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?? n..uf ? ??lurm-mnmrw i?n^fe?Mpg* Msttntttans Mtm ~ _rr= From ike Washington Union. Condition of the Banks. We give to-day a " comparative view of the condition of the banks in different sections of the Union in 1850?'51 and 1853?'54." While there are causes that affect the operation cf the banks throughout the country, there are others the force of which is felt most in particular districts. As a general rule, expansions commence in the East and proceed thence South and West, and contractions follow the same law. The more rapid the development of the natu1 ral resources of a region, the greater are the K apparent benefits resulting from a bank expansion ; and the greater are the real evils that result from a bank contraction. Hence, the effects of bank expansions and bank contrac tions arc felt much more sensibly in the Mississippi valley than in the Atlantic States. A commercial or a manufacturing population recovers from the effects of a bank revulsion much more easily than one that is purely agricultural. After the terrible revulsion of 1842-43, the banks of Massachusetts were the first to right themselves. By July, 1844, their current credits (circulation and deposits) were swelled to twenty-four millions, which was even six millions more than it had in October, 1837. Since then the banks in Massachusetts have been gradually extending* their operations, with occasional and temporary intervals of contraction. The banks in the other New England States, and in New York, were the next to recover their position; but the banks, in the greater tier of grain growing States, extending from New Jersey in the East to Missouri in the West, cannot be said to have recovered their position till 1S4G-47, when a new demand for breadstuff's sprung up in Europe. The banks in the South and South west were still longer in recovering themselves. But a new demand for cotton sprung up, and then they began rapidly to extend their operations. In two years, the banks of South Carolina more than doubled their circulation, increasing them from $5,236,000, which they were in January, 1849, to SI 1,770,000 in January, 1851. In Georgia, the circulation was more than doubled in one vear. It was S4.118.000 in October. 1849, anil $9,S 18,(100 in December, 1850.? The South-western States still lagged behind ; but between October, 1839, and January, 1851, the banks of Tennessee increased their issues from S3,913,000 to S6,814;o00. After all, this expansion did not more than bring the southern and southwestern States to a level with the New England and middle States, even if it did that. They err greatly who suppose that paper money makes prices permanently high. It makes them occasionally unnaturally high; but in the revulsions that follow, prices are reduced so low, and remain low for so long a time, that it is a question whether, on an average ot years, prices are not lower with us than they would be if we had only a gold and silver circulating medium. Tlii* low nririf* of l.-tnds in in.tnv nnrts.if the South and West is undoubtedly owing, in part, to the annexation of Texa?, and to other causes which have thrown immense tracts of new lands into the market at merely nominal prices; but it is in part owing to the disorderly hanking wo had from 1835 to 1S<13, from the terrible effects of which many parts of the South and VVest have not yet recovered. By scanning the table which we present today, the reader will see to what extent the banks in different sections of the Union have expanded in the last three years. We see USm? !n f Urt f itUl/i tKfti AitnU^ I A limning in uiu tauic tuat uu^iib iu uaciic n|/prehension in regard to the Banks in the South, West, or Southwest. But, as we observed on a previous occasion, bank returns, though essential, are not all that are essential to informi ng a sound judgment of the business prospects of the country. Our Relations with Spain. A private letter from Madrid, received by the Atlantic, makes the following statement re- i garding Mr. Soule's demands upon the Span- i ish Government: i "The primary demands which, it appears, Mr.; Soule was instructed to make, was restitution of the steamer Black Warrior and indemnity, for the loss sustained by her unwarrantable ! seizure. He was also instructed to represent' to the Spanish Government that this outrage ; being but the last in a series which had been j perpetrated upon the flag, the citizens and j commerce of the United States, the American j Government was bound by its regard for the , honor and the interests of the country to insist | not onlyjiiponagfiill settlement of the present and i antecedent causes of difficulty, but to require of the Spanish Government guarantees against; the constant recurrence of these indignities so dangerous to the peace of the two countries.? It would expect from Spain proofs of her de sire to maintain terms of amity with the Republic of the United States. That this involv- ; ed the recall of the present Captain General of, Cuba, and a modification of the powers per- j tuinimr to the office. I cannot snv nositivplv ? o ' - ~ -J i j J ; though it may be inferred that it did. ij Not to embarrass the more difficult part of, the negotiations, the demands arising out of i the Black Warrior case were presented first, ! and in a peremptory manner, as befitted the j provocation given. The reply was an equivo- j cation, pleading the want of information from i Cuba regarding the details of the case. A se- ! cond note from Mr. Soule was still replied to i evasively, and not in a spirit promising compliance; but at the same time Mr. Soule was approached unofficially, and it was hinted the Government might yield if aliitledelay was given. To this Mr. Soule could pay no heod, but it is whispered that supplementary advices from Washington arrived, changing the aspect of the Black Warrior case, hut not reversing previous instructions, except that upon the failure of the negotirtions begun, Air. isoulc was to report to Washington, and await instructions as to I119 ultimate course of action. The Spaniards think they will be able to wriggle out of this affair as they have out of other fli?r<ir>^c hnf if is f li/-?rwwJ Ptmci/l/anf Pior/?0 - -r?' ? ? v" - - ? will oonvince them they are in error. iV. Y. Sun. Revision of the Tauiff.?There is understood to bo such a want of concert at Washington according to the Evening Star, (usually tvell posted in regard to what is going on in the Departments,) between the Secretary of the 'fteasaary and the Chairman of the Wave and Mean.* Committer, on revising the Tariff, that no bill is likely to be reported, at this session, or if, passed by the House. % Iv * * military Euthnsiasin in Russia?Operations of the Allied Forces, &c. We have translated from our European papers, received per Atlantic, the annexed additional accounts of the preparation for the Eastern war: Accounts from St. Petersburg, as late as Apiil 10, describe the enthusiasm in favor of the war as pervading all classes of society.? ,ni - r i ? ?- ? tn t\\cx mill. 1116 war iever is uu iuiigur uuuuu^u w uuv ...... tary, the nobility and the clergy?the very serfs have caught the infection, and while the rich are pouring their wealth into the public coffers, the peasants, inllamed by patriotism and religious zeal, are volunteering by hundreds to rmareh against the Mussulmen and their allies. The Russian journals are filled with glowing descriptions of the enthusiasm with which the troops on their way to the scat of war, have everywhere been received by the people. An edict had been promulgated at St. Petersburg, providing for the treatment of prisoners of war. The provisions which it contains manifest a humane and liberal spirit.? Every arrangement is made to provide these unfortunate beings with a sufficient amount of winter clothing, and they win he enntiea 10 receive during their captivity the same pay which is given to Russian soldiers of a similar rank. Tula, Orel and Kaluga, cities in the centre of the Russian empire, are designated .'is the places to which they will he carried. One of the most remarkable features in the edict is the notice whicfr-it 'contains that refugees and deserters fiom the Turkish army will meet with no favor, but will be treated without distinction of rank as common soldiers, and confined apart, as unworthy to associate with those who fall into the enemy's hands by the accidents of war. Whilst the Russians are thus preparing for the conflict with the determination of men twkn npo cfpmlv resolved to conauer or die. the Turks and their allies are rapidly contracting their forces and strengthening their fortifications. Constantinople wears the appearance of a beleaguered city. An order has been made strictly prohibiting the inhabitants to carry I arms or to leave their houses after dusk without lanterns in their hands. Numerous patrols parade the 6treets by day and night; arrests are being continually made?in short, nothing is wanted tp remind the citizens that the war is daily approaching nearer and nearer. The English are encamped to the south-west and the French to north-west of Gallipolis. Nearly seven hundred transports, with munitions of war, provisions, and troops are already on their way to that place, whichJius been selected as the depot for the army. A strongly fortified line of defences will lie run from the village of Blaja to the sea of Marmora, a distance of six .v.;ioc- "nnn man ** i11 clmrilv* ho. I'liimfffd on IIIIVC7. UVVV l?.v.. ....ft -? " *'J ---D 0-these works, and 400 others will soon be occupied in consti ucting a military road from Blaja to Gallipolis. Troops, are hourly arriving at Galiipolis ? 20,000 English and G0,000 French were daily expected.' 40,000 men were held in constant readiness to march at a moments warning to the relief of Adrianople. The indulgence in brandy had begun to produce the most disastrous effects among the Turkish soldiers. The sad consequences which always follow the too free use of this drug, are in this case heightened by the circumstance that the Turks have been hitherto unaccustom - * 41- ? Ai iAt* Pftcs*)m j eu iu liiu usu ui uiuviu kjiuit9. umvi ? i.ovm. | | has issued an order interdicting the use of! j spirituous drink, and reminding the troops of a similar prohibitory clause in the Koran. The Turks, however, contend that the General's construction is untenable, and that the clause referred to only prohibits the use of wine at night.?Charleston Standard. i <0?? The Revolution in Mexico.?Noticing definite is yet known relative to the result of the ! battle, between Santa Anna and the revolutionj ists, which was going on at Acapulco when the I steamer John L. Stephens came down from San Francisco.. A.report was spread in Vera Cruz, on the 8th in?t., just previous to the sail inirofthe Texas for New Orleans that Santa Anna'sforccswerccompletely successful but this intelligence does not appear to be confirmed by the direct advices from the City of Mexico, which were decidedly unfavorable to the prospects of the Dictator. Rumors were current there that Santa Anna was entirely surrounded by the forces of Alvarez, and in consequence, people were already diccussing the property of appointing a new Executive. Conspirators were springing up in all directions. Even the most ardent friends of the Dictator cannot close their eyes to thefactthat the peopleare anxious for liberty?for democratic liberty?for liberty of conscience?for the seperation of evil powder from the sway of the military and the priesthood?in short, for the establishment of a gov eminent similar in all respects to that of the United States. No matter how much the leading men may affect to despise us and our institutions, the great mass of the Americans are with us, heart and soul. Under these circ umstances, it will not be surprising if Santa Anna never again returns to his capital as chief ru ler. The U. S. steamer Fulton is now hourly expected at this port from Norfolk, for the purpose of currying out Minister Gadsden, who bears with him the new treaty as amended and agreed to by this government. Unless the Fulton makes haste Gen. G., on arriving in Mexico, may find himself under the necessity of placing this treaty for ratification before other Ministers than th<>so with whom it was originally negotiated. The Mexicans have a mania for revolutions. None can tell in the morning what may not be done by them before night. They set up and knock down administrations with as tn.ich nonchalance as sportsmen do ten pins.? Charleston Standard. The Washington Correspondent of the Xew York Times says: "The last instructions fro.m the State Department it is said, informed .Mr. Soule that the Captain General had made thq amende, and directed him, undoubtedly, not to insist upon the recall of Pezuela. and to reduce his demand that the Captain General should be clothed with full diplomatic powers and to a requirement thnt the old instructions under which Gens. Tacon and Concha acted should be revived." The national democrats from New York, in Congress, contemplate issuing an address to the people of that State, which will embody their views of the principles which ought to be contained in all bills for the organization of the Territories of the United States, and their attitude in relation to other political subjects ? They mean to stand on the compromise measnres of 1850, and the Ballimoro platform of 1852. MIWII ,, Addms of the Central Committee. to the people of south carolina. Fellow-Citizens: The Central Committee appointed by the Convention of citizens opposed to the liquor traffic, beg leave to address you, and most respectfully to ask your aid in carrying out the purposes of the Convention. Wo desire the entire suppression of the liquor traffic, but yet we do not desire even this great and beneficial reform against your will. We hope your understandings either have been or will be convinced of the enormities of the traffic and the necessity of ending it. Before entering on our main purpose, we desire to say, that when we speak of ending the traffic, we do not wish to accomplish that by any violent or injurious means, even to the dealers themselves. Our proposition is to pass a law declaring the retail traffic in intoxicating drink unlawful, and forthwith to prohibit it by the most stringent provisions. The manufacture of the article we would also prohibit in the same way. The sale of intoxicating drinks, as a beverage, from and after some reasonable time, we would by law forever abolish and prohibit. But these great reforms we do not ask for until your will is ascertained. We ask forthe passage of a law whereby the freemen of the State, entitled to a vote, shall, at the polls, say whether they desire the enactment of a prohibitory law! It cannot surely be necessary in detail to state the evils of the sale of intoxicating drink. They have been present to every man, woma?, and child, in this Stale for the last thirty yeiYrv Every day now they are as apparent as the light of a noonday's sun can make objects.? ^ . 3 .1,. t_i I lie sale 01 mtoxicaung annii is me parent ui -the bloody murders which have occurred, and which are even now so shamefully frequent. It has produced, does produce, and will produce, nine-tenths of all the crimes of South Carolina. It is the parent of poverty; it causes ihe loss of character; it destroys activity, energy, industry, and hope, and fills our country with miserable, drunken loafers. It squanders the millions of wealth and income which otherwise might be appropriated to be nevolence, education, and improvement. The money spent " in riotous living'' would build all the railroads contemplated or desired in South Carolina; would endow and support colleges and academies in every part of the State ; and would crown every section with the result of genius and art. The sale of intoxicating drinks is the cause of the fearful increase of insanity. It is the dread tyrant which crushes all the infections of the heart; destroys all the charms of "home sweet home?1 breaks the ties of wife and children; and turns the husband and father into the brutal tyrant, hated and feared. It ruins the slave! At the places where intoxicating drink is sold he learns to steal his master's goods, to hate him, and finally to put him to death. An awful picture has thus been hastily sketched. Do you desire to hang it up in your homes, and say this is a tiling to be loved?? No. We arc sure you will say lake it away. Let the original no longer be found in South Carolina. IIow can it be done ? Prohibit the manufacture and sale as a beverage? It can't be done, is the demagogue's objection. The same objection was urged when.your fathers of'70 were about-breaking their fetters on the head of their tyraut mother, Great Britain. Trusting in the Lord of Hosts, the patriots of'76 en tered on the glorious trial, and were rewarded with liberty?priceless liberty. We propose . to you to do so likewise, and we promise yo'u liberty?sober liberty ; freedom now and forever from the reign of the tyrant of the cup! The constitution is in the way, is another objection. Read the constitution of this State and the United States, and you will find that the power to legislate in this particular is left to the Legislature of the State without restriction. The decisions of the courts of this State and of the United States allirm this to be so. Rut it is restrictive of the rights of property, is another objection. The manufacturer?the distiller?says, " I thus turn my corn, rye, and barley, into money." You turn the staff of life into the destruction of it for money ! Are you heartless enough to hold up the price of " " ' * T.J 11 blood and say tins is our weaim. juqussuiu his master but did it profit him ? The answer is in his voluntary death, and in the potter's field. Oh, our countrymen, fly from such ac cursed avarice! There is no necessity of yield" ing to it. You can sell your corn, rye, and barley for a better and more certain reward.? The railroad has brought a market to your doors. South Carolina dues not. raise enough ol the breadstuff's for the consumption of the people, and hence there is no necessity to distill. There is no surplus. Every bushel distilled takes that much bread from Ilia mouths oj the hungry, starving and poor. The vendor has not even the poor pretence of the distiller. lie makes money out of the blood, tears, misery, poverty, degradation, insanity, and crimes of men, women, and children, and, Vespasian-like, holding it up, he says, can you tell by its smell whence it came? j The human sense may not be able to ascertain, but the eye of the everlasting Avenger has : seen from the beginning whence it came, and lie is ready to say of the dealer, "cut him down, why cumbereth he the ground." That prohibition is no new thing, is shown by our laws prohibiting the sale of intoxicating drinks in quantities less than three gallons without a license; prohibiting gaming* our , quarantine laws ; the laws which prohibit idle , nf |.,rfrp hv p.Insfsinir them gUUUCIIIVIl o-t ~j - ? D as vagrants, and many other similar enactments. That prohibition is necessary, is shown by the fact that moral suasion has utterly failed. That as long as temptation is before the drinking man, by the sale of intoxicating drink, sobriety can never bo obtained. That the ven. ders can only be reached by law. That it is by prohibition alone that the traffic with slaves can be cut off"and destroyed. Most of you will say we admit all you say bow ran von effectually nrohibit the sale.? ( " v"" ?i %/ r -- ( ^ ? Declare by law that wherever intoxicating j drink is found to be kept for sale as a beverage < it shall upon the conviction of the offender i upon a trial in.the Court of General Sessions < of the Peace, be declared forfeited, and order- ( - -1 on/] thn ivhnla fhin?r ie eu ' IU Utf UCatl?'Jt>Uj ??m WMV ?f?iv?v 19 done. Other States have made the experiment for us, and found it to bo easily done, and productive of thte most happy results. Our own incorporated towns?Edgefield, Anderson, Spartanburg, Greenville. Laurens, Newberry and Suinterville?have shown how easily the traffic is suppressed, and how happily pence and good order result from it. Shall we hesitate to try? Our past glorious history answers 1 V ijTi.' V ^ 4* % 4 \, *-s* X * > MB i MBgg U UtliliMMM-BW???MB? no! Our homes, our wives, children, our (* slaves, and ourselves answer " no.'' * Show yourselves to be freemen, worthy of a i fieeman's heritage, by saying to your representatives, give us the opportunity to -say at = the polls whether we wish a prohibitory law or _ not. Do that, and then when the privilege is granted, write prohibition upon every ballot, und inscribe it upon every homestead, so that ydur children and children's children may re- ^ gard it as equally to be cherished with life, liberty and prosperity. JOHNBELTON O'NEALL, 8< Chairman of the Central Committee. Britisti Outrage on Americans at the w Falkland IsLANDs.-I.ate intelligence frpin the w Falkland Islands informs us of a high-handed outrage committed upon Americans by the British authorities, headed by one of their na val captains. The circumstances in brief, are w as follows: Some years ago Captain Cliff, of ^ the whale, ship Hudson, in connection with ^ others, placed upon an uninhabited island, a f number of hogs, that they might propagate, ^ and about a year since Captain C. proceeded to the island and killed a number of the ani- 4 mals. During the interval the Governor and " Council of the Falkland Islands passed an act imposing a fine of ?20 on any person who p should kill cattle on any part of said islands, 0 but the act did not extend to these hogs, for t( reason that the island did not belong to the a< Falkland Company. The desertion of a boat's Cl crew from the whaler brought the knowledge of the killing to the Governor, who issued a b warrant for the arrest of Captain Cliff The c< British brig-of-war Enterprise thereupon star- o ted in pursuit ot the alleged culprit, but in- tl stead of arresting him in person, seized his ship tl logether with a schooner, acting as tenderty it the whaler?making prisoners of the crews, T and taking possession of the papers. Fortu- o nately the Commodore of the United States t< man.of war Germantown heard of the arrest 2 and succeeded in restoring the vessels to Cap- q tain Clilf, after which the latter appeared before a magistrate and was fined ?880 for killing n twenty-two hogs that really belonged to him- 7 self. All the facts are reported to have been n forwarded to this Government which will undoubtedly order a strict investigation of the matter. It is declared that this is not by any means an insulated case of outrage; the British , are jealous because our seamen have complete possession of the whole fishery of the islands, ^ and therefore do all in their power to annoy r and if possiple drive the yankees away. It is 0 high time that they should be taught better a manners. ^ ?. e Washington, May 9, 1854.?Among the e leading members of both houses, looking out d for a reconstruction of poli'ical parties ibr the e the campaign of 1856, I find that they count t upon this Nebraska bill as the chief instrument for their work. The bill will pass the H.?use, v excepting the Clayton proviso; the Senate will r most probably concur with the House,and thus a allow the usual practice in the Territories, of t permitting alien settlers who may have declared n their intention, to become citizens, the right of t suffrage. _ . 6 In connection with this Nebraska bill, the Lunatic bill veto will be sustained?the Home- r stead bill will go by the board, and to this extent the administration will be employed in the important business of the reorganization of parties. The Southern Nebraska wliigs, the Southern Union men and State rights nmn will thus bo combined as the nucleus of a new democratic party, including all men of all par- a ties of tbe North, who may choose to come 15 in. The main opposition party will probably be formed of ultra-Northern democratic free b soilers and the rank and file of the Seward free soil whig party. Another opposition party " may he formed of some Southern whigs and h the Fillmore and Webster men of the North, c The candidate of the new democratic garty u will probably be Mr. Buchanan, or some new a Northern man, with the view of picking up as much strength in the north as possible. General Pierce will not be a candidate for the sue t( cession. That seems to be well understood j, both in the Cabinet and in Congress. Judge ^ Douglas, it seems, is quite willing and quite j young enough to hold over for a term or two. General Cass has had a run, and loo many old sores would be re-opened in making him the candidate of the new Nebraska strict construction, Southern reorganization of the democratic party. General Marcy is entirely out of the question, if the report he true that he has ^ entered into a provisional coalition with some p of the leading hard shells against the new d Southern alliance, for the purpose of cutting n out Buchanan. VVe very much fear, too, if b there he any truth in the rumored amalgnma- k tion between Marcy and the hards against B Buchanan, Davis and Gushing, it will result first, in the success of Gushing, and secondly, ci in a curious subdivision of the New York Na- rc tional democracy. Such are the Presidential contingencies in- a, volved in this Nebraska bill. The leading ^ politicians concerned in it, care but little about ^ the empty abstraction of the repeal of the Miscmirt linn Thoif (\ro nfYor tlia fnnmoflnn /\f auui I JIIIVI M? V MIVVI WliU 4VI IIIUIIUII Ul U new and powerful party upon a Southern platform, and with fourteen Southern States in . Bolid phalanx, they expect to carry their can- ^ didate for the Presidency, if not before the people, at least in the House of Representslives; for the South,.in the House with two 8 Northern States, even the two smallest can elect their man, each State having but one vote in the election of a President by the House.? 8t Southern men say, therefure, the basis of our of new party is a perfect union in the South.? 10 Ihat secured, the North may have as many candidates as they please. In any contingen- al cy, if we carry the election to the House we Ci are safe. But to prevent the possibility of a cc fusion of the Northern States upon any one hi candidate, it will be our policy to put up some jd new and available Northern man, such a man D< is will command the United South, and break fc ;ip the North at least into a hopeless minority. Thus this Nebraska bill covers a much larger surface of ground than has been generally supposed. A number of leading Southern politicians are at the bottom of the movement, and heir object is nothing more nor less than u ( ;otal dissolution of the present dismantled w fotrtnorollr* no rf tr on/4 fka ^ ? ?? 4W.nvw.uuu J/UI VJ J ttiiu vu? k\Jl ajaiiwil KJl a new iarty from its available materials, and the ivailable relics of the late whig party?a new ^ jarty upon a stiff Southern platform. To this nc snd the administration is to be sustained, and he administration is to sustain the movement, eaving its own claims to the succession entirely 1111 nit of the question.? Washington Correspon- w \cnce of the N. Y. Herald. b3 ^ fa: It is much better to have your gold in the land than in the heart.?Fuller. ,s. '-"Z \ % ^ ^ ?e?mwp??^?^??aww?a??w? tj)f Cuntkn Dffhlt) Journal. Tuesday, May 23, 1854. ~ THO. J. WARREN, Editor. Sons of Temperance. We are requested to give notice that the regular ,eelingof Wateree Division will bo held on W?DESDAY (instead of Thursday) evening Lext. A unctual attendance of all the members is earnestly >licited. Charleston Correspondence. On Monday last we had a very heavy fall of rain, liich gave us an abundant supply or tresh water, and hich served largely to improve the condition of things i the vegetable kingdom. It is hoped our friends in le country have been favored also. Passing along the othor day we saw a cart load of atermelons in the street. They are from Havana, ut don't compare with our up country melon in anyway except that they may be larger; they are far intrior in point of flavor, which to a man of taste is a ery important desideratum. The Charleston Bridge Company have determined > reconstruct a bridge across the Ashley, at the New ridge Ferry, as soon as the necessary means can be rocured. The proposition is to make a Pile Bridge, n the following plan: The bridge, thirty feet wide( > be rested on piers, twenty feet apart, extending cross the river. Each pier to consist of five piles, cvered with zinc, from high water mark to the bed of le river, and driven at least twenty feet; the piles to e firmly united at the top by a cap, the piers to be cnnected, longitudinally by string pieces on each side i tuo onuge, uonea into me ena 01 eacu cap. -aij lis lumber to bo twelve inches square. The joists for le flooring, five on each pier, to be eight by twelve iches; and the flooring plank to be three inches thick, lie cost of construction it is estimated will be short f one hundred thousand dollars, which they propose i raise by a subscription of four thou&nd shares at 5 dollars each. The Committee on the part of the lompany are confident that a bridge will odd greatly 3 the convenience, comlort and profits of the Compa* y. Some of the reasons are given as follows: Conenience, and safety and expedition will add to the lumber of travellers over the bridge. Many will cross t for recreation, and on excursions of pleasure. The lomraittee are informed that the South Carolina Jocky Club, might be induced by the convenience of a ridge, to exchange the Washington Race Course, which can be sold for a large sum) for one over the iver. Such a change would greatly increase the reeipts of the Bridge. The convenience to market by , bridge will convert a large tract of land in St. Anirew's Parish into farms. They would be much near t to the market thau the farms on this side of the rivr, and will have the protection of the river against lisorderly persons and petty larcenies. At the cost ven of one hundred thousand dollars, the stock will to a good investment. AVe do not suppose that a majority of our readers rill be particularly interested in this part of our corespondence, but as the construction of a bridge cross the Ashley is a matter of no small consequence o tho citizens of Charleston, tve have devoted a little (lore space than vo otherwise should have done, to he project, which we hope, and have no doubt will ucceed. The State Bank are erecting a magnificent Banking louse on tho corner of Broad and East Bay streets, ppositc the Bank of South Carolina. It is, or will be splendid edifice for that purpose, four stories high nd made of Brown stone. The new Custom House, wo are pleased to see, is making haste slowly." The walls aro now six feet bove the surface of the ground. The exterior portion i of granite, finely dressed, and presents an unusually ne appearance. The outlino and structure of this uilding, when completed, will bo unexceptionable. The Engineers lately on the route of the Railroad 1 contemplation between this city and Savannah, ave completed their surveys and are now in this city, ngaged in malting profiles and estimates. The information they have procured may be expected soon, nd the question of its location will be determined. Mr. Edward C. Councell, an esteemed citizen, and >r some years an old memberof the Typographical frajrnity of this city, dieJ suddenly on Mouday evening ist. "We regret also to see the death of Mr. Isaac lazyck, a young and promising member of the bar of tis city, announced as having taken place on Monday lorning. lie was elected, at th.- last session of the icnerai Assemuiy 01 una oiaio, reading ciers 01 iue enate, which office lie held at the time of his death. How very uncertain is life: how very certain is eath. We may bloom to-day, but to-morrow die.? ^e learn by the Standard that Col. A. E. Mills, late resident of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, ied suddoaly at his residence in Huntsville, on the ight of the 10th instant. ITe is supposed to have eeu stricken with apoplexy. Col. Mills has been nown for several years to Mie citizens of Charleston, le was one of those?Gov. Jones of Tennessee being nother?who came on in 1851, and induced from the ty of Charleston a subscription of $250,000 to the >ad, of which afterwards he became President At the estate salS of the late Hon. Ker Boyce, at action On Tuesday, one-fourth part of the property nown as Bovce & Co.'s wharf was sold for $32,400 .190 that lour story storo and lot, No. 5, south side of [ayne street, now occupied by E H. Lane, esq., for 6,200. That four story brick storo and lot, No. 11, south de of Uayno street, now occupied by Simonds, Ruff Co., $6,500. That vacant lot of land, No. 25, south side of Hayne ,reet, and formerly occupied by tho store of Haviland, iurral & Co., $3,400. That vacant lot of land on the north side of Hayno reet, marked No. 9, in a plat made by R. K. Payne r the City Land Company's Lands, runuing through i Pinckney stroet, $2,900. Other real estate in the city was sold at proportionrotna Vw wKloli 5* will Via a/>pn that DfODGrtV ID liarleston, at all desirable in location, or otherwise, immands very high prices. Rents are enormously gh, and houses just now are in great demand for reseuces?it is drawing close at hand for the time, when srsons leave their winter seats and return to the city tr health, during the summer. Our Cotton market is excessively dull, and the news hich we have recoived to-day will not help us, but ther put matters in a worse position than before. The Telegraphic news states tnat uie auras uavo sen largely victorious in a battle with the Russians; i the news will be published in full by the time our iper goes to press, I will not prolong my remarks. We are now having warm weather, and are frequent favored with refreshing showers. We have had >ne since Wednesday night or Thursday morning. iy Borrowing trouble is a poor business, for the itural course of events will produce its full share, ithout assisting to multiply and bring them forward i r a prolific fancy. It is very unwise, this "getting i miliar with sorrow, ] Treat him to day in a cavalier way? I He will seek other quarters tomorrow." * '4, \ v < t _, 1 -tj ' ' V I c Methodist Bishops. We learn by a Telegraphic Dispatch from Columbus, that the General Conference went into an election for Bishops on Friday, which resulted in the choice of Rev. George F. Pierce, Rev. John E. Earlt and Rev. Kavaxaogh. _ . The Book Concern has been located at Nashville, Tenn. W. H. Anderson, Esq., has been elected Clerk of the Court of Chester District, in place oi John Roseborough, deceased. We often cheat ourselves out of much real enjoyment by anticipation. In our prospective views, we are apt to see more good than reasonable beings ought to expect, or magnify our evils into terriblo bugbears which exist only in the imagination. 'Ii The Ohio State Journal, commenting upon the unfavorable reports as to the Wheat crop in that State, says: " We assure the timid that we never saw the Wheat prospectmore promising at this season of the year. There ?3 be plenty of grain raised in Ohio this season, to , supply the inhabitants of four such States; so there is no danger of starvation. As to the . *! ? -? - present mgn prices, tne causes assigned are sheerest humbug. The true explanation unquestionably is, that the present stock of provisions has been bought up on speculation, and the market now controlled by eastern " operators." Those who hold on until after the coming harvest, will probably be done for?' and so mote it be. We have no sympathy to such as burn their fingers in gambling upon " the staff of life." Mr. James Adams, a merchant and worthy citizens of Lancasterville, S. C., died on Thursday, the 11th inst. The Ledger says: Mr. Adams was originally from Ireland, but ho has been a citizen of Lancaster District since 1821. He was but 35 years of age, and was very popular here. He was elected Sheriff in '49, and gave great satisfaction during his term. He was universally esteemed and respected, and his loss will be much felt by his friends and the public. Washington, May 15.?A serious personal difficulty is apprehended between Mr. Hunt, of La, and Mr. Craige, of N. ('. growing out of their sharp colloquy in the House to-day. Mr. Craige called Mr. Hunt a factionist, which the latter stigmatized as a falsehood. The resolutions offered by Mr. Richardson, extending debate on the Nebraska bill, was the result ol'a democratic caucus held this morning. ? ? A Free State Manufactory.?An emigration society is being started at Boston, with a capital of 85,000,000,,the income of the captal to aid emigrants to get to the West, particularly to Nebraska and Kansas. In noticing the proceedings of a preliminary meeting the tfoston L'ouner says: "A report was also submitted, recommending that a contract be made with some forwarding company for the transportation of some 20,000 persons from this Stale to the West?that there be erected at the place-of destination a building capable of accommodating two or three hundred persons?that the directors send out steam mills, grist mills, and other necessary machines; also a.printing press wliic,h shall be the organ of the company; that they locate and take up sections of land, and when the territory becomes organized as a free State, the directors shall dispose of all its interests therein; the proceeds, after reimbursing the money laid out, to be divided among stockholders. and that they select a new field of1 labor and make arrangements for the settlement and orgrnization of another free State. Sub scription books are to be opened without delay and tiie company will be regularly organized in June." A Miracle of the Present Dat.?Many readers may remember the appearance of Mr. Joseph Balch, of Johnson, New York, in the procession which met Daniel Webster on his last public entrunce into Boston. Mr. Balch was born Feb. 10, 1760, and is now in the ninety fifth year of his age. He was three years a soldier in the war of the American revolution, and has been an active participator in all political events since that time. He belongs to a family of singular tenacity of life, and last year he lost by death two sisters, one of whom was one hundred years old, th? other was ninety-seven, and both were older .1 i.~ a, ,u limn lie was iniiiocii. Ate is ijuw 111 iuo pussession of nil his natural faculties, can read the finest print of the books of the day without spectacles, can walk two miles at a time with most young men, and his memory not only covers very closely all the events of his youth, but keeps pace with the current movements of modern times. This fine old American gentleman has recently made a visit to Wisconsin and some other parts of the West, in order to see the progress of the country with which he was so well acquainted in its infancy. We have been allowed to examine one of his letters, which was written from Rock county, Wisconsin, a couple of weeks ago, to a gentleman of this city, wbich in its chirography and grammatical construction would do credit to any mercantile clerk of the present day, and is also full of lively and sensible remarks with regard to the condition and prospects of the country to which he had been so recently introduced. This active and venerable gentleman expects soon to visit his friends in Boston and vicinity during the present season, and has made arrangements therefor.?Boston Courier May 11. Naval Fkats.?The British steamer Fury, of six guns, on the 11th ult. performed a most brilliant feat in the Black Sea. Having steamed under American colors within three miles the entrance of Sebastopol, where she saw two merchantmen^ two brigs, two frigates and a steamer leaving the harbor. She dashed in seized one of the merchant ships and towed her off. The Russians gave chase, and the Fury was finally obliged to cut her prize adrift, but not until one of the frigates and the steamer came, within range and exchanged shots. The Fury, after four hour's chase succeeded in eluding pursuit, and carried off the mershantship's crew as prisoners, who gave important information respecting thestreuth of Sebastapol. A bold and successful feat is also recorded nf the Russians. A sfpnmshin snrnnco^ V.? ~ - ? ?? ? ? ? Ww^f/VOVM WV/ UO a Russian dispatch vessel, under British colors, boldly steamed from the Archipelago, passed the Dardanelles and batteries, and succeeded in escaping into the Black Sea.