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Presetutaeat of the 0ra214 Jury I OF SUMTJ R DISTRICT, FALL TIitM, 11;49, The Grand Juy: of -SumterDietrict, for Fall Terin 1849, havig inade inquisition in to the several matters of public interest sug gested for their consideration, do herewith I accord in'the following presentment: From as careful an investigation as they could institute into the state of public ollices of the District they have every reason to be gratified with the manner and condition in which the Records are kept, the business been transacted, and the requirement of Law and duty been met. If there has been any unusual stringency complained of in the prac tice or proceedings of "either" of our "public oflices," they have certainly not been of a character violative of Law or Duty; nor such as properly come within the province of this inquest to reprehend. To this general approba tion of the condition of our Public oflices, a slight exception might possibly be taken to the police of the Jail, which although much improved (as the Grand Jury are induced to believe) from its former condition,soneyears since, of greater neglect, is nevertheless (like most institutions of the kind) still of a char acter not exactly in accordan'e with other benevolent improvements of the age. As the result howeverof all their inquiries, tie Grand Jury believe, that they may saf'lry congratu late the District, on a well ordered condition of the "Public oflices," and a fidelity, ellicien cy and intelligence in those who occupy therm unsurpassed, as they believe, either in our omn experience, or in any other portion of the 'State. While directing their views to subjects of local interest. the (rand Jury would inci dentally bring to the notice of the proper au thorities, our system of road-working gener ally-oppressire, onerous and unjust as it is (to the planting interest particularly) -im perfectly and illy attended to, in practice neglected crrry where,anl totallyinadegnate to the purposes for which it was instituted. But they would more especially invoke the attention of the State, to the present coidi tion of the Road "across Vlance's Ntcanp," decrolred as it has been, by a Resolution of the last Legislature, on a small portion only of the people of Clarendon to keep in repair, at an expense to them of not less than a third of the amountof Taxes now pail by the whole county, into the treasury of the State. 'I'ho impossibility of meeting such an expense, not merely in labor, but in the cas:h, required to supply timber, and reconstruct 1lridges (to say nothing of the injustice of the itapoaiti'n it self) must necessarily cause a total neglect and abandonment of the 1toad, with aill the expensivo improvements on it; and tius de prive also a large portion of the citizons of that county, of their on1l convenient accts to a public mart. A greivance so obvious, anal arising as it has done, out of the action of the I, egislature it self, in closing up the old rooad anal riik ilg such inprovenents on th e new.. (as were in themselves injudicious and e.viravagant) and which are certainly not within the conpeten cy of that portion of the county to keep mn pre servation ought in the opinion of the Grand Jury to be instantly red ressed. As another matter also, of deep interest to the District, they would allnde to the condit ion of Wright's Bluf; beleived to hive been marked and designated by the :anharities of the State as a "Public I aning" atd a right to which was supposed to have been vested in the People by Legislative sanction as weli as accrued from prescriptive us~e; hbut which ha:s lately been cliaimed and mecasturea aby opprorai ated as pnrvate property. As perhiaps one ii, the largest and most convenienat l'uihii L.and. ings in the District, and from which as many as ten thlousandl hales in a single seasai have lieeni slipped, any obstruction to the use of. it woulId ciause a red iux of a largei portio of~a' oiur pirodluce, at a considerable rost :and satcruie to miore remote and distant ID)epo'.s, hoth fron our homes and a inarket. Th'le Granad Ju iry would therefore earnestly inavite the attent ion or the several "Boards of Coninissioners of Roads," the Court, the Solicitor, and dhe Leg islaturo to abate an evil of such import and ma giit ude. in the two last yeairs our Lacal Taxes have (collectivelyl) very nearly cqialeld thle amon t paid by this ast rict (du ring the same period) into t he statat Treisuirv-- Th esr, the Tax for thle repair anud imiprovemienit of Public Buoildinigs, hias prob~abv forianal the heaviest and noist conisiderabhiti le: n--In view of a burden sooften reenrrninZ, sol in:'onveniient. ly I orn, and so ev ideitly I~abila to abuse, t hie Grand Jury would respen'tifully reconiatenda (without initend ing, h owever, anyi retleet a n on tha' past) thaot ther "'Coinissainers of P'ublic Rluidingrs'shiouhld be appointedl tu ler treae re 5aspnibility to the will anal intere~st ai the I'eo ple--As illustr ative of thle nieiessiy ut so:iio change. in our present systemu of ~r'eairing and imuprovmgn tahe Pulicu l iags of theo .District, thle Gr iad Ju1ry would rmnaruk-thati notwiths.tanding the henavy taxat in anid ex. pendituore of thle last few yea r, t ho Jail andi all its appu rtinanices, are Ia r lhe most part ini a riinous, dilapiated---:ul :ianen tloa:hsom--:a: c iidition--theC Sherif1''s 44tlie'e st i!! need~:liihe additions atnd repair recoauinended. bv the Grand July tat thea last spuiing te rro, the iaort I louse, althioutgh dlirec ted by the pia'lm -i Judge yet remiainiing uneiarpjeta.!----:ad thIa Grand Jlury Roomi uinpoidled enn ithi seats for the arrnoainiii)Il '0aa of the' Jlar:. These defects the G ranJt 1 Jr woulda r an.. cur withI t heir piredecessa rN, in recaiioinend dng, to be instant ly reumediedI--timprisomnene t ii-ni a coniiion jiail foar the hpaion tatof mailita. .rl/y fines, the (Grandl Ju ary wvouhi re. pot ful'y .represent as a hiarshi anid /ammiliatinga punlji.~h tooent; dleragatory both to the pride ot the citi zen anda thle spairit of thle sobbler. A comn .. tation of t his penalty to extra rout ad tilan othier pubilic duty-where there was an b viouIs inabtilily to pay thle lineiO-wou ldh seemii to be a inore consistent, anil peaaps piuito as adequate a remedy for thu dau~itlt. There is certainly tno portion ofC ur St ate organ intion that thle Girand J ury woulad ha: more uniin~ Ihg to dleprecia1te, or' att a hedl a ntighier valuhIi)t than our Milia Snystemi. Bat insitanices of thlo chiaract er al/m'/rad toa , hiave: siometimiesi occuirredl (and ini aar aowni l)istrbi). to adhow the ncessity of saomsuch iiiadtia.. tiona of the Law in this respecct. .Thq Grand Juary wvoul hIma suygest, that it shoul be in the powear of thet ".\ppa~rovina O)llicer"' to remitt finesa il exc'.'autions:, :at anly tmo aabefore collhect ion"a--oan tae shiawinia a a goo:l and sufliciont exensai fair lhe delimpt in cy chiarged: anid ihat. all such remaissiaans, wit bi thfe evidence thiereon, lhe reportedl to his supe-c! nor mi commnandl. IProahibit ions s'houli d alIso be proividedl to be gratled-t-until apal s (cala be madiue tot the same. TIhae progressive tendener oaf thae evil (in the oapinion of the Grand Jury) 'mills fair so1me other severe and drgramdinr infliaacains, in ad dlit ion to the pen~alties noir in iorae, lor' "illicit t afliu"' with Slaves it is to hie hojiet i. t Mtato iinitentiary system, (without abolish- r ng capital pniishnient for capital crimes) vi' l-sooh, in the wisdom of our Legislature, te established.in aid of our existing code of .rininal Jurisprudence. In view of tho late attempts by secret em saaries to disturb our domestic institutions, he Grand Jury would suggest that some >rovision be made, to, provent escape, ('it :ases of sedition) from capital inflictions of the haw by forfeiting the rocognisance, The Grand Jury would also present as a grievance, that the existing law prohibiting slaves (except, through the agency, or by the authority of the owner) from hiring their )a mor to others, isgrossly and habitually violated. I'hcy womld also suggest, that female slaves be included in the same prohibition and that lhe present law be so amnended as to secure its enf orcement. In reference to the several subject matters herein submitted by the Grand Jury, they would recommend a Dijgest of the Road Laws, the Insolvent Debtors Acts, "die Law and the Statutes" in relation to "Slaves, "Incendia rios," 'Seditionists," and "Abolitionists," and the Jurisdiction of Magistrates; and that after being revised and approved by the Legislature or "its conmnissioners"-that they be made, by special enactment, the Lar(f the land. In the very valuable compilations that have bieen made by'Jiudge O'Neall and others, on somie of these brainebes of our "Statutory Laws" there is nich to commend,-and very imuchI is that indispensib/', both for reference and informiation. But they are believed to be 1 t I wanling in Legislative sanction, both to re vise anl:l enforce them. In a D;strictso extensive as Sumter, and c:np)osed nas it is of lrie large, separate, and distimct coulnties-it is believed that it would f r;ilitale the business of the Court-as well as acroeniodate the convenience of the peo ple, if the two weeks of the Session (now al lowed by Ltw) were divided respectively be tween th.it. From the great ma.s of business which usually encuimbers our dockets-anl from the reloteiess of inany of our residences -from the seat of jtstice-the present arrangement 01 ,'en ('x:.ct an entire absence of two weeks (roin our hsom,'s and our fami/ies, in a weary Ing an impautit attendance on cases, pro tracted from te- in to term, and soietimes from itr to year. The iunltiplication in the practice of our Courts, of \\ rits, Charges, anI Costs, against I'rncipals, lEndoriscrs, anl Securities severai ly,-where all hlie parties concerned might jist as well he embraced in the same action is certainly an one'rcus and useless increase of the expense of Iit igation. 'T'he ('fleet of this. construction of the ee Bill of 1'27 hia been (to a certain extent) the,- e. crcise of a power of1 Leg.slat ion over the Cost s of L it igation, the Ixpenlseis of the Court, an'l the Emoluments of the Prole.s-iotn. Iii the opinion of the Grand Jury it has already in:uiifestel a dle presssinig etlect on lnutst of the business tran sectia of thlie District, by accumumbitingv new anl inmecessary charges awl annoyances, tending to repel the confidence with which rueni have hiiberto entered, into obligations for each other. 'I'h'v believe that the Fee 1.l of 18'7 should he so interpreted or ainen led, as :o apply to all cares of hi;dorsement or Security-as well as to ".loint and Several Notes, itunds:, and other Obligations." The ILaw in reihtion to Credit generally admiits, as the Gr.md.l Jury believe, of too Much latitude of construction. Ev ilence in relation to debt is perhaps too eas-ly adimsi=;rhble in all ca rs. But in the inl sliluhness of our mcagisteriasl jurisprudence, it bcecmes a scou rg.; of the morst op'pressive eincracer . 10 eni in our in ore enilihtened coudirts ot jusstice, the iprincipsle which has to a conisiderabl~e reient obitaiined---of allowing :cwcrchiati to ('char.e one4 iiain iupon thes~ order' sof anoithler (unlie ihe ti'tgenlcy (or thrictn y to dos so tc lm dprsved) hass bcomicc in (e:tc an my a.lal oine ! s a fraudutlen>t initide of tracn.4:r ing rs sai iigrmahdtoag lc isnc notla ic, possible 'thiat lie greate'st iinno conc itelcn sneemlully113 conten:1, nor the wiest pirecantiioni aid~~ thsemc. lii iiost cases wheni thle inai paitude~l of te interest involcived sdoes not lead to the absoclue nlecessity ocf liti gat ion, rights are abalnhmed ansd i'njustice subm:ittedI to(, ra:the'r t ha ci naintcini a conttest oni suchl iunesipial grounids. It has ch-ecwhere we bsel iome bieni Ithe wi sinit of thc e a ge to restratin raithir than stiinuilate the Ioose ten dencies of? thie ierte li system (pirine as it al1 waycs is t' run inito lI.c'ntioIust~ileis, niese atc I excess)-to ele~-e rathier 11h:m1 to cipen the daii r sf t igactcin' to he stan/atbi v, aridities lihe mcerebaiit sir!Ihe shi';i:k'''per. A recu rrincce to the' uidd anlt sale cc ilinciin Liv w piric. of "'riequliiin th ilisimonyic of a dlisintierestedl wite c tisubstanltjicte ilci val~liitv o il uni w.: ien contracct or obL',a;i ca," 'would per ih ps h the bst :uicd inio-t practical ustce of exl ~trsicn mrom thle errors of ouir sitattry crvsin n this rcsncct. in reitinti~. pi'ahltis for the p'rformaince of jury dty -dbv~i.us y ex~inculabe from ill r~.ss, accilt :;t or ac u rit he;r unal~vi,:ilcbl cauce' as t hey~ ilieuc a re--~'hie Grand .insry ectieemc it bth~l a grirauice and an ini'cnsstenc'y that lice dIiischarg from fiues of ihis itcrcter c-houhll nverthchl,. he ahr':,y3 accompnied~li~i i' :m ider to' pay "c'osj"--;c arcly'!~ ls-s irk' !cauitha thce liw ir self. e'Ii xcus d~ ; for a del impienicy of lhich thIe icourt pcrofecoscllyi regar~ls thie ick-rson tcarged acs mnl' r-ni cr irrspshc ie--...:ciil ast til c s .cice titll'ic to 'cills~Ii lci c as it ry ig gvct "s he cot'"s ofl1 sut"'-uic certi inlyts revertinig the lcd r-estabshed, i xi imst ofsour jusri5sprudel5nce addi Ii diuad acid lcrte echiitcIl ret'~lcsit~ litig:mc'n-'---tr wonhiil thee ieemtti to Ibe iomiihl rn-i is thus connuitog~~is thce chaim tf tics 1-uc/dlic cff-ri into lthe list lue,. stiri anid ien~i liiorte Siiill:iriy dcitarida of ii the l rontfuit djcf_ Ii cost-s anc I ciirs in tichi case~s mslust hac pmdt e shouhcll het dl'rayvecdier h'v thei. State te.:iw, ih in byV t c ize;ttytnj;ialy ex tetuwdc tr hisi loniict',te icr nusiiuii.is'. Th'le reverl oft this prcinic' s.clmcoi facil to b lt aLIIs atn antoti nc e t o th Iie ichi..---aiinip thce smicrkery iof iacyc ts thce iihgiit ctr tun. founatec! . Al o I icb is respeiclly sinhmiittecd. (.-peticc'c) .hcitN P. H~i lt ia ascs, Fo'tren.!isi 1i' A bLyi Say' it is not what we'c earn~i, but what we save lhat muak's is rKih. It ist not ulni t ws' t';t, buct whait wei ites'tt, that mcaks us. iit i iot what wes rs':td ic t whaiti we( ire membeicsr, thiat comklc'- us leacrned~. Mil tis is very simph-l,, bt it it wth r emembii~icering. (One of thce moutst inoted gambuhlers in San Franicit'sco( is said to lit ai Spanciish wIoman. Shie ha~s been'i kiiowni to put1 upj 25lbs, of' goih dtl t ia itnigleu stakect. bsneiien mad r'cen~itly, to set lire to hlouJs ini Chiarles.'toii. The i incend iaries have not [hcon ticbetnl. HE SUMTER BANNER: Oumternille. Z. g. VEDNISDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1849. TRAVELLING AGENT. 07Rtev. FBDERICK RUsH, is a travelling gent for this paper, and is authorized to re .cive subscriptions and receipt for tao same. AGENTS FOIL THE BANNEt. essrs. WHITE, & Co. Suniterville, S. C. T. W. PEGU ES, Isq.. Camden, S. C. Cotton. Charleston.-Prices from 9 1.2 to 11 1-4. Sumtervill.-Prices from 9 1.2 to 10 CoTToN.--During the first part of the week, the market was active, prices rang ing from 9 1.2 to 1Octs-owing to the English news of a fall of 1 1 6 ct., on Monday and Tuesday cotton brought 0 1-2-A larger quantity than usual was shipped last week per R. It. in conse. rinence of the rates being lowered to the old tariff. Ti LATE PaESENTMENT of the Grand Jury, which will he found in another col umn, will well repay an attentive perusal. The times call for action aind the spirit breathing throughout its length, will find acquiescence in the bosom of the reader. It points to the various amenable offen. ces, most readily seized upon by the dis. afTected and calls for legislative protection for discovered omissions. i We are forced by the favors of our advertising friends, to spologise for the scantiness of rending matter. We are now manking arrangements to enlargo our borders, so as to accommodate all. We flatter ourselves that no paper ir. the state can present so striking an example of public favor as the Banner does, with 1G columns of advertisements. G G. F. ToWNES Esgr, who has for the last three years so ably filled the editorial chair of the Greenville Moun. taineer has retired, his post being assum ed by Mr, W .LLs, the publisher. A PRECIOUS RELIC FOR SALE.-The administrators of the late David C. Clay poole, (says the Baltimore Clipper,) 1Iie erinent printer, who recently die(d in Philadelphia, aged 93, advertise to selh jit auction ont the 12th Febhruary. Thei Orig-. ial Manuscript of Gen. Washingloizs ValedictIory Addrcss to theu Pecople of 1hec Unite'd States. TIhis nlape1r-in tihe hand-l writiing, and bea ring the signature of W~zalhinagton-....was presented by himt to Mr. C.laypoole, the thenr editor anid pro prietor of the "'Daily Advertiser,"' which G.azett. sGen. WVashington had selected for its first publicaltion. N :w EsTrEnrut~z.-The merchants oh Genaoa are contemplating tihe establish. menti of a Iline of steamrers ti) Aohile, andi ha~ve recei ved Cecouragi~eent fromn thie at te r cityv. Ther litre is to havye Chargres as its te rin11us. Ther .\lobile lIe rald and T'rlibune corntairis thie first annouinceercn ini this c unt rv of the scheme: 'T, iAiobile it will probmaly, inl its re. stalts, ihe moure imrportzant tharn that of thre Royaml We st ind ia mnai I linre. It will af ford at onrce~ the meitans of openring ai di. ree't rtrade andI a riuore constantU itercom. munrricatin wvith a setioni ofl.Europme wvit wicht we harve heretofore had very l ittk. itrcourse, It will also be~ of great ad. vairnage to New Orleans. Ina that cit s arnd AMabile threre is ai large Itnaliran anti Spanlish poprulartiorn, whlich is annrrually in creaing. tby thre arrivals of irrrnigrant from~nr Eutrope. Ut~ It is piropoised to apipiy to tire I jYgih. lture to inrcoirporalte anr AIan Isss ci-: N Co niow thiat bothI ~\C r sexe h Lv tdien to stanrdinig Col.ars. AsoNi r :nr Wr trr.an.-Theii editor a th lert~ i i--nIt nrist, in anrswer to, thre qureries it a cnore wpondernt, gZives thre ftollowinag for wh itewv.-ah We ih ive pubbishedt a goot rnmy roeiies for t hai prurpose, bunt bielieve we have never pitubbihed thItis. lie reconnrnerndr it :rs rio it excellenit, ars a checapj arid durahkc wah:t fir woodrienl terries andl buddhings. Ik( thmkits that it oiwes its durrability to tire whitt irtiril w.hich it cainrrs. Ti e a lbarre atndl silke a bnishrel of frersh. Iy burred hoi' in it, byv covermrg tire hmit woht bo hng w.iter. Alter it is slakedn, adi coild water e'inoiigh tot hring it to thre c onius, terrce ori goodel~ii' w inar. T1heni Ehl uile iii water. andi addi onle p roth of wtve vit riob (sil. phrate ofi zinte) anil tine qrrart of Iinri sailt. 'Tc give thiis washa a erenn color, ad onc hamll jioiitit ofi ytelbsw itchre, iraniowder. Tlo g'ivc rt ai fawn col ior, addt otne touirth ofi a pion nd oi] Indtian r redl. Tio rmae a hrandisomein gray storne ciolior, aind one tortnh piorund of Indml n redi. A dlrab~ Ilu itrl libe adae by~ aithilngr' oine bali jiuunrnd ot hornt riiennaii, mt1 l inrthn pondtt if Ventit iianred. i''or brick o stinrire, intstetil oft tine biruthel itt iin, nrro a halfI bushlri 01 lime anal hiait bi.he of hrydrauic cemienat. 'PTere are W4 aillrent piapers publlithed in TPexais eqiaml to one for every N000 voters. Tlhe press iof TIexars is geinrally well condueted. The Florida Indias. The latest intolligenco inford us of Gen. Twiggs' arrival atTampa Bay, when?' -te met some &0 or .60 Seminoles, brngbj it them three oftthe murderers and theiihnd or a fourth. Sam Jonesinmade hi appearnce the cotincil, but did not tako part in tjpr. ceedings. He is represented to be a fine looking and venerable man of tall figure, about ninety years old, hair perfectly whjte, and walks with a staff abount ten feet lopg. General Twigge addressed thmn o - ,tilie subject of removing West. Assunwha, the principal chief, in reply, said he would rath er be shot-ho was old and would not leave his country-that we have had no cause to complain of the Seminoles A few bad young men had broke the law, and killed some of our people, but the Seminoles had brought them to justice. The chief said he. did not expect to have that kind of talk. Bowlegs, a tine looking man of 40, spoke strongly against removing, and said that if the Americans ever after had cause of complaint he would be the first to ask to be carried to Arkansas. When asked if he would receive Wild Cat and the delegation from the West, he said emphatically, "tell him not to come until I send for him." It is evident that Sam Jones and Bowlegs will prove too cunning for us at negotiations; the outbreak, we surmise had been long hatching, but broke out rather ear lier than the master-spirits intended, and they are now sacrificing some three or four of their infatuated followers to lull suspicion. With 500 warriors they can give us great trouble, and will do so, unless we are as de cided with them as Gen. Jackson, was. At Tampa Bay, unless Gen. Twiggs takes pos sessions and establishes a line of forts across the peninsula to the Atlantic, they have great facilities in obtaining supplies from the neigh boring Reys, and they may have now, as they had during the fornier war, active Spanish and English agents to furnish their munitions. They originally intended to drive the whites out of Florida and to collect all the Indians in Georgia, Alabama and Texas and make a powerful settlement, and with piratical depre dations for which there are great facilities, and attacks on neighboring states, they hoped to make tfiemselves a formidable power. This may be the designs of the present lead ers. Florida can never prosper until the Seminoles are beyond the Mississippi. A little decisive action may settle all amicably Ts EXTRAVAGANCIES OF FAsnroN.-Love was called the blind god by the ancients, but romance is now-a-days set aside and fashion, the blind goddess, usurps his place. The la dies not content with wearing a certair. un. mentionable portion of male attire, now take to standing collars and neat little wrist bands saucily cover their dainty hands, and open fronts to their dresses make a tempting dis play of frilled and tucked shirt-bosoms; ena bhing them to make choice of the best of their husbands or brothers assortment. This is all fair, and to mnako the old motto of "wh'lat's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander," true, we propose that thc gentlemen shall take to short or long frocks, and appendages, wear lace and straw bonnets,e'hewv tobacco and take to crochet I Wdl our lady friends encourage our endeavors to ameliorate the forlorn condition of our sex. FA~n OFFEnI.-IheO SOUlh Cairoliian pro poses to furnish their daily containing all of the proceedings of the L~gislature, for the Session, for fifty Cents, or the TnI-WEEKLY for Twenty-tivye Cents, containing an abstract of the Proceedings of both Houses, Messages &c. Persons wvill thus have not only the benefit of a report of the proceedings, but also of cuirrent ntews of the day, for the time bieing. Trhis wvill embtrace the President's Me sage and the early piroceedinigs of Con gress. [ir (Our deril says that the ladies have longr been known for their standing c/v.ders, so the assmntion of anI extra price of linien is notho~g new. A Railroad Convention, attended by a nu mer ous delegation ruim A labanma, Ueorgia, South Caroliina and Florida, will meet in Montgomery on the first Monday in D)ecem-. her, to consider the pr'ject of a Ralroad from P'ensacola to that place. Th'le Methiodists in England have deter muinedl to erect a college in one of* the most vce.ius anid destitute portions of London, for lhe gra it ious edutcation of the poor, in whtich cause the Wesleyan Methodists have, for soeyaspast, beeni extremely active. The twelve large manufacturing establish ments1 at Lowell employ a capital of about 13,. t0t00 of dollars, at preent owning 48~ mills, with their apipendages, such as 000 hoarding houses andl other bu ildings. The total num-. her (of spjiiles ini operation ;i o,000. VTe piresen~t nunber ot operatives is about 13,000, of wvhom 4,000 males, and 9,000 females. Carlifo~rnia, gold, it is said at the Philadel phmia mint, contains 10 per cent.silver, where. as the act of Congress admiits but of five. rThe process of separation is said to require muochi time and to rotardI the coining. When lie gold froni (ahfornia lha3 been reduced to stand~ard weight, the rolling, cutting, and1( ad justintg of~ i. goes on at the crate of about S$110, 0(1 per (lay. The "Tlelegrafo," of New Orleans, a pa. per in the initerest of the Cahpta in Gbeneral of Cimha, confesses, that of the $1'2,000,000) an niaal reventue of the Island of Cuba, only $1,. 500Q,000 goes into the treastury of Spain; the ba lance being retiniredl mainly for the purpose of keeping up the force necessary to prevent the Ciubans fronm toriming a govermbnent more congenial to1 their views an d initecrests. Thelm Mayor of Savannah, has appinted Th'lursday, 20th instant, to be obscrec a' dlay of Thanksgiving and P'rayer ini that city. Saniieh B. Massey, Eog. lhas been elected to till the vacancy ini the Ilouse of Represen tatives, occasionied by the death of T. .. WVrirh, of Liaer. New Yorfs the Democrats have elected a ia,. )ority of State 9 fo rs, and overal. their Ji~dgef ~ return foqmbe . sembly, s farjw received; shows te in of 40.Whigs and 00 Democrats. In tlaat Assembly, in the same counties, th*ree 'was 44 Whigs and 12 Democrats. The returns f'rthe Senate, as far as re teeivod sloiv the ele'etioiof 12Whigs and15 -Democrata-same as last year. - In the New York City Council,jiore is a Whig majority of 9 on joint balloti tbing 12 less than the Whig majority of lastyear. Thomas Carnly,-the whig candidate for Sherift, has a clear majority of 2,044. The whig candidate for County Clork, . W;.Rib. let has a majority of 1,042. In New Jersey, the result of theelection in this State for members of the Legislature is as follows: Senate 'house. Whigs, 10 29 Democrats, 9 29 This shows a majority on joint ballot of one for the Whigs-last year the Whig majority was 20. The Democratic gain in the popu lar vote is very large and it is believed that they have carried the State by a considerable. From Massachusetts, we learn that Briggs, the Whig candidate for Governor lacks 1200 votes of the number necessary to constitute election by the people. The Legislature however is largely Whig, so that his re-elec tion is certain. Palfrey, Free'Soil candidate for Congress, lacks 3000 votes, and there is no change in his district. In Mississippi the Democrats have triumph. ed. QUITMAN is elected Governor by a large majority; and it is claimed thaf the Demo cratic candidates for Congress, in all the four Congressional districts, are elected. This is a Democratic gain of one. Ex-Secretary Walker, (Democrat,) is sup. posed to be elected Governor of Louisiana by a small majority. There is no change in the Congressional delegation, one Whig and three Democrats. The Whigs, it is probable, will have a small majority in the Legislature on joint ballot. The House of Representatives in Mich igun is considered doubtful. The Senate is democratic, and Barsy the democrat ic candidate for Governor has a large majority over Littejohn, whig. Another Variety of Cotton.-Col. Seawell has sent to the Memphia Eagle, a sample of cotton of which the editor says, "the staple is fine, heautiftil and large." Col. S. says "It is called the Golden boll, and is represented to be a native of the interior of Central Ame rica. This specimen is taken from a plant raised in my garden, of which I have some eight or ten. The Soil was rich, but not adapted to its culture, being too wet. The average height of the stalks was about four and a half feet, planted four feet apart. "The distinguishing properties which char acterize this description of cotton, are its pro. hific production, the long silky texture of its fibre, and the natonishingly large size and great numbter of holls; Eeveral of the plants had fromn 120 to 130, of which, from 00 to 80 were fully matured, ten of which, beine fre qucntly tested by the scales, weigheX four and a half ounces of seed cotton. Those bols that did not reach fuill maturity in size, all opened, and are yet opening, yielding cotton apparently of as good quality, but not the same amo:mat of the early bolls.'-A ugusta Chronic'e and Senin(1cI. THE LaADIEs' WVORST FxNEMiEs.--Your bitterest enemy you have taken to y our heart, and whyl Blecause lie has gratiflod your sel f-love. Know, that flatterers are the worst of traitors; for they strengthen your imoperfec tions, encourage your extravagances, correct you in nothing; but so shmadowv and paint your tolhes and vices, that you will never by their consent, discover good from evil, or vice from virtue. .Banish, then, the flhtterer, and welcome the truth-tcller. Though lie speak sharply, he loves you the best. The Mississippi and Atlantic Railroad Mass Convention met at Holly Springs on the '20th uilt. Delegates were present from Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama. Ex. Governor Jones, of Tennessee, was chosen President. Variotus memorials were read and addresses made rela'ine to constructing a Railroad fromt Memnphis to intersect the South Carolina .and Naishville Road, amid also to con nect hiolly Spring with the Memphis and At. lantic line. The convention adjourned on the afternoon of the same day to meet at Mem phis after the adjournment of the Paicific Rail road Conivention.---N. 0. Picayusne. I10 IOMEousriav.--Mlessrs. Rood and Roul stonie have just establishied a ropc-wahk in the neighiborhiood of the city, and are doing, we art, pleased to learni, a good businesa. Trhey are runnimg twenty spininers, and conivert weekly about fitteen tons of hemp into pack ing-yarn and rope. The cotton presses here prefer this rope to any made in the WVest, and are now using it. Th e proprietors intend enlarging their works so as to enable themi to -supply planters with superior rope at lower rates than they have heretolore bought at. T1his estabbishmnent is three and a half miles from the city, between the St. Stephens and Creek roadls.-Mobjie TIribune. A NFEW War TO PAY OQin Dots.--Mr. RI. W. Walker, a representative to the Ala. bamna Legislature, from Tuskegee, has given notice that lhe wvill early in the session, bring forward a bill authorisimg the State to pur chase i1) negroes, to be sent to California to work in the goi mhines, and the profits .'of their labor to tbe devoted to the payment of the public debt of Alabama. A L.AnAtA SUoA.--Major Jeremiah Austill heft with us yesterday a sample of' sugar made(1 on his ph'antationi in Clarko county. It is of a bright lively color, finely granulhated, and although but a little over forty-eight hours out of the boiler, is sufficiently dry for use. The Cane in Clarke is turning out finely this season. A large portion of it will be saved for seed, and it is expected that the amount of stugar made there next year will be no incon s:derable item. WVe have observed that the cane raised in our vicinity this season is un usually large and wvehl ripened.---lIuid. tr1rThec Kcoutse (Picketns) Ocnmier says: "Col. Grisham has sold his lands in this Dis trict--1,000( acres-to a company of (Ger MR, Fxob e i steaner Uantarc a arrived ostqn o e lOg0 inat, having lest Uierpof on tia 27tof Otober. We asks be foi fng aszinntajy of rnews. R enlar4edy the: toI attitude of n d. En a 1aaQ*pressed a willing tt~ flsllt'"with Turkey, eith" t av t ure am.This is the most prudent course is the Emperor could adapt; but, at the same time, itis ahumiliing ,ow toIiuksia.-cong, as she did, fresh' from t! field of victory in. Hungary, itisivo e: ' The Pope had not'yet retirted ''to rdo, and it was reported that a.Neapolitan Army of 18,000 men had arrived at, Anditdois on the frontiers.of the Roman States, and that another corps of 14,000 men was expected to join them. The cholera had ceased in Paris, The, movements of France in relation to Turley appear to be unanimously. approved by the people. The Frenah fleet, was under 'weigh' for the Derdanelles. The 'English, squadrohl has left the Adriatic for the neighborhood of the Derdanelles. TheAustrian fleet of frig ates and brigs, has also sailed. .At. Sebasta pool there was a Tarkish squadron of 26ves sels, only four hours sail.from the Bospherus. The Emperor of Austria has ordercd.the ex ecutions of the .Hungarian officers to cease, in consequence of which the tiger Haynau has resigned his post. In England all is quiet and prosperous, and in Ireland a better condition of affairs is appa rent. *Mr. and Mrs. Manning have been con victed of the murder of Patrick O'Connor, and sentenced to be executed. The new Austrian Minister at Paris has rendered himself very unpopular with the en voys of the other powers, by his overbearing behavior. M. L-imartine has received a grant of a largo tract of land situated in a fertilb plain, within a few hours' journey of Smyrna, and forming part of the domains of the Sultan; and that M. Rolland leaves with Ahmet Effendi, to take- possession of it in the name of M. do La martine, who will himself arrive in the course of next spring. It is a gratuitous gil, of the Turkish Emperor. M. de Persiguy has returned from his mis sion to Vienna, to ask for the remains of the Duc de Reichstadt, in order to have them laid by the side of Napoleon. The Emperor of Austria flatly refused, on the ground: that it would not be becoming to remove the son of an Austrian Archduchess from the side of his mother. , Disturbances of a serious nature took place at Rheims on the 21st inst. A considerable movement of foreigners and ultra-democrate from the departments is tak ing place towards Paris, with what is not clearly ascertained. One hundred and sixty Hungarian officers are expected to ship themselves at Bremen . for New Orleans. There is said to he everp likelihood of a largo portion of the Prussian people emigra Ling to the United States. Klapka, the heroic defender of Comorn, has been received with transports by the people of Bremen. bytepol A petition has been presented to the Em peror by the chief magnates, praying his Maj esty for pardon for those H-unga-tans who have been amenable to the laws. The organization of the Austrian atmn is gomng on with great activity. Colonel Forbes, on Englishman,smid one of the leaders of the Roman Rlepublicans, in cont junction with Garibaldi, has been ordered to leave Tuscany. Orders to a considerable extent have witfin the last ten days arrived for immediate ship mnents of lead to St. l'etersburgh. The Berlin correspondent of the Morning Chronicle states that a meeting of delegates from all thd central democrat ic committees of been Germany will be held in London during the ensuing month. 'Vie ilungas ian Crown.--According to re ports fromx Pesth the crown of liungary is now in England, whither it was sent by Rossuthi. Sxemere was in league with him; and on miak ing his escape from WVidden executed the commission of carrying off the crown jewvels to London. This statement explains the re port that Szeinore had stolen some very yal uable trinkets belonging -to Kossuth-a re port which, from the very comnmencemenlt, met with no credit. LATER FROM Ewnora.-Thie A merica arrived at IHalifax on the 16th bringing one week's later intelligence. LIVR~rooL, Nov. 8.-The Cotton market is depressed, and a decline of 1.8d. in loweor qualities has taken place. Other grades continue unchanged. TVhe Comn mittee's Ofieial quotations at the close of business weore as follow's: Fair Upland 6 1.2. Mobile 6 1-21. Fair Orleans '63-4d. The sales for the week amounted to 42,000 bales. Thedemnand for Cotton hath for Speculation and Trrade liad de creased. Rice 14 a 20s. TERRIBLE STEAMBOAT AccIDPENT. Onte lu ndred & Sixty Livecs Lost. NEW-ORLEA~~s. Nov. 16th. p. m.-A terrible steamboat e.'tplosion took pace last evening, on board the steamer "Louisia na,'" bound to St. Louis. When about starting bor boiler burst,' shattering the siteamers Storm and Bostonia, which were alongside, and killing many of their pas-, sengers, as wveil as her own. The Louis. inia had a large number of passengerson board, as well as the Storm, wvhich last had just arrived. , Captain Kennon, of the Louisiana, ar. rested, and held to hail ini the sum of 8, 000 dollars. TPhe explosion is attributed to the careless of the Engineer, and a searching investigation is to be had. More dead bodies have been found, ar.d it is now thought that not less than two hundred. persons have lost their lives b~y the disas A case was tried on the 11th ins~t. before Judge 'Tront, of the Court. of Common Picas of St. Louis, wherein a mneamnerist sued to re cover fees claimed for services in ministering to the disense of a colorcd woman,' by mes~ muenismg her. The number of visits alleged to have been made wvas over one hundired, and the amount claimed for each ,one was #2. After many objections, crosa qestions, and~i arguments, the case waa submitted to the jury, wvho rendnrej iudgum nt for Jh& phititl tor $l19. 99,