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The Pilot's Story. It was four years ago, last March, as we were cruising off the Capes, having run out of Hampton Roads just after a hard blow from the eastward was over us, and the breeze had sprung up from the westward. We were running out under jib and mainsail, when, early in the morning, we made something on the weather bow which looked like a wreck, which weknew in reason it couldn't be ; but there not being any sails in sight, and, as we had plenty of time, w e luffed up to see what it was. That's what people ought always to do, whether they have tiuie or not. God knows how many a poor fellow has stood alone on a w reck when a vessel has passed in plain sight, supposing it to be abandoned. Ah! yes, it was abandoned after that vessel passed on, and the agony of despair endured by that poor soul, as the sail disappeared in the horison, was a balance in the scale ot human joy \ and wo to all the happiness those cruel, careless deserters ever known. Oh ! I wisli that people could think of ?i.:?. f? :o <i... ? A.... Lours' shorter passage, to that of rescuing a fellow creature, or having the will to do so, from a miserable death. Yes, a man who from such motives has boarded a wreck, even should it prove that there was no one on Ward of her, can fill away his maintopsail again, with a feeling of greater satisfaction with himself for having done his duty, than if the whole world j had congratulated him upon having mad. ; the shortest passage of the most profitabl e j voyage on record. However, as wo hauled our wind, you sec it was no credit to us, it not being out of the way of our cruise. Pretty soon we made it out; it was a vessel bottom up, and might W a hundred and fifty tons or so. She was so far under that we could not make out her name ; and I don't know as we did it for any thing in particular, but as the sea was smooth, we launched the ennoe and went alongside and some of got upon the vessel's Wtton>. Think of our surprise on hearing some one knocking from the inside! At first we thought it might be some of the cargo floating aWut in the wreck ; hut as we listened, we heard indistinctly, hut surdv. a human voice. Instantly returning to the boat, we procured the few tools that were on board? an axe, a hatchet, and saw?and commenced cutting a hole near the larboard bow; but in our haste the axe went, overboard upon ti e first blow, and was lost; and this carelessness, how bitterly was it afterwards repented of! Well, we worked away with the hatchet and the saw, so that in a few moments we made a hole in the plank under which we had heard the noise, large enough for a person to show Ids face, aud for us to hear from below the .shout of joy of those who hailed us as their deliverers. Never were men destined to be more disappointed than these poor wretches were. For a few moinents dawned upon them, that we, instead ol saving them, were sending them to a more speedy destruction, there came a contrast no pen can describe, nor tongue can tell. The hole which we had made, although not large enough to extricate a man, allowed the air, which had kept the vessel afloat to escape, and,to our horror,we. saw that the vessel was every minute sinking, we ourselves coining nearer to the surface of the water. We worked with the hatchet and the saw with nil the energy inen are capable of, but could only cut the plank. In vain we hacked with our little hatchet upon the close timbers of the schooner. Our axe; we would have given worlds for it now ; it might have saved thein. liut soon tliey, as well as ourselves, began to perceive that all our exerl ions were useless; and they crowded to the small apertures we had made, putting through their hands, and seizing ours with convulsive grasps. They cursed the light which had broke Upon thein the sooner to shroud them in eternal darkness and then they vehemently implored forgiveness. Amidst this confusion, tl?c captain of the schooner made his way to the opening, and arresting the disorder from beneath, asked of us in n cool manner and perfectly cnlin voice, how much of the hull seemed yet to be out of the water. We told him, and then heard him communicating the information to those below, and give his orders to maintain silence, while he related to us his story, which was necessarily short. Tlicy were from an eastern port, bonr.d to Charleston, nearly in ballast. When they were capsized in the late gale, twoj men were lost; but most of them being below, as the schooner was lying to, they were able, upon her going lottoin up, to get through the runscuttlc into fie hold. The confined air had held the vessel up till now ; but they bad despaired of succor, knowing bow improbable it was that the wreck should be seen, or if seen, that any would search for them. Thus they had been for four days, having found sufficient provisions for subsistence, but without expectation of release; they hai) resigned themselves to a thai seemed inevitable. Hut when they heard the sound# of our footsteps, then they thought their preservation sure?but now their disappointment was the phrcnty of despair. But that captain was a man ! There he hung on by the floor timbers, and told liis story?gave his name and names of the crow, and hade u# 'good-bye' in a firm voice, which only faltered as he gave his last message to his wife Rnd children. "Put your hand through," ho said to one of o% "ami let me kiss it. When upon land, a*> to wsy home, and let my dear wife put her lips to the same spot. Tell her it is all t can send her from here, but that my last breath shall bw a prayer to God for her and her liule ones ! And now, good bye, rtiy kiwi friends?you have done all you eotihi do 6* us?(rod will reward you?look to your own safety." It was time, indeed, lest our canoe should be swallowed up in tba vortex of the sinking vessel; and, with foaling# to which nothing of wretchedness can conP ?re, wo shovod off our pilot boat. Tn .% moment the wreck went down, and I the last vestigo of those it containe< the arm of her noble-hearted master, seemed to wave an adieu to us, and things of earth. A Windfall for a Journeyman Pri A letter received yesterday by A tus 15. McDonald, a journeyn\..i p in this office, informed hun that his uncle Marshal McDonald, who rei died in Paris at the Hotel de Ville, eighty-tw o, had left him by his will a little fortune. McDonald was we and w as a Marshal of France, app< by Bonapar'e. The printer will for the Fast immediately, with the tion of going to France forthwith, has realized many of those strange situdes which printers more freqi meet with than any other class. II a sailor in the. British navy, and ret a pension in consequence of a woni the leg received at the bombard me Canton, lie fought in the Mexicni from Vera Cruz to the city of Mexiei was wounded in the ankle at Vera He boars the mark of a severe woni the neck which he received at the of Mexico, and secured a pension froi United St 'tes. Ilis brother, Arthui Donald, was a surgeon in the British and was on board the Terror in the dition of Sir John Franklin?since of course lie has not been heard of.gustus is the person spoken of recei an evening paper, whom wo intc ourselves in releasing from jail on Si last. tVe mention the fact beeaus circumstances of his arrest and imj in. m were nut discreditable to hii and to give a more striking illustrat the ups and downs of life. We hop he will secure his legacy without dif and enjoy it for the rest of his dn jieaee. Printers lead a dog's life, n does us good to record a bit of luck, the recipient of it is an old tyjio a old soldier to boot.?Milwattkie N.VI'OI.EOX 111. AND Til K J KWS. find in a late number of tlio At Iraelites, published at Paris, the foil interesting ncconnt of a ceremo Bordeaux: 'The circumstances aecompanyin decoration of the Grand Kabhi, Marx, of Bordeaux, with the Leg Honor, makes that occurence a ma general importance, lie had recei' invitation to breakfast, and after hrt the Prince President (now Kmperoi ded the Grand Kabhi the Order < Legion of honor , in the presence cortege, the municipal otlieors, <fc expressing his thanks for the disti conferred upon him, the Grand Uabl ed, "this is again a cofirmation < Iwinciple of religions liberty, wliicl lighness has already promised maintain and defend." "You may I that," answered the Prince (J | d'Hautpoul, Grand liefcredndar Senate, who emphatically ann< on this occasion that the righl ' liluTiies of flio Jovv* shall. nevor lie tnc Age, Ami winch are likewise th the l'rince; and moreover the Jen ! shown themselves worthy of these leges. All the inhabitants of lio sympathized with the Grand Ilabb even the Cardinal Archbishop ol denux paid a congratulatory visit tc Marx." Strange Phenomenon. Wc learn from the Holmes C Farmer and Free Press (O.), that a derful natural enrosity has been disc* in that county, in the sha|>c of n "gas works." This diseovery was on the farm of a Mr. I'urJy. \V< the following extract from an article inga description of it, by a corresjn in the Farmer : " Some eight or ten ro?ls south < house, is a curious kind of earth, i bling dark saw dust The owner foi years has been aware of the cxistei some wotinderful phenomenon. The on which the diseovery has been has been cultivated for a number of and it lias been observed that in a in of places, everything planted or and all kind of vcirotjiiinn wnnl.l /I .. - J, .., V. and d?e, a??d seemingly burn up. the late rains the water was di?c< to be agitated, and to buble up in a ber of places, which lend Mr. 1'urc others to experiment, by collecting a of this gas, and setting it on tire; the instant a lighted match was to to it, the vapor ignited, and sent th thl whizzing through the house. "I found the extent of the space | which this igneous or inflammable issues, to be about two rods wide, a ?(pr 20 rods in length; the soil to the of six inches or thereabouts, is, as stated, loose, ami resembling darl dust, beneath this is the common cla Examination in this led to the dis< of small holes, perhaps half the siz< f I*? . f? - - - - ntHii ii nine nnger, out of which the issues. There are undoubtedly maiij drcbs of these hole*. Founder in Iloitflea.?A corn dent in Moore's New-Yorker gives t! lowing remedy as uniformly proving cessful. Add half a pint of vinegar gill of ground black mustard, and a inter the mixture. Then put liiin I lion for an hour or two, or until he * thoroughly. This remedy must b plied within 48 hours of the fbtMule Suicide*?The body of a man found on friday, on the Robinson's road, a few miles from town, with evidence that he had committed si lie had shot himself through the and the stiffened hand still retain* deathly grasp on the pistol. He h;i appearance of a man of education and circumstances, but nothing hnd developed by the inquest in relation name or place of residence.?Ala. Tiie Oldest.?Mary Renton, **lh? * woman in the world,* died at 1 England, on tl?e 16th nit. If she survived rmtil the 13th of February would l?ave attained the impreced ago of 122 years. Jar A petition was presented tr Massachusetts Legislature, on Thur tor a law prohibiting the use of tol jniWie places of amnsemeut. Cwrrffijjtmbinirr. tentk WASHINGTON, e was Febuary, 14,1853. eived ^ a little moro than two weeks time a new id in Administration will be placed at the head of nt of this Govern neet, but yet it is unknown who i war will assist ?' en Pierce, and share with him o, and the doubts and fears, honor or disgrace, of Cruz, ruling such a nation as ours. The trial at nd ill best, is a great and fearful one, but coining gates ns j,c tjoog) with the best evidence gather11 e<* ^rom '''s l*08' private and poiitical life, " that he is as firm nud immoveable as the imV? granite hills of his own Green mountain when home, we might well tremble. Providence, Au_ who does all things for the best, has taken nil v in from him his dearest hope, his fondest joy," rested with the wise intention, that he might preliiiday pare himself to withstand the mighty storm, e the that is fast rolling on him. "The path of duinson tv is the path of safety," ami may we not mselt, fondly hope that the course of Gen. Pierce JOtl <>t wj|j ^ 8U0|, ;IS lirinjr forth praises from the good and wise of both parties, and he lieulty b in n,ny wc' 'nuB'1 *? worn the taunts of ^ I tllC vicious. No one elnims for Ptown tlie iiiu ii " " * " " " ,%,^v when n 8CCont^ Washington, old u Rough tnd nil nnd Heady wns called the second Wasliing ips. ton, by his vain admirers, but bis sudden death is a warning to all those who aspire _ c to be thought equal to the first and the only c ivts Washington America ever saw, or the world lowing , , r ^ ever heard of. ' The Republic, the organ of .Mr. Fillmore, if the "noU' that its days are numbered," is spiting Mods, birth its venom, fight and left, and like ion of Sampson is striving ki'l more at its death tier of than at any lime during ii- I i f? . ltd.tuns >'ed all Smile for Icing a I'rrm-him n, while thrc? nktast short months ago, it would sil for hours lisr) han- tening to the rich brogue of an Irishman or :>f the i |(l. M\Vpt.t neeents of the English tongue,spoof his k(>n j,j. a Dutchman. It rakes up an old c' . n speech made hv Cien. l'ierce against nroscriiv motion ' . J , . .? , ., , , tion and removals from otlice, when the par>i j|dd- , of the ^ ?t' which the Republic is leader, was h vour chopping off the heads of their opponents, us to from a minister to England to a President's 'Hv 011 carriage driver, and wisely predict that a Icneral change must and will conic. That the noble of ll e and pure spirit of Whigisin, is choked by minced the foul breath of Democracy, which like Is ami the morning mist kccpsthc went of the rose infrhw -~ .y ..a*, u, ima imu on ,lnf ut OHfi Of s have ?'enr n"d cloudless, ami the air perfumer] privi- w'l'i fragrance. This is its song, and it rdeatix w?tild do well to add as n chorus : i, and * " There's n good time coming hoys." f ]{<>r hut it would puzzle him to fix the date. ? Moiis The Senate have perused a hill, regulating the fees of District Attorneys, Marshall* and Clerks, and from the evidence produced, their certainly was some strict legislation ruJoiintv quisite, on this matter. Some of the marwon shuts made over ft 100,000 per annum, jvc-red The House attempted tin- plan of holding atural night sessions, hut very wisely abandoned "t-'k** "" 'dea. after holding one. There was bet ter order, ami more so??cr men, at anv of our ! gtvindeut co"n,ry school debating Societies, th n was found in the I lot se on that evening. )f the '^',e Ihmicstcnd Hill, Hennett's Land Hill, 'esein- n"d other important bills, Irivc not la-en rsonie reached by the Senate, this Session, so far, ice of and it is doubtful w hether they w ill or not place The Cuban question, w hich has consumed made a grent part of the time of the Senate, w ill years Up to-morrow, when the little giJinber an| |)0nglass will express his views at length, wilt die ^ votu may he had on (lie resolutions at the After *amc bime, hut I think it extremely doubtavered Hum- The Pacific railroad hill, w ill pass through ly and another ordeal this week, and as unjust as bottle such hills are, the probability is that it w ill when, pass. The Government will leave Ms legitiMchcd innto duties to take, care of themselves, and te hot- enter into the Railroad speculations, that are now so fashionable with us from INDEX, vapor - m m i nd 15 CHABLE8T0N. depth Fi brushy If), 1853, After an uncomfortable sleep on Mnnc saw ... . . ..... Wu| day night last, dreaming of big cities, rati. overy ro"^ can,? nr)d post coaches, I awoke early 5 of a on Tuesday morning, and very soon realiz vapor <"d ? part of my d>eain, by jumjiin^ into one f hull- of McKewons I'ost conches, anil wended iny way to Camden. Kvery one is sufficiently acquainted with this route, therefore, let it liC fol- 8U'liee for me to say, that without accident r fUC. we were in due time safely IniKled at the, to n door of the Wntorce House, and during our dmin- brief stay in Camden, comfortably provided in ac- for by our friend tho landlord of the Watiwoata eree, 11. Hollym in. Kvj. The VVateree is C flp lint tl?/? miikd l/y... . . - ' * '? - ' . |<M1 ? I."tu-V III nmi ring. on thin in count some prefer the accodimow |S dntionn ?tiered by .Mr. Kobimton, who keo|m Iprjug Xio Mansion IIouho, and other* those <>tV?r?<i , very by Xr. lioon, of the Lulled finite* Hotel.? licide. We like tho Wnteroe, however ; being more bead, of a thoroughfare, there is probably more ihI it* noinc nmi h*i*tle that at the other Hotels, but id the this in in n menimrc overbalanced by the good good fare and comfortable bed*, beaiden the been ^Mention of Mm worthy host. jOUf The bar-keeper over-slept himaelf, which wm very near the cauae of our being left.? oldest A? H wan. our cloak waa left behind, which Klton, wo trust in safe at the Hotel. 1 bnd Col. F. J. Most*, the candidate for Con. gr*" Ibiti the 3d Congroaaional District, ented WM jn Camden and appeared to have made a favorabbf impression ; it Is aald he la a > the 8ront band to electioneer, tdav, A goatleinan at the Waterec told ua, that l/*CCO a eitison of the town who came out seldom probablv once in three mouths, happened fe i atep into the Wnterec while Col. Moses was there, when tlio landlord, Mr. Hollymnn, taking Col. M. one side, advised him to see the old man. "On" said Col. M., " 1 have " been up to see him two or three times, he and I understand each other perfectly. At * the junction we met our friend NV.NV.Boyce ]' Esq., the opponci t of Col. Moses, who was 11 i on his way to Camden. Mr. BoYce will c make a good impression, wherever he goes, f There is a frankness about him which pcoi pic admire. A gentleman at the Wateree, c j reinnrked in our presence :?" I will vote for * Moses to keep him from the bar." 441," re- ' plied another,44 will vote against him, to f keep him out of Congress, for if nny or all 1 will allow themselves ts be sold there, Col ' Moses wouid hike the lowest price offered, I if he could get no more." There is a good deal of business doing in j Charleston. Country merchants arc com- I I mencing to lay in their Spring supplies, i and from a glance of some of the wholesale 1 | establishments, we have no doubt but they I can be easily accommodated. i Charleston is improving rapidly, we notice | several large Store I louses on King St. East | Bay, & c., which to our knowledge a few j years ago were vacant lots, or otherwise j occupied by rude untenable buildings. Miss Julia I)ean the great American Aci tress is in the City, hut our time is so much j occupied, and feel so wearied of nn evening j we will be unable to visit the Theatre. On the Bay this morning we noticed quantities J ; of goods marked for Florida. Charleston ' should use every means to retain this Flor| ida trade, for Savanah is an opponent not | easily overcome, and the City that offers the greatest inducements will lie the winner If nothing happens to prevent we will be up by Mondays Stage. B. ICiiHMotiT Xfiiflfr. , , f v ,v? 1 LAHCASTERVILLE, 8. C. wednesdaTVeb. nmi ! Reti'kk Day?5th Any'or NinV-n. L I ;-f/~A R aii.road Mooting will Ik> hold in tho Court House on Sale Day, the 7th of March. 53P* e call Mttontion to tho ndvertise! mont of Messrs. T. R. & J. R. Maoim. in another column. Th^y havo received thoir | Spring Good*, which their customers would | do well to eall and examine early. S-tf Our thanks to the Hon. J. A.Wood, j ward, and also to the Hon. T. J. Rusk, for j their attention. The public Documents | sent us are of value, and wo are grateful for such favors. * < - ?2-jf" Attention is directed to the advertisements of Messrs Cameron, McCartar & Co., Clinpin & Volgcr, Charleston. We ! are personally acquainted with these gentle* | men, and confidently recmumertd their cstnb' bailments to the notice of the pen-hnsing public. 1-rT Tothc Hon. J. Ic Onn trc tender ! our thanks for a copy of Mr. Soulc's speech, t and to the Hon. John McQueen, for a copy j of the M Congressional Directory." fcfiT We call attention to the nunouncj merit, in another column, of the Hon. John I ? r? r< ?. I . >< -^vnr?nt MO ? v*lliuaua?v l"l * Vli^rCn.T. 11 will be rentemlwred that Ismcaster in a component part of the first Congressional I finj triet. 5-if" We arrived home safely lost night, : nnd are sure our kind friends will excuse the ; lack of editorial in this paper, when the circumstance* of the cane are taken into consideration. The circumstances of the case ?? "What." you will ask, "are the circumstances of the ease T " Well, wc will recapitulate a few. A man arrivoa in the evening in the stago, rejoiced to see his wife and children. He unpacks his trunk nnd distributes the little things he has purchased. Suddenly pounces the printer upon him for copy. I copy!?why he hss not copy to think of, l wiio can think of copy with his happy futnU ly shout him, each asking about this thing and that. Then one friend calls, nnd again another welooming him home, and to each he must forsooth say a word or two about the news in Charleston and Camden &tc. Reader is oar excuse good ? Could you , think of copy ? Wirvsroro Register.?Mr. Micklc has disposed of his interest in those well rond tic tod papers?the Daily Register and Fairfield Herald. Mr. RriUon has made admirable papers, and we tender to him and his new associate Mr. Franklin (iaillard, our best wishes for their prosperity. Sucidk.?We regret to loam that on Saturday night last, Mr. Preaaiy Thomas, of thia District, aged about fifty years, com mi tted suicide by hanging himself in hia wagon. He had been In town during the day, where 1 ho made pnrehaae fbr his fhrm uses. Then i Is no doubt of ths ast being voluntary on t Ms part, from the position ht which he was < fonnd?hut no cause whatever can be as- i signed, as be was a man of temperate habits, I and sound in mind He was in good cir- | i oomatanoos, nnd leaves a large family to t mourn his lo?a.? YotktMe 1j. i EDITORIALSUMMARY. I A Sicklky City.?The amount paid out or Hquors, to supply the agency in Lowell rom the time of its opening Inst summer to he 1st of January last, or about six months, rns 84,164.67. The receipts from sales durng the same period, for medicinal or mehnnical purposes, were $4,396.25. The extenses of the agency were $661.08?and hus the aggregate nmount paid out cxcccd d the aggregate receipts by the sum of ?454.01. There was, however, a stock of iquor on hand on the 1st of January worth ?962.18. The ngency would seem to bedong a good business?that is, disposing of iquor for medicinnl and mechanical purjoses, at the rate of nine or ten thousand lollars per annum. In the United States Senate on Saturday the bill to regulate the fees and costs to be allowed clerks, marshals, and attorneys of the circuit and district courts of the United Suites, and for other purposes, was taken up, amended, and passed. A bill for the incorporation of an "Atlantic and Pacific Rail Rood Company," we aee, has just been introduced into the New Jersey legislature. It embraces a large number of corporators, who are prominent men in that nnd other States. The capital is stated at 870,000.000, with the privilege of $150,000,000, Tlmmas Chittenden died at Wllliston, Vermont, on the 1st instant, aged 83 years. He was the son of Thomas Chittenden, the first Governor of Vermont He was the youngest of a family of nine children, nnd was liorn in Salisbury, Connecticut, on the 3d of August 1770. Thomas Chittenden removed to Williston in 1774. Sitwf.x Deatii.?On Monday lost (says the Darlington Flag of the 10th inst, a very do.'ilK i u?r nrrml nnn r tliiu nltuxi Kiiiion Mclendon, a man in the prime of life nnd apparently in the enjoyment of pood health, was riding on horseback coming up to this village, when he suddenly fell from his horse and when reached by those a short distance behind, was found perfectly dead. Jerome llonnpartc, ex-King of Westphalia, is said to l?e privately married to the Marches* Itnrtolini, a beautiful Florentine widow of high rank. Philip Allen & Hon, manufacturers of print*, at Providence, K. I., have recovered a \erdict of $1,250 06 damages, in tile t'ir* cnit Court nt I>oui*ville, Ky., against A. Gowdry dt Co., in an action for c ?unterfeiting their Inltels and affixing them to prints of different quality. The Weather.?The Boston Traveler says the mean temperature of the first seven days in February was 41.33 or thirteen degrees nnd a half warmer than the average of the first quarter of this month in the course of the last twenty-nine years. | statement in the Savannah Republican,,w ai | an officer in the revolutionary army of the United Stab's. His name was Michael.Rudolf. He was, it i* said, of German parentage, ami was horn on the Kastern Shore ol Maryland. At a very early ago Ic eiitcriyl the army, and achieved distinction in I we'a legion. He married in liberty county, Georgia, hut utter he sailed for France, front Sunhury, he never returned to the United States. The historians of Franco report his birth place to be Saric Isiuis, on tltc confines of the Rhine. Tiie New \ ork Courier nnd Inquirer states from evidence in iU own possession that Kossuth dare not return to thin emintry.? "That tie required the generosity of our people hy the basest ingratitude, and that before h-.l n' from our tore? under the alia? 1 Alexander Smith, he signed a contract to head an expedition from this city against a country with which wc nre at peace, in open defiance of our Neutrality lsiwa. This we any we know from the evidence of our own eyas, before the infamous contract was placod in the Department of State; and if l?e venture again to come among us, o?r Gov. ernnient, whether Whig or Democrat, will not hesitate to arrest and puniith him." Motive Powfca without Fuel.?Among the many wonderful discoveries of the age, the Genoa correspondent of the Newark Advertiser notes that n complete revolution in the means of steam navigation ami loco, motion is anticipated from a recent invention hy Doctor Caroaio, of that city, lie has, it is said succeeded in eonstructing an apparatus for the decomposition of water by electro magnetism, which will introduce the gases thus generated into the engine in a way to aavc all the expense of fuel! Ilia invention has been approved by aavans and pmetieal engineers, and a company hn* subscribed the means of giving It a full experiment. Means have also been adopted to secure patents in all other countries, Mr. J. B. Mnsao, a reaper LiMe merchant of Genoa, has started for the United Htates, with letters froin our Minister at Turin to the head of the Patent Office at Washington. The "New York Express" says. Progress of the Crystal Palace.?The Hecretary, Mr. Whellen, writes that the coluinn and girder-work is completed, with the exception of a very small portion, where the ground ia filling in, and the erection of the second tier of eolumns Is begun. The European agent, Mr. Ruse heck, has more applications for apaoe tlian bo will be able to grant, and the same is the ease in this city, The Charleston Murrury of the iSth last* any* Ws learn that an accident oecured to a freight train on the Sooth Carolina Railroad yesterday evening, near Port Motto, about 96 inilea from Charleston, involving n considerable loan of property. The tenth ear, boot 100 foot from the snglae on the train wae discovered to ho on fins, and before it :onld bo checked, commnnh atod to six ptatIbrin cars, which together with the contents, ibout five hundred bates of eotton, were toally destroyed. The host waa so intense is to melt the wheels and rails together, in. juring a considerable portiou of the road so aa to delay tho arrival of tho Columbia train until half (mat 6 p. in. Dead.?The Banner record* the death or Hon. N. L. Griffln, long a Senator from Edgefield District. Free Negroes in Virginia. It appears that in the counties in which ] there are most froo nogroc*, tho people ore j most opposed to the harsh measures proposed for their expulsion. We mentioned the cose of Southampton the other day, where there nre 1800, and where the genera! feeling of the whito population is most decided against nny coercive action or unjust , taxation. The Suffolk Republican says it ( is the same in Nansemond, where there are < 1000 free negroes. That paper speaks of j their general good conduct and industry, and ( says that only one of the thousand has been 1 convicted of felony during the Inst ten years, i Many of them own considerable property, < and thus supply a very valuable addition to the labor of the country, at busy seasons of the year. They could not be removed from any of the tide water counties without serious detriment to various interests ; and creating a vacuum in the laboring population : only to be supplied by a class, far more dan- ! grruns and quite as worthless as the free negroes nre represented to be by their worst ' foes.?Richmond Fcmai.b Swinm.ixo.?Aii ingenious trick has been twice practiced upon the j famous and fashionable house of the | Stewarts, in Now York. About a year | since, a well dressed lady called in and selected a shawl, tho price of which was i $600. She handed out a thousand dollar bill, which the clork questioned. She took ' it back, and appeared to be indignant, when on reflection she handed over another and genuine bill on the same hank, j nnd requested that it bo taken to a bank, This was done nnd tho bill pronounced to Ik? genuine. The lady then put it in her purse, shaking her pretty head ominously at the clerk who had dared to insinuate vhat her money was not good. She started to go out, the poor clerk making all j sorts of apologies, llut, on reflection, she j re.urned?the shr.wl pleased her?it was | so very beautiful?she would not {>cruiit j her excited feelings to deprive her of an . article that pleased her so w ell. Sho would have the shawl put up. Tho smiling clerk had it ready in a jifl'v She handed out a thousand dollar bill on the same hank.? The clerks thought it' was the same.? They gave her 0400 change, and the fair one left with the shawl and the change. On making a deposit. yi.-. tho afternoon, however, they found that the bill was a straight out counterfeit. The- lady hail shifted theg??od and bad,to suit her own j purpose, coolly leaving the bad one in the hands of the Stewarts carrying off their $400 of good money and tlieir rich shawl. A few weeks since,the same thiug occurred, the only difference being that a lieautiful lady on this occasion took two $700 liuwls, left two$lQoo ;counfcrfeit notes, and received, back in good cash in change. ; j LATEH FBOlMf . ' Arrival of the St^un^r Niagara at Hew Diktinoie, Pel*. It, 8 P. M, Tin* Briliah mnil Kloaiiiahip Niag ara nr. rifcd nt New York on Sunday, in place of the Aula, from Liverpool, which-port nhe left on January the twenty-ninth. ENGLAND Memm: Baring Brother*A. Co., have lent Spuin 57,000,000 renin, on the "security of the national property. Advice* received from Knglanti announce the failure of i Mesar*. illrach & Co., ot Rotterdam, their j li.i'jilitica arc anid to rfrnount to ? 160,000. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. The demand for Cottop ia good, and price* have advanced an eighth of a penny.? Fair nnd Good Fair have improved luont. I i r?e *aiea during the week hnro com primal I 56,000 bale*, of which speculator* have taken I ifOOO and export 6000, leaving 36,000 to the trade. The quotation* are a* follow: Fair Or. lean* rtfd ; Middling Orleans, 6|d ; Fair Upland*, Gd ; and Middling Uplands, 5}dRice and have been neglected. All ; qualities of tiagar have slightly advanced. Thi5 demand for Flonr n?yi Cue* Has ht'ii but moderate, and the former has declined one shilling per barrel, and the latter one shilling per quarter. Western Canal Flour I* quoted at 96a. 6d., and Ohio at 9ft?. per bbl of 190 11m. Yellow Corn wa* worth i 33*. per 400 lb*. Trade in the manufacturing District* had slightly improved since the lost advices* MARRIAGES. * "* "" 1 ' " f " ~~ ' *' 1 *! - ? ~ . Till llyinen bro't his love delighted hour, ! There dwelt no joy in Kdon's rosy bowed The world was sad!?tbo garden was a w ild; And man, the hermit, sighed?4iil woman Km ii e<r Hmmphell. ~?AmHr,^fa'monhik oTti^m; by the Rev. M. D. Fraskr, Mr. W. B. PEEI'lof Beaufort DUtrfct, H. C, to Mlaa 8U8AN C. IjAITGIIIJN, qf Winnaboro'. AUo, In Havannab, on the 9th Inst by the . Rev. W. Pbmtom, K. A. CALDWELL, of ? Ml. Mary's, Georgia, to HARRIET, eldest daughter of the lata Jamaa Peters, Baq., of Charleston* Alio In faMeld LHatriet, near Rorky Mount, on the (Mb inat,. by Rev. Mr. Craw* ford, of Laneaater. Dr. WILLIAM R. DYE. ! of Kerahaw, to MI8N JEMIMA A., eldest I daughter of Dr. William K. flail of the I former plaee. I DEATH 8. DIED, at Eotaw^AUlKuua, on Uto 2d inat, ^ Col. JlRKPIf PILlCENlL a native of Pendleton Dintrtet, 8. C, arwl eon of Gen. An- <js draw IMckeus, an dBeei' of d)afInction in the , Revolutionary war. Col Pkrkena removed fromUdoSUtoW Alabama, in 18Id, whenee \ he bad continue# to rt aide, up to the tfata , of hia death. | J Also, on the IIth inaUnt en MwAb Ban- ? tat), at th> residence of hi* father, I J'. WIS 11 H'?.!*; Aft.'tn the *' 7th ytnr of hi are | } COMMERCIAL- 71 LATEST DATE8. from Liverpool Fob. 5 from Havre Jnn. 2(5. from Ilnvnnn. Feb. 8 Charl*?ton Market*. 6 Saturday morxino,* Fcb. 18. Cottot.?The transaction* to-day reached nlxMit 2200 tales. The favorable ndvi:es from abrond have hnd no influence whatBvcr on our market. Prices wore fully as Irregular as they were prior to the receipt of these accounts. The sale comprise 300 bale at 7J; 110 nt 7|; 22 at 8; 16 at 8{; 44 it HJ; 67 at 9; 362 at Op. 176 at tt|; 268 at 9p. 205 at 9); 369 nt ?|; 7 at 10; 102 at lOp and 31 baien nt lOfc. Columbia Market, Feb. 10. Cuttok.?The we tthor to-day was very unfavomble for out-door business, and but few samples of cotton on sale, consequently the effect of the America's advices eannot bo ascertained. 225 bales were sold, from 6| to cents. t . As ousce of fact, is worth a pound of theory: nnd the swarm of conclusive facts that cluster round that incomparable preparation, lloofland's Herman Bitters, prepared by I>r. C. M. Jackson, Philadelphia, wdabli'shlng its value as a tonic and restorative, nr.. uimh (la hrnvnnl {ni.rtwllll!tt* itlwlf* from questioning itM efficacy. In all cases of diseases ?f the stomach, whether acute or \ chronic, it may be fcoommended for it* soothing, cordial, and renovating influence Dyspepsia, heartburn, loss of appetite, nau sea, nervous tremors, relaxation, debility, &e arc relieved by the bitteni in a very ahor apace of time: and a perseverance in their use never f Ue to work a thorough cure. ' ' 3 'j?Jm ANOTHER SCIENTIFIC WONDER Important tol)ysprytic*f?Yh. J, 8. Hough* ton's I'epain. The '1 riio Digestive Fluid, or Ciantric Juice, prepared 'from Renitht or the Fourth Stomach of the Ox, after directions of Baron liebeg, the groat- lliysioiogical C'homist, by J- H. lloughton, M. D., Philadelphia. This is truly a wonderful remedy for Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Jaundice, liver Complaint, constipation and Debility, curing after Nature's own Method,by Nature's ova Agent, the (JAHTKIC JUICR. Pnmphletrf. containing Scientific evidence of its-veins, furnished by Agents gratis. See noties among the medical advertisements. > SI NEW ADVERTISMENTS. BERNARD VOLCER HAS the pleasure of informing hi* friends J and customers that lie constantly keeps f on Itand, a large stock of all kinds of CHOICE ICOARti, " at the 1o<\ cat u nrket prices?as well of his own manufacture as of recent importation. 3*5, Kiao Stcckt4 C1WU4U3X9X. Feb. 23,-1*63. 1. Bushel Red Clover aaVd * *. 11 AstJRl.TINK IlAfnXJ*. Fsb. 18. * \VB are requested to anaouneoOmTT era I JOIlA McQCEKN, as s Cnidid.ite to represent the fat Congressional Usui t,of Southt'aiolina, in the ticxt-Coneress ?r rt... IT..:,..a u, .v_. . " . ... ...v t/Hiwv rull'K. " * ! Eleanor I* Houston "1 In Equity, executrix* ? I ain-aster District, v* Petition to subjugate Nathaniel I*. Ingram. J nn Equity to pay. I T appeuiring to aty satisfaction that fta1 thAniel D Injnm atxl John tiodfrey, defendant* in above petition, ntide without the linii'a of the State, It is ordered on motion of Moore., solicitor for Petitioner, that the said defendants Nathaniel B. Ingram and John (iodfrev, do answer, plead or demur to j the petition filed against them in above e.sea on or before the first day of June, 1853, otherwise judgment pro eoft&*sso will bo order* ed against them, J. 1L WITIIER8POON, C.EI. D. Feb 'J3, 1853, Printer's IV. 87. I?In. Frrach Burr liHrt?ih. 4) PAIR superior 5| feet. Pur aaifr at cost w in New York. Also all kinds of Mill Irons famished to order, and nil kinds of hbrw Mill Irons constantly on hand. . MeDOWALL*. COOPER. Camden & C, Febi ?*. 3?4t. Eitste of Simon Beokham THE argent demand* of hreditors, require payment from alt those indebted to the L&o Sib..,? !k;L'.am, E*tf.t dce'd^or hi- Xxaeatora. It is unpleasant and painful to sae any who may be owing, yet this course must be resorted to, ffntes* payments arc soon made by those indebted. It is hoped that this notice will'he nedttd in the spirit which actuates it, and roots thereby saved. A. J. CAUT1IEN, K*or. F?b. 28. Pr. foe ft. 8?44. ^ BOOK BIN IUNG. \ GKAEL3K8 CHA^IV, PLAIN AND FANCY BOO* HINDER, AND Bt.ANK BOOK M ABUrACTVBCB, NO. 101 MRETiNO-STAEKT, tkarlMtoa, H. Feb. as 185J. t Sot. MoOARTERk Co., 1 (BCOCKBBOKA TO NCCABTKB Si Al&MXj jQ WHOLESALE B00K8XLLSXS AMD BTATIOVXRfl, COUM NIITUKJ ABO MOHIATB, J J MfCirtBr 1 K. J. Dowaon, t CllARLESTOHfB. C. J. Bryan, Jr. ) HT A compk-to MBOrtlBBWl of Uw, Nodical, School and MWwllao?aa Booh a, together with Blank Book a, Paper and Stationery, of erery deaaHfrtioo, kept eewafnnU y on hand, awl oflfered at the loWaa* price*. Feb. at 1*63. * ty yd. ft * H.CAMERON. [mpovton *ad Doalon to CJIlhA. ,, IHTIHKWiBI, H4HKfnioAT,OmwTi Hawmt. Haw now Brotooo a iijM^aUn*Wjjaa? of Soow INNIttUp ?# M|k?B MPORTATION, to which the* bivHo the Aim** of wrehanu v WOn? ChwUalon ro?t AAt.a AT TH* WWUff WABBTT fBITT.a. r?b ?1 WflT 1 ly p? j