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t. The Governor's Message. [We are unable to present our readers with the entire Message of the Governor, but give below suoh extracts as we think will prove most interesting. It is a plain business-like document, presenting the views of bis Excellency in such a manner as to be understood and appreciated by every one.] Tux Sopth Carolina College.? This institution, so deservedly cherished by the people of the State for its usefulness, as well as its renown, has undergone, sinco your adjournment, a severe trial, owing to g the indiscretion of youth, and some mistaken notions of honor which have obtained among the students, together with the want of aptitude and power to administer the laws oi fha Ia/vo tulnnh vinlia?\?\illn .1 VIIV x/vnv^v, ivmvi* uuunj;|iuij tliarnCienzeC the President, a man distinguished foi science, and otherwise of practical usefulness who, as Professor of Mathematics, was eroi nently competent, able and valuable. Call ed together at an extraordinary meeting in the month of June, the Board of Trustee? deemed it essential to the duo performance ^ of their trust, to re-organize the government "W of the College. Accordingly, the members of the Faculty were invited to resigm?President McCay had previously tendered his ?- resignation ; and the exorcises of tho College wore suspended till the 1st of October, thus making tho annual vacation eighteen days longer than usual, and dispensing, necessarily, with the June examination. Assembling again in the month of September, at no little personal incouvenience, the Board ol Trustees have deemed it wise to restore the greater number of the Professors to the duties of a Faculty, assigning to each individual the charge of tho various branches of loarning in such order as it is supposed will insure hereafter thoir greater usefulness aud efficiency. By a temporary arrangement, which was ordered by the Board of Trustees, tho duties of the Mathematical Department have been assigned to tho Professors of Natural Science and of Chemistry. It is to be hoped that this important chair will be definitely filled before tho close of tho year. However universally it ho admitted that the Classics should constitute the leading feature in the leading literary institutions of the State, yet in a community of planters and farmers, where agriculture prevails, even in connection with the learned professions, the importance cf Geometry. Trigonometry, Surveying, Mensuration and Mechanics, cannot be overlooked in completing the education of youth. Nor should wo fail of inviting the students to a due understanding of Astronomy, Natural and Experimental Philosophy, Natural History and General Science.? Again. Chemistry, Geology, Mineralogy and Meteorology, with lectures and experiments , on the application of Chemistry, Geology and Electricity to Agriculture, constitute a3 essential branch for which a Professor is provided. Until June, the President of tho College was also Professor of Mathematics. Sinco Septer.iher, the Professors LeConto have attended to the duties of this chair iu conjunction with their own. As regards discipline, it would he derogatory to the just influence of parents, supposing them to have done their duty to their children at home, and humiliating to our common nature, to maintain that intelligent and nearly grown young gentlemeu need strict surveillance at College ; to be kept in order by the force of authority, whilst they are profiting by the ample means to pursue the higher mathematics, and to accomplish themselves in classical literature, which the State has so wisely and liberally furnished for their benefit. No ! let the senior members of College act with discretion, moderation and decorum, and let the younger ho controlled by their precopls and example.? It does not often happen that men who are devoted to study, either scientific or literary, (and it is with such men, chiefly, that the Professional chuir must be filled,) are found to possess, among their other gifts, administrative talents. Young gentlemen of eighteen or nineteen years of age should know somewhat how to govern themselves. Until the students of the College shall bccomo alive to a senso of their personal responsibility to the State and to themselves, tho very best administration of tho College laws, as a government, is destined often to fail. On entering College each student signs " the roll," tho caption of which embraces a pledgo to conform to the regulations, and to avoid unlawful combinations. On the late occasion, tho young gentlemen seem to have persuaded themselves that, in repudiating the authority of the President, thoy were acting individually-?not in combination. Yet, after a conference with the Professors, it was manifest to the Hoard that almost tho whole College was implicated.? The students deemed it a point of honor to sustain the class which refused to recite to their chief Professor, because they had questioned his integrity and condemned his administrative ability. Here is evidence of ex' tensive combination, yet no student was made conscious of it. It was deemed necessary that tno rrustees ue assemuiea 10 instruct iiie Faculty as to thoi? execution of the laws of the College. Our young men are commended to the sentiment, well expressed elsewhere by an able writer, himself au alumnus of the Colloge, obedience to law and to lawful authority is honor. Fbeb Schools.?The Free Schools are doing more good than they havo been allowed credit for. Wherever educated gentlemen of the country have generously interested themselves in the subject, and with commendable zeal and public spirit have devoted a portion of their energies to the success of the schools, the law has operated well. As a basis for a practical system, regarding the character of our population and the geographical peculiarities of the State I have not been able to arrange one more satisfactory. Let its provisions, with some amendment, be faithfully and judiciously executed, with consideration for those chiefly interested, and it will discover itself to out community a system at once available, useful and creditable, inviting and rewarding the services of qualified teacher*, a supply < of whom cannot be too early provided for. ] The excellent public school which has been t organised in Charleston by the Commission- < ers of St. Phillip's and St. Michael's, will very soon furnish a number of young persons who, it may be hoped, will do something towards introducing into other portions of the State, the benefits of the improved system under which they have been trained. I recommend that provision be made for the establishment, without delay, of one or more Normal Schools, at which ! the promising pupils from the schools bolow may be further educated for the purpose,-add trained to the art of teaching. rJ hose are . admirable institutions, and, if well managed, | cannot fail to send fonh tbe young people p of the State into the business of life as wit[ nesses of their usefulness. They are highly . entitled to the notice of benevolent and public spirited citizens of woaltb, who may do' sire to render usefurto their kind, a portion . of the surplus moans with which they have , been blessed. The first Normal School in , America was founded on nn offering of $10,, 000, for the purpose, by Mr. Dwight, a . wealthy citizen of Massachusetts, to which J the Stale added $10,000, and the thing was , soon accomplished. I have seen that school , in successful operation, and freely give you , my belief, that a State which pretends to . sustain a general system of public education, [ should not remain a year without a school of the kind for the regular supply of compe, tent and accustomed teachors. In order to , add effect to the system, by furnishing the p means for self-regulation, and by which may , bo imparted to it equal usefulness in every i k portion of tho Stato, I recommend that the i , several Boards of tho Commissioners of Froe 1 Schools bo authorized by law to raiso by as- ] . sessment on the amount of general taxes in , their respective election districts, a sum of ' money equal to that appropriated by the { Stato out of tho public treasury, to be ex- t pended and accounted for in liko manner.? j , Whenever the funds can bo raised for tho c purpose, I think it would contribute to the y welfare of tho Stato to establish also a Ma- c vine School at the port of Charleston. c Tiik Laws.?With my bast discretion, I Jj have endeavored to insure a faithful execu- ? tion of tho laws. Several cases of hardship g doubtless have occurred. Where such have * not been relieved by Executive interference, it has been owing to tho too frequent in stances of a similar kind, imperatively requiring examples to deter others from of- fending. It is to be regretted that offences by illicit traffic in spirituous liquors, with negroes especially, arc so numerous. Tho too preva- q lent taste for strong drink suggests this trade to the unpiincipled, as the roady means of making a livelihood, or of amassing ill got- ti ton gains. As the difficulty of detection in-1 tl creases, it may l?o well to revise tlio law and i J make some amendment as to its sanctions j and the nature of its penalties. In certain quarters the evils growing out of its infraction aro complicated and threaten, unless checked, to become gravo. 1 It may be in tlm, as in some other cases, i that the law would be efficacious, if those < who are expected to enforce it were more t faithful and prompt. There is a tenderness j in our nature, which misapplied, deters men from informing against offenders and from carrying out fully the law entrusted to their vigilance. There exists, too, sometimes, an 1 indifference as to a proper knowledge of the laws generally, which inexcusable in the citizen, aids the bold man, whose design is , to profit by disregarding their provisions.? Even some who bear the commission of the State seem, in ignoranco of the law prescrib- 1 ing their duties, to act mainly on grounds of expediency and motives of policy. Surely ' the citizen who accepts, much more ho who 1 solicits a commission, should inform himself ' as to the duties of his station, and perform 1 them to the best of his ability, faithfully. ' Whenever I have had occasion to inter- 1 fere at all with tho sentence of the courts, in cases where the penalty was to bo inflicted on tho person, either capitally or corporeally, ? I have directed the Sheriff to confino its ex- i ecution to the precincts of the jail yard, with 1 tho Clerk of the Court and some few sub stantial citizens as witnesses. I think that the law is deficient in omitting to provide some punishment for those i offences which are technically called 4 breach- ] es of trust' or embezzlement, in contra-dis , tinction to larceny ; the violation of morality is the same in both?the difference between them, artificial and shadowy ; and I see no 1 good reason why the one should be visited I with the degrading punishment known to our statute book, while the other passes un- , noticed. Recent experience has brought forcibly to my notice that some statutes, prescribing a severity of punishment which js not consonant with the necessities, or the spirit of the age, have been allowed, through oversight, to remain unrepealed, and though noarly absolute in fact, are still of force, legally. In this view I would recommend a revision of the criminal law, and considering that this law is simple, and capable of being rendered comprehensible, to all persons of intelligence. I think iw reduction into a code! v/ouldi be advisable. Federal Relations.?In the occasional ,i:? : .e .1.- ?1:.:?1 / .? <i lavu.viuns ui lilt] (lull licit I JiOSllIOn OI II1C j State, I have taken no part. Regarding it as well settled since the convention of 1852, I perceive no room for material differences amongst her citizens who wish to agree. If there he a respectable number who desire to associate themselves with the general Demo cratic party in nominating conventions, let them do so without committing the State. While indulging the spirit of conciliation, however, it behoovea us to boware, lest in our kind feelings towards distinguished citizens of that party, we drift into the smooth current of nationalism. The Federal aspect i of South Carolina, so far as it is influenced i by her State policy, is obnoxious to many politicians in America ; and some of our own ' good men seem to believe, with them, that it is chiefly aristocratic pride which keeps her > in this position ; that the men of South Ca-1 ; rolina ariogste to themselves superior wis [ dom and patriotism, and to tbeir women superior virtue. Whereas, without arrogating to themselves any superiority, the truth is, that whatever of wisdom or patriotism or virtue may characterise her people, are among the happy consequences resulting from her institutions, political, social and domestic. Long may we cherish them.. ' The comparative segregation of the State in politics heretofore, is not as hopefal to some progressive minds as the power?the seeming order and harmony?proceeding frem combination with a national party.? Experience teaches the necessity of tolerating extremes, even in politics, in order to secure a just mean. If South Carolina has ever occupied the extreme position of isolation, it was not from Choice, but from the force of the patriotic principles which regulated her action, like the balance wheel, whose motion, peculiar, and to tho careless observer apparently useless, is yet so necessary to the successful and safe operation of the great engine. There is, in fact no disposition on the part of this State to either fanaticism or isolation. Politicians may wrangle, and public journals may oppose one oxtreme of opinion and argument against another ; the people of the State will adhere to the just medium. Ven-1 crating and preserving those principles so essential to tho reserved rights of the Stales, which are illustrated by the history of Carolina during the last thirty years, they will ever be ready and willing to make common cause with tho neighboring States, having a common interest to protect, and to unite as heretofore with tho general Democratic par ty in tho Electoral College, and in tho Fedoral Councils also so long as those principles are duly respected in practico. Kawsas.?Our friends iu Kansas, who have struggled manfully to sustain an unequal contest, arc entitled to our sympathy? tis all we have a right to offer. Notwithstanding the machinations of designing men here, and the perversions of power, whether ndividual or conventional, due to notions of sxpedioncy, I trust that just counsels will ret prevail, and ultimately establish in that levoted Territory a system of Government onducive to their true interests and tho pubic welfare. Soutljcvn (Enterprise W. P. PRICE, Editor. iuh motto?" bquaitrIGHTS to^al.l~ GREENVILLE, S. C. i luirsday Horning, Dec. 3, 1857. To Advkbtibers.?Persons sending in adverisements will please mark the number of inserions. Unless this is done, we publish until noice given to discontinue, and charge accordingChange of DayWo have been requested to call attention o the change iu the day of the sale of West V. Williams's Estate. The day has boen ihanged from Wednesday, 10th December, o Tuesday, 15th December. Arsenal Academy. The following young gentlemen have been appointed to the above institution from this District: E. D. Eahlk, 11. J, Earle, T. r. Westmoreland, G. 11. Dyer, Gkoroe G. Wells. Speaking of the whole number of appointments the Carolina Timet says: While wo state this number is large, wc would also remark that there have been twenty eight rejected?simply, that tho quarters in the Arsenal are not equal to accommodate them. Wo trust this subject will meet some public notice. Our Arsenal is one of the best conducted Mililary-scliolastic Institutions in the United States, aud tlioro is not a citizen in Columbia, who will not 2fivo testimony to the gentlemanly hearing ind behavior of every Cadet that has graduated from the Institution. The South Carolina College. This Institution has, at last, been re-organzed. Tho Trustees have elected Hnn A. I>. Long street, of Georgia, President, and Diiari.es S. Venarle, of Virginia, Professor :>f Mathematics. The Professorship of llistory and Political Ethics has been assigned to President Lonostreet. Prof. Vknaulk, (says tho South Carolinian,) is a gentleman of eminent ability and accomplishments, and in every respect is highly qualified for the posit'on. The lion. A. B. Longatreet, the President elect, is a South Carolinian by birth, educated by Dr. Waddel, of Abbeville, and long a resident of Augusta, in close communion with South Carolina, and intimately known by her most distinguished citizens, lie i> a gentleman of genius and fino literary attainments?of personal qualities of the hi^hwt order, and admirably suited for the requisi uons ot nits oiiice. We have no doubt he will l>e successful in the responsible charge to which he has been called. Russell's Magasine. We are in receipt of the December Number of this highly popular and entertaining Southern periodical. We are under obligations to its editors for its regular reception since the beginning of the second volume. The number before us presents a highly in* tcresting table of contents: Laughter, W't and Humor; Crimes which the Law does not reach : A Few Thoughts on Southern Civilization, No. IV; The Battle in the Distance; Original Sonnet, Addressed to America; Life and Wonderful Adventures of the Little Gold Dollar; Dramatic Fragments; Trip to Cuba; Tha Poet# and Poetry of the South; Sonnet; The Great Financial Difficulty? Southern and Northern Labor ; Alioe; Ballad?The Sleeping Child; Voicee from the Forest; Unpublished Revolutionary Paper#. The Editor's Table is also replete with interest Enclose $3 to Russell's Magazine. Charleston, S. C., if you wish to encourage home talent, as well as one of the best periodicals published in America. LETTERS FROM CfLUMBIA. Columbia, Saturday Evening,) Nov. 28th, 1857. J Mr. Editor?Upon the call for Reports of Special Committees on Wodnosday last, Mr. Bryan, of Charleston, chairman of the Spe- j cial Committee, appointed at last session to j consider and report on that portion of Gov-1 ernor Adams's message in relation to the re-opening of the Slave Trade, presented a i very lengthy, elaborate and learned report | on tho subject, which wo think will not meet! with much encouragement in the House.; Mr. Johnston Pettierew submitted tho rni-! nority report on the same subject, both of which wero ordered to be printed, and made the special order for the second of December next. Mr. Memminger has introduced a long string of resolutions in respect to the banks which, together with the resolutions of Messrs. Gregg and Whiting respectively on the same subject, are for consideration on Monday next, when the bank and anti-bank forces will be martialed and the batteries opened and the battle fought. A part of Mr. Memminger's scheme is to require the banks to withdraw from circulation all their bills of the denomination of five dollars and under within two years, and their tens within three years, and hereafter not to permit them to issue any bills of and below the last mentioned sum. The Comptroller General recommends that the banks be restricted from issuing any bills under twenty dollars. Tho object is to produce a larger specie circulation than now exists in the country.? Mr. Spain, and also Mr. Gadberry, introduccd each of ill cm} bi!!c to iRcrccsc ?M?n. ishment for trading with slaves, making the penalty tine, imprisonment, and whipping, as in cases of larceny. The Legislature has dispatched several elections during the present week. W. A. Owens and Henry McIver, Esq*., were elected solicitors, the one of the Southern and tho other of the Eastern circuit?and Commissioners in Equity for the following Districts were elected, to wit: Spartanburg, T. Stobo Farrow; Anderson, A. O. Norris; lieaufort, R. J. Davnnt; Lancaster, II. Witherspoon; Marien, C. D. Evans: Chesterfield. Jumps O. ftrninr Chester, Giles J. Patterson ; Clarendon, T. S. Coogler; 'Williamsburg, J. A. Wallace; Orangeburg, V. D. V. Jemison ; Charleston, James W. Gray, Master in Equity ; Thomas J. Ganlt, Register in Equity; Ilenry Trescot, Register of Mesne Conveyance; William Laval, Esq., Treasurer of Lower Division ; R. G. M. Dunovant, Adjutant and I Inspector General; Thomas J. Pickens, Comptroller General. I The Court of Appeals in Law admitted 1 on Wednesday twenty-four young men to practice in the Courts of Law of the State, and among them our young friend, Hamlin Leattie, of Greenville, who, wo understand, was well prepared for the examination. The Trustees of the South Carolina College have elected the Hon. Augustus R. Longstreet, L. L. D., of Mississippi, late of Georgia, President of that institution who, it is understood, will accept the appointment. He is among the leading writers and scholars of the South, and will wield a powerful iutluence in behalf of the College, which is now in a highly prosperous condition. In rc-arranging the professorships, the Trustees have left Mr. Pelham without a chair or place in the institution. Three bills have already received two readings in the House, and ordered to be sent to tho Senate :oue to exempt manager* of elso tions from ordinary militia duty ; another to subject the owner of any dog to liability by action at law for twice the value, and also cost*, of any sheep, goat or hog destroyed by such dog; and the third to abolish estates u in fee simple conditional," and to convert such estates hereafter into estates in fee simple absolute. Tho same bill alsot among other provisions, places real estate purchased or otherwise aennired after the making of last wills and testaments, on the . ame f??o?ing a* personal estates now are. We hnve had two ballots, but as yet no election, for United Slates Senator. The vote on the last ballot on Saturday, 28lh inst., stood as follows, to wit: James II. Hammond, 71 ; F. W. Pickens, 50; James Chestnut, 30; Darn well Uhett, 1. The Greenville delegstien were a unit for Pick,i ens. Maj. Perry gave notice of two bills which he would introduce on Monday next, of which more anon. J. W. Stokes submitted, among others, tho following: " The petition of Robert McKay for compensation for certain services reudered the State as Clerk of the Court;" M Presentment of Grand Jury, for Fall Term, 1857 ;H "Petition ot > sundry citizens praying the incorporation ol Bethel Church and Camp Ground;" also, . vf" " The petition of sundry citizens of Greenville District, praying the appointment of a magistrate." - The Houae adjourned to-day at 4 o'clock. Yours, Ac., * J. W. 8. Columbia, Monday Evening,) Nov. 80th, 1857. j Mr. Editor?Several bills were introduced to-day in the House, most of them of local character. Mr. Easley, however, introduced a bill to regulate the compensation of Tax Collectors throughout the State, affixing four per cent, in most of the districts, as the rate of their compensation. As the law I tiA\n aian^j Tow P.nl)anfnM CM l\ol iov vnmn. I IUVTT DinuuO) JL na. vfvuwwiv wiv vvtwi lymu* I nerated for their service* than any other of1 ficer in the State, which will be seen by I referring to tho Comptroller General's report. Several bills received a second reading, and were ordered to be sent to the Senate, among others, the following, to wit: a bill to compol sheriffs, on the expiration of the term of their office, to turn over to their successors tho funds in their hands as sheriff, in the same manner in which the papers, books and furniture are turned over to the incoming officer, and the commissions on the money is to be equally divided between the two. Also, a bill to increaso tho penalty of setting fire to the woods, subjecting the party offending to fine and imprisonment, as well as to damages by civil action. Also, a bill allowing all tax payers who, according to tho Constitution, are entitled to vote, to serve as jurors, thereby altering the law as it now stands requiring a tax of at least 05 cents, to be paid to entitle a man to serve as a juror. There was one other bill ordered to the Senate of a public nature, a bill to increaso tho pny of jurors, fixing their compensation at $1.50 per day, and ten cents per mile going and returning.? The opinion prevails here that public sontimout has, within twelve months, undergone a change in favor of a separate Court of Appeals, and it is probable tho Legislature will establish such a court during its pres ent session. The cases, as now decided by thnt Court. Are creating great dissatisfaction, and the cry comes from every quarter M we must Iiavo a high court which will settle principles, where the law of yesterday will be the law of to-day, so that the business of the country may be conformed thereto without hesitation and doubt." At 3 o'clock to day, the third balloting for United States Senator took place and resulted in the election of James II. Hammond. He received 85 votes ; Pickens, 50 votes, and a few scattering votes were cast for others. James Chcsnut, Jr., withdrew on the third ballot, and the race was between Hammond and Tickcns. Our delegation stood to their colors to the last.? The debate on the banks was postponed nntil to-morrow. Yours, <kc., J. \Y. S. Charleston Correspondence. Charleston, Nov. 30th, 1857. The Fair closed, and the premiums were awarded on last Thursday night. It was not as complete a success as that of last, or those of former years. Thero wero neither as many visitors nor ns many articles contributor r. .1.- ?n?.? ? vu tiswcaiua kuu C'JHCtliUii, >11111 iuu UJktTJHIUIl of a few departments in the fine arte, which were more fully represented Uian ever before. The paintings formed one of the most attractive and interesting features of the exhibition. Their name was legion, aud among them many superb master pieces of art.? The fragile webs of needle-work, emanating from feminine fingers, occupied a smaller space than usual. It is quite likely this deficiency may be attributable to the pressure of the times, which has caused them to withdraw their attention from aftairs of such small moment, and devote it to stocks, ia-1 vestments, and retrenchment. It was rather difficult, though, for one willingly to impute it to such a charitable cause, when viewing tho vast assembly of fair ones, revelling in the delight of a faultless a quilles and sparkling jewels. The deficiency in the lighter was made up in the heavier specimens, such as quilts, counterpanes, Ac., which lined tbo walls of tho galleries in profusion.?Specimens of seamless garments attracted much attention, and very deservedly, tor they are beautifully woven and shaped, of excellent materials, and fifty per cent cheaper than they would be, if marie to order.? They are manufacturer! North, and an agency for them is established in this city, at the store of Kerrison <k Leiding. An elegant rocking chair was the centre of im mense attraction to the lazy and luxuriously inclined. )$y arrangement of apparaj las aiiacheu to ihe " tsautbiishuieui,' sou find porfumed breezes Are gently wafted into the face cf the occupant while undergo ing the enchanting process of a lullaby within its arms. What sensation of horror aud contempt for the degonerate mankind of the nineteenth century, would it excite in the breast of a steel-clad and helmeted knight of tho fourteenth century, were he to see an exquisite of to-day lounging in this voluptu ous piece of mechanism, sipping a glass of pink champagne, and iuhaling at overy breath, the doiicions odors of frangipanni or jockey club. All admire aud pronounce the chair a splendid thing, but at the same time condemn it as being too great a promoter of laziness, to be allowed a patent. The three-wheeled buggy belonging to Mr. Cbapin, from its novelty, attracted crowds , around it. It is a very pretty and neatly built affair, and perhaps would answer, with ' very careful driving, to run over the smooth, ly paved streets of a city ; but a few drives < * and bad road* to be enoountered, and a heavy lurch or two, would soon put an and to this little fairy phaeton. Mf ' The theatre going and opera loving portion of our citizens are on tne qui vivt just now. The celebrated FrezsoHni, on her way to Havanna, will give two oonoerta here, oommencing Tuesday night. 8he fa to be assisted by the world-renowned Strakoseh and his lady, and by Herr Kletzer. The Northern papers, and those in the places at which she has performed on her way South, are in ecstacies at her divine voice and performance, as they term it. The theatre has had vcty good houses of late, with the prospect or better in future. The play of " Azael; or, the Prodigal Son," has had a ' run of nearly two weeks. It was got up at a great expense, in way of scenery, iterations, dfcc., and deserved the success it met with.?The oompany is nightly gaining in popularity, and in a short while will be more justly Appreciated. Miss Avonia Jones is - a !~Li ?1 A . ?Ml U1,8n^cu w nppvnr lU*DlgIH| WOCD SlitJ Will mnke her debut before a Charleston audi* ence. She is very young, but has already gained many laurels in the theatrical world. The mirth moving individuals, yclept the Campbell Ministreis have arrived in town, and will give concerts for one week in the Institute Hall, commencing to-night. Thia is pronounced to be decidedly the best troupe of Ethiopian ministreis in America. All we lack now to completo the list of amusements, is a good old Circus. Can't you send us down the one about to perform in Greenville? It is very probable it will find its way down, of its own accord this winter. The Bhip Baltic from New York, bound to this port, went ashore near the bar on Saturday morning. She is loaded principally with hay, a large portion of which was thrown overboard to lighten her. Three steamers went to her assistance, but could give none. All hope of getting her off is abandoned. The steamship Virginia bound from New York to New Orleans, put into this port on Sunday, on account of some derangement of her machinery. Within the past week, we have had some very cold weather, attended by unusually high winds; but to-day it is as placid and balmy as the gods could wish to bask in. 8. Election of United States Senator. The contest for the United States Senatorship terminated yesterday, after three days' balloting, in tho success of Ex-Governor James II. Hammond. Mr. Chesnut's name was withdrawu in the morning, and the third and last ballot resulted ns follows : Hammond, - 85 Pickens, 59 Dargan, .... 3 Barnwell, - . . 2 Memtninger, .... 1 A Us ton, .... 9 D. E. Treville, .... 1 C lies nut, .... 1 Blank, .... 4 Hammond's majority over riekeus, 20; over all, 12. The recipient of this high honor is a man of very considerable political ability, and is understood to be a " States-Rights " Democrat of the strictest sort, lie has successively filled the positions of State legislator, Member of Congress, and Governor of tlio State, in all of which he has given evidenco of distinguished talent. His letters in reply to the anti-Slavery views of Clarkson, the noted English Abolitionist, contain some of the strongest arguments upon the pro-slavery side of the much;debated Slavery question. Ilia election, in the face of his positive declination, is a most remarkable compliment, and we trust the devotion and high appreciation of the majority which have cuoeen him, may be requited by services of signal value to the State and country. I Since writing the above, we learn that a despatch has been received by a friend of General Hammond, announcing his willingness to accept the position to which he haa been elected.?Carolina Timet. Lidkral to tub Poor.?Hon. Philip Allen, of Providence, K. 1., has determined to supply fuel gratis to the hands whom he has been obliged to discharge from his print works. The coal with which his yards are tilled he nroDOecs to divide ?!><?? . . . l "? ? in addition to which he will give them house rent free of charge. HYMENEAL. Mariukd, on Thursday evening, 26th ulL, by the Itev. Richard Fnrinan, \YM. T. UlCKSON, Km., of Aiken. 8. a, and MUa MATT1JS A. BOLLING, of this place. COMMERCIAL. Columbia, 8. C., Nov. 19. Cotton.?The supply of the article on sale today, was so light* we were nnable to pereeiv* any change in prices, and therefore we eontinno to quote 10? to 10i for good Middling to fafr, and cboioe 10| cents. jtsrllelmbold's (jknuikb l'ukl'akatiok Cures Gravel, Bladder Dropsy, Kidney Affections. GREAT CURE OF RHEUMATISM,? The editors of the Richmond Republican, of December 24th, 1862, says that Carter's Spanish Mixture is no quack medicine. They had a man in their press room who wn? afflicted with violent Mercurial Rheumatism, who was continually complaining of misery in the book, limbs and joints?his eyss had beoomo feverish and mattery, neck swollen, throat so#* and all the symptoms of Rheumatism, combined with Scrofula Two bottles of Carter's Spanish Mixture eared bim, sad, in an editorial notice as ebove, they bear testimony to Its wonderful } effects, and eay their only regret is, that all suffering with diseagee of the blood are not aware of the existence of suoh a medial ha They ohcerfnlly recommend it, Seo their certiBceic, and notice in fbU around the bottle.