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T'm -MCtaMaa?aaeaw rn " "i .i iiiinin Imperial Marriage. t __ At an tarly hour on Sunday,30lh ult., all s Paiis was astir fur the celebration of the mar- t riageofthe Emperor Napoleon III. Shortly <j after 9 o'clock, large bodies of cavalry and in- t fan try were to be seen directing their way h from the different barracks in anil around v Paris towards the points allotted to them on p the route between the palace of the Elvsee i and the palace of the Tuillcries, and between a the latter and the Cathedral of Notre Dame, r At the same time the whole of the National v Guards of Paris were called out for the pur- I pose of doing honor to the day, by forming (I the line on one side of the streets through '1 which the procession was to pass, while the I infantry of the line formed the other. A vast 1 number of deputations of the trade and work people were to be seen with flags and banners v directing their steps towards the garden of the r Tuilleries, which w as the spot specially set aside r for that purpose. Many of the deputations e were very pictuscsque, consisting as they did t ?C <1 u hiln 5irJnrni>il C VI J}VUIIg VTUillCII UICC9UU i ? nuuv) with wreaths of flowers, and carrying boquets -f in their hands. The deputation from the Hal- c les et Marches was by far the largest. Hutch- I crs, bakers, fishmongers, market gardeners, 5 dec., each had a huge flag at their head de- 1 nominating their different trades and most of 1 them bearing some inscription or legend iu J compliment to the emperor. ( A wooden construction was raised, in three 1 compartments, over the grand entrance and * the two side doors and painted in the fashion " of the mediicval ages to match the character t of the building. Green predominated in the s decorations, that being the color of the Em- c peror, and the letters "N. E." were to be seen t in various places in honor of the imperial cou- c pie. Above the wooden erection long drape- > ries of green velvet floated to the wind, and ' higher up, along the facade of the building, v was to be seen a line of flags of various colors; c higher still, the old towers themselves were s covered with gold brocade. The effect was ) . w- .unusually rich ; and as the weather was dry, though cold, the pleasure of regarding these ' precious materials, thus exposed to the open air, was not marred by any apprehension of injury from rain. The lower part of the de- \ corations near the various en'rances was hung 1 ? 111 i V ( with crimson velvet, edged witn goiu jace. on * the Parvis Notre Dame were erected lofty J flag staffs, from which floated huge tricolored streamers, embroidered with guld, and har- v monizing with the decoration over the portal. ' The first feeling of the spectator on entering was one of unmixed admiration. Along the ' whole of the nave was suspended from the f arched roof an absolute forest of chandeliers, 1 containing thousand of;wax lights.' The illu- ^ mination was at the first view absolutely daz- ( zling; but as soon as the eye got accustomed 1 to the brilliancy, it became evident that the 1 building had been transformed, with great taste and skill, from its naturally severe appearance, and had been made to assume as gay an air as the architecture of the sacred s edifice would warrant The pillars were en- t veloped, from plinth to capital, with crimson t velvet At the top of each capital was affixed 1 a richly gilt shield, bearing a gilt eagle. He- r tween the pilars, springing from the archies, > higher up, was to be seen a drapery of crimson J velvet, edged down the sides with an imitation of ermine, and fringed at the bottom with deep t gold lacc; this drapery served to mask the 1 woodwork of a long line of gallaiies, erected < from pillar to pillar, and filled with elegantly ' dressed ladies. Again, higher up, a pallium s of green velvet, studded with golden stars, t was seen between every two pillars, and hear- ' ing in its centre a gigantic "N." Garlands of t flowers were festooned among these draperies, I and other shields were placed on the flat wall ' of the building, under the lofty windows, each 5 having on it a figure of Our Lady, to whom the c cathedral is dedicated. The crimson velvet ) on the pillars next to the nave had no other or- ' nament than an edging of gold lace under the ' capital of each ; but those of the side aisles I were studded with golden stars, and bore the letter "N." in front. . Three chandeliers, one large one, and two smaller, gave light to each tribune above; and three ranges of immense lustres of beautifully cut glass, ran down the centre of the nave.? Both the sides were ornamented in precisely the same style; and though the variety of colors was extraordinary, all were arranged with such perfect taste that the general effect was most harmonious and beautiful. The portal inside was hung with green velvet and gold, three large gilt eagles being placed over the apex of each of the three doors. The space above, the entrance up to the organ loft, where was placed the orchestra, was hung with crimson velvet and gold, and intertwined, as on the sides of the nave, with festoones of flowers. f At the eastern end of the building the chancel had been cut off from the ceremony by r the erection of a temporary altar just where the transepts leave the choir. Above the altar rose a lofty canopy of crimson velvet, lined to all appearance, with ermine, and surmounted with a gilt eagle of immense size. Between this canopy and the altar was to be seen a sort of tabernacle in the Byaznline st}le, which extended at each side to the transepts, and thus formed a screen, shutting i "? out tiie chancel and its side aisles. But though the building, was cut into two unequal 1 parts, the portion not occupied for the cere- *' inony was by no means lost, as immense chan- 1 deliers hung from the roofiu that part of the ' church, jest the same as in that appropriated c to the spectators. The consequence of this 1 {illumination was, that as the temporary screen ' broke the distance, and rendered the view tin- I certain the lines of lights appeared absolutely * interminable, and the general efleet was infill- 1 itely enhanced. ' The Clergy, headed by Mgr. Sibour, Arch-' ' bishop of Paris, entered about 11 o'clock; r and at half-past 11 the Diplomatic Corps, c beaded by Mgr. Ciaribaldt, the Pope's Nuncio, ^ made their appearance. They had all met at a his residence, and proceeded in state, with an v escort, to the Cathedral. The Duke d'Osuna ' and the Marquis de liedman, who had been r two of the witnesses at the civil marriage the ^ evening before, at the 1 uillerios, walked up r the aisle about the same time. Mr. Hives the s American Minister, came a little later with '' bis attaches. M. Coulay de la Mcurthe, formerlv Vice President of the Republic, and M. I1 Dumas, formerly Minister of Commerce, en- ;l tered together. ^ .. . . i Some James also entered at tins period, * and walked up to the seats near the Imperial estrade; one of tliern was the Princes Came- !_' rata. f At last ahout half past 12 o'clock, some of '' ^ the deputy chamberlains of the palace appear- I1 t-d in their scarlet uniforms, and immediately * I L lie drums beat a salute ami the trumpets w ouuded a flourish. Marshal Vaillant entered F he moment after, and then came ft number W f ladies in dresses of tho brightest colors and Ik he richest materials; the Princes Mathilde le ending the way, wearing a pink velvet robe, at nth train behind, and basque according to the fii >resent mode. Madame de Montijo followed n< mmcdiatcly behind, in n dress of blue velvet; tli nd then the several ladies of honor, all in V norning dresses of different colors, and all th rearing white ostrich fe.nhers in their bonnets, is ['he eye had scarcely time to take in a few w letails, so rapidly the bright vision swept by. JfPlie moment after the ministers entered, M. de 'ersigno coming last, as if kept back by some 1 ittle delay. The clergy then proceeded down the aisle, rith the Archbishop of Paris at their head, to A neet the emperor and the Empress. At five tl - - i *i_ - i:? 1 j? r>i mnuies CO 1, ine i^mperur ?ihu juiujhcao j/i d, and having been offered the morsel of the d; rue cross to kiss by the Archbishop, four ec* pi lesiastics held a rich dais over the Imperial ei >air, and the procession advanced up the si hurch. Marshal Magnan and the Duke de lassanoled the way, followed by Marshal dost. Arnaud and the Duke de Cambaeeres.? ti ["hen came the Emperor, leading the Empress ci >y the hand, he advancing on the right. The 2 Empress was exceedingly pale, but perfectly n :omposed. She looked neither to the right b lor to the left, and advanced steadily. She A vore a dress of white velvet, repingle, with L athcr large lusque. A veil of poult d' Angle- a< erre flowed from underneath the small crown park ling with diamonds. The front of her ti Iress and the basque behind also shone with t( he same rich ornaments. The Emperor was b Iressed in the uniform of a general officer, t.' vith high boots and white inexpressibles. lie c< lad on the grand color of the.Legion of Honor S vhich had belonged to Napoleon, and the fi :ollar of the Golden Fleece, which had been aispended trom the neck of Charles V., and si vhich the Queen of Spain had sent to him.? ^ flic Emperor looked uncommonly well?in h lii/h snirits and crood health. A * I o The cortege returned to the Palace of the si rulleries in t!ie same order as it went to No- c; re Dame; but instead of following the streets g t came along tbc quays as far as the Place si 1c la Concorde, and entered the Palace by the n ;rand entrance to the garden ot the Tuilleries. rhe deputations, drawn up in the garden, d vere respectful but not warm in their saluta- r ions. It was remarked that, contrary to the usual d uibit in France, there was no display of flags a Vom any private houses to-day. This even- p ng all the public buildings arc illuminated, ii )ut very few private persons have followed the a example. Looking along the Boulevards the A Humiliations are few and lar between, and are niirely confined to the functionaries. n Tito North and the South. o It is customary for Northern journals and n ipeakers to claim for '.heir section of the conn- h ry the larger number of the great minds of h hese States. A favorite theory with tiic \Tortheni people is that the institution of slave- is y has an enervating effect upon the whites as veil as the blacks, and that beneath its bale- p ul influence no excellence can be developed, n rhis opinion like the greater portion ol'aboli- a ion views, is directly contradicted by f cts. in proportion to the population of the differ- Cl mt sections, the South has produced as many ^ writers as the North : a larger number of great a statesmen; and a still greater ratio of dis- 1 .mguishcd generals. Unr bouthern people are " ed with maukish journals of Northern publi- o ration, whose small paragraphists assiduously 11 niff themselves and their own writers, and si lence even they have yielded belief to this '< dander on the slave States. You find on every P :entre table some Massachusetts or Pennsyl- '1 ania publication, whose dishwater literature h s swallowed by our men and women as regu- 11 arly as their evening Bohea. Northern pa h jers have thus vaccinated the Southern mind vith their own peculiar weaknesses, until the b south has nearly nearly become a mere prov- g nee, a diluted appendage to the North, South- d srn men are not so well versed in the art of " ielf-prai.se as their hyperborean brethren.? a ["here are net so many paid critics who*vend heir praises in widely circulating weeklies. iVr iters who would have been famous in New h fork arc unknown in Charleston and New Or- c< cans. Polities, the science of government, c oo, engages more of our talent than literature. a iiit still the Soutli need not blu<h at any in- 51 ellectual conipaiison. In poetry it lias given firth to the greatest American. No writer on t( his side of the Atlantic can compare with Ed- 11 ;ar A. l'oe. lie has written little, but that d iitle is nearly perfect. He has not covered ? earns of canvass, but his miniatures are mas- *1' crpieecs. What the Venus is to the pyramids, ? lis poems are to the works of other Americans. lis "Raven" is a finished gem?a diamond sl .vithout a Haw. We must estimate excellence 11 >y quality, not by mere quantity. Pue's Ra- ' en will rank with the productions of theereat-1 ist authors ? witli Milton's Paradise Lost anil w Homer's I Iliad, in history we have Marshall. b lis life ol' Washington will always remain a nonnment of accuracy, ami clearness, anil nental energy. In the novel, we have Siuis " md Kennedy. Their writings are as familiar 0 the general reader as those even of Cooper, n itid more frmiliar than those of any other ' loveli-t. Kennedy's "Horse Shoe Kobinsou" tas been more extensively read and more genirally admired than any book which has issued from the American press. In the essay, we ~ lave Wirt. I lis graceful and elegant style " > I aces him in the same rank with Addi>on, and I steelo, and .Johnson. I lis "Hritish Spy" is al- c eady classical. In astronomy and navigation, b >y far the most distinguished American is t' jiout. Maury, a Southerner, lfo has confer- h cd more benefits upon the commerce of the h :ountry than any man in it. His reputation <1 Iocs not pale beforo that of foreign savons, <1' nd it he lives to an extendid age, lie will rank ll* villi the Arngos and the Hcrsehels of Kuropc. '' 11 tlie art of war the greatest generals of Anie- w iea have all been Southerners. Washington, ackson, Scott and Taylor, besides, many a d evolutionary name prove this fact. In the cieuce of government, the. South has always j H cd the North by many a rod. Jefferson, Mr 1 ad i.son, Monroe, (lay, Calhoun, are the high j (' uiest of our Republic. There are few names j t. the North which are worthy of mention with ! w liese. In oratory our lVestons, Henries and s' lay ncs need fear no competition lor the palm I ci f glory. 'J'lius, in whatever department we I iistitute a comparison, it will be seen that the j Iniltll line ClitlTfktu liooi. l PaiiM ii a 1>i.? tu 'VVIVM I>|? ' ovi?i?/lll Ijnil ntXUIIU* W/UIU >1 U I'll I v' earn to view subjects in morals, literature or "I Kilitics through our own spectacles instead of ' > earthing Noitheut cities for mediums, we ould hoar 110 more of this vaunted superioi ity. rom Patrick Henry to Henry Cla}', from Washington to Taylor, from Jefferson to Calam, the South has given the greatest into] cts to America. She will not now dcgencre. Iler influence is now paramount. The st man in the administration of the country j\v is a Southerner, and the country luoks to ic South for the incoming administration.? /hence comes the political preponderance int we have always exercised? .Much of it to be traced to the* institution of slavery, as e may show at some other time.? Southern 'ntcrprhe. 'lie Proposed Agricultural Convention of the Slavcliolding Slates. At the last meeting of the Southern Central j^i itui iuuw wutiuij j c* v^uu > uiitiuu v/? ic slavcholding States was apf?ointed to take lace at Montgomery, Ala., on the first Monay in May next and a Committee ol Corresandence appointed, to forward the proposed itcrprise. The following is the circular isled by the committee. Lexington, Ga., Feb. 3, 1853. Sir:?At a meeting called by the Execuve Committee of the Southern Central Agriultural Association, in Macon, Ga., on the 1st of October, 1852, attended by a large amber of the State Society ol Georgia, and y delegates from "Virginia, South Carolina, labama, Mississippi, Florida, Tennessee and lOuisiana, the following resolutfons were Joptcd: Resolved, That the members of the Agricnljra 1 Association of the slavcholding States, > be organized as hereinafter recommended, e composed of such citizens of the same as iking an interest in Agriculture desire to bonne members thereof; and of delegates from tatc and Local Agricultural Societies; and o!ii States or parts of States. Resolved, That such persons as above dcignated, are recommended to convene at iuntgomery, Alabama, on the first Monday i May next, and to organize an Agricultural association of the Slavoholding States, under jcli provisions as to them may appear best alculated to fulfill the purposes of their oranization, which shall hold its meetings in accession, in all the Slavcholding States that tay participate in the Association. Resolved, That a committee of Corrcsponence, to consist of seven, be appointed to car y into cfleet the foregoing resolutions. Acting under the third resolution, the unersigned respectfully invite your attention, nd solicit your co-operation and influence in romoting the great and important interest ivolved in the subjects which will engage the ttention of the contemplated assemblage in lontgomcry. To us it is manifest that great advantages lav reasonably be expected to residt from peiodical meetings of persons, or representatives f persons cultivating the soil of the South nd West having a common interest in the institutions, Productions, Commerce, Manuicturcs and Education of the Planting States. 'I he chief objects of'such an Association, it ; presumed, would be? To improve our own agricu'ture, yielding eculiar productions through the agency of a ormal labor; requiring a distinct economy, nd dependent on a climate of its own. Todcvelope the resources and umlo and rinihiiiu the energies of the Slave Holding tales, so as to increase their wealth,. power nd dignity, as members of the Confederacy, 'o enlist and foster those scientific pursuits, hich reveal to us the elements and character r ?,.:i. ? -i r .i I UUI auii^, IIIMIUL'L US 111 IIJC [irVSl'Ul'L' HI lllUM*. lagazines of fertilizers which natuVe has with o bountiful and considerate a hand provided )r the uses of the industrious and the enterrizing; and search out the histories and habs of the insect tribes which destroy, it is be eved, annually a fifth of our crops, and supply s with a knowledge of them which may enale us to guaid against their future ravages. To promote the mechanic arts, directly and tdireclly auxiliary to agriculture, and by a enerous confidence and liberal patronage, raise lose engaged in them to a social position always the just reward of intelligence, industry ml good conduct. To direct, as far as may he done, public scnment against the barriers which have been artilly raised to cut off our commercial interourse with distant countries, save through such utlets as are supplied by Northern marts, excting tribute upon what we produce and coniime. To exert an influence in establishing a sys>m of common school instruction which will lake Christians as well as scholars of our cliilren ; which, in arming the rising generation ith the instruments of knowledge, will instruct lem also in their proper uses; impressing upII them, from first to last, that (especially liner our form of government) private woith con titutes the aggregate of public good, and that o one can disreilard his duties to those around im without positive injury to himself. These constitute the main purposes for which e appeal to the iudividval and aggregate in rests of Slave holding States to meet us in an .giicultural Convention, in Montgomery, on ic 1st Monday in May next. Your attenance is respectfully and earnestly requested. \V. C'. Daniel, DeKalb county ; Gen. It.Gilic*r, Lexington; Thomas Stocks, Grectiesboro; . Hamilton Comer. Darion: James M. Cham its, I'olumbus; Asbury Hull, Athens. TiieGukkk ok IIomek a Living Language. -An effort, says the Westminister, has been lade by .Mr. IJIackie, Prof, of Greek in the ?Diversity of Edinburgh to reform the pronouniation of Greek in that University, lie is . aching bis students to pronounce Greek as icy do in Greece, insisting that it is not a dead ut a living language?as any one may see, by tolling at a Greek newspaper. Prof, lllackio 11 extract from a newspaper printed last year t Alliens, giving an account of Kossuth's visto America, from which it is evident that ic language of Homer lives in a purity to Inch, considering the extraordinary duration fits literary existence?two thousand live hunred years at least?there is 110 parallel perhaps 11 the face of the glove. After noticing a few itliiig modifications, which distinguish modern out ancient Greek, he states as a fact, that in nee columns of a Greek newspaper of the ear 1N.V2 there does not certainly occur three on Is that are not pure native Greek; so very iglilly has it been corrupted from foreign sour'S, Pi.\n Cotton.?Twenty lwo hales Jethro itton, from the plantation of Wilds Kolh esq., Morgan county, were sold yesterday by Mr. . Hopkins, at 1(5 coiils, A u (jus to Constitutionalist. Australia. A pamphlet has just been published in New 1 York, containing in a brief form, a variety of ; information respecting this new gold region. The Courier furnishes the following editorial : notes of its contents : There are four direct settlements in Austra- : lia, or New Holland, each claiming more or less attention from the American and English, viz: 1. New South Wales, on the eastern side 1 (so called from a slight resemblance to South 1 Wales in Great Britain.) This colony was t founded in 17S7, as a penal settlement. II. ? Western Australia, or Swan River, founded in t the year 1S29-30. 111. South Australia, or i Port Adelaide, founded in 1S35 '30. IV. Port c Philip, or Victoria, tying to the Southeastern i point of the Island, founded in 1830. y The gold regions lie in the first and fourth settlements above named, viz: New South Wales and Port Philip. These arc adjoining each other, and are in the southeast portions of the j' Island, between the latitude 30 dcg. and 28 t deg. 45 min. South, and the meridian 113deg. s 10 min. and 153 dog. East of Greenwich. The 1 area of the whole Island is estimated at 2,090,- 810 square miles, and the coast line at nearly i 8000 nautical miles?equivalent to more than three-fourths the extent of Europe. < The climate of the whole territory is remark- i ably salubrious, as is shown by the general i health of the many Europeans employed with i the exploring expeditions with the tropics, who ! < are exposed to the scorching sun, and provided ' i with scanty shelter at night, and miserable i ] lood. Numerous facts indicate the excessive . dryness of the central portions of the Island, ( where the fleece of the sheep taken by the ex- ( plorers ceased to grow. ( In New South Wales, January is the middle of summer, and July is in the midst of winter. ] The summer extends from December till March, j when the thermometer ranges from 08 to 78 deg. The average temperature of spring is 05 dcg, summer 72 dcg, autumn 00 deg, win- } tor 55 deg. The winter is of a bracing cold.? . ... . o , ? ncss, Willi occasional irosts ai ovuney anu snow in llic interior. As instances of the remarkable healthiness of that region, it is stated that not more than five or six sick persons will be generally found in a community of twelve hundred, and at some military stations seven years have elapsed without the loss of a man. Rain at times falls in heavy and continuous torrents. At one period of twenty-four hours in Port Jackson, the fall was twenty-five inches; and ten or fifteen feet obovc the ordinary level of a river is not an unusual height during the rainy season. In New South Wales, the whole line of coast presents in general an aspect of bold and perpendicular cliffs of sand stone, lying in horizontal strata. In addition to the vast treasures of gold existing in both settlements of New South Wales and Port Philip, copper and iron have been found, with extensive mines of coal. The seams of coal are distinctly visible in the abrubt face of the cliffs near the harbor of New Castle, and can be distinctly traced for a distance of nine miles. According to .Mr. Pattison, who has published some notices of the country, a mine has been opened where steel "is dug from the earth with little boring and of endless extent." The first discovery of gold in the new regions of Australia has been attributed to a shepherd boy, who after selling his gold at the city, returned t*o seek for more, hut was followed bv others, and is supposed to have been murdered. Dr. Clutterbuek saw as early as 1810, native , gold in the workshop of a watch maker at .Melbourne. Sir Roderick J. Murehison had* given his opinion that gold existed extensively in Australia ; but it was not lully developed or made known until February, 1851, when it was found in abundance in Brisbane county, lying about 100 miles northwest of Sydney, the chief town of New South Wales. At this period, three blocksof quartz were discovered, weighing about 224 lbs., the product of which in pure gold was 10t> pounds, and was sold in Bathurst for ?4,*240 sterling. In September following, gold was extensively found also in the colony of Victoria or Fort Philip. In this district was found the largest lump yet discnvered, and called 'the King of the Nuggets,' from Forest Creek, Mount Alexander, and weighed *27 lbs. G oz. 15 dwts. This was a massive lump of pure gold, of a fine color, and measured eleven inches in length and five in breadth. Tm: Ciiaiilottk Road a$d Unitkd Status Mail.?We are sorry to seo that the Government lias refused to accede to the reduced rates at which the Chailotte Railroad Company proposed to transport the mail. We cannot conceive why this Company should not be as well remunerated as any other, their transportation is safer and surer than on far the majority of railroads in the Hinted States; and yet even when the Company consent in a spirit of accommodation to lower terms, they are required to change the time of departure so as not only to injure themselves, hut to seriously incommode the very people for whose benefit the road was constructed. The cars leaving Columbia at 5 o'clock in the afternoon would arrive in Charlotte about 11 o'clock at night. Fersous wishing to go a short distance on the road would lie compelled to lose a night's repose or forego the pleasure ??f steam locomotion for the oldfashioned method of horse power, through mud or clouds of dust, as the weather may be wet or dry. Even at 8200 per mile the Company would lose by leaving at that hour of the day. We agree with the Carolinian that this rigid economy is out of place. Millions can lie expended for Collins' steamers and Northern railroads, and other moneyed associations, who have immense wealth with which they can se -1. ..-LI, J 1_ 1 .... *1 cure uieir uoruusumiuie aemuuus, out me just j interests of a company here are to be disregards], even at the expense of the welTare and desires of the people of this State and North Carolina who are most concerned. If the Charleston ears would leave earlier, then such mi arrangement inigiit approximate the wishes of all. This is the last act of retiring "Whiggery.? Adieu! we wish you ease and pleasure in the long period of retirement which awaits you; we hail with delight tho brilliant rays of hope and promise which have already been reflected from the rising sun.? Winnaboro Register. Tiik Hi:ai;tiki;i..?Always strive to sec something beautiful, even if it is a handsome woman; beauty is a child of tho skies?the autograph of Heaven. Welcome and cherish it in every star, in every I lower, in every face, in every sky, in every rippling rill, in every gem ?and thank (lod for its existence in the earth ?feast your eyes upon it wherever you find it; for it improves the heart in its contemplation, ami softens the asperities of man's sordid nature. * 0LI)f (Caittkn lUffhl^ Journal Tuesday, March 1, 1&53. THO. J. WARREN, Editor. A Freshet. In consequence, we presume, of heavy rains abov is, our River has been very high?transcending it rnunds by several feet?and overflowing the lowland o a considerable extent. It really seems as if freshet ire more common with us now-a-days, and the plauta ions along the river are all the time iir danger of be ng overflowed. Of course the damage at this tim :aniiot bo a great deal, but later than this would de ange the plans and operations of our planters ver rreatlr. The Cars. In consequence of the recent freshet, and the was! ng up of a portion of the Columbia Road, near the Coe jaree River, the Cars have failed to reach Camden fo several days at their appointed time,' and our mail save been late and irregular. The high water in ou [liver prevented the cars from crossing on Saturda; lfternoon, and we had no mail. Sunday's mail did not reacli here until four o'clocl dii Monday morning. The water, we understand, whei the Kngine came over, without the cars, on the Wa teree trestle, was eighteen inches higher than th rails?the experiment was of course a highly dangei )us one. The past season has been very much agains the Railroad, and its condition from Branchvillo to Co lumbia and Camden, is said to be very bad. TVe an iwarc that the Company have been sorely pressed, and that under the circumstances it could hardly be expect Ml that the direction could do more than they hav lone. '"Tis vain to seek in men for more than man;" but yet, wo are so apt to think that things might b improved. "We think that on our part of the road w hp ve scarcely had a fair showing. Of course we hav 110 right to expect as much attention as others, becaus we do not pay attention to ourselves. Xo man lias right to expect others to care for him, if he manifesl no regard for liis own well being; neitner nave a cu or town the right to expect prosperity unless they pi forth efforts to accomplish it. What a business migl have been done here last winter, if our market roai had been good. A Plauk Road to North Carolii might have secured, and would doubtless secure a immenso tiadc to Camden. And the experience of tl past season, relating to tho Columbia and Chariot Road, assures us, that we would scarcely have felt tl difference between a road being there and none at al We believe strongly in a Plank Road, and regard i importance as very great to Camden. So far from i being a dull idea, or chimerical, it is plain, practica every day common sense. Our increased comtnercii prosperity would, we doubt not, amply sustain 01 view. Talk about a Rail Road to Lancaster, and w have nothing more to say. Our friends there canm blame us for not being in favor of the project; if the do, we cannot help it. Wo arc opposed to the raci sure. Madame Bishop. We received a letter containing an advcrtisemei announcing that Madame Axxa Risiiop, would give Concert at Temperance Hall on this, Tuesday evenin; A Telegraphic dispatch, however, states that it will 1. postponed. Wc suppose (he Concert will take pla< on Wednesday or Friday evening. Newspaper Loafers. Mkax.?For a man to loaf his reading off his neigl bors. Mk.vxek still.?To pretend to dislike tho paper, an yet try to beg it from the carrier. Meanest of All ?For a white man to borrow froi ? 7..til.. (Inrlrov li;W fillip fn rp:i it himself. Southern Agriculturalist. This excellent Magazine is again on our table. Ti February number gives promise of great improvcmei in this work. We arc very much pie sed with frier Storks' handsome monthly. The matter of the boo seems equally good, and we have reason to expect larj success for the Southern Agriculturalist. At least v hope so. How very seldom it happens, said one friend to a other, that we find editors that are bred to the busiues Very, replied the other, and have you not roniarki how seldom the business is bread to the editors. The Archbishop of llesacon has published on the o easion of Lent a ' inandeinent," in which he dwells c the non-observance of the Lord's day. lie maitituii that "temporal visitations, such as the failure of crop tli. bankruptcy of traders, &c., aro the consequent and the chastisement thereof." As an example 1 cites hotel keepers; they, lie says, for having supplic their guests with meat 011 the fast days ordered by tl Church, have seen the pestilence of railways fall t them, and their houses are no longer frequented 1 crowds, as tlioy wore when people travelled on foe on horseback or even in stages. A bill in the Illinois House of Representatives 1 abolish capital punishment was defeated on the 9th ii slant by one vote. Next day the vote was recousii ered, and the bill amended so as to make the penal! merely imprisonment for life. The question then r eurring on its passage, it was again defeated by a vo of 27 ayes to 11 i.ays. Foreign Immigration from Kuropo to the Unite States has, it is thought, roaeliod its climax during tl year '52, aiul will, in future, as it has already dot during the months of the present year just passed, coi IIIIUU ID UCCHUO, OWUlg 10 lliu UlirUl'UUHS Ul ilUSH till the improvement in the prospects of labor in Europ ami other causes. Mr. Everett is negotiating a Consular Treaty wil Franee; which will soon he sent to the Senate; als an International Copyright Treaty with the same 0 vernment, the terms of which are to bo similar totlio: between Franee ami England. Mobile Postmaster.?The defaulting post ofth official at Mobile, Mr Sands, has been held to bail the sum of $r>,000 for his appearance before court. T1 Postmaster, Mr. lleers, is also arrested on the eh an. of default. His examination has not yet taken place Advices from Tampieo, dated tho Oth instant, stat that Ex-President Arista had arrived there on the -It instant, en rout?, it was said, lor Matanzas. Hisintei tions were the subject of much i.mosity. Spanish Noiui.itv.?According to the Spanish la' daughters inherit titles of nobility, and preserve thci not only while they retain their family name, but tram mit them, in marrying, to their husbands, l'hus Xt polcon 111. will receive the title of nobility from tli head of M'llo Montijo's family. Woman's rights are sometimes recognised in Rossi The Huchess of Leuchtenberg has just been chosen I preside over the Imperial Academy of Sciences. Mr. Edwin Bates has invented a railway break tin will stop a train, going at twenty miles speed, with a distanco ef eighteen icct. 1 i Tiik Fhksiikt.?We are extremely sorry that another freshet, though scarcely deserving : the name, when compared with that of August last, siiouiu now interpose any obstruction to the transit of passengers and freight over the Charleston Railroad, as it tends to cheek seriously the spirit erf industry which is bounding forward, and promises an unparalleled spring e business to our great metropolis. This disas3 ter came upon us almost unawares; for the ^ s fact of the Congaree having passed its banks 3 was scarcely known or dreamed of, so unfre ' quent are these occurrences, and so much are " we in the habit of taking as a matter ot course e the prompt arrival and departure of our rail- " !* road trains. On Friday the swell of water ^ )' was within four or five feet of the fresh of 18- ^ 40*-until last year regarded the highest of this century?and, had the ra:n not ceased so opportunely, beyond reasonable doubt we should I have been involved in the predicament of last '* summer. This sudden warning should serve r as an admonition to the railroad authorities to j 3 urge forward the permanent structure over the ^ r Congaree; and such wisdom of engineering y should be expended upon it as will insure its stability, even should it be called upon to euk dure the severe tests of the past. II Until the waters subside the full damage l" cannot be ascertained ; but we can readily be- | e lieve that a short lime only will be necessary '* to place the road in its former working condit linn ;inrl flms rnnnw miinlnrritnfpd colllinUlll ?., ? - -r _ ? i- cation, which can now only be effected through e the agency of flats in the transportation of !, passengers and mails, and involving considera ; ble delay at that._ c No damage has been sustained by the Green- ' ville Road, the cars on which run regularly both ways.?South Carolinian. ?~? u e The Govcruor's Review. ~ c The Military parade and review yesterday, :c both for the number and the character of the a troops composing it, was the most brilliant [3 and attractive that has been witnessed in y Charleston for many years. It comprised the lt Fourth Regiment of Cavalry, Lieut. Col. Inalt bind; th First Regiment of Artillery, Col. James Simons; the Sixteenth Regiment of ia Infantry, Col. J. Charles Blum; and the Sev- enteenth Regiment of Infantry, Col. John Cunningham. Iu addition to these were the visitre 'ng company from Augusta, the Clinch Rifles, Capt. Wilson, who by their fine soldierly appearance, formed a most attractive feature in the parade; and the Citadel Cadets, who were ts out in strong force, and who,as always is their td wont, excited feelings of admiration for them1 selves, and pride for the institution of which they are the ornaments. ir At an early hour his Excellency Gov. Man- ^ "e ning and Staff visited the Clinch Rifles, at their 51 quarters, and welcomed them to the State. Shortly after the Rifles marched to the parade a" ground of the Washington Light Infantry, and, \ in conjunction with the Union Light Infantry, Washington Artillery, and Citadel Cadets, escorted that company to the Hibernian Hall, 11 wheic, after a fervent and eloquent prayer by a Ri v Whilffnnrd Smith. an oration was deliv ereil by the Rev. Dr. Gilnian, upon the life and ,0 character of Gen. Washington. At the con c elusion of this the companies joined the lliigade parade, and marched to the Washington Race Course, for review and inspection. The Governor was escorted to the Review '* Ground the Charleston Light Dragoons. Conspicuous among his brilliant and glittering Staff by the tasteful simplicity of his uniform ?which, in our opinion, was as appropriate as 11 it was becoming?and mounted on a beautiful l(* blooded cl arger, which he managed with equal grace and fearlessness, Gov. Manning made a most favorable impression. After reviewing and inspecting the troops in line and on the march, they were formed in a hollow square, j and his Kxcellency, in eloquent terms, express1 ed his gratification at the incidents of the day, and paid them a high compliment on their ap. =? pearancc and discipline j he concluded with a e felicitous allusion to the presence of the volunteers from a sister Slate, and the satisfaction n it afforded Carolinians to stand shoulder to shoulder with them. Ilis remarks were re, ceivcd with enthusiastic cheers, and Dy none were tliey given with a more hearty good will ^ than by the Clinch Rifles, c- The Review having terminated, the troops m took up their line of march for the city; and is the rain, which had been threatening the enis, tire day, and occasionally giving a slight forces taste of its quality, now coming down with a ie toosencss that was any thing but agreeable to j d those without umbrellas, the pace was considie eratily accelerated, and with brief ceremonial, >a the nu n were dismissed to ttieir homes. At night, the brilliant ball of the Washington Light Infantry, in honor of the Clinch Rifles, came oil", and we noticed our Augusta friends, notwithstanding the fatigues of the to day, as bright and as merry as larks. The n- dancing and feasting were kept up until a late I.: lu?ur.? Charleston Mercury. o-1 Correspondence of the Camden Journal to; Washington, Feb. 22, 1853. j 'l'lic anniversary of the birth-day of the FaI tlier of our country will be celebrated to-day, d with much eclat. A grand military display will ic come off to-day, and a magnificent ball will ie close the festivities. Many of the fair daugha tors of Baltimore have arrived in this city for a, 1 the purpose of gracing the " scene of revelry" c, with their presence. Old bachelors and young sprigs cf mortality have ordered fancy suits "es- > pecinlly ' for the occasion, and a star cotillion tli band will -'discourse sweet sounds" for the lovo, ' ers of the mazy dance, to trip the "light fantaso tie toe." Those "scenes" have long since lost *o their pleasures to ns, Mr. Editor, and our "soft eves" have forgotten how to "look love to eyes that speak again." We will take our places :o; on the outside scats, and relate to attentive in youngsters the many exploits wo had with some io i fair haired lass when "we were young." r0 i The President elect will arrive in this city on tomorrow, and has engaged rooms at WilI lard's. Ofiico seekers are as plentiful as blackt0 j berries, and are moving heaven and earth to ,l j secure profitable appointments. The Cabinet is still unknown, though those of the gentlemen who rumor says will form a part of the select club, have been in the city some days. kV | Dobbin, of N. C., is liero, but it is not known " I whether he will go in the Cabinet or the Senate, i-1 lie has boon appointed to the last named post 10 by Cow Re id, to succeed Mr. Mangum, whose term expires on the 4th of March. Mangum has almost become a " fixture" in the Senate, ^ and I fear this sudden parting from his idol 0 will break his heart. 44 Change" is written on all earthly things, and thereforo ho must sublet mit to this fiat of his State. It is said he inin tends running for the State Senate, hoping to get back to Washington, but whiggery has