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Expss.] ishionsm for II iny Thursday morning, Madame Fer _ero oiened her superb show rooms to thL pbblic, and set the world of fitsh -inhal'f crazy with a beautiful dis play of mi.lliner'y, fresh from Paris, and of a-gossamer gracefulness that might fievo been manufactured in fairy land.- Straws, combined with ihat delicate fabric wrought from bleachted iihalobone, vere among the imlost sub ist.nial bonnets exhibited, and they possess all the efibet of straw, with the the delicacy of fine lace, when trimmed with a 'profusion of rich flowers, that' are more the fashion thanl ever. 'T'lis class of boimets are peculiarly be coming. But the full dress bonnets suIpass anything yet seett atmtng us, for delicacy and richness. Oiio, en. tirely of.white lace, with a wreath of tity rosebuds traversing the crown aznd winding under the' brim, till the ex quisite 'spray just Imtingles oVer the fo ehead, rght have been intended for Queen -iab herself Another, of snow-Ahite chip; covered with a pro fu kbr.of' aN worth six dollars a !)d, held fitst. on each side by clusters Cf'white roses, and with its ilnsid i m nin'gnrs of )leIndcd lace and l white bids, will, we doubt not, be carried oil' by i-.bie fair brido before the itornin Closes, notwithstanding its price. But'it is impossible to describe any one thing as pro eminent among a whole wildernesspof bonnets, each of' which would, if seen by itself; be pro. nouneed perfect. Bright -and showy col ors are still in rcqiest, and . ar-ranged with the fine Lastc exhibited itr this cul. lectiou, toned down with lace and blended w'th flowers, lose all appear ane. of over goreou,ness. Thle fronts are univer-sally more open than last year, and crowded with flowers, and soft illusion or blonde. For young ladies, we saw. manny bonnets of white and-rose color, with the most exquisite little-wreaths, widening at the ears, and growing less and less till they met in albnost imperceptible buds and leaves under the.brim. Tr mairied ladies, of the right com-. plexion,'Jilae is a favorite color; one of crape; trimmed with rich cream col ~4~ssebueeswaa oMeoodingly- cloganui A Leghorn, enriched with the most expensive .lace,- and with two feathers, fatlling like hand ful of snow flakek on one side, struck us fromr its peculiar pur-it) of style--worth forty dollars or more. Another white bonnet, from which clusters of the most exqluisite heath fell, more gracef'ully thian heath ever grew ott the muounitains of' Scotland, stopped our proigress as w e wakddown the room. Indeed, no Sthing, not even natutre hierself, can surpass. the perfetion to which the artisans of Fr'ance have brought ar-ti Jietal flowers. You see roses with athe dew ttrembl ing amoung theirt clu tst eris of heath from which the drops seem falling away, artificial gr-asses scarcely more substantial thn .sha~d ows. Indeed, it seems impossible for biranch than we have witnuessed to-daty. Nor does Fr'ance setm to hl ii art of mocking natture at a low dis counit,for thec man who sends the most -exquisite roses to -th is country has r.e ceived a cross o; the legion of honor in ascknrowledgemnt of hris super-ior'ity. Sever-al new styles ot imanttillas wer'e exhibited, all larger at:ed deeper than those of' last year. TheitIolor's aire white, ashes of' roses atnd black, but hkat beautiful tint called ashes ift roses seems to be the f'avorite. lTwo ol :this shade we remteme as very so .a small yoke, and three or four plaits behind gives it a rich fullness of' drapery. The border is inlaid with lace and a running pal tern of biraid .ed :ed with heavy fringe. The othier, which has somre elassical name whlichl we have forgotten, is dleep) and roun ded behind, short anid pinted in front, with a cape and dotue points of fringe and braid embroidery aut least six inches deep, which has a fine effect. But a white manttilha, which takes it name fioni the tmpiress Engeiau. surpasses even these. In fbrmi it is much like the last we hiavye descr'ibIed. but is .inlaid with two deep rows of lace, oveirlaid wtithu embrnoidery, and separated with ruehet ofi white satini -ribond; this is termiinatced with a heavy fringe. Indeed, fringe and em. broidetrg form the most fauvored garni. S ture- for mantilles this seasotn. E~ verything is profusely ornaimented .about a lady's dress, from the crowvn of' her head to. the tip of her slipper'. Go. thie joinits are the r-age int everything wvhere they can be used. Amotng Ma dam-e Fetrrero's F rench em broideries we saw little else than the jointed style, as they say in ar'chIitecture. l3efore we -could half examitne the profiisioni of beatutif'ul things airound~ us, MIadamec Ferrero's rooms were so crowded wvith ladies that we were obliged to leave. 1-1er show r'ooms tare r'eally a wonder --spaciots, wvith tich dr-aperies, thiat give. the- exact .light in which ladies Jove to' tpest their comnplexious; nd what Is- better. thtan all, on the fir'st floor, 'three doors .from Ilrioad way and ye. in ai quiot nai hborhoodi'. [Fromr thi Mobil Tribuned ColonaeI *-'ereg;;.1y 1Smutter h aihne6, Regolnlit -ormed portion of the force that invested Ve ra Cruz, 'but it was detAched to the south during the siege, cnd 'before it rejoined the intaiiitohann, the' battic of Cerro ,Gordo lidd been fought. Tin next nettons of note Worts the con. flicts at Cont reras,- Churubusco, all Molino del Rey. Of these, the mosi iuportatit was the bloody drama o; Cherubusco, ind here it was that Cul Butler fell, and the' Palmetto Regimei won imperishable renown. But let m., briefly describe the battle. The vil lage of Portales was occupied by th< Mexicans, and the Causeway in froni of the barn was blocked ip witl dense masses of his troops, the cavalry numbering 3,000, the infantry 4,000 To assail them, Gen. Shields ordered 300 men of his own brigade, 300 New. Yorkers and 300 Palnttos-ittiid. iig ]Zeiio's howitzer batterv of twc pieces, and 1,000 men 4l'' Pieree'% brigade, to advance. . Ife began his march -by makinmg a detour ol a iiile; the ground was diflicult; the 15th inftntry, and four coipanie of the 12th, led the advance, followed by the New-Yorkers, the Palmettoi mid tile bittery of the 9th infittry. The advance on appwroaehing tli barn, received a heavy fire from thc enemy; and were directed to shelter themlselves; the New-Yorkers coming up were turied in line and fronting the caueway. The Palmetto regiment was ordered of take position on the left of the New. Yorkers, it being Shields' desigr to cut ol' the Mexicans by extending his liine to the left; but the enemy de. fe.atced his object, and the New-York re. giment became at once cgaged in thc saiguminary struggle. The cavalry ap. proacled tie left of the line, and poure into it their iatal escopette fire; Col. oiiel Burnett fell, and the New-York. ers. dismayed by the death of theit coimmnianid er, now broke and fled, tak. ing shelter behind a wall. The Pal iietto regimitelint Completed their for mation. and itoved forward, firing ir order, w'vthout support-three hundre men opposed to seen thonsund! Bi| these gallant. men moved forward t< their probable doom with the steadi ness of veterans, and with a determi ntition, fixed and unalterable, to con, quer or die.-Shields sent to Scott foi reinforcemrient-. Without a rally t( attack, the battle might be lost. li. owni reckle;s darini" it tie field hat not, ineited all the regiinents; thi( 90th infaitry protected itself behind barn, as the New-Yorkers had done be hind a wall, leaving the Palmetto' to brave the battle and the storm The blood of the young general w.a! roused. le haratingued the regiment! that had abandoned the field, appeal ing to their American courage, an their sense of shame, but the clfet di not correspond with his hopes. Ther was no response! Mortified and in dignant, lie turned to the Carolina regi -men, which .ie : had ordered'to with draw until reinforced, and "tle flag wa! still there." .Colonel Butler' took off his cap ai wav-inge it amid the storm, exclaimted "the Pahinetto,s are ready ! every~ Soiuti Carolinian will ibdlow you tt the death!" "Onward!" cried (Ie geni eral, "this gal lant regimnent,"hle sait sitpse juently, "moved thr-ward fnimly aiid rapidly, under a fire of musketry aus terrible, puerhiaps. as any which sot diers ever faced." 'This mlovemni tirneid the tide of fortune, amid segired1 the victory. At one ludred yards the Pahmuet to regiment halted, tr thpeni fire oni the Alexicans, who wen camne thle hmeait of' colliet- ourm ranks wvere rapdidly- tined, but 'thir m. lac was siuplied lby the inlinitry of' odi er* regimeints htwe nmtdb the alhuit ry otf the caroliiniams, caim lie hir supp~ oit; and mnui i te storr to st ir', t he blo:odyv st rifk, C2oloniel hit Ier fell~f ighttig braxely at thle he~at of his heroes, being shot thirough th heed from a cavalry escopette. "le venge the deathI of' your Co lonel !" ex elaimiedl Geni. Stihelds; and oirderedl th imiuous charge. Thie regime ict Ibeyvei thie cal l-t hey rushed forward, the. ,fli, eer's bearing the colors of' thiir comn p)an'ies. Thle r~egimenclt stafY bieareci was shot dhown, ienit. C2ol. D)ick insoni seized the regimwenta:l flag, aind whlilIs1 waving it, lie was shot downi-1\lajmu GhuInlden too k thle flag. anid the pulace ol Dickinson, and waved that gloriouw hiannter thIiroughiout thie teribe 1) coil flict. Young Adams li-W wvitha the col irs of thie Edgefield corn panmy, nm :1lorange, se'izinigthei bainner from th hiamals of thle dy ing hero, bo re it protud hy through the fight,--and thtus was thi battle of' Cheru buseo was fought and won ! Hibstory~ of the St/emsh ip S'auanna/h The F"irst Ocean StIemer of I/a "About the year 1818, Capt. MoIdse I ogger's, thni of' the city of Savannah suggested ito Messrs. Dnunning, Sear buoromgh, (.. Sturges, H. Burroughs, Ji 1'. .lin ry. I ianI lK i nne, and others of this ciity, the idea of' constructingL ani (ocean s teamter, for plyinig betweei this piort andi somei ofther port ini En rope. These gentlemen resolved tc try thle expemirient. TIhey puirchased ini tha city of New York, a beamitifui ship, wvell adapted as they suJpposed. to the puirposew. Allowingu (lie rigging and other app urtances for' sailimng, to renmain, they supplied her withI steam miaehiner'y anid paddlle whleeh~. .I e: padd~les wecre conistructed so as to b< capable of' foldinmg upIi like a fan be iiny laid on deck, Ihem' mai shaft, havinu joint also for t hat purpoPse. 'Nec whieel house was made of strong can. vas, extenided oni an i ron imi. .lher first trip across the ocean wnm mrade in twenity-two days between thiu p~oinmt and Liver-pool, in the year' 1819. When first described fromn the British eaa, ihe was reportedi n a ship or ra d nmng without steil@ id rly-i ge wli th' Bla) 06;;an-d'Ahlilb lying'oil thi port of oftfiiadt af ..: isnved .from wreck, duri6g a torrible storm, in which. many vessels were lost, only by the assistan'ce rendered by her paddles. During her stay at. St. Petersburg, Al. oxander, Emperor of the Iron North pleased with the novel idea of a steam ship, presented Captain Roggers with two iron chairs, one of whiMI (the only relic left of the adventurous bark)is now in the garden of Mt. Durming, of this city, and we hope wilr long be preserved as an hon9rable memento of one of the most important enter prises of inodern times. 09 .the return of the Savannah from her- European trip, she was sent to Washington City, where she was sold and her steam machinery removed. For years afterwards she plied as a packet between this city and New York, under the command of Capt. Aldrich; and was finally wrecked and went to pieces on the back of Long Island." Capt. Moses Roggers, after lie re turned from Europe, commanded the Pee Dee, the first steam boat which ever navigated the Pee Dee river. He caie to Cheraw in the fall of 18 21. He was remarkably pushing, industrious and persevering man, and was highly estemied by all who knew him.-Ed. C. Gazette. PRIVATE CIIARACTEa OF A LOCOMO. TIVE.-People who may see a locomo.. tive tearing up and down the hand, at at a gait of forty miles an hour-ma. king the very earth groai beneath its giant tread, and time heavens themselves reverberate with its fearful clatter scaring nature with its unearthly din, and frightening all creation fro'm its propriety alniost-people who only see it in its terrible activity, have no idea what eminently social virtues it is en dowed with. This is their public char acter. Their private one is another affair. Now and then one of these huge monsters, in whose iron bowels slumber more than a thousand giant powders, comes up and stands inder our window, as gently as the most ex emplary cooking stove, its huge steam pipes singing a strain as soft and as dulcet as that iost amiable ten kettle, and its lungs of steel breathing as sweetly as an infant in its slumber. Let him gripe those iron hands, and the pipes which were tuned to sosoft a strain, send forth a yell as if heaven and earth were coming together, and those lungs, which first breathed so quietly, cough like a volcanoe-anid off d goes darkening the heavens with its dense volume of smoke. SF" At the meeting of the Am erican Medical Association at New York on Thursday, resolutions were brought forward, reco.mmending Con gress to pass a law requiring -all im ported nostrums-to belabelled with their i)gredients; and, advising. the Stato, L islatures to appoint some competent chemist to analyze the yari ous nostrums, and t6 -publish the an alysis in the most widely circulated jour-nals. A warm and protractedl de b'atc ensued, and the resolutions were finially rejected. A resolution wvas adopted recom muending to the several M~edical Colleges, and such other Boards as arc by lawv authiorised to examine can dlidates for admission to the Medical profession, to mequire from every grad nmate or licentiate his signature to the Code of Ethics, and also that the formial administration ora pledge faith fuil to obiserve and keep the same Code, form part uof the public exer* cise at Mledical cormmenicemnts. Dlr. J. M. Simiith, of New York. read the following: T1h~e conimiittce on noomiationis, in fultilling the duty of their appoint mn t, proPu~s to continue1 mlost of the special coimmiittees appointed by he Asociationi, ini May, 185 1, and to appoinit several new special comn miiitees. Th~le fllowing are the Chairimen of spcialimmit tees fori Souith Car uolina anid Geos rgia, withi the subjects to them committed: Dri. 11. D). Arno~ld, of Savannah, Geo-"Of thme P'hysiological Peculiar itie-s and diseases of Negroes." D r. F. Peyre P'orcher, of Charles toni, S. C.-"On Texicological and Medicinial properties oIf our cryp)toga mie planits. ' D)r. DL. (. Cain of Charleston, S. C.-"On epidemics of Mississippi, Lou isiania, Te'xais and A rkansas." Dr~. Robeit Campbell, of Augusta, G~eo.-"Onm thle pathogenic influence of Feather Beds." A fter the transact ion of' other busi ness, on Thursday afterntoon. the As. sociationl1 adjo urned to meiet ini St. Louis necxt year. lin the eveinig a splendid bainquiet waIs preparedL~ at the Aletropolitani 11 all, at, which about one thousand per sons wer ipresent, the guiests iimuo Ubering about 2?00. Generovs J~nto.-M r. J1 ona thad Kidd, lately deceased, of P itts burg, by his will, doniated $,000 to the support of superannuated preach eri, and the widows oIf deceas~ed ini !sters, of* the Pittsburg M. E. Conifer emnce; $2000 to the Missionary Socie.. ty of thle same birach of the church; amid $ 1,000 to the C2oloization,. IAL ---FoAr five wveeks( past (says the Colm bus Timetns of the 6th inst. ,) wve have been suffeurinig for raimi in this section ofrcounitry-somie da~maige was done11 to the grrowingr erp by the long drought, anid our city was rendered al imiost, unihabaitable by the dust. On Wednesday mring, hmowiever, wve were bllest with copious showers of ian; the dust is ehfectuial ly laid at present, and every green thing rejoices in the bright sunsine which has sue SINMAN% W3N'&,b I. RICHARDSON LOGAN, EDITOR. TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1853. COTTOV MARKET. Charleston, May 16, 1853. The sales on Saturday were brisk in favor of buyers at prices ranging From 7 to 10 1-2 cents. Nxw Yonx, May 14. Cotton, in this market, declined 1-8 mince the arrival of the steamer-sales of the day 7.0 bales. Sales of the week 11,000 'ales. Middling Uplands 10 1-2, Middling Orleans 10 5.8. :e The papers advertising the runaway slave of Mr. JAsEs Loway are requested to send their bills to this oflice for payment. 110on. Willinaa C. Prestos. This distinguished gentleman, and scholar is, we are sorry to write, still suffering much from ill health and con lined to his room, with no hopes of re covery. He is staying with his broth. er the Hion. JOHN S. PRESTON, at the latters plantation in Louisiana. Fatal Accident. On Tuesday last a negro man, the property of Capt. L. II. BELSER was killed at Ramsay's Depot when at tempting to get on the freight train of the Wihmington and Manchester Cars, while they were in motion. His foot sliping he fell on the track, and was instantly cruslhd to death. Bradford Spritags Institute. 'This large and popular Institution for female education was sold at pub. lie auction in this place on sale-day last to a gentlein'an from North Caroli. na, and we are informed will be en dowed and conducted under the name of the Harmony Female College, by the Rlev. Prof. MORGAN. Dancing School. We refer our readers to the Card of Mir. I. 0. BLACK, Who has opened a Dancing School in our town. Mr. BLACK has already a large number of scholars, and ifany doubt his eflicieney, we would recomnend them to pay a visit to his school at the Town Iall. We are perfectly satisfied ourselves from personal acquaintauce, that, Mr. BLACK is worthy a most liberal sup. port ; as ati evidence of the satisfaction he gives his pppils, we mention, that this is hirfrrrlis hr thfs'place. Conamercieal Convention. lt will be recollected that the Com-. merci.:l Con~ventiow-held in Baltimore last year adjourned to meet, in Mem. phis, Tennecsse~e on the 1st of June nex t. By reference to another column our readers will discover- that his Ex cellency G~ov. Maxmio has appointed a number of disting(uishe id genitlemenct from this State to act as delegates to the Con vention), withi the expressed hope that as many of thiem will attend as possibile. Among the subjects to be dlisenissed by the Convention we find the followinig: 'The r stablishiunents of a continental dlepot. of cottoni, in oppositionI to Liv. Thle direct exportatiton of cotton by the planter, thms doing away with mi iddle men, mihddle wareho uses, muid dIe ~oflmissionUs iddle insurances, andl all that interm oinuable mnediumu which eats nmp our substance and con cenitrates oneW exports at Liverpool. To' build up a Southetrn import ing mrarket, ini opposi tioni to New York. To estualish, thbrough rail road allIi ance, imore sympathy with the great WesCt and Northwest, socially, eoin. mercially, and( ntionialy. To have one or inore lines (41steam ers to Europe. To stimlulaite manufhitetures and gen. erail industry. T1o educate our children at home, to spenid our1 wealth at homue. To aimi at coinmmeial and industri ail inudependhence. Thie nam mes of lionli. '.imiipson, P. 1). Torre, Esq., J. ID. Asluniore, anid .J. IT. D uikes, Esqj., were accident atlly omiiittedI in the plini'tin of the genltleime d'i(esignlate b'J 'y t he Govern :r, to attend the M emp Ihis Conven. tion, imakinug in all, tihe nimumber of 1ir. T1hie Legislature of Virginia, at its late sessioni, abolishecd all militia muns ters, to tak~e effet after the year 1853. Al pesn who will be liable to (10 mmiitary duty are to be registered by the Co'immissioners of the~ lRevenue, and to pay 75 cents per annumi, which sumi is to lbe col1leetedl by theC Shieriffs ini the sameui mannmer as other taixes. We hope at, some fuitu re day to see a simnihIn alIterat ion made in onur oppres. sive. Militia system, against, which we have heard manny andu loud comn. plinits. WV hy do not, the pleI take thme matter into their own hands ? We ire contident that a large majority in this State amre oppiosed to the present military laws, and they can be easily abolilshed h)v -a 'irmne imitedh anOpJ0 some. provli ri1f he eili cour agemont of vlunteercompanies, where all militia organization for drill, so far as any benefit to be derived from them, should cease. The Norwalk Railroad Accident. The Coroner's jury who were sum moned to enquire into the. facts con. nected with the above terrible -Rail road accident have reported at at length that the accident was owing to the recklessness and carelessness of the Engineer and gives the follow ing teason. 1. In running around the curve at a rate not less, certainly, than twen ty miles an hour, when under no cir cumstances should it have been half that. 2d. In not discovering that the ball was down immediately after emer ging from the cut. 3d. In not looking for the ball at the high way crossing east of the depot. 4th. In relying, as he says he did, upon the flags of the switch-tenders, when lie well knew that they were not in sight of the draw, and had nothing to do with it. 5th. In not running even slower than usual when the track was wet and slip pery. Death of John A. Stuart. We learn from the Charleston Mercury, that this gentlemen for a number of years proprietor and editor of that paper died in Beaufort on Tues day the 3rd inst aged 35 years. Mr. STUART has been for the last ten years broken down in mind and body, the editor of the Mercury in his re marks thus speaks of him : Ile was, of all the mcn we have known, the one who combined, in the high est degree, tihe faculties of logic, imagi nation and wit, and these be displayed in a far more striking farm in his con versation tian in his writings. To judge of his capacity by what lie actu ally performed, would be to do great injustice to his extraordinary powers; and to estimate all that he might have done, would be to con jure up unavailing regrets. The grave, with its dark mantle, covers all peace to the sleeper, beneath that im penetrable shadow! The Popular Educator. We have received the first number of this work published monthly by ALAXANDER MONTGoMEnRY, Spruce St., New York, at $1 50 a year. The work is intended more particularly for these, who have not enjoyed the bene. fit of a scholastic education, professing to:be a guide to thestudenL in his efforts ~to Cdudatejhimselt Thesubjoettet ed of, are Language, National History, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Fine Arts,iAuthropo logy, Industrial Scien ces, Philosophy, History, Political Sci ence, &c. From the specimen number before us we arc disposed to recom mend the work highly and shall look fur the forthcoming numbers. Forelgn Qutarterly Review. Th'ie A pril numbler of the London Quarterly has been received and pre sents the following table of contents: Serope's History of Castle Combe, Ilu man Ihair, 'rho Old Countess of Des mond, 1f[ungarian Campaigns--Kossuth and Gorgci, Search for Sir John Frank lin, 13uck ingham papers, Anslecy lfouse, The Twvo Systems at Penton. ville, Mamurel on the Duke of Welling ton. Souitlierni Literary Messenger. Thle May number of this veteran and respectable standard of Southern Literature hais been received, and will maintain the long established, and well earned high character of the work It is peculiarly an exponent of South ern views and interests. Published in Rlichumond Va., at 83 00 per annum JIoHN. U. THOMPsoN Editor. Tlac LeCxington Telegrala. 'This is the title of a new paper published at Lexington Court Ihouse, byv W. J. IBANDOI.PtJ, Proprietor and Editor. We have received the first number, andl (cerfulliy number it aumonag our exchanmigesi. Success to the enterprise. B AI vJrntonE, MAY 13-7 4 p. mn. Charleston, May 13-10 50 p. in. 'TiHE GAMUmNsa CASE.--The evi deuce in the Gardiner ease closed yes terday and the argument will coin mnence oni Monday. 'Thie defence have filed a bill of excepltionis. CourNEFEIT.-We were yesterday shown a counterfeit $10 note on the Bank of the State of North Carolina. Tlhme note is an imitation of the genu ine, and is well calculated to deceive, even somec of Nettleton's pupils. Thme vignette of' thme good notes is ant en graving ot the Capitol at llaleigh, and we recommend the Batik to issue no imiore notes upon the plate, as thme en gravinig is poor, does not .keep up with the progress o1 imodern un prove. mnent in Bank note engrav'ing, and affords thereby an opportunity for coutiterteiters to emit sputrioius issues. We caution the public to examine notes of the Bank of the' State with State House vignette. Hfilm inot on Pane~r. A. ~p~the~i~~alofour State last wee oygee us of ther th of the -assertiowhcblh we have oftein heard of latedinthat Columbia was rapidly fcrieei in population, and business; everything about the town bears upon its face the mark of pro gress. The firist thing that struck our eye on riding up from the depot was the New State House, which under the. hands of its present active superintend.. ant is now roaring its massive, and ele.. gant granite walls some twenty feet in the air, and the number of the work men engaged, which a hasty glance caused us to estimate at about two hundred give promise of a speedy com pletion. We were much pleased also to learn that all the granite used on the building, which is of very superior quality, is taken from a quarry, within a mile and-a-half of the town; we had no idea before that the soil of CarolL. na covered such stone. The new State House, the cost of which is estimated at one million dollars, will be when completed, according to the plan, which we were permitted to view, one of the grandest structures in the State. At soine future day we may give a minute description of it. Our next stopping place, was the old Congaree House, kept now by that prince of hosts " JANNEY," whope large number of visitors we should have thought, would leave him little time to attend to the outward appearance of his hotel, but not so, JAbsisy is here, there and everywhere it seems; one moment with broom in hand sweeping the dust from his flobrs, and the next heading an army of gratified boarders, and leading them to- some new and pleasant cheer: under his enterprising hands the old Congaree is making a new and beautiful appearance ; truly ff JANssY does not make a fortune, it will be because visitors. to Columbia, do not know how to- appreciate an es timable host-H-cere's to his health. Leaving the Hotel we strolled into the Court of Appeals which is now in ses sion ; we found here a number of dis tinguished lawyers from all parts of the State in attendance, and were informed, that the business before the Court was large, the number of appeals having considerably increased, particularly from the upper Districts; a shrewed old friend o* ours suggested that this might li consequent upon the- increas ed facilities of travel by railway;. if h reenarlees esrneta gument we have yet -heard advanced against railroads. A Court room, when you are not yourself the anxious clisnt, or the well-feed lawyer is per haps the dullest place in the world, so soon tireing of it, we walked into the street, and meeting with an old friend fro Sntergladly accepted his invi atotopay a visit to the magnificent gardens, and orchards of II. LYOSs, Esq., where w'e spent a profitable and delighted hour in viewing his luxuriant vineyards aind graperies, fine vegetabls, luscious fruits, aud elegant hot-houses; we found cher-ries growing in the yard, ripe, and in full perfection, of these there were three varieties, but the Black Ox Heart was the only one we recognized, the others being of a new species, with which we are unacquaint ed. Columbia is at this season, cer tainly the garden spot of the South ; the beautiful evergreens, which adorn and shade almost every street have just put on the new and bright livery of spring, and the air is rioh with the pcrfu.e of a thousand flowers; a d welling without a garden, in this place, is hardly to be met with, and this pas sion for the beauties of nature must certainly be viewved as an evidence of. the cultivated and refmned taste of its inhabitants. W hy Columbia has not beenm resorted to more during summer months, we cannot imagine, it certain ly presents all the advantages for such a retreat; health, air, scenery and pol. ished society, whamt more can be de sired, while however on this subject we cannot but express our astonish ment that there is not a public bathing establishment in or near the town ; the Congaree River presents many facili. ties for muclh a building, and we yet hope) to sec one erected there. More anon. The Cheraw (razette states that at a late meeting of the Directors of' the Cheraw and Dar-lmngton Rail Road, the President and Engineer were author ized to contract immediately for iron for ten milei, and also to let ouit the bridlge and grading at Buckhiold's Creek, (the only heavy work on tihe line) in contracts foir half' stock and hallf cash. Th'le Gazette expresses the hope that the vexed qunestion of' con nection (between this road, the WNil.. mington uand Manchster-, and the North Eastern Rlail Roads,) will soon be amicably settled. It is estimnuted that one thousand, fouri hundred and forty-three babies have been named Frank Pierce in Maine in the past4 six monthq..-&thll (h)TharsP Wa nf , rne ient in 4 the als fort lirei ed menbersisf the ?a~n merit'have bleen recce -d cutive Chamben i be delivered,'ihn c A bienefit of tlgogo tesl g~o we publish the list e Company A. 1. Richard Canno 2. H. P. Pratt.-" 3. TurnerCrookr 4. Zimmerman - 5. Thoinas J. Wilder 6. James A. Wilder 7. Eugene'A. VW1, 8. RoberB. Wilde - 9. Robert 1. Co 10. John J. Ramsa 11. George.Yates. 12. Joseph T. Groons. 13. Sorg t. M.- J. M. Murphy. 14. Serg't. Thomas D Glenn 15; Corporal R. Marion Blac 16. Thomas P..Black 17. Francis G. Britton.,' 18. Joseph Carter. 19. L. M. Coker. 20. Samuel H. Drake.,' 21. Scarboro R, Drake 22. James Goodsll, 23. Jacob L. Jenniing 24, William Johnson, 25. Robert S. Moody 26. Laurel Spann. 27. William J., Smzitr 28. David Scurry. 29. Thomas B.- Wells.. 30. Robert Kolb. 31. John' C.- Dubose: 32. J. P. Hardy, M. D--. NORTnEASTERx RAI!RoD. have great satisfaction in being ab1e . ' state that the disagreement beiwe a the Northeastern, and the Daringth: and Cheiaw Railroads, as to the' point of jonction, lts-been. 16ppily ad justed. The point theed' upon, is o the Western patt of the lands ofSan utal . McKown; esq, about midwaye bween the termini originally selected by the two Companies. o, there 1i-e bee.: no victory on either side, exicep. of good sense, publie spiri and' man ly.gencrosity.- So mucl tie better may they always carry the day!, The two Companies may iow be rearde4 as essentially one enterprise..The pre. liminary difficulties are overcome andl -. the track. is clear fbr effectiv e worE. la the mtantime tle Northeastirn Railroad has noti l5eert allowed ,to: rust during these preparitions T..'he work at the teraitus- on' o*per RIy or (a most important part of, th Road,) is actively pressed:forwa'rd .. . a small interVal near th e tyi . right -of way lias notryet beep'seenf~d, Ut beyond that for about 20 miles,0e grading- is-under eontise. and we nf trstakdthe--is v growinge i %endha - to take contracts, - whie~h relieve :us of all doubt as to the work being push. ed on withouti interruption. From. Kingstroe to the d McKnwn junction, about 38' miles *rll 'be ready. to be let by the middle of-Jurie. Everything promises the early 9m pletion of this valuable enterpflee, and. those who have the most carefully erca' amiined the resources. of. the . eoun. try through it will passr spesik most confidently of its prospects ma profit.. able ver~ture.-C'Aarleston' 4(ercur-g. ADMITTED.-The following gentl. men have been admitted to praetice in the Courts of this State: IN -rE LAW couirr.-Aaron Augtin,. Jesse T. Bethea, James C. Browin . Chancellor Chambers, George B. Cuth. bert, States Right Gist, James. 0. Hunter, M. Edward Hlutehinson, Samt uel Lord, jr., Phzillip B. .McLaurin,. Thomas P. SliderSsp Ber Sloan.-12 .,Ssp er IN TilE FEQUITY Couar.-Apgustus E. Grice, Willaim C. H!aruis; John O. Higgins, C. H1.S. McClenaghaii Giles J. Patterson, Joseph Perry Sloan.-6.. The election for Major General to. command the - Division S~ C. M., vice Major General Harleoe . ceased, was held on tne 25th'nzlt, and from returns published lthe'Marion Star, the result is as fdllowA d For lBrig. Gen. J. W.Blakefiey, 119 For Col. SamI. F., Gibson, 97 Maority forIBlakeny 2 FaLoM TEXAs.-Advices from Gal. veston, of the 3rd instant, confirm the report of gold discoveries .on the Col. orado river. Four hundred miners were at wvork, obtaining five to ten dollars per diem. The farmers are leaving~ their crops. 'The whole count try is ii an excitement. The soil, for huudreds of miles, has boen examined, Gove~rnor Bell Is a candidate foe Congress in the western District.*' Tuaz WEATnER.-Afer SeVeras weeks of dry weather, which thinderqd, firmers much in their planting . opera. tions, we were visited on Sundmay last by a refreshinig shower, and oin Mor. daiy by a hail storm, which, we fear. has done much injury to the growing crops. Tfhe hail stomues were larga' aiid fell rapidly fo)r several minutes covering tho ground. entirely. [ The Marion. Sta,. SALE oi' BIA?,oD IlonRS.-Tha lrg. stock of blood horses belongingo toe estate of the late WVilliam Gibbons' were sold at auetion,, on the 3d i.ustant s at Madisoni, New Jersey Amo~ng the number sold, was. thme . .elebrtetd raicer 'Fashioii,' now 17 ':ios ol boughit by Mr. Morris, o fSorristmni for $1,500. louncti. Q*hlue, nmotho . of F'ashione 2d years Mpl, 'broughg $100. Patoy A~ntl hony, 13.years ob11 $280. Mainer, 17 yeairs old, #470 anti others, of.r lesser not14 at pria varyving fromf $70,upiN20'.