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EDITORS: J. S. RICII ARDSON, Jn. W. F. B. IlAYNSWORTUI. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 14, 1855. -Agents tor the Banner. The following persons have been ap pointed Agents and are authorized to re ceive, and receipt lor, all sums due the Sututer Danner. Any person withing to become a subscriber to the Manner, by landing tihm their name and address will 'have the paper forwarded pronpily. They will alsosee to lorwarding all ad vertising lusiness connected with the paper. W. W. WALKF.n JR.,..Columbia S. C. S. W. WI-TAxmu,.. Wilmington, N. C. WILLIAM:HD,...."..." . W. F. B. IIAYSWOnT, St'rville, 8. C. W. S. LAWTON & Co. Charlestoin, 8. C. J. RUSSF.LL BAKER, " " - No other person is authorized to receipt for the Baner. E Persons wishinir to see us upmon business connected with the 'a1per or L:tw, can find tis at any hour thiring the riay at our ofliec, just back of Sol.o.moss' New Store. IUT All letters alddressed to the Banncr must be pre-paid to insure atten tion. AIfairs ii Europe. The American world was held in great suspense for otie whole (a1y.-- I Telegraphic dehspatches amnoiineed the arrival at New York, on Thursday, of the Mail Steamer Atlantic ; hut, that the ice in the harbor prevented her from coming up to her wharf ail also prevented access to her. We surmisu that the many who had hoped that'the intelligence brought by her would calm and compose the troubled elements, were disappointed. The expectation was general that by this time we would have heard of some thing definite, upon whicih ouir busi ness communi ties could base futtire netion. Day after day had been fixed for the assault upou Sebastopol Energetie movements towards a peace comiferenco had been announced - And yet Sebastopol has not been as saulted, and Peace coufu rences are yet to be held. In the mean time the British forces around Sebastopol are perishing worse than ingloriously. The withering charges against the Government made by the London Times must be found. ed on the facts of the case. The onlA army which Gicat Britain could send to the seat of war, and which, as was va titingly predicted, was to humble the Czar, is to bring humiliation only to those who sent it there, who gave it ineficicut leaders and who have kept it there without shelter and without the supplies necessary to its preser vation. No one can fcel other than ind'ignant pity for the gallant soldiers wvho have beeni sacrili.:ed to sumch gross bungling and mnismainagemient. Ex posed to inclemenmies of weathcr of which we in this cuntry can have no aidequate idea, pestilence in their camp, ill fed, worse quartered, encon r aged by no progress, they have toiled on and fought on and died, day by day. unmurmuringly. Thle Russians cannot vaunt themselves, upon the destruction of this brave band :the British Goverment have etiseted it. The Baltic cruise was a ihreshiadowing of the Crimean campaign-imbeei lity' from the first to the last. It is time for such a cabinet to resigni its high trvusts into abler hands What a necw ministry many determine upond it is diflicult to anticip~ate. Th'le burdens of war ar'e great, its injuries to every' interest serious: money is getting scarce, the army in the Cimena is dwindling away and soldiers are not to be hired to recruit the wasted . forces : the general peeniniary emibat rassments which result from a state of war are disposing the people to peace :it may be that the niext cabinet will be less hauighty in its pretentioins, less exacting~ towards the P'ower whichi .they con temned more at thme commence mecnt of the war than they can do now. It the Czar will continue to agree to what lie has lately conceded, England wvill make peace with him, if' Fm anc will permit her. The opinin has been expressed that NAPoLEoN s throne would not be safe if lie were to tarnish the honor of the French by closin'g the fight before a great victo ry had been wvon. If so there will likely be disagreement in the councils of the allies,.ft As yet the future o theEaser questionis in mystery. So far, thou. *sands of lives have been sacrificed, and millions of money squandered, for *naught. Ma Bovox's SPECHg ON CelnA. Webwlll publish this able eflort as 2 oon as possible. It is full of mas d~ry," statesmanlike, thought, tersely a logitcally expressed, does justice to thet subject and. honor~p him, Fire. Our town was alarmed on Monday night last. about half past nina o'clock, by the cry of fire, which was found to proceed frot the east end of the town. On reach ing the uceno of action we found the whole of what is known as the 'anayarld in flames. The fire is supposed. to have originated in the work shop where soime coals had been left in a stove. The wl.o!e of the property destroyed belonged to the Rev. J. MoRGAN, and consisted of five buildings-a workshop, bark rill, tanhouse, storehouse or shoe Ow) and a shed used to shelter I des and other inaterials in, besides several vats, all of his notes and accounts amd stock of tools, hides, leather &c. &c., aid a quantity of corn and fodder which was stored in tlie loft of the storehouse. The loss is consid. erable and hills very hard upon the proprie. tor, who has a large famnily to support and had alniost every thing lie was worth, in. vested in this property. Rtevt. . og We have -learit fromi this gentleman that lie lost, in the fire oin lMonday night last, all of his- notes and accounts. Unoder the circisiaiiances we can but surfgost to all who nuay be indebted to hii either by note or account. that this is the tinie, to comte fobrward and pay hiito. lie will need innnediately every collar to set himin up again. In this connection we are gratified to see that some are interesting themselves to assist liimi in his misiortune and we hope the move will find a hearty response in every bosom. A tussno.--This is a proper time to suggest to our town Council, and to oir citizens generally, the ne. cessity of inakinhg some preparatioul s to ginard Lg.aiinst the Consequences (If fire. The fire on Mondav nitight last, was discovercd, it.is trie, too late to be prevented under oir circumstances, biut nmuch of the propetrty destroyed. might have hgen saved, if we had had ant organized lire corpse ; or even if we hal had a toft'1 l rte' quiin' ecery citi/en to be provided with a wark 1w( ken une .re, with which lie should be forthcoming upon the alarm of fire. Let us then remain iattiive no longer. Ou' situiation deimiainds that we do some thiig. Ahnost, our wvhole town is buit It of wood. The boinses crowded togetCi, and a fire origiating in the heart of the townt, withoiuit sone weap ons more than we Iow have to light it wit , would lay the whole of it in ash es. Will Iot the Town Council then. under these circnmast ance, pass such a law as above ? And will not the voulng) m11en of the town fl-mi them selves ;into a comipany, and herealter hold theimselves ready to give their assistance wheni ncedd ? We sincere.. ly hope some step:; will be takeni in the ieasure, and to begii, we will opietI a list, at the B.Liiner Oice, to receive the mnaiies of all who are will ing to cons:itute themselves in- Such a compainly. Thie l es and Rgnia. tionts to governm whieb comipatny, to bie made by the0 mem' ber-, wh ent a sufli eient numiber shalh havo joined. Pr'oceediams of the Cowucil. At a meeCt ing (it the~ intndatt and WVarden s elect, of Soteritt'mvileIt, fori the vear. 1855 te tfollowinig gentlhe. men1 were0 pret(sent, viz: Inttendian t. L. P. Loinig; Wirtlen s, Dr. W. Jl. Da.rg.an, Dr. J . L. IIlayiswt thi, A. A. Gilbert and Dri. W, U. L. liiee, the last namned gent loeman taLkingi the oath of ullic2. Th'le Coneil being di'-laredl duly uiioniized, oil mo~tioni the Co~inneil pro~ eeeded to el ectiioin :i 31usual. when Mr'. Joanes liellI was e c lre1 elected. Ont motion, it, was Reso lv~edh, Tha~t, the Marshal going oult of i lliee lbe hield by his bon 'ju t sponib~Je flir all ntiiishedi tpeeniniaty inatlts stani liing tipen) ii his boioks, iltchidintg monies loami d itnt. On inotiioi, it wVas om dered thait Dri. WV. J. Dargan bie a ippoi ited Auiditor' toi ex:niniiie and report upon all a. count s &c, that may be presented for~ patrol duiity, &ce. was read by the In. tendant. and ordem ed to be liid over util n Iext mee ot ing. On)i miotionli, it ,i as ocdre] that, a c0onuiittee of' three'L, be 111 appinted, toi conisist of the intendanit, Dr)t. W. G. L. Rice and A. A. Gilbmert, wardens, to etni iire and ascertat)in lie po wers of' C2ounciI in relation to collecti on of tax ont real est ate, and for other p'Jilr. poses ; ailsoi, the liabilities of the form. er' Mar'shal as to the unisettled state of' the hinacies. Otn motion, it was ordered thtat the Inst Wedtiesdtiy of'each moon th, at tent o'clock A. M. be the time of regitlar meetings oif this Cotuncil, su bject at tall times to call mteetings. On mnotioni, Counicil adjoutrned, to Wednesdaiy 31st inst. J AME8 BELL, C. C. lThe Legislatuore of North Carolina has passed thte Bill chartering the Wilmington nmld Chtarlotte Rail Rod Otr Ezcliaang4.m Southern Literary Messenger.-T ho February number of this valuable magazine has been received. We have found such of its contents, as we have yet read, very interesting. We commend it to Southern patronage. Th e Quarterly Review.-Upon hear ing that the publication oflice of this venerable periodical was removed to laltimore, we were apprehensive that, in that lukewarm temperature, it would lose its distinctive Southern character. It w as also mortifvirg that the associations, which bound it to some of the most forcible intellects and honored names of our State were to be severed by its removal from the genial soil where it had sprung up and flourished. We .were therefore pleased to lo irn that the removal was only temporary, having been caused by the lire which occurted in Colum. bia last December ; and that the pub lieation of the lIevidw will be contin. ucd in this State. At the retuest of the publisher we insert the following card : To The Public.-We were malble to issue this number at an earlier pe rod, in consequence of tihe destrue. tion of our ofliee by the late lire in Columbia, S. C. The books of the concern are so much mu tilated that we find it impossible to make out a full list of our subseribher'- names and places of residence. We therefore request, those of our subscribers that have p)(tid lli alvance, to give 1101 ice to us in Chiarleston, S. C., if they do lot receive the January numher inl due time, in order that we may promptly suipply the olission. We. shall no longer send the Ieview to those in debted to us. Iereafter, subscrip. tions to the Sotihern Quarterly IRe. view must be paid in advance, or the work will not be sent. ZZ7-Suiseription *5 per annum, invariably in advance. C. MORTIlEl, Puni.asi z. ClAn r.ELsToN, S. (., January, 185 DEAa OF A Goon AIAK.-The Christian world has sutTered great loss in the recent death of Bishiop CA eiUS. This community iieeds not to be informcd of his character or his labors. Both were known and appreciated as they should have been. lie was both loved and revered. At a good old age he has been removed from the sphere of useful labor to that of happy rest. WVould that all could on their death beds look back upon lives so well spent as was his. ROvAL VSr.-A few d:-ys ago Sumoer paid Vinter a visit and was welcomed warmly. The hospitaliti-s tenidered vere marked oil hy by quiet geniality until tle sojonurn of the illus triojuS gruest wa- drawing to a close. Oni Tliirsday A fternoon, amid thunder ig, ightiings aInd hail, the pai ting took place, aunl Witer has been freezingly cold to every body ever sittee. Tmir W.:mim.v II ERLALm.-The New' York Week ly I lerald, " the best gen. er al Newspaper ini the world "' is pubi. llihed every Satu rday mnorning at thiree D7.ollars per aiinum. Its contentrs eibrace aill the news of the great events of' the day, reports of meeCt in gs, of the State Legislature, andi of Congress ; im01portanut public doc uents ; European and horne cor responden~tce ; inaiicial and commer eialii iformationi, anid editorials of* gen eral intterest, that have appeared in the New York Daly Herald. lIare inmd ucemen ts arec helId out to clubs ; tihe terms ofiered to w, hiit h, umiay be round out by apply ing at this ollice. We will act as agents and have the Jhera/d sent to any of our subscribers who imay desire it. A hettecr I roml C.ahaaornia to New York, daterd Jlani. 8, samys, "there is more dlist ress here than onme oii your side wo ud imnagine. At thle sa mt tine there is Inore extrava. gilnce liani with you if possile.-Tfhe fashm. ion of New Y'ear's day is being carried our here. This year fair exceeds any previ. otus one, in lie costliest of lie enierma in iments aurd ladies' dresses, the foirmner cost ing~ in somec instanices *J,00, antd the hitter $200t to $500. 3lost ol these people who spetnd so much are mtechanies' wives, aiid thme way they dlress isa caution to the tmen's poikets. Laces from $15 to $'300 the set. Aiiy quanntity of dresses rain lbe seen daily on Mmmiitgomnery street, costing l100, 200, anid 8300). Nobody weairs a "calico'' here. ntot even servant girls, who sport their 10 anid sl ii hadkerchiiefs. No where is imo. nley) mt sotae cases so easily made and so foolishily spient ats ini this very Sani Fran. cisco ."' Tii i Atlnti.s I lotuse.-ln our recenit visit to Charleston, ue were fortuontn enough to finid quarters at lihe bl ils llounse. Th'is splenudid estabilshiment kept biy Tiuost~as NICenmnson, is one of the must pleausant places we have ever been entertainied at The limouse is tmost splendidly furnishied frotm tolp to bottoun, with e very conveni ence onie could pos-ibly wish, and the ra. ble is all the most fastidious taste could desire. WVe were much struck too with the quiet and order which prevailed, atnd the attenitiont of the waiters. Visitors to Charl estont will find it to their comifort to make this house their home while in thiis city. Ntws Itessas. Th Texas creditors bill has passed the House in Washington by a vote of 155 to 44. V . Counterfeit 950 Dips o the branch at Augusta of the Ifanlk of the State of Geor gia have been detected. The smitll pox exists to a considerable extent in Nantucket. Ill Houston, Texas, there is neither jail nor school-house. A'woman recently died in New York worth $100,000 and yet she lived in a garret aid received ahms in the street. An exchange paper calls the union of Eniiglnd and ranee against Russia the Bull Frog Coalition. A follow. at St. Louis, was recently fined one hundred dollars for sending ob scene and anonymous letters. It is reported that the Russians I ave captured two English cruisers in the Bal tic. The Washington Globe says: "There is universal gloom in Washitngtont this af ternoon, occasioned by tihe death of Mr. Maury. No event has for many days so seriously aiflectd our comuntimity." It is said that a vessel of war is to be sent out immediately to Bird Island, to redress the wrongs sustained by our Gua. no diggers t here at the hands of the Gov. ernment. of Venezirla. It is generally supposed that the Presi dent will veto the French Spoliation bill. The Charleston Standard of tire 10th says: "Ahout 25 ininutes past 9, there was ai alarin of fire. which soon aroused tie-towi, and was founil to proceed from the premises ocetpied by 31r. A. 31. Man. igarult, and owned -so our reporier was informed-by Miss Ashe, oni South.hay, near Cing street. The llanes wvere pro ceediig from the stable and kitchen of the premises, and through tIre strentious ex ertions of our fireireim , who were soon upont the spot, it was prevented from ex tenrdinlg to any other himi irg. The kitch. ern was of brick, but the wood work was entirely coistimed." Aso-rrrn.-"Abont lifteet inintes af. ter the lirst aarmi of fire, arither was dis covered, wtich wasfouid to procced froin a kitchen on the premirei of Mrs. Mloran, onPritchard-sreet. The fire, however; was e.xiinguisied by rite residents of tl.e nteighborhoi.befOre thfi remenr could get upon the ground." About 1t o'cock ont the eveni.g'of tire 8ih inst., two parties, named Conier aid Thompson tmct icar the cornir of meeting and larket st reel sCharleston antid ai alter. cation occurrinr, Connior .shot his adversa. ry in tire fitce. Ciinner was arrested but was afterwards discharged It was thorigit at first that the wound wa; sight, liut it is thought now it be s'ericus. Thompson, however, is alive, and ijipes are oitertainod of his recovery. The town oif Gainesvill', Sumpter coun. ty, Aia., (not i Georgia, as telegra phed), was nearly destroved by fire (nit Tuesday week. lalf rte tonn is ii ashes. Aimoig the properly destroyed are warehouses which coitaiied 2 r500 bals of cotton. The loss is estinmated at $2001,00t. Th'le Prespyterianr says: a"A party of rich gentleen hr:ive arrived ait .lerusalemr with tihe pu rpose of commirenrceinig a colony in Jericho. Tlhrere are mranyv simribltr projects paroplosed itn iiflerenrt prrs of thre land. Ar TPyre a Salon air archlitect hras ar rive'd friomtF~r. larid acvcompantied withi men anrd means to corninenrce a colonty. PTere are sixtee mciilh iion firty thlousanid foutr hmured anti sixty newspapers prini tedl in tire con rae of ihe year ini tire ci'y oif Alibany. Tis is ;t1 to eacht inharbirant, or mtore thrani one to eaclthiperson every week-day' in tire year. '"Thre ian rithat dont't. ta ker the paplers'" dues riot hvwe in; K illkenny Mahi:eratror siys:-"hin Carlowy mjost viiolenit rotrrg's havie bieen connuiirit crd angainist Sc ripitmor rearders durring the prast week- Rtecenrtly, one of: Irhem, namued K~ernny, was strner'k downo by a stone andl iris lifei place I int immriiont Iang'er Thera~ resident mragristrarte hats ofl-erad a re. war for the dicvr f the perpetrator af th~ ouit rage. A It(oman Cratholic priest ptassed biy whren thre assarult was bieing~ etunitted. iIe wrrs chteered lhv thre miob antI made no at tempit to stop fire otrrt geous proceedings." Frantce is miakinig every ellert for the further p~roisenmt oin of rte war. Thle stub. script inns to tire Nat inalr Luaunim Paris anrd io tire IDepa ri rmenrts, hrave amrounrted ft Ieight huni dred anrd inetty irilh oln frantcs Itn the Go ir rin S.:hoo!s for gir Is.. thet ordinary stud ies are susirendeal, aind th< pupils are erngaiged iinnaktig Ihatt. 'Thre Snidard says: 'Thre Four Porints is quite a faihal r phrase, as much so al mrost ,as tire fortr errnrtinal pointrs of tin comipass, anrd yet rmany arc untable to de litre it. Th'Ie fouir poitst are, lirst . t he fret nav igartion of the. D~aube: second, lire fret ntavigationr lay tall tire five Powers ( Russia Turrke'y, Enghmdria, lErantce aund Aurstria,j of tire llac k Sea; thInrd, tire abrolition ol tire Rtussiant protectorate of thte Printipali. ties; arnd fourri th ihe atbanrdarnment by Rtus stia of her asasumred righrt to protect Greel Christianrs ini Tutrkey. Alr. ii. Blacclntahan hias been electet Inrtenrdanti of thre Townt of Mlariion,an Mlessrs Black, Browni, Ev trs aind Godhok Wardens. Tire Batrrwell Serntinel says: "A little girl, daughrter of AMr. Luttz o this village, abourt ten years of age, whlc ha d been assisrtinrg a servant in nronirng or Sarturday miornintg last, had hrer clothret take lire antd entmr unear beingr burned t< death, she having to run some.distance to her father, before the fire could be ex tinguished- He'gathered her m his arms and'succeeded in arresting the flames. but was very badly burned, so much so that he is disabled." A crazy Mermewpreacher has appeared in St. Lonis, proclaiming that lie is Joe Smith, the prophet, raised from the dead. The Queen of Sardinia is dead. SINGULAR ACCtDENT.-Mr. John Lentz war shot in Charlestown, Kanawh a coun ty, Va., recently, in the following singu lar manner: On going to bed he hung his coat-in the pocket of which was a loaded revolver-on the bed post. The coat fell down, and the concussion caused the pistol to go off, lodging the ball in his foot near the heel. The steamships Magnolia and the Ariel of Vanderbilt's Line of Steamers are now nearly ready for sea. They were built under the direction of Mr. Simonson for Mr. Vanderbilt, to run on the New York and Liverpool line, if he is successful in concluding his mail contract with Con. gress. These steamers are superior spe cemnens of American naval architecture, and cost between $500,000 and 8000,000. The Ariel is 2,300 tons hurthen, has three decks, and is braced throughout diagonal, ly. 11er main deck is fitted for first clasi passengers and the between decks for treights. The New York Sun of the 9th in., sa ys: -THE WEATHER yesterday was one of the colest days within the last ten years. In the morning the thermometer stood 14 dog. below zerot at noon 2 deg., and in the eveiiing about 5 deg. be:ow zero. A large cargo of Indians, captured in the Peninsula of Yoeatar, by Santa An na's directions, have landed in Ilavanna to be sold as slaves. At the very urgent remonstrance of the British Consul, Gen Concha is about to enquire into the le. galtv of the transaction.--Sa.eta Anina has already received 820,000 for his share of the business. Cn1NA.-A Canton circular, dated De cember 24, (the latest dates received,) furnishes the following items of news: We have no improvenent to report. The government h-id collected a large ferce in the neighborhood of Tatshan, and the recapture of that city, which was re garded as ptobable, was expected to have an important influence :n freeing the gods held to ransom on the river above. A few days since, however, news reach ed us that the troops had been complete ly routed by the rebels, vho sallied out ;ook thirty or forty jutiks, and killed from 50t) to 1,000 men. This reverse has much depressed the native traders, and we fear we must not look for any supplies of teas for a long ti.ne to comle. None have arrived of late, and a very largo (or tionhl of what may be rcccived horcaftcr wi.l doubtless prove out of cond tion. A fire broke out in 0amburg about ciglit o'clock ont the 0th of February in a kitchen attached to the dwelling of Mr W. \V. Sales, on Bay street, near the river. Before it was got under the kitch en and dwelling of Mr. Sales were cot* sumedh ; the kitchen and dwelling of Mr. S. E. Bowers, and the Bap'ist Church. We understand Mr. Bowers was insured in the Southern Mutual Insurance comi pany for 81.200. We learn from the Augusta, (Gen.)Con stituttionabist, that on the morning of the 10'.h iustant a fire broke out in a small one.storly wvonden building on Telfair street, corner of Campbell. When first *discovered the roof was in a blaze, sup. posed to have been communicated from a spark froam the chimney. Our firemen were promiptly on the spot, am~I notwith. standing water was scarce, soon obtained the mastery, and the building w~as saved Iwith some slight damage to the roof. IThe Mayor of Boston has elbetually suppressedl Sunday liquor traffic in: that city. Butt one shop wvas reported open last Sabbath. A writer in the Lancaster Ledger, can. tions the public againist a man by the naume of P. C. liarper, who absconded from that District on the night of the 11th nit., after h aying seduced a youn,: girl of respmectaIble parentage and extensive fami ly connections. Thte amount of losses paid by the New York Atlantic Muttual Insurance Company, during the past year, reached the enormous sum of 84,469.970. The premiums re ceived on marine risks during the same period, amount to *:3,571.109. Captain Goodrich wvas arrested on Sat. urday last, and held to bail in the sum of $3,000, to an'swer tihe charge of fitting out the steamer Massachusetts for a foreign expedition, in violation of the lawvs of the United States. The extensive copper, tin and iron man. ufaictory and foundry of Twibill & Ed. wards, and the immteinse grocery r~tore of 11. L. Stone & Co, in New Orleatis have recently been entirely destroyed by fire. During the past month forty.three Amne, ricatn vessels have been reported as totally wrecked, anmd one, a now ship burnt. 0f these,'7 wvere ships, 3 barques, 17 brigs, and~ 17 schooners. The vessels aind their cargoes were valued at S 1.244,000, ind in. sured for $3,095,000. In addition to the above there is insurance in New York, Providence, and Boston, on the cargoes of I wo foreign vessls reported lost durimng tbe tmonthi, to about $100,000, and one of the vessels is insured in New York, it is stated, for S 15,000-making a total loss to tihe underwriters of about one million and a qua: tnr of dollars. as far as reported.. During the past month of yanuary, very near forty fires occurred in the United States, where the loss exceeded $10.000, and the ..ggregated ;oss extceeds 1,(00,000 The New York Journal Qf Coniuerce, in recording these facts, adds that eighty lives were lost in these fires, Maj. R. S. Mofftit died at Orargo Springs, Florida, on, Qe 17th, ultinio. Col. B. F.Butler, who, it will be r.!col lected, refused to obey the order of the Governor of Massachusetts for the disban. ding of certain companies, *compdsed en. tirely or foreigners, in his regiment, has been removed from his station, upon the petition of Major General Sutton, -by the commander in chief, with the advice and consent of the council. The Washington Union contains a cor respodence between Messrs. Marcy and Kinney, in which the latter declares that his purp sea are pacific, and that the ob. jects of the expedition are mining and cutting dye woods. Mr. Marcy says that if the Colonists expatriate themselves and conforn to the laws of thei r adopted conn. try, the Executive will not interfere, but it will not allow then to go orth armed and under a military organization. Ile lurther says t h at if the title has come from the Musquito King to the lands in qIes. tion. it is inval id. Senator Doug_,las of Arkansas, has in traduced a hill in Congress for the forma ifan of a new slavehulding territory, with a view to its speedy adnissioi into thE Union. It will be a large domain, north and south of the ItO river, beyond the limits of Louisiana and Arkansas. There are thirteen newspapers in foreign languages published in New York. Seven German, three Spanish, two French, and one Italian. In London, with two and t half million of inhabitants, there is publish. ed but one newspaper in a foreign Ian guage. Le Courrier de l' Europe. One of the novelties in London, as an exhibition, are a man, woman, and child, of the tribe of Ni:inn. Niams, or tailed people, from Central Africa. D:. Sexton lectures on thein before crowds of visitors, three times a day. L-mdies are not adraite.l. The New York Ilerld regatr.ls the or, ganizaLionl t Kow Nothings as a great moral reform inoveient, striking at the head spring of drunkenness in tIs (Unit. ed States. The Knov Natlungs, says tise Ilerald are the great practical, pote.a:: ui teinperance p-irty of tht presmnt J my. The talented Mrs. ILityne (M:ss Jlba Dean) is now on a brie vist to h -r hui - tband's relations. in t larleston. S..e te. turns to New Orle is to C1) :n -are ,i, Ce. gagement with Mr. DeBar, at thmv 'L Charles theatre, on the eveming o- tim I , a instant, and this being coac bil, -h ! goes forthwinht to Boston, vii !r s it? is t., appear as Noriinn in .\r S sr.-tI's , v tragedy of " The lrie.t1e-s,",i Ili! ..2.. aicatro. Thia gifte.i iires,. w ..!. stand, before retirmi Ira nm thke . a ii perfori her proless.nmi il en mr0 n! 0 I ).. copying abolut two ye its aned .a h If C.. iete them. Amn:'m4 the e, wo a trip to England is in cone t.,.Iatoo . CLAnRK'S IIOTE.-We have been repeatedly a-ked by) sotneC of the boairders at this popuilar House, to give it a no tice in our columts. WVe are always ready to praise merit, and, although we bave had no proof our selves, we feel satisfied that there must be cause for praise whe~n those who enjoy the luxuries'' of a good house tunite in testifying to thn excellency of the table. Those who assemble there at mecals al ways come away with smiling faces and smack ing lips, a sure sign that pigs and turkeys are not al* howed, with friend CL~AnK, to rise up from their china locations and tell a story of their antiquity.. DISoRLACEFU..--I he following par tieulais of a late disgraceful scene in the Hlouse of Representatives, at WVashington, is given by the Corres. pondlent of the Charleston Stan ard, writing tinder datte of the 30th ult. "A light in the Ihouse was the Con. gressional excitemnent, to-d my, and the parties engaged in f'urnishing the pu galistie entertain's ent were Gen. Lane oif O,-egon, and Mr. Parley, who rep. resents in t'omgress the Kernehee dis t.jiet of Maine. The G3en. fregnentl) interrupted Mr. Farley in the coursi Of a few remarks lie wats makhing tupot the Pacifie Telegraph bill, and wvat subseqientlhy himself' enlled to ordei by M r. Farley, at w hich he becami angry, aiid mn response to some rt, mark oif Mr. F's, exclaimed " You art a liar !" Farley replied "You're G--d d-d liar !" and the parties who wvere about ten feet apart, rtushed towards each other, met and exchangve( several blows, without serious damag< to either. A terrible scene c f uproar ensued the Speaker cried " order "'at the top of his voice, members rushed throtugh the aisles, or sp ang ovel desks to reach thie "seat of wvar," ani the lobby members peered curiouisl and excitedly over the serer ns. Sev. eral genmtlemuen interfered to seperati the combatants, and among them Mr IIlamil ton, of Mary land, Wao suceceed ed in drawing oiff Mr. Farley, whiei he was hiimself tturned upon ant "punished " by the gentleman fromi Maine for his interference. Is it no delighatful to have stuch sports as thies, in s'i splended an amnphitheatre as tlr Representative Hall of. thisa " Gra Yankee Nation?'" The Charleston Races over t WVashington cot o werieoegneludel ti Wy A4C illet itlailt Louis Nappleon, Enperor of France ib answer to.n incnorial 'of the Pro. w b tes(tnts it) thUt countly, prayIng fbr perission, to exercise tIe ights uif clnscierice in inatters of religion, ic plied through his liiiist er of Wor!lhip "that he recognises the iight lilierty Ofconscience inl his sulbjectsnot atber ty of worship." An American writing from London to the Noewark Adverti.mer savs: "1 have been forcibly and .agreeably impressed with the attention which foreigners, at least Americans, receive here. No trouble is. too great for those in office to take inl order to enable them to enjoy and profit by the objects they have traveled so many nailes to see and study. Even.. collections of paintings, shut to the British public, (Lord Ellesmere's gallery, for exam pIe,) are freely opened to them with. out tee or rewaid." The New York Commercial Adver. tiser learns that a French gent leraan by the name of Lesseps is about form. iig a joint stock company for the purpose of constructing a eanal Icross the Isthimu.s Suez, fiom the Mediterra. d nean to the fled Sea. The Viceroy v of Egypt has sficially granted him ihe exclusive privilege of construeting( P I-iech a caial, with the proviso thit the Egyptian Goveniment have .n thority to appoint tle directors of the Com1pany, selec-ing them from among the largest stockholders, and that lit teen per cent. of the annual profits be paid over to it for nini ty-nine succes sive years, after which the canlal will pass into the hands of the Government. The canal is to be opened to vessels of al nations, no higher charge being made upon one than atiother. Professor Alexander stated in his recent lecture befrore the New York Mercantile Library Association Ilhat abonit the year 1762 a star caime into sight ind shone very brightly. The hirllht underwent a Va riety of very re imarkable changes, ehulges Which Wei e closely analagous to an intense cost blnstion. It seemed a if the substance of the star, in one sense, were burning ip. and it is haidly possible to resist the ceInchsionl that, here was Ia world, with regard to whieb it may lie asser ted that its destiny for the time being had been finliilled On Tuesday, at Gotham, on the While moumtains. the leregiry in the thermmi' iteter wa< m iihitn oie dgIee of the point at-#% hich it i-ccoies congeal. ed. This is comisiderably colder than we have had it but not near So cold s Ihe poa .- regions. where acring to Dr. Kane, sweet oil h:1l to be sawed and brandy split with a hatchet. The New Ilaven lailroad Compa ny coin miienced a sit ag.iinst Robert Setny ier aid Ai Lhe veral holders (it Stle o(ver-isse-'nd s'-ek, to show the tight they 1s-:: .> such ect-ficates de elatred illegal and void. Mr. Jnitice Clerke, of New York, graneed on Tuties day last the company's application for A'intjton to restrain all holde-,rs of such certificates from sning the com pany until the said suit, he adjudged(I by tle coit. Suits already cmn menced against the company are allowed to proceed to jiidgmeait, tho ugh i.he comnpany has prayetd that sueh alorigtb stpped-a prayer AITEM OP llisToaYv.-Tlle Oirst A imericat what di-echarged his gun on the day of the battle of Lexington, was Ebenezer Laick, wvho died at .1 Deeriing, New Iluamshire, about, fily. yetars uao. lie resided at Lr-xington in 1776. The Britishk Regulars at the order of Major Piienirn, having fi~d upon the few a "rebe:s " on the Green in fron't otf the meeting huseua, killing some an~d woundling ot hers, it was the signal of war. "The citizens," writes one " mtay be seen comling f-mm all dii ections, ini the roads over the fields, anid thruigh the woods, each with his rifle in his hand, hispuowder horn sI ung to his side, an I his pockets provided with hull ts. Among the numb er was Eheniezer Lock. T1hie British had posted a res-rve or inlim try a mile in the rear, in the directin of Bloston. This wvas in the imumedi aite neighiborhood oft Mr. [L c-k. who instead~ oif hastening to jitin the party at the Green, placed himtself in an d cellar, at, a convenient distance of do-. in" " execntion. A portion oif the c~ reserve where standing on the bridge and Mr. Lock comm i-eed firing at them, there was no other Amnerican in sight. lHe worked valintly for somne mmu~ntes bringing down oneO of the enemy at neoarly every shot. Up to this time not a gun had been fired elsewvhere by the tebels. PRaeEs eURRENT OF TntE CHARLESTONV MYARELET. Corrected weekly by W. S. I.awton.& Co. FACTOS AND COMMiSSiON MERetIANTS, - ,Chiarlesiton, S. C. CnRAnLssoN .Jan.. 30. Coulon.-Uplandglnferior 6 1.2 to 6 3 4; ordinary to good ordinary 7 to 7 A-8 ;.l.ow to Good Mliddling 7 s o 8 1-4; Fully blid dhing 8 1-.; Miaduling ine 8 '4.4 to bi; Fair and fully Fair 9 1.4 to 9 1-2; Fine 9 3.4; and upwvarde. Sen Islandis, Com-. Imon 231 to 25, Fine 37 to 50R and upwards Florida long staple 18 to 241 far Ctfmnumo; Fine 27 to :14 anml upwards. Sanie& ad IMaine Irong staple 20 to2m for Contimon; Fine :18 to 50e and upwair.ls.. G a i.gryono 10, Flint 81 hlibl.'20, per biahel. Fauitr-.') 1-4a Rice.44.$S' pear kundfed lis amn lower ir' prp. -l'aoyttN--' Bem~-lIfla it0 to 15 a ,iidi.si 'A~ ge , ~Iiters 7 tao9.-. .Atg gyp ine 2 Cm