Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Scraps & Jfacts. A paper out West has for its motto, "good will to all men who pay promptly.? : Devoted to news, fun and making money." j The Somerset (New Jersey) 117/ ig j says there i3 a hostler in Somerville, who [ carries a watch that weighs two pounds and j three and a half ounces. The metal of the ; watch is said to be worth for melting, ?oG. j Lucy Stone having refused to pay the ! tax upon her property iu New York, upon the ; ground that she is denied all those privil- j eges and rights of citizenship which are al-, lowed the male sex, the collect*,.., it is j thought, will test by law the validity of Lu- 1 cy's plea. Christmas day was signalized by a i snow-storm throughout North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland. In some parts of Virginia it fell to a depth of twelve and fifteen in ehes. In Maryland it wasouly three inches i in depth. The storm was travelling in a north- ! easterly direction. The magnificent carriage presented to ; General Pierce soon after his inauguration as j President, and used by him during his so-' journ at the White House, was sold at auc- j tion in Boston last week, "for the benefit of j the poor of Concord," to whom it had been I donated. It brought 8410, and was purehas-! ed by the owners of a Boston livery stable. The Treasury Notes, the Washington Union says, will be ready for issue in about three weeks. The Assistant Treasure at New York, advertises that he is ready to receive deposits on account of the issue of the notes, which are to bear interest at the rate of three per cent, per annum, and to be issued in sums of 8100, 8500, and 81,000, at the option of those who take them. X. P. Banks, Member of Congress j from Massachusetts, was chosen Governor of that Sate in November last. The Guberna-, torial term did not commence till January, j so the economical Banks did not resign his membership, but went on to Washington, and having, under the resolution lately passed, drawn pay for a fall session?83,000? pocketed the money, aud, thereupon resigned, to assume the Governor's chair. The Pittsburg Despatch, 11th ult., records a singular case of superstition in that city : A German, now residing in the fifth ward, married in Germany several years since. lie adored his wife, and during the lmnovmnnn n nnmnict was entered into that induced by that indomitable little woman, Mrs. Myra Clark (laines in her famous ease. She brings forward various witnesses, engravers, writing masters, and other experts, to show that the signature of her father, Daniel Clark, affixed to various documents, is a forgery. An interesting point in this connection is the testimony to the effect that these signatures were executed with a steel pen, whereas it is well known that, at the time of their date, 1704, steel pens were not then in use. The Mobile Mercury says, without question, the greatest natural living'c-uriosity of this or any other country, is now on exhibition on Royal street, opposite Odd Fellows' Ilall. It is a living negro child, with two heads, four arms aud four legs. It is six years old, very intelligent, speaks with both mouths sings well, waltzes and keeps time. This much the bills say, but the beholder cannot dismiss from his miud that lie sees two children, though, strictly speakiug, there is but one. The connection is with the spine, and the best physiologists of Europe and this country have pronounced it one individual child. "Ixion," the Washington correspondent of the South, describes the notorious Sumner, of Massachusetts, as " a large tall Senator, who sits near the main entrance (of the Senate Chamber.) Ilis posture is one of the most inimitable conceit, with his head raised, his eyes elevated and resting on a pleasant vacancy, his body turned superciliously away from the neighboring Senators, and without even the least sigu of attention to betray his consideration for any thing that is passing arouud him. This huge coxcomb, with his hair so tenderly parted, and his big, white hands so constantly engaged in stroking himself, still smiling and talking to the lickspittles that surround him, is that pampered, cane-marked hound, Charles Sumner." At the commencement of the actiou on board the frigate JWsu/'-nt, a ball, an S-pouud shot, from the came over the waist cloths of the IWsub nt, and such was the force of the ball that it actually cut off, without throwing them dowu, the muzzles of several of the muskets, (which had been left there by the marines,) from six to eight inches in length; killed one marine; took oft' the wrist of a midshipman, Mr. Montgomery; killed another, Mr. Bird; and finally lodged upon the deck, and was taken below by the narrator of this, and shown to Lieutenant Dallas, who took it in his hand and wrote upon it with chalk, "Cousin, I have received your preseent and will return it to you again ;" then clapping it in a gun himself, fired the piece; and it is a remarkable fact that it actually killed several of the officers and men on board the Bvlcvb-re, and finally lodged in the cabin of that vessel, and was afterwards hung up in the Bclvithre's cabin as a globe during the .war.? Portland Stavdnrd. CJeforMe (Inquirer F.niTKl> BY JOHN Ii. MILLER JOSEPH H. BLACK. YORKVILLE, S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 7, 1858. TIIK YEAR 1S.V*. ' Oh ! what concerns it him whose way Li'X iijjirurd to ///. immortal drad. That a few hairs are turning gray, Or one more year of life has fled?" In the above quoted lines, Mrs. Norton has embodied the confidence and resignation of the truly faith-lit soul as well as the sublime idea of immortality. The glorious visions, the loveliness, the felicity that has passed away forever?it is idle to regret, but it is not vain to recount. Each image of the past that haunts our memory is but a monitor of our destiny, and it were well could each of us realize the idea of death?the terrible passage through the "valley of the shadow of death" into nothingness?and like the dying Mo """j? r whoever died first, the other was to survive but three days after. The wife died on Tuesday, and agreeably to arrangement the husband dies to-day. He firmly believes his end is near, and we arc informed was visited by his spiritual adviser ou Thursday. It is said that 31 r. Orr, the present Speaker of the House of Ilepresentatives, has announced his determination to enforce strictly the rule prohibiting the custom of bringing liquors into that part of the capitol un :_1 tl:? ;* uer nis especial uuarge. i ma, u otuwij followed out, is a species of reform very much needed, and cannot hut be productive of the best effects. It is unfortunate, however, that he connot extend the operation of the rule so as to prevent certain notorious members from surrepetitiously bringing the article to the building iu their stomachs. It may be interesting to our readers to know that Commodore Hiram Paulding, who lias attaiued considerable notoriety, by his summary proceedings against Cen. "Walker, is the youngest son of that Paulding, who, with two other farmer-soldiers of New York, seized Major Ander in the Revolution, and thus prevented the consummation of Arnold's treacherous designs. Some of the Northern papers pretend to discover an analogy between the two cases in which father and son acted, and to justify the conduct of both, upon the same grounds. The New Orleans Picayune. says that some new and unexpected evidence has been zakt prepare our own requiem. But death lies concealed behind a distant mountain, and we only see the flowers clambering up its sides, until the invisible monster lays his pallid hand upon the beautitul and they are not. I low exquisitely lias Poe expressed the shadowy approach of tl?is stealthy foe: "A wiud blew out of a cloud chilling My beautiful Annabel Lee.'' Hut our New-Year's greeting should be more sanguine and joyous? "Let the dead past bury its dead. " What matters it that clouds have come, since the rainbow has quickly followed, and spanned lovably the over-arching sky? What matters it that fond expectations have been crushed?that air-castles have crumbled away?that beleagering shadows of the past flit fantastically through the dim aisles of memory ? From the ruins of the treasured shrines of Hope, phoenix-like, a broader, more manly ambition will rise, and at last when life is "rounded witha sleep," one and all, we too, will pass into the 3halowy realm. But the "Living Present" is yet ours. The tangible and palpable stretch before us. This is emphatically a 11 ? f..._ k.lof cnnunnc ftf rPnnSH worKing vonu. ic? vnv* c-?j a few green isies of rest scattered sparsely over the broad ocean of existence?an occasional lifting of the soul from the dull realm of prose iuto the clear, bright atmosphere of poetry?then back to busy, selfish, jostling life agaiu. And it is well, if, standing on the threshold of a new year, we enn look the matter-of-fact world full iu the face, and unrepiningly meet the duties of life which are "more than life." There is no greater blessing than a cheerful aud contented heart. "The bird of the wilderness So blythesome and cumberless," soaring sky-ward in its morning gladness, should typify the eternal spring-time of the well-regulated soul. IVc hope our readers may begin the new-year, as the lark the day, with a matin song of joy. "I.lythesome and cumberless" may they tread amid" the roses of spring, the luxuriant vegetation of summer, the waving harvests of autumn and the desolation of winter. And when another new-year shall have arrived may it find them buoyant ami light-hearted, despite a few gray hairs or a few moments gone forever. J CIIRIST5IAS, ETC. I / "A little nonsense now and then / Is relished by the wisest men." There is a fine old air beginning, "Christmas I conies but once a year" &c., which most of our readers have heard and doubtless appreciated.? j Not having a good ear for music, we have nothing to do with the melody of this popular song, and only mention it tn fissnnt for the sound philosoj phyjnculeated. Fully impressed with its ortlio [ dox spirit, some of the young loius in and anout | Vorkville, wisely Jetormineil to enjoy the passing j moments as they Hew. Christmas was duly in? augurated by a part}* at the ' I'almetto" on the 23d ult. It was quite a pleasant and liilarous hop, and as the participants "chased the glowing hours with flying feet," we did not envy the would-be-sanctimonious Puritanism of those who "never dance." On the night following, there was a new-fangled old-fashioned sport?quite a r.ini uris in Vorkville. however?a Christmas Tree, which grew on the premises of the Senior Editor, who it will be remembered took a premium recently for the best vegetable garden.. We mention the lattei fact lest any may be surprised at what we are going to relate. ' We do not mean it for a Gulliveriar story, when we say that in a single night, a veritable tree grew to the height of lifteen feet, ant moreover, that it was bending under a load o: golden fruitage, which differed only from the fa bled apples of Ifesperides, in as much as the lat j ter were guarded by a dragon, and the former bj j ?angels. The Tree was defeated to Miss ITattii Miller?a little four-year-old cherub, who, by-the by, is no less pretty aud interesting than her nnmi imports. What is in a name? We will not pausi to auswer, but oue thing is uuquestionable^rthi Tree of which we were just speaking among othe unnatural freaks, produced several articles la belled in our name. In, the distribution of gooi gifts?some beautiful angel, or perhaps old XicI himself, bestowed upon us, in compliment wi suppose to our well-^iuown prowess, a terrible ghastly, darc-devil-Iqoking knife with a fierce dog handle. An exquisitely-toned jews-hnrp delicately hinted how much our operatic abilit; was appreciated ; and last but not least, a beauti ful Heart, (all of chndy except the ribbon and i hole through the centre through which the ribbo: I passed,J WHICH was luivuuvu iv luuivaw iuuv ! "SweeUhenrt-' was better than no heart at all, am after tasting it jvc fully agreed with the poet There's nothing half tjf> sweet," &c. (but this i a secret.) It is/ needless to add that we came a wny perfectly bc-II^TTiK-fied, and every perso else appeared |'o bt^iu an equally laugh-and-bc uierry condition^' We should not neglect to state however, that our delectable friend "Timothy seemed perfectly ecstatificd amid the beautifi surroundings of "Love, Moonlight and Fowers." ()u the following evening (Christmas night) som j of the same seed having been planted at Mr. S.v Moore's, under jhe aspicics of Miss X , nnd Mis L., it turned out much to the bewilderment of al! j that another Tree shot up to tiie ceiling nnd sprea I out its umbrageous boughs, laden with a variet j of trinkets as unmentiouable as the latest impoi | tations of Miss Flora McFi.imsy. This, howe\ j er, we have from hearsay, having availed ourse ! of the editor's privilege of getting sick by a supei abundant indulgence in "something good to eat. Vf r.ntl.nliMll,. I .UUUI t S11J5 (I?IUVIIV?..J | "O you tliat have the charge of love Keep him in rosy bondage bound i and we would here, parenthetically aud with e ! qual fervor, invoke the guardians of the appetit i to watch over us more tenderly aud affectionatel next Christmas <wl the Chrislmna following. But this was only the beginuing of the holiday: The spirit of fun?like the ghost of lianquo?wn I not to be whistled down. To thoSe who imagine Vorkville a kind of "sleepy hollow," where ever person indulged in a lotos eating, dreamy, stupi ; torpitude within the narrow precincts of home, : j series of "Surprise Parties" was an uu!ookcd-fo apparition. Put it so happened that for the nonce ! the usual demure and sober-second thoughtednes of our quiet village was turpruttl into something | very much resembling a smile. The "Surpris ! Parties," however, were toonumerous for particu * ??? J lar notice. The name itself is indicative of the , nonchalant and unrestrained mirthfnlness of such i occasions. The stiff formality and would-be-up- I | per-tendomcxelusivcness are necessarily dispensed ' ! with, and the young people, strange as it may ap- ! ! pear, look just like social human beings enjoy| ing themselves in pleasant chit-chat, and lulled j into a momentary obliviousness of the conven- ( I tional leading-strings of fashion. Theyoung gents j if they have any mother-wit, display it: and the ; i young ladies look as beautiful as fresh-blown j roses nnd as sweet as "transparent custards." We only regret that this delightful state of things | cannot last always, but that same law of nature j which qualified us for the enjoyments of society, , made it also an incumbent duty to "labor and to wait." So without repining, we should begin rej freshed to "fight the battle o'er again" through j J the turmoils of another year. PROF. D. H. HILL'S ALGEBRA. ! it is with text books of the various sciences as J it is with men: the most meritorious are not al- j ways the most popular. Teachers are often as indolently disposal as their scholars : hence that text book which gives them the least to do, is the j most acceptable. Authors ana puonsners nwnrv ' of this fact, and regarding only their own intc! rests, arc always to he found ready to supply the demand for such hooks. Sometimes, however, ! well-meaning and competent authors, through a j desire to make a test book fit for self-instruction, ! j fall into the error of rendering it too elementary 1 nnd unnecessarily profuse, and therefore almost ' totally nnfit for class instruction under a qualified teacher. In our opinion, text-books for schools nnd colleges should be entirely distinct from those ! intended for self-instruction. A teacher before being installed, should first be proved to be crm- | j potent; and if lie is so, he will not content himself I with putting a text book into bis pupil's hands, | with the command to memorize or "cipher." A few words of explanation nnd some illustrations, will often effect more than pages of printed directions or instructions. Indeed, sometimes a profuse presentation of a simple principle, will only tend to mystify, or at least, to make pupils think that the subject is a difficult one: when a few re; marks, aided by the illustrations of a judicious : instructor, would have made it plain at once. These remarks will more particularly apply to 1 Mathematics : and we arc led to make them, after a particular examination of Prof. Hill's new ! text book on Algebra. This is a production, which, j for reasons above given, we are afraid will not prove as popular as it merits to be. Eschewing | the idea we have heard advanced, that with a j proper text book, any one of quick perception, j can hear recitations in almost any branch of sci| encc; he has, as an experienced teacher, produ! ced such a work, as must meet the approbation j of every thorough instructor nnd student in that | interesting branch of science. Though intended i r - -n, W tciil nt the qnirie time, under 1U1 1'UIU.^V viuc?v?) ? ... , - proper guidance, serve for a preparatory couise. riain and concise in its demonstrations, thorough and practical upon every division of the subject; containing a full and judicious selection of examples for illustration, it is entitled to claims of merits, above any other single work on Algrobra I within our knowledge. Frof. Hill's chapter on factoring polynomials is as complete as the importance of the subject demands, and furnishes a rich store of useful suggestions. Klimination and calculus of Radicals have received due attention.? His introduction of differentials we regard ns peculiarly happy ; especially in its application to the HinomiarThcorein: a subject always full of interest to the Algebraist. Infinite series and particularly Logarithms, usually so lightly passed over, are fully discussed. Roth the theory and practical application of Logarithms arcdeveloped, and like every other branch of his subject, made interesting. Ilis general remarks under encli head, are always highly suggestive to the reflecting mind, furnishing choice material to the investigating student. We had, at the outset, intended a full review of the work, but our space forbids. We will therefore conclude with the simple remark: that such , a clear, complete ami scientific exposition of Al. gebrn, evinces uot only a mind of scientific ac, quirements, but also an efficient and practical in, structor; and we hope to sec the day when quackery in teaching will be less popular, and when I teachers will lay aside prejudices and love of ease: and select for their pupils a text book, not sim. ply because they have themselves studied it, or I because it is ?'</??/, but because, after an impartial . examination, they find it best suited for the intel. leetual advancement of their pupils. , RUSSELL'S MAGAZINE. With characteristic punctuality, the .January I number of Russell makes its appearance. The p Leader?"A Chapter on Memory"?is quite a readable and instructive article. It successfully combats the prevalent error that memory is an r unimportant faculty. In the view of the author, . it is the "golden thread which connects the several stages of our existence," the basis of all knowl8 edge and the suggestive platform from which 8 springs every speculative or imaginative effort.? s I If there is any objection to the article it is to .he r J length. "The Last Child" and "To Anna," are . | pretty, smooth-flowing verses. "Madame Colot" j | is a lively sketch of a vivacious French lady, who . | has written prettily amid the votaries of fashion , i ?herself one of the gayest and most beautiful of j Ft'tn x du Midi. I We give the rest of the contents: Sonnet: The I Impromptu Wedding; Dramatic Fragment; Trip v j to Cuba; The Shadow; Voices from the Forest; . | Nell Gwyn?by the by, a pleasing sketch of the x j most fascinating Commediene of her age, one of the n wittiest beauties that adorned the dissolute court a of the profligate Charles the Second. Dramatic j Fragment; The Smartville Rnm Speculation; . Crimes which the Law does not reach; Editors ? I s j Table and Literary Notices. Qj CATALOGUES. ! The Register of the Officers and Cadets of the Kings Mountain Military School, shows tlint this ,', institution is in a highly flourishing condition.? (j Over a hundred Cadets were present during the last session, and the School, we are glad to see, has c 1 given universal satisfaction. The Catalogue of the Spartanburg Female College for 1858 is on our table. The following able I Faculty is sufficient evidence of the efficiency of j this school: Rev. Charles Taylor, President; Rev. Joseph Cross, D. D.; Garland B. Hanes, A. M.; . j Mrs. Jane T. II. Cross: Mrs. L. G. Blaisdell, r j Mrs. G. B. Hanes, Mr. St. Pierre Saunicr, Mr. Ij. L. G. Blaisdell and Mrs. Anderson. Most of the Faculty have established and wide-spread reputa., tions. The readers of the Christian Advocate will remember the eloquent and piquant European Ooi resnondence by Dr. and Mrs. Cross during 4lie I * last summer. We liave heard the musical attain.. ments of Prof. Blaisdell highly commended, and e we doubt not the Faculty, altogether, is an able y j one. The total number of students present during 1857 was 1-7. s EXECUTIVE. j The Governor will be in Charleston on the 12th ofdanuary. and will continue his head-quarters , there until the spring reviews begin, April 12.? lie will be found at his office daily from 12 to 3 o'clock. , CLERK'S ELECTION. s It will be remembered by all, that ou Monday 5 next, an election will be held for Clerk of the e , Court for York District. Turn out and exercise - I the glorious privilege of freemen?free suffrage. MERE-MENTION. About twenty.five thousand people ore wander- { ing about the streets in V res ton, England, not j having anything to do. There are 0,000 Methodists in California, of whom 00 are ministers. Chari.es Lamb is reported to have said: j "The water cure is neither old or wonderful ; for j it is only as old as the deluge, which, in my opin- J ion, killed more thnn it cured." A man in j Westerly, Khode Island, recently married a girl thirteen years of age, and committed suicide by ! hanging himself in n few days afterwards. j In Cambridge, Mass., A. C?. Patten was put on j trial for stealing a hen, but the evidence showed ' that the fowl was a rooster, and the accused was discharged. The New York Timtr Washing- i ton correspondent writes that Hon. F. W. Pickens, j of this State, has been nominated to the Senate ; for the Mission to Russia. The X. O. /Vrar1/unc learns that the Pacific RailRoad enterprise is i progressing, and thnt the first twenty miles will be finished by the loth of February. ! The Democratic representatives in Congress j from the State of New York are unanimously in I favor of Mr. Ruchannn's Kansas policy. On j the 13th ultimo Alfred Wade, the first Governor of j the Choctaw Nation, was inaugurated. His ad- I dress was in Choctaw. A late religious writer stigmatizes the authors j of yellow-coved novels, as " literary scorpions, t who sting virtue to death." Wm. F. Leak, Esq., is an independent Democratic candidate for Governor of North Carolina. The United States steam frigate Xin;/nra has been detailed to j assist in laying the AtUntic Telegraph cable, next I Spring. The President and Secretary Toi cky are ' understood to favor the ente?prise. IIaxxaii j Connor?living on Cats Run Ohio, aged four years ami four months?weighs just one hundred ; and t" enty-four pounds. "racks in stoves I may be effectually stopped by a paste made of ashes, salt and water. Iron filings and sal-amj moniac make a still harder and firmer cement. I A justice in Fall River, Mass., aas refused ; to issue a writ for two months past?on the prin: cip'.e that in a time of general suspension, no man should be sold out to pay his debts It is now said that all the banks of Philadelphia, with the exception of three, are ready and willing to 'resume. A few days since, a hundred barrels of Hour were received at Quebec, direct from Ottawa, IU., having gone over a distance of 2000 miles by rail road. Daniel F. Tjemanx, the newly elected Mayor of New York City, took the official oath on Wednesday last. The Carolina Times says that Hon. A. B. Loxoj street, has formally accepted the Presidency of ! the S. C. College, and will arrive in Columbia, on j the loth instant. Rev. Daniel Baker, D. D., ! died in Austin Texas, a short time since. I TKn T.nnrlnn Times savs S3")0.000 hn^c been ex pended in the effort to launch the Leviathan steamship, and nobody knows how much more it ! will cost. They have pot r. fellow in jail in | Troy, for swindling, lie dried stiow and sold it | for salt. Emigrants are returning home with j almost every ship. The Wyoming, from Phila! delphia, took 230 steerage passengers back to j Irelnnd. There are completed and in con| struction at the presenttimc the following lengths of telegraph: United States 33,000 miles, overland; South America, 1500 miles, overland; Europe, 37,000 miles, overland; India, 5,000 miles, overland; submarine, Europe and America, 000 miles. Total, 78,330. We sec by the proceedings of the Alabama Conference of the Methodist E. Church, that W B. Dennis has been received "on trial," and assigned a circuit. An English writer says, in h'8 advice to young J married women, that their mother Eve married a | gardener. It might be added that the gardener, in consequence of his match, lost his situation, j Enlistment of men to serve under Walker in ! Nicaragua is going on rapidly in New Orleans? npwards of fourteen hundred men being in readiness in that city and Mobile, to depart for the seat of war. We learn from the Spartan that ! the anniversary of the Battle of Cowpens, the , 17th inst., is to be ccdebrated by the Morgan Bifles, on the 1 tithe inst., as the 17th occurs on Sunday. A beautiful Hag is to be presented to the Company by the ladies, on the occasion. A ' New York paper states that the taxation of the ' city of New York for 1858, will reach one hundred | dollars for every voter, according to the number I of votes for Mayor. A national tax of like pro ; portion would raise $300,000,000. The National Goveniuent costs, in proportion, less than one1 quarter of the local government of New York. j Itissaiil that Mr. Summner contemplates ' returnitiing immediately to Europe, and going to i Egypt and India for a year. This was the ad' vice of his European physicians, and he will now I probably take it. Nicaragua, Kansas and I rtah, bid fair to furnish plenty of exciting materials for some time to come. The old year passes away amid tillibustering, civil war, rebelion and | polygamy. So wc go! The London Times estimates the liabilities of the failures in England during the recent panic to be ?o0,000,000. Among the many reports going the rounds of the papers about Nicaraguan affairs, is one that Hon. Humphrey Marshall, of j Kentucky, will introduce into Congress resolutions directing that Gen. Walker be sent back to Nicaragur in n Government vessel. Wo see a paragraph going the rounds of the papers, that Senator Biggs will be appointed Judge of the/ United States District Court of North Carolina \p place of Judge Potter, deceased ; and that tlie Hop. T. L.Clinmoman will probably succeed Judge Biggs in the Senate. During the sessior* of the Mississippi Conference at Brandon, Bishop Early presented the resolutions of the Alatfama Conference recommending the striking or the general rule against " selling men, womeh and children, &c." The Conference concurred in the j amendment by a vote of 70 to 7. I GEN. WALKER ARRESTED. The noted fillibuster who a few weeks since ela| ded the vigilance of the United States officers and I returned to Nicaragua has, after effecting a landj ing, been arrested by Commodore Pauldi.su of the United States Navy. Walker had landed with one hundred and fifty men at Punta Arenas j and sent Col. Anderson with fifty men up the river | to seize Fort Castillo, which was successfully acj complished. Col. Anderson still holds the fort with provisions enough for three months. Commodore Paulding landed a much larger force than General Walker s ana commanueu mm iu juh dcr. However unpalatable, lie was forced to obey ! or fight against hope, and so the Nicaragunn flag j was hauled down, and Walkf.r and his men plaj eel on board the Saratoga. He was sent immedi ately to New Vork, where he surrendered himself J to the United States Marshal. The Socrctary of State (Gen. Cass* lias ordered his release on pa; role of honor. The Administration does not sustain i Paulding, who has been recalled for acting be! yond his instructions. There is a general feeling of indignation throughout the South West, particularly in Mobile and New Orleans. It it . well understood from Gen. Walker, that before he left Aspinwnll he had conveyed to Col. Anderson, ut Fort Castillo, a letter of instructions, directing him to hold his position there to the last moment, and if compelled to retreat, to endeavor to retain the boats, and if driven to extremities, to burn all but the Yiryin. He also desired him to advise all American vessels in the gulf of his, (Walker's) affairs, in order that he, (Anderson,) may stand somewhat protected from the evident intended attack of the English. These instrucj tions arc supposed to have been, and probably I were received by Col. Anderson. The Washing tonians are crowding around Walker, and the last move will result in his favor in point of popularity. The Panama Star states, that it is reported that Walker shed tears when he hauled down his flag on surrendering to the United States forces. It states further that the Captain of the Brunswick expressed his intention of dislodging Walker, if the United States Commodore did not do so, and that Walker and his men had resolved to fight to the death before surrendering to the British, though they had determined toyield to the United States authorities. A mine was laid with all the spare ammunition, and the British were to be blown to eternity. Walker was well provisioned, and had plenty of munitions of war. Among the prisoners brought down the river on the steamer, were two deserters, who would have been shot had not Walker been compelled to surrender. Col. Anderson commanded the party at Fort Castillo. It is understood here, saj's a New York paper, that Henningsen, with the artillery, and Colonel J. P. Waters, with a battalion of Texas men, were to have left the shores of the United States for Nicaragua immediately on news being received of Walker's successful landing. As the news of Capt. Chatard's non-interference must have reached the States nearly, if not fjuite, a fortnight before intelligence ofWalkcr's capture, it is thought that one of these expeditions may get away before get ting the last news. If it does, there is not the least doubt aboutits being taken by either me Susquehanna or Fulton, as both have received the commands of the Commodore to that effect. In connection with the return of Walker, it may be well to state that many reasons were apparent to warrant belief in the sailing of a reinforcement to his ariny in the Star of the West on Monday last. A gentleman who had been three years in Nicaragua assures us that he recognized among the passengers many faces well known to him as leading supporters of Walker's cause?men who had been members of his former army. KANSAS. This territory occupies a peculiar position.? The free-soil party claiming to be in the ascendnnt, have suffered the pro-slavery clause to be engrafted on the constitution. The present prospects indicate another Kansas war. The following, dated St. Louis, Dec. 30th, gives quiet a gloomy picture of existing affairs: , Kansasdates to the 24th, received by the Democrat, say that civil war is raging in Bourbon county. Several conflicts have occuered between the free State and pro-slavery men, and a number of prisoners have been taken on both sides. The United Stntes marshal, with a force of 80 men, demanded the surrender of the Free State party, but the demand was answered by a volley of musket balls. The fire was returned, and the fight lasted for an hour, when the pro-slavery men retreated, with the loss of one killed and two mortally wounded. The marshal was dangerously injured. General Lane was entrenched at Sugar Mount, and was determined to fight the dragoons if attacked. A battle was regarded as inevitable. Exciting debates had occurred in the Lawrence Free State Convention. The committee on resolutions had presented three reports. The majority report recommends the nomination of a full State ticket, and the second recommends a participation in the election for the purpose of destrovinc the Lecompton constitution. That no man be nominated who refuses to pledge himself to crush it. That the Topcka constitution be submitted to the people, and that loyalty to that instrument be made the test of fealty to the Free State party. That the Legislature repeal the present code of laws, &c. The most radical revolutionary speeches were made. Gen. Denver had given up the territorial arms to the military. Various rumors were in circulation relative to Fort Scott, hut none of an authentic character. NICARAGUA EXCITEMENT. The excitement in regard toWALKERund Paul pint, in New Orleans and Mobile, is considerable The injudicious interference of Commodore Paui, ping has given a new impetus to the fdlibuster en terprise. Enlistments are going on in New Or leans at the rate of one hundred per day, and ove fourteeu hundred are in that city and Mobil awaiting shipment. Eight hundred Texans, it i said, sailed on the 2Gth ultimo. Thz Saratoga ha arrived at Norfolk with Gen. Walker's men.? The destiny of the enterprise very much depend on the fate of Anderson. If he can retain hi position until re-inforced by the reactionary move ment in Walker's favor, the success of the filli husters is beyond doubt. THE HOME CIRCLE. This religious and literary monthly for Decern her lies before us. It presents an interesting ta ble of contents?original and selected. The "Eu ropeati Impressions," by Dr. Cross, will be rear with lively satisfaction. "Literary Anecdotes' compose quite a readable melange. "Poetry am the Poor" is a noble vindication of poetry fron the charge of frivolity. The author quotes "Thi song of the Shirt," his most conclusive argument as evidence of the poet's mission. The remainin] articles are judiciously chosen, and all will bea reading. The editoral department is neatly got ten up. The Home Circle is published at $2 0 per annum by Stevenson & Owen, Nashville Tennessee. SONS OP TEMPERANCE. The following persons have been elected offi cers in their respective Divisions, for the presen Quarter:? York. Xo. 20.?W. P. McFadden, IF. P. John J. Smith, 11". A.; Jerome C. Miller R. S.; G. W. Jefferys, A. R. S.; W. D. Miller F. S. : Thomas II. Smith, T. ; Wm. Smith, C. Jno. G. Enloe, A. C.; W. C. Beattv, I. S.: J. 11 Schorb, 0. S. Rock Hill.?D. A Button, II'. P.; J. A. Steele IF. A.; J. P. Johnson, R. S.; J. P. Miller, A R. S.; J. F. Neely, F. S.: J. B. Steele, T.; J. A Ferguson, C.: W. It. Henry, A. C.; R. L. Neelj /. S.; G. E. M. Steele. 0. S.: ltev. J. G. Rich a/ds, Chaplain ; Rev. J. A. Hill, ,/. P. IF. P. / oin f MASONIC PIC-NIC. The installation of officers of Pbilanthropii Lodge, No. 78., A. F. M., for the present yeai took place in the Masonic Hall on the 26th o December last. A pic-nic was prepared for th occasion, and a number of invited guests wer present. The "Ebony Band" was likewise i attendance to enliven the scene, and altogether i was a pleasant affair, and passed off to the satis faction of all present. OCR CLASS. On this subject "One of Them" writes to us i a rather unconsolatory strain. Since penning hi review, another victim has fallen in the gallar conflict. II ?i) is no more?in the list of sin 3b blessedness. Well, let them go, aud may they t able to point, like the Roman matron, to a nt jewel every year. Hear what "One of Them j writes ou our "manifest destiny:" Dear Joe:?In your last paper I saw a littl notice, which brought back to my retncmbranc the days of "Auld Lang Syne"?the days whe you and I trod together the classic grove?days I which fond memory oft recurs ; and sometimes can almost fancy I hear the old College bell, rinj ing out its loud peals, summoning us to that ol chapel to listen to the voice of prayer. The littl circle around us constituted our world. Then w were collected from all parts of the country, bt having guiie through the college curriculum, v> j were sent out into the world to try our fortunes ! and buffet ibe tide of popular opinion as we be: j could. Two years have passed away and whei is now our little band pf 1G? Scattered throug the Southern States, from beyond the turbid Mi: sissippi to theoceun beaten Palmetto State. Som are engaged in one pursuit?some in anotlier.| But some of them have gone the way all the cart j would like lo y>>. We all remember the Comnu dore, whose merry laugh so oft was heard wit I pleasure, as it echoed through the Campus, an who left us us a memento, his gallant defence ( the "Old North State", fully demonstrating tha i "Old Rip" when once awake, aud fully aroused could produce something more than "tar, pile and turpentine." lie "played Harry" first.! He plunged into love, crossed into matrimony an i our gallant Commodore was free no more. Ma I he long wear his silken fetters. But close in hi i wake followed our old friend "Jake". The "Spirit j of Liberty" sank within him. An attack was made | on the citadel of his affections?after a short but unsuccessful struggle, he hauled down his colors, surrendered at discretion, and is quietly reposing on the laurels which he won in former conquests ?held a willing captive. But these are not all. Our friend "J" thought he might be the "Author" of some good in the world and made a "campaign'' ?more successful by the way than that of Napoleon against Moscow. The fires of love burned brightly but the conflagration did not destroy the kremlins of their affections, "He saw her heart begin to melt Like ico before the sun, Till both a glow congenial felt And mingled into one." And the next gale that came to us was that he had been swallowed up in the vortex of matrimony.? And last but by no means the least, comes the second one on our ciass ron. ne oecuuics auiions for tlie "Destiny of the South," and determines in the lnngunge of the great Virginia orator, that he ought "to raise up friends to fight our battles for us." 'Tis thus our number decreases, but of one thing wc arc sure?a respectable jury of ns is yet left to try any case of importance, which may concern the single, solitary, unraated, unloved children of solitude. WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE. Washington, January 1, 1858. The New Year opens beautiful. The sun shines as benignantly as it does, I suppose, in the Pal metto State. This is the great visiting day. The ladies remain at home, and the gentleman are on the go, not "from dewy morn till eve," but from 11 o'clock, a. m., until 4 p. m. At 11 precisely, the diplomatic corps, bedizened like so many lackeys, and with due "diplomatic grimace," open the performances of the day by paying their respects to the President. The diplomatic corps here are generally a poor set. It is a fact not very gratifying to our people, but nevertheless, it is true, Washington is not considered a desirable Court by foreigners. It is rather an exile than a distinction ; hence, of all the foreign representatives here, there is not one man above mediocrity, and somo like Sartigb, absolutely ridiculous- Lord NariER of whom so much fuss has been made, is not a man of any mark. The highest position held by him before coming here was Secretary of Legation at Constantinople. He is a well behaved .1 XTa geuueiiiaii. xiv mviv. Gen. Walker is still here. He is the stillest, calmest being imaginable; but under this quiet exterior, you see the most indomitable will. He is not at all cast down, but is sanguine of success. If he had had the slightest idea that Paulding would hare interfered with him, he would have gone up the river on his arrival at San Juan, but he remained at Punfft Arenas through a profound stroke of policy, to impress on the Nicaragua^ , and Costa Ricans, the idea that the Government of the United States secretly sympathised with him. This bold policy unfortunately miscarried, because he had an old fogy and a fool to deal with . in the person of the American Commander. It ii now said on good authority, that the Administra tion will call him off, by authorizing him to tak< Gen. Lamar, our new Minister, from Aspinwall ti San Junn, then to return to the United States.? This is too tame a course. Unfortunately, Mr Buchanan has a weak and temporising Cabinet.? He has no man around him, whose voice is any thing else but an echo of his own. e I heard Gen. Walker speak in high terms o two South Carolinians, Col. Waters and Captaii s Fayssoux. He said they were an honor to Soutl Carolina. Fayssoux is from the fighting distric of Chester, and Waters, who is a cousin of you Representative, Mr. Boyce, was born in NTewber ry District. Kansas matters are coming to a rapid focus.Gen. Lane seems bent on civil war, and possibl; he may succeed in getting it up. The Black Re publicans are very much split up in Kansas as t * whether they shall vote at the election for Stat' officers on the 4th of January. A great deal c " anxiety is felt here as to the result of that election 1 A general vote there, will necessarily be an en dorsement of the Lecompton Constitution, in spit I of protests to the contrary. * There is a plan on foot to buy another slice o 5 Mexico, Sonora. The idea is to get a good por ? on the Gulf of California. CATAWBA. r CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENCE. Charleston, Jan. 4. 0 Christmas, with us, passed off with more thai '? usual order and quietness, the weather wet th powder of those who were inclined to mix th " villainous saltpetre" too freely with their fun and the Mayor's anti-cracker proclamation f backed by the whole police force and three hun i dred special constables, had a decided tendenc . ! to bring down the pulse, and cool the fever hea , | of Young American blood. The masses seeme '? | disposed to enjoy themselves in a rational am ' j reasonable way, and consequently there were m i iiunleasant outbreaks or violent demonstrations c i the unregenerate and unwashed democracy. Th .. pressure in .the money market might have ha some iufluence in quieting the noisy multitude, a ' crackers were ten cents a pack, and other holida explosives in proportion. Tiialrero, the unrivaled and unapproachubl pianist, accompanied by Vieuxtemps, thegreates c violinist in the world, Ole Bull not excepted, i | expected here about the middle of the month, an ^ the ameteurs and upper tens are preparing t e give the immortal duo a reception worthy of thei e reputation, and the character of the " Queen Cit n of the South." We are death on music and mt sicians, especially if they have foreign names, am charge a high price for tickets. The price of ad i mission to hear the musical lions roar, on thi I occasion, has not yet been definitely agreed upor but for the honor of the preforniers, and the selet character of the audience, it must be placed a ii ^ the highest possible figure, not beyond the reac | of some deserving ones who may have more musi ! in their souls than money in their pockets. j Thos. Francis Meagher, the great Iris ,, ' patriot, exile and orator, has consented to pay ou j ancient and beautiful city a visit about the sam time, and favor the admirers of his inspire' le J oratory with a couple of lectures on Anniversarie :e in general, and Monarchy and Republicanism i n 1 particular. The ardent and imaginative youn ;o : orator will doubtless be perfectly at home in th I ! elucidation of the subjects he has chosen. I liav j heard Mitchell, and was delighted with hitr d and I am glad that an opportunity will soon b le offered for me to hear Meagher, who is said to b e | very much superior to his compatriot and felloi it , exile in the divine art of oratory, c , The Rev. Whitefoorh Smith, D. D., delivere i, j a lecture last night before the Young Men' >t j Christian Association, at the Citadel Squat e Baptist Church, which I did not have the pleasur h 1 of hearing, but which is spoken of by nil wti i* heard him as one of the most brilliant efforts c le that popular and eloquent pulpit orator. Hi - subject was, "The Bible in the family," and h h j rose equal to the absorbing and elevating d? j- | mands of his theme. The large and spacioc h | building was crowded to its utmost capacity, an d , hundreds went away for waut of room. >f TheChnrleaton Typographical Society celebrate .t ! their thirty-eighth Auniversary on Friday night t , | their room on Printer's ltow, East Bay. The h j met at seven o'clock, and after electing officers t - I serve the ensuing year, and transacting the ord d j nary business of the regular monthly meetinj y I they adjourned to the banqueting room where s I most sumptuous repast awaited them. Ever thing conspired to render the occasion one of peculiar hilarity and good feeling. If I mistake not I once met the Senior of the Enquirer at one of our festive re unions, and from the manner in which he seemed to enjoy himself, I guess it impressed itself sufficiently upon his mind for him to call up the circumstance on reading this. The marble bust of our distinguished fellowcitizen, Jas. L. Petioru. Esq., executed in Italy by the American artist Gault, and received a short time since by the ship Canova, at New York, has been placed on board the steamshipNashviHe, and is expected to arrive here this evening or to-morrow morning. It was ordered by the members of the Charleston bar, and the faithful and skilful execution of the work is considered highly creditable to the artist. A meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held this afternoon for the purpose of considering the serious disadvantages under which Charleston is now made to labor by reason of the delay in the transmission of our mail matter, occasioned by its failure to be carried by the Northeastern, instead of the South Carolina Railroad. There 4 is a channel of communication by which intelligence cao reach our city six to eight hours in advance of the present arrangement, and yet our I whole community, with its vast commercial and other interests, is virtually deprived of us important nnd invaluable agency. The Chamber of Commerce proposes to present the matter before the Post Office Department at Washington, which will certainly not further neglect the obligation that rests upon it to consult the wants of our citizens, and use the most speedy and direct agencies for transmitting the mails, especially when such means can be made available upon the most reasonable and equitable terms. As matters now stand, a passenger arrives in the morning, say, from eight to ten o'clock, by the Northeastern Road, and brings with him intelligence of which our community will not be possessed by the present mail arrangements before three or four o'clock in the afternoon. The Savannah and Charleston Railroad is progressing rapidly. Col. Dbattox, the President, has just made a contract for the grading and superstructure of that portion between the Salkaliatchie and Savannah Rivers, a distance of thirtyfour miles. The remainder of the Road from Charleston to the first mentioned point, is already completed and ready for the iron, which is on hand, nnd being laid down with all possible dispatch.? Such energy is commendable, and will secure the completion of that important work at an early | day. MAGNOLIA. b, c. recorder* The December number of this College Monthly 1 is now before us. It is filled with the usual ai mount of varied and interesting matter. It brings ns the sad information of the death of our quoni dum fellow-student, C. H. Martis, who, under the nom de plume of "Filius Doloris," has con1 tributed many graceful and truly poetical effasions > to the Recorder. But his lyre is mute and his ' poet-soul has sought in the realm of dreams, the 5 realization of ideal beauty. lie died early, but had he lived his splendid intellect would have * made a mark in the literary world. A brother > poet, "Willie," thus sweetly sings his requiem : The muse that sang of "Sunny Eye" Is tuneless now in death ; "'Life's parting Hour," alas! we sigh, Returns with every breath. Sweet Nightengnle! and must we weep f To hear thy song no more ? That song which loved the sky and deep, a The mountain and the shore. t Like some young deer of those free hills His feet so oft have prest, r When sporting in the woods and rills Of his own wild, native west; Which one short summer browsed the herb, And sipt the silver tide, y Then felt the Indian's poisoned barb Within its tender side. [ ? 0 By Death's winged arrow pierced, he lies 8 All pulseless now and low:? f Alas ! these unavailing cries, Alas! this hopeless woe! Green be the grasses of the west, e Young friend! above thy grave; And softly sweet thy early rest, As sleep the storied brave! t For the Yorkville Enquirer. TO 3IISS , of Liberty Hill, 8. C. Ladye of the softly glowing cheek, So bloomy in its coral-wreathed blushes, How faint the language that essays to speak 1 The love that from my soul toward thee gushes! e P And of thy heart?that casket of all gems? i So rich in truth, so pure, so good, so bright, What shall I say ??earths richest diadems Are not so priceless in my partial sight. y Thy eyes all fire, and winning tenderness, 1 The stars of Heaven wear not so soft a glow ; ^ For whom thy benm, the cup of happiness I Will sparkle with the richest wines below. < o . EGONAHEESA. ' Laurens C. II., Dec.'57. e ,,,,, 1 An Act to provide for the Administration s of Derelict Estates. y THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. At a General Assembly begun and holden atCo? i-~ _r XT ? k,... lunibia, on toe louriu .uomiujr o? nuicuiun, m e the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred it and fifty-seven, and thence continued by divers g adjournments to the twenty-first day of December . in the same year. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 0 Representatives now met and sitting in General Asr sembly, and by the authority of the same, that whenever it shall come to the knowledge of any Master y or Commissioner in Equity of this State, that the l* Estate and effects of any deceased person as to d which administration could legally be granted by [. the Ordinary of his District, remain entirely or partially unadrninistered eithpr by reason of no 18 application for letters of administration, or from any other cause, so that there is no legally ap^joint;t ed representative of such deceased person, it shall be the duty of such master or commissioner to make application to the Ordinary of .the District b for letters of administration on the Estate of such c deceased person, accompanied with a statement of the nature, condition and value of the said estate, as far as it may be known to him, and, thereupon, 11 it shall be the duty of such Ordinary to insert a ir notice of such application, in the usual form, for e forty days in some public newspaper, published , in such District, or if there be none such, in some adjoining District, and also at the door of the 8 Court House, and after such notice to grant to u sucii Master or Commissioner, letters of adminis_ tration on the estate of such deceased person with the will annexed, in case there be a will, and such e Master or Commissioner shall give his own Bond e for the faithful discharge of his duty as such adif ministrator, in such amount as would be required ' I in case of any other administrator, but no sureties on the same shall be required, provided that if be>e fore letters of administration shall have been w granted to such Master or Commissioner any person who would be otherwise entitled to such administration should apply for the same, they shall be granted to such person in preference, and s ; provided also, that the whole value of said estate ' ' " * 1 ?t<nnanni) Hollar*. e [ snail notexceeu luevaiuc ui u?v I Sec. 2. That upon the grant of such letters of e administration to him, such Master or Commis0 | sioticr shall be subject to all the same duties and if obligations and responsibilities and have all the I- ! same rights, powers and authority in relation to | said estate, and the administration thereof, as are 0 now provided for by law incase of administrators, !- ' except that instead of two and one half per cen1S turn, he shall be entitled to retain the sum of five , per centum, on all amounts collected and received I by him. ^ Sec. 3. That in addition to filing an inventory d appraisement and account in the office of the Ordinary of the District, such Master or Commissioner shall also keep an official record of the v same, and all his proceedings therein, in his own o office, which shall be submitted to the Chancellor i. for his inspection at each term of the Court of r Equity in the District. '' i Sec. 4. That whenever, after the grant of let& ters of administration to such Master or Com y I missioner aforesaid,-any other person who would