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^^^^Hisfellnnmus. The Revolution in Sonora. The^llowing further p^^cdars from Si t-;_; ora,-w Mexico, uroug no via. read with interest, though nut as late as i k pjrevioiiv acooiints through Mexic'o, stating t? the French Conqueror had declared the i:t . annexed to France as a colony : i The aspect of affairs in Sonora is sorro w indeed. The Apaches are committing; dej dationsin the neighborhood of IIermosiliatj there seems now to be as great-a necessity defend the interior Us there has been here fore to prelect the frontier. ||&, A civil war has also broken out, and fr the accumulating evlte the inhabitants are s( ing refuge wherever' their means will best i ry them. We have already announced the rival at a rrenen-eponc Ml. and means, for the purpose of making* war BgjS{>n tbe Apaches, under a contract with the M i^^^Esb,(^dvernnient. seems thai- he procee to the Apache cowrftrv, atid succeeded in d ing off th'c. Indians from rt'tract fifty league circuit,-when he was called upon by the i Hi lary commandant of Sonora to render an Bgr count to him of Jus proceedings, afc The Count; who had about five hundred l with him, thereupon issued a proclamation Kpl-'. claiing hjs intention to chastise the mili! commaud^t, Blanco,and advising the'nat Ef of the cbimVry toassume a neutral pdfitic th<^ contest, as he had a force sufficient t< ?. complish His object. He had seized upc ? train df mules,'with money and supplies, w Blanco had despatched to the Ynilitary p in the Apache county, ana at tue iKiie uu f formant Wft, the Frenchman was on his to Aripe, with about five hundred tre avowing his determination to displace Bla [ Don Manuel Gandara,1 an influential Mexi had joined the forces of the Frenchman, the triumph of the revolutionary party sc to be regarded as nearly certain.?Los A los Star. /?onManuel Gandara is perhaps the i infln^rila^ttlS^iu Soiiora. lis is very jMH^bing worth'som^ five niillions of dollai Sonora is divided o0Bkeen the rival inte ||> of the houses of Moute Y&J'de and Gand Monte Yeftie is about s^NB^hy as his tagoni-t. Blauco is the friend ofTBonta y d.% and, ^o serve his (Verde's) interests, ii J ded to repiove the capital from Uresto A1 * the ancient seat of government, under the raffs that it was nearer the frontier, and conseq ]y the bate of his operations against tbc ches. Bdt that this is a subterfuge is eyj ?as all bis supplies are drawn from the of Guaymas. Gandara has beej^rfgaged number of revolutions in not the of whiclij jras his and bloody with the Mexican Gei cpntjtoftut h^rfaown. It'so happened the Su/rcp^Government owed Gandara i Jy hai'a million of dollars. Nearly the w of tfy1 ^acki tribe oflndians are depenc of hi; he therefore armed and organized^ agahst IJrrea. The Mexican goverip^00 been a jest lor imy years ; um nuicuioi tliey seem to us, in one form or anothei ideas have always been floating abou French head. Latterly they have been 9 K > sofn as it learns that Gandara is^THcelj overthrow its General, private)^ writes tlat, 'in case he catches Urreo, he Is at lib to hang him.' The Generaf, finding hin /betrayed by his Government, is of coarse t thrown, and save?bi3 life by flight. Thi "the same Gangara, who-now Uadabia niri ? assistance, backed by his Yacki Indians, t< French Count. The natural deduction t drawn from this Is, that the French will ei ually succeed. Contrary to the alleged annexation of territory to France, the New York Ueralt dates from Guaymas to the 12th ofNoven brought,by Mr, Guys, who says : Count Boulbon is commander of an ex; tion fitted out at San Francisco, by a I commercial hmise in Mexico for the pur of working :the- mines at Almedal, site about equi distant from Guaymas and mosilia, the capital of the State of Sor On taking possession of the mines he wa dered to leave by another party, fitted 01 Mexico and supported by General Bit This the Couhf Boulbon refused to do, ai engagement ensued, which resulted in route of the Mexicans under General Bit The Mexicans are reported to have nun ed about two thousand; the French, u Count Boulbon, only 250. Fifteen o French were killed, and a large number o Mexicans killed and wounded. Count 1 bon then marched to Hermosilia, the ca of Sonora;took the place, declared Sonoi dependent, and, with his handful of men, encamped within one league ofGuayinas 1 the vessel which brouglit the news to Ac co left. The inhabitants of Guaymas hs left the place?most of them having fraier with the French. The French troops, or mines, were in s ened circumstances; but there is no doul that if they can hold out until reinforcen fliom fr/im Ann Fr?ttpicpn SU Villi IVWV?? VMWUt IIVM. ^U.? .W..W.WWWI will maintain her independence. By the from Guaymas, brought by Mr. Guys have no intimation that it was the inte to do more than maintain the independcri the State ofbor.ora ; and the probable i looked forward to its annexation to the U States. Louis ,\apoleoH. It seems that we are to have trouble Louis Napoleon. About the close of th< century, a French Count came a treVell this country. It was at that time but t settled, and the new States lay strung * the sea coast. The vast back ground o continent was a wilderness. This Frencl was, however, intelligent enough to per great capacity for growth in the new repi and also, as he was pleased to say, an i tious and aspiring temper in the peop When he got home, he wrote a book j them, in which he prophesied danger t< 11 balance of the power," unless the inc of this Fnion was speedily checked by ti diplomatic interference. The population he, will assuredly spread itself beyoni Allcghanicx, and if not cheeked, may evei its audacious glance at the great valley < Mississippi. To prevent such a catasfr the Count recommended his governmei form an alliance offensive and defensive, the great Cherokee notion who inhabits woods between the Allcghanies and the slssippi; and who would be able to cope tho aspiring Americans, if encouraged bj smiles of the French crown. The plans observations of this noble gentleman r nr. __ _ 1 ..i _!J! l^. DromiiKMiUy developed in their official y Cmls arid in the action of jrlieir goveftwn< = Their fear now is not that We will pass Alleghany mountains, but that wo; will gat o . the wh_oJerepntincnL under our command, j be then begin tb-'intermeddle with' (lie affairs the Europe. Their plan is not-now an allia hat with the great Cherokee nation, but the get! feite' 7>f Mextjjp and Lfyyti in their own hands. accordance wit]pth?_gencral theory of t1 fill; .newspaper^w^rovBpar that the French >?. vernihent has talven^posscssion of a port ma St. Pc?mir?g?, wiUj.Se ostensible purprosi to protecting tfic im^ttocs'af thatJittlc prpv :to- from tho designs of his black majesty, Fail f. At the same time, wo hear of five hunt cm French colonists in Sonora, who havo l^j >elc- themselves around a silver mine, declared jar- province oftSotiora independent'ofMexico iar- annexed to France, and finn|ly, that they 1 nen ^defeated, with immense slaughter, a Mex up. general and a Mexican army of two thous exi-. .men, who marched against them. This is ded blistering with a vengeance. Will the pre riv- Administration, with all its readiness to ?s in claim -American citizens pirates, beyond nili pale of law or privilege of treatyT. stand ac- and see the Monroe doctrine set at na .hy France, and a friendly power torn-u men this way, without raising a finger to stop ,de- work??Richmond Examiner. Lary ' V; ?r? lies The Setv ?6rk Chrystal Faint " ' ,pU/v Commerce states that the 'II lit A 11*7 WUHiu..^. ) ac- sanguine hopes of 'success entertained by >n a projectors have been realized. The subscri hich of $'200,000 lias been filled up, and the sto osts selling at upwards of $70 premium. The r in- of the building is thus described, and its coi way lion is fftred for tbe 2d of May : l0P9> 'Tt is, with the exception of the floor,"en nc0; constructed of iron and glass. The general cai)' of the edifice is'a Greek cross surmounted and (]onic at the intersection. Each diameter c (ems cross w;|i ^ 365 foet by 5 inches long. ' SG?* .-will be three similar entrances : one on the Avenue, one on Fortieth; and one on For riost con(] street. Each entrance will be 47 feet and that on the Sixth Avenue will be nppr rs- dd by a flight of eight steps; over each frot rests large semi-circle fan-light, 41 fbet wide ai ara j feet high, answering to the larch of the nn an" Each arm of the cross is on the ground vj/ fwt broad." This is divided info a ccp* iten- and two aisles on each side; the v*6 wide, each aisle 51 feet widw J^ccntral uent- foot, and the semi-circuiar/<|^V i^Pa spanned is 41 feet bro:v>^;M^3^.tilUS: ident two arched naj^ c^sin& each othc port right angels, 41 fo/Droad, 07 feet high t< ' 'n a crown of the aj^anc^ 3G5 feet long; ar least each 0f tiese naves is an aisle 54 feet b war and 45 The exterior of the ridg aeral Q( ^ave is 71 feet. Each aisle is cover* that a ppitif:ry of its own width, and 24 feet fror tear- Mr. The ceutral dome is 100 feet in dian boW1}8 feet inside from the floor to the spring o let*? arch, and 118 feet to the crown; and oi outside, with the lantern, 149 feet. Thee ? . ? 1 M 1* . 1 t> as or angles of the Duiiaing are ingeniously nn ' to with a triangular lean-to 24 feet high, y him giv<& the ground plan an octagonal shape, erty side or face being 149 feet wide. At each iself is an octagonal tower 8 feet in diameter, ar >ver- feet high. is is Ten large and eight winding stair-cases llfdfe the pl'lUOtp***?flo?r ! iili blm > the opens on the three balconies that are sit 0 be over the entrance halls. rent- The building contains on the ground 111,000 square feet of space, and in its gal the which are 54 feet wide, 62,000 square feet 1 has making a total of 173,000 square feet fo iber, purpose of exhibition. There are thus oi ground floor two acres and a half, or exa< pedi- 52-100; in the galleries one acre and 44 large total, with an inconsiderable fraction, four pose The dome is supported by 24 columns,1 lated go up above the second story to a height Iler- feet above the floor, and support a combir lora. of wrought iron arches and girders, on whicl s or- a cast iron bed plate, so constructed as to r at in the 62 ribs of the dome, tnco. The quantity of iron to be used for the id an ingwill amount to about 1250 "tons. Th i the will cover an area of 144,000 square feet, inco. glass for the building will amount to 3 iber- square feet, in 9,027 panes, 16 by 34 < inder inches, f the f Ihe Despotism Rampant in America.?\V< 3oul- two despotisms in this free country. Tin ipital absolutism of woman over man, and tli ra in- ^,e tyranny of fishion over twoman. Tin was nature of a mixed despotism. The ivhen imperious fair one can occasionally be wlie apul- or flattered, or beguiled into letting a hu id all *mv? h'3 own y. But the tyranny of f; nized 's thorough, pitiless, unrelaxing. No cm was ever half so cruel to an adorer as tasiuo trait. the coquette. No belle is as whimsical ar it bat 'on* sighted beauty can be as relentl nents *be b?ur ber fancied ascendancy, as f;isl: jnora ber annual return to power. It is told, rews wbcn a cerlain Persian monarch limped, we courtiers limped in harmony. So fashioi iitlon do nothing 90 nljsnrd but that her subjoc ice of hnitate it. This winter she prescribes fi osult sleeves, and every woman shivers from w aired ?'bow." SheTIemands an open bodtlice, an chemisctts come up. Just as, a few year she ordered tight sleeves for thin or fat ar respectively; or as, a few years hence, sh wjt{j decree dresses cut high in the throat, wl e last tbc 'throat is ugly or pretty, perhaps wl er tQ there is ary throat at all.?Phil. Bulletin. hinly 1 ilong Customs of the Moravians.?The ] f the vians have the same singular customs by :iman they have ever been distinguished. ' eeive which prevail at New Year's Eve are nblic, described by the Lancaster Whig: unbi- " At the appointed hour the services < le.? church will commence with instruments ibout sic by the choir, after which the pastor d the the sacred history of the birth of Christ, rease all partake of a Love Feast, consisting rnely 'Love Feaft Cake,' and mug of hot < , said The choir again perforin a piece of sacrc< J the sic, near the conclusion of which all the i east children are served with a lighted wax ci >f the about four inches long, which they In ojilie, their hands until the close of the ccrcin nt to The Moravians have a number of qucci with fotns nmonf? others that of assembling ' J o ^ ,, J the church before day on Easter morning Mis- marching in procession to the grave yai with the sound of plaintivejmusic, and soimk r the funeral dirge for each member of the co i and nity who has died the preceding year, have New Year's Eve the people also repair I us as church about 7 o'clock, and pass the ti his reading the scriptures, listening to a sc t the &c., until within a few iniuutcs of 12 o'< very The congregation then uimc in solemn pi >ur- Bbt at tl^e first stroke of the clock in the stee5JTt.~ pr*th<Vproclaims the birth of the new year, the .tltfr band stationed in the choir, strike up a her,f ^emendous clangor of welcome, in which corand' nets, lljups, dulcimers, and all kinds of instrus'of^ ments flglp to swell the joyful strain.. After n.ce . performing for several minutes, the congrega :ing tion inte^wnge congratulations, and retire to In their ref?etive homes. Very curious people heir arc the Jtroravians, but a more excellent and go-' wffrthy fet are no where to be found. f ffirnrrnl lints. 'rt'd V 'From the Korth Carolinian. t'ed Our Plank Roads. ^1(r hi the^beginning of tlic last year we gave an and account bf'roe progress of the several Plank lave j>oat|3 jn eoffse of construction from this town, ican "We propusefiow to continue it up to the present 5nnd timete :kFAVETt^VILLE AND WESTERN ROAD. sent ^yc ]0ariy^])nt iog miles continuously of the 'the in"^n 6txm ?^" ^'3 ^uad :ux' ncnv U1:dtr toll?that ^ i -some/5 miles more arc completed, hut not in connection?leaving only about 7 miles unfin"f?.1 ished between fekyettevillc and Salem. besides fe?n this, the Comp&ny is about to construct a branch, e (leaving Pic main stem 33 miles from town,) about 12 miles long, to Evans' Mill on Deep fever. This Branch has been surveyed, located, !e* and ajsteam mill removed to the work. Active most operations* will be commenced on it in a few day*. ^,c Ip addition to this, the Company propoj* 1 I'd ption ^uild another branch to this branch, IrpAng it ck is about 11 rorlcs from the main stem, an^nnuiin^ plan 4'J^"miles to Gulf (Uaughton'sJydgc-) Actite operations will be commcncp^on it in a few da}*s. Contracts for constrp^*11? boili these tifcly branches have been madc/^l^oO per mile. 1 idea A separate Coinpan\>Aas been organized unby a der a charter grantc^}'the last Legislature, to >f tlie construct a Road/*"11 Gulf 1? Graham, in Alarhere manee countv/^^k has been subscribed to Sixth sccuro'thc to Dixon's boundry within 12 ty-se- miles xvit'i even,* prospect of its conwide, tirhnkj^ This may be considered as a continuoach atipyfjhe "Western Road, although constructed it is a /ddcra different charter. id-2^ Vatetteville and southern tioad. Xyis work is now complete. The Road leaves toyarthrougli both Gillespie and Winslow streets, uniteswn about 1 1-4 miles, and goes thence to ee Lumber Bridge, 15 1-2 miles, passing through f*V7 tM/lieavy sand, and terminating in Robeson . . county, where there arc firm, good roads. This -1 Company has made good dividends during the past year. In to-day's paper there is a seiui^t^ ^nnuSl dividend of 4 per cent, advertised. id 011 '\-S?AVETTE\TLI.E AND NORTHERN ROAD. road, Tefi^niles of this Road have been constructed eway llunng Llje pati year ?uu <t>o im? uuuui wu.? ?(j by The Cotramy purchased tlic Clarendon Bridge n t,hc 'n March lifet, at a cost of 812,000. From the ieter receipts of the Bridge from April 1st, and from 6 f the miles of the Ryad since Sept. 10, this Company ! t]ie has been able to'deelare 0 per cent, dividend on xteri- 'k capital stock, leaving a considerable surplus, r.d nn The work will be rittosccuted vigorously during vhich tllG ensuing year. \ each FAVETTEVILLM^XD CENTRE ROAD. angle Fifteen miles of th^ Road have been com pieid 75 ted, and 20 miles itfore put under contract reaching to Blue's Bodge in Richmond county ; con- The Company is inawpg every etFort to have tlii? .mvlr-ltbiuj cXtelltlOtl IU 111 UlUUMo CuUl/Cf uatcd Great hopes were enumaiued of aid from tin late Legislature, but tWjt-effort failed. If any floor assistance was due to nny-scction of our State leries, jt was to this. The Pecdee country has ncvei more, heretofore asked or received anything from the r the State, and we'think something was due it. Tin l the contract to Blue's Bridge will be vigorously -tly 2 pressed, and by January, 1854, that much, if uc -100; more, will be completed. It is to bo hoped tha acres. Richmond, Montgomery and Stanly countiei svhich will not let the work stop at the Riclunonc of 02 line. lation FAVETTEVILLE AND RALEIGII ROAD. i rests T]ijs Company, organized as a joint stock Co. cccne anj without a charter, has constructed a Roac from Fayettevillc to Kingsbury, 11 miles, ant on - has put the same under toll. Surveys have beer e run to McNeill's Ferry on Cape Fear. A char a"e iMt nlifnitifid fr.-nn tlie last Lerrislature. aric 9,000 tj10 Company will be soon organized under tin or ? charter, and will be prepare# to carry on tin work more advantageously.^ jre' is Woodward ojrJfriiK Tariff.? Mr icre is Woodward, of South.ytrolina, delivered f 3 first l?"g speech in tho of Representatives imost on the 10th of DecembeV just past, upon a pro cdlcd, position made by a nv&mbcr from New Voil sband t? refer the considerfttuin of the TarifTto a Se ishion lo.ct Committee. The debater elaborates oik piotte point especially, viz&ftuit a permanent fixct n is to rate of duties is totpny incongruous with tin ; fash- progressive condition of our country. Jle ar less in goes that it would speedily result in the cntir< lion at prohibition of most foreign articles, as then , that are many of them, even now, which canno' all his compete with our home manufactures and pro 1 can ductions (by reason of the rapid advances o ts will American skill,) unless admitted with but little owing more than a nominal duty. If Mr. Woodward1! rist to position in reference to the present ability o id lace American Manufacturers and Producers J;< s a<r0, stand their ground, in a fair field, against thi i11s ip- rtjsl Ul 1>IIU WUIIU, UlJ tvn\,n, |>V guuuiu .in c will that the Protective System would soon be bil liether ried as far past resurrection as the shade o bother McDuflic could desire. Furthermore, it is maintained by Mr. W that our foreign commerce is becoming, ever Mora- year, less and less able to bear imposts. If so which and if Free Trade principles are still to rcmait Those in the ascendancy, tho interesting questioi thus arises, how long shall it be before this tenden cy of things will force our Government to re }f the sort to Direct Taxation for the purpose of mis d mu- >?g revenue !?Edgefield Advertiser. reads ?~?? > when Statistics of Odd Fellowship.?From tin ' of a reports made to the Grand Lodge of tin ioflbe. year ending 30th of June last, we learn thai I there are in the United States two thousand so little ven hundred and twenty-nine Lodges, with near mdle 'J two hundred thousand members. The rcve old in' nnc ot* ^rder during the year is about 0111 01)., ? million two hundred thousand dollars, of whicl . cus. some five hundred thousand dollars were dis in the Cursed for benevolent purposes, viz: for tin - -...i I benefit of sick members, widowed families, or th< *d to sc'10y!'n? orphan children. ling a - <=mmu The Legislature of Florida has elected S.St On George Rogers, Solicitor of the Eastern Circuit ;0 the The "Liquor Hill," which had passed the House inc in was defeated in the Senate by a vote of 8 fo rmon, 22 against it. This overwhelming defeat, sayi clock. l'10 Floridian, was caused by the convictioi rayer, that the bill was unconstitutional. TO CHARTER THE LANCASTER RAILROAD COMPANY. I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General AsseYubly, and by the authority ?f the same, That for the purpose of establishing a communication by Railroad from the village of Lancaster, to connect with the South Carolina Railroad at Camden, or the Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad at Chesterville, or at or near Ridgeway, in Fairfield District, or some other suitable point on said Road, as may be agreed on by the Stockholders, the formation of a corporate Company is hereby authorized, to be called the. Lancaster Railroad Company, which Company,"when formed, in compliance with the conditions herein prescribed, shall have corporate existence as a body politic in this State. II. That for the purpose ofraisipefuie capital stock of the said Company, it^hful be lawful to open books at Lancaster ?>tfrt House, under the j direction of Dixon 1IWrfcs, Thomas K.. (Jureton, James H. Withepftfon, Thos. W. Hucv, AVm. i McKcnna, WsGOauthen, John Adams, W. A. I Moore, Price, and James Robinson; at I Camd^Tunder the direction of John Rosser, W. | Ttodlow Caston, and Enoch Tryon ; at Chester ! Court House, under the direction of .John A. i Bradley, Samuel McAliiey, and C. D. Melton ; jnt Winnsboro', under the direction of Samuel )G. Dark ley, J. Z. Hammond, and J. M. Rutland; i at Columbia, under the direction of James V. Lvlcs, John Caldwell, and John G. Bowman; at Charleston, under the direction of. S. S. Farrar, James S. Chambers, and Frederick E. Fraser; and at any other place or places in the State of South Carolina or North Carolina, under the direction of Commissioners, to be named and designated by a majority of the aforesaid Commissioners hereby appointed at Lancaster Court : House, for the purpose of receiving subscriptions, to an amount not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars, in shares of litty dollars each ; to constitute a joint capital stock, for the purpose ? J ? * ~ flirt ot constructing ana carrying inw upui ?. ? > Railroad herein l?y this Act provided for; but if the capital stock of the Company shall be found insufficient for the purposes for which said Company is formed or incorporated, it shall and may be lawful for said Company, at some general meeting, by a vote of the stockholders, from time to time, to increase the capital stock to an amount not exceeding four hundred thousand dollars, by the addition of as many shares as may be necessary for that purpose. That the times and places for receiving subscriptions shall be fixed by the Commissioners herein named at Lancaster Court House, or a majority of tliern, and shall be ad vertised for thirty days in one or more newspapers in this Stale, and in the State of North Carolina, and the books for receiving subscriptions shall be kept open for sixty days, at each of the places where the same shall be opened That on each share of the stock subscribed for the subscriber shall pay to the Commissioner; , who shall take the same,, the sum of two dollars , and fifty cents, in specie, or the notes of specif -paying Banks?the said Commissioners giving: receipt or certificate for the same, and 011 ncn payment of said instalment, the snlwcriptior ! shall be void, and at the expiration of the tinv 1 hereby prescribed for keeping open the sail books, the said Commissioners and others shal deposit the sums received by them on the sail cash instalment, in some specie paying Bank ii 1 this State, and shall make a return of the sub scriptions taken by thorn, and the sums paii L thereon, to the Commissioners hereby appointee at i/incasier oourt nousc ; liiiu rho .urti L orn r road from tlic Village of Lancaster, to conntc > with the South Carolina Railroad at Camden r or the Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad a ! Chcstcrville, or at Ridgowny, or to such othe ! point on said Road, and hy such route as ma; be designated and determined by a majority o } the stockholders, in general meeting; Provided t That in the event the route bo determined b; 5 the stockholders shall run to any particular poiu ' herein designated, such persons who may havi subscribed for stock in said Company, to an; route running to either one or both of the othe , points herein named, other than that which shal 1 have been selected and determined as the roub I of the Road, may, if they choose to do so, with i dr.nv tlicir subscriptions". III. It shall be the duty of the Commission 1 ers, herein by tliis Act appointed, and others ? for the opening of books of subscription, for tin } capital stock of said Company, at each of tin places hereinbefore named, and to be designated by the Commissioners hereby appointed at Lnn . caster Court House, and at the times providet i for by this Act, to open three setts of books the one for subscriptions for the Road, by a rout< . from the Village of Lancaster to the Town o ; Camden ; the other sett of books, for subscrip . tions for the said Road, by a route from the Vil ? lage of Lancaster to, Chesterville ; the third set | of books, for subscriptions fir the said road, b; ; a route from the Village of Lancaster, passitij . near Liberty Hill, to connect with the Charlott 5 and South Carolina Railroad, at or near Ridge , way ; and the route, or line or tne noau, snai t be determined by the amount subscribed fo . cacb route, reference being had to the proportioi f which the probable co;t of each route or lim ; will bear to the amount subscribed for eacl 5 route or line. f IV. That whenever the sum of one hundret , and fifty thousand dollars shall be subscribe* , for, in manner heroin prescribed, to either on< - or all of the routes herein designated, the sub scribers, their executors, administrators, or as j- signs, shall be, and they are hereby declare* to be incorporated into a Company, by thi name and style of the Lancaster Kail Ron* Company ; and may meet and organize thi k said Company, at such time and place as ma* ' be designated by a majority of the Comrnis sioneis herein named for the Village of Lan caster. V. That for the purpose of organizing an* forming this Company, all the powers confer red l>y the Charter of the Charlotte and Soutl Carolina Rail Road Company, on the Coinmis c sioncrs therein named, shall he vested in th e Commissioners hereby appointed, at Lancaste Court House; and all the powers, rights, ant privileges granted by the Charter of tho Char lotto and South Carolina Rail Road Compan; to that Company, shall be, and are hereb; 0 granted to tho Lancaster Rail Road Company j and subject to tho conditions therein contained no tr> fhn nmnnnt of* fbr> r>anitnl stfifk C.UVjH UO IU mv ifinvuti v V* v??v/ wwwvm , the amount and*value of shares, and the sun ~ necessary to authorize organization, and ex cept in so far as the special provisions of thii Act may otherwise require the same to b modified or varied ; and that this Act bo tn " ken as and deemed a public Act. p The citizens of Augusta, in order that th s next State Agricultural Fair of Georgia may b ' held in that city, have subscribed $7000 to dc fray the expense. I)C Cnmiitn Tnesday, Janua^^fe 1S53. th THO' J- WABtetT,4feaitor. Terms of.Ojfl?Paper. Our Paper will be pnlmmpd'at Two Dollar? per '}r annum payable in advance. 'After three moplh? expire?, Tut) Dollars Fifty Cents will be re- J ^ quired. At the end ot, the year Three Dollar? ' will be claimed. |L. di All orders out of the Stale must be accompani- ,if ied with the Cash. .$*- d< We have stricken a-^number of jiames from our ar books, for non-payment of dues, and w#H endeavor. . i to avoid for the futcPTe; a? far as we-can accrtfigii- P; ! lating upon our lists, names worse than useless. 1 *" ?mi *_.i di we must oe paid, or necsuiiui kuu iuo papoi.? . We shall try in the future conduct of our phper, a to cotifurm to the rules laid down by the South* f( Carolina Press Association. As a general 'rule' no new name wilt ba entered on our listjjvithout jr at least six months'subscription is paid for.in advance. ai Sons of ^empercnce. n The following Brethren have been ejected and in- ^ stalled Officers o^BTateree Division No. 9, for the ^ present quarter: T. Carpentei, W. P. t "W. H. Fisher, T. B. \Y. Chambers, W. A. J. W. P. McKagen, C. a D. R. Kennedy, It. S. B. j. Kuykondal, A. C. J. R. Arrants, A. R. S. . AY. B. Campbell, jr., I. S, jf D. Sheorn, F. S. W. Perritt, 0. S. Q LO.O.F. J The following Brethren were on, Friday Evening a duly installed as Officers of Kershaw Lodge No. lie present term: ^ J. W. P. McKageO, N. G 0 Win. SliielL V. D. It. Kennedy, secrciaiy. , l Z. J. Dellay, Treasnror. i 1 Our Exchanges. - \ Palmetto standijiir.trc. D. Melton, Esq.. has J associated with him fh the Editorial department- t of this paper, his brother, Mr. Samuel W. Melton, t a recent graduate jofthe South CStalina-Collgge. S Columbia Banner?This is now the name of 1 the Palmetto State Banner, published Daily, Tri- J Weekly, and Weekly, in Columbia, by Dr. R. W* k Gibbes. Democratic KSuhu?What has become ot the j Democratic Review^ Can it bq lhat we .have , puffed it away ? Si^cn a thing ntjay be possible. LaurensvilleHerj^d?J.JVVistarSimpson,esq. t i having withdrawn from this paper, hereafter it f . will be under the Editorial control of its excellent t > proprietor, R. M. Srokes; esq." C 5 Souther Rigftt?Advocate,?Mr. C. C. Pucket ' ' has withdrawn fron3tie Advocate, and Mr. T. J. ' : Randall will now be?-Bssoriated *vith Mr. Rico in 5 I A?*-. ?.-* ( the conduct of that apcr. To. all we wish abuh- . i dant success. ? I Comparative Monthly Statement ^ I Of tho fall of raid' duringt tlio last three ycara, at .. ] Kirk wood, in inches and hundredths. 1S50 - 1S31 1352 - ? tt- 1 January....^....!. 5782. .".".4.06 75 . February.V... i.. 4.03.. . .2.52.... 1.02 1 March"...;V.. .11.09....4.16.... 2.87 j 1 April...... 3.55....7 07.... 4.11 ! r-T ?liai: J,OX ; rni.T? 2JL3 i Juno .... 1,45....3.5p..-.. 4.51 July..... 5.77..7.1.73.... 6.52 ' I Auguat.ii> 9.93... .9.41... .15.00 , Septembers. -1.64'... .1.57.... 6.62 1 t October... .v 1.54 37. .>-, 1.51 i .. November. 2.47... .4.56.... 8.23 . December....*..... 5.55... .1.34.. J. 4.38 f I 56.85 42.01 58.30 ;1 Average of 3 years, 52.35. ! t The Cholera in Charleston e The Southern Standard has given U6 some inf formation in regard to this terrible disease. The r Standard must not be surprised that we should ' manifest considerable anxiety upon so important 3 a subject?it was hardly tc be expected that we should remain silent, whilst there was even one case in the city, no matter how, or when, it canoe. We have rib desire to do Charleston, or any per-,, j son, injustice; but common respect for the public ( a required that we should make some inquiry in re- \ , gard to the truth, and the nature and extent ofits existence; <We do not understand the Standard, j J as finding afiy fault with us for what we have i < . _i t ,i._ ' | SGGn Ul.lVjg&y ttuuui uic Vyiivici a 111 v/iiai icoivu* | We have said nothing more than we are persuaded the Standard would have said under the cir- 1 cumstances. j 1 Uni^td States Mint.?The Philadelphia In- J " quirer is indebted to E. C. Dale, Esq, Assistant ~ Treasurer of the United States Mint at that place, I 1 for the following statement of its "operations for ' ] December,1852, and the total coinage*for 1851 1 r and 1852. The gold coinage for December a- , i mounted to 85.870,705. The total coinage for 3 the month, gold, silver and, copper, amounted to ] 1 $5,933 870. The gold deposited during the month i amounted to $3,330,009. The 6ilver -depositedt i J amounted to $19,500. The total coinage for 1852 1 ^ amounted to $52,404,569. The total gold depos2 ited in 1852, amounted to $51,049,295. The total gold deposited in 1851, amounted to $17,929,4 5, ^ Hon. Tristram Burgess, of Rhode Island, distin^ guished for eloquence and ability in Congress, es. pecially in his oratorical rencontre with John Ran7 dolph, (an exchange informs us) is still alive and _ hearty, though now in his 83d year. He retains . his mind, and his pen is busy in prose and poetry. 3 The London Daily News, commenting upon the . establishment of the French Empire, declares it h to be the precursor of a war. The News says:? i- "Where the storm is first to burst, or under what c pretexts, it is impossible to tell; but the establishr mentof a French Empire is certain to lead to a ' war in some quarter or another. In voting the Empire the citizens of France will find that they ^ have voted a renewal of the European wars which f ? ' ?, convulsed the early years of the present century." ' Mr. King has resigned his seat as Senator, to j take effect immediately. Gov. Collier will appoint, it is said, Benjamin Fitzpatrick his successor. p Earthquake in China.?The Pekin Gazette of August, reports that an earthquake had taken place in the Province of Kalsuch. A thousand houses are said to be destroyed; 300 inhabitants c i killed find 400 injured. Iu Manilla, also, shocks c of an earthquake had occurred. Many persons !- and two churches destroyed, and the palace-house and custom house rendered uninhabitable. * t rr ' % w* . e InteriorPepaitmeht, concerning the Mi-x?n houp^aiy commission. Mr. j );iv,is reported a joint resolution, ex ndiiig the time in which masters'of vessels ' e ivquircd'to, provide their steamersUccordg to the'reqiiireiiients of the act, known as i the Steamboat Bill," passed at the last scs J >n ; an J the same was considered and passed. m 'i'he jwin^reMilatioi) from the House,?rqvi- M ng for the t inj 1< *v;uont of two clerks, and V >e messenger; in the office of ffie snperintcn- | jht;6f* j ul?Iic printing wiii.takcn up, explained Sundry bills were thou'consideredy-stidwere xssed. ' In Lho. Ilu'use, Ilun.. Fnincis i?. Fay, the 1 /legate ..frpiT) M^gsnc-hifset't- ill place of the 4 .te Mr. lljntoitl; was sworn in. ^ Mr. Starry, of North Carolina, submitted a ^solution trm e(T\-ct"-that the reporters of ie Ilouse^honlcl b/instructed not to report, i tbo'Daily ~Glol>e,.'?peectiCs not delivered in , ie! House,t>when-publishing its proceeding; nd called attention to/a speech f u!>1 i>lu-<l in je "~01obc" ofyesffadav, attacking the adlinistration, professihg to tofte been delivered y Mr. Sniart, afflTaine, bjut which was not eli?cf^4>nd''li^seqaentf^'?o reply could be utts&aAt*>5liWT 1 I Stria rt^sta ted in r|]Sly liiat not having 11 opportunity of deliveini| the remarks a 11 ued to, he therefore gaife notice of his intendig to publish them ; and went on to charge the iovernment with neglecting the interests of j is constituents, in a case whefe a high handed utrage hai been committed by the Spanish uthoi itIes.of:Havana, in the seizure of vessels elonging tofqwzensrof riie Statltdf Maine and he iinnrisapteent and condemtiSiroi) of the aptaic&tyw crews, I The"caseWstaied, he feaid, wnJbriofly this: wo vessels cleared from^Ne^.Qrlcans in .May 850, for Chagres, and \verc*seized on their, ray by two^wbish^vesse'lsof^'ar, the-crews ?eing put in iron?, afterwards taken t<?Cula, dfed^nd coridemned, and subsequently sent o Spain ; when the gqverriinent of this conn , ry waited till they were pardoned by that of Spain, although it had been declared by Gen. fay lor that no offence had been committed, ItJe parties having been arrested beyond the Spanish jurisdic^pn, and, consequently, not iraenable to'Spanish law.' ^Ile contended that he vessels shotHjj^have been recaptured, and tad he the1 power, ivould authorize reprisals, inless Satisfaction were given. Mr; Stanly replied jn support of the resolu.ion, reviewed the speech of the gentleman Vom Maffre,* and defended the course of the ^ft<iiiRfratibn:4n'conducting the foreign affairs >fih<5 country. Ilehoped the resolution would le adopted, and that the reporters would, in iiture* be restricted to the publication of <peecbcs'aetua]ly made; and that party speechis should no longer, in this manner, find their way before-the. public, thus affording no op5brtunity for explanation or defence. Mr. Stephens, of Geoi; spoke in relation to :he impractieabiRty of restricting the reporters n the way proposed.Mr. Freemanyof Miss., submitted an amendment, restricting debate lb matters legitimately under discussion, which at present is en- u joiiied by the rules but-'from which it has become the practice to dbpart, as exemplified hnlicr-fi&lJiieahspeeches of last session, and the offensive allusions of-.Mr. Giddings. After some further discussion as to the rules, the resolution was adopted with a proviso that nothing therein shall be construed to prevent t, member from!"correctftfg and revising his speech ; a motion to hly the resolution on the table haying Dreviously failed?veas 44, nays 92. The resolution of Mljliljarris, of Tennessee, relative to receiving reports of committees, upon which no quorum could i>e found to vote yesterday and Monday, again came up in the regular"course of business. A motibh was made to - lay the resolution on the taoie, ana icuersnavmg uccu ap^unncu, there was only 67, voting in the affirmative, and 30 In the negative? no quorum." . 'ITie House'then adjourned. In the Senate, on Thursday, 30th ult., the thair laid before the Senate a letter from the committee of arrangements the Jackson Monument Association, inviting the Senate^? and its officers to attend the ceremonies of tlu^H inauguration of the.eqnesfffan statue of Gcp. Andrew Jackson oh the 8th of January next.' Also, a report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating^ incompliance with a resolution of the Senate,""Information as to the 3teps taken to establish a lunatic asylum in the District of Columbia. Mr. Davis presented several memorials, praying that the tax now exacted from sea- . men under the name of "hospital money," bo abolished. ? He also offered tire following resolution, 4 which was adopted : Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be requested to lay. before the Senate the amount of marine hospital money collected annually from seamen ^isioce a law authorizing the same has been in force; also all sums of money appropriated by;Congress for such hospitals;, whether for thet purchase of sites or for any other purpose, designating the places where, and the purposes for which the funds from all sources have been expended. Also, that said Secretary further state whether any money, and if any, how much, remains in the treasury belonging to said fund. The resolution in relation to British aggressions, offered by Mr. Cass, on Tuesday last, was taken up and adopted. Jn the House of Rejfresentatives, nothing of especial ptrbtfifimportance was done; and an adjournment of both xlouses until Monday took place. In the Senate on thai 4th inst., the memorial of Charles T. Wells wii| taken from the table, and referred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs. Walker, Smith, Davis, Butler, and Mallory. ~~ ^ The bill to revive a portion of an act for the relief of the widows of ^deceased soldiers was ] considered and passed, Mr. Cass introduced a joint resolution declaratory of the views of llio United State roBpecting colonization on the North American continent by European powers, and respecting the Island of Cuba. Mr. Shields reported a bill for the relief of ? * ? ' i :.J i a uoionei rremont, wnicn wm whsiucivu miu passed. A message was received from the President ^ of the United States, in answer to the resoln- , tion of the Senate asking for information re-* ' spccting the British colony in Central America j called the Bay of Islands. .. y- * 4, '. ^ ^ ;> . 0