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Mr. Sonle?Oat o( France.
We copy borne extracts of letters, professin'g
to give the reasons why Mr. Soule, American
Minister to Spain, was refused a passage
through France. We publish them because
they are the first Statements pretending to exhibit
the history and reasons of this unusual
proceeding?not because we believe these statements
to be' true. It is not probable that any
letter writers were present at the interview
between Mr. Mason and the French Secretary
Besides, the alleged reasons for excluding Mr.
Soule are in themselves absurd. They all existed
long ago, and no offensive proceeding was
intimr.ted. In the meantime, Mr. Soule entered
France, sojourned in Paris, and passed'on
to England without molestation. Even the
main point of the exclusion of Mr. Soule from
France is not so fully confirmed as to preclude
doubt. But admitting that, it is nearly certain
that it must have been caused by something
very recent, and must have had reference to the
pergonal bearing of our Minister. He lias not
been treasuring up good opinion during his diplomatic
career. He has been in mortal collis
ion with the near relative of the French Em
press; he has fought and wounded the French
t&fe. Ambassador, he has been accused, with no little
plausibility, of instigating revolutionary
movements in Madrid. It is true all these
tilings did not prevent his peaceable passage
through France; hutjlte has since, it may be,
filled the cup of his offences, by entering into
the confidential gatherings of the French Red
Republican exiles'in London.
That he has done this last is positively stated,
and if it be true, it affords at lease a plausible
preterit to the French (ioverument to treat
i?m as a man dangerous to its internal peace.
If they really believe him dangerous, they have
the right to refuse him admission to their country;
and tbemere statement of the reason ought
to be satisfactory, since every country is within
itself the exclusive judge of w hat is UecelT
ary to its safety.
Whether Mr. Soule is really dangerous to
tfceiateraa! tranquility of France, we shall not
pretend to^decide; but it seems quite cerium,
that he is not favorable to the preservation of
the peaceful relations of the United States.?
He has been in hot water ever since he went
abroad; and it is to be remarked, that his difficulties
have not grown out of his mission, but
out of his personal affairs. The United States
have notJbeen, legitimately, a party to a single
one of his embroilments; unless it should turn
out, that this alleged affair with the French
Government, has sprung from a disposition to
|*dk * quarrel with the United States. And
this we do not, cannot believe. It is incredible,
that a great and enlightened nation would seek
to embarrass the relations of peace in a way so
undignified, so like the petulant resentments of
childhood. If France desires the hostility of
the United States, she can surejy express it in
some more becoming way than by slamming
the door in the face of Mr. Soute.
Charleston Mercury.
Thk Grakd Catholic Council at Rome
?The Ami deia Reliaion^ (Paris) of October
19, says: "The Catholic world is at present
occupied vrath a great event which is about to
be accomplished at Rome. Bishops are proceeding
from all parts of the earth towards the
Eternal City, at (the voice of the visible chief
of the church. From France, II. E. the Cardinal
Grousset has already left for Rome, and
has taken the way of Switzerland. The Bishop
of Mons has arrived in Paris, on his way to
the holy city, and is to leave in the course of
the week. The Cardinal Archbishop of Mechlin
has arrived in Paris. Several Irish Catholic
prelates, and among them the Archbishops
of Armagh and Dublin, are also at present in
Paris, aud on their way for Rome. Ireland is
the only Catholic country ja the world from
which more than two prelates have been invited
by name. But we learn from Rome that
a great number of bishops are expected, and
that the presence of other prelates than those
officially invited will be seen with pleasure.?
*All the bishops will take part, according to
their rank, in the projected grand general assembly.
The assembly will be preceded by
private meetings, composed, we are told, solely
of the prelates specially invited. It is Mgr.
Autioi Mattei who has been nominated I5ecretary
of the Consistorial Congregation.
TheXate Indian Battle in Texas.?
Captain Walker, of the Mounted Rides, had a
fight with the Indians on the frontier of Texas.
The Washington Union say* :
In a letter to a distinguished officer of the
may now in this city, Gen. Smith gives many
tfttexeating details of the fight. It appears that
General Smith detached Capt. Walker with a
part only of his escort, probably thirty men,
to pursue what were supposed to be a party
of marauding Indians, who li$4 stolen sixty or
seventy bead df cattle from a California party.
Cspteiu Walker, boivever, fell upon a village
of the Apaches in the mountains, and engaged
upwards of 150 warriors. The fight continued
??er two hours, when he drove them from j
their fastoesses, destroyed the town, killed the
principal chief and six other warriors. Lieut.
. Carr, of the rifles, having been badly wonnded,
the pursuit was not c*?tia?ed, and he returned
to eamp with bis wpunded. ft is thought
Lieut Can's wounds are not mortaL In this |
engagement the enemy suffered greatly, and
ft is gratifying to learn, from the report of Captain
Walker, that young Armstrong (the stepson
of Gen. Smith and nephew of the late
Gen, Armstrong, of the^ Union) was a volunteer,
and greatly distinguished himself by his
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Walking on Red Hot Irons Plates. Prof.
Pepper recently delivered a lecture in the
Polytechnic institute, London, before a large
audience of mechanics, in which he remarked
that the setting of the Thames of fire was no
longer, a joke, bat a reality. By dashing a
small bottle of salpburic either with a few par
tiala* of metal potassium into a flat cistern, a
bright flame was produced, which illuminated
the wkola place. He then laid down four
plates of red hot iron on four bricks, and one
of his attendance walked over them barefoot,
without any injury, By wetting his Angers in
ammonia, the Professor dipped them into a
crucible of melted lead, jutd let the metal run
off in the shape of burets lata a shallow cistern
of water.
An inveterate bachelor being ashed by a
sentimental young miss why he did not secure
some fond one's company in bis voyage on the
of life, replied, "I would, if 1 acre sure
&ncb an ocean would be pacific."
Wilmington and Manchester Railroad.
?The following i9 an extract from a letter of
a highly respectable and wealthy planter in
Sumter district, to his factor in this city, dated
November 8, 1854:
" 1 have sent you three wagon loads of cot- j
ton, which I wish you to sell as early as pos
si we.
The accommodations are so bad on the
Wilmington and Manchester Railroad, and on
the South Carolina Railroad, that the current
of trade, instead of going to Charleston, as
formerly, a grpat deal of cotton from this district
is going to Wilmington, and from thence
to-New York, and the people are laying in
their family supplies of groceries in Wilmington.
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" Unless there are better arrangements entered
into, nearly the whole of the trade from
this part of the country will go that direction
before another year rolls round."
We jre not at all surprised at the above statements.
The Wilmington and Manchester Railroad
was built and is owned and controlled
principally by Wilmington. Of course that
enterprising city sought its own advantage in
the undertaking, and will continue to seek its
advantage'ih-the management of the road.?
We do not^nd have no right to complain-?
but at least we are not bo una to lorce business
on this channel, and there is no harm in trying
to save what we can. We are assured that
there are at this moment, not less than five
hundred bales of cotton lying at Kingsville,
with no indication of ownership.or consignment
attached to them. The S<mth Carolina
road cannot therefore forwerd this cotton.
We tffler no advice as to the way in which
such evils may be remedied. But there must
be some way of arranging the freight business
of the two roads, so that thpir separate ownership
and management shall not operate as a
Chinese wall between them. And there must
be means' by which planters, may be made
aware of the mode of forwarding their pro
duce, so that usliaii reach ine inarKei insieaa
of slopping on the edge of the Wateree swamp.
Charleston Courier.
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The London correspondent of the Boston
?<M states that an order in (.'ouncil will shortly
appear, annouocing the intensions of the
British goverment to institute a much stricter
blockade next year of the Russiau ports, or
Russian productions coming directly or indirectly
into the United Kingdom. It is certain
that the supplies of some articles, tallow, for
example, have been as large this year as
though no blockade had ever existed. How
this happened is easily told. 'There was no
measure adopted to prevent the transport of
Russian staples across the Russian frontiers,
and every inducement therefore existed for the
commeVcial men in the north of Germany to
employ their capital in the trade. The exports
of Russia are valued at about $65,000,000
[ yearly, and though by no means the whole, or
even the greater part of these cannot be prevented
fron leaving the country, they can neverlessbe
forced into such a circutious route, as
will deprive the Russian merchants and proprietors
of nearly all their nrofits. Last year it
was thought inexpedient \o adopt this course,
and accordingly English capitalists made their
usual advances for the purchase of produce in
the interior of Russia during the winter, to be
ready for. shipment in the spring. The prohibition
of importation last year would have
resultid in great loss to London merchants,
whatever now the loss would fall entirely on
Russian merchants.
A Noble Boy.
We mentioned a few days since the burning
of the Tunnel Bridge on the Baltimore and
Susquehana Railroad, about five miles south of
York, and since learn that the conflagration
came very near being followed by one of the
most terrible disasters that has lately occurred
in railroad travel. It is supposed that the
bridge took fire from the freight trains, which
passed about half-past seven o'clock in the
morning, and the structure was totally enveloped
in flames before it was discovered
by the residents in the vicinity. At about nine
o'clock the frame work ofthe bridge fell through
and among the spectators, some twenty in
number, was a little boy about twelve years
of age, named Eli llheem, who remembering
that the express passengers tpin was then
about due from York, started off,at the top of
his speed to endeaver to stop the train, which
he knew must be close at hand. As soon as
he reached the curve, about two hundred yards
from the bridge, he observed the train coming
on at full speed, and fearing that he would be
unable to stop them unless by the use of extraordinary
means, the noble little fellow took
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ms jJUSIlIUU UIJ LUC li auiij aim i unuiiig ivnaiu^
the approaching train with his hands raised
caught the attention of the engineer, who immediately
reversed his engine, and, stopped
within four hundred yards of impending destruction,
the piers being some twenty feet
from the rocky bed below, and the gap some
sixty feet wide.
Had the boy not placed himself on the track,
he would doubtless have failed in his noble effort,
as the engineers are so often cheated by
mischievous boys on the route that they seldom
pay attention to them. Even when he
stopped he thought that he had been cheated
by a youngster with more daring than his as
sociates, and was surprised to see the little
flaxen headed fellow stand his ground, and endeavoring
to recover his lost breath to answer
his question as to the cause of his interruption.
We learn that the passengers, when they ascertained
the cause of the stoppage of the train,
and viewed the precipice over which they were
nooi- hmnrr liberally rewarded the bov
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for his presence of mind and daring, and that
the Board of Directors at their meeting yesterday
appropriated $100 as an additional recompense.
Eli Rheem, a boy but twelve years of
age, was the only one of twenty persons present,
most ot them men, who had forethought
sqjjBcient for the occasion.?Bait. American.
Fatality ?f Typoid Fevbr.?The Upper
Districts of our State hAve been severely afflicted
during the past season by Typhoid Fever,
which flis been more than usually fatal.?
We notice, in the last Chester Standard^ the
death, on the 21st October, of Miss Savilln
Cassels, aged 22, and ou the 1st of November,
Mr. W. 0. Cassels, aged 25, her eldest brother,
and Mr. Reuben Cassels, aged 53, her father.
The Standard says: " There was a re
markable coincidence in the death ol the father
and son. They were taken ill near the same
hour of the same day, And died both on the
same day within an interval of two hours.?
They both were laid in the grave to sleep together.
Thus in the^brief period of ten days,
of a family of four persons, but one is left!"
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An Indian War.
The hostile incursions of Indians in our new
territories, nnd the border raids and outrages
which form the sad burthen of nearly all the
late intelligence received from these quarters,
indicate with sufficient strength how great was
the neglect which has left thAt portion of the
country without adequate military protection,
and how weighty will be the responsibility imposed
upon Congress to remedy an evil that
has already produced such hloody results. The
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uepreuauuiis ui ineae iiiiiiuna uuvt; iur years
been growing more frequent, their outrages i
more atrocious, and the spirit of animosity that
produces them more audacious; and yet in the
face of these- indications and with a perfect
comprehension of the fact that our means of
frontier defence have not kept pace with the
extension of our territory, Congress has refused
to authorize those additions to the strength of
the army which were so imperatively needed.
It is but just to say that whutever responsibility?and
it is a fearful one?belongs to the occurrence
of the late massacrees of emigrants,
the invasion of settlements and the slaughter of
troops, whose weakness exposed thejn to the
ferocity of the savages, it cannot be laid to the
charge of the Secretary of War. The exigency
finds the War Department with its resources
exhausted, and its means of defence crippled
/ \ 1 . r m t
hy the rctusal ot congress 10 aepari irom n?e
(>olicy tliat has kept the military force of the
country so far below what was plainly j-equired.
The skeleton companies of foot soldiers we have
kept upon the frontier were only a provocative
of Indian outrages, and it needed bat an occasion
.which would show their weakness to bring
down upon them a general attack. That weakness
has now been shown, the troops are no
longer dreaded by the Indians, and in addition
to the frequent cases of outrage already recorded,
the apprehension of a general and organized
Indian warfare is seriously entertained.
There is certainly good ground for the exx
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iremesi buiiuiiuuc hi iih-oo juvhb, ?nu mi coucui
necessity foran immediate and decided increase
of our military force, especially of the proper
description of troops for frontier service. There
were several efforts made at the last Congress
by the Military Committee of the House of
Representatives, to increase the efficiency of
the Army, but of ajl the measures proposed,
only one, -an increase of pay, was granted.?
This hacl a good effect in enabling the Secretary
of War to reinforce the army, and bring it up
to the low standard of numerical efficiency au?
thorired by law. ' But this was not sufficient.
The Secretary of War then recommended an
addition of three regiments, and recent events
have since shown that this increase would
scarcely have been equal to the emergency that
has already presented itself,and which threatens
to grow in the future. The subject will need
again to be presented to Congress with all the
force of the threatening realities connected
with it, and will require from that body prompt
and adequate measures. With the numerous
Indian tribes in our Western wilds already in
undisguised hostility, and with the threatening
cloud of serious difficulties with the Mormon
zealots of the plains hanging over us, it is the
dictate of even the most ordinary wisdom to
prepare for troubles (hat nfay perhaps be wholly
averted, certainly speedily surmounted, if
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met hi uie rigm witjr,?jjuu. ^ihki
Not the least interesting feature of the Asia's
news is the new phase given to Mr. Soule's
emeule with the French government. It is nl-1
leged that the latter is in possession c( documents
which show that Mr. S. was pwitively
connected with a project for revolutonizing
Cuba. But our despatch from Washington,
published yesterday, says assurances habeen
received from Mr. Soule tliat he never, hy look
or deed, interfered with France. Had he not
thus pledged his word we might have permitted
this revolutionizing story to pass mquestioned,
for we have aM along been prepired to
hear of almost any eccentricity of thit kind
that might be indulged in by our modern Don
Ccesar de Bazau, who seems to delight in broils
and commotion. Further, instead of Miiister
Mason's remonstrances having been unccurte
ously repulsed, as was stated in me Atlantic s
news, it is now said that he was assurel, by
both the Emperor Napoleon and his Miiister
of Foreign Affairs, that satisfactory reasons
should be given at the proper time f>r Mr.
Soule's expulsion. This is a very quetr piece
of business from beginning to end.
The commercial advices by the Asia look
rather better. The price of the middlinjjqualities
of'Cotton had gone up a fractioi, and
breads* uffs were recovering the position they
held on the week previous.? Char. Stanford.
Jack Frost. ?It is with heartfelt grrfification
that we are enable to record the vist yesterday
morning of this decidely cool stringer,
who uncermoniously, Paul?Pryish?like, p?pped
in amongst us. He was, however, by no neans
regarded as an intruder, and the ice, which
??oa fnrmpil in various narts of the r-itv was
"Mfw "" ; r V
welcomed as a certain weapon to destroy any
vestige of yellow jack that might possply be
remaining. The city is now perfectly healthy,
and the most timid can venture to lisit us
without fear of incurring the slightest risl. Our
merchants are well provided with abmd nt
stocks of well selected goods of all desertions,
our hotels are newly fitted up, ancifuiy prepared
to receive travellers, our theatresis now'
open, and there will be no lack ofotheramilsements
during the season. If, therefire, our
city is not speedily filled to overflowing, we
shall be much surprised. Charleston;however,
being once more herself again, she teed not
fear that she will be slighted. The Qjeen Ci
ty of the South must ever command roops or
admirers.? Charleston Courier.
A Strange Bkast.? While Van A^iburgh's
collection was entering New Haver, Coim..
not long since the elephant, complitcly enveloped
in a huge blanket, reaching Dearly to
the ground, was very leisurely enuaeed in
picking up with his proboscis, the endpfwhich
was only exposed to view^ the fugitirfc straws
of hAy which were scattered about thfl streets;
observing which, a son of the Eineald Isle
among the bystanders exclaimed: what
sort o' a baste is that, ating with his Jul?"
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The next Congress.?There is tidw every
indication that the House of Represtitatives
of the Thirty-Fourth Congress will beitrongly
opposed to-Mr. Pierce's Administratlln. Seventeen
States have held their election, choosing
one hundred and fifty.one Represeitatives,
of whom one hundred and twenty-two are
avowed and determined opponents of the administration,
the remaining twenty-nhe only, i
being committed in its favor. ' ^ ,
Carolina Timet.
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Cljf (ffatnkn HCffklt) Journal.
Tuesday, November 21, 1854.
THO. J. WARREN, Editor.
Thanksgiving, Fasting and Prayer.
From the Proclamation ofhis Excellency, Governor
Manning, in another place, it will be-seen that Thursday
next is set apart as a day of Thanksgiving, fasting,
humiliation and Draver. We hoDe it will be observed
as such throughout the State. Generally, we are sorry
to say, such occasions are too lightly esteemed, and
they serve only, with many, as days of idleness and
dissipation, such should not be the case, for in that
event the object must in a great measure be defeated.
Decidedly Rich and Amusing.
To expect an editor to notice Schools, Hotels, &c.,
without some data to go on. True, puffs aro cheap,
now-a-days, but we are not advised of the fact, if it
really does exist, that the article is so far below par,
as to be obtained free gratis for nothing. Give us something
tangible?clever advertisements?if vou want "a
first rate notice:" as well yeu might expect a lawyer
to see clear through your case and atterd to it faithfully
without some "hope of reward," ar to ask or expect
an editor to spend his time and fill his paper with
writing and printing gratuitous notices. We have
terms upon which we advertise for the publiq when
these are complied with, we will publish with pleasure,
otherwise we must beg leave most respectfully to
decline.
The Synod of South Carolina.
This body, at its recent session in Charleston, it appears
were largely occupied with the discussion of the
subject of Dr. ThornwelPs removal from the South Carolina
College and his election to a Chair in the Theological
Seminary. There seems to be a contrariety of
opinion upon this subject, which has called forth some
strong reasoning pro and con. In Saturday's Standard
a writer over the signature of "A Presbyterian,"
nHrlnees neenrdinir to rmr views, stronc reasons whv
"w""wvvl O w" '? " ? ?? O "
the change should not be made. It is however a matter
in which we have only a general / interest in common
with every other citizen of the Stat6, and one in
which we do not propose to meddle. If the powers
that be, dccido on his removal, or his remaining, it
must be so. From our knowledge of the matter, we
should be opposed to a change, if wc had a voice there.
Dr. Thornwell's position must necessarily be a commanding
one, where ample scope is afforded for theexerciso
of his extraordinary abilities, and of enlarged influence
and usefulness to the Church. We cannot,
from the want of room in our paper, publish the entire
proceedings of the Synod. We would do so cheerfully,
if we published other than a weekly paper.
South Carolina Conference.
This body which convened in Columbia on Wednes.
day last, will probably adjourn to-day or to-morrow.
The session has been an unusually interesting one, and
we regret that our business engagements have pre.
vented nnr attending as a looker on Tt is nor. often
the case that such a favorable opportunity occurs within
our reach of hearing the distinguished ministers of
our church preach. On Sabbath the several pulpits of
the Presbyterian, Baptist, Lutheran, and Methodist
churches were occupied by ministers of the Conference.
This, we are pleased to see, as it evidences the
right kind of christian fellowship, and the proper interchange
of friendly feeling, which should ever characterize
those who are laboring in the common cause?
the cause of all mankind.
Appointment for Camden.
The wires being out of order, we are unable to learn
who has been appointed to the M. E. Church of this
place for the next year. The ontire list of the appointments
will be given in our next, with a synopsis
of the most interesting part of the proceedings of
Conference.
Turnips in Aoonaance.
Some of our exchanges are bragging largely on the
large sized turnips which their editors have received
?some weighing eix pounds or thereabouts.
On Saturday last we were shown, by Capt. J. S. Nettles.
of our town, about a two acre field of the best
looking turnips which we have ever seen. There is
an immense quantity of this useful vegetable, and the
appearance which they present is in striking contrast
to the withered and seared leaf and foliage of winter^
Tho field is worth looking at, for although about one
hundred bushels have been gathered, there are a few
more hundred bushels of the same sort still left. And
what these lack, compared longitudinally or circumferen
(pally to those we read about, they will amply make
up in quality and quantity?frequently four or five
turnips are found together in a single cluster. Beat it
who can?
Virginia Conference.
The Virginia Annual Conference of the Methodist
E. Church South, will assemble at Norfolk, Va. on the
29th inst. Bishop Pierce is oxpocted to preside.
Advertising Agents?Quack Doctors.
The polite proprietor and editor of the Lady's Book,
L. A. Godey, says;
"Wo will attend to any business of the Press in this
city, except collecting bills against advertising agents
or quack doctors. While upon this subject, we copy
the following from the New York Mirror
"The Providence Journal, in noticing the Mirror's
caution to country editors against bogus advertisers,
very justly adds:
" 'We have little sympathy for the papers that get
swindled in this way. Printers who will give credit
to men of whom they know nothing, and whose circulars
carry the appearance of bogus all over them, deserve
to be cheated. If a stranger offers an advertisement,
and neither makes himself known nor pays in
advance, the only safe rule is not to trust him Editors
who don't know this can take our word for it, or
can find out from their own experience, just^as they
prefer. But some country editors evidently consider it
a privilege to advertise, without reference to the
amount of pay or the chances of getting it. We hope
. .f.'i 1 n
they will nave a gooa ume ui u.
<The Carolina Times.
We received a copy of this paper, published by
Messrs. E. H.Britton & Co. We welcome the Times again
into service, and with its present proprietors it must
prove in every respect a paper ior, and equal to the
times. Its political features please us, and we are
glad to number it among those who aro willing to let
the well-enough conservatism policy of the Stato alone.
Godey's Book for December
Must certainly please the ladies. How can it fail ?
The Fashion Plates, we Bhould suppose, would compensate
them foY their money?but apart from these,
The Lady's Book occupies a high and deservedly
Donular reputation. ' We will Airnish The Journal and
Lady's Book for 1854 for four dollabs cash, which
will make the Lady's Book only cost our subscribers
two dollars. The regular price of the " Book" is three
dollars. We make this announcemen for the special
accommodation of our patrons. Those who desire to
subscribe will please band in their names at once.
Peterson's Magazine
Presents an interesting appearance for December.?
The steel and colored plates are very good. This Mag
azine has an excellent corps of good writers, and is
worth Two Dollars easy. Kight oopies, Ton Dollars.
Arthur's Home Magiftine.
We take pleasure In acknowledging the receipt crt
the December' number of this excellent Magazine.-*The
name of T. S. Arthur is strdbgly identified with a
pure and elevated Home Literature. There is a moral
excellence and elevation of sentiment found in Mr. Ar*
tbur's writings which is quite refreshing in these days
of far fetched and vitiated literary productions. There
is something tangible in what he writes, and no parent
need fear that his books or papers will hurt the tender
minds of their children. Nor is this all, Mr. Arthur
writes for a Jmrpose, not mere amusement, but under
oorH nf flotinn in mnhtinMl some of the
iug j;itooiU|j 6?.? .. ?
purest and brightest "gems of thought," which have
ever sparkled as the corruscations of a brilliant mind*
"We admire the man, and his writings, always have
liked them.
The Home Magazine is promised to us next year,
witli many additional attractions, at the very low price
of Two Dollars single copies, two for Three Dollars, and
in the same proportion of reduction up to twenty copies,
which will be furnished for twenty dollars.
The Edinburgh Review
Is also on our table. The accumulation of books
and periodicals for the last week has been considerable,
and we regret tliat we are not able to devote
more, time and attention to this interesting department
of our paper. Were we to attend to the task of giving
more than a passing notice to each, we would
fill our columns, and consume our time altogether,
with book and literary notices. Our exchanges must
be content with what wo con give them, and take the
will for the deed.
The Foreign Reviews are all ably conducted, and
re-Dubltshed bv Messrs. Leonard Scott k Co.. N. York.
Life in the Clearings. .
We acknowledge the receiptof a new book from the
Preas ol DeWitt & Davenport, New York. We have
not read this book, and are therefore unprepared to
give an opinion of its merits. We suppose from the
notices which accompany the work that it is an interesting
book, more we cannot say at present. Price
60a in paper, 75a in cloth.
Dr. Lunsfoiw Douglas.?The Chester
Standard of the 16th says f " The friends of
our young and talented representative, whose
heavy misfortune we were called upon to
chronicle in our issue before the last, will be
pleased to learn that he is now to some degree
convalescent, and gives a better promise for a
permanent recovery. The injury which he has
sustained, however, is very severe, arid .there is
no possibility of his being able to take his seat
at the coming session. He was removed to
his home on last Monday, where we trpst the
skill of a fond father and the affectionate of
fices of his family will alleviate* the pain and
distress which are noiv his misfortune.'*
Military.?The upper battalion of the 23d
Regiment paraded on Saturday, undei com
niatid of Lieut. Col. Wallace, The ranks of
the various companies were very full, infd the
display of the volunteer corps was quite impo
oing.
This parade, in which five well-equipped uniform
companies turned out, was a most forci
hie comment on our militia system. The volunteer
soldiers, with whom the exercises are
entered into in a spirit of laudable emulation,
were fully equipped iu every respeet, and went
through their evolutions with great precision;
while the Beat (Jonijtanie*, commanded by
skilful and efficient officers, showed to poor
advantage.
Wc hope the Legislature will take into serious
consideration the propriety of abolishing
beat musters, at least in towns and cities, where
there are so many young men who take pride
in being members of these well-organized and
nanasuiive-ef]uip|icu companies.
On tiie whole, the battalion went through
their evolutions in a very soldier-like manner,
and Lieut. Col. Wallace, a skilful and accomplished
officer, had no reason to be ashamed of
his command, either in numbers or in their
drilling.
The Richland Light Dragoons also paraded
on Saturday. We trust that this old and efficient
corps will recruit its ranks, for this arm
of the service is peculiarly adapted to our section
of the country.?South Carolinian.
Temperance Meeting.?Quite a large and
enthusiastic meeting of the Sons of Temperance
was held at their Hall on last Wednesday
; on which occasion able and eloquent addresses
were delivered by Mr. Tupper, of*
Charleeton, and Mr. Evans of Darlington.?
Inclination would lea*d us to notice at length
il _ 1 a ^ . / il _ L..i
ine oojeci ana inieresi or mis meeting, oui
other matter has almost crowded as out of
editorial*?Sumter Banner.
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Death on the Railroad Cars.?One of
our old and worthy citizens, says the Yorkville
Remedy, Mr. John Pardue, died suddenly
on the cars of the King's Mountain Railroad,
on Thursday last. He ran about *200 yards,
as fast as he could, to be in time for the cars,
And in a few moments after taking his seat,
leaned back, and expired without a struggle.
Mr. P^s death was evidently caused by syncope,
produced by rapid exert'on of his last
race on earte. The health of the deceased had
been good up to his death. He was about 64
years of age.
"Death's but a path that must be trod,
If man would ever pass to God."
Suicide by Accident.? A boy about ten
years of age, named Tallmnn, hung himself1 in
his father's cellar on Tuesday evening. He
had gone of with a gun against his father's
consent, and on his return he said that he
would go down into the cellar and make- be
lieve hang himself, so that his father would not
punish him. His father came home in an hour,
and upon going into the cellar, he found his
son hanging dead. He bad mounted upon a
cask, and fastened a rope around his neck,
and it is supposed that the cask fell over and
the little fellow was left suspended.
Providence Journal.
Ma&t Fed Hogb.-s?A good many inquiries
have been addressed to oty packers in regard
to the value of mast fed hogs compared with
these corn fed, and we have been requested to
state that hogs from beech mast are scarcely
saleable at all. From beech and white oak the
deduction from the price of" purely corn fed
will perhaps be one cent per pound, and from
coru and white oak ixed about a half cent
per pound.?Louisville Journal. * *
Chicago is fast peopling the Illinois Pen*
tentiary. Nineteen prisoners convicted at the
preRent 'term of the^nortare awaiting transportation
to Alton, and the jail is crowed
with persons charged with offences against the
law, *
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TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.
Later from Europe*
New York, Not. 10.?The Steamship Asia
has arrived at her wharf in Jersey City from
Liverpool, which port she left on the 4th inat.
The Liverpool Cottoi* Market.?Messrs.
Dennistoun'a Circular of the 3d instant reports ?
that Middling Cotton had advanced l-16d, but
that the other qualities Were unchanged. The
sales during the week ending The 3d instant,
comprise 47,000. bales, of whicfr Speculators
took 3000 and Exporters 4000, leaving 40,000
bales of all descriptions to the trade.
The Liverpool Breadstopfs Market.?
Breadstuff's had improved since the sailing of
the Atlantic, but closed at a decline since the :
departure of the America of Is. on Com and"*
Flour, and 6d. on Wheat.
Gkk-ural Intelligence.?Thirty thousand
Russians had attacked and taken the forts of
Bulaklava, and a fierce halite ensued, which
ended by the Russians withdrawing and leaving
the British in possession of the field. . '
The siege of Sebasfopol was progressing favorably
for the allies.
Two Russian ships had been sunk in tfce harbor,.the"quarantine
batteries silenced, and the'
bastion of Fort Constantine damaged by the
explosion of a magazine. '
The Very Latest.
A despatch to the English Government from
Lord Stuart de.Redclifle, confirms the report
relative to the.battle at Balaklava, mentioned
above, and states that the Allies bad regained
possession of the field.
It appears tbat the Russians attacked the
forts unexpectedly on the 25th nit. when the
Turks ingloriously fled, npon which the Bus.
sians seized their guns, and turned tbem on the
Allies. The Scotch regiments, present, however,
remained firm, and reinforcements ar
riving, the Russians were compelled to yield,
although they remained masters of the two
forts, from which they fired on the Allies.?
Three Regifnents of English cavalry,., which
were*exposed to a cross fire, suffered terribly.
The French acted with great bravery. The
Russians claim that they destroyed the French
works, and spiked the guns, and killed 500 of
the British cavalry.
-On the following day the Allies were attacked
simultaneously by MenchiknfF's forces, and
a sortie from the garrison of Sebastopo!. The
Russians, however, were driven ba?k with
great loss.
In Sebastopol the loss of life is said to be so
great that the atmosphere is tainted with the
effluVia arising from the unboned corpses.
Lord Raglan prefers a long bombardment
to a sudden assault.
The Russian accounts represent their forces
as having been victorious.
B<>th armies were being largely reinforced.
Lord Raglan's chief interpreter has been
discovered to be a Russian spy.
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ereil by the French Government, which-show
.positively tlie connectien of Mr. Soule with a
great plan to revolutionise the whole of Europe.
Mr. Mason had an interview with the Minister
of Foreign Affairs, and also with the Emperor,
both of whom assured him, 'that satisfactory
reasons should be given, at the proper time,
tor Mr. Soule's expulsion from France; and
that, in the meantime, he might refer the mat*
ter to his Government.
A Spanish paper says, that France, England
and Spaiu will send a combined fleet to protect
Cuba.
New Yokk, Nov. 17.?The morning papers
here announce that the Soule affair had been
settled, and that the Emperor had rescinded-the
order prohibiting him from entering France.?
Mr. Soule would leave London for Paris.
The Synod.?It will be seen by reference
to an abstract of the journal in another column,
that the Synod of South Carolina it now in
session in this city. There are present thirtyseven
Ministers "and twenty-three Elders. Rev.
Dr. Post presides, and business has been dis
tribuled to the several committees. It appears
that there are in Sooth Carolina Presbytery ?
twenty seven ministers and forty-seven church*
e-t, in Bethel Presbytery seventeen ministers
and twenty four churches, and in Charleston
Presbytery twenty-eight ministers and eleven
churches, making in all seventy-two ministers
and eighty-two churches. The statistics of the
Harmony Presbytery have not been presented.
They will make considerable additions to both.
The disproportion between the ministers and
churches in the Charleston Presbytery is, in
part, attributable to the fact that many ministers
are connected with the Literary and Theological
institutions within its limits.
Charletlon Standard.
Court.?Our court has now beerfln session
ten days, and we see no prospect of itsadjournment
before Friday, a number of important cases
remaining to be tried. The two suits
brought against the South Carolina Railroad
n < - i ? ?s l
company, lor aamages sustained oy persons
who were injured at the time Mr. Singleton
and his grandson were killed, have both been
decided aganst the railroad, the damages assessed
severally at $1,000 and $2,500.
Sumter Banner.
There seems to be considerable rivalry between
Ex-Secratary Clay ton,''formerly a Whig
of Delaware, and Gen. Houston, formerly a
Democrat, of 1 exas, as to who shall place himself
first in the estimation of the Know-Nothings.
Both are strenously advocating the
principles of the new order in their respective
States, and it will not be surprising to find q?e
of them nominated by the party .as a candidate
for the next Presidency. In his recent speeoh
in Delaware city, Mr. Claytonjs reported to
have made use of the following language:
"I am for devotion to American citizens and
American interests. I am for American in
preference to foreign labor, American manufactures,
American navigators, American com*
merce, and above all, American agriculture.?
I am for American breadstuffs, and an Ameri'
can market for them. I am for the country
as it stands in preference to all other countries
and have no desire to win the foreign vote
by abject flattery or professions of greater re*
itard for foreigners than for those born in my
own-my native land." V .
A Sad Sight.?A London paper states)that
since the battle of Alma, the different military
depots of London, in Pall Mall, Charing Cross,
Picadilly and Knightsbridge, have been throng*
ed with old men, women and children, seeking
news of their brothers, sons, husbands and fathers
in the Crimea. Many a heartrending
scene follows as the announcement "Dead" or
"Wounded" is made by the clerk in charge.?
More than two thousand homes in England
arc desolated by this one "Glorious Victory."