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borhood to Mexioo, bat by virtue also of oar established policy, which is inconsistent with intervention of any European power in the domestic conoerns of that Republic. For reasons stated, the President recommends the express passage of a law authorizing him to employ such military foroe to enter Mexico for the purpose of obtaining indemnity for past wrongs and future security. Should volunteers be selected, such a force oould be easily raised. This country sympathizes with the sufferings of our fellow-oitizens iu Mexico, and with the unhappy condition of that country. Suoh an accession to the Constitutional Government, would enable it to reach the capital, and he recommends the establishment of a military foroe aoross the Mexican line of Sonora and Chihuahua. For protection of the lives and property of Americans against Indian depredations, he recommends the establishment of a temporary government in Arizona. In Central America, he thinks that the pruvisiuus ui a recent treaty wnu ntuuagua will not fail to be satisfactory, and reoommends a law authorizing the employment of a naval force for the purpose of protecting Americans passing Panama, Nicaragua and Tehauntepec. He again recommends that authority be given to employ a - naval force to protect American commerce against seizure and confiscation by Mexico ^^4?vna#*0pM?h~American States. He refers to ctre failure of 4i?o Post Office appropriations, and recommends the passage, at an early day, of a bill by Congress which will enable the Government to pay the amount due, with interest, to contractors. Also, to make the necessary appropriations for that department. He recommends a Pacific Railroad, for reasons heretofore given. He says it appears from the Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, that it is extremely doubtful whether we shall be able to pass through the present and next fiscal year without additional revenue. Should a deficiency occur, he recommends that the necessary revenue be raised by increasing the present duties on imports. In conclusion, he recommends to the just liberality of Congress the local interests of the District of Columbia. Tbe 13th of June is the time fixed for the meeting of the Black Republican National Convention, which will be held at Chicago. Eldridge F. Paige, better known un der his norn de plume of "Bow, jr.," the author of the famous "Patent Sermons," published in New York, and which have made him known to a great portion of the reading world, iately committed suicide in San Francisco. The Rebeca, a vessel chartered by the Colonization Society, carried forty-two free negroes from New Orleans to Liberia last summer, which she landed, and then "went down the coast for a cargo of slaves, which she obtained and has sailed for the West. The correspondent of the New York Tribune states that 'Hon. Thomas D. Elliot of Massachusetts has a bill in preparation which will be introduced during the session (if there ever is a session), prohibiting the ^ "p alocarp in nil farp+nfjpq thft. United States, by Congresional action.' Of the twenty-two men who joined in the Harper's Ferry invasion, eleven were killed at that place, five have since died on the scaffold, two, Stevens and Hazelett, are yet in the custody of the Virginia authorities, and three, Merriam, Tidd, and one of old BroWn's sons escaped, and are now in Canada. The practice of publishing votes of thanks, etc., is intentionally and well burlesqued by a genuine cahl of thanks in a Nashville paper. Some fellow has been pardoned out of the State Prison, so he prints his thanks to the jailor for having taken good care of him while in, and to the Governor for letting him out. Washington advices of the 1st inst., state that Spain it is thought, will soon settle our claims against her. Measures are in progress to amend existiting laws, so as to allow Federal intervention in case of interState raids. England, in a treaty with Honduras, restores to that country the Bay Islands. The lodge-room of the Sons of Malta, in Troy, N. Y., was broken into last week, and among the articles abstracted therefrom were 37 pitch-forks, 8 gridirons, 7 pistols, 39 muskets, 7 cavalry swords, one small brass cannon, and a large Bible. A reward of 850 has been offered for the apprehension of the burglars, and S500 for the recovery of the property. It is announced in Porter's Spirit of the Times, that Col. Colt has invented a revolving shot gun. It says that upon a late trial of this valuable gun at a distance of thirty yards, it put 175 pellets in a circle of 12 inches diameter, penetrating 75 seets of ordinary brown paper; the shot used being No. 6 shot, 1J ounces and two drachms of powder to each charge. The gun is a fiveshooter, and is finished in a fine style to suit the gun. The cartridges are manufactured to suit the gun, and are impervious to the effects of water or dampness. One of our contemporaries asks:?i ''What is to hinder us from manufacturing! our own shoes?" To which wc answer, the want of Shoe Pegs. Thousands of bushels of shoe pegs are brought from the North and sold to Southern shoe-makers. Is it possible that there is no wood in Southern States suitable, or tbat tne manuiacture 01 ashoe peg is beyond Southern ingenuinty? We know the contrary, and we think that those who very properly advocate the manufacture of Southern shoes had better begiD at the beginning and let their motto be, Independence in Shoe Pegs.?Augusta Dispatch. A correspondent of the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser, relates the following :? Touching the question of Southern Rights, I was recently conversing with a youug lady of this country, noted for good sense and originality, who was earnest and eloquent in praise of the patriotic) resolution adopted by the ladies of Richmond, that they would not wear any article of dress manufactured at, or bought from the North ; that sooner than do so, they would learn to weave cloth with the old fashioned loom, &c. I, of course, agreed with my young lady friend in everj thing she said ; but I was (I must confess^ rather puzzled to know what the dear ladies would do for "b?ps," so I rather bashfully asked the question j " What will you do foi steel and brass?" Imagine my discomfit ure at her characteristic and patrotic reply ? White Oak splits forever!" Let the Vir ginia ladies take courage ! For the Yorkvflle Enquirer. THE CONTRAST. BT EDWIN HKRIOT. Man's love is like his pleasure, > It withere in an hour; Restless, it seeks new treasure In each attractive flower; How oft has his proud heart been tried ! No sooner pledged, than turned aside. That tender love unchanging, That burns in Woman's breast, Ne'er for a moment ranging Far^from its ohosen rest, Endures with Time, with life and breath, Through absence, wrong, disgrace and death. Written fbr the Yorkvill# Enquirer. THE IiAST OP 1889. BY L. A. J. Our planet has again encompassed the sun, One orbit in Bpace, it claims for its own. It has ran it for ages, and never shall eDd, Till the broad wings of time, backwards shall bend. This annular motion, through ethereal spheres, Is the notebook of time, the mother of years. Tis the clockwork of earth, on a high elevation, Counting the rents, time has made in duration. The frame-work is vast, has wheels without number, Yet its course is so steady that mortals may slumber. The year fifty-nine is pulseless and dead ; Tha notary ongal with his journal has fled. In silence it died, nor uttered a groan ;| No tocsin was sounded its death to bemoan. The shade on the dial was changed into gloom, And the year fifty-nine was laid in the tomb. How perfect the wisdom, that adjusted the years, While one is expiring, another appears. In the ledger of time we turn a new leaf, All blotted by crime, the prelude to grief. One pen has chronicled the deeds of the year? To some it brings gladness, to others, dispair. ??????a?? i C|e jJorkMIle (hspktx< :================r===rr== ? EDITED BT i BAM'L W. MELTON WM. W. EAST, i YORKVILLE, S. C. 1 '. a THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY fi, 1880. c ? a Special Notice.?All communications, on c matters connected with the paper, should be ad- j JresseJ to "The Yobkville vEnquirer and 8 not to the Editors or Proprietor, personally. Per- t sons desiring prompt attention to their favors, p must bear this in mind. ? Capt. D. D. Mocbe, Maj. Myles Smith, e Samubl G. Brown, J. L. Thomson, and Samuel J. Kutkendal, of York; and William D. Cook, t of Bennettsville, are authorized agents of the En- a quirer. ~ ' e == s ADVERTIMEMESTS. Capt. Simril requests us to direct attention to his 'final notioe.' Those indebted to him will ^ pay attention, at least. Mr. Philbriok, the well known book man, is a in town, in theClawson Building, with an attractive stock. Auction Thursday and Friday nights. r .f a cav.icr.nav. ;< The snow being three or four inches deep on e the ground, our country friends had nothing better to do, and came to town in goodly numbers, j, on Sale-day. A good many negroes were sold on e est prices. We notice, in one instance, that a 0 common field-hand sold for ?1630; and others r went at corresponding rates. n THE RAIL ROAD. 0 S. Banks Meacham having resigned his place * as Agent of the King's Mountain Railroad Com- a pany, the Directors, on Monday evening last, elected Dr. Alexander L. Moobe. n Mr. Meacham will now devote his entire attention to the establishment of Meacham and 8( Wheeler, and will at all business hours be found at his post ready to sell good bargains, and to 11 bid the highest market price for cotton and other t: produce. Give him a call, when in town. 11 d A PRACTICAL SCHOOL. a Those who wish an eminently practical and c business education, cannot do better than to pat- ft ronize the School of Mr. E. F. Davis, of Spar- ? tanburg, advertised in our columns. He is favor- j, ably known as a teacher, and as the author of "The Analytical Grammar and Dictionary." He |( is an earnest and thorough-going workman, and j, possesses, in a high degree, the faculty of infusing this spirit into his pupils. He is 'worthy of his hire.' g THE AMERICA N COTTON PLANTER. \ The inoreased demand for Agricultural litera- E ture has compelled Dr. Cloud to enlarge his in- t teresting Magazine. He adds a 'Ladies Depart- ] menC and a department 'devoted to the Science \ and Literature of Agriculture and Mechanics,' r to the former repast; and enlarges the'Planter' t to 68 pages, cover and all. The Ladies Depart- \ ment is presided over by 'Lizzie Liun' who fig- y ured lost year, as a contributor; and under the t head of 'Hints to Country Girls,' made her way ( Loortc nf tin* Irtvplr maidens of our sun- , ny clime. The Subscription price is raised to $2. Address Dr. N. B. Cloud, Montgomery Alabama. THE CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL. We have so repeatedly applauded the enterprise, and vouched for the sterling merit of the j Proprietors of this school, that we cannot add to our commendations without repetition. We ? | believe that our acquaintance with the several t I educational institutions in our State authorizes < us to form an opinion in regard to them, and we t do not hesitate to pronounce Davidson and Brum- i dt's school as equal and in some of its advan- 1 tnges superior to any outside of Charleston. 1 On the first of January, they added to its already commanding excellencies, the Collegiate 1 feature, and, besides preparing young men for i admission to the higher Colleges and Military Academies, they now undertake to fit them for immediate entrance upon active life. Whatever they undertake, will be well and thoroughly per- ' formed. Pkefer to their advertisement. THE SNOW-STORM. On the morning of the last day of the last year we awoke and found the sky mantled in dense leaden clouds, and a fall of soft, fleecy snow descending. This contiuued till evening ; but owing to the moisture of the earth, the snow for several hours melted as fast as it fell. By night, however, the earth was covered to the depth of three or four inches. Thus the Old Year died?was wrapt in its comely windingsheet, and buried in the Past. The New Year arose like a bride having on her wedding garment, adorned with pearl and diamond, and lace, and silver veil. She came 1 from the 'undiscovered country' of the future, i nnd interlocked her own with the brawny hands of Time, and they were wedded. It was a bright, ) beautiful, romantic, nuptial-feast?this wedding 3 of the gray widower, Time, to the gay New f Year. r How lovely are the ways of nature! What * silent benedictions, often unnoticed by us, come > down from unseen angels' wings and blend with - the sceneB we look upon, and the very air we breathe! THE HEW VOLUME. With this number commences the sixth volumt of the Enquihek, and in presenting it for the favor able consideration of our patrons, as it is their'i as weH as our own, we congratulate then and felioitate ourselves upon its enlarged size sue improved typographical appearance. With e sinple exception, the Enquibeb is equal in Bizc to any paper in the State, and in point of mechanical exoeHence it challenges comparison. We take pleasure in announcing that our prospects of oomplete success are becoming evorj day more flatteriug. The new volume begin: with an addition of three hundred new subscribers, and with the first number we boast a circulatior of over two thousand copies. By the end of Ji( year, if life and health be epared, we are determined to deserve and achieve a subscription-JBl of twenty-five hundred. Make way for us, k .nc public! Acoording to the Einnouncement, our clever oondint/w* WTTTTIW W Pia-r entorj Tinftn I'.hf ""J1""'! """""" ???i -r-- ? daties of his new vocation, as editor of the Enquires. He prefers to say nothing for himself; bat trusting to the kind indalgence of those tc whose instruction and amusement he has undertaken to devote his best talents and an untiring energy, he leaves it to the results of his labors to pronounce upon his merits and to determine his success. We bespeak for him a cordial reception and the most kindly offioes of our public ; and we endulge the confidence that the intercourse between himself and our patrons will be, as it deserves, mutually pleasant and profitable. To the friends who have so freely and efficiently aided us in promoting the success of the Enquirer, we render our most grateful acknowledge ments. And to readers, old and new, we extend the compliments of the season, with the earnest tiope that the year, whose opening hours have seen ushered in so happily, be crowned with the somplete fruition of each most glowing and joy)u8 anticipation! THE OUTSIDE. On our outside page, the reader will find the ntroductory Chapters of Mrs. Denison's charmng story entitled 'Star,' written expressly for >ur columns. It will be deemed worthy of the >iace assigned to it as the first of the series of toodly feasts which we have promised to afford n the current volume. Mrs. Denison possesses -emarkablr fine ability as a story-writer; and n 'Star' the reader will find her fully equal to ler best efforts. The plot is constructed with in unusual degree of originality, and in its chain if touching and oftentimes thrilling incident, ind in the beautiful style of its unfolding, is one if the cleverest we have ever met with in newslaner-literature. We commend it to the peru al of every reader, vrith the remark, heretofore nade, that the first chapters, as they are e:ndoyed in placing the characters upon the stage, towever important to be carefully perused, furtish no index to the real merit of the prodnoticn. In order to advertise this story generally hroughout the State, the Proprietor struck off , multitude of 'black stars,' and had them postd during the Christmas-week throughout the State. We are surprised to learn that in some ocalites the hideous visitant created quite a uror, among the alarmists who, of late, have een on the qui vive for "nigger insurrections" nd such-like visionary projects. In some loalities, an occasional frightened individual would uthlessly tear down our innocent hand-bills, nd savagely demolish them into shreds! Now, f we have shaken any one out of his propriety, ven for a moment, we humbly crave pardoi; ut at the same time we submit that we are the njured party, and to make amends we trust that very one who has invaded our "Btars" will immediately enroll hlmeelf io our guodly ccmpTruy f "gazers," and bask in the gay and brilliant ays that are henceforth to shine out?all the lore brightly in comparison with the blackness f their unpretending prototypes. At any rate, re ask for a dozen "subB" from Columbia, and t least one from Unionville. Turn to the poet's corner, and discuss and adlire the charming rose which Martin has made a bloom there. Isn't it beautiful ? and if one's oul only had an olfactory organ, wouldn't this jvely flower be exquisitely fragrant ? Martin j a genuine poet?a natural, born, specimen of bat rarest of birds on the earth. He takes to t as a mocking-bird takes to song?a girl to her oil arid then to her flowers?an angel to the betific harmonies which make the music of the hoir above ! If lovely Rose is half so beautiful s the portrait Martin has drawn so exquisitely, re do not wonder that, incorrigible as he is, he 3 beside himstlf about her?or rather, to catch rhe lea exactly, beside her about himself. We shall Dse faith in the good taste of our cotemporaries, f'Rosa' docs not become decidedly 'fugitive.' One of Davidson's always readable 'leisure ketches' tells of his seeing the President, last iummer. It is capitally executed, and does "he Vhite House to the life. By the way, we have lever been to that colorless mansion, though we >y no means mean to say that we never 'saw the 'resident.' 'On the contrary, quite the reverse.' Ve were introduced to him, or, to be more corect, he was introduced to us?Pierce, we allude o, not Buchanan?in our own apartments in Vashington, not at the White Houso (wc, by "he ray, would have seen his Excellency demolished >efore we would have called upon him.first); :he Jeneral was duly sober, we believe, an ! we rere sober too?perhaps ; but, out of respect to the General,' wo shall not tell about it now ; nayhap we may let it out at some other writing, rhen (no reflection on Davidson) we have less nother wit than we now find room for. Read he talk about Mr. Buchanan, and let the subect drop. 'Willie Lightheart' befits his name so cheerfully ind wears so lightly the graces of single-blessedless, that we doubt the correctness of the contusion he draws from those logical 'Reveries of i Bachelor.' If it must be done, however, when t is done, wc shall thank him for his delicate cmembrances of the 'Y. Enquirer.' Don't pass 3y Willie's graceful contribution, as you read. On the fourth page we have placed a poem by Mr. Samuel L. Hammond. Our critic pronounces t the best production of the author's pen. THE PARMER AND PLANTER. The Publisher appends a card to the December number of this able aud well-conducted Agricultural Monthly, stating that without "increase of patronage, it must be discontinued at the end of the next volume." The present support is too meagre to sustain its life longer. We hope this enterprise will not be suffered to fall through by the farmers and planters of the old Palmetto State. Mr. Stokes?the enterprising publisher?is eminently qualified for the position ; and Mr. Summer, the Editor, brings: to the task a rich fund of talent aud experience.? No Journal of the kind, within the bounds of oui exchanges, is better entitled to the support of the Agricultural classes. It is, emphatically, a home industrial Magazine?giving usefu1. information in the various departments of Argiculture, Stock-raising and Horticulture. We feel free to say, that one dollar investe d ir the "Farmer and Planter" will put five or ter dollars in the pocket of any farmer in the S ate It is impossible to read it without receiving use ful hints for improvement ill every branch 01 home industry and economy. The experience o able and practical men, therein given, is especi ally valunble to those who are just beginning t( till the soil. The older farmers, too, who hnvi developed a system of their own, need to be re plenished constantly with a new stock of ideas to prevent them from hardening down in a oonrsc which ignores alt improvement, not suggested 5 by their limited experience. To one and to all we recommend this able, J varied and cheap Monthly, devoted to the im1 provement of the "bone and sinew" of the coun' try, and the establishment of an enlightend sysk tem of agriculture. Price $1. Address R. M. ' Stokes, Columbia, S. C. MASONIC CELEBRATION. On the 27th ult., Philanthropic Lodge, No. 78, r united with a respectable oompany of visiting ( brothers, in celebrating the anniversary of St. John the Evangelist In the evening a proces| sion was formed at the Hall, and, preceded by , the "Young Ebony 8axe-Horn Band," marched to the Methodist Church, where, after a very , appropriate prayer by a visiting brother, Rev. I Mr. Reynolds, the address was delivered by Rev. L. A. Johnson. We regret that the weatlier was so very inclement as to prevent a general , attendance ; for the address, in both style and sentiment, was well worthy of a large and atten, tive auditory. | At the conclusion of these exercises, the members returned to the Hall, where the officers elect , of the several Lodges, for the ensuing year, were duly installed; and the fraternity indulged ii the genial feast of good things which, on St. John's day, the Mason is peculiarly fitted to enjoy to the brim. ** NON-INTERVENTION.?? We did not arrogate a prophet's ken in pre- | dieting great and benign results to the Soyth, j tmm fVin TTam*r'a Fnrrv mill. Whfln John BrOWn "?f- J and his followers expiated their fiendish crimes, ( tearing to the world an infamous memory and to ; their oountry its most ignoble chapter, the ex- ; citement which such events might well arouse | passed quickly away, and as first fruits there { have arisen throughout the South a grateful and , doubly-assured sense of domestic security and tranquility, along with a bitter, rankling, defiant | and uncompromising hatred of a people who could originate and encourage so ruthless an invasion upon our persons, our property, our homes and ( our firesides. And from such a sentiment it is i not difficult to infer that, deep-seated in the j Southern heart, there remains a firm and deter- ] mined purpose, by prompt and potent action, to j rend asunder forever tho ties which bind us to , such a people, and achieve for ourselves not on- | ly a political but a social, industrial and com- , mercial independence. , Leading the way to tho accomplishment of ( this noble and patriotic purpose, the Merchants j of the South, hitherto the media through which our life-blood has flowed to nourish and , invigorate Northern strength, are withdrawing | their patronage from Northern houses, squaring ( their accounts and, quietly yet in earnest, adopt- | ing a course of dealing by which they hope to | afford no more 'aid and comfort to the enemy.' , And the Medioal students attending the schools ] of Philadelphia and New York, in pursuance of ( the same purpose, and closing up, we hope for- j ever, another avenue through which our wealth has been borne to Northern coffers, have, in the high toned and gentlemanly manner which be comes their section, withdrawn their presence 1 and their patronage, and in the Medical schools ( of Richmond, Charleston, Augusta, Savannah, ' Atlanta, and New Orleans, have found a cordial 1 welcome and, free of oharge, an equally valuable ( tuition. Other instances of the practical appli- ' | cation of this non-intercourse policy might be 1 V.... n.ft annnivk +A QBinrA nq ^ that the South hAs began to achieve her own salvation, in earnest, from the highest motives and in the right direction. Verily, the day is gone, when the Southern people willingly supported the industry and enterprise of theiciflnemies. We have learned from experience how galling and how ruinous it is to be dependent upon a community to whose ears the ring of the almighty dollar is 3weeter music than Tabrian lute or pipe of Arcady. We have read and learned by heart this lesson of inglorious feebleness and enervation, and we now turn, self-reliantly, ; to ourselves and our own great though dormant resources. Henoeforth we believe tho South will be equal to herself, whether in the night or the day?whether in danger or reposing in security, ever 'animu opibusque parati.' Promptly following this as yet partail suspension of business relations with the North, comes the wail of distress from the mercantile and laboring classes of Philadelphia, New York, Boston, and the manufacturing towns of the East. Panic-stricken and verging upon ruin, they rush to any and every miserable and contemptible expedient. In immense 'Union Meetings,' they cry 'hosannah' to the South, and with lavish liberal ity offer to us their transparent and hollow hearted 'sympathy,' while, like a pitiful coward, they eat the words they have just uttered, hypocritically affect to despise the sentiments of their inmost hearts, and with a lie in their mouth spit upon the hideous offspring themselves have be- ( gotten into life and nourished into a monster- ' strength. But we are not to be cheated by such 1 shadows, while the pervading sentiment of the rural population of the North, with bitter em- ' phasie, withholds the substance ; and we mis- ! take alike the determined spirit of the South and the unbridled fanaticism of the North, if these Pharisaical money-changers do not speedily learn ' that, both here and there, the storm will rage with unabated fury, until the last and strongest ! of the bands which have bound us togethor is ! broken?until, from the ruins of Northern pro- 1 gress are evolved the elements out of which to i build-up for the South an enduring prosperity? a high and glorious destiny. i In pursuing this train of thought, it will not i be inappropriate to refer specially to the card of the wholesale dealers of Charleston, published in our columns, and to commend it immediately to the merchants of our District. To them it belongs, in no mean measure, to decide how far this prompt movement in behalf of Southern Independence shall be successful; for when we claim with pride that in no locality can be found a class of business-men more sound and reliable, we assert the responsibility, thereby the more urgent, which rests upon them, to respond readily and heartily to the appeal and the assurances of merchants of Charleston. While we appeal thus to the patriotic impulses of our merchants, we do not fail to appreciate the force of the argument that it adds nothing to our progress, and that patriotism does not ' require us, to build-up Charleston, while she, in turn, persists in pouring the wealth thus acquired into the houses of New York City?that if their money must find its way into Wall-street, they may with all propriety carry it there in their own pockets?that if Charleston desires the wholesale trade of the South, she must conform to the laws which control commercial in* tercouse. But let us remember that 'Rome was not built in a day.' Ever since the government ; was organized, Charleston and other Southern cities have labored heavily under burdens imposed by the unequal operation of federal legislation, and whatever success has attended them has been achievod against a mighty current, i originating in political misrule, and irresistibly i bearing to Northern centres the monetary and . commercial power of the country. Causes are . now at work, however, to throw off these banef ful influences; for, the day has come when fede* f ral iniquity and oppression must have an end.? The politicians and the people of the South now j appreciate fully the burdens imposed upon them t by hostile legislation, however indirect it may - have been ; and henceforth we believe our me* , tropolis may enter the lists of commercial com > petition, with an unfettered energy. But while we cast away oar burdens, we shall ask in vain for the favoritism which has so lcag contributed to the growth of Northern enterprise, and we must therefore look to ourselves and turn to our own account those mighty resources which, rightly direoted, are sufficient to establish a power beyond the control of a world combined. The : merchants of Charleston have the means, the : energy and the enterprise to inaugurate the work; and they only ask from the people that protection which government has heretofore afforded to their rivals; they ask, in short, that while they are true to their pledges and afford a i market equal to any other, the merchants of the i interior shall extend to them an exclusive patronage, That this is fair, need not be argued, i But the enoouragement must be given heartily and with one accord. It may require patience j. and self-denial; it may require (though we do < not admit it) that merchants be content with ] shorter profits and their customers with higher prices; but as stjre as there is truth in the laws < of trade, the ineonvenienoe will last only for a i time, and in the end the reward will be the establishment of a great commercial mart, whose i prosperity and whose manifold advantages will, ] with ten-fold measure, repay in the future the i of the nresent. ' Bat ire by no means urge this appeal solely i to a patriotic impulse. We knoir that a correct ] policy dictates that the buyer shall seek the 1 cheapest market; but we also know that, if he i buys to sell again, a like policy determines that he shall take care of his customers. And we i believe that the people of Tork District are suffi ciently well aware of what belongs to their best i interests, their safety, their honor, and to an he- j reditary patriotism, to refuse custom to any ] bouse which perseveres in a trade detrimental, , at this day especially, to the well-being of the ( community, subversive of the settled polioy of j the State, and destructive of the prosperity of a i metropolis with whose weal or woe we are and < must be intimately identified. ] We are mnoh gratified to observe that the mer- < chants of our spirited neighbor, Chester, have, | without exception, signed a resolution henoe- i forth to trade exclusively with Charleston, so long as the wholesale dealers adhere to their ] published promises. So, too, the Bennettsville < ind Spartanburg merchants have confederated ( together. This is the plan. If we make a re- i jponse at all, let it be made unanimously ; or, J it least, with sufficient accord to mark out dis- < tinotly to the publio eye those who refuse to i perform their duty in this matter. In oonolusion, we respectfaliy suggest to the j merchants of Yorkville, and of the District, that < they meet together, discuss the subject, and in < concert determine upon such action as may, in ( their enlightened judgment, best conduce to \ their own and the publio interests. They have, 1 M om rare. the intelligence and the spirit to <i enow and do their duty; and any dictation on jnr part would be to presume beyond our provnce. ,T THE OLD TEAR. The march of Time?the revolution of the irheel that crushes and crumbles Empires into lust while it uplifts states and kingdoms?have :urned up the year 1860, to the light. By i rapid sweep of the vision backwards over the centuries, the eye catches a glimpse of that nient but resistless progress whioh is rolling the vorld onward and upward. Never before, perlaps, in the history of our race, was the cause )f popular liberty so triumphantly in the ascenlant. From every struggle a harvest of hopes wd triumphs springs up, as the armed men from he fabled sowing of the dragon's teeth. We soaroely know where to begin to prove these issertions from the history of 1859. In our own iountry, notwithstanding the strength of theBelublican party, as shown by the year's elections, ind the recent raid at Harper's Ferry, exhibiting :he virulence as well as power of that party, here is greater harmony at the South, and ooniequently greater hope for the permanenoe of jur liberties, than hare been for years before.? [f we look to Mexico, we find Juarez contending luccessively with Robles and Miramon for the lovernment. That unhappy country has been :he scene of disorder and anarchy during the vhole of the past year. Her credit has been, ind is bankrupt; while England and the United States have been clamoring for the settlement of haii. nkim? Sno.h is the distracted state of af? 'airs that the United Stalls hare treated with 1 me faction, and Spain with another; both of ' which treaties are repudiated by the rival par- i y. In 8outh America, Veneznela, New Grena- ' la, Chili and other States have been in a volcan- 1 c condition. Gen. Ubquiza assisted Lopez to' 1 effect a reconciliation between our country and ^ Paraguay; in return for which favor Lopez prof- * fered to assist Ubquiza in forcing Buenos Ayres, 1 lolens volena, into the Argentine Confederation. 1 3en. Montt, of Chili, has been hemmed between ' :wo hot fires?that of the ultra-liberals and that of the ultra-conservatives. In New Grenada, the 'liberals,'under ScnorNieto, rose againstCalvas, < the Governor of the State, deposed him and his i subordinates, and appointed Nieto in his place, i A. bloodless revolution was also effected in Hay- ' ti, in which Geffrard usurped the power of 8ou- i louque without a single blow. i These Are a few soenes in the drama which I has been acted on the Western continent.? 1 Though they are saddening to the heart that " loves peace, we may regard them as the smelt 1 inp of the ore which is to be used hereafter in ' the golden adornings of the great temple of liberty. True, they are rife with rebellion and ' anarchy; but this is the voice of oppressed ' peoples orying out against misrule itself. Like 1 begets like; and thero is no more mournful faot 1 in tyranny, than that it disqualifies a people 1 even for takingup arms in self-defenoe. No Stat* can be \n a worse condition than that whicl slumbers in chains. We cross the Atlantic, and climb Mount Cenii. ' and pass down into the land of art and song.? There where Yirgil sung, Petrarch loved ani 1 Dante suffered, the chivalric and daring Victor Emanuel looks out on the very first day of 185S, on a horizon not wholly serene. The liberalisa of Cavour, the sacrifices of Piedmont and Lornbardy, the patriot bosoms throbbing in tune witl Mrinin and Garibaldi, the warm and controiiin| desire of Italy for union and liberty, are arrayed against the selfish and execlusive policy of Francis Joseph of Austria. The marriage between Prince Napoleon and Clothilde is at onc? the effect and cause of sympathy between Franct and Sardinia. If we go to France we see enthusiasm prevailing everywhere for the Italian cause. The Emperor asks a loan of 500,000,000 francs from the people. In the five days, during which the books were opened, 2,307,000,000, are subscribed by 535,000 loaners. Every maiden we meet mingles in her head-dress the tricolor of the land of Cicero; while oa the Boulevards, in the theatre, the drama of {En Italie' is welcomed each night with downright cheers. Crowds of workmet gather about the officers of the Moniteur, tht Pugs and the Evening Pairie, eager for the story of some new triumph. Presently we turn the eye to the Adriatic and see a hundred men-ofwar sweeping up the gulf of Genoa ; while on the Alps a thousand workmen are clearing away the snow to make the way passable for the French soldiery. The Austrian forces pour down into Italy ; the glorious fields of Magenta and Solferino are fought and won by the Allies ; the Emperors of France and Austria meet at Villafranoa, and peace is made. The principal conditions of this peace, which the Zurich conference iere'l7 re-affirms, are the ft surrender of Lotnban ?*oeption of the fortresses of Man ? and Pesohiera, to the T Sing of Sardinia, and ie f?*?r given to an ital- n ian Confederation in * ioh Venetia is to forth a k part. The oonferenoe saves the question of th? 7< fttture condition of the loon try to be decided by B a European Congress, rhieh is to meet soon in ft Paris. The future of lkly? therefore, is yet an- 8 settled; but we may iopethat the sympathy o and assistance of Frame and the bravery and k patriotism of her own Hons will work ont her V salvation in the end. lie wont feature at pre- ft sent, is Garibaldi's jealosy of Victor Emannel b which is shared by the a*ny of Central Italy, n over whioh Garibaldi has tommand. o The great good of this w|r Hes in the fact that 1 Austria has been convinoed t^at the Germanic ti Confederation is not an oiflDe^o but a defensive T league. She evidently exposed Germany to a take sides with her in this ccpfij^- But the Diet b or irontrort resoiuteiy rerowuyr tuv " *?(* unless the territory of the leegp? wtB invaded. a When Austria learned this?wh? she found that C she must contend with Italy ilofll? with the sym- G pathies of Europe against her^ehe forthwith t< abandoned her bloody and opfreave designs.? rhis is promising and hopefal fof the fa tore of the people who have been groanhg under the w Hapsburg tyranny for thirty yeini If theywili q be true to themselves, they need nt fear; and ^ shy should not Italy be free ? ; w We pass hastily over the Fresch'and English 0( war in China, and the capture tflchjmyl, the ^ wild chief and prophet of Caucused? the Bus- ' nans. We make a mere-mention tflbe troubles 01 in India and the war between Spdn and the ft Moors, now waging. Let us turn from these scenes of struggle and revolutioi t? the more t? joiet but sublimer triumphs of (draoe, lite- tl rature and art. Unparalleled effodshave been made to reduce aeronautics to a schsee, with a q new to a balloon voyage across thei$laatio.? ti Last summer Messrs. Wise aqd T^tfot'nfcsm ai made an aseent at SC Louis aud la4ed in the " State of New Tork, making a voyajB of 1200 miles. A few months later, the latt^with Mr. < Eaddock ascended at Watertown, N T. ; and *? losing sight of the earth, enoountered Northern ^ current whioh drifted them over the gl^t^a&a- h< iiao wilderness, where they at last la|kd after n andergoing infinite perils. The AtUHe, the Balloon in whioh this ascension was n*de, was ai 30 feet in diameter; Mr. Canlincourt Lowe is qi aow constructing a balloon?the UityV Ktw t5' York?the greatest diameter of whiohil 180 reet. Toe Deuei is inai isr aoove me ana no p< jastwurd current will be encountered, wHob will. m jarry a balloon across the Atlantic. Thestatue if Daniel Webster?which is a re-cast fim the th :he original lost in the sea?by Hiram I^ers, V ras inaugurated in JBoston, on the 24th Sffetn.- ^ ier, Hou. Edward Everett being the Oratt ,of 01 he ocoason. Churche's Heart of the Ami U pi aking rank side by sidb with his Niagara I; the. P' learts of picture-loving people. Remtypdt ^ Peale'a Court of Death' has won him a ane irhoae price is above rubies, Harriet Ho?er itill lives?her genius grows broader and grwd- jn ;r, as times flies on. In poetry Tennyson's l^t ^ f the King stands alone like the star of lw, q irhispering to twilight the tale of beauty in Is- ju rener spheres. Here is the field where womafs to lilent conquests begin. Iaa Craig wrote the bit x Barns Centenary Poem; and Snsan Talley ArcJ ^ ir, though mute, has written the music of her sol ^ 10 deeply on the heart that it has become a par ^ >f nil its pnlses and breathings. In romance ^ rhe Kattique of Kiawah, by our own Simma, thdT Falter 8cott of America, and BeuTSt; by Ml'Si ^ iugusta Evans, & South err girt twenty sumners," are?w^<ay it with Thackeray's Firybf > ant in our ipfad's eye?the novels of the year. ^ Bat it were an endless task to name the victories of the mind. Many nuggets of pure truth lave been discovered; the odors that come from ;he very heart of the rose of beauty hare been jathered; and the flowers of Christian lore and goodness hare blossomed even on the desert irafltes of heathen lands. There has been progress. Mind has encroached upon the kingdom >f the material, like the swelling wares of the lea, rushing op to kiss the rocks high on the I ihores. While Hallam, the English Historian of < he Middle Ages, our own Prescott, who touch- | sd the harp of history with magic fingers?and i Washington Irving, whose genial pen was dipt I a the pnrest and happiest emotions of the heart, 1 }are sank into the tomb; there has been pro-'C jress. Man never had better reason to be hope- i t 'al of the future. Poetry and art?history and |* philosophy?liberty and religieh?are all gain- i ng firmer footing on the rock of 'the True, the Beautiful and the Good.' Let us thank heaves Tor blessings 90 manifold and abundant, ani , while sharing the thrilling victotoriee of the agi, take fresh courage to fight the battes of God aid Freedom. , 1 CONGRESSIONAL. ' ] The President, on Tuesday tie 27th ultimo, ( jommunioated to the 8eDate hisannual Message, 1 1 brief synopsis of which, embracing the points j jf chief importance, we publish on the first page. { rhe Harper's Ferry affair is hsadled iu a conciliatory manner. We disagree with the Message ( in its general features. The recommendation to ' purchase Cuba, while it is good in itself, is at "\ present impracticable ; and is calculated only to livert public attention from matters of more * weighty and homefelt importance. The Pacific Railroad, if built as Mr. Buchuian recommends, ( * _ 1 .! iL. t would oe iruuiui m exuausiiug mo u??uu?> treasury and renewing a high protective tariff 8 system. The slave trade is dpcup-ed at length, { 19 a grave evil which our forefathers were the Srst among the notice to sqppress. A sentiment which pertains only to a small sliquo, is thus dignified into the position of a prevailing feeling of our section. Thif fendenc y~of'this misrepresentation is to inftriate onr enemies against ns. Onr Mexican affairs, are treated with a view to the establishmtnt of a protectorate over portions of that conntiy. Yet with her, through onr Minister, Mr. McLane, we have just established a treaty of reconciliation and peace. What profit wonld accrue to the South by such a course ? The Meiicans would feel exasperated; a war like tbii of 1346-7 would probably be inaugurated; and Southern blood would be spiltin the acquisition of new territory to be appropriated by the Nirth. We regard the whole Message, in point of ffcot, as an insidious attack on Southern Institttions. No Speaker has yet been elected. On Monday, 26th ult.,the House met, bit enjoyed 'Christmas cheer' without seriously attending to any business. Several speeohes lave been made, pro and con, but beyond this tothing has occurred to interest the reader. ?> ? mereoielition. The article of our younp/riend, 'F. C. H.,' is crowded out of this issie, and would bepost 1 vrandial in tho next. W? will be glad to hear from him again on any tubject suited to his facile and graceful pen. ( The Register, Winnsboro,saye that the esteemed and venerable postmaster, at that place, Mr. ItfcMASTEE, has resigned his place to Mr. W. A. ^obeison. Mr. McMasteb iras probably the ol<bet official in the State ?having held the office brty years. 8toce the death of Col. Owens, t is said that Mr. Kiitt has determined to be a andidate for re-eleftion toCongress. Gen. AvEEaidMr. Geo. P. Elliott, are already in the field.*?<*"8enator SeWabd returned from Europe, ltBt week. We wil see now how far he will attenpt to 'wriggle' out of the 'irrepressible conflict. He was received at New York by a large assemblage of his political /*'?* ? tl iends, with a salute' of one hundred guna ^ ^ ? The Spaniard# and Moors an still at waft' jq 0 he latter attacked the redoubts of the SpanjarJI snoh ear Cents, and were npnlsed with a loss of t<U Hied and 1000 wounded. The Spaniards lo* 0 killed and 800wonnded. Vioe Presid#! fore BiCKiSBiDOimadeaspeech last week, inFranV >rt, Ky., in whiah he took a sound out-and-od ^ onthern position. We an glad to welcome hill ^qc rer on our side; hitherto, his "good lock" ha fa ept him astride the fenoe, most skillfully.? Mi 'erily, the Southern politician who, at this day, ! ills to perceire where his "luck" lies, ought to e shot for a fool. The Texas papers an- jf,at ounce the death of Qen. Mibabeau B. Lahab, Jtatl nee the second President of the Republic ol P?*j exaa, and lately United 8tates Minister to Ceo al America. He was one of the heroes of th< fantr exan straggle, and in this as well as all th any 1 rents of his life, displayed the noble character {tics of the brave, daring and chivalrous pio leant eer. Joseph Gaixochat, of Clarendon, i Tr# ominated in the Mercury for a seat in the nes lt oDgress, from this Congressional Distxiot. Mi \ . is a lawyer, and formerly nsided in Lancai ft I? T. Of 01 ? crft thb omuul assembly. bo jj? Befon the adjoornment of our Legislatur Mob occurred on Thursday, the 22d ult., tl jjj ommittee of Conference agreed upcu And r| have jrted tz loth Houses the subjoined resolution and tl nbodying the sentiments of our law-givers upc ir relations with the General Government.- foupt( hey were passed unanimously. with i Whereas, The State of 8outh Carolina, by he j?6* ^ rdinance of 1852, affirmed the right to seced ?Pon om the Confederacy whenever the occasion lould arise justifying her, in her own judgment5r ' i taking that step, and iu the resolution adop 'oroe >d by her Convention, declared that she foreber* i?nl > te immediate exercise of that right, from ejn tompt derations of expediency only. And whsrfits aid C ore than seven years have elapsed since thai J IU< (invention adjourned, and in the intertefciog J Pr< me the assaults upon the institution of slavery, ivr, id upon the rights and equality of the Geuth- d by 11 States, have been madewith uneeasing via- V. nee, and in new and more alarming forms: be ork , thewore, om? Evolved, That South Carolina, still deferring she her Southern sisters, nevertheless respeotfully ?;j inoaaoes.to them that it is the deliberate judg- w? < ent of this General Assembly that tbi slave- ty <i ildiu'g States should immediately meet togeth- vi. to concert measures for united action. the Resolved, That the foregoing preamble and solution be communicated by the Governor to I the elaveholding States, with the earnest re- egin lest of tbie 8tate that they will appoint dopu- oo? i ?8 and adopt snohmeasures gain their judgment ntecj ill promote the said meeting. id fl Resolved, Thft aSpecial Commissioner be ap- ( >inted by;his Excellency the Governor, to comunicnte the foregoing preamble and resolution* I. ^ the 8tate of Virginia, and to express to th? fyrc itborities of that State the cordial' sympathy of ien ie people of South Carolina with the pebple of at i irginia, and their earnest desire po unite with j iftf iem in measures of common defence. 11 pi Resolved, That th?-8tate of South Carolina i -vie res it to her oitizena to protect them and their ,:Vn operty from every enemy; and that for the , of Irppses of military.preparation' for any emer- \ tb mcy, the sum .of one hundred thousand dollars nhei (appropriated for military contingencies. tw <j These resolutions breathe the true spirit, and n5r< i far as mere words ean avail,* place the State jjj-* a commanding position before the South and t5rt e Union., We- are gratified to learn that the pro? overoor has appointed the author of #ie resotions, Mr. C. G. MsmqsoE*, to the" embassy ^ j Virginia. It required such a man as Mix- cent isobs, the controlling mind and spirit of the rteE sgislature, to reconcile competing schemes, and itbf'a variety of conflicting propositions to 0fs olve the firm and dignified declaration of priu- com _i? ? u:.v. a.?.? u. ?i?.i.j schi JUW upuu ff uiuu kue uvatD uoo uu n yuujicu jraelf. The appointment is honoring alike to ie Executive, and to the distinguished and on orthfr""*! * >.? ?JS2 seyond the list of Acts published In our last so e, the Assembly did nothing worthy of special ch?i eLcioo. . We publish elsewhere the "Tax Act" thirf id the Act incorporating our Volunteer Com- j? ? my, and in- future issues we shall insert, in 0? , ien-o, whatever Acta may be deemed of general i% I wfc |"' Per the Yoikvffle Enquirer. I It - <fct| 1 ERRATA. gay ' P*mit me, Mi1. Editor, to correot a few mis- iy tj kkei that 1 unintentionally made'in the report t tin King's Mountain Agricultural Society, gjjj fnblhbed in your last Tht best specimen of Melons was by J. Marin Htmbrigbt, instead of Gilbert Hambright.? 1 'he fcst Oriental and Greoian Paintings, Miss J. B, instead of G. -V. Miller. Mrs. Dr. Camp- tit icll thibited a fine specimen of common Soap, (rati eraafcable for its cheapness, particularly in its Qnnrfrtctnre. iCOQi L. A. HILL, Secretary. orC( Iverl For the Yorkvflle Enquirer. i00(j lEI^V BILL TltmASOE COMMITTEE. [nj I | Manx's Hoi, S. C., Dec. 80th, 1859. b?11 rhet A i*r.ting of the citiiens of Meejc'e Hill and rwjg dcinif oonrencJ at White's store, to-day.? |Ufl ( ?henr*lled to order, J. M. Hope, Eeq, was ippoiked Chairman, and T. A. Moore, was re- v jnestf to actas Secretary. 8. G. Brown, Esq., itt?' ras r^uested to state the object of the meeting. u ifter Wiioh he offered the following preamble ^ ind relations, which were unanimously adopt- ( ?1 L.* _ Wh*oas, Vigilance is required on the part of iur citrens, to guard against Abolitionists and heir enissaiies, , Racked. That we organist ourselves into a A Pigilabe Committee. J- , Retoked. That an Executive Committee of ; . wontythree, be appointed to carry ont the wish ,"t~ if thisneeting. Raohed, That each member of the Vigilance ./ 7ommih:e is required to give immediate notice * _ 0 the (Jainnsn of the Execntive Committee, of tny onetrhase conduct is suspicious. 'if The Claiiman appointed the following persons; ? 1 G. Biown, Cha rman; R. Gilfillan, E. G. f RI Jyers, T>oi. Whitesides, J. W. P. Hope, R. S. n*'1 Jhambes, J. M. Meek, T. A. Moore, J. B. ^ Ybitesitfes, 1hos. Castles, J. L. Davies, J. B. 5? deek, Ri 8. Berry, R. A. Black, D. T. Byers, f 01 f. D. WVlie.Capt. J. W. A. Hartness, W. H. , Ysriied^Wmr-Beiry, 8en., J. M. WblteMdes.j lobt. Whitesides, E. R. Chambers, and Dr. R. f' P. Allison. Notice was, then given to the meeting, that , ? Phos. Stewart, known as Tom Wearer, had ex L * iressed himself as being an Abolitionist; and j. Thos. Bolin wij requested to state what he had P . leard Weaver! ggy. Mr. Bolin said, he had leard Weaver lay that he would fight to liberate * ? he negroes. John Hartness was then called |f? fl ipon; he said he had herrd Weaver frequently . iay that he w jld fight for the negroes. Thos. , lartness testiflkd tknt he had on many occasions, J. * jeard kim say the same. After having the evi- F1 y lence, the Conmittce resolved to meet at S. G. .A 3rown's, at 9 cfclook, to-morrow; and proceed , . o Weaver's, notify him to leave the 8tate n one week, orke would be tarred and feathered ind ridden on arail. Th The Commits w?re notified that Hif*m Harins had exprekpd himself in a similar way;jB?yc jut no evidencebeing present, the Committee! Mi irere requested V attend to his case on to-mor- j floor ow. was Resolved, Tha) the Executive Committee meet Nort it Whiteside's She, this day two weeks. agre On motion offi. Q. Brown, it was resolved ed ti hat the proceeding 0f this meeting be publish- the j id in the Yorkvil# Enquirer. dice. Adjourned to at 8. G. Brown's, tomorrow morning at 9ycIock. J. M. HOPE, Chairman. T. A. Muore, iicretary. tr \ . * very DiCi.-xrr.B 31st|i858.?Committee metaccor- d'.iij ling to adjournm^t, at S. G.Brown's; further Fl*a vidence being gi^n the Committee, vit: that Whe Tom Weaver was \eftrd to ask a negro of Capt offer lartnees', if an eiort was made to liberate the jegroes, would ha)10t burn his master's house cw*' ind flgbt for his Hjertj. Tto' After hearing ho above evidence, the Com- M nittee ogree<l that'll should leave on Tuesday, Disc ran. 3rd, 1880. Elijah Elders beig present, was called on v>d urnished evideuceto convict Hiram Ilagans of H- * ltteringincendiaryhntimeuts: and the Commit- I ee unanimously agced to order Hiram H&gahs Can o leave the 8tate before 10 o'clock, on next B. F ruesday, the 8rd i860; or be would be 8. N rested to & cost of tar and feathers and ridden Crai in a rail. ? ^ le Committee then proceeded to the boose dm Wearer, and ordered him to leare before 'clock on Tuesday next, and paid him for articles as be wished to dispose of. ley then went to the house of Hagans, who not at home, f.nd will not probably be seen i. and gare notice to the family to leare beFriday, the 6th of January next. The Jasper Light laflmtry. LOT to authorize the formation of a Volunteer mpamy of Light Infantry within the limite of s Thirty-fourth Regiment, South Carolina 'Jitia, and to incorporate the tame. Be. it enacted by the Senate and House of esentatives, now met and sitting in General mbly, and by the authority of the same, the Adjutant and Inspector General of the i of Sooth Carolina be, and he is hereby, emred to inspect and receive into the Thirtyh Regiment of Infantr^ 8oath Carolina ia, a new Volunteer Company of Light Iny, to be etyled the 'Jasper Light Infantry;' ?w to the contrary hereof notwithstanding. That said Company shall hare attached to une, on* Captain, three Lieutenants, 6 8*ra, five Corporals, and one Secretary and rarer, and shall not consist of more tbaa y, nor less than forty men, including offi non-commissioned officers and privates, any o the contrary hereof notwithstanding; and war it shall be reduced below the number ty men above required, and shall not re- 4 to each number within six months after s to its commander to fill up its ranks, it be disbanded, and the oommissionf of its rs vacated. , That the said Company, as soon as it shall been received, as herein provided for, be, lie same is hereby declared to be, a body 3 and corporate, under the name and 'Style 'Jasper Light Infantry,'for the turn of ion years from the ratification of this Act; til sneh powers as are incident to, aud'ttb> such liabilities as are now impoeJCMgair I like corporations. That the said Company shall have the powsdopt a Constitution and By-laws, and entbe same by all needfal rules and regulato bold Company Courts Martial, to be ised of the Commissioned Officers of the !ompanyrfor the trial of all offences mated :h Constitution end By-laws, and collect >ee98 of execution, as now provided for by .11 fines and penalties which shall be impos- ^ such Company Courts Martial. That it shall bo the duty of the Sheriff of District to enforce all lepal process issuing he Courts Martial of satd Company, and return thereof to the Clerk and Treasurer 1 Company, within three months after the my have been lodged, under a penalty of ofiars for each and every failure so to do. A at the said Company shall be attached fewer Battalion of the Thirty-fourth Beg- { South Carolina Militia; shall be snbject r#s and regulations governing the said j 1 est; and shall conform to all-the requisite laws of this State/relating to Vol (unpanies, except as they are herein modr :anged. * <? ?? ?! ?- ' > Tax BUI. t enacted by the Sedate and House of b tativts, now met and"sitting in General ib; and by the authority of the same, l (t for the sums, and in the manner herer lontloned, shall be raised and paid into 55 it 5 Treasury of thidState, for the use and . [, b tereof, thatirtussy: eighty one cents. Id n. on every hundred dollars of tbe vala, londs'granted in this State, according t pstlng classification as heretofore estab- i j pinety-five cents per head en all slaves; I lire end stiyeutj five cents on sack free I llkltn AAltlMrt.n V..*? - .. p.wu?, u-ciwcuu U? tgn or (1 td f lly jears, except such as shall be y oved to the-satisfaction ?f -the Collec- 1 0 Incapable, from maims or otherwise, of J a a livelihood ; seventeen cents, ad vttlo- A c ery hundred dollars- of the valne of all <3 1 I and buildings, within any city, town, H ig r borough, in this State; sixty-eight V| s hundred dollars on factorage, employits culties and professions, including the II ie i of dentistry, (whetherin the profes- II \i m, the profit be derived from the costs 01 es, or other sources of professional in- |9 IS iceptlng clergymen, schoolmasters, fl >o resses and mechanics; sixty-eight fl Is rery hundred dollars on the amonnt of in as received by vendue masters and V m n merchants: thirty-five cents per hun- 1 fc |e. on the capital stock peid ip, oa the 1 < mot, one thousand eight hundred and ^ i of all banks which for their present ?? t< iave not paid a bonus to the 8tate ; I y cents per hand rod dollars on thacapi- ? fl to f any bank of issne, not incorporated 1 ii He, paid in on the first day of October, 1 hind eight hundred and fifty-nine, do- IH iu n by |gents within the limits of this ' M l; wty-seven cents per hnndred. dollars ?? se pital stock of all incorporated Gas (^9 > ( panics; one and thirty five one hun- & b ; centum oft alt premiums taken in this Jj b icorporated insurance companies, aud || ' Beits of ioaorance companies, and on- j H it , without the limits of this Stats; { ei guts on every handt-ed dollars of the S It sales of goods, wares and merohan lading til article of trade-for tele, fl exchange, (tbe prodnct of this State, B t jnanufactnred products of any of the IB |?le or Territories thereof excepted,) fl 'Mperson shall hare made, from the fl f ^January of the present year, to the f otanuary, in the year of oar Lord one hi jLt hundred and sixty, either on his, fl theiapital, of borrowed capital, or on 3s i of y person or persons, as agent, at- <|?g 01 osigaee; seventy-five cents upon pnD 1 dollars of the amount of sales of fl feat ind merchandise whatever, whieh fl fui1 person, not resident in this State, B lake any house, stall, or public place, to" th id sale be made by eample or oth- BB k or mdred dollars per day for all clr- 'sS |bib is;, fourteen dollars per day for 111 f?ti abliely, for gaia and reward, any $1 Cm tragedy, interlude" or farce, or >P entqfthe stage, or any part there- fl P?r * rfting wax figures, or other shows V whatsoever, to be paid into the > of t] erks of the Courts respectively, B Iftll tmd to pay the same to the Compers abllc Buildings of their respective js| t,3i ( >t in oases where the same is now sja "td b it to bo paid to corporations or Wj rise i , dollar on every hundred dollars $j? teres >eived during the past year on fl or 1 s of any State, other than this tl AH t levied on property, as prescribed. fl first ion of this Act, shall be paid to IB ix ( tor for tbe tax district in which rope located. jf?| lu ing assessments for taxes on the jle t p property, used in manufaotu- l||B or fo road purposes, withia this 8tate, iue machinery used therein shall not |fl iludt a only the value of the lots and .^B ngs, roperty merely, and all mechan- ^B d m tnrera shall return and pay a tax j^B uuji dairy them of all gpods, and of ^B ianui od articles other than articles pjfjjj facti ?y themselves. Vffig Tk Collectors in the several districts aril this 8tate, in their returns hereto b le, are hereby required and en1. the precise amount of taxes col- n^B I by , for the purpose of supporting vfl flic t said several districts and par- jffl afo stating the rates per centum on B mo'' the State tax collected for said |flR ct irish police purposes; and the d?a >tto Jneral shall return the same in Jggj poi 0K fr ses, mnlattoes and mestizoes, are j|||S >7 *ji to make their returns, and pay flfl ,a] ng the month of March. Mr. Boyee. fl| |6 Iftt Tim** fhn? ? ? ? x??wv?vi MI !e'b *ch' f^b r* W South Carolina, obtained the < ai eded to show that while Slavery ^M&0? au question to the people of the k?V nth it was vital, and, if treated iy?5 eab rthern opinion, fatal. He attack- 'Vj tan Party with great energy as Wt Pf*'alization of Anti Slavery prejui ders as incendiaries. wje-Ss ? mm horlotte Market. Charlotte, January 3. *>< Chistmas Holidays, there was ii ag the past week. Qood midf j f to 9}. Corn 80 cents?scarce. H r ! r sack?not much in market.? HSgBQ at 'or white. Bacon is scarce?none ?fij is tcrat. Mjfflmm n it ms's MouifTAiir b. bo ad Mijgiffl a December to the 3rd of Janumrj I860. es Vueeler, Juwes Jetferys, W. C. k' e, W. W. Carothers, S. Ratney, , ' f, A. M. Lead better, G. Steele, |fl 3b |? ton, Beam & Jenkins, J. Mcliill, * sBBH ' Moore & Burris, W. B. Steele, jBglSgS Darwin & Jefferys, J. Herndon, 0 Co., Adams McCorkle & Co., J. * jJHIjfflS 'a & J. C. Miller, J. M. Anderson, t A. Wallace Mrs. M. E. Wright, iggB ' a, T. Dickson, J. T. Miller, Capt/JMl