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TIE SUlIIR B.1NEBR. J. S. RICIITA R1 0 iN,u. EJ. JOHN R. I.O(AN, E WEDNESDAY, MAR. 0. 1854. P'ersonns wishittr to see us upon business coinnectedi with the Pa per or Law, cnts find us at any hour Bhrin:; the dav, e.xcept frorn our to live in tihe aftiernotn, at our office, just b:nek of So:.mtoss' New Store. All husiness connecied with the pnper muust he trantsaetedt withi WIIt.t.rAM Itwis, John S. Itictlot'oss, jr., or It. C. Ima)OA. Mr. It. C. I.coaN, the Foreman of Banner Otlice, is our only authnorised Ag~ent to receive sooney and give receitta for the sane, and may always be ound at the Banner Otlice. All letters ariressed to the l1(hwnner must be. pre-p:iid to insure at tent ion. 1;i ' . I). 1'V:N J.E, i'sn, is our duly t.uthoriz'd A!geint to procnure Advcrtise. ments and tnbscribers fir tiis paper, and to receive pinanents for the scute and give receipts COTTON !MNARK Et'. N.- utt.:s-ToN, ' I.kn 8lu . C'r'rosx.---'There wyas quite an nec tive demland, for this article to day which resulted in tine sale of i fully 28,. 00 bales, at a range of i ices well ilup to those current at tihe close of the week. kMale D]ay . On onday last, sale-day. there were an unconmon small number of persons out, notwithstaniing we were favored with one of the tinest days we have had this sea mon. Very lttle, too, was done. A con siderable amount of property was otTercd for sale. but purchasers were hard to he found and those who udid enter the field, scmed inndisposed to come up to ornier prices, * " 'Tisc Town OrdinnaiUlce. The rmistake in the Town t )rdinainwe which appearnl in our last issue, tO which the Iatchmun, ot' Saturd;V last, called attention, was not du to any " rnission or ovursighit in draw ing it," but, as rnmst have ieen :p par ent to all. was an oversigiht in the pIrit ter. We have had the proper corree tiont made and refer our readiers to it for a true version of the Law. Attentions Rliflenneun We have been requested by, Capt. .J. H. N. JIMM:T, .to state, that in cutsequienec of the ion jssihility ot coinrnunicating with Conbia or Charleston, for the last week. several articles which were desirabi and even necessary to be procred, before the parade, have not been obtained, and the parade is therefore post poned frn - ~ the decenul to tho //in' Saturday in Mnarchn. Look ati our Adv'erfIoing Cot We calil attetntin again to (our advertising. 'iTere is Dr'. i)hanu.i, & CJo., wino u'ler nquite a list olffine,fmhs/ und /fhncy articles to their numnierouns f'rietnds, all just received. G.o see aund chnoose far yournseives. Iiesurie, too, to call ilniat Sn i.nusass' - anid get the first choice oif all those ni1ce tihings Ine is no(w receiving, andtt are yet to arrive in a few days. Aind whnile~ you are about thnose "diggints" don't forget friend D )tse.tx just over tihe wvay, whlo gives his friends nquite a sicye non. tic this week. See tine adlvetisawnent of Met'..EIu & Snxs, at Colunibiat, it , speaiks for' istseif. Calhoun Mionun 13ent Anor i tion, Wve havn e been r'enqune'i:d to callI tine * nn~ttenutioun nf thne ladies of thmis ,)idtrict. to this Associatin, wichi ihns bneen fornwu&d in Chnarles'tn, aind el sewihere' oven' ounr State, for' theo noble ipuirpo se nif r'aisinng f'nanls 4o erect a sunita blei.\Mnui. mnent to the roennry of Jo nn C. Ct .. itoCN. it is pturposed to estabnlishn a bratnch ini Stutervi lie aund thius givye tine old Ga:mne-cckl District an chne of' mnanif'esting~ its known piatrinot ism and it~s ioro and irev'erennce of thne trtie anid great. T[he niecessary' papers~ withn tine C'o'nstituntion. ke., have biieen st fromnn Charlestn a nnd wve uind ersta;nnd are in possession oif somie of' tine idies of' thno viillage. Wie hopejI tine laine's ofl Sumter wv i lake the man~tter' in hnand. ant an eanrly day, aind contributin e their portion towian'ds honnorinng then miem ory of himn, wyho for Carnolina lived and for' , GCarolina died. We cain Cnncn i o nlo sweeter or mnore apprnnopriante li libte to our great Staitesma~un thlan t his po posed plan of the~ /wIEsd cr'eetinig a Monumirent to his mnemnory, and it does seenm ton us thnat if his innorntani spirit over visits ear'th it wotibl hover arouind that pile with purerca anid nmore inteinse del ighnt frtom tihe fhet that it wans ereeted by tine hantds of' tine innnoent, aund foir. We mope thne ladie's wiill tm4 let the tinug fall throutghn aind thnat they will rebunke tine tniserly counducet of' thne ist Le'gisiature nand teachn futture ones that tihey' must car'ry into tine aflirits of' Stato srne of thaut nioblenecss of inid ' aind hemartichi wviil tenid to tnuntte and1 raise Statesniieni, like CatUWLor, out of corning generations. This Association, has -been begun by the ladies and is carried on by thein. " Each dlaughter of the State' 1by sulbseriling her namue and paying one Dollar is entitled to becone a member adu have her immioe enrcoIlleil with tlie others. Gentlemen are not prevuated fril cIII lontributing, blut they Cain not beomne memliers of it. Cmnt ribiutions ti-m all pars of the District are ear nestly sojellcid. I cotiseilunce of the very heavy fall o0frain1, which took place on Satur day nightand Sinlay morning the 25th anti '26th ult.. there has been ia general fire-heut all iver the Country, nearly, if ll ot. Ejiite c pad to the great freshet of 1840. The (amuden papers speak of it as tihe tgreatest ever known in their river. 1here i- an extract froit the "The lorw larls on bothI, sides are ethtimely submeired, atd as far gas we can1 ascertain all the einhanlonets havie givenl wvay, atho n., doubit, frorin the suldenness anid rapidity of the rise, iminense daisnage will be sustain Of b~y the phanters in the lss 'if stok, &ci. We mallerst:uul that on the plant atitn of .rs. Ihe, the Overseer's housea, with all his ftornitulre, the smo14ke houlse, corn huse, Idder house, at 41 three or kilir nteg huises have been swcp t ol, 11n41 fears are elitertaincd that :a negro has lie-i Ir4wniel. The hflnily of the ()verseer, imd all the ne. gr4oe llbeen rehnoved, except, three or ;,bur whse houses were supp'osed to he bey ond the reach of the water; but. one ot these C:niot be seen this lnotrling, and is supposed to lie goune. Mias ures have been taken to ullbrd' as-istancee to thirse; who remat~in, and14 inl a 1ew hiiors thiev will be relinoved.h to It place of ety. The upl, coulntry papers all con1tailn ac cot'ts of it amd char cterize it as olni of the birgest they have ever had, a1<' considet-rale dannage" is said to, have resultedl l'rom it, to that part (of our . :tat. A\ prtuIl of the track )on the GJreenvwille l'Iailro:lal with frtrteen freight cars upon it -Vas washed away, Wind :a portionl of the tre.stle work !n the (hailoILtte roi hats been con siderably dainaged. At the b'rid ge in (uh nnlia, as we learn from the (.,-o. /ini,. the Congaree nI .\Monday eve ning1 was withinl two feet (,f the great May freshet of 194t, :tid con)tinued so oi 1tlL-stlaV. Thie einht:kanent and pilling below the Camden Junction 011 the South Carolina liailroad has aill bleen wvashed aLway and the trestle work in the 1aterce swai p, ti'lour or live iays was untler water, and all c' nm licatioin with Cliarlestonl and the Wes t t ort 1)1,1ions i arSour -t etire.ly.. cut Il. If to Mondlay last we received bu)t one tail li-ol eitiler Chiarlest on tir thle Wet. Nr hasui thei fres li-t beeni co' nfinedl tou Sout C111(arolinha. T1huis .peak (5 (le of ourW exebanglLes of the state of tinigs i hnn n er gia : "4 o iil wvas recLeiedi roni iher N ew I )rleanus or .\liitgomr iiiiI estern daye. ats there2 was aL lu-avy frieshiet ill the A bibarnat~ river, ail 'the' wholei4 ciunitriy wali. we aire initriiied, iilooded e.stelayv, :i0' Ihie liver still iisiing. washled niear) llingstoni, anld a briidget A . bidlge likewise oi the La Grangie I ('Id suflered a like late. Theo rnii h ~iiie-ft. Chaurleton for tham Au~gustai Lhat nlighit,a the ~i Warns,. bor101' traii11 dimot leaIVe Ilial city ini vate 4l(~lt d eltces reeive~d in this eit v , liat the iver w hichl had ri 'eil about wa~s Italingi' sla'wly yest erday, and th.it or thire ti-et since7 the prlevious iihlt. Aprin tf I l iinrg ws b ml~ege, tile waltt ebingL ill Smnle storles TIhe iujury .in the W~ater ee S~wampij is being spj eeily adijulsted. WVe have bleen infrnduo o uhr that thle hlsl of* th W12V ilminigtoni and4 .\lanchlest er iaiI liioed, wVere, atL an1 early dayi u o okrparn h hnagues 111.14n the (amideni lraich of the Suithi Caroinia lfiil hklih, iin tile progess t hat, oni Mndaylii thle Man Iili n I 'asseingers were coniveyed over, and14 it is suppof4 sed thait, as fill as that roadl is cern~led, tile freighlt ears will he ablyi to rim11 as uisual, in IL fewv days. R~ai1 lland iniII the Conlgaree Swanl ipj, however, are li iuhignore1 serious, and1 thereC IS n0 Lellig whieni things will lie hbroughit to iighits therec. We Csupoi son0 ie dneans of tranisportuing the Mail andhI l'a5sengers will,4 ifeouii)rse, bie prio videil, util i the tre'ste and emba1nl iuttk lilent cain lbe rired1114, and4. ato Li Ireighii, we suggest that Ci).uuls'Kswu.:ni, per-' haps14 11nay lbe ready to take the cn tracet atgaiin. Wie cannollt close' this ar-' t iele wi iitot congra itulig the frienids of the Wilminilgton aind Mianchiester 1 ail R~oad upon)1 its ent irie exemti[oni, as5 far as5 wo havey learniedh1 from the ini. julri-es whiich have behidilen' all tbho otheir lii l Roads ofI th'e Statte, anud weC tiig'ht glad too to see t hat. niotwithst:tndingi all the albise and baid treatment it hnas received at. the hna Is of' certain other IlatauS, it has, in ;a tite of trouble and listres, extended so ready assistance to them. I'TEMS. Pitottturroa Ltsuot LAW IN Mt +Isr.--We leari n, says thre Vieks bury Wi h/y, of' the ith, thart the bill which passed the lower branch of the Legislature last week, for the suppress. isn at' the lii uoar traflie, also passed the Senmte ott Tuesday evening-but with inanuy arendnaents. It'the atnend rnents of the Senate go throutglh the lower house, the bill will go into eleet imaniediately. UsEF'UI. INVENTION FOI! Ut:At'Girt I ot si:s.--3r. W. lttee_, of Bocston, idncoln shire, las patented an invention which will tend greatly to decrease the labor of draught horses. It consist, of a spring link, firmed of steel or India rubhbr, at tached to the traces, hat'e chains, or any part of the harness , so that instead of a da;:d pull at starting and Ireicuenitly cointig downy, the load is gradually admitted to the shoulde-, by wh iebh,.metans the collar forms ta complet ct usion, and prevents boith sore shorniers and broken knees. SC'NtaA' It) l'.11.1;.-A society has bltaer c.,tallished for sonr! tihu inl t1ris, for the purpsae of stuppressing Lur'essry SundaV trialit an I also, ilh it if Stinla' labor. The a-sociatioan atreadv nIers tore than three thoustanal subscriber., in eludiag manny parson of emineticre, and also- a great nutber of tradesten, ;artti cers, &*.c., wavho are decided partisans of this laudable tinaveirnnt iga:ta,.t a practice which is wholly indefensible, except itder circ ut msuantces of tahe mnust unavoidable :atnd urgent necesity. th'avyl Rn:tr.-Yihe 'I'lTh onasvi le (Ga.) IVaz'chna',r, say,4 We learn that the house of a\r. .ames (Groover, sone live mtiles Iraia (Graoverville, in thi.<eoa y, was entered on 'ednesdaty i!ght last by some person or person=, arnd live or ix thouas:ad lllirs ini money storen, anr'att whieb was about thirty-three one bsurnre~d dollar biills, mostly on the latrine and fire Insurance lank of Savatnah. Mr. Graor. er was not at homne at the time. No clue has a. yet been had as to who the thief or thieves were. - Ex.rt:mAt f.ttvt :Y ' utatros.-. uri. ous speatacle (-ays the Paris '1tvs) was witnessed in lanr great avem:e of the lt:aaps Flvses tlr: day Ifafare vesterla. A w eia dres.-: peso: a:ippeared, with a great rinub Ser of bIad.lers, each nearly lilled with pure; by Iroeri gas, covered with net work t silk, and auttaced to Iis body by meatns of at strap lastenead to a helt beneat h Iis arms. The bladders possess. ed a sutilicient acce.,stonal lorce to lipia ishp thei waeghtt oft the. tm ar byx thprree-fo:prthas wait hptatt laitn himt f'r'e. !bre groundta. l'Thus lighttene. ihe a;s tabhl' to take lePaps ot tive or six ya rds at a ti:ate with extr.Paaahary raidity. .\fter diearenaa arg rthe great ave anue froama tire quaarter liesajan ato nareaarly tha 1abisaa dei l' I ttb:stria', hte retuaraed in thte way Ibe etatae. A vast crowd fopllotweal himi tartd .enited ,asum aished'a .at hpis pace. A mionag thte enematie.' oaf J atage IDoauglass' haill tare Mlessrs.. Groeley, iluf'ta, W.rrdl, llteechaer, lleton an iraa D tts. 'IThe first, stays ana texchtange, w.vill write it tat deatip, thte secan Prtight it to adeath, thte thiurd pare~ach it toa dalahI, thte fothl cuarse it tat dleathI, the~ tifth th-ep it to tde ah. .\rgains: sutcit a "killin rg,'" net tat ateat how cart te htill lhve ITa a: ('a: v'.u . ...wt.--'This amantaaht spaeculation has parov'eda rap tutter failure. Theia enptire staoc:k rarai reeipats haave baeen spaert, iad the Coamp:aay are ran det' I .31-., (00l0 tat thet I *andaona Sote'y faor Prpag~aig tthe Gospetrl int Chia, signinag hait letter, "Les~s tim~a teileca-t.'' Tlhis is haterahlly cea hnag:p~~ frtaom tht leflt hranda na' hat tia ri..ht htad oeth Il. Thela Weaal,.h P'restl''erians int Califoarnia are ;taaout to biaaihi a chunr Ia ira wh.~ih thea. servaces maya he 'onduaa~cd itt theair owan Ira;guatage. Im~ast aPantlape haas bae'en be'iaeed twirca. ty-fouar atmes-eigh~lteena timaes w'ithouata sutcess. 'iicTae pace is tana tat th lae'asia'sa to dlefema irn tire aprbia. A corarespondena~at oaf the Potrtsmaouat it Jour. naa spak~lint tat tanant h-'rir, says thtat thep hair of a wiante' paersaa isI aval, rtihat oal ra .taaearian btablan tryhndtrical, aand thtat of at aaegra eccetrially Il.p ft ial. Wmu Ct;('at'':N-ra aX.---'The \\aig Coat veaat iaaa tat Noarith C.taalht at its rea'ent ses. aitntat itIdaeih, ht:ave tatiatmjated' Ge. lIaekery as a c:aapnldate lfar (;r norttr af thatt State itt the caaminag eleatliar. 'lThe Qateaen of Sp ajar, it ist saiad, lips tae coaaine pecrfect ly reckIiless ot pubbela aotapia, tanda her't condtu Pct rivatls tat of' the wortst of haer predet~csors. T1hte Quteen taf Enaglandt is sad tap be int gre'at grief tat ther huat ndatt's unpalaa~rlarity. la.a.N:ss ort "ax.'y Fa aa:. S-run .-.\lrs. E. C. Jurdsaan kntowna to the aliteary woarld tas Frany lForrestecr, is dyiaag ita 31aaiata village iat tis State. 11er dasearse is toan. sumaptiona. 'I'Tre Iltode Isltand Seanate have refuasead to pass tan itct repealiang thec act :iaobshtir capaittal ptunishmenctt. es8 of thre Alitabama L~egislatre adjornraed. oat irn l1th tai COMMUNICA'TIONS. I For the Banner- r DIEssu idirmrons : I sew' you a camn- t parative view of the commerce of the prin cipal lerts of the United States during the year 1852. ''he tables arc compiled from the report of the Secretary of the Trean ury, for 1S52, on the commree and navi gat ion of the United States. 'T'hese tables may, perhaps, he as inter esting to uainy of your readerm, as they w-re to mvself. The ports that I have thius brought un. tler compari-otn, are Iluston, New Tork Philadelphia, iBaltimore, Charleston and. New Orleans. .Value of -xpt's. Value of Imp':s. 1l ost on, .1t'i,5.-ti,-19!) .?::18, 5(4,7.59. I N. York, 87.-184,.15<; 1:3-2,32:n.:1(10. Philadelphia, 5,818,57l 1-1,785,!)17. t i1altimmor, I;,til;7,8tm;1 1.71!),95ti. t Charleton, 11,610,0i21 2,175,611.1. I N. Orleans. 41,)685 1',037,7'21. ( As imuportini cities, the above wiud e rank thus ; l'hiladielphia, ii. ston, New York, I1mItinmre, New Orlean', Clhat estons. The first imports- nearly three tinmes the valhe om its exports the second, twice the valime of exp.rts ; the third, at little more thanm one and it ldimes the vamue of ex. Jorts ; the fourth nerly balances ; the filth, impos;ts ine timrtli of the value of' it: exports ; and the sixth, or rather boasting city of Charleston, imports oily one fith I ol' the value or its exports. From the above, ( it is obvious, heyond dispute, t hat New Or leais ani Ch:rieston depend, for ait least three fmmrims of' their mreiamdize, om time Nor:h -rmm cities. t -'l'tmnna!e entered into the ports, from foreign countries, including both Aneri. - an and foreign vessels. No. of Vessel.. Tonnage t Hos1ton,. . . :1,58 l (;151.-. 1. . New York. . "- .i:) 2ptllitt;.. r I'h iidhiulm i, . . 5s l 17',:1;5' liimtinre, . . 51:1 12;,121' ( 'h mi st n, . . :1 0) 1(111, 77 Ne w ()rleams, 97!9 .1- 1,281' Iimmfr l:mmTan.m tmm. 'Tonta cleared for the p<-mnts of Jomr gm countrice. N. of Vessels. Iommm:'rm' linudon. ..9i .5-1.5 1:. New \'ork, . . 7. 11 l'I lelm phia , . . -172 11 S m orlt.immor ,.. . . . 517 1 _'?. (1 im iel'timmm, . . 14nt1 1 l 2'_,"tm 1 . Orleas, . . 1:, 3.1i, 1 isterl, emnlei rd lienser' mmg miagul- e of time evera l punts. Im 1 1l ' !i tm, gregate 'otage. j 13u. nt. ~ i I 7,^1 :1.5 \m-v. mmw t 1 arkt..) . 1.16,, t), 17 9.5. lIilamrc ... . 2:1411,99Batmr, .. .. ..159, I-i) 5. t~aim nmmm.......2.1-12. 62 !: m. New Orla.s, . . . . . -,013, 02-;:. a'V. iu~V. Nuibter of e-nrols of all kinds dilt n 185 2 t the several ports mfm New Ymmrk, 15:1. . l'itilam ielphmi . . .. )3 . i:n-tuintr , . . . . 15 ,i I. .) . New O)rleams, . . .. . 20, 13, ;-). Nuemmhmberim o Veemm cofip al kins bitl.'t in. or5 at. imtmhes mevera orts of, Iii-i f i SLiitiinio rc . mmC.O . . (dLLlm.h Ch.mimrhostonrm~m , .mi .ma m . your rodn Thel lieport~ oe the Secremtime from hic emr minteres workm ;tand tse ol tyo mr mearerho Iklied roelf ives reentfa vadt imtii~ asn minanyt ait ie~sr h.u ino kno the miiem' (intereting m detijls. aistmmcic, areim, it he Cmr nctbe mimmtc. tim minoIt persons& ;m and mn tiufS moutmreder wdlmhkmly pssovrat dll the foremgmt inga b 't scrgimbbl ing s o mm GI,1AtimesoI. Ir townimim tmsben lie sceneofhe twlled hsr mtee hinth-hae robbmeiets recent-~ 1 Awn to iniidau eal wa accostd ed da.th Diisimatheim termm c ei myla cuple mmfm memwho, ithemm c oseefconem - t i. msmtmon, eredm tt ho the strer a r el ru d r s mmehngo. te. ot.. ton mepargt tihemie mi spomt.m theyd ifte v hoIms okt o thmeir cntesm ting d mawyl tim e int seeralim hunded dam Alek ~m y ltg nmml frm the~ clty, in linsingm~ alimg a whontvmi t, ton ny to teo tmue mitonv etion, who witeemis to. gutowt exie abotte latdit tnder cons timeat(1io , t iei e i ftered~n toaua ht the other to tuned andtm iiv h domelar; te cor rect)nm-k liin hsu. lin ttment; a pooit mion hi ijintnli m fr<tm he msemd tmiim Icou'iwntra to tene sot that, ye iu~ng.edo the rb-tm ih- lis tm. bt aonis. i''hielisto ha) nmot. the stnaioltl anedi oimu the ownerd tof ithemm ticheek; hr atitert rmring thatm- hei wLt nt-mim.sfre d r m h have mlit, mmaihd, and tietr haim thmie balacue. it ii di ee-et may lithat th countnga gmtumd i mn und toi mhmnor the- chemmk; itt t ie t4m wo accompties to i.m thm er, itwho had dirae, ard imo isme re Anim otagein of aiworebrer, omyjmmomt thouhis emoail hrt- the mstame caoil 141 lired emanel te rdayilt eein '-lsi. I A yomug blowtemah on repcairing te hi hns i he lowert part- of the otown 'e wase atm-kd byt a es m an who p rae ci frot behuoo treehtt, andowho timedt em Toe eaon owevelr, rordyes penetai ted!.ii tthis atadr thie atack coul per hec reatedi (tht remin reeiedsuh 'Thce perpe-os uof thsoutrges ji marties who entered a Jewelry Store it Goldsboro' the other evening, and ifled it ot' a largo portion of' its con. cu ts.-- Wil,,,iu/t n Unum, ercial. TI1 Kos- CAST: S:-:rru.. Phis ease, it is well known, has been a uhject o' Cintrw-ersy in the Courts of his I )istrict. ihr upwards of 21 v7 are. 'he part which the gal aut, Pule, Nus. ,iuski, bore in the batt I's of the Silericani lievoltio n, i 4 gratefully reasuredn history. In 179S lie mach' will, and left 'resident .elflerson his Nxecutor, but Air. Je llersn did not iality. In 180 Kosciu'sk inade an. ither Will, in which li left a l'gacv to losciusko A rmst ong ; and in l a Ilie nade still another will in I'aris. rance, in which eli left soni siall egacies to varius perSons;, revoking, Il irinrer wilIt', but inle ini ref'erence -) his propert y in t his country. (Queis ions involvedl in this last will caime elre .1 ustice f'ore:"l I, of the Or'han's ourt, wilo decided that, thie will exe niteil in France, in 181t;, was the last Vill and testaunent, and that it. re"kvocl Al Formner wills. but, that. (hGn. Kusel. Iste died intc'- tat as to the estate ill he United States. and that his IIper y descended to :is hir s at law, ac crding to the heir-'liil proved 1 if t rance. An appeal to the U. S. Circuit Court ir this I )istrict was takern byV onle of lie parties, andil, with other iliestions ruin that 'curt, carried to the Snu'reiael 'nirt of the l'aitel States, where the lecision of JndIge Purell on the wilis bove ref'erred toi was unaniiino:siv atf irined., With at derisionl tluat di.,tribu. ill sho.uld lie iiade accorilingly - ili('o wliiclh timie the snim of about 54,000 has been reeive d and sen-ired be paid to the couns tihr tin hei'rs -a portion of it wvithin the last week. id it is a coiincieniee, that just abut ! l. time, tlie bust of Ko'seiukn. iii dlaster, was e-p'si'ed to vie*w in, 1h1 , >un Iir ol'the Capitol.- W , .\ E ( ha.:-:. , 1'1::. -5', Ii85-( . \ terrible ac':idenit Lmsk place u1ii undayl niglt in the French i (iera loue, sittanteil on Orleaus street. urinig the p rniiui ances, tlie u pwr :alley gave way. erushiig the sec.1! icr an-Il tllinig intio ti' pit. Three ghite I'rsonis were killed, and see-i'. al negroes. FiartV or fifty others vere Seiouii~sly iinjuredi. .Anotihier. steininboa~it conlfl.igr'atio.n as ocnured. The AMi bile, Sant I)aIe .id Ambassad. r, loatling for tle .la mania and Turnbibee rivers, were c.Ii irely coin.imied. Others niear hv v'ere scorelicJ inakini a narrow es. A letter froin the Islan ofSt. ''holm. ., dated 1'eb. 5th, to the New York ning Po says : M i'r. Cazeneau, the husband' of Cora 31onitgornerv," sailed henecec re ently fior the city otf St. Diming. .. un. her t comImission from ilr. Mlare".-- - lis wife', who is alred:yi stniewliat fa nus as5 a fi/jims/era,, ha:d pirecieed imi toi his poist of ebse'rvatisn a imonthIi ri noire. W hat thle prei''le riion~c li e d icd ot kn binh ~isel r'wheni here, is wit'e haavingz his cohrniiissioni ini her tossession, hut it is inifer:red fr'Oin Iher laenet, nde in Sr. .1)'umiii, i bortlyv afteru her ariiivalI, I t they ;are o uniike ruan iger'uen~ts ihr the annimexa muncif the eaistern part of JIlarti toi lie U'nited States, or for somie gom id mdl su1flicienit conusidet'ratio n, to citl~:i he subl~j.:ets cof Pir.leiet. Sanita A iiia lie prlotectorate oft thle iinite~d Staites igaminst. the prectenisions of' his wecterni val. She has not hesi tatced to asure lie piecle of' St. I oiniingi, mtha~t lie onlntry woiubl bielong to the l'uiitedl htates iii six lilurths, anid tio reciiii. noiild tl:eii ti Ibe of foo ad eogna S hat groundlcs :she, could have ihr such roinis1's, I aiin noit adlvisedc, biut a wvi. inai whic talks so t'reely w vill bie sure' toi cr1ite with eia i fi reedc ail, :und pirob >Iy bef'ore th is re'aebes yul, she wcil inte spiread hieir Iholis ini e'xp'cta itiiis n e.rtfenso bef'ore thle A 211erican1 peopile. Thea return of railwuayv ai:ciens, in ireat llritaini, hais beenu iinade uy ir the irs t hiailf year 1 8->3. Tneui tunzber oft pas. c'ngers during the haulf veair was 45,umr3,. It;, andii 21 iif thern were killed andic I- i rjiireid. 1-1 of the de'athis andue 7 of thec cases fij 0'.ry beinug caue bynl i the pa rties' owni liiiscoiiil lit or wa~nt iof Cautionl. luelIu. hng 54ervanits of thei l:oniipia:lSe', trespass. rs, conitractor.' uaien, 3iand onei s'uicicle, it.18 ersonis wvere k itlkd and 191I iiju roed 'here were I ed cohesions, in w'hieb'I S pas entre'rs were kil1led anid 82 injured : 9 pa: eniger trains not il' the rad is, and 3 pas engers wer'e kitled andui 27 injuired :11 iou r :ises thle aixle oir a wheel of Li pa~sseniger rain eninie broike, aiid two passengers vere iiuredl ; i two causes anminxle or vbecel of a assen)ger carriage broke, and bareie Ipaseners were inijuired. Amiiowir hie degh ls, wie find uiiorc thiani onie c'ause'I y' geti og oiut of a ca rrialge in miion . Johna Noah's son has hbeen loiinnl giuihy of hooting Mark l-1. Jose, oif I~ori haid, .laumi. )iur readers will recolle'et how bitierly ;and Iijustly John Neil --ome thzue since a un~il d Neail Dowi an miliisrepre'sentedI ithi 'ainiie Law'. ini Theii .State of/ 3lini news. iper'. Subsicesiently, whieni his sonii J noe Oc'aume the v'icimii oft a rimiisel lini!' outlawu eC endeav'oredl to ta ke adlvanltage of tIb rovisionls ouf the prohibiitory statute, by 1r4secutmg the temphter of hns sin. Blut eemns lie was too iiate in his convict iounio lie niecessity of ttal prioi hitioni. TPhi inftoritunato sun hiad brnned lie auppeitea vhiich lhas sin.-epa himf~i lin in ai te.loi' ecli, ainil the father laos thle im ielcolv re lect ion thiat ihis son's fa'te is but the prac - ical aplieniction of the liiiher's finely spuni beciorms. Ill lie not so bitterly denountiiced lie iacw which seeks to remiove the temp. itin, his son miighit nomt have fallen an ear v vicini to its fattal evasion. ,ancts Expiress It~ is believed that, the Clemens and nd llarr'is ditliculty cannot be0 settled v'ithout a (duel, as all the (efl rut~s ofi r'ienids to bring about a reconciliation meno filled A Strange Mis!aap. 'T conch which is run by Mearn. Ward & Douglas bet ween Coluinbia and Il'liield w:,s on Saturday night last le troyed by lirn. The iceilent occurred sue three aaailei f'rom this plIace, anid nsear ly oppsito our own l'ront.gate; we can theret'ore speak very knowigly on tie 1hsubject. Abou t hall'.pat nine oclock that might (it was a dsark aial stormny ona) we happime. edl Io be st:andlin in our nark piazza, :nd look iug 'up the Colunabia r:aal,'' as we ray oi our side of the Creek. Two bright lights ina the iistanco Salraactil our naitice In a ionsat nore we observed iat they were in siotioni, ti i r t on1ce recognisl hon a th e I wo lighters of t he u;d Co hasabi:i coach. We watched thein until within a hunlred yar4isit our inniasta, when we turned in anal roton Ic.I asleep. lhout In hoar the: rattcr. we were :araseal by he shoutiang of our an Gorge, who as nionneed in very excaerl tunes ihat a earri. aue orsouicthins of ie kind was burnin r up in the big roaI. We.were startled, and umiping out of bed, rushedl into ti hrnt ,sotp of otr dtiaicil, with liie lhoseholl it our heels. to ascertain the true state o' lie c:ase. And there, sirc eniasgh, w;as a brillait lire lighting up the aeeac. Bly tis imae G- orgre, with surse oither biaav., hail reahed the hursainna vehicle, anl it was Ieert ained to be really the coach afore .i6l. Ii wass then nearly rotmsumisal. The nsail bag and cntalets were entirelv burn. Ni asp, we suppse. I- Ive are not ruistak. n.i the saail toik was Iicked ap alter ,va rds from amnidst the renainis ol thy ve. icle. The coach, when d (li5cvered thus, was >n its siale, a complete upset, while Ihe nlucky driver hay sass litt hle d:stance tiTl, ppa:irenty ibless. A flter long continued rietions in a warrn roimi. wt. ,aieceerded is estoring hi to partial .sensiiilihv, bit aonld obtai:- tro hur, 'ioiurcorit of the ause of the disaster. True to a Its rate, his irnt call upon reason's return was (or his 'whip anl his haoain-tail nay.'' It is next ;o m;ossibl!e tat the pour fellaw coltfhave sen crininally is.trnsatal is barinsgisng biout the dsl'.truction 1 la isack. It weas ia'y itlt a tiltbt a pasr, mish;ap. 'i'h.' hor s were toiusai next in-arnin. it asile or so 1' ha vin- aklaes wh l'thsa the fore vel':s o: the vei~t-le. .\ sal ao atsileil he anrraiv* ofau th . eoi:.n aa al aaionu .tf Mesrs. ':aa'. & I)aong!his, tCoXinnibaia and laz1e le!<. co:wch. a Since the aIrice:ir's c(isplete restoration a his setate.-, he s!lites tinet about aop.ite; tar nonae las laaraes 14si1: Iraslht at what eenhd to b-' sai novealble fire in Lie roaci, a reglar Jack-with-a hiatern we anes.) ith r:an out of the ro:al uons a i.malc st :irth. shcreby nylt-setting ale coach. ' Tile .aaps are iiupposei to have taeen (illed virl e:ai!eiu, the liauais ainan:nig of thich exteniled to the caoistibles al the -iach. ;anl sion tharew the: 1d.1 tst.tbb -. a .ent inta a very bright process of spontani. 1n1s essin!.nstation. We resi't's loss .!.r o4aluibia uinai, and ar.: .srry lir the acci. tent, lian the contructors' sal driver's ac ni.as: ut the real hiss we iiaiginc hias seet but rin;alI, .EdieItirld ArIrrti.er. It:.:KCerit a A CoNsuau..--It is state. hat the inoted sc iton s f' ounag A areri ausi stuid lillibusterisma. Geoirge N. aunders, wa- rejected by the L'nitei tsates Senate on Tuesday last, when Lis notminaltio:S at C:onAsil tio I 4a:1.idn 'sas laid baelb s e that body. The Wishingtot SIar, pretty good author. tv by the way, saiys that it is unisler toad that t here were nott :aaiae :hail cia Vaotes inaii his iso. 'Twio causes, iaidoubatedlly, i p erated to Urinig sab(out his evesnt. H -'st.st Ia sppast poatenat. saVa the developms essnt' f wat pub (lit: naen here reg~zardI5 a al dl)iso stall la is )5 t to iaintefre ins the poatlitIical ;atlairs. >f' Eura'opea, ais n ausi 'stedt itt his late ibule, lust to'alyv rearakabIle, let teas to bec New York .Ilerabll. That, is, to save baeen waitteas by a gaent lesan~ isa iis~ poasition.~ TIhese letters imprelossed LI the contservattive membnlers sof the -h~lambert gsreatly aigainst lass coinrma ion, daoubt,1less. Noext, thle coaur'se oft lie deleneat D emocuratic lIe~.view. in mrs lstas, was saut. forigo tte byii the mesma. >er5s of thec Senate and11 lestuse whomat it iaisailed, whIo ar'e sit few nior are thecy >oawtess itn inanenasc. b ruishae5sain zaesnra tami initerest ing! abule showin hg the diastibtioni saf the .'iotto'n supp'I ly l hr the last ten yearss, spraas'sed by thae pesr ceantage. Of thes tal siapplyv intcludin~ cop sand stock if 18~52~ :and :3, Greait liritlan losak 51.7t; ).secnt; Ianste 1'2.7'2, Nth oft Ena. a pe 5.1 0; atheiar .Iraeigna p ts 5.77; uited States 20.5w: baurnt, Sl stock tbanda -1.0 I. .ors thse lst tena years lhe Saverage Ipers year' has1 beesn, Orseat Kiritian *i2.'0; hancate 13).11; Noith oft nropsaje :1.57; othe'r Foreigns po'rt s 5:0 Lasita d States 18.05s: hunanotc sa ha'nd 5.87. at ailsok he yeasr 18417 is cited as show ina lie deelded ehlfet of' high bread parices iptsn Costtan cominslmtionl.- Ina that varss Englandit, sislierinsg assader fsamainse, assok (ti per cent . less soft lie saspplyv, thlan I. hadia the yeas beibrea, andI 2 per cent. es'a than the yecar* hbllowinsg, wiiile theo jaitedi States, whicb were aboundaing a plent Ly, anad wvith l!l hairve'sts, proilit ng! byv the high irices ofi breadstuffs, -onssmaed hsalt' the qu~anitity taak.:,n by .Jreat lIitiaan, sasnd had a sti sek n hanid a (inal Lto I 1, I 2 oft the wvhole suijply. Cos.. A. C. G.tiuismlos.--F~'ar lie last 111 a lumer' if' the Laurnrenssville I erald we learn thIatt a correspolnsdent >f' that paper, has ntin iatetd thIis gee lessumi ais a catmdidate far Cohnagress, toa *epresent the Distriet nlow~ reprsenite >y Col. P. S. Brooks. The maimil ofl the compencltsationi ta [tai.1 liad thcompan (Sieus, trantlf sotinig t he reatL Nstatiomd maails, is fixecd by the sill no5w behbres Congress at.8a75 pe&r ile pser anniautm. To~ thse oni wich Mails for thae supy adf a single StateO are earnedi sat 850 per amhie per' salnum; and to Lthaose v'hieb su pply merely the Ootntry oil the par'tfluar llail lioads ia wichI they aire tranasported, at'$301 ater-.inilei per anmans. Thasst is for ta siigle daily mail. If' a twice dhay (or a freners)serv'ie is required, t he comapena. sationl to be pro rata, ais for a single rates ar'e conisider'ab4t 'ss thacn hoe uuwv paid. AWFUl DEATH. A most I tragieg tale is t, suffering ''I three .<Uldiers of mnent of' the 09th Ie.itent tionetd at -Tortola, andl a II; who gut into a Writ wit h thi with the itlentioms ofaleseliiti Ing over Ili f'rilh Island, 11 theinice, as oppjortuniitv jC A inerien. Alter a w hilege nrisnig, they wetre driven 'of coiurse, and so renniaiel ilhe bDnt for several ,lay wi itbtlu, water. At length one ~f suil proposed to draw lots, thate sI lbe killed' to furnish Ittud file ct They did so, and the otut.I 'I hutuas Buckley, one of sel who forthwith boLniiel up b i olpened a vein to bleed bins tot O of the Othe s, sand the' Lek sicked his 1lod, asn aft rds raving mnad, and jurmped inte i iiunc., ley also died, auid tl re re only one soldier out, ol' e the boar, \Villinni Lenne, wli, t the dead body into the se. lash bielut and left himLselt' to bithte. had riot t:s ed I hikletki lecattse, accorditng in his kv1I nent he had felt a scruul1i it so, as he hamd been his cesii4c. ter I I days drifting, the Ii w1*IL eii on the coast of St. Do it, the const guard uid e st -i v after givi iin i refreshr Its hilin to Jacfcl to the -git betfre whom tie nli e a re don, thet$ as above, and lie wasen to Tortola in the steamner. larbdoe. WORai . 1ti As this is a seastn fi th L. .worms are most Iorinid,ble am ic t dreii,.tho proprietors of M'laue's' Tern hie leave to call the utttnitiortof pa to its virtues for the expe-iling <i thise noying, aniid r11 ten ita:' nemPintas fr chiih it w.s invetetitl by :, ' hysici.mi ofgri-a pecrience., in \':rgmta. who, o f une.l it f'or -everai ye:irs in his tlce, anul tountd its sucicess s, Was in'luced at last to ufflr it tilthi as . cheap, but cer:ain and ixce le. c ine. It has sin'e I iiuomn ju - g po i irougiout tihe jnitedi States, * the: cient Viriiituie ever t nown, 4i the inani has been iteadily on tlj incr sinut its first introiuntion to th uhH E:" P'ureraer will be cnrecrut4 a I)r. M'Luur's Cclebraeel' Verrmit.uggun 11~1n,: eine, All other vermifugen, in inpzr ore worthu-s. D. M'Iaue's Vernge, lii, 'elbrated Liver ills, can now s laid all reiasectible Drug Store in the Uuld l and Cuiata. 35 MA liRUIED.-On 'us ayvenh 7th ult.. 'by the Rev. J. 1. bun iimuz J. 160,IE, L'490., I- s'c ther lights Advocate, taid }ik G it ta. M., daughter of Dr. E'. L. I st Due West S. C. . Salem Nomintio After an extensive notice id I culated, thec citizens of Salem a at t he Rev. F. Itutsh's guill, on F 17th inst , fir the purpose yful noms catdidaste to repiresent. them in Legislatuire. On moiion sof Mr. Thos. S.'ric Mir. Wim. R. IBurgess was calleb~t chair, who, on 'tatkmtg it, briefly eminie thle obsjet of the~ nleeting ; whereon was mohived and seuded, thast a co' itt of five be appointed, (afterwards a i Ltoile.) by the chair whose duty it I to) nominllate antd repo~rt to this tme suitable canididaty for the L-:gisla the next election. WVhereuipon th~e namedC~ lhe foihuwing coiumittee viz: I Worshamsi, WVi'. Urand, Sr., H1. L. j tosh, Jos. S. Burgess, B. Evans, IU Smiith, Jo. Mc Knight, J. A. B~uddin, os. S. P'rice, and 'iobt. J. McKnuighit, wh ro cu'eded im nediate'y to dhiselizarge th sty assigned'4 thtema, and after realrmg ar tionir, returned antd reportedethe na Dr. Sand. Ws. WVitherspooni asi a sui inidividuail, which being suibmittedl to iieeting wazis una nlniotusly adopted. WVM. Rt. BURGWESS, Chanirmna March S:ih, 1$.1n. 11) (ryp We are authorise ainnouncte Mir. JAM1ES E. 'WITH SI'OON, of Sieem. :a Candidate for Rt rescentative for Chiremwnt Cunty a Masrch 8. 1$51. - To Arrive, DRIED--FIGS, RASINS, CAND P'ICKLES. GINGERt-PRESERVI CHlEESE, JIOTT'l.ED CIDER, P1' ERi, &c. Berage D~eIinsi, Printed Jaconets, Frenc Cambhricks.-F'ine assortment of hiatmi, bluick and colored, and Embroid (Goods, &c. &c. J1. T. SOLO)MONS & C March 8th, 18i5l. 19 Muller & Senn COLUMBIA, S. C.. fp!IE subacribers would'respect fullyc: S the attention of their friends andt i. citizens generally of 8sinter Distriti their extensive aiid well selected stoc GROCE.RrES.'in qennral, andl part icalti of theiry FA~iLh GROCERIES PRO VISIONS, which will be dlispo on as avorable terms as are olrere'd at othier estasblishmnent in the city. All orders for Goods will mieet i promipt attecntionu atnd be executedl ' special carpe. ':--7 MULLERt & SENd March Nih, 18..1 EXCELSIOR HOT ' Camuadcas, S. C. D. S.SA ENT PROPI9IETOR.