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^rrajis & Jfacts. St. Louis, Jan. 12.?The Democrat says that the free State average majorrity in Kansas is 185. Speaking of lions, said a hard shell preacher, discoursing of Daniel in the den of lions, "There he sot all night, looking at the show for nothing ; it didn't cost him a cent.'' A gentleman at Ashevillc, N. C-, states that the number of Ilogs that passed through the toll-gate near that place, together with those expected to pass this season, will 10 000 Brig. Young has increased his harem of seventy-five white wives, by adding to it fifteen young and lovely Indian squaws. Wonder if he wont add one or two of the colored population, for the sake of variety. The San Antonio Ledger says that the wife of Senor Benites, a respectable citizen of that place, gave birth to her nineteenth child, on Wednesday last. The lady is in her thirty-eighth year. On Monday last,sale-day, about three j thousand persons gathered at Barnwell Court i House, the Smtinrl says, and a good deal of | property was sold. A gang of thirty-four negroes were sold at an average of S5T0. Archdeacon .Teffrys, a missionary in j the East Indies, states that " for one really I converted Christian, as the fruit of missionary labor, the drinking practices of the English have made fully one' thousaud drunkards in India." It is said that a worthy minister in Indiana, who had become somewhat mixed up in land speculations, recently announced to his congregation that his test would be found in "St. Paul's epistle to the Corinthians, section four, range three, west!" A youDg man, meeting an acquaintance, said : " I heard that you were dead." j "But," said the other, "you see mc alive." "I do not know that," replied he, "you are a notorious liar; but my informant was a person of credit." A table in the National Intelligencer of the 31st, estimates the present resident population of Washington, at 61,014 ; the total number of dwellings of all classes at 9,171; the number erected the past year at 201; and number of running feet of pavement laid 15,700. Washington, Jan. 8.?It appears from the Treasurer's weekly statement for the week ending yesterday, that the amount, in the Treasury subject to draft is upward of ?5,000,000; on deposit over ?7,000,000; of drafts drawn, but not paid, ?2,000,000; and of receipts for the week ?326,000. The Williamsburg Times says that Commodore Paulding, the captor of General Walker, is now a trifle over sixty and a man of family, his wife having been a Miss Kellogg, of Klatbush, L. J., by whom he has J several children, all now living at their present homestead in Platbush. Mr. William Walker proprietor of the Walker House, and one of the oldest residents of Spartanburg, died on Wednesday last in the sixty-fifth year of his age. lie was buried by the Masonic fraternity on the next day. The Spartan pays an appropriate tribute to his memory. An English paper publishes the notice of the marriage of a couple, respectively - C 4 / A * | eighty-throe and eighty-two years old, and ! says: "We have often met with the expression, <a green old age,' but have never seen so striking an example of such a state as this must have been." They have a queer way of paying taxes out in Kentucky. The Frankfort correspondent of the Louisville Journal says, "a member from one of the mountain counties has obtained leave to introduce a bill to increase the premium on red and gray fox scalps. This is understood to be a measure of relief to certain tax payers in the mountain regions who pay their taxes in scalps." Gen. Walker it is said, estimates the losses sustained by him from the seizure of his property by Capt. Davis and Com. Paulding, at 8140,000. It is said that the filibusters brought home in the Saratoga, and now lying iu Norfolk harbor, refuse to leave the vessel, unless forced to do so. They say they are penniless and homeless, and demand to be carried back to Nicaragua. We are informed that Capt. John Dunovant, U. S. A., is one of those who are on the march against the Mormons in Utah. His numerous friends in this District feel a deep concern in his welfare and geueral prosperity. If any active duty falls to his lot he will not be slow in winuing laurels for himself aud his native District.? ChrsUr Stan<htr<L January I to March 31, 1857, the Post Office Department contracted for 45,000,095 postage stamps, equal to 81,229,704 20; from 1 April to June 30, 39,559,750 stamps, equal to 81,122,385 29; from July 1 to September 30, 44,009,415 stamps, equal 81,248,204 70. In all, one hundred and thirty millions of stamps of all denominations?that is to say, of one's, three's, five's, ten's and twelve's. We learu from the Crtsctnl, a very reliable paper on all matters, that the sugar crop of Louisiana for 1857 will be from 225,000 to 250,000 hhds., against about 75,000 ] hhds. last year. Prices arc, of course, much lower than last year; but, nevertheless, planters will realize about 82,000,000 more from the crop of this season thau from that of 1S5G, while consumers will also gain largely. From this abundance aud low prices, foreign producers will not suffer. ^ 4 *L a WAAA n ^AMm A f ' 1 fOl 1 1 f -\l IUC iCll'Ul ICltll V/l VMV vuvuu Court of Tazewell, Tcnn., a fellow was arraignned for stealing a raw hide. He alleged that he had purchased it from a negro. The Attorney for the commonwealth admitted his statement, and he was acquitted. He was immediately indicted for trading with a negro. Thereupon the accused introduced two witnesses to prove that he had stolen the hide, when he was of course discharged, he could not be tried a second time for the same offence, and was therefore turned loose unpunished.?Abini/duii 17 njia mm. Resolutions were introduced into both branches of the Virginia Legislature on Monday, condemning the arrest of Gen. Walker and his men by Cora. Paulding. These resolutions (says the Richmond Whig) will come up for consideration in a day or two. It is somewhat probable that they will be indefinitely postponed, upon the ground, mainly that the Legislature has no time?its session being limited?to devote to the consideration of such a subject. T' ; 1 Yhig . states, however, that there is but a small minority in either branch of the Legislature who are in favor of sustaining the arrest of Walker. EDITED BY JOHN L. MILLEK JOSEPH H. BLACK YORK VILLE, S. C. [; .THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 14, 1858. MEN AND MEASURES. In a democratic republic like ours, parties may be considered as indispensable, if not desirable appendages. There may be a momentary calm, as at the present, but party spirit must exist so long as there arc spoils to be gained or honors to be achieved. 15nt there are times when all parties seem to be in a transitory state?when the old lines arc broken down and the new landmarks are scarcely viable?and such is the condition of parties at this moment in the United States. The democratic, everywhere triumphant, is in danger of dissolution from its own imponderable magnitude. One ambitious aspirant after another is seeking to build upon a new platform a political organization for his own advancement. Judge Dnt r.r.As leads off in one direction, and BrPitAX?? nulls in nnothor. These two men are at present the leaders of the democratic ranks. The first is a statesman whose strength lies no loss in his comprehensive intellect and far-reaching sagacity, than in his wily stratagem and insinuating manners. Washington letter-writers tell us that he has committed suicide by his recent Kansas movement, but they do not consider that the errors of genius?if it be an error?are frequently the stepping stones to greatness and renown.? To us, Judge Doror..\s appears to be the only consistent politician who has expressed his opinion on the Kansas affairs. The views which he now entertains, candor compells us to admit, arc but the principles promulged in the mueh-laudcd Kansas-Nebraska act. It might have been impolitic in him to re-assert those principles, but lie is not inconsistent. They do not know the man who suppose that a slight mistake?acknowledging it to be an error?can force him to coalesce with the Black republicans. He is not a man to turn suppliant to any clique. The Black Republicans may enlist under his standard, but he will never serve under theirs. He may build up ar party of his own, but the cxclusiveness of a bigoted party-spirit cannot suppress the little giant of the North West. So far as regards his course on the Lccompton Constitution, we thought at the time, and still thiuk, that in theory he was right, but that in the existing condition of affairs, there was no necessity for fighting about an abstract principle which could result in no permanent good. We have long looked upon the fate of Kansas as scaled, and have been frequently amused at the strenuous efforts which Southern politicians make, not to secure that territory to the South, but to be j cheated out of it according to the letter of the | law. There was a time when it might have been I ours?it might even now be secured to the South in one way?but who believes that it ever will bej come iu fact, as in name, a slave-State? What j Paulding was certain of his approval before Ik j ever ventured to exceed bis irrill- n instructions. | The election of James Buchanan may pro?erv< j the Union, but, if we mistake not the signs of tin j times, the future statesmen of the South wiil laj j to his charge manv silent changes injurious to hei } interests, which have taken place almost imper j ceptibly. GEN*. WALKER'S LETTER. The ex-President of Nicaragua has addressed ? | letter to President Buchanan in regard to th< I summary manner in which he has been treated bj j Commodore Paulhixi;. The President it secnu i is unwilling to remove Paulding, while at tin sametime, he is anxious to shirk the responsibili ty of a direct and positive endorsement of hi: conduct. To us, it appears evident that Pauld 1X0 exceeded the limitations of international law and it is no justification to say, as Buciiana: says, that he was instigated by patriotic motives An officer has no right to exceed his instructions Especially should he be guided strictly by then j in a case of this kind, where legal, not militarj | or moral judgment is required. It may ver " " ' ' ^ ? 1...AHV +1t?. J reasonably be supposeu mat i ALi.ui.mi mim. i... fact, anil with this supposition as a basis, it lnai j be logically inferred that he did not exceed tin j spirit, if he did the letter of his instructions. IVi | have never admired the Tluchanan-policy of dis approving of the acts, an<l yet sustaining the au thority of public functionaries. It resembles toi j much a wheel within a wheel. It looks-like i j Machavcllian scheme to hide the real sentiment! of the administration. This was the course pursued with Kansas-Walker. Pauldiso should either be fully sustained or removed. Anything : is better than equivocation. | The Southern members in Congress generally j denounce Paulding's course. Quitman, Keivt i and Stephens have boldly taken a stand in favor of the fillibusters. The South is beginning i.o j look to Central America as n land of promise.? | Kansas is hopelessly lost to us. But if we can i succeed in colonizing Central America, and plantI ing in that congenial clime our peculiar instituI tion, wc have still one opportunity left for roI storing the equilibrium between the North and | South. The question bids fair to become a no ! tionnl one. MEETING OF THE GRAND DIVISION. We would call the attention of members generally, to the advertisement of the Meeting of the fii-nnri Division in Winnsboro' on the 27th of Jno j uary. Our exchanges will confer a favor by either copying or noticing it editorially. M>ll - CABI.VET WORK. We would call attention to the advertisement ] of Messrs. Doster & Creps, in another column. : It will he seen that they adept the cash system i exclusively. We would commend them to all, who wish work in their line of business faithfully executed. YORKVILLE MILITARY SCHOOL. The exercises of this institution began on Monday last. Front all appearances, it commences the year 18/58 under the most favorable auspices. The Faculty is full, and new cadets are filling up the places vacated by the graduating class. SONS OP TEMPERANCE. The following persons has been elected officers of IittlusJa Division, No. 40, for the present Quarter: II. L. Swann, IF. P. : Elijah Clark, IF. A. : M. C. Jones,*/?. S.: W. R. Murphy, A. R. S.: T. S. Tipping, F. S.; S. G. Ilcmphill, T.: .T. A. Erwin, C.: N. Clark, .1. C.: Win. Davidson, / N.; A. Lindsay, 0. S.; G. R. Burris, J. P. IF. "I MISS THEE." On our first page we publish the first part of a pretty poein by a well-known contributor. ''I miss thee" will find an echo in many a heart, fcr whose pathway is shadowless?what house is without its skeleton ? We did not perceive, until too late, that both pieces should have been published simultaneously, but the second part will prove acceptable to our readers next week. I THE LADY'S HOME MAGAZINE. The February number of this elegant monthly has been received, and from a hasty glance wc pronounce it a capital thing. "The Dying Favorite" is a beautiful engraving, and there are variois other embellishments and fashion-plates. The names of the editors, T. S. Arthur and Virginia F. Townseno are sufficient guarantee of i s merits. It is published in Philadelphia at $2 00 a year. CAPTAIN FAYSSOUX. Onr Washington Correspondent?"Catawba"? last week was inadvertently led into an error ia regard to the birth-place of Capt. C. J. Fayssou* of the Nicaragunn navy. His father?Captj P. S. Fatssoux?was a Charlestonian and resided I for sometime in Chester District, but the Nicarn; guan hero was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and | never was a citizen of this State though for a short j time a resident of Chester District. ? - ? - ?? ?? ? ? ? SAD ACCIDENT. On Saturday last, a negro woman bclongiug to : 0. W. Williams, Esq., was accidentally shot by : his son Jonathan?a boy some ten or twelve years of age. The accident happened in this mannei: The boy knew there was powder in the gun, but had forgotten that the ramrod was also in it. He presented the gun and fired?the ramrod strikirg the chin of the negro, splitting the bone and entering her neck. The wound is dangerous, but there is a chance for her recovery. ' THE ENQUIRER." A younger brother, bearing the above title, has lately sprung upon the boards in Rutherfordton, I X. C. The editor, Mr. G. W. Logan, greets ti e j public in a modest salutatory. We hail with pleasure the j'oung bantling, and hope that it will receive a generous and sustaining patronage. As there nrc so many "Enquirers," we would sugj gest to our cotemporary, the addition of "Ruthi erford" to its name, if it is not ashamed of its | birth-place. It is published at $2.00 per annum. <? ?> ? ? A NEW COUNTEFIT DETECTOR. Messrs. Peterson & Brothers, lmve just commenced the publication of "Peterson's Philadelphia Counterfeit Detector and Bank Note List," a monthly publication containing all the infornu.[ tion that can bo collected in regard to Counterfeits Wild-Cut Banks, &c., and the rates of discount !.? Tlonl nntoa <\f pnnntvr <*PtiOrallv. It I WU u.v ..v?. v.. ... . ? C. . ! j would appear to be a valuable work, to merchants :: especially, in these treacherous times. Price? j One Dollar a year. Address, T. B. Peterson & /Brothers, 300 Cliesnut st., Philadelphia. n ? ? "ROSE'S HOTEL." We would call attention to the card of W. E. I Rose, who has returned to the Palmetto, hereafter j to be known as Rose's Hotel. It will be seen that ! the house is to be conducted strictly on temper| ance principles. In addition to this the building, ! though one of the best in the upper part of the i State, is undergoing a thorough refitting and no expense is spared to make it a first-class house.? If you wish a fine room, excellent fare, a quiet house and an accommodating land-lord?call on "mine host"' of Rose's Hotel. 1 KEEP THE BALL# IS MOTION. The hard times have knocked off a few subscri bers, but others are taking their places. The prospect is truly encouraging. Those that have ' quit, plead "Hard Times;" with the exception of a few of our friends who honestly dissent from ' our Temperance views. Many have said to us, | "money is scarce, but we cannot do without the > j Exqiirer." Our friends who hnvc been making j up clubs, arc beginning to send in their lists. S. j G. Brown, Esq., sends twenty-five names from Meek's Hill | our young friend, W. W. East, sends r. a list of twenty-two from Due-lVest, S. C.; Maj. *1 Myles Smith, twenty-one from New-Centre; Wit. | McGill, Esq., ten from Bethany; and Dr. Sam'l I Wright, ten from Hopewell. We hear of several ! others that arc soon to be sent in. I We return our grateful thanks to all who have { | ! given us such uuinistakcablc proofs of their csi J teem. s { THE AMERICAN COTTON PLANTER. J i Wc have just received the January number of " this excellent Journal. It begins the year with a s j fine specimen number. We extract l'rom the i prospectus the following pledge to its readers: > "In view of what wc have already made our c Southern Rural Magazine, and its present unparalleled popularity and usefulness, a formal programme of promises for the future we deem en | tircly unnecessary, and even presuming upon the 1 ' intelligence of the Southern Planter anu .uecnauJic. r! "Is it not enough to azs'trr our rcaflers, the ' Planters, Horticulturists, Mechanics ami Manu* factum's of the country, that the Volume for 1858 >r | shall not he inferior to either of the past, and as ,,' much better as we can possibly make it, with the L | assistance of our present corps of intelligent and 2 practical contributors, and the prompt patronage and aid of our present and prospective readers ?" -I If you wish a good agricultural paper enclose >' $1.00 to Dr. N. B. Cloud, Montgomery, Alabama; i j or call at the Enquirer Office and leave the a | money. matters it then whether this territory is filched I from us umler the specious name of squatter sovereignty, under the auspices of the democratic party, or by the fanatical zeal of the Black Republicans ? The fact that Judge Douglas has failed to please any portion of the democracy?either the Northern or Southern wing?and that the Black Republicans are only partially pleased with his course, shows clearly that it is not to court the favor of any particular section that he assuped his present position. But his still more recent course in regard to the brave but unfortunate?* icaragnan hero?Gen. Walkkh?makes it .evident that the favor of the Black Republican jmrty is not theprhmon mobile of his political tfmbition. We turn from this review of the careier of the "little giant" to glance at the objects and ambition of that portion of the Democracy who follow the leadership of President Buchanan*. The lender is the type of the phalanx. Cool and isngacious i from a life spent in diplomacy, James Buchanan is the model of a conservative, cautious politician, and with far less intellect than Judge Douglas, he | is much more likely to conciliate those who aspire to his position. The one by uniting brilliance j with sagacity awakens the envy of the less gifted, i while the other pursues bis unobtrusive waj* un' molested and uneuvied. But office is not honor, not i ' ! can office confer honor on any one who wears its I inaiirnin nnwnrthilv. Calhoux and his illustrious compeer?, the "Sage of Ashland" and the stalwart Webster, will live upon glory's page, not from the borrowed lustre of ofliciul position, but from the irradiation of their own mighty intellects. Dowlas may never be President, but he will stamp his uame upon the page of our political history. So far as regards the relative positions which Bcciiaxax and Dowlas occupy towards the South, and the interests of the South, we think ! the latter is far the most likely to promote our i welfare and prosperity. What has Bcciiaxan ! done to make him the pet of the South ? lie sent | Walker to Kansas with instructions how to actfi to conciliate the South, lie pretended that WalHeh i had exceeded his instructions?the South was spllj i enough to believe that a man of Gov. Walk :r'< 1 experience and acknowledged ability, would tr y to j thwart the designs of the old and crafty President. It was simple enough to suppose that Beciiasa.n ' would retain a dependant who really disregarded | his instructions. It was so lamb-like as to sutfci J the rabid lion of Frce-soilisin to prey upon the only territory open to the South, and after Walker had been sustained till he could no longer benefit or injure the South?after he had written above the doorway through which the tide of ! Southern emigration would have poured?"Abanj don hope, ye who enter here"?he is then sup| planted, no doubt as a matter of kindness and f good will. I In relation to the Nicaraguau question, the i President pursues the same equivocal policy.? CLERK'S ELECTION. Aii election was held iu tlii.-j District on Monday last, for Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas.? : Owing to the inclemency of the weather, and the little interest manifested in tho result, the vote polled was r|uito small. Prom some misuni derstanding, the polls at Fort Mill were nntopen ed. It will he seen by the following table, that Mr. Sam'l E. Moons has a majority of 205 votes over Mr. John G. Exlob?the present incumbent. It is due to Mr. Exj.ok to say, that a- a Clerk, he has given general satisfaction ; and the large majority of his opponent may be attributed as much ! to the principle of "rotation in office,"' which proi vails in this District, as to the general esteem in ; which he is held. | I g Z o PRECINCTS. j | V > c ? I '.KG ~ !: H I Vorkville;.....:. 7.T..7. *184 212 396 I Allison's Old Place ! 29 33 62 I Bird's Muster Ground, i 32 11 43 l Rratton's, 44 5 49 Bnvdton 22 41 63 Plurk's Store 25? 5 28 Clnv Ilill, 55? 24 77 Clinton's 22 4 20 ; Coatc's Tavern, 1 25 28 58 Ebcnczer, 50 11 01 : Fort Mill CO ; Feemster'e 21 37 58 Love's, : 55 10 05 Moore's, 10 20 45 ! Hock Hill, ' 75 31 100 ; Smith's, 42 14 50 Shnron 1 20 31 51 Shilo Church 44 20 04 j Wylie's Store, 48 GO 108 ! Total 808 003 1411 mere-mention. | Those interested will do well to notice the ad! vertisement of Mr. C. K. Williams, calling j on persons to make immediate settlements. j Parson Rhownlow of the Knoxvillc 11'/\iy, delivered a lecture on slavery in Memphis on the I 1st instant. He proposes mnkinga lecturing tour j first through the Southern cities, and thence to I the North, where he will enlighten the nholition! ist about our institutions. He is just the man to I undertake such a thankless ttisk?blessed with a ! dauntless energy and the firmest faith in the pro! gress of his belief, as he is. The New York I papers say tlint there is more gold and silver in circulation in that city at the present time than j was ever before known. The State of Ar: kansas has elected but five different governors j since 1830, when it was admitted into the Union. : The Texas Legislature has passed a bill ! which allows free colored persons who may desire i it to select masters and become slaves. The I Bank of Charlotte 1ms declared a semi-aunual J dividend of 3 per centum, payable on and after ! the 4th of January. The election for Mayor j in Brunswick, Ga., on Saturday of last week, rc| suited in the choice of C. W. Styles, Esq., who 1 recently shot Mr. Moons, in a public meeting. j The friends of the Spartanburg and Union | Rail Road, are now confident that this important i enterprise will be completed in good time, under ' the aid afforded by the late act of the Legislature. I The public debt of Russia is said to amount j fo 0,033,000,000 francos, about SI,380,000,000. The Richmoud Enquirer snys: "Should Douglas and those who think with him desert us, we may be assured that there is a political earth] quake coming, which in 18G0 may leave a fissure I of fire as the dividing line between the North and i South." On Monday fifty-six slaves were sold at Petersburg, Va., for $56,000, on twelve months credit. The Southern Christian A'Irncate of the 7th insf., I contains sixteen marriage notices, of which seven I took place on the 22d December. So snys the Charleston Courier. After all the talk aboul i the immense value of Fremont's Mariposa grant, i it is about being sold for unpaid taxes, amounting to $723,000. Twenty-one tons of ingots ol silver arrived at the U. S. Mint at Philadelphia, Wednesday morning, from New Orleans. This, when coined into money, will make $800,1 >00. At the commencement of the Americar Revolution, the artillery of this couutry consisted of four pieces, two of which belonged to Massa| chusetts. A meeting of the sympathizers ol j Gen. Walker was holdcn in Petersburg, Va., on i Wednesday night of last week. Speeches wen I made by R. A. Pryor, of the South, nnd othei gentlemen, and A. D. Banks, of the Democrat, offered a series of resolutions denouncing Commodore Paulding for the seizure of Walker. On Thursday last, the President sent to the Senate, in answer to a call made by that body, a message upon the Walker difficulty, in which he says that Commodore Paulding committed a great erj ror in arresting Walker, but thinks he was ac! tuated by patriotic motives. The New Vorh I Th rall of Wednesday says that strict instructions j have been transmitted to Federal officials in the j Southern States, to prevent the departure of fillij busters, and enforce the neutrality laws. I The Hon. Edward Everett has accepted the in! vitation of the citizens of Charleston, to delivei his oration on the character of Washington, in that city, in the course of the winter. The citizens of Mobile have appointed a committee anil authorized it to employ any means to drive Strickland, the abolition publisher, from thai city. The Little Rock (Ark.) Banner refer: with pride to the fact that, within the eighteen i months ending 1st of October last, two million ! two hundred and ninety-six thousand, one hundred nnd seventy-five acres of the public lands have ! been located in Arkansas, thus adding $7,000,00C l to the value of taxable property iu the State. j The Gonzales (Texas) Inquirer says :?The grasshoppers, having about completed the work of des| traction to vegetation, have, cannibal-like, fallen 1 to work devouring each other?at least, they seen; | to be dying off very fast, and wherever there is n | dead one, there are half-a-dozen live ones round it, eating it up. Hon. J. II. Hammond has ' taken his seat in the Senate. Advices frou Kansas state that over seven thousand votes wen cast on the adoption of the Lecompton. Constitution, and the number is believed to be a majority 1 of the legal voters of the Territory. Col. Cal iioi'n would not open the ballots until after the : election on the 5th inst. | CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENCE. Charleston, Jan. 11. We are going to make amends for the past, anc ' show our literary tastes and tendencies by (lis carding Monkey shows, Negro Minstrels and Cir cuses, and patronizing lectures which we conceive i to be more in keeping with our character anc standing as the patrons of letters. Mr. Meaghei will not lecture as was advertised, but has changec i.:~ An.i ;c n fVirVinnr.i tma. whore 111? Iiuuufaim vu -.1 ?v imigviiv *v. '- -- o ? he proposes to look round among the fillibustcrs and pick up some material for a course of lecture! which lie proposes to deliver next winter in tin "white settlements" if he should he so fortunati as to return safe from the "still vexed Bermuthes,' sometimes called the disputed territory. Mr. Dexxison, the pastor of St. Peter's Church is delivering a course of Sunday-night lectures ir his church on Logan street, addressed chiefly t< business men, on the subject of commerce, trade and business generally. He delivered the openinf lecture last uight, which is highly spoken of bj those who heard it. He is a man of decided tal ents and learning, and is able to adorn any subjee he might undertake to elucidate. The subject ii one of absorbing interest at the present time, ant the lectures will be very successful in catchinj . the popular ear. The Rev. Dr. Bvrnap, from Baltimore, is lee I " ~ - j I turing at the Unitarian Church, on Archdale j j street, on Anthropolgy, and its kindred subjects, j j The course will embrace twelve, and will be de- j j livered at the rate of two per week, until the j I course is completed. They are free of charge, | I and from the known reputation of the speaker for J j eloquence and learning, I should say that he j would be greeted by full and appreciative audi| ences. The Rev. Dr. Bacii.mas, pastor of the English j r.nfhcran Church, on Archdale stn et, preached a j sermon on Sunday last, on the occasion of the completion of the forty-third year of his connection with that church as its pastor. It was a most I beautiful and impressive discourse, and was lis- ! tened to by a large and attentive Congregation.? J Dr. Bachmax is one of the oldest and most learn, cd ministers of the Gospel in this city, and has written several religious, literary and scientific j works. Ilis last work was a defence of Luther, against the charges of Dr. Bellexger and others, j The correspondence was carried on through the j columns of the Evening News, and Dr. Baciiman ! j afterwards embodied the letters and had them pub- ' lishcd in honk form. j We have not a Bourbon among us, but we evi- | I dently have a dramatic prodigy. A Mr. George | Hutchison" advertises in the morning papers that J lie will act the play of Macbeth, personating ovej ry character, without the aid of book or prompter. J This grand feat will be performed at Hibernian Hall on Wednesday evening next, and a large audience will probably be attracted by the uniqueness of the performance. There can be no doubt j but that Mr. Hutchison is a most extraordinary ! man, andean do some most extraordinary things, I among which is the canibal feat of swallowing ! Shakspeare whole. A run was made upon the office of a little scur! ulous sheet called the "Spy," on Saturday evening last, by some pcrsoes who had been made to figure in its columns, and the publisher, together with his type and furniture, was knocked into "pi." It was nothing more than the head and front of the "Spy" could have expected, and the wonder is that it has been permitted to flourish so j long. Such things should at once be frowned j down by the virtuous indignation of an honorable, j high minded community, and the mark of Cain j put upon those who, for filthy lucre, would pander i to the depraved appetites and passions of a vitia| ted taste. Mr. Memmixger. has published a careful revise of his speech in the legislature, on the Bank question, in the columns of the Courier. It is a very ingenious and plausible argument, and his positions, at nrst oiusu, may scum 10 uc 1^11 tenable, but he will be severely reviewed and criticised by one of the ablest pens of the city, and before he is done with Mr. M., and his speech, some of his positions will have their foundations j knocked from under them. Both are heroes of many battles, and in this case, Greek will meet Greek, and the tug of war will bo long and fierce. There has not been much excitement here on account of the arrest of Walker the filibuster.? The people here seem to manifest very little interest in either Walker, Pauldino or the A(1 misistration, while the resumption of specie payment, the price of cotton and the Artesian Well, arc considered the ardinal principles of the democratic faith. This is emphatically a utilitarian age, and people care more for measures than men, confidence than credit, specie than specula1 tion, and the first question now asked of any ' measure, plan or proposition, is, will it pay? If f not.no investment is made, and the thing is let ' alone most serenely: allowed to die of excessive stillness. The New Custom House is not yet completed, but like GiLriNS hat and wig, it is on the way, and will evidently be ready for uncle Sam's I servants in the course of time, if not sooner. A { ' new Post Office is spoken of, and the department j ' has been petitioned on the matter, but that is the ! last that has been heard of it. The present 1 building is a hundred years old, and is rather out I ' of repair. If the mail continues to fail as it has I for the past ten days, it will scarcely be worth 1 while to build a Post Office at all, as what few letters and papers that occasionally reach this point could be assorted by the Mail Agent at the Depot, and distributed by the Penny Post. We 1 can assure our firiends, the officials at the Federal Capital, that we arc not near so particular about the rost office, as we are about the mails. Our ' Northern mail now comes over two roads, the South Carolina and the North-Eastern, and between the two it very often fails to come at all. The old Artesian Well still contiuues to yield thirty gallons of water per minute, which is al' lowed to run off down the street and mingle with the waters of the Bay. It is now proposed to -i .1.!. ?vn 1 nn 1,1 o lisp, hv lavint? pUl tins Wiliei IU CUIUV K?~?v.v ~J -.-j - D ' pipes and carrying it through the city, and thus accommodate with fresh water as many as arc ! willing to pay a reasonable price for it. It is proposed to use it for the present for purposes of machinery. If the new well succeeds, the city will soon he supplied with fresh water ata trifling cost, which will avoid the inconvenience now expeti1 enced from the failure of cisterns from protracted ' droughts. ! The Bathing House, the Fish Market and the ' Battery, are numbered among the luxuries rather " than the necessaries of city life, the fact is, no ' communities except sea-port towns cen afford to 1 have them. I am told, however, that they are all paying handsome dividends except the Fish Mnr' ket, which is regarded as purely ornamental, j MAGNOLIA. For the Yorkvillc Enquirer. TOWN COUNCIL ELECTION. Editor*:?An election will take place, ( the second Monday in February next, for the t Town Council of Yorkville. In advance of any excitement on that occasion, we would address a ! ... few pncific and dispassionate remark* to the good i 1 citizens of our flourishing town. A short review j of our past history?not with the intention of I harrowing up old animosities?but for the purpose | r of correctly estimating our progress, will neither j i prove uninteresting nor uninsMuctivc. There was j a time?and it is not long since, when such a j quiet, orderly and ein'lizfd election as that held . on Monday last would have been a miracle. There ' was a time when such au occasion would have : elicited all the bad passions of the human heart, j | and called forth an exhibition, not of true courage \ . and a noble prowess, but of ill-nature fermented ! . by wine, and of black-guardism which would do ' > credit to the bedlamites of Five Points?the ! 1 ! sink hole of New York. But that time has passed | i away?a new order of things has arisen?and we | " ' '1 - - '- I if llmi'A id not n. 1 WOUIU tlSK II1C rauum uucmn ? ........ .. _ j ! manifest improvement 011 the old rejimc? We , j have now, what every true patriot and intelligent j ! Republican must desire?a district so thoroughly 3 | imbued with the spirit of temperance, that our 3 | candidates find it to their interest to ignore the ' ! trealiny system?a method of bribery not the less j disgraceful because of its legality. We have , ! now, nearer than at any former period in 1 J my recollection, an approximation to the idea of > 1 free suffrage. We have, in short, the most order, I ly, moral and consistent district in the State.? ; ; Does auy one deuy this? We challenge a refutar I tion. And to what cause is this observable change ! # ' for the better to be attributed ? It can only be t attributed to the spirit of temperance pervading 3 j the community and acting through a temperate 1 ' Town Council. Candor will compel every oDe to ; | admit this. Whether the change is desirable or I not, may be a question with some, but the cause ' . j of that change is well-known. But is there a I man in Yorkville who does not think the change desirable? When we ask this question we mean a man who pretends to give a reason as the basi9 of his opinion. We arc aware that here, as elsewhere, there is a God-forsaken class who sneer at everything that is moral or good, who never darken the church-door for any other purpose than blasphemy and ribaldry, who, while pretending to great honesty and sincerity, brand religious and active Christians as liypocrits and impostors.? But it is not to be expected that this class, which shrinks not from any impiety and openly ridccules the God of truth, will approve anything which appears to have the sanction of heaven or to be good in itself, and their opposition and malevolence is the strongest confirmation of the soundness and intrinsic gooduess of the cause they dc nounce. But it is not to this clns3 that we address ourselves, persuaded as we are, that no reasoning, however strong, no motive however pure, and no truth however impressive, enn influence them to sanction what they know to be moral and right. It is to that intelligent and honest portion of the community, which chance, more than inclination has associated with the above-mentioned class, that wc would address our remarks. An attempt will no doubt be made to stir up old party animosities, and to identify irrelevant issues with that of temperance, in th.? next election. This is ever the resource of the weak and the practice of the illiberal partisan. This leads us then to our conclusion. Wc would appeal, in advance of any expression of opinion, to all citizens who arc honestly desiring the pros- J perity of Yorkvillc, to reflect for a moment on the comparative improvement of the town, under the prevalence of temperance principles, before they suffer minor issues, or old feelings of enmity aroused by parasitical RansySniffles, to force them into opposition to what their judgments must approve, and their consciences must endorse. So far as any special act of the incumbent Town Council is concerned we have,in this place,nothing to say. We may disapprove of some particular portion of their policy, for like all men they are liable to err, but as regards the encouragement which they have given to sobriety, morality and good order, we are mucn m:siaKon u one smgie individual can be found, who has any self-respect, or whom any one respects, to maintain that they havo not acted for the best. In relation to high or low taxes, this restriction or that, we do not think that they should be identified with the question of temperance in the next election. A man may be opposed to high taxes and yet very consistently ndvocate the principles of sobriety and order. We are particular on this point, as we know an attempt will be made to engraft on the temperance cause, every measure that can create the least odium and dislike. But if you, the citizens of Yorkville, honestly desire to promote the welfare of Yorkville and will calmly reflect on the past, the present and future of our town, no side issue will be permitted to blind your judgment, and nothing that has passed, will be allowed to cloud your understanding. We write this article, Messrs. Editors, upon the supposition, that at the approaching election there will be a "dryand wet" ticket in the field, though such may4not be the case. MODERATION. Circular. Office CoMPTROLLEa General, Columbia, January 12, 1858. To the several Tax Collectors of the several Districts and Parishes of the State of South Carolina: According to the provisions of the laws of this State, in such case made and provided, the Bills of Suspended Banks arc not "receivable by the Treasurers, Tax Collectors and other public officers in payment for taxes and other moucys due to the State." You will therefore give at least thirty days notice through the public journal of your District, or otherwise, to the Tax Payers of your District or Parish, that the bills of the following Banks will only be received in payment of Taxes due the State, viz : The Commercial Bank of Columbia. The Bank of Charleston. The Union Bank of Charleston. The State Bank of Charleston. The Bank of Georgetown. The Merchants' Bank of Cheraw. The Bank of Camden. The Bank of Chester. You will also receive the Taxes, or any other dues to the State, in the Bills of the Bank of the State of South Carolina. Should any Tax Collector in the State refuse to obey the foregoing instructions, or present at the Treasury any Bills on other Banks than those above named, he will be dealt with according to law. J. D. ASHMORE, Comptroller General. Letter from Gen. Walker to the President. Gen. Walker has addressed a letter to the President, containing a succinct aud lucid statement of his course, and protesting against the wrong inflicted upon him and his officers, both by the acts aUU IHtSIUCUUVUS ^U3 lit UCOtimy luv ........ cers of the Government. The production is from the pen of a practiced writer, and is couched in courteous and manly terms. If Gen. Walker be the author,"lie has proved himself a powerful champion with the pen, if not the sword. None of his numerous advocates among the civilians have defended their client, with such skill and eloquence, as their client has displayed in his own behalf. Gen. Walker proceeds in the first place to deny unequivocally that he has ever been engaged, any time or in any measure, with any unlawful expedition against Nicaragua. In regard to the intimation in the President's message that Walker's first departure from San Francisco was illegal, he repeats what he had said in a previous letter, that lie left California with the sanction and approval of the Federal officers of the port of San Francisco, and that the captain of the revenue cutter sent his sailors to bend the sails which carried him front California to Central America. He also reminds the President that the United States Government recognized and legalized the immediate results of the emigration from California, in the reception of Padre Vigil as minister from the Republic of Nicaragua. Referring to his former illegal expulsion from Nicaragua by an officer of the United States Navy, lie recalls the fact that the moment he touclmd his native soil ho protested against the illegality and injustice of the act, and declared his intention to return to the laud from whence he had been wrongly brought. He thus proceeds : "After a long effort, and much patient endurance, we at leogth sailed from Mobile for San Juan de Nicaragua, on the 14th day of November last. The vessel in which we sailed was regularly cleared by the Collector of the Port, and a special Inspector was scut aboard to examine the cargo and passengers. Our rights, too, as Nicaraguans were acknowledged, for the Collector refused to clear the Fashion with Capt. Fayssoux commanding, on the ground that he was a citizen of the United States. With a regular register and clearance, we supposed wLen once on the high seas we were beyond the possible interference of auy United States authority, for even if we were admitted belligerents against a power with which the United States was at peace, owners of the neutral vessel had a clear light to carry warlike persons as well as contraband of war, subject only to the risk of capture bv theenemv's cruisers. We did not for a moment imagine that naval officers would undertake to place restraints on American commerce in the abseuce of Federal lawand of Congressional authority. The deference, too, we know your Excellency has for the Constitution of the United States precluded the supposition that any orders had been issued to detain or capture au American vessel whose papers showed she was eugaged in a lawful voyage. Satisfied as we were of the entire legality of our voyage, we did uot hesitate to enter the port of San Juan de Nicaragua, although we knew a U. S. sloop of war was present in the harbor. But we had scarcely landed before we were subjected to a series of illegal and insulting acts by the commander of theSaiatoga. These acts have been detailed in two letters addressed by me to Commodore Paulding, and now on file, I presume, in the Navy Department. While were being embarrassed by the action of the Saratoga we had not been idle. Col. Anderson, who had served his native country throughout the Mexican war, at the head of fifty meu had ascended the river and gained possession of the stronghold, which in the last ceutury had defied the genius of tho proudoet naval name in British annals. Not only this, but lie had regained possession of valuable American property, unlawfully held by Costa Rican soldiers, and I had given the order to restore it to the agent claiming it for the owners. Permit me to ask whether it is such acts as these which authorise your naval officers to apply to us the vilest epithets of the language ? Scarcely, however, had the possession of Castillo Viego opened to us the way to the Lake Nicaragua and to the regaining of all we had lost by Capt. Davis' interference, than a most grievous wrong was inflicted on us by Commodore Paulding. On the 8th of December the latter officer summoned me to surrender to bitu and the Nicaraguan flag was a second time hauled down on Nicaraguan soil by the orders of the Jnited States Navy." General Walker adds that rarjh as he felt the wrong, as he considers it, committed by Commodore Paulding, he felt still more keenly the declaration of that officer, that talker was dishonoring the United States. He winds up with an expression of his determination to proceed in bis Central American enterprise, and to avenge the wrongs of Nicaragua. Cora. Paulding's Instructions. The following is said to be a copy of the instructions sent to Com. Paulding: Sir:?From information received at this Department, there is reason to believe that lawless persons now engaged within the limits of the United States in setting on foot and preparing the means for military expeditions, to be carried on against the territories of Mexico, Nicaragua and Costa Rica?republics with whom the United ouues are at peace?iu vioianuu m iue juui ocvtion of the act of Congress approved 'JCtli April, 1818. And under the eighth section of the said act, it is made lawful for 'he President, or such persons as he shall empower, "to employ the land and naval forces of the United States, and the militia thereof, for the purpose of preventing the carrying on of any such expedition or enterprise from the territories or jurisdiction of the U. States." I am, therefore, directed by the President to call your attention to the subject, and to urge you to use nil due dilligence, and to avail yourself of all legitimate means at your command, to euforco these and all other provisions of the said act of 20th April, 1818, against those who may be found to be engaged in setting on foot or preparing military expeditions against the territories of Mexico, Costa Rica and Nicaragua, so manifestly prejudical to the national character, and so injurious to the national interest. And you are, also, hereby instructed promptly to communicate to this Department the earliest information you may receive relative to such expedition. I am, sir, your obedient servant, Lewis Cass. Commodore Paulding's Letter. Commodore Paulding's letter to the Secretary of War, relating to the capture of Gen. Walker and his men, is said to be a most lame and impotent excuse for his extraordinary conduct. We have not yet seen the letter, but it is said to abound in such epithets as "pirates," "outlaws," men who left our shores for rapine, murder," &c. The Commodore says he saw no way of vindicating the law, other than the arrest of these persons. He says he is sensible of the responsibility he has incurred, but confidently looks to the Government for a justification of his course. He says that General Walker established his camp, and without the authority of law raised the Nicaraguan flag?claimed to be commander of the Nicaraguan army? seized the property of the people?killed men? made prisoners of peaceable inhabitants?and, consequently, must be regarded as an outlaw and murderer: Humanity, he says, as well as national honor, demanded his arrest. This letter may satisfy the Administration as to the justifiableness of his course, but it will not satisfy the people. They feel that a righteous and just cause has been defeated by the untimely and unauthorized interference of a Naval officer, and a great and noble man most shamefully and cowardly dealt with, and unless the Administration clearly and distinctly expresses its disapprobation, by relieving him of his command, it will lose cast at the South, where it has now its only strength. Columbus Sun. Lotteries. In alluding to the bad moral effect upon the country in our Legislature chartering such privileges, and that, too, for educational and beaificent purposes, the Atlanta American declares them, in its judgment more deterimental to the pecuniary and moral interests of society than even "wild cat bauking." It charges that this chartered privilege, to raise by lottery in our State, $1,500? years since?has been sold lo parties out of the State upon the payment of one dollar per annum, for the use of it?that in one case "the holder of the charter of one of these lotteries is a citizen of New York city. lie advertised in some of the papers of that city. It so happened that a widow lady drew a prize of $1,200, for which she applied. Instead of paying up like an honorable gambler, she wascooly told that the laws of N. York forbid lotteries, the advertising of them, and the sale of tickets, and that they should not pay.? The managers in New York positively laughed in her face, and defied the law. After some delay, she gave her case in charge of eminent counsel in this city, [Atlanta] who were enabled finally to compromise for $900! Thus she was defrauded of $300, besides the delay and vexation consequent upon their nefarious attempts to swindle her out of the whole.?Milledgeville Recorder. The purchasers of tickets iu the Alanta lottery should require an explanation of the affair before they proceed to invest further in the institution at that place, known as the Fort Gains Academy Lottery. Supreme Court of the Cherokees.?A correspondent of the Arkansas Intelligencer, writing from Tahlequah, capital of the Cherokee Nation, gives an interesting account of a "full-blooded Indian" Supreme Court: "As one walks into the room when the Supreme Court is in session, he is at once impressed with a feeling of respect and awe. The room scrupulously clean, the long list of rules tacked to a post, the grave and sage appearance of the five judges, and the respectful demeanor of the attorneys, reminds one of the higher courts of justice in the States. A cautious man, on entering the courtroom, will at ouco read the rules, that he may conform to them while he remains. The most important to strangers are those making it penal to anit nnnn tho floor or walls of the room, to enter without first taking off the hat, to smoke in the preseuce of the court, or come inside the bar; while the rule of the most consequence to practising attorneys seems to be that which directs the language of address to the court, which must be in the following words: '-May it please the court." An Act To amend the Law in relation to Trading with Slaves Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That if any person who had been once convicted of dealj ing, trading or trnfficing, with a slave, contrary to i the Acts of the Generrl Assembly, now in force, ; shall be a second timcconvicted of the like offence, such person (not being a white female) shall, for | each second, or other subsequent offence, in addition to the penalties now prescribed by law, be I whipped not exceeding thirty-nine lashes: Trovi' I ded, That the said punishment shall not extend to j any conviction for an offenee committed prior to j the passing of this Act, that any free person of color, who shall sell, give, or in any manner, deJ liver liquor to a slave, with a permit from the i owner, or person having charge of such slave, j shall, upon conviction, be whipped not more than ! fifty lashes. it>|, Pauso.n Baow.vi.ow.?Parson Browulow, in a ' late letter, thus accepts the invitation recently ex tended to him by Horace Greely: I Horace Greely has announced that when I j reach New York, as I expect to do in the Spring, I the arrangements arc to have my arguments and i statements refuted by Fred. Douglass, one of the colored orators! I have arranged to meet his case. I shall take with me a servant acting here in the capacity of a barber, and known as Alf Anderson. lie is a large, fine looking negro, between tlie years 01 -u ana ou?reaus anu wrues wen? has some exncrience as a public speaker?has stentorian lungs? is a strong and forcible speaki er?rather eloquent than otherwise?and is'a nai tivo fof East Tennessee. He will meet colored orators?advocate and illustrate Southern slavery, and oppose abolitionism. In the meantime, if you can induce him to go with you upon an under! ground railroad to Canada, or to remain in your ! glorious land of freedom, I will let him do either, ; uud give uo opposition to stealing him. Operations in the Dead-Letter Office.?Du| ring the past year the number of letters containing money, which were opened in the dead-letter branch of the Post Office Department, was as follows : Quarter ending 81st March, 1,059 letters, which contained $11,439 99 ; quarter ending 30th June, '2,201 letters?$11,812 45; quarter ending 30th Sept., 2,245 letters which enclosed $12,0551 51, and quarter ending 31st Dec., 2,352 letters I containins $13,301 90. Total letters for the year, 8,858 and money $49,200 91, nine-tenths of which has already been safely returned to the writers of said letters.