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GooDE, who is ray guar dian, in all matters of businebs.M~N El July 18 U. 27 Oupping UOses and Scarlicators, A LL kinds. Also, Laneets and a great variety 4of Srical instruments, f'or sale by THE CLERICAL HORSE 300KEY. A jTRUE SKETCU FROX LIFE. Ix one of the large towns of- Worcester ounty, Mpssachusetts, used to live a clergy. ian, whom we will call Ridewell. He was f the Baptist 'persuasion,-and very rigid' in is ideas of moral propriety. He. had in his mploy an old negro, named Pompey; and this latter individual was so strict in his orals as his master, he was at least a very unning dog, and passed in the reverend ousehold for a pattern of propriety. Pom ey was a useful servant, and the old clergy an never hesitated to trust him with the most important business. Now it so. happened that there were welling in and about the town, sundry in ividuals who had not the fear of the dread il penalties which Mr. Ridewell preached bout, before their eyes ; for it was the wont f these people to congregate on Sabbath renings upon a level piece of land,: i the utskirts of the towa, and there race horses. This spot was hidden from view by a mnse piece of wood, and for a long while e Sunday evening- races were carried on ithout detection by the officers, or others, ho might bave.stopped them. It also happened that the good old clergy. an owned one of the best horses in the )untry. 'This horse was one of the old organ stock, with a mixture of Arabian ood in his veins and it was generaly iown that few beasts could pass himlon the ad.. Mr. Ridewell, with a dignity becom g his calling, sto.utly declared that the wetness of his beast.never afforded him any -atification, and that, for his own part he ould as liof have any.other. Yet money mId not buy his Morgan, nor could any. noubt o'f argument persuade him to swap. The church was so near the good clergy. an's dwelling that he always walked to eeting, and his horse was consequently lowed to remain in the pasture.. Pompey heard that these races were on e tapis, and he resolved to enter his mas r's horse on his own account, for he felt sured that old Morgan could beat anything the shape of horse-flesh that could be pro. ired in that quarter. So on the very next mnday evening he hid the bridle under his aket, went out into the pasture and caught e horse, and rode off towards the spot here the wicked ones congregated. Here he found some dozen assembled, d the race was about to commence. Pom. y mounted bibeast. :nd M1.the %i;ni: kn irted. Old Morgan entered into the spirit the thing, and came out two rods ahead everything. So Pompey won qnite a pile d before dark he was well initiated in >rse racing. Pompey succeeded in getting home with. it exciting any suspicions, and he now nged for the Sabbath afternoon to come, r he was determined to try it again. He did go again, and again he won, and is course of wickedness he followed up for ,o months, making his appearance upon o race ground every Sunday afternoon, as on as he could after " meeting was out." And during that time, Pompey was not e only one that loved racing. No, for old organ himself had come to love the excite ent of the thing, too, and his every motion en upon the track, showed how zealously Sentered into the spirit of the game. But these things were not always to re am a secret. One Sunday a pious deacon held this racing from a distance, and raigtway went to the parson with the arming intelligence. The Rev. Mr. Ride eli was utterly shocked, his moral feelings ere outraged, and he resolved to put a stop this wickedness. During the week be made several inquiries, id he learned that this thing had been ractised all summer on every Sabbath 'ternoon. He made his parishioners keep miet, and on the next Sunday he would iake his appearance on the very spot, and ith them in their deeds of iniquity. On the following Sabbath, after dinner, [r. Ridewell ordered fomnpey to bring up Id Morgan, and put him in the stable. The rder was obeyed, though not without mis ivings, on the part of the faithful negro. As >on as the afternoon services were closed, e two deacons, and some others of the embers of the church, accompanied the minister home, together with their horses. " It is the most flagrant piece of abomina on that ever came to my knowledge," said se indignant clergyman, as they rode on. " It is so most assuredly," answered one the deacons. " Horse racinig on the Sabbath !" uttered e minister., " Dreadful !" echoed the second deacon And so the conversation went on, until key reached the top of a gentle eminence rhich overlooked the plain where the racing vas carried on, and where some dozen orsemen, with a score of lookersoni, had ssebled. The sight was one that chilled the good arson to his soul. He remained motionless ntil lie had made out the whole alarming ruth, then, turning to his companions, he aid " Now, my brothers, let us ride down -and onfront the wicked wretches, anid if they vill down on their knees and implore God's ercy, and promise to do so ne more, we vill not take legal action against them. 0, hat my own land should be desecrated thus!I" or it was indeed a portion of his farm. As ths'good clergyman thus spoke, ho tarted on towards the scene. The horses C the wicked men were drawing up for a tart as the minister approached ; someo he riders, who at once recognized Morgan, lid not recognize the reverend individual who ode him. " Wicked men," commenced the parson, ma.he came near enough for his voice to he mead, " children of sin and shame-" " Come on old hess !" cried one of the ockies, turning, towards the minister ; " if fou are. in for the first race you must stir our stumps. Now we go !" " Alas! 0, my wirednri." "All ready!" shouted be who led the affair, cutting the minister short. And off it is !" And the word of starting was given. Old Morgan knew that word too well, for no sooner did it fall upon his ears than he stuck out his nose, and with one wild snort he started, and the rest of the racers, twelve in number, kept him company. " Who-ho-ho-o !" -yelled the clergyman, tugging at the reins with all his might. But it was of no avail. Old Morgan had now reached ahead of all competitors, and he came up to the judge's stand three rods ahead, wherp the petrified deacons were standing with mouth and eyes wide open. " Don't stop," shouted one of the wicked judges who now recognized parson Ridewell, and suspected his business, who also saw into the secret of old Morgan's joining the race. "Don't stop," he shouted again ; " it's a two mile heat this time. Keep right on parson. You are good for another mile. Now you go-and off it is." These last words were of course known to the horse, and no sooner did Morgan hear them than he stuck out his nose again, and again started off. 'T'he poor parson did his utmost to stop the bewitched animal, but it could not be done. The more he struggled and yelled, the faster the animal went, and ere many moments he was again at the star. ting- point, where Morgan now stopped of his own :accord. There wos a hurried whis. pering among the wicked ones, and a succes sion of very curious winks and knowing nods seemed to indicate that they understood the matter. "Upon my soul, parson," said the leader of the abomination, approaching the spot where the minister still sat in his saddle, he having not yet sufficiently recovered his pre sence of mind to dismount, you ride well. We had not looked for this honor." " Honor, sir.!" gasped Ridewell, looking blankly into the speaker's face. " Ay-for 'tis an honor. You are the first clergyman that has ever joined us in our Sabbath evening entertainments." " I-I, sir! I joined you ?" "Ha, ha, ha! Oh, you did it well. Your good deacons, really think you were trying very hard to hold in your horse ; but I saw through it, I saw how slyly you put your horse up. But I don't blame you for feeling proud of old Morgan, for I should feel so myself if I owned him. But you need not fear; I will tell all who may ask me about it, that you did your best to stop the beast ; for I would rather stretch the truth a little than have-.such a jockey as you suffer." 'I his bad een spoken so loudly .that the deacons treari( every word, and the poor par. son was bewildered: but he cane to him. self, and with a flashing eye, he cried: Villians, what mean you ? Why do-' Hold ot," interrupted one of the party, as the rest of the racing men had all moun ted their horses, " hold on a moment, par son, we are willing to allow you to carry off the palm, but we won't stand your abuse. When we heard that you had determined to try if your horse would not beat us all, we agreed among ourselves that if you came we would let you in. We have done so, and you have won the race in a two mile heat. Now let that satisfy you.- By hoky, you did it well. When you want to try again, just send us word and we'll be ready for you. Good bye !" As the wretch thus spoke, lie turned his horse's head, and before a word could be uttered by the astounded preacher, the wvhole party had ridden away out of hearing. It was some time before one of the churchmen could speak. T1hey knew not what to say. Why should their minister's horse have join ed in the race without some permission from his master. TIhey knew how he set by the animal, and at length they shook their heads with doubt. " It's very strange," said one. " Very," answered the second. " Remarkable," suggested a third. The brethren looked at each other, and the deacons shook their heads in a very solemn and impressive manner. So the party rode back to the clergyman's house, but none of the brethren would enter nor would they stop at all. Before Monday had drawn to a close, it wa.s generally knowvn that parson Ridewell raced his horse on the Sabbath, and a meeting of the church was appointed for Thursday. Poor Ridew'ell was almost crazy with vexation; but before 'Thursday came, Pom. pey found out how matters stood, and he assumed his master that lhe could clear the matter up; and after a day's search he dis covered the astounding fact that some of those wicked men had been in the habit of stealing old Morgan from the pasture and racing him on Sabbath afternoons! Pomnpey found out this-but he could not find out who did it! As soon as this became known to the church, the members conferred together, and they soon concluded that under such circum' stanes a big mettled horse would be apt to run away with his rider when lie found him. self directly upon the track. So parson Ridewell was cleared, but ii was a long while before lie got over the blow, for many were the wicked wags who delighted to hector him by offering to ride a race with him, to bet on his head, or to put him against the world on a race. But Ride. well grew older, his heart grew warmer, and finally lie could laugh with right good will when he spoke of his unexpected race. Of HEARtING a man complain that politi cal papers of all kinds had become sucli liars, that for his part, lhe did not believe any of them, reminds me of the old story of th< miller and three sons. Comning into the mill and finding a grist in the hopper, the okc man cried out: " Tom have you tolled this grist ?" "Yes sir." " Bill have you tolled this grist ?" " Yes sir." " Sam have you tolled this grist I" " Yes sir." " You are all a pack of lying scoundrels,' says the old man." " I don't believe a wort sa-I'll toll it myself." T-S. HEABT. 'Tis well to.ave erry heart, However shortWge stay ; There's wisdom i ',merry heart, Wbate'er the w rld may say, Philosophy may si its head And find out y a faw, But give me the bsopher That's happy w. astraw. If life but bring ppiness, It brings us, w' told, What's hard to ' rich ones try With all their of gold ; Then laugh away, others say Whate'er they, of mirth: Who laughs the sat may truly boast lie's got the wetll of earth. There's beautyr merry heart, A moral bipty.o; It shows the hea'Wan honest heart, That's paid ea jan his due; And lent a share o.ht's to spare, Despite of wisM'i fears, And makes the ok less sorrow-speak, The eye weep few r tears. The sun may abroad itself in cloud, The tempest wrath begin; It finds a spark to eer the dark, Its sunlight is witIn ; Then laugh away, leothera say Whate'er they wgl of mirth; Who laughs the me.may truly boast Ie's got the wearg of earth. JjITThIi MESSES. "'Tis sweet to do son g for those that we love, "'Though the favor be ever so small." Brothers, sisters, di4 you ever try the effect which little acts of kindness produce upon that charmed -circle we call home f We love to receive little favors ourselves; and how pleasant tle .reception of them makes the circle! To draw up the arm chair and get theslippe for father, to watch if any little service can rendered to moth. er, to help brother, -ass* ist sister, how plea sant it makes- h6me{ A little boy has sjir. lesson given him at school, and'his-ta1o lr asks him if he thinks lie can.. et fo& .momenttb tln. looks brightly up. " I can get my sister to help me," he says. That is right, sister, help little brother, and you are binding a tie round his heart that may save him in many an hour of dark temptation. " I don't know how to do this sum, but brother will show me," says another little one. " Sister, I've dropped a stitch in my knit. ting; I tried to pick it up, but it has run down, and I can't fix it." The little girl's face is flushed, and she watches her sister with a nervous anxiety while she replaces the " naughty stitch." "0, 1 am so glad !" she says, as she re ceives it again from the hands of her sister, all nicely arranged ; " you are a good girl, Mary." " Bring it to me sooner next time, and thon it won't get so bad," says the gentle voice of Mary, as the little one bounds awvay with a light heart to finish,bier task. If Mary had not helped her, she would have lost her walk in the garden. Surely it is better to do as Mary did, than to say "0O, go away, and don't trouble me ;" or to scold the little one all the time you are per forming the trifling favor. Little acts of kindness, gentle words, loy ing smiles they strewv the path of life with flowers; they make the sun shine brighter, and the green earth greener; and he who bade us " love one another," looks with fa vor upon the gentle and kind-bearted, and he pronounced the meek b'essed. Brothers, sisters, love one another. If one offend, forgive and love him still; and whatever may be the iaults of other,, we must remember that, ir the sight of God, we have others as great and perhaps greater than theirs. Be kind to the little enes ; they tvill often be fretful and wayward. Be patient wvith them, and amuse them. How often a whole family of little ones are -estored to good ho. mor by an elder memb'.r proposing some new play, and perhaps juining in it, gather. ing them around her wile she relates some pleasant story!I And brothers, do not think because - you are stronger, it is unmaily to be gentle to your little' brothers and isters. True noble ness of heart, and true nanlineas of conduct, are never coupled with 'ride and arrogance. Nobility and gentlenes go hand in hand ; and when I see a young;entleman kind and respectful to his mothe, and gentle and fori aring to his brother; and sisters, I think he as a noble heart. Ah ! many a mother's mnd many a sister's heart has been wvrung y the cold neglect and stiff unkindness of tose whom God has made their natural protetors. Brothers, sisters, nevr be unkind to one another, never be ashmed to help one another, never be ashamd to help any one and you will find that tough it is pleasant, to receive favors yet itis nmore blessed to givo than to rece~e.-Sday-School Advo. cate. I Wais ONCE YoUNG.-lt is an excellent thing for all who are egaged in giving in structions to young peple, frequently to call to mind what the were themselves when young. This pretice is one of the most likely to impart paence and forbear. ance, and to correct umasonable expecta tions. A t one period o my life, when in structing tWO or three yang people to Wvrite I found them, as I thougt unusually stupid. I happened about this tie to look over the contents of an old cops book, written by Ime when [ was a boy. he thick up stroks, the awkward jining of~ho leters, and the blots in the book, made me completely ashamed of myself, aid I could, at the mo ment, have burned the book in the fire. The worse, however, I thought of myself the better I thought of my backward scholars; I was cured of my unreasonable expectation and became in future doubly patient and for bearing. in teaching youth, remember that you once were young, and in reproving their youthful errors, endeavor to call to mind your own. "THE OLD WOLN." It was thus a few days since, we heard a young stripling of sixteen designating the mother who bore him. By coarse husbands we have heard wives called so occasionally, though in the latter case the phrase is more often used endearingly:' At all times, as commonly spoken, it jars upon the ear anp shocks the sense. An " old woman" should be an opject of reverence above and beyond all phrases of humanity. Her very age should be her surest passport to courteous consideration. The aged mother of a grown up family needs no other certificate of worth. She is a monument of excellence, approved and warranted. She has fought faithfully "the good fight," and come off conquerer. Upon her venerable face she bears the marks of the conflict in all its furrowed lines. The most grevious ills of life have been hers; trials untold and unknown, save to God and herself, she has born incessantly, and now, in her old age, her duty done, patiently await ing the appointed time, she- stands more tru ly beautiful than even in youth ! more honor able and deserving than he who has slain his thousands, or stood triumphant upon the proudest field of victory. Young man, speak kindly to your mother, and even courteously tenderly to her. But a little time and you shall see her no. more forever. Her eye is dim, her form is bent, and her shadow falls graveward. Others may love when she has passed away ; kind. hearted sisters, perhaps, or she whom of all the world you choose fora partner, she may love you warmly, passionately ; children may love fondly, but never again while time is yours, shall the love of women be to you as that of your old, trembling mother has been. In agony she bore you! through pulling, helpless infancy, her trobbing breast was your safe protection and support; in way ward and touchy boyhood, she bore patient ly with thoughtless rudeness and nursed you safely through a legion of ills and maladies. Her hand it was that bathed your burning brow or moistened the parched lip; her eye thmauirf.i darliniss ~or. wasting, nightly vigils watching always in your fitful sleep by your side, as none but her could watch. Oh, speak not her name lightly, for you can not live so many years as would suffice to thank her fully. Through recklessness and impatient youth, she is your counsellor and solace. Up to bright manhood she guides your improvident steps, nor even there for sakes or forgets. Speak gently then, and reverently of your mother, and when you too should become old it shall in the same degree lighten the remorse which shall be yours for sins, to know that never wantonly have you outraged the respect due to the " old woman." OUn Owv FIREsIDE.-Is there a man who does not love his own fireside, his hearthstone, his wife, and his old family Bi ble? The fireside, hearthstone, the wife and the Bible brighten the fire on the hearth; and without the wife and the Bible, we should be miserable, the most miserable of men ! Our heart teaches us that the fireside is the most sacred spot on earth. No rash intru der can touch it. We love it so revently, with the old Bible, that we could do any desperated deed to protect both! it is both happily and truly said, that, "'The music of happy voices encircling our firesides and our tables-the smiles of greeting-the sympa thy in sorrow-the nameless little kindness es that sparkle off from the alter of family affection-the unwearied watching of the sick chamber-and the soft arm of latest de votion, which soothes and sustains us, and aids us to lean securely upon the rod and the staff, which now alone can comfort us through the shadow; all these are hut the responsive blessings to that love, and care, and gentleness, which we have shown in our households-the natural reward of a true, domestic morality." T'rue, every word ! The smile, and sym pathy, and kindness cheer our heart at the fireside. The bright fire in mid-winter, the soft whisperings of love in mid-sunmmer, the delicious music of all things in Nature-com bine harmoniously to make our own fireside a happy home.-Fireside Journal. UNCmHARTABLEmNEss.-The Rev. William Jay, with a knowledge of' those things, which are conducive to man's happiness, and which detract from it, wrote these words for our guidance: " There is a disposition in some to viewv uni favorably everything that falls under their notice. They seek to gain confidence, by always differing from others in judgment, andl to deprecate what they allow to be worthy in itself, by hinting at some mistake or imperfection in the perform.mnce. You are too loftly or too low in your manners: You are too frugal or too profuse in your expenditure ; you are too taciturn or too free in your speech ; and so of the rest. Now, guard against this tendency. Nothing will more conduce to your uncomfortable ness than living in the neighborhood of ill nature and beim'g familiar with discontent. The disposition growvs with indulgence, and is low and base in itself; and if any should be ready to pride themselves on skill and facility in the science, let themi remember that the acquisition is cheap and easy; a cild can defaice and destroy ; dullness and stupidity, wvhich seldom lack inclination or means, can cavil and find fault; and every. thing can furnish ignorance, prejudico and envy, with a handle of reproach." 0?' I think the first v'irtuo is to restrain the tongue; he ap~proachmes nearest to the gods, who knows how to be silent, even though lie is in the right.--Cato. Proceedings of the. Legislature. SENATE. t MONDAY, Dec. 17. The Senate met at 11 o'clock a. m., pursuant c to adjournment. The Clerk read the journal of o the proceedings of Saturday. The following acts had received three read. C ings in both Houses, and were committed to the C Committee on Incorporations and Engrossed t Acts, viz: an act to amend the charter of the North Eastern Railroad Company; an act to I incorporate the Landsford Manufactuing Com pany: an act to enlarge the powers of the com missioned officers of the city guard and the e police officers of the city of Charleston. The following bills had received two readings t in the House of Representatives, to wit: a bill to incorporate certain religious and charitable societies, and societies for the advancement of I education, and to renew the charters of others heretofore granted; a bill to incorporate the C Edgefield Railroad Company. A bill to incorporate certain towns and villa. t' ges, and to renew and amend certain charters P heretofore granted. The bill received the sec ond reading, was agreed to, and was ordered to 0 be returned to the House of Representatives. The House of -Representatives sent to the v Senate for concurrence sundry reports and ac counts; which were referred to their appropri. a ate Committees. The House of Representatives sent to the h Senate a bill to amend an act, entitled an act to authorize the sale of the real estate of Alex. C ander Downer, deceased, and for other puposes. N The bill received the first reading, and was re ferred to the Committee on College, Education t and Religion. And also a bill to provide for t the payment of the interest on a part of the debt of the. State. The bill received the firut A reading and was committed on Finance and Banks. Mr.Irby, from the Committee oi Incorpora. i tions and Engrossed Acts, submitted a report on a bill (from the House of Representatives) to amend an act, entitled "an act" to incorporate B the town of Hamburg, passed the 19th day of December, A. D., 1855. The report having t been ordered for immediate consideration, the bill received a second reading was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the House 'of Representatives. A bill to exempt the Aiken Fire Engine Com- t pany from malitia duty, received the second a reading, was agreed to, and was ordered to be returned to the House of Representatives. A Resolutions relative to Werner's Palmetto t Tree were placed in the General Orders of the t day for to-morrow. At 15 minutes to 12, midnight, the Senate n adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. t The House assembled at 10 a. m. The Senate sent the following bills, which r were rend the third time, and passed; a bill to t amend the charter of the North Eastern Rail road Company. Senate concurred in the action p orHnuie, andiillowedt enoserloit~fit1ie pro- c viso "that no private right be taken or impaired, h but upon proper compensation assessed, as is usual in such eases." A bill to amend the char ter of the Savannah Railroad Company; a bill to enlarge the powers of the commissioned offi cers of the city guard and police officers of Charleuon; a bill to incorporate the Landsford Manufacturing C.ompany; a bill to amend the charter of the Union and Spartanburg Railroad Company ; a bill to renew and amend the char- y ter of the town of Unionville. Mr. Thomson called for the Special Order, tl viz: the report of the Committee on Claims on the report of the Special Joint Commission, on the claims of the Legionaries of Luxemboung. On motion, the reports were read. The bill to amend the license laws was laid on r the table. Also memorial of the City Council p of Charleston, in relation to the property. of railroad companies being exempted from taxa- w tion. ei The report of the Committee of Ways and re Means on the memorial of the City Council of di Charleston, praying to be refunded certain sums t) paid for the Lazaretto, was agreed to, and was ti ordered to be sent to the Senate, (unfavorable.) pl A bill to renew and amend the charter of the hi town of Bluffon, together with a similar bill el from the Senate, was laid on the table. A bill di to disband the James Island beat company, was 5: ordered to the Senate. A bill to provide more iti effectually against the harboring of negroes was tI laid on the table. Also a bill to amend an aet, P entitled an act more effectually to prevent free tI negroes and other persons of color from enter. pl lng into the State. Also a bill from the Senate e: to promote the draining and improvement of tI inland swamps. Also a bill to regulate the Ui commissions of tax collectors, was laid on the b1 table. Also a bill to vest certain real estate in U the town of Beaufort in Elizabeth Harris and as her heirs. A bill to supersede lane fences by h< the erection of gates, was~read a second time, lil and ordered to the Senate. A bill to amend an Iil act, entitled an act to charter the town of York. ni ville, was laid on the table. A bill to vest this C title of the State in certain escheated property a' certain persons therein named, was read the second time, and orderod to he sent to the Sen ate. A bill to charter the town of Rook Bill, h was laid on the table. M r. Memminger, from the Committee of Con- d ference, on the resolution to rescind the day of a adjournment, reported the following resolution: " Resolved, That the resolution to adjourn on Wednesday, the 19th inst., be rescinded, and h that the General Assembly do adjourn sine die, on Thursday, the 20th, at 2 p. m. The report and resolution was ordered to lie tI on the table for the present. A bill to prevent non.residents from hunig ducking and fishing within the limits of this a State, was read a second time. ft Mr. B. F. P'erry moved that this bill be laid on a the table. The motion was lost. The bill was U ordered to the Senate by a large majority. i*" THE proceeding of our Legislativeoh Assembly, during Tuesday and Wednesday, the last two days of the Session, are quite uninter eating, and we therefore close our usual account m by presenting below the list of acts passed. We hope to give several of the acts in full as soon as they are published.-En. ADv. * C LIST OF ACTS, PASSED DECEMBER, 18 . ii 1. An Act to grant aid to " The State Agri- hi cultural Society of South Carolina." 2. An Act to enlarge the powers of the Corn. missioned Officers of the City Guard and the H Police Officers of the city of Charleston. 3. An Act to incorporate the Landsford Man ufacturing Company. a 4. An Act to amend the charter of the North fo Eastern Railroad Company, and for other pur- he poses. all 5. An Act to establish Clarendon county as a we separate Judicial District. ~fo (6. An Act to authorize the Commissioners of Free Schools for St Phillip's and St Michael's to sell and convey certain lands. fo '7. An Act to authorize the City Council of wi Charleston to close " Little Coming's Creek." te 8. An Act to authorize the erection of Gates fif unall nuch roadsa nr nrot r.nblic highshurien 9. An Act to vest the title of the State in ertain eachested property in certain persons herein mentioned. 10. An Act to aid the city of Columbiain the onstruction of new Water Works, and for ther purposes. 11. An Act to unite the Morrk Street Baptist humh, Charleston, and the Fonrtha:iptist bursh, Charleston, into one eorporatimasnder. i name of the " Citadel Square Churer".' 12. An Act to - extend the King's Mountain tailroad. 13. An Act to amend the twelfth section of an et, entitled" An Act to ineorporate eurtain So. eties, Associations and Companies, and to te. ew and amend the clarters-of others," passed ie 21st day of December, 1854.. - 14. An Act to lease the State Road over the Wluda Mountains to M. D. Dickey and Oliver arrett, and for other purposes. 15. An Act to incorporate the Granitevile emetery Company. 16. An Act to amend the charter of the Spar. inburg and Union Railroad Compaayiocertain artieulara. 17. An Act to renew and amend the charter f the Town of Unionville. 18. An Act to amend the charter of the So. mapah River Valley Railroad Compan . 19. An Act to incorporate certain Religions sd Charitable Societies for the Advancement of ducation, and to renew the charters of othes eretofore granted. 20. An Act for the better regulation of the. ommissioners of Cross Roads for Charleston Peck. 21. An Act to change the time for holding te election of Tax Collector for Piekens Din. ict. 22. An Act to amend an act, entitled " An! pet" 23. An Act In relation to Kidnapping edmen. 24. An 1ct to amend the fourth section of the rat article of the Constitution ef'this State. 25. An Act to alter the law in relation to the oties of Ordinaries in taking Administration onds. 26. An Act to alter and amend the charters of he Joint Stock Banks of this State. 27. An Act to disband the James Island Bit ompany. - 28, An Act to repeal the proviso to Jhe first iction of an act, entitled "An Act relating to ie Survey of the Coast of Carolina, under the athority of the United States." 29. An Act to. amend an act, entitled " An. ct to change the day for tha election and the rm of ofce of the Mayor and Alderman of Ie city of Charleston, and for oilier purposes." 30. An Act to provide for a uniform systmtn of easuring Ranging Timber. in this State. 31. An Act to incorporate certain Towns and illages, and to renew and amend certain Char rs heretofore granted. 32. An Act to incorporate the Edgefield Rail md Company. 33. An Act to amend an act, entitled " An Act incorporate the Elmwood Cemetery Com any." 34. An Act to raise supplies for the year ommencing in October, one thousand eight undred and fifty-five. 35. An Act to incorporate eertain Societies, ssociations ard Companies, and to renew and mend the Charters of others. 36. An Act to prohibit non-residents from [unting, Ducking and Fishing within the limits r this State. 37. An Act to make appropriations for the ear commencing in October, 1855. 38. An Act to amend an act, entitled " An Aet incorporate the Town of Hamburg," passed io 19th day of December, 1835. COMPLIMENT TO MR. TILLIN. Hon. B. F. PERRY, Editor of the Patriot 4 fountaineer, writing home from Coluiubia to hi iper on the Electoral Bill, says: "Col. Tillman, of Edgefield, made a spebeh, hich, electrified the House, and when publish I will tell on the poitics of the State. He !plied to some of the speakers who had prece ad him, gave his views generally on the proprie ' of giving the election of Presidential Elee.: irs to the people, and then. pitched into the irishes,horse, foot and dragoons. In hisaspeech, i embodied a "reat deal of statistics in refer.. mce to the wealth, power and ...infiuence of the iferent divisions of the State. The Colonel tid so many good things in communicating his formation and in the argument of the question, pat he kept the members in bursts of laughter. is speeeh, when reported, shall be published in to Patriot, and the friends of popular sights, of 'ogress and reform, of truth and justice, may cpect a rich treat. He concluded by saying lat in State politics he was married to .the ember from Greenville, henceforth and forever, at In Federal politics he differed from him idely. I came very near rising in my seat and tylng that a good wife should give her whole ~srt with her marriage vow, and that I did not to a divided love. Some one asked what'iras tely to be the fruits of this marriage? 1 hope equal distribution of political power in South arolina, and an extension of popular righta id republican principles. TaE MouNTAnI OF Gor..-The Sacramento nion has ben informed by a gentleman, who us just arrived at Sacramento from the 'new ggins In Table MountaIn, that the excitement nong all classes relative-to the richness of the iriferous deposites therein buried is intinse, and creasing. The mountain, which Is seven miles in length, is all been staked off, but many have exce ed extent the legal limits, and it is supposed that ey will be forced to yield the overplius territo 'to others. Some of the shafts'are sunken to e depth of eighty feet, at about which point is belt of black -mud sixty feet in width, and cm eighteen to twenty feet in depth. In this e contained those fabulous amounts of gold, hich far surpass in richness the deposite'dis vered at the outbreak of the California fever. his layer of mud is filled with sticks and other reign substances, and has every appearance of' ivmng once been the bed of a stream. KAnsAs-Capt. Alaster Nelson, well known Georgia as an active and energetic man, has ken his departure for Kansas. ~We hear of a >od many others who design settling in the erritory. Captain Charles A. Hamilton, or ass, offers to raise and equip one hundred ecr 'ants, carry them to Kansas, and keep i'em util the question of slavery is settled, praided i is furnished with funds to- the a vlnt of 25,000. This certainly is a reaso we propo.. tion, and the enterprise could no/% under e leadership of a better man "an Captain amilton. A smart ladirecenttt~ed church, and ter listening to the paraV9 of the wise and olish builders, said toh- mother, on the way m,k"Idont think th/m n was so wise after ." " Why not,my Ar7 " Why,if his ong us built on a rock-Mere could he find a plqoe r a cellar ?" .7~ ., A CALIFORW Faz. Grax.-A ghentle~man iz4. rms the~ Aento Tribnethat there resides thin afiles of that city - a girl, only -aix Sgen e who*5i weighs four hundred and