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. ^ Scraps & jfacts.. For the year ending march, 1856, the tAX on doga in England yielded about one million dollars. ?_ Her. Charles S. "Walker, a native of 'Charleston, and a well known member of the South Carolina Conference, of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, died at Spartanburg, S. C.,ou Sunday, 18th instant, of 'an attack of quinsy. 0 The Huntsville Advocate says that at the Chancery sale on Monday, in that town twenty-one negroes children, women and men brought $14,958, au average of 8712,-?8. One man sold for $1,335, one girl thirteen years old brought $1,225, and a little boy eleveu years old sold at $937. The sale was a cash one. The inaugural ceremonies connected with inducting Got. Polk of'Missouri into office, were delayed more than half an hour in consequence of there being no Bible at the State House, and not a copy in the Ticinity. One was finally obtained at the penitentiary. Another interesting item connected with Missouri legislative matters is, that the price of board at Jefferson, the Capitol, has j been raised to &>0 per week since the assembling of the legislature. The members re-; eeive only ?21 per week. The legislature is about to adjourn to St. Louis, in consequence of the exorbitant prices. Within the last week nine Senators have been cboscu to the Senate of the United States from eight States, and before the end of the present session of Col%rcss nine more will probably be chosen, to fill all or partially expired terms. Of the nine just ohosen, four are democrats and five llcpub- ' hearts. The rtrobable nolitical comBle.'ion k _ 4 - X of the Senate on the 4th of March Doxt, if all the vacancies are filled as expected, will teas follows: Democrats H7; Republicans *20 ; Americans-y We are advised that the late election for Sheriff in Laurens was a failure. One, of the candidates had a majority of the votes polled, lut the number of illegal votes render it a tie, or at least decided the managers to declare it no election. Arnold received 7o0 votes, and Jones 727, but in cousetjuenee of 27 illegal votes having been retried and included iu the returns, the man- ; agel's of the dectiou determined to declare ; tbo election void, aud ordered that another electiou be held on the third Monday in : February next. A telegraph dispatch from Montreal, Canada, on the 10th instant, states that the \ mercury was twontv-two degrees below zero : on the ISth, and fifteen degrees below on the 19th. From Quebec to Washington there was a terrible suow storm on the 18th and 19th. Throughout the whole course on the Milord the snow is two feet on a level, and , from six to teu feet deep in drift?, stopping , railroad trains and making the streets itnpns- i sible for vehicles. Quito a number of railroad accidents have occurred, caused by the . storm; the cars runuintr off the tracks.! Those injured, so far as heard from, are ; % v ' i /? oreawaeo ana ureuieu. Wc learn (says the Raleigh Register of- the 20th instant,) byway of Goldsboro* j that a telegraphic despatch was received at! Weldon,-front Petersburg, Ya., on Thnrsdav last, stating that owing to a great deft-1 ciency in the supply of coal, and the intense j severity of the weather, nineteen persons j ?wv to dalh .' We hope this report! may turn out tu be uufonnded, but fear that : it is too True, at least to soma extent. It j will be remembered bv our readers, that the i Kditor of this paper stated in his last letter that the supply of coal was neatly or fjuite : <>ut, and we know onrself, that wood is al-: ways scarce in that eitr. We understand, ' also, that the snow in Petersburg wa? ///< ' < fr.' t lift j> ! j Tt scouts that owing to the bluudering of the last Legislature of Mississippi'that ?State hasa perpetual Governor. The Natchez Free ! Trader of Tuesday last says: u In his late ! message to the Legislature on this subject, which we publish this morning, Governor Mellae says that he is (Jovernor for life. We should have no objection to his being Governor of Mississippi for many years to come: but the organic law of the State provides that the Governor shall be elected every two years. Rut it seems that the botch work of the Legislature of ]S,VL in submitting changes to the ('onstitution, having managed n | 7 p ? ft mol-ft )!>% liJi-nv r.f' rtarrvfttn. v?? iKMav w?v ?V ? UI V? jji/muviouiji javual, and no onoran tell when tlie official term of the Judges and members of the Legislature will expire. The whole affair is in unul, and for our?e|f we can't see who i? to decide the point in rjuesiion." Rice was introduced into Srujth Carolina front Madagascar, about the close of the seventeenth century, and lirst sown where tl?e city of Charleston now stands. The few grains of rice thus planted as an experiment produced abuudantlv; and on being thoroughly tested, *he low lands of that .State w?re found to be peculiary adapted to its culture, and continues to this day to be the centre of the rice gruwiug region of the 1'iiited States. The white rice, such as is now cultivated in China and otlu-r ricegrowing countries was lir.-t introduced: it however, was soon superseded entirely hy the golden seed variety?now the rice ot commerce. This rice has been very much improved of late years, aud has resulted in the production of ? variety eagerly sought in tin* minuet at almost any price, knuwu as l he ? long grain."?Sun Jonrjnja < Kr-ftllltfiCUi. The Western Reserve is proposed as a new .-'tale. oi;tof "Ohio Proper," which ' goes democratic'' by a small majority. 1 he flit-/ thus speaks. "Ohio Proper* need have nothing to say about a flairs in 'The Reserve.' We arc a peculiar people, running altogether to priests, puritanism, and pumpkin vines. Oberlire is to be the capital of our new State, and (iiddings is to he the Rrigham Voting of the concern. Women are going to vote; and men are going to part their hair in the middle. Pantaloons will give place t-? pantalets, and white men will not be allowed to run at large without their papers. < Mir railroads will run under ground, and will make connections only with Canada and Kentucky. The constitution will he construed strictly, and all men will be considered, e<jual, and some a litte more so, depending on their color. The State of 'The Reserve,' by the grace of Joshua 11. (Iiddings, i-* hereby Jedared a free and independent I State. -Ohio Proper' and all the other States of this Vnion will please conduct themselves accordingly." |e?[0rk.HlIe (inquirer mtj ~ EDITED BY | 8AM'L W. MELTON JOHN L. MILLER. YORKVILLE, S. C. ; THUE8DAY MORNING, JANUARY 29,1M7. EXmiRER?CLt H TERMS. ] copy 1 year, in advance $ 2 00 lrtcopieB^l year, in advance 10 00 1 copy of the Enquibkr, and 1 copy of either Godey or Graham, one year, in advance, -4 00 j 8q?* Persons making up clubs of ten subscri-1 bcrs, are at liberty to add as many more names at i the same rate a? they desire. The money to ac- j company the list in every instance. OURSELVES. I In the editorial conduct of the HsyfiRKB, the : Loruf Dtf>arhn*?t has been assigned exclusively to Mr. Mii.i.bk. Those, therefore, who have business connected with that department communications, , advertisements, uoticcs. &e., will call at the Com- i missioner's Ofliec. The booh' are in the keeping of Mr. Giti*T, at the Printing Office. .. <|M NF.W POST OFFIC E. A new office hn? been established in this Dis- ( trict, oi miles west of Vorkville on the Howell's ! Ferry road, called Sharon 1 >?//<>//; and Anorkw F. J.ovf. Esq.. appointed Postmaster. M.MESTONE SPRINGS. After having so frequently alluded to the excellent reputation of the Limestone .Springs Female High School, we need only refer to the announce- i ment for (lie coming session. The exercise? will . be resinned "ii the ?<ith of February. FROZEN TO DEATH. ' 1" ?Ka nftho Iftlh. thehodv of ItuBtKT ' Xesbitt, .Sr., was found near the residence : of Mr. Wylje Moss, in the upper povti?u of this ! District. Mr. Nesbiti was quite nn aged man. and it is supposed that he was thrown from ht<s horse during the storm, and f;o;:eu to denth. A i jure of inquest was summoned, and a verdict returned of "death by misfortune or accident." ? mi? HI.OOMBEIIG & BROTHER. These enterpiisiii.tr young merchants have re-. moved their stork into the new store i opposite the former stand) which ihov have titted up in quite r nent and handsome style. In the ndver-; tisement they ptopo.se to sell oft' the Winter stock at cost. The Senior partner intends to go to market shortly for the Spring stock, and, no doubt, to ' provide a supply for Winter a* well ns Summer use. They deserve their success in budnes0, and we trust the public will continue to give tliera the encouragement they merit. ? .? ?. - OSCEOLA. Vouvpcem is entirely too "long drawn out."? , There are several good point? iu it, but they might as easily be condensed into a half-dozen stanza?. Try again, and more carefully: study it: write it , over once a day for a fortnight, taking care to erase every word and not a few of the ideas you commence with; and ?end th? result to ns. /V'ic fjtninx is very zmn-h a thing of study. There's some of it about you; try it on. We an- half way to the opinion that we have found our new fangled Uurtis?nur plow-bo*' poet. : Eh ? Call and sec us. I OUR MACII1XE. The I)"-. H'.vf wcr.re new attire nowa-days, aud puts on the airs of well-dressed journalism, handsomely. We have been keeping a son of a parental eve on it and the .1 : and it I.. m-Ani'i- t.* ttfi kimJ* fflimuses of the ' '\'w,vv' V O? O l typographical out-conic that's in both of them.? i Our word for it, fellow-laborer*. tliclYiuceton Press is a clever ' institution ;" and only needs a little patience, a little pcrsoveisiricc, a moiety of I ingenuity, good paper and good ink, ami a gener i ous supply of warm snushine, to make it work c qiwllv a- well as J Toe's best Cylinder. There's | not a doubt of it. So our Publisher says. and. ; ! think, he proves if. DEATH OF AX AGED CITIZF.X. We learn that Moj. Gv/.awav Wilson, a much respected and c-lcrined citizen of our lVi.-tiut, lied on Monday morning last?aged about eighty years. Commencing life in the troublous times when the Republic was bursting the bonds of a v;/Tto7' exist nee. M <j. Wilson bore through every change and in every shock of social revolution ! the name of an upright, honest man and a patriotic riti?en. Me served in thesecond war with Groat Britain, with the rank of Major : find dnriug his garrison-life in Charleston, performed efficiently the trusts of a faithful soldier. The patriots of the IIevolution are gone: and. ( now, one by one. the heroes of the -acond fig? are : passing sway. They, too, deserve to have an <*: ; taring and grateful memory. FROZE* OVER. . The best idea we have had, as to the severity ?i t the season, wa? given us by a friend who, the day tifter the Miow-sjotm. walked over Ottnwba Hirer . on ihe ice. \W have a!- ? he-,: 1 tho, 01; th* r<ma lay. h biisgt was driven over Broad lt'v. r, at Cherokee T?rd. The oldest iidiibit^i:;'' never saw the like. He speaks of a "spcli" when a dog was known to walk across the Catawba ; but since the day* of be Kalh and the Ho\v'u:i"?, tip; Post has not l-C' ii p< ! ;c l by ,j biped. The 'v Id , spell" of ?:i- . ?evor? sbr time : but < ':.* section ha* not experienced so long mid at tin.* .-itne time * . sev? reft season iit seventy-live years. Vic ought to hegin now to learn the lessons of n new climate. As the forests have been clearedthe summer-heat lin? grown more intense. th? winds more violent, the ravages of "tonus and a .l.vocia'lnn. nmt fbo w'ntpi-.cpn <-.nv colder and more severe. What a happy providence it would he against these increasing accidents, it', while the suu shines, we would have a enre for ; "the rainy day*dig ditches, erect dikes, clear out the woods, huild ice-houses, and keep more ? comfortable cabins for slaves, and warmer houses fur our cattle and poultry. Barring the val: ue of the canle and poultry actually frozeu to i death, enough has been lost in extra-feed to pay for the remodelling of every plantation in the Dist ict. Keep oti eye to the future, and prepare for accidents which, from experience, we know must Corn" upon its. - GODEV AND GRAHAM. , These veterans (the Magazine, not the men, for the individuality of the latter has become com; pletely merged into the elegantly-ornamented paj ges of the former) continue to be prompt as well . as welcome visitors to our Su..<(u-u. Ojdev, for February, has .at least eighty engravings?among then* a steel-plate, entitled "Charity;'' and a fourfigure fashion-plate representing all the paraph rnalia of the bridal dresses?a ch.anniug picture too ur eye, particularly apropos to" the Valentiue month. The letter-press is made up of those a I J ternate layers of the useful and the nmantic, j which make the "Book" so attractive to the La die's. We wonder, every month, how the ladies, matrons and spinsters, can consent to plod along ' without such valuable aid. The truth is, those ; who know "Godey" best never dispense with his ' visits. "Graham" has of late taken n new start, and is j ; making rapid improvement. Besides tie intro- j ] duction of the features which, in Godey's and ! Harper's Magazines, have proved to be popular, , the editor manages to till his pages wixh really ! pleasant and instructive reading. The "King, ! j Queen and Cardinal," an historical sketch of Lou- J ' is XIII; the "Missing Bride;" the "Perils of the 1 i Overland Route to California;" the "Knife and ' Tomahawk;" and "Adrian and Delma," by Mrs. ! Mary Whitakcr, are all readable papers several j of them sufficiently good, in our esteem, to have a , place in our columns, by and by. Either of these Monthlies will be sent, with the ] Enquirer, for $4. ! "CLUBS ARE TRUMPS!" I Our esteemed friend, S. G. Brown, Esq., has I placed us under renewed obligations for a club of 23 subscribers. It is our "deal," and as we have such i a good hand of them, we will make them "/rwwip." 1 Such favors are truly gratifying to us; not so much from n mere consideration 01 uannrs auu cents?though we don't pretend to be wholly in-, sensible to that?but it gives proof of apprecia- ' tion of our efforts to please the reading public.? Success is nt all times a great incentive to exertion. and labor is less irksome when there is a certainty of reward, livery word or set of en- j conragement is ns balm to the many wounds and j bruises inseparably incident to Newspaperdom. It gives a new impetus to the motive power of the ?U*r1 by which we are endeavoring to press ! forward, whatever may conduce to the honor ' and wealth, happiness anil prosperity, of our District, indeed for all whom it is our province to | serve, hapny if at any time we can remove some i of the clogs with which the great wheel of progress ! and reform are so seriously cumbered. We only wish we could make it the great wheel of Fortune ; to nil within the circle of its influence. Our conception and conviction of truth and duty is the I'oiar Star by which we are guided, nor will we 1 falter or swerve, because, possibly, we mayencoun- I ter the opposition of such as arc plodding the ' dark and tortuous windings of the path of error. ; We repeat it, we are much gratified with this well-timed effort of our generous friend. It gives { us a fresh supply of energy. Who, novr, will increase it ? : Since tbo above was put iu type, Mr. John II. Adams,of Crowder's Creek, by way of response to ] our interrogatory ba? handed us another Club of ten. We record it with pleasure and moke the same grateful acknowledgement. Win speaks , next? THE MAHRT-TIMF. WAR. Despite our threatening", the Tim's 6eems rrtd- i <t"f to that ijueer idea of charging a dollar for! the insertion of a marriage notice ! With a considerable flourish of trumpets, he has summoned , his cohorts?the Winnsboro' H'giatrr, Darlington i Flatf, Chernw Herald, Sumter Watchman, et id ram,' genus: and sent ns defiance and a regular "free-light" challenge. At this stage of the game j wc have no disposition to beat a retreat: but with i leavers tip, we are "in." As they used to say in ' fighting days, "square the ynrilwhile we re- ! connoitre. We shall have to parry blows with 1 valiant fneruen. The ancient Briton was renown- J el for his deeds of valor, and, as is well known, still fights with the weapons of a skillful Bov- ' -nan; hut it must bo borne in mind that the i "Knights of King's Mountain" never took British protection, and with our gallant Stamford hearer i we are prepared for the ttpiri?y'> conilicf. The i keen eyed Watchman of the enemy will ere long , -ee their /*/#/ / trailing the dust; and they must ; make ready to 11 a raid their own defeat: aye, and I'fji'trr it, ton. The latest A Vies, carried by some Confin? or JByrrn, or perhaps l.y ft robust Movn- i Uinter or lone Sjuntnn, will be the ready Ad- i crrii?<r of the victory. Doubtless these tire ilisa- ' greeahle omens; hut it is well at the outset to ' Chrouirlf them. Now, gentlemen, with the nng- 1 uanimity of the Tmt Carolinian, "'on 00 nt'?vo" ac- j knowledge that the EnUtpMt is about to bring you into trouble. l!e an Examiner into your con- j dition. Consult y.iiir Mirror. If that fails per- i hap- the mild radiance of the two Stun in the ! ' I Bast will enable you to learn the position you are in. But if you prefer n more Soittf".rn F.iyht, turn the I'rl'mojtr to the bright beams of the Sun, and then you cannot help hut know your weakness. Bullying under your H h.nr like a genuine Southron, you will at last bate it to say "he (7!Ue us quarter;" and referring to your Journal and l-'dn-r you and vour Adr(.fak*Vi\]\ learn with dis- j may that the pr< fits wiring from such a marry- I ' '. /ie warfare grow ' small by degrees and bennti- i fully less," .\0W, VTP DC 111 ine HUUUUt-; ui hil-u miu .nr/tit- I ryV l?.-rto\ved thunder, and ready for tlic shock, j tweet -miles of the ''fair," he villi u?! THE MARRIAGE HUESTIOX. After running into us fiercely, on this interesting , topic, the Carolina Timf continues the argument thus: "Wc hejr leave to present, as information ! which did not occur to in it the time of our wri- j ting, the following from the. Charleston Stanford, . I.y way of nn afotadani to what we said. It will he seen that one of our brothers occupies a statin i/iiooiJ /?<>:. that may he considered as materially ! invalidating any thing lie may urge in connection . i with tlic "vexed question." Wc thank our friend of the Stanford for the information:'r "Maumaue Notices. The marriage notice I matter, iiko the ?du d question lately in Georgia, i- a rithjict nl Ci.im.-t consideration in this State. j Some journal- -av they lau-t he charged for. and urge that ho lun-i he unworthy a wife who would : u- t pay for the nniiounccment of his marriage. i nil*4!s soy fhiir young people in tin? predicament of being married ought to J.t- helped hy everybody, and by printer*, >'. !c*sj 10 a notice. The !c-t upon ihe suhje t ij i!..in (he \ . !;?!!!' llaquirer, but i: i- ynnte ii!>jU'."..d::n.'i t o. hi.sprfect candor upon the -u'.j. t. tliat tho rcr.ior of that o-tnhli-lnncut i- not in "fried yet. llciutctnU U he, and is, theref.ay, an ii.u re-i-d poriy to ihe extent of his own notice: hut lie is one of the tut*. ami the outs are ' . piv.verbiplly complainant." Somewhere else in our columns, our Junior, the "local," has defined our position on the connubial question, merrily. U'e gave liim sole charge of the subject, because of his undoubtedly disinterested rendition, ond be may well lie merry about it: for. lie loves two hearty : bouncing babes a boy and a girl die Admii rr like font. Cuttle will i "make a note on'i"). Hut the above onslaught demands attention, from the other part of the concern. We are disposed to treat it cautiously and humbly; but must insist upon knowing J?y what j mean? the St and <> >; obtained that "information." i We are not .aware of the fact that any member of 1 the (iinmlv family, hereabouts, ha? teen in Charleston, of late. Our impression has been that they were nil at home, ami, verily, in full blast. Cut, nftcr all, the "courtesy of the Profession" ought to save us from invalidation. The Time* , does not menu to intimnte that ire are to be charged for our notice 'i No. \\ henever we do attempt to "pa?? tho Rubicon," to use a Classic phrase, we expect ii to be publishedg.aih; and we warn the Press to set the type and keep it standing for our especial benefit, j Cut to the argument. The sole reasou urged, . with any consistency, by the Timrs, for such an outrageous charge is, becr?u.-e, forsooth, married women are of the nature of a runaway, and, therc. fore, should he rated with other "estraya!" Where could the man have ranght such an idea? We hope it is not an experimental fact. It must j be a sort of deductive truth an a priori argument something, perhaps, like the Lueus a non hictndo principle. Shocking! We are indignant. The Timtt has lost all gnllnntrj: and comes into the field like a "shorn lamb." We ehall have to temper him. A lady-friend (as ever, the ladies are vrith us) suggests a thought. Talk of Ilasty-Pudding I Ginger-bread is a "peculiar institution" the "national dish," undoubtedly: and as it is insepera- I bly interwoven with wedding occasions, we can see great propriety in the suggestion that the hymenial patrons of the Times discharge the editor's fee in ginger-cakes at the rate of sixteen to a dollar six and a quarter cents a piece, British cur rency. It would be giving "value received and would, in addition, assure to him that exquisite pleasure which we country-editors feel in acknowledging the reception of our wonted "nice slice of cake." Thus they would be kind in paying him as .veil as paying him in kind. Moreover, it would be delightful to soak the national edible in j that "Red Eye," or a glass of Mordecai's Madeira ' which the Times "happens to call in" upon, now and then! If (he printer must be remunerated, j let it be done .properly; and thus he may bo j doubly armed against "fictitious announcements." , So the debate goes on! Where's the Chetter j Standard? Tt occurs to us that we have now run | our share of the argument into the ground.? j Wake up. neighbor! j "THAT TRACT." Our friend of :the York-rill?. Enquirer lias taken ! us to task for the advertisement which we inserted i in our paper. He speaks rather disparagingly of i Williamsburg in supposing it to be away down in ! the backwoods. We have -some very fine land, j and will bear inspection with any that we saw in I York District. Our lands are level and rich, and i free from those bleak clay hills which stand like j files of petrified Indians in sandy spot?. The j Und mliinli we offer for sale is a number one tract, 1 ami if onr friend feels any desire to enjoy the j blessings of life, we advise him to purchase this , tract. It is a mistaken idea to suppose that Wil- j lianisburg is only inhabited by tad-polos and bull- ; frogs. We have some of the genuine stnlT.?Kings- \ trr.f Star. The above is another sample of the style in j which our brother McKxiciir talks abont that de- ' lectable plantation of his, down in Williamsburg, j Now we happen to have learned a thing or too j about that region, which might otherwise have ; been kept in the dark. liut now. it must be told, j Several years ago a neighbor of ours ("a perfect j gentleman and an entire horse," l?y the way) held an execution on a transient customer of his, who i owned land in Williamsburg. Having pursued i tho "wait orders" policy for a time, he concluded j to foreclose the concern, and accordingly dispatch- j ed au agent down among the pines to bring the j aforesaid land under levy and sale. It was done, | and the debtor's interest was purchased at about j $300?the amount of the execution. Subsequent- i ly, be ascertained tlint he had thus become the ? legal and sole proprietor of over forty thousand j acres of land in one solid body ; and, worse tban tliut, lie learned that the flourishing town of Kings- I tree was situate in and about the centre of his . claim ! Of cotlrse, he started out post-haste to inspect his premises ; hut when he arrived within I four or five miles of the aforesaid centre, lie de- ; liberately concluded that "the game wasn't worth the candle"?in other word*, tint the40,000acres were not "worfa cuss;" and, thereupon, turned , his head for home hurriedly and in perfect horror. 1 All this is true au oath on the Scriptures, and ; can be verified. Our neighbor regards bis debt ' as irretrievably lost; and not a week ago, attempted ineffectually to ?e!l out the concern to us for j half price?to wit, $I"it)Take care, friend Mc* , Kxic.ht ; don't put on airs; for, just for the fun of it, we might pnrchnse "that tract," and, at your i expense, enjoy "the blessing* of life" hugely. Von are undoubtedly among the Irt.dOO! Sevhm-lv, were you ever-'o York District ? Tf i * -o. when? and why didn't you call on n"? And when you were here, w hy did you not compromise , that claim? Finally nnd this is the mun-.l i never do you sav a word about "petrified Indians" ! or your "very fine land" in Williamsburg. Not a word! MKRK-MEVTIOX. The snow storm extended very generally through* j out the country, in many localities with nncxam- \ pled severity. Of course, many an event lias oc- ! curred which it would be of interest to publish ; j but, the trouble is, the railroads have all been j clogged, the telegraph is down, the Post Office De- j pnrtiiieut has utterly "friz." and our exchanges, j of course, are as blank as a Lottery ticket. We J have been compelled to draw upon our machine for editorial with which to till up the paper. The cogs woik badly, and sotne of the yarns are of bad texture; but our renders must bear it in mind i that "a little folly now and then is relished" &c. ; We will publish Mr. Harry's address, next i week. The communication of S. L. W. will ap- ' pear in the issue subsequent. Col. L. I'. Sad- ! leiyat the "Palmetto lintel," oiler* at private j sale eight or teji horses, in good condition; one; Farouche and Buggy, "good as new;" and, a- I raoug other implements for the farm, one complete sett of Blacksmith'* Tools. If not sold previously, thoy will be offered at outcry, Sale-day in March. See advertisement. The Governor and Adjutant (ieneral sound a note of warning to j "brother officers and fellow soldiers" generally, ' which they (the b. o. and f. .?.) will hearken unto, j But all this will not answer. It is laid down as a j fundamental truth that one "can't xquerze blood ; out of a turnip." The S. ('. M. won't galvanize. Must be remodelled. Nevertheless, sec advertise- ; nient. (Jol. Gardner, of the Augusta Cansti- j lutionalizl, hfi- been nominated as the Democratic j candidate for Governor of Georgia. II. II. Ilill, ! INtj., of Troupe, will be hi.-: opponenl.it i? thought. The Spartanburg Esp.tt* loan." from a private source that the Cherokee Iron Works have been sold to an Rnglish Company for $<300,000. We ru e at the first of it. The "Rc:-cue" is a i beautiful incident in the life ?f the great Washington. Not one half the bills before Congress 1 will be acted on this session. In the remaining 1 sis weeks of the sessiou, nut more than funvteen days will be devoted to the bills on the public cal- j lendar. The coinage bill is now likely to become a law, and the Spanish coins representing a fourth and less parts of a dollar will, under its npei Rtion, be withdrawn from the currency, and their place tilled by the federal coins, greatly to the convenience of the public. The Columbia people are ottonding Concerts by a new Southern singer? .Miss Gibbs, of Virginia, whose powers of voice, arc extolled extravagantly. La-t night, Miss j Brer.an and Miss Gibbs united in a "grand soiree" j at the Athonreuni. A rare harmony, it was, we ; onine The last steamer informs us of the i assassination of the Archbishop of l'nris. "While . Archbishop White was oilioiating in the Church of St. Stephens, in Paris, he was stabbed to the heart by n discharged priest, named Verge. The imiiKiciinn :.ui?.itlr mured. This affair caused v'i' >v *-r ? much excitement.'' January 2Jd is chronicle?l in the Xorlh n* the coldest y. In New : York, the thermometer went 20 degrees below Zero; iu Hilton, 10 degress; and in Washington the coldest day that lifts been known for year?.? . Kvery where the poorer classes have suffered dreadfully. The Charlotte Dtmoerat soys that, at the re; quest of Presbytery, (ceteris paribus of course) the llev. Arnold \V. Miller has consented to remain in charge of the Church in that place A communication in the C'ouri'r presents the name of j Dr. l.iebev for the Presidency of Charleston Col- j 'lege. The American Charge at fleme has undertaken to mediate, in behalf of his government, between the belligerent powers of Prussia and Switzerland; and, per consequence, a memoir relative to the Nenfchatel affair has been presented at Washington. It is the declared policy of the United States to permit no interference by any foreign power with affairs on this Continent; and a logical deduction from this "dor.iu. " would seem to require us to remain neutral ir. regard to the affairs of Europe. So, it will be difficult for the President to approve of the officious intermeddling by Mr. Fay. Whether he will, remains to be seen. It is proposed to establish a X. C. Presbyterian paper, at Fnyetteville; to he edited, probably, by Pev. II. W. Cunningham, of Mecklenburg A murder was committed in Kershaw District (we learn from 'lie Camdtn Journal) vy man nameu v;no.?iey t. j-^vans, at me of Mr?. Mary Boweu. It was the winding-up of a drunken frolick. The murderer has been committed. Partridges are selling in New York at 75 cents a pair! The Watchman gives nu account of a "horrible murder,'' Friday before last, committed on the bodies of one Ifaney and his wife, living /near Salisbury, N. P. "llaney was found on the door of his house, on Saturday morning, with his head literally split open, besides other fractures of the skull which seemed to have been done with the poll of the axe. It is supposed his wife was witness to the attack upon her husband, and taking the alarm attempted to escape. .She was found in a dying condition about a hundred yards from the house, in her night clothes, her head also cut as with an axe, and bearing other marks of violence. It is supposed the murderer pursued her and overtook her on the spot where she was found next morning. She was entirely insensible and unable to speak, and died about two o'clock on the same day.'' llaney was a grog-shop keeper, and the murder may be laid to the account of B7uV.cv! On Monday of last week, (the l.nhjcr informs us) TTonrv Hancock was elected Sheriff, and J. A. Stewman, rc-elected Clerk, for Lancaster District. The receipts of Cotton, the present season, at all the ports reach one million, six hundred and fifty thousand bales, an increase over the receipts of any year, excepting the last. The shipments to England from New Oilcans the past week wore 13,000 bales. Geo. G. ITenry, of Mobile, has invented an improvement upon onr manner of preparing cotton for market, which promises much? consisting of such a combination of the Gin and the spinning machine as will, in a continuous process, transform the scc.l-cotton into merchantable yarn. lVe copynn account of the invention, elsewhere We also publish on the outside page an article in relation to the important discoveries in Africa by the celebrated Missionary, Dr. Livington; and a sound comment upon it, from the New York Herald. Road both papers. It is proposed, in the N. C. Legislature, to establish a new county to be called Alleghany, out of a part of old Ashe county. An interesting history of the "fact New Yorker," the forger Huntington, is on the outside, this week. By order of the Tennessee Legislature, Gov. Johnson has purchased the Hermitage of Gen. Jackson for $48,000 and made a tender of it to the General Government, conditioned upon the establishment at that place of a branch of the Military Academy. The President, in reply, stated that the offer would be promptly communicated to Congress. A good idea! The Salisbury papers state that the snow was fourteen inches deep, and a heavier fall than had heen known in many years. A dispatch from Washington, dated Jan. 21, says that the House of Representatives to-day passed a resolution causing the arrest of Mr. SimontoD, the Correspondent of the New York Times. He made a -peerh in his own defence upon the charge of contempt in refusing to nnswvr certain questions put by the Committee of Tnvoetigation. Anothir resolution was passed holding him in close enstody during the present session of Congress. PROM Et'ttOl'L. Since our last issue, the steamers America, .4tla/itii' and I'eruu, have arrived from Europe, with advices up to the 10th instant. Ry the America, cotton was quoted at an advance of one fourth of a penny; by the Atlantic, one eighth ; and by the mnvlrnf vena ran..rf**<1 firm si t lliO V.rfl < c/.-r.., . , - , - vious rates. The trade had heen actire, notwithstanding (hose almost unprecedented price?. We have the following item" of political news :? Plenipotentiaries with power to sign a treaty of peace met at Paris on the "1st. A programme was read, stating that difficulties had arisen in executing the 20th article of the treaty cite party had met to consider. A new line will be marked out on tluj Jlessaralca frontier. Russia renouncing her pretensions to Belgrade and the I-le of Serpents. The delta of the Danube being given up to Turkey, in compensation for which the district land towards the north of Moldavia is to bo acceeded to Russia. .\ letter from St. Petersburg in the Rebate confirms the account that a considerable military force was nearBakeno, on the Caspian Sen. It says that the whole Circassian army is called upon to co-operate. The news from China is confirmed. The American ship Portsmouth had destroyed one of the forts on account of an insult received. The details are unimportant. Lord Napier bad been appointed Minister to the United<States. The Pivniii brought the important intelligence, though it seems to be unreliable, that the Swiss difficulty had been settled; and the Paris Conference, having disposed of the .business before if, adjourned just before the departure of the Steamer. THE PRESS. A cotcmporary, writing of the recent election in Pennsylvania, mentions a somewhat remarkable coincidence in the carper of the rival candidates for ibe I\ S. Semite in that State, which is nut unworthy of note: ' Mr. Forney, like hi" competitor. Mr. Cameron, commenced his political life as :i type-setter?lie was then foreman of a printing olliee?afterwards an editor?then proprietor of a newspaper?was subsequently cleric to tlio House of Representative", and bus filled considerable space in the political world. It is a little singular that Simon Cnmoron has run the same career with John \V. Forney. He nlso has been type-setter, editor, proprietor, and in addition-' ha? served ns bank president ntul cashier, and has sat in the-Senatc ot' the I'nited States, iloth Forney and Cameron are self-made men both achieved their present positions by energy, skill and talent of various kinds." Another scarcely less appreciable encomium upon the press is taken from an article in n Georgia paper, nominating Col. James Gardiner, of the Augusta Conitituiionnli-il, for Governor. Among other reasons adduced for the nomination, the wri% ' ter says: ? ;l. The whole people arc interested in the character of the editorial corps. Sound morals, lofty patriotism, correct political sentiments and opinions, arc nurtured by a high-toned, well educated and patriotic body of editors, or blighted by a corrupt one. besides, the .South needs able men at the head of the press, to defend and justify her peculiar form of social life. The contest between the North and the South is one of opinion and .....oj nrntl n?! r.f intpfpet. Vfnrh hasalron dy been done l.y tlic Ritchie, Stewarts and Forsyth?, who hnve heretofore presided over the Southern proas, nn<l much more can be ilono to dissoininnte the truth, even among our enemies, if men like them can always be found to follow in their footstep*. Rut to do this, the editorial profession must he made honorable nnd attractive to our educated and ambitious young men. It.is a laborious and often poorly remunerative profession at the South. We must, therefore, allure men into its thorny path hy making it lend to honorable preferment in the end. And what can mojoffl'ectually tend to produce thisr result than to junke him Governor who is now thf patriae!) of the proI feesinn in Georgia, and its most shining ornn! mcnt V . . A SEW PUNK. Tile Raleigh Standard, of last week, gives a racy account of the debate, in the North Carolina | "Commons," on a decidedly queer topic, which j I bids fair to constitute new planks respectively in j I the party platforms of our neighboring State. In , the session of 1816 7, the Legislature passed a resolution appropriating $10,000 to the North Ca| rolina Volunteers in the Mexican War, with a prei amble, insisted upon by the Whig", declaring that j the Republic had been "involved in a foreign war, by the action of the Executive and the subsequent sanction of Congress" thus indirectly disapproi ving of the war, and charging the onus upon Mr. ! Polk's administration. In order to procure the ap- ! ; propriation, the Democratic minority were com- j j pelled to yield to this singular freak; but now, j ' when the party is in power, they have introduced ; and passed a resolution to expunge the offensive | portion of the preamble. The Know-Nothings as! sumed the responsibility of the "infamous act," ' as the Standard styles it, and fought the expunging resolution savagely. The "organ" talks of j their tactics, and flings down the glove of battle | , thus:? "Wc have no fear that the opposition will he n- J hie to make nny party capital out of this movc' ment. As it has been commenced, we trust it I will he consummated; and let them make the most i of it. Let them, if they dare, go before the peo! pie on this subjoct?they will be overwhelmed by general patriotic indignation. Jnstice and truth j have slumbered for ten long years; hnt they have j at length stepped forth to vindicate the facts of I history, the good name of .Tames K. Polk, and the j 1 fair fame of the Republic." . FADED. So the Chancellor writes on the docket when ] : the "wager" has been tried and the suit determin- | ed; and ?o we write by wnv of introduction to the 1 : subjoined "last agony" which winds njt the Yea* ; j don-Perry controversy. We presume the Patriot ! i will not "surrebut," and we, therefore, with the i ! utmost propriety, mark it "Ended." | ".Ifajar Pan/* Last.?Of our patriotic friend's I taut, we must be permitted to say that, had he ta- ( ; ken fireside counsel ho would have thrown it into I the fire, instead of publishing it. .Such a spiteful j exhalation may have been expected from the wa[ tcrs of Port Royal, hut not from the monntnins of Greenville, where a purer atmosphere is wont to i rule, than aiuid the malarious marshes of a rustic j i sea-hoard, in which all sorts of uncouth creatures ; ! are spontaneously engendered. As for the disclo- j i sure, or exposure, with which our Tall-aminis of , rKn />,*/ ?!*?.4 tlirnoinrio no ysrn linvn i only to sny, that he is too big, as well as too tall a I boy, to tell tales out of school. If he will gossip j however, notwithstanding this admonition from | j his Mentor, why he must be /o/w-ished, that's nil. ; i ''In conclusion, we would remind our babbling i friend, that Major Perry's last i' fast becoming as j i famous, or rather ns notorious as Lord Nor, buryV ConclusionOur verdict is that Mr. Yeadou has the worst of it, by considerable odds. He is i I "done for"?yea'done?for, so true it is that he > 1 who takes up the sword must ferry- rh by the 1 sword. ! v . I ] mis. AFFAIRS IN CENTRAL AMERICA. ' We arc not fully in possession of reliable ac conuts of the war in Nicaragua; but euongh cau be gathered to assure us that the daring filibuster j , is still nbove ground, and maintaining his hold bravely. The subjoined abstract of news by the steamer Texas, is taken from the Charleston Stan' Jard:? The news by the Texas, at New Orleans, is all in at Inst, and we are able to see what it amounts to. The main facts, about which there can l>c no ( , question, are that a portion of Walker's forces, under Gen. Ilenningson, amounting to -100men, were cut off as be evacuated Grenada. That Gen. II. defended himself until he was relieved by a de- | j tachment from the main body of Walker's army. That the guns, ammunition, and stores were all brought off fi ^m Grenada, and safely housed at ] Rirns. The steamboht Don Carlos, on the river, was taken by the Costa Ricaus, but was either retaken or was about to be retaken. That the Costa Ricnns in the vicinity of llivas are becoming somewhat disheartened, and tbnt Walker's forces, j concentrated at that point, are' in a condition to operate with more or less efficiency to the further ' prosecution of the contest. Of the ultimate result no certain indications are afforded, but the I 9 ! position of the fillibusters is certainly not worso j than it has been represented for some time pas1 sed. , The expedition in relief of Gen. IlenningsoD, at Grenada, was one of the most gallant affairs J on modern record, and we give below some ex: trncts from the letter of one who was engaged in | it. The writer was one of a party of recruits who 1 arrived out on the Tmnrvtte about the .>th of De| eember. They were startled by the frightful ; news which reached them on their arrival at San Jnan, but went on to Virgin Bay. On the 10th orders were given to kill and dry ten beeves; they i saw an expedition was on foot. The next evening several companies, numbering about one hundred and sixty men, were ordered on board the steamer Yit'jin. By midnight all were ready, ami by the \ next morning they were anchored off Grenada. NARRATIVE OF ONE OT WALKER'S BKCBl'ITS. j ! We lay At anchor until after dark, so as to ascertain from the enemy's camp fires where their 1 pickets were posted. Having done this, we weigh-1 | ed anchor and ran up above Granada, between two and three miles, to where a previous landing ; hail been effected, and where we could go ashore without getting more than our feet wet. The line i that wns to bo carried ashore was placed in a S largo bungo we hail in tow, so that in case the enemy were in too great force on the shore, those in it could pull back to the steamer. Opt. FerreUk ! company of Hangers were ordered into the Imngo, under command of Col. Lockridge. Col. McDonald accompanied them as a volunteer. The bungo was towed ashore by tlie small boat belonging | to the steamer. When within forty or fifty yards j of shore, the enemy, who were concealed in the j undovwrowth, opened a heavy fire upon thebuugo. Some proposed putting back, l.nt this Cul. Lockridge prevented. One man jumped overboard, but kept I.': giui dry and waded ashore. When those in the buugo returned the tire, the enemy tied. From the number of shots, I should judge their number to hue been twenty-five or thirty. By 11 o'clock all were landed aud in marching order, Gapt. Leslie's company of Old Bangers in advance, t'opt. FerrelPs company came next, then ('apt. t'rawlbrd and ("apt. Iligleyapt. Wilson's company in the rear. Col. Waters commanded flic advance while, Col. Lockhridge brought up the rear. Our march was along a narrow pathway, cut through a dense undergrowth, with Lake Nicaragua on our left, and a Inguna or lake on our right. In this order we had proceeded in quiet about three qiiArters of a mile wbeu the stillness of the light was broken 13- a heavy discharge of musketry upon our advance, from behind a barricade erected across our path, at a point where the two lake- come within thirty yards of each other. Our advance returned the lire, and soon the firing became general ou both sides. Our men fought bravely, but without effect, as the enemy hi}' concealed and protected. There was no chance to tlank, and we had either to charge, be shot down, or retreat. The charge was made, however, with entire success, and taking h.m-icade after barricade, they reached the city, and effectually relieved the besieged party. Succor had reached Granada in the nick of time. The force there had been hemmed in nineteen days, and hnd been reduced by the enemy, disease and desertion from bet ween four and five hundred, to less tlmn one hundred and fifty. They had run out of provisions; and been on short allowance of horse and inule meat, and had even killed ami eaten ibigs and cats. They litid one horse, one mule, nnd one dog left. Such had been their exposed condition that tliey could not afford theirdcad a decent burial. I saw near the church, where four and live had been laid in a pile on top of the ground : and in every direction could be seen the bones of Americans and the dried up corpse of the natives. And along the roads and : streets we traversed could be seen, thickly strewn, graves and carcas es, which showeikthat the enemy hail snOVred severely. Our folks, when ati tacked, took the plaza, where they coHstructed barricades of trunks and boxes. From the plaza j they fought their way dowirto the church, which I they took from the enemy and fortified. So many in so-small a place, being cnt off from water, rendered it necessary to divide the force. For this purpose Gen. Henningsen had trenches dug and barricades erected half way between the chnrch and the lake. Had we not arrived when we did, Gen. Henningsen would have attempted to reach the lake, by advancing his ditches so as to command the enemy's position, when with his cannon he hoped to drive them from their fort and barricades. He might have succeded, bnt it would have been donbtful, with his small and debilitated force. Those under bis command had the utmost confidence in his conrage, ability and skill to perform whatever he undertakes, The preservation of his little force and ordinance, under the circumstances, shows him to be no ordinary man. The relief afforded was sufficient, as we have already said. The guns and ammunition and wouaded were all brought off and landed safely. Walker took Itivas and had a tolerably fair prospect of sustaining himself against every opposition. For the Yorkville Enquirer. ^ TO THE PASTORS OF CHURCHES IX YORK DISTRICT. I}?*trend SirtThe request made of you in the last Exquirkr has been noticed by us. We heartily join in the solicitation there nrged, and fondly hope that most of you will take pleasure In complying therewith. It is hopeless to expect performance from all; as we learn that one congregation in the district has rejected one pastor, and selected another avowedly on the gronnd, that the former was too great an advocate of temperance, or too nrgent for the suppression of still-houses and drunkenness in the church. . When we read our Bible?compare one part with jmoth?r^-and look around tu'at the desolating and soul-destroying effects cf intoxicating drink, we cohfess'to the stupidity of believing, that no pastor nor people can be too sober, or too temperate, even should this extend to total, complete, and entire abstinence. To touch, taste, and handle not, is certainly a very safe and sure rule. "Therefore thou j Mialt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, ' the Qod of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and 1 spue, and fall, and rise no mote, because .of the " sword which I will send among you." This cannot occur with the men, who drink not. Betnembering the fate of Ananias and Sapphire, we are opposed to all half hearted measures, and fcfl disposed to condem the men who advooate them.? "But if the watchman see the swotd come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warnpd ; if the sword come and take any person from among them, he is taken away.-in his inqaity; but his blood wilt I require at the' watchman's hand. So tlion, 0 son of man, I hare set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore those shalt hear the word at my; mouth and warn them from me." But let us return to onr object. Many of you have two or more congregations. We feel s?tie|*d it was not the desire of "Severe! Petitioners" to restrict the delivery of the sermon toihecongpegntion you shall adJress on the second sabbafti of next month. Will you please regard the same flavor due to each of your congregations, and continue to repeat the sermon, until yon shall hJnre addressed yonr whote charge ? One other favor of the Pastors" in Yorkrflle.? A We are further assured, that many of our cftfxens are anxious to hear several of you oatke subject proposed. If the sermons be delivered at the same hour, this desire cannot be gratified. To obviate this impediment, would you bo pleased to arrange | by consultation among yourselves the respective ' .! ?? ...I.. .. If >11. .k. ..Mof'.V. m.M.. IIUIC U1 cacti, UF| X* IUUJ iiu^ ?auu : of delicacy, is there any objection to the following i arrangement, viz:* Rev. Mr. Adamtvat his morning boor?Rev. Mr. Roseel, at- hie afternoon | hoar?Rev. Mr. Gibson, at his afternoon hour? | Rev. ^lr. Lester, at. his evening hour?and Rev. Mr. Milieu (being his day 'for Tiroh) at-his afternoon hour on the third Sabbaths "Hearken unto me, yc that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is nay law; fear ye not ! the reproach of men, neither- be ye afraid of their 1 reviling*. For the moth shall eat tl>em -up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation from generation to generation. Awake, awake, put on strength, 0 arm. of the Lord; awake, i as in the ancient days, in . the generation?-af old. ; Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded ( the dragon?" . With great regard, we beg to subscribe ourselves, A SOME OTHER PETITIONERS. ^ Prom Wulilagtdu. - / . Jancabx 15, 18o7. It is a just pride with every Southern man, that the real Representatives of the Sonth, and clear constitutional principle, invariably sustain themselves in debate and positionJh Congress, ootwithstanding the outside clamor raised by the Free soil press. There have been delivered this winter three great speeches, each from a man who should be heaid with confidence by the Southern peoplo.*? The first came from General Quitman, and was a beautiful exposition of the constitutional theory of our Government, based directly upon the Ctlhoun philosophy. It produced a profound-Impression on the House, and will add to the fame of tbo able Representative from Mississippi. The next effort, in the same direction, was from Mr. Brooks, of South Carolina. In purity and simplicity of style, in historical correctness, it is ua; excelled in the whole range of Congressional de! bate on the great domestic question of the dav.? i Mr. Brook's speech, Tery truly, ia aimediitKe a ! wa11_<1SnAAinr1 firn at aaa aVvioaI a k tflira | TTTHJ'UII VVWU iuv^ ?*? wnv vvjv-v v , wmk ?r i that to pieces, anil thus opens the woy,for the I grand goneral assault, if tho State Rights tu'eu have only the nerve to lead thewUaAjq&Antil slavery: * The'speech of Mr. Keitt, in tho House, to-day, A was upon the Tariff. As a finished composition, V the effort of yonr Representative-will compare with tbo best political essays of the day. He was clear, comprehensive and accurate in dctaH, exhibiting with powerful logic all the inequalities of I the revenue system under which the South groans, | and the North, like a greedy animal, continues to 1 grumble, 'fie accepted all the difficulties of the question,, and showed very clearly that he was master of them. The relation of the negro question, as a great consolidated productive property interest, to National politics and the system of taxation so long carried on by Federal power, was presented with an originality, force and fairness : which commanded the undivided approbation hf the TTou.se. Mr. Keitt was listened to with marked attention, and his speech will be universally read. A man from Ohio is attempting tin answer, but the reply is simply?nothing. These three speeches, or rather oration?, should g'i before the Southern people together, in pamphlet form. If I may take the liberty of making the .suggestion, it wonld be well for the friend*-in Congress of this trio, to havo the speeches thus* \ published. They stood li^e three pillars su-Utin' ing each other ami snpparting a common truth, | to which the Southern mind is waking up. Going -ide by side, or rather hand in hand, before tb? country, the intiuenee on the public mind would i be more decisive. They embrace everything tliat ^ can or is to be said on the slavery question fit Its ^ I political relation to the Constitution. Wo need such views heforc our people, nnd placed too in . the most imposing form.?CorrtyioKifmce of th< CltarU'/on Veri'tiri/. Col. Keitl'a Speech, The following synopsis of the remarks of Col. Keitt, in Congress, upon the Tariff' Bill, appears in our Northern exchanges. The Ilouee went into Committee of the Whole on tliat bill on the loth ; a 1 \r? LT-tee ?nnb him. , nllu *!! 1vcih luuft iuv uuui , Mr. Keitt said be was opposed to all free lists in measures of this kind, because they vrould render necessary, to the extent of exemption, additional duties ou articles which were taxed. Branching from this subject, he alluded to the slave trade. Notwithstanding all efforts for its suppression, it had goue from 45,009 to 150,006 souls per annum, while the moitality among them has incvcased from live to fifty per centum. The African cruisers are net fitted oat In the South, but in Boston, New York, and other Northern cities. The framers of the.Con?titution foreboded the formation of geographical parties, and prophesied ' the dissolving influences on the Union. It would not be bound by treacherous combinations, nor united by sentimental invocations. Some,men announced a political millcnium in the event of the | election of Mr. Buchanan; but .who was fo come ' into the Senate from the State of the President elect, where he received thirty thousand majority? Was he (Mr. Cameron) one of the national Copservative men t Look at his record. The Senatorial election was the fir3t alarm gun, or the fir-t ' flag which fluttered from the-masthead as a sig1 nal of distress. He (Mr. Keitt) need not be I