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I * I ? J & Jfatts. \ Philosophers say that shutting the ^ eyes makes the sense of hearing more acute. This may account for the many closed eyes that are seen in our churches. Grain is treated like infants. Wlffcn the head becomes heavy, it is cradled; and it is generally well thrashed to render it fit for use. h By an estimate made of a very large statistical report, it has been found that one in 2,500 men stammer, while amongst fe- ; males the proportion is one in 20,000. Some one says the London Times is * valued at three million seven hundred and forty thousand dollars. Its chief editor has a salary of twenty-five thousand dollars a year, and its Faris correspondent ten thous. and dollars. Ftev. J. B. Adger, D. D.j will soon j - * -1 "n r i_;_ J enter upon the duties 01 tae rroiessorsmp i in .the Theological Seminary at Columbia, j to which he has been appointed by the Sy- j ribds of South Carolina and Georgia. Twelve negroes, belonging to the es- ; iatc of Edward Yarborough, deceased, were 5' sold by the Commissioner in Equity, on the j 1 9th inst.-, for ?9,87$, being an average of < ^TSlj'iO^per head. One fellow brought SI,- j 530, and another $1,205.?Lancaster L?d<j- j cr. The now capitol building at Columbus, Ohio, is the largesfrof any State iu the Un- < ion. The appropriations already made a mount 1 to 81,104,705 85. The architect estimates 1 the additional eost of completing the build- < at 8369,589 64, and of enclosing, grading ! and ornamenting the grounds at $150,000 | more, making the grand total of the whole ( cost of the new State House to be 1S,G22, 289 50. There are living in Paramos, Burgcn i county, New Jersey, a venerable couple, I whose united ages amount to one hundred 11 and seventy six years. The husband is ninety and the wife eighty six. They have lived together'seveuty years, and are as well as can be expected under their great age, their , minds retaining all their vigor. He is the ! ( last of three brothers who have long since ( been gathered to their fathers It is estimated that one of the rich < mm of New York has now a "regular in- j ] come" of ?3,000 a day?about ?1,100,000 ii a year. Out of this he can probably man- j i age, with economy, to "lay aside against a i rainy day " the respectable snm of a mil- j i lion a year. Add to this another million by j the rapid appreciation of his real estate, and j1 wc have an unusual increase of wealth for this individual amounting to two millions of ; dollars. Win. B. Astor is that gentleman. j( The plague has broke loose in Kansas again. The Free State Tiegislature as- i O. O | sombled at Topeka on the 7th instant, and ( > were goiug quietly on to regulate the affairs j i of the country to their own notion, when, ! upon affidavit* of the facts taken, it is said \' by the indefatigable Sheriff Jones, before ' Judge Cato, a warrant for tbeir arrest was !1 issued and about seven were taken and will j be carried to Tecumseh for trial. The charge ;J is, that they have assembled and broken the j I oath as members of the Legislature, and so j doing have committed an overt act of treason to the Government of the United States, by whom they have been vested with no such authority as they assume. 1 The London Times has an article on j the probable policy of the President elect, { with this flattering interrogatory: " Who ' would Dot be the President of the United I i States?the choice of a nation of freemen; j' the object of most intimate care, solicitude, i1 and contention to 27,000,000 of the most ' intelligent of the human race, the object at i1 which every man's finger points, the topic on j1 -which every man's tongue descants?raised !1 above his fellow men by no accident of birth, >1 by no more superiority of wealth, but by the ;1 presumed fitness of his personal qualities fur j | one of the most elevated situations that a ' man may be called upon to fiill ?'* Never forsake a friend. When ene-j mies gather around?when sickness falls on j the heart?when the world is dark and cheer- 1 less?is the rime to try true friendship. JJ They who turn from the scene of distress j! betray their hypocrisy, and prove that inter-.1 est on)v moves: If von have a friend who ' loves you and studies your interest and hap- j piness?be sure to sustain him in adversity. 1 Let him feel that.his former kindness isap-11 prcciated, and that his love was not thrown away. Ileal fidelity may be rate, but it ex- j ists iu the heart. Who has not seen and felt j ita power? They only deny its worth and power who have never loved a friend or la- j bored to make a friend happy. It is reported that a company has been organized, with a capitol stock of one mil- ; lion dollars, to nianufactor PctNingill's tele- j graph revolving pistol, a new invention, which claims to combine, in a special degree, simplicity, strength, and rapidity of execu- j lion. It is said to be an extraordinary wea-1, pon,and destined to supersede all other revolving pistols, and that it will be adopted by the army and navy. I is alleged that this pistol is self-cneking?an important im-; provement; and that it can be fired six times in a second and a half of time. The hammer is enclosed, and there is no strain on the i main spring except at the moment of discharge. There are but seven pieces in the > lock?two less than a market lock, and so simple that a blacksmith can repair them. Boston Post, Jan. 12* Hugh Miller, the eminent writer on geology, was found dead in bis bed on the floor of his bedroom, at bis residence in j^uioburgh, shot through the heart. For some- j time past he had been in the habit of hav- \ ing a loaded revolver iu his room, an attempt having been made lately to break into his museum. It is believed that the circum- j stance of his death was accidental, his general character aud position precluding the idea of suicide. The deceased was nearly 52 years of age. He was born at Cromarty, in Scotland, of humble parentage and for fifteen years worked in quarry, as a common laborer, employing his leisure moments in ac-: quiring all the information from books or observations which was possible under the circumstances. The nature of his occupation, probably, induced a taste for geological researches, to which of late years he has almost exclusively devoted himself; but his first literary attempts were in another direction. Having received the position of accountant in a bank established in his Dative town, he found more leisure for reading and study, and published in 1833 his first work, ??Scenes and Legends in the North of Scotland,which has been extensively read in America. l|e?0rMe($npirer XDITEP BT iAM'L W. MELTON JOHN L. MILLER. ! YORKVILLE, S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22,1867. ENQUIRER?CLTB TERMS. . .,1 ? 5 no ! J copy i year, m 10 copiesi year, in advance 15 00 j 1 copy of the Exqimrer, and 1 copy of either Godey or Graham, one year, in advance, 4 00 ?a5?* Persons making up clubs of ten snbscri- , jer3. are at liberty to add as many more names at ! :he same rate as they desire. The money to ac- , :ompany the list in evtry instance. ?? OURSEI.VES. Tn the editorial conduct of the ExQrntr.R, the j Local D'.partbttnt has been <> signed exclusively to ' Mr. Mii.lcr. Those, therefore, who have business , :onnocted with that department?communications, j advertisements, notices, &c., will call at the Com- j nissioner's Office. The books are in the keeping Mr. Gnisr, at the Printing Office. Sl'DDE.V DEATH. Mrs? Mary Turner, wife of Mr. Joseph Turner, lied at his residence it this District, on the 20th : nst., with scarce a moment's w arning. The de- | ceased had arisen in the morning, taken breakfast j irith the family, and after attending to her usual j lousehold duties, complaining of feeling ill, re- | ired to bed aud died in about fifteen minutes, j "DOVE AFTER MARRIAGE." T. B. Peterson, 102 Chcsnut-Street, l'hiladel- | phia, will publish on the 81st of January a work j with the above title, containing, besides, thirteen ; * * -- " 1 1 1? t Hher choice "nuuvtu?llts 01 me nean, uy .ma, : Caroline Lec Ilentz. Those who have Mrs. ; [lentx's works?Linda, Rena, the Northern Bride, j or Marcus Warland?will he sure to secure a co- ! py. The tone of the lamented author's writings is sound and healthy?pervaded throughout by . a vein of pure and heart-felt religion; and her books may with the utmost propriety find n place in every family circle. Copies will be sent, free of postage, on the re- > ceipt of the price, $1.2-3, by the publisher. ONCE MORE. Our clever friend John V. Moore, Esq., editor I of the Tru* Carolinian, is mnrried (see notice).? I Tending the ceremony and the tour. Lc wrote a t charmingly innocent little paragraph by way of 1 apology for a fortnight's absence, and crudely beaded it?"Once MorrWhat docs it mean ? .Voore once, and now Mooro no longer? Docs it : signify, friend of our pleasant days, that you ; have surrendered your individuality, your name ind?? Oh, no! Ilowever all this may be, we bid you "much j joy!'" and send the hearty wish that you and your gude-wife (Betsy and I ?) may pleasantly, pros pcrously, and happily glide along the journey of i life together! j ELECTION IN CHESTER. The eleotina for Council was held in Chester j last week, and resulted in favor of the dry ticket: 1 David Tinchback, Intendant; and John J. McLure, j W. II. Gill, R. C. West, and Sam'l McNinch, War- J iens. The natural good sense of our neighbor, ' (aided somewhat, we trow, by Hoist's good logic) ' has been sufficient to the end; and we rejoice" thereat. The Standard says the Council arc in:orrigibly dry; but we learn, elsewhere, that the license will be fixed at four or five hundred dol- j lars. But we hope not; no price will amount to j i prohibition ; and the idea of making revenue out | jf the sorrows of the widow, the tears of the or- j pban, and the damnation of drunken-souls, ought j to be repugnant. So, we hope, it is, and will be, ' both in Chester and Vorkville, and among the J "rest of mankind." ? THE RURAli MAGAZINE. The proprietors of the "AmericanCotton Plan- j ter" have purchased the well-known agricnltural iournal, the "S'oil if the South," and will publish iu Montgomery, Alabama, a monthly magazine ; combinitig the features of both, with the title of I "The American Co'Ion Plartir awl tin Sail 0/ the ' St>nfh. The hcrtid/l'ttral department will he con- 1 ducted by Col. Charles A. Peabody; and the ! aorkulturaK by Dr. Ci.ovn! both very able, expe- | ienceel and distinguished editors. We have be- j fore us the January number, the first of the new j series. A mere cursory glance at its pages is suf- . ficient to establish a claim for very superior ex ccllence. The thirty-two super-royal pages cou- ' tain a variety of articles, not one of which, we ; think, could I? read unprofitable by our farmer i friends. The copy will be left nt the Printing Office for . inspection ; and to any of our readers 111 want of , a good agricultural journal, we recommend au | examination into the merits of the "Planter and I I Soil." Price ?1 ; six copies for $ j : twelve 1 copies for $10. ? .? ?. MARRIAGE NOTICES. A week or two ago, the Columbia I'imet advised . the marrigeable community to send the fee of one ; dollar per wedding; else publication thereof would | not be made. At this our sensible neighbor of the Standard demurred end announced himself happy to publish such innocent bits of gossip- 1 news gratl*, and at all times grateful for the op- i portunity. Whereupon, the Darlington Flag uud Winnsboro' Rrgitttr sustain the Timet' platform ; J and thus a nice little family quarrel is npon the carpet. The whole marriage question with nil its niceties and intricacies might be involved ; the duty of every citizen to "encourage matrimony" i might be argued; and a huge debate generally '< might be hatched out of it. Make room for us ! j We are cap-a-pie on the Standard's side of the question ; and hereby give notice that we shall be under great obligations to the preachers, es- j quires, and all others privy to such occasions, if i they will furnish us with early "hymenial" notices. ' Just for the clever thing they have done, married people ought to have their names in print ; and i if our friends in the country will assist us, we shall serve the good institution heartily. If the debate is to go on, make room for us ! the spartanburg express. Messrs. A. S. Douglas and Jons II. Evj.vs i have succeeded T. Stodo Farrow, Esq., in the ! proprietorship and editorial management of our excellent cotcmporary, the Spartanburg Express. Identified as we are with the press, it always gives us pleasure to welcome into the ranks men who have the qualities of the head and heart to elevate and adorn the profession ; and it affords an additional and especial gratification when we are privileged to extend the fraternal grasp to a longtried and much esteemed friend. With such feelings we make this announcement. The Express will not lose caste in such keeping. We must extend to our friend Farrow very warm sympathy in the affliction which has caused his withdrawal; and we trust that the return of health to his family will enable him ere long to resume the duties of the profession to which he has shown himself well and thoroughly adapted. MERE.MEXTION. The head-quarters of the Governor will be in j Charleston, until the loth of April. A bill I has passed the N. C. Commons, to allow the Banks j to issue 10 per cent, of their capital in small bills, j Bonds to the amount of $100,000, on the Spartanburg and tlnion Railroad, have been sub scribed for, and arrangements will be made forthwith to procure iron to complete the road to Cm ionville. So says the Spartan. A bill is before the Arkansas Legislature to compel all free negrcos at once to leave the State, under the penalty of immediate sale into slavery for life. It might be well for South Carolina to consider such a policy. Hon. Mr. Villicrs has declined the appointment of Minister to Washington. Lord Elgin will probably be selected. The Richmond Enquirer has learned that President Pierce complates a Southern tour, at the close of his ad ministration. Let him come; and a right triumphal career will be given him! The papers west of U3 speak g1 >wingly of the prospect of the Greenville and French Broad Railroad enterprise, to connect Greenville or Spartanburg in this State with Greenville. Tennessee, and thence with the net-work of roads concentrating ntKnoxville. The charters are all complete; and the work will ere long be actively commenced?the completion of which must confer great benefit upon the entire South. It will and can be built by individual enterprise; nnd thus will supersede the necessity and demonstrate the humbnggery of the stupendous Blue Ridge fraud. So may it. Remember, the meeting of the State Temperance Society will be held in Chester on Tuesday the 21st of July; nnd the Grand Division, in Vorkville, on the 22d. The application for a charter of the Greenville nnd Danville Railroad Company ha3 been refused by the N. (1. Legislature, by a large majority. This was the only link wanted to complete the chain of travel, North and South, through Columbia aud Charlotte. The company demanded no extra priviliges?no appropriation? and the refusal is simply a haro act of illiberality ?i r,.? wI.i'aI, <)io nlrl Vnrth State ought to be heartily ashamed. At a late meeting of the Scottish Curative Mesmeric Association. held in Edinburgh, Mr. A. J. Ellis announced to the audience that if they wished to avoid sleepless nights, they should lie with their heads to the north; not on any account to lie with heads to the west. Southern politicians are of course exempted from the operation of this law ! . In the coiumu of "Scraps and Facts," we I mention the death of the distinguished Geologist j and writer, Hugh Miller. Ilis death is a heavy loss to science and literature. But few such men live to adorn the world's nnnals. Scarlet fevov is raging in New York and Boston, ot) deaths occurred in the former city last week. Zachnriah Chandler has been chosen by the Michigan Legislature, Senator in place of Gon. Cass. He : is a merchant of Detroit, and a strict Black Re- , publican. The investigation of the charge of corruption, in the caso of the Minnessota Laud \ Biil, promises to be rich in devclopcmcnts. There i is but little doubt that the House of Representatives is the most corrupt body of men in the country; and the inquisition may reasonably expected to unveil much of the rottenness and "dead men's bones" of which it is made up. The Committee, ; appointed by the .Speaker, are Messrs. Kcdsey, of N. Y., Ritchie, ofPenn., Davis, of Maryland, War- j rcn, of Georgia and Orr, of South Carolina. Those are said to be able nnd independent men, and , they will do the job faithfully. Col. JohnW. ; Forney has been beaten in Pennsylvania for U. S. J Senater, by Simon Cameron, a thorough-going Black Republican.' Forney wa3 Mr. Buchanan's right-hand man in the recent contest and received I his nomination through the intervention of the j President elect. Ilis defeat, therefore, is to be set down as an unfavorable omen. But, after all, j it mar be ascribed to Forney's personal unpopu- , larity, which might have been sufficient to neutralize the doubtful strength of the Keystone Democracy. By special arrangement, all the preachers in Charleston delivered sermons in their respective pulpits against duelling, on Sunday last. *A battle was fought at Pugct's Sound, Ore- 1 gon, in November, between tho United States | steamer .Vassachunelts and the Indians. Twenty- | seven Indians were killed, twenty-one wounded, | and the remainder surrendered. In several J sections in the Soutk Col. F. W. Pickens, of this State, lias been favorably presented for a Cabinet appointment. A bill "to amend an act entitled An Act to promote the efficiency of tlio Navy," has passed both Houses of Congress, providing for the re-instatemcnt of many of the worthy ; officers dropped last year by the decision of tho ' naval board. This will Wot from the record the i work of as foul an inquisition as even sat upon ! the characters of honest men. We rejoice that an j act of simple justice, so imperatively demanded, I has been done. The National Agricultural Society, in session ' in Washington, appointed a committee to ascer-! tain on what terms the Mount Vernon estate could 1 be procured, with the Tiew of establishing there a i National Agricultural Institute. The Lext annual : meeting will be held in Louisville, Ky. The ! latest dates from Pilatkn, Florida, informs us that ' General Harney had withdrawn the white flag and declared war against the Indians. The troops had | been ordered into the field, and the most active : operations were immediately to take place. I The impotent and cowardly Sumner has been I unanimously re-elected to the United States Sena- ' ate, by the Massachusetts Legislature. He is still : too nervous and "indisposed"?to return to Wash- j mgton: A ternnc nurricnne oiew over \ era Cruz, on the 20th ult., wrecking ten vessels? j among tl^rn the Mexican steamers Jlurbide and j .Voiitcuma?and destroying at least two hundred : lives. JohnL. Miller, Esq., has been appoint-1 ed by the State Agricultural Society, Agent to ' solicit subscriptions for life-membership, in this j District; and Col's A. B. Springs, Win. Wright, j and J. W. Rawlinson, members from this District j of a committee "to solicit a plow-stock most commonly used therein, together with specimens of every kind of plow, to be brought for exhibition to | the next fair." The gentlemen will take notice and go to work accordingly. ALEXANDER H. STEVENS. "Jl. J. W.," an occasional correspondent of the j Cliarl'tlon Courier from Washington, is a charm- < iiig writer. We, time-gone, opened the Courier at ! the column whero the telegraphic despatches, and , Carlisle and Yeadon arc wont to begin; but now : our eye keeps a wandering until it catches the j tnlismanic small-capitals which introduce Miss j TV's weekly prose-poems'; anil there we rest. We write Miss because in the first plnce we know she ; is a woman; and secondly, beoause she must be a spinster-woman?none other could spin out such j delightful yarns as, daintily and beautifully as a web woven in the woods, she weaves into print.? Her pen-sketches grace the sober, staid, matterof-fact, cotton market columns of the Courier, just as a rare flower would bloom most beautifully in ! the way-side of a desert journey. But we are off j the track, this morning; we've been dispensing ' ! the praises of a lovely women's pen, when we only ! i designed to introduce the very clever letter she sent last week about the ugliest man alive? Alex. H. Steve.vs, of Georgia! A great subject for a woman to write about, he is; and, the reader will bear uawitness, she has written of bim glori ou9ly?painting him at the moment, week before last, when he was in the mi 1st of the greatest nmongbis great efforts on the floor of the House. Road it:? It had been rumored throughout the city?told in the drawing-rooms of the hotels?in the nrivate parlors and in the public saloons, that "Stevens, of Georgia," was to Bpeakon Tuesday of the present week, on the all absorbing topic of slavery. At an early hour the galleries were filled to overflowing, with ihe families of our distinguished statesmen?members of the foreign legations? dashing belles, with a^sprinkling here and there of our best residents. As we passed through the lobbies, we were struck with the deep and reverential silence that pervaded the House. Where was the power that subdued the stormy confusion of this (always) riotous assembly ? That vast crowd of listening faces were turned toward a shrunken and attenuated figure, the shoulders contracted and drawn in?the face dead and of the color of ashes. There was something grand in the mere spectacle of this shadowy figure, binding up the very breath of the House in a hush so silent, that the unsheathing of a stiletto might have been heard amid its stillness. When we entered, the speaker was pouring out a continuous, uuintcrmittcd volume of thought and language to prove the sovereignty of the people in the territories. He went on and on, with unwearied rapidity, arguing, defining, illustrating, repeating intricate facts, laying down subtile distinctions; prostrating an objection here?seizing upon a fallacy there ; then retracing his steps, and re-stating in some original points of view his general propositions?then flying off again to the outskirts of the question, and dealing his desultory blows with merciless reiteration wherever an inch of ground remained to be cleared ; and during the whole of this, though his face exhibited signs of great exhaustion, the god-like mind within did not flag for a single instant; nor even pause for a topic, an idea or an expression. This velocity of creation, arrangement and delivery astonished us; and wlint added to our wonder was, that it appeared to be achieved without an effort. Mass after mass of argument was thrown ofF, in phraseology vigorous aud appropriate, while tho speaker seemed the mere organ of some hidden power that saved him the cost of laborious exertion, apparently anxious to impress upon others his own reliance upon the force of -what seemed to como unsought. He had little variety of gest .io, aud what he used scented perfectly unstudied. He was evidently so thoroughly absorbed in his subject, as to be quite uuconscious that he had hands and arms to manage. As lie proceeded, he occasionally raised one hand, and then suddenly struck it down with extraordinary force. The strength of the action atoned for its inelegance. This very disdain of the externals of oratory had something imposing in it; one was made to feel that ha was in the presence of a powerful mind that looked to itself alone, and one surrendered one-self more completely to its guidance from the conviction that no hackneyed artifice was employed to allure our confidence. Rofnro nnnnlndinfr. his whole manner chanced. *'V,V4W O' O Hia tone8 grew solemn in their deep, sonorous swell, ns he reviewed his political life. lie spoke of the measures he had aided to pass?of his part in the Compromise of 1850. Then in a strain of matchless eloquence, he proclaimed his fidelity to the union of these States. He soared above the common places of public speaking?he rose above the mere politician, and declared his faithfulness to the principles on which our Union is framed; his faithfulness to the laws on which it proceeds and operates ; his faithfulness to the institutions which distribute the validity, while they secure the unity of tho whole. As he proceeded, his unearthly face seemed to brighten into fuller and ghostlier meaning ; his eyes shone like a sunken pit of tire suddenly disclosed ; his attenuated form seemed to dilate to his dilating soul; his voice seemed exalted to a trumpet tone; tho word orator (likea transparency fluttering in the breeze) flamed around his every look, and gesture, and word, and movement. The speaker's hammer descended in the midst of this impassionated burst, leaving an impression upon the tingling ears of his auditors which many will carry to their graves. This speech is considered a master piece, pure, lofty, dignified and impassioned, leaving an impression on the public inind of the patriotic motives and lofty objects oi the speaker. The marked disproportion between the person nel and the splendid intellect of Mr. Stevens, is most striking. If Rembrandt were living in out times, he should paint the physique of this remarkable man. His unearthly face would afford on appropriate subject to the shadowy pencil of thai great artist. There should be no gradual melting of colors into each other ; there should be no nice variety of hue; no sky?no flowers?no drapery ?no marble; but a shrunken and spectral figure should s* id upon the canvas, with the greatet proportions of his form in opacity and shadow, and with a strong line of light breaking through n monastic window upon a few locks scattered upon a small and irregularly shaped head. The pallor of the grave should sit upon his face, the features of which, though destitute of all symmetry oi proportion, yet derive from the mind within, ac expression of ghostly power. "We may, in a future article, allude to the effor! of "Winter Divis," of Maryland, who followed the gentleman from Georgia. M. J. W. t'k NEWS PROM ABROAD. All the accounts from Nicaragua agree in regard to Walker's desperato condition. On the 1st of December, after the burning of Granada, 20C of his men remained shut up in a church, and ob stinately reJusea to surrenaer on imy ivnua though reduced to the utmost extremity. Walk er's force is said to have been diminished, by bat tic and sickness, to about COO men; while the for ces of the allies numbered 2000, well supplied with munitions of war and provisions. A tele graphic despatch, dated at New Orleans, January 16, says:? "Nicaraguans, returned by the Texas, give con tradictory but rather dismal accounts of the cap tare, on the San Juan River, of all the river boats. Forts Castillo and San Carlos, and Walker's large lake steamers and a few barges, by an America: named Spencer, with one of the company's boai hands, and three hundred Costa Ricans. Several of ficcrs were passengers on the Texas. Some of then say that Walker is a "gone case," while others ar< hopeful. At a meeting of Walker's friends, whe came out in the steamer, it was decided to g( back in a few days. Tt is reported that the mat Spencer, mentioned above, is in the pny of Mr Vandcrbilt. The British assisted him with gum boats. Col. Lockridge, with two hundred men ai Puuta Arenas, would attempt to recapture th< boats lying there, hut the British commandei gave notice that he would not allow it." Notwith standing these reverses, the army of Walker kep up good spirits, though fighting among themselves The tenor of the advices from Europe, up to tin 31st, confirms the belief that affairs both on th< Continent and in Asia are daily becoming mon seriously complicated. England is actually al war both with Persia and China. Negotiation; between the British Minister and the Persian En voy, at Constantinople, have been broken off: though several points of dispute have been set tied. Russia, as well perhaps as France, desirinf to open the way for an attack upou the Britisl East-India possessions, have not been idle in fo menting this struggle, and both appear to be se^ cretly lending "aid and contort" to the i'ersiar Government. A Russian army of 50,000 men had been stationed on the shores of the Caspian Sea; to what end, time must determine. The best con jeeture is that it is intended ultimately to operat< in Persia. The following statement is the first we have re ceived in regard to the war in China: "A collis ion occurred at Canton, owing to the seizure of li British seamen on the Hoogly river. The Britisl Consul interfered in the matter, but was insultei and threatened with violence; ami when remon strating with the Chinese Oovernmout, was treat cd with contempt. Hostilities commenced on tin 24th of October. The forts at Canton were taken and several were destroyed. Later advices stat that the bomboardment of Canton commenced 01 the 27th of October. All the forts were capturei and the damage to property was immense. Th British carried the place after breaching the walls with the loss of three killed and twelve wounded The Chinese had rejected all offers of conciliatioi up to November 4th. The foreign factories hai been vacated and business was paralyzed. It i stated that several Freuch ships of war were fit ting out for China, for what purpose, has not ye been bcought to light. In regard to the threatened collision betwee Prussia and Switzerland, we have gathered the fo! lo wing itemsPrussia continues her prepare | tions for the invasion of Switzerland, and the latter is still preparing for defence. It is rnmored | that England has agreed to mediate in the matter, i but the report is doubtful. The Berlin journals j hold an uncompromising and bellicose tone, and contradict rumors of a mediation between Prussia ! and Switzerland, saying that at present there is j no hope of a pacific termination of the affair. A j note bearing the names of the signet's of the proI tocol of London?excepting Prussia?has bcenad| dressed to the Federal Council of Switzerland, demanding the liberation of the ltoyulist insnrrec' tionists. Prussia hopes this general expression | of the Powers will terminate the difficulty. The ; Swiss are on guard in various parts of their fronI tier cantons. They report that Prussian officers ; ha\e entered Switzerland with a view to taking ' plans of the country and survey the banks of the I Rhine. The Journal de Francfort says that the Council ! of Berne proposed an .arrangement between the Confederation and Prussia by diplomacy, but has failed; the situation is becoming very serious.? Switzerland is very quiot, but resolved. The government at Berne ha9 published a proclamation. The preparations for resistance to the invader are universal. The intelligence from both Switzerland and j Prussia continue to speak of preparations for war. i The greatest emulation prevails in all the cantons J to carry out the prescriptions enjoined in the cir' cular of the Federal Government relative to enra> pleting the streugth of the different contingents. ! The Government of Argua has voted an extraordij nary credit to the military direction, and Berne I has voted 180,000f. for the purchase of great coats ; for the troops. The Federal Government has enj tered into a contract with a firm in Alsace for the delivery of a Inrge quantity of bread. It is thus | seen that Switzerland will not be found unprepared for a contest, should one unhappily bike place. At Zurich, 150 students of the University and of the Polytechnic School have begged, as a favor, to bo organized into an academic legion. At j Berne, twelve superior officers of the staff sit as a Couucil of War, deliberating on the means of dofence of the confederation. The army has been divided into nine divisions, each containing three brigades. All Swiss who are absent from the country and liable to military service have been recalled. The enthusiasm of the people is described as increasing, and a German agitator has bceu expelled from Berne. Whilst Switzerland is thus preparing for a possible conflict, Prussia displays lio less activity. The preparations made tend to have the 135,000 men on the march by the 2nd of January. Tho Prussian troops will be formed into nine divisions, each corps d'armec furnishing one. Tho nine divisions are to be divided into four corps, supported by a division of reserve.? , There appears to be no doubt that Couut Grocben, as stated, has bocn named as coinraanicr-in-cbief, and that the commandants of the four corps are Generals Werder, Wussow, Bonin, and Schack.? Prince de Hohenzollcrn will commaud tho reserve. The division of the guard of the first corps is com! manded by Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia. I The latest items add: Prussia and Switzerland continue their preparations for war; but recent ! intelligence was favorable to an abatement of I Prussia's demands. Austria strongly protests aj gainst the war; and Wurtcmberg objects to the | passage of Prussian troops over her territory. The I Swiss Diet had been convoked and the President ! made a warlike speech, in which he asked permisj sion to contract a loan of thirty millions. Twelve ] hundred Swiss residents of Paris have passports i for Switzerland. j There seems to be great uncertainty about the j re-assembling of the Peace Conference at Paris. 1 Symptoms arc manifested of a disagreement bcj lween France and England iu rogard to the interj pretion of the Bolgrad aud ' Isle of Serpents qncs: tions?which constitute the topics of the anticipaj ted Conference?and it is feared that this addi| tional complication will postpone the meeting in' j definitely. Several journals, however, aver that i the Congress will meet in January, and that mutj tcrs will be settled satisfactorily. All the Plcni' potcntiaries have received their instrur ion ? I The substance of those to the Turkish Am' ^ador : is that?"IV-lgrad and the Isle of Serpents shall be given up by Russia; full and complete fulfiment of the Treaty of Paris for the organization of the ; Danuhian Principalities : to settle n.9 soon as pos , sible the Turco-Russi.tn frontier line in Vsia, when | j the season of (ho year will permit it. The great Powers are begced to take into serious considerar% i ' tion the state of Turkey, which desires to devel ! ope its resources, to become a strong Tower, and | ; to be no longer a source of anxiety to the West ? ' ' Its rivalries of influence and the lamentable mis1 ; understanding on theTreaiy of Paris have prevent| el it from occupying itself with the great conimer[ cial and financial measures which its wants rei quire. It is said that the new English Minister to this . country will arrive by the 4th of March. His i name has not yet been authoritatively announced. A NEW ENTERPRISE. ! We look forward wiih much pleasure and solicitude to the nppearanc*' of the new Monthly, which is to be issued in Charleston, under the editorial "CMrtrol of Messrs. Carlisle and Ifayne. "With much pleasure, because of tlm assurance we have in the 1 character and abilities of the editors, that it wjll ) be made a most valuable and entertaining periodical to those who take any pleasure iu reading the well digested thoughts of educated and thinking i mind-. With solicitude, in as inucli as we regard it, after the many failures that have been made in such nn enterprise, ns a hold and praiseworthy effort to establish a Magazine which shall call out " the intellectual strong! h of our State and section. 1 through a different channel than that through which it lias heretofore been exerted. From the extensive preparations which these gentlemen have inadeiu securing the contributions of men of distinction and talent, we feel confident they will leave nothing undone to make it worthy of the model they have chosen in taking Blackwood j as their pattern. I Although it has been often nsked, wc are temptI ed, while upon the subject, to repeat the question, I why are such enterprises not more liberally snsi tained by our people? It certainly can be for no I want of ability or interesting matter to be found ! in the pages of those periodicals which nsk our support? It is assuredly not because we nre an illiberal and penurious people, when we boast of our liberality, and give so generously to many purposes which have a far less claim upon our pockets; unless, forsooth, it may be we wish to sustain this liberal character with the Yankees, by giving them all we feel able to spend for the intellectual improvement and moral advancement we expect to derive from such a source. It cannot be said either that we are not a reading people, since so many thousand Northern publications are circulated in our midst, and read by us with suchavidi, ty* | We fear that the true reasons for this t>Lite of j things would put us too severely to the blush, and , wo would rather not confess them. It might be i that the taste cultivated by a too long porscverj ance in patronizing those publications which pau! der to-our baser nature and feed a morbid appetite ! for the horrible and marvelous, has unfitted us for enjoying forcible and wholesome truth. It might i be from a want of faith in the stability of Southern j journals. But we certainiy owe it to ourselves to ! have the experiment fairly made, and the only | way to do this is for every one who desires a re' formation, to feel himself personally interested, ! and to exert his influence and energies to bring it ! about. The experiment is now being made with 1 ! the Southern Quarterly, conducted with an ability which is unrivalled by ony other periodical ol , which we have any knowledge iu this country; it deserves an unbounded success. And we sinceres ly hope it, together with the Magazine of which we have been speaking, may yet become the pride _ : and boast of our State. We had reserved for this week's paper a train ol , thought in regard to Southern Literature, suggest^ ed by the announcement of Ru*ftU\< .Vugtuiiif . j but we have found the above well-tiincd paragraphs iu the Sjiurt'inbun/ Erprt**, and in lieu ol our own commend them to the attention of oui readers. We may safely say that, in reference t>. this enterprise, the "want of faith in its stability" ^ i cannot reasonably be a condition of failure. Ever} ! possible effort lias been made to commence tbc j work on a sure basis; quite a number of able contributors have been engaged; the subscriptior lists are already beyond precedent; to guard a ' gainst every contingency, a joint-stock fund ha; ^ been well-nigh secured; and, more thau all, tin j work has been placed in the hands of men?IIayn< and Carlisle?who have won enviable names a; s judicious, ready and accomplished editors. t We have accepted an appointment as Agents foi this Magazine in our District; and we shall bi u pleased to receive the names ofauy of our citizen: |. who desire to lend encouragement to such an ihi i- portaat and deserving enterprise. The n&mei P : - . " V V I should be forwarded, as early as possible; and itr j is expected that' the payment will be made on the J rcoeipt of the number. Price $3. i "WHISTLE BEFORE A ROBBER." An individual may with propriety perform this j ; labial operation only when.he has not the whereof j j to be robbed; and in such case the operation Is , : undoubtedly delectable. ; Taking tho idea as a good thing for n text, the j Greenville Patriot preaches a wholesome homily; ' and charges the "application'' down to the account j of that large portion of the body-politic, who having no taxes to pay, complain mostbittexdy against the burdens of taxation. It is a singular fact that legislators hear most cant about appropriations : from the very men whose annual tribute to the I public treasury docs not amount to a "billing!? i Passing along, tho Patriot files an objection to such i rant esneciallv ntrainst tliA fnmmnn Solionl Svs | tcm, because, as the State will pay half the ex- I ! penses of tuition and as the citizens of tho upcountry have less property and more children in proportion than those of tho lower districts, they will actually get back in the way of tuition more than they pay in the way of taxation. And the j conclusion follows that, if any citizen ought to obi ject to the Common School System, the wealthy ' gentlemen of the Parishes have decidedly the best reason. Verily, opposition to Common Schools in ; ; the Districts must be regarded as exceedingly dis* ; interested, patriotic and magnanimous?an anom- ] nly in the history of humanity. The paper, from , which wo have taken the thought, gives an illustration of this singular patriotism, thus:-? "Just on the eve of the last election, our friend, Col. Wilson, met a voter going to the polls, who ] said he could not vote for us on account of the in' crease of the taxes by the last Legislature. The ; Colonel enquired of liim how much his taxes were, ! and he had to confess that he had never paid a ' cent of taxes in his life! Here was a disinterest; ed patriot, who, having no property of his own ; to watch over, took it upon himself to guard that , of his neighbors?" THE K03IE JOURNAL. The first number of the I.Tome Journal'* new year, i is a jewel of a paper. Morris & Willis and Aidrich arc its editors now, and, with a long list of | the ablest co-adjntors, cannot but make a charmi ing weekly of it. Mr. Aldrich commences a prose | poem?"Madge, or the Itoseof Glen LodgeWillis resnmes his strawberry-flavored ."Letters for | Invalids;" the General has a sweet poem to "My : Absent Daughter;" and there are, besides, a real^ . budget of attractions all good enough to be mentioned. Wo shall take one or two. In a paper written by Horaco Binney Wallace, in his early days, sketching the career of Miss Bedford, of Philadelphia?a woman so peerless that she could not and did not And a mate in life ?occurs tho following passage replete with a truth:? ' "One evening at a ball at Mrs. B.'s?one of the most magnificent of the season?fatigued with the crowd and bustle of the dancing-rooms, I strolled into nn adjoining apartment, where I found Miss ' i Bedford sitting quite alone, gazing on the quadrilles with something of that gentle melancholy ! which so naturally rises in the breast of one who pauses in a scene of gayety, to become a spectator. I drew a chair, and seated myself beside her. 4 "My cousin," said I?for such was the language j in which she permitted me usually to address her ?"I have admired finer women upon that floor than any whom I see there now." ' 4 "My cousin, you are good," was her Teply, appropriating the compliment, of course, as I had intended she should do; "but there is not one of those young ladies whom I am not now looking npon with an envy deeper and more real than I ' would confess: not because they are receiving, ' what, for me, has passed away forever, in the ! heart felt homage of admirers?for I have had i more of that than I could ever enjoy, and know it i to be, of all our vanities, the vainest; not, I say, t because they are fitted to receive so much admii ration, but because their nature and capacities, of | soul nnd mind do not fit them to receive or aspire I to more. I envy them their want of that fatal suj periority and pre-eminence which is mingled with i an inseparable enrse, upon those individuals who ! are too lofty for tho destinyof thcirscx or race.? My kind, devoted aunt, had she been wise iu her j goodness, wonld have known that tho lofty pinj nacle of pride to which her care so fondly raised I mo, was no platform on .which a woman's happi: ness could be made to rest?that, to bo high is to , be unhappy, and that splendor of gifts make i | wretchedness of heart. The evil genius that at, ' tended the accomplishment sho lavished on me, ; was Vanity?which punished all the rest, and made a moment work out of the remorse of years, j If is not good for man to live too proudly, much less for woman. But man's nature is different: he can sustain lumseir on pnue?on naie?on misj ery ; but a woman's jojs lie only in the affections, and the sanctuary of her peace is reached only through an humble portal." ' Then, hero's a paragraph from another article? not a bad conceit about "icebergs and widows:''? "There was a widow at our watering-place?a widow of two summers and one winter?who was just beginning to thaw out. There is no Arctic Sea in the bosom of a widow of twenty-two to keep the iceberg of grief floating there for a very long time. It may crush, and ruin, nnd wreck, perhaps; but it won't keep. To be sure, to carry out the image, there is more below than above the surface?more that is hidden than what meets the eye; but when tho upper ice melts, it is very difficult to tell what becomes of the ice below. This I is one of the curious phenomena peculiar to iceI bergs and widows." For tho Yorkville Enquirer. : TO THE PASTORS OF CHURCHES I3T YORK DISTRICT. Reverend Sirs:?We find in the Charleston Standard, of the lGth inst., the following article :? "Sebmoxs ox Dcei.lixo.?We learn that an agreemcnt has been adopted by the pastors of all denominations in this city, to preach on duelling ' in their respective pulpits, on Sabbath morning next, January 18." This combined effort of the Ministers of the I Gospel to suppress duelling ensues mainly from i tho fact, that one citizen of,the city recently lost J his life by this sinful practice, and from the cx? ! citcmeut consequent thereon. We cordially approve of the proceodure of the Charleston pastors. But we respectfully ask you?the divinely com| missioned watchman, "to blow the trumpet, and warn the people, to warn the wicked of his way to | turn from it."?How many men, directly or imli; rectly, have fallen in York Dislrict, daring the , I past year, by intoxicating drink, in comparison , with those, who fell in Charleston by duelling? j We anticipate your answer:?the evils bear no : comparison. Believing that you are as sensitive to duty, and as ready to perform it, a3 the pastors of the ' | Charleston churches, we take the liberty, without any design to encroach on ministerial prerogative, ' to request, that each of you proack a sermon to bis congregation, on the second Sabbath in February next, from the following portions of Scriptnre, , considered in connection:? ! Wino is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and f' whomsoever is deceived thereby is not wise. Prov. : 20: 1. Ife (John) shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. . Luke 1:15. p * Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever. Jer. 35: ' 10> | It is good ne'thcr to eat flesh, nor drink wine, , nor any thing whereby thy brother stnmbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. Rom. 14: 21. ! Be ye therefore sober?1 Peter 4: 7. Indulging the hope Unit you will regard onr re' quest reasonable, and that your efforts may have a sanctifying influence on all who hoar you, wo 5 are very respectfully yours &c. > j SEVERAL PETITIONERS. I A BonjoUt wortl* a Million. One of the most dashing of the New Yorkfashionables is E. P. Christy, the leader of the celer brntcd Negro Minstrels. lie drives out every day ? , in a most splendid coach drawn, on alternate days ? 1 by supurb teams of white and bay horses. When ; he^roraenades, a huge bull..terrier accompanies ' j hitn. In the dress circle of. the Opera, he is the JI " ob?ened of all observers:" . ;. }.. ' . ' . J: O .... " : " ... TOLVRABLT TOUGH AGAIN t In accordance wi*h our agreement with the reader, last week, we publish the subjoined reply of the Patriot, to Mr. Ye.ujok, on the negro-anecdote question. It is a naughty production and we ought not to help it along; but we are accustomed to perform our engagement strictly, and the duty cannot in this instance bo omitted. Here, now, is the reply of the Patriot: Our friend Yeadon, one of the editors of the Charleston Courier, is out on as with a terrible blast, for appropriating two of bis negeo snec- . dotes. He charges us with "cuttiffare ridentlo" for our appropriation. Our friend is such a loose, leaky vessel himself, that we expected more charity and indulgence at his hands. We stated distinctly, in giving the aforesaid anecdotes, that they were commanicated to us by a friend, and that they were too good to be lost It jg true, that when tbey were communicated to Us, we were g told not to put them in our paper; but we'thought I thl- injunction mighfbe nothing moire than a?ly hint to do what we were requesteJ nMto do. How long our brother editor had been injbossessioa of the anecdotes, we know not. Severafweeks,-however, elapsed between me communication and the publication in the Patriot. All th&t time there was no publication of them in tk^Courier, and we began to think that they might be lost unless we gave them publicity. .... "We have heard of oar friend complaining.before of our "incorrigible propensity," and we remember the remark of a distinguished mutual friend, to whom these complaints were uttered, that it reminded him very muoh of "the kettle calling the pot black." In other words.-that "the incorrigible propensity" to tell all wTjwV end heard, was about as strong in onr friencl Yeadtm as it was in ourself. We how give bio notice that if he docs not mind how be deals 'bo?kja witticism and smart t-peeohes about his "dreamt** getting into the Patriot, weshall retaliate,on htm, by publishing all of his punt last fill, together with extracts from his doggerel poetry, whilst in the Legislature. We have already alluded to his mistake about the mermaid, and Us defence of Barnum's monkey and fisb. He who livorin a glas3 house should not throw stones. - . In regard to the acceptance _gf the hospitality of our room, and declining tbS? of our bed, there may have been .a more substantial reason than that of a dream. We know not where cttr friend 1 slept, but According to his own admissions'-not in the hotel." - ,*?" Adjust yourself, Mr. Yeadox, dad, having; run backwards somewhat in order to get a good Start, "come, ngain." Meanwhile, we shall amuse onr readers with your paragraph unfolding the vtftty sayings of yourself and Maj. Pekrt, and L'iaeonnue at the ' 'Congaree Ordinary'V-after having remarked that the paragraph,(headed "Nestor, Telemachus and Calypso,-") emanated, of oon'raej firom he Charletton Courier. This is it kind reader, ' 's *- i -"V? v % told by Mr. Ye ado.v himself:? ^ ' v Ono morning during the late session i>f otuciegislnture, while breakfast was in progress, at the Congaree House, Columbia, Major Perry, having finished his meal, left his table and wsa in the act of passing a group, at nn other table, "where one of his friends was enjoying lively converse with one of the loveliest [and most accomplished jna? rons, who figured, at oar State capital, durhjgthe late Legislative season. As Major Perry was stalking by, in all bis altitude of-stature, stateliness of step aud dignity of manner, his friend arrested him, and said?"Permit me, Major, to present you to Mrs.??, "Madam,!* - replied the Major, "Mr. Yeadon is my Mentor." "True, Madam, "replied Mr. Y. "ami the Major js iny Telemachue." "Yonr Tall-amicut, _ yon-mean," i was tht ready rejoinder of the lady. ' "Y?,-Ma<fc? i am," said Mr. Y. "and tail as ho iis Lpidhi*1 beware of Calypso." The Major, hoWfiEpft was quite unmindful of the friendly admomtldp, add likenumerous others, soon gave evidenoS that he couldnot resist the fosoination of the' syren-jtme, of. whom Guv. Manning had said, at the Commencement Ball?"She ought to be electei'Prpfessotees' of grace and elegance in the South Carolina Colle8e-' ' . . .-VT" Perhaps an unsophicated reader would like to know that amicitt is a Latin word, .signifying A friend. Au revoir.' .- 'FROM WASHINGTON. "? ~f "dh ___ v ^ Correspondence of the Charleston Standard. Washington, January 11,1837. The character of the committee appointed by the Speaker, to investigate th?.charge of fraud and corruption on the part of certain member* of the House of Representatives, is a sore guarantee that tho whole matter will bo thoroughly sifted, and if there be no foundation for" these ipmors they will be cleared np, but if found to- be true, the corrupt scoundrels will be exposed and properly punished. Col. Orr, of jiouth Carolina, is a member of the committee', and he is determined to open up the whole matter, including not only the proceedings of the present but the lastWBwioa of Congress. Persons refusing to obey.ibo summons and to appear and testify will be ordered under arrest and left to the Writ of huieat corpoi for relief. Should the Courts determine that the House can exercise no each authority outside of its own body, then an act will beimmediatelypasscd giving plenary power, and. nndoritthe committee will proced. '"'S'. Mr Edwards, of New York, to 'Jfhom Mr. Paine alluded as the ind iriduarofferingthe brijbe, was present in the hall during the hubbub;-and remarked to a gentleman sitting near him"; that Mr. P. bad entirely misconceived bis language and purpose, and yet he failed to rise and explain or defend bis "conduct. It must be borne in mind that both these gentlemen arc members of the dark lantern fraternity, and Mr. Edwards probably presumed upon the tie which bound them together politically. ' I doubt not some humiliating developments will-be made. It looked at least suspicious to sec certain Black Republican members- rise to'their fuet aj)d denounce the correspondents of the press.whewo member of the body had corroborated the tru'h. of thei? statements. -Mr. Brenton, of Indiana,, was particularly severe, and raauy wondered why he should be so flurried if as innoceut'oshede clnred himself to be in advance of" charges Ijbinf preferred against him. lie speaks well Of himself, but no little curiosity will bo CQ^to learn the opiuion of the committee after the investigation is over.- Look out for something rieh-Hjtribution is atband. , - - ^ Mr. Boyce's substitute for the hill of the Com mittee of Ways and Means proposes to reduce the tariff as follows. All duties above 20 per cent, are reduced to 20 per cent. - - ^ i;.. Tea and coffee are taken from the free list and put on the 20 per cent, schedule. The duties at and below 20 per cant, aye not changed. The amendment of Mr. Boyce makes a groat reduction of duties," and simplifies the schedules. He will support it at a proper time in debate, and j the present prospect is in favor of its adoption by ! Congress. His constituents will no doubt heartiI 1 v nnnrnve his action in the nremiaes?actuated as . -J ? rr-~ .r - ; I he always is by an honest purpose to promote their | interests and the honor and prosperity of the Palmetto State. ' The Joint Committee on the Library, of which ; Mr. Aiken is a member, have invited Monsieur j Horace Vernet, the celebrated French painter, to . execute a battle piece for the noy Capitol exten sion. The invitation has been accepted, and the ! artist may be expected in the United States during the coming spring. He is now engaged upon ' a picture for Louis Napoleon, representing the . storming of the Malnkoff, and as soon as that is 1 i completed he will be here. Correspondence of the Charleston Standard. .* Washisoto.v January 15, 1857. | One of the most important and universally in| teresting bills of the session is the one regarding | foreign coinage and the coinage of cent*. It has been long a source of great complaint that the : time-worn, smooth-faced coins of other countries should be permitted to circulate through our coun try?cheating and swindling all who touobed i them. The day of redemption is near at hand? and T hesitate not to predict the early passage of I U1C U11I UllUUCU IV. ( The Tariff bill is now tl?e subject of discussion , in the House, ami much feeling Is manifested? . Messrs. Campbell, of Ohio, and Letcher, of Virginia, being the principal speakers. Mr. Boyce will take occasion.to urgo M*. amendment., the purport of which I g&ver2?h-lh a previous letter. Daring the discussiQu^sterday a severe attack was made on the present Secretary of tho Treasury, Mr. Guthrie, by.Mr. Letcher, who denounced his financial policy, and said it was the same as that urged byMr. Campbell, only christened by j another name. | The Committee of Investigation had a session i jesterday morning, during which ""Mr. Raymond, editor of the New York Tinus, was oxamiaad as t to his knowledge of the corruption, but I ufiaer- ' stand it all amounted to nothing. He suspected ' a great deal, but new less than nothing.- The on^ ly point which is now looked to with interest here lis the qneston of veracity between Mws. T?pe - v . v. . ?. rr~i~ 4? 1h ' ffr 1 _ . .?'I "Y<