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illli LAiVll.iVlhti LLlli.hll. (>3.'0 P;tbli*hedevery Wednes 'ay Morning BV W. M. CONNORS | KU110K AND I'UOl'KtE'i OH. O.^O T K li M S: In advance, (2.00 At the cx)<iiiU:ou t?f Six Months, --- 2.60 At the end of the Year, - 3.UC adyi:ktl>i:mknts Will be uifcitol :it the following low rates: Own si^'iarc (of 10 liner or less,)oneinsertion, Vl ; or, i: combated, 76 cents lor the tii.-t insert.or., and .V rent* lui each Mibsctjuctit niser kin. ka?" See Fourth Page foi deductions in rorol standing ndvei tisciiici.ts. Tin- number ot inset ttoi.K niu.-t he written on Mch -ulvt*?itsemeut, or they will he inserted til! i jrdeivJ out and elnu^ed tucon'.ingty. AS ACT it! At.TK.lt AND A.UKSD II1S KOt'ltTII SKCMoN OK AN ACT KN Illt.LU " AN ACT COSOKUN1NO T 11K oKFICK AMI Ol'TIKS uK Ol.jIN.tltV " KATIKIi DTIIKTWUNTT Kilt St D.\Y OK DKCbMttKli IN TIIU VIIA It O K Of It ; 10I'D ONK TH:il'S A N D I.It. Il l llCNDUKIi AND THlttTY-NlNK. 1. lie it evaded by the Senate and JI<'Uae <>/ Bcjiresev to lives, vow met and withy hi Gnu re I .l.v.o mhly, and by the authority of the same, that tiie lour.It sec '.ion <>| nil net eiitilied "An A el cotieein in;.' the office ami .inpis <?f ordinary, rati lied 1 lie twenty tiisl day of 1 h-eon her in j the Milt! 1 I t 1.1 it* tie tl 1 t i: 1 t! 1 j. I 1 ! Initiilri 1) 'Hie! thiitv nine, he so tillered ami ! niimmU'.l -ix to rend as li.Iluus ; \\ lien lie deceased l.ns It*It a will in writing 1 will . tU liavirtg appointed tne, such exec- ] ut. r shall have tlejmrtetl 'Ins life without \ liming qualified thereon, or l?-iiig aliv I shall have reillseil to qlUtlilV, it sliitll he | the dutv of tin! Ordinary in \vl tist* office I such v. ill shall have hern |>rn\e.l. tti grant | iellcs td ad jr. in 1st 1 ;it t it, with the will I ntilieXc'l, In such persons as would linve i la-eii eutilf.l tlieielti if the deceased had '. tlietl iii!t?tii!e : Proeided, sueli |.ersi j sj.atl la!;.- ill"* ust. j esOiit or expectant, timUr si ili will, tqiia! 111 value to the tlis ; tiiliu'"i 0 share-'.t? wl.teh lln-v would 1 avo ' I cell entitled hie! the t!(-eea: t-1 < 1 ? <I intes 1 late. Ami ill case in. "tie of the .listrih | litres at law t>( sticli deceased shn'l take j ait inteiesl, umler such will, equal in xal 1 lie to the interest lie would have taken if' the deceased had died intestate, then to sm h jietsons ns shall have iho greatt >t in teiesl in sustaining such will, in tl.e order ot p.Mir inlet 1 sis. Ami in ease no person taking inteie-ls umh r such will sha'l np ply within ihn e im.nihs after the death of the testator. then to the greatest cr.di- J tor or creditors ; and in default of stu li j applying, t|o*n t>? such other persons as may ; pj?Iy tJic-r. f >r. In the Senate House, the twentieth day of I")e<vmher, in the year of our I.??rd one tlmn.taml eight I undred and fifty six. nnd in (lie eighty liist venr of the sovereign t\ and independence of the United Slates of America. JAMKS CIIKSM T. .Ir T'ivsMi in of tlic Senate. JAMES SIMONS. Speaker rf tlit ilnti-e of Representatives. An Act to Bcquire Sheriffs to Oive Notice of Money Collected by Them 1. lie it enact d by the Sen at. ami I House of KcpreM'titHlivvs, now met am! silling 'ii the General Assembly, end b\ the authority of tin* same,That it shall he the duty of tl.e Sheriff of every disfiet in this slate, ?>n the receipt of an\ inonev in his ofticq on account of any plaintiff in execution, or other person entitle.1 thereto, within one month to give mot ice, in i writing, of the s into, to such l'.nintilf, ??r I his attorney, or other per>nq entitled to the same, by personal nerviee, or through the post ?-dice: Prodded, the plaintiff, or his attor lev, or other person so entitled to tlia h oney as aforesaid, shall endorse, on the execution, to wlmin and where such notice siiail he given; and on failure of aiit such Sheriff to do so, he shall be subject to all tl.e liabilities imposed by an act I entitled "an act to amend the law in re t lull .1, In Stl?,i(T. " inii 1 it... ...I. MVMwn %w y< ii?t- ? It'l'lll II day of December, Anim Domini .me thou nind ei'gbt bundled an I forty .six ; and for which notice the Slier.if shrill he entitled to retain twenty-five emits in each r ise. In the Senate 1 l<iits-?, ihe t vveiitieth .lay of December, in the tear of ouj Lord one thousand eiehl hundred and fifty six, and in the eijjhty first year of the sovereignty and independence ;>f the United Stales of America. JAMKSCIILSNUT. Jr., I'resldtfM of the Senate. ,1A MI'S SIMONS, Speaker ?,f Hou-e ot le-po ?vnicc. An Act to Authorise the Colleotion of Interest on Judgments. 1. Jie it encrhd by the Semite nnii J finite of Representative*, now met ami tit ti no m (ternml Aattmbly, and by the mi tlionty of the tome. That in all case* Where any judgment exclusive of cost jsImII hear interest from the date of such judgment. aft I that the collection of such interest may tc enforced by exeeuiion, in the same manner as now provided hy law for tho collection of interest. In the Senate House, the twentieth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thouaxiitl eijjht ItiiikJre.I and fifty six. and in the eightv Urn year of thesov?r?-iifnt v an I iii'lfpwIeitM of I lie l*nited .Slate* of Amcren J A VI MS 1,11KSN L'T, Jr., President of lSenate. JAMES SIMONS, Speaker of tlift IJoii.hu of K< preventatives. Coronera Inquest Coroner Miller vaster. I ay held an inqtiwl overtlie body of Harriet., a servant of Mm. Jnil^e Harper, wlto died autMenly on I lie ni^r.l before. She had been loiitf in ill health, ami suffered from asthma. A |>ost mortem examination f?v Dr. R. W (i'tde*, jr, jjtve evidence of disease o. the heart, which whs enormously enr . * i u, < orered With fat, mid am rounded o, ' .e: i I'll. i|o jM-r.ijir.limi or int??f II i''if b"?- Verdict?Died of disunite of the 11 j.yn>t? Stmnth Cumtiwnn. * t -mS ?. Exemption from Militia Duty T1 10 following is an not passed at the Tl ate session of tlie Legislature, exempting Care I'm !ti tlie peilbrumtics ?>i ordinary militia to tti hit v nlier ecrlniti \ ears of service. jn,r | Soo. 1. lie it enacted by the Senate , M.|IH and linage of Jtsyrescntatire.t, note nut jj j. and sit tiny in General Axsenddy, and by J the authority of the fame, 'I lint nil per- 1? J wm.s who shall sorve as inoniborsoC any of *" the volunteer companies of the State of j '' South Carolina for the lemi of fourteen j 'cite wars consecutively, shall he thereafterexempt fiom the pcrfirn mice of ordinary | militia duty. | See. ll.'l hat all acts ami parts of acts I ' repugnant totliis act l?eati?l the same are ^ ^'''u hereby rt pealed. I '"l 1 ' last l (TIjr Xriujn-. p" LAACAS1EKVILLE, S C. mail ! route WEDNESDAY MOItMNC, JAN 28. 1857. i u After this issue of our paper, we the j, expect to be absent from our post for a short j 1|,tine.?perhaps two or three v eeks. This i point is the tirst time that we liave trespassed in j ..-j this wav, and we doubt not. that most ??f 1 Moinc our readers will allow th: t we need n little . |^.,lu. recreation; besides, the demands of busi- i n,..,, :ess. in part eonneeted witli the paper, call I ,n ( | us away. We will ctulenrvor, however, to Unee make such arrangements before w e leave, j. . ( It, .I tw.ll.i in i? i ? * i - 1 o - "> ""r ?o?c?ce. I Persons having busiiu hh in the (Mice, J |j* may Irama.'t it with our l'onmin, Kir. T. jj j S. Kiddle, who witl act for us. 'J hose, especially, \!??? wi-li to pay in money,"\v ill w ou| l>c cheerfully accommodated. Mr. Kiddle I tiixi** will receipt for ti*. I Utf |t ~I caste We make oj? this number of our p p." | 11,t. }? with some liilbciilt v, im iirir to the intensclv I . . way cold weather which hnx prevailed, and the (j0||j, consequent detention of the mails from va- tj .r?, rious quarters. The weather, the past ^ week, is said here to have been the i oldest , , I jane we have had since 3.'j, and this agrees wiili i . ' ? r hour statements received Iroiu I'liarlcston until .. mail other places. .. 1 math ! ^ Our immediate Kcprcscntalive, the Hon I John McQueen, will accept our thanks f, r ] favors re?cited. I" r!l _ ^ rirr I AC IS. w?' Several of the Acts passed at the recent I * session of the legislature, will be found in t'"' '' our paper to-day. We select sueli as are of j "ne * gvnerul interest. I t'"n'1 ? , ? . has i RELIGIOUS NOTICE. | Tl We are requested to State llmt the Rev. j conti Robert Brice, will preach at Perry'a Church, ! '* M near I<aiicanter\i!le on the lir.?t S.bb.ith in J tenth February. I to b* MELANCHOLY DEATH J Sl"'d It it not often that death under eireum- I' statues similar to the following, occurs in ' a Southern elimnte. Dr. Ilatris, of Cabarrus l.t N. C , father-in-law of out fellow townsman, I 2, !' M. I', (-'rawford, K><] , was found frozen At to death on Tuesday, morning of the :20th by (> inst., It appears, that nt about 11 o'clock | I f on Monday night, he left a gentleman's j I?. M house, by name Krvin, where'he had been Ai transacting some business, to go to a Mr. 10, 1 Bradford's about two miles distant ; and It w hile on bis way, it appears that he got from W his horse for some purpose?perhaps to j but r pick lip his pipe, which he had lighted, and ached which it stems he droped. and in the effort the J to recover it, his horse got loose from him. re pre It was ascertained by tracks through the snow, that he followed his horse for some distance, and wandered from the main toad , q(( and when he final y gave up the pursuit as , fruitless, and started for .Mr Bradford* upon house, he lost his way. The night was ol.|j( dark,mi and will be remembered by all,it was ni?|,t intensely cold?the snow was three feet aj,ou( deep ! IK- perhaps wandered for several name miles, in a circle, near .Mr. Bradford* house, . , , 1 that t and finally died from extreme cold and ex- | ' 1 met ii haustion, when within one hundred yards of I ^ ^ it. Dr. Harris was about fifty years of age; I . was an aniiabU, highly respceled and exem- ' uj".m Plar> m:,n- spruit A NEW HOTEL. ^.'d. A short time sinee, tlie Sign for the old (i(j |t) Catawba House was torn down, and some ^ apprehension was manifested, tli.it there . I ut'CU would In- no regularly kepi Hotel in I^hicaiu jjnj ter the present year. We arc glnd, howev- ' j| c er, to bo able to ??y to triinaienl visitors and j to the traveling community,tbnt no uneuai- i i.e#? need be fell Upon the scsre of proper accommodation!! at this place, ait Mr. A. J. '^(> lieIdoii i? preparing and tilling np fora Ho* ltd, the hou?< occupied m such f??r several fol'ox year* by Mr. A. Mayer, and lastly by Mo?s.? Lven lt.ilb.rd & Hunter. Mr. Iteldon is adinira- "A blv huited to the vocation, and wo x en t lire had f thut he will be found a pleasant and hoa- while pliable boat. The h<-nae is undergoing a admit thorough renovation, and wlu-n ready for then the reception of cuatomers, Mr. B. will unble douhtleMH give fair notice thereof through mone the lwdger. n xxft ??Home A FAILURE. Uo An Election for Sheriff of ioiurcna Din. nnd v trict, held on Iho IJtli inst., hi* buen do- on tli dared void by the Hoard of Malingers, owing guard to n number of illegal votes having iwen of lh dmiti.d. It \vm? ascertained ili.it 27 ill*?- ' amph h?* ? ot. s h .d been polled, and the vole a j the .. received by the two highest candidates i follov itood?761?737 invMi A NOBLE PRIiSEN l\ lie Senior Class of IS.').} of the South ilinn College, have formally presented ? le llev. Dr. Tliornwcll, the tlien rctir- | I 'resident of the College, ? uiost choice i tion of literary Work*, as a token of t ' regard and of their high appreciation > is invaluable teachings. Forty Volumes t I, elegantly houi.d in calf, with the name t le receiver stamped upon thcui in gold t rs. ; I SALES OF NEGROES. ne negroes belonging to the Estate of ' >s A. Culp, doe'd. rather an ordinary I w e are informed, were sold on Friday j for $t>.I'Jb, being itn average of $714. ' . The iiges ranged from t to 48 years. ! SCARLET FEVER. , lis fearful disease is said to be prevail- : | I; iis uiost fatal form, making sad havoc | >nie of the Northcru Cities. It is ren- t i more serious by the intensely eold | her, which h;is lately prevailed. A CORRECTION. ! 1 io las' issue of the Camden J< urnal con- j , r.n article under the head of Mail j c iingeincnts, w hicli we feel called upon i* tioe, in justice to parties in this Dis- | So far as the Journal's remarks are t ral, we quite agree with him, ns our t1 facilities are unquestionably bad?the ' s are eitliri ly too few, and, s<>ins* ol perhaps, are badly carried out and eon- j d. lint, in one ease at least, where ? urnal particularizes, he falls into error. ' mentions a route starting fioui this ? in this wise : 'here is another route w hich has been time established,?route No. (>u84 from aster C. II.. by Flint Ridge, Hickory 1, Jefferson, I'inc Tree and MI. Crogluin | 1 licstorlicld <*. II., miles, :in 1 back I a-weck. I-cave l-nncastcr (Ml. Tharsvt 4 A. M.. arrive at Clicaterliuld ('. II , i day by 10 l\ M., &e. llie above schedule was carried out to j ellcr, the people on the line *.> 1" this ( between lau.caster and Cli? sleificUl I d have pretty good mail nccominod.w once c\ cry week ; as it is however, | aril that the mail carrier leaves I-an- t r on Wednesday evening just Veforc v Stage unices from Camden, and in this !' one of the objects contemplated, no t, in establishing litis route, is entirely t ted, for all mail matter for that region n d by Ibis weekly mail must lie over at j v aster one week longer, \\ hen r. few ( s delay in starting, on the part of the ? carrier, o ould furnish them with their fi i. I r ? v * * j V'c think that a grievous wrong is per- t ited upon the public by the mail car civiiig before the schedule time, and do not believe that the eoinmuniiy j . Id be inconvenienced to this extent, for | n mrpose of soiling the cuin eiiience of i ) uun. Theic i* the law, nn?l if tlie mail ) actor cannot fulfil itH provision", he j !o business to un tier lake the contract." j ic above rt-fleet*, not only upon tlie i ' ao'.or, Maj. Kundci but k, but upon tlie } ..tit'this place, who has the snperin* i *' nee of this route, and who is known I v prompt ami scrupulously exact in I !l . rs of thi< sort. He has shown us the ule for Route. No. '.081, signed by " roper authority, bearing date, December ' 8j5, and is pri cisely us follows: :ave I-anc.ister h. II, Wednesday at j 1 M> c , 'I cillvf. at ('lu-ktcrficid C. 11 , next day l\ M. ! '' *\r. Chesterfield ('. II.. Kiiday, at 5 * SI titlvK at lauieaster <'. II , next day, hv ' V M. ' " will he seen, therefore, that in leaving . i t< "ednestl.tv evening, the contractor is . arryinjj out the schedule time. The ^ Itil*i time was formerly, as stated by oiirnal, but it has been arranged, as " senh tl t?y us, sineo December '55. n /? FATAL AFFRAY. *(i Thursday morning last, says the Cam- 1 I, Journal, Coroner Del lay was called j V to hold an Inquest over the body of h T. Kvans, who had been shot the before at the house of Mary BoWen, n t eight miles from Camden, by a man (. .1 Closley Boatw right. It appears I1 ho deceased and several other person* ' ii it Mrs Dowcn's, ami among the mini | rt a: M.i.-.tw light. They hail been drink' j o nd dancing, and when the party broke J o d were about separating, a difficulty j ig up between Kvans and Iloatwriglit, j o i led to harsh words, and terminated in w ?ath of Kvans. We do not feel inclin- | fi go into details, or to eominent upon ! a liockincr occurrence. llmitvvrhrht hns ? committed to Jail to await hi* trial, n ? Jury of the country will adjudicate f MO. v ROBBERIES bberries arc snid to be of very fre? v L occurrence now in Charleston. The n vinif is from a late number of the ing A'ews- 'I gentleman residing in Tradd street, 1 d* house entered on Saturday night, he whh fr?m h<>me, by a robber, who ilstcrcd chloroform to his wife, and ^ proceeded to search the house for val. s. lie failed, however, to find any ^ y, and hi* operations were confined to ^ rdrobc, where he helped himself to valuable articles of clothing, bhe.ricsare now of nightly occurrence# (i ve would again warn our citizen* to be (| e alert, nnd use every precaution to I their premise* against limine tirsion* ese nocturnal marauders. A few ex s would have a tendency to vliuoJt t mussmi nt, by convincing those who d v it, that it i* an unsafe auvl piccarious a Iment. d EXTRAORDINARY FEAT. Not the least interesting portion of mi iditors duties, is that of reading his business correspondence. 'It i" an endless vaietv, varying in length from two lines, to wo or three sheets of foolscap. Mnllv, ifter despatching their business, mid u good leal inore.no! at all relevant to the hrsi mater in hand, but often interesting, nnd some* iines amusing. It is natural, with us. at cisure moments, to take these lines.dated u rhaps in Mississippi, Texas, California >i Florida, as a guide, and manufacture a jersonage,and imagine it to boa lac simile of he w rder. Taking the hand-write, style, dieion, all togeihur, some idea may he formid?nil incorrect one it may he ; but no natter. Occasionally we meet with an riginal, such as we are about to instance. \ gentleman writing from Florida, among itlier things, tells us the following talc.? He was formerly of Lancaster, and evidenty intends that his friends In re shall have he benefit of Ids wondrous inforiiiation.? lie shall he gratified. Mr Editor :?I have read mhiic wonder* ! 'ill tilings in your paper, suelt as the advertores of the Senators and Son, the Fight with i lie Grisly bear,** together with other great j xploits. Rut I think I can tell of a eirumstinee wliicd happened here in Florida, | hat will come up to any of these. On the night of the -hd of December | ast. a toting man stated that lie hail in go 0 Virginia that night , thuv thought him lerauged. ALoul 7 o'clock lie stalled. h\ I '1 o'clock lie was there and by 7 o'. j Jock, the next morning, he was hack in j v Florida, for breakfast Some doubted | >ut he produced such indisputable evidence j >f the fact, that the most incredulous Were : loiuid to believe. A Fl.OR I III AN. To tlic bottom of this, is a little note, vherein ho explains to us how this extrairdinnry feat was performed, and m ikes ii piite easy after all ; but enjoins upon us. j 1 ill \C?> keen Ihi* li .lt t.i imp... I' ?t..t In otherwise would bo tin unpardonable jrcaeli of confidence, \vo must lain comply * itli I.in mandate. S-tf- W boil till.ill wo boar from you i? .*:?iri , lend ? May be you tan toll us a good ixh story or two; of a bout with tlio Indians, ir of an Alligator hunt ? Anything hi that ino * ill bo appreciated. "Mr. latiiToi; :?I hiivo g"t soiactl ing l<? { oil yon and a request to make of vo.i, but | ihi must never bioatli our miti-i to a hv ; n? soul a* long as you live. Several y o.mg i allies liot very far oll.haxo foriuod ourselves J nto a club for various purposes ; anil I am | ho one who is to te I urn about it, but i niml it tiuisi go no farther. Fits I then :? > ve arc to sew and make things for the ' leedy. Each girl is to dMiihiiic her ovvu i vork, but nobody is over to know an, thing I I.out it. Then wo ate to read books, ami j five our opinion to one another as we I ead along; and the next tune vv? meet, our j pinions arc lobe written, and must be read. i think its a ;;<?d idea ; don't you ? And lien in the spring we are to eveieise on | lorsebaek as often as we Villi. At our last ; Heeling wc agreed that once ill awhile *e ! vonld w rite sotiietliing to put in y our paler. if we ean write aiiv thing good enough, | md I was appointed to write to you, to ask run if you will publish our phves. Will 1 ruu Jlr C ! Respect fail v. rosi:. , IV S. None "f I In* girls are twenty years , Id yet and I am the youngest." Accept our tliani s Mi*? Rosa, for your otiiidenee. Voiir secret shall be kept in* t ariahly. The idea is certainly a good one; i nd the lirit object liielitioiied, of vourl club" is most noble. In all counlties there re poor people, w bo need the assi?t nee < I lieii more opu'eiit neighbors; and that yon lid your associates should have thought of his ami made an elf >rt to relieve some of heir warPs speaks well of your hearts? ' 'his is a vtry revere winter. Many poor j copse hi our lavoren country rvcn, win it tier fur fire-wood, for clothing for lluin- i elves and I heir little unri, mid perhaps f.-r read. Arc thev provided for ? Hoc you j ho can command all I he coin huts of life, hnnghl of litem ? Have you looked around i imc that jour indigent neighbors have arm fircH, and shoes rind stockings for their ttie children ? rind where they were w.mtig have you provided them ? If you have* ' xpect a reward, "for he thai gicrth lo thr nor, lendrth lo lord." If you have not one ho, lo gin now. Our word for it, the oor little children in Miss Rum's lie igh- 1 01 hood will have warm woolen >l eking*. V'lil not the young ladies iu other section* i itatu the example ? The other objects of the society are of inch importance. Vou are on the right nurse now to make your reading profitable, 'ersevere in your plan, and you will acquire formation, develop and strengthen the /atoning powers, make yourselves useful uti-ide your own house-hold and become rnaincQts and blessings to society. Don't wail until opting to begin your ul-door exvrciaia. Kxcrrine ittwh.it the .omen oi tiiitt country nrrd, to make them rst, of ail nations. It iit said that tit the Re of UO the ladies t?f the U. N. arc tar tore beautiful than (hone < f Kn^lami : but t 40 the convene it true. Thin in ri^hlally attributed to the fact that Kn^'i-h /omen, exorcise more In the open air than *cn our American nun do. Thin i* amah it of national import lice ami we shall rear to it. at n future day when we have lore h-inurc. And now Miatt Rota to answer your reneat ! Send on your "piece*"?-they ahull very one be published. Von need not rait for your turn to write a "piece"; but /rite frequently nnd it will give us pleasure o publish for you, and beside* that we will ie very thankful to you, for the chance to o ?o. You see We have published your filer. The second I'. S. we struck riff. lecuUite it would have told part of your ccrct ; but in.iatnuch as, '.ri St you nuid ou would Uiku the oaiue of Hose to w rit~ iver, we have nubatitutcd it for your real .one. No offence we hope. W. GILXORE*SIMMS, ESQ. Wo ace from n correspondence in the iharloxton papers, that this ^eotlemari is to lelivcr a rnor*t of lectures in that City at n curly day. The subject is u< t uautud iu ha correspondence. * X a V A. ^ , % a m * * SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. We acknowledged in our Inst, the reecplion from Jurist- Butler, of the report on ? the &uiitlisotiinn Institution. Ah every one t tuny not be neqnuinted with the foundation j and history of this Institution, we Copy the following in reh.t'on to it from the South ('uroliinuii. It will not ho out of place to remind our ! " renders of the history nud eharncter of this ! x institution, whieh lakes its name lioni Mr. : " ' Siuilhson, illegitimate son of the Duke of i Norlliuiuherhind, whoso futility name is p i Sinithson. He died some fourteen years a I ago, leaving his whole property, whieh I p I aiuouiiled to about five h ndred thousand ' ,, dollars, to the United States of America, ! s I Mo found, at Washington, under the ntnne 1 | of the Sm TIlso.MAN I sTiTUriOH, all eslabl lishment for the increase and diffusion of i knowledge among men." The general char, j , ueter of t..is whole provisio i became,as may I . well he imagined, verv embarrassing. The i . 1 a | legatee, a whole confederacy ; the object, ' ^ ditfiiN'on and increase of knowledge; and the beneficiary, all men. not onlv the Arm ricans ! The d onor must have had in his mind the great destiny of tlie. nited States and must have believed that at son.e future age these United States would form a fit i j focus to concentrate and radiate the beams j j of knowledge over the earth. Still, tiie . . ... A embarrassment resulting from this unlimi. j . tedi.ess, heeamo so great, and the danger i j tlial the grant woti'd he misused for parly . or jobbing purposes, was at one time felt so J severely, that we remember our Senator in . ^ Congress. Mr Preston, proposed to waive | the w lode Ivy.-vy, ruiu decline receiving the ! sum. This did not however, meet wiih the ' j views of Congress, and the Smithsonian In- j hlitulion has-been established. . j I' would take too much pice wore wet', y give :iit accurate account of llie whole plan ; i [| in>r has the whole plan, which has been |j adapted, gone into full Operation. It w II (' >ulliee for readers to learn III t at an early p period, Doctor Henry, then Professor of ^ Natural Philosophy at Princeton College, ( a gentleman who had established :> high p reputation in America and Kurope h\ most ,] important discoveries, was appointed Score- a ta i V of the I first it II t i. >11. I le ela liorated the J, plan which was ultimately adopted, and ot yy whieh tin outlines are these ; The I u?t it it- j, lion is situated at Washington, where it has || a library and laboratories ; the Institution y cat's, annually, a number of gentlemen to \j Was lington.to lecture on a variety of subje? ts, during tt.e M-??iuti if < ongrca* ; it w publishes "Contributions " No paper can t>c published w bieli does not receive the I.notable opinion, an to ita substantial worth, of a committee appointed fur the ( special paper. Several volumes, contain ny u| very important papers, have already been H published. in The Institution also assists philosophical 1,1 inquiries, too laborious or expensive for individual exertion. It is, farther, the iuterition of publishing nnir.ial'v. popular exposes of a I that has been done during the past (j( year in I he different branehes of knowledge, Ci itt such volumes as to enable eaeli person c to possess himself ol" the one he stands in ec particular need ot, u; his own and special ui I pursuit. It i- also the object of ihe Iilstitu- aj lion to aid in the pub'ication of those soli- | I" siaiitial works which are of the greatest use in the proinoliou of know ledge, mid yet do | M not eonioui'id a large sale ? works, which in ! In ivaroj e rec i\v the ;is"istance of govern- (Ji inenis which cannot be extended to tliein ct in thi? country, owing to the peculiar char- ip acter of our (jovcrnment. I w The government consists ot Trustee*, or > Regent*. of win l:i the Vice-President is al. u' ways the presiding oflieer, and of w hom the t members of the Cabinet are rj- of fir in uiein- ; her*. The Senate, as well the House of ... 1,1 Representatives of the United Stales, elect other members, and thu whole hoar.! elect additional members in the various parts of y the Unifcd States." ol AWFUL TRADEGY. ^ The following we take from a late nuni- ^> her of the Republican Banner, published at /t Salisbury N. 1 "It ippcnri) that a woman, wife of John llanncv. an Irishman, was mm>d by a negro lying in her night clulhim, in a lo-id a* lie * supposed dead lie raised the alarm and d on visiting the split, she was discovered to l? he alivo with several frightful gashes in j' her head; on going to the Ionise in whieh she lived, iihoul one hundred yards distant vv the h< dy <>f her hushand, John llaniicy " was found dead, his head aw fully mangled with all an nx< which was found by his (| side. The woman was taken to the house j, in a state of insensibility ; she died hhont H I'd o'clock. It is supposed the deed was 0 done, jnst before U iy light. A Coroner's inquest was holdover the body of llunney. p Various rumors are afloat concerning this t; awful affair; lint suspicions having fallen " on Frank Bryant, brothrr vf the murd-r'J womun, he was arrested and lodged in ourjail. '' The whole rffidri* shrouded in a mystery; ^ > but we hope the eye of vlgilence will lie kept constantly opened, and the utmost v I endeavors made to bring the perpetrator or 0 ! perpetrators to justice. |, | llnnrey was a keeper of a low grocery l ah tut a mile and a half from town, and it i. ...Li i...i..a . ..,/k u*.. ,i "* ?? ...... TO or 80 dollars wirr found in n driver, | Dili) ono drawer w?? opened, whic'l appear* " e<1 na if it had been rilled. P. H.?Hii?re the id ova waa in type we * leiirn that llryxnt wm yesterday takon l?e- ( lore Jiidjje CaldwuH on a writ of half/it cvrput, and di-?c hurled from custody.n ^ THE RIVERS AND WATER COUR 8E8. ? Wo nre infoftned.snyalho Carolina 7'cmcj M of the 24th in*t , by n gentleman w ho ar- ^ rived in this city Inat evening from Ander Kon that the Ri\er* nod the water rnnraet ' throughout the up country ore completely " locked in Ice, and the entire aurluca of lh? '' earth is covaetd with Snow and In.rf ti ?f * ADVERTISE. If you are in any sort of butanes*, make resolve thnt you will push it with all lie economy, liberality, spirit and enterwise you can muster By way of comhiing these whole four into one vigorous L ff.?rt, the best thing you can do is to take newspaper, ami send to it a good ad- Alii ertisoinent?one which will not only nake it certain that your nuniu will be con by the world, but which will also rove that you are doing a good business, . nd can afford to make it known. Peo- ; le trill patronize those whom lliev think \ redoing well, and liberal advertising is a 1 jwinj tire sign of prosperity.? Carolina Times. ! Receipts. I 1J Duncan. Feb 19 '51 j 'hos 1* Begins Aug 12 '65 i '|'li I Siuis Jan II '68 rived lichael llmton April 8 '57 ! I.nor V ?M Mc Mill Ian March 29 '57 j "alvil Be Ik June 1<> '57 ' ' "tinlhaii Wallace March 1ft '67 i isteV I 1 K R' biiison April 15 '67 I ' ' 'r.uieis McAtecr July 18 '57 'm'"s ' K (.'uskcy March 2G '57 ehuc Bailey Jan 9 '68 | n A Cunningham July 21 '67 has i i J Mackey Jan 7 '57 i days aii.es Di I.Miey Jan 3 '57 i ulatoi A llasseliinc Feb 12 '68 was ?| Adams Aug 12 '67 ! I,n'' ami) l'lyler July 30 '57 If red Gardner Sept 10 '57 J Gardner Fept 10 '57 C Diiiilap Feb 12 '68 lines Crockett Feb 12 '57 Wfisl unes Cobinson March 18 '57 r Thus I. Dun lap Jan 19 '68 I' M Underwood Jan 1 '68 '|'J, I R Massey Jan 11 '58 pnsm-i r \V WTwitty March 30 '67 Mr. ! apt C RTwitty Jan 3o '68 New M Caulheii May 6 '68 I ''* 01 U Try on Aug 18 '67 |'?,nP' apt \\* (? Stewart Jan A ".''8 * -li? (J H.i liar J Jan 21 '68 . . _ I !???. In lis* M |-, liiillaril Jan 1 uH I ri."?o i J HcMon l i b 12 6U iin Williams LAij Feb 12 '68 I .* R llenm/l July 14 '68 >lni M Taylor Aug 12 *67 ' on Dixon Barnes Feb 12 'ub !' . H Canton Jan 28 '6b J'j . r nj I) i) Iviklaml May 6 '6b W lien mistake* occur, those interested ill plcone inforiu in. colTl. * uiai??? Cold Weather. A 1 lie W iliniugtoii Jouriuil, of the 22'. stales int., in giving itio c a lino ol llic aloj.p.ige nicHli iniercouisc viuli iiio Norm, slaves in* l i|u\vn lew utiles below OoldsUulu,'on Ihu VN 11- ti-nsc linglou ami Weldon ituilioad, the tuuw '""X itil drilled in cut* to tue di|ili ol nine or ill feci. Men wbo si.tried oil balUlilsy r \\ ilniuigion, had Hot been nine so ^ acli K.ileigb. It says, lurilier. Stiml *' Tile accounts by lite lr.ua bum Wo! N in lam night, represent llie siuini anu l "'* id as bating been letribly severe in mat l'K" i'* viion ol lliv blaie. I lie sin.w bad drill buiiei I into llie bollows and leaser vaii.es, Hiking llie whole suri.tce on ilie gruunn { ear comparatively level. Ineio are In tinliii minors ol poison* biivng guiie iu Senat nut uj> stock, and gelling lost in llie uiiuiii iow iu itie>e boiiuws, wbeie it was many el deej?. It is learcd ilia*, sonic uve? J,in Ve been iosL lietorc tbeiraili letl Wei un(l m y esterday a despatch bad been re i|10 jj Mfed llierc, representing llie stale ol lings ai i'eiersbuig, and .SoHli of it, as ilboul any {Mr.diel. AUjj, ti.e report I oe{ilb ol itie snow?24 teet?ll?eio I.*, o ,, course, some mistake ; il was {uobaOiy J tlu> \ leel 4 uicbvs on an average, bill iirilieu I one bi in.iliy {> 1 .tecs to all liicieUiblu depih.?? we c lurry persons bad perished Iroin expos- Imggii ic. A man IrouilUe Aoriti lias leutb- liim o i W eldou tins week.'* lint \ t.'uvn ??i v) uiv vuuiiia su 1.11 . J Willi | i e arc t<> ?U|?jnmc lliet are ?ui?? turllier j ?lates ii, ami ntc can understand, llieretoic, ?by , hogs i ucc Simony, llieie li.a been no mail.? I ,ri7u mug all our uilroads, there m lot; waul j "aliOU ! uiitvr, ill ili? iiuui|M Iwiu^ Iruten. Tlits j Mr a|>c Fear lbver, mi Wtliuinglou, waalro- k nl!i mi utcr. stubb >M *? hog* Skating large* \ CNlenlny forenoon htlii r't Mill IViul ,,r I1 as visited by large numbers of tlie resi 'VXu J cuts of Columbia, ami again i:i the nf a . ' -moon i|iiilo a number Ntcre present en w'*1^ iving the sport of skuliug. (five* In the morning upwards of forty ladies ^ w ere present witnessing the movements I the skaters ami enjoying a sliiiu on le ice. One of our moat venerable and unable fellow alliens, aged about 60, \ , lade a clear mark o| the initials K. 11. Uj, c., nviiIi a pair of Skates, as neatly and thoti|< * haiidsoinely as a wall practiced skater , n(lc| , f 20 Winters. w U'ininpngno ? ?? vor\ e 1 out among llic | |n<|t | artv Mini nil participate)) in liit. li????|?? 1 |.ni r, lily )?f tlmt attentive and clever gentle whet I tan, Mr. Fayette. l.y tit A i?rand rally will come "If this morn Jookei ?g if the weather prove* favorable. ,.r 0f Many of our friend* attempted to u*e ||e ni lie skate l>nl after falling several limes |*>ciul nilte gave up in despair. Among thorn j|,?t , re counted four ami Tatlry. The last great no look his trouble* quite philosophical- jt ,,|J' y.? Carolina Tttue*. recipt - friend An Aithkmiiok Wanted.? A Florida stood iaper goes notice editorially that art ap- tion ?i rentice i* wanted in that oltice to learn of hii lie printing business, ami *ny* very seri very i tinly, 'one that ran read and write would <t preferred.* From what little knowldge we have of the profession, weslnaild iiink that such qualifications ?muld la- . . cry likely to isuuinnm) a tin fi iiTtnmfcji 1 ?karlttlon Courier. finite I**1* ' li|in Truikrance Hoo. The KJtJ^HRhl j pig of his own raising, a few dttjjMnce e*oap rbu-lt was ne year old, an?l #Wghol, The I 'hen dres*?d. hundred aim thirty P1*0"' oundi. Who can tieatthwt Ilia tin- '**,un reessaiy to state iW Ole General's hog Af|ef ad never been rub$ttled to llie degrt-da tracki on of eating still siopa.?- Cru?drr. j mill j . ?- 4 v p ?f ** # flppf!)if. FOUR DAYS ' ATE It FROM EUROPE. ?> lilYAI. OF Tin: ST FAMF.Il ATLANTIC. o(:)o ster to this Country Appointed. >vax<;i; ii\ (ottoa. i rpp Mkw York, Jan. 23, 18o7. v Collins steamship Atlantic lias nr< at this |>otl, liriii^in^ <lutes from |>o<>? to I lie 71 li iuM. General Intelligence. 1 * inier lius been appointed Mill* Inaii Knglainl to the Coiled States, e Paris Congress has done little bits* of nnpotlnnre. rntumprpiol Tntpll tor, nrn kurooi. Cotton Market.?Cotton nlvunced 1 8 I Tlio sales in litico reached 85.000 bale*, of which specis took 10,000. Middling Orleans piotf.l in 7 3 4-1 ; Mobile* at 7 6 8.1.; Uplands at 7 9 10.1. 'l ite market I titin. noon Money Maiiket.?Money was Consul* bad advanced and were d at 94 1 4. rington items?the Congresainal Bribary Case, &c. \Yasiiinutua. Jan.'21. i e llotise cf Representatives to-day I a resolution c:?using tlie arrest ?if Siinotiton, ilio correspondent of t'?o Yoik Time*. He made a speech in vn <1. fence upon tlio charge of conL in lefiising to mt??or certain qucs put by tlio Comniitleo of Investiga Another resolution w*.* passed ng liim in close custody dining tit? ut session *?f Congress. WasIIIXOTos, Jan.10, 1857. e Striate Itas parsed the Sub Marino rapli Hill. e travel, vvliicb lias been interrupted 0 snow storms, lias beeli leMiiiud to et*?en ibis city and New York. AfOttJTA, .Ihii. 22. cl yesterday followed by severe The Savannah river is tilled with * of tloating ice. ties patch from Petersburg to day tbai there was no mails or comma>n nincft Sunday. The line* are Terrible storm*, snow slcel, incold. It was snowing tit Peters last night und to day. nkvv youa. jam 20. <*vera snow storm prevailed lieu* on v and Monday, unprecedented in hit:. I lie cold i* a s<> interne. An on tin* r?i roa.Is have arrived or left ty tor llnec day*, and evert thing is 1 in snow. Massachusetts Senator. Boston Jan. 14. the Senate the vote for United S.al .*s ' or was taken, and resulted in tlio nious choice of Hon. Charles SuinKvery lueinber of the Senate yva* in * u ami the vote was, therefore, h full Mr. S. was chosen on the part of ouse la*t week. Pork Hogs. e woa'd supple from the banter of nder.NOli (iar.ette of last w eek that ro? J ui his neiglrltor* bad large hogs. If ared to take issue with hi in on a *h subject, we could very soon r ait ii this as well a* his vegetable stoner*. ivo can well afford to be cl> tritablo tint, especially ?>n this subject! lie llihi Mr. M?*cs Iw-Hii exhibited i?o in his town, the Urj;o?t weighing lb*. alid tl ? other 4tJ0 Mm., aytd t two vear*." . K. 1*. Verner, of this district, litis i furnished us with fart* quite ns irn as yours. lie fattened jhirieon which iivvrnged 325 Hit nee', the >1 We xiling five hundred and eighty* outi'Js nrat! These hog* weie al out ears old," too. Mr. Verner'* brother Ir J. M. Itowman also killed h?>i?s ling 412 ihs. each. Mr. V. also his mode of fattening hogs, which J ill probably give at another time.? tt Courier, Too Smai t for That. ] colored man, a lew days since, cut per* to di*plea*e his Miaater, who [lit lie ought to be corrected for it, betil hitn therefore w.'.: a ticket to ork house, with instructions to hav? unislred. The negro took the note, ^ collecting his offence, and duutoting w icr something might not !> in- ant e letter not exactly to his advantage, ii out for soirie one to make Ihs bearit for It no. He succeeded at louglh. iel a cronej for whom lie had uo esI kindness, and who was going in iirection, and professing to be in two a hurry to go there himself, he put uj?on him, with the promise of some -ocalion for his trouble. The facile I took the note to the work house, innocently according to the direc- i . tf ilia ofticer, and m the eml,in spite i protestations, was the subject of a iniVicient drubbing. Cha rift ton Standard. ii. a scum. v OCCLRHF.sce.? Mr Jacob cr, of Macon, Georgia, haying bea lunate-, a friend started to bring to our Asylum. On Wednesday L when the car stopped at Orangeburg t, lie managed lo gel out, ami to B e the vigilance of hi* attendant. -- W aiter followed him from p*ace to ,1^ , hut could not overtake Iriin, and on day he procured the assistance of ^B si |N>r?ons to prosecute Use search. tracing him for some ttrne by his B l, hi-i body was foun I, drowned in 4 w?nd.?iSorrf A Caroitttittn. I