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J&trap & jfatis. '
He that bcoIFs at the crooked, has need
to go very upright himself.
Which is the best way to make a ooat
last ? Why, make the vest and trousers first.
Many a man blows the bellows of the
organ that sounds his praise.
?- The more honesty a man has, the less
he affects the air of a saint?the affection of
sanctity is a blot on the face of piety.
?? That was a beautiful expression of Clark's
as quoted by the celebrated Sidney Smith :?
"The frost is God's plough, which he drives
through every inoh of ground in the world,
opening each cold and pulverizing the world."
The New Orleans Sun tells of a machine
which has been invented "out south," which
enables a man to tell when he is getting too
drunk to walk. It is called a fuddleomctcr,
and gives timely warning by hitting a fellow
suddenly under the 6hort ribs the moment he
has got enough.
?? According to the Albany (N. Y.) Evening
Journal, the entire number of men killed
by the wars of 1855, is over 300,000. Seventhree
battles have been fought, and no such
bloody record has becen presented in any year
since the days of the field'of Waterloo.
In the memorable cold spell of 1834-5,
Prof Branch, at Hampton Sidney College hung
out a thermometer and ascertained the coldest
point then reached to be 4 deg. below zero.?
The thermometer in Prince Edward county
this year has indicated 22 deg. below zero.
A young man named Kirk Anderson
" has been arrested in St. Louis, Mo., for wearing
a shawl, on the ground that it was not the
.'apparel of hia sex. The case came up on Friday,
and Anderson was fined ?50. It has created,
intense excitement among the shawl
wearing gentry of St. Louis.
The cold weather (says the Richmond
Enquirer) has proved quite fatal to birds of
every kind. It is stated that at least five hundred
dead birds have been found on a section
of the rail-road embracing a distance of nine
miles, below Charlottesville; and patridges
and other birds have perished in considerable
numbers.
At the sale of the negroes of F. Stegal,
deceased, in Halifax countv. Va.. a few davs
since, among other enormous high prices, one
negvo man brought 31,410, and another 31,452
both of whom were re-sold, privately, the same
v day, at an advance of 350 each. They were
not considered No- 1, in any respect, and were
. ordinary field hands. A negro woman and two
small children brought over 31,500.
The Vicksburg Sentipel of the 17th J anuary,
says: "The river opposite our city was
: . full of floating ice yesterday. This has not
been the case during any winter for many years
. past, and it gives evidence of the extreme cold
weather which has had the effect of closing all
; the upper rivers. No boats have passed down
Within the last few days from any point above
Cairo, and the prospect is not encouraging for
the opening of navigation for some time hence.'
Dr. Rainey, of St. Thomas' Hospital,
London, has written an article to the Lancet,
detailing the effects of creosote applied to warts.
He applied it freely to an obstinate warty excresence
on the finger, then covered it over
with a piece of sticking plaster. This course
he pursued every three days for two weeks,
when the wart was found to have disappeared,
leaving the part beneath it quite healthy.?
This is certainly a remedy which can be easily :
applied by any person.
The Emperor Napoleon has again taken 1
the idea of assuming actual command of an 1
army, and the report goes that he has stated !
to General Bosquet, he should accompany him '
to Finland in the spring. Rumor goes furth- (
er, and says that the government will be ad- 1
ministered in his [Emperor's] absence, by a *
Commission, composed of Marshals Magran,
Valiant, Gen. Caarobert. Prince Napoleon,
and Court Walewski. The British government
is much opposed to these intentions. 1
A correspondent of the Charleston Couri- :
er, writting trom New York, says : An ag- 1
gregate of $25,000 is said to have been trink- '
eted in to the daughter of ex-Mayor Mickel, 1
on her marriage to a son of ex-Mayor Law- 1
ranee. I saw, only this morning, at Ball, 1
Black & Co.'s an $8,500 diamond necklace, '
just mounted as a bride's present; also, a (
brooch, at Tiffany & Co.'s costing $4,000, in- '
tended as a present to another bride. This is
about up to the Babylonian mark.
Cincinnati, Jan. 28.?A general stam- <
pede of slaves from the border countries of (
Kentucky, took place last night. The where- i
aboute of several having been discovered in
this city, a posse of officers proceeded to-day, (
about noon, to make arrests. They were ap
proaching one house where several were se- j
creted, when the latter fired, wounding some i
two or three spectators, but not seriously. One i
alave woman finding escape impossible, cut the i
throat of one her children, killing it instatly, 1
and severly wounded two others in attempt to :
kill them. Eight, it is said, made their es- <
cape entirely. <
A strange suicide was committed in the 1
city of Leeds, England, recently, by a man in 1
the prime of life, whose appearance betokened 1
poverty and misery. He went into an inn, '
took a pipe, and after sitting moodily by the [
fire for ten minutes, put the end of a poker in- J
to the stove. When it became red hot he took
it out, and deliberately put the hot end down '
throat. The persons present caught hold of (
him and seized the poker, but not until he had
burned his throat and mouth so badly as to
cause his subsequent death.
In the recent European war Russia has <
had a large share of American sympathies, but 1
we are shocked at the accounts of its inhu- 1
manities. The recent arrival informs us that <
the Emperor Alexander II, has ordered a i
special court to be formed at Kieff for trying t
captured Poles auii Hungarians. The form- i
Ier are to be pumsnea wttn aeatn, tue iatter aelivered
to the Austrians for execution. So
many Polish and Hungarian prisoners are taken
in irons to Kieff, that no fewer than four
judges, ten secretaries, and executioners innumerable,
are coutinually employed in their condemnation.
The blood of these men will arise
like that of martyrs, and sit heavy upon
the head, heart and arm of the Russian Emperor
!
r The editor of the Wiuueboro Register,
writing to his paper from Charleston, says:?
"We have heard of nothing iu the literary
world, save the fact that Mr. Gruysuu has now j
in manuscript, a poem, to be published this c
spring, considered by competent judges the t
most beautiful and really poetic effusion that p
has appeared for years on either side of the wa- ?
ters. Mr. Grayson will be readily remember- u
cd as the author of 'The Hireling and Slave/ q
a little volume of which there have already e,
been two editions published, and whose appearance
was hailed with peculiar and marked delight
and satisfaction throughout the entire
South."
Among the bills introduced into the
House of Delegates of the State of Georgia,
we notice one "to promote the settlement of
the Territories of the United States." It provides
for State aid to companies of Georgians,
organized for the purpose of emigrating to
Kansas, who may be disabled from so doing
for want of funds. It proposes that the leader
or oaptain of the oowpauy shall give bond
and security for the faithful disbursement of
the funds, and within one year after the receipt
thereof transport one hundred emigrants
to Kansas. It proposes that the aid shall be
given in sums of $50 to each emigrant not to
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exceed in uie uggiegau; guv,vvv, auu tua?
money so expended is to be reimbursed by a
special tax on slaves.
Cji t Jfurfibille (8wpri?r.
edited by
SAM'L W. MELTON JOHN L. MILLEH.
YORKVILLE, S. C.
THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 7, 1856.
5?* The Editor's Office will be found at Walker's
Hotel, where our friends who have business relating
to the editorial department are invited to call. Persons
desirous of transacting other business connected
with the paper will call on the Publisher Mr.
Gait,*, at the Printing Office, one door South of the
Post-Office, or on Mr. Miller, at the Commissioner's
Office in the Court House.
For some time past we have not been able
to procure full reports of the cotton market, and that
important feature of our paper has in consequence
been sadly wanting. We have now effected an arrangement
with Messrs. Da vies & Co., and in future
our Reports will be made out carefully and accurately,
and may be relied on as entirely correct.
THE LATEST NEWS.
The mails of yesterday brought us the following
news-items:?
Tuesday, the only business of importance transacted
in the House of Representatives was the election
of Mr. Cullom, Clerk. The Senate, in Executive
session, confirmed the nomination of Mr. Dallas, as
Minister to England. In the Senate, also, a bill was
introduced to extend the term of naturalization.
On Monday last, a cold-blooded murder was commited
in Charlotte, N. C., on the person of a free
negro named Tatlob, by a white man whose name
we have not boen able to ascertain. The boy was
cut to the heart and expired instantly.
The Carolinian of yesterday gives the following
account of an accident on the Charlotte Railroad:?
"When the passenger train on the Charlotte and
South Carolina Railroad, yesterday morning, was about
seven miles from Columbia, two cars flew the
track, one of which was thrown down a bank. No
one was seriously injured, though the cars were considerably
broken. The cause of the accident could
not be ascertained, though it was supposed the locomotive
displaced a bar of iron on the track."
THE FEMALE COLLEGE.
The second year of this Institution was brought to
a close on Wednesday last; and, we learn from the
announcement in our advertising columns, the oxoroises
of the first term of the third year will be commenced
on Monday next. As far as our own opportunities
have enabled us to judge, every mark of efficiency
and permanent success has attended the last
year's exercises, nud we are pleased to learn that
the Board has already rooeivod assurances of a still
more encouraging patronage for the coming session.
By the employment of several additional toachers
the Faculty is complete in every department; care
lias been taken, too, to proviao evory means requidto
for the nroner traininc of tho rmoils: aud, with
sut derogating from the claims of other schools, wc
:an assure the public that none other is better prepared
to undertako and achieve the responsible and
ielicate trusts committed to the femalo teacher.
ELECTION OF SPEAKER-POLITICAL
AFFAIRS.
After a struggle of eight weeks, unparalclled iu its
:ono as well as iu its duration, the House of Representatives
was organized on Saturday last. It would
3e eutirely unprofitable to record the course of proceedings
which led to this result. Since the period
reported iu our last issue, the motion to adopt the
plurality rule had been proposed daily and tabled
jy a '.mail majority; aud other resolutions, some
coking to this and that declaration of principle?
>thers to the adoption of every sort of scheme for
crganization?had been adopted and then repudiated
writh not the least semblance of regard either to consistency
or sound doctrine. Friday, Mr. Cobb, of
Alabama, offered a resolution declaring Mr. Aiken as
Speaker, which was warmly approved by Mr. Orr,
Hid resulted in substituting the former in place of
the latter as the candidate of the Democracy. The
House refused to lay the motion on the table, but on
i direct vote rejected it by 110 to 102. Amotion
was then made to declare Mr. Stephens, of Georgia,
Speaker?pending which the House adjourned.?
Saturday, a resolution was proposed and adopted by
i mnjority of nine to the purpose that the plurality
rule should go into effect afterthreo unsuccessful ballots.
On the first ballot, Banks hod 102, Aiken, 92,
Fuller, 14, and scattering 6. After the adoption
of the rule, the final vote was taken, and Banks received
102; Aiken, 100; Fuller 6; Campbell, 4 ;
and Wells, 1. The Clerk declared Banks elected,
and, on motion of Mr. Clikoman, a resolution was
adopted declaring Mr. Banks, Speaker, and Messrs.
Aiken, Fuller and Campbell conducted him to the
Chair, when he made a speech, and the House adjourned.
The reflections which such an announcement is well
calculated to engender crowd upon us heavily. But
we shall not now indulge them. Perhaps, it is well.
Certain it is that the conservative members of the
House looked to and by indirection worked out the
result; and knowing their superior opportunities
for observing the true course of our policy, we are
content to leave to them, and silently await, the development.
It may be that, expecting a reaction in j
Northern sentiment in consequence of the glaring I
enormities to be committed in the House, the De- |
nocracy have not erred in contributing to the eleva- |
;iou of an Abolitionist to the Speakership, it may ;
3e, too, that the party has been actuated by tho hope j
:hat such an event would unite more closely together
the si9ter States of the South in acts for mutual
lefence and self-preservation. But we fear that
:heir calculations are misplaced ; that the tide of
rictory will swell irresistibly and overwhelm every
ipposition there?while, here, the rage of party hate,
fed by bitter aud uncompromising hostility, will but
ivork out our own destruction. It is, indeed, a ven:ure
and, we think, a fearful one.
The letter from Lord John Russell to Mr. Cramp
rof>\ road in the Senate, has been printed. It was
vritt' iiin January, 1833, and contains a scheme for
he settlement of ail disputes in Central America,
viiolly at variance with the present attitude of the ;
British government. At the close of the letter oc- j ]
ur the following words, which must he read by 1 i
loncst people with all manner of wonder aud sur- j I
irise:?"Ourpolicy is to do all (hat honor and hu- j
lanily require in behalf of the Mosquito nation; but j (
:e intend to adhere strictly to the treaty of 11 ashinyton ! (
f the 19tk of April, 1830, and not to assume any sov- j t
reiynty, citlur direct or indirect, in Central America/' i I
On the 29th, Gen. Cass made his great speech on
our foreign relations, which created a profound sensation
and is thus far approved as a searching and
complete expose of British diplomacy and a bold, manly
and dignified vindication of the rights and honor
of the American people. Tho galleries and lobbies
were densely crowded, and at the close of the speech
both Senators and sub-siders united in words of approval
and congratulation. Mr. Seward and other
Senators have also indicated their opinions corrobrating
substantially the views of tho veteran General.
The debate will be continued, and in a tone and with
a cordial unanimity of opinion, too, which cannot
fail to create an impression both at home and abroad.
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE?KANSAS.
The Message of President Piehce, in relation to
tho condition of affairs in Kansas, published on our
first page, will be read with satisfaction by our peoplo
and must receive the meed of an unqualified approval.
Every argument is stated candidly, fearlessly,
with consummate ability and a strict regard for
truth and principle. In the announcement of the
doctrino of non-intervention, in accordanco with
which the Kansas bill was promulgcd; in the strictly
historical sketch of the illicit schemes of Northern
emissaries; in tho dignified yet stern and severe denunciation
of the traitorous conduct of Reeder ; in
the unmeasured endorsement of the legality of the
present territorial organization; and in the announcement
of the fixed purpose of tho Government to en
a /? -A-^-A. .1 1!a A- It.
iorce, oy arras 11 necessary, a sinci ooeuieuce uie
constitutional authorities of the territory, Mr. PmncF.
has proved himself to be equal to the extraordinary
emergency, ready and willing at every hazard to
vindicate the rights of the slaveholding States. The
Message is written firmly yet calmly, and in accordance
with the demands of truth, justice and equal
rights ; and it will be hailed with eminent gratification
by conservative men of all parties in the country.
We have now put our readers into possession of
truthful statements of affairs in Kansas as thay are;
and we submit to them the propriety of the adoption
of some efficient plan of action for the maintenance
of the interests so clearly placed in jeopardy.
Throughout the Northern States large subscriptions
of money are obtained daily for the equipment of
Kansas-Emigration Companies, which, designed by
the mere force of members to swell the ranks of the
anti-slav:ry majority, are en route for the Territory.
Now, unless measures, vigorous, well-directed
measures, be adopted to counteract these schemes,
the destiny of the institution of slavery, as far as
Kansas is conoerned and perhaps for the whole South,
is fixed. Whatever is to be done, must be done
quickly.
mere: mention.
A Yankee has invented a plague which kills off all
who do not pay the printer. We have sent on for several
doses of the article, adapted especially to this
climate. Look out A meeting was held recently
in Brooklyn, Now York, at which between thirty
and forty thousand dollars were subscribed to the
stock of the Kansas Emigration Aid Society ! This
is aloud-speaking lesson to Southern money-holders.
Unless our own purse-string3 fly open now, we may
surrender at once?certain! From every point
of the compass we hear of cold weather, heart-rending
casualties, freezing to death &c. The Fairfield
Herald of last week says that a man named Austin
Bruin, of that district, was found frozen to death
near his own residence The struggle among
Northern democrats for Pierce and Buchanan is
becoming interesting. The delegates to the National
Convention from Massachusetts are favorable to the
nomination of the former ; while those recently chosen
in Maine aro all of the "Hard" stripe, with
RrrwAXAV tendencies Joseph W. Mahoffey
measures in the way of a remedy.... The Spartanburg
Spartan thus talks about Sic Transit's visit
to that delightful town: Sic Transit come from
Yorkville tu secus and no its. Or a clam svppar proposed
to delitus with faro. We declined, nndastfor j
poker, lleta bene ante, and won forte rapes. Threatened
to inditus?then comatus, but didn't hirtus. We
caute a pila pica quads and he stola way. He's gone
to Greenville to make Pari-endus.
Notice in our columns the advertisements of
Messrs. S. J. Kuykkndal & Brother. They keop (
on hand an excellont stock, and are ready either to 1
barter, buy or sell, liberally The Commissioner
is in earnest about the debts due liis office. Those
interested will refer to his notioe McssrsIUS. k
R. II. Horn, Admr's. will offer for sale four valuable 1
negroes, stock, wagon &c., on tho 15th instant. See 1
Advertisement. t
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SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. 5
Wo regret much to learn that tho continued ill- c
health of Dr. Brumby has induced him to ask leave t
to suspend tcmporaily tho performance of the duties
of his Professorship in the Collego. At a meet- n
;ng of tho Board of Trustees, held in Columbia, Fri- 1
lay last, the permission was granted, and Prof. Le- t
?o.vte, formerly of ,thc University of Georgia but j .l
low of the" College of Physicians and Surgeons" of | g
S'ew York, was invited to occupy the position for | $
the time being. We earnestly hope that the illness
of Dr. Brumby will not prove to be such as to forbid
an early return to liis charge. No one of the
Faculty has been more distinguished for an earnest,
conscientious and thorough performance of every requirement
of duty, nud we are sure that his equal,
in every point of excellence, will not readily be found.
The Carolinan has the assurance that the pro tempore
Professor will accept the appointment and thus speaks
of him:
"A personal knowledge of the talents, acquirements
and capacityas a teacher, ofPrefessorLeConte
with a knowledge of the high appreciation of his
merits by the scientific men of our country, enable
us to congratulate the friends of the College and the
students, on the opportunity of procuring the services
of one so efficient in his department."
It really seems that the cloud which now overhangs
the fortune of the Colloge must continue to
grow darker and more threatning?so true is it that
misfortunes never come singly. But the past is full
of glorious recollections, and we are ready to indulge
the hope of a brighter day in the future. This reminds
us that we have not given place to a worthy
tribute to the College, from the New York Jlcrald,
which really deserves a copying. It reads thus: ?
The recent changes in the Presidency and Professorships
of this institution afford an appropriate occasion
to observe that this College is one of the best
sustained scats of learning in the Union. The resignation
of Francis Lieber, of tho Professorship of
Political Ecouomy, is an undoubted loss. But the
elevation to the Presidency of the College of McCay,
a man not less distinguished for his general intelligence
than for his scientific attainments, is certainly
a gain.
It is not gonerally known?in fact, affairs of South
Carolina are not very welljtnown in other States?
that the standard of education in this college is higher,
in fact, than any more literary institution in the
country. It is wholly sustained by tho State and
pays its professors about three thousand dollars a
year. It is the centre of Stato pride, no questions
being raised about appropriations to carry on its
educational labors. Its discipline is entirely differ-f
ent from that of any other college. Tho honor o
the student is never questioned by the faculty. When
that honor is found to have been degraded, the students
take the matter in hand and promptly expel
the delinquent. In this way all irregularities on
the part of the young men are sure to meet with a
prompt and honorable confession, leaving the obligation
only of pronouncing sentence.
The central college of tho State, sustained by a
high and generous sentiment of -honor and of State
pride, it is without a rival either in high standard
of education, in admirable discipline, chivalrous conduct
on the part of the students; and enjoys the confidence
of the people of South Carolina.?New York
Herald.
SOUTHERN QUARTERLY REVIEW.
We published last week, and re-publish in this issue,
the notice of Messrs. E. H. Britton & Co.,
Proprietors of the Carolina Timet, announcing the
purchase of the Southern Quarterly Review and the
arrangements in progress for the permanent establishment
of the work at Columbia.
It gives us no small measure of gratification to extend
this announcement, and we take the occasion to
record in behalf of the enterprise our best words of
encouragement. For many years the Review was
rightly regarded with an honest pride by every intelligent
citizen of the State. It was the receptacle of
great truths which made deeply an impress upon the
popular mind, and gave to Southern sentiment a nobler
mould, a higher tone and a more enduring life.
In its pages we have the record of the workings of
the master minds of that day?a record replete witL
brilliant thought and earnest, searching investigation,
to which we may turn for a vindication of the
great principles now at the helm of the nation. But
of late, since those bright lights have gone out, the
pages of the-Revicw have been insipid and dull, and
its weak fortunes and feeble struggles for existence,
painful to heboid. Fluctuating, appearing first here
and then there, loaded down with a mixture of stupid
theory and sickly sentimentalism, it had wellnigh
lost its proud position in the public esteem, and
been numbered with the things that are dead.
Under the nowr^mr,- s-frwh energy will bo imparted
to the work, and an ability brought to bear
upon the accomplishment of its purposes, sufficient
to regain for it abundant evidences of public confidence.
The Proprietors aro known to be enterprising,
energetic and thorough-going men?industrious
and constant workers, who have the means and are
willing to employ them for the success of their undertaking.
In commendation of the ability of the
editor, Dr. Thornwell, and his peculiar fitness for
the task, we need say nothing. His great erudition,
varied talents, mature, well-trained judgment, and,
abovo all, the high, conservative tone which marks
his character and his works, are known and acknowledged
; and wo cannot refrain from congratulating
the public, as well as the Proprietors, upon such a
valuable accession to the all-important work reserved
for the Review.
We beg to refer the reader to the announcement
to be found in another column, and at the same time
to add our own solicitations in behalf of the Review.
If the work is to be sustained at all, and surely every
consideration, both public and private, urges it
upon us, let us extend our patronage promptly and
heartily. We are authorized to act as agents, and
shall take pleasure in forwarding subscriptions.
RAILROAD MATTERS.
During the past week several items have become astir
in regard to Railroads, which deserve a place in
out omnium gatherum. The most important of these
announces the completion of the North Carolina Central
Railroad, between Charlotte and Goldsboro'?
passengers having passed through on Friday last.?
This completes the railroad line of travel, via Charlotte,
from New York to Tuscumbia, Alabama. A
Gap of GO or 70 miles remains to be built between
the latter city and Memphis?an enterprise which
has already been undertaken and will be completed,
it is thought, within the present year. The Alabama
Legislature has recently made an appropriation of
$300,000 in aid of the work, which places it beyond
tho reach of contingency. Truly, we are a fast people.
Think of a journey from New-York to Memphis
in five days! Once upon a time the trip over
from old York to that point was "long drawn out"
to six weeks!
The stockholders of the Wilmington and Manchester
Railroadjheld their annual meetiug in Wilmington,
on Wednesday the 30th ult. According to the
reports the total receipts from all sources for the
past year have been $419,070 22; the expenditures
for tho same time $211,08964?leaving net receipts,
or profits of the road for the past twelve months, the
sum of $207,985 68. The increase of income from
all sources has been equal to 20 per cent., as compared
with the previous year.
The Annual Report of the President of the South
Carolina Railroad, recently published, exhibits the
following result of the operations, of the road for the
year ending 31st December:
Income of the year $1,585,991 54
Expenses of management, ordinary and
entraordinary 702,689 37
Out of the remainder $883,402 17
The interest on the foreign and domes
tic debt, claims for damages, &c.,
have been paid, say 202,585 74
And two semi-annual dividends of 858,717 50
Leaving a balance of 322,097 93
'or the maintenance and improvement of the properly,
nod the reduction of the indebtedness of theCorainny.
The receipts exceed those of last year by
5232,842. We have much to say in reference to this
ioncern, but our limits will Dot now permit more
han a "mere-mention."
The Report of Mr. Palmeh, President Charlotte
nd South Carolina Railroad, published in the Coumbia
papers, also mnkos a flattering showing of
ho condition of the company. These are the items:
Lmount of freight earnings, $213,585,94; Passencrs,
$60,285,31; Mail, $10,050,00; other sources;,
17,297,75?making the total income of the road,
has been appointed additional route agent on the line
from Goldsboro', via Charlotte, to Prattsburgh, Georgia.
Those are the points, now The Greenville
Patriot and Mountaineer announced, last week, new
aoceasioas to tho editorial chair of that paper?
Messrs. Elyobd and Donaldson. Both are said to
be clover writers, and with Maj. Perry will make
tho Patriot if possible a better paper. It is to bo
enlarged, and improved by tho aid of a Princeton
Press. Wo advise the fraternity generally to do likewise
It is said that tho most perfect anarchy
is prevailing again in Mexico. IIabo Y'Alerez had
conspired to overthrow tho government and establish
an empire; was arrested, mado his escape, and
at tho head of a powerful army was besiogiug Pueb;
lo. Gen. Almonte is about to leave for Mexico, to
join with Comoniort in another attempt at a peaceablo
organization of government. Poor Mexico !
An American gentleman in Japan Writes of a
light between the Japanese and Americans as follows:
I understand that a fleet of twelve sails of American
whalers visited Simoda in anticipation of receiving
supplies agreeably to the late treaty. Report is
they were treated very unkindly, and a determination
was made by the Japanese, from some cause,
not to furnish them with any supplies. The Americans
were not to be trifled with ; they took what
they wanted, and paid in dollars at their fair weight,
the one-third in value, as fixed on by the treaty they
would have no knowledge of. It is said that guns
had been fired and Japanese killed.
Captain Casey, Indian agent in Florida, estimates
the Seminole warriors at one hundred, including elderly
men and well-grown boys. The women and
children are supposed to number from two hundred
to three hundred and fifty The Hon. Andrew
J. Miller, one of the leading lawyers of Georgia,
died at his residence in Augusta on Sunday last.
The Abbeville papers correct the statement of
the Carolinian that three hundred men had been enrolled
in that District for Kansas. A company is in
progress of formation, however, and will be ready to
start for the West by the last of March The
Commercial Convention met in Richmond Thursday
last, and was organized by the appointment of Gen.
Tilqium, of Marylaud, President. 220 delegates
were present. A resolution was submitted to the
effect that notwithstanding the baleful opinions of
the North, the Convention expressed their devoted
attachment to the Union and their determination to
preserve it. Fudge! Quite an excitement is
raging in the Cherokee nation in reference to abolitionism.
The Legislature of the nation passed an
Act, recently, for the protection of slavery in the
territory, which was vetoed by their chief, John Ross,
who married a Quakeress and has become au abolitionist.
The Arkansas papers are taking the act of :
the chief in hicrh dudcoon. and hintincr at nositive i
i $291,2i9,84. Expenses for maintenance of Way>
! $57,772,40; Transportation, $36,988,10; Loss and
| Damage, $4,483,98; Motive Power, $29,075,90;
I Machine Shops, $16,059,33; Maintenance of Car?,|
$7,394,33?making total expenses, $162,374,09?
and leaving a balance of incomo of $128,855,75, out
of which a dividend of 0 per cent, was declared, and
the balance applied to the payment of interest on
Bonds and the construction account. The expenses
of operating the road for the past year has been 52J
per cent, upon the income; the increase of income,
$48,182,13, or in the ratio of nearly 20per cent., and
the increase of expenses, $7,013,97, or a fraction
over 5 per cent.
The annual meeting of stockholders convened at
Chester yesterday. We learn that Mr Palmer declines
a re-election, and the choice of a successor
will therefore be made during the present session.
Mr. Palmer has had the road in charge since the
commencement, and, though many cavillings have
been heard, he lias certainly displayed much energy
1 _ J:_?i .< i.? ,1
IIUU UUllKJ 111 11113 UISUUUI^C U1 UIO iiUUYjr uuuvo.
Messrs. James S. Boatwriciit and Jesse DkBruiil,
of Columbia, James Pagan, Esq., formerly of Chester,
and Mr. Johnston, of Charlotte, have been put
in nomination. We shall endeavor to procure a full
report of the proceedings for our next issue.
PEACE PROSPECTS.
The steamer Arabia, with Liverpool dates to the
19th ult., arrived on Friday, bringing important
intelligence in reference to the result of the peace
negotiations. It was stated in the London Times
that Russia had unconditionally accepted the proposals
; but subsequent official despatches very considerably
modified the statement, making it to amount
only to an acceptance of the points as a basis of negotiations.
The truth is, the proposals in the shape
presented aro such that Russia cannot honorably accept
thenuis a settlement of the dispute. The Czar
has shown his willingness, however, to treat for
peace, and this of itself is a very important point
gained?one which the Allies will not fail to improve.
The prospects for peace arc brightening. We take
the following paragraphs from the telegraphic despatches
:?
The ahnoncement by the London Timet that Russia
had unconditionally accepted the Austrian proposals,
has caused great excitement, but a government
despatch next day stated that Russia only accepted
the Austrian proposals as a basis of negotiations.
Confidence is slightly relaxed, and the public
is less sanguine. Many think that Russia merely
accepts these proposals to prolong negotiations
and to gain time.
Previous to the announcement of Russia's acceptance
of the peace proposals, the Vienna papers represented
affairs as in an alarming condition. It was
stated that the Austrian Embassy had received orders
to quit St. Petersburg!]. The facts connected
with the proposals are that Esterhazy had handed
the note to Ncsselrode, saying that he was not authorized
to enter into a discussion, but if the note
was nut acuepieu uuuuuuiuuuuiiy ueiure iuu loin, nu
and the Austrian Embassy must leave St. Petersburg.
To prevent this, NcRselrode communicated direct to
Prince Gortucbakoff at Vienna, who had a talk with
Count Buol, which produced a memorandum expres
sing the general inclination of Russia to negotiate,
but proposing certain alterations. Count Buol received
the document, bnt as it did not contain an
unconditional acceptance, Austria could not reply
without a concurrence with France and England.?
The ambassadors of these Powers accordingly sent
to London and Paris for instructions, and the reply
was received that the Western Powers had no motive
to change their decision already carefully considered,
and further that if Russia did not accept by the
18th, Count Esterhazy and the Austrian legation
would leave and Austria would immediately seek to
obtain the assured co-operation of other powers.
The Russian Embassy had been ordered to leave
Vienna during the week and extreme apprehension
existed at Vienna, but on the lGth the apprehensions
subsided by an announcement that Russia agrees to
negotiate on the terms proposed. From the Crimea
there is no important intelligence. The President's
message is generally regarded favorably in England.
Even the attitude assumed with regard to Central America
is not objected to. Nobody seems to apprehend
serious difficulty between the two countries.
The reports of the cotton markets, as affected by
this arrival, will be found in another column.
THE INDIANS.
By our last accounts from Florida we learn that
"the Indians have commenced their indiscriminate
slaughter of the whites by murdering two of the settlers,
twelve miles from Fort Dallas. Two men,
Peter Johnston and Edward Farrall, were killed by
them on the 7th. The United States troops were
sent in pursuit of them, but after scouring the country
for several days they could not succeed in falling
in with them. The settlers were in great trepidation
and were coming in, demanding the protection
of the troops."
A Wo Wvo nlcn thn fnllnwirnr frnm tho f)n>rrnn nnrl
OJ. " ~ > o ?? ? -o-- ?Washington
Territories:?
The Indian war in Oregon and Washington Territories
goes on, but the winter suspends attacks, on
the part of the whites. The Indians are daily getting
more daring in committing their deeds of murder.
They are all well armed with guns, rifles and
revolvers, and in open day, when there is a chance,
pick out their victims. They are said to number
five thousand warriors. There had been nothing
further heard as regards an engagement with them
than what has been previously received. Gen. Wool
has commissioned Capt. Newell to raise a company
of rangers to act as scouts, which he is fast making
up. A company of United States dragoons have
lately been added to the general's forces. They
came across from Missouri and got in by the way of
Umpqua. No tidings have been received from the
Walla country since Col. Kelly's letter to Adjutant
Farrar, of the 8th of December. An express is hourly
expected. There is much anxiety felt to know
the issue of the battle between the volunteers and
the Indians.
SENATOR BUTLER.
The following graphic "pen and ink sketch" of our
Senator and his bearing in the Senate, is going the
rounds. It will be recognized as a faithful portrait:
" Conversing with a brother Senator near the
Speaker's desk, there stood before us a remarkable
looking person. No physiognomist studying that
face could doubt the mental power pervading the
whole aspect of the man. It is an inelegant unclassic
visage, with a mass of troubled, streaming, meteoric-looking
silvery hair, that seems as if it had
been contending with the blasts of winter; yet there
is such a look of complete indifference to his own
external appearance, a reliance on the power of other
qualities to atone for the lack of mere personal attraction,
that in looking at him, one shares the indifference.
It is the face of one difficult to lead,
and impossible to drive?one who if pushed to the
wall, will let himself be crushed to death, provided
no way of escape can be found?but will never capitulate.
With abilities which give him a towering
eminence among his brother Senators, his power, as
a speaker, stands confessed in the admiration of both
houses. His noble defence of the interests of the
South always reminds us of the spirit in which j
Schiller has conceived the character of William Tell, I
breaking forth info fiery and indignant eloquence, J
when the interests of his home are invnded. When ]
he speaks, there is a vague something in his mnn- ,
tier that makes us fear and shrink, as if we had heen j
wandering among volcanic looking hills, and had j
suddenly felt the ground quiver and seen it gape.? I
Odd?original?brilliant?animating; any and every :
one of these epithets might be applied to his speech- j
I es; it is like having u flood of mind poured out upon |
you, and that, too, evideutly from the strong necessity
of setting the current free, and not from any
design to sl.iue or overpower."
"The Next Governor."
The "Greenville. Patriot and Mountaineer," after j
showing that the friends of reform, of the extension j
of popular rights, of popular education, and of giv- |
ing the election of Electors of President and Vice
President to the people, will moke a rally in the
election of pie next Governor," thus speaks of the
following gentlemen :
Hon. F. W. Pickens, of Edgefield, is well known
as a statesman and an orator to the whole State and
the Republic. lie served his State long in Congress
and was tendered the mission to England by President
Polk. Ho is a gentleman of large fortune, and
would make a Governor whose talents, and ability,
and patriotism, would reflect the highest credit on
his State.
Col. John S. Preston, of Columbia, is another '
gentleman who would do honor to the office of Gov- |
ernor, and whoso political principles are all sound i
on the subject of popular rights and popular educa- J ]
tion. He has advocated, with great zeal and ability,
in the Senate and before the people, the right of
giving the election of Electors to the people.
Col. Jame9 Simons, of Charleston, the able and <
courteous Speaker of the House of Representatives
for tho last five or six years, gave bis vote for the
bill giving the election of Electors to the people, and
by that vote the bill passed the House and was sent
to the Senate. He deserves the thanks and the honors
of the friends of popular rights, and he would
i make a Governor of whom the State might well be
{proud.
Col. F. J. Moses, of Claremont, for many years
past one of the ablest members of the Senate, and
one of the most distinguished lawyers of the State,
has been the open, avowed and uncompromising
advocate of giving this election to the people ever
since it was first n jitatcd in the State. He is also
the able advocate of popular education,the extension
of popular rights and their true Democratic faith.
His talents, learning and ability, his States' rights
principles and his just appreciation of the value of
the Union nnd the rights of the South, entitle him
to any position which the State can give.
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
DECLINATURE.
Messrs Editors: ?Having been shown a printed
ticket, on which my namo appears for Intendant of
York, at the ensuing election, I beg leave to say it is
without my consent, and if elected, I will not serve.
Tt T WHEELER.
February C, 185G.
For the Enquirer.
THE NEXT LEGISLATURE.
Meek's Hill, York Dist., S. C.
February 1st, 1856.
Messrs. Editors:?I find from your paper that "Indian
Land" has already nominated suitable candidates
to represent her in the next Legislature of our
State. Whilst I fully concede to her that right, and
would disclaim any intention of arraying different
sections of the District against each other?Western
York should present some one of her manly sons as
entitled to the consideration and worthy of the
suffrages of our District for this important post.?
Without any idea of derrogating from, or in the least
degreo neglecting the claims of others, I would present
the name of J. C. Chambebs, Esq., as one eminently
qualifiod to represent our District in the next
Legislature. In point of political and general information,
few of his age are his equals?none his
superior. In no better hands could the interests of
our District be entrusted, and by no one the important
duties of a legislator more faithfully discharged.
His ability would command respect and attention?
whilst his integrity and honesty of purpose would
ensure the proper performance of every duty. The
writer of this has never consulted with Mr. Chambers,
particularly, about this matter, bnt would urge
him to take it into consideration, and, by complying,
oblige all of WESTERN I'ORK.
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
TO MISS K.
THE AUTHORESS OF "I'tL COMF. AGAIN."
We've heard, dear K. that tuneful voice
Which always bids our hearts rejoice;
And much we thank yon for that strain
Which sweetly breathes "I'll come again."
Come on, most welcome guest, come on I
Come?as to night, the golden dawn;
0 come as Spring comes?bright and gay,
To shine bleak winter's storms away!
Yes, come as music's heavenly tone
Comes o'er the soul that's sad and lone;
0 come, fair songstress! come away!
Nor grieve us more with long delay.
Wait not for vernal bird^and flowers I
We need you most in these drear hours,
While dark snow-clouds are hovering low
And chilling winds around us blow ;
While on our roofs and 'neath our feet,
Is spread one vast thick icy sheet.
Come now with that lore-radiant face,
And gild the gloom that shades the place,
Then joy in every heart would reign
To know that you hod "come again."
QUIS?
Yobkvtli.e, Snow-Season, 185C.
PROM CHARLESTON.
Monday Evening, February 4.
Mean. Editors:?Thursday last,our city men were
knocked into a condition of perfect astonishment by
the telegraphic despatch announcing the important
tidings that Russia had given an unconditional acceptance
to the propositions of the Allies. In one
of the morning papers the news was put forth under
the head of "Peace Concluded" and "Cotton advanced."
The excitement, however, was but short-lived;
in the Evening News a further despatoh was published,
which brought down considerably the cotton factors
and speculators. We were informed that, instead
of an unconditional acceptance of the terms,
Russia had merely a$teed to them as the basis of negotiations.
These may turn out well or otherwise ;
so, we must wait a while longer.
If peace be concluded, business in Europe will
certainly improve ; gloom and uncertainty heavily
overhang every department of trade, and the concluding
of peace must have a decidedly enlivening
effect. Money will become "easier" ; confidence
will be restored, and speculators will be induced to
"take hold" again. Thus an improvement must result
; but in estimating the effect upon the cotton
market, we must take into consideration the heavy
shipments mado to Europe and the large stock waiting
for transportation. There will be an abundant
supply ; and manufacturers will not be forced, as
they were last Summer, to come into market and,
lest the stock be all taken from the market, to buy
for future consumption. In other words, they will
rely upon the abundant crop for an ample supply.
But what I have written depends upon the contingency
of a peace, in reference to which we have no reliable
assurances. After the death of the Czar, it
was predicted that au amicable arrangement between
the belligerents would be effected immedia
tcly; and, again, a similar prophecy was indulged in
regard to the result of the Conference at Vianna.?
We mustnow await the action of another Conference,
of the peaceful terminationjof which, however dessiable
might be the result, we cannot bo by any
means certain.
The advance on our cotton market has been from
J to I?the quotation of Saturday being from 7$ to
9J. The best quality of cotton from York is worth
9J, and from that figure down to about 8 cents. The
demand continues good to-day, and prices very firm.
Sales of Saturday, over 3000jjbales.
Good news for cotton sellers oftenest proves to be
the opposite for those interested in the grain trade.
The high price for breadstuff's arises from the heavy
foreign demsnd, which depends npon the continuation
of the war. For two reasons the demand would
comparatively cease with the cessation of hostilities:
one is, that the governments of England and France
have been laying in large war-supplies, with sufficient
for a continuation indefinitely, and would then
demand no more than their usual peace establishment
would require; aud, again, the Russian ports,which
previous to the war supplied the markets of England
and France, would be opened, and corn and wheat
be thence thrown into the channels of trade at much j
lower rates than those now ruling. Once only he- i
fore the war, in 1847, did our corn and wheat find a
ready sale over the water.
The Arabia's news had put Wheat and Corn down
as much as cotton has advanced. There is no foreign
demand to day, and it would be difficult to sell
wheat at any price. Corn is worth 80 cents, but
cannot remain at that period longer than the hard
winter lasts. As soon as the Tennessee and ITolston
rivers become navigable,and the farmers are enabled
to sentl their grain into the market-towns on the
n -o.,.! TVnnpocno Railroads, the sunnlv must
UCUJ^IU ' 1 r -y
largely exceed the demand.
Flour still holds up and is bringing a better price <
bere than in any sea-port from New Orleans to Eoston.
We cau sell Superfine in good barrels at $9.
12; fine, $8.25 to 8.76. In bags, superfine is worth 1
?4.50; fine, $8.87. In New York, Flour is quoted
1 to-day at.$7,87, ? $8.81 according to quality. In
| Baltimore, the quotations are about the same fig!ures>
Business is very brisk in tlio city, and all the
wholesale merchants are preparing for a heavy
Spring trade. The price? of most of the leading articles
in theGrocery line are very high, and there is
but little prospect of a material decline. Sugar, N.
0., (<? 10}. and stock very light; olarified, very
scarce and high, prices nominal. Moliutet, NrO.,
45 cents; West India so scarce that quotations are
not given. Coffee, Bio, from 11J @ 1?}; Java, 16.
Bacon, sides, 12} @ 13 ; shoulders, 10} @ 11.?
Salt is plenty here, and for cash largo lots can b j
bought at 85 cent# per sack. The stock is large, but
most of it is going in store and will be held for higher
prices.
The shipping of Chnrloston is increasing jery
much, and the increase is for the most part foreign.
The direct shipments of cotton are much larger this
winter than usual, and many of the vessels going out
with cotton take on grain for ballast, which pays a
pretty fair freight; while the stones formerly used
paid no freight and,beside?, were obtained at theooet
of about S10 @ $12 -per ton. I bare been told by
ship-masters that many vessels require for ballast
about one-tenth of the weight of the cargo. A ship
of 500 tons must take 50 tons for ballast. All vessels,
however, do not require the same proportion?
the construction of the hull regulating the quantity
necessary. '
This is to bo an interesting week, in the city, for
many classes of the population?landlords, bar-keepers,
faro-dealers and sporting characters generally.
The Races begin on Wednesday and for the "#hite
folks" end on Saturday. Sometimes, the colored
population wind np the entertainment in a drarinativo
way on Sunday. I suppose the races in Charleston
are about as respectable and are attended by
a better class of citizens than in any other place in
the United States; bat as long as every variety of (
gambling is permitted on the coarse, there will always
be a large proportion of swindlers in attendance.
Hotel-lodgers notice the directions to ''boUyonr
door," and green characters generally should be
careful not to make any interesting acquaintances,
and never,,under any circumstances, bet with.a fellow
who playB the game of the "thimble."
We have another cold day. This will be remembered
as 'the cold Monday. - About 21 yean ago we
had the "cold Saturday." NextUaturday will be the
anniversary of that long-to-be-reraembered day?
10th February 18.15.
Tell your merchants to send down all the eggs they
can buy. They are scarce and high, and jut now a
few barrels would find a ready market and a fall
price. Tours &c. J.
From the South Carolinian.
. *
The Allstob hectare.
>
We feel pleasure, as well as pride, id referring our
readers to another column of oar paper for a proof
of the noble and judicious liberality of Col. Allston,
the President of our State Senate. He offers a
prize of one hundred dollars for the best lecture on
an important subject. The reward is liberal, and
the topic to be discussed of great interest; and the
friend of knowledge and eincerc lover of progressive
civilization?ana an real civilization moat be pro*
gressive?will be delighted at the public spirit evinced
by one of oar first citizens, arid the evidence of
increasing interest in onr College. Endowments of
this sort, and of scholarships, of which we have an
honorable number, are* real ornament of polished
society and of an enlightened people. They add
dignity to the cause of knowledge, attract widespread
attention to the intellectual advancement of
a people, and incite the noblestrivalry in which citizens
can engage. We wish the tallest possible success
to this foundation, and hope that all our Carolina
contemporaries will give currency to the statement
of the conditions on which the lectureship has
been founded, so that competitors tar the price may
send essays from evory district of the State, which
will have good reason, we hope, to be as proud of
her Allstou Lectures as Oxford is of her Eampton
Lectures.
-""-it " *J&" r*
The Allstou Lecturo
The Hon. R. P. W. Allstou has founded on annual
Prize Lecture, on the following conditions, and with
the award of one hundred dollars for the successful
competitor, viz:
1. Students of South Carolina College, resident
graduates and alumni of the same, are exolosively
entitled to compete for the prize.
2. A fair copy of the lecture most be in the hands
of the President of the South Carolina College on
the first of October, at the latest. It must be inscribed
with a motto, and accompanied by a sealed
letter, containing the name and address of the author,
and having the same motto inscribed on the
outside of the letter. This letter is not to be unsealed
by the judges before the prize has been assigned.
8. The successful competitor will publicly deliver
the lecture iu the College Chapel, on subfc day during
the session ofthe General Assembly as the Judges
of the award shall designate. The award will be
paid immediately after the public delivery-of the
lecture, by a draft of the President of the SoutiiCarolina
College in favor of the lecturer.
4. The copies of the other lectures will he returned
to the authors, if they desire it. / 6.
The delivery of the leoture must not occupy
more than an hour. ;
6. A fair copy of the successful lecture is to bo
sent, by the lecturer, to the Hon. R. P. W. Allston.
7. The Judges are, for the present, the President
of the College, the Rev. Dr. Robert Henry sod Dr.
Francis Lieber.
8. The topic of the lecture for the present year is
to be proposed by Dr. Lieber; that for the year 1857,
by the Rev. Dr. Henry; that for the year 1858, by
the President of South Carolina College.
9. Immediately after the delirery of each Allston
Lecture, tho topic of the ensuing one shall be publicly
announced.
10. Should no discourse be esteemed of sufficient
merit, the judges may decline awarding the prise to
any competitor. The disposition of the money in
snch coses Las been prescribed by the founder.
The topic for the Allston Lecture, to be delivered
in December next, is: The Stability of Governments.
It is required that the topic be discussed from a
historical as well as a philosophical, and,4^0, from
a practical point of view.
It is respectfully suggested to the editors of the
South Carolina papers to copy the foregoing&nnouncement.
How they Vote for Speaker at Washington.
Some of the telegraphic and other published ro-'
ports give an erroneous impression of the method
of voting for Speaker, by speaking of it as "balloting."
The process is this: A deputy clerk rises,
and slowly and distinctly propounds the full name of
each member?"Mr. William Aiken," "Mr. Charles
J. Albright," repeating it three times, if there is no
response, and so on in alphabetical order through
the two hundred and thirty-four. As his name is
called tho members answer aloud "Banks," or
"Richardson" or whoever he votes for. If he has
any explanation or remark to make in reference to
his vote, he makes it at the same time. After the
roll has been gone through with, those who were absent
cr did not vote when their names were called
(there are always ten or a doien such) rise and request
their votes to bo recorded, which fa accordingly
done. A second deputy has kept-tally on a printed
list, which be now passes over to the one who
called the roll. He reads: "Those who voted for
Mr. Richardson ara Xfaoct-a "
&c., and so on with reference to tho others. This
recapitulation occupies seven or eight minuets; calling
tho roll about twenty. A last opportunity is
now offorded for any absentee?, to record their vote.
Finally, a third deputy who has been counting up,
hands the result iu figures to the clerk, which he
announces, ''Banks 103, Richardson 67," &c.
An idea may be formed from this how tedious the
process is. Six callings of the roll without any del.ate,
occupy as much time as is usually spent" in a
daily session. Of course, every ten minutes the
minority can waste in uuncessary talk, and erery
half honr they can compel to be wasted in calling
the yeas and nays on frivolous motions, is so much
toward? postponing an election for another day.
Tho most of the democtats and Southern knownothings
sit on the right side of the House, the republicans
on the left, thongh there are of course exception?.?
Cor. Albany Journal.
A Scene In Congress.
Washington, Jan. 2-1.
While the Clerk was calling the roll for tho election
of a Speaker, the Doorkeeper announced a Me?sage
from the President of the United States.
Mr. Campbell (Ohio) objected toiu reception.
Sudden excitement spruug up all over the Hall,
various gentlemen demanding to know the character
of the communication.
The Clerk vainly endeavored to enforce order.
Amid the turbulence, Mr. Orr's voice wa3 heard
ixpressing a hope that the President's private Secretary
might be permitted to state his errand.
Mr. Craige claimed the right to bo hoard, declare