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Strap ft jfacts. < A J young ludy, aged eighteen years, while on a visit to some friends near Colum- !' bus, Ohio, became so attached to a mocking i bird there, that wheu the bird died she went ' mad with grief and attempted to commit j suicide by stabbing herself with a pair of ; scissors. ; It is stated that a resumption of specie ' payments by the Philadelphia banks is under :" serious consideration. Most of them are be- j lived to be possescd of ample means, and we I may expect that all which are souud will re- | sunieby the first of February at furthest. 1 lie subdivision of Texas into two or , more States is revived in the public journals ! of that State. No State in the Union has j increased in population and wealth during i1 the last few years more than Texas. IIer|i estimated population at this time amounts to j' more than half a million. The Hartford (C't.) Press, says that j1 the Rev. L. Ludington, of New Britain, ! has been sentenced to twenty days' iinpris- j onruentin the county jail, for breaking, the j windows of the church maliciously, and in J the night season. It is said he was offended ! because another clergyman was invited to i preach in the church. The New York Courier of Tuesday, I says that the work of resumption is steadily I progressing in New York and New England, and may be said to be complete with the ex- , ception of Rhode Ishland It is doing away j with the uominal premium upon gold, and j has advanced the rate of Southern and i Western exchange. Gilbert Fleming was arrested and brought to the jail at Spartanburg, on Wednesday, charged with killing George Pye, who lived near Cherokee Springs. There are no witnesses of the murder, but the body of the deceased was found shockingly mangled, and there is circumstantial evidence ' against the prisoner. The discontinuace of the small note J issue by the Bank of England, and the re- \ duction of the rate of discount by the Bank ! of France, afford gratifying evidence that the j financial crisis in those countries is past, as | well as in this. We may safely look to a speedy and sound renewal of the great movements of commerce and the active operations of industry. 31r. John Martin, ot London, lias been | put in possession of the Jenning's property, i which so very long a period been without a j recognised heir. The cash he inherits amounts : to the gigantic sum of ?80,000,000, while j his income will be ?1,230,000 per aunuin. ! The luckly inheritor has been wretchedly j poor all his life, lie is now wretchedly j rich. 1 never sec n person proud of his fine j I dress but 1 think, "Well, he has only cast- I olF clothes, after all he has the jacket of |. the lamb, and the old great coat of the sheep; ! J from head to foot he is dressed in what the 11 trees or the animals have used before him. j: His shoes are made of hides, his stockings of i J the cotton shrub, bis shirt of the flax plant, i i his handkerchief is spun by the caterpillar, j< and his gloves are the waistcoat of the angora, i' O j ( The uew hall of the House of Repre- ; i seutatives is a very magnificent affair. The i t roof is constructed of glass and iron, each 11 panel having painted on it the coat of arms 1, of one of the States. The desks arc made of j i oak, very beautifully carved ; and the seats j are also handsomely decorated. The Senate i Chamber is not yet finished. A pretty de- jf vice, I notice, is the execution of pictures j c od the doors ot the senate Committee rooms j i ?illustrative of the character of the busi- ;; transacted in them. Ic, i t Parson Brownlow informs the "Bor- j s der Methodists'' some of whom he says are ic cutting up high shiues on the subject of 11 slavery in portions of Virginia, that he ex- ; r pects to pass leisurely through the Valley of ; Virginia, in the next spring, giving the pub- j lie a few ideas upon slavery, and " the mer-! its of that abolition organization known as ; the Methodist Episcopal Church, North." J The revercud gentleman adds, "we are not' t bantering any one, but as we are the advocate j ? of free thoughts, free speech, free fighting, [ f and a free press, should auy conscientious ! c freedom shrieker wish to defend, we will j1 divide time, after the true style of Tennessee j t stump-speaking !" Is A dentist in Boston after extracting a '1 tooth for a married lady, last Friday, took i1 the liberty of kissing her. Her husband :pbeing informed of the insult, wrote the Doc- * tor a note with a fictitious signature, request- jf ing his immediate professional attendance at i1 No. 4 Norfolk Place. In the meantime he; had provided himself with a stout cowhide, j ? and on the Dr.'s arrival at the corner of the j1 Place, he commenced laying the hide on his c face and back with such severity as to draw the blood freely. As soon as possible the " parties were separated and the Dr. taken away. He denies the accusation against him . but declines prosecuting his assailant. Some 300 spectators witnessed the flogging. We learn from Fayetteville, that t Wm. F. Wightman, editor of the North E Carolinian, and a Mr. Elliott, a native of t Georgia, who had been residing in Fayette- s villc for some time, committed suicide on t the night of the 10th instant, and were both d found dead iu their room next morning, at the Snemwell House. They left a short note ^ stating that they had, of their own will and ! i accord, taken poisou, but gave no reason for j i the rash act. This is the first instance of j c which we have any knowledge, where two I man iiiiitiiol *ioro<?mori<- nnrt with rtalih- I t eration, put an end to their own existence at 11 the same time aud place, in this country. In ' a France it is not an unusual thing. Two copies of a sea newspaper, called j ~ 4he Vanderbilt Daily News, have been for- : wai^hul^to our table. These papers take their | title fronT>h$^ship in which they were pub-1 lished, and not^mlv is the time carefully i marked on which theytmU^e their appearance, J but also the latitude and longitjule iu which ; the vessel was at the hour of pubftearion ? ! The typography is beautiful, and tbecdH?^ rials are humorous and appropriate to the , limited area of news on board of the largest j steamers. The following is a specimen of the news department:?"It may be suffici-! ent at this time to state that a certain quiet and venerable gcutlemau among our passen- j gers is uot his Excellency Jumes Buchanan travelling incog, on a visit to Spain, nor is a i certain young gentleman, the recently appointed Minister to France, to succeed the hospitable, free, and accepted" Mason. We i have also full permission to state that the young lady of fair complexion and golden locks, is not the Empress of the French in ^ disguise, nor is the tall, lady with,dark hair and eyes, the distinguished authoress of the "Wide, Wide World."?London Slur. i I Cljc|flrlil)i(lc^itqiurcr ET?ITE1> BY rOHN L. MILLER JOSEPH H. BLACK. YORKVILLE, S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 24, 1857. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. In accordance with custom, no paper will be issued from this otiice next week: so our subscribers need not be surprised if* the KxyriREit comes up among the missing. The regular publication will be resumed on Thursday, the 7th of January, IS58. ANOTHER CONCERT. M'le. Clkmexce ItrncK and Mrs. Kate Pei.iiam, propose giving nConcert at Yorkvi'le, in the fourt House, on Monday evening next, the 28th inst. From the reputation of these ladies, we have no hesitancy in bespeaking for them a large audience. Wc hope the citizens of Yorkville will not fail to patronize such an innocent and elevating pastime as music. Our visitorsare conversant witli nil styles?the ballad, operatic &c. Mr. Wif.s?. known to all our citizens Avill assist them GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK. Wo have received the January number of this elegant Monthly. It is a splendid specimen of literary and artistic excellence. "Family Prayer" is eminently suggestive of the tender and congenial sympathies which spring around the fire side, where piety, morality, contentment and religion blend together harmoniously. It is time our lady friends were subscribing, and we can assure them that as aLady's Book, Gouet is unrivaled. Price, SH. THE CASH SYSTEM. This i= our last i-ssue for the present year, and iu the beginning of the new it would be altogether agreeable to adopt the cash system entirely. After reading the following testimony of the Press, it will appear so reasonable that few will fail to approve our course. The carelessness of subscribers and the great difficulty of collecting small accounts, strongly recommend the adoption of the cash system to every publisher of a paper. Hear what the Carolinian says of itself and others: "The editor of the Augusta Chronicle lately (TOVO nntipp ?.-> l,i< ctihscvihps to "nan III) or unit." and that in thirty day?, if not paid, their names would he erased. He says: ' The thirty (lays have now elapsed, and we shall proceed to purge our list, by erasing the names of all those to whom the circular was sent, who have not responded. This is, therefore, the last paper that will he sent to their address; and we desire to notify those who will be thus erased, that as soon as we can possibly do so, we shall make up their accounts and publish a complete list of them, for their information, as this course will save us the expense of enclosing their bills asecond time by mail." The Carolinian says: We give our brother our experience in the rash tystrm. When the fire took place in December, .'854, which swept our office and contents, and entailed upon us a heavy debt, we had on our subscription books about $17,000 duo. We sent out various circulars, making the most earnest appeals to our delinquent subscribers to pay up their just debts. We sent circulars to postmasters asking them to collect for us and to retain as commission what they thought right. Our collections from those books amounted to about $2 000.? finding this result of the credit system to be runous, we decided .o adopt the cash system, and to send no paper by mail unless paid for iu advance. We struck from our list 1,000 names, in irrears, and we have saved a large amount of paper, presswork. gas, envelopes, labor of the .mail:r, c&c., &c. The only regret that wc have in this natter is that we did not commerce sooner. Some trumbling occurred, but we believe our subscri jers are all reconciled to the value of the system, ind our papers arc now successfully conducted on he only footing for a newspaper, the cash system. The Southern Baptist says: "Newspaper subscriptions are infallible tests >f man's moral honesty. They will, sooner ?r la er, discover the man. If lie is dishonest lie will :heat the printer in some way?says he has paid vhatlie has u??t?declares he has a receipt some vhere, orscut the money and it was lostin thcraail, >r will take the paper one year and then refuse o pay for it on the ground that he did not subcribe for it?or will move off and leave the paper loming to the office he left. Thousands of professed Christians are dishonest, and the printer's look will tell fearful tales iu the finaucial judg nent." TI1E PAST AND FUTURE. "We take no note of time Hut from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise iu man." There is an old-time fable of a fairy who mitiisered to a wayward genius, till, blessed by her ;ood gifts, all the treasures of earth were his.? "ame, power, love, wealth, thronedoms ami prinipalities, the pomp and glory of this world, the lightest flowers of affection and the truest and ;entlest sympathies, lay at his feet. But after a eason he forgot the good donor, and her gifts, no i ongor regarded as gratuitous blessings, were ooked upon as of small value. Angry at his ingratitude, in a moment his fortune was reversed, is wealth passed away like the ebb of ocean, his arae was forgotten, his friends fell of like autumn eaves, and lone amid his desolation, too late he earned to appreciate what bad passed away forver. So it is with Time. The present moment s little valued until the close ot the year, the nd of some long cycle, like a knell of parted ours, tells us that time i? gliding swiftly like an ,rrow into eternity. Then it is we pause and ook around, and the Past and Future rush upon is. Up fhe sombre aisle of memory comes troopng many a bright form of human beauty that has assed away to the dim land of dreams?many a plendid hope that fluttered gaily in the heart unil blighted like a sere and withered leaf?many a toble aspiration that in thebosom proudly throbbed ill crushed into nothingness?many a mauly rcolve that has faded like a wreath of snow before he syren, ease?many a shattered friendship or lim remembered love, gone never to return. And it is well that these periodical epochs recall 'ividly the flight of time. Landmarks on the nfinitude of eternity, they serve alike to bring j ip in review retrospective visions, and to limner int the far-away future. Before we shall greet our readers again from he editorial sanctum, we will have eutered the hreshold of another cycle, and eighteen hundred ind fifty-seven will be "with the years beyond he flood." We pause before the wizard time, iccause we feel that youth like a river, is flowing apidly from us down the declivity of Age. The movant heart is growing more calm and serene, he locks which twelve months ago were veined vith occasional threads of silver are fast rivalling he frost of winter; the strong mau remembers he time when he was stronger-r-the maiden, who >ut a short time since rejoiced in the capricious "reedom of girl-hood, is now enthralled by deeper unions ; and so it is through all the phases of ifc? eSiljlhuod is running into boy hood, boylood into imtT*4y>od, man-hood into decrepitude, iecrepitude into ttu*>e^v6. Still, Time sto^s not iultw^ireless flight. Gay ind gloomy seasons come anT^*. To morrow jegins the most universal jubilee thatct^m^with lIL the rolling year. The din of labor will ce!N%^ .he brow will relax its care-contracted sternness, ;he jubilant shouts of thoughtless youth will furui :he requiem of the dying year, and all will rejoice n the fullness and careless felicity of the present. In a few weeks the farmer will resume his jares, the busy preparation for a coming crop vill occupy his attention; the merchant with tope and fear will strike the balauce sheets, and he world will begin anew its aunual routiue of msiuets and pleasure. It ie with editors aa with | the rest of mankind, a brief respite and then? j back to busy life again. If we have succeeded in j meeting your approbation, you will do doubt make yourself a New.Years Gift of the E.vQriaF.n. and we will again labor to render it an acceptable fire-side companion, while another year walks its varied round. We wish you all a happy Christmas, ever so many presents, unbounded happiness, an 1 a pro-porous, joyous career during 180S. THE CONCERT. It is pleasant to have our anticipations more than realized, tin! such was the case on Tuesday i evening last, at the Concert given by the ladies of t ie Yorkviile Female College. The gloomy wo.iI ther on Monlay, had dimmed the prospect of a '. /alt night, lut an opportune change brought a j round a pleasant evening. The moon and stars shone out in col l and silent beauty, while in the j brilliantly illuminated Hall, were gathered warm I hearts, bright smiles and sunny looks. We have never se n a more brillimt assemblage, or one that listen? 1 more appreciatively and attentively to tl'.e sweet enchantment of song. And in truth I the music was such as to command attention ami I enchain the ear. We affirm it not on our own judgment nlone, but on the testimony of amateurs, that the Concert was eminently successful, that the young Indies had well improved natural talent, and that their instructors, Messrs. Onoiunn and 1 Mi'U.ER, might justly feel proud of their attaini raents. We have not space for further comments. i va e appemi uie programme. i "Southern Rights Polka," Miss Nettie Stinson i "Columbia, the gem of the Ocean," Crass. "Concert Polka," Miss IIernpon. I "II.iw beautiful appears," Part of Ci.ass. I "Fire-lly Polka," 8 Hands. Song. * Miss Annie Wvlie. "Ravel Polka," Miss Witiikrsi'OON. "King's Mountain Polka," (J Hands "Hird at Sea," Miss S. Apickes. "Carnival a Paris Polka," Miss Williamson. "Maid of the Mill," Miss S. Anderson. March, by Donizetti, S Hands. "What are the wild waves saying?" Miss WiTimnsPOON. | Variations, Miss C. Anderson. "Flirt Polka," Misses Clawson and James. j "A. 15. C. Duett," Miss Wyt.iEand Win. 11. (). "Military Polka," 8 Hands. "Hark ! o'er llie stilly lake," Class. i "Signal March," 4 Hands. j "Murmuring Sea," Miss Antenf.s. { "La l'arisicnne," Miss Colvmri a Hernoon. "Coming through the Ilye," Miss WlTIIERSl'OON. Song. Miss Cri cnet. March from Norma, 1 Hands. "Gypsey Countess," Misses Anderson ami Wvt.tr. j "J5ords tie Rhine," Miss Apickes. ! Variations, Miss Msek. "SAviss Air," 0 Hands. "1 come, 1 come," Class. "California Polka," Miss Her noon. "Laughing Trio," Part or Class. A. P. M. At a regular communication of Philanthropic No 78, A. F. M., held on Monday evening : Inst. the following persons were selected to serve I . as officers for the ensuing year: Col. W. J. BOW EN, If. .V. J. ED. JEFFERYS, A If. JOSEPH A. McLEAN, J. If. S. J. KUYKENDAL, S. D. Dr. J. BLAIR HUNTER, J. I). LEWIS M. GRIST, Secretary. WM. K. IIACKET, Treasurer. DAN'L C. WILLIAMS, 1 EDWARD THOMAS, i S WESLEY CREPS, Tyler. MERE-MENTION. A correspondent of the Carolina Times nominates Hon. Jamf.s H. Irby us a candidate for next Governor."" Vice President Breckenridge, arrived at Washington 011 the ltith instant. J. Milton* Clapp, for twenty years od.tor of the Mercury, died of apoplexy in Charleston on the lGth instant. A boy in the Latin school, gave the passage?"I'omyelus darnel nocte, Co ear pal am et intcriliu" the following rendering: "Pompev ate clams by night, Ctcsarby the pail full and in the day time. It was stated at an antiI Mormon meeting that the arms of Utah consists | of a beo hive, protected by a lion rampant, at whose feet is the American eagle, couchant and badly plucked. A giraffe belonging to the Menagerie of Herr Driesbach & Co., and snic to be the only animal of the kind in America, died at Cincinnati, on Saturday. It was valued at $5,000. A meeting of planters was held in Washington County, Georgia, a few days ago, to adopt measures for shipping cotton direct to Liverpool It was determined to try the experiment with 102 bales, to be shipped froin Savannah by a common factor, as early as the 20th of December. A correspondent of the Washington Uu on writes from Santa Fee, New Mexico, that they have there four kinds of meat for breakfast, rz: "ram, lamb, sheep and mutton." To prevent your hair from coming out, never let ycur wife catch you kissing the servant girl. It is reported that the famous Oen. Tom Thcmb, now in France, is very dangerously ill, and not expected to recover. Twenty-three whiskey establishments in Ohio and Indiana use five millions of bushels of grain annunlly. A Judge in Indiana threatened to fine a lawyer for contempt of court. "T have expressed no contempt for the court," said the lawyer, "on the contrary I have carefully concealed my feelings." The Texas Legislature adjourned on the 25th ult., as a mark of respect to the memory of the I late Gen. Hamilton, of South Carolina. Mr. Pease, the Five Points Missionary, states that there are nearly forty thousand prostitutes in New York city. The New York Herald says the average daily circulation of that paper for the last three months, has been eighty thousand copies. If the Herald preserves the usual accuracy of its statements in this, the absolute circulation may be set down at forty thousand. There are twenty-four newspapers now published in Kansas, of which twelve are Black republican in politics, four aro neutral, and eight are National Democratic. The President's Message was sent to California by special messenger, four days in advance of its publication here. Mayor Wood, of New York, it is said, will refuse to abdicate his place, Insisting that he has yet two years to serve from the first of January next. Longwood, Napoleon's last residence at St. Helena, is used as a corn-mill. The amount expended by I American traveller in Europe is estimated at $10,000,000 annually. Printing on this continent was first used in M?xico, in 1540. It is estimated that over 10,100,000 of br ck have been put into buildings this yea.-. !tt Keokuk, Iowa. In North Carolina fourteen mountain peaks exceed in height Mount Washington. Their range of latitude is from G318 to some Gtfll feet. A petition for divorce has been filed it. the ! Sixth District Court of Alabama, on the ground t,f { the marriage having taken place while the pctii tioner was intoxicated, "without his knowledge, [ procurement or consent." The new Constitu ' tion of Oregon positively prohibits paper money banks. A youngster desires 10 know how guns kick, since they hnve no legs. He is infom ed thnt they kick with their breeches. Punch, in speakiug of hoops?which by the way seem to /sttUjjssert their supremacy among our lady friends ?says*N^p(wjMf tandem ahutcrr Crinolina patentin nostra The Masonic Order in the United States, numbers>m?g300,000 members. Recruits for Walker's Nich^gpa army are advertised for at St. Louis. The bridge over the Coosa river, Ala^JKj^ and Tennessee Rail Road, which was burnt down ^itst summer, has been re-built, the cars now pass j daily over it. Mobilo now ships annually ; 600,000 bales of cotton. The merchant who made the first shipment from that port is now living and in active business. The first vessel he loaded with cotton lie had to send to New Orleans to get dOu bales to fill no. At one Cincinnati , slaughter house alone, no less than thirty thousand one hundred and seventy-five fat, corn-fed hogs, chiefly from Kentucky and Indiana, have , been slaughtered in seventeen working days !? 1,7(54 hogs per day. At an election for Clerk of tiie Court for Fairfield District, on Wednesday, (? V>\ Woomv.tnn was chosen by a very small | majority. He received 507 votes, 0. It. Tit' Ml'j son .".til, at;d S. It. Stirmm:, 175. The ] Washington Slor tells of n church in that remarkj able city where a part of the religious exercises 'consists of kissing. '-The Charleston Xnr.t ' says that the Ilomcstcnd Law of this State lias I been repealed. A Yankee, writing from the | West to Ids father, speaking of its great inatrimo' nial facilities, says: "Suppose you get our girls j some new teeth, and send them out." The funeral of Gen. Worth, provided for by the New York city authorities, coat over $5000, yet Mrs. i Worth lias been permitted to offer to mortgage I lier husband's swords to get bread. A slight j shock of an earthquake was felt in Charleston, j on Saturday last. No damage done. The | State of Virginia i? n..w encumbered by a debt of | $fl(t,000.000. The people are taxed to the utmost j limit of their resources and their pntience. I IHB LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS. As we publish elsewhere the Acts of the Legislature, we will not attempt a full summary of its i:_?? liS*. rl... f. lWinn. n-onltn. j piuuixuiug? siiivcuur jn*i. ? ??v hv..?.v | nu'n wore elected Trustee: of the South Carolina j College: R. W. Darnwel!. W. 1*. B . Sauesuro, J. I Izard Middlcton, J. A. luglis, J. I,. Manning, I J. L. Pettigrew, James Farrow. C (J. MemtninI gcr, W. E. Cnrn, Thomas Smith, J. H. Menus, j T. N. Dawkins, J. II. Adams, S. McAlily, John I S. Preston, J. II. Thornwcll, F. J. Moses, T. I C. Pcrrin, John Buchanan, B. F. Perry, j A bill passed providing for the establishment of j a Normal School in this State. In the debate on ! the bill, Mr. Cnrn, of St. Bartholomew's said: j Mr. President: There is one view of this subject which has not been alluded to by Senators, j which to my mind is conclusive. We hnveestnhi lished a college for young men?we have set up ! military schools at Charleston and Columbia for , males?we arc spending thousands and tens of ! thousands upon railroads, but this is the first I proposal which has been ninde for the education j and benefit of females?of those who are to be I the wives and mothers of mtr citizens. What i more noble, whnt more important object can be , proposed to the Senate, than to raise the standard [ of female education? to make intelligent mothers I ?to rear up women who may he fit companions [ for educated and well-inforrned men? I This bill not only proposes to give to women the advantages of liberal education, but to train J them for an employment for which they are i eminetly fitted. Jt gives tliem the means of pre' paring themslves, not only as pupils, but as ! teachers, nnd opens to them a field of honorable I and useful independence. Shall we daily vote | away so many appropriations for the education of j one sex. nnd refuse it to the other? Surely not. ; This bill, for the first time, recognizes the claims I of those whom we nre bound to cherish nnd proI tect, and if the sum asked for to establish this ' School were double the amount named in this bill. I would freely grant it. I trust the Senate will j concur in this view of the matter, nnd initiate j this effort to advance female education. We may add that the Legislature adjourned on j Monday last. Our members we believe have all ] reached home in safety. ? - ? ?? ? ? THE MORMON QUESTION. I The Mormons form another instance of the | thousand and one fanatical sects who have arisen ' like bubbles on the surface of the religious world, j Like others of the snme fanatical and ultra char j ncter, they blend the most opposite and inconsis tent principles. They may be appropriately termed stoical voluptuaries. Paradoxical as this may seem, it is in accordance with the usual ec centric phenomena of human nature. Men in or tier to grntifiy some favorite propensity, will console themselves by partial stoicism, and be a* strict and ascetic in some respects as they are lax and dissolute in others. All such fanaticism has its origin in the contending principles of good and evil, and such is the fallacy and infatuation of the human intellect, that those most religiously disposed frequently become the dupes of the most loathsome and unnatural dogmas. It is only on this principle that we can suppose the Mormons, as a sect, sincere in their belief. And we think they evince as much sincerity as other religious fanatics Believing this, we doubt the policy of any movement, which will give the least sanction to the cry of persecution. There is nothing which we prize so much as liberty, while at the same time there is nothing so hateful as oppression, especially that most odious of all its phases?religious intolerance We suppose tho following views by ex-Mormon-cider Hyde, which we find in the C'oroli/iinn, are substantially correct, and as the Mormon war is assuming a determined aspect, it will be a matter of interest to our readers: He commenced by denouncing the practice of polygamy, as contrary to Scripture, to reason and to nature; degrading the Anglo Saxon woman down to the level of the Circassian. He drew his il lustrations frcm the condition of the Mormons? depicted a comparison between thorn and ourselves. Pnlygamists knew not what home was?a home, with its happy family group, instinct with pure motives; the father loved by his wife, honored by his children ; never disturbed by wild passion nor agitated by nching doubts?a home, where love like a rain-bow rests over all at peace beneath it. The lecturer now viewed the Mormon home as it was; Brighani with his twenty-five wives, Kimball's eighteen, Taylor's seven, and so on.? Tlie women were corrupt and vile, cmiuren precocious anil depraved, unhealthy and doomed to disease and death at an early age. There can be no happiness without love, and no love without jealousy, ifthat love be divided. Jealousy is not an evil; it is not a wrong. It is but the natural result of wrong inflicted upon the honest heart. There must be no second love: Love is a flow'r That blooms upon a plain; And when 'tis pluek'd no earthly pow'r Can make it bloom again! The lecturer again affirmed that it was an error I to suppose that all who entered the fraternity had ! previous knowledge of the practice of polygamy j amongst them, for previous to lboll, nothing of j the sort had been promulgated by them. The ; Mormon Bible, the Book of Mormon, Joseph I Smith's writings, and the declarations of Kimball, j | Young and Taylor, are cited by the missionaries ! . to controvert the assertions of those who charge i ! them with it. Why do not the women leave when ' they find they share the undivided love of their ' i husbands? There is a stronger inlluencc exerted 1 i over tlicui than either conjugal or parental love, j It is the ?ame influence that causes the heathen ; i women to throw herself upon the funeral pyre, or i j her child into the Gauges ; that causes the old I I man to cast his first born son beneath the reeking I wheels of Juggernaut. It was the same that in- : | spired the Crusaders. It was a religious fanati-! cistn. I'oliganiy is the only evil among Mormons j ' of which the rest of the world have reason to com- i ! plain. The people are industrious and frugal, and j lucn grunt cuuigjr is suuwu iu iucii ?w??*vj vu u?u iiud prosper in the barren region in which they ; dwell. But they have become traitors now; and !i the practical question is, "how may they be subI u?ed?" They nre military people, nnd of their | CO,t/10 citizens, they number 8 000soldiers?every ; man tinned to arms and inured to active service. I They hu\? manufactories and every facility for procuring hr,j making articles of warfare. Their natural position is advantageous, shut out from the world by ruggtJ mountains, and only accessible through narrow gorges, which a mere handful might defend against an anny. * * * * * They boast that they can hold out against a j siege of three years; but this is false. Their re sources are sleuder. Yet their position is one ; which may bo compared to the Tyrol, the key of | Austria. If driven to the inotrntajns they could ! yet inflict incalculable injury uponaptr?<uuiig arI my. He cited the example of the Swiss uiaTtra*d. v female warriors, who harrassed the grand army of Napoleon from the impregnable fastnesses of vfheir mountain gorges. The hills of Utah would prove a second Switzerland; for the Mormon men , and women were as heroio ; were impelled by sd j enthusiasm as ardent, and an infatuation as com- ( plete. Tiic idea of r/tirpatiny them is a? rash as it is absurd. Persecution is the very soul of sue- j cess. "The blood of the martyrs is the seed of , the church." Hundreds of innocent men and wo- | men might he killed?innocent, because they are not conscious of their own folly?but Mormonism j ?the principle will still live and flourish. But i let your constituencies appeal to your Representatives, your Representatives to Congress, that you will not tolerate polygamy. REMARKS OF DIR. BUVCE. The death of .ludge Hitler was announced in the Senate by Judge Evans and in the House by our immediate representative, lion. W. W. Bovce. We subjoin the remarks of Mr. Boyck : Mr. Boyce said: Mr. Speaker, the resolutions ! before the House announce the death of Andrew j Pickens Hi tler, a late Senator from the State of i I South Carolina. It is my melancholy privilege to add my feeble tribute of respect to the more im- j . posing proceedings of the Senate. Judge Butler departed this life on tlm 25th day j of May, A. D. 1857, at Stonelands, his residence, j j in Edgefield district, South Carolina. He died in j | the midst of his friends and kindred, receiving , j from them every kindness the most devoted aflVc: tion could suggest, and In- last visions of earth were of those scenes most endeared to him by the memories of his past life. Judge Butler's health was somewhat impaired at the close of the last Congress, but no serious i consequences were apprehended, so that the rapid j and fatal termination of his disease was in a great ] degree unexpected. I Judge Butler was born on the 18th day of Noj veinber, 1790, in Edgefield district. South Carolina, j 1 His father rendered distinguished services to the 1 Whig cause in the groat war of our Revolution, | and his mother was a woman of great strength of i mind and unusual force of character. The subject of my remarks, after receiving a I course of intellectual training under the best in- j structors. was entered as a student of the South ( ' Carolina Colleee. where lie soon rrnve eviilonan nf j great promise, ami where he subsequently gradu ated with distinction. Upon completing his col- ; j legiate course, he devoted himself with ardor to the study of the law, choosing the same path so many j great minds have taken to distinction. Upon his admission to the bar, his success was rapid and brilliant; his vigorous mind and impulsive energy soon placing him in the front rank of the profts| sion. In 1833 lie was called by the Legislature of South Carolina to a seat on the bench of the supreme court, which position iic held until his eiection to the United Slates Senate in 1846, as the colleague of Mr. Calhoun. It was from this pc riod he became known to the people of the United States, his reputation previously having been confined to his own State. His services in the Sen ate were active and important. His position as chairman of the Judiciary Committee required hint j to take cognizance of a class of cases of great ! delicacy and interest?contested elections?for the proper consideration of which he was peculiarly fitted, by his freedom from party bias. During his senatorial career some of the most agitating questions arose which have ever convulsed the public mind, in the consideration of which he bore i liis full share of responsibility. Indeed, during his long term of service in the Senate, there was hardly an important debate in which he did not take a prominent part. Upon all questions in our foreign relations he was firm, yet discreet; and upon sectional questions, while steadfastly insisting upon the constitutional rights of the South, he was eminently con scrvative. It is not my purpose, however, to refer with minuteness to his senatorial history. He has made his own record upon the pages of our congressional annals, to which the student of politi cal philosophy may turn with interest and advantage. Judge Butler's intellectual gifts were remark able. His mind was strong, fertile, acute, quick, and suggestive. He did not arrive at his conclu sions by slow gradations of reasoning, but he bounded to them with impetuosity. His discourses were not regular chains of ratiocination ; his mind was too ardent for this slow process.? He came at once to his strong points, and stated them in graphic language. He did not pursue his subject by the dim twilight of a cold logic; | he seized it promptly and bore it with him, illuminating the flight of his genius with perpetual flashes. In him mind and body were in more remark able accord than any orator to whom I have ever listened. Yon could almost hear the breathings of his heart in the tones of his voice. He had all the j attributes of the orator?mind, body, soul, all i gave their assurance and their aid. His eloquence was not the eloquence of art; it was the eloquence of nature. Nothing could be more simple than his style of speaking It was nature?pure nature?sublimated, indeed, by a poetic temprnment, and chastened by the study of the great masters. A strong mind, imagination all compact, words that burn, a noble heart, a commanding person, a b dd and fiery spirit, all wreaking themselves upon expression, were the secrets of his power. Beside t this occult spell and tnysterv of eloquence, Judge Butler also had, in a remarkable degree, what Cicero so much commends: honi soiatoria prurtentia?the prudence of a good Senator; and herein consisted a striking and distinctive trait in his intellectual organization?in his emotions all impulse; in his actions he was all prudence. But in his moral attributes he towered still more proudly eminent. He was a man of an ex quisite sense of honor. His soul was full of authentic fire. He contemplated human life from the stand point of an elevated moral grandeur. He was tho material out of which heroes are made ; and if fate had so willed it, like Bayard or Russel, or his heroic brother, Pierce Butler, who fell 1 at the head of the Palmetto regiment, he would have sublimely died under the most malignant j star. Such was Andrew Pickens Butler, no common- ' place man, dwarfed by materialism, but a reul man. His majestic form, his noble bead silvered o'er with the frosts of age, rise even now before me, and I think of a Roman Senator in the best days of the great Republic, when Pyrrhus and the unwonted elephant vrere despised. I never went into the Senate Chamber, and looked upon that august body, in the midst of which, near his approved friends, the Senators from Virginia, sat 1 this venerable man, but that I felt proud to see 1 my State so worthily represented. But he is no mure; he sleeps in the bosotn of his native Sta-c, which he loved so well: the sombre pine forests of the land of the sun, unheeded, sigh their uncensing requiem over his grave. Peace and honor to his memory. He is one of ( the Inst of a constellation of great men, which j South Carolina, with a singular prodigality, gave to the service of the Federal Government. His name will shortly be but a memory. We, too, < will soon trend the dark nassmre of flio tomb. through which he iias pastas!, nn<I other representatives, strangers to liiin and to us, will walk ' these halls. The paths of glory have no exit hut the grave. Lite is but a brief episode in the great drama of immortality, and death but an event in that episode. Let us, then, so act our parts as to meet that inevitable event with fortitude, and justify, if not a place in the pantheon of history, at least a place for some short space iu tin recollections I of good men. I offer the following: I Resolved, That this House has heard with ddep i sensibility the announcement of the death or An- i drew Pickens Butler, late a Senator in Congress from the State of South Carolina. lie solved. That as a testimony of respect for the J memory of the deceased, the members and officers | of this House wear the usual badge of mourning j for thirty days. j Resolved, That the proceedings of this House in i relation to the death of Andrew Pickens Butler | be communicated to the family of the deceased by ! the Clerk. Resolved, That as a further remark of respect i for the memory of the deceased this House do now adjourn. , Senator Hammond. We see by the following letter iu the Barnwell Sentinel, that Senator Hammond has declined the dinner tendered him by the people of Barnwell District. ItEDCLirrE, Dec. 8, 1857. j Gentlemen?I have received your letter inviting me, in the imme of the people of Barnwell, to a public dinner. Ou ful. reflection, I have concluded, contrary to my inclinations, to decline it. 1 I have been most unexpectedly summoned by onr State to represent her in the Federal Senate, I at a moment when it seems that issues of the c most vital import aro about to be tried. I am . O.rtt T ti.mn in 2ft nnnrj nlinnffAil nn J1U I) linillf A. illUVj 1 U WW J VU4 C) WUWIigVU V/* materially modified auy of my views of the Fed- a eral Constitution or the principles upon which it n should be interpreted and curried out by the Fed- t eral Government, but I have been for some years so inattentive to the details of affairs, that I * should be unwilling, in view of the responsibilities 1 that rest upon me, to commit myself to any special |, course of action until I reach Washington, ascertain facts, and apply the test of principles to 1 what may be urged as expedient. f ~W*re 1 to meet you now, it would be improper c that I ^tlnuU^spenk to you of anything but our , personal relation?; and my emotions would whol ly prevent my doing that. What could I say ? At 11 an oarly age I settled myself as a Farmer, in a a remote and obscure corner of your District?ask- i ing and expecting nothing of a public character; , and using no arts, but to do what I found to do, with all my might. You took mo by tho hand ; ' you brought me forward: and, for more than a j i quarter of a century, you have reposed unwaver- i ( ing confidence in me. Not only now, but on eery i occasion during that long period you have sustained me with a warmth of affection, a firmness j of purpose, and an unanimity that can hardly be | i parallelled. If every earthly interest of mine was not inex- I tricably wrapped up with yours, I should be a [ 1 monster if I could be unfaithful to you. Nor would T be less one if untrue to my old Congressional District, and our generous, confiding and beloved State, for which we are all ready to sacrifice, at any moment, all we have and are. On my return from Washington, I will seek an early opportunity to meet mv Barnwell friends, and give them freely and faithfully my opinions on affairs. Very respectfully, yourobd't serv't, i J. II. Hammond. j Messrs. A. P. Aldrich, J. Patterson, I. M. Hutson, W. A. Owens, and J. J. Brown. WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE. Washington, Dec. 19, 1857. Roueut J. Walker has at last resigned, and the papers are to-day full of his pronunciamento. The great burthen of his argument is popular sovereignty. the right of the people to govern themselves. He is absurd enough to think that the ^ North will take him up for the Presidency. B ut he counts without his host; he has made his last shuffle on the political board, and departs forever j luiu iujii purgi* lurjf ui kiuuuiuus iuvu?|iu*uic life. Let him go. lie was a political charlatan 1 not without talents, hut certainly without principies. It is snid his relations with the Administration are less hostile than .Judge Douglass.? The Administration is willing to let Walker go gently, but it is said they wish to "yerk" Douglass "under the fifth rib." Walker is in nobody's way. Douglass is, hence the difference. Douglass has interposed almost insurmountable obstacles between himself and the Presidency. The 1 Black-Republican's hate him worse than they do 1 "hell-pains," and though they may use him, will ' never enrol under his banner. The South will 1 henceforth look upon him with suspicion. The Secretary of the Treasury is calling on Congress urgently for authority to issue $20,000,- , 000 in Treasury notes! It is a matter of course j that the measure should pass. Buf it would have ^ been well if o recommendation of great economi- j zing and reductions could have accompanied this demand for Treasury notes. But this seems nevcr to have occurred to the Secretary. Indeed, ( economy is not popular here. The South-Easteru \ States "ish for a high tariff; the North-Western States wish a large surplus, because they want their rivers and harbors repaired, &c. Therefore, an economical Government is not in as much de- 1 mand here, as might be imagined. This Government will never be well administered until we i have direct taxation. Then each member will represent a tax-paying constituency, and economy ' will be the "wntchword and reply." | We have an Educational Convention in full blast here now. I imagine it will do no harm. The Representatives are in their new Hall. It , does not give as much satisfaction as was expected. It is too large. Otherwise as a hall, saying ' nothing of the decorations, which are rather gau- 1 dy, it's well enough. But the hall is very large, j and a great deal of noise and confusion generally going on, makes it still difficult for the speakers to ' be heard. j I saw General Hbnxixgsen in the street to-day. He is a fine speeiinen of the soldier of fortune.? 1 He is tall, martial looking, and is here sounding , about to see what can be done to help Walker in < Nicaragua. Great interest is felt by Southern ' men in Walker. The man Walker may not succeed, but the cause must ultimately do so. It is the march of destiny. The Central-American States, stable and prosperous under Anglo Saxon influence, in sympathy with the South and her institutions, will be an immense stride in the right < direction. CATAWBA. CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENCE. , Charleston, Dec., 21. ' The long looked for, and long delayed Report i of the Board of Directors of the South Carolina ' Institute made its appearance in the ,Standard yesterday morning, and in that paper alone, as I see that the Evening Xetrs nor either of the other < morning papers have as yet noticed it. In the preface to the Report the Board very modestly , suggests a change in the mode, character and man- l agement of future exhibitions, and propose that a broader field of operations be adopted and a higher ground assumed. They indulge the hope that i at some future day Southern apprentices will awaken to the importance of the subject, and in- ' fuse uew life and energy into its influence and operations. To the rising generation we must look < for the development of the mechanic arts at the South. One of the most lively and interesting features < of our gay and dashing city at this season of the year is the numerous Anniversary Meetings of Fire and Military Companies, and all other kinds \ af benevolent and social Institutions and Societies, i On Saturday evening last I was one of the invited guests who were present at the celebration of the Fifteenth Anniversary of the Hope Fire Engine ( Company. The exercises were closed by a supper at Hammond's Refectory on King street, where everything was furnished that could adorn a ta- ] ble, or luiuistertu the comfort of a hungry man. The attendance was large and the festivities, ac- c compatiied by songs, speeches and sentiments, . were kept up with much life and spirit to a late aour. 1 On to-morrow evenine the New England Society will assemble at the Mills House at five o'clock in ( the afternoon for the purpose of celebrating their ' thirty ninth Anniversary, and the two hundred s ind thirty-seventh celebration of the landing of j the Pilgrims. The society is a very large oue, T jomposed of many of our leading merchants and ^ professional men, and a gay and happy time is j expected. The dinner, the sentiments and the speeches arc always fine, and some extra touches ' ' in every department are expected this time. On Saturday morning nbout nine o'clock our J a citizens were thrown into a state of alarm by an j 8 inusual agitation of the earth and all the movea- i ^ jle articles upon its heretofore quiet surface.? j \fter the vibrations, which lasted only a few sec- | C >nds. had subsided, and the momentary panic | ^ which succeeded it had, iu a measure passed a- i way, and mental and physical equanimity had j 1 been restored, shrewd guesses begau to be made ! is to what this unusual phenomenon could be at- | ' ributed to, and the majority seemed to favor the s tpinion that it was a genuine young earthquake. ' riie shock was quite perceptible, occurring in a ^ cries of vibratory motions from east to west, and ! v naking quite a rattling among the furniture.? Vofessor Gums of the Charleston College notices 1 t at some length in the Courier of this morning. ; ^ Officer Hicks of this city, assisted by officer : r?Bi) of Augusta, succeeded in arresting in that t< ity, on Friday last, a noted forger and robber who " ind been passing under Tarious assumed names, c: mong which was Bernard, Simmons, Fernandez, 1 ind others. He had recently stolen a trunk from j c he Hev. B. B. Sams of this citv, which he, in 1 ? . , ' P lis hurried departure, had left behind him, and ind written back to the landlord with whom he ti lad stopped, to forward it to him at Augusta, 11 vhich was eventually the cause of his detection, ' ^ is he was arrested while receiving it in the office ! if Adam's Express Company in Augusta. Officer n Iicks brought him back to Charleston in irons, j a aid he was immediately committed for larceny on ' c . warrant iflsued by Magistrate Kiukwood. He I d s nn Englishman, and quite young, not being more than twenty-one years of age, but he is an adept in crime, and has probably followed it from i boy. He forged several checks on banks in this :ity and Columbia, sercrnl of which were found upon his person. Our citizens were aroused from their quiet slumbers at half past five o'clock on Sunday morning by the startling cry of fire, the rattle of engines and the ringing of bells. On repairing to the spot it was found to proceed from a brick building, No 61. Market street, owned by C. J. Beckman, and used as a grain store and grist mill. The fireman were promptly on the spot, but from the combustible nature of the contents, and the consequent rapid spread of the flames, it was found to be impossible to save the building, or any of the stock. By the extraordinary exertions of the firemen, the conflagration was confined to the locality of its origin, and the surrouttding buildings were saved from sharing a common fate. The building and stock were insured for four thousand five hundred dollar-,but which will not be sufficient to cover the loss sustained. Wacgh's splendid panorama of Italy will be opened this evening for exhibition at Hibernian Hall. It is as much admired for the truth and life likeness of its sketches, as for its merits as a fine painting, both of which combined have rendered it exceedingly popular wherever it has been exhibited. It will doubtless have a good run in Charleston, and receive that patronage and encouragement which its merits deserve.? Mabie's Circus also opens to night on the Citadel Srecn, and wiii draw immensely among the luvemies ana colorea people, as circuses and negro minstrels always do. It is astonishing in what different channels the tastes of the people will run. The benefit of John Dyatt, the accomplished \ctor and celebrated tragedienne, is announced for this evening, and as he is very popular, both as a man and an actor, he will more than likely have i crowded house. He appears as Othello, assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Marchant as Iago and Desdemona. The fifteenth number, completing the first rolumo of the " Fossils of South Carolina" has nst been issued from the press, and is, in all respects adequate to expectations excited by former issues, and fully sustains the reputation >f the authors and editors, professors Tuomey ind Holmes. I am happy to learn that the State subscription for two thousand copies will be continued. MAGNOLIA. Llat of Act*. acts originating in the senate. 1. An Act to provide for the further maintenance of the peace of this State in relation to iueling. 2. An Act to provide for the establishment of 1 Normal School in this State. 3. An Act to provide for the administration of ierelict estates. 4. An Act to increase the amount of the official bond of the Tax Collector of Lexington. 5. An Act to declare the tenure of lots on Sullivan's Island. 6. An Act to increase the number of the Commissioners of Free Schools for Lexington District. 7. An Act to extend the powers of the Coramislioners of Free Schools of the Parishes of St. Philip and St. Michael. 8. An Act to amend the law in relation to grants for Catawba Indian lands. 9. An Act to establish the boundary line between the Districts of Sumterand Clarendon. 10. Au Act to afford aid in completing the Spartanburg and Union Railroad. 11. An Act to amend the law in relation to trading with slaves. 12. An Act to authorize the United States to purchase a sufficient quantity of land in the city of Columbia, for the erection of a Post Office and a Court House. 13 An Ap# tn nmpnrl fin \ot to PQtahliah n Ri. He Batalliou in the Parishes of St. Philip and St. Michael. 14. An Act to increase the penalty for setting fire to the woods. 15. An Act to protect the owners of neat cattle. 16. An Act to incorporate Trustees of the Reidville High Shoals. 17. An Act to incorporate the Palmetto Savings Institution in the city of Charleston. 18. A Bill to nmend the Constitution of the 3tnte so that the election district of Claremont shall hereafter be known and designated by the iame of Sumter, and so that the election district if Liberty shall hereafter be known and designated by the name of Marion. ACTS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 1. An Act to establish certain roads, bridges ind ferries, and to renew certain charters hereto"ore granted. 2. An Act to incorporate certain societies, assojiations and companies, and to renew and amend the charters of others. 3. An Act to incorporate the Edisto Lumber md Timber Pond Coiupni y. 4. An Act for the suspension of certain sections of certain Acts, and for other purposes. 5. An Act to authorize the issue of bonds or stock, for the purpose of continuing the construction of the New State House. 6. An Act to punish wilful neglect or misconluct by railroad conductors and engineers. 7. An Act to make malicious trespasses indictible. 8. An Act to incorporate the South Carolina Copper Company. 9. An Act for the relief of prosecutors and witscsses in criminal cases not capital. 10. An Act to amend an Act, entitled "An Act to alter the law in relation to the action of trover and for other purposes. 11. An Act to provide for the sale of certain ands belonging to the State. 12. An Act to incorporate the Columbia Ice company. 13. An Act to renew and amend the charter of he town of Barnwell. 14 An Act to incorporate the Cheraw and Coals field Railroad Company in South Carolina. 15. An Act to incorporate certain religious and iharitable societies, and societies for the advancenent of education, and to renew and amend the iharters of ethers heretofore incorporated. 16. An Act to incorporate certain towns and tillages and to renew and amend certain charters leretofore granted. 17. An Act to renew and amend the charter of lokesbury School, at Cokesbury, in Abbeville )istrict. 18. An Act to incorporate the Relief Loan Asociation of Charleston. 19. An Act to iuconorate the Santee and Sam tit Cunal Company. 20. An Act to regulate appeals in cases arising tnder the ordinances of the City Council of Chareston. 21. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act or the remuneration of Peter, of George Pencil nd of Scott" 22. An Act to authorize the appointment of an dditional magistrate for Pickens District, to reide at Tunnel Hill. 23. An Act to incorporate Pickens Court House Ihurch. 24. Au Act to charter the Port Royal Railroad lompanv. 25. An Act to alter and amend the law in reition to the qualification of jurors. 20. An Act to incorporate the Cashier's Valley 'urnpike Company. 27. An Act to incorporate the Sassafras Gap 'urnpike Company. 28. An Act to amend the charter of the town of ummerville. 29. An Act to incorporate the "Independent ras Company of Columbia." 30. An Act to incorporate the tillage of Greenrood. 31. An Act to test in the City Council of Char 28ton the fee simple of the Quard House lot. 32. An Act to exempt managers of election rom the performance of ordinary militia duty. 33. An Act to repeal an Act, entitled "An Act a increase the amount of property exempt from :vy and sale," ratified the sixteenth day of Deember, in the year of our Lord one thousand ight hundred and fifty-one. 34. An Act to incorporate the Protestant Episopal Church Building Society of South Carol <>a. 3-3. An Act to exempt the Beaufort Beat Comany from Regimental and Battalion Reviews. 30. An Act to vest the title of the State in cerlin escheated property in sundry persons therel mentioned. 37. An Act to declare and establish the mililry divisions of Sumter and Clarendon Districts. 38. An Act to raise supplies for the year comtencing in October, one thousand eight hundred ud fifty-seven. 39. An Act to make appropriations for the year ommencing in October, one thousand eight bunreu fijty-aeveo.