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Scraps & jfacts. 'Good policy?mind your own business. ??'"Wantedtoknow?the velocity of a 'running account.' Brooklyn has a population of 194,000, and ia the-third city in the Union. The speaker who 'took the floor' has been arrested for stealing lumber. ? One hundred tons of ladies' hair-pins are manufactured annually in this country. ??? It was lately decided by Irish Court of Queen's Bench, that a clergyman of the Church of England could legally marry himself. The latest and perhaps the fairest estimate, of the population of the world, makes it eleven hundred and fifty millions. ?? A boy with horns is living in Louisiana, and the London Times gives an account of another, born with a tail several inches long. Maj. T. S. xarnett, of Salisbury, N. C., has been appointed superintendent of the North ' Carolina Rail Road. ? During the present session of the Alabama Legislature, there have been about one hundred oases of divorce granted. tP* *"4 ? The Times estimates that not less than jt 100,000 human beings have been slain, struck r-r down by disease or wounded in the attack or defence of Sebastopol. Never jest with the sorrows and frailties of men. Frailties are misfortunes, and the most sacred thing on earth to each heart, ~ is its own sorrow. \ ??? To catch mice, place sweetmeats in your mouth on going to-bed, and keep your mouth wide open. When you feel the whiskers of the mouse, bite ! . The young lady who walked all over the S* city in the vain pursuit of a pint of the milk of human kindness, has been more successful r in getting a little jam out of the jar of a door. She got the jam on her fingers. We were at a colored meeting on the f other day, when one of the audience becoming excited, cried out, as is not uncommon in negro meetings, Glory!' 'Ditto, brother,' cried an earnest voice from the other side of the house. Twice during last week Mr. Banks obtained just enough votes to elect him Speaker of the House, but on each occasion, just before the result was^announecd, a gentleman or two An' AomA in on/) Karl fKoir nornAQ VU VUV VVUVi OiUV VOUiO 1U UUU UUU WUVAA MMU1VW recorded for another candidate, and the scale was turned. It is understood from the most reliable information from Mexico that a movement is on foot there to call Gen. Almonte to the head of afiaira, and instead of his proceeding at once to England it is expected he will shortly S leave for Mexico, to place himself at the dis posal of his friends in that repnblic. ? ? Leap year has come again, when, by I long-established custom, ladies are privileged to 'pop the question.' Crusty old bachelors B,/ go about in terror, giving a wide berth to every 1 pretty girl they meet, and blessing heaven for B the invention of hoops, which prevents the fair B creatures seizing them vi et armis?PhiladeL 1 It is alleged that, during the three late 1 B difficulties in Kansas, a large number of Shaw- 1 nee and Delaware Indians expressed their will- 1 B ingness to join in the fight under the banner 1 of the Free State men. The Lawrence cor- 1 B respondent of the New York Times, writing ' Bj under date of December 2d, said their head ] BkiMn and hrav-e* had. arrived in that town * with J B the blood of war yet running in their veins." ' B -?Only turkeys and geese should be bled i B A- a?v j,... iSllu ) HiC ucnu \ji gznvauuc ucwuiuvoui y auu j )id from the loss of blood. The best plan, the Poultry Journal, is to take a blunt such as a child's bat or wooden sword, strike the bird a sharp blow on the back te neck, about the third join from the 1. Death follows in a moment. ? Please cut this out and paste it up. A iblo man says: 'My confidence in the powf advertising is such, that were I engaged te wood trade, I would advertise the supety of my kindling wood over that of any r. If you have an article to sell, let the le know it and you will find a customer. ? The Jacksonville (Ala.) Republican s that in some parts of Benton county and jounties south of it, there is considerable -notion of the gathered corn, by a white i, which eats out all the inside of the t, leaving a mere shell. It attributes the arance of the worm to the too early gath; of the corp, on account of the scarcity tiling last summer. Corn put up in the k appears to be the most injured. -There were found in the United States, !50, 2555 persons over 100 years of age. shows that one person in 9000 will be j to live to that age. The French cenf 1851 shows only 102 persons over 100 old, though their population was larger, ore than one-third, than the population of iountry. Old age is, therefore, attained g us much more frequently than in France. (??At New York, on the 26th ult., Dr. t Kane addressed a meeting of the members of 1 khe American Geographical Society, in the t chapel of the University, upon his voyage to 1 the Arctic regiods. The doctor says he dis- J covered at the highest latitucde he reached an t apen sea of thousands of mile3 in extent, a- t bounding with animail life, such as fish and < fowl, and this sea was iceless. He was of o- i pinion that this sea might be reached with i >oats, with proper organization, and he doubt- * ;d not it would some day be reached, and nav- ' gated and explored. < It is reported, says the National Intelli- ( jencer, that there is now before the Senate, ( 'or its advice and consent, a treaty with Nica- | *gu?, recently negotiated, by the United States j5 charge d' Affaires to that Republic, which i1 itipulates for the recognition of Nicaragua ( he extent of all her claimed territory, includ- 1 Dg Mosquito, and regardless of the Hritish rotectorate. It also stipulates for the protec- ' ion and fostering </ ' the capital and a.vpris.' ' If American fiivm- m Nicaragua, cowring, I' f course, any railroad or eauul which may bo [ rotectcd. I' i I In his message to the Maine Legislaire, Gov Wells expresses no opinion on the ] olicy of the Xobrtski bill, but acquiesces in j He takes strong ground against tin* li- j. uor law, and recommends a license system.? j [e also recommends the establishment of a j ourt of Common Pleas, condemns the alien ( id naturalization laws and the personal liber- t f act. The educational system of the State ] alluded to, and some suggestions made as to , irther legislation on the subject. lie opposes < e sale of timber lands udIcss money is need- , I; praises the reform school, aud advocates j iprovement in the militia system ( ? M. Reyual, of the Veterinary School at 1 Ayfort, France, says the Scientific American, has communicated to the Imperial Academy of Medicine the result* of investigations upon the poisonous properties acquired by brine, after a considerable length of time, in which pork or other meats had been salted or pickled. The poisonous properties, he states, are acquired in two or three months after the preparations of the brine, and its use then mixed with food for any length of time, even although in small quantities, may produce death. A simple solution of salt in water, after the same length of time, does not produoe the same effect. The poison acts as a local irritant, exciting violent intestinal congestion and inflammation. It likewise increases the secretion of the skin and kidneys, and or.eits a direot effect upon the nervous system, giving rise to trembling, loss of sensation, convulsions, &c. Ex?a??manfa wawa ttm f V? if in +VlO Vpti?nnflrV pel iliiguio TTC1C TT1VU iV*u wmv ? -www--?? J | School upoo horses, dogs, and pigs. As brine is sometime used a second time for pickling and other purposes, these facts should be remembered. REMARKS OF MR. BOYCE. IN U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JANUARY 4, 1856. MR. BOYCE. Mr. Clerk, yesterday an honorable gentleman from New York (Mr. Simmons) made an allusion to opinions expressed by me, with reference to the continuance of the Union. I did not think it proper at that time to interrupt the House with any remarks of my own, for I did not desire to present even the apparent semblance of wishing to influence the House in their choice for ' Speaker, under the resolution then before the House. That Btate of things being entirely removed, I feel at liberty now, very briefly, to express my position upon the point referred to by the gentleman from New York. It is true, Mr. Clerk, that I have had, and | I still have, the most melancholy foreboding as to the future of our country. I have thought and I still think, and I have expressed the opinion, and still express the opinion, that 1 there are circumstances at work whioh are 1 hurrying us almost irresistibly to a disruption. Why do I think this ? Because, in my opinion?and I speak not as a party man ; I speak from the honest convictions 01 my nean, witn entire candor, and not with the purpose of influencing any measure or any party?because I think that there is a spirit at the North, a public opinion growing up, hostile to the institutions of the South, that is inconsistent with the continuance of the Union. The Constitution, if I understand it correctly, was the resuit of compromise between the North and the South upon the subject of slavery j it was the 1 result'of a spirit of conciliation and fraternal ooncord. The great men of the North at that day?your Hamiltons, your Jays, your Living- ? stons, and your Franklins?were willing to t sink a sentiment in obtaining a great good.? ? That great good they considered the formation J of the Federal Union; and to obtain that, 1 they placed in abeyance their sentiment of 1 hostility to the institution of slavery. J I consider, first, that at the time of the adop- y tion of the Constitution, there was no objec- ; tion to the admission of slave States. Why ? 11 Because nearly all of the States of the Confed- c eracy were slave States, and no man at the 1 North then objected to the admission of slave States into the Union. Further: the Const!- b tution adopted by the great men of the North p in concert with the great men of the South of that day, in various particulars recognizes and acknowledges slavery. It does this in that o whieh nrnvides fnr the annortionment of P representation to the House of Representatives; s it recognizes slavery in that clause which pro- & rides for the apportionment of direct taxation; Cl t recognizes slavery in that clause which prorides that the Federal Government shall pre- w serve every State from domestic violence; that ei ;lause which provides for the extradition of 01 iigitivc slaves also recognizes slavery, and ro- b sognizes it pro hac vice in a free State. And hrther : that clause of the Constitution which ^ provides that the African slave trade shall tc ;ontinue open for twenty years, recognizes 13 ilavery in its most striking form. I say then, that the Federal Constitution ir vas the result of a spirit of compromise bcween the men of the North and the men of he South on the subject of slavery. With- ei >ut that spirit of compromise and concession oi ind concord and harmony, the Constitution H vould never have been formed and the Union N vould never have existed. Well, it strikes p neasalogical conclusion, that the Union can v< >nly be preserved by the contiuuance of that S ame spirit of concord and harmony and com- bi )romise and fraternal concession on the part of p he North. It has, therefore, been with the s< nost profound regret as a lover of my country, c< hat I have seen at the North the formation of l great party, based upon the single idea of lostility to the institutions of the South. The mly question with me, then, as to the con- u inuance of the Union is, whether that party hi .1 XT ,1 Ti* 41 nil taue possession or tne rsonu. xi tncy ao, w n my opinion the Union is at an end. Well, ai rill that party take possession of the North ? tl l say, and say it with the profoundest regret, ti hat I think it will?not to-day, perhaps, nor ti o-morrow, nor the next day; but that the ten- Ii lency of things is such that it will ultimately lc ake possession of the North, I entertain but pi ittle doubt. Well, what is that party pledged o? The great leading idea of that party is, ,u hat freedom is national, and that slavery is sl lectional. That party, then, are obliged, if ir hey come into power, as is recommended in fI he resolutions of the State of Maine, present- j rtl :d to the Senate yesterday, to abolish slavery j * n the District of Columbia, and to prohibit it 11 n all the Territories, arsenals, and dock-yards el n the United States. Well, then, it seems to tl ne that if that party comes into power pledg- j ,*d to those measures, we shall be in the midst j )f chaosand anarchy and revolution. Hut do I \ t(1 Jcsire this No. Cod forbid that 1 should, lwish ; j. ,o see my country peaceful and happy. I wisli to cj :ee mycuunlry going forward in its great his- j U1 orieal career, making its mark upon the pages !}, >f time, and working out its great dcatiuy for \ tj 1 ? - - ' I 1 .1 k? I HO uriJOi.i *t i > f I .?4 "i ?v > Iii.u u.n>virai nu- 1)1 uuniiy. W^uld that it were in my power this j p, lay to give poaec to toy country! 1 would j 0i lrive from this and our land the fanatical I tt spirit of d: : i which would destroy that Con- w tilutioo which the cvc it men of our country d< in its classic era adopted, and which we all p love. (t Now, why do I think that that party at the ol Sorth will succeed? Because it rccounneuds ' fc tsdf to the great sentiiucut of the North?the | :c!itiiiicnt of anti-slavery?and because, too, ; J' t recommends itself to that love of power which I n, to people can resist. What people have ever f< leelined to receive power when it was offered : ,0 them ? This great sectional party at the ; ^ S'orth goes upon the idea that, by uniting to- j 01 *ether at the North, they .an obtain the control j sl >t' this Government, and dispcuscits vast pat- ! onage amongst themselves, and reduce the ! g jeople of the South to a secondary and subor-1l] linatc condition. That is their great idea.? j iVell, what people, I would ask, have ever had 0i the greatness to decline power when offered to them ? There is but one man who stands out on the canvass of history illuminated with the glory of having had the magnanimity to decline power. There he is, [pointing to the portrait of Washington;] but no people in ancient or modern times have had the magnanimity to decline power. The people of the North cannot deoline it. That party, therefore, which places itself upon the position of giving power to the North, will eventually succeed; and when that party does succeed, in my opinion, the Union will be at an end. I say it in no spirit of threat, at all. I am merely explaining my position. I think that this sectional anti-slavery party will succeed at the North, and, therefore, that revolution will be inevitable. But I do not desire it; far, far from it. All we ask of you at the North is, to administer the Constitution according to the spirit in which your fathers adopted it; the spirit of concession, compromise, and concord; to administer the Government in the spirit in which it was administered for the first quarter of a century; and then you will find the people of the South loyal to the Union, and no one more so than myself. What a glorious spectacle it would be if such a state of things could exist; instead of this, the master branch of the Government, being paralyzed and disorganized, it would be in action, giving vitality to the workings of our Government; and the hearts of our twenty-five millions of people would beat in harmonious unison ! Why do we hear of treaties abrogated, of threats of sending naval armaments to hover upon our coasts ? Why do the masts of hostile ships, perhaps at this very moment, cast their malignant shadows over our seas ? Because our country is torn to pieces, discordant, distracted by the war one portion of the Confederacy have declared against the institutions of the other portion. I have the most melancholy forebodings as to the ultimate consequences growing out of this sectional crusade. But, oh! that it may be otherwise ! dfeprer. EDITED BT 3AM'L W. MELTON JOHN L. MILLER. YORKVILLEj S. C. THUR8DAY MORNING, JANUARY 17, 1866. "We have received with pleasure the favor lent us by our frihnd in Newberry. It shall have a dace, in "the course of human events." Thanks. SNOW. Friday night last we were again made lively by a ;enerous falling of snow, which covered the ground o the depth of from six to ten inches. Our world, Saturday morning, looked as lovely and pure as a Kvi/io oil rloflrorl nrit in n. raiment of virein v""6 ?" ?WW ? - -? - w rhiteness. Again we have had a merry while, keepog time to the chiming of merry sleigh-hells; bat, ust as one does with the "big-head" after a frolick, re are now paying for the fun dearly. Such a mudly, "sloshy," watery, splashy time of it, the oldest ^habitant never saw. Just so, in this world of ompensations, those who enjoy the music must pay he piper! From our exchanges wc learn that the storm has een general throughout the country; visiting many laces with an almost unexampled severity. EXPLANATORY. We are surprised to learn that, in some portions f the District, we are made responsible for a misaprehension in reference to the course of Col. Witherpoon, in the Senate, in regard to the "Bill to conne the jurisdiction of Majistratcs in small and mean mses to their respective Beats." This Bill was in- 1 oduccd by Mr. Moses, of Sumter, and, as far as c know,Col. Witherspoon had no agency whatever ither in introducing or passing the measure. The ' nly reference we made to it, in the letter of Decern- I er 10th, is as follows:? ' "Giving the list of Magistrates reminds me that ol. Witherspoox has given notice of his intention ' > introduce a Bill to provide for an additional Mag- ' trate in Yorkville; and, also, that a Bill has passed ' le Senate confining the jurisdiction of Magistrates * i small and mean causes to their respective Beats." ! I NEW LIVERY STABLES. , In his announcement which will be found in anoth- | r column, Mr. S. W. Jackson informs the public , f the opening of his Livery Stables in Yorkville.? , ,'e has purchased the stables of Messrs. Love & j [cConxell and Col. Sadler, and has now and , romises to keep an excellent supply of horses and ^ ehicles and drivers for tho public accommodation, uch an establishment, well-kept, is an indispensale necessity, and should be encouraged liberally. . ersons from a distance, by applying to Mr. Jack)n, may rely on procuring safe and comfortable >nveyances. The Carolina Times will notice the advertisement. ^ MUSIC! MUSIC!! i Mr. Kern, Professor of Music in the Female Col- < ge, informs the public, in his advertisement, that \ is on band a first-rate Piano for sale, and that he | ill furnish instruments of different styles and prices i t a small advance on New-York prices. lie is a < lorouglily accomplished niusiciau, and in the selec- i on of good instruments, as well as in repairing and i ining, lie is fully competent to give satisfaction.? ] i reference to Worcester's Pianos, we take the foliwingfrom the New-York Commercial Advertiser, a 1 iper worthy of reliance:? "The result of the exhibition of musical instru- ] icnts in the Exposition Universclle at Paris, has ? iown that American mechanics excel the Europeans ' i the manufacture of pianos; and we believe it is , uite safe to say that no better pianos are made in uy part of the world than those now made in New 1 ork city. We have examined several instruments j om the factory of Mr. II. Worcester, that are so iegaut in form, and so pure and powerful in tone, mt we doubt whether they can be surpassed." PHYSIOLOGY. The reader will find in another column an entertining and well written notice of Dr. Liborde's hysiology, from the pen of a distinguished pbysiuin of Columbia. The article, which, it will be re- 1 icnibercd. was promised us too or three months ago, as been on our table for several weeks; but, until ic present issue, has been unavoidably crowded ( at. It is not necessary that we should add any 1 ood word of our own in behalf of this capital treatise a Physiology; indeed, we have already put in con- ( ibution our stock of encomiums. Every one in ] ant of anew book alike useful and interesting will ' i) well to call at Adickes and Withers' store and ' rocurc a copy. The editor of the Montgomery ( Via.,) Mail "borrowed" a copy lately, and amoDg thcr paragraphs in reference to it has penned the j illowing:? , Some men have the gift of induing any subject ( n-y touch with pen,.with a certain attractiveness, I tiwevcv unseductive it may be under ordinary treat- ' lent. Such men, of ail others, should write books ] ir the student. They are the gentlemen ushers of ] teraturc and science, and need want no prouder | illing. Such a writer is I'rof. LaBordc, and such a i a ok is his Physiology. All other school treatises a the subject that we have seen, are very lame < tclctons. Here we have a perspicuous exposition r f tiic general principles, as little encumbered as t ossible with mere technical learning; and these i cueml principles arc "brought home" constantly to i ie mind, in illustrations from the coinmon-place of s fe. The knowledge is giveu in connection with the r emonstration of its practical value; the principles j f Physiology are shown in their thousand relations with the laws of health and life. A moro entertain- I ing book for a reflective mind, we can hardly ima- c gine. Its arrangement, illustrations and style?its j whole treatment of the subject?is worthy of unsint- t ed praise; and we do not hesitate to say that it is one of the very best books for schools yet issued.? c We trust it will find so universal appreciation, that the author may be induced to venture further. A friend has lent us a copy of the "Physiology." We presume it can be obtained, however, at the book- j stores of our city; and we would especially call the attention of teachers to it. 8 ( MERE MENTION. The Democratic Committee at Washington g have fixed upon the first Monday in June as tho time for holding the National Convention at Cincinnati r The American Hotel, Columbia, has been sold fl to Mr. W. Bollinger We learn from the Laurens- r ville Herald that Charles Allen, Esq., a venerable ^ Revolutionary soldier, died at his residence in that District, on Saturday the 5th in9t., in the ninety- fl third year of his age Jenny Lind Goldschmidt, ? the peerless singer, has again made her appearance upon the stage. In London, her success has been , even more decided than any former triumph At t a recent meeting of tie Directors of the Spartanburg 0 and Union R. R. Company, Gen. D. Wallace resign- a ed the Presidency and Mr. Jno. L. Young, of Union- j ville, was elected in his stead. Col. F. Scaite was 2 chosen Director in place of Mr. Young Rev. r Samuel Williamson, D. D., formerly President of $ Davidson College, has received and accepted an invitation to settle as pastor of the Church in Wash- j: ington, Hempstead County, the extreme South-West- j ern corner of Arkansas W. B. Wilson, Esq., g has removed to an office on Liberty Street, in the rear of the "Adickes Building." Sec Card The Columbia papers, of Tuesday, announce the death of Joshua Sowden, for a long period Chief * Marshal of the city police?"an old and faithful offi- 1 cer, highly esteemed by all who knew him" A T man named Marlow was frozen to death at Newber- * ry Court-house on the night of the 8d instant 0 The opinion is stated in a telegraph despatch from 1 Washington that England will give up her claim to 1 a protectorate in Mosquito rather than go to war 0 with the United States. I MM I TRIAL OF T. J. ECCLES. j The United States District Court ponvened at Charleston on Monday the 7th instant, and proceed- t ed to the trial of Thomas J. Eccles, charged with \ the robbery of the mails, in February last, while ? acting in the capacity of Mail Agent on the Char- t lotte and S. C. Railroad. The trial on the first in- a dictment, based upon the loss of money mailed by r Messr;. Moore & Rainey, of this place, to Messrs. Johnston, Crews & Brawxey, was concluded Fri- e day evening. The Charleston Evening Newt, of Sat- ? urday, reports the result as follows: "The argument on the first indictment against T. g J. Ecclcs, late Mail Agent on the Columbia and Charlotte Road, for robbing the mail, was concluded yesterday by C. G. Memminger, on the part of the ^ prosecution. Judge Gilchrist delivered an able and explicit charge to the Jury, reviewing the whole of the testimony, and dwelling at some length upon the ,, facts and circumstances of the case. The case was tl delivered to the Jury at three o'clock, P. M., with orders from the Court to seal the verdict and present c it before the Court this morning at 10 o'clock. The Jury was in their room only two hours, from three to ^ five o'clock, when they agreed upon a verdict of "not guilty," and which was delivered in open Court this . morning. ' " There being five other indictments, the trial on the others will immediately follow. We learn from the District Attorney that one of the Charlotte cases will come up next in order. The proceedings in the ^ succeeding cases will, of necessity, be merely formal, g( as the strongest case against the prisoner has already 01 been disposed of, and the main body of the evidence tl on the part of the prosecution has already been clic- sj ited." al THE METHODIST CHURCH. ^ The following official summary of statistics inref- e( ercnce to the membership of the Methodist Episco- li pal Church, South, was furnished by the Secretary / xt.- o ? .t n i:__ u t> a *r I l)I tne oouia i/iiruiiuu vuuivi cucv, uct, j. . xx. m. Williams:? Uj Local Elders, 7G: Local Deacons, 72 ; Licentiates, > ? ? i i e? Ell. Whites in full connection, 30,082; Whites on probation, 4,35G. Colored in full connection, 38,933: Colored on probation, 5,753. ^ "Compared with last year, there is a decrease of p 3 Local Deacons : an increase of 10 Licentiates, and ? fo if 417 white ; and a decrease of 575 colQrcd memtiers. The decrease in the colored arises from the se fact that at a previous conference one colored mis- ^ sion, with 23G members in full connection, was _ cc thrown overboard, and at the late conference one ^ :olored mission reported only 35 members, whereas ^ dierc was a much larger number of members in that .g nission; and further, from some of the circuits a . rear ago, imperfect returns were made. It is very ^ ikely that there is an actual increase in the colored, ^ is in the white membership, but it will not so appear in the minutes." p, THE ENCLOSURE ACT. . ar The first step towards the consummation of the ;n de%of a general Enclosure System in this State was j| nadc at the last session of the Legislature, by the passing of an "Act to autliori2e the erection of Gates ipon all such roads as are not public highways."? fr [f we are to judge from the number of petitions an- ge mally presented to the Legislature for the granting st if this privilege in special cases, the Act will meet or with the cordial approval of the masses of our peo- jj( )le. It certainly could be applied so as to save many i rod of fencing in every neighborhood. Our read- te :rs will understand that the provision relates to such ^ oads as are not under the supervision of the Com- ^ nissioners, denominated, technically, " piivatc ;s paths." The Act is as follows:? tb - - " i ?t - ? m 1. Hf.it enacted by the senate ana nouse 01 liep- r escntatives, now met and sitting in General Assom- , jly, and by the authority of the same, That from w tnd alter the first day of January next, it shall be awful for any citizen of this State, over whose land m my road may pass, other than a public highway, to :rect gates thereon, and that the persons owning or , jrecting such gates shall be liable to be indicted for i nuisance if they fail to keep them in good order. 2. That in case any person or persons shall inter- W fore with, injure, destroy, or wilfully leave open any SP such gates, such person or persons shall be liable to indictment as lor a misdemeanor. OUR RAILROAD EXTENSION. ^ Merely for the purpose of keeping the matter before the people, we extract from the Timet a correct :opy of the Act passed at the last session for the extension of the King's Mountain Railroad. Happily Pc the Act is unlimited in point of time, so that our people need not be hasty in their deliberations upon *e this important enterprise. It reads as follows: *u I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, now met aud sitting in General As- co sembly, aud by the authority of the same, That for ce the purpose of establishing a communication by lluilrond between Yorkville and some convenient point on the North Carolina line, within the limits of Jloveland couuty or Gaston county, the King's l'i Mountain Railroad Company are hereby authorized ia] nvfnvwl vnnrl to the Nnvth Carolina line, to some convenient point, ns aforesaid, with the right nH :>f passage and way as provided for in their present th jharter. Ki II. That fortius purpose the said King's Mountain Railroad Company are hereby authorized to inn-case the capital stock of said Company to an anount not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand ]ftl lollars, and that fur the purpose of raising said addiional stock, it shall he lawful to open books at York- C1 rille, under the direction of such persons as the sa President and Directors of the said King's Mountain ed flail road Company may appoint, and also at such je] jlacos and under the direction of such other persons is they may designate. w< III. That the shares shall consist of one hundred to lollars each, and on each share of the said additionil stock subscribed for, the subscribers shall pay to j.. ,hc Treasurer of the said Company the sum of five 1 lollars in cash, or in notes of specie paying banks >f this State, at the time of subscription, and the bal- tic incc at such times and in such sums as the President end Directors of the King's Mountain Railroad Com- ' >any may direct. IV. That in all cases of appeal from Valuation to bj le made by Commissioners so provided for by the ti barter of the said King's Mountain Railroad Com- y any, full costs shall be awarded, and the collection hereof enforced as in cases of tresspass in the case. F V. That this Aot be, and the same is hereby de- t ilared to be a publio Aot i< FROM THE WE8T! F We hare several important items of intelligence 0 rom the Pacific coast, by the arrival of the steam- 0 ihip Northern Light. A telegraphic dispatch in the n Columbia Times contains the following:? Another Filibustering expedition, fivo hundred s itrong, had landed in Lowor California. The Indian war in Oregon is becoming more and ^ nore serious, and threatens to be a long and bloody ^ itruggle. It will probably cost the United States as * nuch timo, money and trouble as did the Florida * var. The enemy is posted in mountain fastnesses, very portion of which is known to them, while our ^ oldiers are entirely ignorant of the localities. They 8 _ fl ire also more numerous, quite as warlike, better " irmed and equipped, more energetic and better pro- 1 isioned than were the Seminoles. Lieutenant Slaugh- ^ er, U. S. A., had been shot while sitting in the door a >f his tent, and an engagement between the Indians n ,nd tho Volunteers at Walla Wrlla had taken place, u n which 50 Indians were killed and wounded, and t !0 whites. General Wool was arranging prelimiuaies for an early campaign against the hostile inLians. On the Isthmus all is quiet. Walker is succeed- 0 ng in his administrative reform, and numbers are oining his ranks from California and the United ^ States. ^ i,,,, n THE FLORIDA INDIANS. From tho tone of the Florida papers we are to in- o er that the recent outrages committed by the Semi- * ides have aroused a determined spirit of hostility, 0 rhich will end in the forcible removal of the Indians h rom the State, or their utter extermination. Muoh c ixcitemcnt prevails throughout the State, and meet- ? Dgs have been held to take action for the defence of c he settlements, calling npon the authorities for aid s ind providing for the equipment of volunteer com- ? >anies to be placed in the service. The resolutions ^ >assed by one of these meetings at Tampa, arc sub- o oined:? P Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting, that ^ he Indians are now in a settled state of hostility and ^ hat the exposed Btate of the frontier requires immeliate protection, and that we respectfully call upon ^ ho General Government and Governor of the State g o furnish the necessary protection to the citizens, ^ ,nd take immediate steps for the speedy and forcible t] emoval of those savages, and, if necessary, to wago . war of extermination against them. Resolved, That we earnestly request the people of ? very county in the Stato to hold pubiio meetings, ^ ,nd petition the authorities of the General and Stato flJovcrnmcnt to adopt immediately such means as a, lav bo necessary to remove the. remainder of the ^ leminoles to the West, without delay. 1 Resolved, That we recommend that the people of ~ bis State submit to no truce or compromise with bese Indians, until the last one is ejected from our ^ jrritory. ; Resolved, That we recommend to the citizens of ais country, to organize two or more companies of oluuteers and tender them to the proper authories, to be used for the protection of the frontier and ae prosecution of the war. OLUMBIA AND CHARLOTTE TELEGRAPH. We learn that at a recent meeting of the Stock- & olders of this Company, at Chester, the line was Cl sased to Mr. Eli Elliott, who will forthwith pro- st eed to "post up"- the concern and keep it in work- P' lg order. The undertaking is a heavy one, but we m ust that the skill and enterprise of the Contractor r(! ill bo equal to the task. The Standard gives the C( ibjoined notice which wc copy for the benefit of a ftI ortion of our readers:? " Mr. E. requests us to notify "those within the tl( )und of our voice, who have oeen trespassing upi the line by converting insulators and portions of fr le wire to their private purposes, that unless the ime be returned or paid for forthwith, the law, in 61 II its rigors, will be enforced in every case. Take arning, therefore, ye who in the honesty and sim- c0 licity of your hearts regarded the line as abandon- ? 1, and render unto Elliott the things which are El- ^ ott's." ot ? of EUROPEAN AFFAIRS. a. The advices from Europe, brought by the Canada, ^ p to the 22d of December, arc of no special interit, beyond additional rumors of peace negotiations. . . is stated that the Austrian government has dis- .. itched Prince Estebhazy to the Court of St. Pe- ^ rsburg with an ultimatum agreed upon by the three owers. The terms of this treaty are kept pro- ga undly secret, a fact which goos far to discredit the wj ateraent, and to deprive these rumors of tho little imblanco of reliability which might otherwise etch to them. The condition of affairs passes our CQ imprehension. Tho French appear to bo solicitous ^ r peace and sanguine of the success of the negoitions; while the tone of feeling with the English Ql decidedly warlike. Some one says that "France ^ loss peaceful and England is less warlike than aE ey seem," which perhaps approaches the true ;n atement of the case. ur The following items arc furnished by this arrival: no be English Government is said to have demanded ^ l explanation from the Court of Vienna as to the jn tention of Austria in reducing the Austrian nrmjr. W( bo Army Board of that country is selling no fewer wj an sevents thousand horses. j3 In reference to the surrender of Kars, p dispatch j,, om Gen. Mouravicff, reports that he has taken posssion of one hundred nnd thirty cannon, large ore of amunition and standards, with 10,000 pris- c0 lers, besides those already reported, six thousand dj, iing Turkish regulars, and 4,000 Redies. tb Tlonmnrlf Ima rpnnpsMd the (rftvernirients intprpu. d to adjourn the conference on the Sound Dues.? Copenhagen letter says that only two States have i yet pronounced in favor of Denmark's views, viz: pe usiia and Mecklenburg. The Russian finance ruin- th ter some timo sinco stated that he could not raise e large sum required to capitalize, and therefore cfcrred remaining as they are. Lord Clarendon is announced that if the United States' ships pass tai ithout tolls British ships will pass also. Messrs. Brown, Shipley & Co. quote a languid arket, and prices rather easier than at the depart- Pr c of the Pacific, hut not quotably lower. The re: rokers' Circular says that the market was quiet s0 ith but a limited speculative demand, and stocks eely offering. The week's sales amounted to 86, >0 bales, of which exporters took 2,500 bales and a fcculators a small quantity. an The total stock in port was 312,000 bales, inclung 128,000 American. Since the above was put in type, we have advices th r the arrival of%the Atlantic up to December 2Gtb. to itton was drooping, and buyers were asking a re- w< iction. Sales since the departure of the Canada, 1,000 bales, including 5,000 to speculators and ex- an irtcrs. su Peace negotiation were in statu quo. Prince Es- th rhnzy had reached St. Petersburg with the ultima- is m of the Western powers, but no reply had yet sit :cn given. Austria bad informed Prussia of the va ntents of the ultimatum, and agreed to urge itsac- im ptancc by Russia. It was rumored that Denmark er: is about to join the Western powers. Count Buol to id communicated the terms of the ultimatum to bu ince Gortschnkoff. The Allies demand a strip of pe ad along the Danube, in order to secure the free inl .vigation of that river. Thero was nothing from he e seat of war except the details of the battle of l-1 irs. - ce AFFAIRS AT "WASHINGTON. dl! We have accounts from Washington up to Tuesday st, from which we learn that the contest for Speak- an continues, without any prospect for an early ces- n0 tion. Ou Thursday the following res ill: determin- ftn tho last ballot: Banks, 98; Richardson, 70 ; Fulr, 30; Pennington, 7; scattering, C. A resolution is passed, declaring it to be the duty of candidates tllJ state fully their opinions upon important political m< lestions, with the object, it is said, of eliciting chardson's opinion upon the slavery question. an The Senate has been engaged in discussing the ac- pc >n of the Naval Board, and our difficulty with ue lgland pending in reference to the Clayton and acl llwer treaty. Speaking of the construction given frc ' the British government to this treaty, Mr. Cass tin sod the following language in the Senate: "In the i rhole history of diplomacy, of the most tortuous di- 1 lom&cy, there is no ohapter like that which recounts i he conduct of Great Britain with respect to this ' ientical treaty. There is none in which an inter- 1 rotation so palpably contrary to the plain meaning f the phraseology employed was ever so pertinaiously urged by one nation to get rid of its engage- i a ill. ll. ? it ItJIlUS ?V 1 tu uuuiuur. Mr. Clayton, who assisted in making the treaty aid: "It is wonderful that a nation so enlightened, nd of Buch standing in the world as the people of i Ireat Britain, should have consented to permit any linistry to stand in a controversy on such points as hese. I do not believe the British people understand heir position. I do not know that Lord Palmer ston as heretofore carried things there with a high hand; >ut I think that, when the British people do undertand that they are to be degraded and disgraced by uch miserable quibbling and equivocating as this, he} will turn their backs on Lord Palmerston and is Cabinet, and any other set of men that have such n estimate of what is due to British honor. I do ot believe Englishmen have sunk so low. Dopend ipon it, sir, there is some misunderstanding among Inglishmen on this subject It is impossible that he people of England can comprehend it. If they lo, they will not suffer such miserable special pleadng to dishonor them, and force us at last into an pen war with them." Col. Parker H. French, the new minister from Nicaragua, seems to be creating quite a sensation in Washington. A letter-writer speaks of him and his nission in these terms:? Col. French is becoming very popular. I saw him n the floor of the House of Representatives, con cnting Willi u uiauuguiaueu lucuiuur iruui v/mu.? Ivery body is struck with the modesty of his demeanr and the peculiar flash, not to say fierceness, of 1 is eyes. His voice is not load, but eloquent and ommonding. I should think him made for a leader f men. The fact that he was oloseted with Crampon for two hours soon after his arrival here, has rented a great deal of nonsensical Bcandal, which I hall not repeat. If Nicaragua has really instruct- , d her minister, Col. French, to seek an allianco with { treat Britain in preference to the United States, I ' clieve Col. French's patriotism will lead him to ' verstep his orders a little, and to .exercise the pleni- i otentiary powers given him by the Nicaraguan j overnmcnt in favor of his own countrymen. Much, owever, will depend upon the attitude taken by the 1 idministration. If Marcy drives Nicaragua into ' be arms of Great Britain, and the commerce of Cenral America is given to London and Liverpool intead of New York?if the annual 3,000,000 of silver 1 iken from the mines of Central America, with all < be additional millions to be realized there by free < ibor of American miners in future, is to be made a f resent to the Rothchilds and tho Barings, what will le merchants of New York say to Marcy and his ( -iends at the Cincinnati Convention? Great Britain 1 Ircady enjoys a vast monopoly in Central America, j nd will readily sacrifice her Mosquito protectorate . >r an advantageous commercial treaty with Nicaraua and Honduras. A number of Senators and Rep- c ssentatives have written home for advice in regard i ) Central America, and will probably be instructed j y the Legislatures of their States to favor the reccgition of Nicaragua. ' ?> ? ^ Written for the Yorkville Enquirer. i " LaBORDE'S INTRODUCTION TO PHYSIOLOGY." ? To render a work on Physiology useful to the ? moral reader, it must afford a bird s eye view of the t itire human organization, as compared with tho ructure of other animals, and at the samo time i resent such details of the peculiar conformation of t ankind as will be readily understood. In these ( ispects Dr. LaBorde has succedcd beyond what i mid have been anticipated in so limited a space, s id has truly given us "multum in parvo." He has i ineralizcd without becoming obscure, and has par- i jularized without running too much into minutire. v On points of practical interest he has written with o cedom, and has displayed much judgment in the v :pression of his opinions on hygiene, while many ipropriate suggestions are made with a view to irrect the erroneous customs and habits of our peoe. The prophylactic rogimen would do much to 1 tviate disease, and it would be well for the health ' ladies especially, if the views of our author were lopted and acted upon. But the progress of knowl- 8 Ige in all other departments seems to be in an in* * irse ratio with the precautions as to health; and * bile the mind is stimulated to great attainments, c e taste is vitiated, the appetite depraved, and the c >dv left to suffer the consequences. All the refine- * ents of dress, all the luxuries of the table, all the 0 lyetics of the fashionable midnight throng, bring ' ith them evils which their votaries think little of, 11 itil it is too late to arrest them. ' When wo consider the irregular and unnatural 8 mrsc of life amongst many of the higher class of e sople at the present day, it is not susprising that n senses linvo increased, and that invalids are more ? imerous. Habit will do much to accommodate the 1 iman organization to any particular mode of living, id we know that even articles of poison are used 0 small portions at first, and gradually increased, a itil the system demands their continuance and can- P it dispense with the accustomed allowance without <e most painful results. But this cannot be urged justification of the practice, as the organization 8 juld have been in a much more favorable state t: tliout the influence of such drugs originally, and 8 in an abnormal condition, or forced state while nn r their influence. p Thus it seems that an adherence to an improper T bit does not exempt entirely from its coqscquen- ti s, and when it is broken in upon, or interrupted, r jaatrous effects ensue. How then can we expect P ose ordinary habits of man which appertain to his * ry existence, and rclutions to others, to be viola- c 1 with impunity? The God of Nature has afiixcd B nalties to the violation of Nature's laws, and 1 ose who trespass must abido the consequences.? 1< hile man is fitted to uudergo mental and physical C orts, it is designed that his mind should, at ccr- n in times, have repose, and his body have rest? 8 hile food gives nourishment, and clothes impart 0 otcction, there are ways in which cither may be 8 ndered hurtful, and, instead of comforts, become ? urces of pain and disease. S rhosc points arc presented by Dr. LaBorde in such a way as to impress the reader with their import- 11 ce, und no one can peruse the chapters in which e laws of health are discussed, without feeling that ? e regime under which we exist is more unfavorable ^ a proper dcvclopement of the powers of man and )man. r The "conditions of healthy nervous action" arc originally souud constitution of the brain, a due c pply of arterial blood, and a proper exercise of ^ e brain and nervous system. As the last element v most under our control it is more specially con- a lered. The exercise of either body or mind is ad- * ntageous within proper limits, thus illustrating the 11 timate relations of the corporeal and mental pow- 8 s. And our author justly remarks that "It is well " remember that man is constituted not of one organ " it of several; that oach is endowed with its own culiar functions, that they are united by the roost P timatc sympathies and relations, and that the n alth of one depends upon the health of the others." r' They act and react upon each other, giving and reiving aid in the common struggle of life against r< jease and death." P In consequence of the reciprocal influence of body P' d mind, the author infers that "the mind should 8< t be heavily exercised immediately after a meal," n< d he points out the importance of regular exercise j ?' the brain, but does not undertake to decide with j r finiteness the mooted point as to the particular c* no of day or night when the mental euergics are i b' )st efficient. i ei fVi The conditions necessary for perfect digestion are, "adequate supply of gastric juice, a steady tcrnraturc of 93? or 100? Farh., and a gentle coutin- a' d ngitation of the alimentary mass in tho'stom- tv (1. The first effect is the production of Chyme ce im that part of the food which is in contact with d< > gastric juice; this passes from the sttftnach, as- sc V* ^ *, Burning the form of Chyle under the influence of the bile and pancreatic juice in the duodenuifl and small intestines; from whence it passes into the lac teals, which terminate in the thoracic duct, from which the chyle is discharged into the left subclavian vein. Thus is shown the agency of digestion in nutrition, and next is presented the food which is best suited for man. A mixed diet of animal and vegetable articles has been found most advantagsons in this latitude, but the former are, with a few exceptions, most readily digested, and most, conducive to strength. Fish are not so safe or nutritious as the flesh of birds and quadrupeds. But, upon the whole, milk and its various products, must, in the words of the text, ."be considered as one of the most nutritious articles of diet" In glancing ovor the table of Beaumont, given in connexion with this chr.pter, it will be observed by the reader that rice is the most promptly digested, and that Dork reanires the mint *Ar1!/uio all the articles usualy taken as food. "Water is the only drink fit for the. habitnal use of man, but, with this exception, no beverage cither ornatnre or art is as grateful as well-prepared coffee." i In this connection Dr. LaBorde endorses tho stat e A ment "that almost every man, woman and child, in ' this country, eats and drinks twice as much every- ^ day, on a moderate estimate, as is necessary." Tho circulation, which is instrumental in distributing the nourishment, comes in very appropriately for consideration at this point; and the illustrations which are given will enable those persons without any previous anatomical knowledge to obtain a very satisfactory view of the distribution of the vital fluid and the propelling influences. This division, with that of reproduction, has received particular attention at the hands of the author, and in the important lesson that pure blood could not exist without pure air in the lungs, he has insisted upon proper ventilation of apartments. Secretion, by which the elements requisite for the sustenance of the various functions are eliminated; and excretion, by which the useless material of the body is expelled from it, are briefly considered; and then the tkin is more fully spoken of; 1st, as an ex [latent 01 waste matter; 2d, as a joint regulator of the heat of the body ; 3d, as an agent of absorption; 1th, as tho scat of sensation and touch. The sympathy of this outer coating with the interial viscera is adverted to, and the importance of ircss in this view is strongly urged, with proper exiroUe in the open sir and frequent ablations. Some ipprchension is oppressed as to the effects of the sold bath when used indiscriminately, but the same tind of objection may be urged to the.tepid or warm mth. If used with proper restrictions, the warm lath may be advantageous to some persons, :but the iaution which is roqnisite in regard to worm bathing s not necessary when the cold bath -is used, and lenco cold is preferablo to warm water for daily abution, and for all ordinary bathing purposes. It is veil that, while cleanliness is conducive to comfort, t promotes a healthy condition of tho general pbyscal organization, and imparts an impulse to the opirations of the intellect; tbuS'affording the strong>st motives to give particular attention to the cutansoas functions. Tlio book bofore ns is divested of technicalities as ar as practicable in a treatise oq Physiology, and is hus rendered more acceptable to the general reader, and the student at Bcbool or College, for whom t is specially designed. No one should be without iome knowledge of Physiology, and the volume rhich Dr. LaBorde has now presented to the public s a reliable source of information this subject. We rould bespeak for it a careful perusal by our people, .nd trust it may be the means of diffusing proper iews and enforcing correct habits of life. Mediccb. From the Washington Union. [Tie Letter of the Hon. Jantea L. Or*, of/outh ' Carolina. Want of time and space prevent us from making uch comments upon the letter of the Hon. James j. Orr, published in tho Union of. Saturday last, as hat oluqueutand well-considered productiondeserv?i wni,?? * ?* ?. ivu uu mmuiuu vi luvcrpoaing oeiween pouttal friends who are engaged in discussing an impor- ? ant State question, we purpose submitting some bservations upon the propriety of a full represcntnion of the domocratic party of all the States in the lext Cincinnati Convention. Col. Orr presents, vith characteristic force and earnestness, the jreaons which should weigh with conclusive force upon very democrat in favor of such a representation; nd upon this basis he calls upon tho democracy of youth Carolina to choose their delegates, to meet heir political brethern in that body. The House of Representatives is now in the hands f a fragmentary fusion, if that appellation may be pplicd to those who are vainly struggling to get osscssion of the organization. And, since Colonel trr's letter has appeared, this fusion has practically ulfilled more than his prophecies. We find it in a tatc of alarming chaos. We find it the daily theare of criminations and recriminations, which we earch political history in vain to p&ralelL At tli? present writing there is no telHng at what oint a Speaker will be selected, and, if selected, at rhat point the disorganizing purposes of the aboli* ion majority will be arrested. It is on appalling efiection that to this house, should the democratio arty fail to be united in 1866, may be committed he grave responsibility of deciding between rival andidate3 for the presidency in favor of one who hall serve for four years from the 4th of March, 8o7. We may have a majority of States ; hut, un jss we shall be fully represented in the Cincinnati invention, so that the candidate there nominated lay bo the candidate of all, a difference about perons may precipitate a contest into this very House f Representatives; and who can tell what the concquence will be ? If the House cannot elect a Speakr, how long will it be in selecting a President?? iurcly it is no conception of an exaggerated imagintion to say that a failure to elect the latter by such body is a much more rational probability than the lilure to elect the former, and in that fearful struglc who can assure us that the contest for the prcsiency may not be pushed in the House of Represcnutivcs beyond tho period when a new administration 5 to commence, thus leaving the republic without a Ihicf Magistrate, and forcing a state of things not ontemplated by the fathers of the Const .tution?? ifho can tell where faction will stay its riotous reolutionavy career ? Who can protect tie future gainst its mad and menancing prospects? And hall we, the democratic party of the United Suites, nitatc this fell confusion by refraining to come toether at Cincinnati in the spirit of union and harlony, in the spirit of the constitution and of all those oly and imperishable sentiments upon which the ruo construction of that immortal instrument deends ? South Carolina should not, therefore, be lissed in the noble circle of States which are to bo eprcscntcd in the National Democratic Convention. 'lie very fact mat snc lias occn aoseni oeiorc is a :ason why she should be. present then. This is a rogrcssivo age. While we respect and venerate tho ast, wo should be just to the exigencies of the promt and to the demands of the future. Nay, it is at going too far to say that if the illustrious son of auth Carolina (Mr. Calhouu) were now living he ould see in the Democratic National Convention? srtainly in the national democratic party?the on element to protect the South from its Northern lemics, and also the invincible champion of the deral constitution. In proportion as fanaticism aspires to new wrongs, id more boldly lifts its hands against the covenants e are all bound to obey and to fulfill, so is it ne(ssary for those who arc placed in the trenches to ifend the fortress of our liberties to protect (hemIves by every means within their power; and