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. g ... Jlcrapfi # Jfarts. == i' = Mr. Speaker Banks, in a recent lec- j tare, predicted that the valley of the Mis- j sissippi will be the seat of the greatest city in the world. ?. On Saturday night, the 24th inot., Col. William T. Ellerbee, of Marlboro' District, died after an illness of six weeks. He was a most valued and respected citizen, and his loss will be deeply felt. . The Newbern (N. C.) Journal states that within ten or twelve miles of Newbern, on the North Side of Neuse, bears, catamounts and wild cats exist to such an extent, that it is with great difficulty hogs and sheep are reared. Jos. T. Buckingham, one of the best ! of living writers and grammarians, once said ; that " Not one child in a thousand ever re- | ceived the least benefit from studying the rules of grammar before he was fifteen years old." V ?? A. C. Jones, Esq., of Laurensville, S, C., in a letter to the Heraldhas accpted the challenge offered by Col. Lane, of Kansas Territory, to Col. A. W. Doniphan, and Col. A. G. Boone, to meet him and settle the vexed question by single combat. About two centuries and a half ago, the Legislature of Scotland enacted that (-a good aiul sufficient school" should be erected and maintained in every parish. To these five words?"a good and sufficient school"?introduced into an act of Parliament not longer than a man's thumb, is Sootland indebted at this day for nearly evesolid plorv she Dossesses." "J : ??y ? TJie Westport, Mo. correspondent of I the St. Louis Republican, nnder date of j the 21st ult., says that the Kansas Legisla- ! tare have repealed the law against the circulation of incendiary documents. A resolution had also passed both Houses, under which a Convention will be called at an early day to frame a State Constitution. ???A writer in the last Cotton Planter j and Soil of the South, says that an analysis | of the Corn Cob recently made by Dr. Jackson, proves that in a hundredth part of the cob. there are only four and a half parts of nutritious matter, and concludes that they are of "scarcely more Talue to consume as food than as fuel." He says that it can only be profitably fed to that class of animals requiring what is termed by farmer's roughness?3uch as fodder, shucks, ect., and that only when the corn is ground with the cob. He regards it \s a positive injury to hogs. -The Memphis News of Friday last has the following paragraph. A young man by the tame of W. Dixon, who has been for aome time Dast eneraeed in Col. Locke's es tablishment, yesterday received the gratifying intelligence that a fortune of three million of dollars had been left him by an uncle lately deceased in North Carolina. We understand that he will start on immediately to take possession of his newly gotten wealth. Quite a handsome New Year pres. ent German writers are discussing a new science. It goes by some unpronounceable name which in English means "the Physiognomy of the Human Form." Its theory is that the body indicates in a great degree the quality and characteristics of the mind. That not Phrenology, Physiognomy, and Temperament are to be taken into account, but the whole frame?elbow, shoulder, chest, and back; face and head, &c., if studied carefully in detail, are as indicative of character in a man, as they are of speed and bottom in a hone. We understand that a family, (says the Danville Register) consisting of an old man, his wife and daughter, were dug out of a drift around their cabin, on the opposite side Qf the river, on Monday morning last. When the snow was removed and an .entrance to the cabin effected, the old man was found sitting on a stool, venting his execrations on snow storms, landlords, and all foreigners in general. When interrogatad as to the creature comforts within his immediate reach, he said he had no fire nor wood, and no provisions; but that was a small matter when compared with his total destitution of "spirits." Farmvelle, Va., Jan. 27.-?A difficulty occurred up at Hampden Sidney College last evening, between E. A. Langborne, of Lynchburg, and a son of Dr. Edie, of Christanburg, Motgomery, Va., bothstuj?a_ -4 tv:? ueuu) at tuc v,yucgc. iuis uiuiuiug tucy met in thfc passage of the College Building, when the quarrel was resumed, and finally terminated by the drawing of a dagger on the part of Langhorne, who immediately plunged it to the heart of young Edie, causing his death in a few minutes. Langhorne has been arrested, and the truly deplorable affair has caused quite a sensation at the College and vicinity. Lpon the reception, in Columbia, of the melancholly intelligence, by telegraph, of the death of the late Preston S. Brooks, the Mayor of the city immediately ordered the great bell to be tolled, in respect to his memory. The exercises of the South Carolina College were suspended, aad the chapel bell gave forth the mournful tone which signified the departure of one whose memory the whole State will reverence while memory lasts. The Students of the College held a meeting, at which was adopted a series of resolutions setting forth the sorrow of the meeting for the death of Hon. P. S. Brooks, as that of a patriot and a true friend to the South Carolina College. -?The Charleston Standard, of last week says! Our telegraphic column this morning contains news of great interest resardine the cause of Gen. Walker in Nica ragua. The intelligence, from a very reliable souroe, that Walker was on the point of capitulating, is certainly startling, in contrast to the favorable acconnts which has recently reached us. Our latest advices, previous to the despatch published this morning, were by the James Adger at New York. The report of the Purser of that vessel represented Walker to be in a better condition; and that he had at Rivas 1200 men well conditioned and equiped. Passengers by the same vessel gave statements somewhat contradictory of this. They state that officers and privates were deserting Walker's standard and that destitution and sickness are making sad havoc in his ranks. Whioh of these accounts is entitled to the fuller oredit, it is hard to decide; but with oar latest information, it appears beyond a doubt that the dark side of Walker's condition in Nicaragua has beei very greatly veiled. His recent reverses have been remarkably sudden, and have aroused in this country, North, and South, a strong sympathy in v" _ - A his behalf. Subscriptions for aid have been swelled to a large amount, and recruits with ammunition and supplies have gone out to him in every steamer. That, with all these helps, he should so suddenly have been overcome by the forces of the enemy, is not a little strange; and later and fuller intelligence should be awaited before the success I of his efforts is despaired of. Cjifforklnlie (inquirer EDITED BY SAM'L W. MELTON JOHN L. MILLER. YORKVILLE, S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5,1857. COURT CALENDAR. NORTHERN CIRCUIT?SPRING TERM, 1857. RRTVRN DAYS. Union, Saturday, February, 14. York " 21. Lancaster 44 M ~.. 28. Chester, 44 March, 7. Fairfield " " 14. SITTINGS OF COURT. Union, Monday, March, 2. York " " 9. Lancaster, " " 1C. Chester, " 44 20. i Fairfield 41 " 80. ENQUIRER?CLUB TERMS. 1 copy 1 year, in advance $ 2 00 10 copies^l year, in advance 1.7 00 1 copy of the Enquirer, and 1 copy of either Godey or Graham, one year, in advance, 4 00 tS~ Persons making up clubs of ten subscribers, are at liberty to add as ninny more names at ? -? ? i?:? ti.? tne same raie us iuc%v uvmix* mc ^ company the list in every instance. OURSELVES. In the editorinl conduct of tuo Enquirer, the Local Department has been assigned exclusively to Mr. Miller. Those, therefore, who have business connected with that department?communications, advertisements, notices, &c., will call at the Commissioner's Office. The books are in the keeping of Mr. Grist, at the Priting Office. DEATH OF PRESTON S. BROOKS. In our columns, this week, will be found the announcement of the death, and an extended account of the funeral obsequies, of the distinguished Representative of South Carolina, Preston S. Brooks. We may truly say that no ordinary calamity could have thrown over the State a pall of mourning, so darkling and heavy as that which weighs upon us now. It is meet that a free people should lament the loss of a faithful public servant; and within a limited experience, it has been the province of the people of South Carolina to bear up such burdens of common sorrow, again and again. But tliis event has in it that which awakens a grief more poignant?searching, all-pervading profound. We would not murmur that our beloved Representative was not permitted, like Calhoun, to take his place very high among the great of earth,?a star the more resplendent for the very solitude of its splendor?of Mie evening and of the morning?to be admired and to guide. Such a destiny would, indeed have been grateful. We would not complain that a noble life, young, flushed with honors?glad and gladdening with the prospect of higher and nobler triumphs?has paused in mid career, and dropped to earth, nervelessand dead! This is indeed a thought of touching sadness. We would murmur not at all?we would bend to the blow with no word of complaint. But unlike all, Prf.ston S. Brooks had touched a chord deeper in the hearts of the people, which yet thrilled with" intensest emotion at the mention of his name; and while they mourn as nations lament the death of the great?while they are cast down with the burden of a proud hope, withered and sere?all the home-nurtured feelings of the soul are harrowed and wrung, and we grieve as the friend mourns his friend?the protector of his honor?hia brother! It would be a grateful task to portray, however feebly, a character in which all the better attributes of our nature were so nobly and beautifully combined. It was our fortune to be permitted to know him confidently and well; and we shall look back upon the instances of our personal friendship as the occasions, to be valued above all, which taught us to admire, to appreciate and love those rare and excellent traits of soul, and mind and person, which at once constitute and adorn the almost perfect model of a man. Had a single quality been sublimed to a higher degree, he would have been less a man. Impulsive, chivalrous, quickly and strangely sensitive to the faintest touch of dishonor, he was kind, gentle,generous to a fault; and his heart was ever prompt to respond to all the holier feelings which belong to the patriot, the son, the husbaud, the father and the friend. If he erred, it was human; and as he was quick to resent, he was the more ready to make amende and to forgive. These qualities of his head and heart were known ; for the course of events which gave direction to his career made them prominent and seen of all men. But it seemed to have been reserved for the future to illustrate those faculties of mind which, in their perfection, constitute the highest order of intellect and statesmanship. In these", too, those who knew him well can testify that he was lavishly gifted. He was a liberal, earnest, broad, profound and practical thinker; with attainments of no ordinarv range, and a purpose which was truthful and incapable of indirection; and had he lived to verify the hopes of those who knew him best, he would have been foremoBt in the deliberations of the council-hall aud the contests of the forum, as he was and would have been the leader in action.? But others have most truthfully and eloquently pronounced his eulogy; be it ours to mingle, silently and profoundly, in the sorrow which pervades the State. Those who now live will ere long, like their gifted brother, find a home in the grave; but the great heart of the people will beat on and forever; and while South Carolina holds a place in the councils of earth?even as long as her history may be found in the world's alcove?so long, and forever, will the memory of Preston S. Brooks remain, bright and brightening to the end. ELECTION OF COUNCIL. The election for Town Council will be held on Monday next. After having frequently given place to reflections bearing upon the important issue involved in this election, we presume that further argument is unnecessary. Our citizens, we are sure, have been fully aroused to their duty; and if .it be not fully performed, they alone muBt bear the forfeit. Let a general vote testify the sentiment of the town, unequivocally. ai : - ? TAXES. Col. Sturgis announces in our advertising columns his appointments as Tax Collector. Read tliem, and set your house in-order for his receptiuD. MR. DA VIES' jLiAJiD. i The absence of his auctioneer prevented the sale of land, Monday last, as advertised by Mr. Davies. It will be offered on next sale day and, meantime, those who desire to purchase a really valuable tract, conveniently situated, should examine the premises. A more marketable parcel has not been on the block for a twelve month. SALE OF STOCK. On Monday last, two shares of King's Mountain Railroad stock were bid off, at public sale, $79, each. This is a considerable advance, and betokens a confidence in the prospects and permanent success of our little road which is encouraging.? Clenr of debt, and working steadily, we can see no ! ?.i.? ?i.Q mi., nn* nr-n?f>ntlv command | icuouii nnj ?nc ?v..v. .....j ..?> r- j a premium. It looks like it. ANOTHER GOOD MAN GONE. We publish in the appropriate column a brief but expressive tribute to the character of a venerable and much esteemed citizen of our district, Mr. James Moore, Senr., who died at bis home on Sunday last, aged 72 years. His death is a public loss ; especially so to the Bethesda people, for whom he filled during a long period the pleasing offices of a patriarch in the church, and a worthy example in all the relations of society.? i The father of a large and estimable family, aud the ruling guide of a respectable and intelligent neighborhood, his influence for good can only be fully appreciated when the secrets of the heart are made known and the good man's reword is given him. Of a truth, he sleeps well. SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER. The January number of this capital Southern publication is on our table, with the following attractive table of contents:? The Virginia Navy of the Revolution; Buried; The Edinburg Review on the Political Crisis in the I". S., October, 183G; Obituary?a poem; Lilias, a Novel; The Winter Time; The Power of the Grand and Simrie in Worship to excite the Imag ination; Nev Year's horning; Joseph Stevens Buckminster; Bachelor's Reverie; Beaaties of the Grecian Drama ; A New Year's Day Adventure; The Penman's Rhyme; Editor's Table ; Notices of New Works. Published by McFarlane, Fergusson & Co., Richmond, Vn.?Price S3. MR. PAUL H. HAYNE. The Edgefield Advertiser, of last week, published the subjoined note from the clever young Lecturer who recently made himself so well and favorably known to our people. We are glad to bear from him; and we trust that the pleasant weather has enabled him to "thaw out" and enter again upon his encouraging progress:? Charlotte, (N. C.) Jan. Ih7, 1857. My Dear Sir :?I expect, to be in Edgefield during the present month, (the exact timo I shall shortly be able to specify.) in order to fulfil my engagement before your Literary Lyceum. I have been lectnrirng in Chester and Yorkville, and shall lecture here on Monday evening next, (the 19th inst. My success so far has been encouraging. The People every where seem pleased with the idea of having a good Periodical work started at the South. They begin to feel that it is neceseary. My reception at Yorkville was especially cordial. It is a spirited town?full of liberal and able men. I look forward to my Edgefield visit with great pleasure. Apart front the object which I have in view, it will afford me satisfaction to renew the many friendships formed in your neighborhood years ago. On Tuesday I shall leave Charlotte for Columbia, thence to Greenville?you wiilAeor from me there. Very truly and Respectfully, P. H. HAYNE. MERE-MENTION. The sale of the personal property of William Bratton, deed, will take place Thursday, the 19th instant, on the premises. See notice. Mr. Harry's address, on the outside, is a sensible and straight-froward exposition of Temperance doctrines. Read it. Also, an interesting paper concerning the Tower of Babel; and, on the fourth page, a full quota of fun and frolick, with a sprinkling of the Useful. Under the new arrangement, the selections for the outside are made by our Publisher, and we are rather inclined to think there's a slight improvement about it. In the House of Representatives, a resolution has heen reported to impeach Judge Watrous, of the District Court of Texas. For some reason, the people of that State are much incensed a?ninst him, uud determined that he shall be removed ? The matter promises to create a considerable excitement. The North Carolina Legislature appointed Monday last as the day of adjournment. The Western Extension Bill passed both Houses, in a form providing for the building of the road only to Morganton. The French Broad Bill and the Wilmington and Rutherford Bill, taking off certain restrictions imposed by the last Legislature, were passed. John W. Forney, the defeated friend of Mr. Buchanan, is now spoken of as the new Post-master General. Tho difference between ours and the North Carolina Railroads is thus stnted by a Salisbury paper: "We used to hear our merchants say they could never get the South Carolina Company to rectify mischarges and foot up damages without its costing more than it was worth. We have heard no such complaints against the North Carolina road."? Wonder if there's anything in it ? Since the signal defeat of the Blue Ridge scheme in the last Legislature, a vigorous effort has been in progress vu taiac uu uuiuuiu cuuiucui. lu scvuro LUU omte subscription, on any terms. The amount required is $220,000; of which Charleston is charged with $150,000, and Anderson with $70,000. The effort may succeed, but we shall question the means. It is stated that Nicotine?in the form of tobacco smoke or a decoction of the leaves?is an antidote to poison by strychnine. The latter poison exerts a specific action by exciting the muscular system into a state of tetanic contraction and thus produces death indirectly by rendering respiration mechanically impossible. Nicotine is also a deadly poison, by relaxing the action of the muscles; and so, counteracts aud neutralizes the strychnine. If need be, try it. The first snow evor known in the city of Mexico fell, the 20th December.? Fancy the "feelinx" of a grown-up man, for the first time amongst the snow flakes! Two of the seamen of the unfortunate Lyonnais were recently picked up by the Bark Essex and reported that sixty of the passengers were drowned. The balance took to the Boats and it is likely that many were saved as several vessels were in sight. The names of the three renegades in Pennsylvania, whose defection brought about the defeat of Forney, are Meaner, Wagomeller and Labo.? What names! The two first are good English, and talk for themselves. Labo is Latin, we presume, and means, to totter, to fall, to go to ruin ! There's something in a name, after all. The Democrats are burning the recreants in effigy, all over the State, and we would not be surprised to learn that the trio had been hung. The boarders at the hotel where Meaner was boarding very properly protested against his remaining after this selfexposure, and the landlord dismissed him. Anoth- ' er landlord, to whom he applied, declined reciving him. The landlord, at whose hotel Labo, and i 1 Wagonseller, the other two renegades, boarded, i gave them notice to quit. *:It is said an effort will ' be made to expel Meaner from the Legislature. ; The Spartanburg papers report that the i Rolling Mills, about seven miles from that town, i were destroyed by fire last week. Lo9S complete. Mr. Buchanan is in Washington making all things ready. Our Colnmbia exchanges announce the death of Mr. J. S. Boatwright, an estimable citizen of that place. The Chester Standard says:?The new Council of Cheater have held a meeting and resolved to put up Betnil Li censes to not less than $1,000 each. The Hog law is to be rigidly executed. J. L. Carroll has been elected Marshal of the Town. Overseer of the Streets and Clerk of Council. The Concord Gazette publishes the death of Dr. Charles W. Harris, formerly of Cabarrus, bnt lately of Newton, Catawba County. He was found a few miles above Concord, on the morning of the 20th, frozen to death. "It appears from the evidence elicited before the Coroner's juryt that he had left the house of Mr. James Irvin, the night before, at a late hour, to go to Mr. Bradfords, and it is supposed that on the way thither he either left his horse or was thrown, and endeavored to find the way across the field on foot, where he fell into a branch and got thoroughly wet,?from the effects of which he became almost instantlyfrozen, n9 he was found but a short distance from the branch." The first volume of Rev. Dr. Hawk's History of North Carolina is nearly ready for publication.? It is an octavo of 254 pages. The volume is complete in itself, furnishing the most full account that existing materials at this day afford of the first attempts at Colonization in North Carolina. The period embraced extends from the year 1584 to 1591, and includes the five voyages made under the charter to Sir Walter Raleigh. Professors Emmons, in his recent report to the Legislature of North Carolina, mentions the discovery, in the sedimentary rocks of Montgomery County, N. C., offossiU of an age anterior to any previous discoveries of traces of animal life. Professor Emmons contends, therefore, that so far as investigations have resulted in discoveries, that county vras the scene of the first''manifestation of that great principle, Life. A singular fact is related in connection with the late suicide of Hugh Miller, the Geologist, in England. The pistol used by Miller was taken by a friend to the gunsmith in order to ascertain how many shots were fired and how many charges remnined in the chamber. The foreman of the shop, Mr. Thomas Leslie, while looking into the chamber and turning it round, accidentally let the hammer fall, when a charge exploded, and penetrating his head by the right eye killed him instantly. The London Times of a late date remarks as follows: The time honored phrase of 'poor old Ireland' may be considered as representing something which has ceased to exist. On this 1st January, at the commencement of a new year, we may venture to predict that 'rich young Ireland' will soon mrtm tinnrnnrifltj* ilonnminntiftn On U?VVUiO iuu iUVlv wall sides we hear of increasing agriculture, decreasing poor-rates, cessation of political agitation, good feeling between landlord an tenant, and other onmistakeable evidences of rising prospority' ? oh r Last week, at about the usual time according to the calendar, our neighbor (the Chester Standard man) pitched himself at us savagely. He had borne it until Nature got in him. Then, rolling back "the billowy tide of time," he unfolded all the musty records of the past, and flung the whole concern at us with one long, universal, unanimous, protracted, nnd unprecedented yell of pent-upagony?a heart-rending outburst of injured innocence and persecuted humanity such as, like a prophetic sound, is sometimes "?o full of woe !" We were astonished ; very considerably astounded : it came upon us ns comes a thunder-bolt from a clear sky. We searched for the extraordinary cause of such an unusual phenomenon, and found it not; until, slyly and modestly peering from a quiet corner, the following morsels, mixed up together, met our admiring eye. Wo saw the point forthwith ; but we cannot yet understand why the man shonld quarrel with the Evqi'iree about it. "We have not been able to get much room for anything new this week. The fact is a cry-sis, weighing nine pounds, has arrived at our house, since our last issue, and we have thereby been put out of sorts. Our ideas are diluted and vaporish, and we fear to give vent to them in a public way. By next week we hope to be able to get all things in order again, when the render may expect to hear from us more at length. But we are digressing?Two estray horses (or a mare and a horse) were advertised last week and a mule the week before. All have been found and recovered by the proper owners. This illustrates the benefits of advertising." How natural and refreshing, that intermingling ? ? i' 1 -i >:..i i to. ...i ,l. 01 oaoies anu uie pi?cuutti ; auuiuit iu uic fraternity that such a commentary upon the "Marriago Question," estrnys &c., should be esteemed a complete elucidation of the subject. And we submit to the "general opinion of mankind" that an individual, who went into the Fair after readymade infants at such a rate?ranging from a dime to $2.50?should not become so utterly "diluted and vaporish" when he obtains a bona fide ninepounder, for nothing! One should keep good humor when good humor ought to be kept; there's nothing like doing the right thing in the right place. And there is really nothing to get mad at, neighbor. Hold your temper! JUG-LEGISLATION. Jugs have been from time immemorial "an institution; jug-handles, human and inhuman, especially so; but it ha3 been reserved for this latter day to apply the jug principle to tho great ends of legislation. The Concord, (N. C.) Gazette tells the joke fii capital style. It wouldn't do for us to set such an idea in motion; but as a NorthState editor has started it, and as it is too good to be lost, we suppose we can aid the notion. The reader will bear it in mind that the Gazette is Know-Nothing; and, consequently, one of the outs. Now for it:? "In a Raleigh exchange we find tho following Announcement bv an accommodating "Kniedit of the toddy stiok:" "N. B.?Jugs Decanters and Tumblers will he loaned to the members of the ensuing Legislature, and liquors furnished on the best terms" "There now! who'll say our Capital isn't a capital place, and our customs are not glorious institutions ? Who wouldn't bo a member of the North Carolina Legislature after that? Jugs loaned! In our mind's eye we can see the honorable members bearing their borrowed jugs, while with wistful and chagrined looks, the Raleigh street loafers, with hands thrust deep in pockets wherein there's "narry red"?gaze after them and sigh for the time to come when they too will be legislators. Who can tell the number of these articles pressed into active service on the occasion of that memorable caucus, when trustees for our first institution of learning were selected ? Who but the grog seller knows the number of gallons that decided the fate of the Peoples Bank, and re-chartered the North Carolina Grand Monopoly Shaving machine; and last but not least, who knows the amount of "rot-gut and red-eye" required to "conceive in sin and bring forth in iniquity" the notorious expunging resolutions ? We are informed by mythology that Minerva sprung from the brain of Jupiter; but, that these modern Ajaxes should craxcl from the mouth of a jug of mean whiskey, is a glory which was reserved for North Carolina in the XIX century! FROM EUROPE. Since our last, the Arago and the Arabia have arrived from Europe?the former reporting a decline of one-eighth to a quarter ; and the latter, a deoline of an eighth. This unsettling of the market has doubtless resulted in some measure from the disturbed condition of English foreign affairs; but it can perhaps be more properly attributed to the large receipts on this side of the Atlantic, which have been at least equal to those of last pear. We know, however, that the crop is short; rod we can therefore be assured that, during the season, the present rates cannot be materially di minishcd. Ereadstuffs had declined; but, on the other hand, money was higher. These arrivals confirm onr previous accounts of the settlement of the Swiss question, and the adjournment of the Conference at Paris. Prussia acknowledges the independence of Neufchatel, and Switzerland releases the prisoners she had taken. Russia had met with a disastrous defeat in a battle with the Circassians, under Ibrahim Pacha.? Hostilities in China, by the American and English fleets, were continued. The subjoined paragraphs are condensed from the details by the Persia:? "The Swiss difficulty is virtually settled, by the interposition of Frnncc, supported by England. The Emperor Napolean undertakes thnt Prussia shall renounce all claims upon Neufchatel, in re- ! turn for the release of the prisoners. Further, i France undertakes to prevent any aggression by ; Prussia upon Switzerland. Switzerland approves i these terms and the Federal Assembly is summoned to ratify them. The Conference of Paris closed on the 6th inst., i having signed a protocol, which is expected to j terminate all the difficulties, in fulfilment of tlie j treaty of peace of March la9t. Russia cedes Bolgrad and Tabak to Moldavia and receives the town of Komrat, on the right bank of the river Yalpak, with a territory of 800 square versts.? The Isle of Serpent9 is decided a9 belonging to the mouths of the Danube, and goes with them. The new boundaries shall be fixed, and the Aus- j tian troops and British fleet shall have evaouated j the Turkish territory by the 30th of March next. Immediately thereafter, the Conference will reassemble at Paris to ratify these proceedings. At a meeting of the "Newcastle Investigation Committee," Mr. Crawshay presiding, it has been unanimously resolved: "That Admiral Seymour, in assuming the royal prerogative of making war upon China, having been guilty of contempt against that prerogative; that a petition be addressed to the Queen, praying her to order Admiral Seymour's immediate recall and trial for this offence; that Admiral Seymour has unnecessarily and unlawfully destroyed i innocent life; that we therefore resolve to proceed against Admiral Seymour for murder at the Central Criminal Court." For the Yorkville Enquirer. SONS OF TEMPERANCE. At a recent meeting of Rock Hill Division, No. 34. the following persons were duly installed as ' officers, for the present quarter ;? J. A. ALSTON, W. P. J. J. MILLS, IK. A. J. MAY, R. S. G. W. BROACH, A. R. 8. H. F. BROACH, F. S. S. S. ELAM, T. J. A. FERGUSON, C. II. SIMPSON, A. C. J. B. STEELE, I. S. t w dt % nxr s\ c d. r. UUAV/A, I/, kj, H. w. CAMPBELL. P. IF. P. Rev. J. G. RICHARDS, Chaplain. Messrs. Editors:?Let it be known that this Division is in a highly flourishing and prosperous condition, containing near one hundred members, and embracing some of our best and most influential citizens. J. M., R. S. From the Carolinian, 29th ult. Death of Hon. Preston S. Brooks. This noble spirited and gallant son of South Carolina is no more 1 The arm that so lately was raised in defence of his beloved State, is rigid in death?the voice that spoke the patriotic impulses of his true and generous nature is still?and the pulsations of his manly heart have ceased. He lies in the cold embrace of the great conqueror of ' all that is human. In the vigor of ripe manhood ?in the midst of usefulness, and enjoying the high honors to which his position entitled him, he has fallen in the service of his State and country. By an inscrutable Providence, the fiat had gone forth that the hand of disease should clutch him with his rising honors, and the grasp of death has snntchcd him suddenly from the councils of the confederacy. But a few short days, and his handsome form was seen in its place, expounding the principles of the government, and lucidly explaining the views of his party and section on a point of difficulty?and with such truthful clearness as to extort from those opposed to him the admiration due to true principle. Now he rests in the silent grave. An nttack of acute inflammation of the windpipo, (laryngitis,) a most dangerous disease, had for several days been present with him, but the crisis had seemed past, and his anxious friends were just congratulating him on his relief, when in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, tho last trump was sounded which caused his gallant spirit to leave its earthly tenement and appear before his God! Sad is the mounful event which has deprived the State and the South of such a champion?terrible the blow that strikes down the idol of his family ?that brings the wail of anguish from the widowed heart?that tears from the declining years of a fond mother tho st*ff upon which she leaned, and makes his children orphans. The sincere sympathy of all who revere what is elevated and pure in principle, is with them in their irreparable bereavement. Death of IIon. P. S. Brooks.?The telegraph yesterday startled our readers with the announcement of the sudden death of the Hon. Preston S. Brooks. With but a few moments warning, this gifted and true representative of South Carolina has been called from the earth. His death will moisten many eyes and throw the shadow of sorrow over many hearts that have long been wbnt to look upon and love him. At the threshold of a brilliant congressional career, having enjoyed but a foretaste of tho honors which his State had in reserve for him, beloved by all whose good opinion is worth having, devotedly attached to his State and section, his loss reaches beyond the severance of family and friendly ties, and puts a sovereign State in mourning. It is difficult to estimate the value to the South of such a man as Preston S. Brooks. An open, bold, free thinker, an accomplished scholar, a finished orator, and the very incarnation of chivalry, he was armed with all the weapons necessary to a successful defence of her interests and institutions. There is no true Southerner who will not j hear with melancholy feelings, the unexpected death of Carolina's honored son. May the grass grow greenly upon his grave, and the earth press lightly upon his bosom, for it was once the prison home of n noble soul. Petersburg [Va.) Democrat. Mr. Brooks' Death.?The Washington Star of Wednesday has a full account of the sudden death of Hon. P. S. Brooks, of South Catolina. It says: Ho had been sick of inflammatory sore throat for a few days. On the day before yesterday, (Monday morning,) he first deemed it advisable to call in resident medical advice, his ejection having become serious, though up to half an hour before his decease no apprehensions of its fatal \ termination were entertained, we learn. The immediate cause of his death was a sudden attack , of the quincy or croup, incident to the affection under which he labored. About twenty minutes , before the sad event took place a powerful emetic i was administered to him, which failed of any ef- J feet whatever. Drs. Kidwell, Hall and Boyle were present, as well as some of his friends. , Instantly after the sad event took place, it was known over the city, and the halls of the hotel were crowded with inquiring and sorrow stricken I citizens and strangers. We never before knew such an event to give rise to such wide spread, real grief as was manifested in this community on that occasion. No man ever in Congress has been more universally and sincerely beloved here, for no other has been endowed with a nobler nature or inoro lovable traits of character. The heartfelt grief manifested last night by so many men of | all parties of high intelligence, of all whom knew him well personally, affixes the stamp of falsehood ; to the partisan slanders concerning him with ' which so large a portion of the Northern press has j teemed, for political effect, for a year past. If ; I ever a death touched the heart of this community | ?of all classes and parties congregated jn the j Federal metropolis it is in this case. That of j ! Preston S. Brooks is mourned, mourned, mourn- < ed. | < ,,T. t The Ceremonies.?At an early hour to-day it ! 1 became apparent that, notwithstanding the state * of the weather, the ceremonies to be performed at the Capitol over the remains of the late Preston 1 S. Brooks were to be attended by an immense f throng of citizens and strangers of all degrees 1 and positions in society. Long before the two i Houses met, the galleries, rotunda and avenues ' j leading to the two chambers of Congress were al- i x ! most blocked up by the living mass thus attracted ' i into the Capitol building. 1 The delivery of the eulogy pronounced by Mr. e Toombs in the Senate chamber was cut short by < the state of his feelings, which so overcame him i as that he took his scat in the middle of the dis- : t course he designed speaking. j i The eulogies delivered in the House were able 1 and eloquent efforts indeed. An allusion to the ! i I affair in the Senate chamber between the deceased I nrr.--,- ??T=r^ and Senator Sumner, embraced In the remarks of Mr. 8avagekhowever, gave rise to a manifestation of much excitement, and to no little conversation, on the part of many of the members in alt parte of the ohamber daring tho recess. It bids fair to become the subject of much newspaper comment, we apprehend.?Washington Star, 2Sth. House of Representatives. Rev. Daniel Waldo, chaplain to the House, offered an appropriate prayer, when the Journal of yesterday was read. Mr. Keitt, ofSquth Carolina, then rose and addressed the House ns follows: Mr. Speaker, it is my mournful duty to officially announce to the House the death of the Hon. Preston S. Brooks, one of its members from the State of South Carolina. Mr. Brooks died at his residence, in this city, on Tuesday evening, the 27th instant, at 7 o'clock. His disease was acute inflammation of the throat; and so swiftly fatal was it, that not even his medical advisers believed bitn to be in danger, until within the briefest possible period before his decease. 8cience availed not; skill availed not; delicate, assiduous attentions availed not. Yonder vacant seat, badges of mourning, and sorrowing friends, attest that he is gone from among us. Mr. Brooks was born in Edgefield district, South Carolina, in August, 1819. His father was Whitfield Brooks, a son of Z. S. Brooks, who had gone through the sufferings, and gathered some of the honors, of our Revolutionary struggle. His mother was Miss Mary P. Carroil. He was educated at the South Carolina College, which he left in 1889, receiving one of its distincfirms Tn \fa v 1ft43 ho wnc oHmif.fPil tf? lfcq hfir. and in November, 1844, was elected to the General Assembly of the State. In 1846, when troops were called for by the Federal Government to repel the invasion of Mexico upon our soil, his native district (Edgefield) furnished a compauy to the Palmetto regiment, of which he wr9 unanimousyl elected captain, and was mustered into the service in December of that year. He Bhared the earlier and later events of the campaign between Vera Cruz and the city of Mexico, having in the mean time been recalled home by a severe and exhausting nttack of illness. After the close of the war he withdrew from the bar, and devoted himself diligently to the pursuits of agriculture. As a planter he was eminently successful. While engaged on his plantation, Mr. Burt, the then Representative of the "NinetySix district," voluntarily retired from the trust, and Mr. Brooks was elected his successor in February, 1853. He came here the Representative of a proud and gallant constituency whose history had been illustrated by the virtues, the statesmanship, and the eloquence of Robert Goodloe Harper, John C. Calhoun, and Geo. Mclluffie. I will not speak of his services here. In the archives of the country are the monuments of his reputation; in the hearts of those who served with him upon this floor, are the testimonies to his character. In fancy, Mr. Brooks was chaste, and in judgement solid and discriminating; in diction he was simple, and in taste refined. No indirection morked him either mentally or morally. In his bearing he was manly, and in intercourse generous; in dispute be was sincere, and in f.!?j .i.!- . : ra.n: - l- u-.1 iiicuuTMiip itniuuiuus. rmuugi} uc uuu, iui vuvj are the allotmont of humanity; bat long may the country mourn ere it mourn a better pratriot or a nobler spirit. ' Mr. Speaker, had he fallen in the evening of life, 01 had he even sunk down nnder the gradual inroads of disease, I could have realized his extinction in death. Bat for his sun to set while in its noonday blaze, it is hard to feel that it will rise no more. For years we have been on terms of extreme intimacy, and he is still to me a presence. Even now ths living man, in the glory of his intellect and manhood, and the dead man in his dreary sbroud, struggle for the mastery. Alas! the struggle can be but a brief one; fordcath has it victims, and, though its stings may be taken away, on earth it has no couqueror. Sharp, however, as may be our pangs, sharper fnr will be the pangs in yondor sheltered home. There is a stricken wife aud four orphan children will be smitten with the awful tidings to day announced. Within the sanctities of that home I will not intrude, but I supplicate Heaven for balm to their crushed and bleeding hearts. Mr. Speaker, let there be reverence to the memory and peace to the ashes of the dead, and let us mingle our tributes with the funeral offerings which others will pour around bis grave. A confiding constituency will sob over it, and a State which honorod him will be choked with sorrow, ior enriu Jins never piuoweu upuu ucr uuauiu ? truer son, nor Heaven opened wide its gates to receive a manlier spirit. In conclusion, Mr. Keitt submitted the following resolutions: Runlved, TJiat this House has received with deep sensibility the announcement of the death of the Hon. Preston S. Brooks, a member of this House from the State of South Carolina. Resolved, That this House tender to the family of the deceased the expression of its sympathy on this affecting event; and as a testimony of respect for his memory, the members and officers of this Ilonse will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. Resolved, That the Senate be invited to attend the funeral of the deceased this day, atone o'clock, P. M. " . Resolved, That the Clerk of the House be directed to communicate a copy of these proceedings to the family of the deceased. Mr. Quitman, of Mississippi, said: I cannot permit this sad occasion to pass without adding a few words to the eloquent, jast, and appropriate tribute which has been paid to the memory of the lamented deceased by his friend and colleague. He whose sudden and untimely death we now mourn, was also my friend. Years ago, when the first dr.wn of manhood was. upon his cheeks, I knew him. I had seen him at Vera Crux, sharing with his men the privations, the dangers, and the triumphs of that famous siege. Whether marching through Hie scorching sands of a tropical shore or traversing the frosty mountain passes, he ever exhibited the'serene, cheerful, and determined bearing of the soldier and gentleman. In sunshine and in rain, by day and by night, when pinched by hunger ami thirst, as well as when sur J - J -!?L -1--*.- I II - /) ???* rounuuu wtlll piumy, ue wen pcriuruicu uu uukjr. He was au officer of that gallant Palmetto regiment, which, on a bright day jn March, formed its line of one thousaud men on the beach at Vera Cruz ; and which, when, six months afterwards, its Hag, soiled by the smoke of battle, was planted on the gates of Mexico, could muster but three hundred men fit for duty. Its brave and accomplished commander, Col. Pierce Butler, who fell on the gory field of Churubusco, was the blood kinsman of the deceased. Its second field officer, Lieut. Col. Dickinson, having fallen in the same field, and its Major, Gladden, severely wounded at the Belen Gate, the command devolved on Co(M. Duuovant, the brother-in-law of the' deceased. On every battle field on which the standard of that regiment floated, though bathed in Carolina's best blood, it was ever borne to victory. Such was my confidence in the officers and men of that regiment that, had it ever been my lot to see that proud flag laid low upon the bloody field, I would have looked to find beneath its tattered folds the corpse of the last survivor of that gallant band. Five of the relatives of the late Capt. Preston S. Brooks fell in the last battles of the valley of Mexico. He himself had been compelled, by severe illness, to return home, and did not rejoin his regiment until after the capture of the imperial city. At the commencement of this Congress, after years of separation, I again met my former comrade on this floor, and received daily evidences of lis gentle and kind mauner towards his friends. His soul was the abode of integrity and honor.? His intercourse with his fellow men was distinguished for simplicity, candor, and truth ; and all will admit that he has left, short as his career has a A..i ?:J aeen, upon our recorus repeaieu evxueueeo ui ma :alentd and abilities. Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, said that Mr. Brooks nerited the confidence of his constiutents, be:ause he was always the faithful advocate of their political sentiments, and the jealous guardian of ;keir rights, interest and honor. His relations with the deceased were such as to iiiable him to know and appreciate his virtues. !ie was a man of kind heart and most tender sensibilities. Mr. Keitt had well said that his friendship was of the most extraordinary tenacity. If shese elements, which are among the highest jharacteristics of true manhood ever led him to icts which our judgments, would decide to be svrtmg, let us remember that "to err is human? ;o forgive divine." Mr. Clingman remarked that his acquaintance with the deceased commenced with the latter's irst term of service in the House, and from the act that they came from a district of country inited in the past and present history?the peo)le entertaining a similarity of feelings and views, nade them warm personal friends. With his own mmedinto constituents his popularity was unfunded. Coming from a State whose generosity idvances the merits of its sons, he had already ibtained distinction in the public councils. In the course of his remarks Mr. Clingman said hat if to insnre success a man must be an adept n the arts of deception and hypocresy, Mr. Irooks was not suited for such a station?no man' vas ever more frank and manly. | Mr. Savage did not approve of much talking at any time but would do injustice to his .feelings, aud thoso of his constituents by remaining silent on this sad occasion. . _ Histoi y records but ouo Thermopyloe, but thefe ought to ."are been another,'and-thatfot Preston 8. Brooks. Brutus stabbed Ccesar in the capitoE" and whatever may be thought of the wisdom - and justice of the deed, the world has ever since. *p-.v proved and applauded the act So shall the soenc * in the Senate Chamber carry the riame*J>f 4he de?: ceased to all future generations, long to be rpf" raembered after all here areforgotton, abd^1>rfU?iw these proud wAlls shall have crumbled intomiM^r Had he been permitted to choose bis own deaths ho (Mr. Savage) was convinced, be would "hjive fallen in some great battle" of .freedom;. > was not for him to question the wisdom of Omtiipf] otence. After arecess the corpse was bought. into the House, and in the presence of the members of both branches of Congress, the .President and' i Cabinet. Judges of the supreme-court, Hon. Mr?' | Buchanan -and others, the Rev. * Wto/ Waldo,. ! Chaplain of the House, delivered a bfief discourse, ** The body was subsequently deposited, in the.-. Congressional Cemetary. ?**' , r-:b * Funeral of Mr. Brooks,' Wasiiisoton, Jan. 29.?The funeral of Mr. P. S. Brooks of South Carolina, took place tonfay, and was attended by a large concourse bf '-meta^ bers of both houses of Congress, the Preside^'I heads of Departments, &c. The procession was very imposing. The remains of the deoeaabd mem-' J ber were deposited in the Congressional CemelJjrt At one o ciooK, tue uommi ttee or Arrangements;'' t pall bearers and mourners, attended at Brown'* Hotel, and the oorpse reamed; in charge of theCommittee of arrangements, attended by the Seargeant-at-arms of the House, to the EUU of the House of Representatives, where divine service was performed. , " ' The funeral then moved from the Hall of IfcaT House to the Congressional Cemetry, in the following order: . The Chaplains of both 'Houses'of Congress. Physicians who attended the deossed. COKMITTEB OF ABBANOBMBSTS. Mr. John McQueen, Mr. T. 8. Bocock. Mr. Alex. DeWitt, i Mr, W> H, 8need, Mr. John Wheeler, Mr. J. P. DowdeH, Mr. Daniel Mace, Mr. J. W. Denver// ' Mr. J. C. Allen, " . - * PALL BEABEE8. - - - * Mr. Hr-A. Edmondson, Mr. J. Glancy Jones, Mr. Alex. H. Stephens, Mr. W. W. -Valk, Mr. A. K. Marshall, . Mr. A. Mr. B. B. Thurston, Mr.HcottfflitTisanl- $1 The family and the friends of the.deceased,' The Senators and Representatives fftrfn Ihe'State. of Sonth Carolina as moamers. ? The Seargeant-at-Arms 6f the House ofRepreieii*'.' - tatives. s ; / The House of Representatives of the United States, preceded by their Speaker and Clerk* The other officers of the House of Representatives: The Seargeant-at-Arms of ! The 3enate, preceded by their President.ahd90fr* , | retarj. . The other officers of the Senate?_v The President of the United States.. The Heeds of Departments* Chief Justice and Associate Justices"of Supreme Coart of the United 8tates and its officere."' **: The Judiciary of the District of Colurnbi*; ' ^ The Diplomatic Corps.' The Comptrollers, Auditors, end other- Heeds Bureaus of the several Departments of Govehh " ment, with their officers, " Officers of the Army and Navy at the seat "of Government. '? - * The Mayor of Washington.The Boards of Aldermen and Commoir Council.> Citizens and Strangers. -*X ? " " 4 -.vij Correcpondenee of the Qherlerien Standard. Washisgtoh, January 25,1&57 The subject of the Southern Navy Yard . is one now attracting considerable attentiomin Congress, and it seems to be pretty- generally admitted on all sides, that the Booth as a section is entitled -to one. The greatest controversy* andTJfaqnly.ona with Southern gentlemerf, is the localityand in this connection I would remark, that had1' the. Charleston bar been deepened in doe season, as it should have been, there would have beeh-but lit- tie controversy on. the locality for thih ww Ysflfc " It would have gone to Charleston as certainly fee, it could have been shown tbat shipa-pfjjk lacfcfit^ size could enter .that harbor. ' Afjpa^ujerfceioo late, particularly if the bill passes this tession; as anticipated?ae the examination and deepcp\|?bf the bar cannot be tested before late in. the 8pnog.> Many Southern men regret this, as their partiality all leans towards the city of Charleston. Port Royal is admitted to be already one of the best and safest harbors on tbe Southern coast, made .so "by nature, as Mr. Butler sivid, aud i-am inclined-to the opinion that there will be the Navy Yard. The Presidentof tbe United States has approved the new law compelling Witnesses 'fh testify, and under its penal provisions, Mr. Simonton,' of the ' N ew York Timet, will "be again broaghl -before"the. "Corruption Investigating Committee^" .and. required to answer and disclose the names Of the members of Congress who desired him to aeir&eir' . votes. The Act makes a refusal punishable by fine, not less than $100, nor moretban $1000, and imprisonment in the common jail'not lees than one, nor more than twelve months, ^lr. B. wilt. Still refuse to answer, and risk-thecbnsequehope-^.g*' indictment and prosecution ander this-new'law? believing, as he says be does, that the coarse heis pursuing can be successfully defended'befprt.a;jury of the country, The-Hon/Iteverdy Johnsod^' of Maryland, is his-ccunsel. ~ ~ ^ " Very little can be learned of the proceedings of S**tlie commit toe, but it is rmnortd, -and I think w^tjh some truth, that the result will be""the expulsion? of several members of Congress, and a general fyi " form in the lobby. Senator Toombs took occasion to abase thepress-- ' in the most violent manner, while discussing the bill compelling-witnesses to testify. H e pronounced it "infamous and licentious, whosf miserable min.-f ions hang about the halls of the- Capitol." Such - was his language towards a class of gen^cm^a' every way -Mr. Toombs'equals, and in many respects his superiors. Gentlemen who get into' of fice through the agency of newspapers should remember that' while they can build up, and some- . times with very common material, they-are* alstf*;s. mighty in their efforts to expose and bring to,pjih^ ^ ishment'corruption and, viee in, all its forme^"' Even the mortal sin of ingratitude may bo "crushed out."- . ~ An able reporton ourOcean Mail Service tanotfr .ready for presentation to Congress. ... IVANHOK. V . . V>~ h'r K : 'f*. % The Trouble* In China. We published yesterday a brief extract" from * Admiral Seymour's report to the Britiah Ck>Temment, of the difficulties'between himself and the . Chinese authorities at Canton. The following article from the New York Timet corrects the rumor that the United States had become involved by the action of the ship Portsmouth, in bombarding one of the forts at Canton. Letters from our special correspondent at Canton have put us in possession of much more ample details concerning the recent bombardment of that city by the British fleet, than are tp be found in any of the London journals. The Times is the oply London paper which has any correspondence from China upon this subject, and itslatestdatea r tt tt mr ^ h ??- i?w' areirom noug a.oog, noveinoer 10, wane oar letters are fron Canton to the same dates. In regard to the action of the American foroe upon that station, they correct important errors in the first accounts received by .telegraph. -In those accounts it was stated that the United States frigate Pprtsmouth had fired upon and taken one-.of the forts that defend Canton, and this action was supposed to be in punishment of t&e Chinese for the murder of Mr. Cunningham. Our correspondent, .hower- * er, writes that the murderer of Mr. Cunningham., has been discovered and was to be immediately executed, and that all differences growing oat of this subject had been amicably adjusted. The Amerfcan sbips-of-war bad aided in protecting the persons and property of American citizens,' and ? the Portsmouth had once returned a fire, that Was directed against her, whether by design or a?oi-? dent does not appear, from the Chinese fort. With this exception sbe has taken no part in the affair, though it is alledged that a number of AmdHoabs did not join the British force in storming the place, and played a conspicuous part in the assault.? This was strongly protested against by theoremdent Americans as an unjustifiable violation of our neutrality. . ' The causes of the British attack are clearly stated in the accounts by this inaih It seems that the ^ Chinese authorities seized twelve Chinese erimi-' nals on board a British vessel called the Arrow? * that when called on-to return them, they sent them back, but without any apology. oY explanation. The treaty-of 1842 expressly provides that r suspected criminals shall not be'seized'from British vessels, but demanded from the nearest Coasul. But the Chinese, in reply to the remonstrances and demands of the British Consul, denied'that the Arrow'waa a Qritish vessel, affirming that she was built by Chinese, and that, her Captain falsely pretended that she was registered as a British vessel, only'to evade the. British Consul that the seizure was made while, th'e British flag was flying. This the Chinese peremptorily denied, declaring that qo flag was exhibited at the time. Sr