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W. Mitchell, of Washington city, in an argumentative *4 u?*t ?Me r^pe\ *?"<* > point wbtQ the mind* of hi* audience were - wflNfeiff By' the power of nVgumetd and fottio 6f tenth, uc spoke as follow#: kxtract. ?. np ^ ^ And now, in thisoor day of afarnt and drniSir, whoro should we turn our eye# for help, it U> the patriotic sons of American soil! nd if we have any respect for things sacred, may regard,fbr the dearest treasure* op earth may pride of nationality, any love of country, mitr of the burning faith of our Ameiican fathers, and would hot l>e despised by the world, let us have a,reform?deep, thorough, national and complete. And, thanks be to Him who rules the destinies of nAtions, already the bowl of the tempest which threatened to drive from its moorings the sacred ark of our common safety, and endanger the "fcfnllent ship amid the furv of contending elc w ? O ment*, lias greatly suicided, and over the - pintfui in of principles laid down by the Americao? we tee in the distance once mort the star of hone flashing upou our view, And Urn new American light, now coursing it* way across the bright heavens, attracting , the gaze of millions of freemen is destined we sincerely aud religiously believe, uudei the kind providence of God, to conduct oui country through all her dangers to flflal deliverance and prosperous repose. That noble and mysterious personage 8am, with sound head and a pure heartcoming up from the files of the Revolution shaking his heavy locks of wisdom, and cleaving to the doctrine of our fathers?is seated upon his war horse, and, with sword in his hand, is flying over the plants of thi* now world bearing down all opposition, with a purpose as fiim as the eternal granite that supports the earth, "that Americans shall rule America." But who is Sain ! Sara Sir is the embodiment of liberty. He has the soul of a lion, and carries the American Republic in that soul. When ho speaks ho is heard possessing great logic, set on fire by the elements and torch of freedom. Ilia words burn the American demagogue and last the black beast of political corruption .1.- -i " i imv ma auug 01 un nuucr. xie nas wounueo both the old parties and left an eatingulcei in the wound that breeds death ; but lie hm established, another, a national, au American patty, that will live forever. Ordinary bis mind glides along in limpid and glowing abundance, throwing up from the clear spark ling current of his unadulterated patriotism an image far more lovely than a sleeping Venus; I mean Sam's own pride, the emit ing goddess of American liberty. Demosthenes, when thundering his patri otisin over the land of his birth, under th< encroachments of a foreign and niervilesi usurper, made Philip of Macedon quake to the very centre of his iron heart; but Sam with an impetuosity yet uncqalled, has swepi over our land?taken captive the popului mind, and thrilled the beating Leart of tin gilatest nation on eaitii. Now nil master minds, you know are dis eiplincd in storms. Sam was born in a revolution earth quiike, on the fourth day o! July 1776?born in a ballot box?swaddled in magna charter?placed in the cradel of liberty, and opened his eyes first in Faueuil Hall, But unlike other beings, he soon burst the bands of infancy, and stepped right out upon this new world, mid with hands upraised, openly, sacredly, and most solemnly swore that he would die if his countrymen could not live freemen, And, in this consecration, pledged his life, his fortune, and his sacred honor. And riA the storm thickened and the awful ciisis arrived, this brave y??ulh, riring in the full majesty of his strength, nn<l straightening his ninuly foim, Liickhd on his armor, and bared his oh n bosom to the fiercest blows and scars of thunder. And rushing on with flushed cheeks, and u throbbing heart, lie snuffed the hot breath of battle, and tushed into the deadliest conflict; and amid this scene of blood and carnage, snatched our atrijws and stars, and waving them aloft raised his clarion mice and led on his noble band of patriots ftom victory to conquest nnd conquest to victory, lie was the great moving spirit of tbe devolution? the mental gladiator who guided in the councils of our hoary headed sages on their bloodshed to glorious victory. And, with his ohii hands, inscribed ??n the banners unfurled from every rock atul wild ravine in letters of tire "resistance to tvrantt is obedience to God." lie was the constant and daily companion of the venerated Washington, born of tbe same mother?nursed nt the same breast? two beams from the; same sun?two thunderbolts, twin ftwn, designed by order of keMYCU to break the iron arm of Mritian and set the American continent free. U was here, then, that Sam bad bis *t> rly Mutation?in open field and hard tight against tyranny, and amid the clash of steel and roar of cannon, the groans of the dying, and mangled u~ i -i. ?i . . vi ui? niniuy sic icm iicu me ]>rice ana full value of liberty. And now finding this liberty openly and daringly assailed?his country put up to the highest bidder, and tho office of Chief Magistrate of tiio nation dragged into market and there prostitued to the vilyst purposes?placed under tho influence and controlling |>ower of a Catholic Bishop, his indignation has been thoroughly srVONW, and his soul all on fire for the rights of tho American people he has resolved upon af rrfcrtn. .. . j And the.pure principles that now fall j burning from bis lips and hi* deep-toned voice make up, u|x>n the whole, tiro ni<?s? overwhelming appeal that baa ever fallen upon the eat of this nation ; spontaneous and prolific?-clothed with powor?strong in reasoning?stern in deduction?grand in oatfine?rich and national in tone, it has gone out like the Stirling strains of tnu*ic and arouse.! the I pte <>f every town, eaery city, and every hamlet throughout this wide> oread country?it ha* flashed like lightning to th* tery outlines of this great Confede ra SOUTHERN WMPtm. j ^ a&aiaasjf^TGm4$, o, ?. j Thursday Morning Jan. 10,1866. DETENTION OF THE CARS^"" The irregularity in the time of the arrival of Ihc onrs on our Road loudly calla for a cliangc of tiie rreeont eelu-dtile. Th<*r?> )tm> not honn wiilii. our knowledge, but one nrrivn) within the last' ' ten days tlint was not considerably behind time. ! It is n grint inconTouicnee to every one at all in-1 : tcrcttcd?post-master, editors* omnibus-men, and ( 1, all who get J wiper* mid letter*. Instead of arriv?, ing at 1 o'clock, as advcitUid, it ia frequently ' 10, and sometimes ns Ir.to as 12 and 1 o'clock at. ' night. Wo know tlint accidents will, and do j happen, hut we do think if the old schedule was restored, many difficulties now in the way would be obviated. The ears should by all means leave Columbia as early as 7 o'clock. NO PAPERS. I Among the many recent failures in the trans 1 portation of the mails, was the entire failure in I the reception of the daily papers of Columbia and i Charleston on Tneaday last. The non-rccev>tion ! of those exchanges, places us somewhat behind , I the news world. We trust that a like occurrence will rarely, if ever, happen again. j NEWS ITEMS. ' 1 i 1 GTTiia Cherokee Unptist College, at Cassvillo ! 1 ' (On.) was entirely destroyed by fire on the 4tli ] M ;?. TK. k..11/11 " - ....... vuiuiuu n 111-n new one, |IU( quite nil- 1 irh.-d, and lind cost the subscribers about $14,1 000. HTTlic New York Times estimates that one hundred millions of eggs are consumed in that city annually, r City Council of Augusta have rcsolv- j r cd to resume the collection of tolls on the Alt-i , gusta bridge after the 1st of February. , Louisiana, wo believe is tlic only Stats f in the Union where the observance of Sunday is not enforced by law. Q30~ Agreeable to an ordinance passed by tlic City Council of Augusta, Georgia, all bar rooms nro required to be closed on Citr, County and ' State Klcction days. pjy~Tlie New York papers are advocating the I establishment of shoo black societies in that city, r for tho employment of poor boys, ? tsrcoi. Braxton Bragg of the Third Artillery | U. 8. Army, lias resigned his commission. |3f~The American Hotel, Columbia, was sold 'r on Monday last, to Mr. \Vin. Bollinger for f20,000. trA fire occurred in Charleston on Saturdav night, in the house of Mnzyck A Son, on Commercial Wharf. Considerable Sea Island Cotton and Rice were destroyed. TO ADVERTISERS. rti i * - - - hie column# 01 our paper furnish an excellent j medium tothose of our citizens ?Ln desire to! Imvc their goods, wart#, Ac., advertised. We will advertise by the year upon the most reasonable terms. Our local circulation is quite largeand constantly increasing. Tliero is no better! way of having yourselves known than through the newspaper, and if you would protit by the gentle hint, you will scud in your cards and notice# immediately. JOB PRINTING. The office of the "Soctiikkn Kntkrpuihi:*' i< fid-' ly prepared to ovocute all orders in the above ! lino. The proprietor?a practical printer?will J give bis attention to the prompt delivery of nil jobs entrusted to Ids charge. Books, pamphlet-., j circulars, cards, handbills, <tc., gotten up in good < tyle, and at the ch.-apesi rates. Send in your!1 work gentlemen, it will be printed without delay. PROFESSOR M CAY. The Philadelphia North .Unrrican of I , Wednesday says: "It is with jdvasuie that we notice the el?-, j vat ion of Piofesaor C. F. McCav to the I'resj idvney of the South Carolina College at Co-1, I hi in bin. Professor McCny is a native of' i I Pennsly vnnia, where hn is well known among 1 i our aavufl* as r. genthman cf varied and dis-1 . (inguixhed acquirements. A belter choice: to till this important trust could not have j , been mude, and in conferring the honor up-! I j on no worthy a recipient, South Carolina [1 has insured the prosperity of hot favorite in- j1 ?titution. "Mr. McCay occupied for many years a|| leading position ntuong the faculty of the I University ofOeorgia, at Athens, from which 1 institution he separated, deeply regretted 1 j by nil connected with it.*1 i? Kansas LAKDe.-r-The 'Washington Star \ r??ys: ** Inquiry having been ius.de as to < | whether lauds in Kansas are locatable with bounty land warrants, we learn that tho pub- 1 lie lands in tbnt territory will be subject to ( j location w ith bounty land warrants aAer < | they have hoen surveyed, offered at public j I sale, and become subject to private entry ; that at present there are no lands subject to private entry in the territory, .\nd consequent- r ly none now solrject to location w ith land a warrants. The Indian troat lands however, d to be sold for theis benelit, will M* be sub- t ject Jo such location; , ' j * \ . jtifeMjjfi yMkjfiMbl Alfrjirt !*?>- ? < I n^nento^* event* ibnt has occnire? Jin ^ lacity and energy, by tho plaintiff, My*. Myra Clark Guinea, goes back more than twenty-lbr? year*.' Kept m ignorant* of her real position and lights dttnug fier cMhfrliood, and until, indeed, she bad .advanced tome years into womanhood, she discovered shortly after Iter mariiagc with Mr. "Whiney, Iter fir** !itt*l>4w', iha mysterious circumstances of her birth and history. With the first glimpse of those facts, her whole nature *nd character changed. From a life of domestic quiet and gentleness, this lady suddenly emerged into one peculiarly trying lo a female?one, indeed, full of vexation, trouble and anxiety.' Thoroughly imbued with the conviction of her being the iawful child and heir of the once lordly Daniel Clnrk, she entered upon the prosecution of her claims with an intense devotion, zeal and earnestness, -M " ' " miivii hi v h 11 in hi i j';ii hiici. 11 itiiupiiing over obstacle*, embarrassments anil difficulties that would have nppnlled the most heroic masculine heart, her faith knew no faltering, and her courage .and fortiludo shrunk from ito sacrifices. Tho web which enveloped her fortunes she has determined to unravel ; nml with the perseverance of Arachnc she haa steadily unwound its mytiad threads. It w?"? not the desire for money?for a fortune? which prompted and sustained this remarkable devotion, Tbo instinct of honor and pride of blood tbnt all mankind feel, in reference (o tho circumstances of their birth, their origin, their descent frbm tho worthy and meritorous?these were chief motives in the bosom of this fade. She desired to vindicate the purity of her origin?to establish her ttaltiH?to redeem tho reputation of those whom she owed her existence. This object cheered the daik hours of her nffliclion, nnd supported her uuderja terrible burden of disappointments and rebuffs. The "law's delays," so fatal to so many sanguine hearts, crushing so many thousands of innocent victims, had no terrors for Iter soul. Antadns-like, she nrose from every disappointment with renewed hope, lifo and vigor. Thwarted in one form of action, she revived her claims in another. Driven from one Couit, she found at least a temporary refuge in some other. With the faith? al most the superstition?of the Alehyinist, aho | throwed her fortunes, her means, lier vigor, the verv best years of her life, into this crucible, which she kept ever burning and simmering before her. It was apprehended that life would exhaust itself, its usual limit be passed, ere she would approach the solution of so inlricnte and extensive litigation. The great event of vesterdny has called a "pauso" in this remai liable struggle. Those astonishing labors and sacrifices have at last their ultimatum, and the long-foiled petitioner and heroic suppliant for justice may clasp to her bosom the vindication, by the very highest authority, of the justice and rights of her claim. The last will of Daniel Clark, charged to have been destroyed?tho will of 1813 recognizing the legitimacy of Myra Clark Gaines, and creating her his universal legatee, has been ordered by the Court of Lust liesort, in this State, to be admitted of probate and executed. The effect of this mandate 1 will be to give Mrs. Gaines the very highest title to one of the largest estates in the Unl ted States?an estate of millions. The prop orty involved in this litigation consists moetly of sugar plantations, and of some of the l>est city property. It is generally held by wealthy persons. The city of New Orleans itna cr?l?l ivitl* ? ? - ' ? .w.u, <> iiiii nnimuiy, it large portion of this"property, and will be liable therefor. Of the five Judges of the Supreme Court, thrco concurred in tho decision; Judge Buchanan excused himself, having once been engaged in some of the suits brought bpr Mr*. Otiiues, and Judge Uea sustained his own decision. -?&>+ Sharpe's Rifle This recently invented weapon, if it possesses one-half, of the power and capacity claimed for it by its proprietor, is destined soon to supercede every other weapon for warlike purpose* now in existence. It is the most cfiicacious and terrihlo firearm in existence. . The small cat bine now used by the United States Mounted Men throws a ball with deadly accuracy one quarter of a mile, and can he fired ton limes per minute. It is not complicated in structure, is easily donned, and sutler* no injury ftoni wet weather. Mr. Sharpcis now piepariug models for four new species of his weapon, namely : A Miiull i>ockct pistol, calculated to throw a Minie hall oiiehuiidred yards ; a cavalry pistol, with n range of live hundreds yards; a rille suitable for footmen, with a range of one mile; and n largo gun to throw a two ounce hall or a small shell one mile and a half, or is far as a man or a horse can be soon to l>lv'Mlitn<r. Willi I l.i. lotl ? XI- O - . ? r . .. !>. .nuci ?*v?i]'v/ii air, o, lectures he can sot on fire a house or a ship ?t a distance of nearly two miles, and prevent llie 11ho of iioid artillery l,y killing the horses I>ofuse tho guns nro brought within good range. This pille, in tho hands of a good I marksman, is equal to ten muskets, bayonets ind all; for, place a man six rods distant iviih a musket and bayonet, and before ho ran bring the bayonet into use the ritle can jq loaded and discharged ten times. They rarry balls with great precision and force.? Mr. bhnrpo intends these rifles to become a i national weapon ; and should Congress, by i rsiug a little liberality, purchase the patent, i he country wouhl be possessed of a means I >f warfare unequalled in the world.? &(. I Loui? Jjf Dior rut. . . * I lU'KYsx.?Died, on tho ^ ult., at his i esidence, Grecian placo, Lincoln England, i g?l 80, Kobt. Bunyan, Esq., the last male 11 lescendant in a direct line fiom John Bun- i 'an, the author op the oelsbiated, "Pilgrim's Progress.'* equally competent, were to "pply for the ap{>oiu!ment, on which would lie bestow it ?? Ie said he should be compelled to appoint the foricgn Catholic. I then left tho Department, ntid do not know whether any appointment has yet been .made or not. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, " R. C. PUUYEAU, ' Christianity among the Slaves. It was only the other day that we heard of an effort being made to divide a religious tract society into Northern aud Southern sections, on-the gu-oniul that tire reverend members of the Northern half had ideas of their own on tho subject of negro labor, which exercised them so severely that they could not reconcile it to their consciences to remain allied with Christnin slaveholders.? Perhaps the torrent of indignation and ridicule w hich the proposal met with has made the reverend agitators feel somewhat ashamed of themselves by this time. In case, however, they still persist in playing Pharisco to the Southern publicans, we beg to draw their attention to tho report of the Hoard of Managers of the Missionary Society of the South Carolina Methodist Conference, given in last in >nth. From this document they may learn that, under circumstance* of ?i ? :-i ?? nniubui|i hum iftiiinivhii 5?irmin, i;ic ethodist clergy linvo prosecuted tlieir work of carrying the Gospel to the negroes of South Carolina with much success, tlmt, besides about a thousand white members, they have now 10,423 colored members of the church, and 0,800 colored children, receiving religious instruction from the chatcchists.? All of theso aro slaves. They nre scattered over a large extent of country on the vaiious plantations; and the labors of the Methodist missionaries nre such, that they sometimes preach five times on a Sunday, besides riding many miles on horseback from place to place. The Northern reverenda will doubtless re gret to find that the Methodist Conference of South Carolina docs not concern itself about the institutions or the state of the poor in New York or Massachusetts. It is doubtless owing to the backward condition of the South that tho preachers of the Gospel to the slaves fail to perceive that it falls legitimately within the province of their duty to revile the city where Poole ami linker massacre each other, and to admonish the people of tho North that they must mend their ways and take cxamule from their Southern brethren under pain of exclusion from the pale of tho church. It must, too, be a source of pity to those Northern clergymen who read the report of the South Carolinians, to perceive that it does not contain ono word about politics.? The omission will be a severe shock to the three thousand clergymen of New England who protested against tho Nebraska bill.? It will bo time, however, for them to denounce such conduct in the language it deserves when any one of those three thousand can show that he habitually rides ten miles and preaches five times on tho Sabbath to people who do not pay him. [New York Herald. Accident on the Greenyille Railroad. Yesterday, a few miles above Ninety Six, while running at full ttinc, the mail car, baggage car, and the forward trucks of the passenger enr were thrown suddenly fiom the road?it is supposed, from the spreadiug of the rails. The engine, fortunately, remained on the trncl. mill train, which prevented more serious consequence. A young man received some slight injnry , and a boy of Mr* Win. McGuinius,' named William, a brnkemnn, jumped from the platform, and broko his leg. He receiv. ed timely assistance from Dr. Blake, of Ninety Si*, and has been since brought home. The fracture l*ing a simple one, he ia likely to get ou very favorably. . Gbn. S. F. Cakv.?'This distinguished apostle of temperance recently delivered four addresses in this county?three at this place and ono at Ueem's Creek, lio is considered by our citizens generally as the most powerful and effective advocate of the principles of the temperance reform who has ever visited ill is section of tho State. As proof of the success of his labors, we may mention dliat tome fifty mom hers have (as we understand) been added to the Division at this place, and revernl of eur prominent citfaena become conrerts to the prohibitory law doctrine. [Aiitilk JVtm. m - 'ikm _- - j?-^ v - ,'r i the effect that th? PoetmLter <j?n?fnl bed (lctoiinineil not to appoint Kn American \o piiice. W? give below Hkuo.; uuirt ike lion. R. C. Piiryear in relation to the mnt tor, which will give the country soino idea of the Jesulthtn. in tin's DfpartmenVand the proscription which is practised against Notiros and Protestants t lluv m: ok Rkpresbktatives, Dec. 24. 1855.?Dear sirj I see In your paper of22d instant a statement concerning the aprSoint^ ment of a postmaster in my district at Madilon, Rockingham county, North Carolina, which I desire to correct, 'life coii?ci?iuOa to which you allude was Iretween Mr. Horatio King, 1st Assistant Postmaster General, and myself, and not with Mr. Campbell, tho Postmaster General, as stated in your article. With this exception, the statement is ! correct, as far as it goes, but it does not cm- j brnce ail that occurred between Mr. King | and myself on that occasion. When I made the application for the npnninttnent. Mr. Kinir iivknl me if tlie nnuli cant were a Know-Nothing? I leplied that I did not know whether he was or not; and asked hiin if it were possible that his being a Know Nothing would be an objection ?? IIq replied, "Yes, I am acting under orders not to appoint any Know-nothing, and to turn out all whom 1 know to belong to the order." I then asked him if a native-born citizen and a foreign Roman Catholic, both look?tti*(po members of' tfcc American Parly as ogres, who shotikl l?o driven with- . oat the pr^cipct* of civityptlioo.. To retain ah "American in office wl?Wi they have. the "power to eject wto, i^ whh tbem, An unpardonable violation of the laws of party fealty. Those men who prate in puling strains about proscription for opinion's sako, would not let the san go down on an American officer if they had tbe power to dismiss him from it. Aud yot, with shameless efliontere, they-. make the welkin ring with the woljkry of proscription. American citizens, je?ous of their liberties, and impelled by a high sense of patiiolic duly, car\not assemble and qyietly resolve among themselves that they will not support for office men whose circumstances of birth and rearing render it iuipossiblo that tbey should understand and appreciate our institutions, without being denounced as traitors and conspirators, men who come a* "thieves in (bo night" to steal nway "the liberties of the country. Hor&oe Greely on Aleck Stephens. Ghkklv. who is the Washington correspondent of his own paper, the Tribune, in a recent letter Inlces occasion to "touch oil"' some of the members of the House of llvprcsentatives. Of Mr. Stephens lie shy*.: "And. here too, is the slight, frail form, nnd pale, radiantly intellectual face of Aleck Stephens, of Georgia, a Whig no longer, even in seeming, but the best tncticinu and the cut: est logician on the door, who, if horn and raised in some State uncurscd by slaver* would have been an ornament to his country. I will not think of what he is now and is to be.". Usunr Laws.?C. Davis Mellou, a member of the Legislature from Chester District, in a letter to the Chester Standard, gives the following views in opposition to the repeal of the usury laws: "I am opposed on considerations of public policy to any removal of restrictions upon the growing evil of trading in money. Tfib J encouragement of thb tialHo must tend to; divert our people from the legitimate pursuit* of life?a tendency which w already too great, and which indeed needs no encohrageraent. I object to lit rowing before oti^f>e?>plr any inducement to oOnvci t into money ; those investments which add to iheVeslih i and pros|>erity of the country. I olj?*cl to j any measure whose tendency is to convert j viii |ii-u|Ht: ini'i iiiiniu'iprd, inoney-fiiiHigw and usurers, to tho discouragement of those interests on which tests tho permanent wellbeing of the country." "The Elephant"? M j Curious students of gicwi facts in aniiual life, nnd persons generally desirous of "see ing tho elephant,' can be accomodated $rulia. Tbc steamer Thomas Swan, which arrived yesterday from Thiladelphin^hnd, as portion of her live cargo, four elephant*, de?* j lined for a Southern mjnagcrjo. I Duiing the severe vfcof fcyfo;. \.%y . one of the elephants was lust ovethdwd in the | rolling of tho vessel; the others arts doing j as well as couhl l>e expected, and wiU, per- j haps, bring tin ir trunk- on shore J0is Jay j ?provided tiro said t:unk* p:t*s tnn-ti r ut . tho bauds of our officer* t.f eitstonin. , ( harfieton Court (v. WM - . Nkoko Amuassadou at London*. Olio f the laical curiosities conic to London is the apparition of the sable envoy and plenipotentiary, his sooty Majesty of h!I tho- UnyiL, Onion Poinpey. lie has been officially received by Lord Clarendon, and it is slify reported that bis Lordship kept a smelling bottle to bis dainty nose during tho whole of tho interview. What will be the effect of this "dark cloud" at the first drawing room } remains to be seen. In F.mrlnrwl iLo ???I Suite used to the tawny color of (be East lninn, but an ebony "nigger" will bo a novelty, bedizened in gold lace, and imitating, with the accuracy of one of the monkey tribe, diplomatic airs and graces. One of the latest freaks of hia dusky nobility is a visit lie paid this week to Mr. Uucbouan, bat tliat distinguished gentleman happened to bo out. Death o? Baron Rothcdijld.?Advices have been received of the death of the eldest brother of the house of Rotlichild, at Frankfort, on the Oth ultimo. Baron Anslem von Rotlichild is tho third of the brothers Rotlichild who has departed this life in 18i>5? the chief of the house in -Naples, Carl, and tho chief of the bouse in Vienna, Solomon, having already died this year. Of tbo five brothers there remaius now only James, the chief of the house in Paris. Baron Anseltn was looked on as the founder of the great ft 1-1 T? -*L .1 *1 I nmivmi iu)iiiciuiu power, ami mougli poel seabed of lean cultivation and education tuiip his brothers, was a decided genius in money matters ; he died childless, and linn left to the house a fortune of 30,000,000 guilders-?II i? funeral was largely attended by persons | of all religions and confessions. A Clown btcort k Million a i at.The Philadelphia Arffua of jut* date, has the following; We leam/roi^ihe M?t authority that Dan Gardiner* wKFlravitM last summer as clown, for Hirers and Serious' circus, is au heir to over a million of dollars- lie is now a resident and propeity-holdMpf this ciIty, and will be looked up to aa off* pf the , "upper ten." I - - - I Din you ever buy a horse t If soi^joii < have doubtless been struck with surprise at i the great number of horses just seven years ;i old. A shrewd Scotcli jockey, whom I once 1 employed to aid iu tl# selection o&a horse, i as he examined the animrtl's moMLiBaoired I of the seller, "how old i J years ago was a trsmcndousya^jMjj I ? Jfe "?i*e> ?f.s?sft o?ro'1"f! r^sJ^' PoreTdeeWw*-^ jp'l li\(? elsme&ftc| llio House?belougs to the thiflionn'Stalfccrft wing, and considered a dissolution of the Union inevitable, regarding it as a mere question of linoo. Members of Congress to-night ejeprfa* no hope whatever of an organization. * T&o ad * lion of President Pierco in sending iu his message is generally approved. Tho iu*i- . sago itself is spoken of in- the highest terms by all parties. T^ie nigger portion iv^oC ? course, denounced by the abolitionists. ; T * '~ r~" (j Wkktkbn I^opiis.?-Mrs. E. K. Sinitfit lit .L I. # .1 . *4* . ? ikca ma iwjpie 01 mo vreni uesi. one mat in the Rhode Island Schoolm<j*ier: "Toe Western fiiar. has no ad of the vices of thrift.- >lie carries or. opcintions on so vast a scaler that ho casts out pettiness and meanness wherever he goes, lie does not higgle and barter in a bargain. lie measures distances by miles, not foot. He counts money by the di'illnr, not pen"e. ITo seem* ashamed to come down to the pennies. He buys a dress for his wife, and gets a few yards extra. His own coat and slioos are all too large and his hat slouches for the snme reason. It is as if the imagination of the man was akin to thq vaslncss of the rivers nnd prairies of tho region ; tho soul gets quite ont-ido of the body, liemust have elbow r-_>cnt?homu?t breathe; therefore his hoi** is la? go : the rooms largo, ant) sometimes upvcni^ rtni-ld. The bed is high nnd wide, the ton cups ample and heavy and like the lakes, filled to the brim," Df.atii of a NoTOittor* Woman.?A letter from Paris, in a Sunday, paper, states that Kate Hastings died recently in the CharitvlIo*|iitnl of that citv. She wu well known in New York?ha\ ing kept hora, for many year*, the most notorious and gwgcou? oftheihnny hottae* of ill-fame whieli disgrace our city. She added greatly to her notoriety, some four years since, hy cow hiding UNcd litmtlir.c," in Brondwav, for aoine remark'* (lej'kaning to her, wltk-ii l>e *?w tU to make in^'lli* Own" paper. She hfi rlmrtIv afterwaid* lor California where din resided for a short time, ami again Wtnrnol to this city, where she married a German tailor, and accompanied, him to Kurope. Her hrv~ band, it is said, after getting hold of all her property?n c m-iderahle miiu? deserted lie?, and refused to give her even titr.au* enough to return to tin* country. She died a pauper in the Charity llo?piul of l*ari*.?JVrrte York- Timet. Savaxxaii, Jan. 5. Mkhmrs. Ennonw: 1 hasten to ae>|tiamt you with an additional fact in the snd narrative of the late outrages in Florida. My information is gained from a gentleman rived in this eitv, directly from Florida. 1I? vl-tlod lltnF st?%.?A ?I.a ?' - I- - ' *' * ** . .?.v. ...... ...iw iii? miiivK Mi uio nuur.ns Upon T ".-.rt-r.tf and lii-* pur?T. Uyjy vo supposed to h?vve show it llurii dojujly towards the whites by another murder. The victim un< n small mail rider. Tito manner of hi* death U onknow n; yel every cireum* stance points to the Indian* a* the murder, ers. lli* horse came into Fort My re* rider. I(N>, (Iripiuiijji with f?rin, ?iud covered with .pot* of blood, and the the mail rider Una not since Wen heard of.? Churlrtrlon /V'nn. 'tarJ. Si'ClJJKNs of what Was Mipjioecd to be nil* tivo iron Imve been found in two or three minca in Germany, and one in France; but it has been suspected tbnt they wero accidentally formed from nn ore, and none of them were found free from admixture of other uietaU. That found at Knnwlocf, in Saxony, in oaffchedjal crystals, was found hy . h Klaproth to contain of iron 02 AO, lead 0.00, copper 1.60 in 100. Some specimens, found in connection with a mine in Connecticut, bail been proved, after a most rigorous and protracted examination, not to be native iron. The specimen found recently in Liberia in, therefore, the only sample of terror trial native iron ever discovered. -Kfc A **Co?ipi.BTje Failure."?The Columbia Time$ thus designates the attempt to convene* members of the Legislature for the purpose of considering the propriety of sending delegates to tho Cincinnati Convention. And we doubt not the correctness of our colemporary's statement. Hut this is not a fair indication Of public sentiment. For Edgefield, we will undertake to say that tho feeling of the people, wherever there is any at an, runs decidedly towards a full and honorable representation. Secessionists and oooperationista alike regard the occasion as one of great importance and not to be lightly considered, la tk* language of a gentleman of high tone aad strong character with whom we lately conversed, can do ut no harm and may da much good.** This is the right view and one from which we have net heard a citisea of Edgefield dissent. With a full understanding of our situation ?m a Boutbom , _ _ Btate and of our obUgaitkiftirTo"~thV govern- ) ment of our fathers it i? stuff to talk otherwise.?Edgefield Adrer titer. - < T :*? Cuakor or Hrtronow Aoinrt? a Bim% * or.?The Cincinnati Sun of say* jinoe ^QSAed^wb^MJ a b?h podtkmin Cincinnati so???ty. The 8?ift iftys that tbk iftcir^romwea to opto rupture