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THE LANCASTER LEDGER. 1 R. 6. BAILEY, EDITOR ARD PROPRIETORT ELlGJRAPlfl l\ Telegraphic Summary. Arrival of the Atlantic.?The U. S. mail steamship Atlantic lias arrived at Now York with Liverpool dates to Jan. 11. Sales since the last steamer 17,000 bales. Fair Orleans, 6jd ; Middling 6$. Fair Upland 6$. Middling 6$. The demand was fair and holders firm, with moderate sales to the trade. Speculators took 2,000, and Exporters 1,000 bales. Manchester trade unchanged. The demand for Flour was good, and prices had advanced 18d. Canal, 41; Ohio, 45. Yellow Corn, 50; White, 52. White Wheat 12s. Gd. Consols firmer, and closed at 92f. The entrance of the allied fleets into the Black Sea is confirmed. The Russian Ministers hud not withdrawn from London and Paris. The latter is reported to have said he would uralt fnOi-o- " ? !*.. otiuvtiuui). nussia has refused the proposition of Austria for a European protectorate over the Christians of Turkey. The Czar says he will consent to no interference between himself and Tur- ] key. ( There had been three slight affairs between the Turks and Russians on the Danube, in which the former were successful. There is a report, but not confirmed, that the Ruseians had stormed Karakul. The Pacha of Egypt, on hearing of the Sinope affair, iin- 1 mediately equipp- d six frigates, two eor- , vettes, and two brigs, to replace those de- ( stroyed. The insurrection of the Wallaehian peasantry is confirmed. The Persians in Teheran have risen in in- i surrection against the Russians, and the Brit- i ish Charge has resumed negotiations with Persia. The King oi Belgium has sent an autograph letter to Napoleon on the war prospects. The consents have not transpired, but it is surmised to be another device of the Czar to gain time. Franco has called out an additional contingent of 80,000 men to re-place the 70.000 destined for Turkey. Russia is concerting action with Sweden and Denmark in view of the coming war. The Mnrquis de Turgot has been appointed Grand Raster of the I<egion of Honor, on account of Soute wounding him. Young ISoulc has published a long letter, explaining the difficulty. It is reported that the Burmese have recaptured Pegu. The Chimac insurgents have evacuated Amoy, and the imperialists have perpetrated horrible massacres there. Russian sailors on leave have been summoned to return. Norway has determined to fit out a squadron of 12 ships, in view of events, little sympathy for Russia in Norway. i 'phrt ?T?-nu? 4l- * not- in me price of lood lias caused fears in England of riots among the poor. Bread riots have already commenced ' in Devonshire?women and child, en para- > ding the streets, demolishing bakers' windows, attacking market people, and destroying provisions. 1 he police are unable to check tho rioters, and the military have been ] called out. { Cottok Market.?Brown &. Shipley roEort since the Niagara the market steady ut inanimate, nt former quotations. Mc llsnry ??> s the late imports being freely offered have afl'orded buyers more selections of the better grades, at a shade under the extreme rates of Inst week. A further rise of breadstutfs and the unsettled aspect of Eastern affairs, ereate caution and limit operations. Sales of Saturday, 5,000; Monday, 7,000; Tuesday 6,000?markets closing firm. In Manchester, although prices arc firmer, but little business is doing, lticc was brisk. ( Walter B. Townsond, an opulent and well ' known merchant of New York, was ncciden- 1 tally killed nt Peck Slip Ferry, where he had gone to cross the river. s The price of the best family Flour has t gone up to $10 in Washington, I). C. in consequence of tho great rise in the Euro- ' pean markets. Intelligence is said to have been received ^ nt Washington, which "indicates the preparntions of a scheme for n coup d'etat at Madrid, having for its object the dethronement * of the Queen, and the plncintr on the thr?ii<> i of the young Duke de Alba, with the aid of j France. Tho republicans and ultra liberal- ( Uts of Spain are ?aid to bo united in tho project, which also contemplates a union of Portugal with Spain under one government. It is thought this change would enable us to purchase Cuba from Spain." ' Motley and Blackledge. ( We notice from the Charleston papers that in the Court of Appeals the Attorney General stated to the Cjurt that he had re- > ceived information, calculated to create up- I prehension that an attempt would be made t to reacue, on their way from Charleston to j Walterborough jail, the prisoners, Thomas Motley and William IHacklcdge, convicted of the murder of a slave, and sentenced to ' be hanged at Wulterbor.nigh, on the 3d of J March next; and on his motion, the Conrt c granted an order that the Sheriff of Charles- u ton District do keep tho prisoners under close sud safe custody, in tho jail of said District, until demanded under an order, " signed by one of the Judges of the Law n Court of Appeals.?Carolinian. c U/r. ? n. ?t nv riusuja.? i ne innumerable qnnnti- P tie* of theso birds which have visited this ^ section during the winter, nays the Anderson (8. C.) Gazette, has afforded sonic rare sport to hunters. At a roost, n sliort din- F tuncefrom Pendleton, about 900 were kilied d daring the evening. At Centreiillu about v 700 were killed in the same length of time, and In sundry other places wo have heard of three and four hundred having been 8 killed. Tut Eat) or Kontl.?We understand ^ that the far-famed Martin Koszta is now in " this cit? in a atuto of utter destitution. An n application has been made to us on his behalf by a friend of Ida for a petty clerkship y in our establishment, worth five dollars a <, week. We are sorry to say that we have y! no vacancies ; but surely between Coinmo- ei dore Ingraham, who ohtuinwd a ined.il and _ ever so mush glor,,nnd Mr Marcy, who pro- gt cared a ready made reputation us a states- ?, man solely and entirely oat of Kosztn, some- Bl thin? might be done for the poor fellow.? He hi)* raised two men to a pinnacle offline w they never eould have reached without him; a) la ha to be left to starve himself t Who tt wouldn't db a patriot.?New York Herald, d ?? H*all Pox.?We ure gratified to state Mint no new e?se of tMo disease has occurred u| since our Uu?t, and that there la no doubt it oJ MM fes eooftoed to tha family in which it n< rt:t- originated. Wo may add, too, that wo }? tied the number of eases last week? ^ only throe having occurred. The attending rP physician Informs us that the patients are w ra|>idly recovering. Comdtn Journal. > If yon-have ? good wife, take care of her; l>? and U'yoo hove not, got one immediately. ^ if yoo Wke the newspaper printed in your #<Mo2hin<1 ** lur ***** yott ?* j^BnSM^hr '* , | f H E LED G E R.|I LAN CASTER VILLE, SC. j WEDNESDAY, FEB. i, 1854. Public Documents. Our thanks to the Hon. A. 1'. Butler aiul Hon. W. \V. Boyce, for interesting publie v documents. # Negro Trial. t The trial of the live negroes belonging to v Mr. Geo. MeC. Wit'eispoon, accused of ? he murder of Mr. Alex. Craig, having con- t turned eleven days, ? as at length brought t to a elose on Saturday last. The council g for the State, Messrs. Moore and Galluaehat. t and also, Messrs Clinton an I Williams for > the defence, managed tho ease with much \ tact and ability. Tony, one of tho live, was t found guilty, and sentenced, hv Mii<ria,rn?o - -J b"??v = Secrest, to be hung on the third Friday in a March next. v Governor of the State. :l Every alternate year, each District almost v of the State, puts forth one of her sons as a 1 suitable candidate for the gubernatorial h chair. It is almost impossible for a newspa- v per editor, to recollect the names of all the 8 nominees, and utterly imjHtssil/lr. to give each '< one's views on the political question** of the v day. Gen. Wnllnce, Gen. Jameson, Col C Pickens, Gen. Adams, Col. Brown, Mr. Yeadon and perhaps others have been nominated for the oflice. Who is the best suited to s fill the chair, we cannot say. We are some- 0 what predisposed in favor of Mr. Yeadon, 8 hoping as no military title is prefixed to his ? name, he might abolish the Militia system. r' Our opinion however, is, that Gen. Adams v ?f Richland, will be the next Governor of f South Carolina. ri Small Fox in Camden C The following is an extract from a letter a front Camden, received by ns on Monday i night. "The cases of small pox have nil recovered, and as there have been no others, 0 the presumption is fair that the disease has , left us.M Col. John S. Preston. h This gentleman, has, through the Caroli- v nian, signified his willingness to become a f candidate for the State Senate from Rich- v land District. tl To Correspondents. o L. A. Godey, Esq. Philadelphia. We have a received the July number and are much obli- v ?ed for your kindness. Success to the La- o lies* Boo . li O. S M. Hickory Ilead.?Alfred Ewbanks v thould have been credited to June. '54. in. h itend of January. Types trill occasionally b nakc mistakes. o T. W. P. Camden.?Our sincere thanks It or this evidence of your kindness. I)isin- a> crested generosity as you have exhibited, ni ouches n cord in our bosom, which vibrates w hepleasin - fact,that all men are not selfish. I] iVe feel reproved for noi having extended d :he like kindness to yourself. Pray attrib- C ite it to the right cause?forgetfulness. I Fxchanges. g J. S. Richardson Jr. Esq. and Mr. Lewis lave become proprietors of the Sumter Ban- ? icr. The former will continuo to edit the ^ jnper. Tampa Herald.?This is the title of n u rcry neat, and apparently well conducted pa- ^ >cr edited und published at Tampa, Florida, >y M. Whitsmith, and C. S. Reynolds, at $3 t( )cr annum. Success to the Herald. VVilmixotoh Free Press.?Wo regret to ^ icar of the demise of this paper. Our friend j 11 jiuiin, snouia employ liia talents in some ither field?they nro too brilliant to be hid indor a bushel. *' Mothers' Magazine. ? This is a very ^ eatly gotten up Magazine and contains inch that is useful and entertaining, espo- ^ wily so to mothers. The price is only $1, w ier annum. Addrcos S. T. Allen ?fc Co. N ! fork. ^ | N Not unfrequently ir.quisitive persons,? uobably not aware of the damage ihey ore loing,?subject us to a greut deal of inocnonience and trouble, by questioning our ^ ompositors, handling our type, die. To u ueh, read "Advice, over the left" A Printing office should be the last place ^ ?r idle visitors. We would as leave be w' irentened with a whipping as to be inter- w jpted while writing an oditorial. Advice?m()vek the I.eft."?When P< ou enter a printing office, leave the door pen b. hind you. Rend all the manuscript to ou can get your hands on?it is no differ ice?editor* lave no business with nee ret* -besides you might discover some plot amist the Government?crush it in the bud, 01 id thus become a public benefactor ! Be nr ire to nsk the compositor to lot you look j) 1 the copy he is nt work on?of course he ont be so impolite as to refuse so reason- ,n ble a request! Examine the type, pick letn up, look at them and throw them M| own ? no matter in which bo* ? what e, te deuce do printers have ao many little >xoa Jor, if they wsnt folks to be so pirtionr t liou't neglect the press?catch hold cr ' the lever, pnll it sround?there! let it go; in >t much damage done. Now seat yourself th the aanetum, and after whistling a favorI tune, ask the editor for the paper he is sding, or entertain him with some long M inded harangue on souie subject that later- ol te you?not him. And when you depart, hi i oertain to leave thy oor ^ han rahte.l hers Cassville (Geo.) Standard- w Onr thai ks to this paper for the gratui- n >us advertisement of the Lancaster I.ed- p er. Arthur's Home Magazine.?Tiiis is the heapest Magazine published in the Union, i is filled with the choicest articles from irthur'a Home Guzette. The name of T. L Arthur, the editor, is nlono sufficient to ive it a m idu spread reputation. Terras $2 er year; with the ledger, S3. T. S. ARTHUR, & CO., Philadelphia. A mistake was made in one of the Sales dvertised by the Sheriff, in our Inst paper, is corrected the reader $Vill find that the j 1 Cattle, JIoiso, Hogs, &c.,** in the case of >aniel Johnson, agent for John Issoni and thers, vs. Jonathan Mackey, will be sold on Tuesday after sale day at the residence of amcs Beckham. Calhoun Monument. Wo were in the House of Representatives luring the last session of the Legislature, vhen Mr. Owens of Barnwell, offered his I esolnfion, " that the State contribute $30,- j 00 for the purpose of erecting a monument o Mr. Calhoun.*' Mr. Owens, in n speech n his resolution, spoke feelingly and with ! uuch eloquence of Mr. Calhoun's services . o the State, and, that although all South ; Carolinians united in praise of Carolina's : a rrnnl -..111 . 1. J I ^mivvoiii.ui, owil IIU IllUIIUIIIt'Ili Ill-UM'U j > he last resting place of the great legislator, j < iVhere then, ho asked, was all the love and f eneration f- r Mr. Calhoun? lie proposed I hat the State should lead the example, by r ubscrihing this sum towards the erecting of 1 i monument. Mr. Owens urged his motion I vith much feeling, vigor nnd sagacity, and 1 Iter he had resumed his seat, and no reply c ens made, we began to think ho had carried ' he whole house in his favor. After a time, x mwever, the Hon. D. F. Perry, of Green- ' illo.rose, and opposed the resolution. He !l ave his reasons, but we do not agree with ? ' iin. Mr. Tilling!) >st replied to Mr. Pcrrv, J ,'hich called up Messrs. McCready, J. B. n 'anipbcll and Hunt. The whole matter was I inally laid on the table. s On a former occasion, we spoke on this " nbject; our object at this time is to give 1 ur reasons for favoring the resolution, as v ulunitted by Mr. Owens. No doubt, but v lany will differ with us,if not both our rep- 1 esentatives, at least one, for Mr. Cureton 11 iras present and voted to I y on the table. v fur reasons for favoring the adoption of tin* 1 solutions are these. Scarcely a citizen of r ic State, but vvill acknowledge that John ' Calhoun did the State greater service, * ave the State a name and character and 1 sed more exertion to defend our institution 1 f Slavery, than any other man. South Carlina, as a State, enjoys a reputation both in * kmerica nnd Europe, nnd this reputation i?n? iho> worlt of Mr fulhonn I To wn? n rue patriot, he loved his State, and he was rilling to, nnd did brca'ho his last in de- 1 ending her and her institutions. In return, ' rhat docs the resolution call for; merely ' I tie sum of $30,000 to perpetuate the fame f this great man ; merely a monument, as : mark of our gratitude, to show to the rorld that we appreciated the memory of ' ne, who we delighted to honor while in ' fe. But the opposers of the resolution, 1 rere all willing to admit that Mr. Calhoun ' ad done much for the State, and so forth, ( ut were unwilling to subscrilw the amount 1 u account of the present demands upon the ' easury, the scarcity or monet. And we ' *k the question, will it ever be, that the ' mount eniibf li? kMi-.r ?>? * I 1? ... ? WV*?VI nj/mctl 111.111 i;in( 'inter! They talk about the new State louse, which will cost over one million of ollnrs; and what roused the ambition of Inrolina legislators, to build a new State louse? It was the eloquence, energy and hnracter of Mr. Calhoun. He gave the Itnte n name, nnd character, and it is the ride instilled into their bosoms, frotn fie nown character an i reputation of their Itutc, that nronses the ambition of our logilators. One million of dollars to build n ew capital; yet refuse to give even one three undred and thirty-third part of this amount, > erect a monument to Carolina's great tatesman. It is true as was said in the egislative Hall, Mr. Calhoun needs no tonumcnt to perpetuate bis fame or his virtes; they are too deeply implanted in the earts of his countrymen: this we admit Iso, bnt, when such a small sum, devoted > this purpose, when much larger amounts ave been expended for fire arms and other >olish purposes, it would at once show to the orld that we have not forgotten him who irer rogarded us. We say it is a shame to b so parsimouious. or if not parsimonious. shame to make frugality an excuse. Pedlars?Merchants' Association. Homelimu this winter, an association of le Merchants of the village was organized, nder the stylo of the ' Merchants* Assoeiu on or l*\ncaster." Tho object* aimed nt l?y , ii* association were i/oo-i, and at tho time c e penned nn article in commendation of it, | h'ch however, on account of the lack of ; mda in our office, at the time, could not np- r ?r. J The special object of the Association was ( ? put a cheek to the illegal traffic carried 1 by the pedlar*, and a reward of twentyre dollars waa offered, by advertiaement in ir paper, for tho proof to conviction, of ' ly pedlar or pedlnra vending goods in the Istriet without license. The ad"ertiseent, we believe, has accomplished the dered result. We have not heard of any great bargains," being offered by these itinant venders, since it appeared. ' To seme, it may appear, that a hue and y was raised by the merchants for nothg, but from what we could learn, we think etrowu interest, the intereet of tho comunity, demanded some action. Cases have ? tins to our knowledge, where the Intereet f the Mercantile portion of lite community V mi been injured, by the vending of goods ? rthoeo fellows cJ^nyer than thoy eould T purcbaaed at tho inspufaetory, and * Hpart where the oilisens have been yjr egrcgteusly duped by them; cones % . rherc false representation* having been iade. articles of spurious quality have be< n I aimed ofF to the unsuspecting, as genuine, c 'or instance. wc recollect some time since r f a gentleman purchasing the Rock Island i 'assiinere from a pedlar, cheaper than our i oerchunts can purvhuae it at the factory. \ Vnother iustunce was told to us of a wor- 1 hy citizen engaging one of these pedlars to 1 irocuro for hitn, sundry articles of silver late, spoons. &c. and two or three fine .atches, which he intended as presents to lis grand-children. The pedlar in due time eturned with the plate all marked nccord- ( ng to directions, and looking as bright as ' icw silver, and also with the gold watches. ' 1c was paid for the whole, something like ' ight hundred dollars. What was the con. ' tcrnntion of all interested, after a short ' apso of time, to find that the plate was CSernan silver, nnd the watches but of little alue? These aro some instances which mve occurred hero. The citizen who purchases goods from hese fellows, though unwillingly, is nbsoutely an nbettor in the nefarious traffic Wing the Inst winter nnd full, several mer. nntilu establishments have been robbed in Charleston no doubt there has, but some of hese stolon goods have been vended in I?anastcr District; therefore it is a clear propoition, that the purchaser encourages the ledlar to continue the trnffic. Nor is this II, thess pedlars aro generally mean, lowike German Jews. They place themselves in the same level as our colored population, onvcrso with them freely, nnd partake of heir hospitality at the same time they are ebbing them, (for the deception they pracioo amounts to theft.) Who can tell then, ?ut that abolition doctrines nrc disseininaed? We warrant, that many an act of crime ommitted by negroes, if traced out, would ind its origin in the influence of some low vhite men. We recollect a negro was hung n one of our upper districts several years go, and in his confession mode the signifiant observation, that were it not for the tn\uence of mean, loio white men, ho w ould not lave been brought to the gallows. What has become of the Merchants' Asociation ? We were glad to see the unnlimitv on the part of our Merchants here to mite in an organization of the kind, nnd core of the opinion it would be nt tended villi benefit to themselves. We had thought hat moro could be accomplished, than ncrely scaring away the pedlars. What it van in the power or sphere of the nssoviaion to accomplish, is better known to its ncmltcrs than to us, but from what we had icard, wo really believed they had in coneinplation the accomplishment of moro than hey have done. What has become of the \ssociution T At another time wo nay speak on this mbject again. WORKMEN WANTED. In our last paper, we urged upon our citzens the necessity of establishing a Female School in our village. We know not wheth r our suggestion will be attended with any benefit or not. We will net let it rest thus, it any rate. To conf ss the faet, we are ashamed, for the honor of our adopted District; we nrc odiumcd to r.cknow ledge to our cotemporai? ?, this humiliating truth, that there is not i Female School ut 1-uncuster. Were wo lisposed to, wo could give the names of n my here, whose duty it is to make effort! to establish a school. Nor is it the duty ony of those who have daughters, every villager is more or less interested. We candidly believe there are some individuals who would be content to live ou a mountain, or in a cellar, so they had enough to eat and drink, and >-<iul<t mm /I..11..- ? two for a " rainy day." Public spirit, enlarged comprehensiveness, a disposition to improve, to keep up with the tiuiea, nil, nre foolish sentimentalities to soinu men. When this is the case, hew are the offspring, brought up.' In ignorance they follow their father's prcceipts, do us he hid, plant cotton ind allowance negroes just as he did, use a pair of scissors to snutf tho cundlo instead of in utters, because pa did so, and pa saved money, if he did not muke it; they are of no iiso to their fuuiilies, scarcely, and a hinirancc to new improvements. But we did not intend, when we wrote the caption of this urtasle, to say one word >n the subject of Female Education?at nnJther time wo will?our intention was to ipeak of tho lack of workmen here. We invite carpenters, brick-layers, painters, boot-makers, silvcr-suiiths, sndlcrs, tuilors, all, to come here; they will tind work. The Court House is to be enlarged. Jur friend. Mr. Brown, wishes a large dweling erected. Ail our iowi?*fiBca wish torn* Minting dono. Messrs. Garside and Floyd wish to engage bcot-uiakcra. A silveriniith would make money hero : n? opposiion. Mr. Poer will employ saddler*. Mr. ( Keldoit has advertised for tailors ; in fine any nan who has a trade, and is willing to work, urn find work here; and it he hss no trade to can tird work as a laborer. House rent , s low here, provisions cheap, and we war- i ant, tradesmen's uav as aattA mm. ilso. VV* extend nil invitation to Demons >ut of employment to come to Lancaster. , kditoITtablk. North B.utish Ravtaw.?Contents of ' <iovcrob;T number. J L Life nutl Times of Mndiuno de Steel. 1 3. 1'MtesUntisni in Italy. 3. American Novels. 4. John De WycliJTe, D. D. 1 5. Language and Literature of Modern ' i recce. I 6. Candle-making and Christianity. 7. Domestic Science?Nelly Armstrong. ' 8. Weld's History of the Royal Society. 1 0. The Religions sad Political Relations 1 f Russia. These Articles are all interesting, more ee- r eeially Domestic Science, Caadle-msking { nd Christianity, sod American Novels. ' penns, #3 00 per year. See prospectus la ' oother column. LEONARD SCOTT It GO. New York. ^ *" *1 Aft Godey's Ladies' Book. The February lumber of this inagnficcnt mouthly has mrae to hand. This is n very attractive lumber, especially so to the ladies The raluabic information in this single numb.T s wortli the subscription price to any lady who is not above making her own collars or ending a hand to embroidery. $3 per yo.-ir. Ladies' Book and l<edgrr, $t. L. A. GODEY, Phils. The Farmer and Planter.?This ngri:ulturnl periodical for January we have revived. We are certainly pleased to seo this journal "holding its own" in these fast times. Compction is ubroiid, and to compete with others, this journal adopts a new Iress, which we trust will bring its reward. Terms only $1 per pour. SEABORN GILMAN, Pendleton, S. C. Graham's Magazine. ? The February Number is exceedingly beautiful, and compares favorably with any Magazine in America. Terms, |3 per year; with the L?d- I ger, $t. R. II. SEE, &. CO. Philadelphia. Blackwood's Magazine.?January number received. contents. A. Painter, in Persia. The quiet heart?Part II. Dives?Bv II. C. K. The English nt /fume, &c. LEONARD SCOTT, & CO. New York. Largo Turnip. Mrs. A. C. Dunlap lias sent us s Turnip which measures twenty-three inches in circumference. Books bound We intend, in a few days, to sond a lot of magazines die., to Charleston, to be bound. If any of our friends wish theirs bound nlso, by sending thein to our office wo v\ ill have it attended to. NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE. The Ruins on Broadway?Sympathy with the Proprietors of the Lilurge?Arrest of the Night Watchmen for Arson?Loss of the S'an Francisco?Arrival of the Lucy Thompson?Meetings of .Merchants?l.uteller's Assassination ? Mysterious Circumstances ? Uncle Sam Defrauded ? Smuggling on board the Cunarder*?Celebration of Franklin's Birth-day?Colonel Benton's New Work?Interesting Particulars respecting its publication ? New Publishing House?Mrs. Partington in the Field?Lectures and Lecturers?Markets. New York, Jan IB, 18.^t. Mr. Editor:?The gap In Broadway occasioned by the late disastrous conflagration which laid Metropolitan Hall and the I at Farge Hotel in ashes, looks melancholy enough to the proincnnJer. The ehaoa of ruin* has been aomewhiA cleared nway; but the shuttered Mid blackened remains of the noble building sho ? plainly enough that the destroying element has been nt work. What disposition .ill ultimately be made of the ground lias not yet been determined. Mr. Li Farge offers for sale n lease of the property for a term of years. It has a front on Broadway of 150 feet and a depth of 200, and is admirably located for a hotel or public building of. any description. There is some talk about Burton's renting it, and making it the situ of an opera house or theatre. lie has long contemplated moving to the upper part of the city and erecting a more commodious home than the little bo.\ he now occupies. Much sympathy is felt by the public for the lessees ot the I at Farge House, who have been by this catastrophe stripped of all their substaneo. The various hotel proprietors in the city have held several meetings and adopted measures for their relief. Forty thousaod dollars have been contributed, of which they urn to have Utilise for five years without interest, for the purpose of establishing themselves in busi nuae Conflicting statements have been mudo l?y the night-watchman of the building with r? gird to the origin of the tire; this circumstance, sullied to the fact tli.it a few motnentn before the alarm ho wu seen omcrging from the hall with n lantern, have led to his nrroi.t on a charge of uraon. An examination has been had in the matter, and ho will probably bo held to answer, though no decision has as yet been made by the Just ice. A profound sensation haa been created , here by the wreck of the San Francisco. The ahip Three Bella, of Glasgow, which ao heroically aided in the reacuo of n large nuut'w of Use p*i?a<?Rgera. has been the lion of the day. Thouannda of our citizens have gratitied their curiosity by a visit to the vessel. She seems herself to have received considerable d image from the storm, and will have to refit before alio again proceeds to sea. She is owned b/ three brothura of the name of Bell, and has heretofore been engaged chiefly in the Atlantic tradv, though aha ia said to hare made one trip to Australia. On Saturday evening the Lucy Thomp ion arrived in port with a Urge number of tbo passengers saved in the bark Kilby. This vessel found herself in such condition that ?ha was obliged to transfer s portion of those he had saved ; the rest she has carried into Boston. Our worthy hosts of the viator House met the officers on the wharf, and generously offered them the hospitalities of their house. The privates were properly jared for; and many an affecting scene took place?wives and children meeting with those shorn at one time tbey had expected never to see again, and here and there a solitary nourasr looking for one whose place was r scant. Several meetings have been held by our neruhanta and shippers for the purpose of txpreeeing their feelings towards those vhosu heroic eeoduet rescued the Han Fran- i ieeo's passengers from s watery grave. Res* I dutions have been passed, calling the alien- I ion ef Congress to the matter, sod request 4 ng from them suitable toetunonia's for the j ;>Vu; ,*ji * ; . .? * ' officers of the Three Bells, tho Kllby, ai the Antarctic. Two thousand dollars ha been raised in this city by subscription I the samo object. Dr. Listener's assassination, alluded to tuy last letter, remains a mystery. TheOi Oner has been engaged every day for the p. week in examining into the case. Snspiei at first rested strongly on a Mrs, Hays, w whom the Dootor seems to have had an i proper intimacy, and who had threaten more than once to blow his brains out. S and her husband (or rather Mr. Hays, I she is said not to be married to him,) \v< arrested at the outset of the exnminatio but were acquitted yesterday by tins rcn tion of a verdict on the part of the Ju " that the deceased had come to his death the hand of some person unknown." It believed, however, that they will Ik; rearre ed to await tho action of tho Grand Ju Dr. Lut otter's character does not seem have been very pure; and his murder is doubt to be attributed to some of those trigncs in which his leisure appears to h been s|?ont. Developments recently made, prove tl Unele Sam has been suffering to a conoid able extent from smuggling operations e ried on by the under officers of the Cum Steamers. laist week, about a hundred tin sand dollars worth of property, consisti chieilv of diamonds and wateli iiiovemel was seized for having found its way into I country without first having paid its rvspe to tho Cust -in House. A few days sii (lie Kuropa arrived ; and the surgeon havi been arrested on his tirst visit to tho c and searched, lace was found 0:1 his peri to the amount of $15J0. In consequci of those operations, process was issued 1 week Against the steamship Alps; but ti unlay being her sailing-day and ilio (\i puny having given satisfactory bonds, > was allowed to proceed on her voyage. Tho Printers of this city celebrated. I evening, the one hundred and I'orty-eigl anniversary of Franklin's birth-day witli grand festival and banquet. .lames liar; our great publisher and ex-Ala or, presid Dr. Clinpin, Fuller, of the Evening Aliri anil Horace Greeley commemorated the ension with their eloquence. The alien to establish a Printer's Free Library hasp veil successful, an 1 has boon well recoil by the cralt. Our extensive publishers, D. Appletou Co, have lately moved into new quarti Finding their old accommod itions too c tmcted, tliov last Spring purchased the ! ciety Library building on the earner bro.ulwav and (.eonurd streets,and hive tod it up in the most magnificent and con nicnt stylo. Among the works which t house have in press, there is 110:10, perils respecting which public curiosity lias b so much excited as Col. Denton's " Thi Years in the U. S. Senate," a production which much information connected with i Ist-r history will he Idt-ndcd wi ll (' nil I stories of our great men. and entertain j anecdote*. It is designed to have it app | in 'wo volumes; but the second hu* not been written; the price is fixed at e.icli. Instead of being issued in the 01 nary manner, it will be published only j subscription, and agents are now at vvi j with prospectuses and specimens. They ; a handsome commission, pivlng only 01 a volume, and selling it as above. They i meeting with unprecedented success. '1 Washington agent alone h is obtained f 800 subscribers; and altogether noar'y i 000 u.iliies have been received, 'i'he Apj ton's hive been offered jSJO.OOO for tli contract w ith Air. Denton, if thoy would linquish it at the present stage, but have < cnnt'd. 1 no iiutnor is to get twenty-! cents on each volume sold. lie at first in. overtures to the Harpers; but thoy, as mo chatTering about tho terms, ho cut theiu ! summary in inner and noon made arr.uij mints 'a itIi the Apph ton's. l'liinnev, an enterprising publisher, lute llutVulo, lias removed to the citv an.l entel into pirtm-rship with lvison,of tho l ite li of Murk 11. Newman &, Co. Their prisi pul issues will bj school books. Mrs. Partington Ins been creating an ( oitcment in the papers. (Jarfett & Co small house in Ann street, I itely issued jest book entitled * Mrs. Partington's Ci pot-bag of Fun whereupon Phillips, Sair on, &l Co , of lloston, come out with card stating that this assumption of the < lady's name is altogether unwarranted, a tiiat she has nothing to do with the ui.it nity of the state jokes in question. Th say that they have tho genuina Partingt Papers in press, collected by the author. T^ndtaber^nhe Boston l'o*t. nmle.iuti the public i?g?in?t parch mil)/ any other th the genuine. l<ectur?a still continue lasiiiotubie. 'I Mercantile library A asocial tun advertise second course. Bayard Taylor, who has returned in go health and spirits from his Oriental trip, announced with a discourse on Japan n L*?oChoo. Rev. W. H. Mil burn, Chaph of the House, is to treat of * Young Ain ica." lion. K I*. Stanton holds forth. F 3, on "The Navy of the United Slate The usual terms on which a popular leclu (of the Fork Benjamin and lliyard Tuyl stamp) is engaged by societies and coniiu tecs, are $50 per night. Benjamin I charged as high as $JOO, but lie does n often got it. In our markets there is no very mater change to record. Cotton continues qui at former rates, nor, judging from prese indications, is there likely to be any dev lion in prices. Breadstuff's have advance thongh the market it not as anim ited as was. Oood Htute, Western, and Cnnadi brands, now stand at $9. Wheat, bowev haa gone up rapidly. No choice Gene** white is offering under and mo dealer* claim $ J,36. Meat* are ia good d msnd. Beef is netting In oat down-to a markets at from 1 to 14 cents per lb. sceor ing to quality. Vesl Is ssorcc end b#ta| from ft to Iftfte, Mutton range* between lod IOC. There is DO lamb 10 tyurkct. Ytf* rid Potatoes Hull at 33 to $3.00 per barrel. The vo stock in market consists chiefly of the varW fhr oty known as the Carter. Weather uiilJ. Yours truly, i? HUDSON. CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENCE ?st on Charleston, Jan. *J8, 1851. itli //eattli of the city.?Distressing accident.?? in- Gen. Gadsden. - Treaty with Mexico.?< icd Gen. Gadsden at a fete in Mexico.?Death ho ofthe Russian Minister.?Foreign news.? loT Prolaibio War.?The liares on Washing-L're {on Course.?Theatre Mr. and Mrs. B.irny ?n ; Williams.?Scarcity of Money. di- -1-. rv, ! Ma. Editor:?Much to the injury of one by pity, it has been currently reported in the i* country, that the Small Pox was prevailing st- to an enormous extent here. This has not ry. been the case. It is true, we have had this to dreadful disease here, but to no great exno tent, and at this time I do not know of one in- case in the city. How strange it is, th.-.t iiiercinin irom mu wp|?i 1 '""" "" State, will p?> to Sow York, Philadelphia, Int or Hoston with perfect impunity at any or- season of the year, although these contoar gcous diseases are ever prevailing in those ird cities, and yet, on the occasion of the slightiu ??t rumor of ti e uuhealthlnesssof Ch.irlosng ton, they avoid us ns they would a moits, dern Sodom. Our esteemed and wealthy die citizen. Win. Adpor, camo to his death in Ots New York city, from taking the disease ico there. It wou.d not be evaporating to say, up that at no time is N. V. city free from this itv infectious disease. It is hardly possible ion where there is such a mixed population and ice now accessions cxery d .y. ast A most unfortunate accident happened in kit- the establishment of Messrs. Cameron. Musin tard & Co., on llondiy l ist. Mr Robert die Wallace, one of the engineers by accident pot caught in the machinery and several seist vero wounds inllictcd upon his person. I la ith evinced grcnt presence of mind ; ..Ithough i a his snlferinps must Inve been intense, he ?er, gave hi* .-issist nit directions how to extricate cd. him. His employers had a liiph opinion of or, Mr. Wa I tee, and during his illness, paid oe- him, pers mally every attention which his upt situation demandoil. Allthouph no cfTorta ro- were left untried, the victim of this utiforcd tuna to aeeidont could not survive the injurii s he received, and on Wednesday last & breathed his last, (t is sud his sufferings rs. were great but be imlmed them with unusumi. :>' fortitude. Gen. Gadsden, our Minister to Mexico, hns 0f been hero m rout for Washington ; he left til. forth at city on Monday last. The follow. ve. ing in relation to (Jon. Gadsden Santa Anna, l,lH and the treaty with Mexico, together with a |,? brief notice of Gen. G. nu a courtier, are interesting. I clip them from the Courier (-lv of Thursday: i in We gather tli it Gen. G. was not only 1ur foiled in the acquisition of,* forger slice ,. of S '.-tor, nn,J i,|.w wlioie-oflower pene.snl.ir ilifornia, by the piratical exprdi(ion of the Fillibutl ro Walker; but also in ear obtaining the to ritory embraced by the trcay,.t tv, ut a less cost than by theiue iuJor tious conrsj of the I Ion. Robert J. Walker, formerly Secret iry or the Treasury, in rclation to the lower or Suutliern route of the by contemplated Pacific R .11 ay. Santa Alt>rli na has become resolute against further roe 'et *,on: or UVt'n negotiation, on foarnhur tho partial success of tho FU!ibmU>rot in the *' capture of l?a Paz. instead of In-ing ul imi. urn cd at the movement, it only stimulated and 'lie redoubled his exertions, to moot tho Pivt.r rates." (the term by which th?y were de?lgHJ. niitiHl in Mexico,) and indict on them a signs I ' and metited chastisement, //o immediately ' *- re-iuf.ireed !.' troops, in both 8o*ora and oir California, with Home 'JUDO men, and had a rw. naval force sent in pursuit of the Caroline, de- T? nvo'1'' if possible, a territory retribution, like th il which b *fel tho la>pcz expedition, lsc in case ol capture. Gon. G., with great ule promptness and energy, addressed circulars la I, t? nil the Consuls of the United Slates, n a 'bo Pacific const, directing them to do^ mand the Amoilean citizens on board of the ?' ( aroline, or any other vessel, connected with the expedition, in order to send tlieui homo of for trial, by our own judicial tribunal*, red ' ',l* z,'n' 'Ion. It. J. Walker in bchalf of the Pacific railroad, and his premature declaration in favor of tho Southern lcl* route Ihroupli the UTritory, sought to b* acquired by the treaty and now obtained, ,x. coupled with rem irk* m.ido by him, a* to n Gen. G.'s instructions and power*, purchase j the fight of way for the road, are said to ;i j hive all been Liken advantage of, nndrepor. ur- vcu uy ai nontc to Nniitn Ann i. The Me*i,p. can pretension* bcc.uun, in consequence, n so 1'itrnvag.iiit, tfiat lien. li. i* said, Co u 1 tune, to have i|e*p drc I of ony arrangements; and that wh.i In did ijW|iii'ittlir ttr?t wai? riJ by mo modifying the proposition. which li ;d L.r. named tin- cotisi iorution to be paid for the newly acquired torritory, as considerably to ' ' ioere.iee the ligu.e. Hut for the indiscreet y 1 course of Mr. \Valkor, Col. (J , It I* believed, B. might have succeeded better in a pecuniary on point of view, po**ibly by the ram of one or U| two million* of dollars. Thus, docs the yirit of American peculation mar our negotiation* abroad, us much a* it does legisls" | tton at. home; mid rstso? s?yt that i&i&i of s (i? n. (?.' dilijvullies aud delays, in tha coni summation of the treaty, uny be traced to , ! speculation behind the scenes? to the interference of private individuals with publie 14 t negotiations, to promote private end sottish nd ! ends. dn 1 Tho following is the explanation of the O.ir.iy and Hloo grunts, und the position they , occupy, under the new treaty; The (j.ir.iv (Irant wae s grant made to a ? " gentleman, (a Mexican, with that name.) by or Santa Anna, aonie time in 1041 and IdtJ, or embracing tho Right of W ?y for a Railro td, . and the adjacent territory on both sides, by 1 the Isthinun of Tehuiiiitepjc, from the At114 Ian tic to the 1'ucitio Ocean. It was tranaot ferred, in part, by liaray, to Mackintoah, i an Koglish Banker, and siibseqvantly by 1^1 | Ouray and Muckinlmh. to Am rhm alubMe ! but whether in whole or in purl remain* to ,'t be ao?n. The aaaignment wan etlmulutod nt by (he deep interval Vice I'rcaidcnt Dal I at a took in Uwit route for u Railroad, as prol'cr(1 | able to any other, by Panama, Nicaragua, or any other named locality. Thin Induced our " Uovernment, under the Taylor and Killmore Admiliutrationa, to tefcc a limernmcntal Inir. toreat in the Charter, aa in the hat,da of w American oRJaena, out neither Mr. WVbaUr nor Mr. Letcber.our Minister to Mexico, at that time, could #t? obtain a recognition of " the grant in the lande of American cUiaeoo. m Mexico denied the legality of the traoefer, j. nod the dlaruaeiona, on the aabjeet between the two UotrinroeiiU. had become eenfawd eolu'uinou* nod angry. Finally the Mexican H CeifMi M?Mi|ed the Cturtaf m void from * i ?rr.-:m tt: ^