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THK tlcISTEB K F. ??o i c< Published every Wednos lay Morning; ! P* ! !>r i en W. M. CONNORS i? KOITOR ASD VROl'RILTOH. 0^.0 | b\ TERMS: atl Id advance, - - - - $2.00 Ai the expiration ef Six Months, - - 2.60 oil At the cud of the Year, l>.0U 1I1 030 ' JH' ADVERTISEMENTS 1 ?1? Will he inserted at the lolloping low rates: 111 Oue aquai c (<if 10 lines or less, lone insertion, wi EI i or, it continued, 16 cents lor the liu-t in ertkni, and 6u cents tor each ulooquent instil- 1 J,, ion. d9" 8?? Fourth l'age I'or deductioiiH hi Tor ot standing advertisements. The nunilier v>t insertions must Lie written on 1,1 aeh advertisement, or they will lie Inserted till til rdeied out and charged accordingly. of Meeting ol General Jackson and J Q," I" Adams at President Monroe's cii Levee. j ur Vlie following account of ilio reconlre between lien Jackson at.J John Q. Ail- i , ams, at I'resident Monroe's levee, the 1 t night alter Adams' election over Jackson ' |a for tl.o Presidency, by the 11 oil so of lb;p- ' res. ntalives is taken front l'clor Parley's "Xoeollections of his Lif< time I : linll pass over other individuals pi cs- j ent, only ;ioting an incident which res- ' |* pejts the two persona in ll.e assembly who j J(] most of r.ll othersengm.scd the thoughts ( . of the visitors?Mr. Adams the elect,lien, j Jackson, the defeated. It chanced, in the course of tho evening, that these two p.-rsons, involved in the throng, approached 1 each otner from opposite directions, yet . without knowing it. Suddenly, as tlicy ,|? were almost together, the persons around ^ secng what was to happen, bv a sort of instinct, stepped aside and left ihem face ()' to face. Mr Adams was bv himself; (ion. .. t..v.?? 1.... " I- - I...1 ''r ...?*? .* i n^i' , II.I1IVI.1UIIIU lus turn. Tliev looked at each other for a * . moment, and then Gen. Jackson moved J. forward, and leaching out his long nrnr., ( said?"llow dt you do, Mr. Adams? 1 ( give v utt my left h ind, fur the right, you j see, is devoted to tlie fa'r, 1 hope )ou me verv well, sir." All this was gallantlt p and he-rlily said and done. Mr. Adamtook the General's hand, and said, with chilling coolness?"very well, sir: I hone .Gen Jackson is well !"' lvv 1'. was curious to see the western plant- :l" er, the Indian lighter, the stern Soldier, *u wiio had written his country's glory in the r" .blood of the enelny at New Orleans?ge- 'u nial and gracious in the midst of a court, while the o!d courtier and diplomat was u3 atitf, rigid, ami cold as a statute ! It was m all the more, reniarkahle liojn the fact w that, four hours before, the former had T' boon defeated, and the latter a victor in a struggle for one of the highest objects of human Ambition. 'l'ho peisonal eharact? r ,cf there two individuals was in fact well expressed in that chance meeting; the t gallantry, the frankness and the hearti ^ ness of the one, which captivated all ; the w coidties, the distance, the sel (concent rn- rp tion oi the oil er which repelled all A tM somewhat severe, but still acute unalvstof Mr. Aduui*'n chnrncm, says'. "Liu "1 doubieoly, one great reason of his tin pop 1,1 ularily, was his cold and anlipatheiic ^ manner, and the suspicion of seltialioes* it 111 suggested, or at least added greatly to f" confirm?None approueheJ Mr. Adams ,s but to recede, lie never succeeded?lie 1'' never trievl to conciliate." I recoliect an anecdote somewhat ilius '' trfttive of this. When he was a candidate for the Presidency, his political friends thought it advisable that he should attend Vl a cattle show at Worcester, Mass., so as to .conciliate the numbers of inlluential men who might be present. Accordingly he s) wcut, and while thera many persons a' were introduced to him, and among the v rest, a farmer of the vicinity?a man of substance and great respectability. On r'* being presented he said : "Mr. Adams, I am very glad to see you. My wiftj, when she was a gal. lived in your fathers family you were then a little boy, and she told me a great deal |j, about you. She has very often combed w your head." t|, "Well," said Mr. Adams in his har?h way?-"I suppose she combs your head s(. now !" The poor farmer vlttnU back like aj a lashed hound, feeling the smart, but ut te terly unconscious of the provocation. \) Btatistcls of the Year 1856. Wo gather the following facts from a ,| number of tables published in the New York Herald : ,X During the year just closed 110 per j(] sons were killed and 539 wounded by j( 142 railroad accidents in the United l|) Slates. Among the killed were 26 engi n *era and 28 liremcn. loiruig 1856 !' there were 195 killed and C20 wounded j by 143 similar accident?. There were S9 Hr** in ths Uiiitid 8 abs n, in 1850, which involved the loss of 183 ,t' lives. I i 185f there were only G2 fires ( ( vhere loss of life occuried, and the number of prrsoins Pvt was but 1 19. The number of lire* in the United Stales I In 1866 (where th* loss of j>r??j?ortv was ' over 420,000 at each,) was 227, and the ' ??gr?g?t? 1? "a of 413,049,000 at 193 l" fifs in 1865. Add to the above the, C ' (immint of property destroyed by fires, wlif>ro in each instance the loss was less than 420,000, and the aggregate would ' ^ be increased to probably 27,000,000 in *1856, and to 418,000,000 in 1856. The number of steamboat accidents in 1860 20?persons killed 858, wounded 127. The number of accidents in 1855 whs 27?killed 17G, wounded 177. During the year 1856 there arrived at New York 141,015 foreign emigrants, in- V eluding 65,855 from Germany, 44,090 j ' ' from Ireland, and 23,G91 from England. ' ^ Thirty revolutionar\ soldiers died in the United States in 1856 Exihaohdimaky Mktkor.?On flatur- >it t day night about 8 o'clock a meteor dash- w Aft od along tlirougii tho heavens giving a or light equal to a mid-day's sunshine. It m< appeared to us at Clinton about the size th of an extraordinary naii keg, and it lelt a ye shining track #Mt spanned about two re; th rds across the horizon Ten minutes 1*1 after die exp!osion the re; on was heard, mi we Mm j'ldge die explosion to have In* n ' to 120 nines aoove ihe earth's surface. I in< [CVraten (N. C.) Indepfndent. ' an It If Jtt * The New Postage Law. The following is tho new law passed by ingress, rendering compulsory the preivmcnt of the postage on all transient | inted matter. The provisions in refer- j ice to the transmission of circulars wrJI ( \ of interest. "1. Hooks, not weighing over four I >unds, may be sent in the mail, prepaid r postage stamps at one cent an ounce, iy distance in the United States under I roe thousand miles, and at two cent" an ince over three thousand miles, provided ev are put op without a cover or wrapr, or with a cover or wrapper open at o ends or sides, so that their character ay he determined without removing the rapper. "2. Unhealed circulars, advertisements, isiness cards, transient newspapers, and er\ other article of traiisitut printed alter, (except hooks.) not weighing over ree ounces, sent in tho mail to any part the United States, are chargeable with ir ccvt postage each, to ho pre paid hy | stage stamps. Where more than one rculnr is printed on a theet, or a circular id letter, each must he charged with a igle rate. This applies to lottery and her kindred sheets assuming the form id name of newspapers; and the i/iscel ^ neons matter in such sheets must also > charged with ono late. A business rd on ;jn unsealed envelope of a cireur. subject the entire packet to letter post ;o. Any transient matter, like a circu j r or handbill, enclosed in or with a perilieal or newspaper Sent to a subscriber, j any other person, subjects the whole ! ickagc to letter postage ; and w henever bjcol to letter postage, from being seal or from any cause whatever, all printmatter, w ithout exception, must he pre- i id, :>r excluded from the mail. It is the tv of the post master at tho mailing 1 ice, as well as at the oflice of delivery, | lefully to examine all printed matter, in i dor to see that it is charged w ith a prop- J rate of postage, and to detect fraud ? 1 , offices where postage stamps cannot he I ocurod, post m..sters are authorised to i :oivo money in prepayment of postage j transient matter; hut the, should lu> I refill to hoop ft supply of stamps on ml. Lemarkable Position of Iho Planets. At tlie present time, and until the end | January, all of the old planets and the j 0 ol importance discovered within 75 1 id 10 rears will he visible soon after iiM-t, and live of them weal of the IIIClian ; a position worthy of patiiculnr no e, as it may not ag.iitwicenr for rears. Mercury, in consequence ?tf its proxim* , to the San is usually invisible, so that an' persons have never seen it. There ill he a very lavoiahle opportunity for e*i|tg it in tins month especially from lout the 7Li: to the 'JOlh, as it rriil not 11 v he at its greatest eastern elongation 1 the 15th, hut its south declination will ; much los than that of the Sun, so that i I lie 1 1 ill it will not set in the \V. S. T nr.til I.m.r ,..,,1 .. I... If I...? I. I u..vm ??v". ?? ? ?? ! ki'vi, ii i ill appear as a reddish star of the first I ngnitiide- Alter the JMJtli it r;<re iih to tlie Sun, and soon disappears. FiriuM, although already very brilliant. rn onuutat! to nct?int! iiioim so until >out April 1st. Its greatest eastern elonition takes place <>n February 27th. and ferior conjunction on May Dili. Sothat r four months our evening western sky to be ornamented by this beautiful ane.t. Afiirs, will be in conjunction early in me. it i.>, iherefore, in that, part of its or* ! t most remote from the earth, and shines ith a faint reddish light. It is now a ry little west ot Venus, in the W. S. \V. it the distance is rapidlv increasing. Juj/itcr, "the great disturber of the stent," goes down exactly in the West ; though also approaching its conjunction tpril lltli.) and therefore the more disnt part of its orlnl, its light is not appantlv less than when in opposition in ptembcr.? lioataxi Traveller. Touching Scene. No one with the feelings of a man could ivc witnessed without emotion the scene hich transpired upon the adjournment of le court which tried Paul Barron, His case had been 011 trial for nliout v? n hours without intermission, during 1 which time he must [rave remained in rrible apprehension of a felon's doom.? /'hen at last called up to hear the vor ct of the court, and the presiding Magirate announcod the judgement to bo lot guilty" the poor fellow's countenance bibited at once the gratitude which he add not retrain f'rotn expressing in words. 1 a voico tremulous frotn excess of emo >ii 11ru .^-htum hi" enuro innocence, ami anked the jury lor their patient and irn irlial hearing they had given the case oi stranger about whom they knew notlig, and said he could not express his grat- J tde as fully as ho wished lor his " poor other"?who was in a..^n lance?was raiting with a joj ful heart" to take liiin her aims. After this lie nt?ljed to his mother, ishing hv his late fellow pri.-oner who ade an ell'ort to speak to him, and threw s arms around that devoted old crea- 1 fo'a neck weeping and sobbing like a i ihl.? Pee bee Herald. To THK hiASTINtt InTBRKKT OlKBRAL* ) .? It is beyond a doubt tbat the crop ; Cotton, both of Uplands and Sea Is* i mis, is decidedly short; that the expense j production in enhanced by the inci eRsed 1 due of labor; tbat lands planted in this , aple invariable deteiiorate annually in odaction ; that while England is rolling wealth, you ?ro the " hewers of wood id drawer* of water" for the balance of e world ; and that as long an planters ? compelled to, or do force the sale of eir produce, thay will invariably Ik*, ihe fferers. The provision crops thioughout o world are representated as being onually good. A general peace exiws, ifh but trifling exceptions. The silk op of Fiance is almost a total failure; oney promising to be very abundant; e world needing more clothing every ar. Why should not the cotton plunier alise an increased price lor his produce I anters, think the matter over seriously, id take a frieiid'a advice, and not he irt o great a hurry to turn your cotton into oiicy. Cotton will lai cotton this year, d no mistake.? C'narletlon Mercury. 'l)f LANCASTEBVILLE, 8. C. W SDK BSD AY MORNING, JAN. 14, 186 The Hon. A 1'. llutlor will please wccj our thanks for favors received. MAGISTRATE. We have neglected heretofore,t<? sta that Maj. 1. I). Wylic received an nppoii ment us Magistrate at the last session the Legislature, to net in this District a for the Village. Any business entrusted him, will doubtless receive prompt and fni I'ul attention. FOREIGN NEWS. It will be seen that later dispatches fr< Europe report a still further advance in t | Cotton Market- The political news is a important, significant ?>f an approach) crisis in governmental affairs of the (. Country. SALES OFNIIGROES. I Twelve negroes belonging to the Est of Edw ard Yurbrougli, deceased, w ere si by the Commissioner in Equity on the 1 inst , for 'J,378 dollars, being ail average 781 50 cts., per head. One fellow brouj, 1,530 dollars, and another 1.205. THE ELECTION An election for ShcritV and for Clerk the Court for this District, was held Monday last A good number of p sons were in attendance nt this pine life ami animation apparently prevailii and also, much f/iirilunl manifcatati exhibited?inoro of tiro last, we regi to say, than )Ve have noticed in our strei for a lepgth of time. The voles are U> counted on this day (Wednesday) and Kt:iti-nii-iit of the noils will be irii en in <1 next. FOR CONGRESS. It in suit I that Col. Orr will decline n election to Congress after his present te expires, nnd nlrendy the r.nmes of seve gentlemen hare been mentioned in eontn tion with the vncaney. The Green vi Patriot nominates Col. T. N. lJaw kins, a the '1'ruc Carolinian brings forward t lion. 1). Wallace. T. O. 1'. Vernon, E* and Col. Jaiues Farrow, tiave each be nominated, in the same contingency, thr?u | the Carolina Spartan. TARIFF ON TEA AND COFFEE. We see that Mr. lloyco of this Sta , has introduced a bill in Congres* proponi to reduce all duties of a high spindatd JO per cent, and playing? Tea and Cotl J now on the free lis' in same sphedi ' As these commodities gjay now be jngluil in tlie list of articles regarded as necessar of life, any measure that would tend lessen their cost, is both important and < fcirnblo. FATAL ACCIDENT. On last Christmas day, says the Ches Standard, .M r. M. Mills of lids J)isli id w h | tiding nil unbruke horse near Iannis F< I ... <i i i....it., u.vi u in limn It 41UVI nil U.I14IJ imjuivu died in about two dayu Afterward. J{. Fudge Esq., acting as Cproller held an quest on the body, result of which \va I verdict according to the above facts. AFFAIR OF HONOR. About halt-past 3 o'clock on Sunday tcrnoon, sayh the Charleston Standard I the 8th inst., Mayor Miles received inforr I tinn that arrangements wcro in progress | a hostile meeting at I.owrides' Cirove, I tween two gentlemen of this city, and tl the hour u| pointed war. four o'clock, 'J' iuformation was communicated to the C'li of Police, u ho immediately despatched officer to prevent the meeting, 'i lie t carriages containing the hostile parlies, a the officer upon horseback, arrived ou I ground at the sunie moment. An iutervi ensued; and tinnlly the parties seperat i having given assurance that no hostile me ing should take place vv ithin the limits the city. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Our neighbours at Khenezer, York T trict, appear to be deeply sensible of the i portai.ee of having good {Schools nine | them. They have hotli a good male a ; female school, and we refer to a notice | each in another psrtof our paper. John Shurley, Principal of the male Acader | has a high reputation as a teacher, havi i tangl t the Fitrinan school, near Wiiiuslx. for several years. The Yorkville Knqui alludes to the Feinulc Aeadcqty and its coinplished Instructress, in this wise: "M Hknkv, we learn, is one of the fumjly our much loved ami deeply lamented tea< er, Rev. Dr. llenry, of the College. \ i.an vouch for it thai her qualities as a fui ful, conscientious ami thoroughly com] 'cnt teacher are unsurpassed ; and we ttii that ths Academy deserves additional utt< tion and a very general patronage, from I fact tha^ Miss IJf.skv is a native of Hoi Carolina, educated us few women can I at home. We ought to. ace to It earnest I h'tt luliint tirwl biliih tr-.irvinai I tcred and encouraged. Thu little vitiligo Unite iter i* blessed with all the ^uuhl wbtch should attract patronage, and ??ci lidentiy recommend the Academies to c readers. llr. Crittin Wnlker will sell a likely nej girt at the Court Mouse on the 21nt inst. Cspt. \V. McKerina has some choice i groes for hire. Soe his advertisement. Capl. J. il. Ingram invites all persens debteu tv him to a settlement. This is I season for a genera' settling of occout and all should strsin an effort to uiake b< ends meet. We direct attention to the advertisem* of superior Stock, to bo kept at the plan lion of Dr. J. W. Ford, seven miles Jiest Isiucustervill*. An excellent oppcrtun for thoee desirous of improving their breo NEW STATE CAPITAL. j A resolution passed the Senate nt the j lust Set.sion of the legislature to tho effect, that the Commissioner of the New State ] House be requested to lay before that Body, j j a statement of the number of persons etu? I ployed by him, r.:;d their ro-p" * ? <ti?t'-s, salaries, wages, Ac. As the matter pt 1 . , , . . . | involved is ot interest to every tax payer in the State, we lay this report submitted by the Commissioner, before 01 *\ .dcr*. It may be found in another p: t of this ** J paper. | From this leport a fair estimate may be ' made of what the building will coat j er year until completed; that 's, the cost of labor, to which nins Le added, for material, '' iroin S-0 000 to $30 000 nnnnallv, according to circumstance*. The linal cost of the building will of course depend upon the >m time taken to complete it. which i* variousI ly estimated at from live to twenty years.? I () it is the opinion of (Jen. Jones, the Commisn,r siouer, that it will be completed in about JU j four or live years from this time; and the [ cost will then be between two and three i millions. Even litis is extravagant, ami the worst of it is, the debl is being saddled tip- > ate | on n future generation ; the bonus for ear- I dd | rying on the work being sold and made r?- ' *th deetuable nl about twenty or twenty live i 1 of i years. Ii may be, however, that by a system ' flit { of wise legislation, our financial affairs ? | may be so conducted, as that these demands | when due, may be met without serious in- i j convenience, or burden to the Slate and | I I taxpayers. It is estimated, and not with- i ?" out icason, that the Bank of the State will i er" soon be in a condition to pay a large surplus i * ' I into the Treasury ; and this is ono of the 1 j means looked to, to meet the large debt ac- ' | cumulating for the Slate House. * ret | Our neighbor of the Chester Slaun'u'd. < 4 devotes a long editorial in his last issue 1 upon the matter of thu New Stale-House, | I 11 nr.d hesitates not to "branil tlu: whole * jm-- ! ,u r ration, as il has been carried oil, as outrage- i 1 at.sly and stupendously, extravagant ami unwarrantable.*' Referring to the Inst I.egr 1 i* ntnre,he asks, where were tlieanti appro. < prlation men?those wide mouthed politi- I rui , , , . elans who are ever ready to "vole cum all i I appropriationsColumbia is an cxtrava- j gunl place, and men who have stringent noj ! lions of economy at home, arc apt, when jj I 'hey get to flu- Capital, to imbibe something I of the prevailing sentiment. The Slumlord < i 'r seems to have taken tonne pains to calculate ; : the coat of the structure, which he ostium- i tes as follows: ! "We have made some calculation respecting < the probable cost of the New Slate I louse, '< iu 1 founded mi Geo. Jones' Report and worked n<? | ll\.in out by tlic rule of supposition. The 0 uost of tabor per day does not amount to less than JptiSO for cneli day in the year, or * , , $230,000 per year. 'I In? Hintt*rial used ranlu(j not hu valued at less than (fio.OOO per unit., which will sink one fourth of a million a | to year at d live millions in ii?? years, besides I j ! interest. The question now is art* the /w 1 j:It. w illing to this ? We hope not." AN EDITORIAL. Itr | We are just in the sirfiuttoii at present, ' where many better minds have been before i us, feeling the necessity o| writing some| thing that will pass for an editorial, and at j an entire loss for a suljoct. Unless a lair . i proportion of the contents of each issue s a ; of a weekly paper is original, an editor is subjected to the possibility of being thought ! negligent ; it is bis business to write, is paid | for it ill advance (!) die., and if lie does not i , j come up to the exact standard every week, | | lie is guilty ol the nii|uiidotiahle sin of dc'l*** , Irauding hi> paiioiis of tin if ju-t dues.? "" ! These, mill similar sentiments, aro hot un- ' ^e" I common, though we do not alliihuU- such J hul t.i our patrons, knowing thai with a uiajoii. ,j 11 of tin in at Icuat, iiuy reasonable indul* uf ! ginee will be cheerfully grained. Writing i? only u portion of an hiltlur* duties, und wo u good paper may bo made and a groat deal i ot labour bestowed upon it, with but little l'u j that i* direet front bin pen. The ?ask of ! selecting tor nn allotted spare, giving a e<'' little of nil that Is going, and crowding ft ' f' great deal into a small compass, is not quite j ot . as can) as uuiny persons might imagine. , It is in vnip that wo Juivo looker) over < Our exchanges, with the hope of finding something thai might atiggesl a proper nub- | ,H" jret with which to regale our readers.? | Nothing, absolutely nothing presents itseif, nkr |i|?l we aro forced, either to strike off nt j random, or else not write nt all. The latter j course, were perhapa the best, but having made the venture, wc will chase the shadow for awhile, not knowing whether the end is ing near or distant. ,ro' Tho political world is rein.nii.abl) quiet n r at this wtaga just precevding the going out c* of liiw old and the coming in of the new I A?1 minintri?l\oi>. Much ink mid breath has ' been wasted in speculating upon I lie form* lion of tlio now Cabinet, but a* yet nothing ^ c" I definite is km Wii, ami doubtless old liuc.k. hns good reasons for keeping his pi ins to Pe" I himself, Gcti. C'nss will very probably come "k in as one member, ami something has been snid of Gen. F. \V. Fiikeni uf this St*:e. We hope South Carolina Mill not be over* looked, and no better si-lection t-an bo nia-le ' than that of Gen PieBeus. ile, In common j with the majority of our bc-t uicn, have )S" studiously avoided the aaiserabie otHoe seeking course pursued by politicians of other I States. This may be si.id to the honor of >n" South Carolina, nnd It is a trait which ha* j >ur ninny redeeming consideration*?her sons are too proud too sensitive and too high. , lro minded to wrangle for ofiico ; 01 to push forward their claims and run the chance of no" being defeated hy u!hord?failh less prcler ion, to merit, but with more chicanery, in- The lime in Congress the present Session, | liio has been rnniiily consumed in n frsitlesa its, discussion of the slavery question, or *( 1 least that portion of the President's Mowinge i refcring to it. Gov. Ad;.ma' project.'he r*. ?nt rival of the Kisve Trade, haa also engaged to- attention, and has been disposed of by re*of oluitojis in to snmn arily and decided a ily manner, sa to preclude the idea, by any roads. aonabl* calculation, of any *u-h measure j ever again having the sanction of Congress. ! Gen. Whitfield, the delegate from Kansas, i has Keen engaged in the very laudable effort r>f socking to obtain for those worthy sottiers in Katuno, indemnification for ihe loss "t propelty occasioned by the civil conflict, which raged in that Territory several months ago This is as it sliouli he, and ! we hope that southern emigrants will be in 1 a condition, should it unfortunately become i necessary, to successfully npel abolition encroachments, and to frustrate every design tending to convert Kansas into nny other than that which God and nature has designed hei to lie, viz ; a slave State. A superficial glance at the Commercial world, leads one to believe that a season of j universal prosperity is at hand. The linan- ( . i d prospects of the Southern portion of lhe United-States, aro particularly propitious, inasmuch, as our great staple, cotton, I is improving in price, and the comparatively i small quantity on hand, and the in tncnwe wiowtli ot consumption?more than keep ing pace w itli the increase in production, leaves but little room to doubt but that we ire on the eve of a very desirable state of ifl.iir*. This encouraging view of matters, however, should not lead to a spiiit id' ex- i Iravagance, ns there is no telling what conlingeiteies may arise, or how near a crisis i) money matters, may be at hum!. No c.d ulalioits - in * u Id be made further, than one year ahead, and no promisea given that can- J not, probably, by the most careful citlcula* j lion,be met in that lime. At this season of 1 ihe > ear particularly, a thorough investignlioti into one's aflairs should be made, and f all fair promises to pay cannot be squared up, nothing short of the most dire necessity should induce us to venture further, until i.l these unpleasant arrearage* arc disposed jI. lie vvho recklessly exceeds his income, nust sooner c?r later experience the dreaded result of liia own lull)?the loss of fortune, l>? i ? 111 ee of Iri iti-, and nilimo!< ly a lilt jf cheerless and luting poverty. The principle of attending promptly nnd regularly !< tin* adjusting ;ni?l settling up <1 f inc! affairs, is too little heeded by tunny |>?T'on*, w ho negligently sutler their con raets to remain unattended to, to the grc; t ill no\a nee and pel Imps serious loss o| those whoso whole depend.mec is in getting to {ether the various auioiiuts honestly due litem. A yearly ?<|'iarlng of aecnunts, i* not only the most pleasant, being us it is a '.'rent relief to ones mind, but it is the infest nib' for Jill ; whatever may be their railing in life. It enables every one to estiulate ,dearly a is gains or losses, and to make affording and judicious calculations lor the future. SHOT. Wc regret to learn, says tiio Anderson (iazrt'e A AJrocah, that William, a son of 'olin N. Heritors* of onr Pis! net, was accidentally shot during the Ifoiliday's, by his companion whilu I nting. The load entered his neck nnd s ide and produced severe wounds. Promt t medic .1 attendance U' >? I ? * ' ? * ' ^ - I--*' it* wr.s doing w ell, with every prospect of recovering in a short time. THE EIGHTH OF JANUARY. Yesterday, says the Charleston Stmdard of the 9th just., p issed oil* with the usual observances. The streets w ere dotted with treipient processions of soldiers arid firemen; : end in the evening an unusual glare of light nnd oeeasi'innl strains of music or bursts of ' mirth, indicated that as fjr as concerned thrill, the \arl?U? organi/a ions of the city ! which date their existence from the eighth of Jat>aarv, were doing their share towards a proper reeognilioii of its let urn. Ml I ?i? ? IMPORTANT TO LANDHOLDERS. , It may lo-nulit mime of our ?nv? ' the Kiigstree Star, t<? kno^v lli.it this will \ probnhly he tin* last year in which grant* for Ixixl will l?e given in South Carolina A hill passed both branches of the Legisla* turc to this i-flect, but for want of time, it wild not ratified. It will he pressed through ' at the next session. Thorn not having J grants for their laud or wishing to occupy j vacant Inula, are ndvincd to attend to the i in.ittcr immediately. In law a grant will } plaiin preference over n|l other claims. J. F 0. MITTAO ESQ , A Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia l-cdgcr, s..\s the South Carolinian thus mentions our fellow- -iti/.en. lie is in Washington, study ing character among Cougresanien : Dr. J. F. C* Mlltsg, of South Carolina, ia here collecting iiiHlcrmU nrul making ohser- j cations for his great work on the "language of Forms.w Thin new science has been ttie study of the doctor i * \ears, and j iirnl originated with him from t study of the influence of the mind upon the physical manifestations of life. Ilia theory ia, that tin1 power of the mind may be estimated geometrically by the contour nod lilies of the face. oar n ft rv a ?v DAiiEiO DA I. < hi Monday la?t, saya the Spartanburg | Exj rets, of the 8th inat., our street* were i animated with a large iiinnbci of our friend* front the district. The amount of property sold WM not large. Real Katate sold at fair price*?negroes high. Mr* One thing we are glad to notice, money aeemcd to he more plenty among our poopie? they wore brighter face a than usual, and appeared to be in a good humor with I'iciiiadve* and the rent of mankind. Many old score*, ?c have no doubt, were cancelled. 11 ion l'Mota.?Another instance of the v.-r\ Ingli price* which iiegni proper-, ty i? now commanding, ia furnished by the aale of the estate of Win. K. Anderson, hy the Cotnnnaaiouer us Kquitv, in tin* I )i?lhct, on Tuesday. A Woman, twenty one years old. ' ap t her infant brought 11301 ; and a like!v girt, four \ears oi>it , 7M. A tract of land which, fl*W years | ago, could not have been sold at $4, waa Nd <tl' at $10 per acre.? yorki-UL Kh- : fuirtr. | * * ? * |f "* REPORT Of the Commissioner of the New State House iti obedience to the Resolution of the Semite, panned December 16th. 1866, in relation to the number of persona era* ployed by Him and theii respective Duties, Salaries, nud Wages. UtHth u? LuMiuiiwiuiiEK OF J'EV.- STATS House, December 18 1356. To the Honorable. Senate of South Carolina. In pornunnce of the resolution of thr Senate of December 16th, 1856, tequcaiinjj the Commissioner of the New State Hotist "to lay beforo the Senate at his earliest convenience a statement of (he number ol persona employed by him, and their respective duties, salaries, and wages," I have the honor to lay beforo your Hono.nbte llody the following statement: For a condensed general view afthe mechanics and laborers employed upon the construction of the New State House froAi November 1st. 1855, to September 30. 1856 I bi g to refer to the " Exhibit No. 3," accompanying the annual report of the Commissioner of New State House lor 1856 ' shewing the amount of white nnd black laborers employed monthly, during the current year. There were on the 60th of November 1856, employed in the construction of the New Slate House 183 whites, and 331 slaves making a total of 504 persona, whom duties, salaries, and wages were as follows, viz.: WHITES. 1 Chief Architect at. . ?8 000 00 per year 1 Assis't Architect at. ..3 400 00 " " 1 Draughtsman at 1 800 00 " 1 llrick Inspector and Overseer of S ard Laborers at 75 00 per til. 1 (ieneral Clerk and Assistunttinic keeper at. . . 41 66 " " 1 Time and Material keeper at 3 00 per day, i r:.i s: dent of Qunrrie* at. ... 100 00 per oi. 3 Foremen of Qti.irrie* ertch ntl I 3 00 per day. 13 Laborers in Qtiarriun, tacli ut 1 25 " " 1 Foreman of Stone cut. lei* ai 4 00 " " I AKsi.ilant For< man of Stone Cullers at 3 25 per day 100 Stone cutler* eneli at 3 00 " 1 Foreman of Stone .Ma. sons at 3 25 " 2 Siono Mr son* each nt 3 00 " I Foreman of Carpenter* nt 3 00 " 1 Carpenter at 2 50 " 12 Ditto each at 2 25 " 6 Ditto at 2 00 " 1 Ditto nt 1 *56 1 Foreman of Black unit lis at 3 00 " 3 III u-k.iiiiitli* enoli nt. 2 50 44 13 Tool Sliarnuier* each at 3 00 44 3 Machinist* for pn'ting window frame* in order at 2 60 44 2 Fainter* on window fiao e* ouch nt 2 00 44 11 1 Jiborern, each at. ... 1 25 44 1 Ditto nt 1 00 * 1 Day Watch nt 1 35 44 1 Night Watch nt 1 25 44 183 Total Whitei. kum. 0 Carpenters, ench nt.. 1 15y 44 4 Ditto each nt..,,... 06 4* 1 Mlarknoiith at 1 15j 44 jk <?i .. yii 11 1 Ditto at "7 " 1 Rigger nt 1 00 *4 I I laborer* in yard iit. . 77 ?4 52 Ditto 44 4* 7.6 i fVltln si It o i t 4i - Ol 1 1 Ditto ? 46 " K Ditto " " 384 " 1 Qnnrrnyman at 1 00 u 22 Ltbnr'i, in Quarries Mt b at 77 " 195 Ditto M 75 " 3 Ditto " 614 " 1 Ditto " 54 " 3 Ditto " 46 44 2 Ditto 384 " 3l! I Total Slaves. Since the first of DfCftnlirr, 1856. then linn been employed a force of Bricklayer* consisting of the following \iz : I Foreman of Bricklay* era at 150 00 per in 8 Bricklayers each at. . 2 5o per day 9 Total all Whites Kesp.-ctfnlly reported, J.v M KS JONKH. Committiantr .\'w Slate House Dt.t k Hiook Railroad.?The work or litis r..a<l except the tutu elling, Lri Iginr ami masonry, lias been discontinued wctti of Pendleton. Tlte roa?l will he coin pi e led to that point as early as possible.? The grading has been discontinued undei a provision in tlte contracts between tin contractors to that effect, fur what causr we have not certainly luarnod, The |h rectors will meet shortly, when sontetninj definite will tie determined or. Our coti fidcttce in the ultimate completion of tin road is unabated, and we are inclined l< the opinion that the grading will he re sutn<nl at an early day. Next week we shall have somethin; further to say on th? subject.?Ktowa Courier. Drath or JoiiM B. LaDokur, K?k?.? We learn with regret that our friend, l'ruf LaBorde, received yesterday the painfu intelligence iroin Kansas of ilie death o Itik eldest mm.. Mr. baliordti, it is wel known, was one of tlio ham) of gallan1 young men, who left Marion Ihstrict 1 mk spring to serve the cause of the South it the snuggle fur her dearest right*. He hat done hie Intv nc'jly, nml fallen in his pa triolic effort* W? procure for hia settlor quel rights under the (Jonslilutiou. Th< sympathy of ike community is with hit family in their distressing bereavement ? South Curoltnimn. Avirauk Dckauon otr 111 mam Lifx ? I'rof. Buchanan in a recent lecture he fore the Mechanics1 Institute at (Jiuoinnai said thai in the latter part of the sixteenth century one liulf of all who wero Sorn diet under live year* of age; the average Ion govity of the whole population win b"l 18 years. In the seventeenth ccutuf) one half of the population died under 1'j yeart. lint in the first sixty years of thi | eighteenth century one hall of the popn lation lived t?r?r 27 years. In the lattei |prty years one hall exceeded 23 yehis o I age. A t the beginning of the prceetit cen tury one ha if exceeded 40 years ; and I from 1838, to 1845 ooe half exceeded 48 The average longevity at the*# succeksivt periods has been increased from 18 year in the sixteenth oeotury up to 48 7 by i the last report*. flegntfljir. i LATER FROM EUROPE. f AFR IV A I. OF THF. STEAM Ell J NORTH AMERICA. f ??(0? , COTOON ADVANCED A QUARTER. PKEIURVTIONN FOlt HAlt. , ; ? C)~ i i France Rejects Austrian and English i Interpretation. * ?. T71 Portland, Jan. 8. 1837. i The steamship North America fronr . j Liverpn >1, whence she sailed on the 24lb I IVecinlier, has just arrived nud cunnniiii | cated lii/lily important news from Eu! ropo. POLITICAL NEWS. Franco Iihh notified Austria that Napo ' Icon will not accept lire Austrian and En glisli interpretation of the Treaty relative to Belgrade. Prussia is coliectiog a large force for the purpose of invading Switzerland. The latter are raising twenty thonsaiid troops to act ill the defensive. The Persian war is progressing, hut it is decidedly unpopular. MARKETS. Corros has advanced one quarter oj a penny under tho news l?y the steamship i Persia. The sale* during three days priI or to sailing of the North America auioun' ted to 33 OOO h des, of which speculators ^ took 21,000 and exporters 3,000 bales.? ' Tlio following arc the quotations : Middling Orleans, 7 3-10d. Middling Upland*, 7 1-I0d. The Manchester market was better. " J lo?l ?or utul \\ hunt li'll! Iltl vanoed 2d. Corn was quoted at Oil. Coim !? commanded 03 3 4 to 03 7 ftCongressional. Washington, Jan. fi, 185T. in tin. Senate, Mr. Mason, of Virginia., %vas elected President pro lem., in tl?e absence of Senator Bright. A debate oc> cuue.l upun the Iowa contested electioi i case. In the House no business of importance a as transacted. Washington*, Jan. 7, 1857. In the Senate, yesterday Butler intro ! duced a hill providing for tlio establishj ment of a Navy Yard at Port iioysd, South I Carolina. Washington, Jan. 7, 1857. The president communica'fld to the | Senate a letter from the Atlantic Telegraph | Company proposing to contract with this Government on the same terms and con ' dition as with tlie British (ioveruinent.? ' Tho President leaves the matter to tho ] judgment of Congress, j A hill was reported which provides for mi increase of pay of the army otlicers. No business of importance was done in ! the House, and both brandies adjourned ^ j till Friday. Soldiers of the War uf 1812. Washington, January 8. j A Convention of the soldiers of tlie War ! of 1812 lias been held here, and resolu tiotis were adopted, urging Congress to piiM tlie Revolutionary l'cntioii Hill. A ! committee was appointed to devise means i to erect it monument to the memory of | , ' President Madison. A vole of thanks was I returned 10Congress lur tlieir having confer re J up m Gen. Win field Scott the mlo ! of Lieutenant General. Alter adjourning, the numbers cf the Convention called in , dividually upon President Pieice. WkaHINOTON, J III. 9. In the Senate, Mr. Seward lUtroijuced ! a bill authorizing a contract to t>e made wnh the Atiautic Telegraph Coiop ny, upon similar terms as those accepted by ' the British Government. Referred. The Invalid Pension hilt has passed. 1 ! A donate o-Currd upon the Iowa coll1 tested election matter, but was nol finished. In the House, a resolution was offered i I and adopted, appealing a committee of I live to investigate (he charges of corrupi tion upon members of Congress, as prefer red hy (he New York Tunes, with full powers to send and demand the prescucn i of persons and documents, (treat sensation Wa? produced in the llousc during which Mr. Paine, of North Carolina, naid that ! L 1 ?1 _? l-:l III _1T 1 l . n?i kiiow iriHi orioin uau ih***ii oiu-reu i?j ' one inemU'r of Coogrea* 10 others, but declined to reveal i lie uaiihh of either parlie*. Unlit bram-hes of Congress have ad. jourail to MomUyMINISTER FROM KNULAND. WariiinotO!*, January 7, 1857. ' I OOiml information bus been received' by (ioveriiii.enl that Mr. Viilura has been appointed Moieler from England to tin* country, and tout he i* new on Lit way here. ! STATE CAPITAL HURNT. v| Montpklikr, Vt., January 8, 1857. The Stale Capital iu tin* city was destroy od by lire to day. THKUKGINNINUOP THE END?THE : i DEATH KNKI?L OP QUACKERY. HHi, blessed health !" eielaima Sterne, I ' 'lis thou a ho en largest the soul and open* est all its powers to receive ins-rustion and I " to rs'iah virtue. He that lias thee has litr " tie else to wish for ; bs that is so wretchI fd se to want thee, wsots everything with > thee." The truth of this apostrophe every one must acknowledge ; poor Stern*- epoko from ssd experience. And yat, faiuiliar ss every utan is with the truth herein expressI ed, no mortal could compute the members who ruin ihsmaelvee in body and mind,and d fortune by neglecting to employ the proper i remedies when heailV fails. - How is this i i neglect to be remedied f The evil has l>sj eomo so eon see rated by a^e, that the man