ocratj4 School. We give it a brdia'l. d~ercome among o5? E6%ddgds.';O Thanksgiaing Dazy.-Thursday-the-5th itnstant rhich was egoainted'by 'His 'Ex. oAllency Goverinor Aiken~ a '-ibf'puha-r fiitflanks'grving; to be' obser ib:6ugi? out the' St atA, wads teii 1el' i~'tt a' .prace.bay oapening the 5pitai copal Clieurches" for .diviu ioil~ Sermon was pareachec in;, each'lby., ehr) resp~ective Pastors,:,tg Rev. Dr.'W4, .Vi Johnson and the sdtv. fir,Wlkerg .were present at the service In'the- Baptista Church and heard -a sermon hbiglhlypI r propriate to. theioccauion. Ti iske dwelt upon the great -p biyln id among ourselves and life' hajpia 'of e i beloved contry.Ne cotase dition with tha( of.;bther :cou a~ blessmjpf which we have enjy4 e g~a utpoti'ui thegreat duty heartfelt ahanks -to the Al t g o~f nations. H e spoke rnJghspoi:. happy. seslemout1 , the: eionsiilicl~ c'ulties which as sone tin~e-Iatetend*L tearibi collision among arseltes, sid'aouI long-- pending 'disputof ~Ii Ian 10is5b Goveratnerit, itt'tlatios't thYO'gon' quiedison. - ' In dlwelling;uye. tid saetfh'69h oceAsion' to'pay a 6i ' a ..wfi'i meit - whose nitN saiu ria kience, ghi ufo faegn imfportatiCe wab.' mainytaegled. upae basis mbsei-abld-to th6 td Nhrethus*' Governments of Gee: Btan' ati hebs -We .woldlt h bb me~filfin - bi bouid ip t~