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?>rntfs & jfacta. The latest advices from Alabama represent the cotton crop in that State as in fine condition, the recent frosts not having affected it as recently reported. ?? A Quaker's admonition to a man who was pouring forth a volley of ill language to him was: ? 'Have a care, friend, thoumayest run thy faoe against my fist." Before marriage, the man is very much struok with the woman, and afterwards the , woman is very much struck by the man. It , is a striking business throughout. i ? At a marriage oeremony, which is of the most value, the "bride or the bridegroom? The bridegroom; for the bride is given away, and thebridegroom is sold. * Write your name by kindness, love and mercy on the hearts of the people you come in contact with, year by year, and you will never be forgotten. An article in an exchange paper, announcing the decease of a person, says: His remains were committed to that bourne whenoe no traveler returns, accompanied by his friends." ??Goethe said that "man was the only objeotth&t properly interests man." We guess the old fellow was mistaken. Woman is a much more interesting object than man, anyhow. A lady is now living in Guilford, New Haven County, Conn., who during her lifetime, has seen her great-grandfather and her ?? ?11 lira cmnnnodivo greatrgnuiuuuiiuj nnu a*i v* MIW ?uwvww*,w generations between, being eigbt genera- ( tions. r ( ??A Doctor at Scattycook, Me., says that " Tisic" is generally caused by flem, sometimes by catar. Occasionally it is accompanied by kickups or direa. Singing sams and { KimSf are a wholesome exercise for it, and * eatingpunkin pies good food. 1 Mrs. Gage, in a speech at the recent . feminine convention, told the story of a wo- { man who, having secured a second spouse ( that " nursed the baby," &o., very accom- ^ modatingly avered that "a husband was the j next best thing about a house to the cooking s stove." c ?? The Washington correspondent of the t Tribune givesa tabular statement of the num- t ber of speeohes printed and distributed by the United States Senators at their individual expense; those from the free States have , thus put in circulation 680,000 copies of ( speeches, and the Senators from the slave j States 130,000. ^ Few persons have any idea of the ex- i tonl of business in the Dead Letter Office.? i During a single year, in addition to $50,000 <] in money returned to,its lawful owners, there " have been found in the letters* and restored, i drafts, checks, and"some other valuable papers amounting to three and a half millions j of doUarjju* 1 Tbe American Tract Society of Boston, while hestitating to cut loose from the ^ . New York Sooiety, a question whioh they ? referred to the Executive Committee, passed 1 f resolutions by one hundred majority, after 1 an exoiting debate, whioh assert it to be the ^ p.;. duty of the Society to discuss slavery in its c BF moral aspects. n The Philadelphia papers are disous- r sing the project of a "temporary home for in- j ebriates." The "homes" of inebriates are j generally "temporary"?but this is muoli j better philanthropy than stealing negroes to ^ starve them. The Richmond Enquirer well j says, attend to your dronken men, and the i SLnntli will fnto nnro nf t.liA npornpH and hnar ? the immorality of it. ??The editorof the Kiogstree Star has I been shown a stalk of ootton from the plan- .4 tation of Mr. J. R. McLaw, of Sumter Dis- B trict, measuring over a foot in length, and A containing several forms. The ootton crop I in 8umter is said to be very promising, and 1 a gentleman who has lately travelled over A the district, says that he saw large fields of cotton where the weed was from six to eight T inches high. E ? A writer in a late number of the Winnsboro' Register, over the signature of " Civis," nominates Ex Governor James H.Adams for a seat in the United States Senate, to fill thevancancy occasioned by the T death of Judge Evans. The writer says we ^ need a man of position and influence at f home, and reputation abroad, and concludes ^ that no man could represent the sentiments ^ and interests of the State at this time with q truer fidelity or more distinguished ability. j It is stated that the paying out appa- I ratus constructed by Mr. Everett, of our na- i vy, is pronounced by the English engineers to be just the machinery required, and that ( Mr. Hughes our ingenious inventor ana eiec- \ trician, has succeeded in transmitting cur- ( rents of electricity through twenty-six hun- 1 dred miles of the cable without difficulty, I thereby solving satisfactorily a problem that had baffied the science of the company's elec- 1 tricians. 1 ?? The New York Evening Post publish- 1 es a letter tfhich the Hon. Charles Sumner has addressed to his constituents on the eve of his departure for Europe, "in search of health." The honorable gentleman indul- j ges a touching allusion to his chastisement, ] and laments his inability to discbarge the t duties of his office. But he generously for- ] bears to tender his resignation. Wonderful ( self-sacrifice; for so long as he visits the t Senate chamber the spectre of the lamented i Brooks will haunt his imagination and para- ] lyze his energies. If he would have health, < he must separate himself from associations < which oppress and overpower his feeble na- i ture.?Richmond South. i A correspondent of the N. Y. Times, 1 writing from New Orleans, says: "Bad as ' we of the JNo.:tn neiieve slavery to oe, 1 have yet to see the first sign of the squalid wretchedness, poverty, and degradation among the blaoks here, which we daily see among the blaoks and the foreigners of the North. "I have been in several of the churches bnilt for the slaves, and I have seen crowds of them worshiping with their masters in the Bame great congregation. They are wonderfully impressible, uttering their feelings in the very midst of the services? sometimes by a simple "Yes, yes;" sometimes by a long low wail, or a sweet plaintive musical sound that goes all over the congregation, and often a shriek from some female voice, followed with a spasmodic uplifting of the hands, and then a slight swoon, which draws together a crowd of sympathizing ne groes, who attend to the subject until she is restored to consciousness. All the while the services go on as if nothing was the matter, the preaoher evidently satisfied with this evidence of his power over his audience" ? EDITED BY SAM'Ij W. MEXJTOJJ. YORKVILLEj S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 3, 1858. filgyWe ore very desirous to give particular i attention to the local department of our pnper; and to this end, wo would ask our friends in the ! various portions of the Distriot, Postmasters and ! others, to give us reliable accounts of whatever i matters of general interest, that may transpire in < their respective localities. Notices of Marriages 1 and Deaths will be promptly inserted, when ac- ! jompanied by a responsible name. Announce- I ments of religious and temperance meetings will 1 be inserted with pleasure, and without charge. i Our friends, Clergymen, Postmasters and oth-' 1 srs, can, and we trnst will, aid us materially in- 1 :ontributing interesting items, of this nature to i our columns. f *** In order to encourage the efforts of all 5 ffho are favorable to our enterprise, we propose t to send a copy of the Enquirer, gralis, to any one 1 making up a club of ten subscribers and sending t 515, in advance. To clubs of six, the paper will o be sent for $10 50, with an extra copy to the person s v making the club. t jgf* Wm. P. McFaddkn, Esq., and M. Jones, s ire authorized to act as agents for the Enquirer, 1 receive money and give receipts for the office. c H. Judoe Moorb, Esq., is our authorized igent to obtain subscriptions and advertisements, a ind to collect money due the office, in Charleston, e ebenezer academy. " j The students of Mr. Shurley's school propose . .. m 1- - v* A tlirti. mi oat a ^ ;o entertain mefiDenezer peupic, uuu ww 6?vo..., in Wednesday next. See notice. A POBM. T Our valued contributor, J. Wood Davidson, has g inricbed our columns often; but we have obtain- p id nothing from his pen more replete with true q >oetic strength and beauty than the subjoined s )oem of his, on Night and Life. The comparison E s drawn subtly, truthfully, and with that pro- E 'ound philosophy which marks the poet?the oracle T >f the deepest mysteries of nature and-of life.? c ["he argument is sustained firmly, and upon every a ink hangs a striking, beautiful thought, of itself t i poem. If the reader will give to these lines an ? lamest study, he will divine the reason why we a lave gone beyond our custom, and assigned to I hem a place in the editorial column. p Nl.OHT AND LIFE. by j. wood davidson. * ! saw in dreams the shadow of the earth ? Jling to her like a reeling spire. I saw ' t point to all the starry spaces in e Their turn?A cone within whose concave base 1 Sarth rolls eternally. That shade is night To all earth-walking men. From earth I saw f The same. And here, of all things earth-seen elsb 11 Tis likest life. Its stars come one by one' D jike thoughts in youth. The moon at various 11 hours f'* * - ft Irises o'er the night, a star of stars,? The thought of thoughts?the light of Love?to .. " "? u shine s> M Lmid our life with ever-varying phase. luch lunar light and such the light of Love. t glorifies?imparadises?all The dark, and sunless surface of the world : ... t! Lnd when it sets, that night can see 11 rise )n it no more. Can Love that sets upon ?he night of life arise again? When lights )f life?its stars, its moon?have set or paled ^ n dawn, life keeps a Bible Hope that then, n spirit-world, will rise a San in beams leyond the brightest glimpse of glory caught lere in our night of life?the Sun of Love ind Light of Truth in God's eternal day; 'or God himself is Love. To such a morrow's sun ^ 'he starry night, with all its moonless gloom, lay look with all the certainty of death. In night?in life?we wander guided most tut darkly by the dim thought-light of stars, ' md feebly see each brother's face, and then Iistake a demon or a phantom for ? l brother's self. Our means of .guidance too ^ s oft a brother's distant voice, and that 'oo often is a cry of agony? ^ l brother, nay, perchance a sister, lost! The night is darker towards the coming day, ^ 'hev say, just as the second childhood deepens Ire the dawn of death-land's brighter day. I watched the night?the shadow of the earth? 'hus in my dreams. 'Twas ever from the sun ind ever shifting, sweeping on through space n dizzying whirl; its dawn?the shores of life? 'orever changing to each soul that lives. j ts cause was light?the Sun?Creator?God. Then night be done, the world has ceased to be ; 'or sun and world make night; as God and man, lan's life. Or else, the sun may cease, and then Till?night; so, else, must God be not, or man, ^ lhat life like sunless night forever be ^ To more. And night conceals the earthy earth j 5ut then reveals the heavenly heavens that day )enies us sight of. Thus as night is proof ^ )f sun to cast it, which because of night ^ Te cannot see, even thus is life the proof )f Light?of Love?of God?beyond our view, q Vhich is to rise like morrow's sun upon ^ Jpon our souls and make our spirit-day. I lovo the night, and love the life alike. They both in common darkness tell me of 1 light?and both assure me of a life? Jeyond. And life and night have mystery. Wiujjsbobo', S. C., May 15. 1iatr v THE TORKVUitK I/VCEU.W. * We are gratified to know that an earnest effort c s in progress, in our town, to establish a public v lading-room, and in connection with it a Deba- r ;ing Club, to be called the "Yorkville Lyceum."? ^ Nearly forty members have already been obtained, f rod we are fully persuaded that but little addi- t .ional exertion is needed to put the enterprise into 1 mccessful operation. The Club met, in the Tern- t perance Hall, on Friday evening laBt, and appoint- 1 :d the necessary committees to co-operato with 1 )ther members of the Lyceum, in carrying out f their object. The position of President was as- s jigned to Rev. Mr. Adajxs, whose presence and i iid will contribute much to the permanent success ?f the movement. 1 The establishment of a Lyceum will confer upon < us such incalculable benefit in every point of view, 1 that we deem it unnecessary to urge the subject i ? ? ? ? 11 Wa oar. I l&puu UiC aUCUblVU Vi VUk W tt u ^/vv^/ivi f I V vv* tainly need a stimulus to mental culture; and ev- < ery ono will acknowledge that our social elements 1 are sufficiently scattered to require the attracting ' and harmonizing influences which the Lyceum is < calculated and intended to afford. Let it be said, 1 once at least, that wo have all unitod to effect a i good purpose; and, the method having been as- < certaihed and the result having provided the ne- 1 cessary conditions, we may hereafter be more ready to exhibit that concord of feeling and of action which is indispensable to the prosperity of our town. . In other towns and villages in t?o State, Lyceums have been in successful operation for months; and we have the testimony of our cotemporaries that they have amply repaid the time and expense devoted to them. We earnestly hope that those who have the movement in charge will carry out their purpose energetically. MERE-MENTION. A movement has been made in Mississippi to request the resignation of Gov. McWillik. The people of the State are very indignant at the last exercise of Executivo clem ncy, which has turned loose James Dvsos. Moses Sherin, of Granville County, N. C., was burned to death a few dajs ago, leaving a family destitute. Rum! The State Bible Convention of South Carolina will be held in Abbevillo on the last Wednesday in July next. yFrom a statement in the New Vork Tima, we learn that, the American fleet carries 140 guns, while the British fleet carries 357.? Such is the relative strength of the two fleets now ;n the Gulf. Intelligence from the Utah oxpeiition has been received at Leavenworth. There vas no abatement in preparation for the march to Salt Lake, notwithstanding the -recent pacific indigence. 'I declare, mother,' said a petted ittleeirlin a pettish little way, ''tis too bad nother I you always send me to bed when I am lot sleepy, and yon always make me get up when [ am sleepy. An ordinance has been passed n Norfolk, levying a capitation tax of SO on every 'roe white male inhabitant over 21 years old. Che New Hampshire papers ore agitating the qucsion of a United States Senator to succeod J. P. Iale. In boring an artesian well at Louisrille, a depth of 1,700 feet has been reached, and i jet of salt water now rises fifty feet into the air ibove the earth's surface. ' "'Mamma, mamna! here is a hair in the bread. 'Hush, no it lint, my child; it is nothing but a corn silk.' 'I ike that!' Who the mischief ever seen nits on a :orn silk before ?' The Newbnryport (Mass.) Herald says that imong those trees whose ages have been ascertained, the elm has been known to live more than 350 ears; the chesnut 600; the cedar 800; the oak rom 1,200 to 1,500; and some of the woods of the ropics 8,000, 4,000, and 5.000 years! At he paper mill of William Clark & Co., Northampon, Mass., a bale of rags was recently opened, vhichcame from the Crimea. Pillow cases, sheets, hirts, bandages, surgical aprons, remnants, and larts of clothing stained with blood, told an elojuent tale of sufferings and sorrow. It is tated that Kansas has already cost the Governaent, at the very lowest estimate, fifty millions of aoney. On Saturday, the first of May, Cab>inal Wiseman performed the solemn blessings if four ships at Deptford, England. These ships ,re to be employed against the slave trade. It is he first blessing of a ship in England since the Reformation.' The shipping of vegetables nd fruit to the northern market from Norfolk. >Ta., has commenced. Six hundred barrels of >eas, &c., were taken on board the Jamestown on Wednesday last for New York. Mrs. Sophia Io.miiam, the mother of the Hon.- M. L. Bonham, lied at Edgefield, S. C , on the 18th. ultimo in the 8th year of her age. Lord Napier is said to raphatically disclaim having had any knowledge rhatever of the obnoxious proceedings of the Iritish cruisers'in tho Gulf of Mexico, and'to exiress the belief that the ministry were equally gnorant of tho movements which have created so inch sensation over the country. One arguaent in the British Parliament in favor of letting aen marry their deceased wives' sisters was? hat by doing so a man had only one mother-in-law aBtead of two. v G. A. Tbenholm, Esq., was inanimously elected on the 25tb, by the Directors f the. South Carolina Railroad Compnny to fill he vacanoy existing in their Board. A man ras stabbed in Boston a day or two since, and ingular enough, the knife passed exactly between he heart and liver without touching either, or ny vital artery. "'They mOan to raise tall Indents in Wisconsin. Its Board of Education as resolved to erect a building large enough to ccommodate five hundred studunts three stories igb. NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE. New Yobk, May 24, 1858. The British outrages on American vessels is still re subjoct of excitement. The aggregate of these ow amounts.to about twenty-five! This we suf;r almost under our owr. guns. The gallant Ponee, formerly of the Navy, offers himself as a lader in an expedition having for its object a urpose no less than to capture a few of the Brit ihers and to bring them into port. Although overnment is moving promptly in the matter, let orteb. have a letter of marque, and let us show lem that volunteers are ever ready and able to rotcct our interests by sea as well as by land.? Te honor them too much by sending government essels to exercise that kind of intervention which Dnsists in "masterly inactivity." Let us call up0 the shade of "Old Hickory" and have a war?a par that will try our young strength and leave us lore powerful than before it came. Our Navy is so small, and nothing short of a war will frighten igislators into active measures for building up a rnrine force worthy of a great-nation. The news from Briodam Young and Utah is nportant. That arch-hypocrite and prime leader 1 immorality, Brigiiam Young, will soon earn aother epithet to grace his many honorable titles, fewill be called Brigiiam thcRacer; for, although ie authorities think that he is sending his harem l advance to safe places, in order to pull off his oat and fight like a white man, unencumbered by aggagc; he is only preparing for " a tall travel" y the shortest route, as soon as the Government poops appear in sight. He will bum Salt Lake lity, take to his heels, and leave the soldiers a firren r.nnmiest. At last there is a commotion in the Theatrical rorld ! Davenport has cow-hidcil Charles Mathews for reporting that he (Matthews) paid the ost of the suit that divorced Davenport and his rife ; thus in effect paying $300 for "a love of a roman" whom he afterwards made "a duck of a rife." Davenport, probably holding ttte opinion, urrent in some portions of North Carolina, that a voman is worth "a quart of whiskey and a pistaeen," grew indignant at the value allowed for his rife, Lizzie Weston, and hence the assault. He mblished a Card in which he puts his divorced rife and her present husband, (Matthews) on a evel with the lowest subjects that ever disgraced he "school of scandal." Such a card should not tave appeared outside of the immaculate city of Joston; it is too shameless in its revelations of amily secrets for any other than a puritanical itraosphere, an atmosphere that taints and corrupts everything that it touches. The Mayor of the city, after uprooting many ottery swindles flourishing here, sent <>no of his )fficers to search into the lottery concern of S. 3wan & Co. It seems that that "institution" is lot so exclusively Southern after all; for a broth;r of the former Mayor of New York and some ithers, have "a finger in the pie." But Georgia egalized lottery swindling, so fillibustering in the "State of Georgia," in this instance, did not pay sinenses. The pity is that the Mayor could not break up the maiu concern as easily as he demolished their ticket office here. IIow many pooi ievils would have their last desperate dollar to buy an honest|meal or to pay an honorable debt! The Gift Book establishment, so extensively patronized by the South, aud very well known is certain portions of York District, have keenly felt the edge of the official sword. It is the objeci of the managers of Gift Book concerns, to cheai the ignorant and thoughtless in & very simple manner. In course of time all kinds of light trashy and unsold printerature (if a word may bi coined to suit the low grade of literature) accu mulates in great quantity. The worms or fi:< must destroy such books, provided ignorance doei not come to the rescue, and pay handsomely foi the respite. In another trade, second hand and worthless jewelry accumulates in the same way. The btfoks and jewelry, having failed in every ef1 fort to go alone, now mutually introduce themselves into the poor scholar's cell, the fine lady's boudoir, and the minister's desk. The books sold are for the most part, utterly worthless in themselves ; but should they be of any value, the price asked and obtained for them is greater than the sum asked elsewhere, and the worth of the brass and pinchbeck eewtraws does not make up for the difference. It is the merest cheating scheme ever put into operation ; let Hhe people be warned of and take counsel against thein. Although the Mayor may not have succeeded in breaking Jup all these cheating shops, still he deserves the gratitude of all honest men for the course lie has taken in regard to the?. Complete success attend liim ! May 24.?A few mort outrages by the British in Southern waters are'reported this morning.? But Congress is moving on the subject, and the President now has authority which it is devoutly hoped that he will use at once and efficiently. The Home Squadron, which will cruise in the waters where these outrages were committed, is being largely increased and will go into active service immediately. And yet Government handles controversies with England with gloved hands encased in "kids" of the softest kind. Really, Jonathan is getting to be quite a contemptible dandy. SETH. For the Yorkville Enquirer. outsideAsubsent. Mr'. Editor:?In your account of the demonstration at Centre, yon allude to the fact, that the company was not as "large and as varied" as you anticipated, and you regret the absence of "outsiders. Permit me to say to you for your comfort and consolation, that you will never get a patent for # at.;- a.-4 t4 !-. -1j 4l.~ tbo discovery or itus iw?. u 19 us oiu ?a mc. Temperance cause. Fully one half of the people of York District will tell you they have almost ceased to wonder about the fact. What is meant by "ouiiidert f" Certainly not a jug-handled concern?all on one side of the outside. Who in York expects to see a distiller, or retailer, or drunkard, at a Temperance meeting, countenancing the reformation of society by bis personal presence ? Every christian professor in the land can tell you readily and by rote the wherefore these outsiders remain absent. It is not in the line of these outsiders' vocation to encourage order and cultivate sobriety. But of "varied" humanity this class is not the only variety. Of the religious community it is about as rare to witness their presence at a Temperance demonstratiorl as to sec the distiller, retailer or drunkard there, if the former ba not members of the Order. The professor and the drunkard agree in sentiment in keeping aloof. Says the drunkard to the christian, Do you intend to go to the Temperance meeting ? No, says the christian, I think it right not to go. Them's my sentiments exactly, say3 the drunkard. But, says the christian, I think you ought to go?it may do you good. What! replies the drunkard, advise me to go where you ought not to go? do me good, but do you harml If it do me good, why not go with me ? Thinks I? WHAT? For the Yorkville Enquirer. THE BANK QUESTION. Mr. Editor:?According to my understanding, the Report which the Comptroller General submitted to the last Legislature, was a plain and impartial account of the condition and operations of the Banks of this State. You will therefore please publish as much, of that Report as relfttes to the Banks, with the note appended to it. I have no aspirations to office, consequently have no popularity to loose, or party ends to gain, butsimply wish the voters of our State, and especially of our District, to be correctly informed on this "Bank Questionand know of no better way to acomplish that end, than by publishing an official paper on the subject of the Banks which our Legislature has received as authority. Respectfully, WESTERN YORK. ' Report of the Comptroller General. The Banks of this State have all accepted the provisions of the Act of December, 1840, to provide against the suspension of specie payments.? There has been as nsual an extraordinary amount of speculation in "Domestic Exchange;" and in fact a use of their funds generally by the private Bank9 in every way injurious,.and that will ultimately prove disastrous, in the extreme, to all the industrial pursuits and interests of the State. At the commencement of the fiscal year all the Banks in this State had an aggregate liability of $82,939,231 47. To meet this liability their assets in specie was SI,383,208 73, with $7,886,222 36 in Domestic Exchange, and $275,176 46 in Foreign Exchange, which the Banks claim to be the equivalent of specie, but which can in. no emergency be made available. At the same time the amount of deposits was $8,258,844 90 nearly three times the amount of specie in their vaults, and therefore liable at any moment to be driven into suspension by their depositors, were a combination formed for that purpose. On the last day of July the total liabilities of all the Banks was $33.519,188 54, with specie only to the amount of $1,207,289 77, with a circulation of $7,829,627 37, and deposits to the amount of $3,548,837 14. The amount of Domestic Exchange theu on hand was $10,379,561 01, with but $427,494 41 of Foreign Exchange. Again at the close of the fiscal year (80th September) their total liabilities amounts to $33,005,739 91, with only $999,890 76 in specie. They then bad on deposit $2,839,284 21, nearly treble their amount of specie, whilst their circulation was $7,105,170 51. with Domestic Exchange to the amount of $10,265,530 98 and only $231,563 15 in Foreign Exchange. This showing is truly alarming to the financial interests of the State. The whole of our Banks are in the hands of mere speculators, who wantonly disregard the teachings of experience as to safe banking, and henoe our Banks are at any day at the mercy of their depositors. The Comptroller has so often brought these speculations in exobnnge to the attention of the Legislature to no purpose, that he has despaired of seeing any wholesomo law made to restrain them. He will not, however, shrink from a faithful andfearless discharge of his duty, although he has not succeeded heretofore in arresting the attention of the Legislature. The remedy is in your hands, and notwithstanding the arrogant ?i?im nf the nrivate Banks, that thev have nower under their charters to do as they please, and are not amenable to tho public for their acts, there is little doubt but the courts of tho State would soon bring them under the law of the land, and teach them to know that they are public institutions with certain private rights, and that they are at least not omnipotent to do evil. Whatever remedy you may, in your wisdom, apply to arrest their abuses, in the judgment of the Comptroller should be prompt, sharp and severe. If the full measure of the punishment was meted out to them that they deserve, there is not one of the new batch of Banks chartered in 1852 but as richly deserves a forfeiture of their charters for tho course they have pursued, as any political traitor over merited decapitation for treason to his country. They have prostituted the former well tried and legitimate system of Banking in this State to one of mere speculation in exchange ; or in other words, they have changed the legitimate system of banking, and their Banks into mere shaving shops ; and at their own counters, or through the agencies at every point in or out of the State where their own, ' or other citizens' papers or sight drafts, or drafts i on time, can be bought on speculation, until their operations would shame the denizens on Wall atrnftin New York, or the Bourse in Paris. There is no citizen in South Carolina more f&piillar with t all the facts set forth in the petitions, memorials, , arguments and entreaties made to the Legislature in 1852, to induce that body to grant the charters . for these institutions, than the present Comptrol1 ler General, who was an actor and active partici5 pator, both as a member of that body and as charged with the interests of those desiring a Bank; ' and it is now in his power to give a mos'; minute 3 and detailed account, or history, of the circum stdnces and facts under which they obtained their 3 charters, not one of which has performed the functions for which they were created, or redeemed the 9 pledges made to obtain them. They are not, and r cannot be called, Banks of loans, deposits and dis counts, but arc mere hucksters for paper shaving, under cover and form of dealing in exchanges.? The words "Domestic Exchange" should be stricken from the form of their monthly reports to the ^Comptroller, and those of "shaved papef" substituted therefor. They should bo compelled to declare fcvery dollar of their profits in quarterly or semi-annual dividends, and the word* "reserved profits," by which they conceal from many of their dupes the enormous profits they are making, stricken from their statements. They should be compelled to keep at least one dollar i:a specie for every three dollars they have ill circulation, and no private Hank should be allowed to issue bills under the denomination of twenty (TolftjVs. The profits that some of these Banks arc making by their shaving operations are enormous. Take, for instance, the Bank of Hamburg. The report from that Bank, for the month ofSoptember, shows that its last semi-annual dividend was at the rate of 12 per cent, per nnnum, and the amount declared in dividend waa $00,000, whilst the amount of "reserved profits" was $124,800 90. "When the Bank of Hamburg declared its last extra dividend is not known to tho Comptroller, but if the above sums are added together, and the sum of $30,000 yields a dividend at the rate of 12 per cent, pec annum, the sum of $154,300 90 will yield at the rate of 01 j per cent, per annum. Notwithstanding these enormous profits, there is not a solitary one of them that could redeem iu specie one-half, onefourth, one-eighth, one-tenth, one-twelfth, and one-sixteenth, of their bills in circulation, and this by their own showing, if any great or sadden crisis or emergenoy should throw them upon their counters. It is true that the "Exchange Sterling" is regnrded as specie, but no well informed man or banker will claim tjio same for "Domestic Exchange," or if so, will assert that it can at once be made available. The course of the now have driven (no doubt willingly) mnny of the old Banks since their re-charters were obtained, in a similar system of speculation, whilst others of them have only continued in an old and beaten track that they have followed so long and with so much impunity they doubtless think they havo a prescriptive right to do as they please. The old should, therefore, be made to share the same fate and penalties of the new Banks. By a close and critical examination of their monthly reports'to this office, it will be seen that an exaggerated picture of their shaving operations could not well be drawn by the most fertile imagination. What remedy the Legislature will supply to arrest this great and growing evil, one destined<at no distant day to overwhelm tho country, with ruin and dis aster, and which will i: evitably involve us in great monetary difficulties, tho Comptroller can neither foresee or determine. lie feels that ho has faithfully performed his duty,and his whole duty, in thus bringing it forcibly before your honorable body, as has long been his purpose to do, and to leave to time and circumstances the wisdom of the act. He is aware that the severe stricturos be has indulged in will grate harshly on the feelings of in dividual members and Bank stockholders, but he 18 sot to oe uoierrea irotn rue iuu aiscuarge oi uia datieB by that or any other consideration of favor or of policy. That your honorable body may deal with those offending institutions in no very measured terms, and with an unsparing hand, so as to arrest the wild, reckless ana extravagant system of speculation they have inaugurated in our State, is his earnest hope and desire. Note.?Since the foregoing report was closed at the end of the fiscal year, no less than twelve out of twenty Banks have suspended specie payments. The evil is upon the oountry at even an earlier period than the Comptroller anticipated, although he apprehended serious financial embarrassments from the illegitimate course of the BankB in this State, and called the attention of the Legislature to their speculations in his Annual Keport as early as the years 1854, '55, and '50. It was his conviction that they would sustain themselves until after the expiration of the approaching session, but the outside pressure from other States and banking institutions was too great to be resisted, and they have been driven into suspension. Whatever diversity of opinion may prevail as to the wisdom and policy of their suspending, that great blame attaches to them for placing themselves in the condition that rendered suspension necessary, no one will question or donbt, and they should be made to suffer the penalties therefor. . The Comptroller General, as chief officer ol the financial department of the Btute, in view ol the crisiswhioh ha9been precipitated upon us feels it incumbent on him to present, with great deference, his opinions as to the proper remedy to be adopted to punish the delinquent Banks, and tc prevent in future a state of affairs which must lend to a similar result. The penalties imposed by the second section of the Act of 1840, to provide against the suspension of specie payments, should be firmly and rigorously enforood. Should either of the suspended Banks neglect or refuse to paj the penalty already prescribed by law, a provision of law should be made by which legal proceeding! could at once be instituted against snch delinquent Bank or Banks, for the purpose of vacating or declaring void its oharter, To prevent future speculation, and secure a sufficient metalic currency for the ordinary wants of the people* of the State, no Bank should be allowed to issue bills of less denomination than twenty dollars. The shaving ol paper, now described as "Domestic Exchange," should be prohibited.- Any Bank which 'should, for more than thirty days consecutively, have o circulation of its bills greater than three dollar! for every one in specie in its vaults, should forfeit ten per cent, per month for such exoess, The ex m\ng taw pruuiuuillg uuy uuu> iruiu pajiug um the bills of other Banks should be so modified at tc prohibit only their paying out the bills of the Banks of otber^States. That someBMh wholesome laws or regulations sh< aid bo made to oorreot the evils of the present system, is clear and indisputable. Can any system which yields such an enormous profit on capital be just and wise, as is now enjoyed by the Banks of South Carolina ? The citizen can only realize 7 per cent, on bis loans, and yet, when his capital goes into a Bank, through its multifarious and illegitimate operations, he realises, by declared dividends and reserved fands, whieh is merely a dividend to be paid in future, the enormous sum of 20, SO, and, in some instances, it is believed even 40 per cent. This is the raDge of interest which the Bank capital of this State has yielded for the last fiscal year. Are the profits in agricultural, mercantile, or other capital, to be compared with it? And can a charter merely, justly give such a decided advantage to Banks over all other capital ? The Comptroller General apprehends not. It is to be deeply regretted that the Bank of the State led the way in the recent suspensions, bat the most casual observer can easily detect the cause. This Bauk and its Branches at Columbia and Camden, are the only Banking Institutions in the State that have extended any reasonable aid to the farmer and planter, or that has shielded the property of that largest and most valuable class of citizens from the greedy spirit of gain so rife amongst the other Banks. At the close of the fiscal year it will be seen that this BaDk and its Branches had expanded themselves to the utmost limits of prudence by accomodation loans in the shape of "Notes Discounted on personal seenrity," "Bonds," Monies invested in "State Stooks," by advances for the State, &c., &c. The loans discounted on personal security alone, the bulk of which is in the bauds of planters, factors and merchants, amounts to $3,086,884, 64, being nearly one-tbird of the whole of the sum thus invested by the whole of the twenty Banks in the State.? To shelter themselves, therefore, under the wings of this Bank, it was doubtless thought to be good policy to drive it into suspension first, hence the run that was made upon this Institution compelled it tn shield its own and the States' interest by promptly refused any longer to be thus used, and at once suspended. Some apprehensions bare been felt in various quarters as to the solvency of many of the Banks. Should any of these prove insolvent, or not have abundant assets to meet their liabilities, the country has a double guaranty in the fact that each and every stockholder Is liable for double the amount of his stock, for the twelve months next preceding its transfer. By a close analysis of the reports, it will be soen that the suspended Banks are in as good, or well-nigh as good position, as the non-suspended ones, and that the depositors could drive any one of them into suspension at their pleasure. The Comptroller has notified the Presidents oi each of the suspendod Banks that he will enforce against them the penalties prescribed in the 2d Section of the Act of 1840 and should the Legislature not arrest him, by some Actat the ensueing Session, he promises to make all those who have violated that Act, disgorge themselves of some ol their ill-gotten gains, and save the country thereby of some of the burthens of taxation. J. D. A8HMORE, Comptroller General. November, 1857. British Outrages.?The following is the bill introduced in the Senate, on Monday, by Mr Douglas: A bill to restrain and redress outrages upon the flag and citizens of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Repre tentative) of the United Stales of America in Cm grcst assembled, That, in case of flagrant violatioi of the laws of nations by outrage upon the flag soil or citizens of the United States, or upon theii property, under circumstances requiring promp redress, and when, in the opinion of the President delay would be incompetible with the honor anc dignity of the republio, the President is hereby authorized to employ suoh force as he may deen to prevent the perpetration of each out ? -- I # rttges, and to obtain just redress and satisfactio for the same, when perpetrated; and it Bhall b his duty to lay the facta of each case, togethe with the reasons for his action in the premise! before Congress, at the earliest practicable mo mcnt, for such further action thereon as Congres may direct. From the Charleston Standard. The Brltlih Outrages. CATTAIN nARTLETT'S STORY AS CIVEN BY IIIMSKLI Capt. John K. Bartlett, of Portland, Me., Com mander of the ship Clarendon, arrived at this porl on Thursday night, in the steamer Izabel, Cap'.ai: Rollins, from Havana. We called upon him yestei day morning, and obtained from him the follow ing particulars of his collision with the Capt&in c , H. B. M. steamer Buzzard, at Sagna la Grandt on Sunday morning, the second of May. The Clarendon was lying at anchor about a mil from the shore, and about nine o'clock saw th Buzzard making towards her, and at ten o'cloc' she cast anchor at half a cable's length of th Clarendon, and hoisting the Eoglish flag, iinmedi ntelysent a boat with an offiefcr and four me ; alongside, all of whom came aboard, and the office 1 accosting Capt. Bartlett with rather a command (iug air, told him that he was sent by the command er of H. B. M. ship Buzzard for the purpose o inspecting the ship's papers. Capt. Bartlett re plied that his was an American ship, lying in : Spanish port, and that he did not recognize hi right to make any such demand. " The officer (a Lieutenant or Midshipman) thei asked Capt. B. if ho did not know that they ha< a pass from the United States Government to ex amine American ships? Capt. B. replied that h was not apprised of their having any such pass but -if the officer would show the pass, he, Uapl B., would exhibit his papers, but not until then The officer then said that he would be compelle to show them, accompanying his regaarke with a: insolent and overbearing manner, hoping thereb; to intimidate Capt. B. He was again asked t show the ship's papers, but he only replied by or tiering his mate to send the boat's crew back t their boat, as he would not allow them to remai aboard of bis vessel, which order was given am reluctantly obeyed, and which seemed to offem the dignity of the office. Ho then left and return ed to his boat, and while rowing to the Buizari the British flag was pulled down, and the Spaniel national flag was hoisted. Immediately after the officer and men reache the steamer, they beat all hands to quarters, an' cleared the guns for action. Then thcro was anoth er boat manned and left the ship, with 'anothe officer and four men, and as they rowed off a gu: was fired, the Spanish flag still flying. Capl Bartlect, who bad in the interval of visits made i show of defence by parading six old muskets dilapidated and broken, some without locks which he displayed on deck as the second boa was approaching, and staok in his belt an unloade Colt's revolver. The boat came alongside the Clarendon, and th officer was allowed to oome abroad, when the sid ladder was immediately taken up, to prevent th men from following the officer, as they were al armed> The officer then, in a very pompous man ner, announced that he was the oommander of H B. M. ship Buzzard, and demanded to see tha ship's papers. Capt. Bartlett told him that it wg an American ship, and his right to make such i demand was not recognized. The Clarendon was named for Lord Clarendon and had the British coat of arms on her stern which the officer observing, remarked that in thi particular she did not look much like an America vessel, Capt. B. responded, no; and she never will He then asked Capt. B. why he did not set hi colors whern he eaw a man-of-war approaching Capt. B. replied that he did not know whether sh was a man-of-war or not, as she first hoisted th British and then Spanish colors, which would lr dicnte a piratical craft sooner than a man of-wai The officer remarked that they had the right I heist any Sag they choose, be it English, Spanis of Aonerioan ( and further said, 'dpn't vou see th officers ? don't yon see the gold lace on the slecres '< at the same time pointing very significantly at tfc trimmings on his own tawdry uniform. Capt. I told him that such things were cheap and did n< signify much, and that he had plenty of such stn [' in the cabin. 1 He then asked the Captain if be did not see h 1 pendant hanging from his masthead ? who replie ' that be had one himself, and ordered the mate I 1 hoist it, bat ho did not conceive that that mac > the Clarendon a man-of-war. He again demandt to see the ship's papers, saying that if he?Cap ! Bartlett?refused to,show them, he would send prize crew aboard, and take the Captain and ere ' prisoners, and send them to New York. Capt. 1 ' said he wished they would, as that was the poi for whjch he was bonnd, and that be had been laj 1 ing in Cuba for foqr months St great expense, ar 1 such a course would save money both to him ac 1 the owners of the ship. Finding he could get no satisfaction, he retari | ed to bis ship, in rather a crestfallen condition.( When he reached the Buzzard, there was muc commotion on board, and the large paddle boa which wero used for wheel-houses, were launcbei I together with two smaller ones, which were coq filled with officers and marines, to the number ( about one hundred, and armed with muskets, cu ' lasses and a brace of pistols. They came alonf , side the ship in battle array, loading their mm ' kets on the way. Capt. Bartlett said to thei ' that they seemed to have men enough to take ei ' sry ship in the harbor, and proceeded to hoist tb | stars and stripes, determined if thpy did tyke $h ship, they should do it under the American flag. aThe officers then came aboard, (four, one i each boat,) Capt. B. preventing the crew froi following them by taking up the ladder. On man, however, wishing to show his agility o bravery, attempted to jump aboard, and suceeed ed in getting upon the rail, whon Capt. R- drei his empty revolver and told him if be did not in stantly retire to his boat he would blow his brain out, which menace sent him back faster than h came. When Capt. B. drew his pistol, the office put his band against his breast in order to prevei bim from raising his arm, when be was recjueste , to desist or he would bo thrown overboard. The officer then, for the third time, demande 1 tKo ul.irt'u minora whon f!ant. R. minted to th VUV DUIJ/ W - w?jjr r American flag, and remarked that he did not r< oogaise thoir authority to make any ench demanc and reiterated his determination not to corapiy.The officer then said that he had hoisted bis color too late, and that he had- orders to take the sbij which he should proceed forthwith to execute, bu the Captain ooolj'rhplied that he could not do i until he was a dead man, at which the officer smi led. The Captain of the Buzzard then came a board the second time and demanded to see- th ship's papers, and reiterated the assertion the the colors were hoisted too late to afford any pre tectlon, and asked Captain B. what objection b had to showing his papors, who told him that th authority for demanding them was not recognizee He then wanted to look down the hatches to se the cargo, bat was cooly informed that no snc liberties conld be allowed. One of the officet then remarked to the Captain of the- Buixard thi things look^l very suspicious, .at whiohCapt. I only smiled and remarked, "go ahead gentltgnei , and do what yon like." The British Captain then had a short talk wit his ofiiccrs, which was doubtless intended to bav the appearance of a council of war?after whicl he ordered one of them to muster the guard, whic meant to bring the marines aboard." Capt. B. ot jected to this proceeding, and plainly told the ol fleer that if he allowed one of his men to oome o the ship's deck while he had command, he won] shoot him on the spot, at the same time sailing tb action to the word, and placing his hand upon hi leadless revolver. The Captain of the orniser the countermanded the order, and remarked that h would come alongside with the steamer, and mak fast to the ship and take her in tow. Copt I told bim as soon as he did that, he would give u i* the ship, and leave him in command. , The Captain of the Bnzzard then appeared i hold another consultation with his officers, to hat ; their opinion upon the propriety of coining alonj side. One of the officers thought that they ha men enough in the boat?about one htmdred in a | ?to take the ship, witbont bringing up the stej mer, bat intimated at the same time that wha > ever they were going to do, they had better do , quiokly. After talking a short time longer, tl [ commmander asked Capt. B., if he had any obje< . tion to favoring him with his name, who informc * ?- Ua . him that he naa great oojecuuus. uo iu?? u J quired the owner's name, and was promptly ii I formed that he could not be aocomoaated in thi ' particular. He then asked the name of the coi signees, and was told that it was none of his bos ness. (A Spanish revenue officer was aboard a the time.) He then asked of the Custom House o ficer the name of tho port, who told him it wi L Sagua La Grande. Capt. B. then remarked to tl , officer, that he did not know his duty, or. he won not have come aboard of a vessel loading in a fo > eign port, and demand her papers. The officer then asked Capt. B. if there was a - American Consul at that port, and was answer! that he should be the person to know that fact. i He then repeated the question, not liking tl , answer to the first, when Capt. B. told him the r was none. He then asked if there was a comme t cial agent there, and was told there was a mi , who opted in that capacity, but that he?Capt. ] 1 ?had not seen his papers. He then enquired if t] 7 agent had the ships papers, and was told that l was none of his business. One of the officers thi * remarked that he?Capt, B,?wm one of thf **nj m i n't ^ d miest," (a John Bullismfor "haidest") customers e he bad ever eeeu. r After talking awhile longer the Buzzard Captain i, ordered the mate of tho Clarendon to lower the i- ladder, bat Capt. B. told the mate to hold on to 9 that ladder, as he Was the commander of that chip, and her officers were to obey his orders and no one elses. He then observed to tjie Captaia of the steamer, "Sir, do you orrftr rae to lower that lacj- derfor atk me to do it ?" He replied in rather a milder tone, "Will yoa be so kind as to lower the >. ladder?" to which Capt. B. replied, "Yes sir, with the greatest pleasure." } After the officers had retired to their boats, the ' Pnr.t.in i?o wltl. miiAh norm rent reluotanee.? When the boats were rowing off, one ofthe officers. turned and remarked to Capt. B. that he was much obliged to him for the trouble be had given them, , who told them they were welcome, but he knew ' they lied in thanking him. Another officer spoke e and said "we will make some other one suffer for e this," to which Capt. B. replied thaf he bad no ^ doubt they would, but that it would not be he. e On reaching the steamer they hauled up their big boats, the smaller ones going into the harbor, ? and Capt. B. was informed that they visited all r the American vessels in port, and one Spanish bark, which latter cargo they broke open. After laying by the ship all night, they weighed anchor and set sail at five o'clock next morning, leaving the Clarendon and her officers about as they found a them, s From the New York Atlas. J The Georgia Lotteries of S. Swan k Co. Considerable excitement has been created dure ing the past two days, by the announcement that . Mayor Tiemaim had succeeded in obtaining the in ' diotment of Benjamin Wood, of oar city by* special jury, at Augnsta, Georgia, as one of the d owners of the "Sparta Academy pottery." . ? a With questions of the legality, or otherwise, of y the "Sparta Academy Lottery," as it exists is 0 Georgia, we don't propose to meddle; bat when i. one of oaf rather prominent citizens is indicted for o a criminal offense, we, as pablic journalists, deem Q it our duty to lay such facts or allegations as bear j upon this case, before our readers, d From statements made to us,. and of the cor. redness of which* we are satisfied, it appears that rf the State of Georgia granted to the "Sparta Acadh emy," in the year 1826, the right to raise five thousand dollsrs by lottery, for educational purj poses. This grant lay for many yean inert and d useless for the purpose intended, in consequence . of the inability of ite corporators to carry out the r objeot contemplated. Q Some time ago Mr. Wood, in connection With parties in Georgia, purchased from the existing a trustees the privilege of drawing this lottery, and l( contracted to pay the "Sparta Academy" the amount designated by the act, in ecrtain equal an t noai inBuiuraents. rnese instalments nave been r} pnnctualJy psid ; and it is farther-stated that all of the prises which were drawn by any porohasers e of tickete, from time to tiae^have been promptly e met, and the parties concerned as owners ana e managers are entirely responsible. Thus much of [] oar information. A perusal of the act of incorporation oertainly shows that the "trustees," or their Successors (a t -office/' had a right to raise the sum of fire thoug sand dollars by lottery, and the question as to g whether a subsequent ohange of the State Constitution, declaring all lotteries illegal, could destroy j a rested right, is one which the Courts alone can ' decide. It certainly seemq to us,-that our worthy g Mayor is adopting the "largest liberty" idea, in n extending bis investigation of Statutory and ConI etitudonal provisions into other bailitiokrthaa his g own. We are prepared to co-operdte heartily with f him in all home reforms whioh he may attempt, e if they be stopagbs of leaks at the bong rather e than the spiggot; but we honestly think he has all he can do here,,in suppressing the vies whioh I* r so rife in our midst, without going to ^Georgia to 0 reform its abuses. h There's a deal of humbug in this world hidden ie under the mask of reform, and we are sometime* > inclined to think that even lottery schemes are up 'e worse than stook brokering, or any one of the thousand speculations into wlfioh men*enter Ibr jj the chances of making money, f We learn that this "Sparta Academy Lottery" is still drawing, notwithstanding the indictment, jg and that its'legality is to be tested before the id courts. Instead of breaking up the lottery conJo cern, we think the measures taken to effect that object, will only serve to increase the sale of tickid ets i and we doubt if $60,000 invested in the t advertising, would have conduced so muoh to the a interest of the managers as the publicity which w has been given to the fact of their indictment? \: j People who spend their money in lotteryntekes. don't much care whether the game ie legalised or j. outlawed. All gambling is illegal, and yet gamjj bling is a passion that will seek gratification in Ld defiance of all laws. The attention of the whole "sporting" world is now directed to Swan jt Co-'a lotteries, through the free advertising wbiofi they hare obtained from the movements or Mayor ~ Tiemann to suppress them. b From what we have read, there certainly apt s pear to be two sides to the matter, which will give ' rise to nice qoestions of law, notwitstancjiog the ^ summary notion of the Georgia jury. ' Mr. Wood has published a card whioh we insert in justice to him, that he may hare the-benefit of his own version of the matter. A Card.?My attention has been called to a cor11 respondence between Mayor- Tiemann, Howell r~ Cobb, and the authorities of Georgia, upon the 6 subject of the Sparta Academy Lottery. My name 6 is mentioned as one of the owners of the Lottery. I am one of the owners, have, paid the franohise, n and the Lottery has been created and sanctioned ~ n by the Ligislature of Georgia, and ia_ legal. All 6 my transactions with reference to the said Lottery ,r are consequently legitimate, and the money has been promptly paid to the trustees of the Sparta ' Academy, who are well-known, honorable men. The l" Mayor of this city, iu his mistaken seal to reform 3 the morals of the people of Georgia, and inform e them that they do not know what laws are binding ? and in force in their State, despatched as his agent for that purpose, a convicted thief, who had been d on the tread-mill in England. andraa his associate in the embassy, a maft who refased to answer the question as to whether be had been accused of e crime in Boston; and by giving them the sanction of his name, the Mayor has introduced these ' characters into the sooiety of gentlemen. One of these men receives $200 per month from an oppo18 sition lottery concernto protect their interest In ' New Fork, and to destroy rival ooneerns. This . fact is known to Bayor Tiemann. This 'attempt 1 is made to iqjure me politically, as weH as to adl" vance the interests of a member of Congress from my district. The facts of this ease, and a foil en pose or the motives ana the reaeons which induced lt Mr. Cobb to mix himself ap with the matter, will' hereafter be explained, and the pttblio satisfied 6 that the Sparta Academy Lottery is' neither llle? gal qor the Managers irresponsible ; but that the '* object of the attack is purely a political one j else ? why not take measures against the lotteries of Delaware and Maryland? 1 BENJAMIN WOOD. [* New "York, May M, 1868. '* Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. h Washisotoh, May 24. ,e Some days or weeks will elapse before we hear j what reply the British Government or Admiral b Stuart, who is in command on the West India Sta)m tion, will make to the remonstrances of General Cass against the outrages committed by British Q cruisers on American vessels. The reply will d come, howerer, before the Administration is ready e to meet it, that is to say,' if they intend to meet it :8 in any other way than by a long and tedious and Q inconclusive negotiation. The character of the e reply may be easily anticipated after reference to e the fact that, three months ago, the. Executive j was Baitsnea oi tno intention or the British Oov' ernment to pat impractical execution their Con" atraetion of the law of maratime visitation, un0 der which they claim the right to visit any vessel | for the porpose of inquiring into its nationality.? The Government of the United States has neter alj lowed this' pretension, and will not do it. Onr H doctrine is, that the U.S. fiagmnst protect the im vessel and all it contains. The British Governt" men t will not admit it, even in time of peaoe, much t less in time of war. So here we haTe a direct isie b- It is hardly to he supposed that the U. States id will make it a cautUt bdli. Prudential reasons i- will prevent a collision. Therefore, it is probable l- that the matter will go off for the present, not by it any, definite settlement of the dispute, bat by a a. discontinuance on the part of the British cruisers, i- of the exercise of the assumed right of visit. 11 There is no vessel in oar naval establishment f- though it costs some ten millions a year, that is is fit for the service of oaptaring the Styx and the ie Vixen. . S Id The little sloop, the Styx, with one gon and r- thirty men, sweeps the Gulf of Mexico an Von Tromp did the British Channel with a broom at in his mast head. 3d There is no danger of a collision between the Styx and any of our men-of-war. They will not tie be on the oraiaing ground of the Styx for weeks or re months, and thencoaldnet catch her. r- It begins to be acknowledged that onr naval in establishment is, in thus main, useless for the parB. poses of war or of peace, though some of the ret* tie eels,. especially the mounted frigates, are weH it eooofh^ii specimens pt naval architecture and en equipment, and convenient for pleasure trips to ?- Meditenwwen. <hj of OTtnty-fight Ttenls