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TilK Ll.N'L' INTER LKDIiEU uSo Publishede.verj Wednes lay Morning BV W. M. CONNORS Kl)I t O K AND I'ltOt'KIKTOfl. T E KM 8: o advance, ------ f2.oO a.* the expiration of Six Mouths,' - - - - 2.60 At the o<>U of the Year, - -- -- -- -- -- 3.00 o3'? ADV&UT1SKMENTS Wfll he Inserted at the following low rates: One square (of 16 lines or lass,) one insertion, f 1 ; or, il continued, "5 cents tor the first insertion, and 60 cents for each subsequent inser on. tW~ See fourth I'age lor deductions in or of standing advertisements. Tiie nuiut?cr of insertions must be written on aach advertisement, or tlioy will be inserted till rdered sut ami charged accordingly. AN ACT TO AMKKD TUB Lov .V JN KKLATtON TO TKAOINO WIT* i^AVKS. Be i1 enacted by the Senate and House of Representative*, now met ami sitting ill General Assembly, and by and with the authority of the same, That d any person who had been once convicted of dealing, trading or tradioing, with a slave,contrary to the Acts of the General Assembly, now of force, shall he a second time con vicled of the like offence, such person (not being a white female) shall, for such sec ond, or other subsequent offence, in addi Sin.% -1 ' .. tv ?no I'ciimufs now procrioeu i?v Jaw, be whipped not exceeding thirty nine lashes : Provided, That the said punishment shall not extend to any eon victton for an offence coin mil ted prior to the passing ol this Act, that any free person of color, who shall sell, give or in any manner deliver, liquor to a slave, shall, upon convicton, be whipped not tnore than fifty lashes. AN ACT to mark MalicioirThkspasbKS INDICTABLE. I. Be it enacted by the Senate and iJouse of Representatives, now met and ftiUijtg in tCii-neraJ Assembly, and by the authority of the same. That any jiersoii who shall wilfully, unlawfully au.d maliciously cut, shoot, maim, wound or dr-s Jroy, any horse, unite, neat entile, hog, sheep or goat, ihe properly of another, shall he guilty of a misdemeanor, ami, upon eonViCt on tlierefore, shall he fined ami imprisoned at the discretion of the Judge before whom the case shall he tried. 11. That any person who shall wilfully, Unlawfully and maliciously cut, mutilate, deface, or otherwise injure, the tree, houses, out houses, fences or fixtures of another, shall he guilty of a misdeinean jor, and, upon conviction .lluereof,ahatl Imj fined and imprisoned at the discretion of the Judge before whom the case shall he tried. J11. That whenever any person shall be prosecuted for any of the. mi?demean ors hereby created, the owner of the properly injured shall uot have the right to n.ii.iui.. " -:-.l r - ' : ! 9 v.'* ?.? ?.*v-\lvrv lv1 .m*ui9 llljll AN ACT to PROVIDE FOH the Kit Maintenance or tiie 1'kack of this State in helation to Dcklino. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate ami House of Representatives, now met an?l sitting in General Assembly, and by tlie same, Ttiat whenever any magistrate or nny person who has been, or may here after be, constituted a magistrate, ex officio, shall receive information in writing and under oath, that qny person or person* ate about to leave this.State for the pur pose of sejujjiig or receiving a challenge to fight a duel, or for the purpose of fighting a duel after such challenge shall have been senior received, it shall be the duty of such magistrate, or magistrateex officio. luruiwhii 10 issue Ins warrant Fur the arrest of such person or persons, to he ear rieii before some magistrate, who shall require sueli person or person- to enter into recognizance in such sum as to such magistrate may seem meet, conditioned that such person or persons, shall keep the pea^e within this Slate, and shall not leave the State For the purpose of sending or receiving a challenge to tight a duel, or for the purpose of lighting a duel after such challenge has heen sent or received. AN ACT to Provide tor tub Sai.k of .Certain .Lands belokoiso to the 3tatk. I. Be it enarted by the Senate and House of iiepresentatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, l.'Jiat.the^Surveyor .General cau-e to he surveyed a tract ot land belongiug to the State, between Rocky Mount and the Cataw ha river, in Fairfield District, and that when such survey shall have been made, the Solicit or pf the Northern circuit do cause to be exposed to sale at Witinsboro*, after giving notice in the newspapers of Fairfield, Chester and Lancaster, <>n some sale day, (aid tract c' 'and, on the following terms; ?A credit of Que, two and tnree years, with interest from day of sale, the putchaser to give bond to the State, with two or more sureties, to secure the payment of the purchase money. II. Tliat the Solicitor of the Northern (Circuit do syll ,at the same time and place, and on the syipe terms, the Island in Ca tawha River, known as Claze's Island, and that lie be, and is hereby apthor^ed (to execute, in l?elialf of lite State, the nee essary conveyances to the purchasers. A Dklkoariv .t to Billy Howlkos.? The steamer Arkansas, Capt. Harris, ar rived yesterday afternoon, from Napoleon, with a delegation, consisting of forty four Seminole and six Creek Indians, who are on their wav to Florida, to induce Billv Bowleg* and h;s followers to emigrate Weet. John Jumper, chief of the S*-tni notes, aikJ TucaCatcbae ^licco, chief of the Creek*, accompany the p.rijr. togeth er with lite agent*, Col. Kmheiford and ^lej. Rtclor. Tltey nro ajl jn good he ?Ith Apr] spujia, and eJtpre*a theniseivea Alia fSvdyritlj tfieir new home West. jV. Q. Crwni. SkAATOK 11 AMMOMD ?\Vrf < hrorva that a acribMer in the New York Times, nsm-i* thai Senator Hammond i? in Uvonr of and will sustain the position of Douglas, In regard to the Lecoinpton Constitution. We faal assured that there i? no foundation for thV assertion. The South i< unitedly in favour of tba adraiMion of K-tuau P ' < -i# Hi1> Hi gfc ! under the .Lecomptnn Constitution, arid | we sre confident no Ilepreseutative of I South Carolina in either brsncli of 0>u j gresa will take any oilier position, fefo one is less likely to swerve from ihe line of duly, than the dislintftrsheJ gentleman rel'ered to.? Carolina T m t. The Origin"oTMormonism. I The loilowmg account ?>t the origin of 1 the Mormon religion., which .wejcopy from i the Journal of Conum-ive, will he rend sitli efpeoial interest, tut live present timet tllOKMONISM.? As this disgusting compound of seusuulrir., riespotism and t? rocioustioss is coiiiiuunlly tlnusting itself npou public attention, it may interest J some of ouTifeaders to recall the circuui 1 stances ui which it origirated. The caj l?iarly lias ccme upon us as one of the I tesults of thai excessive freedom, in the I exercise of which we throw open the gates 1 ot our empire to all manner of emigrants from the old world ; for this anomalous population is chicHy recruited from En i ope. ltev. Solomon Spaulding, a grad vrate of Dartmouth College, was distill* guished for a lively imagination and a love of history. lie lived in a part of Ohio, abounding with moiiuds and the ruins ol old torts, and tcok tnu;h interest m the study of the>e antiquities. To oe guile iiis hours of retireineni, lie conceived the idea of giving a historical sketch of the I Oat race, about which there was so much mystery. It w.- ji of course a fan ciltil undertaking, giving wide scope lor the exercise of imagination, and tempting hiiu to indulge in an antique st_\ le while descriUng ancient th tigs. The Old Tes anient Containing the nn-sl ancient hooks in the world, he found it convenient to imitate its style. He therefore launched out at will into the region of free histnri cal romance. This was in 1812. His neighbors, hearing ol the progress of his curious work, woulJ come to his house, and hear portion* of it r?ad It claimed to have been written by otie of ttie lost nations, to have been recovered from the earth, ami was christened with the title ot "Manuscript Found."' The self amus sing ceu.tJeman pretended to he decipher iug the mysteries of thg disinterred man u-cript, and regularly reported progress to his iuQ glibors. From the classics and from ancient history lie introduced many uncouth and unaccustomed* names, wlnclt awakened curiosity. Mr. Spaulditig removed to Pittsburg, and round a friend in the person of ati od itor?to whom he showed his manuscript. The editor was pleased, borrowed it, kept it, and v tiered to print it, if Mr. S. would make out a suitable title page. lie proposed to make it a source of profit. Mr. i S. declined any such use of it. Sydney lligdon. who has since figured so largely among the Mormons, was then employed I in the editor's printing otlice; ho inspectI ed the manuscript, and had an opportu nitv to copy it. It was returned to the author, who died in 181C. Rut the intluencs he had unwittingly originated, did not die with him. 1 here is no doubt that U'gilon look 11 Copy of the whole or parts of the manuscript. lie appeared in 1 *.-?I tnyni, Ne.r York, in 1828, working al his trade. About this t ine tlieie began to he talk if certain myslcrious ' plates " being f?>11 <i<I in that regain. They had lu-e- discovered, it was said, l>v Joseph Suith. Jr, in the hank of the Hue Canal, near Palmyra. llere Smith and Rigdon conspired to Atari the fraud. Smith was a man of low cunning, vulgar and sensual in his halms, a lilting accomplice for lt'g don, both being ready to execute ant falsehood. Joe was to tie set lip as a leader, and to assume the title of Prophet. I It was given out that Joe was engaged 1 . ! in translating the plates. This was in 1 1829. Some followers were obtained, chirtly the ignorant and vicious, and the dishonest who had no character to lose. They called themselves the Latter Day Saints, and organized at Manchester under Joe Smith, who issued an edition of 1 200 copies of lit a " Book of Mormon" at Palmyra. Some three or four seemingly 1 respectable men of that region joined th- in, which attracted more attention ? c.m. i i i.: ? t ii .... i valium iiuu hip lonowers selected Kiriland, Ohio, as (heir "City of Refuge," by in i spiruiion, as the blasphemer said? the j Li>r<l intending and directing the temple should he huiii tl.ere. Two hundred emuposed tlie first settlement. Tliey calbd their book the " Golden Bible." Smith founded a bogus batik, which of course failed, and he found it necassnry to move farther West. Thither has been the di? astrous progress of these miseralde ititpoa ters, whose subsequent history is known to the world. It would moon as if there was no form of folly or impiety which some Imman S-ings will not embrace.? | Bolt gainv, blasphemy, rebellion, murder, are the tialural fruits of this wreti bed conspiracy, which is troubling the whole land. Smith was overtaken with the judgments God, and died a miserable | j death, Voting is probably destined to a similar end. How a ?rk\ili4m \.\ Siioulu nic Dress* kd?The Home Journal thus lay - down the rubric for a gentleman's full toilet this winter : The coat should he a dress coat of black cloth, with long skirt* and narrow collar, full sleeves at the arm hole, from whence 11 tapois to a moderate size si the wri?*l, rather short and ruffles*. The (dg?? are p'ain and the Hat button, of satin lasting or grenadine, is also quite plain. The whole coat is lined with silk *erge, which eX>SMJs out to the lapel seam. Pantaloons of blatk elastic cass'iinere, and though adjusted to the figure, they are not tout a fult eollant. -Vest of si ver colored moire antique silk or a white satin or water colored snk, embroidered in silver dots or spangles.? The cut is a plain roll collar, usually trimmed with a covered button and stitched. The shirt collar is standing, and the white cravat forms a narrow tie whtoh prtsscA once around the neob, and is with a double Ik.w in front. In Paria thev now wear a turn-down shirt collar, a P American, and a narrow h ack si k or satin cravat, fastened in front of the neck by drawing the ends through a highly ornamental ring of metal or hair. Boo:* are of patent leather, with heels rather high, And pump soles. The styles of demi toilette and neglige are mlich more ornamental than the full drese. | <T> XfiH|rr. j L AN CASTERVILLE, S C. WEDNESDAY MORN INC., JAN. 2(nb, I8f>8 "Midnight Musiugs." A sketch with this title was received two j late for thin issue. It will rccei\e our at! tculion next week. To Tax Collectors. We find in the South i nntUninn, n circiiI lur addressed to Tax Collectors, by the j Comptroller General, requiring them to re. ! reive only the hills of certain Ranks, a list of w hich is given, in payment of Tuxeh.? j The bills upon all banks under suspension. ! with the exception of the Rank of the State, I will be rejected. Tax Collectors are re* j quired lo givo nt least tliirlv d tys notice of this in then rvi|icetiv? Itisiricts. The Weather. To the great relief of everybody, the weather is fair once more, is peusautlv i cool and a good prospect lor its continuance. , Our exchanges speak ul high water courses | in vuriuus sections of the country, and of j vast quantities of rain. The water courses in ties section have also, ns we learn, been high. The little creeks above litis seem to have been swollen iimncnsureabl), end our mailing arrangements have sulVered in conrtosjncine. The Cruirlotte stage was delayed here from Saturday morning until Tuesday morning, some three dots after the weather had laired off. It is a question how the citizens from above here have got into town. Trading with Slaves. We publish this week, with one or two others, the Act passed at the last session of the Legislature, to amend the law in relation to trudiiiir with ?Tivks * I * ??? iun.il tu ii -- o - ,,v ? J i hoped, will product; tl?e effect of checking, somewhat, thin very common practice.? .Milder remedies have been tried in v.tin.? j The Legislature was in a measure forced to adopt this, or suuie other measure equally stringent. The odeuces had become so common that tile people, in various sections' were beginning to take the law into their own builds. l.yneh law had been resorted to, and it Was belter that 'he penplu have the sanction of law for the inllictioti of the only punishment that has availed anything, and which privilege they were determined to exercise in any event. Exchanges. Gom.v's Lady's Uook ?The 1'ebriiary nuniher is at Imnd, containing, as usual, a splendid steel onuruv incr. Patterns and I Fashion l'lalc*. The literary matter in thi* I number, also, at, well an the embellishments 1 and domestic department,in nl'llie liml class. I The regular visits of the Lady's Book, to any family, is worth u great deal more to them than the subscription price. See to it and subscribe. The Lady's IIomf. Magazine?This elegant monthly, for Febrii try, has also been received. It appears to bo u capital number. 'The Dying Favoriteis a beautiful steel 'engraving, 'i'he editors, T. S. Arthur mid Virginia F. Tow attend, are among the most popular writers of our country, arid a Hook that is supervised by them cannot bu other than one of merit. The subscription price is SU a year. This, with Ciodcy'a Lady's Book, can be had for Si bO a year; both published in Philadelphia. Sumter'Watchman. T. W. Dinkins. , has becoinu nasnelated with the editorial department of the Sumter Watchman. He innhes his bow to tie public in a very creditable salutatory ] auurcss. it augurs well f.<r the future of | the W atchman. Deviltry. Our devil, the other day, concluded to rend the papers for improvement and become .1 great mail, Ac. lie got hold of one of 1 our exchanges, which hnppciiod to be Sofltu weeks old. Tho first thing his eye fell on was a state muni of the loss of four or five | thousand hales of cotton by the late freshet in the Black Warrior. It's n fortunate thing cotton had fallen," remarked the devil, " Why ?" asked wo. " Because the loss would have bcco vtry heavy on those people if it had not" Who knows who will be candidate for President forty years hence. * Sad Accident. On Saturday last, (says the Yorltvill* Enquirer,) a negro woman belonging to (? W. Williams, Ks<|was aeeidently shot by Iiis son Jonathan?a hoy some ton or twelve year# of age The accident happened in this manner : The boy knew there wii* powder in the gun, but had forgotten thjit the ramrod was also in it. He presented th? gun and fired?the rarnrod striking the , obin of the negro, splitting the bono and , entering tier neck. The wound is danger- ! ous,tbut there is a chance for her recovery. An Abolitionist Kzpf.llbd.?We see accounts of a large public meeting lately held at Mobile, the object being to expel an abolition publisher, named William Strickland. A resolution was passed, requiring him to leuvs Ute State, never to re. ! tern. Accounts against the State We notice couiplttinls from various new apitpers, mo in wliich their accounts against llie State of South Carolina, and against the Kxecutfv* Department, were disposed of at the last session of the legislature. Some complain that Hems in their accounts were reduced about one ludl", and other items rejected altogether upon in?ntfieient pretexts. These charges, we have reason to believe, :vre not tnadu without being justified by the attending cirvumitnni'i'n. In the matter of our own accouu t, we are well com incvd that if no more than ordinary effort h..d been uiade to collect it. by the member having ii in charge,we w? u!d not have rea'iized much over half of the amount charged, every farthing of which was justly our due. As it was, two or three items were rejected finally ; some upon grounds which we are not disposed to (|Miurt'l with, viz : that thev could not proI iverlv he oresi lllt d to '!?? Slate < lne however,against the Executive Department, a charge of five dollar*, wan refuted paymciit for the reason, nj stated, that the advertisement was never ordered published in our paper. This we knew at once, without having the 01'gii.nl copy to refer to, to be an error, as we never do business in that sort of way. The advertisement appeared lirst in the (.'(trulmian ami through that paper, was given our authority tor copying it. Dr. Gibhs. (Editor of the Carolinian) at our request, promptly furnished us with a certificate, to the elRct that the order to copy the advertisement was properly and regularly furnished us. This may not enable us to get our money, b-rt it establishes that they whose duty it was to examine our account, and not we. were In error. Proprietor* of other newspapers, we I doubt not, have as (rood grounds for complaint as in the instance which we have cited. (ieiitlctncti, whone peculiar province it is to see that the State is not imposed upon by UK-ana of unjust demands against her, should be careful that their great zeal doe. not lead them into the fault of committing injustice upon those who have truly earned the pill titer set forth in their claims. The State will never become bankrupt from paying Iter account* for printing. If the same caution which is observed in settling these bills, were exhibited in respect to larger expenditures, involving thousands and hundreds of thousands, In r solvency need never be a matter i f concern to her people. A late issue of thu Darlington Fiioiid, in speaking upon lids subject, states that ''so fir we have declined to advertise for bis Excellency Govern >r Allston, and, as our columns arc decided to the interest of those who pay their debts, we do not expect to ; advertise for a State who repudiates Iter's. South Carolina ran bettor nfl'ord to do without our services than We ?an to (jive thetn to hi r." President Buchanan and Central American Affairs. We ptihu-.li oil our lost page the MenI sage of President Buchanan in reference to Nie rag nan alfiirn, tlie l.?te arrest of CJenWnlker. and our neutrality Inn*. Ti e President, it will he se.n, umjonlilicdly pronounces the aet of t'oni. Paulding, in am sting Wnlker nt the place where lie diil arrest him. illegal ; but he seem* not disponed to visit upon 'hat officer, punish* ! inent for a tni take which he believes wo* ! made tinder the conviction that lie was di-. , charging his duty. The President evuhnily has no sympathy with the sentiment I which now prevails to a considerable extent i in Congress, favoring the repeal of the neutrality laws, lie be.ieves llint these laws were the result of wise counsel, and of a | proper sense of justice between nations, and ! he reiterates his determination to have thetn respected by all the means of authority of I which lie is possessed. Willi the forecast I of a statesman, he anticipates the expansion I of American enterprise?of our institutions ! mul ImU'u * ?t'?? r I Vo ?? '!? ~A : i 1 - ? ...... ... v. ihii mimui ami milini.f Ul thetiulf, I>ut he discriminates between emi(Trillion ;iiiti buccaneering, and i< riot w illing to seize tlint by force^u hicli must ultimate ly be our a through |>e?cefiil menus. The | President evidently holda out the idea that I Central America u ill yet bloom beneath the I hand of cultivation?tint the sloih mid iniJ beci.itv which now aw ay a that fertile region will give place to the industry and enterpr.se of the A glo-Saxon race; und it is I not nl all necessary (hit this bo accoinpiish| ed by our people encouraging, and our gov. ernuietii conniving at, violations of our own laws and the solemn faith of treaties.? Peaceful emigration will finally accomplish i the reault ao much desired and so important to the South, and they who, hy m t* of violence and illegality, disturb the natural course of things, are more intent upon their own elevation than they arc to promote the ;,.i _i_ ..r .w iiiirimn ?;i i lit; uuuillt'lll uiairn CV| IJ)IS Union, or the good of the people of Cel.tral America. Law of Newspapers. Mi ny persons are under wrong impression* in regard to the Isw concerning Newspaper*. For their special benefit we publish the following: 1. Subscribers who do not give express notice to the contrary, are considered as wishing to continue their subscriptions. J- If subscribers neglect or lefuse to take their newspaper* froin the post office to which they are directed, they are held responsible until they have settled tl e bills and ordered them discontinued. J If subscribers remove to othor places I without informing the publishers, and the newspapers are sent to the farmer direction, they are held responsible. 4. The Courulhavc decided that refilling to take newapnper* from the office, or removing ond leaving them uncalled for, prima facie evidence of intentional fraud. 6. The United State* Court* have alto repeatedly decided that a Poatmaator who noglfcta to perform hia duty of giving reasonable notice, aa required by the Pott Office Department of the neglect of a peraon to take from tho office, newspapers addressed to him, render* the Poatuinater liable to the publisher for the subscription price. Washington ItemsWe condense from our o^chunges some items of interest in reference to affairs lit Washington. I A correxpont of tlie Colutsbin (S. C.) Carolinian, says of Judge Douglas.: Judge pi'tiglas, the great rebel, is looked ; spoil with inereasit.g distrust. The gulf is wideniirg e\erv day between him and the ! sound Democracy. it is suspected strong: Jy Unit Dough s is a cry mm lis Freesoiler ; | Uut he this us it may, 1 assure you Douglas j is a dead man in tthe Democratic party, it IS H pity thill Ins ValllUUg alobll|ull IlilM o'erleaped itself. No public nuts ever so fit uselessly committed suicide i.? Judge Douglas bus done. The same correspondent says of our S Senator, Gen. Hammond : Your new Senator. Gen. Hammond, hu nrrJted Ivcre.and takes lii.s scat this morning, lie is a man of intellect, mid will have the opportunity, which doubtless lie will eurnest.y embrace, of rendering important aervices to bis country. The South is getting weaker every dav, materially speaking, relatively to the North ; and hence she needs in the councils of the country her best ability, her most comprehensive statesmanship. * rt*;iiiv iiiii'iicrui.ii mail ni iim* nuimi, prudent but tirin, contented to nerve the South Hint the South alone, and not looking to fittce under the Federal Government, j in a jewel of the first water. It is to he hoped South Carolina will nlways find such II leu. It in Htntfd thnt Uie lion. F. \V. Pickens of this Stnte pcci'|it* the mission to Russia which was lately tendered him. The Washington I'nion favors the ncqui* i sition of Central Ainerien, hut by honora! h!e warfare, or by colonization. It ii belioTed by some persons, that the views exI pressed in that aitiele nre similar to those I entertained by the President. Orders have been issued from the proper | department of the government to remove the troops from the garrisons on the frontier of Aikiitisas to Knnsas, preparatory to their further removal in the spring to Utah. From a correspondence transmitted to Congress. it appears that Yrissnrria, the Niear.igunn Minister, has been from the first to last urging the Government to the defeat of (leneral Walker** plans in Nicaragua. I.iciilenirt (iener.nl Scolt has nearly perfected liia plant fur the relief of the Utah expedition. The Secretary of War is confident that Col. Johnston will bo able to maintain himself without serious disaster, until lie can be reinforced. The spare roups in Kansas and at other points, are to be immediately coneentrated, and elf >rts will be made to push forward a strong body with all possible haste. There is extreme anxiety on the part of the administration to reinedv the defects in the former plan of the campaign The celebration of the 8th of January was quite spirited in War hington The Judges of the Supreme Court, with their families, dined with the President. Upwards of seventy-five thousand dollars has already been raised, ami put out at interest of the nun required for the purchase of Mount Vernon. Two hundred thousand | inmiiin i* niv nillll ?l (II I.U 111 tt| H?r 1.111*1 .11111 1 buildings not really worth one-tenth ?'f tliat nmoiuit. One Tlionifs CI. Clinton Ins "solitary 1 mnl alone," sought nnmortnlitv t?y memo* ralizing Conprcas tn pass n law increasing tl e anhirv of the President of tin* United States. Senator Mason very properly re* marked tli.it lie tiiit not see v?h--it intcroit j th.it individual could properly h ive in the I mutter, and there hemp no <'omniittee on j whom it could be .'-' -red. it was very n.ini* J mi riiy Ian! on tin table In the SeiiutMr. Ooolitllc, of Wiseon. I *in, introdneed a resolution grunting ' am. | niodore Paulding n medal and the public ' tl milks* Mr. Itrown of Mississippi gave notice of a motion to censure Paulding, j In the Senate the Hull. Samuel Houston I gme notice of his intention to introduce a bill for the admission of Kansas into the Union as a State. A measure in favor of limiting the power I of the President over the army and navy. i iiiiic?m ov n special warrant, ??i referred to the Judiciary Committee, to report an amendment In llio neutrality laws. The following is ail extract from a deflate in tlie House, on the I <th inst., upon Central American Affair*, which mutter seems to occupy the attention of Congress to the exclusion of almost everything else : Mr. t urti.s argued that from the earliest period of our national history until now, the tioveriimenl has interposed in various means to restrain our citizens t'roin titling out hostile expeditions against nations wi h which we aie at peace, 'l'tie operations of Walker atinrdcd evidence of the necessity for the application of the neutrality laws, lie ndxcted to the rnoiinous expenses of I keeping the various routes across itie Isth mus open. The routes were too long ami | distant and the country too s ckly to be of j perinanetitadvantage. To reach the Pacific, a direct line should be taken a :ro?s our own territory. It was very wrony for the government to go into filibustering operations This has been its policy for years past, and it has too long winked at private tiliibustering. An examination of the document* submitted by the President, show dial Commodore Paul.ling, has, like n true and honost sailor, carried out his instructions. It was | not his duty to expoifTid the law. Mr. t lav said tliis was the first lime he Inn! lilt' privilege to address the legist.t'tve ursemblt of the country, and he ?ni grstilift in now rising to suatuin what he believed lo be Itw arid order. They had seen the remarkable spectacle of an Administration apparently nnaiippurl1 ed by its own friends?and in the reception J of every message from the President, op, porlunities had In-en taken to pick ut him lie acquiesced in every word ?hn President had written on the Central American qnee* tion. j It was nweaary that instructions should be issued for intercepting Walker's expedi- I lion, and to restrain our uitisens from sets I v.ohoixe ol the neutrality laws. Walker was brought home with the view of sating | his neck, and for tint hu should be grate- j fill. lie broke not onlv international law but the statute laws, lie eseaped from Ibis country under false colors, and Mr. Clay j maintained that it waa not onlv io the power j of tho President,but it is bis duty to ariid for Walker over tho high seas and bring him back. He thought that Commodore I'aul- j ding had commiied a grave error, and that ! this remark by the President was a sufficient censure on the eonduft of lliat officer. Stupendous Failure. Net the least important of the late item* of news from Great Britain, is the absolute { failure of the Great Eastern SleaniHh ip i j Company to launch the Leviathan, an iron ' I steamer of gigantic proportions, lately completed. Ttie la->t effort moved her about J? inches, and at n cost of about fifteen hundred f?outids alerting! The lat c accounts nay that "her movements are nd' journed sine tiie Sho has been snoved in all, 751 feel, at ? cost of ?7*2.000. (#360.000) I She has yet to be uioved 200 feet before she is launched. Jonathan, we presume, has Veen watching these etowr iiroiemcnts with tieivotuia; tcrest, and is anxious to exhibit to his cousins across the water the way mi whieh | tilings nre d< ne hit*, as Hie fallowing from 1 an exchange will show : America* Cxteufkise.?It is stated that | some gentlemen of Philadelphia have sent out to the Great Kustern Steamship Coin* i pany of Kngland, proposals to contract for I the launch of the leviathan. The North | American says that should the company ac* ! cept the te. i ol pay luenl?w hich arc made j entirely contingeut npon the success of the i undertaking?the contracting parties will j proceed at once to render available the j mighty monster whi?h at present Lid* fair | to bo useless without their aid. Municipal Election. An election was held on Mondnv. 11th Inst, for liitcndanl and Warden* of the I Town of Edgefield, which resulted as fol| Iowa: InlrnJunl, Cieero Adam*. Wnulrns, John Moloy, J. A. Dozior, W. ( It. Ilut.aon, F. I.. Smith. Town Election. On Monday, the lltli inat., nn election ! for Tow m ' Mlieers of Chester w as held, and j resulted as follows: ; Inlrn^aul, 1). I'incliback. I U'aniPN*, Sam'l McNincli, John W. Wal? kcr, W ill. II. (iiil, John J. Mcl.ure. Municipal Election. The follow injf gentlemen were elected on Monday the 11 Mi inst., Muniei|i:il O'li.cr* j for the town of Newberry, f?r the je:ir | I Int' infant, W. W. lloum-al. WarJrii5, W. W. Me.Morria, Dr T. NV. J TlmmjiMin, W. F. Nance, It. M Itlr.vse. Municipal Election. At the Municipal Election held in Sumter I on Monday, the 1 llh inMnnt, the toll- wine | wan the result : Jnlrtulaitt. T. J. t'oghhui, Wardens, 'I'. It Fruiter, A. Andcraon, M it. Mom, Win. Clark. Municipal Election. The follow in<j in the icanh in Charlotte. I N. C: hilth,lant, David Ih.rk*, K-u. I. ('ommtstionrrs, liobort F. l):i\iiUcin,Jiio | ' Ibirty, Allen Cruse, Kinmor Crihaiu, J j ' Mclvie Jamison, Samuel lll.tir. The West Sustaining Douglas, The follow iny Iroin the New York Mew* | '.sltowi lli.it l>oti<;l:tS in Kiipporti ii by tin* j l)<-ii>< cMtit ?it hi* nt'clioti in ivtcri'tiee to bin I view* upon the Kansas Ia-compton Convcu* | j lion: Washing ins. J ni. 10.?A reliable private I (li?p.iteh Irmn Columbus, Ohio, announce* I ili.it ttic ih no>cratio Caiico* ot the IjokUIu. j ture have unanimously agreed to instruct | the Ohio Scliutom ill Loliilfi'St. to \Ote I | against ihu iiiliiiiiiMi>(i of K .11*11* into llie j i Di.ion Mi.h ilu* U'i'UMtpliiii tJoincniioii unI rnlihcd by tin- people. A not lie r dispatch annonncrd that the Democratic State Convention at Indutnapo- ' j !i* p.i??c?i Ilii! iolloM ing resolution, liv xc.is 378, nam I I j, a||J suOm qucitly 111 ulc tne I vole unanimous : Resolved, Tliat we are Mill in favor o( ; { (lie gr? at doctrine <>t (lie Kansas Nebraska 1 j Act, and that by the practical nppiicwlioii of | j that doctrine, ilie |>eo|i!u of a Slate or T?-r- j 1 ritorv arc Vested with the right l?f ratifying [ ; r?r rejecting at the ballot box any t'onaiiio j tion that may be framed for their govern* ! nient; and therefore no Territory nhotrd i j be admitted into the Union a* a Slate wi lli out a tair expression of tiiu will of ihe pen j ' pie hcing first had i p< n the Constitution | 1 accompanying the application. The correspondent judging from tin- ' manifestations of the ( 'oliVeniioii, s.-u s that three fouiths of the people arc vvilli Don glaa. Tun VI - If - ? - - * . . nr. .nonniM ?? An 1* I* alUlfll III.ll .It' I conn In H'ccivi-ii at Washington frotp Ul?li ' justify the belief that the Mormon* w ill not, am h it been generally supposed, abandon | their Htllv'Deiil* upon th?? advance of the ! 1 United Stales troops into tlie Territory, but on the contrary, that tliey are preparing to : I oppose the* progress of the military force* ! I of the government, and that with the open- j ; ing of spring active war i? anticipated. The ; War Department his, therefore, determined upon reinforcing the army at Ulsh as soon a* practicable, and (ioneral Scott has issued orders to that effect. What's jt Made Up Of?The census of the United States shows that we have tw-o million and n half farmers, one huti* died thousand merchants, sixty-four thousand mason*, and nearly two hundred thousand curpcntcr*. Wo have fourteen thou* j *and haker* to myke our brcnd ; twenty* four ihona.md lawyer* to act u* by the ear*, 1 forty tbouHond doctor* to "kill or cure,' ; and fifteen hundred editor* to keep tlii* motly ninaa in ordtr, by the pov\#r of pub. lie opinion controlled and manufactured ( through the pre**. - Tur. Pre?ipkmt'? Mk*?aqk ir Paui*.? 1 1 Tb" I'rexidriu'a Me*>aago ?a* published in full by nil the I'arinian journals. It was . telegraphed through from Ijeerpool to Par. ( ia in five bourn and n half?the name time it ??i required to telegraph it to l?nndon. But the two eopien came over different i wire*,and while tin* copy a??nt to lexidon < waa in Fng'iah, that to I'arla * ? in French j Thia fact show* the importance given to ( the Meaaage. The comment* of the proa* | i upon tbl* document or* varioua. | ...... Tun KlUBVinu.?Gen. Walker in off . f?r the South, leaving, it is said, hi* affairs t with the Government in the keeping of his supporters at Washington, who will vigor* uiisly press his uiuiins. There nre a large number of men at Mobile aad New Orleans ready to proceed to Nic.iragwa to reinforce Col. Anderson, and Walker will proceed thither, probably to perfect arrangements for their departure. Several of hia men, lately landed at Norfolk, have reached Rich* inond, in a state of destitution. 'On Thursday lu.it, the wife of Mr. David I Ni-ully, residing neur Whiteville, N. C., was numb-red by u m gro. She hi.d gone into tlw ticid wlwre the negro wait at work, fer ' the purpoao of Retting tiro to a log-henp ? The ui'^ro struck her several blown with a rake, and whuti threw her upon the fire. He waa arretted, and confessed Hie hor.ible __ , crime. F.ncouracino.?A lute letter from fx>?don states that the recent ndvuncc in the pr'.ee of cotton may be regarded >< an un- J doubted evidence of the restoration of con iidcnce and the reauinption of manufactur* * tug operations; nnu u also slates thnt the "" ethcts ??f returning prosperity will soon be fcit on I bin sidu of the Atlantre For the Ledgsr. 1 Salbath Violation, Ma. Krxroi:;?i notice that the streets > of your tillage are almost ail the day, oil Sabbaths, thronged U' !h numbers of per. nons, who assemble themselves together for . the purpose of com e< sing upon topics of a { worldly nature; nay, of an evil tendency. Now, Mr. Kditor, tins is not ns things jl sliould be on tliis holy da\ ; those persons who thus gather themselves together on I Sundays, might employ their time far tnoto 1 profitably, by remaining at home,-slid read, ing the Ihble, or some other religious hook lor the instruction of themselves and their families, than by lounging about the streets, ami violating the Hnhbalh by their worldly ehitehat. Some may hold out us a plea for o ?i imr ll?:it I lift' lin Vi? till fuhtili?? ?'.?r v\ 11< 111 to rend tin' books* above alluded to. In reference to such, I would May they cmi certainly rend to themselves or to soinu friend. My humble opinion in, that it would be much better tor them to remain at borne, by their own tire side*, even if they did not read at all, than to be thui* engaged. | Keini'inber tie Sabbath day to keep it holy " in taught us in the blessed book of (Jod Is this keeping it holy! 1 think not! I would en 11 siicn conduct the \ilot sort of Sabhalh breaking i Now. ray kind friends, I do not wish any of you to understand (Ids as being intended for you personally. Far he it from me to commit such a deed It is intended for the good of the community in gene ml, and Tit i?ti! :? ?!iur' ???nt.*?n*t> .? ?... - n - / ",v"" "i" Iliim rn-tnm, it will iiavc nceoinplitlied tint full < f the writer, lie being prompted only bv the purest motive* and kindest feeling? toward* every one. or s.\nn\Ti;s. rlrppljir. Later From Europe, <>3(> a n it i v a l o f r n k NORTH AMERICAN. 0^r0" iViRTLAtto, J -it. 14 ?The Hoy* I nu*i| team ship Xurlh American, Cupl. Win. <?rxi>g", lni? mrri?? <I xl this |>i>rt with Liverpool J.tte* to the 30tIi nil. Commercial Kewa. I.ivkrpooi. Cotton Mamkkt?All qu*l ilm ot Cotton ) >?x n<Iv;iu<'? <! I 81. per ll>. I! i* lower quuliliev imp'ov mo iiioM. The market whi linn. Tl a sale* for Mo|i<Imy hi >1 1'iiesil.iy ware 17.000 bnla*, of wliii-li jx-cnUlorr took 4000, mill eipnrter* 1000 bales. SiArr: or Tmaok.? Manchester ml vice* were more favorable. A better feeling w n< eiiwting. I.onnos Money Market.?Montr ax?ier I here ?m i% prospect of n further reduction <>f the rale of discount by the Hank <>f KncUml. Consols wera quoted At oa 7 8 a 04. The Kansas State Election. St. Lot'ia, January 12. "she Uifi>i ntliiiw frion Kiii?m rrpnri the election of (lie entire free Stole ticket, loit the LegistiiIure in in doubt. Should the free Suite men have a innjor'tr, which t? very probable, it nm believed that Parrot noil )tohin.?on would be elected United States Senator*. Kepor'.s ere current tliet h call will lie iraned by the Let!'Mature for the iintnedia'e assembling of the Constitutional Convention. TIIK MARKETS. Coli'msia, Jan. 15, 1658. CoTTOH.? Although the weather atill eon?v^, linuee very unfnvornble for out door boainee-, "till there was a little of the article of? fereil yeaterday, nnd all that wan ottered was freely taken at 8 to 9e extreme*. r>UKLK*To?, Jan. 15, 1858. Cotto*.?The traranotiona to-day reach, rd upwarda of 1000 bate*, and prleea. under the Narlh America's ad?lcea. were more trimreiil than the* Were nrevinio. t? tr rival. The market clo-ed with Middling Pair mI 104- The Males were I ft bales si 8; 7 si 81 : 15 at t|; 93 at 9; it at 9* ; 18 it 9? ; 81 at 9} ; I3J st 9f ; 3J st 94 , 136 it 10 ; 164 st 104 ; and 307 bale* at 104c. Nkw York, Jan. 1A, 1668. Cotton has advanced Jr. under the steam* er's news, and Middling Upland* is footed it lOJc. per lb. Tlia aulas of the day were 1 3.000 bales. Flour is Arm. a Ah sales of B.600 bills. Wheat is Arm, aadgLQOO bushels were sold. Cava in Ar?BUMUai?o af 11,000 bushal*. TorpentJfitoJ* Warr.-y Keaiu h dull. RWe U buoyant