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? --vsr*-? -- -Action of Congress in Relation to Currency l-r and Coinage. The New Yor llxpref* thus sums' up what was done by Congress at its : lute i fe&sion, in relation to the currency ami coinage, as embraced.in different bills 1st. The relative standard of value between gold and silver has been altered at tliA r.atrt nf fiOl IflH *%a*? ?nnf !? *4* i t * possible, to keep the American coin in the country. There is to be nn entire new coinage of half dollars, quarters, dimes and half dimes, of less weight than the present coin The present half dollar becomes worth nearly 54 cents, in comparison with the coin that U to be. 2d. A new three dollar gold piece is ordered to bo struck. r 3d. The present three cent pieces arc to c.^ _ be freed in a good degrees from the copper alloy that now disfiguers them after being '"v v -v.. little in use. These three cent pieces now 'ys&* o hare 750,000 in silver, and are worth only i - .. . 2 1-2 cents really ; hut-the new three cent pieces will have 900,000 silver, and be of lighter weight, to correspond with the re-. ^ duction in the weight of tho half dollar. The present, three cent piecesv will, jiot <bo worth so much M wri-n/^tltr^TTCh" ik. .I*!:!;!. i i.iin ".-i;- .i .. ? io i*;o~trcin;iiiu iursuiaii com 111:11, 11 is supposed tli.it the deterioration will not be noticed. (Congress ought to have provided Vor the redemption ot' these old' three -cent piecos at the Mint, when it ordered to be btruck the bettor and purer coin.) 4 th. Some important changes have been made in the Mint, and in the establishment of Assay Ofliees. The California Mint is to be put in operation at an early period. (A new Assay Ofike was refused there.)? In New York has been established an as say, parting and refining office, with very ! important privileges, that relieve New Yorkers from sending gold bullion to Phil nddlphia at the private expense, and that imposes that cost upon the Government. The provisions of the Assay Office in New York are almost better than a Mint, for they return coin for bullion deposited there, as well as cast bars and ingots, and they make Mint certificates receivable for Government dues within 00 days. 6th. There is to be a charge of a seigniorage, but at the actual cost in New York is to go to support the assay office here.? Probably it will not l?e as much as it now costs to transfer bullion of gold dust to and from Philadelphia. Gth. Here is a very important and significant provision in tlie civil and diplomatic bill, which may escape attention unless direct. reference is made to it: "Sec. 5. And he it further enacted, That when private establishments shall In; made to refine the gold bullion, the Secretary of tlie 1'rcasury, it lie shall deem them capa- t hie of executing such work, is hereby an- < thorized and required to limit the amount thereof which shall lie refined in the mint 5 at Philadelphia, from quarter to quarter, and to reduce the same progressively as ' Mich establish incuts shall he extended or > multiplied, so as event ually, and as soon as may he, to exclude refining from the. mint, t and to require that every deposit of gold ? bullion made therein for coinage shall he ' adapted to said purpose, without need of i refining: Provided, That no advance in coin s shall he made upon bullion after (his regu- f lation shall I?e carried into effect except up- 1 on bullion refine.l, as he:eiiv.prescrihed." t Ti.eobject of this section is to create pri- < ' vate .assaying, refining, and parting oltices in New York and San Francisco, and, as in ? England, to separate that business from tlie i Mints.- The "Proviso" cut off the large bullion fund, which has been run np to t nearly seven millions of dollars, in order to s keep the Philadelphia Mint efficient, and so puts the private establishments nearly on a par with the public establishments. ! There are other important regulations in * the various currency and coinage Acts Con- ' gress has been passing, but these arc the ( principal ones. Congress thus has passed a confused mass of laws which will soon need 1 "amending and makiug agreeable one with * another; yet upon the whole the people ( liavo been large gainers by the measures ad- * opted. A Section in the Deficiency bill also provides for the seigniorage to be allowed, and lor procuring dies, moulds, models, etc. for the new coins authorized. England and Amhhica.?"Ion," of the Baltimore Sun, says in his last letter: "The speech of Mr. Mason to-day was chiefly confined to a renlv to MY ninvtAn I ? ?J ?' h upon the single point heretofore marie by t Mr. Mason, that the balize is within theju- 1 risdiction of Guatemala. If .so, British ^ Honduras is in Central America, over which r Great Britain has by her treaty abandoned i any j?risdiction. Besides, the extension of r v,' her pretension from that of a transient and t limited to a permanent jurisdiction, .is of 1 a recent date ; and is an aggression upon the rights of Central America,, and incon- ^ sistcnt with the Monroe doctrine and our 1 future peace and safety. "The possession of the Bay Islands c Js also another act of onen nmwK-tnn o../i s i -- eo' "**"'V"J MMU g \ve have just received advice-of afresh aggression m the same quarter. Mr. Masun | closed his speech with a solemn declaration that England has gone as far as she could ho allowed to go in her aggressions, upon ^ Centra^ America, and that- this continent, and the whole continent, must be made free * from British aggression. lie alluded to an'$ accepted the alternative of* war in prc c ference to any policy .that would jeopard-.1 ,n ize.national safety and national honor.:l;- ' " - ,'i "Thus .we are drawing nearer to an issuer . deprecated by some, but desired by. many ? _ 'between young America and old England, J ' * "Mr. Douglas' late speech also represents ai? " - ? c. me policy ot "Young America," and - calls for.iinmcdiate action, and it is consid- a ered.iis a fair reflection of the sentiments c of tho jpaugural. - , ' 'Thif^ritish-Government as-we learn i from late proceeding^ iji^theNew Foudland 3 , legislature, are soiemnly.pledged tq ejjforce t their extreme consln$ti6n?$|?Ui6 .|^iiven- t m tion of 1818, iiv roga?!. to^ybeifislierie?,^ 1 * and tte.k^w also that tl^iwfll'not #ban- .J . don their pccupapcy of the Bay Islands.. 1 withirt -a. y ?r.j ,t / >and, pear?aps,'a state of things may aril*, 1 ^Sfa^will acmand An extra session of Con- 1 H' ;; ".v.*.-. ^ \ ?: f X t J"; '* . C - WW " * Incidents of the Inauguration. We take" the "following"paragraphs from the detailed accounts-of the inauguration in the New York Herald of Saturday : Gen. Pierce delivered his inaugural address, after taking off his overcoat, amid immense cheering, just exactly as if'.he were delivering an extempore speech. He had no paper or notes, but delivered the ad< dress beautifully and gracefully, without a blemish to the end. It will bo remembered that President Taylor, Polk and others, read their addresses from tho manuscript When he came to that part of his address wlllVh A m?M " "*? I"""".".. can citizens abroad, lie turned face tc face with Mr. Fillmore and the diplomatic corps, and laid down the law with ill rilling emphasis, and when he again turned to the mass of the people in front occupying1 the vast square, below, they shouted with delight, and every in,-In of the fifty thousand in the streets declared that Pierce is the man for the times. ..i it! - - i ... i .1..; j. a-mui-iii j icrce is <i ijr.-icenu iuiu bulking speaker, and his voice although not equal to reach to the extent of tho enormous multitude that surrounded him, was xjlea^and distinct, and his style of delivery waS excellent. He has appeared rcmakably elastic cool and self possessed for the last few days, but especially to day. lie rose at daylight and has been busy the entire day, and he evidently feels that he has the game in hand and intends to hold it. Mr. Fiinuoie's cabinet made the best of their time to the hist moment. For weeks past they have been filling their olliecs Mini uogus uemocrats appointed at the solicitation of whigs who resigned. Even as late as yesterday a postmaster in the State of New York was appointed in this way. The whole matter will l?e thoroughly investigated. A Company of fantastical*, dressed in rags and tatters, marched along the avenue whilst the procession was passing, who received some rough usage. The pageant is over and the multitude is dispersing. This is a revolution of the government in carnival. Large masses followed the President to the "White House, and waited upon him in the usual reception room. Mr. Fillmore took immediate possession of the apartments at WillardV, just vacated l?y (Jeiieral Pierce, intending to occupy them for :? few days prior to the commencement of his Southern tour. Snow conlinucil falling slightly during llic day, melting ;:k it, fell, and not particularly interfering with the inaugural ceremonies. This evening several halls and other en tertainmcnts are given to the military and ;>ther guests. The hotels and boarding houses, though somewhat relievd, are still thronged. It is reported that after the inaugural '?en. Scott thanked the President for his renarks on West I'oint and the army. \ Ai>r Ii!ii*in?? w....i!..a.I .. l.~-? 1 * ,?,.s iv.irMru ?i mini U1 ill lie White House, (J en era I Pierce retired, md the doors closed. Ex-Pivsident Fillnore took up his quarters at three o'clock 11 the rooms at Willard's, vacated l>y his iuccessor two hours previously. A few Wends dined with General Pierce at the kVhite House, hut Mr. Kilmore, consulting he Geneml's repose declined. They will line together perhaps to-morrow. The White House is closed to-night to ill visitors. Its new occupant has made a nighty sensation to-day. At eight o'clock the st*n continued, and he army of incursion was leaving by thouands. Vive la licpublic. "Washington Citv.?Among the, approbations for public buildings in Washing011, made by the appropriation bills recenty enacted by Congress, arc $1,000,000 a million) for the extension of the Capitol; '$200:000 Inwiinla tl?n Ai-A/.tinn < ?<" <!>? - ?* ving of the Patent Office; and $35,800 or repairing the President's house and in:rcasing the President's library. For reuruishiug President's house, $25,000 was ippropriated. For bringing water into the ity, ?100,000; for repairing the Long bridges over the Potomac, $30,000 ; for laying Pennsylvania avanue from the Presdent's Square to Rock Creek, $14,700 ; or the equestrian statue of Jackson, $20,)00. A scperate Act appropriates $50,000 or an equestrian statue of Washington. In addition to these special appropnaions are the regular expenditures for Congress, Judges of the Supreme Court, Heads )f Executive Departments, Navy Yard, Yrsenal, Observatory, Coast Survey, Penientiary,Vfec. and the saleries of 735 clerks, *931,600, amounting in the aggregate to it least three millions of dollars annually. Vdd to this the moneys expended by the nanny thousands of visiters, and we have ne explanation of the rapid growth of the '"edcral city. One Hukdked Miles i-er Hour.?"A Jaine Yankee" announces, through the naional Intelligencer, the invention of a form if road and improved locomotive, which, he ays, will safely transport the mails and pascngers at the rate of one hundred miles tcr hour ! The writer further says lie has teen made acquainted with the details of liese improvements, ''which are so palpably orrect in theory, and feasible in practice,' hat every civil engineer and rail road man* vill, on examination, at once recognize and" idmit, as the desideratum, even to the extent >f safety and .speed above indicated." Tbfc text Congress, it is said, is to be invited to ecure its adoption,.and givo to- the worldhe result of the flVbt experiment. The conduction of a post-Vail road between Washvr?i ... ? .1. . tigum. UIUI xitJW iorK, y>0 111II)K, Will be iaatened-by this.invention. Pii0PK880R A NnKitsox, u lio has been for bmo .J,im?past performing to large audien xm in Richmond, has, been, oxpoajngthe 'Spiritual Rapping" humbug. During his emarhs lie stated tliat^its originators were roung ladies who^liadf/iftade $76,000 by hoir operations." , .Ho also stated that "staistical^accounts frofrF^the various lunatic L&ylums througliout'thc Union report 673 ujiatics as .victims of this djstructivo delujfon?^while? l7 persons have committed iuicjdo under,thoinfluence of a monomaniac, felicf in tlie^sw^lffll powers of these jug;ling preteiideT^communicatofs with the inniMerial world.*' , ' . + * jvr; . V.,; r .'JC-Tmaain?Hg?aB?bm??CTCca ~ ABBEVILLE BANNER. BY CHARLES H. ALLEN. TERMS. I F?r Subscription one year, in advance, 00 , " " pi* months, ? 1 00 (L7* Advertisements will be comtpicuouFly in' certed upon accommodating terms, i Announcing candidates, payable in advance, $3ABU e V il L E, S. C.T , o* i Thursday Morning, March 24. 1853. t OUT Wo ha\ve received several communications, which wo must defer until out ne*t issue, in coii sequence of u press of business. O* We would cull tho attention of our mechanic | friends (o the advertisement found in another column, proposing to receive bida for the bitilditlg of ! a new Academy at this place. O" We arc requested to 6ay, that an Exhilti lion of the Senior CIush, in Erakine College, will I take place on the 31st inst. W? undciFtand the j class comprises much talent, and some interesting ' t-pcechcs may be expectcd upon that occasion (O" Wo are indebted to Mr. II. II. Wardhw for a box of very nicc Segara. This gentleman ons jum rrucivt'u a 101 01 me "care dispelling wen]"' | of choice brands, to which wc would call the nl- j tcntion of those fond of smoking. Court. Our Spiing Court commcr.ccd its session on I Monday last, his Ilonoi Jnd^e WmiF.ns presiding j with his usual ability and courtesy. His llouor seems (o be a working man, und is nicking a vigorous I'llbrt to clear the d iile rent dockets, which front recent and unfinished business, is somewhat formidable. Tilt* cases that have mid still are oxciting most interest, in one of bigamy, another of larceny, and several of assaults mid battery, &c. Wc cbserve in attendance upon the Court, besides Solicitor I!kk?, oovcrul gentlemen of the bar from the adjoining districts. Another Attempt at Fire. An attempt was made to fire the large Cotlon Gin Factory of Messrs. Knrigiit & StaiI, at this place, on Tuesday night lust. The fire was communicated through a window to a pile of shaving*) and, had it not been discovered iu time, 110 effort could have saved the building. It occurred about three o'clock in the morning, and was discovered by some persons who happened to be passing by, and the alarm was given. A Planeiiig Machine, which stood near the window, was much scorched 1 and injured, and is the only injury sustained.? j There is no doubt at all that the work is that of un 1 incendiary, us 110 fire had been in the building duI ring the day, and the doors wore carefully closed | at night. The Weather. We still have rain in the groatrst abundance, which is retarding farming operations throughout the country. The Spring so far, is certainly llie most inclement and inauspicious wc huve had for years, and induces the belief upon the part of many, that we shall have another exceeding dry Summer. It is said by those who are in the habit of j ; onserviug these things, tlint an average amount of rain falls out every year, and consequently if the fall of rain during the winter and Spring months is more than an average, it will be less in the Rummer, and uf course dry and unfavorahlo for crops. Hence the spying among the old people, "long foul, long fair." In view of such a contingency then, would it not be wisdom on the part of our farmers to use every precaution to guard against such a calamity ? It is true an Overruling Providence ran thwart the best laid plans of short sighted mortals, yol a certain degree of prudence and observance of natural causes and principles, can not be legnrded as warring against heaven.? Storms, drouths and pestilence, are. ministers of mercy sent upon man to humble his self-dependence and pride, and teach him to rely more implicitly upon Him in whose hands are the destiliieB of all, and who liulds and withholds the genial sunshine and showers. To our fanners then wo would Fay, plant every foot of your low lands in com, ami plant it deep, for experience teaches every practical planter that corn thus planted is belter able to stand a ' drouth from tho fact that its roots intbibc a sufficient of moisture to nourish the stalk and produce a pretty fair yield. Plant largely, more than you aro iu the habit of doing, and in case the seasons fail, perhaps enough may be gathered to supplyall demuiids. And upon the other hand, should propitious seasons crown your labors with abuudaut harvests, it will be only what is needed to restore to the country its former prosperity and plenty. There is no danger of too much grain being produced, for if the market should be glutted, the surplus can be well uppropriutcd lo the raising and fateningof Block, the scarcity of which is producing the present high prices. A failure of- the corn crop this year would be attended with the most serious consequences to our people, for the crop of last year though a large one, is rapidly being consumed, and befoin the first of October next, there will be comparatively 110 old com in the couutry. ID" We observe by the last Edgefield Advertiser, thut Co). J. P. Carroll has been nominated for the Senate,' and will probably have no opposition. 1 tO* We learn (rom the telegraphic despatches to the Columbia papers, that the Hon. W. F. Colcock has becn^-appointed collector of the port of Charleston, and Tuos. Evans, Esq. of Marion, U S. District Attorney. These ore the only appointments by the President we believe, so for for this State. ' - 1 > . <? '* . .,*? Treaty Ratified. , . 'The Senatelias ratified the treaiv negotiated by Messrs. Everett and Craupton, for the #peedy iiiuemmncaiion Qt American claims against-.the English government, and English claims against tho American government, particularly claims arising out of false, seizures under the slave trade treaty and under custoq^ house regulations, V* " i (CT The \VnJhiagi9n corespondent of the New , York Herald, under data of the 15th, writPSjj^A- J protruded meeting-of tho cabinet was held.Jhutr 3 morning, which resulted in* directing the Secretv ry of ?taU to deman^m explanation from the gov?, cnirrisntof Great .Britain, oil the subject of thffj $ WcebUlntislligtiffe fronf Honidaras, and the Eog-H lish iitt.ervfiltion'lu^fehalfDf the typsquittf'igojN [ The SenretB'r^bf^fte'Ni&y wan iifttructfd \ "port forthwitli to'the Executive the effective force j ttt hifr Uirpo^i] for Retire operations.^ * - V "*** " ** * , '* 5 . * * 1 111 iiB?iinrrwnrr^wrw?MrnrTrTr~~J'?? Tho Rail Road. V Wo aro gratified to learn that tlio Broad River Ilridgo is now in such a state of completion an to enable the oar? to pa*8 over it daily. This great impediment to the speedy progress of the Road boing overcome, we trust tho work up the country will now he pushed on, and tliut wo shall huve the cars running to our Village at an early day. Wo observe in the last number of the Gieen ville Mountaineer that our friend, Maj. Townks, is disposed to grumhlo because his neighbors below insist upon tho completion of tlie branches before the work is finished on tlic trunk. We think our friends in Greenville should be tho last to complain on thin score, for they will remember that after the company was organized and Anderson fixed upou us the terminus, the Greenville portion of the Road was admitted to come in as a special act of fuvor. Tho question then would naturally arise, is that | portion of the Road itself u branch or part of the ! trunk? We think the question will at least admit of debate. j With regard to the completion of the branches, and especially ours, aside from Hellish considerations, we think their completion will materially increase tho business and travel on the main line, and if fini'hed to Abbeville anil Anderson would benefit the company moro than by carrying it forward the same distance on the trunk. There is nn *<....1.1 ?:...? ?:? ... i,...i uiu > iiiuj;?, us imio n? in saul and thought uf it, will bo the most important point on the Road, und will cnniributo more i*j freight and travel than Andersen or Greenville, because the line of Flugcx connecting Ihe Georgia roads with oursat this place, will inakc it u thoroughfare for Western tiavclij^s Northward bound and further, we arc satisfied that from fifteen to twenty thousand hales of cotton will find their way oil* upon the Road from here every year. It was the opinion of the late Col. Brown (hat Abbeville, from her wealth and position, would contribute us much, if not innrc, to the business of the company, than any other portion of the Road. tt.j" Gov. Footr, of Mississippi, hus issued a proclamation fur the election of live members of Congress in November next, from the State ut large, the Legislature having neglected to district the Slate Central American Affairs. A despatch from Washington to the New York Courier savs: " The Hon. Wm. T?. Makcv, Secretary of State, wus closely engaged during the whole of yesterday on the attaint of Central America. It is understrinil that a minister is to be immediately appointed to thai nnnr'nr tvlili *" high American policy. The report of recent highhanded proceedings of the British Government at Iloiidur.is has produced a deep sensation ;vt Wash ingtou." ^ ^ \7 j Blue Ridge Rail Road. Wc arc pleased to announce to oor raiders, Bays the Charleston Evening News of the 10th instant, thut the Council this day subscribed ?500,000 to the nine Ridge Rail Road Company, thereby securing the charter granted by the Statu for this great and important enterprise. The News thinks that a similar subscription will be absolutely necessary to the Road through Georgia, to secure the enterprise, ami suggests the propriety of the question being submitted to a public meeting of the citizens of Charleston. fl;/" Recent dates from Mexico furnish us with the intelligence of Santa Anna's return to that distracted country. It is also stated that there is little doubt bulhe will he ro-cloclad and ounce more lissome tin* reigns of govcriiiiienl. Wliat nil eventful life ho lias led and how chequered the scenes through which lie hat; pasted! O" The Newberry Sentinel'of last week isexultinjj over the completion of the new Court Mouse at that place which lias been on hand for tho last two years. The new Court IIouso to be erected here w " be a similar plun to tho one at Newberry. Foreign News. The intelligence from Europe by tho steatnor Canada, received in Baltimore on the 19ih inst., represents u decline in the cotton market, and yet we learn from the latest dates from Ilamhiin? and Augiibtu, thut the market had advanced in these ! places, and was rating from 10 to 10 1-2. G heat Britain.?Lord Palnierston stated in Parliament that no application had been made to the Government for the expulsion of foreign refuges from England, and that had it boon made, it would have met with a decided refusal. During the debate on Turkish affairs, Lord John Russell said that the government had thought it necessary to have a frank explanation with Austria, and at the same time expressed the views of England as to maintaining an independent position. Turkey, he said, doubtless had her difficulties amicably adjusted. Advices from Melbourne, dated the 26th of December, state that the receipts of gold were decreasing. Despatches received in London from the Cape of Good Hope announce, under date of the 24th of January, that the battle hfld taken place between the Kaffirs and the British, in which five hundred of the former and forty of the latter had been killed. France.?The pope's arrival in Paris was daily expected. An uusucessful attempt had been made to set fire to the arsenal at Toulon. Austria.?The* Emperor of Austria lifts not recovered from his woiind Which is much more serious tlwin wns at first'supposed. The would be assassin had been executed. Tlie'windows of the British Ambassador at Vienna had been broken by a mob. The Viennese refuse to associate with the English because they shelter Kossuth.,/ Northern Italy.?Mazatu publishes, a card in which lie takes upon, lijmself the.repponaibility of having originated tho receifit revolutionary' movements.. Later from "Honduras.?Baltimore, March 10.?Ad vices Jiay.e been ^received at li^iiuii iiuiu xruMliu, oilieu VDB Z /ttl Ult., which .state tfiat. th^r British War steamer Devastation J|$d arrived there on the 18th ult., and demanded the removal of, certain troops at Seni^'uTtlie Honduras Territory, bit unfor his ' ?Ak ? * From California. The San Francisco Herald of the lOtli February furnishes tho following summary of events in California for the precceding fortnight: The news from the interior has been o! unusual interest. The Indians on Dry Creek have kept the neighborhood in a high state of excitement and alarm on acj count of their bold robberies and evident t linstilitv. I Sol- I j - 1'iaojv llil? uecur rod between them and parties of the whites sent out to chastise them. In these encounters the Indians behaved with great courage ; several of the whites were killed, and on one occasion were compelled to retreat, leaving the enemy masters of the field.? Reports from the San Joaquin Valley arc to the effect that Fort Miller has been attacked, and that several persons are missing in that vicinity. The Indians think that the Government of the United States has not acted in good faith with them in failing to carry out the stipulations o! the treaty, and they complain that the Americans have cut oft' their supplies, and reduced them to a state bordering on actual starvation. Many murders have been committed thoughout the mining regions, and daily accounts are received of outrago and robbery, There has been great excitement in Calaveras county, and a general expulsion of the Moxii-uiis. A htitwl \f<.? - 1? have infested the neighborhood, coinmiting all manner of enormities. The robber Jonqiiin is at the head of these desperadoes, and lias become tho terror of the country far around. The miners have assembled in i force and eonmnmeorl a systematic search. I Joa<|uin has eluded all attempts to capture j him ; several of his gang have been taken j and hung. The entire Mexican population | has been driven from San Andreas and the ! Forks of the Calaveras. Mass meetings j have been held and resolutions passed ap ; proving of the work of extermination.? The utmost consternation prevails among all foreigners. The weather thoughout the mines had been generally delightful, and the miners are mostly doing well. The small-pox has been prevalent in some parts of the State. Very extensive canaling operations arc going on, for the purpose of supplying the gold regions with water. There is every reason to suppose that the approaching season will enable the miners to make amends for their late inactivity. Measures are being taken to construct a plank road from Marysville to the Nevada, and improvements of every description arc being effected. Some beautiful specimens of rubies and emeralds have been found in the interior, and also a maormfirnnf dininniwl rtf <5..^ wnutcr. The murderers of the late lamented Lieut Col. Craig were executed at San Diego on the 31st January. The celebrated Yuba Warrior Pasqual was present. The Governor's recommendation of an extension of the city front has met with the entire condemnation of the municipal government and of the citizens at large. A committee has been appointed by the legislature to investigate the matter, and evidence w now L-eilig gathered upon the subject. ^A Frenchman named Leriiantout- has np4 pfied to the Land Commissioners to be con ..hi.n.i in ma viaiiu 01 an immense trart oi laiitl, coin prising within its limits a goodly portion of the city of San Francisco. , ? Dunixo our Court of Sessions last week an individual was tried for the crime of Digamy, and acquitted. In the charge ot his honor, Judge Frost, to the Jury, lie remarked that there was no law in the Slate of South Carolina prescribing a marriage ceremonial. That if a citizen wished to buy or sell a piece of land, the law prescribed the form of the deed or title; that if he wished to buy or sell a negro, there was a legal form for the bill of sale; that if he wished to secure the payment of money to himself or to another at a future time, there was a legal Jorin or the bond or note; but for the bonds | of the most solemn and binding obligations | into which man or woman could enter, there was no legally prescribed form. I At : in. i <>V V.IIV J'tiiuu iiiumugu W1I3 IK-lll 10 uc a i religious sacrament and could only be solemnized by the clergy: consequently. Magistrates were prohibited from performing the ceremony. At a latter period the law prohibiting magistrateaJVoin officiating at marriage contracts was repealed; 4,THis wo believe is the extent of legislating by this State upon the subject. Hence the mode of the ceremony and the character of the officiating functionary are lcfcfo the choice of the parties entering into tlie contract. If the couple who desire to enter.into the holy state of wedlock cllOOSfl to o3li-in n a magistrate before whom ,?o"-uiiike;jitUeir vows of love and fidelity, it "Ms . well; but if they prefer to make.flfeir vows to each-otfir erand assume the relations of husband and' wife, acknowledge each other as such before the world, it is also weft. By the latter mode they onter into as indissoluble a bond as by the former. If Mr. A." \*ind miss B. jump over a broom, the formor saying I.take this woman to be my weeded wife and tge latter, I take this man to be 'jny wed^cd husband and go to hous^kggping .they are legally'married, have cntejjed into KjDond"bf uniou which cannot be. aprthlf^tl, so long as they both live. This jndiffqrencfe to the fi?rro of a ceremonial, bij)dingRth ?parties totn? end of life, may to tlio;(yisnftL obaerver seem strange, but to those who;are*fai$iliaiv with the-workinc of our Rval/?m'rin?mf<Vi i fruilSn** in experienced. Libert/ of.conscience ip a right too Sacred to be abridged by le^al prescription,-even pa^to the modepf ienjtering into tbi^'lioly coinpact. vAnd' tfm i^.frnple rewflj&r tbq apparent'apathy of otn-Jegi^ latore^pon this subjectr^Cb^raw.Ouzette ? ?: j? ? ?ThE Arts.?-A Wa?hirigfalfte?tor sayf: Clark Miliji,the artist, is the recifrteht of seventy %and dollars.from Ihe te^wtnliou of last Congress? twenty thousand dollars,Sot tho Jackson statue, aud fifty thousand, ;<tttan for the Washington EglmUMdi sta'.nc, which, will be forthwith l^egun. *The Jackson statuo is tip beautiful as itjs wonderfol, as * worlt ?f art,ajid U am^ti^pie tosee it poised, as itis uDofi tfishiqd feet aYoh#. Th^ stafc ue of 1$h the <3reaf, the great work bfJtf. kind, in Europe, I havc seea at St. PetersenigjQmt the fhir ana. Untutored A'inerican i}*owaiejB"tHis work, and "every other r"^pe/i SH y.i n ,J l?^"'art/ef.: balancing* ~" Jfc. a. ' - s-r.-'t. s y " " v *. # si--. + Tol^ -ply the Fotatoe Crop. The Gardener's Chronicle any* the potato may te multiplied a hundred told. Any ; plantation plausible way of increasing the amount of this valuable esculent is deserving f attention. There is no department of agriculture, in fact no department of any !irt or i science more nearly allied to health and hnp pin ess than the proper cultivation of roots - fruits as human food. We quote as follows: ' It appears not to be generally known that the potato plant may be propagated more J abundantly.and with greater ease tlinii most other plants, 'llie shoot produce roots nat mi 1 i.i i. . i .i i i . , uvuivijr juilll UCIOW 11)0 grOWMI, WHCI1 planted in the usual way. To plant for ! propagation a small piece of ground will bo sufficient, as the tubers may bo placed closo together. "When shoots havcgrown an inch or two above the surface of the earth, tho i top mny be cut off below the first jointed i root, and planted two or three inches a part f iii line sandy earth; in the course of a';weelc ! or ten days tbov will be rooted plants, 8"d planted at the distance that potatoes ard guii orally planted will produce a crop of in eight, ten or twelve weeks (according to the kind,) equal to that produced from tubers, and when propagated in this manner, , plants may bo obtained in great quantities. A more simple way will be to place tho i tubers in a similar manner as before stated, ; and when tho shoots have grown to the length of two or three inches above the soil, to take up the tubers and strip of the shoots from them; there will be six or moro .beautiful shouted plants, just in order for final planting, replaeo the tubers as before, which may be repeated atlpast four timj?, au^ this will produce sufficient plants fr<0njyur / or five tubers, of a moderate size, t< ?r.t a rod of ground at a distance that tuwrs aro usually planted. Lateral like cuttings of other plants, and afterwards transpl?nted, will also produce a crop of tHbers equal m.~ f quantity to that produced a crop of tubers equal iu quantity to (hat produced by the parent plant: A treaty has been concluded at "Washing| Ion between the United States and Belgium I for regulating th'e-Tjajit of inheriting and ! acquiring property. \TTie treaty prorides j that Helgiuiii subj^cls/sliall enjoy Uirough! out the Unitt-d States the right of acquiring j the transmittlng'propeity, with or without a will on the same conditions as citizens of the United-Stated. Iu like manner citizens of the United States shall enjoy in Belgium / the right of acquiring, and transmitting pro- t ! pcrity, with or without a mill, on the same conditions as Belgium subjects. ?. A man, whose name is Samuel Cole, residing in Washington county, Ohio, who was made insane" from., the workings of the spirit rappings delusion, became possessed of the idea that lie must ofler, likeAbrahnin I of old, a sacrfice to the Supreme Kuler of the Universe, lie accordingly proceeded to carry his object into execution, by taking off one of his feet, which heslicccdetl in doing some days since, in a. very scientificmanner, and with a heroic determination that would compare with theTcJfcsarrifieing deeds done in the earlier ages. Hi* family, fearing that some other of bisliuibs might be demanded in a like cause, had him conveyed to the Lunatic Asjliro, at Colli** bus. t 1 ^ S.vow a hyjiduf.d fhttt-iTKKP.?"Tlie St. J Louis Intelligencer publishes a letter from an overland emigrant to California, ubich gives a fearful account of a tremendous t ' snowstorm in the -mountains near Capon Valley. On what is called the Second Summit, the writer says, he caught hold of tli4 tops of pine trees, and was confident thi<f thev were one hundred feet ibjbcight. This is ah item that should haVft a bearing upor the question of a**railroad to the I'aci* through the South Pass. Rails buric' the snow a hundred feet deep, would little chnncc^ofrcmovul oy any " invented.' . ) Increase op Ivh/wty.?Ti tendent of the Lurfatftj&tylum a' that insantiy is fearfully on the .. this Suite. We learri that from 'Mt.i til Friday lasj (five days) seventeen tients were admitted in^o this instil the greatest number, ever before r in so brief n space* af 'tinjfe. Thei doubt but that this Jincre^e is own great measure, to the unhealthy sfat citement caused by?th$) "spiritual of the day. This mental disturb es people of all? classes, for in ' there are to be fou^ ^.hosf ' beings in whom ^h^afer?v over aud-tyrannJcilSr: ^ peraments, andjenoers tbeinau.. the'|?eculiar^<vid fasein^injir^uences of. f eiuch marvelloUa.^mpnstratiotif l a8l it is nl- rr and people more^liighly charged with electro-magnetism than comdfoj^i&v- ??Albany Register, ' '?T-*?* .? * An exchange hqg.the following *t-THirty varieties of cotton ha've been found ^fwing spontaneously. in , Africa. A draw?onary says ho has stood erect un$ef$the branches of ,a .cotton tree in a Gotilah *vil1nnr<? an heavjly laden with bolls;that it is propped up with jprk^d ^ticks to prevent it from bxeaking ^own tynder its own weight^The cotton was eqya) to thatvof any country.? , The nat^cs manyfactiire cotton goods extenSif ety- The who)& land also, is covered \Vith conod. Tii^ErraVftl and Kaffa,200 lbs. :*<^njjppjirp|?a?etf about, a dollar. A ?nip, tre^ ipJvIoM?pa, ftgded four jtod a halt bus^ls in h^U/at age time; -fMiich msidp 31. Ibfl.yhejjr Rh^leaiand dried.?rThe "celebrated. Moch^^J^^mes frOin the southern, gfiirt T;;f;K:at=r? M-?, 18W?4W? A thfeuatJolfec']i5rib,J'eh' Mlk? (hat 'WaAiTpifbM't'of! * >? - ' */ #.\>, , . if * ? * * ' t ? '' ', * ? ' <* ft