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-P r 2 a. i law-a te 'poor 6t"fd 'eat yfanvoledby 'ad'. OR, h. .l'asure of that the BAN SeaIrz nen have round he confnes ofur qt; itsB A.'NMIakft T 6ina sEVs f rea ' e by nad'. tip next re si AN, 9Pago. ex p t e pub, ishinesn origi, 4 Takin tI Wroi 9. .,. On endi qunn.4h a i 06ISbiqtt i issues. ter frntEu rope. n;. ine Cotton Market. tiZ V aropa rehhed Doston k ~ Thubl llwing is a no news sT rings. o.11e fiotto ar heen excedingly quiet during the .euk .Theconflicting advices from the ftid Sttes,1have puzzled both buyers doellers. The former have been ve. v tidsin A their operations, and t e t or nowine that consumers are well ppiliod, and anticipating large imports, uoifest.litte isposition to operate. The ld "df Aherican and Brazil Cot si vo declined an averageopf nearly a iirthng.per pouud. The Broker's cir. la, the last dates. were as follows: IrtUumd and Mobile 6 5.8; fuir Or 4 7.8. rhie sales of the week are 21,430 baes, of which speculators t k 0,500; the trade 11,790 and expor r160. Thq stock on hand is reported 506 00 bales. Business generally ct active, and transactions in the pro. nitrket rather limited. k Cotton Market.--On Satur. My oon market. was in .a quie1 er 4ales ofthe week amounted Val 6bale air Upland was quoted " i Fair Oileans at 11 3.4. T~fRIC.- On Friday aflernoon last ~ ery stange phenomenon was witness. din the heavens. A t 20 minutes pust faile oelock a wite sphere wats seen tra Versing the heavens in a North Easterly iirection, and when about N. N. E. from C'out' I-ouse,' it v~as seen to explode nd1( clopds of smoke were carly discern be, spreading. i4alldirections, and par Ips falng i occured ins the 4n ht; tii tywquid have beeri'lumnin int21idas, itpro.4chted a very curious pnd wonderfoi npgaraonce. lipresented ~ a discsimilfoCull nmoon in daylight. ~About two houarssubsequently the weath. r6iich had been' unusually mild inrn o4c ld and continued so du ring Saturday.I het~ effect the meteor ha remiainsd- for ~r he scientific to detertpinee. I - Congress. .4'The Session coiugpeed on the 2d bunt up tudg h [House had not o~a~~ ~4AethEbteihereby Na un. n sat businoeasnn't he last ballot 4 trgio e sfbo4or Winthrop, Ge'orgia<rously was PNI-Genefl~sbeen 2 Vlbi ono1iIiy in sonme of theu t ~othorn papers. He advises that the poaihg on- letters be reduced toen uni. forriin&.lof -5 cents "on let trs, arid that ewspnpers mayj liosedht to suibscri. de- free of postage, oh live within an prescribh6djlist ance fromn place of publiLca poe Thb"'reasunr ofthe United States Sunshed 'his filil "accourit up to the ~4~'I~0hoein ber I ast, st ating t hnt the moe y.? su.~bjekt th dra1, is' 7,0(J4.356 and "'' tc fprhendled hoss of jnublicfiiruls. Un. prsn ystr-m, in the last year; atJou 2)00. Thre amnofmt~ in the d5 hlaf Troinsuer i~ Pi iladelphian 6t s ur kmip, a phy~s. 6 no orlo'y f Jftotnon disnp. Snif int vek u'idMProfessor but a tle"dcal Collbge of thaf beie suspicion of il i V, p'artti lidyeniig fod in his -' .~u IO~ ha cvidendo Is all cirdumstant Tn ijogauryo'ueL . ~ o 11 ~l i fe of Mr. Clay, w'hero&po . avil on ob ti harui4d ~ K ~~mt~, it. was concludedJ thstl ie *i ~d~6i -Ibdrin undo't p$rtial in. b adcedi r r .vathd~ n A mar m epum.........a.. UP itut LI' p1T, kAin absolutely n!ec -ryto the t4~r~fhe bttrkt.We are decided. e a illivanldite ilisti ti t nk or an'Agdeiy, chsriderIng both bielu.in to the masstwes= never inl thu light ~6atut pyfor~o~e aitopleo reAsonalt .is 1Q Inva.0e t of capital to beget capital and to fi9d Convenient and expeditious ineans to tile cominunity at large. The interesta of the poople.6f. th , is istriiet deriand the estab ishentt of on or the otter.; a ak where theirown capit'al nIaybe inveated, or ar Agen. cy to"atf'rd facilities to ill. Tu colipntoihe amount of banking buiness this District now does is next to an imdpssibldity, but, we are assured by one 'inoro familia' with such st.t. tistics, that over 8150,000'df saper is yearly discounted, and a.iti sUii'Iiil out in ad. vances by the vriotm. Ata;e. Baiks . Why sholild not this -husinas' bo:done at homtie I We want either one of these institites for the following reasons: A 'kafe place is de. sired ior the 4 'teof p~ilic and private funids. We desire a place where ioliable drafts can be purchased for the Rare and speedy transminssion of money. We desire an mlstitution to discount paper at legal rates, and thus save the erbitantehftrges made by money-Iider3. We wint sonlie institute to make advance.A to the planter and merchant on cotton. We desire a banking inst itute in or der to aflurl the usual facilitius to the people in order to stitolato business now stagnant for want of funds ; to encourage industry aid to ConhlVrt lioCy no'w laying i"t!e in:o useful and productive capital. With I Batik Gut::erville will receive ati additional unpillse. he Vihncin-.o!i and Manchester It. It. passing througli, (ve might say :a hliost ending inl) t he town h:3s Ieifitited us. E.ven now there is a irarkddcild.ferene in tha appearatice of the town, new dwellings, workshops and cominodious stores have been and are in course of erection, a coiisideratv!e addition has heen made to o:ieof the prini. ple shotels, and. there is some talk of a brick range going up. All trades, pro essions and mercantile buisiness flourish and this prosper. ity will be considerably enlarged Iy giving us a B utking I:-:itute. During the B ink debate on Siturd.av last in' the House: Mr."PiFsToN, Spoakin(g of te slighting mnannter in which tile appeal of he Baring's to the-plighted faithI of the State Iad licen alluded to,-said: "Sir-The taniuin 'South Carolina is as he fame of her daughifers'-oo pure, I0 hIo. y to be doubted or discussesl; it is a thing ol he heart--nst of ih'tongue, and every citi. en of hers hols it sacred above all ese." We re-e Igi Nis glorions sentiment-a ientiment too, whicI: we believe is the ponit. ar Ong-s5o 3lessrs, I.egishitors, tis nlot the link-your aurder, but you imake your own tate commoitsuiicile--shcar her of her glori mus namen, andI leave. her s tnding the obiserv d of all-ubservers,--hier famene a bye~ word on ha2 exchanges of the world. Maxenr~ArE) .$ tMiNG'ToN ft. t - ['te gradi ng-of the road in~ the immiediater vi inity of teown, is progressing futely. DI.. d~uludrow's conetract of eleven M ;es fromi slack River, tharoughont Seape WVh re swamp o Lyneltes Creek is also pirogressing r;'pidly ix miles beiing entI, filled and gradled, anid to how the stability of the work, the, einnitk. neont across the swamip is sixteeti feet h-gh, mid sixty in width at its base. Th'le wholeI toes great credit to tte able and energetic iuilder I,. 11. lham ,os la 'The work is -ery ard nous, but it is expectedl that thlis tpor ion wvill be graded and titmb'ered cerly nex all. .THE, Govcnxaon's Secoxn Mt:SSA(t' was oent to 'tie L 'gishiture oni the 20.hi inst, sta. inig that the testtimionciahs to be presenttedl to ho widow olt'ol. Dick insotn, to Col. Gladden nd to the seri of the late C2o1. IWitter, by resolution of hst sessiont, and_the..mdahm-m~o epi tes~iNe~o ~a. R.giment, would be presented before -the -termeinationc of the presenit session. . The Govern ri reconiteions th proseciutincn ih~tt ne' c I iw a~rgist general gghvernuient,'T fk 'of Con;.rress the rurocesshmi of.C tl I m~ee to the S Cat e, a reaion ot thle neg'ro hIw s, thte payment~t of .300 per annon'i to the atgenlt ot na~uional e"x. changes 19r the. tSite, a new Jece for the State flouse and rern.,l.gronms, t he repumb licat ion of thie 10:I volittoo of St-no es a large, and severl minzor sp)ecitic:tt uts. Cosi is~ci:sse-.----Thte gradiiatintg c lass of the So. C.a. College this year is notusiialty large, giving tnrt hor ev idee of h-- inc~rea:s. ing.prosp6ni'ty of thast, inistituite undter the able maagmetof-l'resident l'restn. atid is the~ first clnss that has receivedc through its collie. giate cour9e-the benrefits of his suiperinteid. onco and instruction. TIhe addtresses n represented to lhave been of ai high order of merit, rumd some sixty-four youtng genitlemnen .received thieir idegrees, umnontg thiem Ishani Moore, J; 13. Moor , and J. P. Ricardsoi, of this Distrii't, received the degree 'of Blatcho. bor of Arts., AnnsencC Cx CorToN.--Theo late news of advance i' itho prices of cotton in England wvill be grat ifying to, the whole South. Should it hold, thoe value of the cotton crop of the Uiii. ted State will be inicreased matny millions of dollars. This Will give ani additional imepettus to trade ar'd stand' as atn eflort against the bread.itthi' pr{eIks of the Ne.arth, during the F~uropean faimne,. '[Tie ris eas been gradlual oind 'prices range now na naverage of tcearly tiiree Cents per pounld,.OY the~ prices th~ree motnths ago. .~ :YrThe Ett nltedes the receipt fataltibut very zie volinne of Poems by h~hymail f'rom iO enillw prenuin g the gif uontg~d4 hJ.Ailor. The volutse op~itak tia br atiully poetied (iQivpieces arnd hia ry iot spect medn of &ptraph'y. For sale hy 3ou Ru. a 0, t7 muemeni' e1app 4m rlefene of e rights and sterests of the South,and hail it with joy as tho irst step tovArds.that firn, united,- and coifckertqd adt tmn tnt4ithe otitijern' 1thts -wil e sense otti teir contiitsoondanger Imperiously dl mandis" Iesenhtd, That therecommendationof the State of"i siifY'bf a '$otthiern't"Crivsti. tion to be belI aIL Nashville'on the first M1on. day im June next, should be eordialli.enibric.. ed by i he,whole South, that by comiliton co'un. cils: we may-avetthho Cothon'Calamtsities iml). Poi. "UWP riisAigoigl th action of thea nra. o'rnet rvnon by 'the, lust of poWO,,vlYmd the fel.l Apirat of faiaticisin. aRisoili&7 That, for the purpose o(Qarr ing out (e recommIendat ws of the peIopilOr.s, Sissippii,*t i 6~'pedient .thai i ceislatido caucus, -wo aoiold noininate fourdleoICgates to represent the StatV at large in-the conven tion.proposed to be held in Nashville. leesoired, 'hat,-stili foirther tocarry out the reporiendations of the people (if the Stnte.bf Mississippi, we respectilly recom. mend, to the people of this State to mseet to gether on tile 1st MmU day in April next,- in the various p:rishes and districts ofthe State, to nominate as many delegates as they have membehei of the Iesjislature, to meot on the first Alonday- in May succe9ding,. at soie central and convenieti point in their respect. ive congressiotial districts; then and there to nominate two delegates to represent each congressional district in the State in the pro. posed convention. .Resolrcd, That entertaining a sincere de sire to cooperate with our sister States of the Sonti n any moveient whh.h they iay deen necessary for the common good, and havimg entire confillerne in the wisdom, in tegriiv, and firiness of the Sonthern people, I whentti astembled inl said Convention, we feel and express an wttiohted cnfidence that the people of tlie S ate of Souti Carolina will yifeld a fuithful ind iflitichinta upport to I ali measure wich said Convetion , - cuts:iend. Q)T Aition the very tisai:y bills presented by otr indefitigable Senator, Col. F. J. Moses thefullowitng is worthy special tiotice. The ieasures it broaches are rather harsh, but some very strenious =endeavors must be Imiade to put i stop to the fluoding of our mails with :iboition doucuinents. A DILL To profrct he Peoj-le of the Stalefrom Incen. diary Puhlicaiions through the U. S. Mail. le it enacted by the Senate and Ueousste of Rpresettatives, now mnet and sitting in (;en-I eral Assemby, and by authority of the same, That from anti after passing this Act, if any l'ost Master within the Stata of South Caroli' na stall knowingl.y deliver to an; person o; persons any written or printed paper, picture, I drawing or engraving, calculated to disturb the peace and harimony of the people of this .S.:te, in relation to the "slavo population I hereof, such Po st Master shall, oi conviction bIV inretmeit, be imirisoned for a term not exceedmsg twelve months and pay a line not exceedingr onle thsrimsnd doll:rs. 0r O.ic of the most important hills passed, too, by a very large vote, is one passed in tie Uonse p)rovidinig for the punishmeint of traf tickers i spirituus lignors with slaved by piublic chiping; j'ur the ji' st olfence. U poti the totl ion of M r. R tihardlsoni, the operation of~ th:1 law was postpened to the 1st March, soams to givo timiely notice to all violiatore or it. It is to bie hoped thatt the~ passage of this act will efsetually st op tha:t ttlicit aud corrupting traf-I tiek. Gr.N. Ci.itsen.-The Savannahsl Georg;ian, noit tig the death of the late Geti. Clinch, roTisk: gen tenan for many years an otmi.er itt thre Uniited S ;ces Arny.' ile served with high duistictions tOIn 12,i was retaine I aisr a icmeli uon thle reduetiont of lhe armyw at its close, semn aicquiredl a brevet as brigra'. iibter-genter., 1, an td wVih tiIhat ran k com-nal~indedc t .n Flortda itt 183~3 anmd (1, at the cotmmence menit of the Sammaste \Vair. 11I was truly ai hero ait t ~h bttle ot \Vit hlachahdee. Re'sgtn edl trent t he army~ ht' catabhllitbed hiilt itn Camideni couty, in this State. In Itaime h was eletedx a itembier of C ongress; anid, re- I centlyv, wasi the~ \Vhtg eintdidausi for govemrtnor (it Georgiat. lie wats a gentleman in every, sense oh the wordt--a soldier wvithbout reproach and atn hotnest iiout. The petiple of Guorgia antd moire especially thtose of her sea-coasi, will deeply teel the !ess of this cilinLp.av, honorcdiiizca...'. F E17 There are few thintgs relative to the cottate'ree of Entglasnd mtore striking' itn their dletaIs tnn thle raspiid andi innnist m esi're:we sift the ca it radle. Th City :1 lecordler, in his adldress to) l'rince .\lhert, ast thle openingt)~ of thle tww C oat Inch-mgsiiie, ssaid:- -".\htiut three hunmd red yeatrs ago, one or two ships weore sni ticjint fbr thIe tdemi:imtd intil suply of Lonmdoni. l1s a.I I;sbout 200 vessel s were retiretd; in 17015 about ti100 sips' were t~ialu to its tie. abthias 1,150,000) ~ to.s; int 1*'510, 5,'-iti car goes w titl 1,'002,00d2 ito-; in 1 ""15, ',h95 sh ps were empthtyed so cairrin 11.,, 98I 7 cargoes contauiing 1,-10:1,3 :to . ;sl ditr rng the. pas year, (13.8,) 2,717 shise, m,:k isg 1:2,. 267 vosya'es, andI cotaitning 1,13,1W totis 'lThe itncreas~e lrom 133h to 18 lN is tip'wards of 90 per cent; and~ it is the reusult of lair anid tmoiderate calenitIltin that at thle presnt I time 21 ,f00t setineti atre emsph yed itt the tarryinig depa r ment oft t he~ l. ondonu i cia trad."' TIhiese are inltercstig antd impouir tnt facts, anid, whiat is better, thity are the statistics of peace arid successful enteorprise. News fromt Catlentta states tat the rains in Inidia have failect Lii a degree beynd prece dent, arid the fiulood hiave been mtos~t dest rut.. ive. Ini one itnstantce thes ratin antd the flood have by t heir uniited operaIton, prontilueed a mtost extraordinary ei'iet. The rentowned Port of Mooltran, wit h sill its bomtb-proof depent.. dlenrcs, wvhich hiad so lonig hieid ont aigainst. all kinds oft assiiants, had malted aiway be. tore the jouint it tick of the mti~ons ttorrent aind th Itoodtsi of the Chlenauhs. Oti the IN: bi otf Augtnst thie rain begani;bniidingafter buiadd tmg fell in ranpid succession, and otn the 22d the river had covered the country. The floods gradually ascended the corse of the rivers at the rate of abhout seventy miles a day, antd had everywhere done uch damnage. rr Thte monkey jaokets recently worn by the ladies are paid tohiave been proof against the arrowe' of (Upid, as they wvore costs of Unal. A: .1ta spectace o .the Stte a utl 1166 tinnelousily- upholding n S, I whilst it, denou gd . bank and hefederal governt - preeept es 1 r.3 aaliey e J 4 the lobbying anid $16eio n tors la disgraceful to thedtite Thesi opinions the CarolinWa4rQlies we sup. pose loblying in Corgre/oif hI thu Leg. islature for te:iy office, must ho strong' grounds for Ate aboliitimd* im oc"id we also moy.ainferthiat. t endorsei ofsuch argomnis' w41td rnot d6es cend. to.1id: in tid .isgi ti' spoctncie I lobbying furon6, if they were.anxious to be clothed in antiifty . ItP- There is Z4 iportant provision the.Legislatnr'e should-ado't, an alterationi of the niilitia liws, s that.,nspt etions anild reviews shidUlil to held:atrAone and not. cause troop a rtegintefis tb appear G0or 150 miles f'rom the readeiices ofthe rnem. bers thereof. There is no-greater. tyran. I ny in existence hain th'present militia and patrol laws of1he State nnd.the pea. ple cry aloud for redress. IlnAR -rrs GnrtLS.-''he New York Star says it is ito uncoulin thing to find beauifful girls in the State of Maine, running wild, subsisting on berries and acorns. When a girl wants to get married, she makes ror the I voods, where she roves about until a young nai goes out on a wife hunt. Ile catches iight of a girl, and gives chase. She runs, Ind the young man throws a. lnss, by. which Jhe is caught. Ile then takeq her on his shoulder, carrics her to the highway, 'here te his a carriage re idy, ties her feet and iands together, and takes her home. A min ster is sent for, and they are married. The cuot being tied, the young woman- becomes E >erfeetly docile and submissive. C ALABAMA SEATO-rns.-Oi the 29th ult., mn the3d ballot, the ipn. V. IL Ki.-, was lected Senator, to fill the vacancy occasioned C iy the expiration of the terimof the Hon. A. rt . Bighv, lon. Jeremiah Cfeinens has been. c Iec ted to fill the place in the. U.nitcd States it 3unate held at the last sesssion by Senator a itztpatrick. The r.to on the 6th hallot Vas, Clemen, f67; Fopatrick 59; scattering, P. The main body of the" Whigs voted for 4r. Clemens, as a North Alabama Democrat, n elieving that section of the State, by the isages of the dominant party,:wha entitled to a fne of the -3nators. RUsSu.1 1% T.,ndon. Titnes of the -10th It. containsa letter from Austrii, which may c r may not be true, asserhg'tlat Russia has at arried her point with Turkdf4, tothe extent si f rendering the latter power thte jailer of a ossth and his companions. The terms d ud particulars of the colnpact-are as yet un niown. los-ros WA-rERL Wt):The total amount il rawn thus far for introdiic idjho'Cochituate tc rater. into Boston..is $2,90,48,85.' The t1 last Boston reservoir is not .yet finis!.ed, * :hich, with other unavoidable incidental ex ensees, will prTobabtly swell tle entiro cost to bout. four and a half mnillI s, being abo'ut out-le the estimai~ted Stml. Monrp.-*Charles ! lost his head for trying t a raise money without the consent of Parlia lent; and George IHI lost hIs colonies for try.-r ag to raise monley out of the Yankees on al lbe prJicial of tr'xation without. reptresenta. on. In this way, money haes been the cause f miany wars, and msuch bloodshed. In an. L ient times, wars were set on foot upon other " rounds; but in latter years, mnondys lie be. vine the great idol ofcivilieodieuoturies. r hia Scott, was married on Wednesday morn ing week, at the house of tier father, in Neov York, to anjor II. La Scott, aid.de-camp to the Comnniand'er in chtiief, andI in nthe afternoon the hiappy couiple emibarked tot the P'hiltadet. pleai tramii lor the purpose of spendin h honety-mntii in the South. Uir Muc aus beeni said about the proifane eni.oin ofswveirting. P'erhiaps that the most enormoteus case of swearing is th~at mientiod by Uncle Toby, who says, "Our armyi swore nerrthly ini Flandher.." A hnte army,~ enmgaged in swearging! \V a aprdhious -pile of oathis miust hav b- een, heaised tjp FIlandiers! The transmission of the Great Mail South from New York wilt be continuned, as at pree enit, du tring theO winter. 8oen::ri' is PuttAErntA.--The D~aily News sItates thle e'sttited popin!atio tofl Phil adlelphia at the presenit time, to ho :3tMM); or, in othier wvords. 70,0(00 famtiilies. -Of this num her, oinly 2,000~t faiiiesi have a coinpeiency fotr .- uppo rt abotuve indannal hIhor; 20I ,001) de. pend utpon mae.'tih acal an; d protessinal tbranchecs; aund the re'.idue of 417,00)0 is divideid into two parts. viz: 20i,000 svho labor, or are desirous o~f laboringr, nd 17,000) whlo resort to illegimai-te andt crimiina Cl fian for a liveli hood. On lie latter class, 0,1 10 are supipos ed to lie bieggars; d,t000 who depend upon the olki ol the streets and wat they can cotllect fromt the kitchtens of the weoalthiy; :1,000 whto steal; I 100 who starve for want of any kind of support, attd 3,000( wiho follow ai piotniscti ous livthhoodt. Huieh is the state of society in Philadelphia, and the elcemnts which comn. pose it. Pour wvater hastily into a vessel with a sall neck, little enters; pour grndtnally, and by~ sall ciuantities, antd the vessel is ftlledt. Suhaz iis the simido employed byv Quittian tr shiow thu tolly of tdnachmg childrett too nmuch at a tune. We understand, says the New Brunawick Umuonr, that by thye-death,.of the late ,Tohm Potter, his sn-in-law, .Comnioo ~ktott, has receiveid an nddition of SPA O~' an. numn, to Ihim already enormous ince~V The annuatl imcv~oe of the Cormmodqrp cen hardIly ho estimtated at, less than onq lburilredl thou. sand dollars, and probably more. Youa may gledg linowletes y (rq4 , bt you must aeperato te chaf from the %'heat bhikking. 04 radIIC iA Two of the Whi members - of Ala'baraannd es, of Pennsyiania-afu probiablytabsent. Therepte in additIon o the the regular meinl)grs two territori. %I delegates,, one fromeMin oita and one rrorn Oregom .' 'l'hor un-stims up t1e " " non.s alrehtWu' tstte, haigs lected frm i 0a K> Rates, -;85 - 115 'MATrmoNiA L- Wjed nesdy is the iroperti0ine to got married. [f xchange aper.: We Odv4 Wmionday in preferene, as lien you gain Ieo day's time. On second lioughlts thlao pple should, seek: Tw'. l.-A notidr -- - - By al ineans avoid Fri day,-[A notht r. We do not think it matters much on hat day it's dine, so that you provide for hio Son-dayr that in very likely to fol. :w.-(Sutzdny Globe. A ve approve of Marriazes, our ad. ice is~ Setu day, nio ntttr which, but ie sooner the letter.-N. 0. Picayune. Don't quarrel, gents, pray, but would ot Thirst-day do just s.s weli" nsiderinr le CuJ> one has to drink to tl dregs. Lieu'. Lynch, late of the Dead-sea :xpedition has offered his services to our lovernment, to lead an expedition to go a search of Sir John Franklin, and Aieut. L. promises thut "in ense the Gov. rnnent shall sanction his ciorts, he will Lise from privnlE sources, sufficient to laarter, mtN nd equip, a steamer, ao Government. furnishing suoh officers id men 'Us choose to violunteer to go." Prsenlation-.A t Coulmbliia, on Wed. nsday last, the day of the' Governor's eview',1%!. .M. sLtAUROOX delivered Col. G.ADDlf, *ith a few well cbosPaI id appropriato remarks. the splendid word procured for hin by lte Governor, ihehalf'of the State, no a recbgnition of Sservices idi Mexico. Oi recefyd it l.GI rn respoe in his 'ta d..I 'er-like mianner. pleduging~ himselIf tn dir rye it anmonp his. choicean- poweinds; idi to hold himself at all times reaidy "o aw it in the service of his country. EoUrntFnN- !ANUFAfrURERs.--Ther 'N. rleans Crescent, of the 2.ed inst., states at "hooks are now op.-n fir subscriptior.s a .Joint State Compujuy, to enga~ge in a annufacture oif'Cotton. A factory of~ )t00 spindl-s is proaposedJ, and the nmes spendeda are a guarantee that the 'plnn eets thle approbation of nmen thiat can and ill- put it into Oorattion. With the sta. ant our doors, capital andl enertry at ir conimand, why should not Louisanna' epiort this great product of liar soil with at increased value and lessened bulkc ven to It by the loom. We wish the ovement all success-the enterprise tows richly deserves it." A Ciadid Confession-A~ late No. of the anidon T1imes, in an article upon thn subject 'Slavery in America, makes the following now llgment: - 'soureswl of the pepl of England and the ied wvith absolute authority and ungrudg. n'tmuw.itiaqpco td the extinction of slavery n the British doannTions. "I no ,nrinere statese of America have no suchi power of al. ering the institutions and the tenures of pro icrry in the slave. holdtng States of the Union: Jongreus itself lhts no sneh poiwer; bJut if ii ja, a.nd tbesalecs the power, if it had the will nd the meanls to carry a general measuare ot aholition, are are conast rained toa admiit that thec xperimnent' made by the lir-itish governmnent, nd the state ina which thec lH itisha W est Indir s are nmoe placed by it, wrould be inaroked as the naost unansrerrable arguernt againast susch a chemie." IIONoUJSAit.n SA-rtsrac-rto'.--One of the >est, chaalenges to the field4, to fight a duel, hat we' ever hoard ot, was inade by a trulv' ,onorahl gentleman, the late WVuiiamn Lii'. :ohtn, of Worcester, who, after an editorial :ontroversy with a brother editor, in whmich to canmeo ofi'with flying colors, maaguninouas y offeredl to has opponent honiorable, satia. ion mn the field; the weapons to be hoes, cach ).rty ta dlig one acre of piotatoes, and he( vlhose work was doneo be.', and in the short ist time, to, be declared the victor. Sh~oiihI be ehall eng,.e to mi ortalI po tato-dchggm g h~e ac. epjted, lbe wvould trmnit the sze o! Is hoc ya tronda, wh'Io woul d crrange2 the prohi n. ries for the settlemgent of all dilienItie. ~o bad results could arise~ from such a duel [ Boston Journal. A Pt.ANE~ AaHGU~F.N'.--Not many yea igo, im a ha ndsomoe mai nion not manny mileIc rami Cinemnaiati, a young ladly who tias "hii iotirns,''oif what consn~t itts respectability, xpressedh astonashmient to her mother, that t oung indy of her acquaintance, of considerns le wealth, should receive the attentiops d'or oung joinei. "leis' an rintelligent and uaprighit yong nan, I can see no objections," replied the niother. '4 "I don't' cnro," replied the datieter, v'oul'nt be' seen hn thehti'eet withi him.n "Wouhd you he ashamned to be soen atricotith your fiathe'r? ~ Wluhar you auk-4aaqtemtianboI n shda .alpne," Wag h ~i Spoor sa oog havp n aer to,,avoe It of ~rn~s d1 atterwas VWat n dents ltis-Osid tIere a e 1 f r blrad itack u tr(, 'wned b eg stockholders. SLA&woER,-In the SdperiorCourt at Stattn ton, VA. a case of considerable interest, Jin. ry Eidson, sen, vs. Thoias Sumste, has been decidei. -Aiter an abielargiuncit on both side,the jury returned a veriiet ef $4,5395 damages im favor of the plaintifi The isati f, Veruiont,'af oin sessio-P 0Plt 0300 to procuO-bock or blok W r ranitddd WMshg. tied in t ! y o ~floarn IJottw.--We leirn on 'reliable aithority thateveral of the Califoriia H.ii. grants by the South,Ro ae have been murder ed by the .utaw and Navo loe Indians, at the croseim oftheAColorado. It is said that i ndiapw arrioir.tothe nlrnber of 2/000 have taken a hostilejositionl at thd ple. - Co. FREE oNT.-Our latest account from San Francisco stated th-it Cul. . iwould 500, leavelor San Antonio, to take his place as U. S. Cominissionei 'to-runi itiddmrj~ inA betn een our territory and New Mexico. PETER PEXCE.-ie full retur Of 'chillc. tions for-thq aid oftPius IX. ,throughout the td State rooteiqup-825.0784A. The last reuIttaiice was niEln'.the -i inst. The 'Diocese fide' ork contrib ed 90,227 41. ,Purser kenn o Virgiiii, has been dis missed fron'ithe Naval sertfce for being a defaulter to the amount of several thousand dollars, and the claim against hiin has been furned ovi'to the proper legal officer of the G6vernnent, for' prosecution against hus bondsmen. - The bark Ilijah Swif!, from New York, bound to New Orleans, was totally lost on the Isaazo, on the 20:h niL The Second mate and twelve. passengers drowned-the remainder of the crew and passengers saved. The Delaware Journal hears that the petato rot has made its appearance in the countr around SL George's. It has already coni erably injured the pota:o crop in that neigh. borliod. TitE CnOLEA AT THE VgST. rhis dreadful disease, it would appear, is making its a ppearanc again at Cincinnati, as well a at St. Louis. 'J he Commercial records five cases during the three weeks, ending on Tuesday last. THE WHOLESALE SEDURVz--Jtnathan . Mills has been convicteI at Inarrisharg on a, second indictment, in the matter of the three sisters he sedtuced,and iS. to e tried on a third. HII' will not be sentenced on any one till all are tried. SNGULAn ACCIDE.T.-Oa VednedAly last a youth named 'Vance, of. Adamns countv' Ohio, while employed insplitting wood, strurk the handle of lie axe against a loaded pistol w'l;ch was in his pocket, causing it to dis chmrge.-thobp. p p'g. througl~ his right, an ieludgmg mnfha eftpthigh. h o u e'anud jail of .Jasper cosy, ,Tegu gere burnedt doww on the ni ght of the 22d,tti:9o, la the court house, uohf~rtunate ywere depos4ited the wvhole records of the' enunty,--those referrin' to probates, land. claims, land-titles,. and all sui:s civil 'and craiinal. . Mon-Al.try. or FsEE r. AcC~s.-A writer im the Rloson Medical' Journal asserts that the mnoriality of the free people ofrcolor in, the United States is more than, one hundred per co'it, greater thtan that of the slaves.~ T1his is an .ssertion which should, all circumustances being con.widered, betaken with a great many grains of allowance. PucaEOF A MtsEr~.--larn,~ the curiosity hunter, yesteray bought at Sherity's s:,le Pea'e's large collection of rare and ci, rious things at the Alasonie Iall, formerly known as the Phiisadelphia Museum, and in its day, the most cnmplete collection of -won ders ever exhibited in the Unit'd State.. T'he whole collection was bid ofi'for 83,500 it proba bly cost, ori~finally, nearly 5109,000. [Phbil. Leger, 27. The WVashiington (Ark.) Telngraph states;' that the whle :uount of cotton to be sh'pped from above the raft this year will. not reach 6000 bales. Last year over 2.5,0010 bales were shipped. If(the crop had not beeun de stroyed by the overflow, the amount of asete raised in the region above dhe raft would have reached 40,000 bales. Por.zGAMhY.-A lady from Lynn, who has rreeew~t~ A&. rno the Mormon ..'tu ment at the Great &alt L-ake, confirms the statement that the laws of the comnmunity permait the men to haan as many wives as they cian support--the young being able to take care of five or s'x only,. -ndl the olde~ twenty-five or thirty.--Lowc.. Journal. It alpears from the foot ing up of th e returns in New York, that the average .vot~e on the entire D~emocrat ticket is, 2(02.200; and that on the entire WVhig ticket 202.09, thus giving the Democratic party a small majority on the populnr vote. Considering the distracted state of the D'emocratic party during the late contest this can becniee great triumph. l' is quito a condemnation 'of' the present ad. mmliistration. A scientific correspondent . 'the Boston Courier says that the reported' ' iscov'ery in Loandon of a new mnede of, ventilation, based upoln the~ principle of theo syphon, is mianifestly "Air will remain at rest in ainy tube--wheth er the tube be alphonic, or singular, or st raighit--until it is distnrbedl hy m'ens of un. equaI;l rarefactioni, or unlike relatios of ifs ori fices to some external action. These are truths that may he demonstrated by any school. boy, with a piece of leaden pipe and the smnoko from a roll of papor." We understand, says the Pittsburg Mifr cury, that thn Right Hon. James Gfattan, eldest son of the late Holn Grattan,, Ite great Irish orator and patriot, sassold out he Irish, property, and intende se~tliny ginin, in which State he has pusre thousand acres of land.' Jrtmes 0 pres~ented for many years th'e coun I~~ low, in the Imperial P'rhiamne' msuch respected iii the flouse. antdwias elevated'I few years; tion of Privy Cduselo Rr.ccwns NT t. Phla of the Amiericain liisttT [e ite at' Castleo 00% fi dy tie, n now' j ePrs aHe r (!Pi.o W) pro~ery tiloth ohe l pin Oopened - ginning o hypend - The East India ClInb 2000 guines, t WA St. James' au'tre ure, late, and le Thre th.Ievs iv Shelleld,' byte traced then for se reftge upan lag captured. Messrs. 1Hoyle a &I haVe converted one t decors ted reading-roo at their print worket The Board of Poor. ton, England, have jp xysterin orreading (that ly new .ystenl o The od ALbnedbi land, supposed to h, mnans in' the tire ii, re by a flood, last week a peared. In a letter t ti Clharleu Fitzroy e e the barbarous and t r H. G. Ward, Ldrd Innian sles. Intelligence received r j - '' Hope men t t have fouWisa ik a, to whichilik The engineer o way has laid irow wooden 'one , o peers that the greater will render it a cheapcr; A popular writer Mi states that of 49, London, there are,6ut This is therosuiroa -y amnong a largeclasofn ikp ye Proreasor Krollenat, di l, p-aunded a theory that t as animals do their jona they assume a thickerio h according to the cliinito in One of the ificers' n o terprise, just rettrped'freabe expedition in seaCh of8 m says, im a letter to a friekd i nut the sun for abouteit temoperature eightggeA. 's V. by Fahrenh i.l The Dumfrijes St.daie ray plant found, in.moy. stt M" e-l popularly known as the owei e has provedn'fikacique in curinghydp -a Th;Manchester h . have agreed to meimormhp ue im favoir' :'of "0 p S41v-1 a. - g _te rier of fR4 been transanitte4 ~te ~o Aberdeen. ~ , The Bladen ami en Ite d t use of voh-ntaryC i ~ ~ u oe rid of the revolutie~ a .le to de:~rny ther '~n Xt~ A Accord ing tiio , thseru are in the Afitit ehludigIluingarf, viz: 3.5;728 cure. r i t a is7 ?nonasteries, 14,O oosasr in1n I13 convents 3,069ru -0~ clergy of Hungary t is ~ 0,O dividuals.. Not a singnN ~r the listofftoaniu Representati~a ve pssl Kingsa, 1.ur' Thin ,It - ihree Harrlis. o&khi w I$u. kera and t wo Blrowa engt &nith. Frfom the' nro b ni es Capital of Nicarnau canoes caQ -~h ~W ever an*'mow dttiah ing thtetac. o66 perity of this pat at the annnung ded to Mosars.W tractors for a lard (i &h por$overance an4 ~h hatvCcarried it fro .versea circunistig~s...i an, 24th. We learn frrtnlne Pashion, that i); by W coray be -~A J.4 ~S -~ 'o wof i ( amorKWWW E~ifI~mm unp