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Illisrrllnnrnus Hrrcs. Title C:v:!i>"U'53 Tn-.'^y. The f li.-w message '.v.?s i-a-ivi'd frnni the Pre i h-iit ;' the U;.iv! Stat ?.? m; mi C:ltir.? :i trenty K-'wich 'i- f": *ti<1 >'tv!n! Amorie :? : \ ) Mvxi-v 'i !. i,I i r ?it tho ri'v i.-t" i)i-> ."ni't'r .'> r<3 the c.v. I transmit \h Si-uat-\ f-.r its e.msidera tion, with a view to i\.t:flt*iisi -n. a treaty i? tweeii the United Si.it. s <.f \ i;e;i.--. .v 'i tin Mex icati rcpc.hliie, sig-.d b\ t. e i';.;.i;n i jiries of the' respective | ?-T it's, in I ho citv o| Mexico, oil tin- 30th day "f December Inst ? Certain amendments are propose'!, as hereinafter specified, \ iz : in order l?? make the <!u ties and obligations, siipii!at'''J in the seeomi article, reciprocal, it is p.np?>*od to add to that article the following : "'Aral the government of .Mexico agrees that the stipulation* contained in this article, to he performed h\ the United States, shad he reciprocal, and Mexico slia'l he under iike obligations to the United States and the citizens thereof', as those herein imposed upon the latter in favor of the Republic of Mexico and Mexican citizens." It is also recommended that for the third article of the original treaty, the following shall he adopted as a substitute: In consideration of the grants received by the United ?Stat-'s, ami the obligations relin quished by the Mexican republic, pursuant to this treaty, t!:c former agree to pay the latter the sum of fifteen millions dollars in g"!<l or silver coin, at the Treasury at Washington, one fifth of the amount on the exchange of the ratification of the present ftva'y ;it Washington atid the remaining fimr-lifths in m nithiy instalments of three millions each. with interest at the rate of six per cent per annum, until the whole be paid ; the Government of the United States reserving the light to pay up the whole sum cf SI3,0;iO,000 at an earlier date, as may to it be convenient. The United States also agree t-> a-?nme all the claims of their citizens against the Mexican republic, which may have ari-en under the treaty, or the law of nations, since the date of the signature of the maty of Gaudalnpe. And the Mexican rephulic agrees to exhotmrate the United States of America from all claims of Mexico or Mexican citizens, wlii(h may ha?'e arisen under the treaty or the law of nations, since the date of the treaty of Gaudalupe, so that each government, in the most formal and effective manner, shall be exempted and exhonorated of a 1 such obbgatious to each oilier respectively." 1 also recommend that trie Sth article be modified by st itiiag all after tin- word at tempts, in th-: "23-i iine that article. The part to be si<1 . 't ! is to be as fn'e v. - : They tiiutua y d . < . :l ' selves, in ;,1 e., , - T ,. ( which may in>t have tu-en prevn ten through - the the civil authorities before formation, to aid with the Naval ami M diary. t"?r< es on due notice being given by tlie aggrieved party of aggressions of the citizens and subjects of the other,so that the lawless adventurers may lapursued and overtaken on the high seas, their elements of war destroyed, and the deluded captives held ri sponsible in tln-ir persons, and meet with the meiind retiibutiou inflicted by the laws of nations againt aii such disturbers .1. _ J I :. . > oi uie [leuue aim nappincss 01 comiguoiis ami friend! \ powers? it being understood that in all cases of sueccss'ul pursuit and capture, tlie delinquents so captured shall he judged and punished by the Governincnt of that nation to which the vessel capturing them may belong, conformable to the laws of Nations. At the close of the instrument it will also be advisable to substitute the 7Stli for 77th year of the independence of the l\ S. (Signed) Franklin Pierci?. Washington, Feb. 10th, 1S54. Awful Death.?A most tragical tale is told of the suffering of three soldiers of a detachment of the GOth Kegiinent now stationed at Tortola, and a black man. who got into about with the soldiers with the intention of deserting, and going over to Crab Dlaml, ami from thence, as opportunity offered, to America. After a while, the wind arbing, they were driven out of their course, and so remained in the open boat for several days without lb? d or water. At length one of the soldiers proposed to draw lots, that one should he killed to furnish food for the others. They did so. and th<? lot fell upon Thomas Puck ley, oi.e of the soldier?, who forthwith bound uj his arm. and opein d a vein to bleed hims?!f to death; one of the others, and the black ma:: -tick*-'! bis ??l, -mil after wards went I'uvii g mad. and jumped into the sea. Buckley al>o died, and there remained ?"? only one -oldier out of the partv in die boat. William L" <>' . <* " -! '.! " d i r ? to tin- .1. 1.1- . :: t . f t.a t 1; : his fa'*- t.e III e ' ' . ! ' blood bee., .a Rj| ' tVli . r- hlcom!:..: was Ui.?cti r . the ri i - . ?iv? b to the Lt.Ji-v (.' . .to a, . . r relate n of th e* . . i- v. ^ sent bio-I; *o i !i ii t': o . The Psalms.? The genius of the psalms i.< the genius <>f the principal author, v* 11 ? lias given them name ;t: <) chara< tor. I lie on!lection, as it exists in our Uihlc, U?o he regarded as the IIe!?r?:*? Anthology, or fa rhrij.s i.:<"C lit!y, as the hymn hook of the li<hie\v church. David is named in the titles as the chief writer although six names are given in addition to his. Seventy-one of th<* one hundred and fifty are expressly ascribed to him. What is his genius? Its elmt characteristic is eminently this?the power to eml/ndy every emotion < t the heart in language and imagery, at onee -im pie, "iaphi'\ exalted, lie uses tho t'uuiJiar <.! r . i r !ii. jccts "J tiuiuiu as hi* itijinain-i ??i ? \j ati<i t.to.-', hills iimiiiitaiiis, spas. h-awni t. !d--. >, r.ii!1.'!' tin vcs at his !'i<it!ing, In*Coimr iiiltTpi't-Ts of his s??nl. Kvcr\ statu ? ! fti'lif.y Ii is its speaking iinairorv.? l(rv S. Oxgood. Suture !i::s lipr Iji'st mole of <!<?ini? overj thinir grid lias Kiuiiewhere told if. hamadi fiii* farmer aiai?, ami flm fooiMi citizen learns f<t take Ids ("tuiiN.'l. Vt.u must oxpccl bci'J of flu' saint1 kiinj viiii vou*. * ' ' < * - (In* ( .nit: r? i cii'if i .f ita? i>rn. ,\ I.ill 1" iniiw.i ....i.. . ,1... . .. ptctit Iroiii MiUi'dyovillo 10 Macon, ha* pas-Hal flic FIohvj of lieprcfcfifnttvi's of tli.il bv |1k< if fi' of llio SpfajuT From the Washington Star. Itie'.v* ;>?tl Gossip. j i! No PiTcii ilor.?It is impossili o t<> ki-ci); r } secrets in c<>n!urii<>n with public a Hairs in is i astnugtnn. wiiiio i ji'Ti' ait* >o many |>ie - " : ty worn. ii to cajole I'M Senators out of their ( \ wits, tin* Semp e had belle: give up holding t*\- ! f> * u ivo M's-i.-tis, m l?v lalo they presciilu Ii pi <;ii | ! i?'< i >h..!! be j> it <*n tin* m<>ut!i ! C ! ui'ewn s-'eji.v.ur. Ami liu-n t!?? angels would v | manage t" gel it off, ami tlieir secrets wtntltl j Ii i >u?'l! be exposed. j I: ! 1 ite Smitiiein Whigs tif Congress ha,] a can- | <] i*?i> 'Hi lilt! (lav before ye?ti*rda\", at which ail j ii I i'ii? liii>a* or (bur attended? Mess:s. Morton, I o ' ; ol I'i.t.i.la, IVarce, *il .M l , Clayton n| Del., j j ami l?vii nl I eiiu., being, it i* siid. t:i'! abseu- j ? j t.i o>. I lie National iii11* 1!*y?*iic*?*i ami it* | >: course in) the Xebin-ka question ami sla-j tl {very ii gem-ral wvn* brought oil the lapis, i U j ami Senator Toombs of (iemgia ollereil a res- | ! 1 olu'ioti denouncing ami repudiating that press, j ti I which was unanimously adopted by a 1 present. I w A portion of th<:ili.~,-?it ab -ve named, it i- I | kiiowu agree with equal cordiality to that verJ diet. |\ | Senator Toombs, .Madam Rumor whisper- t< j eth, made a speech dissolving?not the Union, b I but the good old Whig party, and to that end I; j maintained the doctrine of secession with great f, earnestness. It seemed, on the canva-s had at [ this meeting, the State of the obi Whig party 1 b I in the Senate, that there is a quartette of Sen I j utora (to list-the report *d expressions of Mr. j h ; Toonihs) "infected wit!i the abolition itch : ;md M | it is reduced to a certainty in the present state ' ; i of the political atmosphere, that that disease is j | ii->t infectious iior contngius. M esse is Everett, ' Wni'li*. Fisli :sml Sewaid, arc those gentlemen,! ( ; just enough to dance a stag cotiilion. We hen1 ! u ! 'Iiat Mr. Toomlis moved that the "shattervied i p j fragments*1 or debris?to quote him again? j\ I of thn old Whig party, our venerable and A J highly esteemed cotempmarics of the Intelli J ; geticer, (sacreligiously) included?should be 11 ; assigned, aleniated, eufcofod, remissed, releas-' r, I od, conveyed and confirmed unto the said lid- j Y , ward Everett and company. par.ies < f the last j ;i| Ipait to the only proper use, and, hciiolit, j h, , and behoof of thorn, their heirs and assigns for ji< j ever in fee simple. je I low nil this leaked out, if .Mr. Tombs onj quires, and we take a fancy to answer, and he j may be informed. t< Tub Catholic Catiirural.?On the Sev | '^( cnteenth street, opposite Logan Square, N. V. I al there is slowly thing one of the grandest and ! Cl most majestic edifices ever dedicated to reli- j gious purposes in America. We allude to the I!l I Catholic Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul.!"' i S. veral years have already been occupied in J 8< I tin erection of (his magnificent Church, and 1 ^ j vet. we cannot tix the dale of i;^ coinpleiion i '' S i, asdve i- ?-vei ? pur i> u of v.hat is a r>.td\ j (' | c r e ' t ' t . a* if ?' t (II la Is ; t? ie.i i in viciiai.ee oi oil ipidaiiug rini". -- j i'he trout will be very iinpodng, convex ingi more ot'tlie idea of solid grandeur that ofauv * other church in the city. The material of wiiirn the whole exterior ol llie structure will ' he composed i.s a dark brown-stone, which har ai inonizcs pci foctly with the general effect of the design. The work seems slow in its progres sion. Hot when t lie charnctor of the building j is considered, together with the vast expense i incurred ill its erection, it will ho admitted that a more rapid progress could not he expected.? j ^ j Many years mav elapse before thiscatliedr.il is j el ! ready for dedication ; but when it is complete, il i ' < ! will be a structure of which any city might be proud. 01 I , (l| Ocu Railroads.? Letters were received j th this morning from (Jcnerul Wallace and Mr. : ty Hubbard at Nashville bringing the gratit\ing <p intelligence that the House of Representatives I had concurred in the amendment of the Senate, to the omnibus bill, which provides one hnn- b: dred thousand dollars for each railroad bridge i" necessary to be built over the Tennessee, Hoi- n< i ston and Clinch rivers. This together with the b< ' ?111,000 per mile provided for the iron and j bi j equipments will give to llie Knoxville and ti< I Charleston road state bonds to the aim tint of j ;,i j ?(550,000 and in one event 8200,000 more; tr j to the Knoxville and Kciitnclu road S'700,000. This amount of bonds together with the pre-, mium thereon which the companies may real a: iz" places the construction i f the two roads I' j beyond all continf/ciicy whntircr. Surely we 1? have reason to rejoice that our dchgation in tli I the LffjKla lire have achieved so iniu li lor East 1 Tennessee, and in the bright prospects -o ra T j sfil_) opening before us.?Kno.r i//r li>>/ijtcr. ; la ' to Tits 1*001: I'.- Ijski.am).?Tiie Limerick He ''' per or !i > the lb lowing I ;i::i-t ite . pe*. j peeling the spread < ! iii>tre>? in that ipiarter, ,v I coiisefjueiit'jjKiii tile ein)! itn>us advance in the 111 j psb-e of all kind* o| iov.b<iii? : ^ '' { X'I'I-IIK*. U e i e?? r Job ! ;i.?\v\ . V ? j i In j''.. ot.<,o i.'i.o.-; ' . 8 s in .. ? p a v I!? . i ; d ?11!. ; .. n e >n ta?* . ..i.i . . . ' tit it ... i ?*' 1.1 >* i.i i.. hi-..i ?... mi- * l v #. ii. ; iS. 'i e.-t-. r.i.iv IJ(M) ;ii(| lic.tii - twiv re-.. iv?*<J \i i" ; ' M' I < i . *i i oi ,t > t ;:Si t* . ot l.ttnu -*iI ?1. t>, in !;n- !iv ; 1 ? .!<> i|s t' beggUfs .Il.l'rill tliO -irofla, il is 1 (eerta m that !.:.m!hiI> mom will have to seek a j a i.-Im-.- within lie- woik house walls before i the lapse of another week, unless a Savorablu j inrii should take place on the Kastein question. ! I'ho riiiir ' hi-se.s are i??*t nuieh b>-tter nil' v ! than tinwho are int'? the poor house. With the exception of a few establishments; tlie wages given (Joes not average more titan 1>. 4<1. u day. We believe in one or two eases it 11 amount:-to Is. 6<l. a (lay ; but the general aver ^ age is Is. 4d. if not less This is, we pro- ? . noimcp, no lemoneration whatever, under pros- :i lent circumstances, lor the laborer, without | whom the emj bv-r cannot carry on liis 'nisi I' j less ; awl v.e have lie.'till < ! ti:iuili<-1 less c;im's I' I i:i \v!iirli tli" wrelehed laborer whKs lln'oiio'i '' ! tin- cJav without lood siillieient l<? reeinit his " . |in order to supply the erav in-ps of his ' ! iiiisriablu fumiiy." "l j I. j The Treasury receipts, for tie* hist two j I months have, it is said, exceeded the amount ; ! collected in ! lie forresponding period of (lie pi e- I* ' ! cedi'ij;year by nearly thirty pet cent. Amidst ft 1 | tliis excels of revenue, it h is been askeil what I ' j shall wo do with the aeetimnlatiii? stir'plus of h ! "old in the Stil) tren^ui ies. To relieve the em I ! harras-meiits likely to arise from h>okiii? up so a . j niueli treasuie. it has heen suggested that the e I ! rat idea'ion, without delay, of the Mexican tret- a ty would be as good u process of depletion as , It j cutM bo imagined. , tt (j! ilKKNVI LT.K AMI C'oi.l' M It IA i'Atl.lCOAH. 111 a* scli-d.ii' for the <it\ilIc and Columbia lilroad, \v?! notice t hat the distance Ijv tin.' road : one hundred and forty three and a quarter liics. ami that tin- fare is jioe dollars ami .yet'. nly /ire cents. The cars leave (liven viile at o'clock, a. m , and arrive in Columbia at all" past .'5. [i. in., in lime to take the evening ars for Chailcs'on. Thtidislanee from (Jreeniile to Ch.o le.ston by railroad is about two undred and sixty miles. The route by Spar mbuio to (irectivilie will be about two hum .... i i it...... vvi .. .. ,...? ...... i ITU tlllll I'MIt lllliv.?. * I'v ' I I I ' 'II11 itooj-e alion, it will rival tlie Greenville mad i) account ol tlie distance. Tin* litre ft run partanbing to (*<>ltim)>ia will he about >>!> ;"j0 ?makinir :t dilli-rence i?t" ?-*25 on each pa<tge. 1 In* difference will eati>e a large travel iro g!i our town in the summer season ? iroonville will get. tiie I'are up and Spartan urg will get it down, as far as the low e?-uti y people are concerned. Well, that is about hat we exported.? Carolina Spartan. ? Tiik I'i.oody Ji nor.? Diekeu- gives the j Mowing in a recent chapter of his C'hiid's His 1 try of Iviiglatid, as one of the doin gs of the j Ioody Jellreys: "A worthy widow named iiizahetli Gaunt. was burned alive at Tyburn, rrlmviiig sheltered ;t wretch who m-ive himself vidcnce against her. She settled the fuel about er witii her own hands, So that the H ones I tumid reach her quickh, and nobly said, with er hist breath, she had obeyed thesacred com tattd of (.iiid, to give, refuge to the outcast, I ml not betray the wanderer. Anotiikk Di'ki. in 1'itosi'kt't. ?The French Courier has ;i letter from M. Gaillerdat. who | 'rites that a journal of Caen has foolishly i ithlished a letter from one. of tin* sous of the j larquis de Turgot. the French Minister at ladiid, in which he (the son) ntoiounces hi.? eteroiitiation to go to Madrid and demand ofj le younger Sonic reparation for the wound 'cciu'il by tlie* Marquis in the meeting with ; lr. S<ni!?\ the elder. 1 he wounded combatlit, who is now recovered, will in all lilo linod prevent tin* young man from engaging i this inconsiderate and Don Quixotic pro- > ict. Tiif. Fi.orn QuEsrro:;.?We do not pr*>Il-s~! > he familiar with the intricacies of the Hour 1 title, hut judging from the iinnieu-e stock of! our and wheat which is known to he stored j I the West, and in Canada, the stir; l i- of a j rop unusually abundant, we venture to pre I ict that prices wi I come do.vn w tli the open ! ig of navigation in the spring The export j remind, in the ineatilime, eaniiot he vert imgi j ) hoig as the advance here keeps pare wild leadvanee in Mnglaed, a> it It is done here'j uv, having a veiy small profit to th ex or*, j The. raiir-'.ads are eo i-taut V o-oir'ng i i J Mil S or I (),;!()!) 'i i . eh a A e!i ti g received tn tin- ettv In tin* W . -tern, Fiten jig and 13 ision and Maine roa Is, and the rtlaiid Advertiser says: "Flour is still pouring into Portland from [ontreal. By the piles on Atlantic wharf, id in the store houses, it would seem that -ne hereabouts should be in want of bread.'" Bunion Journal. Political Ffkkct ok tiie Xkbuaska Hill. -Tin: Washington correspondent of the New ork Journal of Commerce, says the political Feet ol' the passage of the Nebraska hill will j' ' To put an end to the old parties, and 'crush it' the coalition of (he Democracy. It will gauize paiti s into I wo divisions, and both of ion) ha>ed on the slavery question. One par and the oilier the abolition party. It is not lite certain which will prevail. But tin* struge is at length seriously begun. AH that has rerhappemd on this question, till the com its from 1S20 down were mere child's play, comparison with what we sec next fall, and _*.\t year and for years to come. There will 3 no more compromises. The old ones will condemned and sot aside. Non-Inlerven. in on one side, and Abolition on the other, e the only two principles on which the e<>nact i< to he made." Tiik Wau Fleets in the Bi.ack Sea.- It pears that it was only a detachment of the tench and English fleets which returned to eicos Bay, and litis movement was mule I'.r I r |Hjr|ji?st* *> rM'firiiijf;, ui>.ii?ivf i lit' i uiiyimi i iivov to I'atnnm witli troops ami provisions. Iii> was accninplislinl successful! v, an<! a; tiic ! st dates tlnj Ttnkisli convoy li.-nJ returned Constantinople. \\ idle, this was ooino on. j if K'l-sian lleet was ?l Kallcr, to rnainlairi j inniuiiiia'ions U'Cuimi lh- Crimen mid'he j n h:.ihs in A-:a. 1 no iiiilm!: ?aip I'uu:j >. o ! el with a ilivi-ion of (lie K'i;?;an il-ei, ami j injiiraf-1 (! commander ll at it inn-' not I h coa-t. ? ?? ..... m in ' r, ..} v.. ..{ J ' ' . ? J . [M ? * I * *, ' i'Vii!f> d "I ! I.an' error !? - ( ?s? i i\u ?eai-? n.?ve . ijiiiv'l. The refusal of ilif l.aoiTtMiie to 1 i^tiict tin* State upon tin: ledt-rai ha-is, we link was high! * ei roiienim; ami itni.M in tii.e:. e leai, prove talai lit us cone-piem e 'A Hii , H-pp i xC'|itioa.?, we heiievo Dial on llu- whole I e- act ion of llic session will lie highly advam ivj.-.iis to the people, lor wliieli tiie ne tuners ' ill receive the plaudits of their constituents. I iie 111:ixi11111111 o| the eiimpeiisntinu to Kail ,oad Companies, transportin" 'he ^'iral Naottal Mails, is fixed l>y the l?i: 1 now la-lore oti^resS at S75 per mile per annum. To those u whieh Mails for the supply of a single State re eariied at per mile per annum; ami to lose which supply merely the country on the articular Kail Koads oil which they are trans oited, a! $:{() per mile per aiinnm. Tint i r a single daily mail. Il a twice a day for lieia-r) service is icoujieo', lln- compeu.-a! o>n i he pio lata, as lor a single daily seivie-hove men!i-uied. I Isese rales are coti>id--raly less than those now paid. ? - * ? Wm. ??II.MouK, SlMMs, Dsu. Our gifted Mow-townsman lias tinished his euur-eof lee ires, four in iiumhcr, on "Poetry and the 'radical," and " I lie ( haraeter of liamlel," eioiv III.' Sinillix-Iiiiiii Instiluli* al W';i?liin^ion. 'lirmij'S ??|" Imtii sox.'S as>eudiled In liear Lint, iid lie ?>:<riic'il tlieir approving snlira^cs, and overcd liitiisfl!' with laurels. 11 ? was ' < > take run North fur a week, and then, nil Ids wav alie, deliver a couple ut lectures at Uieli mini. ? Cuit Cwur. |}r (Comiifn Itfffhlt) Jcnnm!. Tui^day, rcbruary 28, 1851. ! THO. J. WARREN, Editor. ! Editorial Correspondence. Charleston", July 25th, 1S5-1. j We have a cloudy and rainy morning, which does j 1 not suit very well for out-door business matters, and ! ' interferes materially with the comfort of foot passengers, scores of whom may bo seen at every hour and in even street, constantly on the pad. This is a busy I time with merchants and traders. The spring trade hasonened. and our irreat marts and thoroughfares ex- : Iiibit much lift; nnd animation?piles of boxes, bales casks, sacks, fee., being received and sent off. and tlitis the work goes on from morning to uiglit, and a part of the night?a large part, in many instances, is used in j fixing up and arranging Ibr the next day's trade. It | is amusing to pass through the streets?particularly Havnc?and observe with what avidity the merchants I siezc upo.a their victims?we mean customers?how i very attentive they are to their wants, and what facilities are offered for their gratification. It is a hard j matter for a country merchant to pass by unnoticed? ! he is sure to have so much attention paid to lum as to leave hint no room to say, when lie goes back home, that lie was not carefully attended to, or that he was slighted. This charge can nover be made niraiust our city merchants?they arc too wide awake for that, and are all the time emphatically on the l?<>1; out. Merchants and others will find it greatly to their advantage to visit Charleston for purchasing goods.? Extraordinary efforts wili be made, we are sure, to , give Mitisfaetion. There is not much change in cotton?it remains a ; good (leal like the aspiring darkey said, when asked by a young gentleman how Mi>s was?".-he is ; in-stat-u-o-co"?not a bad rcplv that, fi.rii gave at oticc the information generally most desired by young men ?that she was in the former state of single I lesscd- j ness. Talking about ladies, reminds us that there arc any number of attractions on King street: all kinds of all sorts and descriptions of pretty things. t?> take the eye and please the fancy. The lauies know how to ap-I preci.ite these too, for many a little stray dime and half-crown finds its w-iv from their hands into those of I the anxious and polite dealers who arc ever ready to j attend to their numerous calis. There are more ways to 1 spend money in Charleston or in a city than we country [ people dream of, and it requires no ordinary amount of firmness nnd self-denial on one's part to avoid a person' -* " -? ' 1 i ? 1 t ai application01 me out uuuge, m;u a iooj mm ms muuvv is soon parted. In our walks about town, we are very ant to wind up at the Charleston Hote!,wh? re there are i I ample accommodations, elegant parl -rs. coium diotis reading-room facilities, where, of eonr-e, the best paper are found on file: no de-sty forbids our going into further particulars upon this point, and we pass on.? The proprietor suits the place to a fraction, lor ii.- is not. only a very competent judge of what a good ea i torer ought to be, and do. but a general Ms- r up of j til-- el gunf, ornamental and useful, Rather a poor pun. that:?we know it. In musical attractions Mr. Dempster and the Philharmonics have been delighting the people. In the dramatic arena Mrs Mowatt is the admired of scores of admirers, and her farewell tour is creating considerable sensation. She is to he married, it is said, to a Mr Ritchie?-on of the veteran editor?and intends to leave the stage after her present tour is ended She is said to po-scss extraordinary attraction-, and crowd od houses, evidence tlio strongest appreciation oi her talent. It is a pity that her great gifts, for she must be extraordinarily gifted were not more worilii'y em ployed, for a Her all. when she has acquired even more, ?the greatest possible altitude of omitic-nec in the tragic art. and may even dazzle and surpri-e the world yet more by her wonderful liistoriauisni-. what does it all amount to? Will she leave behind her, when the grand finale of a brilliant professional career is played, one sober, substantial evidence that the world has been morally blessed by her advent? Is her fame and glory not ephemeral?1-ko hundreds and thousands of i others who figured upon "life's little stage," and in I their turn pa?s oil", and give place to others who come, I and ?0. the favorite and wonder of an hour. Washington's Birth Pay passed ot]* without any unusual demonstrations?a few volunteer companies, (Charleston ought to be proud of her volunteer corps, for they are very handsome) celebrated the day with some spirit and enthusiasm We suppose and we hope, that this day never will be forgotten, or the time ever come who i the memory of this great and good man shall cease to be remembered. It cannot be? "The Mtt-'e forbids thevirt otis man to die. Hut consecrates his name to imm rt iluy.*' Passing by. as we frequently <lo. Cm grave of the great Calhoun, it was remarked what a shame that :o> ; better grave could be given him. The reflection in- j st-mtly ocvurred, if Calhoun is treated in this way, what is tl.e chance of one ing iiuunhi red whose name ha- never been leTaldv! forth by tin* trump or j lame. ? d upon whom tin* tickle godiii ha-te-vef deigned to smile. True it may be. Some after the j lai.se of years p.uvhaii'v by "lonely eoilenciia'ioii ' i../ our name cu; lia; ;. e::. r.a .-til: eivet li r 1 ! ". -'lev; .. 1 ! li .lit thought niiy.ii, di an.a 'i.'i .... . . ... . .a "iuijiioivs the j a>Stlig II .Ill I a ,-i^ll ' a.i'i We IV 1' I '! ) du::i>> ! :a*'.uin- prey ' 'A iiat a. .-, tiio world , i .. .i i i . ..... ii ...j : II'.'.til nil' \\??|((>. IIMH.ir.' .1 1.1 M'.?I IV II.J.I. . ii im-nti ilia: we must strive to live worthy ??fa glorious immortality of soul ? Of 'iiHrs it merely in-hcaic j that we ait it) make u:ir njark on tlie* g:it!?-l gli'tciiiijr j shall whit-It |r its ahuVc lite hleal ieui|tle Upon wiiit-h ! disappointed millions have vainly striven to inscribe i 1 their names? | _ _ __ Congressional Favors. We iiretttnler obligation.-? to lion Messrs. J. .1. Kv- ' ass, A. 1*. Iirrt.ia;. \V. W. Ilovet: ami L. M. Kkiit. , tor valuable Congressional ItooUMienls. They will ae- ! cent our thanks. I New Custom Housu. jc win n<? agrccanie in our nnz^ns to team, says itio i Oliiirlo-ton Standard, tlint there was a hepir.niiijt mailo j to lay the granite superstructure of tin* new Gustom ! House mi tli'* '-'"2d i:i-i ' ?!. Winiit. the |?r?>sfiit su* i jo-r.u11" slant ol llio work, availe I liiinsoliol 11.?> oppor I tanily ol iuvi .-I nig 11 ?is .- inn i in? w it it some ol tin* as . so.nations of that day, so itiot ini^iii: ii.-.l in ii,(. an Haldol' 1 liainan history i The Gadsden Traaty and the Nebraska Bill. Private information from Washington, imliiis's a be* ' lief that both the tTreaty and the Nebraska ' Hill will pass. t;.\l?st?kn is still hi Wn.Oiiiiirbm. ijnii'tIv watching the progress of his trout v i:t lite Sen ] ate. i SstAi.t. Hvn'k lbi.us?Tito legislature of Alabama has passed a bill repealing the olauseof thecodewhich i prohibits the circulation of small hills of the banks ol j I other States. The Governor vetoed the hill, hut it j i jihrtjM nevertheless. "1" j?" MmxjmmKaamxmammaBCMaacmmmaa Accident cn the Railroad. The ears did not reach our depot until n la'c hour | ( on Sunday night. The delay was occasioned liy the 1 locomotive and tender ru'-.uing ct'the track about tif-| teen miles bclcw (.'umden. The accident was caused ! i by one of the rails working loose and getting out oh, I place. A slight hurt to one o' the fireman, and some { I damace to the locomotive, was all the injury sustained.! I The Campbell Minstrels. I | In consequence of the accidentson the Railroad the I Campbells did not arrive to give their Concert last i evening. We are requested to say they will give their- i first concert to-night. ^ 1 Heavy Freshet. J-rorn (tic heavy rams 01 Mituruay evening <mu mgu>, oar river commenced rising rapidly on Sunday, and , continued to rise until this morning, and we have now ( the largest freshet ever known in our river. The low lands 011 both sides are entirely submerged, and as far as we can ascertain ali the embankments have given way, and no doubt, from the suddenness and rapidity of the rise, immense damage will be sustained by the < planters in the loss of stock, See. We understand that > on the plantation of Mrs. 1 {ale, the Overseer's house, ' with all las furniture, the smoke house, corn house, j ; fodder house, and three or lour negro houses have been swept oil', and fears are entertained that a 1 egro has been drowned. The family of the Overseer, and all the negroes had been removed, except three or four whoso i , houses were supposed to be b- yond the reach ot the , water; but one ol these caunoi be seen this morning, t and is supposed to be gone. Measutcs have been taken to ntl'ord assistance to those who remain, and in a few hours they will be removed to a place of salety. 1 Charleston Standard. Mr. K. II Biitriox has withdrawn from the Charleston Standard, having sold out his interest to L. W. 1 St'RATT. Esq., who has the sole charge of the Editorial Pepartmetit. In announcing the withdrawal of Mr. 15. the Standard says; " 1 ho interest of Mr. Briftnn in tI;i- j *??ri??iI having been (iiu'lia-mil In- .Mr. Sprint, the s.uue will liiMicetortii In- piiUhii'ii tiiul r the unine nf L. \V. Sprat I cV C??. j II is wil'n nreat rejrrel that we part fiont Mr. j Brilton; lie lias |ii;ieli-ni! earnest '/.eal and uu j liriiiLj a Worts lu I'lonmlc the interest <>t tin.* I ( li;ii i'-f lun .S{;;litl inl, :ti;il we :iI'o weii .i-.-nrei! that 11111 *I) (>!'it-iiiijiMivi .l c >u iiti :i i- ;i;!ri:>11 fiiitli- ti? I:is I In* i.iiiwe iii iiis health, however, rentiers liio step im, oral in*, and wo have been minju !.? ?! t<> submit t > liio i.eeessi1 y. U|i'iii tin* ri'in.iiiiii.y; ii. n v. i! ivst I'm a ( -hint I i mt*. i iii* ii -jinn- ilv't v i-l'-.n ti.i- lii'j art i it - It!, join ' :'?! ? v. -ir. i' t< - in ii 'a . liiHi- !. i i'.- ni.n d Tlie Lady's Book. The March o. ? !" tli?* Lady's Book lias been recciv?:d. ami. as u.-tial. s ahead ot all its ouieiuj??rario.s? lis o nb. lii'i.im'iiis iiro :i oiiiititul Mczz sii.t Kngraving, .selling tin: wedding lingot love token,"a colored Kitsiiion Plato, with sixty-tour other Engravings ami IOC pages of choice reading. Price ?3 The Book and a copy of l lie Journal will be furnished for $4. The American Pick. We copy in another column the advertisement of the editor of this racy sheet; to which we invite attention. Its editor Mr. Scovn.t.E, was private Secretary to Mr. C.\t.ilOL'N. and was constantly with him fur the ; last twelve months of his life, and it will be seen that he has commenced in the pro-cut volume the Ileminiscenccs of this great man. which should lie in the hands of every South Carolinian. Head the advertisement and you will be induced to subscribe. Edinburg Review. I Messrs. Leonard Scott A Co. have furnished us with the January number of their re-print of this old and | excellent periodical. The character of this magazine is too well established to require commendation from us, and this number is unusually rich. We annex the table of contents: 1. Lord John Russcl's Memorials o Mr. Fox and the Buckingham Papers. 2. The Blind, their works and wnvs A. Ecclesiastical Keonoinv.? 4. Public works in (lie Presidency of Madras. 5. Government Education?niensures for Rich and Poor. 6Thackeray's works. 7. The Machinery of Parliamentary Legislation. 3. The Ottoman Empire. Tun North British Bkvikw. for February, is also o!. our table, from the same tirrn. and contains its usual amount of valuable and iuteresiing matter. The tabic of contents is as follows: 1. The Text of Shakspeare 2. Kxegetical Study at the English Universit it-'-; f'onybeare and llow-on on St. Paul 3. National Mu>ic. 4. I'tiiversity Beprcsentation. 5. Her od.t!n-s. H Struggles . ml Tci.dvhei'S ol German Protestantism. 7. A "ago; ids Life and 1'iseoveries. 8. botartieal Geography. 0. The War in the East and j its political contingencies. Now is a good time to sub- j scribe?tbr terms. ,ve.. <ee advertisement in another j column. I A. F. Buowsim.. E.<h . i!ie b'hair an of the Com-j nut tec n!' Ar aiuo'oieiiis for the aupmachiog t'omnier- < era! i -: 1 . i i|,.- tii.'u f\ WaI.- ! i. . .-.[ . ' .. a- . . . -t and ie-i .. i .'t.i if - !. aio-t !.i> a.I.- >.. ring a i ce licke -?a s I i ! r :?if| to ! .- I.- g it > to Lie O ut- ' Ptoh b toiy .-'liquo;- Law -Vi.ss. ts.ppi. We learn. >ars tin* \"iok-bi;:g 11'.//. .if ti,c liJih. that tii? bid winch parsed t!ie i-?wer bratii-ii of the 1.-' hi.-ilmv ia-i v.f: u. i >i nil' sij, |i:t-s-ion hi inu n'jw ? traftio, aNo 'od i'io .Senate on Tuesday \*pnin,r? hill u'illi many aMciidaienis If iSo aiuendnii-nts of the Senate n?i through liic* lou\>r home. the hill will fro into eilVct iiunu-iliotcly. * a * I r.'Nrmvr I'i.im.1:11s.?Our cmintn friends J iniiiinl In* loo much 0:1 their yttaid a" iin*t a , sol of itinerant law lin-.alviiio ji.u-Ji jn'!l'-is. wii'i i arc tV? (111 L*tili\ In lie f? *uiiil i.i n linil n?ielihnr j linod-, ha iinjr nilli -!-1 \ a; 'I |i 'acini: in tin it hands nliscciii' print*, 0.11 11 I I ' > c\ iI anil > ainiim tlio \v?n>t cicatuio pa**ions, and load- j inij in tin- must ivvnltiujj ciintes. Tin* jjoods ! oll'oiod I*v those illicit traders, have, tun, in 1 sniiie instai ee- hero ' -umI 11 lie the oa?t i fl* j and inli'cti'I lunula;" nfa Ics it il.the wearer nl'wliirli i ii l.i.ii- il Si*i'il?* hi Utility l'?:il!i I -onif i! - >r!? ti. SiSi-li iii.ii^s ni:i\ lie of r:t v i PlVtirrilii'e. Iinl t e\ iiave ll :fjirl|. il, ;|mi it j ? ? ?? v..- ! to *>r e i>il i. i lie n.,|\ ami iiidn! ; sure v\av <'i -uj'j> < lies kilt.I < ! ti.nl.', i iiv 11: 111ii1114 "Vfi .-v. r\ 11:1 v.*l!inu p???!|- rt.> tin* near.'fl Magistrate, wltii .?? ;ii tIt. :)>t ?l to tr.uu I it it t iit'iii "it :i I. ItlSill of ilialiil.lv to >lio\\ ;i | ; ci'tist*. ? Southern Jy>nner. llej.r?*>i iit:ilivi's ol il i' u'tre jjri?:i( Mnliieall , ] lllltl' Hi [tll|iai|S.11..\| IIII'IiIh'! ilio ;, 111111 ( Otic llliil- i ' .1.,..I ;i 1111 11 f'l v- *ii.. i i \ VV i.'Iii.iiiM ^ i'<?? :illl|ll!<:iriti III :i 11 lilt V l"V wlliih llwv Will' IV I moved Irom \\ isiN>n?iu t > M iii'mi'.i. TIi. v ; i wish to tot urn to Wist niisin aiul liv<\ as tln'\ i< have in almost : II things ailoj.led th hahik ' and pursuits of the Whites. '1 # jr ' ; _ ; \ ii i Li r - Small Pox Panic. ? It is usehss labor to zonvincc those uf the troth \vlii? arc Zealously lient on believing ami propagating fal-elmod. We have again ami again hail occasion to remonstrate with the people ot the country, and [raveliers, how they give ready credence to Illinois slandering the health of Charleston, and [hereby tending to her injury. At one time it is told wiih sepulchral stare, that the yellow lever N desolating the city; at another, that the scj rlet fever is in every house; and when it is neither o| these, a few cases of mild varioloid among the whites and a random death >r so, |>y small pox among the blacks, are ? * ? l l 1.. ?. _ f made trie rawiteau aiiu uinouy nones ui a i panic to l*ri?rht credulous travillers away from it place wlicrc they are told " the hotels are eln-ed," and "the people are dying by hundred-/' \ gentleinaii who arrived in our city yesterday, states that so rife was the small pox panic at Hrunchvillc that passengers on their way here, were deterred by it from coming. How senseless and (also must all this appear to one who is informed that, In the official report ^ of the last. week, there were but five deaths by small pox, and all them negroes. Is any one so timid as to be scared by this? Charleston Mercury. Tin-: Fuse atOkaxgisbitkg.?The subjoined details of a destructive fire at Orangeburg are the fust we. have had of the calami?}. We copy from the Charleston Mercury : At hail' past one on the morning o| Tuesday ia-t, the inhabitants of the village of Orangeburg wete aroused from their slumbers by the ly <>f lire, and hastening foith, they found the middle store of Mr. Tiadewell. and the store nl Mr. Collins wnii ped in (laities. In spite of all their exc tion* the fiie sj read with I'uiy, and soon extended ti? Mr. lYudewoll's newlv tini-hed store, likewise to his old store, thence to the shop of Mr. Jones, to the two stores of Mr. Louis, and to Mr. Marcliant's store. The ilovoiiiing element- also siezed the office of Dr. Howe, the kitchen and negro house of Mr. 01iletidotl, and the houses ot Mr. L. Addon Mr. Biigman, Mr. John Addeti, and Miss Wise. The gnKvry, dry goods and middle store of a Mr. I>u11 were soon all in il,noes, .as was like- jfl wise the store of Mr. Wm. Ed tie v. We re- * gret to state lli.it the whole of the bui dings \v? 1 li.-tve eniiiut'i;i!c?J were entirely con-utned he- I fore the (i.e was >undued. B\ great \cition the ?t<>r< s ai d dwelling house of .Mr Beach, and the dwellings ot Mr. 1 Dld. ndorf ami also Mr. Joseph Hariey were ave i i.e loss i- very heavy, |*n?1 ien.ariv lo Mr. Lotus and Mr. Tradewell. I he only parlies who had their properties insured were Mr. l'ollin>and Mr. Bi iggin.an. Some propeity sated ai if real li-k fiooi I he lire was af: er\\ ::i?!.s stolen. ii is a Slihjerl ol C'oi.g. alu.ati |i 0 lie alile lo slate 'hat tin one i a> seri"usiv hurt. The inhabitant.; of Orai gebui" look wilh raininess and eon rage on the calamity that has befallen them, and reckon within two years' time to see the villigc risen as it were from its ashes. 1'itkk Schools. ?We are requested by the 1 'aasnoT of tlie. Upper Division to publish the following resolutions of last session for gener~ o al iiiforination : In the Jl'ii'sc < / liej>ri sen to tiers. Die. 11). 1S.~>3. Jiesn/i'rd, That the (.'oiiimis&ioiiers of Free Schools of the s weral Distric s and Parishes . dial I be reipiiied nniutail) to lilea e??pv of tlieir M innua! returns, accompanied with vouencrs. in ^ tin- Clerk's olKee of said Disi l ifts and Parishes, < object to the inspection of Grand Juries, as the proceedings of other Board* now aie. Iic.vilceit, l hat {he appropr iation for the sin port ot Five Schools is for the common belt> lit of nil w ho come within the provisions of tlie law, and that any distribution ol the fund l?\ arbitrary divisions, without regard to the number of beneficiaries, i* contrary to la?v, and that the fund, when insufficient to pay all the tuition bills, should be apportioned according to their respective amounts throughout each I listi let and Parish. I lie press of the State would render a publie heuolii In copying the-e resolutions. From the Washington Seutintl, Fab. 5. Curiosities front Japan. i'oininoiloiv Pern, coiiiniaiining the Japan '|Ii; ion. iceeiitlv sent to ilie 1're-id'* t of the United Sta'.cs a huge hox, containing various specific ns of Japanese maiinfai'ture. The Piesidenl Ims ib*p'>si!eil them in lie National (Ia!|er\, (Patent Offi e.) where the public imw have an oppoi tniiji \ ol examining the atlicleS for theiiiM-ves. Tin* box in w hi. h tin-v were !i ail-mi *ed i- of *vs-n;?!: r ?v ...*i tin- t?.p of t tin- grain ot tin* t'eo, handsomely inlaid A with lirass. The lock i- ol po u iar con-truet o he*, a four cornered on**, fitting in a . a o. .. p;vor. Mr. i ... . a i n. who ha- I ?ig been coti.1 i i \ i i| ; t i I! !*y ami '<f w hose I lia- ! ! i;. ami :: ! :ti i-U? I os > mi. v in r < no , l.a> jilaoni tin- Jaj an taiv- it: a la C so, mi as to present them all Dili I* iO I i? i I'l Mil. ili r?* nave laiiS made of a Sf?? oil's ?f cane, ilio \\n"il delicate.\ split ami spread out in an ov .l tnrni, litis i- covei'otl wi'll paper, with human liu'ino-in pat. in height coli.rs and tlurxx s adorned?a i? t v creditable prndactinn? a sol ill'woo ion cups ami saucer-, and sundry I'nxi is with covers, illicitly Japanned and of dirtoieiit I'ni.irs, sumo of' them touched with oi ld; a mil of cloth coinjio-ed of red, while, M'llou.aiul i'liio si It iiitcrworcti with ?x?-Kl; an lieu, y How ,-iik and gold combined : and a loo,d -ilh sa-h. I'liose ariiolesare rich and hoax , aiul a If" I'd some idea o! the high state ? - .. I nl ll).llllll:ir|uii'> illlU'llg (lie people Willi wijom our citiz. us ?x?*iioi;iIly are desirous of euliivai if; a ciin inoivi.il intimate acquaintance. A ^ |n| of opium |??|?? >, the howls and tips finely I'td slu'd lua^s and steel, tlie stems of cane stained <>r painted. uilli hiorogli phirs on the metal. Tlie-e aip accompanied by si!l< pipe cases and opiuei pouches, tin* material being r h.'ri'iliil in that eount-v. one would suppose in the o-is tiun made <d it. it-.-i.t..^ i!i,??e. thoic are small wooden boxes. ideo.uil! y j spanned ; l wont litem intended ;?s :t . oniniNsarint department. lu-in^ divided into jrirtiii-n> !<>r i-o: t lining deposits of fmd. A drinking vessel tli;it vouM liy put into lhi? vest pocket ol no outside iui liarian is among tho ont-nil- a inI ii is supposed tli.it this vessel nn?\v. i?; ilii? piirjiose of what is s'linotinics ;:dled :i 4 p' C pistol. ' Two papers of Jg. a'.ese leaftolia.ro are in the collection. It is .f good ta-te, excepting the camphor with which it was impregnated hy cnnlinement in lie h g box or trunk. I