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Scraps ? jfacls. Gen. Walker has landed in Nicaragua. Benedict Arnold's silver watch has been presented to the Connecticut Historical Society. K. M. Stokes, Esq., Editor and Proprietor of the Laurensville Herald, adver- j tises that establishment for sale. A letter from Iowa, November 2G, J says the Mississippi is closed, and persons ; are crossing on the ice. In Minnesota, snow was a foot deep, and the thermometer 3 de-1 grees below zero. This is the "North-west," ! where people are so desirous of going, and j land is held so high. The Editor of the Marion Star has been presented by Mr. H. R. Johnson with samples of sugar and molasses, made from sugar caue iu that district. The quality of both articles is excellent. Mr. J. informs us that he made 2U pounds of sugar ana 3V ganons : of molasses from one-fourth of an acre. Rev. Dr. Bellows, in his last lecture \ before the Lowell Institute, strongly urged ! the necessity of early marriages as the only j remedy for that licentiousness so prevalent , among the youth of our large cities, and ! and soundly berated the fair sex for their i extravagant tastes and expensive habits j which, as he alledged, deter young men of j small means from entering the matrimonial j state, and thus lead to illicit indulgences. Gen. Sam. Ilousto', the noted Sena-1 tor from Texas, passed through Chattanooga on Tuesday, en rout'' for Washington. His costume was in the Continental style, embracing top boots, short breeches, fawn skin vest, surtout, military whiskers and moustache. He wore a cud something on the cock ~ - - 4 # ? t j ade order. The Advertiser compliments hira : in this wise: " He was the very impression of pomposity, vauity and disloyalty to the South." The X. 0. Picayune speaking of the progress of the French Governmental plan of sending negro slaves from Africa, under the name of "emigrant laborers," to the colonies of France in the West Indies, says that ] "practically, it is an acknowledgement extorted from the experience of mankind, and the wants and necessities of civilization, that the enforced labor of blacks in Southern latitudes is the law of labor which cannot be dispensed with without discarding all the economies of production and checking the comforts aud the progress of both races." A Western exchange paper publishes the following marriage notice: Married in j Seymour, on Sunday the 4th inst., by Es-1 quire Carter, Mr. George Wolfrom (better ! known as old Wolfrom the tanner,) to Mrs. I Frederick Miller, a charming widow of twen-1 ty-two. Old Wolfrom is the ugliest and filthiest man in the United States, without any exception, and how, with all his ugliness, he got the widow's consent to have him is a mystery to us. We can assure the bride j that she need not be afraid of any woman j runuing away with Wolfrom, for she is the i only woman that has been in ten feet of him j t'nrftronfv VMr> ?"?J J , Mr. Ten Broeck, who arrived from ; Euglaud by the Vanderbilt, proposes to pick \ up some fresh horses here, with which he [ will again go to Eugland in the SpriDg.? j Those posted in such matters uncompromi- j singly assert that Prioress, if she remains on i the other side another year, so that she can j become perfectly acclimated, will do what j she has yet failed to do?"take down" all the j British race horses. The loss of Prior, however, is admitted on all hands to have been the greatest disaster that could have occurred to Mr. Ten Broeck's stable. As compared with Lecompte and Prioress, he was incomparably their superior. Among the oaths administered to the j Governor of Alabama, at his inauguration J was the following : "Po you solemnly swear ( that you have not, directly or indirectly given, accepted, or knowingly carried a chal- i lange in writing, or otherwise, to any person being a citizen of this State, to fight with deadly weapons, either in or out of this State; or aided or abetted in the same since you have been a citizen thereof; and that you will ! not, directly or indirectly, give, accept or j knowingly carry a challenge to any persoD ; being a citizen of this State, to fight with j deadly weapons, cither in or out of the State, I or in any manner aid or abet the same during your continuance in office ?" On Thursday, the Virginia and North Carolina tobacco manufacturers met in convention at Richmond, and adopted resolutions that agents for the sale of manufactured tobacco shall, after the firstof July next, limit their credits to four months; shall make no allowance from the actual weights j of tobacco; shall state the names of purchasers; and agents shall not deal in manufactured tobacco on their own account, or have any intervention with brokers. It was also resolved to petition Congress to make it felony for the manufacturers and dealers of tobacco in any one State to use the name of any other manufacturer, or the name of any other State, or any other town or district in another Stat< in branding the tobacco. The Editor of a western paper, owes a bank about 81000, for which they hold his note. The defaulting wag announces it thus in his paper: "There is a large and rare collection of the autographs of distinguished individuals deposited for safe keeping in the cabinet of the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank, each accompanied with a note in the handwriting of the autographist. We learn they have cost the bank a great deal of money. They paid over a thousand dollars for ours. We hope great care is taken to reserve these capital, and interesting relics, V I w as should they be lost, we doubt whether they could be easily collected again. Should the bank, however, be so unfortunate as to lose ours, we'll let them have another at half price, in consequence of the very hard times. The Monroe (Wis.) Press says they have a prisoner in the Greene county jail, by the name of Sam Witham, who has been amusing himself and astonishing the jailor with his feats of strength. Unaided by a single instrument, he broke a set of the strongest patent handcuffs, rent the shackles from his feet, tore off several locks from the door of his cell, broke a large iron door which served as an additional -fastening, and passing out into the hall of the jail, exercised himself in the satisfactory mysteries of a pigeon wing ? A night or two since he concluded to give another entertainment, which consisted of breaking .two of the iron bars of the grates of his cell dopr; but his performance being unseasonably checked by the entrance of his keeper, be retired from the scene in evident confusion. C|e|0rlibilk OEnquirer F.DITKD BY JOHN L. MILLER JOSEPH H. BLACK. YORKVILLEj S. C. i THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17, 1857. j = "TO IMMOGENE.'' I We have received the beautiful lines under the | above caption and will publish them at an early !dfly" -BANKS REVIVING. I The New York and Albany Banks resumed spc* | cie payments on the 12th. The Boston Banks would resume immediately. NEW RITUAL. We are authorized to say that the Grand Scribe is prepared to furnish the New Ritual of the Sons I of Temperance, for ?4, exclusive of postage.? j Address B. P. Towxsknd, Bennettsville, S. 0. " EGONAHEESA." I As no name was sent with your verses, we are under the necessity of declining their publication. Give us a responsible r.ameor we are compelled by a wise and just regulation to consign the anonymous effort to the " tomb of the Capulets." ROCK HIM. ACADEMY. We would call attention to the advertisement of j the Trustees of this institution, who have been ! fortunate in securing the services of Mr. Bfatty j ? n teacher of considerable experience, lie is | highly recommended and we doubt not, will give j general satisfaction. SPARTANBURG EXPRESS. We are obliged to this able cotemporary for the publication of our Prospectus, and will be happy at any time to reciprocate. The Erprrsg is one of our most valued exchanges, and is edited with ability and good taste. Wc wish it a prosperous career the incoming year. . ? .???? ? CONCERT. By reference to the advertisement in another j column, it will be seen that the young ladies intend j giving a musical entertainment on the 22d itist.? i It is generally expected to be the most brilliant j and successful frle, which has ever delighted the | admirers of music in and about Yorkville. All who appreciate the "concord of sweet sounds," i especially when made by the dainty fingers and j ruby lips of Beauty, will not neglect the invita j tion, extended to all, to come. " CATAWBA." We have secured the services of a Washington Correspondent, whose first contribution wo lay before our readers. He gives us, in a clear, concise and pointed style, an insight into the arcana of parties and political complications. As we can relv on his judgment we attach no little im portance to his opinions. It will be seen that he J considers Kausas hopelessly Inst to the South, and however much we regret it, the truth might just ns well be known and appreciated at the South. SONS OP TEMPERANCE. The " York Dieimnheld a special meetingon [ Monday night last. Quite a large number of! members and lady visitors assembled to welcome 1 | into the ranks of the Sons, Rev. R. Y. Rcssell. i His moral influence has long been with the cause, ! and it will be a matter of rejoicing throughout the I District, that he has thus formally given the sane- ! lion of a name endeared to many, and the weight j of an influence which must be extensively felt, to j an organization which has for its object, the j elevation, happiness, and moral reformation of the j people. j THE ISI RT BIJL.I,. It will be seen that this Bill which passed the j Senate was rejected by the House. We inadvertently made a mistake last week in regard to the vote of our Senator, Col. R. G. McCaw, who ' voted ayiintt instead of /or the Bill. We the more ! gladly make the correction as we do not think ; the repeal of the Usury Laws would be iu accord- j ance with the wishes of his constituents at this time. At a more opportune season, such a change j mirdit nrove acceptable, since the theory is cer O I - x. tuinly correct, that money like other property, j should be perfectly free; and theory and practice ' should ever go hand in hand. In other words j what is correct in principle is commendable in j practice. ? ??#?? - ? WASHINGTON ITEMS. Senator Dorc,r..\s?the "little giant"?dissents from the position of the President in relation to the Kansas Constitution Convention. It is under- I stood that there will be three propositions before : Congress on Kansas affairs. One to receive Kan- ' sas with the present constitution as recommended j by the Prsidents message. Another to admit Kansas uuder the revolutionary Topeka Constitu- i tion?this is the Black Republican measure. And ; the third is, that Congress direct the calling of | another Convention in Kansas to frame another constitution?this is Sen. DoroiAs' measure. With the exception of Mr. Boxham, none of our . delegation went into the causus which nominated ! Mr. Orr for Speaker. It is daily expected that I Gov. Walker will be removed. The United States j District Attorney at New Orleans has been re- i moved for want of diligence in preventing the es- j cape of General Walker. The Legislature of j Virginia by an almost unanimous vote have re- j elected R. T. M. Hinter, United States Senator, i EXAMINATION AND EXHIBITION. The Examination in the King's Mountain Mili- I tarv School began the first of last week, but did | not close in time to be noticed in our last issue. ' Owing to the inclemency of the weather, the examination was not largely attended, but everything passed off quietly and to the satisfaction of all present. The Exhibition on Wednesday night, however, drew together a brilliant assemblage.? The young orators came out with well prepared addresses which weredelivered generallyinan unexceptional and pleasing manner. Mr. J. C. Walker, of Charleston, delivered the Salutatory. His theme, " Chivalry," was one well suited to ! the embryo military education through which he j had just passed,and no doubt the days of gallnntj ry, of war, of love and song, are the first?the j brightest dream of the young soldier. No doubt j but that he looks back repiniDgly to the merry old j times that are gone, while his heart pants for the I tilt and tournament, the approving 6tniles of | beauty nnd the fame of a Bayard, a Sidney or Raleigh. Even the great Bi RKEwas dazzled and I intoxicated by the picture which his imagination | drew of the chivalrous age that had passed away. But when we look at its demolition as the human| izing effect of a peace-inculcating Christianity, j we cannot regret that the martial and bellicose I snirit which it nurtured has subsided, however ! -r? i much we may lament that its downfall produced a | diminution of gallantry and politeness. But if j the energizing, practical, utilitarian, progressive ! principles of civilization have diminished the adi oration of woman, other and greater blessings | have fallen to her share than to be the Duloinea? the imaginary Goddess, the personification of peri fection?for some crazed and idolizing Don Qiix, OTE. ( '"Francis Marion" was eloquently eulogized by I Cadet A. Corns, of Barnwell. The "Swamp Fox" is the favorite of the Palmetto State. In the darkest hour of the Revolution, when it seemed madness to hope, he taught us a lesson of heroism which we trust will never be forgotten. Who I does not remember the pleasure?(and what could 6 j be more attractive?)?of reading Wkems' Ho- J | mance ? j ^ j "Our Native Land" tvaa the theme of Cadet C. i ! J. Baily, of Edisto Island. Ilia address was, of , j course, patriotic. It is not more natural for j young Carolinians to breathe the air, than to in- . ' herit the spirit of patriotism. J. C. Fuirp of Walterboro', expatiated on j j "Italy"?the land of poetry and song?the realm | j of beauty?the nursery of genius and learning? I the "lor.e mother of dead empires," "The Xiobe I of nations." We cannot think of that home of I I j Muses, without recalling the most pleasant asso| ciations. It seems as if her bright skies bent , over our heads, as if the "Sabine Farm" was our I childhood haunt, the tomb of Metella a spot con- j ! secrated by our tenrs nnd the classic Arno?it I I resembles more an old acquaintance than either j ; Catawbn or Broad River which wash on each side | j our native district. j Cadet J. M. Whimjen, of Charleston, delivered ! a fhnstp address on the land of Tell?the moun- j stockholders rather thnri the public welfare. *#***#* j After all, we must mainly rely upon the patriot- j ism and wisdom of the States for the prevention and redress of the evil. If they will afford us a , real specie basis for our paper circulation by in- ! creasing the denomination of bank notes, first to I twenty, and afterwards to fifty dollars; if they; will require that the banks shall at nil times keep on hand at least one dollar of gold and silver for ' every three dollars of their circulation and depos-1 ites; and if they will provide, by a self-executing j enactment, which nothing can arrest, that the i moment they suspend they shall go into liquida- j tion, I believe that such provisions, with a weekly j publication by each bank of a statement of its | condition, would go far to secure us against fu- j ture suspensions of specie payments. Yt *>! *>r \v \r -if X- J But this I say, after long and much reflection : ; if experience shall prove it to be impossible to j enjoy the facilities which well-regulated banks | might afford, without at the same time suffering j the calamities which the excesses of the bauks j have hitherto inflicted upon the country, it would ! then be a far lesser evil to deprive them altogether j of the power to issue a paper currency and conline i them to the functions of bank deposite aud discount. On the affairs of Kansas, the Message is not al- | together so satisfactory. The construction put on j the Kunsa*-Nebraska Act?that it required the j question of slavery to be submitted to a direct vote of the people?is entirely arbitrary. But we do not think the destiny of Kansas will be seriously affected by submitting that question to a popular vote. It would finally come to this as sood as j new elections took place. On our foreign relations the President is suffi- j ciently luminous and one principle underlies every j recommendation?the love of justice. The "Fillibusters" receive but little sympathy at bis bands. On the whole the Message will be generally approved by the South. MERE-MENTION. The increase of membership for the last year within the jurisdiction of the S. C. Conference, as reported at its receut session at Charlotte, is 430 n-l.i.oc inrl 1 R:t-2 onlnred. Mrs. CUXXING- I ham received one vote for Mayor of New York at the late election. At Harrisburg, Pa., on Saturday last, the ground was covered with snow an inch deep. Val. Bellamy, a negro, aged UU years, died in Haucock Co., Ga., on the 20tli I ult. lie was a cook for the American troops stationed at Charleston during the Revolutionary war. The salary of the Governor of Georgia has been raised to $4,000. We are pleased i to learn from the Carolinian, that, notwithstanding the hard times, the Directors of the Charlotte Rail Road Company, have declared a divi. (lend of three per cent., payable on and after the first of January. Mr. Douglass gave notice in the Senate on the 10th inst., that he would inj troduce a bill to the effect that the people of Kansas be entitled to hold a Convention and form a Constitution. MiCKLEof the Chester Stanj (lard, " expects" that Jso. L. Carroll, of Car' roll House celebrity, will occupy the Cornwall j : House in 1858 and Capt. James A. Estes take I j charge of the " Rail-Road " Hotel after the first of January. There are at least a thousand applicants for subordinate positions under the newly elected officers of the House of Representatives, and more are coming. The Mormons do their own coinage, ami their $20 pieces are worth but $17. An Irish girl employed in a family at Greenfield, Mass., while yawning over i * wash tub. recently dislocated both her jaws 1 The increase of this year's hog crop in Kentucky, over last, is 318,404. Dr. Haynb, a famous bigamist, who has a wife in nearly every State in the Union, has just emerged from a five year's residence in the Kentucky State Prison. lie has arrived in Louisville, and the Courier says: "We warn the ladies to guard well their hearts, for the Doctor says he can marry any woman he may choose, on first acquaintance, and in the brief time of five hours." i The Morse telegraphic wires have been brought to the Capitol building in Washington, and dispatches can now be sent immediately from the halls of Congress to distant points. i Stanton has been removed from his office of Secretary of Kansas. Mr. Denver has beea appointed the new Secretary for Kansas, 'ice Stan- i ton and Mr. Riciiabdson as Governor, vice Walksb. Oertain articles, commonly known as I i tnin-bound "Switzerland." It too has its classic ; j associations, and as the home of freedom, the ref- 1 uge of the oppressed denizens of the world, it is endeared to every American heart. Its name in- j stantly recalls reminiscences of a long list of 1 | splendid intellects. We cannot think of the Alps j I without remembering the most sublime passages | of Childe Harold, of "clear placid Leman," with- j I out seeing the visions of Rousseau and the wildly | loved Julie on its quiet shores, or sailing on its ! star-lit bosom. And then there is the dreaded j master of satire and ridicule, the sneering Vol- | raire, the stately Girdox, the pious Calvin and Zwinoi.k, and a host of otherstHio have left dieir ! foot-prints by the side of the chamois'. Cadet J. C. Monroe, of Marion, closed the ad-1 dresses of the graduating class, by un oration on | "Sir Walter It ale to it." Likeits predecessors it was patriotic, and did ampie justice to one of the most attractive and romantic characters of history. Maj. Jenkins after a few pertinent and appropriate remarks, presented certificates to the grad- i uating class. Mr. J. M. Wiiiloen then deliver- j cd tbe Valedictory, alter which, air. aij3ott i followed in an oration of some length. It was j well-written, evinced considerable taste, and with- | out being eloquently spoken, was delivered in a pleasing manner. The Exercises were closed with prayer by Rev. J. M. II. Adams. THE PRESIDENT S MESSAGE. We lay before our readers an abstract of the j Message of the President of the United States.? j It is a plain, direct, pointed, common-sense docu- j meut and generally correct and satisfactory in j the principles laid down. On the financial diffi- I cultiesof tbe country, we think tbe message is tru- i ly lucid and instructive. The cause and tbe reme- j dy will be found in tbe following pregnant para- j graphs: It is our duty to inquire what has produced such | unfortunate results, and whether their recurrence j can be prevented ? In all former revulsions the' blame might have been fairly attributed to a vnrio-1 ty of co-operating causes; but not so upon the pre- ! sent occasion. It is apparent that our existing I misfortunes have proceeded solely from our ex- I travngant and vicious system of paper currency [ and bank credits, exciting the people to wild speculations and gambling in stocks. These revulsions must continue to recur at successive intervals so long as the amount of the paper currency and bank loans and discounts of the country shall be left to the discretion of fourteen hundred irresponsible banking institutions, which, from the very law of; their nature, will consult the interest of their ! bowie knives, we see styled, in an Arkansas paper protective cutlery. At a corn husking froli "down east'' lately, two hundred bushels c golden yellow corn were husked, forty-eight girl kissed, one couple married, and seven mor " engaged," all in one evening. Talk of stagna tion in business. The Taylor county, Va. recently adopted a resolve "That the June terr of this court shall be hpld in May, and th November term in December." In the Soutl there are ."00,051 rice plantations, which yield n annual revenue of about $4,000,000. Sine * ' ? TtAraon the first of August last, nine IllUU^fltMt Jiv.wvand firms Lave fa:!c?l in this country. Th Illinois papers publishes a call for meeting of th cultivators of the Chinese sugnr cane in tha State, to be held nt the office of the State Agri cultural Society, in Springfield, on the 7th day o January. The Philadelphia Gazette, speak ing of anew prima donna, says: "Her voice i soft as a roll of velvet and as tender as a pair o slop shop pnntaloons." It is stated in i Spanish journal that Mr. Doi>gk, United State Minister at Madrid, has sent in bis resignation but that he has done so entirely from the state o health of his family, and other private considera tions. The Carolinian has received the sai intelligence of the suducn death, by cougestiv chill, in Florida of Mr. Preston Adams, eldest soi J. U. Adams, Esq., of Columbia. "Ion," o the Baltimore Sun writes that Kanses will be, be fore the first of next July, in open rebellion a gainst the United States Territorial Government EDITORIAI. CORRESPONDENCE. Coi.r.MMA, Dec. 14. Dear Enquirer:?Without presuming that m; whereabouts is a matter of great interest to you readers, I have determined, for the first tim since my connection with the Press, to give you i letter of correspondence. It is a privilege we ed itors claim, allowing our rentiers 10 piace jus such construction on its exercise ns they may so fit, but it must be confessed, unless we write witl a view of imparting instruction or giving such in formation as will prove beneficial to them, it is custom that would be "more honored in the bread than in the observance.'' But be this as it may I have resolved upon my course, and must not a bnndon it for trivial causes?so here goes. I was fortunate in meeting on the cars, a fei friends who made my trip from Yorkville to thi point very pleasant, and relieved the tedium inci dent to Railroad travel. Chief among them, am the one altogether lovely, was a fair daughter o York, wending her way somewhere down in Ches ter District, to witness the performance of tha ceremony ordained of God in the garden of Eden shortly after Adam and Eve attained the years o discretion. But I was soon to be deprived of m; fair companion. From Blackstocks her destina tion was across the country, the precise locality of course, unknown to your correspondent. I wai now all alone in a crowded car, and had throwi the reins ou the neck of fancy and left it to spor at will, but in a very little while was aroused fron my pleasant reverie by a generous welcome, i hearty "how are youfrom my esteemed friend Franklin* Gilliard, the gallant editor of th< Winnsboro' Register. He is a bold and vigorou writer, and is so decidedly earnest, and so entirel; honest in his views, that however much we ma; differ, it is really refreshing to meet with liirn.? He is full of the Convention policy?hos all confi dence in the present Administration?is pcrfectlj jubilant over the promotion of Mr. Orr to tin Speakership?but is somewhat crest fallen witl the defeat of Mr. Pickens for the U. S. Senate. I must not omit to mention a very pleasant in terview with Prof. Thomas, the author of the Tri bute to Calhoun. The work has been issued fron the press, and can be obtained at Bryan's Book store. It is entirely a Southern work, Soutberi production and Southern sentiment, and shouli oilnen the lihrarv of everv true Southron, not sim ply as a lasting memento to the fame of the great est statesman of his age, hut on account of its in trin3ic literary excellence. Iatteuded the sitting of the Legislature to-night and was hugely entertained with what I saw am heard. The Bill under consideration was the pro priety of administering the lnsh to professiono gamblers It elicited a somewhat rich, rare, am racy discussion, in which Messrs. Pekkt, Ixulis and Blandixu participated as advocates of th measure : Messrs. Kinc,, B. H. Wilson, and Sf.y Morn, in opposition. In the midst of so niucl corruption that stalks abroad through our land, i was gratifying to see the House pass the Bill b, an overwhelming majority. On Satuiday last, the Legislature closed it stormy debates arising from sundry Bills and res olutions submitted in relation to the Banks. Th main question to be decided, was whether th suspended Banks should be relieved from the fivi per cent, forfeiture under the Act of 1810. Th contest Was warmly waged on both sides. Thi subject alone, has, in a great degree, engrosse the attention of the Legislature for the past tw weeks. In my humble judgment, a large mnjori ty of the Legislature view this question about a understanding^ as a "luuatic giraffe" would th vision of John from the Isle of Fatmos. Th horned-cattle would be most likely to attract th attention and arouse the fears of his giraffeship Just so with the Legislature. They look upo these Banks as a huge beast with numerous horni They see nothing but the horns?the difficulties t the subject?and instead of laying hold of th horns and pulling them out by the roots, they ar groping their way in the dark, seeking to avoi the difficulties. They are wonderfully afraid c * ' t.? K ^ more convenient season. If the preseut delega tiou should seek to dodge the question and sad jj die the responsibility upon a future session, th 1C people will call them to account, and the day c n reckoning will come, and the public sentiiuen j. will be expressed ut the ballot box. " All's wel i that eiuls well." a j I still hear occasional complaints of hard times d j but from what I see in the stores, streets an l* ! places of amusement, I am inclined to think tha !S I e I the crisis is passed, and the times are convales I cent. Every thing seems as gay, lively on being goreu, nence me mums ui??c muui^uv^. ?,( n vote of the House. The Senate will act upon it to-morrow; whethe it will endorse the action of the House remains y? to ho seen. Prominent among the many able speeches Je livered, pending the controversy, was that of ou talented young Representative, Edward Moor) Esq. I have succeeded in procuring a synopsi of his remarks, and send it to you for publicatioi Mr. M. has boldly and fearlessly taken bis pos tion and discussed the subject with characterise froce and candor. Such efforts cannot fail to s< cure for him the confidence and approval of h; constituents. The Legislature has not fixed a day for its at journmcnt. It is supposed that it will not coi tinue its session longer than the 21st inst. j. I.. m. LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS. Wednesday, Dec. 9th. The question, which most strongly enlists tl attention of the Legislature, is the disposition I be made of the Banks. After a vain attempt I discuss the various bills on this subject, it was i greed to refer them to a Committee of the Wholi and further consideration was postponed. TL j Senate returned to the House the following Res< j lution which was committed to the Committtee o I Engrossed Acts. Resolved, Th&t the vending of the Holy Scrij tures, and books of a religious character, by iter erant persons, is not hawking ami peddling, by just construction of the laws of this State upo that subject. Mr. Wuyte presented the Report of the Yor and Lancaster delegations, on a bill to amend tb law in relation to grants for Catawba India Lands, which was ordered for consideration t< morrow. In the Senate on the 10th, Mr. McCaw offered resolution, that 2500 copies of the Report au resolutions of the Special Committee of the Ser ate on so much of Gov. Adam's message as relate to the slave trade, be printed for the use of th Senate. , On the question of agreeing to the resolution, c ! Mr. Allen said: When this matter was made tht i special order for Thursday, it was adjourned ovei I to Tuesday at my suggestion and at the request s I of several gentlemen who had not had time to read e ! the report. When it came up on Tuesday, the _ j suggestion was made that it had better lie ovei for another year, rather than come to a direct > j vote at that time. At the earnest solicition of n a good many, I had concluded toabide by it, though c ' 1 had voted against the postponement, without . ! remark, very reluctantly. I supposed that tht j question would not again come up, but under the n j resolution of the Hon. gentleman from York tc o 1 print 2500 copies of the report, which bad met I with considerable opposition from those who were I opposed to re-opening the trade, the question was e I examined, and brought before the Senate in its e j original form, and that I wished this Senate nol ? j to take the position of former bodies in delibera I ting on the question of the slave trade and slavery, * I by showing great confusion on the subject iu oui f i counsels, and by showing a want of confidence it . i our great institution at the South, but by showing that we are firmly and irrevocably attached to oui 8 | institution : that we having inherited it from sev f ] eral generations as an heir loom, are now disposed o, ' to stand by it?firmly attached, under every as> s ' pect, from the days of the delivery of the Deca ; logue, through every epoch of civilized freedom tc ? | the Roman civil law down to the earliest bistorj f ; of the settlements of South Carolina, by Sir Johr . | Berkly and the Duke of Clarendon, protected bj . I statutes of the British Parliament and the statute! : of South Carolina, and bv the Federal constitu 6 tiou, up to the present time; thnt this Legislator) n : represented the institution of slavery and all it; f I products; thnt the institution of slavery was j stronger now than it ever had been before in S " I Carolina, in the Federal Union, in England anc - i France, and the civilized world; that this was no ; I a time to blink the subject, or to dodge it, but tc look it full in the face. A Senator then read an ex tract from the Southern Patriot in reply to the re ception of a speech from his friend C. W. Miller delivered at Wylde-Moore in Barnwell District y on the re-opening of the African slave trade, it which that traffic was denounced by its editor ai inhuman and uncivilized," whilst he himself ii c a member of a slave-holding constituency. Now a the Federal Constitution guarantees the liberty o . j speech and the freedom of thought upon all sub ijects, but is this a subject of free discussion it I j South Carolina? I, for one, take this subject it e all its bearings, on the ground that if the trade it |j 1 slaves is "inhuman and uncivilized, so is the pos j session of the institution itself. I, for one, woult | not hold slaves if I considered the inter-Stat) II ' slave trade across the Atlantic Ocean from Africt b [ to this country as being immoral, unjust or un , I christian. This is no time to discuss the qucs ' j tion. We were committed to its policy, and hat I the advantage of a knowledge of the Gospel-ligh i and truth upon our side, and that I was astonish v | ed to witness this manifestation of feeling in thh conservative branch of the General Assembly o 3 I South Carolina, and that therefore, I hoped tha - j this resolution offered by my Honorable friend i i Mr. McCaw, of York would be sustained. f j The Senate sent to the House a Bill authorizing j the United States to purchase a sufficient quanti t j ty of land in Columbia for the erection of a Posl , i Office and Court House. It was passed by th< f I House and returned to the Senate. There was ? r ! warm discussion in the House on the Banks. Mr - Perry offered a resolution appointing five mem , bers to take into consideration the whole mattei 3 of banking including Bills and Resolutions befori i the House. It was referred to the Committee o: t the Whole. The House then resolved itself int< i Committee of the Whole. i Mr. Perry addressed the Committee at som< length on the resolutions he had offered. From ' the course of the debate he was afraid we were ii e the midst of a legislative panic upon this question s He had heard member? denounce the banks foi Y misconduct and for nefarious traffic, yet he hac heard it said that we must not touch these banks ^ else ruin would follow. He would not say let th< - ruin come, but he would let the issue come au>. . have the question tested. The value of the crops had been mentioned.? He believed we had crops on hand amounting ii c round numbers to $30,000,000 and yet we an i held at the mercy of the banks. He argued tha with our crops we could buy the banks three timei over. Yet it is averred that we are dependent or the banks. We are told that our crops cannot g( - to market without we suspend the pe: alties o u the net of 1S40 nnd permit the bnnks to inflnti the circulation. A friend from Charleston ha< said that there was not a failure in that city fron 1 suspension, and it was well known that there wni 1 less suing and less indebtedness than was eve known. In the Senate on Saturday Mr. McCaw offerci the following resolutions, which were consideret and immediately agreed to: , Resolved, That this General Assembly bigbl; J appreciates the patriotic and meritorious couduc of a gallant son of South Carolina, Major D II " Hill, late of the United Slates Army, as conspicu l ously displayed in the engagements at Monterey j Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Contreras, Churubuscc Chapultepec, nnd the Garita San Cosme, in th '? war between the United States and Mexico, e Resolved, That his Excellency, the Governor, b . requested to procure a suitable sword, and to pre a sent the same on behalf of this State, as a testi monial of the estimation in which she holds thi 1 distinguished officer. ^ In the House, after protracted (distracted? discussions, the bill relating to the suspension c specie was ordered to the Senate by a vote of 5 yeas to 41 nays. It provides that the Act of 184 e be suspended until the 1st January, 1809--rc moves the restriction as to paying out the bills c e other banks?and thnt no execution shall be or c forced on judgments obtained by banks not paj s ing specie?the debtor, however, paying iuteres ^ every sixty days, at 7 per cent, per annum. 0 Messrs. Black, Chambers, and Whyte vote for; Mr. Moore against the bill. It is uncertai 9 what action the Senate will take on it. e CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENCE. 0 Charleston, Dec., 14. If I were not afraid that my letters would b a mistaken for abridged editions of Miller's Alma ' nac, or a trauscript of Mkriam's notes frot ^ Brooklyn Heights, I would be tempted to devot e another paragraph to that obsolete idea?tha e ancient institution, the weather. I am full d j aware of the delicate aud doubtful nature of the 1 ! ground I occupy, and shall move over it wit! ^ j muffled steps, and the light and feathery tread c j a suow-llake. But with all the responsibilitie r ! and consequences staring me in the face, I woul venture merely to hint that the weather is de cidedly cold, with a brink, biting north-easter, an< every prospect of snow. 1 The resumption of specie payment by the Net '' York Banks is considered a good omen by som IS and a bad one by others. The former coutendc ' if will hnv<? a tendency to enable our Banks l* in some measure, to replenish their vaults wit IC specie through the medium of the sale of ex change, while the latter are of opionion that i 13 i may further embarrass the Banks here, an j through them, the channels of trade and com merce, by driving them into the resumption c i specie payment before they arc fully prepare I for it. I will watch and wait, and in the men 1 time reserve my private opinion upon the difficul i and delicate subject of banking and the currenc, j until I have some more reliable data upon whic ie j to predicate that opinion. ;o | The vote of the House on the motion to lay tin ;o j bill to repeal the Usury Laws, on the table, ha t- created some sensation in certain circles. Th "Broad street Clique." and the" Chamber c ie : Commerce," were completely taken aback, an ). | the State street Brokers and the Bank officer n j shook their heads ?n ominous silence and lookc j wise. It is taken as an indication that the who! j- j subject of Banks and banking is to be ignored fo l- i nrpqrini. nnd the evil dav nostooned for , brisk as ever, and money and dry goods, seem to flourish as formerly. T understand that the receipts of some of our retail stores on King street have reached as high as three thousand dollars a day, and it would seem that that should bo considered a pretty fair business in the present depressed state of the finances. The fall and winter book trade seems to be flourishing, and thc^Iessrs.tCoL*rtf.nay & Co., and Russell andj Jones, are in the weekly receipt of all the latest and most interesting emanations from the northern press, with now and then an occasional volume from some more Southern establishment. Among the latter I am pleased to notice " the Rev. Mr. Bowen's Missionary travels in Africa," published by the Baptist Publication Society of this city?"The Records of the Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance in South Carolina from the year 1847, to 1857, inclusive," by Messrs. Walker, Evans & Co., No. 8. Broad I street; and the first volume of " Historical Col lections," published by the Historical Society 01 South Carolina, and printed and bound by Messrs. r James & Williams, No. 16. State Street, all of 1 which are gotten up in fine style, and are neatly ' and substantially executed. I gave you a hurried sketch of our city amuse> ments in my last, since which they have increased, ' both in number and interest. The public seem to be anxious and restless, and are constantly on the 1 qui vive for the latest agony in the line of fashiont able fun and popular assemblies, and tbey are not ' long in want of something of an attractive, exciting or interesting character. The Campbkli , Minstrels are gone, after a popular and successt ful run of two weeks at the Institute Hall, but | their place will soon be supplied by Mabie'j } Grand Circus and Menagerie. The mammouth , pavilion of this caravan of men and beasts will be pitched upon the Citadel Green, the usual , place?Reynold's lot on Meeting street?being i too small. 1 Sioncb Blitz remains another week, and is J drawing crowds to his nightly levees at Hilber; nian Hall. He is master of all the tricks included i in the " Black Art," besides being a jovial, quainl " and whole-souled fellow,and is making friends and j money among the old and young. Werner has t opened his " Iron Palace " on Meeting street, and - has recently added the attraction of Shakspeare * Readings to his musical hall, and the Muses and I the Drama are now legitimately represented, and . the health of both is drank, by those who wish it, iu unadulterated, original lager beer. ' The Coryphaean Society, an association of musical amateurs, will give their second concert for ' the season at the Institute Hall on Tuesday even5 ing. It is composed of about twenty-five gentle1 men and ladies, and on this occasion Werner's Band will act with them. They are very popular " and their concert will be largely attended. r MAGNOLIA. * f WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE. j Washington, Dec. 10th. Stanton, the acting Governor of Kansas, has } just been turned out by the President, because ol i his calling the Territorial Legislature together.? ' The breach between Walker and the Administra' tion is getting wider. It is doubtful whethei 1 Walker's nomination will be sent to the Senate, The opposing parties are rallying their forces ir j Kansas. Jim Lane is for insisting on the Topek.i j State organization. Some think there will be civil - [ war there, but I don't feel very uneasy. Thej 1 j can boast more and fight less than in any place 1 j know of. The last of the Randolphs of Virginia, 3 of the celebrated John Randolph's immediate ' family, died a few days since. Old families die j. out and new ones grow up ; every thing is transi p tory under the sun. 1 It is difficult to say what will be the effect 01 1 the threatened disruption of the Democratic Par ^ ty. It may lead to very important results, bu then it may end in nothing. The absolute certainti 1 that Kansas is beyond doubt a free State, reduce; i the dispute to the ordinary dimension of partj politics. So far there does not appear to be anj great bitterness of feeling. All admit the gener c al principle, that the people must form their do mestic institutions. The dispute is us to the ap plication of principles. "The adhesive power o ' the spoils" may be efficacious in preventing a tota e disruption of the party. Governor Wise has sent in the longest messagi ? on record. lie is about half crazy, but there is i i- great deal of method in his madness. Some o 3 the Banks are getting in bad odor. The celebra ted Pennsylvania mna wuicn ueiure me prcasui' ) bold at 118 is down to 10 -something of a fall.? f Some people think if they can only get thei - money into Banks they are perfectly safe, bu 0 "accidents do sometimes happen in the best regu ' lated families." The Ilouse is now engaged ii >f providing a Chaplain; the question is betweei i- electing one Chaplain, or inviting all the pastor ' of Washington City to officiate in turn, ft The President's message takes strong groum for the prohibition of small bills, and suggests i d general bankrupt law for the benefit of the banks u The weather is mild and delicious. CATAWBA. For the Yorkville Enquirer. THE CHURCH AND THE SONS. e Messrs. Editors:?Reference was made las I week to the action of three denominations of pro n | fessing christians in relation to the distiller, tin e | retailer, and the consumer of alcoholic driuks.? t | No allusion was then made to the Independent y j Presbyterian branch of Christ's Church. Thi: ; denomination has at least six congregations ii i York District. These are known to the writer ; if but there may be more. It is thought that thii s denomination has taken no formal action as to th< d manufacture, traffic, or use of the intoxicating i. poison. But there is this peculiarity which at d taches to the pastors of these Presbyterians?al are Sons of Temperance. One ot these Pastor v was no sooner initiated in one or tne liivisiods n e the village, than he returned to his congregatioi d in the country, and with the assistance of his el i, j ders and others, reared up a strong, working, ant h j flourishing Division. This Division has done, ii > doing, and, we believe, will continue to do effici it I cient service to the cause of morality and goot d I order; and the confidence is nbiding, that the re j form will progress, until there shall have been re f joicing in heaven, if such has not already taker d ; place. n j Without attempting the work of prophecy, wi t j undertake to say, that what has been done here' y | tofure will be done again; aud friends may exnec h | shortly to see the cause of Temperance breaking I forth with its bright and reviving influences ii e , sectious of our District not heretofore familial s | with its workings and its triumphs, e ! EBAL GERIZIM. For the Yorkville Enquirer. 3 | THE DRUNKARD'S BRAINS. "'! * " * o.,.l l??m. ia thnf whnsi fl H iiui a uauo v* gum ouu r.vuvi ?? e legitimate effects upoa the heart aud brain of iti n patrons are so unnatural and monstrous! Th< a startling doctrines taught in Yoimax's Scientific Basis of Prohibition," are fully corroborated bj - many medical and scientific men. Hybti, by fat e the greatest anatomist of his age, used to say thai if he could distinguish, in the darkest room, by out it stroke of the scalpel, the brain of the iuebriati 11 from that of a person who had lived soberly.? ! Now and then he would congratulate his class up ! on the possession of a drunkard's brain, admira d bly fitted from its hardness and more complete pre t servotion, for the purpose of demonstration. Whet i. the anatomist wishes to preserve a human brair d 1 for any length of time, he effects bis object bj keeping that organ in a vessel of alcohol. From a soft pulpy substance it then becomes comparatively hard. But, the inebriate, anticipating the anatomist, begins the indurating process before death?begins it while the brain remains the coneecrated temple of the soul; while its delicate and gossamer tissue still throb with the pulse of heaven-born life. Strange infatuation, thus to desecrate the god-like! Terrible enchantment, that ' dries up all the fountains of generous feeling, petrifies all the tender humanities and sweet charities of life, leaving only a brain of lead and a heart of stone. Such a condition is worse than all maladies of ghastly spasm, or racking torture, qualms of heart-sick agonies, convulsions, epilepsies, fierce catarrhs; intestine stone and ulcers; cholic pangs, demoniac phrensy, moping melancholly, and moonstruck madness ; pining atrophy, marasmus, and wide-wasting pestilence; dropsies, asthma, and joint-racking rheum. Men are brought to worse distresses by taking alchol, than by diseas> es. "Oh, that men should put an enemy in Their mouths, to steal away their brains! that they ' Should, with joy, pleasance, revel and applause, Transform themselves to beasts !" J. T. Election of Speaker.?Our readers will per ceive on reference to the proceeding.1? or the House yesterday, that James L. Orr, of South Carolina, was elected Speaker of the Thirty-fifth Congress on the first ballot, having received the vote ' of every democratic representative present. ; Mr. Orr was born at Craytonville, South Carolina, on the 12th day or May, 1822, and is now consequently in the thirty-sixth year of his age. ' He gradu- 'ed in 1840 at the University of Virgin- . ia, and in jdiately devoted himself to the study of the law in the office of Judge Whitner, then solicitor of the western circuit of his native State, 1 and was admitted to the bar in May 1843. When i but little more than 22 years of age, he was elect[ ed by the largest vote ever given in his district a I member of the legislature, in which body he soon distinguished himself and became a leading mem> ber. In 1848 he was elected to Congress, and has continued to represent his district to the present ! time. Our limits to day will not permit us to refer to the various incidents cnuected with his brilliant career?the congressional debates furnish 1 the completest portraiture of bis character as a ; statesman. His elevation to the speaker's chair, I an office only second in importance to that of President, by the unanimous vote of his party, 1 clearly indicates the high estimation in which he I is held by the representatives of the people. , In every respect Col. Orr is eminently qualified for the arduous and important position to which ' he has been elevated, and we feel confident that he will perform the duties of presiding officer with firmness, impartiality, and entire acceptability to the whole House.? Washington Union. Speech of Edward Moore, Esq., on the Bank Question, In the House of Representatives, Dce.utn, ih?7, The House resolved itself into Committee of the Whole to consider sundry resolutions and Bills of, fered in relation to the Banks: Mr. Moore said he did not suppose he would be able *o shed much light on the subject of discussion before the Committee?he acknowledged his want of familiarity with Banking in its various ramifications and complicated machinery. He felt that he might safely, without giving offence, i assert that there were many other gentlemen on > the floor, who would find themselves groping in darkness when they attempted to compass the ' mysteries of this abstruse science. He objected to the Legislature giving its sanction to the illicit . traffic hitherto indulged in by these corrupt institutions, whose modus operandi we did not, nor could understand; wboseu influence bore directly i upon the interests of almost every citizen of the l State, and which, by their reckless disregard of I every restriction imposed upon them by law, for the protection of the community from the abuses ' of their chartered privileges, have been mainly [ instrumental in bringing down upon the country a ruinous monetary crisis. In the lengthy discus' sion had before the Committee, the question had ' been narrowed down to two points. 1st. Is it ex! pedient to repeal or suspend the 2d section of the . act of 1840, imposing upon the Banks the penalty of 6 per cent, on all bills which they may put in circulation, and fail to redeem by specie payment, f upon their presentation by the holders? 2d. Is it - expedient to devise more stringent measures to t prevent the banks from such gross defalcations and abuses of banking privileges, in future ? The ' first enquiry seemed to be the most prominent be3 fore the House, and to that he would address him7 self more particularly. He was in favor of exacting the penalty from all the suspended Banks. r Although we are told now, by the friends of the Banks, that it is true, they have abused their . banking franchise in almost every conceivable particular?that they have violated their charters and flooded the country with an unsound currency and ' irredeemable paper, thereby spreading financial 1 embarrassment throughout the State; yet they allege that it is unwise to enforce the act of 1840, and appeal to the magnanimity and forbearance of 5 the Legislature to save them from the penalties of 1 the law, because there is a general financial ref vulsion throughout the world, and they therefore, could not foresee the danger, nor provide against the present crisis. He would ask if the Banks s had presented themselves in an attitude which - should commend them to the forbearance of this r Legislature ? Had not every friend of the Banks here, openly acknowledged, that almost every 1 t>,i ?i, Sftttp had ahnsed. and erievouslv A/.I..Q, ... . U abused, their banking privileges?that they bad n indulged iu every sort of illegal traffic?placed n themselves entirely without the pale of Legislative clemency, and justly forfeited the confidence of s the people ? If the banks had confined themselves to their legitimate business and it should appear, j that from the operation of causes which thoy could not control?from an external pressure that they 1 could not resist?they were rendered unable to i. meet their obligations to the State and people, he would say then, that they might with a better grace solicit the forbearance of the Legislature. ! But the reverse is evidently true, and they consei quently merit exemplary punishment. Again it is said that in view of the present distressing crisis, and the increased panic likely to succeed the enforcement of the Act of 1840, that it is an inauspicious time to press a rigorous exaction of the penalty. Mr. Moore said he could not imagine i at what other time the Legislature contemplated a prompt requirement of the penalty, if it was not, when the banks were guilty of gross defalcar tions as at present, and which would only hnppen, 3 most likely, in times of monetary revulsions and j j pressures. It was against these very contingencies that the Legislature intended to provide by ' j the law of 1840. It has been said that the precei dent established by the remission of the forfeiture s under the Act alluded to, could not be attended r with bad consequences?that prevention was the ' object of the Law and not correction. lie said, the argument is equally strong in favor of the ex1 I action of the forfeiture for prevention as for cor3 j rection ; for when the Banks in future shall be guilty of similar defalcations, will they not again 1 expect the forbearance of this body, and say to us i when the penalty is required, that we must relieve . them of it?that we only wished to prevent them j from violating their charters, by providing this penalty, and inasmuch as they have already com 3 mitted the offence, it is too late to exact it for ; .e - purpose of prevention. In his judgment the true j policy is to enforce the law and the present was a proper occasion. But the appeals, made against the collection of the 5 per cent., under the law of 1840, have not t stopped here, and for fear that persuasive entrea, ties might not avail, we have been told by the j friends of the Banks, that if they were not re" leived from the requisition of this law, and be permitted to pay from their counters the bills of t other banks, that they would contract their circur j lation, and withhold the money necessary to pur' j chase the present crop, and thereby entail upon 1 the country a more aggravated and prolonged r money panic. Mr. Chairman, they biddefiance to I the legislature wnicn gave mem uuwuw, >uu 1 hurl into our faces threats of vengeance, if we refuse to yield to their demands. Are we to be {deterred by such insolent demonstrations? He | agreed with the honorable member from Abbeville (Mr. McGowan,) that it seems to preseut a question of submission to the Banks. He was willing to 8 encounter their ferocious vengeance when- this 3 j issue is made, and would enforce the law at all , events, lie was surprised to hear it said that > members gave way to passion when they advoca5 j ted an observance of the laws of the land. Does ' a man indulge in mad passion when he advises the enforcement of the laws of his country as a matter > , of policy ? It struck him as a strange proposi" ; tion. ' j Mr. Moore deprecated the influence of the prii vate corporations over the affairs of the country? . they have usurped the power of regulating the currency, which is the proper province of the Lc" I gislature. We are by the present system of Bank j ing, depcndaut upon a secret administration of . ! the banks for a sound currency. They have per1 j verted their charters into powers of Attorney, so ! to speak ; to legislate on the financial affairs of 1 the country, and the cousequence is, after a ruinr I ous expansion of circulation for ? number of years