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Mysterious Disappearance Suspicion of Foul PlaY?-There was considerable excitement in our sister city of Charlestown yesterday in consequence of the mysterious disappearance of a very pretty, intelligent girl of Irish parentage, (16 years old,) named Honora Cochran, and sewing as a doTnestic in the family of Ma reel! us Carpenter, of No. 75 Green street, in that city. The circumstances are briefly as follows:?It appears that this girl has resided with Mr. Carpenter's family about nine months; that she was formerly . of the Roman Catholic faith, and that she has a mother of the same belief, residing at No. 0 Grove Place, in this city, and a brotheryounger than heiself, residing in Ashland, Mass., *- that about four months since the girl renounced the Komau Catholic laith, and was baptised at the Free Will Baptist meeting house, where she has since attended worship with the family of her employer; that on Monday last she was visited by her mother, and went out to walk with her, that when she returned she said - that her mother took her to the house of the priest, who squeezed her hand so hard that he hurt her, and only let her go when she promised to return to see him 011 the next Monday; that on Saturday the brother arrived in Charlestown, and she accompanied him to this city to see her mother, since which time nothing has been heard from her. 9 When the mother was interrogated, she said that she and her son left Honora on Saturday evening at six o'clock, at the Fitchburg Railway station, and that then Ilonora stated that she was going to 'Charlestow+n?WKct aUwas told that there were fears that her daughk tiort mot u'ltli snrns fntal accident, she said iV* ll,m "lv V v.. WW. . # she was not afraid of that, from which it is thought that she knows more than she is willing to tell. It is believed that the girl is con/ fined by persons who are opposed to her pref sent religious belief. About a week since she chose Mr. Fosdick, of Charlestown, for her guardian, but the papers had not been signed at the time of her disappearance. Mr. Carpenter gave information to the authorities of the circumstances, and a search instituted for her had been unsuccessful up to hst evening, r ~ Boston Times, 14/A. ? Kosstrrn and EmtoPKAjf Affairs.?In con nection with the future of the above, the Savannah Courier, contains the following, .brief summary of events in perspectu on the European continent: We receive accounts of the illustrious Magyar from time to time, showing that he is, as ever, restless and active. We are not accurately informed of his employment in London but he seeiqs to be in close communication with the discontented of every country. He p seems to be watching his opportunity. Eut rope is indeed ready for combustion. All seem to be expecting some great event. France is redoubling her energies. Russia has advan ceo troops upon the frontier. Prussia and ^ Spain are negotiating enormous loans. Austria is concentrating her energies. Italy ds f ready to break out at any moment. All EuR rope will soon be in a blaze. Then Kossuth 1 1 Wn nrnnM nnf wui nave euuugu w uu. ??*? nvum ..v. l wonder to see, and that ere long, this distinL gaisbed Magyar again at the head of his peo1 pie. He may then have use for the uumerous v pieces of ordinance, several hundred thousand \ ball cartridges and other munitions of war k v contracted for, when he was in this country, to ' be delivered at some port in the Mediterranean. ^ Slav as is the Uxitkd States.?The census statistics show that-the number of slaves in the United States was 097,875, in 1790, and in 1850 it was 3,180,589, showing an increhse of2,481,691 since 1790. From 1830 to 1840, ithe annual increase of slaves was 47,831, and from 1840 to 1850 it was 69,223, and from 12850 to 18G0 it will probably be as much as SO,000. The number of slaves in the United States in 1820 was 1,538,128, which is about calf the amount of the present slave population. It thug appears that the slave popula/tidh of this country ha9 been doubled within { / the last thirty years. The increase of slaves, within the last ten years was 692,533, and it i^ probable tbo increase will be 800,000 daring * the next ten years. In 1860, the slaves will be about 4,000,000. At the end of the next thirty years, they will be about six millions ! and a half, and at the commencement of the next century they will not fall far short of thirteen millions. TT,a mnhnnirw of disousRion in the Senate on questions of mere abstract foreign policy, 1 when there are important subjects which require the immediate action of Congress, is certainly as devoid of propriety as it is a needless consumption of time. Gen. Cass' resolution on the 1- Monroe doctrine is almost from day to day be fore the Senate, on which long speeches are made,1 which can lead to no practical result. r There is singular inappropriateness in this, too, as, to time, at the going out of an old and coming in of a new administration. If the resolution is adopt&rtind it is to produce any effect, it i* calcuIatecTWfctter the foreign policy of the Pierce adnriuistrt&ion. Its independence in this respect should be left unhampered. The adoption of a preconceived line of policy in our international relations, if such were the object, by that branch of Congress which is part of the treaty-making power essentially trenches on that independence. The Senate, by abstract declarations in ad-; vance, would render negotiation with foreign governments difficult if not impracticable. Put, as we have said, it is inopportune to pass any such resolution, if it is to bias the Executive atid ' influence its action on questions of foreign poli cy. According to any rational theory of our government, the Senate exercises its portion of the treaty-making power when treaties arc f brought regularly before it. To pronounce opinions on matters which may become the subjects r of negotiations, in anticipation, is either prejudicial, if intended to bo effective, or a waste of time, if not. Besides, on such questions the ]louse of liopresentatives may not concur, and the index to popular opinion will be wanting. A general declaration by the Senate would have [ only the weight that attaches to a body whose j function as part of the treaty-making power can never be exercised except in combination with Executive action.?Eve. News*. Thk Will ofGknkral Washington.- A petition was presented to the Virginia Legis lature, on Tuesday, from Alfred Moss, clerk of the County Court of Fairfax, authorizing him to carry out of the commonwealth the original will of General George Washington, i. for the purpose of having it lithographed accompnnied by a letter approbatory thereof from G. W. Parke Curtis, Esq., the sole sur- ( vivnig executor of Gen. Washington. t L " J The North Carolina Coal Mines.?Late information corrects an error in reference to qoa having been discovered near the corner of Moor | and Montgomery counties of North Carolina.? The supposed coal of that place turns out to b only Liquite. But the same information whicl corrects the former error, induces the hope tha we may soon be able to lay before our reader something better than the Liquite of Drowning creek. It is now supposed that there may be ; valuable coal basin on Little, about ihree mile from where it empties into the Pee Dee. Tin basin would be nearer to Cheraw than the sup posed of Drowning creek, and a road to it won h pass through a portion of North Carolina other wise very valuable to us. Private information assures us, that the North Carolinians of tha section are ripe for a connexion with our North eastern and Cheraw Roacjs, and if we will onl; secure and expeditiously complete these enter prises, their further extension to a region rich ii excellent coal may be considered certain. Wi learn from the same source that some of tin Deep river mines have been sold at high price to companies, which seem to have the means o working, them. They say that they can supph us all with an abundance of coal and still leav< enough for Wilmington. In conclusion, wi hare good assurance that this portion of Nortl Carolina, though it may not be able to subscrilx very largely, will give to the proposed road t< tlie coal mines, a hearty welcome.?Souther) Standard. Stock all Taken.?We have the satisfac ^torv tojitale that five hundred thousand dollar.1 tKe entire copft<rrsrrrc:v ui'iinr n ei.u.urranToa'i from Fayetteville to the Coal Fields, has beei subscribed. The subscription in this town hac reached $93,400, and would probably hav< been made this morning ?100,000, so as to se cure the charter and call a General Meeting ot the Stockholders for the purpose of organi zation, when, last evening, a gentleman fron Wall-Street, New-York, (understood to.be on< of a company interested in Coal and Copper lands,) arrived here and subscribed $406,000 making the entire amount of capital at presen authorized by the charter. And the amoun cannot be increased until the stockholders, bj a formal resolution to that effect, authorize ai increase to 81,000,000. Fayetteville Observer 10th inst., South Carolina' Gold.?We learn from tin Atlanta (Ga.) Intelligencer, that Mr.Fields pass ed through that place last week on his way t< the Dahlonega Mint, having in charge $19,00( worth of gold, from the mine of Mr. Wm. Dome in Abbeville and Edgefield Districts. Tin amount was the product of the work of eigh hands, during the month of January. During twenty and a half days in December, with thi same number ol hands, the yield was $20,500.? The aggregate yield of gold since the commence ment of work in the mine, about ten month; ago, has been upwards of $200,000. The qual ity the gold from this mine is said to be of ? very superior order, and the Intelligencer learn that Mr. Dome has some huge specimens in read ? ^~ of flm Wnrlrl'c F?np nPY mess lur i'ie uau.ujuuw mv> > Vnu? ..... summer. biroetant Movement.?The Baltimore Pa triot announces postively that the wealthiest end most influential organization in Europe, hai determined to send out au agent whose visit i: for the purpose of ascertaining whether or no the cotton-growers of the Southern, States an disposed to throw off the Liverpool monoply of cotton?and, thereby, by a conjunction will the planters of the cotton districts, to create i continental depot for cotton. The patriot ha: seen a communication from a distinguished for eign minister on the part of his Govcrumen to the President of theiCompany, now enlistct in this momentous scheme. This company writes as such to an official journal in thiscoun try stating that they are disposed to carry ou the plan proposed in a continental depot foi cotton. According to the Patriot, there is m doubt that a powerful European organizatior for trade is about making responsible and defi nite propositions to the planters for the estab lishment, by direct shipment, of a depot of cot ton on the continent to supply the wants of th< continent. There is no mistake about this.? The evidAce is of the highest character. I is intended that the agent visiting America slial proceed to the planting districts, see the plan ters?for which purpose they will be invited to meet at certain accessible points?and ascer tain exactly what the disposition for direct ship mcutsis?the ability of planters to act?the dif ficulties, the opposition if an)', and every thinj else necessary, for the information of the com pany. This prclimary step is taken and then have been two representation made in Europe one that the planters are irresponsible and in disposed to co operate; the other, that they cai be relied o>, and are determined, if furnishe* with the facilities and responsible agencies, t< make direct shipments. The thing no doub will be tried, as the company in Europe an very much interested in its success, and eve ry way disposed to favor the movement. If i is carried out, and a depot for cotton establish ed on the continent, very important result must follow. It is confidently believed by thi continental powers, that they will meet with j hearty co-operation from the cotton interest which is supposed to be not over fond of Liv erpool. We watch this movement with Intel est. ? Richmond Enquirer. j. .*?* The Ciiaklestox Custom IIocse.?Tli Washington correspondent of the Courier says ' The Charleston Custom House, now in pre grcss, will probably be built of marble. Tin contract for the base was for granite. A contest i: now; going on between the granite party and tli Marble ]tarty, in regard to the material for tli remainder of the edifice. Granite would sooi look very rusty in your climate. Marble wonli always look well; ^1 besides, marble, as th material, will best suit the design for the build ing. The question is to l>e decided soon by tli Secretary of the Treasury." Consumption of Spirits in England.? The following statement is published in Eng lish papers on the authority of Parliamentary documents, showing an increase of eonsump tion of spirituous liquors within the last tei years: "In 1851 the total population of (Irea Britain and Ireland, to wit: 20,852,578 pi4 sons?consumed 21,172,007 gallons of spirits or 00-100 of a gallon each ; in 1850, the sann people, increased to 27,435,322 persons ; c??n sumcd 28,054,107 gallons of spirits, 104 gal Ions each, being 14-100, or rather less than tin seventh part of a gallon of spirituous liquor more consumed 011 the average by every man woman and child in the United Kingdom ii 1850 than in 1811. Brnmemtmcmmemmmmamrt?Bgai awn nun?? r Bi&iior Ives.?Bishop Ives, in attaching him ,1 self to the Roman Catholic Church, has partei e voluntarily with a good living and a dignifie< - position, and become a plain lay member. I e cannot, therefore, be charged that he has beei 1 actuated in his course by mercenary motives.? t His sincerity no one can doubt, whatever ma; s be thought or said as to the correctness ot hi j judgment. a The ex-Bishop cannot become a priest in th s Catholic Church, unless Mrs." Ives shall conscn s to enter a Convent; amT even then he will b - required to go through a regular course of Tbeo .1 logical studies. Probably a Professorship ii - some Catholic College may be tendered him.? i, We have no doubt he will he provided for by th? t Church to which he has attached himself. If he should ever become a priest, his labor f will be heavy and his salary quite small. The course of the ex-Bishop has excited mud 1 feeling in this State. The members of his forme 3 Church are?as might reasonably have been ex s pected?indignant and mortified, while the sub s ject has elicited much talk among other Church f es and among men of the world generally. ; But the gale will "die along the shore," anc 3 be forgotten. In a few months we shall have i e calm. The bubble will disappear from the sur j face, and the waters will be smooth again. Thosi 3 who are indignant will learn to be more charita ) ble and merciful; and those who are mortifiec i will forget the past in respect and regard for tin new Bishop, his successor.?Raleigh Standard. r On the 21st ult., a large and influential 1 and the following resolution unanimous!) ^ adopted:?"That whereas the practico of au> 1 ricular confession of a Romanising character accompanied in some instances by the imposiI tion of penance, has of late years been en * couragcd by some of the clergy, contrary t( 1 the doctrines and usages of the united Churcl i of England and Ireland, this meeting earnest> ly deplores such departure from tlie simplicity ? of Protestant worship, and deems it cxpedieni 1 that all such alleged practices should be duly 1 inquired into by competent authority." Ape '' tition to the Queen asking that proceeding! 1 be taken forthwith, was ordered for signa tu re. Rev. Albert Barnes.?We learn from th< J New York Evangelist, that a most touching - and interesting scene occurred at the Firs > Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, a few ) evenings since, in the congregation over whiel , the Rev. Dr. Barnes has exercised his pastora s care for more than twenty years. Dr. B. it ii t known, has tendered his resignation upon th< j delicate ground that, from the partial loss'o s his eye-sight, he was unable to fulfil hi3 pari - of the contract between himself and the con - gregation, and hence that it was but just thai s it should end. But the members of that con - gregation unanimously declined accepting hi: i resignation, and have promptly adopted reso s luiions by which a co-pastor is to benppointec - to relieve Dr. Barnes- he still continuing t< t be regarded as their pastor, with no change ii their relations except such as are fo'biddeu bj ? the calamity above referred to, and for whicl he should obtain the rest he needed. The con ? gregation, it was stated, had ceased to. regart 3 their respected and beloved pastor in the ligh 5 of a business contract; he had served their 1 with all his strength and ability for more thai 2 twenty years ; during the best days of his use > ful life?and they could not consent to scpa 1 rate from him now that by those very efToft! 1 he had nearly lost the inestimable blessing o 3 sight. Such conduct on the part of the con ?A-? Lt-LL. !? # ic on nv gregauon is nigiiiy piaiBcnvii.^, imu >>? ...? | ample worthy of imitation. ' American Methodism.?American Method t ism is not yet a century qld. In the inircdiblj short space of eighty-seven years, it lus buill four thousand two hundred and twenty diurches (which is a little less than one for every week o her existence.) at a cost of fourteen million; seven hundred and thirty thousand five hindrcc and seventy-one dollars. It has also erectec [ and endowed its colleges and numerous acade mies with large sums./ It has built imuincra t ble parsonages and supplied itself with churcl j and sabbath school literature. Now most o: these churches, having been newly orect?l, re built, or remodeled, and most of those vait out ' lays having been made within the last juartei of a century, we think it no exaggeratior to es timate the expenditures of Methodism in th< United States, for home purposes, at an averag< % very little short of one million of dollan pei * annum for the last twenty-fivo yeais, in addi ] tion to what it has paid for the support of it: ' ministry.?Zioii's Herald, ? There are at present thirty churches in San 5 Francisco. This is about one to each thout sand inhabitants, and which judging from otli a cr cities, is perhaps about a fair ayerage. Tht " Methodists have four; the Episcopalians t Presbyterians and Baptists, two each; th< Congregationnlists, Roman Catholics, Sweden g borgians and Welsh, one each. , Todacco.-?Duct. J. C. Warren, of Boston,o^< of the most eminent medical men in this corn; . try, says that "tobacco, used in the way of ma} tieation, is a slow poison, which, if it were admiii istered by another person, would deserve and re ccive retribution from the laws of the land."? After stating the injurious ellects of smoking; a c well as chewing this ' powerful vegetable poisoi,' he adds? ^ "These statements are not exaggerated, lu the result of many years experience and obs?r p vation ; so that when a young man applies t< ' me for a cure of pain in the chest and symptom of dyspepsia, I feel it my first duty to inqwri j whether he smokes or chews tobacco." e ~ . . The Committee of the Virginia Legislature, t< e whom was referred the documents in relntio) t< the I.etnmon slave case, hate reported that ihas much as the decision of Judge Taine is about t< come before the Supreme Court of New York r_ and as the Legislature of the latter State has j ' hill before it to repeal the law upon which tl< ' decision is founded, they deem it (inadvisable t< ^ express any opinion on the merits of the questia at issue, but recommend that the Attorney Gen oral of Virginia, together with such other connst ^ as the Governor may direct, prosecute thcappci taken to the New York Supreme Court. I, ? I ? B Slaver in Pennsylvania.?A bill is befor the Pennsylvania legislature lo allow citizens c slaveholding States, passing through that Stat* to bring their slaves with thorn, and those wh S . . visit Pennsylvania on business or pleasure, to rc ' tain their slaves with them for tire space of si months. i fl)C (CfloiSfn Dffhl? Jfournc j Tuesday, February 22, 1853. 11 THO. J. WARREN, Editor. y . Our Cotton Market 3 Has not for the past week, been as brisk as for sc ral weeks preceding, prices having a downward t 0 dency. Quotations rango from 6 J to 9i?princi ^ from 9 to 9J. Snow. 1 We had a slight fall of snow on Sunday morning 1 The Westminster Review. s The number for the first quarter has arrived, i presents a varied table of contents. 1 The fifth article, on American Slavery and Emai r pation by the Free States, is one to which we, i every other true Southern man, have a right and ou to object. The effect which this article is calcula to liave upon the minds of those already prejudi I against the institution is to strengthen and conf ^ that opposition. It is a subject with which, we licvo English authors, editors and statesmen havo s thing to do. "When it relates to the Southern Sta it is an assumption of power which they ought r j and should not presume to take, but it seems that * English people, as well as the Northern people, are . tcrmined to press the issue of this question upon people of the South, until it will come either to a tc emancipation of the slaves?a relinquishment of ev p MiTO JUI^piV to r any, and at every sacrifice. This article is a highly fensive one, and we do not hesitate to condemn it, i place the Westminster Review where it belongs, am( . the incendiary publications of the North, and as a . companion for the evening fireside of Horace Ma > Garrison & Co. Southern men have no business to , tronizo it, and Southern Editors who puff it ought , be indicted. It is true wo havo, in accordance w j the terras proposed by Leonard Scott & Co., adverti t the British Reviews, &c., in common with many of1 brethren of the Press. And they have succeedet . obtaining a largo amount of notoriety, which is 3 they want, and we have done what wo ought nol i .i? ?a ?ii ?! 11UVU uvjuc, uuu OiiUli nut uu agaiu, auu uiwiviuiv 01 cease our advertisements, and shall endeavor, so fai we can, to undo what wo may have done towards J sisting in the circulation of these outrageous publi ; tions, and now beg our friends, one and all, to ce t their patronage to all and every publication of such v as the 'Westminster and Blackwood, etc. We beli 1 the doctrines tlioy inculcate are highly injurious j I dangerous to the peace and wellbcing of our own hoi 3 and firesides, and no mau who is a man, pfiould eit r countenance or support, sympathise with or appr f of any publication which boldly asserts doctrine! ^ variance with his own peaco nnd interest. It is " part of folly, gross unpardonable error, for the peopl ^ the Southern States to give their money to the supp of these periodicals which take high ground agai 3 them, and do not hesitate, unblushingly in the face ' reason and justice to give publicity and circulatioi falsehood and misrepresentations. Such language ' this cannot fail to give the reader a pretty good gem 1 idea ol the tenor of the article about which we are \ 1 ting. "The South has lost its chivalrous cbampioi Calhoun, its able tactician in Clay; there will ne j again be patriot with the purity and the genius of ^ one, who will believe that to keep the negro in chi } is the destiny and duty of his country; nor a statesn j with tho keen penetrating intellect of the other, v will think that slavery can be propped up by protot or parchments; and even now there come tidings 5 greater loss to the South than even Calhoun 6r CI f Death has struck down that man of the North who . all others, most kept back her pressure on the Sou . Massachusetts will send no second Webster to the S ate, to help with hia iron will and eloquent voice slave States to give laws to tho free. Peace be to tl memories. It seems to us that tho one of them thou r that evil was good, and the other that good sho ^ give place to evil; but it is not for us to question tl thouerhta. for thev are far awav from our auostionir i w ? [ where there is no respect of races, where there is . "compromise" with truth, but where th^re is a "big [ law." 1 "And now that tliey arc goni, how stand the clian . of the slave? Law and force arc against him; but i - eloquence, and genius are for him; and they will hi i a quick eye for tho winning side." f This is a very moderate paragraph, and we have - lccted it out of many others, which are much ra - pointed and direct in their attack upon our rights. N r we ask, how can any honest man, who lives under - protection and blessings of Southern law, swallow th i potions, which are equal to inveterate poison, and - rectly opposed to tho very spirit and matter of r laws ? Wo might extend our notice to a muchgret " length, but it is unnecessary?if men who are intcri 3 ed will not be reasoned with?will not believe, licit will they hear?though oue be sent from the dead! Wo want nothing more to do with Loonard Scot I Co's. British Periodical Literature, if this is to be a " specimen; and as such will most certaiuly discontii ' all advertisements relating in anywiso thereto. , Hon. W. R. King. 3 Wo seo it stated that Senator Clemens has recei " a letter from the commander of tho steamer Fuiton Havana, stating that the health of Mr. King was m improved. lie takes exercise on foot daily. 3 thinks lie shall reach Washington on tho first of A] Death of the Hon. N. L. GrifEn. "Wo regret (says tuo LoiuniDia xsanner, 01 oaiuru; - to learn tho death of this distinguished gentleman, li - a member of the Senate from Edgefield District. s was one of her most respectable and useful citizens, i ' esteemed by a very large circle of friends for his in; virtues. He died on Mouday morning, Fairfield Herald and Register. 5 J. B. Miekle, Esq., hns retired from the associate s itorship of these Papers, and Franklin Gaillard, E 3 has assumed his place. With the retiring Editor, Miekle, we have a personal acquaintance, and enter for him a high regard, andenrnostly wish him great i 5 cess in tho prosecution of his profession, (the lair. J Mr. Gaillard is unknown to us, but wo ncverthe promptly and fraternally extend to him the right hi 5 of the corps. 1 The Corner Stone. a f> We have received a number of this paper, rccct started in Columbus, Ga., by General Brrm'KK, . gentleman well known throughtout tho State," s ] the Macon Telegraph, "for the honesty with which J opinions aro formed, and the resolution with wl they aro maintained. IIis Prospectiu is before readers. Tho purpose is plain enouju. There is - ambitruitv. or palaver. Tho object qfthe Editor is inculcate the belief tlmt tho Government is pnrtiu , tlmt it is corrupt?and that it ouapt, thereforo, to 0 destroyed. Tho dissolution of /no Union?notli moro nor less?is the avowed undertaking." x Wo shall cheerfully plaeo tW "Corner Stone" on st for c.x change. f* Y". Democratic Review. l(? We noticed a-week or two ago, the arrival of this Magazine for November and December, 1852, which comes to hand in a double number, containing a por- rpj ? tj-ajt 0f Jaitzs Gobdox Sexkett, the veteran Editor nyan _ of that widely circulated jpaper, the New York Herald, p^.] We have not read the Review, but Buppose from its <] | usual character?its position as a political Journal, rep- e(] a) en* resenting the most popular and powerful party in our T, ipal country-is ably and folly snatained. for ( The Review is now .undergoing new business ar- on tl rangements. The next will be atriplenumber?issued amo immediately alter the Inauguration?and will contain tors a full exposition of the policy of the incoming Admin- van< aSl' istration. was ~ Fair Peterson's Magazine a(. 5 ind For March is at hand. Contents are varied, embel- jyj , lishments handsome, especially No. 1?"Mysterious UpW nci. Knockings." Colored Fashion Plate, "The Avalanche," ther, . ? nnnd />iif o1e/\ .'Tlio T^csnn." -I. ana v^, ciugf 8ht The Lady's Book ^ave ,tc^ "With its usual promptness is at Land, and we have cet^ no doubt those for whom it is designed will find in it iey ' all they could desire. 7 n0' The special'Washington Correspondent of the Newtes, York Herald, gives the following as the Cabinet of Gen. , iot, Pierce : s1'^ the Caleb Gushing, of Mass Secretary of State. de- A. C. Flagg, of N0w-York... Secretary of the Treasury. th0 Robt. F. Stockton, of N. J.. Secretary of the .Navy. , Jefferson Davis, Miss Secretary, of War. 5 John C. Dobbin, of N. C... .Secretary of thie Interior, ery R. M'Clelland, of Michigan Her" It Is said, however, that the Cabinet is definitely and Lan 1 of- unchangeably formed, but itis known only to those ap- erpo md pointed. Its complexion will not be publicly known T >ng till the 4th of March, the newspapers to the contrary Nje , fit notwithstanding. the < nn, ' T pa. CoL Jack Hays, of''Texas Ranger" notoriety, now for < t0 sheriff of San Francisco, is a passenger on the steam- vari( .jjjj ship Oliio, now due at Now-York. He is en route for ture 0C(j Texas, the old scene of his daring exploits, via Wash- duri our ington. ofw The Slave Trade in Cuba.?A late New York The t to despatch, says: It is understood that the British squad- 61-! ? ron on the coast is about to bo further increased, with 6 1-! jail . ag the determination effectually to put down the slave ^ trade in that locality, as- unai ica" Col. May's Marriage.?Col. Charles A. May, of ^eni nSe thfe U. S. Army, was married iu New York, on the 8th sen' 1 instant, to Miss Josephine, daughter of George Law P1^ ev? Esq., the well-known steamship owner. ind ^ pro! ne3 The developments of the investigation in relation to ^er frauds on the Government in the expenditures for the an^1ove improvement of the Capitol, has led to the fact that of P1 3 at the $600,000 appropriated to the extension of the Capi- P??l tl10 tol, about one half has been embezzled by the agents r< e employed in the execution of the work. ~ a >ort ^ nst Mr. Corcoran, the wealthy banker of Washington, 1 ?f has given the Metropolitan Mechanics Institute of that 1 to city $15,000 for a building and $10,000 for a library, ra^ 13 on the condition that Congress will incorporate it. j jrnl ? - - . . . . time vri- The bill prohibiting the immigration of free persons 'V e 1 in of color to the State has passed the Illinois Assembly, mjj? ver by ayes 46, nays 13. tjje tljg >>^vwvww" jirg ^ug A bill is pending inThe Indiana legislature to com- 1 aan PC1 ?ld bachelors of 30 years of age to marry, or pay rho S50 a year into the county treasury, to go to the first j :ols lady who shall marry alter the 1st of January. The {ern] 1 0f provisions of the bill apply to widowers of one year's jQn ay> standing. ' ' assu ' ?^ North Carolina Senator.?Tho Governor of North ^a|. Carolina has appointed the Hon. James C. Dobbin to e en" the Dost of United States Senator in place of the Hon. SenC tho wiJi? P. Mangum, whoso term will expire on the 3d ieir of March next. This is one of the cases in which the g validity of the appointment will be contested, as the ven( Legislature endeavored to elect, but (ailed to do so. ] v ;r icir . ,J lias 'E3) Ax Affray.?On Friday night last, (says the Dar- w| e' n0 lington Flag of the 17th instant,) "Wright Gatlin, was ?0? 'ier committed to our Jail for stabbing Jesse Gilbert, in a brawl a few days before, wit is thought that Gilbert V ces will not live, if he is alive yet, the physician attending sold arti him thinks his lungs were cut with the knife used by Islat ave Gatlin. *' of * ? ^ fivc so- A New Towx?The Nashville Gazette says: "A wotr ore new town has just been started at the junction of the for 5 ow Mobile and Charleston Railroad and tho Nashville and of si the Chattanooga Railroad, called Stevenson, in honor of esc the industrious and persevering President of the latter f di- Road, Col. V. K. Stevenson. It is in Jackson county, jnstj our Alabama, and promises to bo ero long no inconsidera- agin iter ble place.'' ente her The people of tho Unitod States pay as muoh forinr Qf | poitcd cigars as they receive for exported wheat; and mos t k drink, in the form of French brandy, the whole pro- othe fair coeds of tho Indian corn exportation. How truly ri- Unr uuc diculous! atio; " dent Methodism in France.?A correspondent of the g^rl)( Cincinnati Advocate states that there are 19 traveling VC(j preachers, 4 catechists or evangelists, 873 church mom- crea at bers, and 1583 scholars in schools receiving religious ucll instruction. )ril? Counterfeit Notes.?We were shown yesterday two counterfeit fifty dollar notes on the ^ ^ .Manufacturing and Insurance Bank of Savon- ^ a ^ nnh. The engraving was fuliy equal to the ^ 0I e genuine plate, the signatures very well imita- L ' ted, and the whole appettranoe of the bills well nnd calculated to impose upon the unwary. p* Charleston Mercury. any J sustj *** or, a Tiie Coinage Bill.?Our telegraphic des- tjie patches have already informed our readers vaju that the new coinage and seigniorage bill has Et*' passed both Houses of Congress. As passed, its principal provisions are to reduce the silver . Mr- halfdollar from 200 1 4 grains to 192 grains, j1.^ win and a like reduction of the quarter dollar, dime c~U) mc" and half dime, the reduction being 6 91 00. A M, )? charge of 1-2 of 1 per cent, as a seigniorage rntic less fop coinage of silver deposited at the mint.? j^ort The bill is a very important one, making, in effect gold the standard of value, ami silver jyjj subservient to it. This is done without its really fixing a new relative value between gold ,tiy and silver, but by seeking, through a reduc- j^e j "ft tion in the actual value of our silver coin, as ^ ava expressed on its face, to render it 110 longer a l,i? more desirable export that gold.?Carolinian. j^lj* iich *" - is ag our Tiir Rail Road Fire.?The Columbia ligio no South-Carolinian learns through a friend, who read , to was present shortly after the cars and cotton 11 Y< 1? were burnt, 011 Monday morning, at the Fort ("Jen bo Motte Turnout, that ten cars were consumed, Seni ing and 500 bales cotton, bosides destroying 100 oecii yaids of the track. The Carolinian also finds Jew our that it was misinformed relative to the fire will having taken place on Sunday evening. p,|l0 nfl. jsr-3- r.-.T-cr-rr - t~? Later-from Europe. Arrival of the, Alps at Ntw York. Baltimore, February 1 ft. ie British Steam Ship Alps, Capt. \V , has arrived at New York from LivejlH^^H , which port she left on the 2d inst. ie British Mail Steam Ship America, arriv^fl^B l Liverpool on Sunday, the 30th uit. HE LivE?ro?'L Markets. ?The dcmand^^^B Cotton, after the departure of the Niag;w|j^^^H ie 29th ulr., was good and the su^H^H unted to 29^00 bales, of which spccull I took 9000..' All qualities had slightly :ed, the lower grades most Fair Orle^f^^^H quoted at 6i'2d-, Middling Orleans at Uplands 6 I-2d., and Middftng MH essrs. Wright & Gandy quote a contin^^^^H| ard tendency in Cotton,laud state s is increased confidence evinced byS^HHH >es of operators. 'i'he common advanced, they say a fu jl-Vighth I'he sales since Friday, the 28;h give as 27000 hales, agmhs-t 12,000 s a a ring tde same uertoa. wuu? is have advanced ;ifi Manchcs er, v> .B think will check extensive open*??"8 the manufacturing 1>,9W1 Still titer from E?W?P^* B I Arrival of the America at HaltJ ' baltixose, feh. b ' i I'ii'M H e, has arrived at Ha]ifiur^^HB?rB^^H ol, which port, she led on the5t!nES^HH he U. S. Mail StKyn Ship Pacific, Cap' , arrived at Liverpool^ the morning I 1th inst. \s bHB he Liverpool MAHKKh^__Xhe demai Jotton has been good, anoN^ jces pave ai B H :ed an eighth of a penny ^iuc*^?j,e depar I I of the Niagara., on the 28th ultSq^e Sa]J ng the we<k have comprised 65,0kn,a}ea^^^M hicli speculators have taken 7000. At* -J ers 7000,leaviug'51,000 bales totbetiS^ quotations are as follows?Fair Orleato HH 2d., Middling Orleans 5 7-8d., l air Upland 2d., and Middling Upland 5 1 4d. >if the 5th instant, a joint resolution was nimously adopted by the New Hampshire ate, and sent down to the House of Repreatives for concurrence, the effect that the risions of the State Constitution commonly ;d the "Religious Test," which makes the ession of a certain religious faith an essenqualification for certain offices, are unjust, republican, contrary to the spirit of the ent age, and discreditable to the State and ?le, and that no efforts will be spared to 'gate such a principle. . freight train travelling at the rate of sty-four miles the hour, requires on a level 2-8 yards to come to a stop, and 791-2 aids of time. A passenger train at the ofv45 miles the hour cannot be brought n lesh than 779 yards, but takes rather less onl\\00.8 seconds. Two trains, there, approaching each other at a speed of 24 ts the hour, will experience a collision, if breaks are not brought to bear when they about 110 yards, or nearly two-thirds of a s asunder. he State Treasury.?Dr. R. C. Griffin's i of office as Treasurer of the Upper Divisteriuinatdd Fndav,-and Cpl, JS. P.-Jones inedTbectarge. We learn from Col. Jones our friend Thos. Frean, who has discharghe dutiis with great aecurracy, in the.abe of the Treasurer, is re-appointed Depu Columbia Banner. ' t. 1 (h ' isnop Crperb.? VV e are pleased to see this >rable Divine again in our midst, apparenti the enjoyment i>f fine health. The bishop v just returned to his family from Florida, re he has been in attendance upon the ference oftbatState.?Anderson Gazette. fc learn that a gang of 81 Negroes were by Louis D. DeSaussure, esq., on Edisto id, at Auction on Monday last, at an average 619 ^one of the families consisting of eight, young women, from 13 to 25, a man and mn of 50 years of age, and an infant, sold 11,005, each, the highest sale we have heard nee 1836.? Charleston Mercury, 18th inst. urman University.?The prospects of this tution, the present season are very encourg; more than .sixty students have already red, and there will doubtless be a much er uumber, perhaps one hundred, in course he season. There are students from alt every part of the State, ane several from r States. The favorable location of the versity, together with the growing repun of its able Professors, and the confL :e in the good discipline and faithful in:tion which their character inspres, will Dtless continue to command a large and insing share of public patronage. Greenville Mountaineer. ire learn, with much gratification, that the recently tendered the Rev. J. L. Kirkpatrick, by the Glebe stiet Presbyterian Church lis city, to become its Pastor, has been ac,ed by him, and that he will make arraugcts to remove to this city at his earliest concnce.n rom the reputation wtncii ur. AirKpatricK lins for scholarship and eloquence as a preaclind his affability as a gentleman, we consider Church most fortunate in having secured his able services.? Charleston Mercury. apoleox III. and thr Jews.?We find in c number of the Archeives Israelites, pub?d at Paris, the following interesting acit of a ceremony at Bordeaux: The circumstances accompanying the decom of the Grand Rabbi, Mons. Marx, of leaux, with the legion of honor, makes the irretiee a matter of general importance, rad received an invitation to breakfast, and breakfast the Prince President (now Emr) handed the Grand Rabbi the Order of Legion of Honor, in the presence of his ge, the municipal officers, etc. In exsing his thanks for the distinction conferinmi him the flrjinrl Rnhhi ihlo rain a confirmation of the principle of re. ius liberty, which your Highness has #1y promised us to maintain and defend." >u may rely on that," answered the Prince . d'llautpoul, Grand Referendar of the itc, who emphatically announced on this sion, that the rights and liberties of the s shall never be infringed, in conformity i the principles of the age, and which are wise those of the Prince; and moreover ?