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Scrap & Jfads. f 1 l An Emeralder being charged with d stealing a wagon, swore he had owned it ever I since it was wheel barrow. j - ?? Many young ladies make fools of B themselves by the looking-glass, and young <3 men by the drinking-glass. ii ??Among the ouriosities at the Ohio * Fair was a printer with a five dollar bill in J hie pookot. Barnum has sent for him. ? For everything you buy or sell, let or ^ hire, make an exact bargain at first and be 0 not put off to an hereafter by one that says Q to you, <we shall not disagree about trifles.' Advices from Washington announce e that the House of Representative had elect- j -- ed the Rev. Daniel Waldo, an old revolution- t! ary soldier, for chaplain. i Tho lower branch of the Legislature s -of Nebraska has'passed an act extending the t right of suffrage to women. It passed by four h - majority, but we do not find that it was acted n on by the other branch. b Dr. Johnson, when in the fullness of u years and knowledge, said: <1 never take c up a newspaper without finding something ^ I would have deemed it a loss not to have g seen; never without deriving from it iustruc- ( tion and amusement.' | The Lancet or some other equally edifying paper on the subject of human food, = says that large quantities of sausages are made of horce floafc A friend nf nnrs savs he be- ? them in the mud, ana in an hour they would 0j 1m out and bright. You cannot keep them e( down, you cannot destroy them. They are tc the salt of the earth. Who but they start bl any noble project? They build our cities, whiten the ocean with sails, and blacken T( the heavens with the smoke of their cars.? tt Look to them, young men> and catch the spark of their energy. ri Washington Irving, it is said, is much A blamed by the members of the Masonic fra- st ternity for having omitted all notice of the fo connection of General Washington with the b< 'Mystic Tie/ while the records of lodges in ei Virginia show that he was not only a bright b< Mason, but much attached to the fraternity. 03 The Potomac lodge still possesses the 'gavel' used by Brother George Washington, when he laid the corner stone of the Capitol on the lf 21st day of September, 1793. sc cc The Kansas Freeman says that the officers are 'rather puzzled how to apply a ^ provision of the law, in that Territory, rela- / ting to the right of Indians to vote. The t-( law says that Indians who have 'adopted the m habits of white men' shall vote, and the dif- jj ficulty is to settle what shall be sufficient b( proof of such adoption. The last one sug- te gested is that the 'aborigyne' shall be made 0( to drink a piut of raw Kansas whiskey. -If ^ he does it, he can go in; if not, he must back as till he has acquired that 'valuable political 110 accomplishment. cc It is not long*since that we^announc. ed the discovery of a mine of blue mass in El Dorado county, Cal. By the last arrival Su we see that in the upper part of Todd's Val- cl ley a small spring or stream of oil (possess- th ing all the properties of castor oil,) has been w discovered. A facetious correspondent of si the Placer Press suggests to-the discoverer a that he would perhaps do well to make a b< proposition to the El Dorado people to pur- n< chase his spring. They might use it to ad- rc vantage in working off their blue mass! n< The Nicaragua correspondent of the b( New York Herald is responsible for the fol- ^ lowing:?'Did you know that Washington has been placed in the calendar of saints? | There is a church at Rivas ( ver the priuci-1 pf pal portal of which is a very well executed j bi bust of the leader of the American Revolu- ' f? tion, and on the inquiry of a native of the j f0' town, I was informed that it was a bust of ci' the 'good saint, George Washington.' I { r>' confess that as I passed this church I felt like j * taking off my hat, and I did it?not because i of custom, but because I couldn't help it- I ta The Baltimore Patriot says: 'The j111 wife of a gentleman residing in the western j ai section of the city, a few days since, present- ( ed to her astonished lord four little respon- j ^ sibilities at one birth, two of each sex. We |tl] learn that both mother and children are do-1 b( ing well. The happy papa, though.proud of j these little pledges, admits that in these hard j cc times, such a rapid increase of his family j Cl circle is far from desirable, and a great deal i w more than he bargained for.' j *e The citizens of Eastport, Mississippi, j upon receipt of the news that Hon. A Rust, i of Kansas, had whipped Mr. Greely, of the ' Tribune, held a meeting and resolved to j cc procure a gold medal and sent it to Mr. Rust! it The medal, with this inscription, 'Presented : ftl to Hon. A. Rust, M. C., from Arkansas, by 18r his friends of Eastport, Mississippi / and on : jn the reversed oide; klllt him again',' wasj ? ? "" ? lieves it, as he invariably has <e night-marc = when he has eaten them for supper. It is asserted that Lake Michigan is frozen oompletely over from one side to the other. This, if a fact, has never occurred before in the memory of the oldest inhabitant. "With the best glasses, from either side of the lake the clear water cannot be **' seen. In calling for a letter at the post-office, t always ask: 'Anything for me ?' Don't g give your name, and when informed 'No' . don't believe it, but in surprise and wonder ask the postmaster when he expects one for you. Should he ask you from whence you expect one, say, 'from the "West.' He will then understand you. 0 The Paris correspondent of the New c York Times says, that the accouchment of " the Empress mil take place in about a month I when the personel of the Tuilleries is to tl undergo important modifications; there will * be a perfect shower of new titles; some a changes are anticipated in the Senatus Conwill Vvo Ar/lnrQ/1 of fV?rv nv h put mo j giwav ivwij ?? *** mw vauvivu mv vue va" pense of the State; a political amnesty will 7 be declared, 'and the joy of the people will t( be great/ -* is The grand jury at Cincinnati have found a true bill for murder against Peggy, as principal, and the rest of the adult Kentucky fugitive slaves as accessories to the mur- c der of the child. The writ was placed in B the hands of the sheriff, who, when the fugi- c tives were brought to the jail by the mar- a shal for safe keeping, turned the key upon P1 them, and they are now in his possession.? 41 The case grows more and more complicated. s< No decision has yet been made as to the own- d ership of the slaves. " "We love upright men. Pull them tj this way and the other, and they only bend; j, they never break. Trip them down, and in ^ a trirr thftY irp nn thrir frpft nrnin "Rnnr ;ot the next day and forwarded to that genleman at "Washington. We clip the following from the New fork correspondence of the Charleston Stanlard. Dr. Sims is a native of Lancaster: wrote you what a good thing Dr. Sims, of our State, had done in establishing a <Woaan's Hospital' here, for the treatment of liseases of a difficult nature, in which Dr. S. 3 the most skillful of the whole surgical proession; also my regret that he proposed to rithdraw from the superintendence of this lOipltal, owing to his pressing private precise. It now appears that he will not withIraw. A celebration of the first anniversary f the hospital was held at Clinton Hall the ther evening, at which our leading pbysiians and many leading citizens were preset. Dr. Sims was warmly enlogized by )rs. Green, Delofield, and Stevens, and by - - A r *?* ! he liev. Dr. Usgood and the Jttev. Mr. Milium. The hospital was reported a brilliant uocess, and resolutions were passed to susain and extend its operations. Dr. Sims iad to make a great straggle, and conquer lany prejudices, before he could succeed iere, but his success has been noble and triumphant, reflecting honor upon him and redit upon the South, whose distinguish son ie is. %?0rkMIIe<^mrar EDITED BY lAM'L W. MELTON" JOHN L. MILLER. YORKVILLE, S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 28, 1850. PUBLIC MEETING. The citizens of York District are requested to ttcnd a public meeting to beld in the C. House n the FIRST MONDAY IN MARCH, for the purose of appointing delegates to represent the Disrict in the Convention of the Democratic Party of louth Carolina, to meet in Columbia in May next. The meeting will convene at 11 o'clock, a. m. MANY CITIZENS. Feb 14 7 tf RETURN-DAY. Saturday last was emphatically a day of reckning. During the entire week there was more onfusion, turmoil and commotion in the public exchequer," than we have seen for many a day. t was a time of harvest for "the Courtand for he people a balancing of the adverse accounts rhich always sum up the results of a long-contined prosperity. The Sheriff's Book shows a return of near five undred cases, and a number of "acceptances" are et to be entered which will swell the aggregate > between seven and eight hundred cases. This i a larger return than has been made in York istrict for ten or fifteen years! POLITICAL. We have no advices of special interest from ongress, with the exception of the action in the [ouse on Kansas matters. Tuesday, the 19th, the hairman of the Committee on Elections offered resolution to empower the committee to send for ersons and papers in the contested election beveen Whitfield and Reedeh. The motion was *rnly resisted by Mr. Phelps, of Missouri, who efended bis constituents from the charge of beig "border ruffians," and denounced the proposion of the Committee as an attempt at usurpaon. He was replied to by Mr. Washburne, of [aine. The resolution failed at last; but it is lid that the motion will be again reported, with : certain records and documents now suppress1." A more shameless, bare-faced, dishonest subirfugo could not possibly be employed. Matters ive indeed come to a pretty pass! Ou the 20th, Mr. Mace introduced a bill to prcmt the extension of slavery in the territories of 10 United States north of the Missouri line. The attention of the political world is now diicted almost exclusively to the Convention of the merican party, in session at Philadelphia. The rugglo hinges upon the 12th section of the platrm adopted by thelast Convention, which, it will ? remembered, announces decidedly the South n view of the slavery question. Northern mem:rs, in caucus, have determined to insist upon cpunging this feature of the platform; while the Soth American," with equal decision, announce icir determination to insist upon this soctioD, or, they fail, to withdraw from the Convention. A paration between the two wings of the party is infidently anticipated. The action of this Convention may be regarded i tho turning point in the canvass. If the Amer uns party succeed in effecting a union of all facons, it vrill be the dominant antagonist of the Deocracy, next Fall. If, or the other hand, the orthern and Southern delegates fail to bring a>ut a reconciliation, the party is dead to all in-, nts and purposes; and the contest with the Dem:ratic nominee must be wag^d by the "Republims" proper. With a clear view of the present ipect of parties, and tho influences which are bear upon the canvass, the latter alternative is rtaiuly preferable. JU9T SO. The True Curolinian is (in imagination, ofoourse) iffering martyrdom. It appears, from an arti0 in the last number, that its cotemporaries in ie State have all taken a fling at it; and straightay it begins a series of manceuvrings, strikingly milar to those which might reasonably be expect1 of an individual, upon whose devoted head had >en emptied the fearful contents of a huge horit's-nest. In its turn, the Enquirer "buzzed" und about, merely for the fun of the thing, and >t by any means desiring to maliciously hurt any >dy. Nevertheless, just as is npt to be the case hen innocent people join the mob, we have caught lick. This is the head and front of our offendig = "The True. Curolinian is a large sheet, and in >int of appearance and excellence of typography ds fair to excel the best in the State. Mr. Mooiie, ,-mnvlv oilitrvr r>f flip Anrlrrxnn (!/irettr is n. <inir i,,IVIV V. * ' f " ? ? ? T" sd and clever writter, always independent in the rming of his opinions, always fearless and forble in the expression of them, and, we are sorfor it, (ilioays on the wrong side. Nevertheless, 8 give him a cordial welcome back to the family, id a speed to his enterprise. Whereupon, the Carolinian flies into a passion, Iks about our " most unbounded vanity," " poLical tergiversation," "wordy demagoguoism," ul such-like ad captandxim stuff, and closes up ith the following:?"We had rather be wrong ith Calhoun, in the estimation of the Enquirer, tan right with a thousand such journals, they ;ing the judges of u-liat is right and wrong." Now, any one of common sense can easily pcr ive that the portion of our editorial notice, mavk1 by italics, at which the Carolinian takes offence, as meant for nothing more than a bit of harmss pleasantry. It is in oxact accordance with opriety?very proper, indeed?for a spunky an to resent an insult; but there is just as much opriety in his using a little of the mother-wit lierewithal he must be endowed, in order to asrtuiu the nature of an insult, to determine when is given and when it should be resented. It is ways a bad sign, friend Carolinian, when people ap at any and every thing that happens to come their way. When^ou talk about ."tergiversation," "dema-1 gogues" &c., we are totally oblivious; andjwe conclude that you must have aimed your "flourish* at some other individual. But to the charge ol "vanity," we plead "not guilty." Surely, wemusl be allowed the privilege of believing that we are always right; for the alternative proposition would now and then charge us with dishonesty ! If this be granted to us, it follows that, me judice, those who differ with us are "always on the wrong side.'1 This is not vanity. It is merely a logical deduction?founded upon the lucid aphorism that contrariet cannot both be true. But, speaking on thai point, we must return the compliment. "Wrong with Calhoun"?'what an t'-dea! "Me and Betsj killed the bear;" "Brindle andl" got into the yellow-jacket's nest; I and Mr Calhoun, ego et rex, par nobile fratrum, and*so en. Krnr friend Carolinian, suppose we keep oui temper. Just at the outset, wo ought not to "teai out each other's eyes." If, by way of "keeping up the independence of the argument," the Enquirer should happen to take a fling at you, giv? us in return a specimen of genuine wit, and let us have a jolly time of it. It is a delightful thing for brethren to "dwell together in unity!" PROM EUROPE. Since our last issue, the steamers Atlantic anc Asia have arrived from Europe?the former bringing Liverpool dates to the Cth instant, and the latter, to the 9th. Both report the cotton markei quiet and somewhat dull, without any quotabh change in prices. Advices from the Crimea ar< void of interest. The prospects of peace continue to be favorable The Preliminaries and protocol were signed on th< 1st, instant, by the Representatives of France En gland, Turkey, Russia and Austria, agming t< open the Conference at Paris in three weeks; anc an armistice, affecting operations on land only will be concluded, to continue until the last o March. It is worthy of note that tho representa tive of the Prussian government will not be admit ted to the Conference. It is said that the Emper ors of Austria and Russia will visit Paris durinj the sessions. The condition of affairs in : jgard to our diffi culty with the British government is alarming, ant very considerable excitement is reported to havi arisen in England, in view of the probability of t war between the countries. The threatening as pect which the matter has now assumed has beei in a great measure derived, doubtless, from thi acts of our Minister consequent upon the instruc tions lately sent to him by the Administration Of the purport of these instructions our reader! were informed, several weeks ago. At the inter view betwoen Mr. Buchanan and the British Min ister, Lord Clarendon, the latter is said to hav< spoken in the most imperious and insulting mam ner, which conduct Mr. Buchanan promptly chocked by chosiDg the interview. He has, it is said, demanded his passports. Another significant fact is, that in the Queen's speech on the opening of Parliament, no roentior of any kind, friendly or otherwise, was made ol tho United States. At present, this omission has a meaning. It called out severe strictures by th< Earl of Derby, and, in reply, an explanation fron Lord Clarendon, disclaiming, in behalf of th< Queen, all feeling of unkindness or hostility to wards the American Government. The disclaim er, however, seems to have had very little weight as it is stated that the Derby party designs t< bring forward a motion before Parliament in reference to the omission. Should this be done, i will speedily bring the matter to a crisis. "In the House of Commons, Lord Palmeretoi announced that the correspondence on the Centra American question would be laid before parlia mcnt when completed. Baillie postponed a mo tion relative to the enlistments in the Unit'.d States till the correspondence should be published. Th< latest telegraphic despatch from London on Satur .. that the Timoa o??nw?? cow which has boen taken by the American and Englisl Cabinet, in regard to tho existing difficulties. Af ter remarking that oven humanity must have lim its, tho article concludes: "We are as desirous a; Mr. Cobden can be for peace ; but wo know tha when a nation becomes too proud to listen to rea son, the only appeal is to arms." Although the tone of the Government Press i: thus insulting and imperious, tho feeling of th< people is reported to bo cordial and friendly, anc demonstrations have already boen made by the commercial aud manufacturing classes, deprecating the idea of war. It appears to be an issue be tween tho government and the people, which, w< doubt not, will result in the triumph of the latter, the overthrow of the present mad-cap ministry, and the satisfactory adjustment of the cause: of dispute. Inasmuch as the Queen's speech i: to bo made the topic, we shall gratify a laudable curiosity by affording a sample of what sort of a thing her Majesty makes of the "Annual Message." Here it is:? My Lords and Gentlemen: Since the close of the last session of Parliament the arms of the Allies have achieved a signal and important success. Sebastopol, the great stronghold of Russia, in the Black Sea, has yielded to the persevering constancy, and to the daring bravery of tho Allied forces. The naval and military preparations for the ensuing year, have necessarily occupied my serious attention, but while determined to omit no effort which could give vigor to the operations of the war, I have deemed it my duty not to decline any overtures which might reasonably afford a prospect of a safe and honorable peace?accordingly, when the Emperor of Austria lately offered to myself and to my august Ally, the Emperor of the French, to employ his good offices with the Emperor of Russia, with a view to endeavor to bring about an amicable adjustment of the matters at issue between the contending powers, I, in concert with my Allies, agreed to accept the offer thus made, and I have the satisfaction toinformyou, that certain conditions have been agreed upon, which may prove the foundation of a goneral treaty of peace. Negotiations for such a treaty, will shortly be opened in Paris. In conducting these negotiations, I shall be careful not to lose sight of the objects for which the war was undertaken, and I shall deem it right in no degree to relax my naval and military preparations until a satisfactory treaty of peace shall have been concluded. Although the war in which I am engaged was brought on by events in the south of Europe, my attention has not been withdrawn from the state of things in the north, and in conjunction with the Emperor of the French, I have concluded with the King of Sweden and Norway a treaty containing defensive engagements applicable to his dominions, and tending to the nreservation of the balance of Dower in that part of Europe. I have also concluded a treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation with the Republic of Chili. I have given directions that these treaties shall be laid before you. Gentlemen of the House of Commons : The estimates for the ensuing year will be laid before you. You will find thcin framed in such a manner as to provide for the exigencies of the war, if peace should unfortunately not be concluded. Mi/ Lords and Gentlemen : It is gratifying to me to observe that, notwithstanding the war, and the burthens and sacrifices which it has unavoidably imposed upon my people, the resources of my empire remain unimpaired. *I rely with confidence on the manly spirit and enlightened patriotism of my loyal subjects for a continuance of that support which they have so nobly nfforded me, and they may be assured that I shall not call upon them for exertions beyond what may be required by a duo regard for the great interests, the honor and the dignity of the empire. There arc many subjects connected with internal improvements which I recommend to your attentive consideration. The difference which exists, in several important particulars, between the commercial laws of Scotland and those of the other parts of the United Kingdom, has occasioned inconvenience to a large portion of my subjects engaged in trade.? Measures will be proposed to you for remedying this evil. Measures will also bo. proposed to you for im proving the laws relating to partnership by aim> plifying these laws and thus rendering more eaay the employment of capital in commerce. The system under which merchant shipping is t liable to pay local dues and passing tolls, has been j the subject of much complaint. Measures will be . proposed to you for affording relief in regard to these matters. ' Other important measures for improving the > laws in Great Britain nnd in Ireland will be pro> posed to you, which I doubt not will receive your attentive consideration. Upon this and all other matters upon which you may deliberate, I fervently pray that the blessings \ of Divine Providence may favor your Councils and guide them to the promotion of the great object > of my unvarying solicitude?the welfare and hap' pineBS of my people. MERE-MENTION. The Asheville N. C., Spectator came to us last week as much improved in appearance as a new fount of type and a fresh supply of enterprise oan make it. The head is adorned with a view of the ' romantic mountain-town whence it hails. Good , luck to it The Chester Standard, of last ' week says that "on the night of the 17th Decern- ( ber last, Mr. John K. Wylie, son of James Y. Wylie, formerly of Chester, but now residing in Gadsden County, Florida, was killed by the accidental discharge of a pistol in the hands of a I friend. Tho deceased was a very worthy young man, aged near 27 years, and has left a large ciri cle of friends in the district to mourn his untimet ly end" From the same paper we learn Maj. i Jno. R. Culp has been elected Colonel of the 27th 5 Regiment, by a majority of 179 votes over Lieut. Col. E. M. Mills W. J. Rivebs, Esq., of . Charleston, has been elected to fill temporarily the j chair vacated by the death of Dr. Henry, in the - College. Mr. It., is a first-honor graduate of the ) Institution, and has long ranked among the best 1 teachers in the State The Spartan says that , Maj. 0. P. McAbther of Thickoty, will start f from Spartanburg next Monday, with 27 able bodied men and two slaves, for the Kansas war. - Well dono! A writer in the Salisbury Watch man nominates Rev. Taos. E. Peck, of Baltimore, ? for the Professorship of Intellectual Philosophy, Logic, Belles Lettres and Elocution, in Davidson - College Mrs. Caroline Lee Hentz, the pop1 ular authoress, died at Mariana, Florida, on the s 11th instant When you use the pre-paid eni velopes, seal them with a wafer, in addition to the - adhesive matter. Unless they are secured by a i wafer or sealing-wax, an application of warm J water will open them easily. Mind this! Never pay a Printer when he first presents his bill to you, for such an unexpected phenomenon might cause a rush of blood to his head and throw him into fits ! We publish this week the announcement of "Proposals for the Publication of the Lectures on the New Testament, by Rev. Wm. ir j C. Davis." Our limited space will not now allow us to enlarge upon the subject Prince Pas , kiewitch, the great Commander in the Crimea, is dead For the Yorkville Enquirer. DECLINATURE. Edenezerville, York Diet., S. C. February 19, 1856. Messrs. Editors:?A few months since, I was brought forward, through your paper, as a candidate to represent York District in the next Legislature. After mature deliberation, endeavoring to reconcile it to my interests and feelings, I find I cannot, without, to some extent, compromising both, accept the nomination. I never have had any aspirations in that direction, and at this time of life, would greatly prefer to continue to follow more congenial pursuits. I must, therefore, with a due appreciation of the proffered honor, withdraw my name from the canvass. I might assign various reasons that have induced me to take this step?in addition to the above, one or two must suffice. In the communication in which my name is connected with this distinguished position, I am announ-oad ?-? t!Mau&6a*m tarer1IJ" t nortinnotthe T\!1 tL. T.,/i;nr. T Anr] T U.aIaa. I l/lbinui &UUI1 U UO lliv lUUlttU JUUUUi X UUIV iuu^ thought it inimical to the interests of our District to array section against section. Prudence and i sound policy should warn us to avoid all semblance t of sectionalism, and suggest the wiser and more honorable expedient of meeting and consulting together as one people, strenuously endeavoring to , s promote whatever will conduce to the best interi est of our District. I must not be understood as i opposed to the Indian Land having her candidate. i If it is contended that the Indian Land comprises ; a large scope af our District, that her citizens are wealthy, intelligent and influential; then let her s select some ono, not to represent the Indian Land, but the entire District; and one, too, to whom the District would be willing to accord such distinci tion. There nro many within the Indian Land i boundary that would make worthy and efficient ! members, to whom I can extend a cordial support . My short residence in this portion of the District would make me loth to become its standard bearer, or to set up myself as the exponent of its prin- " ciples and representative of its interest. ; One other reascn to which I shall briefly allude, 1 is the present abominable system of electioneering. I could not reconcile it to my sense of duty and a proper self-respect, to resort to it under any i I circumstances. If it be so, as some suppose, that i a candidate must resort to it to ensure success, i that fact alone, would be sufficient to deter me ( from entering the list. I Yours Respectfully, R. J. ADAMS. , PROM CHARLESTON. February 25th, 1856. 1 1 Messrs. Editors:?Were I to begin where I left off, my letter would have to include the events of j three weeks past; but as my limits will scarcely permit a brief notice of what has been clone in | one week, you must allow me to skip the extra fortnight. For the week past, everything has been brisk in the way of business; but prices on many articles of country produce have been receding. Howcv- ' or, on the most important article, Cotton, there 1 has been some little improvement. On Sunday, 1 the 17th, the accounts by the steamer Canada I were received, which fjuoted an advance of Jd on ' cotton, with heavy sales both to the trade and ' speculators. This improvement was caused, it 1 is said, by a temporary ease in the money market. The news was considered "goodcotton improved ' here about J cent, and, for a few days, sales were ' pretty large. But towards the close of the week 1 buyers became rather light, and speculators began ( to grow somewhat fearful that their rates were a ' point too high. The regular foreign buyers would ' not take a bale at the prices. They are willing to I buy at J cent lower; but at present rates, they say that their orders cannot be filled. 1 This morning we have accounts one week later, I by the Asia, reporting sales of 58,000 bales, at 1 prices about the same as last week?the trade only taking 37,000 bales during the week. Our mar- i kct here is very dull to-day. The steamer's news has not positively affected the rates. Cotton is 1 coming in very freely, and for some weeks must < continue to do so as rapidly as the Railroad can i deliver it. < Say to your friends in the country, that this is 1 the time to sell cotton. The price is good now, > and may be better; but the chances are that there can be very little improvement, in view of such < heavy receipts and large stocks. The stock in New ' Orleans is .337,000 bales, and the excess in total receipts is now about 700,000 bales. The stock in Liverpool is slight, but large quantities known < to be on the way will have the same effect as if they ' had-/*lrcady been received. With peace there | might be no decline from present prices, and pos- 1 sibly a small advance; but should negotiations t Pail and the war be continued, the decline would be considerable. In a word, it is a good time to sell and a dangerous venture to buy. Thousands and, I suppose, millions of bushels sf grain have been held back for some time, for higher prices; and that, too, when prices were ruinously high. Now, every holder who is caught may look back?nd conclude how foolish it was to expect prices already too high even to continue as long as they did. Wheat would not now be worth more than $1.27, here, to-day. Corn from Co? 70 cents, per bushel. Owing to a light stock and small reciepts for some time past, the prices of dour have been well sustained: but with increas ing rcciepts and no demand for shipping, they mast soon decline to a low point. Sales are only made in small parcels, at about $8@$8.75, in barrels; and $3.87@$4.37 in bags. Groceries continue high. Common brown Sugar 9J?10$ cents ; Coffee, 11J@13J; N. 0. Molasses 45 oents; Rice $4.2o@$5. per 100 lbs. The wholesale houses are opening a full and fine assortment of all kinds of goods. The stock of dry goods is particularly fine, and, I am told cheap. Merchants from the country are already beginning to make their appearance, and doubtless the spring trade will be a prosperous one for all. It is said, and I think truly, that Charleston can now offer as great inducements to country merchants as any city in the Union. The stocks aro very large, and the Taiiety ample enough to satisfy every taste. Every year direct importation of goods increases. Nol^sincethe foreign exports are becoming more and more extensive, the imports must necessarily increase largely. We have at present so many attractions byway of evening entertainments that it is hard to chose where to iro. The Theatre has been verv success full for some time, and bids fair to continue its attractive bills. Last week we had the "Campbell Minstrels." This week, Wednesday night, Mrs. Julia Dean Hatxe will commence her "farewell engagement" on the Charleston stage. To night, the literary and music-loving public will be entertained with a "Grand Musical and Literary Soiree," by Mile. Sahah Felix, sister of Mile. Rachel, assisted by Miss Fanny Mobant, the popular "Star" of tho Theatre. Those who are not quite so high-strung enjoying the entertainments of Robinson and Eldbeds, "Grand Circus, Menagerie and Hippodrome." And, lastly, we have in town, now, the eighth "wonder of the world'" the "bear woman." One would think that a peripatetic editor could not refrain from a visit, when so many interesting entertainments are to be enjoyed. Yours, J. FROM ARKANSAS. We are much indebted to a friend, who has recently emigrated to Arkansas, for the following lively and entertaining "log-book" of his journey thither. It came to us, written almost illegibly, in pencil marks; so, the reader may know where to cast the blame for any errors that may appear. Is there no ink in Arkansas? If it can be had, we trust our correspondent will have secured a moiety before the despatch of his second favor. But to the letter, which bears the romantic date of Tulip, Dallas County, Arkansas?February 4th:? My Deab Enqcibeb :?I have at last seated myself with the view of fulfilling my promise to you, by inditing an account of my trip from South Carolina to the "Great West." My tardiness may be attributed to a pressure of engagements and the unparalleled severity of the weather, which for a time past has most emphatically clogged the locomotion of both soul and body. We left Yorkville on Friday evening, November 16, and passed by Pinckney Ferry on Broad river to Spartanburg?distance 64 miles. Thence to Qreenville, 31 miles; thence to old Pendleton, 31 miles; thence across the Georgia line upon Knox's Bridge on the Tugaloo, the South prong of the Savannak. river. _Ws. entered Georgia. jn.flart County and passed on to Gainsville, in Franklin county?distance from Pendleton, 36 miles. Here we had an occular demonstration of the truthfulness of one of Judge Longstrcet's Courthouse scenes. It was Saturday evening, and nearly all the county had congregated at the "seat of justice." Desiring to replenish our stock of provisions, we drove near the centre of the village and halted. The main Grocery in. the place being situated on the corner, we had a fine opportunity of witnessing all that was then and there afloat.? We had scarcely brought our teams to the standstill, when we were surrounded by twenty or thirty persons, more or less, bantering us for a horseswap, each swearing lustily that his "critter" was the "best piece of horse-flesh in the State of Georgy!" Failing to get a swap out of us, they "bantered" us for a dog swap?but much to their sorrow and our own deep mortification, we could not consent even to that sort of a transaction. In the crowd were many Carolinians, somo of whom had kAAAmA nn Ia flia lonlrnvintv onofnm Tn ucvu1u? v|u1w w vuu jvvavjiug vuwwimi au fact, it seemed to us that every body in the country, had either a horse or a dog, with which each was extremely solicitous of parting company. Finding that there was no trade in us, we were strongly solicited to go in and take "something to drink." Although, as you are perfectly aware, I detest such shops, yet as I had turned to see "the elephant," I thought proper just then to acquiesce in the movement. Accordingly, into the Grocery [ went. Here I found a meeting, solemnly in conslave, discussing the propriety and expediency of building a Branch Railroad to connect with the State P . at High Tower river?distance forty miles. Some of the projectors seemed quite sanguine of success, and, to judge by the earnestness with which the subject was discussed, we would pronounce the enterprise, after the manner of you South Carolina editors, a "fixed fact." I have, perhaps, dwelt too long upon Gainesville, and yet not a word of it all has been told.? rhis was the first inkling I got of Georgia manners and customs, and it made such an impression upon me that quite a lengthy chapter in my journal was the result, that night. I could not pass by it, without dwelling longer than I had intended to do upon any one place on the route. In referring more particularly to my journal, by-theway, I find that I have omitted to mention Carnesrillc, a one-horse town?the county-seat of Franklin, instead of Gainesville as I before stated.? From Pendleton to Carnesville is 36 miles?thence to Gainesville, 45 miles. Saturday night we campid and lay-over the next day, Sabbath, on the eastern bank of the Chattahoochee river, between the 'arms of the brothers Chambers, from York, nephews of your former Ordinary. Monday morning we crossed the river upon Brown's bridce. and passed on to Canton, 45 miles from Gainesville; thence to Cnssville, 28 miles; to Kingston, C miles; and thence to Rome, 10 miles. This is quite a thriving town, at the head of the oad at one end and of navigation at the other. The larger portion of land on the route we trarersed through Georgia is very poor?though the Uherokec country is fine. One of the finest plantitions I saw on the whole trip was on "High-Tow>r" (Etowah) river, at Field's Bridge. It had jeen sold a few days before we passed, at $54 per icrc. At Rome we crossed the OstenclfiPViver, north >f the town, and passed on to Cedar Bluff, Alabama, 28 miles; thence to Blue Pond, 7 miles; whence, across Lookout Mountain to Van Buren, L2 miles. On this mountain there is a large body )f Government land, which could bo "entered" at 15 cents per acre?very fair land. Many of our poople who arc working poor lands, and do not ike to come further West, might do well even to nigrate to Lookout. Passing down the mountain - J. V 9 5 ; S s'T ' '." v *. . which is very rough, P broke one of the axles of his wagon and we were detained in Van Bnrcn that day. This is in Willie's Valley, a beautiful scope of land. We saw corn there still in the field, which we were told would yield 75 bnshels per acre. From Van Buren we passed over Sand Mountain to Warrenton, 35 miles ; thence across Raccoon Mountain, to Summerville, 35 miles; thence to Decatur, on the Tennessee river, 16 miles. This is a business little place. At this point the Tuscumbia and Chattanooga Railroad crosses the Tennessee upon a magnificent bridge Thence we journeyed on to Courtland, 20 miles ; thence to Tuscumbia, 23 miles. Tuscumbia is as yet the western extremity of the Railroad routes. It will not long, be so however. The Charleston and Memphis company ore pushing their enterprise rapidly towards Memphis. The cars are now running to a point about 90 miles from Memphis?nearly half way. The balance of the road is graded. From Toscumbia ire passed to Buzzard's Roost, 20 miles. At this point and along the road for sixty miles back lies the prettiest country and the best body of rich land I have ever seen. It is early all cut down, and has the appearance of a grand prairie. As far as the eye can reach, not one stick of timber can be seen. The lands have all been bought up by large planters, and here and there fields of 1000 and 1200 acres are common. Although I was pleased with the coiyitry, I did not by any means like the people. Here I found more hot-made aristocracy than I have ever seen in any country. They are selfish and utterly void of common courtesy. As I have already stated, they are all large planters ; they have migrated there in search of the mighty dollar, their idol; and apparently they have neither time nor inclination to extend the "small sweet courtesies of life" to their fellow men. We had great difficulty even in procuring the necessary articles of food. The residences are generally built away in the farm, half-mile from the road. Of course, you must stop wagons, and in the first place go in search of the house. When you get there, a negro is sent to the gate to see what you want; returns to the house with your message, and presently communiontoa fn von tlin fldifvinc annonncement that vou must hunt the overseer?may-be, two or three miles away. When you search the 5000 acre plantation and find the overseer, ten-to-one he rides out of the field at one end as you come in at the other. If you should succeed in overhauling him, however, and communicate to him your urgent necessities, he will delight you with the information that, if you will wait until night, the negroes have corn which (he supposes) they maybe willing to sell. Thereupon, he turns away, leaving you with your finger, instead of the bread, in your mouth 1 But I am digressing too much. From Buzzard's Roost we travelled to Jacinto, in Mississippi, 30 miles; thence to Danville, 10 miles; Kossuth, 8miles; Boneyard, 3 miles; Matamoras, Tennessee 14 miles; Berlin, 18 miles; LaGrange, 10 miles; Moscow, 10 miles; LaFayette, 7 miles; Colliersville, 8 miles; Germantown, 9miles; Memphis, 15 miles?making a journey from Yorkville to Memphis of C30 miles. The Mississippians are the best drivers I have ever known. They do not use the line, but manage their teams altogether by a long whip?the stock at least ten feet, and the lash about 18 feet long. It is music to hear them. It is "wo! come here lamb," and then down comes the whip, and woe, in earnest, be to the steer that has provoked the driver's anger. When he steps back, twists the lash above his head, and brings it to the mark, the report is equal to that of a musket. Yon may be sure, after such an attack, the ox stretches his chain for the next quarter-of-a-mile. The Georgians are not so expert in driving?they use the line and frequently have a horse before the team. To one who has been tutored in the oid States, and has not had an opportunity of seeing what is L g?Ug o? in. the-Weat. it is. aroaiingjo see the flood 1 of migration. From middle Georgia to the Mississippi, the whole country is alive with migratory j 1? J Sat a .11 movements; every ronu imou wiui iru reut:rs? some going in one direction, some in another, and others even going back to the old States. Memphis is, as you know, a thriving, stirring, busy city, rapidly growing in sise and wealth, and every year advancing with giant strides to the position of the Emporium of the West. It certainly has the most thoroughly diversified trade of any other place in the country?in its warehouses and on the docks, every possible species of trado and speculation is carried on, and all seem to prosper. Nor is the population less diversified. Men congregate there of every nation, speaking every known tongue, pursuing every sort of business, and supplying humanity with every sort and shade of character known among the human race or races. It is, beyond a doubt, the most heterogenous compound mixture of good, bad, and indifferent, that I have ever "stirred up" in all my perambulations. We spent a day in Memphis. One is no little annoyed here by the incessant solicitations and the exceedingly polite attentions of a peculiar, nondescript class of individuals, styled drummers. Every branch of business has --- ! ??Va? n?a \r\kr\ UlgSU UUUgCiS-VU. i uu aiv ur mitinM* *www goods stores, groceries, hotels, the market, blacksmith and wagon shops, and even to the ferry boat. It is impossible to turn round without being beset with an infernal batch of drnmmers. But enough of Memphis. We crossed the big river late in the evening, travelled about one mile and camped in the Mississippi bottom. Here I must close for the present?leaving the remainder of the trip for another time. You will direct my paper to this plu.ce, instead of Washington. Au revoir. Yours, HANNIBAL. Relations of the V. States with England. The remarks of Lord Clarendon, her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in the British House of Lords, in reply to the strictures of the Earl of Derby on the Queen's speech, are of the most conciliatory nature, in reference both to the construction of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty and to the reclamations of the United States for alledged violation of its laws by British recruiting agents in this country. In respect to the former he states that the Government of Great Britain has now, for the second time, offered to submit the interpretation of the treaty to the arbitration of any neutral third Power, and to be bound by the arbitrator's decision; and he expresses the reasonable hope that the United States will yield its consent to so equitable a proposition. On the enlistment of recruits for the Crimea in America the language of the British Minister is not less temperate and forbearing. The movement was suggested by the application of foreign residents here who asked the privilege of joining the army before Sebastopol. While arrangements were made for the rendezvous of such as wished to enlist at Halifax, Mr. Crampton was instructed that his Government was more? solicitous to avoid derogating from the sovereignty of the U. States than anxious to obtain recruits; and when the opening of agencies for the information of suob as wished to proceed to the British Provinces to enlist elicited the animadversion of this Government, and the United States Secretary of State accepted the explanation of Mr. Crampton, in accordance with these facts, as satisfactory. Lord Clarendon added that, though the correspondence had not been of the most amicable nature, vet, as his Government had throughout disolaimed all intontion of infringing upon ourlaws and the transactions were bygone, there was hope of a peaceful solution. lie sustained Mr. Crampton against the charge of cither intentionally or accidentally violating laws of the United States; and his strong language in this connexion may be supposed to havo had reference to what he spoke of as the latost American demand, received but two days before, and which it is supposed asked the recall of Mr. Crampton and the British ConsulB in the ports of New York, Philadelphia and Cincinnati. The offer to refer the dispute to the arbittation of a disinterested Power presents a ready mode of settling it, and one to which a party confident in the justice of his cause might be expected to yield assent. That is probably the view taken of it by our Government; for it would appear that the Pre. \ ' * * "... N .ft- ' " r. ? * * i sident had not taken the responsibility of refusing that proposition; but haa only delayed a reply in the expectation, it may be conjectured, that diplomacy would effect an arrangement without making any other resort necessary. If, however, the proposal to refer the matter had been received at Washington at the commencement of this year it is difficult to reconcile the language of the Pres^ ident's message with the suppogjion that the Administration contemplated its acceptance even alternatively, after all the resources of negotiation should have been exhausted. That language affirms the correctness of the construction contended for by this Government, and a resolution to insist on the rights of the United States, and distinctly expresses apprehension of an "issue involving in serious danger the friendly relations which it is the interest as well as the duty of both countries to cherish and preserve." Such an issue could not be anticipated in contemplation of a reference by the result of which both parties should be bound. But if this proposition of the * British Government had not been received at that time, its presentation and renewal within the brief peri? od of six weeks indicates a sincere solicitude on the part of that Power for a pacific and amicable set tlomenc. i?ora warenuon represents ine oner to be still pending; and, if the United States Government leaves it yet unanswered, it may be safely inferred that the hesitation of the Administration results rather from the perplexity which sb many practicable modes of terminating the controversy have produced, and a wish to select that which promises best for the interests of the country, than for any determination looking to its ultimate and absolute rejection oven as the alternative of war.? From the tone of the more influential portion of the British press, it is probable that the Government of Great Britain would concede all we claim under the treaty, in return for the expulsion of the. filibusters from Nicaragua; and it may be that it would itself undertake to perform that service.-? We have indications from the same quarter that ? the abrogation of the treaty itself would be readi- ' ly assented to as a settlement of the difficulty; and we regret to perceive a disposition in this country, from the discussion in the United States Senate, and from an oriole which we have already noticed in the Washington Union, to look upon this as an acceptable solution. We canuot but regard the treaty, with its guarantee of the neutrality of the transit route at all times, whether in war or peace, as too valuable an acquisition for us to yield without the prospect of another convention at least as efficatious to secure that object. Bnt either from the arbitration of a friendly power or from the I rkw/tnnan/1 /mmiaw ?' ' * pi v|/vavvi a vowi awvu ui uic UKUTO VIOY6TIl]IZCIll']Q Nicaragua we anticipate* satisfactory termination of this tedious controversy. >. . Perhaps it would be as well, In ease of reference, to submit to the arbitrator the question of. damages resulting from the loudly-complained of infringement of our neutrality laws by the British recruiting agents. Great Britain has from the first, according to Lord Clarendon's official declaration, disclaimed all intention of violating our laws; and, when requested, she studiously refrain* ed from prosecuting what she conceived to be a legal and inoffensive practice within our limits.? But if (atonement must be exacted for an offence innocently perpetrated, with no resulting injury to this Government or people, why not let. the measure and mode of the vindication be determined also by a neutral party, and have the whole of our controversies with a nation whose interests our own are inextricably involved, quietedand end- ' -; ed without further irritating discussion !?Journal of Commerce. -. * ?. THJE MURDER. .. We give below the Charlotte Whig't account of the murder, in exteneo. "When doctors disagree," &c. &c., tee "pretermit:"? "We stated in our paper of the 6th inst, that foul murder had been committed on. the body of a free boy by the name of Mice Taylor and promised the particulars lost week. This we were prevented from doing, but we give them now. The ' particulars as received from one of the J017 inquest are these: Donehoe, the fmurderer, had been employed by the boy Mice to get him a frame for a building, which he hod nearly paid for. Donehoe then sold it tojanothcr person. On the evening of the murder, the boy in passing a house in California, saw Donehoe, who was going in the same di- + rection with himself, and waited for him to come up, when he asked him for the money he had paid him for the frame. Donehoe gave him no satisfae tion, bat attempted to pass bun, but the boy bead* ed him several times, still asking him for the money he had paid him. Donehoe then drew his knife and the boy was heard to say, "do you draw your knife on me!" and he was observed to throw np his arm repeatedly, but there was no eridenoe to show that the boy struck at him?the motion of his arm was intended to ward off Don choc's situate. He received five stabs, any one of four wouhLhave taken his life?one in the arm, outfinjj thentaini artery, and three in the region of the hearty one piercing the heart.. "We ask our friends of the YorkviUe Enquirer, who think they called it by too hanh a name, partly on our authority, if this Is not a case Of horried murder ? If it is not, we do not know what they would call it.'? Kansas Affairs. St. Louis, Feb. 16. The Leavenworth Herald of the 9th says: A pro-slavery meeting was held there on the 2d inst. at which it was determined to offset the influence of the free State agents sent abroad, by despatching Qeorge W. McLean to the Southern States to give the people the pro-slavery aspect of the .ease, and aid in rescuing the control of affairs fremtiie hands of the Abolitionists of Lawrence?Robinson, Lane, Brown, &c.?who are doing every thing possible to bring on a civil war. They apprehend that many Free State men will refhee to follow them into rebellion against the federal authority and the laws of the Territory. The Herald of Freedom says that Messrs. Robinson and Lane have adopted precautionary measures, and organized a regiment; that the forte are guarded day and night, and that munitions of war were being collected in readiness for instant service, an attack being expected. The Topcka Herald appeals to the friends of the North and East to hold themselves in readiness to __t. .? _ ? Ti ?? -I uiui v/u ut u uiuuicub a uuuvc* xi? any a mat UO straggle begins to show itself in earnest, and invokes the people of Kansas to die (in preference to surrendering. The President's special Kansas message has " reached Leavenworth, but not Lawrence. For the Yorkville Enquirer. AN ENIGMA. Mtttrs. EditortBeing at present unable to attend to ordinary business, permit me to give your readers, whojfeel disposed to spend a few leisure minutes, the following Enigma, with the request that another be furnished for my idle moments: I am composed of eight letters? My .1, 2, 5, 4, 4, 5, is the name of a plant. My 1, 5, 6, is a commander. My 1, 7, 4, 6, is a disease. My 1, 7, 4, 5, 5, 8, is the name of a bird. My 2, G, 8, 0, is a female animal. My 8,1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, is the position of an army. My 4, 5, 8, 6, 8, 8, is the name of tree. My 4, 7, 5, 8, is a part of the human body. AT 7 A So noma o 1 iUJ I) l| 1} iO HWUiW V* u V C03CI. My 6, 7, C, 7, is a genus of fowls. My 8, 5,1, 8, 8, 3, is a town of Asia Minor. My whole is the name of a certain fly. ARCANUM. Yorkvillc, Feb. 29,1856. Coroner's Inquests. On Friday last, an inquest was held by D. B. Miller; Esq., on the body of Ann Smith, who was ran oyer by a freight train on the Charlotte "Rail Road, on Tuesday night, and instantly killed. A verdict was given in accordance with the evidence, implicating an engineer. - On Saturday, an inquest was held by the same, on the body of Bob, a slave of Eleanor McLeod. The circumstances of his death, are briefly these: Bob was employed as a laborer on the Greenville Road, was riding on a plank car which was fol lowed by a hand car. Being ordered by the engineer, he jumped off to assist in propelling the hand | car, missed his footing and fell. Being caught by the machinery of the hand car, he was so much injured that death ensued. Verdict accordingly On Monday night, Edxcard Glover, a free mulatto,formally a barber was found dead in the road near the residence of E. Arthur, Esq. An inquest was held on his body, when it appeared to the jury, that Oliver had habitually drank to excess and diedinaf.t. Verdict to accord with the evidence, i fl| C' t olina Times. SH The 22d at Columbia.?This day was celebra- , |H ted at Columbia by a parade of the several military companies. At the College Char c', Washington's Farewell Address was rend by M. C. Bntlcr, \ H| of Edgefield, and an oration pronounced by E. H. j Kellers, of Charleston. I 1.! I