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THE sUMTER BANNER * XS PUIILISMIEI EVERYTESDAY 31OR~iTV1 BY LOGAN & FRANCIS. - WO: DOLLARS in advance, Two Dollar aid Fifty Cents at the expiration of six months, er Three Dollars at the end of tho year. No paper discontinued until all arrearagfes are PAID, unleis at the option of the Proprietor. Advertisements insi.rted at SEV .:NTY Cents-per stuare, (12 lines or less,) for 'ratand half that sum for each subseqtuent rion. tTenumber of insertions try be marked i Advertisements or they will be publisheil t intil ordered to be discontinued, and charged accordingly. z go" ONE DOLLAR per sqttare for a single n'ertion. Quarterly and Monthly Advertise rnentis vill be charged tho sane as a single in sertion, nd acii-inotithly the samto as new ors Souti-ll-Cirolinia Jockey Chu1b. Tho II utehinson Stakes openod for 1854, by the SouthCarolia Jockev Club, closed on the 1st of May, wifth the following subscribers: Hutchinson Sakesfor three gear uti. tao mile heats-to le run ]j;r on t/ e Wednestday of Race awk. Col. M. R. Sil"eton names k.1. .N Hero, out o' Alatau. .TDo-. D. Watson unites b. f. by Zingncedamby Portsln1outh. John Belchor nauws e. c. by Alutr/,'e, dmin by Sir C/irl(s. John Belcher namnes e. f. by Harold. dati imp. Sam'l. J. Carter, natmes Ib. c. li E.;i lon, di] Kant/ Ke//am, imp. John Cauipbel names -. 1. by 6/encoe, out of Cub, the J1,1 (f Mon t( . 4pohn Cimpbell nianwis ---. c. by .1/q; out of a 'anby inare. Hill & Myers nine f.. f. by Bilost. out of Mincrea Andeirson. C. & N. Grecn natime g. c. by .1'o/ydrc. out of Andrlrelta. F. G. Murphy & Co. unint b. e. by Boston, out of Tra11n//n1, y imi. Tranlby. Hutchinson Stubs, for three year olds -nle hea&s-to be run />)r on 1,ie Frie/ay (f Iace wreek. Col. M. R1. Singletoit namltes c. g. by Boston, dain ip., by (//auens, out of Chr~istob. Thos. D. Watson namews b .b Zinglanee, daml by'. - P1.)et John Beleber 11mn's e. C. ly .I/I'lndc. dam by Sir Ciarles. John Belcher namnes e. f. b y I/r. damn imp. Sam'. J. Cartar nones b. f. hv /' siod, dam , al by Lt it a. Sam'L J. Carter n is e. 1. bv Ain bussador, damie Kate -kiny by rlrimn1. John Camnpbell names -. . by Glen. coe, out. of Cub, the damn of Jnte. ; A -JJohn Campbell namies -. e. b4 Altf. ut of a Tranby mare. C. & N. Green naines g. e. liv Polt dwe, out of .fadreLla. F". G.. M~turphly & Coi. iiamte b. e. hr Boston, out, of ranbyanna, byv imt1. Tranl/. A 'VAsT' At;c.-Th'le foll11owin i too) good to he lost. It illustrat Ies ine of' the peetiliarities of t. he: *stag: Atn JhIl lady int Cincinti hadl a large quantity of baron toi ip to New-(Orlens, whe're thie woa p gii hterself, to buy supplries. She stizma - te wit th Cati 'asenrta he sihoutld havie het rih-ilht, prolvided he would tot race dinthetip }ady came aboardl. M\ t er 1he secon dlay out, anther s ttner wa ;t eenx close astern (with wich the l (':aptain had been racing all the t'inw) andl 'would every now andi thent (comei tip .to the old lady's boait, moal thuen till back again. The highest excitemiett pretvai led uamtong the~ .a.ssengei . a thle tw boa iltts continuiited for tiearlyi a daty ailmost sid 1c Iy sidec. At lt'l.i old lady, partaiking iof th lexime, hoait pass uts, are you ? ' Why, I .lhall have to Madamu, asi I aLreed nt to race.' 'Well, you canl jNt4t try it at lit. tie, that won't' lurt.' ' -itt. Mun~i, to tell youi the tru th, I di.!.' Gria ctou4 butt do try it a littl~ e nte--.. the t~ boa u~t is talmt e. event with utis.' antd a loal cheer aroise fraom the Ia. sengetrs on the '011ld. ba?.' -1 entl raise any inote stean), \l aaiti.' :>.s tl I I' old boat, is passing us. Is thne nothitng elIse on boatrd tat will mte {tas i a neCw id.eta 'struck him]o ieep t yourt bacont.' "'lTriw ini the lbte.in,. shrtieked the ol lady, 'thIriw in thei baconu, Capi tait antd beait lie old boat. A. CHlARtOt As ] IA oA M.-ir. JIonaht Joles, a we'ertt judieial di'~ut. try, deliyered tile fol.1lowxittg chartge tio thet jury, itt the ease ofi'u one Eitt Crtunch ott trial htr steal intg: Juri'v. vi a *kin go ot, and donIt shoiw y omt-t' muigs here till yo fintd aiV~ verit. If you catt't fitd of' yotur owtt, git the Otto the last jur y used." fThe juir y re tired, and aftr an absenee of li. teetinmntes, return-ted withi a v'erd ict of "stictide, itn theitt ninth degret' antd fourth verse." Then .01 Juge .4 inaht Joles prontouned tupion Crutnch the sentence: "Elbnt t Crtunch, stan' ny andil~ face the music. Yout ttre fotttd guilty of suicide for' stealitng. Now, this courltt sentten1ce you to pay ai line of' twoV( shllings, to shiave yourt htead with a balggatiet inu the btaracks, itndl if you- try to cave in the heads oft any of-the jury, you'll eatch thunder, thta's all. Ydttr fhto'whII ho a warning to others; andi, itt conclusion, may the Lord have mtercy on) your soul. Sherifi, get mo a >int-of red eyec! I'm aw .1u thirr.y. ANO-HRns AuNIrir Ecoa.-We,te of Newherry, again send greet ogs to our fellow Celestijals in all parts ot the world, and proclatimlI tle gratitying intelligelce that, iiolther of our:.,te hodhas conipiptely aistound ed the 'nutside hnrba iuns' hereabouts, bi the slccessful pertiIale i of one of ouar most wonder-ful oviparous achievements. A gray sister, the property of E. Y. McMonRCS, has laid an egg, which measures eight and three toutrths by nine and a fourth inclies in circurnferene-in size equal roa g1pose egg. And the thet, that the1 egg (n being perl'orated and ellip tied of a portiun of its contelts was f'tstd to contiin another of' the usual sive ail complete ill all its parts, exei led the es1pecial wonder of aIll who aIt. Yto(-e tha-t titl hoast made simo1 tiince walil.v '*Is not aln idle boast. We van. it' Ieed be', acopihstill greater feats. ll, tIr a while, at leat. unti! sorn other of onr sister Cetials lrpas this feat, we shall rest from oilr lahors. C'u:..reut-ent cut en1t-c-.u1tarelut! Ctutarcut-Cut-cuit Cut ent-cutarntI!! Bhit lhit 410 yOll thihik? A pert hen of Cl. A. (C G.ALIteroN's barn yard, a1 crolss tif the connnan,)I dunlghill and( Aletxican Jowl, a 'wryConceit ed, willgalr st. oif a fellow,''has hatch Ad sIx ck fir three eggs, ind the nopeilt il:x is disposed t-) 'enr. ry n' aboutm it! There is nothing ve ry renn-kle.I aliot tile chicks, only they are of h Cin! n size and each pair (f t wins is marked prceisely alike. Three pairs i,1f tu ins frml three eggsi! A e lever iTformiiance, it is tine; but b t the ildent. hUZzy attelit t" lay tw" togs at mte, one within another, 1t1 if it is niot a Cofpltet break-doVI. (he rook my wring omur neeks. Git :.%r Ml.vre JEL.--The RicA moilnd .\laiil anliounLes that. a iatch rae Is jist been cinluted betveei M.~ '. G. :iaco's celebrated South Caolnamre_ Ninla," anld thet re nowedI horse. " L'd yIve," said to be a great faoieinl 1ichmiond The race. say s the Mai, wil be emphatincA. I\y a trial olF peed, Smuth OArolina at linst. \irgiia. anl as the coa oetitrs ha11ve coveredL4 thne vwith glory 1whlereVer tihe h;lIve alppieIII red, it. is Int oreNSdlab0!e 1 texplct soeitIhling ex ta ill iheC icCaion. Ihe lace is to be1e 1 lusof50, two mlile heat!. and11 u:.l take! place ve rl the Fair lica! t vird , 0 inl idy, the 9th or lI( tin s .fre.O( ie i Ye rday's d l aloi a nim< s that t ril a hliii l aI1 : gl and i natch rac Il th Caroil ia a ainst ' irginia) wa l ded by T. G. laon, esq. (01' iltouth Crolina, 'nd Mes: rs. C. and N. ireet of this cily t (or WOt t side, at three anu Cile e . htweell a1 1uth Car Olin~a an1d a Virginia hiorse, thle race to conm oee theI Cairfivid Cttirse, next sprillg. i hat l i i. D '1 itlends Si not the slighet idea int wmlId. r canl we Si iith 3Crtainiv w1hat ill. Mr. Green iiillt C tI thlit itr in ia Ir i .l .f thl, pahni\ ii days, ani I ill11 Sou t illro liCna, evIn ui lI lwr ihrite "li;.;i had th . ta~ahe wll dou mor tinin any]li iih -r li a ' lo everI 1e be enIabl to :ll111opic.iTe te~l.Cg wIlc hilooked tCrwar tilll t~ii~ihi grea inteest andCI int llit iS bil~ty ul~llh ill drw itousnd of14 rtnuierti hee to seet lit.i ) tI ale 1:r tuChi~buie tic T m irlanI .ldg lial, b-el-to, ubia b 111 1 olvesii qucin f interist to Wly I the jinner ea~ l trlitciy In lue o1iiythter::.h deic n igl.\tail" ge the pint of icl It ase (alst 1(1 Iow ilIiirni e:1t credtr tot thel de4tlr, mn thentd infer authority to remit hby n1,1, in this caso; that if the creditor inel languag caluliated to m; ad the debtor, it was at his own ris: 'ind that if the defendant Duo tight rcasoIlqbly haVe supI'osed tfoin the ,:Imunstances that the piaintifif intended to author ize the trallsilnission by inai!, thoui ithe Jurv would ho juitifie in findin g for the det'eudit-. The Jury returned a verdict for the defeiidantia. FASIONss BY A ".FIRs-r" IAND.-The fashions inl milinery and dress making present smnj of the usuial f'entures. Fin gers are very nitich worn; ntearilv t the bone-skirts and accoits are still very long, while bod'es, particularly those that think teIinselves some budiCS, are excessively Iow, with a gr 1 . ,f stifihess and a ttut:.ntity of boivi itout tle I at where ti: heart is likely to come, it there happenis to be any. In evening dress the petticoat is usually very Full and the pocket of tenl very empty. Thel materiad of the bosom is frequently glace, and covered with transparent issues of' imitation stuff; which may bte seen through easily. Flowers are not, aninch w'vorn this seasont inl the hair, bit the cheeks are got up as usual with artificial roses. 'Te New -York Spirit of tite Times a~ttotmeces a grantd rmmiir~g inatch horse race bet w.ein two lare (perators in Cattle, inl Caliibrtiia, to come off beforc the 10th of J une. The dis tcie is nine miles without stopping, over a level country in the vilintity of Monterey. The hursis named ate Black Sw.-n (from Syliey) and Fredl Coy, a hay hitse frtiti Ketnukv, and1 well knwn in the States as a very fast niile horso. The anount of the match is as follows: $10,000 in e~ah (1, side.) Onte thousand iead of eat tie (valued at $23,000.) and five hundrel young innres. (valud at $5.000,) making in ai *80,000. $40, 000 a side. Tile following inteident "catte o(f in a certaitil poorlhiouse in New lIIuP shire. A young celegihiian visiti 'i the e's tablfs'ihnti leated hirtself by the side ofr a deaf ol.! won ian, wheni this fonveraItion enIed: C Itt lrgN imn,(shit-olting) old re oily . vy good Mahun?" Wonm--E ihtyJ eihILt, y le . CoeV ILaSt av!" Cler gymanIl (ill a -ltn) " ify-gh sll me e pa setd aler tn , I' thall be,, food for. wornms!" Old woa,(her iid)-WoB. ~dil vou say? A re TO trouled withl 'em1. 1lnever know 'd i go d ui-inen-folks- to ae'n badtThe c:lert gna was obseirved to Come awayver N.'aulenl afertat que:,tion and answer! Do,.uXLD B .M -.roma,E so., COsmP vO VE'xicF.-J11 the appointinent of .]k Ma'R-el'to the Yenletianl Conslship, thle ad.11i.ii~rationl has hlit it to a hair. Ik Marvel Ias the nature and tit: bear ing oif a genI~teman ;ii andie txcells in edge" wicht rendeir a Itui11 wel come ill hei is eng~ager~d in stuing tih he hisittrv \ if the V'entiani repubtlic, with a1 view ti the prodtuctiitn iif an iinsLtricalV work. H1is re.sidenct e amtiids-t the scen!es wichi he an'. bitentse advata~ge tol hhn; wi lIe i flicialI chaa tt er will be i, ae. Iy to give im netCeto nic hientt re coits aitd state dt.ililients of rgi. impottrtanlce. Thew result w~i pirobly l nice, tImt will enichq the literaItur( iof t he counllt rv. \h e are only sorre th- it thec rate of Wt v wenty thuIi vent iii a yeakr, e. .a1 perthapsj, noinagtle toi dli-pent. woithkcS It !' eelts.- tl/wi If r-a /.~I hn-i. e ponthekimurder ofhhe hubtand tntirthe ca:t of Afren, whu ieret s bulilt Cartme. lvng i wan leof tlur a , n(uhkiandt as Ilhel i.oubli slur riom te: lilI.a bu' ide. Illav~i I Ie (~tte (gremtC i she'eut hthe blk's Viogetheri ciimedl if n)5 uch ( .-. i ~s el htilti tus malutii. Thehnatiecit itwed threi Iu~u qulatt (Itink t have hriiiwty. II5.tri, te Shi het ha I . .e rt at lttidt ," an itheSta i,hrase: hasW lom ent di wn tot th prest et l ay. ' hirfit i 5wi THF.l It A OF rtttht it iei isowl. EDG e-li! I'evera l coit es li n thI vei .1thi e tti 'il lt of w r d:.ior hndredI themt 'ha eetheylk~ viht cier. i thir toe thou2~...an dioll tars toi atro hundre thuad dyotharesihen it 0wasct kowl eto th nabtnsofWet. in I 1(N~MT1~O'PT1Z ltOSTT1SCHILDS. -A recer' writer give, some interest hg pant .lara upon this subjot: lit twelve years abont five himthed mni! doll- were raisd by the ocsc l'or (iitfe lt powers, by way of' uan or subsidits, which wre distrilb. Le - iit'erly the foilowiig propor -,,'~For England, two hundred niilions; fojr Austria, fifty 11iiollos; or Brussia, furty millions; flr .Franev, eighty imillior.s; for Nal es, fifty mil lions; for Russia, twenit-Vfive :nillionis; lor s1eral German Coilrts, four mil. lions; for Brazil, twelve millions, ex elusive of various other large sums. The remarklLblo success of the Rotlis Ailds, settit-; aside the great oppor tu luties which they have enjoyed from ravorable ciruimstances, inay be att ri lnted to- their strict adherence to tVo Iitdarnient.1 Iimaxiris. I'he fi t of t:, ill Coli cij le w ith tle dyig in Ullctions of the founder of the house, s the icoiductiing all their operations utirely .in common. Every proposi ieni of inagnitude made to one cfthern S subiitted to the deliberations of all. No propositito is adopted until thus ully discussed, and is thei executed )y all united eflbrts. A second prin pie i&. not to aian at exorhiult profits, o set definite limits to every o)pert iot, and so fr aS hittumaii prudence and rnesight Canl d14), to render it inde ieni ..t of acciCltIl inlucIMeS. In his mnaxim ies one of the mina secrets A' thir strengt'h." THE BANNER, 1, RICHARDSON LOGAN, EDITOR. TUESDAY, JUNE 14. 1853. COTTON. MA1tICKET. Cha1 lestont, J ui e 13, 1M53. The transactions of the past week ave been linited at prices ranging 'rOmt 8 to i let. ReIligions Notice. We have bWen rejuesteld to give motice that the Rev. Mr. denkins, Mis iionary to China, r-ecompaniied by I native Chinese, will prez-4 if, the \[et hodist Clurch of this place, oil lie 23d inst., at 5 o'clock, P. M. Court of Equiby For Suliter Di) riet -dolurned (-a latu!daty eventing list, after an easy se=.ion ; there w*ere no articularly imlporlant cases disposed (it. The 'entch and ba r left here on Sunday at I o'clklck onl an caeoinondation trail of le \Vilmiwgton mt-d Manclheste'r Rail Riad fin the jictivif on their way to Wo ' t" va til the attetption of' our -endert's to' the i'arti of Mo ns. Tn o. 'na:, s.'!. h~s . ;it compjleted htis in trinerions ini Frenchiel to his class foi-' the rzt Qmti:rter, an~d is ready for another. Weare iuform'iued that he has givenj rtsasation et a teachier, to alI da pupils. Onr r''aulers will pleas-e liear' ini ohnttl lIon se on Tlimiraday eveinlg ntext at ail; j'att fiur i'*eii ck, fo r the purposie)~ I C finig a lite. ry alnd debatting .-o. 'ety in tis pilace. .\.l are intvited to it end. oi tmenti Iy thme lo4vera:er. . G.. Loi . E ., ha bveenii air n. tioti. (Aeio' V hie Maoi,tra. f o~ Clr non Cont, ie Jens D'. doEG- e Sheriff for Carietosa. . Hofl.ont: S. G{enm has beeni elet .d by the city't conctiI ti thle oie' o'i hI,.riif, to ilb th !ovacaneytL cautsed bty hte deat h of Ilomie:Tr Ei. . We recived. last wieek, annn it an,~ii 155 iirtment of oi te vegetanhia, Cri-'im hte gade of a good Iady f lri en ii of nrs, ai -ish of mtost excellent Okra, t biich wa:s dernoli-hetd w ill hiCeenlialr eli'sh, n' a lIi tte heightene bi ly thec hongh. that they were tlte first of' thte set 0on, at al i ev\ent they are the first wve lha.e hieardi of in these par~ ts. A1 New Sttore. We \(ouldh refer one1 reader' ls to) the idh ertisemenzt of Mestsrs. Gzou~oN & Loohae dpnd a ae Groce ry Sti rn at teodtadof D r. R. S. "If 'a tlteini a sintilite of nnle very nte p'reseves &., whliebt we cantitt(t lit reiomtuineitld as being very good, a bon-th of' eiugars too'. which we received, wre thbought to be as good a ~s any wve have ive Lef 'i/', and as highly fla vo red tjany we ever wishl topf. Call on noLthL, u.---li ithe Piesi ite 2.'hit (seneral lvyenliion ll almtiost untaititoils vote wvas paosed ont 'ihurnsday adopting an itiendoiii-it. to thier report, offere'd by I )-. t'ix, declarinig marriage with a .inter's child to be contrary to thie lawS of Gohd and revolting to humni A Beautiful FowVerI. The dull :Gr of onr sanciunt.was quite Enlivened and made fragrant on Fri day night last, by the odor, and ap pearance of thiat most elegant of IlI th. Cactus spcnigs, thn. vight-bloomr)in7 Cereus (Canc.s gra&'T.'!oras), which was sent fl% by onr good neighbor Mrs. F. J. MosEs. The beauty of this plant belongs peculiarly to the night, the blossoms begin expanding 'soon after Still-set, and close before rioning light, never -ngain to opens. rt was some time before we could make up our mind to withdraw from the conernpla Lion ofthe delicate and exqisite pro portions of this rare flower, knowing that to-mlorrow would find it closed fbrever to our oyes. Wonderif soie rfour Yankee brethren could not in vent a machine for making it bloom in sun light'twould be decidedly pre ferable we think. The Mmcinplis Conveistion. This body has at length adjourned, ILs we are inforned by telegraph to meet in Charleston next April. Of the proceedings we have only the Meager, accounts furnished by tele riaphic reports, from which we learn that the Convention paF.sed resolutions in favor of a Lailrand to the Pa :Ific, and recommending Congress to rant land -for its construction, as also in favor of deepening the chutnel at ite mouth of the Mississippi, and iproving the harbors of Charleston, Savann.h, Mobile anu Richmond. A gencrai system of Education, atnd a Bureau of Statistics for the Southern iad Westerit States. Direct Trade, a Pacific Railroad by a route through a X1emp,.i.a-&- climate, and one most ne :cssihi- fron all parts of the Union, t1e Tehuantepee route, Steamers from Soutliern ports, &c., an address to C'ongress was adopted, relative to le fiIee tavigation of the South Ala. -rican rivers." The "Soutihern Staniidard "in com mlenlting onl thlv-e topi-s as These ,re all strictly Southern qt:es. Lions, antd much practical advantage may result from their consideration. We are still of the opiiiin previously lxpressed, that philant hropy neVerCnt Ofee an enterprise. Thalt its feasibility dlepends upon its advatnceinent of in. Jividual interests, and that few imeas Ires arVC worthy of achlievemlienit, whose . kanceient of individudA interests, is not sufficient to compervateAlthe out lay1. uBit there are many'entorprises, the advalntages of whose achieveient are not appreciated. A M ha'e ino clear conception of their resuits un til they are accomplished, and beitate about inv~estmnen ts, wvhose returnts are untcrtainI and contingent. It is in this state of the public mind, that thme.-e dliscussiotns anay be eminently ser viceable. The people of the Soutl era States of this Confederacy have vast and peculhiar intierests, interests not alonec ini conn~ectioni with the soil and its aittrib~teis, but with the e'xistn.e aLnd developments of that s-scial sy. nm which obtains among t.rn. W e contcive it barely possi ble thtat any one of these measures of Sou thern imatpro vemen t dIiscussed at this Convention, co.uld he carriedl in tl comptllete~ et*ieet without advantag'es io private imterests quite commiten sutrate with the srerifices its ae. eo: mplishni.nL wvouldl occasion;- out toi see this is advanc~e. to know it as wedl befuge as afterwards, is the dlitlielhty, andh it is by such C nventions that such diiculties are mo1(st likely Lt. be obl)viatedl. There is little trouble in mintg peole help thetiselves if we ontly show themt how Lt) dio it. Atnd much of t he light inmportantt. to such a purpose, it is our earnetIst hope, may conut' frozm this assembhly. WViLunxa-iroN AND Aasen~Sa RAIL lOAn.-WVe are gratied to learn, say's the Charleston Courier, that the entire issue of *200,000 of thet Wilmingtcu anld Alanchtester Rai lroast-sevenpe eeni'. SecondL Moi~rtgage ilotds lhar been neg.'otiated througrh Aloz J. Wite lhroker of this city, which will, we iun de~stand, en able the cinterprising and energetic President of the ilod, Geni. WV. W. Ilarilee, to complete it forth. with. A.MEnItCAN WweINIs.-Thbe vineyards at Cinch natati now produc~te a very large qjua.Atity of native wine'i. The American Catawhba, and the Sebuyl kill Girpe, froma the vineyards of Longworth, and those of Ii.gent and liud:u in, are becoming great favorites at hotels and watering places, and( thme demand for thtem is rapidly increasing. !apring Executed. Atrthur Sprming was executed to-dlay, rotesting his inntocecetC, as w-el! as that of his soni. The Gr-eat IRace. The gr a imatch race of South Cat (Ilina agaminst Virgitn'a, betweent led Ey-e and ina, wais won hy lRed Eye. issons.-he 'imonnt r-aisedI by the Conferetce of the M~ethiodist Epmis cop1:] Church South for Missions du rmtg the past year is $10001.09 lThe Soutth Carolina Conference heads the list with *22,316.50; Alaib'~ma' *'21,W08.88: Georgia. $klR587:SC 'A WomgN E.E FFITCio The Eastern District, in Lincoln cun. ty, Maine, has ch >sun a lady for Reg. ister of Deeds, in the place of Hezeki. alh Coombtis, dteeased, over Sylvester, the regular Demoeratic condidate, and thle redoubtable "Mr. Scattering." The meeting was held on Monday of last week. The returns show th.e elee tion of Miss Olive Rose, of Thomas. ton, feo, morly - an. assistant . to M11 Coobs. She received 469 voti, t 2. 05 for Sylvester, and 40 scattering. One town to be heard from. The Boston Traveller complains of the high price of briesks, and says a large anount of building intended to be done the present year, has been postponed on this account. Prices of comnion brick rage from $6.50 to $7 at the wharf. Brickmakers demand $30 per month, against $13 last year. INTEREsT IN CALIFOaNIA.-By ni act passed March. 13, 1850, the rate of interest on money loaned was fixed at ten per cent., where there was no special contract, but "parties may agree in writing for the payment of any rate of interest whatever on mon ey due or to become due on any con ti'act. Aiy judgement rendered on such contract shall conform thereto. and shall bear the interest agreed up. on." LANCAsTsIu RAILROAD.-Ata mneet ing of the Stokholders of the Lancas. ter l~ailroad, held on Monday last, at Lancaster C. 1I., the following officers were elected: .Ion. Dixon Barnes, President. Directors.-T. V. lucy, G. Af. Witherspoon, T. K. Cureton, J. M. Ingraham, L. B. Massey, M. P. Craw ford, H. R. Price, J. A. Cunninghaim, P. T. Iammond, D. W. Brown, Gen. WOOL, nlow at Wash1ngtos discredits the idlea of any disturbance with Mexico on account of tEi Mesil. la all'ir. The Secretary of War also places little importance to, the martial sp-eculations upon LAnE's and TIIAS, moveiments. AM. GAnSDENS, it is said, witi be instrumental in cnoine;ing ne..itiations by offering indelniLy to Mexico Ior Mesilla and to port !ase an addit;nal strip taking in the whovl valley .4 the Gila. SINGULAR IUMAN MONSTROSITY. The kindness of, Dr. T.. J...Voodwyi enabled i )esterdky to exatnino a sin gular loias Iiilur& frni 6plantatidit iear Colmbia. A negro woman had a premature birth at about the sevenh mouth, and prodneed a most extraor dinary specimen of hmnllanity-we hand almost, written twins-hut, tile two are onle. TIwo bodies are nlnited anterior ly at thle thlornecie and abdominal re gions, making tho~se .cavities can mnon, with a single umbilical cord. Tihere is one nleck, with two' heads uniited anute riorly to) the cars, but with only oinc :hee. TJihe two heads look as if thley were on1ce separate, but had conlesced, 01ne face having been destroyed ad the other extended across anteriorly from ear to ear, without any visible seam in feet, tile face is perfet. Thle extremi. t ies are all na111tural antd well formned. It Lb-eathzed and lived a few minutes af t*'r bit hI. It ma~y be3 seen in the~ room at the back of E. Middlekautf's Bo.ok store, for a few days.-Coulumbia Ban nier, Nh. The. following extract of a letter from a disiniguishxed South Caro linlian will be0 read withl great inter est. The completion of the Bloe i~dge Railroad, anud the deepen ir'g of thle hlarbor of Charleston are two of the mnost impllortant measures which can now enlgage public attention iln South Carolina. 'I he one will bring into theO State thle rich and iinenICse prodnets and -ommnerce of thle great West; andl the other will openI tile port of' Charleston to the whole world. United thley will intdeed mal~ke Charleston tile Queen01 city of the South and West. We crngratulate the State 'in the priospect of speedy snce'ss ini these great improvernenlts, it was said of one of the projectors. of the Blue10 :idge Railroad that he wVas so much absorbed, in the enterprise, axnd in that of deepen ing the harbor of Chiailest':, th~at he slept overy nlight witlhutas headi on tile Linude Ridge and hlis feet out of the harbor Charleston. We hlail The success of this distin guished and energetic gentleman's sk'epng.-S. Patriof. IIEwARR OF COUNTEmRKTs.--Glr State seems to be flooded with-I couin terfeit mlontey. There are 10's and 3's 01n the Cape Fear Bank, 10's an~d 4l's ont the Bilak of the State, and 50's on thle M1erchant's Bank of Nowbern. TIhe public cann~ot be too careful. IlUNi OFF TrnE 'InAe'K.-Ihe C'oluam 1hi1 train of TneCsda~y e vening hast, on its wayl uip, was thirown off the track by comning in contact with a cow. A considerable portioni of the4 road was toru up, which delayed the arrilval of the ears down, uintii a late perIod last evenIIing. OurF Columbila mails were not delivered untIi near seven o'clock,. We arie happy to add, hoewever, thlat noi other accident occu rred,- Chalrles Lons aSandard. PfhETTY CoOn.--A ut chler boy, car rying a tray 01n his shoulder, accuidenit ally struck it against the head ofl a lady, uI~se taks theo tray," said she0. uMadama," said thn boy, "tahe 4cc.oanu't take the tray,"' *. IIT attompt to cssCipe fro h p tiary was detected a a C1mper, a prisoner .h ot carpenter's shop. te hal a ras which Radz, tINMN a the plot were to defepd themqselte ' :4 They lihd. entered a ewera inderground thirty feet h e the eve of escape whudieo-3red The .ringleaders have 99s gn to solitary confinementfor3G days. 'Kendaly, of the New Orl yune, writing from Paris, "A gleat (eal of attetiAki'rAat present, to the artlfficial r d actiba of fish; such asqtout, salMond, .. This new science is clald p'iieu, and is prosecuted on a large sebl the Goyerinent,. and "epeeiailib two fishermen, who are yes ue -11. ful in the business, MM. Reiny and Gehin. Experience has clearly detnii. stra'ed that indefinite quantities of fish spawn might be "lhatched" by. arti;. ficial fetindation; but the difficulty ad vanced ngainst this culture, was, that the young fish could not be brought ,o and beyond the state of alevine,_ or minnows, as the carnivorous species lived exclusively oi ryiing animals. MM. Retny and Gobn propbsed with success to feed them on congulited blood. At the last meeting qf the Ac. ademy of Sek "er' he introduted twio yoig salmons, . from a brook and the other from 4 laberatry-the fihrmer fed by nature, the laLter by I. Coste. The savants thought M. Coste's ward fatter, larger and litelier than the other. M. Coste has 2,000 sal mons rapidly growing in an earthen wa;. basin, 55 centimetres lon g, " centimetres wide, and 8 centimetres deep; a current is maintaiede'by a small tube connected wit'an 'pump. The tube is the size of a st The present area of the eii y of New Orleans will hardly fI short of forty square miles, beig double the ereaol the incorporated limits of New-York city, which embraee the whole of Man. hattan kdan, and presening a' sur faee greater tifn that f- the .peseit erea of Loaudtn. The present area of New-Orleans may without diffieulty. and in the irdTinary course of hunian afinirs, comrtbi-tably cointain a popula tion f 2,000,00) inhabitants. The present population during the buai. ness season may safely .be estbmatdd at iot less than 175,OO. CnA.TrAsoooA.-The Advertiser says: "A few days ago, Col. R.. Mont *gnmery sold his himesteas place in nd adjoining this eity, to Mr. Ker Boyce, of Charleston, for $35,000 The tract contains 07 1 2 aeres -of land had on it very comfort able .. and hand som improvements. A feiv yees ago the Coloncl.bo* lhit at ten Arol lar ain 'e"eh "VwIf tiid fess that Chattanooga is looking up. WXEST PoiNT.-The West Point Military Academy Board, for the ex amination of the students, met on the 1st instant. The Board of the 'Exam iners has been organized by the choide of' Henry EF. D~avics- esq., ofeNew York, President, and Major TA. V. Bruno, of-Georgia, Secretary.. Etbu two of the members have arrived. Benjamin Allston and Alfred E. Latimer, of' this State, are among the names of the first iur graduating class. One of' the latest faishions for gentle men, is the "barber pole" pattern for pantaloons: the stripes ascend agiirally round the leg, giving the wearer the appearance of' a double barrelled cork. screw. FA-rAL. RmA ROAD Accinssi ii GI~oRGl.-SavannahLJ, June 8MAsh' passeng.r tan of the Macon~and Weesn ern Rl Roand was going to Matcon on Tuesday night, the ears were thrown ofT the track down an embankment in conaseoncece of' some cows obstructing th~eir progres~s. One car was entirely demolished, the ai guard killed, and fie passengersh seriously injujrted among them the lHon. A.. H. Stephens. At the Tom Moore supper in Bos. ton last week, Ex-Mayor QUI~cy, whi!e deseanting upon the Irish chaar iteter, obse-rved that although he had never b~een at Cork, he "bad seen so many drawings of it that evening felt himself almost an Irishman."-- 4 4t SoLDo.-The editor of' the Elki ngton Herald, the abolition organ of' We s. tern New York, Mr. A. S. Brown ,has been sold badly. lie received rather a well written poem, entitled "Spring, by Ada Forrester," which he inserted with eagerness. The secret soon leaked out that the poem was an acroulic, and rcead as follows: "JTackass Br-own, you should be made to kiss a nigger wench." A correspondent of the. Richmond Timesa, speaking of the Rev. Dr. Johns, ani Episcopal clergy man of' Baltimo- e, wosomou time ago gave gareat ofl1enee to his bishop and others for preaching in a Methodist ehaurch during a season of reuival, remarks, "ir this lie was arraigned as violating the cannons of his ow~n. A t~er an elaborate investi g:tmon and many able speec-hes, lhe was titnijy andi fully exonerated and acquit.. ted o'f all blamec," t~J" A Yanakee has just completed a very important invention. It is de, signed for editoras, and when perfected, will (eut ant. items, and patch trowsers, grind out poetry, roehk little rtsponsi qIuest subscribers, "Elder, will youl havo a. drintk oft0. uder ?' irinired a~ tiermto ant old tem. pe-ran(o mantl who wias spemndig the evaoning at his huse. '-Noe, thanaik ye.' said~ the l marn-'l neve-~r drinak I1. quor of any kind-'spcially elder--, i u fun call it appille jne~e,T I ,' m ito' a. rato ' fa n t.