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Strap # Jaris. The cottou crop of Texas, it is thoaght, will reaoh 250,000 bales. ? The Asheville News sayB that a few droves of hogs have passed through that plaoe. Prices range from 6 to 6i cents gross. George W. Oliver, a wealthy planter near- Oxford, Miss., was oonvieted last week in the Circuit Court, of manslaughter, for ktlHng one of his negroes on the 17th of March last. Senator Clingman was in Washington, Tuesday morning, on his return from Europe. The States says he regards the paaoe of Europe as likely to be of short duration, and that England and France will adon be in hostile attitude. - We are informed by Capt. W. T. Drennan, of the neighborhood of Calhoun's Mills that he has gathered from a single tore of ootton during the present season, 1,930 pounds. The variety of cotton is the Boyd Prolifio. Who can beat this I?Abbeville Press. A lunatic, who once escaped from an aiylnm at Marseilles, in Franoe, got possession of a small fort on an island in the bay, which bad been abandoned, bat still retained a few heavy guns in position, with a considerable quantity of ammunition, and actually cannonaded the town, and fired into sevenl vessels entering the harbor. It is stated in the Philadelphia Evening Journal that Ralph Waldo Emerson, in his leoture at the Tremont Temple, Boston, on Tuesday evening, apostrophized John Brown as "The Saint, whose fate yet hangs in suspense, but whose martyrdom, if it shall be perfected, will make the gallows as glorious as the cross/' ? We regret to learn that a very distressing epidemic is prevailing on the plantation of Col Dixon Barnes, about four miles west of this place. Ten of his most valuable negroes have died within the last week; about fifty others are now down with the disease, and there seems to be no abatement of it The disease we learn, partakes somewhat of the character of pneumonia.?Lancaster Ledger. A vessel which arrived recently from Rio Grande, while six hundred miles from land, was visited by a wood cook, and every morning until it reached port by hundreds of birds, including robbins, black, blue and yellow birds, sparrows, a thrush, a hawk and an owl. It is supposed the birds were driven off the coast by late heavy Northwest winds; when reached the vessel they were eompletely exhausted. -* *1 ? \STA AAA A B^afAmAn^ in ikrt nenave 1 . TV V ooo a cnavv/ujguu tu iuo pa^vto that Robinson's Circus had a fight at Whitehall, Robeson county, N. C. One of the citizens was killed and others wounded.? The difficulty originated by a drunken man attempting to enter the tent without paying. We suppose this is the same company that had the fight at Gaston, Halifax county, a few weeks ago. Robinson was badly wounded. A short time since, a wealthy gentleman, Allesandre Marchi, died at Padua, leaving behind him two sons and three daughters. When the local Judge opened his testament, it was found that he had left his fortune to bis natural heirs, but on the express condition that they should forfeit it if they ever accepted office under the Austrian Government, or should his daughters marry any person connected in any way with the loathsome foreign rule. A paper having the largest circula- , tion?the paper of tobacco. Paper for the roughs?sand paper. Paper containing , many fine points?the paper of needles.? , Ruled paper?the French press. The pa- ( per that is full of rows?the paper of pins. Spiritualists' paper?(w)rapping paper.? Papers illustrated with cuts?editorial ex- , changes. Drawing paper?the dentist's bill. ] A taking paper?sheriffs warrant. The paper that most pleases the public?ours. ' The host of personal friends of Gerrit Smith will rejoice to learn, from most credible authority, that Dr. Gray in Utica has given his family the encouragement to feel that the afflicted gentleman will be entirely restored to mental health. It is also his opinion that Mr. Smith's bodily health will be re-established. So prostrated was he when be arrived at Utica, that it was the opinion of his physicians that he would not have survived forty-eight hours longer, had he remanied at his home.?JV. Y. Tribune. They got news in England of the Harper's Ferry outbreak by the steamer Circassian. It created something of a "sensation." The London papers print it, as telegraphed from Liverpool, with big headings. The Manchester Guardian speaks of it as "alarming," but thinks "Harper's Ferry is too near the capitol and a numerous white population, to afford the insurgents any chance of success." The Liverpool Journal thinks "the United States will have enough to do, without justifying the outrages of Gen. Harney at San Juan." The Temple of Mecca is regarded by the Musselman with such awe and veneration, that anything which has touched it even, is considered sacred. Even the rainwater which runs off the roof is thenceforward considered holy water, and as it falls is received into a golden gutter. The gutter has lately been carried from Mecca to Constantinople, and has been received by the Sultan with great religious pomp and ceremony. It has been placed in the old palace, where the guns, flags, and other memorials of the great prophet are carefully preserved. Perhaps some folks will think, says the New York Day Book, the circumstances odd that the first notorious character connected with the history of Virginia, was one Captain John Smith, and the last has oeen j one Captain John Brown, who stole into the State under the assumed name of the first discoverer. Both were adventurers? the one a Cavalier, the other a Roundhead. j Here the comparison stops, for Smith, j though a vagabond, was an honest fellow; while Brown, also a vagabond was that | meanest of the species, a "nigger thief." In the present state of affairs does it! not behoove every southern community to 1 closely watch every stranger who comes in-1 to it, especially those who are peddling, > lecturing or begging, whether male or fe- | male ? "We see that some southern towns have adopted measures to detect emissaries, ! and if every town and village would do the same thing it might prevent some trouble, j Whenever a person is caught tampering ; with negroes or expressing incendiary senti- \ ments, give him about 39 lashes on his bare back and let him travel northward a- j gain.? Charlotte Democrat. C|{?flrkfrilk nq:ttmr edited by 8AM>Ii W. MBXiTOX. YORKVILLE, S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 24, 1869. Special Notice^?All communications, on mattersconnected with the paper, should be addressed to "The YorkvnxE Enquirer and not the Editors or Proprietor, personally. Persons desiring prompt attention to their Savors, must bear this in mind. iy Capt. D. D. Moore, MnJ. Mti.es Smith, Sam'l G. Brown, and J. L. Thomson of York; and William D. Cook, of Bennettsvilie, are authoriied agents of the Enquirer. ALMANAC FOR 1860. We are under obligation to onr friend P. B. Glass, Esq., successor to R. L. Bryan, Bookseller and Stationer, of Columbia, for a very neat . ?i J -i e? ana suosi&nnai lmerieayeu muiautu;, m u? 1860. - ' * - LAND FOR SALE. We have been requested to oite the attention of the reader, to the advertisement of Maj. J. Y. Mills, proposing to sell a tract of land Bituated on the King's Mountain Rail Road. * GUNNY BAGGING AT AUCTION. By advertisement, it will be seen that Messrs. Mxacham & Wheeler, on Sale-day, propose to sell at auction, a lot of Gunny Bagging, damaged in transportation. Our ootton-planters would do Well to attend. * RELIGIOUS NOTICE. We have been requested to state that preaching will commence at the Associate Reformed Church in this place, on Friday evening next. Communion-service on the Sabbath. The Pastor, Mr. Lathan, will be assisted by Rev. Messrs. Ross and Castles. * MORE LARGE CORN. Mr. J. H. Meek, of Bullock's Creek, has left at our office two ears of corn, one of which measures 9 inches in length and 9} in circumference, and contains 1400 grains. The Corn is of a yellow cast, and is known as the "Tuscarora" or "Hamilton." It was produced on bottom land, and is certainly a fine specimen. * HOGS! The first drove of hogs this season, passed ' through oar town on yesterday, xne owners noia i them at 7 cents gross. We learn, however, that they were purchased in Tennessee by parties residing at Liberty Hill, in this State, and are intended for private use. * LYCEUBTLECTURE?POSTPONEMENT. Owing to the inclemency of the weather, on Friday evening last, the address of Col. Wilson j before the Yorkville Lyceum, has been postponed until this evening, 24th instant. The address will commence at 6J o'clock. Col. Wilson's theme?"Southern Civilization"?is one possessing peculiar interest at this time ; and from his known ability as a public speaker, we feel sure that he will do justice to the subject. Let him have a full house ! * j J. NEWTON FLOYD. The Fall Term of the Mecklenburg Superior i Court, was held week before last. We learn from j the Charlotte Democrat, that the case of the State j vi. Floyd, from Gaston, was disposed of. It will be remembered that Floyd was convicted at the last term of murder, but appealed to the Supreme Court, where he was granted a new trial?the Supreme Court deciding that the case was nothing more than manslaughter. The prisoner, therefore, submitted to a verdict in accordance with that decision, and was branded with the letter M on the left hand, and discharged. * YORKVILLE FEMALE COLLEGE. We extract the following paragraph from the Sumter Watchman of a recent date. We reprint the article, in order to show our people at home, the estimation in which this institution is held abroad. We are pleased to learn that arrangements have recently been effected, whereby the affairs of the College will be conducted with greater energy and spirit than heretofore, and we predict for it a brilliant future. At an early day, all necessary information will be given to the pubis? moons nf (vrmlars and advertisements : UV WJ tuvwuw W Torkville Female College.?There will be found, upon another column of our paper to-day, an extract, taken from the "Home and Foreign Reader of the Presbyterian Church in the United States," in regard to this noble institution of female learning. The able and efficient President has, we learn, recently visited our District, in connection with the interests of his College. We cannot too highly commend this College to parents having daughters to educate, and should be highly gratified to see it liberally sustained by Sumter. Excellent boarding, we are informed, can be obtained in private families, convenient to the College, at $10 per month. Mr. Anderson, the President, will receive fifteen or twenty young ladies into his family. Further particulars will be set forth in an advertisement soon to appear in our paper. * CAROLINA BOOKS. Several books of rare value and excellence have recently appeared from the South Carolina pressworks which add to the literary reputation of the State, and furnish contributions to our history which the far-away future only can adequately appreciate. These works have found their way to our sanctum, and ought to have received an announcement commensurate with their sterling merit. We have many reasons for regretting our unavoidable inattention to editorial duties; but when a neglect of these books comes up before us to condemn, we cry "peccavi,"most earnestly, and indulge a paragraph or two even though "heaven and earth should come together." Most of our readers, who are alumni of the College, have, doubtless, ere this procured, read and admired Dr. LaBorde's aoble History. We received it promptly ; read it through "at the gal lop;" laid it aside for a careful perusal and the most elaborate review we could master ; and in determining to do our utmost, did nothing ! We have not yet given it the second reading, but we nevertheless have an opinion and will not longer delay the expression of it. We could "run and read" such a book. There is not on any page an uninteresting fact, an un- 1 truthful idea, or an inelegant expression. The style is pure, elevated, classical, English. Replete with thought, every chapter is lively, spirited and entertaining ; and adhering strictly, candidly and critically to the truth, the whole book is permeated with that generous and refreshing } benevolence which has endeared the author, per- j sonally, to all who know him. A gallaxy of brilliant portraits, sketched and finished by a master's hand?the light and shade which belongs to each j are blended so happily, and each is so like to life, j so instinct with real heart and soul, that the very j presence of each seems to respond to the magic i touch and attest, before us, the artistic power ! which formed its glowing counterpart. The idea which prompted the work is a noble one, and it has been carried out triumphantly. We shall not pretend, now, to afford a correct J index of the varied contents which in themselves give incalculable value to Dr. LaBobde's History. I We simply commend it to those who, by their j connection with the College, or their interest in ; the educational progress of the State, are expected to extend to it a hearty encouragement. We assert that, to the truth of which every reader will bear witness, we claim for it a place in the library of every intelligent man and woman in South Carolina. Let those who do not intend to visit Colombia this winter, send their ordera to i Mr. Glass, either by mail, or throogh some friend. ' We will with pleasnre take the orders of those who may desire it, and deliver the book at home ] without charge. ' i When in Charleston, last week, we pnrohased i a copy of Judos O'Neall'b "Bench and Bar of i Sooth Carolina," another exceedingly valuable ' < and interesting contribution to the history of our State. When we say that the few ohapters we i have read are "very like" his Honor, every reader i will comprehend the idea exactly; for every one, besides knowing and loving our Chief Justice, appreciates the zeal and zest and the bounding, bountiful heartiness with whioh he sets abont and does infinite justice to all his "labors of love." It is a most admirable tribute to the State and to those who have made her worthy, and is not less valuable because, "from frontispiece to finis," it presents faithfully and fully all the lineaments whioh make up the portrait of Judo* O'Nball himself. May he yet live long and well, to adorn ih? nhn.rftp.ter_ enhance the renntation. and illus trate the judicial dignity of South Carolina. The Publishers, Coubtenayb, of Charleston, have consigned the books to Mesurs. H. F. Adickks & Co. Two volumes?price $5. THE MILITARY COMMISSION. We are indebted to our friend, Capt Lucas, of Charleston, ' - a copy of the "Minutes of the Military Coma sion at the meeting in Greenville, S. C.. Augut 1859." A hasty reading is suffioient to assure us that the Commission is made up of decidedly incon gruous elements. No two are agreed. The members seem to have studied out each his own scheme, to the feasibility of which no other member could be persuaded. Hence, each suggestion was voted down in its turn, and the Commission adjourned without effecting the great object of their appointment?a thorough, radical revision of our military system. Several resolutions were passed, however, and provisions adopted for their presentation in the form of a Bill at the ensuing session. The first point, upon which all agreed, asserts that "it is expedient to alter and amend the existing Militia system of the State." Very good ! Then, in order, they resolve, to exempt members of volunteer companies from road and patrol duty, from militia service after a term of ten years, and from taxes on property to the amount of $500? (very good); that the Sheriff be required to make return on executions forffnes, within 40 days, under a penalty of $100foreach failure (all right;; that all vacancies in offices be filled by gradatioa (capital); that the Adjutant General be constituted a Commissary General of Ordnance, and take the rank of Major-General-in-Chief?(very good) ; that all volunteer companies be required, within two years, to adopt a State uniform?(doubtful); that no individual who is not in point of fact a "pillman," shall be a surgeon or assistant ditto?(ele gant); that the Commission meet in Colombia on Monday next, for farther conferenoe?(very proper). By parentheses, we ioave indicated a hearty approval of nearly all the measures adopted by the Commission, and we trust, if nothing better can be done, that the legislature will, at least, agree to the moderate modifications suggested. But much yet remains to be reformed; and our motion is, that the entire Commission be placed under arrest; that a guard be detailed whose duty it shall be to watch them "like a hawk that, after the manner of the venerable jury-system, they be placed in close confinement, without lights, bread, water, or other refreshments (with an emphasis on the last mentioned); and that they be kept until they render a verdict?in systematic, connected, radical, thorough-going, and efficient reform of the Military System of South Carolina. We imagine every body seconds the motion ! MERE-MENTION. Mr. Andrew Tongue, Conductor on the'Charlotte Railroad, was injured so seriously on Wednesday of last week, that he died the same day. The Carolinian says that the "train stopped to wood at a point about two miles above Killian's Mill; and as it was moving off, Mr. Torque was attempting to get on, when his foot slipped from the step, with so much violence as to break his grasp upon the railing; he was thrown underneath the wheels of the car, which passed over his legs, cutting one entirely off, about half way between the knee and the hip joint, and badly mangling the other, fracturing it in three or four places. Fortunately, Dr. D. H. Thomasson, of York, who was on the train, took up the arterie*, and saved the unfortunate gentleman from immediate death from the loss of blood." A new paper is soon to be issued at Darlington C. II., entitled the Southerner, which will be under the editorial supervision of F. F. Warley, Esq., who . has hitherto distinguished himself in Carolina journalism. This day, 24th of November . has been designated as a day of thanksgiving in rne iouowing ouues, x.weniy-?eveu ju an ; Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, ^ Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesoto, Iowa, Ohio . and Kansas. The ship Excelsior, which was wrecked on Sullivan's Island, on Sunday of last week, has been sold at auction for one hundred 1 and twenty-five dollars ; and the cargo that rc- 1 mained in the hold, for the sum of one hundred 1 and sixty dollars. There is now in operation in 1 the U. States one mile of railway to every thcus- 1 and inhabitants; in England, one to every 2600, ' and in the whole of Great Britain, one to every 1 3000 inhabitants. Eternity is a depth that ' no geometry can measure, no arithmetic calculate, 1 no imagination conceive, and no rhetoric describe. ' A petition to Governor Wise is in oircula- ' tion at Manchester, N. H., praying him to post- 1 pone Brown's execution until the meeting of the ' next Legislature of Virginia. Samson Rial, * one of the slaves emancipated by John Randolph, ' died at Piqua, Ohio, on the 1st instant, aged 1 about 80 years. The Legislature of ".his ' State meets on Monday next. i CHESTER CORRESPONDENCE. Chester, Nov. 22, I860. 1 Since my last report of our cotton market, pri- ' ces have continued very steady, ranging from 10 ( 25 to 10 35, for a good article. Some few lots 1 which are termed "fine," have sold at 10 40. The 1 grade of cotton we call fine in our market, is ' classed good middling in Charleston, and middling upland in Liverpool. You will Dotice in the Liv- * emool classification, that "New Orleans fine" by * the last steamer, is quoted at 8d ; Upland fine, at 7fd ; and New Orleans Middling at 7 116d; while Upland Middlings only bring 6 15-16d.? This Bhows that our grades do not stand as high in Europe as the Qulf Cotton. Our cotton looks as fair and bright as any raised in the Southern States, but the fibre is not so strong. Another reason is, our planters take no pains or trouble to procure good gins, or to have them kept in good order. If the loss which the planters sustain on account of using imperfect gins could be estimated, there would be a revolution in this rcnpect in a short time. Some men look astonished when told their cotton does not compare with their neighbors'. They look incredulous when told their lint is injured in ginning. They cant understand it, but the reason is, tbey never think on the subject. They have a gin made by Boms one who may have tried how fast he could make them I wcrk. They had better try how well they can I make them work! Light will begin to break in upon them before long, I hope. * We have a good demand for cotton and at fall prices. The receipts are beginning to fall off, and the information from the country is, that the crop has tnrned oat much shorter than anticipated. The frost, though late, killed everything so effeotually, that no more has opened since. There is a considerable demand here for corn at about 90 cents per bushel, from wagons. In some cases, $1 has been paid. Flonr is in demand also, at prices ranging from about $2 50 to $2 87} per sack, from wagons. Salt has been selling at $1 75 per sack, bat owing to the small stock, prices have advanced to $1 80 to $1 85. The article is scarce, and advancing in Charleston. Sagar remains about stationary, say, 9 to 14 for hrnwn 11 fop StpTropi'. C. MoIarsbs. Rcarne. New Orleans?none in market. West Indies, of the different grades, remain at 40 to 56 cents.? Cheese, 16 cents. Tours, J. ' [communicated. 3 HERRING'S FIRE-PROOF SAFE. B. J. Levy, agent for Parrel, Herrinq & Co., of Philadelphia, Fire-Proof Safe Warehouse, is in town taking orders for Safes. He has a model of the lock with him called "Hall's Powder Proof Look," which can neither be blown open or pioked, although several have tried to do both. Our citizen, Wm. M. Walker, -who has the repatation for picking any lock ever introduced here, tried his skill yesterday morniDg on one of the Safe locks in RATCnroRD & Co.'s store, and was offered, by Mr. Levy, the Safe, if he could pick it.? Mr. Walker, after repeated trials, satisfied himself it could not be done without au impression from the key, and pronounced it one of the best locks ever put on a Safe, and perfectly burglar proof. We are glad to hear the Commissioners of Public Buildings have ordered two?one for the Sheriffs Office and one for the Commissioner's Office. Our citizens and friends would do well to purohase one from the agent before he leaves, or from the house in Philadelphia, as we consider them the best Safe made. For the Yorkville Enquirer. CONGREGATIONAL MEETING. At a meeting of the elders and members of the congregation of the A. R. Church of Yorkville, on Tuesday evening, the 22d inst., the following resolutions were unanimously adopted?Dr. A. I. Barron acting as Moderator, and W. C. Beatty as Clerk. Resolved: That the prayer-meetings, instituted and conducted by our esteemed Pastor, and held in this church every Tuesday evening, have our sincere and hearty approval and concurrence; and we hereby promise?supplicating the sustaining grace of God to enable us so to do?to give to said meetings our prayers and our personal attendance. Resolved: That in addition to the usual exer cises and services of prayer and praise, we cordially sanction the plan of onr Pastor, in delivering a Lecture at each meeting on a continuous and connected portion of the word of God?deriving, as we do, little less instruction and satisfaction from his Lectures, than from his regular pulpit discourses. Resolved: That this congregation does hereby extend a fraternal invitation to all christians of each of the denominations in this village, as well as others having a soul to save, to unite with us, and co operate in the exercises and blessings of said prayer-meetings. Resolved: That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the E.vquirkb. A. T. BARRON, Moderator. W. C. Biattt, Clerk. Nov. 22d 1859. For the Yodtville Enquirer. FROM CHARLESTON. Mr. Editor:?Your types make me say "wind meetings," instead of "ward meetingsand also, "potentreasons" instead of "patent reasons." Not much ham done, however, as to either item. At ward meetings, wind work is often done, and patent reasons are often potent. I was in Columbia two nights, and a day and a half, and thought all York was down, yet I did not see either Melton or Grist, or -Ruby!' In this condition of things, I might be expected to furnish the readers of our paper with an account of the State Fair; but as both of you may have been there without being seen by me ; and as "Ruby" also, was possibly in his usual shining orb, or sphere; (I mean with the ladies) and as moreover, my time was much occupied with other things beside the events transpiring on the Fair Grounds, I will only say that in every respect, so far as I was able to judge, there was a decided advance on the Fair of the last year?the only one I had prcviousattended The Amnhitheater was finite an improvement indeed. Dr. Taylor told me that he bad recently seen one four times as large in St. Louis, (Missouri,) but this, though crowded, was i vast convenience; especially when we remember the small space furnished in the other buildings. [ saw the fruit man of Indian Land there, and be was in his element with a crowd about him, md orchards, fruit trees, and cognate interests, For his themes. May his possessions always be a living tpring of everything pure, true and refreshing! Among other things, I was much interested with nid-day prayer meetings, and attended both days, hough to do so, I had to tear myself away from die crowd, and among them, there were many ind long tried friends who could only be seen mce a year, and some of them less frequent than :hat. Despite the natural and allowable attrac:ions of the Fair, the large central church (1st Methodist, on Washington StTeet,) was nearly :wo-thirds full on each occasion. More than lalf were ladies, both young and old, and to their :redit be it said, the school of the prophets from :he Presbyterian Seminary, was largely representsd, and along with the Theological Students CRme bur of their Professors, viz : Drs. Leland, Howe ind Thornwell, and Mr. Cohen, a converted Jew, vbo teaches Hebrew. Besides half dozen Metholist Ministers, Mr. Pringle of the Episcopal, was ilso in attendance, and exhibited a lively interest n the success of the establishment of daily prayers x> be participated in by all christians for all the leason, or rather for all seasons?the whole year ound. Why not! Secularize and make practijal the idea of God and Piety, and Christian men vill do better, and others will have a remembrancer ind a privilege always in an unobtrusive and iligible shape before them. I also visited Columbia Female College?as it 8 called?under the Presidency of Dr. Whiteford Jmith; and he is aided efficiently by Rev. Mr. iVannamaker, a graduate of the South Carolina College, and son-in-law of Rev. A. J. Boyd, M. D., of the South Carolina Conference; also by VIr. Orchard, recently of Yorkville, and previousy, and for years, with Dr. Marks at Barhamville ; ind also by several accomplished young ladies, ill, I verily believe, just what they should be.? The College has only been in operation two or three weeks, and already numbers one hundred < ind twenty-five students ; and still they come ! was j ;he cry, when I was there. The building is suDerior to anything of the kind I ever saw, and I | lave seen a dozen, first and last. Two things in j ;he construction, appeared to me to be particu- I arly note-worthy. 1st. The ample and judicious irrangements for ventilation in passages and winlows. 2nd. The width, strength, and gradually | iscendiug steps of the stair-way?the steps are >road for the whole foot, and low, so that you get ip and down without any sense of fear or fatigue. > For females, old and young, this is admirable; for "children and for visitors, it is worthy of commendation. The whole College, in every respect, is an Aonor to Methodism, and an ornament to Colombia. In the multiplicity of my goings and callings, I ventured into the Presidential mansions at the head of the campns, of the State College. The anther of the "Georgia Scenes"?of an "Exposition of the Epistle to Philemon"?and of "Matter Mitten" in the Field and Firetide, was there in his study, with a glowing coal fire in the grate?two fine looking Georgians on the sofa, and bis amiable and elegant wife assisting him in doing the honors. Some oall him Jndge, some Doctor, some President, some Reverend, and others brother Longstreet, for he too, is a Methodist preacher; and thus, they that "turn the world up-side down"?the Methodists?"have came hither also!" I felt a profound satisfaction that two such institutions were under the Presidential control of snch men as A. B. Longstreet and Whitefoord Smith. The former a school-boy friend of J. C. O-11 1 T\_ 1V.JJ1.I.1 lL. .11... . V/ftiuoau ^sv ur. nauuio oj?tuo umvi a gi?uu?w of the State College, less than twenty five ye&rfc ago. There are abont 150 students in the South Carolina College at this time, and the empire is peace, for order and law are in the asoendant. The new Baptist Church is also an ornament to this city, and at least, creditable to the denomination. Mt. Breaker, from Beaufort, is the pastor, but will not be resident in Columbia till next Jannary. Bnt with Dr. Reynolds, there are already three or fonr Baptist preachers at the Capitol, and there need be no obstacle hereafter to their enlarged prosperity. I was glad to find that the State Capitol was going up apaoe?the second story walls are now in process of erection, and "in the course of human events" it will be completed. And why not 7 Sinoe appropriations are the law and the rule, let the Blue Ridge Railroad be fostered also. I am clearly of the opinion that the railroad will be as oreditable and as profitable to the whole State as the State House of granite and marble will be, at a cost of millions. Mr. Editor, if you were a member of the Legislature, I would try to work on you a little as to the Blue Ridge project?as it is, seeing that you are a lawyer, an editor and a graduate of the State College, I must beseech you to help, or, at least, not to oppose Blue Ridge.? Will you meet me on the 25th at Spartanburg and witness how the Buncombe patriots feast with the men of the iron District ? An iron horse will carry us over an iron road, and then will soft, warm hearts greet us. Do oome, and I will talk with you all about the Blue Ridge and other matters i What Columbia needs now, more than anything else, is a first class Hotel, such as the Charleston \r;na TTnnan in this citv. or the St. Charles in New Orleans, or the Battle House in Mobile.? All these, I have seen, and unless some capitalists, or company of enterprising citizens will do this, State Fairs, Legislatures, Conventions, &c., will always be near akin to a social nuisance at our social, literary, political and railroad centre.? And this is the more to be lamented because of Columbia's being one of the loveliest towns (it is not a city without a Hotel) in all the sunny South. I once heard a gentleman who had been in Europe, and seemed to be a judge, say that, in eligibility of situation, width and beauty of streets, variety of taste as to buildings and gardens and groves, salubrity of climate, Columbia was unequalled in all the world; while in railroads, public, buildings, literary institutions?humane and benevolent asylums, in churches, in palatial residences, and in grand commercial establishments, there is all that is needed. Why may we not have real Hotels and cot patched up and illy arranged stalls, for the accommodation of all sorts of people, and at all sorts of times ? Let gentlemen, planters and bankers and other solid men, improve and adorn their otcn their native land, and at the same time bless and enrich themselves. Our eleotion is over, and we had only one murder?in a grog shop ! Our municipal authorities will carry forward the city improvements, especially with rega^ to tidal drains?a policy that Mr. Miles had the moral courage to initiate: and in other respects they will feel warranted by the recent emphatic vote, to go onward. Our German friends have all been happy lately. They have celebrated the centenary of their great nniinnnl (!) noetand natriot. Schiller and Goethe sustain the same relation to German, that 8hakspeare and Milton do to English literature.? Burns was glorified this year also, in the same fashion. Gen. Scbnierle and Re?. Mr. Miller were the orators on the recent festival occasion, and these orations in the Courier of Saturday, will amply repay perusal. I am of opinion that, while these re-unions of nationalities are amiable and in some sort profitable, yet in our English-speaking republic, and with our essentially English institutions, emigrants to our shores had better drop their organizations and habits of a clanish and tribal nature, and seek the most thorough intermixture and complete blending of blood and habit and interest, that can possibly be achieved. Indeed, I shall be glad to see the military commission recommend, and carry through a plan for the abolition of all Scotch, Irish, German, and French military companies, and let our citizen soldiery be gathered andjtrained as if all were alike "to the mauor born." J. W. K. B. D. Towniend, M. W. P. The present Chief Officer of the National Division of the Sons of Temperance of North America, whose name heads this article, has been one of the most laborious and efficient heads our Order has ever had, scarcely excelled by the great Cary himself. We had the very great pleasure of making his acquaintance at the last annual session of our G. D., and we had the gratification of renewing that acquaintance at the meeting of the National Division, among brethren from all parts of the Continent, who have long known and served with him in the Supremo Councils of our Order. As a gentleman be is affable, modest, dignified ; as a presiding officer he is prompt, courteous, firm, impartial; as a Son of Temperance, he is always in the harness, ready to do the work of a subaltern or a leader, to advance the good cause. "He hails from the ohivalrous State of South Carolina, and is fully imbued with the Spartan courage and devotion characteristic of her sons," as has been well said of him by a cotemporary. Bro. Townsend has recently attended the Grand Divisions of Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia.? On the 30th he will be present at the Grand Division of South Carolina, and we have the pleasure of announcing that be will be with us at the session of our Grand Division. Since his election to PYftUori nost he so well fills, he has labored | with incessant zeal to infuse new life and energy into the Order. By private letters, circulars and personal appeals, he has inspired the entire Order with his indomitable courage and never flagging ardor, and he has the glorious reward of seeing our flag, which he found at half-mast, now floating in triumph, filled with prosperous gales?a reward for his labors which he will prize "more than ermined robe or kingly diadem." And he will leave the chair of M. W. P. with the plaudits of tho whole Order ringing in his ears?"He has done his whole duty."?Spirit of the Aye. Oov. Wise as a Penman.?A letter writer from Richmond, gives the follownig information in regard to Gov. Wise's rapidity of Penmanship: "Governor Wise, in the character of a scribe, surpasses, perhaps, any man living. In point of rapidity he can only be paralleled in short band, while his writing is almost as legible as print. I had occasion some time ago to copy some writing of his, and I did so, page after page as he produced them. I started when he was about two pages ahead, and, though he bad to compose while I bad merely to copy, at the close of the tenth page he was still two pages in advance. At this stage be was called off to dinner, and I availed myself of i the opportunity to procure a peculiar style of pen, j which I thought would facilitate the operation.? We both set to work again simultaneously ; and though he stopped occasionally to mend his pen, (he writes with a quill pen) and now and then walked rapidly round the robm, while I, mean while, wrote with all the rapidity of which I was , capable, he wound up at the end of the 29th page with the two pages in advance which hediad at the start. I understand he thinks nothing of answering 25 or 80 letters a day or rather within the 8 or 4 hours he spends in his office, besides attending to other duties and receiving visitors, who ocoupy much of his time. What a reporter he wonld make ?" Excitement at Charleitown. Harper's Febry, Not. 18. Considerable excitement was caused last night by the burniog of a wheat stack about three miles from Charlestown. The military and populace were called to arms, and the wildest terror prevailed among the people. The supposition that Col. Davis had some information of approaching danger, caused a panic among the people, which, extending to the Colonel, caused him to send a messenger here with a despatch to Wise, calling for two companies of cavalry. This morning the fire was fonnd to be the work of an incendiary, but no person could be found in biiu ouuuuuuiug ui/uuifijr uu TTUULU OUOJJIUIUU vuuiu rest. There are now nearly or quite one thousand men under arms, and no visible enemy to enoounter. The two companies from Alexandria arrived at Charlestown, this afternoon, and the artillery company, via Winchester, is expected to-morrow morning. * The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company have sent Col. Shutt with an armed posse to Harper's Ferry to guard the bridge and the company's property at that point. There is much dissatisfaction here and at Charlestown at the precipitate aotion of Col. Davis in sending off despatches for troops, instead of first ascertaining the cause of the fire. The people think they have been made to appear in a rediculous light before the country, and they are more than half right on that point. The messenger who left here last night for Charlestown was detained outside the latter town over two and a half hours before he was admitted. He was also detained by the same guard on his return, and reached here at 4 o'clock. A very large fire occurred about four miles from Charlestown last night, and the military were ordered out, expecting an attack, but none was made. The messenger could not ascertain the particulars of the fire. The Mount Vernon Guards (infantry) and the Alexandria Rifles, in all eighty-seven men, left Alexandria for Charlestown at 3.30 this morning, in the express train, via Washington and the Relay House. Capt. Duffy's Artillery, sixty men and four guns, left on a special train by the Manassas Gap Road last night They disembark at Strasburg, and march thence sixteen miles to WinfttAftfar Six companies are under arms in Richmond, ready to march at a moment's notice, bat none have yet left. JJatonic.?The M.\ W.% Grand Lodge of An cient Free Masons, of South Carolina, closed its annual session at twelve o'clock yesterday; adjourning to meet on the third Taesday (the 20th) of November, 1860, at Greenville. There was a larger attendence of delegates at this session of the Grand Lodge, than has ever been known since its organisation. Eight new lodges were chartered?one, the jurisdiction of which is looated in the Island of Cuba. This is a preparatory step to the restoration of Masonry in that Island, where it has been excluded for many years by the Government, and the formation of a Grand Lodge of Cuba. The Grand Lodge determined to elect a competent brother to write a history of Masonry in South Carolina, and Dr. A. G. Mackey was elected Historiographer of the Grand Lodge. The Rev. W. D. Haley, Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia, was present as a visitor, and addressed the Lodge on the subject of the Masonic Home for Widows and Orphans, which the craft of the United States propose to erect in the City of Washington. The following officers were elected and installed on Thursday night: M.\ W.\ Henry Buist, Charleston, Grand Master. R.\ W.'. B. R. Campbell, Laurens, Dep'y G. Master. V.*. W.\ A. Ramsay, Edgefield, Senior G. Warden. V.*. W.% T. P. Slider, Newberry, Junior G. Warden. W.\ J. H. Honour, Charleston, Grand Treasurer. W.\ A. G. Mackey, M. D., Charleston, Grand Secretary. Rev. B. Johnson, Abbeville, Grand Chaplain. Bro. Z. W. Carwilo, Edgefield, \ Senior Bro. C. Froneberger, Charleston, J G. Deacons. r* - _ t t? vt m 1 a. is \ T uro. J. n. ix. lenuei .uanuu, i junior Bro. T. 8. Sistrunk, 8t. George's, J G. Deacons. Bro. P. K. Goburn, Charleston, Grand Marshal. Bro. R. S. Brans, Charleston, Grand Persuivant. Bro. Z. Miller, Charleston, "? n fl . Bro. W. P. Basse], Charleston, / ^ Bro. Samuel Barke, Grand Tyler. Charleston Mercury, 19tA. , The Qovernor of Mississippi on the Position of the South.?Got. McWillie, of Mississippi, has sent his annas 1 message to the Legislature of that State. He says the Republican party and the Abolition party is one, and prooeeds : In this view of our position on the election of an Abolition President, will it not be time "to put our house in order," and be prepared to car ry out fully the following resolution of the Democratic party of the State, which represents an overwhelming majority of the people. This is: ilResolved, That in the event of the election of a Black Republican candidate to the Presidency, by the suffrages of one portion of the Union only, to rule over the whole United States, upon the avowed purposes of the organization, Mississippi will regard it as a declaration of hostility, and will hold herself in readiness to co-operate with her sister States of the South, in whatever measures they may deem necessary for the maintenance of their rights as co-equal members of the confederacy." For the purpose of being prepared fpr the contingency provided for by the foregoing resolution, I would recommend as necessaty and expedient, that you, by your legislation, should make it the duty of the then Governor, in the event of the election of a Black Republican to the Presidency of the United States in November, 1860, to issue his proclamation ordering an election, for delegates to a State Convention, to be holden on the first Monday in December next thereafter, and that said delegates be appointed to assemble at the Capitol, in the city of Jackson, on the third Monday of the said month of December, 1860, for the purpose of adopting such measures as may meet the exigency of the occasion. I would further recommend that you should adopt resolutions inviting the other Southern States to co-operate with the State of Mississippi in the adoption of suoh measures as may be necesary for the maintenance of their and our rights, as co-equal members of the confederacy. This is all that, for the present; I would recommend to be done. /"?/Ta?mm ir\ TTr/vinirt _TllP KflW l/vcctcy rr ??ny i? .v York Th'iunesays that Horace Greeley is perfectly willing to come to Virginia and tell all he knows about old Brown and bis plans. It adds : "There is no need of a requisition in the premises, for a simple letter from Gov. Wise will answer every purpose. And, in order to save expense, (the finances of Virginia not being in a state of exuberant prosperity,) we hereby notify the Governor that Horace Greeley intends to be in Washinington on Monday, December 6th, and will then and there be willing, soon as the House shall have adjourned for the day, to step over, at his own proper cost, to Alexandria, or any convenient point in Virginia, and be examined at length, before any Judge or Commissioner of that State as to all matters concerning John Brown and his colleagues in the recent affair at Harper's Ferry. Having had the honor of a slight acquaintance with Gov. Wise in old Whig days, I we do not need to assure him that this proposition is made in good faith, and that we require of him no safe conduot cor stipulation of any sort whatever." A Suggestion.?The Richmond Dispatch, ever a prompt and reliable Journal, (and one too which furnishes much of the editorial of some of onr journals) has an original way of doing things.? The following suggestion made by the Dispatch of the 15th, we heartily endorse : "The Legislature, which is soon to assemble, will doubtless make great changes in the military laws of the State. We would suggest one which, we think, would prove highly beneficial in all such cases as that presented by the Harper's Ferry outrage. It is to bestow upon every captain of militia, and his officers, the power of forming them selves into a court for the purpose of trying all cases in which the party has been taken in the act of exoiting insurrection, of a law hanging him on aL" TKa AvaAiitinn r\f a low nf thia lrinri IJIU opufc. xuv OASWUMVU V* ? v* ??.? MMN} 1 in one or two instances, would have a prodigious i effect. When men know that they are to be exalted into heroes and martyrs for attempts of the 1 kind, as Old Brown has been, it may be possible i 1 that they will imitate him. But when they find that the only alternative of complete success is to 1 be bang like a dog and buried in a ditch with ropes ! around their necks, they will be very cautious how ; ' they venture. They will want the stimulant of ' i vanity, which keeps Old Brown up. It is one f1 T 1 " thing to dit for glory, and another to bo strangled quietly, and without eclat. $g SBttehir <? kning's JJML - ..... .." ; "^'JWBMHBf 1SFM jttfl Sr^Jrw jWrTwTwf - Colombia Market. z:. NoTixBUt 29. The sales of cotton yesterday amounted to 190 bales, at prices ranging from 10J@10f in the early part of the morning; towards the close, prices receded fallJ. Charleston Market. Chablistos, November 22. The cotton market declined Jo. to-day, with sales of 4,700 bales. - y.*: - ? _ j Sew York Market. , , \ . *; November 22. Sales of ootton to-day 2,000 bales?market firm. Flour firm. Wheat quiet. Corn firm. Bice steady. IflrMr: Jos. N. Steele has been appointed Agent at the Rock Hill Depot, York, S. C., viee Capt. H. W. Campbell, resigned, owing to removal to the lower part of the District He was an accommodating gentleman, and will be muoh missed from our immediate society.?Rock Hill Chronicle. . Another Humor ot Rose tie. Washisoto*, November 21. The agent of the Associated Press iu this city has received despatches stating that a large foree, say 1,000 men, are on the march from the State of Ohio, under the command of John Browner. The report, he thinks, may be true, and wye operators may bulletin. Charlotte Market. About 600 bales Cotton were sold last week at prices ranging from 10 to 1ft}. "ffe put our quotations this week at 10J to 10} for good middling ?market steady. Flour is rather scarce and in demand at $5 60 forbestinbbls., and $2 62 to $2 75 for bags. Wheat remains at about previous quotations, $1 05 and $1 10 for white, and $1 for red. Corn is iu demand?new, 76 cents; old abont 8ft. v Charlotte Democrat, 22d bat. Attempt to Commit a Rape. On Wednesday night last, a negro boy named Oscar, belonging to Maj. B. A. Ford, of Concord, attempted to commit a rape on a Mrs. Bryan, wife of Mr. Bryan. The attempt was a very bold one. and the nroof is so direct that there i>u he no doubt of a conviction by a jury. As the case, no doubt, will be tried daring this week in Salisbury, we shall say nothing farther in relation to the act. The grand jury being still in session found a true bill against him, and the case was removed to Salisbury.?Charlotte Whig. Mexico to be Invaded, NewObliass, November 21. A despatch from Washington, received to-night, dated 21st, states that it was resolved, at the meeting of the Cabinet, held on Saturday, to consider the state of oor Mexican relations, to send a large body of United States troops across the Bio Grande. It is the intention of oor Government to take forcible poeseeeion of the country, and hold it ontQ the safety of the frontier and the transit routes be fnlly guaranteed. One detachment will at once leave New York, and another Jefferson Barracks, Mo., to carry this plan into execution. Xev*M*at ia Saatwr, At a public meeting of the citisena of Snmter, as we learn from the Watchman, the following preamble and resolution were adopted : 'Whereas, disclosures of an inflammatory character are brought to ocr notice by every mail, showing that it is time for every slaveholding community to be on the alert for its own securty, and' nrntaeti nn fit ito inlareato A x?! xt ^ivivv?iwu wi ?? iuvvi vjw ) auu WUQIWkOj UVIW1VQ" standing the warnings from the press growing oat of the' present state of the country, straggler* from the North continue to visit and tarry in our town as agents for boohs, medicines, &c , whose real object may be to act as spies and abolition emissaries: Therefore," Retolvtd, That we, the eitixens of Sumter, in public meeting assembled, do call upon and request our Town Council to institute a rigid serreilance on all such transient persons; and when fall satisfaction is not giyen, to notify such persons that their preeence in onr community is not to be tolerated. It was farther moved and adopted, that a committee of five be appointed to lay the foregoing preamble and resolutions before the Town Council. In accordance with which motion the Chair appointed Messrs. W. E. Dick, L. P. Loring, H. Haynsworth, A. A. Nettles and Dr. J. L. Haynsworth, a committee. * * It was farther reaolved that, an adjourned mooting be held to-day (Wednesday) to which the citizens of the whole district were invited. Terror-StrUken. Fred Douglas has gone to Eogland, Dr. Howe to Oana/la onf? flarri f flmifVl tft T.nnftfirt Aflvtnm The two former have taken to their heels for fear of being summoned by the Coarts of their country m witnesses, and it might be accomplices to the commission of the greatest crimes known to our laws. while the latter unfortunate has temporarily lost his mind's balance from the same cause. South Carolina College Honor?.?the annual examination, by the Faculty, of the Graduating Class commenced on Monday last and closed yesterday. Much praise is given by the Faculty to the whole clase, for the very credible manner in which they stood the test of good scholarship.? The commencement, this year, promises as bright an exhibition as any of its predecessors. We are indebted to a friend for the following award of the honors and appointments as made by the Faculty yesterday morning: 1st honor, W. T. Cleveland, Anderson; 2d. W. ?. Boggs, Fairfield ; 3d. ?. Mcintosh, Darlington ; 4th. F. L. Frost, Charleston ; 5th. J. E. Nettles, Darlington; 6th. B. 8. 8toart, Charleston ; 7th. F. H. Lake, Newberry; 8th. ?. J. Simkins, Beaufort; 9tb. E. C. Seabrook, Beaufort; 10th. C. G. Henderson, Colleton. The number of graduates, this year, is forty-three.?Carolinian 20th inttant. Colombia Market. November 21. Cotton.?The sales of cotton for the wesk amount to 1,101 bales, at prices ranging from 10} @10 13-76 extremes. Flour.?The article of flour is scarce. We quote $2.87}?$3.25 per sack of 98 lbs. Corn.?None in market We quote $1.10@ $1.20 per bushel of 56 lbs. Oats.?Scarce, at 70@76e. Bacon.?Baltimore sides 11}@12} ; shoulders 9(319*; hams 13?15*. mm? - r.' < Brown Refused Another Trial. Richmond, Vs., November 19. The Court of Appeals of Virginia reftase to award a writ of error to the Circuit Court of Jefferson Couuty, in the case of John Brown. He (Brown) will, therefore, be hung on the 2d of December. ' __ CONSIGNERS PER RING'S MOUNTAIN R, BOAS From the 16th to the 22nd of November, 1659. Carrol, Clark & Co., B. T. Wheeler, W. D. & J. C. Miller, H. W.& E. H. Fullenwidcr, J. F. Miller, H. F. Adickes, Moore A Crepe, Adams, McCorkle & Co., Williams & Kerr, F. H. Simril, Darwin & Jefferys, J. C. Payne, James Kelly, Wm Curtis, G. 8. Doster, Coward & Jenkins, J. Burr is. Miss B. Davis, J. Smith, R. Jennings, D. J. Pike, 0. L. Wallace, J. B. Whitesides & Co., Mitchell, Mills & Co., and Beam & Jenkins. Washington, November 16.?A new plank has been added of late to the Republican platform, the object of which seems to be to engage the sympathies of the negrophilists for the free people of color, as well as for those held in service. As the