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THE LANCASTER LEDOEI R. & BAILEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TELEGRAPIi IC. from the charleston standard. Ity Friday's MaiL The Pacific Railroad Washington, Jan. 17th. The prclitninarv report of Gov. Stophei ef Washington Territory, lias been receiv by the Government. It argues in favor the extreme Northern route for the l'aet Railroad. The new Mexican Treaty arranged Gen. Gadsden, is already creating quite a s here, and Gen. Houston, of Texas, has c cl 'red his determination of opposing it. Wo regret to s'ate that M. Bodisco, t Minister from Russia to the United Stat w lying extremely ill in this city. The Late Calamity. New York, Jan. 17. The merchants of this city have subsc lied the sum of 810,000 with which to pi vide n suitable present for the Captains the ships Three Belles and Antarctic a nlso the hark Kilby,in consideration of Ihi meritorious service in rescuing the sutlerii passengers by the ill-fated steamer San Fru eisco. Cholera on Shipboard. New York, Jan. 17. Several vessels arrived at this port to-d from European ports, having suffered tor bly on the passage bv cholera. Over o hundred deaths, in all, had occurred. Congressional. Baltimore, Jan. 17. In the Senate, on Tuesday, the Milita Committee reported against giving a swe to the nearest male relative of Major Kii gold. ^_Mr. Hamilton, from the Special Comni tee, made a favorable report on the Frcu Spoliation Bill. Mr. Sumner gave notice that lie would troduce amendments to the Nebraska b extending the Missouri Compromise o\ that Territory. The House concurred in the Sena amendments to appoint a Joint Committ in relation to the rescuers of those on boa the ill-fated San Francisco, and after an e citing debate between the liurds and Sof adjourned. By Monday's Mail. Proclamation against the Galiforn Filibusters. Baltimore, Jan 19. The President has issued a Proelaniati denouncing the unlawful expeditions th have been fitted out from California again Mexico, and threatening to prosecute i who are engaged therein to the full cxte of the law. Congressional. In the U. S. Senate, on Wednesday, ^ Gwin offered a resolution enquiring whet er there was a sufficient force on the Pnci to check the filibusters, which led to a war debate. In the House ef Representatives 011 t same day, Mr. L. M. Keitt, of South Cai lino, madu a powerful speech on tit a N< York party controversy, which coniple.t? electrified the House. lle sustained t .Administration in the course they had pi sued in defending slavery, and bringing b.i tho government to its original siinplici lie also, advocated the levying tonnage tl tics in the States. Baltimore, Jan. 20. f * The Senate was not in session on Frida In the House of Representatives, Mr. Ci ting made a great speech in which hod fended the I birds. Seizure oi the British Schooner Tim The British schooner Time has been sc cd at Norfolk, Va., for u violation of t i> 1 - AVCTCIIUC lit V> The Message of the Governor of Loni iana was delivered at Baton Rcguron Tut day. He is reported to be strongly in favi of the annexation of Cuba. The barque Antelope has arrived at Ba timore, from Rio Janeiro, which p. rt she U on the 5th nit. She reports Coffee as ha ing declined 300 a 400 rs. Mr. Bcdini, the Pupal Nureio, will leni New York for Liverpool on Saturday, in tl U. S. mail steamship Baltic, Cnpt. Comstoi for Liverpool. "Tito Know-Nothings" a making preparations to accompany aim the steamer on Saturday with his effigy, A Judge Irwin has informed the Preside thatihe process of the U. S. Circuit Con cannot be served on the Krie rioters witho the aid of the military. Governor Biglor, Pennsylvania, has gone to Washington see the President on the subject Proposed Meeting in New YorkBaltimore, Jan 20. ^ A call, signed by many of the first nu chants of New York, has been published f a meeting to protest against the Nebrasl Bill of Senator Douglas, and against l! repeal of the Missouri Compromise. It is stated that unless the British Gover ment reconsider the despatches of Lo Clarendon, Mr. .Clayton will introduce bill iaio the ScnntMSAlacing the Militai and Naval forces wr the disposal of tl I'resldent, to compel England to fulfil It treaty stipulations. Mr. Houston, it is said, will call for iufc mation nl-itivc to tho So tile duel. It is rumored in New York that anoth Pacific steamer had been lost at Chrif mas, but thut her passengers had be* saved. There are, however, no details of tho ci cuutBtnuco mentioned. Judah Touro, the well known New 0 loans capitalist, died ii. that city on Wedne day night. For fifty years have his bonev lent and patriotic deeds hcon familiar to tl citizens of Now Orleans. Nor wero h thoughts confined to thnt city, //is ear days had been passed in Massachusetts, ai ilia munificent donation to the Hunker Hi MMpiment evinced his love for tho old Cci ttMfttauith. That work, it will bo reman tared, tiad, for fourteen years, struggled o: Aj^Mjbl. in 1839, it was announced to the D MPStors that two gentlemen were ready I W contribute ten thousand dollars each towarc "its completion. They wero the late Ami Lawrence ami Judah Touro. Mr. Toure'a fortune in estimated at fro $800,000 to $1,500,000, nnd it it report* that he baaooquenthud the bulk of it public InatMflon. Col. Gadsdbm.?We are pleased to n ti?* the arrival of Col. Gadsden, U. Htat MiaieUtft hh Mexieo, in Charleston, in lit health and apiriU. He left for Waahinj IJtrtUL-?fioo. P. Soule haa fought a dm with the Marquis ef Turcot the Prone Minister, and hla eon with the Thike ef Alb / Ho dnmrge done. Kg? % | - L.3) LANCASTERVILLE, S. C. WEDNESDAY* JAN, 25, m rl OUR VILLAGE. o- Many of our cotemporarica are urj Mj their claims for the location of the Me . dist College in their villages. Their cli bir ? " nrp mi?r?rl tinnn ilm n ? ? ?..*.. ?/>? "g ?"v" "f"" / ??-!?I.?I ' iD* village possesses. Lancaster is not n < petitor ; the expense nnd inconvenience eaching this place, and leaving it, is su ent to render her an unsuccessful coin tor. The facilities of travel to almost e r,. village in the State, hut this, places t ne great disadvantage: but an effort has 1 made to build a railroad, and if the pr< goes down entirely, \v*o must only do best we can as we arc ; in some resp try though, Lancaster village yosscsses g ?rd advantages. In the first place, it can bo 'o* celled by no other village in the State ^ health. The lime-stone water, whLh, the lC|j unpleasant generally to new comers, wc lieve conduces greatly to the health ol !"l" village. The society of the village is g . ^ there are no grog-shops in the town, an addition, we have a good male school. te Carlisle, the teacher, who taught last j and gave such satisfaction, is engaged the present year. Although Larcaste l8 not a competitor for tho Methodist Fen College, we would be extremely gratific see a school for young ladies in our vill There are a number of our citizens 1 at this time have their daughters and w abroad at school, some at Limestone Spri on some in Charleston, some at Barhsim ia* Salem, &c., when, if a good female sel l!jl were amongst us, these yonng ladies w< ?t be educated at home. The advantages cruing from such a school are many, bes the advantage to parents, of having t fr- children at home, their education will b( J.'" tended with less expense ; nor is this a m parent's eye will be over his child, an< fears of her misbehaviour trouble his m ho To tho merchants and others of the vil! the advantage in a pecuniary view w< ,jv W immense. If we mistake not, tl^e ye lie ladies at Anderson, in this State, expci ur- while at school the last year, $10,00 "'k that village. This sum divided amongst tv ? I* merchants annually, would not he unae i. mo wo :irc very sure. There is scar h village in the State, but has its " Fer >' Collegiate Institute," "School far yo I.-idies," " Female Seminary," <f-c., but 1 caster. Why is this? It is not bee; q onr citizens are careless and indifferent or z subject of education ; the very fact of t he sending their children abroad is cvidene the contrary. Why is it, then ? It is t us we have no suitable building, but this i 8" &r be no objection. I^ct us build one. will warrant if a subscription list be hi I- round to-morrow, the necessary amount be subscribed. Who will volunteer his v- . vices? i-e A gentleman of wealth in our Di?t He purchased a lot in the village the o day, on which he intends to erect n J? dwelling, which will be an ornament to town. As he, himself, told us, his obje< nt removing to town was, that ho could be irt ublcd then to send his boys to school. I know we to the contrary, but if a goo< male school were established amongst but that others may be induced to c here also? Lancaster is very much bel in this respect, and wc think it is high I for her to show some signs of the spiri ^ progress and improvement. IK! We take the opportunity and also the erty to bring another matter to the notie our townsmen. The spring of the yet nj approaching, and at that season most n | sons feci disposed to have things loo) ry | neat and tidy about thorn. It it nt that i ,e ! son that persons generally paint and wl ir wash their dwellings and fences. Som r the dwellings nnd fencing on the main st look a little tho worse for wear and ten Wo hope our citizens will look to the i er ter. The cost of a little white lend is much, and the satisfaction one receives f the improved appearance produced by ir- more than repays hiin. We will be pleased to hear f.om our ( r" respondent w Amicus," again, oie Negro Trial. is The trial of the Negroes, neensed of 'y murder of Mr. Aleiander Crnlg was c '[J menccd on Tuesday, the 17th inst., sn r," still in progress. Messrs. Clinton nnd ^ a- limits are the acting council for the defc n? and Messrs. Mo< re and Gt<lluch:it, for State. It is thought *he greater portior I, this week will be consumed before the >s suit is known. m To Delinquentsid No paper is discontinued until the t to aeription is paid, unless we choose to. intend though week after next to erase o- names of those w ho have failed to paj m for the drat and second volumes except th ,H who aro known to ua to be good. Choctaw Observer. This is the title of a newspaper we h ? received, published st Greensboro', Miss. t i. MeCaughey dt Ce. It is small, 1 neatly gotten up paper. MS/ttk HH ...v ) Mr. Tatar's Address. | The greater portion of the last Patriot is devoted to Mr. Tuber's address. Major ? Perry sob cts certain extracts from the address, to prove that Mr. Taber is opposed to popular education. He also publishes lot- 4 tcrs from Professors Leiber and Reynolds erq uud Judge O'Neal, to sko"' that these gen- thr tlemcn inferred the s*?me meaning from Mr. lig T.'s Speech, as he did. wa f It was certsiinly with pain that wo saw Se such turbulent feelings manifested in our ' usually quiet State, towards Mr. Tabor, and ev? had hoped Major Perry was mistaken. We coi had only read a portion ot Mr. T.'s address, isn and therefore adopting the opinion of those wl: )Pr who had read it, considered that Major Per- po 5 ry was mistaken. From the last Patriot wo am / are bound to believe that Mr. Tabor did ex- un press himself in such objectionable lan- tio gungo as imputed to him. la) Since wo have learned to know any thing ed about politics, we have watched the course j<|, of Major Perry, of Greenville, with ns much wi scrutiny us any politician in the State, and f0| to his credit, be it said, we have never found 0f ging one w'l? *s n,orc consistent in his views, ajj tho- w'10 could give better reasons for adopting aims 8UC'1 v'ew*i We candidly believe ho has vil each ^one 118 mu?h benefit to the State ns any pr nm- manin '* on 8 Df In our last paper wo copied an article flici- *"rom t',c Carolinian which reflected upon as pcl-u Major Perry's course in the Legislature on 0f very *',w Free School bill; and in this paper Gf ls (Q in justice to the gentleman, wo give his dii Ijee,, reasons for so acting. he >ject President Thornwell has also written to eo jjlc the Patriot, in which letter he makes the ef- an ects j lo excU8e Mr. Tnbcr. We hope the rent w',0'c matter now will he "laid on the tnex_ ble." We cannot believe Mr. Taber really jn' for rnranl what his remarks implied; we could ^ n,,,^ hardly .suppose that one would publicly de- ^ be- c'aro such sentiments. That there are ? (ho m?ny in the Sbite who believe us Mr. Taber ^ ood Has expressed himself we have no doubt; tj jn iu fact we have reason to suppose that such sentiments arc entertained by some connec,car> ted with tho IS. C. College. th for (For want of room wo are compelled to to r js defer the publication of Dr. Thorn well's let- an nolo tertill next week.) |i d to * * mi Our Exchanges. who We had neglected to notice the change hy ards which had biken place in the editorship of (h, 11<r8 the Chester Standard. Mr. C. D. Melton (t., ille, ',us resigned that post to his brother, Mr. m, 100I Melton. To our friend C. Dun, we ex ,uld tender our best wishes for his prosperity , ;1C. and to the acting editor we send kind re- ex ides tf-'rds. frv heir The Abbeville Banner has been much en- nf s at- 'urged and improved, and is now one of the ||f 8 best paper* in the Stale. Decidedly the best 1 ro at Abbeville C. H. jw ind. "" nu l;,gc 8al? of HegToes- an >uld Mr. l'elham's negroes were sold hero on 0r< >unjj. Monday last, and at high prices. Negro so idedj men, field hands, brought as high as $1300, be 0, in) none less than $1100. di out Our friend, Mr. Wilherspoon adopts the uf con- right plan to make property bring high pri- re cell- cu"; he advertises extensive!). When this nr nalk is done he warrants good prices will be ob. n., ung^ tained. stj Lrfin- ( " " er Over i the Several editorials intended for this paper. heir "* *"* 1 pr ic to EDITOR S TABLE. no ius, 'Blackwood's Magazine.?The Decern- pr iced b^r number is a very attractive one. The an We fid lowing is the bible of contents : gr ken j National Gallery- fe< will A Letter from the Boulevards, pr ser_ j The Narcotics we indulge in Part III. .. A A few more words on University Ri.fnrm Rapping thu Question.?A Talu of Moriot, dern Magic. th ther Renl nnd Ideal Beauty. th The Quiet heart. Part I. , Russia and Turkey. our Index. Pr :t in LEONARD SCOTT, & CO., th ! en- New York. al, low The Southern Aoriculukist ahd South- m J fc- f.ri* Cultivator for January have been re- th u8? eeived. The former is published at Laurens- te: ouie ville, by Mr. R. M. Stokes, and the latter at ta hind Augusta,Ga., by W. S. Jones. The price of ev time each Si.00 per year. They are both wor- uj it of thy of patronage, and deserve the support of te our farmers. wi e of Fire in Chesterfield. er ir is From a friend \vc learn that a fire broke mi per- out on the premises of Mr. Martin Aran, tjng in Chesterfield District, on Saturday Inst, which destroyed his dwelling, meat-house, I lite- an(l kitchen, u of rci.t Large Tiee. te, Our friend nnd subscriber, Mr. Willis di< Gregory, informs us that there is a White o'< not Oak on his mother's plantation, which raeas- Hi rom ures thirty feet and soine inches in cireum- 8.1 , jt ferenco. He inquires if it can be beat ? as Hew York Fires. Uo . While Metropolitan Hall and I-a Furge 'ul Hotel were still smoking, another fire broke flc out in New York, at two o'clock in the sf- He teruoon of the sume day, in tho large six story cabinet ware establishment of Messrs. Pu the Hencke dt Schroder, No. 115 Franklin street, thi om. and in the course of half an hour it was a aU , . pilo of burning ruins. The buildings ad- QO ' 18 joining on the wist, and the Dutch Reformed Church on the west, were materially damn- P'1 nee, ged. The aggregate loss ia about $75,000, bi? tho partially insured. sis t Qf The people of that citv, we perceive, are %ni ' beginning to get alarmed, and not without .. ' re* reason, at the many destructive (ires that ? have recently taken place in that city. Within C. tho laat three months the aggregate is estimated st nearly live millions of dollars. The tub- statement is as follows: We 'October 28, Fowler's Buildings, loss th<, $220,000, insurance $100,000; November on 17, Empire Iron Works, loss $300,000 in- an< ' u* sum nee $180,000; November 17, Jsne and Washington streets, loss $290,000, insuraacs $150,000; December 10, the Harpors' f?i' and other buildings, lose $1,500,000, insur*nco $300000; December 27, Front street nva and the shipping, loss $1,500,000, insurance P*< , $600/H>0; January 8, Metropolitan Hail and *? ?V La Farge Motel, foes 1/100/100, insurance $850/100. Total toea, $4,340/X>0, insur- tto anee $1,780 ** COMMUNICATION ! For the Ledger. Virtue of Boientifio Associations. Among the variety of employments that jage the attention of man in his progiess ough life, there is none more pleasing dehtful, and improving, than Ihe pleasant Iks in the wide field of Literature and ience. There every association is agreeable? sry advancement encouraging?every disrery profitable. The widcuess of barbarj, and rudeness of uncultivated nature, len restricted to its refinements, attain a lish that almost battles the skill of artists, d which elegantly serves as a bright monlent ef beauty and worth. In its associan the barren mind gathers in ideas, and rs by a store of profitable knowledge suitto any cause or emergency. The profundity of thought is discussed th sagacity?the labyrinths of science unded and developed, and the philosophy nature expanded to view. With a liberty unbounded by space nnd with a freem void of oppression, nil grudes are inled into its sacred retreat to revel amid the ofessions of thought, and couut the econay of mind nnd matter. There the illustrious sages of antiquity scmbied to investigate the hidden secrets science, and discuss the great principles morals nnd philosophy. And there were scovcred the sublime phenomenon of the Mvenly bodies, the phases of the moon nnd lypses of the sun, the motion of the stars d the course of the cornet. The melody of music nnd passion of poef?two of the most powerful agents nature, in subduing the deep and mapiant feelings of the soul, were never ripen into being amid the low nnd illitere, but sprung and grew where science urished. The advantages concomitant with such an sociation, are paramount to any reasonable timate, and inconceivably more numerous an calculable. It is calculated to inspire great exertions, and noble aspirations; d has been the honored parent of some of e most stupendous efforts of the human ind. The portals of Wisdom that were sealed the rust of ages have been unlocked, and e blessings of science are now richly exaded to the varied wants of suffering huinity. The wings of commerce have been panded until they monopolize the comodities of every clime; ar.d we can now change with great facility, the delicious lits of the tropics for the scanty products the polar regions. Man, though the swift vehicle of thought, s become the inhabitant of the world at 'go, and has given sueh play to his ingeity as to ride it on the lightning's wingt d talk at once the world all over. Such ? the benefits accruing from scientific nacialions, that the whole civilized world hsa come revolutionized. Diplomatic agency ffused with electric rapidity and the apirit ' freedom elevated to the highest pitch of fined liberality. No longer can the inonch on his throne, with unlimited sway, diet the rcigna of royal despotism, nor amp the prerogative of power. No longcan the Pope extinguish the lights of scice, nor lead his subjects to ignominy and amc. And no longer can the Crus do each the blind enthusiasm of the cross, r chivalry sport in feats of cruelty and opession. The days of nnnrchy, bloodshed, <1 oppression are past; the lights of proessive science revealed, and man begina to el the prerogative ef self rule, and self eservation. No longer dors he trust to e syren voice of potentates, nor yield to b stern demand of dupedoin. But with e assistance of light and letters, armed in e defence of liberty, I e established the nd-marks of freedom, nnd spurns the opession of infuriated despotism. And from c commotion that is now agitating the en ived minds of despotic governments, we ay judge with almost prophetic exactness at the rule of arbitrary power is fast hasning to a close. Then will the manifes lions of freedom be fully realized upon ery port, nnd its rich blessings bestowed >on those who are now yieldii gto the bitr smart of cruel oppression. And then ill a political equilibrium among nations be tublishod which imperial re ality can nevdisorganize, nnd which time's progressive arch alone can demolish. AMICUS >eath of Judgn Robert M. Charlton. Wc learn by telegraph the melancholy Lelligence that one of Georgia's most gif1 son's, the Hon. Robert M. Charlton, rd in Savannah yesterday morning, at 3 dock. Mr. Charlton was the aoi of the an. T. U. F. Charlton, formerly Mayor of ivannah, and enjoyed s brilliant reputation a lawyer, and was equally distinguished the literary world for hit many and great f^uirements. Nor was hia State unmindI of his merits as, in addition to other of s of public trust, he was honored with s it on the Bench, snd for some timo oceu d with credit to himself snd advantage to s nation s seat in the United States Seni, to which he was appointed by Gorerr Cobb in the room of Mr. Berrien. In ivnte life, Mr. Charlton was esteemed for i many virtues, snd we condole with our ter city snd State in the loss they have tained in the death, in the prime of life, such s worthy snd esteemed citizen.? Courier. uovmtrTeitfThe editor of the Wilmington Journal utions the public againat counterfeit bills the Bank of the State of North Carolina, d on the Cape Fear Bunk, many of which ?in circulation. He had a counterfeit four liar bill of the Bank of the State paid to n a few davs aince, the engraving or which bad, and the paper coarse an t inferior; II they are seldom detected, unless when id into, or presented at Bank. They look old apd worn, aa to eoorev the imprea that they meet be genuine, otherwise it could not haee circulated so long as nr appearance TOtld Indicate. U> ? ^ -?- - From the Charleston Courier. I over n HEW YORK C0RRE8P0N DEHCE. childr ere, a New York, Jan 14, 1854. tbe ^ The reported loss of the steam ship San these Francisco is confirmod. The ship Three H|Cupi Bells, Cnpt. Creighton, was the first to ar- gtovei rive with the intelligence of the sad cnlam- be di ity. The morning papers are unusually full most of the details, nnd as you will receive them burnt as soon as this letter, it is unnecessary to ^(r repeat them. The San Francisco was built jzen * by W. H. Webb of this city, for the houso bis p of Howlands nnd Aspinwall, and was con. CXprc side rod in point of strength, power and safe. ne88 ty, superior to nny vessel nfloat. She was cjes ( insured in this city and in Philadelphia, for first | $350,000, and her total loss will cut into dnwr the dividends of our principal marine insur. mon ance companies in a frightful manner. There respo is talk to-day of getting up testimonials to the s the Captains nnd officers of the Three Bells ? V the Antartic, and tho Kilby. The loss of Htion Col. Washington, Mnjor Tnylor, Captain Chris Field, nnd Lieutenant Smith,excites univer- wron sjiI sympathy. Some public action will be to bu taken in reference to this last and most sad to th catastrophe, The year, thus far, has been cocrc inaugurated with calamities enough for a ton, whole twelve months. wron occas A murder was committed in a house on n par Broadway, in open daylight, last Tuesday part, morning nbout 10 o'clock. Dr. Latener, who had an eye nnd car infirmary at the tl corner of Grand street was the victim. Ilis jttXV,v office was in the front room up stairs, nnd whic there he must have been shot, and though PJpK at first thought it may nppear to have been ? A a very dangerous place to have attempted so vt,IK. dnring a crime, yet the sequal proceed it citizc from its very boldness nnd audacity, to have hns I been comparatively safe. The noise of the ^ omnibusses nnd vehicles in Broadway, nnd to or the everlasting hurry with which every one jn th> moves in this city prevented any one hear- usylti ing the report of the pistol. It wasremembercd by several persons in the same build- j 8(> ing that an explosion of some kind occurred jon j but it ?ns none of their business, ami they land noon forgot it. They little dreamed that a bona murder as foul as that of Mr Tuikinghorn r-v.'x ... , ? othei had been committed. ii?nu A Mr. and Mrs. Hays were arrested, and Ihc I the examination has been continued every "'"J*? . . innki day since the tragedy. Mrs. Lutener, wife of deceased, teatitied that her husband was gent, thirty-one years of age, a native ol England; year, that he became acquainted with the //ays vva>'H family thres or four months ago; that Mr. F ** llays and Dr. I.utsner had quarrelled soon ami's after, and that it was owing to too great an they intimacy between Lutener and Mrs. llays. " Luteuer had the reputation of being n regular Don Juan. He has been entangled in |,;H numerous unpleasant liatons, and those ae- liber. quainted with his history, immediately as- 'ffA' ' caibed his death na ths result of his wav, ... . c ills ward passions. His guilt is somewhut mol- |ou,|, lifted, though not excused, by thu develope- qq, uicnt that Mrs. Hays is not the legal wife A lot of him who is implicated with her in this mark charge of murder, but is the wife of his brother. A ;*>*/ morlem examination of do- t r-roti cessed's body, proved that he could not have nru committed suicide. Thu examination, thus and t far, b ia succeeded in throwing the onui of i' suspicion upon no one in particular, altlio' Mrs. Hays begins to loom up as the crimi- ^ ^ nal She snd Lutener had quarrelled about ?.mp| something. Lutener having in his posses- Seas sion some of her letters The parties resi- days, ded near each other in //arlcm, and did businesa in the city ; they were all foreigners, 0f (h Hays and his wife or paramour being Irish. 2fio i Rascality flourishes luxnriently. Even b the Argus eyed inspietors of the Custom House were for a while deluded. Suspicion ap|f was at last aroused, and ev idcncc sufficient n j|, trumped up to issues warrant for the search strec of a John street store, watches, die., were ( discovered to the value of $9 >,000. A aimilar discovery was made at n hotel in Jersey t),e City, whore nearly a hundred watches were man. found, together with a handful or two of but j diamonds and other articles of value, llut, "" , , .... eonr strange to say, no one seemed to be willing qq to own thu soft impeachment of being their have possessor. A steward oflhesorew steamer by pi Alps of the Cunnrd lino, took French leave Dj'.n of tho ship upon hearing of such strange t<,m^ proceedings on ths part of the officers, and then has not been beard from si nee. It has si- exqu so been announced that a smuggling opera- * ,no tion ww detected in soino one connected ''j> with the Baltic the very night alio arrived wool It was announced not long since that the n "Ericsson" would supply ths place t( the //umboldt and go to Havre. Such is not 9,38; the ease, as the Nashville, which was so high- creai ly praised in your columns, sails on Mon- ouj^ day?not being able to leave to day, ss was ^ originally announced. The " Ericsson" hns j,ivei lost ground in public confidence. If she nuth had complied with the expectations and an- 'n w' nouncemunts which her projectors are coniiuuaiiy j .,..'.wg furth.it would have bees sjlw more just to the noble inventor. New state- recei mentsare continually being made; but since out the trial trip nothing to test the validity of the experiment has beru done. It is now stated thst new engiues of siroilsr size have 8li? been completed , and that now condensed at- ahe I mospheric air is employed instead of ordi- j m nary atmosphere. While wishing every *** 1 success to this wonderful experiment, we have serious doubts thst the Ericsson will ever lose sight of the Highlands, unless in piro tow of one of the old fashioned steamers. ty pi The fearful increase of esses of paralysis jj",'.| and lunacy should be scientifically investiga- ^U( , ted. To the list is to be added thst of Mr. wnnl Butler, of this city, of the firm of Hoy t, Iiut- "ur* ler dt Norton, Hardware merchants. The following facts were elicited in the trial of ,n(y the commiaaion to aaeertain whether he was ty%i capable of taking care of hie Ketate. He re- carta eidee in Brooklyn. In November laat he ^ comme need bonating thai he woe poeeeeeed ,, of immenee wealth, he declared hie inten- *-ri|i tion of chaiiariogVanderbilt'e" North Star," ^ I and of maki ng an eicurmion which ebntild totally eclipee U.at of the " Commodore.*' Queen Victoria had been invited to be one are i, of the party. Hie ftunily phyeician wee to had accompany Mm at the calory of $00400. Mr. Seller and wMb am et?yf?# to he worth rg? t hundred thousand dollar*. He has no en, but hi* father, mother, and brothre still living. He has been placed in sylum at Hartford. The frequency of melancholy caws has been ascribed to ng in n chamber heated by nir tight s, but if the trnth were known, it would scovcred that they owe their origin in cases ts tampering with spirit rapping ?ugs. . Mitchel, in his newspaper, "The Cit' this week, has disappointed some of rofeasing friends. If he continues to iss his sentiments with no much bold* and candor, he will disarm every spe)f prejudice so justly ? ngendcred by his public speeches. He is fast sobering i to the level of other men and coinsense. In answer to a "smart" corndent, who wished to draw him out on lavery question, he says: Ve are not abolitionists?no more abo. ists than Moses or Socrates, or Jesus it. Wo deny that it is a crime, or n g, or even a peccadillo, to hold slaves! ly slaves, to sell slaves, to keep slaver eir work by Hogging or other needful ion. ' Rv your silence,' says Mr. Ha ugh 'you will becomes participator in theii gs.' Hut wo Rill not l>e silent when lion calls for speech; and as for living ticipator in the. wrongs, we, for oui wish we had a good plantation well ;ed with healthy negroes in Alabama.' j has, of course, boon roundly nbusori lose w ho, while they proiess a " highei 1 are jealous of that freedom of speech h does not coincide with tln-ir ideas ol ress nnd reform. There is some hop* r. M itched yet. ?1. 'i'homas II. Perkins. 0:1c of the most rahle, popular and universally beloved ns of Boston, died on Wednesday. I It teen n senator and representative: hi one of the projectors of the Hunker Hill nment; he did more than any one else iginato and complete the first railror??l is U. S.; he liberally endowed the blind im at Boston; lie gave the largest dona, to the Mercantile Library Association or the last two years interested hiinsell curing the completion of the Washing donument. Mr. I'er ins visited Kngseveral times, nnd received more nttenfrom the good and great of that connvhether of the nobility or not, than any private citizen ever received. He vva? nsely rich, and iiidulgcil his children to largest extent. His son. some verm , was in London, and being desirous ol ng a "sensation," lived in right royal , taking the residence of the I'rinee lie. and living at the rate of JC'JO.OOO pel or a 100,000 dollars. His hankers nl honored his demands, hut began tn timid, and wrote to his father in Bos, icqnainting him with the fact of hi* prodigality, and wishing to know il should limit 'heir credit to him. The inn, with the feeling of paternal pride, V answered, " let mvson have ns much >y as he wants." He had confidence in mi's judgment and honor, and by a wise dity, succeeded in restraining bis produve of display. The loss of Col. Per* will he most severely felt when the for public and private benevolence are >st. le cattle nnd poultry mania increases , of New Jersey sheep were brought to et and sold at extravagant prices. Twfu , one froa. the homestead of Henry , were exhibited in the Park, and at ed great attention. Retired merchnnti aiving farms in the vicinity of thocity it,'.. ..r i.i..~.i..:? ... ..1- ...:. rices paid. startle our phlegm iti-2 neigh over the water. orge Steer*, the builder of the vacli rica, bun had his skill and ingenuity ex ified in the passage of the "Pri ie of th< liv her passage to Melbourne in 8( Her trip from the Cape to Melhourm accomplished in shorter time, by tw< , th m ever before made. The " I'ridi e Seas " is a beautiful little craft of onlj tons, and takes rank immediately a onorable representative of our nava rlereare various ways of advertising one'i and business, but the announcement o r. 1 jndesmuller, Gennnn, of Chathm t, that he would give free dinners ever] luring the winter, from 11 to *2 o'clock ie poor, transcends all others. H.irnnti Jenin hide their diminished heads befor astounding cleverness of this " mode " I ie does not specify about the drinks 'on may be sure that the food will maki wish to drink, provided you have thi age to eat it. lie proprietors of the Bowery Theatn determined to try the m oral "dodge rocuring "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Bar 's Museum tried the same tiling, and fail [nominously. It has failed wherever at >ted, except at the National Theatre, nn< j it is only made tolerably by the mot lisi'e and almost inspire*! personation o re child. The Bowery is the last plac uch s move. ho organ of the denomination of thi i gives u table showing the total nutnbe lembers of the Methodist Churches ii fity to have been, in 1813,9,980; in 184i 1: in 18 n, 0,321* in 18(9,8,893. in 185 9; in 1853,9,319; thus showing n de ie in ten years of 400 members, whil population has nearly doubled, ary lJowitt is nut with a e?rd in reply t< " dear friend," Frederika Bremer. Sin inn extract from a private letter of tin or of the "Homes of the New World, hich she is thanked and thanked ngaii the tidclity of the translation, for tin rt and soul and conscience," with vvhicl iaboicd. Mary Iiov.il'. ad::.;!a that si. veil Miss Bremer's pesmission to -trik tko A1>IIUI llou.ikk. - vM^v?.yimuio rrnjUTinij I'oinaetta, and regretting tlio mistake b; h it waa retained. Mies Bremer hai hasty au I injudicious in this mat'ei has not only publiabed n silly bonk, hu lias wounded and cut herself1 off forevo i the kind office* of Mnry ilowitt, wh< n.?io her known outside her own coun licAtres are doing well. Wallack h < 9 a hit in re-producing two l<ondoi h, " A Bachelor of Arts," and "A pret see of business." The firat was brough by Charles Matthews, the latter b [ stone. Ilurton also "does" the lattei can acarrely attempt the former, to > of a proper ** walking gentleman, on'a new comedy, by nn American an entitled, * Married by Fores," wa* failure. In music there is nothing do except that the Philharmonic Hocie ? giving their ueual subscription con etropolitnn Hall will not la- rebuilt, bu rntire ground will be occupied aaa ho nd stores. The scheme to raise sub bona in aid of the proprietors of tin rarge oumni^ncoa nrmKiy. hut will di the eicitemcrit which ori^iiatcd it lie oufTereni hy the Han Franciaco, wh< ed here teat night by the "Throe Belle,'1 B n wretched condition. Many of then scarcely clothing sufficient to sore nakedness. Two of them have el y died. IMNK. The Reasons. Having given the farts concerning Mr* Ferry'a vote at the last and proceediug sessions on the Free School hills, wo s ibjoin his reasons: " Mr. Tucker, Iho author of the proposed reformation, came to our seat and requester! us to make the motion to lay the whole matter on the table, under the apprehension that the bill reported by the Committee on Education might pass, and if it did, all reform would be cut otf. The session nru' ceeding, we endeavored to havo the Freo School fund divided out according to vvhito population, and were unwilling to see the funds of the State doubled, and wasted under the prevent imperfect system of education, for the purpose of riveting Wiat system on the State permanently. Whilst we desire to see the peopffi, educated, we have no disposition to see tlta mo' ney of the people squandered, no matter how plausible the pretext may be for doing \ so. We do think the present system of Free Schools in South Carolina productive of little good, compared to the annual appropri1 ation of seventy-five thousand dollars made v i for that purpose. There are now more than , twenty thousand persons in South Carolina ( over the age of twenty-one, who can neither read nor write! Shall such a system bo ' continued, and shall appropriations bo inado to perpetuate its fruitless operation !" ' Awful Catastrophe! r We know not in what terms to announce I | the overwhelming news which reached us ' last night. The fate of the steamor San I FraneUco is at length known, and torriblo r J beyond expression it is. Universal anxiety i has become dreadful certainty. The ship r foundered,and two hundred and forty of the , seven hundred human beings with whieh she was freighted have perished in tlio sea. t They did not indeed go down with the ship | I hi t were swept overboard from her (lwk? , some days before she foundered. Hut a bc. nefieent Providence tempers the severest afI t'ietion* with consolations. and so this dread. ful calamity might, hut for his mercy, have I been infinitely more disastrous; for all of | the hundreds on board when the ship sank were providentially rescued by vessels accidentally at hand. Of those who perished f some wereofthe most distinguished and beloved of the land. The following are the sad particulars and the names of some of the lost, as they reached us last night by tele. graph: > New York, Jan. 13. 1 The ship Three Hells has arrived with ' one hundred and sixty persons saved from 1 the steamer San Francisco, which foundered at sea on the bill of January, ' Those w ho h ive arrived include about one hundred ollieers and soldiers and most of the " crew of the ill-fated steamer. A number of " other passengers were taken oil' the sinking 1 I ship by the hark Kiihy, bound for Huston, and many by the ship Antarctic, bound for 1 Liverpool. .Most of the cabin passengers, together 1 with as many soldiers as it was deemed pru> dont for Iter to Like, numbering in all about one hundred persons, are on board the bark Kilby. She has probably gone to Bermuda, 1 having parted company with the steamer dnring a gale on the night of the UOlh Decentbet, four days before the Three Hells left. The ship A It tar tie lias on board the residue of the troops, and Capl. Watkins, of the stcatuer San Francisco, who has proceeded to 1 jvcrpool with thcui to see that they are , i p operiv provided for { g i iu the g.do of the 23d Deo?*inLor, the San Francisco broached to twice, and was much disabled On the 2 lilt all her spars and i sails were blown a way. At one o clock in , the morning of the gjth the engine stepped I in conseipivnce of the breaking of the piston rod, and left the vessel totally unmanageable, the sua at the same time striking j her t cuictidous blows under die guards, tear. ing up Uie planking fore nud aft on both , sides, and causing the ship to leak Uidfy. - The troops were then organised into bailing , parties. At nine o'clock on the gjth, a heavy j sea struek the atcaincr amidships, carrying f away both smoke stacks, ail the upper aaj loon, staving the quarter deek, and w ishing , overboard a large number of persons, besides I killing three of the ship's crew. On the 28th, the bark Kilby was spoken, and laid by the ! steamer until three o'clock in the afternoon f of the 2*.Hh, when a number of the pusscnj gera were transferred to the bark, which let f go In-r hawser at ten o'clock at night, and t nothing lias since been beard of her. The , gale continued throughout the 30th uml 31st, , a number of the men being sick, and some 1 in a dy ng condition.- In the evening of the if 1st January, the British ship Three Bolls e was spoken, and laid by the steamer u. til e the 3d, when her boat was got alongside. On the same day the ship Auloitic discovered L. and ii.ire down for the steamer, and on the 4th both ships commenced Liking off the i. passengers, together with the necessary pro. visions and water, which was ascotnpiished . by six o'clock in the evening. The next j morning they took otr the officers u?d crew, t Capl. Watkins hating been the lust man to f leaie the ship, which had been with ditlip eulty kept ntloat for ten or twelve day ?. Those lost overboard are Col. John M. s Washington, Major Geo. Taylor and wife, r Capl! 11. U. Field, lieut. It. II. Smith three ii civilians and two iadio? whose namessre not ?,.rv,..t...i ., ?.l .. ... . * I 1 I ? - * * - I, irlluiKU, PIN PUUItl IWU IIIIHUIVII Hfld lllirlV S 1 of thu troops. Of (ho crew of the ship _ there were eleven dentils from thu time she B wits disabled till the 8th inst Major VVyee ami lieut. W. A. Winder r> are amongst the passengers who have nrrip ved in New Vork, Col. Galea, Col. Ilourk, Major Merc hunt, Cupt. J mid and wife, Lieut. " Fremont and family* Lieut. Looser, Lieut, ii Vunvort, and the ladies and children are on i' board the bark Kilby. Cant. Watkins, Lt. ^ h Chandler, and lieut. C. 8 Winder are on the c J ship Artarctie.?Inl ? "I will, but wait till to-morrow." \ These >>ii words hate mined morv people th hi ruin ntid li'ig.ilinn. The day before t the (treat Republic, was barnt, one of the r consignees was advised lo got hi# corn in* 9 aured. lie replied, ' I will, hut wait till tomorrow." Hud he heeded lo his clerks advice, he would not have been out a cent ?As lie did not, however, he was out $11,000. 1 James Harper told his brother, a few days (* 1 liefore their great conflagration, that he should go to a coppersmith s and got somet thing more safe lo keep the eumphene in.? f He replietl, " I will, but wait till to morrow " r? Tomorrow came, and with it, a notice that ' Ihi/xie A I 'hi/., of Ohio, bad busted up and cheated the firm out of $8,000 worth of '* books, Tliis ipiite drove the coppersmith K out cf .Mr. ll.'s head.nor did it route io again " till n lire broke out in the cauiphe.ne cistern * that covered theiu with sackoloth and ashes, " especially sshsa. Our friend Fuse,of Brook, lyii, is isnother gentleman that is alwayaMgot l~ .u;_- L_. ..J * iv UV nvuiliuill^t Uttw HCfW UWf?. ? ? '* * 1 will, l>ut wait till ttx-mrwrow." TMe U whit h? Mid wlu-o wo to d hiai to renew * bio policy of ioHiirancf! on hi* life That ef 11 lernoon he waaatruek down whh upopclcxy and was carried home by four dirty boy* ' 9 and a abutter. He died the aui celling evening, leaving Mr*. Fuha with ?ix children, no a mouey, find an imadjnated butcher's bill.? f From hk experience karo wkdom. Never - put off tUl to-ntoiTow wliat should be done to-day.?.V. Y. Du'cttmm. * I > -