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i he mmm ?030?? Published every Wednesday Morning BY W. M. CONNORS KDiroit AND VKOPHIKTOK. o3? TERMS: in udvauce, - - $2.00 At 'ho ex .iratiou ot oix Month*, - - 2.&0 1 llie end of 1 tio Year, - B.00 -a c3?"? ~ advertisements Will l>e Insefrt"'! at the following low rates: One *qunr<- ^ol 1(1 lines or less,) 011 c insei lion, tl ; or, it continued, "i& cents tor the th.?t ineition, and fio cents lor each subsequent inscron. Se<" Vourth Puge for deductions in vorot standing advertisements. The number ot insertions must be written on uch advertisement, or they will be inserted till rdered out and charged uccordingly. Mr. Buchanan's Administration. Our Washington Correspondent presents tv striking picture of llie difficulties Inch will beset Mr. Buchanan in the for 1. ttion of bis Cabinet. Wecau scarcely sen why it should he necessary for Mr. Buchanan to form a Cabinet in eslenso, inless lie itiiet:tl.s a deviaticn from the piinciples which b?\e governed the adU.inistrnlion of his predecessor. We see .0 occasion lor a wholesale change in the heads ot tho Departments. The same pa; t\ which electcJ Gen. Pierce, has elecled Mr. Buchanan; and we are to sup pose, according to their public declarau.ns, that the same general principles goveitted tliem in both elections. As to total ion in < ffieo, we set it aside as a mis arable huinbua. invented for tiir>?? ? n.% w ish to multiply the chances for the spoilsmen. We have reason to be thankful that South Oiiroiila has taken but little part in thia low game. She has sought to chei it'u ami defend honest political principles, and her people have always felt that the highest station that could be conferred upon one of her sons, was the unanimous ..nd hearty approval of his fc'lowcitifcens. l h it is the spirit which we wish to see preserved. For lh" rest, we desire to say, that the Cabinet of President Pierce has been distinguished for general ability and faithfulness. Mr. Marey, as Secretary of State, has made his way through a great many difficult and complicated questions, and ho will leave his Department with fewer difficulties to his successor, than almost any one who has hold that high office.? Mr. Guthrie has certainly displayed signal ahi'ily in his administration of the Treasury Department, and only requires that he should he divested of a few Protectionist notions. Col. Davis is admitted to be the ablet-! and mo t successful Secretary ol War since the days of Mr. Calhoun. Mr. Dobbin has been accepted bv the wlmU country as a faithful and efficient officer. Judge Campbell has administered the l ost Office Department in all its extensive rnniifinitions, with less of fault finding, by a censorious public, tlu\n any of his predecessors. We need not say that Mr. Cushing, as Attorney General, has given a distinction to thai office, which it has scarcely obtained under any other man. Ilia learning, his abundant labors, an 1 his large views, both of law and ol public policy, have been signally distinguished far I lis published opiuions, and even these by no means, cover the multitudinous character of his official labors. We know of no man who could fill his place, and we should regard it as a public loss if a change of Administration should compel his retirement from the public service. We see all the difficulties that surround the opening administration of Mr. Huchan.hi. lie will bo hunted down by all manner of time-servers, demagogues, and self-seekers. But we have faith that his experience, and his honest nature, will carry liiin safely through these difficulties; and that whatever may bo the fate of the Union, our State may ho able to say to him, as it has said to his predecessor:? You have deserved well of all the honest and patriotic people over whom you have presided.? Charleston Mercury. How M.t. Been vvan's Inauouual will bk Wjihtks.?1 taring the late Presidential canvass, and at the moment a gallant Senator front the south was proclaiming tbe certain election of Mr. Buchanan, a feather dropp d at his feet from the w ing of au eagle thai was Hy ing over. The gentleman preserved the quill, and had it forwarded to Mr. Buchanan, to vtriieiiia inaugural address villi. It was uot plucked by man from the wing, but was the free gift of our national bird.? Washington Cor. Alexandria Sentinel. The Lancaster Intelliyeneer says the above statement is correct. Senator Brown, of Mississippi, is the gentleman referred to. The quill is now in possession of Mr. Bucbanian, at Wheatland, ami, in fit'cordagce with the request of the " Senator,n it will be used by the l'lYHufeilt elect in writing his imigural address. Tub Kkti io.no Pkk.siuk.nt, ?We nre happy to learn that there is a reasonable pro*p?ct that President Pierce, at ihe close of his brilliant admints*ration, will mako a tour through the Southern States. We feel fully justified in declaring that there is no man in the confederacy whom the entire South would more cordially w oleoma. We should like hi in to mingle with a people whose rights and honor he has so nobly defended, in defending the Ooiislitntion of the United States and the union of e<pinl and sovereign State*. To Virginia it would l?e especially greatful to Jo honor to a President who hauling against the most aralignnnt enemies in his own section, ha* as fearlessly and powerfully carried out the States Mights, strict construction, Jatfersonian principles, as any President sines the days of Jefferson hiniaelf. We heartily trust that President Pierce w'll pav a visit to the South, and allow ds greatful admirers to tnke inui by the , id >iiid thank him for his patriotic defence of the constitutional right* of every part of the Union.?litfltmoiul ffntfuirfr. Ill _ m .XL ; 4 i Ijf %fh\n, ! m LANCASTERVILLE, S C. \ tn WEDNESDAY MORNING, JAN >1, 1357. \ . We direct Attention t<> tSie !-!i;:lit chnnge j ?n ' in the law Card of Messrs Ca?U>n & Allison. U We are again under obligations to the ^ \?s ; (Ion. A. P. Butler for copies of Patent Of- j ( lice Reports, Smithsonian Report, together with Maps aud Views to accompany Mcs; huge and Documents. FROM NICARAGUA. ' I J.4) The Nicaragua!) news which we take from j|( the Carolina Times of Saturday morning, j C:i | is interesting, it will be found under the , Ti head "Telegrapliie." I FOREIGN NEWS. ! I The latest foreign news, wldeh we copy , Si from the Charleston Standard of Sunday morning, will be found important bovli po- ~ j liticnlly and commercially. Another ndi vancc on cotton is reported. Previous to the reception of this news, there was a decline in our home markets, in anticipation of a falling off in the European Market, predicated upon the fact, that the receipts of cot- jton at the different Southern ports, up to tj this time, exceed the receipts of last year ?i to the same date, by 25,000 bales. This fact, j T when received in Europe, may induces do- j cline. hilt not nlliomli.lir ?? ilm ?! ?> ? < > I k | " ~ v'"'' "* "" In doubtcdly short, and has been hurried into ?p( | market in consequence of the unusually St high prices. NEW MUSIC. Horace Waters, 333 15 road way, New York, Music Publisher, atul Agent for the th sale of Pianos, Mclodeons and Harmoniums ;ir bus sent us the following popular piece of th music: ta FANNY IN 11 EH (illAVE: Song, words ?s bv Win M. liyars, M. 1).; music by F. W. U| Smith. Price 25. c. *u EDITORIAL CHANGES. T Stobo Farrow, Esq.. has retired froui the Spartanburg Express, and Messrs. A. S. pi Douglas and John II. Evans, has succeeded 1' him in that Weil conducted paper. ar The Orangeburg Southron, lately edited re by John (1. Bowman, Esq., is now edited T and conducted by T. B. la>gan & Brother r* It has tht> appearance of being well tnnna- nl ged. bi HOOS lr A large drove of hogs, numbering some ci three or four hundred, enme to our Village ol on Wednesday last, and remained for seve- 8< rai days. The old price, seven cents, was ni maintained. A pumber of them were n< sold here at that, many of our citizens not th having been supplied previously. These a hogs arc inferior to none that we have seen i P? this season ; they have passed on below. pi ? ??? - re SNOW STORM. it On Sunday last there happened in these ; "I parts a most extraordinary Snow Storm? 111 such a storm as wc sometimes read of, as n: occuring in a more northern latitude. It P' would puzzle the, 'oldest inhabitant' to re- ?' ! member just such a or.e here. It com- V) i meneed some time during Saturday night, falling ir> liltl- fire jumps, resembling sleet, . penetruting through roofs of houses thnt *> i were entirely secure from rain, a most d?'s- Ul perate north-east gale blowing all the while. ft This continued through the day until late. in the afternoon, when the wind lulled, the at snow Hakes became larger and commenced m falling in beautiful regularity. It continued to snow on Sunday night, and the '.viiiu blew and howled distna'iy. Monday morning was clear, calm and cold ; the sun shone rt upon a magnificent prospect of a snow from 1* three to six inches deep. to ? ? ii :n AN ACT. w At another place in our paper, will be 1" found the provisions of an Act r>aa.?cd at the last general Session of llio legislature in "for the better establishment of a General System of Registration if Births, Marriages, ui and Deaths in the State of South Carolina." P' Sufch an act is impo/tnntns la>ing up vn'iuable statistical information for a future gen- I" eratioii. It adds considerably to the duties of Tax Collectors. > TOWN ELECTION. d? On Monday last, ' ays tho Standard, of re the Iftlli Inst., the election (of officers of the town of Chester came off, anil was n mat* ^ tor of spme degree of interaeat. The ab- 8(1 mrbing question was wet or dry. The sloe tion passed off very quietly and resulted in the choice of the following dry ticket of good, true nnd lawful man : David Pixciibacx, lulendanl. n< Jno. J. McLube, "1 ki 1 W. II Uill, 1 Wmrdent. m i R. OWest, f f i Ham'l McNinch, J ? ^ , _ pr 8ULDEH DEATH. ?? We losrn froin the York District Chroni* ele, 13th instant, that an individual, named ' Win. Powers, was found dead in iiiabed, at Rock Hill, on Friday last,at 12 M. to which he had repaired the previona night at a late honr, apparently in good health. He is said ^ to have been a dissipated character, and thus fctrhinhes soother evidence of the ruinous ' effects of whiskey. An inquest was held L over the body, and a verdict rendered of Si death from Intemperance. ei THE ELECTION On Wcdnesdoy In t, tho votes cast on anduy previous for She rill' and for CI the Court, wore counted, and Henry IJ i k, Esq., was declared duly elected Slje d J. A. Stcwmnn, Esq., Clerk of >urt. Mr. Hancock served this District, in me capacity, several years ago. and ge vote which was given hiin this time evidence that the duties of the office, w en performed well and faithfully. Hi old citizen of unblemished charuct s seeu service in the field?in tho wai 12, ho serrcd as a soldier in the rui ai.ist lite enemies of Ids Stale and Co r. This is Mr. Stcwiiiun's second tcrin,) a course of thorough and prompt bi ss habits, lie has won the highest estc d eonlideee of his fellow citizens, a faithful and efficient public officer, llelow wc append a statement of >Us. FOR SHERIFF. zz 63 w u ? ? b ~ 1 2 a o g ?2 B rr inenster, 208 <?3 21 urton, 71 til 1 iston, 91 40 J txahnw, 68 30 1 indcrburk, 74 17 00 mill, 55 10 1 d. Land, 21 24 1 ink. 21 7 1 over, I 23 11 00 TotiiT | 635 | " 268 | 27 | PAD AT PT1TT 55 5? n < 1 o ~ ^ PT* t .- 5 S utenslcr, 163 141 1 orton, 52 46 39 iston, G5 43 23 nxiihaw, 36 55 11 jnderburk 67 28 8 nail, 37 10 20 <1. I- mil 21 25 00 oik, 29 6 00 over. | 17 12 j 1 j Totii. | 476 364 | 103 | TO POSTMASTERS. It is with very great regret, gontletr at wo are constrained to indite a sepet tiole to yon. We are well convinced I ere is no one of you who does not en in for us and for our business the kin 4 feeling, and moreover, we know that to of you would intentionally, and v lalice aforethought,''injure us in the aligl jgroe ; yet that you have done so, indir ', doet not admit of a doubt. We know that the complaint of new ?r publishers aguinst the carelcsnea ostinnsters, is almost a stereotyped all id the frequency of its repetition, is ason why the appeal is so little heedei his fact, coupled with a natural distatc pentiug an old song, has deterred us f luding to this matter at tin earlier d lit a stern sense of duty to ourselt nn ur patrons, admonishes us that it alioult inger be neglected. In saying that a \ ilpable state of carelessnes exist at ?n t the pftst blfices to which the Ledgi sut, wo do not baso the charge upon ithnrity of nn irresponsible hearsay, itliing but the most reliable evidenci iC fnet would induce us to ninke it. W subscriber living in the District, and ist office whero n large bundle is sent, c nine to us tluit he does not get his pi gularly, we, without hesitation, tell is the fault of his postmaster; for nt lice there is no CArelosness in respec ailing?tho utmost pains is taken thai lino be left out, and moreover, that no ?r be directed to n subscriber with nn F usage upon it, or mutilated in any sir ire have too much concern for our own rest, and too much respect for our pain ot to enforce this rule with sciupul tartness; aiwl when we hear that ourp id caro are in many cases of no avail, fi prn:tiee which has become too comn F allowing Dick Torn and Harry unliini cess to the mails, reading and abusing isplacing papers which do not bclon; tern, it is quite enough to serve as a b f complaint against you. A gentleman on whose word the utn tliuncc can be placed, informed us a da vo ago that be calls for !iis paper at a lin post office regularly and receives 01 ( rage about one paper for every tl eeks ! We risk notiiing in saying is paper lias not failed once to reach 'stination regularly every Thursday m< g, since lie lias been n subscriber. H r complaints have reached us again ;ain, and not unfreqiiently we haar of . rs being abused by usage and soineti irninhalf! Now gentlemen this is ad ; each of you, in this District, is shed with a paper gratis ; you have ccuso for opening matter that does nol ng to you, and when you suffer loafer i so, and those who nre too penurious nd a paper of their own, you nro ami e to the law for a breach of the oblign nit you have voluntarily taken upon y< 'If. If guilty of this chnrge, the acci an. coming from one whose interest ive indirectly attacked, should not offe not guilty, there it still no grouuda fence, for in that case, these remarks ?t intended for you. Some of you iuw to bo prompt and attentive to inor details of a Post Office. They r those to whom they spply, and inten ily asu friendly remonstrnnee. A little < >on your part will obviste the ditlieu id prevent the recurrence of similar c aints. A moments reflection, aiid you aeern how important to our business I ibscribers receive their papers regula id the deep injustice consequent to us them, when a loose system of conduc l office is allowed. A bill has poised the North Carol cgiilature, allowing the Banks of 1 Late to issne bills of $3 and under, to ttent of one-tenth their capital. THE TARIFF. the The expediency of reducing the Ta .tU seem* to be the most important matter, t aq- is now being discussed in Congress. 'J riff, subject is eliciting muoh discussion in vi t)jo ous quarters, and is very generally favo by the I'reas of the South. Tho imme the surplus revenue on hand, as reported the the Treasury Department (about sixty i >, is lions of dollars) will doubtless, if it reuui ere undisposed of for any considerable len s is of time, operate with serious effect er ; on tho monetary affairs of the Country r of Under the present Tariff rates, tho reveni nks greatly exceed the expenses of Goverrinu un- and a general modification must be resor to; or else, the large increasing surp ?nd will lead to a practical promulgation of iisi- leading feature in NVhiggery. and the mui cm expended under a system of Internal 1 He proveuicnt. Mr. lioyco of this Slate, has taken ar the tive part in the matter, and introduce* plan of modification ; but his proposal place a light Tax upon Tea and ('of does not seem to meet with general fax The exigences of the ease demand proi and ufiicicut measures ; it has already hi delayed too long, for should n bill for general revision of the Tariff be pas this Session, which is doubtful, it can take effect before the end of the pre* fiscal year. BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION An exciting debate was had in Congr on the 9lh inst., upon the introduction the following resolution : "Whereas certain statements have b published charging the members of t House with entering into a corrupt eon iiatiun for the purpose of passing ami I preventing the passage of certain nietisu j now before Congress?therefore Jvf i n?v n committee ol live no bers be appointed by the Speaker, with p< er t<> solid tor person* nnd papers, to in\ ligatesnid charges; nnd that the cnnifuil report the evidence to be taken and \v action in their judgment is necessary on part of the "House, without unnrecsa delny.H During the debate, Mr. i'sitic stated t a proposition had some time pre v ion been submitted to him by a member of House, ottering the sum of Fifteen II dred do!lars for his vote upon the Mines ,t'n' land bill. Had this Mr. I'uine promptly ra'? turned the oiler with a slap in the face had he administered to the dastardly sedn l,r" a casligation similar to that inflicted hy Hrooka upon Sumner, lie would have in ' no ted the everlasting gratitude of every hor ul'' and upright citizcll, from every quuiler the Union. IC " Mr. I'niue did not givo tlie name ol member who attempted to bribe him. *',a~ lie in supposed to be Francis S. Kdmond * New York. Fair, ^ FATAL ACCIDENT. fuT On Friday eight last, says the Charles rom Mercury of the 15th inst., Mrs. J mm 1 I it eual, a Cuban lady, residing in King sir ^ lo above John street, iinmediutelv after re ] i.o ID? '? discovered her night-clothes fe he on fire In her fright she jumped on bed, and running about the room, f.ini Ulllj ?r is our"'n?? rlothes into a flame, by vvh she was dreadfully acorclted, about one-l #(j(j the suifare of the body being involver ; 0j. the injury. Sbo lingered until Tucs< evening without any reaction taking pla n and expired about 11 o'clock. om-1 ~" ...... I v a uo a o AQUkjaa him The plague, nays tlie Charleston Sla this anl, has broke loose ii; Kansas again. '1 t to Free Mate legislature assembled at To i no ka on the 7th instant, un<l were going ?, pa- i-tly on to regulate the allaira of the co irks try to their own notion, when, upon utli ape. ?it of the facts taken, it is said by the in i in- fntigable Sherili Jones, bt-fore Judge Ci ona, a warrant for their arrest was issued ; ous j about seven were taken and will be earr Tins | to Tecuinseh for trial. The cliarge is, t r"tn , they bate assembled and broken the ontl ion, niembers of the Legislature, and so dj itcd have committed an overt act ot treason aI'd the Government of the United Mutes, ? to i whom thev have been vested with no si asis ' authority as they assume. ,"11 ADVANCE IN CCTTON GOODS y or t In tbo New York Daily News,of the ' ccr- . . j instant, under the head of " Review of i Dry Goods Trade," we find the following ^ reference to tlio advance in cotton goods Nearly nil kinds of goods are openi hijrher, ond especial I y Domestic Cottoi orn . * *T\ ' I . the raw inntrriiil is a bout tl;ree e-. i-ts ; nnd I""1"'' higher than at the same period I j year, and manufactures will have to und I),1). | f go a corresponding advanee to protect in t ^ uf.ieturers from actual loss, j. ^ Heavy Brown Sheetings have mi v.in to 9 els , but without sales. Light Slit I ings are held firmly nt 7|c. for the he ^ ^ I trade. ( I Bleached Sheetings hnvo improved a corresponding ratio. ^on Brown Drills are quirt at Bp-., and a I ther advance is gent-rally anticipated Bleached are steady i?l 9c, and Blue at 1 J suit) fc. The mnrket for Osnnhurgs continues ( ' at one rent advance over full prj^-ca. There is but little demand for Can ftr? Flannels. Wl) Denims nre firm, Eagle, Oxford, Cob hian and Pacific are selling at 10c , and< . , at lOfcc., but a further advance ia antic ui Many descriptions of Stripe* and Ti have advanced, and the market is irregu 0U1- ? , w.jl but generally tending upward. Cotton Duck baa advanced 2e. par vi that _ , , , r 7 Colls Clipper is now quotecd 21 a 2 and <'ousting 22 a 23c. Prioling Cloths p\ higher, with sales on a basia of Of a ** e. for 60 to 64. Prints are + a lo. big than laet fall, ranging from 7^ to lie boa The new atylea of thwieadiri? printers I that at a bout 10 a*tOic. I-iwns will np*n .. the to 20c., according to make. I).- l.niru* opening at 17 to 29c. K " Am JAIL DELIVERY. riff, There was a Jail delivery in this place hat i on the 13lh nit. The suid James Pinole [Hie 1 nev Muggins, who was convicted of killing ? tir|- (J. W. Culp, having l>eon confined for the rc'^ longlh of time required by tho conditions | n,,c i of his purdon, wis released from confine^ * lueiit on that day. lie is now at largo I and we believe has left the State, in coniint _ _ _ / ?,i. fonnitv with another of said conditions.? r? up. d ins leaves tlio white prisoner s part of our .? Jail entirely empty, as wo wore informed nts bv Sheriff L:.Hey the other day. Wo bent, ' lieve tii.it the only boarder now staying at the "leg brick hou>e" is a runaway no''u* gro, and if the jwner takes the /hi^r* his ^ chances of remaining long are very eliin. I ac\ ? , , Mow many ??r out cotcuiporanoi are there ] ' that can sav tho saino thing ? " We I no- | pR,1,e for a reply." j u Since the above was written the said A to hoarder has l?ccn taken away.? Chester fee, j Standard. or" I lit reply to our neighbor's query, we can "P say that there is not an inhabitant, cither Jon white or biack, of the "big brick house* ",u at this place ; nor lias there been for the last month. It gives us pleasure to record " "?* this fact, which unquestionably speaks well cn* for the morals of a District. <P ft i t o t' s <T n b I r. i [j I Bh _ 1 ^ ' Love After Marriage. hi A work with the above title is now in rc ceil Press, by the well known Publisher, T. 11 II jj* J Peterson, written by the celebrated An I ((j-1 thoress Mrs. (Caroline Leo llentz. Mrs. {1 11CH | 11 cut 7. was one of the moat popular lady *' writers in America,nod her work# deserve IT s,n* in an eminent degree, tlie high encomiums (; n%~ bestowed upon them. An edition of this (| tl>c work will be issued ou Saturday 31*t inst., 'i* hat nnd by remitting to the Publisher $1 35. a 1 ;t 'he | copy, elegantly bound in cloth, will i?? sent hi iiir> to any part of the United States free of I r< posUge ; or a ropy jn paper cover for ?1 00 v< ',al Address T. II. Peterson, No. 103, Cbcsnut i he IH'-V Street, Philadelphia. the pi un. Arthurs Home Magazine. g< iota The Fehuury number is before us. It re- eonlnins twenty illustrations, including .or Sl< el Kngraving, mid a Fashion Piute colleer ored w ill) ? banning etleci. Its reading ^ Mr, matter is not surpassed by any of the high- ^ eri- er priced lungsftne*. Tei uu #2 00, a year; iesl or *43 where four jersoi.s lake it in a of club together. Published bj T. S. Arthur A. Co , Philadelphia. j M ,il0 ~ . tH , |t Due West Telescope. sof T,i" nhlj conducted Journal, the organ of! the Associate Refoinien Cliureh. has come to us lately in a uim h enlarged and improv- !*' ed form. It deservesn zealous support, not only IVuin its immediate ( IiiitcIi, but from ,,f nil denominations. To us, it is invaluable i 'as- . as au exchange. Ci (Jj tir- Southern Cultivator- j1 *? The Sourhem Cultivator, published in ! A I "I" Augusta, (ja., at the low price of one dollar is itcd |.fr annum, is one of the best Agricultural ni "'h Journals that we know of. It is uf large ralf size, and filled with a variety of useful mat- " ' h' icr. An article from it 'Work tor the 1,1 1") j Month,' will be found on our fourth page. ; An Act l For the lit Utr Fstubl'ih mcnt <>f a GUitrtd System of li>y est ration of Iiirths, ndm Alarriuyrt and Feat Its, in the State of ['ho iioutlt Carolina. pe- Sec. 1. lie it enacted by the Senate pii- an*l House oj Hjpmentuiivet, now nu t ' u!). | and sitting in General Assembly, and by lJk , the authority of the tame. That (rem ' j | and all or the passing of i li i> Act. it shall j | be the duty of lli? lax Collector* of ibe I l,?' j different Uitiricit and l'<*r;*liei of this : : State, to require of the inhabitant* of the In h'd ! iHid l>istticl* and l'arisbct, at the lime of hat j making the general tax return*, a sepa th inn | rale return staling llie number of %vhi(o*, C iug malt and female, who have died during *< to | the year in their respective households, e? |>y | an<l the (lumber ot blacks who have been ich horn, <J/ * ho H?vv died during the same k? period, nnd rotftrn the came to the Comp-! troller General : and in each ca*>e in which in the Tax Collector neglect* his duty, he p< >. shall, be lined five dollars, and the citizen 7th refusing charge.! five percent, on hi* gen- t? t|ia ' eral tax. lii jn I Sec 2. That one Registrar shall l?e ap ; , i pointod by the Governor, whose duty it al | shall lie to receive from the respective offi- 1 ll i ces of the comptroller General, in Charles- ! n*' ! ion and Columbia, the returns of the Tax In Pvr Collector*. and make and publish a full in oat report of the same annually, tiling a copy ler- of his report in the Comptioller General'* ao* j office, Ik>iIi in Charleston and Columbia. Sec. 3. That in order to ascertain a* red accurately a* possible the number of birth a c( iel. ' marriage* and ih-a'lis of the non taipay jj une while*, it *hall be the duty of the Tax ; Collector to ascertain from the magistrates 1 ... , , , , , i In j physician* and minister* of the gospel, of j u the dtferent l>i*tricl* and 1'artshe*, the i number of hirtbs, marriage* and deaths ^,,r" dial have taken place among the person* I-? within their jurisdiction, or thonging to j ei Oft their congregation* respectively ; aui it' . shall l?e the duty of the Registrar to draw c inn out a proper form of registration for the Tax Collect*r* of the different Ihslricts ^ to0 and Parish**, and fof the use of the mag- I In wrate# hiki minimer* of i?\e tioepel, of the | c' nid l>i?trict* and Pariahe*. | *1 1IU* Sec. 4. That llie said Registrar shall rew* ceive annually the tuin of four hundred { c' '!**" dollan for hi* services. j 111 Sec. S. That the Tax Collector* shall j ^ cka |>e entitled to retain out of the taxes col- P" lar, lected by them, three cent* for the entry \ of each birth, death or marriage required i 51 lrd. by this Act., jtl yv.< In the Senate Moure, ".he twentieth day of * are I'ecembcr, in the year ofotr l?rd one ,, thousand eight hundred and fifty six, w ' and ill the eighty hrat ye ?r <?f the bot ,rr eretgn ty and indedcndence of the Ur.i !* ted State* of America. " S. ' I? JAMMS CHRSNUT, Jr. ol i llj l*f??dent of the Senate. w are JAMKS SIMONS, h Speaker of the Ilonae o? Representatives (T Dlfguijiljif. |-j LATER FROM EUROPE. O^O iiea ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER j ing City of Washington. o(:)o Tl? HOSTILITIES CIIH V. oft ( ) ANTON TAKEN BY THE BRITISH l"" r? UJ DIFFICULTIES UNSETTLED BETWEEN 1 T!I PRUSSIA AND SWITZERLAND. ] ?(0? | ? I* I'OIXTM EXT OF A MIMSTER TO THIS COVKTRY. 1 k (- S ? ? I, ADVANCE IX COTTON. j.! Vj' cd i Mkw York, Jan. IV, 185V. njC( The British Steamship City of Wa*h- Q tglon, Caplain VYylie, has arrived at tliis ^ orl, with dates from Liverpool to the 31st !t' d Oeueral Intelligence. w.,l( A collision ooettrred at Canton, owing ? tlie seizure of twelve British seamen 011 ie lloogly Kiver. The British Consul in rferred in the matter, but was insulted, ml threatened with violence: ami when con nnonstraiing with the Ciiincse Govern- W'M lent, was treated with Contempt. dim I lostiiliiie* commenced on the'24th of "ol etobcr. The forts a. Canton were taken '| n l several were destioyed. mnr Later adv cc state that the bomhnrd- t tent of Canton commenced on the '27th ( ctoher. All the forts woie c?pit'red and . intr ie oainato proportv was immense? c he British carried the place after breach- J ? f ig the walls, w ith the loss of three killed , "** ml twelve wounded. The Chinese ha?l Kio1 ijeeted all offer* of conciliation up to No n?w amber 4th. The foreign factories ha<l and r-en vacated and bukiuc&s was paralyzed, derl Prussia and Switzerland continue their . reparations for war; but recent intolii j? ence was favorable to an abatement of ( russia's demands. Austria strongly pro ^ ists against the war; an I Wurtemberg "n* iiiei'iH tn tl><? i.fnt.mu ,\( Phi..!.!. and V - r~?? > ' 'I'" rcr her territory. The Swiss lhet Iih?1 ""I ?en convoked, and the President iuhJo a dim arlil.c speech, in which he asked permis vulj on to contract a loan of thirty millions. it n Annv English Minister will probably , \V|; rrivo in Wiisliinqton hsforc tho 4 th (aC| fur. 1*. IIis name lias uoi been allowed nle i transpire. Commercial Intelligence- pop Liverpool. Cotton Market.?Cotton |1M? lvanced under the Arabia's news 1 3d. u? u i the Fair and Middling qualities. The |j?| ilea fin two dnya comprised 30,000 hales, ^ ' which exporters and speculators took / w 1,000. Tho market closed firm. Some ^ ^ rculars quote an advance of 1 4<I. Mid- c ing Orleans was quoted at 7 3 8d , and a" pland at 7 1 2d. Uichnrdson, Spence *re C>>. say that the advance for the week dies 14 1. in the Kail and Middling qualities, old id 1 Bd in tho lower. lliei LIVERPOOL ltllKAUsTl'VKH MARKET. caUl older* of Wheat demanded an advance UIO( prices. Flour was quiet and steady. p,p kill atel ,ATKR FROM NICARAGUA. ? /js catc HIGHLY IMPORTANT NEWS. ,ub ^ Wc Interference of the English Fljet. 1 (Jm ^-k. __ fiiCt nnrwAni I oc Waller lteiiifbrced. N MV ORI.EAK8, Jan. 10. The steamship Texas from Sin Jumu, is just arrived at litis port. The Pursuer reports that the English ?*l have assumed the protection ?>| the ? oala Iticans, against Walker, and had ',a8 ized everv ve**ul on tho Shu Juan riv- J!*}" Coll ' t > Buti Col. IyOekridge, with 250 men, had ta- Uee n |itM<MHion of 1'unla Arenas. Bac The force of thu Costa Kicaos arc esli- 4*** isted at 1000. They held every other >int on the river except 1'unta Arenas. jjorl Gen. llunningeon had assaulted and re- chit ikeu Grenada, signally defeating tin alN, and joined Gen. Walker. JJJ^J (ion. WKl'ier's army are in good spirits, jror though they had hcen fighting among Lsn lemselves. Lea The steamship James Adger took out er passengers, and lande?l llicm at Aspwall. o? Congressional. _ Foe W AstitKOTON, Jan. 10, 1857. Rfe< The Senate has poetp >ned the further | Sag tttside ration of the Revolutionary Pension I ill till the next Session. The House has ! nuirej III 1110 COHSIUera I Xl* on of privalo bill* : Tall Sudden Illness of Mr. Giddings. ^ Washington, Jan. 17, 1857. No business of importance n?i done in liter brunch. In the House, Mr. Guiding*, of Ohio, 11 insensible while spending. '{ WAMUixvtTOX, Jan. 14, 1857. dull be Legislature of Mi*souri yesterday UP? iad? choice of James S GrreiL ** Uuited Slates Hennyjfc. fa th? ?ort teriu. T* The lliglit Hon. Mr. Yi&ive has darned ihe embus*) of ti.e (IWlMl C lent to this country, h is 4ai?l liWevnat ord Klgiu is the inott likely to be ap prW wnted. ratf The Senate has pasted the residue pen- of a on claims as passed by the House,ex< ept but ?c interest. The appropriation made is c?n, 180.000. n*1' The business of the House it unitnporll''* and Baaious Accu>*KTS*--We learn that oq atnrday a negro of Mr. John Cath< art, ( f this place, fell Irswu a wagon which he (,hm as loading with cotton bags, and broke Ort is neck, causing immediate death. er's [ VTiaaatore lfaiiHr. J asai iOMKTllIMI NoVKL. A fr'Jg HUpjaT > given in Boston or. Tliundiy evening . *>7 a distingtmdied Am viroul, to a friends. Tiic Times says the "khiiic" i ot his osii procuring, and of ?lio right il?having a pond manor of the same r Chelsea. The frog business is becom one of importance, and the Times rs that as many ns 1,000 fat green cs are procured a day, l>y good rporisi. They sell for $2,50 p< r hundred ; 1 when they become better known as .i le <h Henry, they will coinmanil a slid her price. No taste has to be euliivato eiij o them, when properly cooked. ? time uill come when the quotations tie frog market will be considered as n'.ial as those of the Brighton or Ontn* I go cattle market. E RKtilNNlNG OF THE END.?THE IJF.ATII KNEIJ.OF QUACKERY, t Mi, blessed health !" exclaims Sttme, h ihou w ho en largest t h soul and opent nil its powers to receive ins-ruction nnd rc'is'.i virtue. lie that has thoo ha* lit' e -|m?! to wlih for ; he that is so wretch ns o want thee, vvnuts everything with p." The truth of this npsstrophe every > nuist acknowledge ; poor Sterne speko o erd experience. And yet, familiar as ry man in with the truth herein express, no mortal could compute the members > rnin themselves in body r.nd mind, and une by neglecting to employ the proper in. ..i i Iil r.:i_ ii? ? -i ' iruiva ? in ii ui'iinii innn. iiuw in IlllA Icet to be remedied! Tho evil has brie so consecrated by ape, thnt the man > under tikes to amend it requires no orirv linrdihood, such .1 man is Professor lloway. ""lie honest laborer in the cause of hulity finds no sadder discouragement, than tic complacent indilVorence with which t pie prefer rather to endure a long oxistevil, than to incur the trouble necessary ;et rid of it. The more rged an error become, tlio more difficult it is to rere it. Tlil* is true in an especial inaoof tho art of healing, an it was known practised before the advent of this wonful genius w hose mission tins been to reibli-.li the treatment of human ailments rational way. Lie by one the venerable abuses that e disgraced the past are disappearing, among the res , the errors that have <t into medical practice have got their nUsioii papers, and are ob'iged, to use * jar phruzc, " to cut and run " Where, nay be asked, rro the proofs ! Proof* I iy, there is one great, patent, palpable , w hich has been staring the world in face for the last twenty yea.s, and work* its way through popular prejudice into ulur favor with a success which ia the t unquestionable evidence of its power 1 proof. Tho medicines of Professor downy havo been silently but powerful Meeting n change iu the science of phy*? liicli the world itself has begun to wonsit. It well known that the causes of disease* and sufferings to which people abject arc very few, although their intion* utay be numerously varied. The plan of curing diseases wan by affecting r results without affecting their primary tea. 1'rofcssor ilolloway initiated a new ic of treatment by the discovery of his sand Ointment, which, whilst imuiediy grappling with the ultinuite symptoms :h also to the sc^t of d'?cas? and erndii the first causes, thus destroying all sequent liability to similar affections.? do not mean to praise these Pills and fluent. We confine ouiselvcsto stating s, and are perfectly satisfied that no eup is needed. They speak for themselves. l>Ue R*k ii'.er. , I INCASTER PRICES CURRENT. CORRECTED WEEKLY THOMAS ft. MAGILLr ?jan'i . ging bunny per yd 2k to I ltope, per I'd I-J U? 14 ton Rope, per lb 22 to '2k ter, 12 1-2 to I* f, 4 ts ? on, IIog Round, 14 ts lk twrai, 18 ts 20 dies. Ad. par lb. 87 to 40 eo, Kio, 14 to lk a, Vb to Vk :ken*, per pair 2U to 2k a, per do* 12 ir, per bl 7.k0 to k.OO dec, per cwt 42 76 i, per pound k 8-4 to 4 1-4 J, per lb 12 1-2 to 14 d, pei lb 12 1-t ssses, N. 0. per gsl 8k to t?o s, cut, per keg 4 to 4.40 i, per bushel 87 to 40 sbui gs, per ysid, heavy 12 to 14 ttocs, Northern per bushel 4 stocs, Country p#r bushel kO to 74 pder, per lb 87 A t per bushel 4.40 to 4.00. ttr, i?. u. per it> IS '.-'2 to 14 ar, Cru?h?<J, pet lb 11 lo It % , per eack S.OO I, caet, per lb. 22 to ?ft Ilysofi, per lb 100 to 1 St ow, pet lb (scarce) 11 to 12 | i egar, per gaL 40 to b?; u, per bunch, ! to 1.90 THE MARKBTS. Colonei e Jan 16. _ lie cotton market to-day waa ra.'aer I, although the article era* freely pressed 0 the market under decline ef fe. The >unt sold wm about '274 bags, and y light II to I'if eta. Huyora were rfie i-d to hold oil", awaiting later advict-a n Europe. Charleston Jon. 16. Kir Cotton market has been depressed drooping for the pnot few day*, ano l1 ?a liav a been very irregular. Some epe?ra will not pnrchaso unless St a deeliso 1 full 4 <enl on last Week'a prices, while "U few holder* are wltliog to make such cessions, and heooe the srmeeuusnl stagion of buaitioss. Yesterdcy the trau*a<ta amounted to 61*2 bales at f a i cent line oti lb a closing prices of last we?k, at extremes of II 11-16 and lif eents ? pound. . Naw York J >n. 17. 'otton is steady, and S000 balas have ft ngrd hnuda at I3I< per lb., for .Middling aj aue.^nU lUfc for Uplands, 'i'be stc.un- M nowu wsa rssofesd loo late to affect the ket *