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_JX>LUMBIA,^ Friday Morning.Uaiiuary 19, 1866. Representation In Oongreiic The subjoined article>.from the New York Herald, presents .for considera? tion some very important and inte? resting subjects. This is a question of pohaps greater importance than any now being agitated nt Washing? ton. The proposition has been al? ready introduced in Congress to ap? portion the. representation in the popular, brauch of that bodyon the basis of tbe voting population of the S \ several States. Schenck, of Ohio, a lending member of this Congress ?f the dominant party, in his recent speech at his State capital, insisted tbx.; this amendment "should be adopted by three-fourths of the loyal States before admitting thc other States, " ??.nd that they,, the now ex? cluded States, as a condition of res? toration, should be required to ratify it; "for, otherwise," said he, "they might defeat it, and ultimately gain such power as to undo all that has been done to prevent a repetition of the late disasters." Tho proposition is revolutionary in p the broadest sens?, and, if adopted, would be a clear abandonment of the Constitution, which they have here? tofore pretended to regard. The article from the Herald opens the whole question of representation in the National Legislature, and sug? gests an entire change in the rule prescribed in the Constitution of the United States for the apportionment of representatives among tho States of the Union. For the better under? standing of the question, we give the provisions of the Constitution pre? scribing the rule of apportionment: "Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the seve? ral States which may be included within this Union according to their respective numbers, which may be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three-fifths of all other per? sons. The actual enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every sub? sequent term of years, in such man? ner as they shall by law direct. The number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand, bat each State shall have at least one Representative ; and until such enu? meration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to choose three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode Island and Providence Planta? tions one, Connecticut five, New York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three."-Constitution of the United States, Article 1, Sec. 2. Paragraph 3. The following is the article : In 1790 the ratio of representation was one representative to every 33, 001) of representative population. Now it is one representative for every 127,000. On the 23d of May, 1850, the principle was established, for tho first time, of limiting the number of representatives, and thus relieving Congress of the necessity of fixin every ten years, the number of which the House should consist. This law established the number of represen tatives at 233, who were to be ap? portioned among the several States respectively, by dividing the. number of the free population of the States by the number 233, and tho quotient of this division was to be the ratio of representation. In the slave States, three-fifths of the slaves were added to the white class, to preserve the balance of power. The law of May, 1850, was changed after the appor tionment by another law passed March 4, 1862. This increased the number of representatives to 241, several of the States gaining one by the change. We append a tabular statement showing the present repre? sentation from each State, together with free and slave populate >n in 1800 : States. Representatives. Free. ' Slaces. Alabama. 0 526,431' ?35,080 '[.kansas. :5 321-t?l 111,115 ?a. 3 3AV.353 . .tient, r.4 y 451,320 . ire. 1 90,587 1,71)8 da. l 77,7-18 01,745 gia. 7 591,588 4C2,lLJ8 Illinois.14 1,704,323 . indiana. 6 1,339,000 . Iowa. 0 073,844 . Kansas. 1 100,579 . Kentucky. 9 919,517 225,483 Louisiana. 5 357,629 331,726 Maine". 5 620,952 . Marvland. 5 515,918 67,189 Massachusetts_10 1,221,464 . Michigan. 6 742,314 . Minnesuta. 2 173,596 . Mississippi. 5 353,901 436,631 Missouri. 9 1,063,590 114,931 New Hampshire. . . 3 325,579 . New Jersey. 5 046,699 18 New York .31 3,831,730 . North Carolina ... 7 031,100 331,059 Ohio.19 2,302,838 .. . Oregon . 1 52,337 Pennsylvania.24 2,849,266 Rhode Island. 2 170,008 . Smith Carolina. . .4 291,388 402,400 Tennessee. H 826,782 275,710 Texas. 4 421,294 1x2,51* Vermont. 3 314,380 . Virginia.ll 1,047,411 490,805 Wisconsin. 6 774,710 . Total . 26,708,157 J3,950,865 The free colored population, of the States in 1860 was 470,502, making a total of 31,149,805 inhabitants. The States- which have gained in their representation are: Arkansas, 1; California, 1; Illinois, 5; Iowa, 4; Louisiana, 1; Michigan, 2; Missouri, 2; Texas, 2; and Wisconsin, 3. "Westward the course of empire takes its way," as will be seen by this representative increase in that direc? tion. It will be noticed that New Hamp? shire, with a white population of 325,000, bas but three representatives, whilo Louisiana, with o white popula? tion of 357,000, has five. Other free and former slave States show in about tho same relative proportion, owing to tho rule of counting three-fifths of tho sla.es as persons, and the other two-fifths as cattle-one of the sharp practices of the Southerners which the Yankees had not put a stop to yet. Indeed, tho law, as a part of the United States Constitution, is still in force, ami cannot be repealed except in tuc usual manner of amending the Constitution, familiar to every intel? ligent school boy. Mississippi and South Cai'olina are the only two of the States, as will be seen by the table, in which the slave population exceeded the white. Mis? sissippi is entitled to five members in the House of representatives, theo? retically speaking, while California, with 7,452 more whites than Missis? sippi, has only three Representatives. Lu truth, this whole subject of apportionment needs revision and amendment, and will doubtless re? ceive it when Congress fairly settles down to work, and disposes of some other matters of immediate and pressing importance. The just and proper plan would be to base the number of representa? tives in the House upon the actual number of voters in each State, ac has been recently proposed in some quarters. J us tice would thus be done to all sections; for voters alone are entitled to representation. OUTRAGE AT KXNGSTREE.-The Wil? mington (N. C.) Herald, of the 15tli inst., mentions that an outrage occurred at Kingstree, S. C., durinj the early part of last week, which i friend has furnished to us as follows To redress some injuries, real oi imaginary, a number of white mer clubbed themselves together for thc purpose of attacking and whipping t certain party of negroes. They caughi one and thrashed him, and ther caught and bucked and gagged an other, and, after giving him about twe hundred lashes, left him nearly life less. The arrest of the parties im plicated was promptly made by tin Provost Marshal of the district, ant on Wednesday last, two of tho whit? men passed through Florence, ei mide for Darlington, under arrest. DomvrFun.-A rumor has beei prevalent at Fortress Monroe during the past few elays, of a plot being ii course of perfection there for tin liberation of Jeff. Davis. Accordinj to reports, the scheme contemplate thc arrival there of the intende< rescuers singly, on board trading ves sels, so as to ward oft" suspicion. Th authorities have consequently iusti tuted searches of the craft in th harbor; but there have yet been n> arrests made, as no person of a sus picious appearance has been eliscc vered. SECRETARY STAN ^ "X'S ORDERS. Immediately after the passage of th House res"^^Rbn declaring that th troops ohcmid not be withdrawn fror the Southern States, Secretary Stan ton sent an'order to General Terry commaneling^the Department of Kiel: monti, not to muster out any mor broops, and suspending the ordei heretofore issueel mustering-6ut sev< ral regiments. T-?uV Secretary, it : said, issucjb't'ho order without coi sultiug^e'ither the President or Gei Gr?bt. -.^-9-. Tue ARMY.-Various newspape] b ive given an impression that Senate Wilson's bill for remodelling tl regular army will produce a standir force of 90,000 men. According t the terms of the bill there are le than eighty regiments, all told, pr vided for, and by company organiz tion of sixty-four men, rank anti fil these regiments cannot be more tht 700 strong, thus giving an army about 55,000. LOSSES BY FIRE.-The total loss by fire the past year amounted over forty-three millions of dollai against about twenty-eight and a hi millions the previous year. The i troduction of steam engines in tl fire departments of the country do not, from this exhibit, present a ve flattering record. -.. At a church collection for mission the preacher said: "My Christii brethren, let me caution those of y< who put in buttons not to break < the eyes. It spoils them for use, ai they will not pass among the heathe: for coins." Senator Trumbull hus introduced two important bills into the Senate. One of them is to enlarge the power of the Freedmen's Bureau, and the other to protect all persons in the United States in their civil rights, and to furnish the means of their vindication. The first provides that in insurrectionary districts, where, by State law or custom, any of the civil rights belonging to white persons are denied to negroes or mulattoes,' or where they aie subject to different punishment than is prescribed for whites, tho officers and agents of the Freedmen's Bureau shall, so long as such discrimination continues, have jurisdiction of al' cases affecting such negroes or mulattoes. It also pro? vides for punishing by fine and im? prisonment through the courts of ; the Freedmen's Bureau any person j who shall subject a negro or mu- ! latto, in cons?quence of his race or ! color, to auy other or different pun- j ishment than is prescribed for white ! persons, or shall deny him any civil j rights which belong to tho white race. The judicial power exercised by the Freedmen's Bureau to cease whenever the States where it is exer? cised are fully restored in all their j Constitutional rd tions to the Union. The other bill of a permanent character, applicable to all parts of the United States, lt declares that the inhabitants of every race and color, without regard to former slavery, shall have the right to make, sue and enforce contracts, to sue, give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold and convey real and personal property, to thc full and equal benefit of all laws and pro? ceedings for tho security of person and property; shall be subject to like 1 punishments, pains and penalties, and none other; any law, statute, regulation or custom to the contrary, notwithstanding. Other provisions of the bill make it a criminal offence for any person, under color of law or custom, to deprive another of his equal civil rights and immunities, give the United Stales courts exclu? sive jurisdiction of the cases of all persons thus discriminated against and of all offences committed against the provisions of the act; make it ; the duty of the judicial authorities j of the United States, aided, if neces- ? sary, by the military forces, to execute the law and provide all the machine- ? ry for making the bill effective. ! Nearly all the provisions of the old ! Fugitive Slave Act are incorporated in this bill. i PRESIDENT JOHNSON-'? RECONSTRUC? TION POLICY ENDORSED IN KANSAS. On the 5th instant, a mass meeting, attended by large numbers of persons from different parts of Kansas, was held at Leavenworth. Resolutions were unanimously adopted endorsing : President Johnson's administration of : public affairs and his reconstruction policy, as announced in his message, ' and pledging him hearty support in ? his efforts to bring about reconcilia tion and harmony between both sec- j tions of the country. It was also resolved upon, that the theory upon j which the war was conducted nuder the late lamented President, and which has been maintained by Presi? dent Johnson, that the normal rights and status of the State" lately in re? bellion wen; not susp. nded nor de? stroyed, is both constitutional and commendable. The meeting endorsed the proposed amendment to the Constitution muk- \ ing actual suffrage the basis of repre? sentation, commend the freedmen for ! thei' faithfulness and loyalty during j tho rebellion, und favored the passage ? of laws, State and Federal, to protect j them from oppression and guaran- | teeing them the fullest enjoyment of personal liberty and rights of pro- 1 perty. It was also resolved that the Freedmen's Bureau was useful and necessary, and should be continued ? until the rights of the freedmen were i placed beyond jeopardy. The meeting was addressed by Gen. Jim Lane. Later news fren Chile, Peru, and the other South American republics, Eas reached New York by the steam? ship New York, which arrived there on the 12th inst., from Aspinwall on the 1st inst. The New York brought $685,000 in specie, and among her passengers was Mr. Robinson, our late Minister to Peru. No additional exciting event in the war between Chile and Spain had occurred. The Spanish admiral still kept up his blockade of certain ports of the re? public, and the Government of the latter was quietly prosecuting its war preparations. Thc Chilean fleet was yet at sea, and had not been heard from, but it was expected soon to appear at some important point. A party of eighty Chileans in boats attempted to capture a Spanish vessel in the harbor of Coquimbo, but failed through dallying over the matter too long. In Peru, Prado, the new Presi? dent, had so far been unmolested by any new revolution, and was proceed? ing with his work of retrenchment and reform. A declaration of war against Spain and alliance with Chu J was looked for from the Peruvian Government. Little of importance had occurred in any of the other republics, all of them enjoying an unusual freedom from revolutionary disturbances. Gen. Armistead L. Long, ono of Gen! Lee's staff, and subsequently in the Confederate States artillery, has the superintendency of the second section of tho Jnmes River ard Ka nawha Canal. 4 MAN-SLAYING.--Within a few days we have heard of three cases of homi? cide in Greenville District; this is shocking and awful to think of. We do not pretend to decide on the cases, but terrible blame rests somewhere. Every good man should denounce this reckless blood-shedding, and all violence and threats that lead to it. Tho authority of Almighty God de? nounces the shedding of blood: "Whoso sheddcth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed." No? thing but strict self-defence, and thai to save one's own life, or to prevent enormous bodily harm, or some capi? tal crime, can excuso the slaying. Mere quarrel, or mere assault and battery, cannot, in the least, justify or excuse; it is murder or felonious homicide in every such case, in view of the common law as well ns Divine lnw. So careful was the law of God to brand killing a man with the Divine disapproval and vengeance, that the law of Moses provided that, where one slew another, even by accident, wholly unintentionally, that he should flee to a city of refuge, or be slain by the Avenger of blood. All men should understand that civil law is in force in our State; and we verily believe that crimes of vio- i lenee especially, will now bc more i severely punished than ever in South Carolina-the public safety demands it. Let no man daf ter himself that he can do as he pleases. Our courts are fully organized, and will hereafter be regularly bold, and all violators of law brought up for trial and sentence if convicted. Our Solicitors and Judges and jurors will be more rigid than ever in enforcing the law; and our Governor is one who will not weakly pardon offenders. Therefore, it is the interest, as well as the duty of nil of us, to obey the injunction of Scripture, "as much as beth in us, live peaceably with all men." [ ( rreenville Mountaineer. FROM WASHINGTON. - The New York Herald's Washington corres? pondent, under date of the 12th inst., states thal : Mr. Raymond stole a march upon the President's enemies to-day very neatly. Ile sent in a resolution call? ing upon the President for all infor? mation tending to throw light on the political condition of the States lately in rebellion, such as proclamations from Provisional Governors, election returns, reports of Government agents, and the like. The House at first refused to receive this by ope? rating in technicalities, but subse? quently agreed to it, when offered by ? Mr. Davis, of the Onondaga District 1 of New York, to whom Mr. Raymond turned it over for presentation. The j effect intended by Raymond is the , frustration of a scheme the radicals j have for sending a sub-reconstruc- i tion committee down South to make a report to suit them. The President is in possession of all the unbiased testimony needed in this matter; but j the radicals, bent on throwing every j obstacle in the way of reconstruction, refuse to receive it as reliable, backed as it is by newspaper reports and the ; tales of commercial travelers in the conquered land. ?fr. Raymond's re? solution gives the President a chance to produce information which will prove exhaustive of the subject. If afterwards the radicals are shame? faced enough to insist on a special spy committee, thc country will readily observe that the Reconstruc- ? tion Committee is really bent on j obstruction. WHITE LABOR.-On yesterday, by j steamship Raleigh, there arrived from New York thirty-seven Germans. Twenty-four of these are for Colonel Thomas C. McHhenny, and twelve for D. T. Durham. Esq., at Rocky Point. The remaining one, we hear, is still out of employment. Of course, if the freedmen will not come forward immediately and make contracts with the land-owners, they may^so?n-ex^ peet to see their places tilled by white labor. The plantations of the South have been lying in idleness long enough, and if those who formerly j worked the: prefer to loiter about the streets of our cities in an almost I starving condition, rather than make a comfortable living by laboring for | it, why, then, those who will work : must be employed. Col. McHhenny and Mr. Durham are, we believe, the first in tin's sec tion of the State who have intro- ! duced white labor here, and we wish them all the success they could hope for. We believe it was through the enterprising house of F. W. Foster & Co. that this importation has been effected. These gentlemen deserve reward, and will doubtless receive it. [ Wilmington Dispatch. COLUMBIA AND HAMBURG RAILROAD. ! Wm. Johnson, President of the Char I lotte and Columbia and Hamburg and Columbia Railroads, (says the Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel, of the 8th,) is at present sojourn ii g in our city. From him we learn that the work on the road is being rapidly pushed _>rward. A large number of work j men are employed upon the various J sections, By June or July next, he I hopes to be able to commence laying j the iron. If the various'projected railroads in the South were under the supervision of such active and ener? getic men as Colonel Johnson, there would be a good prospect of having i more of them finished. I : The widow Glicquot-she of the champagne -is eighty-seven years of age, and worth eight, millions of dollars. THE LAURENS RA'^ROAD.-Is there j not enough of slumbering enterprise, I which if awakened, among our people i -we mean tho citizens of Laurent j District-to repair and put once mort in operation our little railroad' Surely there must 1 >e. Wc have beer without its conveniences now lonp enough to feel the necesaity and ad vantages of a railroad. We are assured by its President Dr. B. S. James, that it only needs ? small and insignificant amount to pu the road in running order. Thia amount can easily be raised by a sinai subscription from each. Let us raisi it. It only needs a little enterprise a little activity, and we will ?gail h av? a railroad. Let some of ou leading citizens-some of the Direc tors, take hold of this matter. Win j will take tho lead, and who will fol low? Let the President call a meet I ing of thc directors, stockholders I and the people-those at least win j favor such an enterprisp, at an earl; j day, and let us see what can be done j Laurens cille Herald. THE COTTON SuprnY.-It is statec that Secretary MeCulloeh will proba bly revise his estimate of the cottoi coming forward the current year, am place it in the vicinity of 2,000,00? bales, instead of 1,300,000. Tin members of the Internal Revenu Commission also concur in this esti mate. It is urged by prominen officers connected with the fiuancic department of the Government, tha amendment to the Constitution is no at all necessary to secure a larg revenue from cotton. They urg that au excise tax of ten cents pe pound be levied on all cotton raised whether for domestic use or export This will obviate the necessity fo an amendment to the Constitution which eventually might operate un favorably, to say nothing of the goo policy of letting that instrumen stand without amendment, excep when imperatively demanded for th good of the nation. A Nashville despatch of the 10t inst., mentions that the First Freed man's School was dedicated yestei day. Speeches wera made by Gei Fisk, Gov. Brownlow and others. 3 is intended to be a free high scho( for colored children, with accoinnu dation for from 1,000 to 1,500 pupil Gov. Brownlow advised the teacher of colored schools to be exceediugl prudent and cautious. He stated th: if General Thomas were to tal his troops and leave, the predom nant party here would not allow the: to occupy the school a week, and tin the Legislature over which he wa placed M ould be broken rip by a mc in forty-eight hours. The Goverm does not believe in reconstructioi and says lie is in for the fight durit the war. OHIO.-The Ohio politicians a becoming quite excited on the que tion of a successor for Senator She man. That gentleman desires to 1 his own successor, but he finds a poi erfnl rival in General Schenck. Tl Cincinnati Commercial, Clevelai Herald, and Republican papers of "conservative" tendency, general support Sherman, while the Cinci nati Gazelle, Cleveland Leader, Asht bula Sentinel, und moot of the radie papers, oppose him and favor Schenc though Hon. John A. Bingham considered an available compromi candidate, if the party fail to agr on either of the other two. The eic tion will have some significance as criterion of public feeling in the gre State of Ohio. A letter is published from Genei W. T. Sherman, in which he conti diets the general impression that 1 appointment sis Superintendent the Military Academy, at Alexandr Louisiana, before the war, was due Bragg or Beauregard, and denies tl when he left Louisiana he was pledg not to oppose secession. He cc eludes by saying: "I wish the Sou well. If I have been a scourge, th how much better that it was so th Butler or some others of that sehoo General Sheri an has also writ! a letter, showing that he captured, the Shenandoah Valley, as prisone more men than General Farly repo was his entire force. A Washington correspondent of t 12th instant says: "Edward P. Brooks, the Richmr: correspondent of the New Y< Times, was attacked to-day in office of the Spottswood Hotel, that city, by H. Rives Pollard, of Ecaminer, who attempted to c< hide him. Mr. Brooks diuurmed assailant of the cow-hide and tin it away. The cause of the attacl ! supposed to be the sarcastic desci tion of the disgraceful shooting af in the Richmond capitol on Frida; last week." MRS. JACKSON AND CHILD. - The p [ pie of Memphis, Tenn., have de j mined to donate the proceeds of > j night's performance at "Opera Hi I to Mrs. Stonewall Jackson and ch ! In the meantime, contributions i the same object are received at ! Bulletin office. Gen James Longstreet, of Ah ma, has formed a copartnership New Orleans, in the commission b ness, with the young Messrs. Ov who did good service in the artill Tile Columbus Sun says arrai j nients have been completed to c I muuicate directly with New Ork ! by steamers from Columbus. Local Iterar; Advertisements, to insure insert! should bo handed in by 4 o'clock i>. io. We have received no Rickmond or >,,-,y York mail? for the past two days. ti* CA.SH.-Our terms for subscription, vertising and job work are cash. We '.? >;.? all parties will bear this in mind. 'TUE CODE."-The Acts passed by th? Legislature relative to tho freedmen, fr?? salo at tbis office. Price 20 cent?; by mail 25 cents. A?ENTS FOR THE PHIENIX.- Thomas P. Slider, Esq., of Charleston, and H. L. Darr, Esq., of Sumter, aro the authorized agent? of tho Phtenix, in those sections of thu Slate. _ THE BURNINO or COLUMBIA. An inter? esting account ol thc "Sack ?nd Destruc? tion of the City of Columbia, S. C.," ha? ust been issued, in pamphlet form, from tho Phoenix steam power press. Order? can bc lilied to any extent. GREENVILLE AM> COLUMBIA RAILROAD. Hon. T. C. Perrin, President of the above railroad, paid us a brief visit yesterday morning. He assures us that his road will be completed through to Greenville ne>,t week, with the exception of the Broad River bridge-but. that passengers will bo carried over that stream on Hats. We are highly gratified at being able to chronicle this truly welcome intelligence. MORE STORE BREAKTXO.-The store of Messrs. Calnan & Kreuder was entered on Wednesday night, by Borne bold burglars or thieves. They entered from tho fror, t door, on Gervais street, by boring through tho door, shooting the bolt of the lock, and raising thc bar. The property lost was ol' little value, but wo respectfully make tho inquiry, have we a municipal government at all? There is something ont of joint. CALNAN ?V KSEUDEB.-This enterprising firm, as will be seen by advertisement in another column, have received by tho first train through from Charleston to Columbia, a fine assortment of groceries and provisions, purchased by Mr. Kreuder in the Northern markets, and which they propose to sell at tho lowest possible prices. The firm will shortly remove to their new store on Main street, imme? diately North of .Tanney's Hotel, where they design keeping ono of Hie largest stocks of groceries, etc., in the market. AMERICAN HAY AND COTTON PRESS.-Wo arc informed by the patentee, Mr. Colton, that ho will in a few days have ono of the above presses in operation in this city, and will be pleased to exhibit it. and ex? plain its operation to any of our citizens. The advantages of this press are mani? fold, as it will press and compress cotton, hay, wool, rags, or any other article necessary to bc baled for transport ation, storage or consumption. It is claimed that the superiority of this machine over all others, will be seen by one trial. Due notice will be given when and where the machine can bi: seen. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention ??call? ed to the following advertisements, which are published this morning for the first time: J. P. Thomas-Dumber. Mounce <fc Calhoun-Commission Agents. H an ah a n & Warley-Corn and Hay. Council Proceedings. Mordecai & Co.-Prime Eastern Hay. F. Corser & Co.-Commission Merolia nts. Fisher A Lowrance-Corn, Flour, Ac. " " -Carriage Bolts, <tc. W. H. Jeffers A Co. -Com. Merchants. Nature's furniture of thc mouth, is far preferable to any that art can supply. Therefore, keep your teeth clean, and in j tfood repair with that toilet gem, Fragrant Sczodont. B'-".-h thom daily Wiih thic de ] licious vegetable preparation, and they will not ?te likely to crumble or decav. t V " .-~ The Boston Post, of the 11th inst., says : Our harbor just now presents a most interesting appearance. It is almost ice-bound, and is giving the ferry-boats, tugs, and other crafts that attempt to get through it, no lit? tle trouble. But Httle ice can be seen as far as the eye extends. It is broken into fragments, but neither wind nor tide removes it seaward. No sooner is it opened for the passage of a steamer, or whatever else that may be pushed through, it closes and lie comes a mass. People can walk to and from the shore to the vessels which are anchored near South Inrrfv ton and East Boston flats. Though quiet in the harbor, the bay presents quite a different aspect. As seen from the upper part of the end building on Long, wharf, it is of much, if not painful interest. The wind is high, and the roll of the sea unusually pow? erful. It is suggestive of danger and damage, of disaster and misfortune. So severe a time has not been known in the bay for very many years. It can hardly be otherwise than that there has been untold Buttering and great loss of life. The melancholy record will be learned from day to? day. Nothing living could, if exposed, withstand the fierce winds and pene? trating cold which have prevailed in the bay for nearly a week. NOT VKBY COMPLIMENTARY- A clergyman recently addressed his female auditory as follows: "Be not proud that our blessed Lord paid your sex the distinguish honor ol appearing first to a female after tin resurrection, for it was only done that the glad tidings might be spread the sooner." The Augusta (Ga.) Co states that the National B started in that city is d business.