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T SU TE E l'u 11IIl. J.S. RICIA IUDSoN J JOIlN R. LOGAN, Etrs. WVEDNB'SDAY, FBB'Y,8 . 1854. F L"-Persons wishinir to see us. upon business can find us, at any hour dnt-ing the day, except from four to live in the afler noUn at our office, just back of Mout.oatoos' New Store. All business connected with the paper must he transacted with the Edi tor, or with WIL.IAMt LEwrs ; and all let ters addressed to the iaanner, must be pre paid to insure attention. COTTON MARKET. (Cn A n r.Rs-roN, Feb. 6. The market on Saturday was inanimate, but with a moderale deniand only-priegs ranging about the same as for some days previous. The sales amounted to 120(1 bales, at the following particulars: 250 bales at8 1.4 to S 1-2; 100 bales at J ; 455 at 0 1-2 ; 21(r at 0 1.2; 130 at J 3.4 to 10: and 64 at 101 1-2c. 27" We have the pleasure of an. nouncing to our readers, ' that an ar rangelnent has been muade, by which Mr. JotnN 11. LouAN, the fortnier cdi tw of the Banner, will assist, to somse extent. in conduetitig our paper. It our absence he will take the sole charge of the paper. Attenstionl. The attention of the villagers, and espe cially olf parents, is called to the Ordinance of our town, which prohibits the practice of shooting within its corporate limits. The town Council think it best that parents be regnested to put a stop to their children violating this wholesome regulation, and hope that they will save the Cosncil the necessity of entorcincr the law. Mall Ageuts. \Vi..tIa II. Dvsos, of this District, J. I. N. TENHF.T, of M rion, anid \I\..tM W. PaC., of Wilmington, N. C., have been appointed Mail Agents on the Wil. t-ington and Manchester Railroad. S%" We publish in this issue, according to promise, M r. TAtat's celebrated speech. It has taken up more room thanii we thought for, and too much to ,.Ilow our publishing at the same time (as we intond ad) Mr. PEunY's criticism tnotn it. We hope, those gentlemen who have written and spoken to us upon this subject, and whom we promised to publish both articles together, will accept this as a suificient reason for the non-appearance of one of these articles in this number. We will have it forth coming in our next, together with Mr. TABER'S recent letter to Maj. PERRY, which comprises the whole con troversy 1? r as it has gone. We have adopted the plan of pub!lihing this contro versy between Mr. TanEsa and Maj. Patnny, in order that the people may have the chiance of judging for themselves. and1( in order that they may do so entirely unbiased -we forbear making arny conmmens. Suanall P'ox. The report was going the rounds. a few days ago, that this dreadful diluease had made its appearance int our gniet and healthy little town. The report originated in the fart that a young man, who hiad just returned from Charleston, had been taken~sick with what has since beetn as. certained to be minsels-a disetase which we are informued somewhat resembles the Smnall Pox ini its first stage. Th'le youtng mnan has been treated for mtensels and is recovering as fast Its possible. Thme Eastern WVar. Th'Je latest aecottnts showv a brilliant vietory fo thes Turks. The fighititng contintued for fivo days and the Russians were nt last routed with the loss of 4000 killed and two Genterals wountded. Oni the last day the Turks attacked the Rus. sian teserve anmd drove it in conifusion on Krajova with loss oif its artillerv'. The sliughter (in both sides iisomenuse. Tihe Turks afterwards destroyed the Rtussian fortificationus antd retuaned to Kaltiht. Theli Russianis havey it ereased the fortifications of Sebastopol anid along the Crizziea, and' put out, all the light-houses. The Sultan has essentially rnouified the note of the Four Powers and ir. warded it to St.- Petersbutrght. No answer has yet beeni received frum the Czar, but it is believed lhe will recall his Minister from Paris and [~on. don, arnd formally declare war. E.ng land is strentheniing har coast de fences. In the F.rceh ntavy yards the greatest activity pret ails; every ves sel is ordered to be fitted out, and the wvorkmen have no intermtissioni, even on Sunday. This all begins to look in earnest like a genteral war. if OGenerosity of thme Iuarpers. The Messerer. IIAui.:ats, whose estab lishmnent was recently destroyed by lire hate kindly offered to pay the board of the girls, who w.ere so stiddenly thrown ont 'if employment, until their busintess is smilli -ciently advaniced for themn to resumet thteir emnploymeont. 1171 Eighit thousand bales of cotton wer-e .destroyed on the Mississippi River by fire -o n the 293th alt. This with what lhas been, destruyed, at oilher timecs, within the last few weeks, swe ils the amount lost to * something e, twelve. thand b... e. Vaccinue iMaIttter. At this time, twing to the appear aIe of' a few ctes of' small pox in Charleston, and some scattered ones in the country, nearly every lIttdter or head of liniuily, throughout the iate, are busy in their inquiries fur, and use of' vaccine matter, is a preventati ve ol this loathed and dreaded disease; yet how few know to whom they areincdebt ed lbr thk discoveryofthe greatest bonti ever given to sufi'ring hmanity, and certainly the most signal triumph of intelleetual labor and the power of iiniml. Previous to the discovery of the Present system of vaeitation, innoeu lation with the virus of' the small-pox was pltietised i Turkey, and from thence introduced into England. The disease thus. prod teed artificially, was found to be of a itilder forn, than easual disorder andaless fatal, but not to such an extent its to lead to the general practice of' innoculation in this formn, lew persons being found willing volutntarily to encounter the disease, even in this mitigated type, and thus matters stood. until the year 17098. when EvAnn .: Nn, a physician of a country towln inl England, and to whomt tle wotrld is indebted fir the discovery of the efficacy of vaccine latter made known the results of' his experiments and successful introduc tion of cow-pox into the huntiai sys tem, anrd its power inl iendering the small -pox intnoeuous. '11 disease to which cows are subject and known as the cow-pox appears first upon the udder of the antimnal f'rom which the inf'eetion it frequently taken by milk ers, who during the ravages of the small-pox were found to bo entirely free fio itis attaelk and to the ca-ual r-enark of dairy wom aen, that site was not a'raid of this diseise, as she had taken the cow-pox, was L)r. .i:saNal in debted for having his attention drawn in that direction. ' EnwAnn .1t:x::F:,: was nore thait twenty-five years in bringigti his experiments to a satisfacttry c n clu sin and tle present systein of'usin the vuecin.e matter was unheard olf'ntil lie hhinselI applied , so late as 1796 upon the arm ofa boy the natter taken from a poisttle on the hand of a young womian who had received the inf'etioin froin a cow. The disea;e thus pro diced was one of'the mildest firm, md upon innoculating the same boy six weeks after with the virus of' the small psit was f'ound - It ngipe ge This wasi the firtst of' his triumphs and led to what is now att alnost mtiiver Ia [tract ice. TIhie feelings if DI1r . N Nt.: while putrsing his experitmtents,i ate thtus irelated Ity hiimself antd ilo as niich hnori to his heatI. iandi as jutstiy~ etite himt io the love atnd resptect oft if' mmtztkindu. as the bitn itself', which his skill anzd lobttr mnale kttowni to the w~orld. lIhe says: " Winst the v-ae eie discovery was liltogressing. theI joy I i-It. at t he d iscoveiry hb-fore mi e, of beitng the intstru nmint dest ined to take away f'irti the woritld otto o~fits greatest eahnitiecs, b letnd ed withl the fiond hope oh' enjo yitig litiepteitdeicce, antd dointestic peace and htapipintess, was often so excessive, that ini putrsuing moy fovorite subiject among thte mneadows., I have somtetimnes fitutid myself' iti a revetie. It is pleasant to ile to recol leet that these refleet ions abravs end~ed in devout ackniowledgimenits to that 13einig ftrom whom this, anid all other mneicies flow." Firomt the Alt CL'uifrnian, of D~ec., 30-h, w'e glean mlianyt inuterestintg pairticuliars of the popu lati on of Califoirntia. On the fi rst of Jauatzry 185i3, the numbtiter of inhlabui l ttis of lie State wvas est imiatedl at 3(t0, t0t0t ha nuimb er a rriv~edI by se-a si nce that timle amtuount tio 35u.1I 5, departutres :30,310, le-aving 4,.fi) as the exmscs of arval vr departuires. Ti's doe's nt inclutde the atrrivals over hid tnalul the, to tl inctreaise is estimttate-d at 18,0nj ii maia the pliation at thits tiane amtiounit to 32;. 0001. (Of thee it is estimatedl that 215, 000( are A mricants, 25,(000t Gerinlans, 25, otf Spaish bltrid, 5,(000 miissellhaneou~is foreigne~rs, '20,(t00 intd~ins, and 2,50(0 Ne groes. VTe nutmber or womn tare sup. plose to a miount. to 05,000X, anid childretn perhaps 30,00)0.. Thist (stimalite showa~s that tiearly twu-thiird s of the pptubhitioni tire IAmettricanis and nearly onie-third of loreign hirt h, one-teirteett Firench, onte-thi rtith Germaizna, one-thtirteenthi Chinse, nearly Intdians. A NorntenIJ3 Kota Allhir,-.-he Vienina cttrresponidenit of the New York TIribun brings to p'ubliic not ice the casef of an un iof.. feud ing manlt, tramvehnig untder lie ptrotect ion) of a Unitued Stae passport, whlo is now itncatrreraited in atn Autltgri prisoti. II is tnamei is Si.11N TPAussre, anid he hais a wvife im New Jersey, where lie hats bjeen sealedl as a shioeitaker, and w~hero lie had takeni the nteccessary steps to becomnean a Amter icani citizen. Ihe returned to Aust ria on business thte presenit year, anid was oni the poimt of leaviing the country to retirnit hb er, when bepwas arrested by te Auistian police, lisi patsaports taken frotm hihn, anid hie sotnt to prisoti. Th'le A merican Minis ier has interfered in his case, but the Aus triati outhierition rnc'is~em I... 1:ib..ati. 1 Iaspr'ovesicatI s t. Progress is the watchword of tihe day its onward march is stayied neither by old associations or veneirated relics, and tihe big hnuie of fumiet days must fall and give place to the moro-substantial and uilitari in building of modern times ; down, it mtt jgo With piles of rubbish and dust, warning the wayfarer, ifhe has any regard for clcan linen, to stand aloft and ntake his coin nitents at a respectttble distance. A subjoct fol the hammer of the age has the old "Sumter Mouse " heen deem ed, and its bare and mnuldy frame bears testi mony to the spirit and industry of those who had determined on its downfall. Eor forty years and morn has it stool in bold relief upon the corner of Main ind Broad Street, a land mark for the traveller, and an object of Veneration to the young, who have heard their grandames speak witti brightened eyes of coldlon parties and lea-fi hts which happened 'vithin its walls, when they were young. Many are the sago mnatrons of the District, now surrounded by a smiling bevy of the rising generation, who can date to somesassemnbly in the old house the first pang inflictd by Vulcan's boy. Many are the rosey-cheeked old fogies, who with mysterious winks talk of ganes at "old sledge " and " blui " in those same premi ses, when such were the fashionable past times; but that was long, long'ago, this is a tmore mioral age. (!) Sonei too, they are of the cross.grained order who grumblingly tell of fearful combats on a long unmer night, with voracious ch s, oh tern. ble ! But these inust be numberr d anong the things that were and ol oracles itust find some other object on which to found their ttles of what once was done, for the ' Sumter Ilouse," the pride and boast of the earlier settlers of Sumtervil le, has been doomed to give place to the demnauls of the day and in its place, ere nany months pass by, thefarmer will Lind a mart at whiichi he nmay exchange the fruits of his indtistry Sor the fabrics of the world. With this ven erab!e pile too is closed the only bar-room bf the town, and we leave to the cnrious, the sohntion of the followig query, pro Imounded l an iinquisitive individual. " WIhre is the min with the specks to get lis sw~eetci ones ?'' Ed itor%' Table. FAtnt-:a ANt P.rS~t.-WVe flmid Upon our table the J1aunuary nlumtber of this usetful mid highly interesting pub licntion. The Frimer and Patiter is pu bli hed tmn t ly at ['end letou C. I1., and fitin the umiblr and elect t.a. ture of its contents, we hesitate not to recommend it to every Gartiner in the Coutitry. We shall take the opportu nity, at some future day, to make sinie useful extracts fur our readers. tn.: SoUTuEaN .AAGRIcULTURIsT. We uro also in rpr. im.Juary nuiber of ths Journal. Like the above it is devoted to a subject of gmowttng interest to ouir peopl e, and its table ofeuntenits offerms inaniy tinplting~ id uceumnts to thle Sotuthern fainer i The Sth I ought to cecourage till works of this k ind. The tertiis of both of thlese imlt ictionils aric ( ne dil lar in ad van ce 1 er siingle cop ij orii t he year. To Club Is reawnabttle deduictiomns are madii~e. XVe metuitin ottr thianiks to iomit Li r-Iind for ait copyV of Gen. (.W Xtsp Jeach ini thei (Citon, Ihulwer Treaty. Amid also for- a copy' otf mtenit Yy i l-Ait n'~S Ad technic Societies of thme Citadel Ain-ale moy of Charleston,. S. C. 'fThis addh-ess isz oun I anid p a tecal artgimrnt in fav-or of due subhordinattiont in ounr atcademuies tand colleges, titoI we hope wvill havte a whtole'somte efet uponit thme younig gemitlement for whom it was pre. lBlackwood amnd thte North lBritish Rev-iew, amre both on our- table, b ut thief reqiire tmo.-e not ice t hanm out timnmw anmd space will aillow this we-ek. We will ttend to thieir claimis ini ouri mnext issue. Gra-4tt COuaflagratioa nand Loss~ 4)f Life irn Newv Orleasasm. A tire broke out ont thle Levee imi New Or)nletins otn tast Sturdm(ay mor-i inig, whic ih proved awfully destirictive of life! aid proper)ty. It, ioriginmale cin m thme sb-mteme Char'es I elcher~i, timd sprea-:d to the s tatmems Ntchelez, Ileath Tnna, MIohigunt, SaxNoti Gi-riii 'Pdutrk, tand other.-.. All thme above niamied stearniers, to gethlier with ait barge, were biut toI the wvater's edge. An imitmetise 'tamiounmt of prode lyitng ott the whlarves wtas destroyed, to gethIer- ~with all the lfreight oni boatrd the boaits burt-nt.. 'The enitire loss of' proper-ty .is es tinmiited at otne miillioni of dollai-s. Tlhe stetamer Sultauna, with Mad. Sotng oni botard, took lir-e, btit it was for-tunattely extiniguished with but lit tle damage.. The loss of life is the motst lament able portioni of this sad eniamity. F-ive white personsi~, amid thirty~-two ntegroes, hatve cit her- been devoured In thbe lltamtes or beeni dr-owned. Onte of thme fire engines, in the gireat the rivet-. 1Te flatmes arte tnot, extitn. tioguished. This following so suiddenily time ea taistropihe of the Geor-gita, only adds to the allhietiomn that event occhsiioned. A new poistollicee hats bneten'establish ad in Dar'iliigton Distr-ict, at. then. resi idence of Capjt. J. To wmlNo, to be called 'Ans Bae. To -tie Weoseai of Cainoliest. We clip, front the ,Charleston Stlandrd, the folkqwing stlfritn* ppeal to the woman if Carolina. Our itt las neglocted, aye, rfunsecd to move i i'ia noble object, and by her nibgardly parsindny has brought upon is the shame ant) derision of all narts of our country. The Statesman, whom ;>y nation shoule hae .bein, and perhaps i ouaid bt proud to honor; but that she tlitiks it right that, the land and home of his birth and boyhood---thepeople for whom he es. pecially' lived and died, should have the listinguished privilege of paying the first hornage to hid tgemory-this man, South Carolina has tre'ted ivith worse than silent neglect ; and wtareglad and proud to see that the danghters of Carolina are about to wipe off thq ltin her sons have left upon her name. .XVe wish theta success and hope that tldidies of Sunter will do their portion: "There has gently been formed an association, to Which we would call your attenion, and bejpeak for it your earn -st sympathy and lavrty .-upport. A hody of ladies have organkzed theruselves into a so acety, for the p se of aiding '''he Cal. !ioun MIonumg . ltion " in collect ing a sun so citt to build up a lasting testimonial to the inemory of our own Cal. boutn. Each daughter of the State, by subscri bing her name and o00e dollar, is entitled to the priv-lege of enlisting herself among his patriotic sisterhood. Now we earnestlycall upon the daught. erR of Carolina, zealously to embrace the :pportunity allorded them of proving their Imtiotisim ; and.thus wipe oll'the Jid staim ,f ingratitude, with which as a State we ire - dishonored . and reproached. But it Iias been, and ruay again be saidl, we built no iionuinent to Suimter and Marion why then build one ter Calhoun? In n svstemii of logic do two wrongs ina;c a right. Slhali the thief say, I .mtule yes!ter lay, thretore it is right for tme to st:al o day l Shall we onit deeds of clarity this year, becatuse we were blind to our duty the, last ? Oh no ! let tle gooid deeds of :h: ire-icit enneel, in stae ncasure, tie oais inns of the past. In the name of patriotisa, in the n:amae if .lustice aad gratitude, we all upon the womiien of Carolina to eo:tae forward and er.nerously aid in this praise-worthy cause. Never let it he sa d of thorm that, cold ;ri iugratefuI. their hearts re used to ac. knowlelge the claii, and tie:r hals to biestow a little tite upon this just and wor. hv undertaking. For our own sakes, let us not sull'er Catlhoun to siop any lutnger bcneath the baawly toab that now covers lum, a tomb ;ar firom being .cointenatrate with our ,ratiiade a his worth. Let us not rfuse to honor hIni, wh., for o maantiy long yeasl honored us ; who t lit. img manfully our battles. perished in the mi.dst of the wears' conflict, with his ai monr on. Let net on- lourions " Southern cross" fade ataut of the sky, and we raise no mieuo real to tent of thi departed glory, that re spleundenit in neauty, tracked our tirmia maent with lu~troti lhtiht. Let the Wo:nen o; Carolina rally in this cause, and -tai success, we shall see raistone of a Stauth - . uarblit ma. esty', it \ wilt ycf 'aeimuenitly of a peoe ple' h tcva; anid.etaiothers ofa Caroha g'athiermgnat its ha;. . ail proud y poii. t heir sons~ to the hoaneredl gate ot Caiihoumi, hall bid. therm learn a less'n otf Truth, Jumstice nuda Virtue. - . C. Undher this caiptin dhe C.arolinijn cont t ains the followving catution to those ini chi'r.'e of the WVilmaingtoni and Manchies ter Rail Radt: "A few weeks since we~ had occasion to l'ntice a colnplaitt ot saaie piassuigers whoa travelled over the Waitercetrestle work b~y the Wilmiiiigi on ad Mani chester rail road, relative to the rate ofi spieedm ait wich the trainis c~i ne over that danaagrous superstuctiure. Agraim are copa iitst made to us, amial we teel it our dlumy as;a in te. ut~cr at wairing tao thoase! m chla rge of liat rotd, aindl to protest aga ist thcse t rainas being driven at a reack les slieed aover a trestle ktiowni to be danlger Ouis. A commaa un ity will naot hohall t hose con cerneLd gal amless shol hiany mis fa:-tne hiappen. Th'ley have baeeni w'arnedi naow the, aecondl tune, and we do~ t rust th-alt thoase in antharityv will see thuai i hese wcarinigs are nott mtade in vain. Better looase a tmiai than a dozeut or twvo lives." WXe knoaw not whether this reb~uke is merited or, whether the reports that have gone abiroad are exaggera teal accou nts of the rate of ir avelon tIs road. Th'e (Val mintgton an td Manuchester rad~a is a tnew ione, just abotut being compnlleted ad suehI re pairts would tend to itijure it. Thei Comt patny have a bright praispect ahenad ot them anmd it. would be a pity to ip it in the bud.- Whlile upont this subtject, we wi state for inifortmationi, that this road is now uinug an excellent btusintess. A great deal of travel is done over it; on several ocea sins of late, there- have been more per* son.4 to comao thani could be acenlnunodatedl atnd tey have hail to he left. Wen sail) pose5 that thle demand fur miore accommno-o dationt, has been, or will very soon lie pro vialed for, andl '.hen, t hey miay expiect atmre travel tha any road Sotthi. Sixati ..anI Dtseroseins.-A haov namiad Edw~ad lleese, thirteen years oi, wvas de tet eal pickinug d poackiet at Piilidelphiia last Monay~a. lie states that somaie ten air a dlazeni bolys, rangingrimi twelve to twetit v yeaars oft age, tara bandedl togethIer foar the puirpos~e ofa picking lilckets iad piiferinig wheire ver an oppoartunity occutrs. Th'le b~anda is regulai'ly organtized, having a hoy called "Strainey" as a leader, and anoathier, kntown as "Big Chiuckles,"' who acts as deputy in ihea absence of the catin~t. Th'le field of operations extenid fraom washinag ton to New York, tanda thme pilan of actionm is varied to sut circumistances. Thle ol. er boys, and leaders of thie giang, are ostenu sibily engagod in selling periodicals anod chea P paublications, ,anda they genierally act mis lie receivera of the phatiner aibtamed biy the smaaller boys. Th'le yingsters tie. long principally to Newv York antd Balti imore.-Cha' leston Erein tg Nanes. A dividend of' six per cnt. out of the priof its of the Iast hltyeta' hast beetn declacred by the comtnercial Batik of WVilminngtotn, N. C., besides appijro. prtillfg twoer' ecltt to t hc. r-oat itrt. Our readers will find interesting the subjoied account of the late destruction of the ball cartridge factory on Longjis land, which we copy from the New YorA Herald. Totaal Deitreuction of Frenrch' BHall Cartridge Factory. About two o'clock yesterday aternoon the building occupied as a factory for the miaiiking of ball cartridges at Lower Iav enswood, Long Island, blew up avitlh an explosion that shook the houses in the neighborhood for two miles around, and breaking the windows of all those build. ings which were within six hur lred or eight hundred feet of the place. It was rented by Mr. French, who, together with his son, are generally eiigagel In the hoilding. but being at the nomtrent other wise occuoie , happily escaped serious iii. jury, though Mr. F'reiclh, seit. is sufflr ing severely from contusions. The number of persons employed is generally about thirty, being f(-r the moist part girls of the agers of ten to eighteen; but some meno and youths also Iind work in the fac'ory. The exact number of lives lost is now not known, for, beinr the af ternoon of Saturday, a greater or less number than usual iiiglt. have been there, accordmlig to circumstances. Our reporter was on the spot half an hour after it occurred, and the sight of such a sickening scene lie hopes to he spired again. The site of the building and the surrounding lots were covered with the rebris of the building, 1,um: limbs, and tragients of machinery. We saw a nian draw from the mass the head of a lit tle girl which lie knew was that of his daughter by a bit of ribbon fastenerl to her hair; but any other portion of the body he wouhl never find, or if ho fouid it he would never be able to say it was the body of his child. The precise cause of the explosion no one remains to explain. It is known, how ever. that the stove used for wairing the building was red hot, tie day being very cold; and Iomn the Inigbily combustible mia teriaIs which were used ii close proximity to it it may readily be accoumted for by uppo. rig ;pure particle ignited on the flotr, and comun .icai'ig with the articles in taritu stages of preplaration. causedt the explosion. Withii a few fee' of the' buibling is a fireproof cell, in which is t roil large 'iuan ii ics ofp pwder; and this be'ing w tliin the scope of thie sioku and I une of lthe imrn ing ruiins, no one w.s wlaliig to iaiz;ard ;li approach to attempt to rescue the siini:r ers' fron the rumns for some time alter the exlosion took phace. The shotk ii c:asione'l by the explosion was Ire:nendous. and was seisthiv felt at a distance of six or +'i It miles; and du ring yesterd.Iy f'ern rum a report was curreint in Wili mislurg' and II.lik ivi tlhit an eartiquake had taken pl;ace soi.where upon1i the isiaid. '['he scene at lbwvetiwood beggars d'. scriptiou. 'IThe bmidmg; oerupied Eby Mr. I"rench for the; in.moulacture of F"renebi's title ca iridges wis a one story wood bull ding, twenty by twenty-five feets-luare, which was b'own into iragments, and not a single stick could be lound that a child could not lift. It is pupposed that there was about twenty persons in the budding, and bit three were known to have been taken out alive. It is said that the fire nriginated in the northeast corner of the building, in, the stove, but. from what cause is unknown. Thiere were oiver 50l,000 ball cartridges made11 up in the buildiog, beosideS a conisa. erablie quantity of' powder. 'Thie' cart ridges mnearlyv all exlo ~ded. andl (lie ball s were thirown iln every directiuon; biut providen-. tially nlo person out of' the building was seriousl!y mi jured. Onue of the balls~ pas. setd through a paiie of glass inito thie h bra ry rooii of M'lr. Ho'dine, a dliance of one1 emglhI of a niuile, 'amid shattered the chiind. elher. TPhe dwllinig hitoses within a circit of a muile were monre or less injuredl, hivinn (lie glass entirely brtokcti out., andi in soy oral instancmes the~ wialls were dI.iinagedl. Mr. IFrCeh's hiouse, whIiichi is abut thur. ty rodsi ftomu the tahetery, wats very imucrh damiiged; the winido'vrs andt a po'rtiton of thle futrt re haiving boeen desi rimyed, and id secondm~ story frotl room was (lie only omne which the tiamiily coui d occup~y latst iiglut. At lie timn of the acc'tidenit Mr. F~renchl wvas engg.i'ed at work in a smiall build. ig somte fit teent rotds dlistani t, anmd niarirow ly e.-ctaped with his life. A furniace oear whier~c lie was staingit was biroket piees anid his hit ca;rrie'd away and could nlot be foundt; heL als'o recei vedl several slight brises aboutit t he face anid bodyl) from ii si les, whIiichi were hburild ini all directions, We were informed bcy Mr. Frtenchl that ono) ol his btoys, a few day~s smeed, in emlpt. ing out sotme kegs of piiwder, discoveret] two iim~te:.es, winchl had been packed tif with it. Th'le people of the v Ilage cenisure Mr Frettch severely for not~emaplov log a great. er dergre 1 ofcauition ill his dan gerouis manit uf0 actory', andl especialy Ifo r not apit~ingi a judae icts aind i xper'ienced supjerimitend. eut 'over is joventde workmein, iimny 41 Iwhomtt were ot tender y'ears. sone of thben bingo uimiter t welve, and only two oi liree atduilts auiong thiemi, if we are righti) imnformied. Severial of the Irishi resients o thle place ! e'OIt, shorrtly alter thte octcur rent e, cluiiite rmou )i5Oil thle subLject, ami oine was heoardl to t hreauti 10 "strmug ulp' Mr. 1". Perhiaps, in conisejluenIce of thiese thrieats, that genitlemiaii, with his fami, 13', have be it thle phic e tbporairily).. 'ioio idlea of the t remiendons force o the exp11lo imay' bie 'oincei veil whlen w< sayv that every dweilinmg house in the im. med inte mneighiborhiood was sha~ken abolltosi to t heir foundations. IRev. Mr. Waite, ai i'p~iscopali clergy Itani, hiaviing a paustora cha~urge mi (lie phiire, aindi r'sidm g near the umanufiactory, was tortced lto reiiove with his fatniiy to a nteighbor's house, somit istance oll', tou otini shelter friomi tire ini eleumenit weat her, every window in his own I dw~eling biing bloiwn comopleteh~ 'rir. All the dwvellinugs iin the viciniuy wert im the saiie state. Curously enough, stage hlapeed to be paissimg at. thie' tit of thle explosion, antd the coincussion was so greait ithat the ghitsses in the windowvs oi one sideC were shalttered imto a thuots We are trold haud (lie magazine, whieh was sit uatedl a short distance fronm thu mint building, became ignited, the coinse 'liii'nce would have been still more disas trotus. Thme magazine contained betweer two andI three tons of powder. SAo AccItDENT.--Ve regret to lean tIn tip Fre ight Tra in of the Greenville iam Coluimbia railrotid wasii thirownv from th<m track on Tuesdlav, the :)1st tit., andl Mcr Allhen, thio Enginmeer, in atteiriting t< jumpj fromi (lie locomnotive, was inanedte ly crtushied to death. From the New Ycork iferauld. Viuecissation--Is it na Preveasta tive of Smaat.3 Pox ? - We publish for the benefit of our headers, the subjoined article, by 1)r. E. IU. Di)xox4. .It is upon a iulject of peculiar interest to, our comiuinity just at this trone, an id we hope our readers will profit by the advice it con. tains. To Tii~nl EDITORO or rs: I I[EALD.-In anlswer to the repeated requests of a piiblic exposition of iiny opinions With regard t' the preventative power of vaccination, atd how I account, fr the present extenisive prevalence of th smail pox, I reply, 1st. That vaccination is unquestion. ably a very powerful preventative is shown unaniswerably fiiiiiijthe fiet that history proves that, the mlortality, hav. ing firmerly been 9y frightful as to sweep oil' iire thi . half of all per soIs exposed, has beei s' far reduced by vaccination, when even iimiperfectly or very caurelessly pertormled, as not to exceed live per cent., and that this sinall proportion is still further re duced, even in those who are seeming. ly noet susceptible to full and satisfact ory vaccirnation. 2d. Are there any persons to whon the vaccine vesicle cannot be cominu. ic:nted? and if so, are those persons lia ble to small pox? It, has been subposed that those persons who are inoculated, i. c. with the virus or. ly mpth of the small pox, taken in the natural way, (a process since the discovery of cow pox, forbidden by law) as well as those who have once had the disease, were not liable to a second attack. This is certainly incorrect. I have, within a frtniaght past, suec de.d in producing two very perfect vaccine vesicles ill two persons much pitted froini a natu ral and severe attack several years si:ce. Tly were bloth servants in the failies of two of my atients; and what is siniguilar, they were the only two full and complete vesicles, having; all the proper characteristics as in thI ac~ination of the infant, amnlst sev enteen persons, the tunited number of the two tuntities. Several of theme vesieles however, presented such mtark ed characteristics as to assure inc the liarties were liable to greater or lesser degrees ofsmall pox or to varioloid, as we call it; nid seveial were entirely unisuscept ible. the vesieles not shii owing itself; inl these it was supposed the tormer or infimutinc vacciuatiun had protected them. This hi'wever, caln only he-fil"ly proved by aigaini vacciii ating them, as it is imupiissible to say but some hidden cause, not ascertainiua. bleini any other way, might have pre. vented time virus from showing the dis tinctive characteristics. 31. IHow do I account for its un usual prevalence this year? I answer, there is undoubtedly an atmospheric predisposition- existing at this: Al tour eiy e them one wvitli another, aire as well protected this year as the last. -Smiall lio x existed I.st year, and do~es more or less every year, to an extent sot. licient, to spread aill over the city. Tfhe thect is it will in a veur spread as ex tensively from six cases as from sixtv; and will imanage to ca tch .1n iml:nense~ inajority of thiose who are not pro teeted. .Now this season, small pox is vastly moucre p)reval lit than it has b eeni within forty years; indeed, it is so mnuch miore sdo, that we hav e no lathinal cauise left thian aitmoispheric piedispiosition for its great, increase. The ionly safe mnethod in this disease if to vacciniate the same person several timaes, ori as Iling as the soie is prod u eedl, wvith the distinct ive chiaraceter of the vacc'ine vesiele or cow pax. Tepotof the geiinuiness (of lhe vesiele ithis, viz: on the eighth day froin the inisertio n of the muatter, (whlichi process shiould never draw a drip of blood fbr moure would wash it awa.y,) the sore shiould jleeschti, l.c following, appearanice: An oval centre of a browmish colo r, a light einr:le'of pearly vesicleni, contiinig the lymph, or speciti inaitter, and a rose colored blushetenidingc fromui the o~uter circle of this pearly border all around it, anlaing imapercepitibly into the sur. roundinig skin. Unless it presents more or less of this appearance, it is only a coin non sore, anid ini now ise priotective.. J ust in propotion as it appiroaches the above apearanice it is lierleet. I consider twi mor thlree trials Iwith good reliable lymiphi on the quill, takeni froria the sixth to thle ninih day, an iseted with ot drawing a full d 1rop of blood, suflIicicent.-- I f it dio not take I consider that person sufliciently prlotected by lie tormtier vaccination. I would cert ainly, however, revacciniate every few years. in the eleventh numn ber of the Seapel thecre is a p)opular article on this suject, to which we re fer aill readers dlesirous ofinmvestigatioin the fewv knowni facts ini the history of' the disease. R~espiectfuilly, yourli obedient ser'vant. ISDWA R) D . 1)IXON, Editor of the ScapeI, 42 Fifth avenue. Tfo Tlax Cor.L.FCrons.--...The Act of the, i egislature relating to tile Reigistry of liirths. Deoaths and Marriages. requires the TLax Collectors to receive returns when ihe taixes aire paid. WVe aire reqluestedh to give notieo that the books anid schedules Iwill tie forwarded to thme Tax Collectors when i he Artc lare distributed, as the ap. poimetint ot liegistatirs has just beeni made, anil it is thecir duty to have iiuch books pre. pa red. Tlhis will enible tihe Registry to he conirnenceid on 1st Alarchu. Editors interested in the Resistry will please copy this niotice.-Cauroliniamn. IUiowN ED. -On Prida3o evenjurg bjut, I Stephcn Ramnwaters andt ;t Mr. W'illiamis stairted from this place with ii Raft of L~um ber- for Geocrgeltowvn. omnetimne durmng that might thfe rait was store. and Raiuiw, ters drownied, Wdinhus elscapino t.hore oin a fogr.__. 'i~m. Gi~ R tv COM MU NICATIONS. For the Mariner. - To Dr. J. Iii Witltacrspoo. REsPETED Stn :-llaving had. the hap piness of being long and initmately cogni sant of your great moral worth, and utsob trusive and gentlenanly demeasn-r as a private citizen, your friends in Claremont Ceutnty respe, tfu'ly regnest your consent to allow thema to annnn-e You as a candi date for Senator, to represent them during the ensu:ing term. Your weil established reputation ren4ers it superfluous to say aught of your entire fitness for the station it is our desire yu should adorn. A FRIEND TO MERIT. f' V.ttchman please copy MIn. EanTon: You will oblige many citiz-ns by announcing Col. J. 1). ISLAND. :No as a candidate fur Representative for Clarmongt County, at the -next sessionb of our Legislature. Feb. 6, 18~>4 , - 15 tf E'" Vatchman please copy. Mn. EDITOR : Please announce Col. M. NCLSOR as a candidate for Senator for Claremont County, at the ensuing election, and oblige MANY VOTERS. February 8th, 1854 15 tf, 0I- Watchawin please copy. For the, Banner. Well Done ! Old Sauter I Our citizens hive been for years the victims of the vile practices of a set of un principled Hucksters and Negro Traflick ers, in the shape of Shop and Store- keepers, who in defiance of :,II Intw, and moral re sponsibility. have been dealing cut poison ous intoxicating liquors to our inoiflensivo and well-behaved slave population. Not content with destroying the physi cal constitution of the pour negro, they subvert his moral susceptibilities and de grade Iin to a level witn themselves ;. goading himt on to plunder the kind :nd in <!ulgent owner of every species of propertyr and become the realy receivers of thet: ill-gotten gouis. Vritlhing under these un.leserved and intolerable abusej, our village and country friends have arsen o masse, lIammer and longs in hand, determined to make t.ese gentry " define their position " or, by rasping the scales from their oblique mnor. al vission, and hammering their manahl to" such a degree of fineness as to make the in capable of receiving that beautiful pusltsh imparted by the lrnisher of fair dealing and le gitimale industry., " Vleo such nen as the V ILDEIS, IIA3t METS, NVITHE.RnPiONs, DING LEs, 61'AINs, IiAvNswORTitS, R ICHARDSONS, atnd a ho.-t of other high-minded citizen s undergo the. fatigues of seven days and nights arduous and incessant vigilance, our friends at a distanc readidy perceive that we have But fellow cetzensn in motion, roll on, thre i3s a jgoldi lime coin. Prse~verancie will tmost certaitnly accomlishil your honiorabale inteafti:ons. VULJ(;AN. silave Plotzas Kenuicki'. We fmnd the followving in otne of our exchanges: . We lea rtt from the Louisville Cour' ier, that Ileniry Cotunty, Ky., has re eenatly been the scene of erosidgrable excitemntt arsn from the discov ery oft a plot, of some shave's to mur dier a fatm ily 1becatie they thougtht one of their tnmber had been sold, and matke their escmape to Canarbs. The famiily whlich it. was propo~sed to miur' decr wats nameid I lertndon. One of . the setvatnts, susipectinig that his mian. to had taken another off to sell hin4 told his views to several others. and it was agreed to throwv a stone in at the winduw and kill a little boy, .The lady of the house, it was ex pected, would be talarmned and run (att, tand then she was to bie murder-, ed. Tfhis done, the negrcoes were to ilivide, otne party to flee at once to Chhada, and the others to remain until' the retturn of their master, who was to be killed, and the money w~hich he wvas supposed to have received for the servant he had tatketn with him, to he appropriated to their use. This scheme wats cart ied out so far ats4. to throw the stone throtugh the win. dow, bt tlie boy at whomn it wvas directed caped~Cc, and the hea' ts of the conspiratiors failed. CTe neigh bors coming in andl eutiuirilg abo~ut the stone, which hatd been thrown, the negroes talked so as to draw sutspicion upon themselves, and he- ~ intg stopp)ed confe.ssed the plot, izn plicating a large ntumby; of negroes and one0 white man. Several of the -- slaves concerned have been sold. TE NET AIO SEN ANDa DENManR.-Sane doubta having been expressed ats to the conduct the northt ern courts of Sweden and Denmark may think proper to adopt in the event of an extensint of the hsostilities which. have commenced Ofn the Jpagube and -the Black Sema. these powers have recently determined to establish a strict uniott of thteir policy, and a fortmtal declaratIon rof - thteir inatenttions bhas jtust been auddressedl by their tministers, in identical terms, to all ith encbintets of Europo. Whlatever may lie the result of the dutlrences which have ocetnrred betweaen lRussia anid Tur key, antd wijieh threatens to extend to the ma rititmo pofwers, Swetden a ndl Deanmark are dlesirotns of mnalittaining their friehd hy rehttions with all the States now at tam ity with thenm, anda,.accordmtg!y, they propose to obs-ervet ini the contest wvhieba ty nowv be im: ading over the world a st rot neta. trali.-, by abstaaumtg tromt every drect or indbret maeasuare catlculated to fav'o' ('i as sit either oif the coeanJa~:ng p rts.--Ca- - LmAIGE lFtLoCK OF labG oys.--The lamret, flock ot wvl ldaPgeons we ovr r sawv pass, d over this plaeot on i'nae.d y' moinira lvat. Weo shonhl Stap''ae there we're tructm 4 to -* St(dt mn the (hek. goinag am mn N't::keaater y