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it ih~any--event,we do not - -p" a pring eampaign. it the A lt ~ot.ettled shortiy, it will last 'Is to come. filr SIITEBR B1NNER EKUTOIIS J, 8."RICUI ARDSON, Ji. F. B. IIAYNSWORTII. iVWEDNESDAY, FEB. 2 1, 1855. gents tor the Imanner. ~e ilowing persons have been ap. -poinied Agents and are authiorized to re cel.eland rece ipt Itir, all sums due the t$umter Balner. Any person wi:i-ing to become a subscriber to the Danner, by anding tim their name and address will have the paper forw;rded promptly. Thcy will also see to forwarding all ad ortising lusincss connected witi the paper. V .-W. WAT-KEn JII.,.. Columbia S. C. S. W. Vnri1F'XE,..Wihningtont, N. C. W. P. 11. HAYNSWoRTn, St'rville, S. C. W. S, LAWToN & Co. Charleston, 8.. C. J. Russ.:r. BAKERn, 4 6 --No other person is authorized to receipt or the Banner. " Persons wislihi to Rce uw upon uLinscit connected with the Pa per or Law, can find us at any hour during the day at our office, just back of Sot.oiuoss' New Store. LT All letters addressed to the Banner must be pre-paid to insure atten lion. Time Coolplicatiom of tihe Wa. very account ro Europe seems to complicate the war qutestion still more and more. But a fev days since, opinions wet e divided as to the hones. ty of the Czar in his expressions of willingness to treat for peace; and while many believed that all parties we're becoming wearied of the war and its confusing, exhausting influience, and would agree upon terms of' settle ment, many others scouted at the thought that Russian policy would be so quickly repudiated and Russian ag. grandizemient so readily abantdoned. We think that the picmises of both opinions are in most respects true. Russia did not, inl the commencement ofher aggressions, apprehend such ex. tensivo and oganized opposition: she capected to gain her points more qui. etly; while the Allies as little appre. hended that their formidable coalition w as to result, afer a year's operationsti only in disappointment and disaster 1All the parties are now fully sensible of the inconveniences of the war; but Russia is as yet the least affected by it Her strength has been less exhausted by it. than has been that of tle Allies, whose resources are now well niglh gone. Her military reputation is as. yet untarnished, for Sebastopol still thunders uipotn the remnatints of the Al. lied forces, while Englantd and Fane cannot cheer and stimulate thei flaggingr energies of thte~'r peole by thle an. niouncemet that (one sinmgle thing ha~s been dous towvards the accompjilihmen t of thei r p)iurpses. To the thousands - of' eager enqirers the response is daiily made, "No Progress." The Baltic tree.t returned hiomte ii :gloriou.4, hut intact. The conquering armiy of the Crinmea we fear ':.ill never, even ingloriously, re. tum n. The denuntciautionts of the Ti~Es have been justified by the facts; and insitead~ of rejoicing over the capture of Sebastopol, thme Eniglish people way, tiowv well fear lest the army which was to humiliate the Czar may soon enter *thte capital of all thte Russians,but Ontly as8 capjtives, gracing their conqueror's iritumphal returnu. Citnulatedl upetn * he heap of' disaster is the dissolution fthte British Cabinet. At the most - ritical period of the war, one of the chief hBeligere'nts is left without a head * to plan and direct expedients for the .mergency. Cant such unttoiward events have any othier effect upon the ztig'than to diinmiish his apprehenisionis tndtfo encourage himt int adhte:Ing to att purposes? WVill he ntot, in the no a4ftions5 jutst recomnmenced, be -tednptedI to disagree in its details to wha hie assented tu in the whole; thtus hsame time avoiding the cbarge ofIsdInulati on and gaininig time for i~,icreaise of his military strength ? n"' i~$s the Allies agree to less thant -h y. hmayeu hitherto demanded, we fear 4a more bloody-a inore ruinouis aty be anticipated, to result at ht, lInhe attasinmenct by Russia of' all ther desires. '1iE LATE ROYAL VzSLT.-We wish .e ,could as gracefully acknmowledge, "Rose Bud" has corrected, our mnis. t dke'in rohation) to our l.ato distingthush. ~(vsittr. Thoutgh sprinig has Bso a~nWthdrawn herself froina us, we S~bnkler fo r having left with us a aa token that her bright il#Inyj~jq~Jthe Fieonch !,1'Igmies are pgmtes still tiough perched on Pyrmi.A Uro pyr:aai 14 t houjh in vales." It is Le om'Cg a m-,ttcr ci serious concern that so inm y ien 11o(f inferior minds are tilling ti.e hi 1;,est official stations in our et iur.tr Let any one look In upon our U. S. Congress, and, with very few exce) tions, he will Fad second or third rate men assembled there, to transact the businsc.s of this great and growing na tion. It is a matter of common re. imark, among the observant and judi. cious, that the intellectual standard of both State and Federal ollicialk, has been greatly lowered within the last twenty five years. The death of Cil. houn, Clay, and Webster, seems almost to have put an end to the race of political giants. Where is the mai in our Legislative Halls to be com pared with either? They were, to be sure, extraordinary men, and would have ranked among the firemost in any age of the world. But they had their competitors in their day of re nown. There were men who could grapple With them, although, perhaps Int, (ite their intellectual equals. Clay Met the dialectical prowess of a llandlph, and Webster, that of a I layne. They all had those near at hand, who commanded their respect, and who were prepared to fhce them in deba:e upon terms approaching to equality. ut, if we lament the death of great minds in our deliberative Assemblies, we lamen'mlt still more, tie absence of thatsterling integrity, that wide reach. ing patriotism, which characterised, as a general rule, I lie St. :men of form er days. The fact is, men for the most part, obtain their political elevation in there days, by trick, ,, and it is noth. ing surprising that we should find them pracisking the same thing on a higher scale when in oliee. We glory in our free constitution-we can never sufli. ciently admirc tile Symmetrical strue. ture ofotir government- -the nicely bal alnced powers-an assembinge of Sovereignis, with a genieral agent, with specific and well delined powers for the conduct, of the general interest, of Sovereigns. The World never yet saw so nuch political wisdom and and integrity as are evinced in the structurt. of tle govern ment, of these United States. But of what avail is all this, if by political chicanery and mountebainkism, our admirable gov. ernmenit is emasculated and perverted from its plain intent. Cannot our country produce strong. er ..nd better men than most, of those inl power? unquestionably she can. Thei e is n1o dearth of talent in the h uuIl. neither is there an unusual deficiency of incorruptible integrity. But the very men we need, are, for the most part, in retirom ent. T1hey scorn thc meanms neceessary to lie used in order tt get into power. They abhor the party shackles which arc immediately attempted to be thrown upon a man, whlen lie enters publhIic life, amid there. fore, they choose to spend their days in seclusion. It is a notorious fact too. that great men arc modest; t hey are scarcely conscious of their stuperiori ty and power- is generally forced upon them,, as it was uiponi our ownm Wash-~ ingzton, anid others < f IRevolutionary mem oory. It lhas been saiJ, that circtumstanccs imake mni, anid that great circumistain. eesi general ly hiring befbre the world, great men. WV.. have no douibt oif the general truith of thmese propositioins. The miost contem ptible queistionms, in thiemnselvyes considered, have been megi taigorcountry for yeatrs past, and they have b~eeni origirnated arnd agitated biy contemiptible imn. 1But these gnestions wvill shake the pillars of this goverinment , at no d istanit day, if a greater array of mind aiid of weight of character, is not opposed to them I(in (ur deiberativye Asseumbllies. T1he muoney chanigers aind descra. trs oif our pjol itic-al Tlemple must lbe expe'lled, and, if nteed bie, with scourg. es. Our sleeping giants must be sought ont, and conmplelled to do t heir duty to the cou ntry and the world. The trickeries of mere deimagogues and timneservers, mlust be opeimly ex posed anid fearluissty rebuked. Our peopale have mindl anid. vi rtume eniough to send( these political empiries trem b'.ing into1 retirerment, and they will do it, if they will only bring. about. concert of action. WVe amre far, very far, from accusing all in ofliec as tinworthy of thei- pasi tion. From our hearts, we believe, we have excellenit and patriotic mena now in oflice. But this numiiber is lt, small. Let the guilty ones take um brage at these remiarks, no others will. CoNGaiEsiiIoNAL FAvons.--We are under renewed obligations to the Ilon. Josiah Evans, Butler, Keitt and Boyce for ueatod' Congressionnl favoes News te'us.-Tmu Trhe New York Journal of Commerce says, there is Is new article just patented, alled. I- The Diamond Light," a manitfac. ure of a new kind of oil. The light given s eqyial to that of the best sperm oil. Its .heapness asni its cinlity will recommend t to general use. The oil is made fromn Rosin and cannot explode. The Supreme Court of New York, ia -efused to disechrgre the late Me.%ican Con aul. Ile is charged wi'th having emnbez rled money of the Gadsen Treaty. The inount of bail has been reduc'ed to 30, The English Journals complAin of the -ost of the Eastern war. The expenses, rays the London Trimes, for twiflve nontihs, ias been eighty milion-, of dollars. The ipintion is popular that fifty 'millions will save to be raised to, meet the annual xponses of the war, so long as it mny last. Prince DemidofF, the divorced husband if.Princess Mathilde Bonaparte, it is stated in the New York Tribune, is now lattached .o the Russian le,ation at Vienna, and has put is colossal lortune (8-200.000 a year) at the disposal of the Czar. Ile keeps, at his own cost, agents in Englantd, France, and Turkey, to look after the Russlian prisoners and wounded, and to take care of their wints. The Atburn D-tily A-nerican on Thurs day, learned from a gentlemna it who camnie on the cars the previous evening from the West, that the steainboat on Stmneca lake with her passengers. got caught by the cold weather and was fist frozen in the lake*aiout a mile fro n Getneva. Mea sures were being takeo to take the pas sengers oil front the ice-botid boat. We learn from tho .Iordan (Onond.Io County) Transcript that. on Tueslav tiaglt lou r men. Iri sinens., n;iamesis tn'. known. were frozei to death it jack's Raefs. A number of those who were cn giged- on the public works are living inl miserable sh-inties, which aflord but sliglh protection to the inates, and dur ing this extreme col weather their suf fering nust be extremw). The passenger train of cars whi ch left the town of liolley, New York, ont Satur. day last, for Niagsira Falls, when at a dis tance of a few niles from Ihat place became embeded in a !cavy snow drift. Laborers were procured and sent itn ad. vance with shovels, and the train .6. ceeded in progressingr so far that a drift was formned belhinid it inl sich Isman'ner ihat it could neither retreat 'or gi oni. ThLe cars containing about o:)e hindred pas. sengers, were accordingly obhliged to re main in their positiont all iht, a-J the next day, after having been upwards of twpify hours witihoit foo.] of any kind, thpiassetgers " ere carried safely back Lo the place whence they had started. Ott Sunday afternoon they begai their journey anew, an1d g. t through withorU furtIfr ditlicahy. everal tther taiss were out all night opon thet sAme road. It is now over two weeks siice we re. ceived a mail from Springtie'd, and the prospect is that the traint will not be able toi go lhrousgh before Saturday, if athey do btst.. Th~e Mississippi rroad appears to he alnost htopelessly blotcked sip, arnd we hear of buit little progress beinig msade to openi it. The Arurorai anid Illinois Censtrasl, the onsly oth.er rourte by whricht th- Capj.i lth at en be reacshed~s, is itn a siila sr coni tron, althought, unlhess te work of oposi ing was greartly retarr.. by the smrnw of Monday niht, t'.ere is someJS hope of a connrsection beinig forsar i with the Misjsig. sippi roadn at lIhfooingtons. As a gentlesirm was piassinig through tire streets of IBstons otte dlay last we'ek, ha~tvinig its hiis it m.I an accotnst booik, with. in which wats pia) ins I',mk bills it was acc ident ally kntoc :,d soust ssf his srind, thre wmdts w~as itt a t hiev sih whiiri jusst thtent, ansd took tire bills ont its wings, boa rintg threm every wary, over houitse tsop atnd street. fly paienst huinitstg all buit aboust $75 were recovered. he figtmtasg dresg oif tire Autstrian treemst to be perfect. hlis doublle breasted frock.cnat--shorr, ain fittinig easily. anrd withotui strains to te figuire. with a trourser of rouilicient frillness-leasves ihis msricut istr energy free fromti develtopmrenrt, tand c loso bselsnet, itt tdy ca rtridige, atnd siro rt swvordi, compljtete hiis uiseful equisipmssent. I havei seen, writes a corresponsd'ent of th ite Press, some55 of theoir sohtliers rim races its thepir uiiformis withouist thin shightest inconvecnic. ice. 'The Esagh shmsrrat, wvithr iris iron stocek, tisht coatee. anti st raighrt cited panitaloonts. wouldt not lie able tot disport. imself itt so free a sianue . Ont one of tire tmounstaint roads ins :.len dons, lut latrd counaty. V~e rmont, thecre is a spot wichs, on ineounst of a stromg cuar. rent- of air wichrri is almortst perpeturally itn mot'tionr there, is callied tire llows.I'ipe of tire Greetn Mtoumiains. VTe WVood. stock Mercuiry-says that ais tire stage froms Rurtlansd was piassintg thrrougha thris piace Ont tIe 2' th tultimno, tire witnd was so vin. lent that tire boly of the vehicle ws bliownt fronm the wheels, and conli onsly be kept on5 tire axietrees bry heoing chiniredi diownt. Onte woatn was btlowns into air adijointing fieldi, anrd five, atent lost their hasts ini rescuhing hrer. Icomstot ion wvas imspracticable, antd the waryfarers were obliged to puit up for tire ntight ins a nteighi. boring hsouse, which weathiered the tor nado withot datma~go. The Masornic Mirror pttlblishtes a rather curious story,. to tihe effect thrat Morrganr, whoe it was alleged was mutrdored by the Free Malnsons fotedisclosinig threir se'cts haa been. founid' i's Suinyrnia, in Turkey, - To ONTBlUtToa.--We.return our thanks to our fair contributor from Charleston for her beautiful "Lines on Rose Hill Cemetery near Macon, Ga." They reached us too late for this issue, but shall appear in our next. We welcome you to our columns and hope we shall hear from you again. We also acknowledge the receipt of a communication, from " Conserva. tive," upon the speech of the Hon. W. W. Boyes, which Has been crowd. ed out. It, too, will appear in our next issue. DEAt H 1F A L ri iZ w. - We. regret to be called upon to announce the - death of Mr. \VILLIAM WEDB, one of our oldest and best citizens, who died on Thursday last, at his residence near this town. Mr. Webb had been in declining health, and had retired from active business, for months before his death. His loss will be deeply lanented by a large circle of rela tives and acpraintances to whom lie had endeared himself by his many acts of kindness and disinterested generosity. SAD AccIDENT.-On Friday afternoon las, a little dsughter, about eight years of age, of our esteemed fellow citizen Mr. ). J. Winn, swallowed ant iron screw about an inch long, with which she was playing, and died from strangulation before it could be extracted. THE 22ND.-To niorrow is the 22nd of February- a day hallowed in the recol lection of American history, as having given birth to George Washington-thIe tmaster spirit and the guiding star throngh. out the dark, eventful and stormy night which preceeded the dawn of Amnerican liberty. The man, who animated, wihi tihe courage of his own great and brave heart, thas infant nation, whei battling againl1 overw helinrg nflil for her rights, and disseminated the principles which ac. tuated her brave but persecuted defenders, and whose arm, when a nation lent. upon it for support, never faltered, deserves all the praise and homage a grateful nation can bestow. Let us, then, not forget to commemorate the birth and memory of the "Father of our Libert ies," with the thanks and admiration of free a nd grateful hearts. The day is to be celebrated, in this place, by the Claremont Troop, with an oration from W. E3. DICK Esq.. at which tie public are invited to attend. ODD FKruows CElEDHnAToN.--We learn that the 2id anniversary celebration of Sumter Lo:ge No 23rd 1. 0. 0. F. w.ll take placn at the Court House, in thiit place, on Saturday, the ;2th inst. An oration will be delivered by To.tAs C. EVAss !Esq., of Darlington, at which the public are invited to attend. A full at tendanceof the Lde- is solicited, and the neighboring Lodges are requested to be presdnt ad participate in the procned ingit. _ _ 0 - REV. J. A1ORGAN.-We have been re qg:ected tn return t he thanks ,,J thi, ge-. ileman to the community for the'r sym pathy and assistance, in his lat1 toi fortune. Mr. Morgan has often felt and said that "go where he would he hias never seen a people hie thonght rnore of, or liked as well as those of his ownt District", and no(w lie is amore convinced he was r gh than ever. Mrs. Sinclair (late Forrest) has been presented with a diamond neck lace (*3,000) by some of her admirers in San Francisco. The contribution to the Washington National Monoument, during 1854i., amounted to *31,703,93, all of which was expended, with the exception of $272,63. It is said that V ictor I luge, thme ele. brated Frenchr poet and Republ)icantt, will shortly pay ma visit to the Untited States. A NOVELt CA.5E D)EcIDED.-'phe case of the New York Sunday Courier against WVicox, wvho refused to pay an advertising bill, on the ground that the paperC was ptb lishmed on Sunday and therefore no con tract with, the papier could be legal, has been decided in favor of the P'rintter, on Ithe ground' that a man catn rnot take advantage of his own wrong. WVilcox knew the paper was publishied nn Sunmday andl hail no btusiness to advertise in it. It were a pity. however, that in such eases, boths could rnot he thrown otit of conrt. Soda sprinigs havye beern discovered atbont fif'ty miles east or San Feelipe, Cailifornia, by Po'ole and his paty, en. gaged in the survey or public lands. Th'le spring is in a mound of symmne. trical shanpe, tatpering lilke a sug~ar loaf. in the centre of' the top of which is a hole, nnifaithomatble, conttaiing the car bonated beverago fresh from some natural laboratory below. Siome of the mounds are si~s feet highe, and clothed with'-a green and ludirrianrt coat of grass, while others- at-u shaped like an inverted bowvl and. fringed by growth of CaneC. T1hre water is deC. scribed as8 having the same-sparkling efibrvescenlt property as that ordinari. ly sold. by apothecaries, and was drank with avidity by both the men and an. imials belonging- to-the paty When impregnated; by an acid of any kind, it produced inst'ant effervescence, arid. in that form is peculiafly reiseshihng as a drink. that he now [oesby .the~i:mW'ffdsta. phal, and is engaged in teacling the En. glish language. The authority given for this report is one Joseph A. Bloom. Ac. cording to the Mirror, this mart Boon met Morgan at a house in Smyrna, to whoi the latter gave? a detailed account of hisr ad. veitures. It is stated that Morgan left the country in the ship AMervine, which sailed from Boston to Smyrna, and belonged to the firm of Langdon & Co. The captain's name of the Mervine was Welch. It matters little now, perhaps, whether the story be true or false. The South Carolinian of the 16th inst, says : We understand that a negro be longing to Mr. Reuben Svnith was shot yesterday by another negro belonging to M1rs. Faust. Tie wound we understand is not considered fatal. Tne disappearance of Aiss Emma Moort from Rochester, N. Y. is still unexplained The Sheriff of Monroe Co. has oflered ; rwatrd of :e thousand dollars for the re covery of the body of Miss Al., dead or alive, and a committee appointed by the citizens at the town meeting have re sumed their meetings, ami talk of anotier public demonstration. The L'gislature of North Cirolina which ias just adjoPurned, is clmaracter z-d by tle Wilmington Herald at progressive in its notions and tendencies. Thofollow ing internal Imnprovement Measures havc been passed. The Eastern and Western Extension of tie North Carolina Ratiroad. Thi 'ihttingtont and Charlotte Railroad. Thi Greenville and French Broad Road. Granting the endorsement. of the State tr tle amount of 8303,0010 on the Capt Fear aid D.-ep River Compnny's bonds. A like endorsement to tho amnount o $250.000 of the bonds of the c o:upany I const.uct a ship cavial to connect, thte WQ ters of Albemarle. Curritucok andi Pamlic, Soinds wirh Chteunpea ke Bay. Thi Comptlletion of the N. C. Road by the State. TIte new Mayor of New York says it it his deteriination to ike that city as di tingutished f1or its orderly cbaracter & Salbaths anl all other days as it has bee, for its rowdyismn. The Cincinnati Col iutbian says The travei over the underground rail road fur th.e past fewv days has bece we are infornied, unusttally active, a-. tn fewer than seven Iors: of rc& nawa slaves have arrived at tlis termnino: withint a week. The fr:st, of these lot comtiposed of three mien ; the next o three mten ; the third, of two men the filih It one man. All these wer< rom Kentucky. The sixth lot wa coitptoised of two mr;iddle-nged stou itent, who had comeo *n ltot from Lou i6iana to this plaic, sleeping by da; and walking towards the North sta by night. The-y arrived here o1 W&donesday, and afier recruiting, Ar to be sent over the tudergrnno rail r1oadl to Canada. The last lot was composed of j mother and three clhildrerr, who catn upj on1 thte mii boait fromtf Louisvillec antd were to be taken to P'ari-1 Keit tocky. She managed to get to somt abtolitiontist, and was i nnnedia~tely sen cnortha. The total loss to nrmsters froma thte escape of these ftfteen slaves mtust exceed fieent tousand dollars TE" Utsr Va~y." (der thi: head thte Wilmtintgton (N. C.) Ilerab records the arrival thtere, over thi Mlanchtester rail road during thte yea endintg November 30th, of 17,46i hb1i1. spirits tttrpentine ; 73135 do lRosin ; 23712 do. Tar~ ; 2687 dot. Tur pentince; 2,627 bales cotton ; 1,701, 1(.4 feet t i mnter, an d 412,000 do. htctn her. The rtadl was rrot completer until Oetober 10th, s >thtat the receipts were necarly all fcio~u the eas~ternt hall (oitly. A IIEAVY J UDO'ME.T.-The Treasni ry Department have aedvices thiat thte Uncited States~ have obtainted ta jtudg mnentt ini the State Coturt of Texe against Joseph IBates, U. S. Marshal of Tiexas for about $20,000, tht ai~mtunt of thec balance due frenv tha inlividual to the~ United States. draft of*5,000 on aceottnt of thi judgmnent Yias already been receivee htere, andte it, is thoutghtt that the whol of thme bailance is seenred to thto gav eronment. We clip thte following f'rom- th< Standard: It turtns out that M'le Sophie CrtuveIlli, the celebrated F'renel vocalist, whIo recetl y di sappeare< and teappj eared so mnystetri ousl eloped with younmg Count Vigier, mtinor, who feared the wrath of hi fathter amid (dared not marry her ih Ftracc. Before the knot was tied however, shte was overtaken by tw< of' her brothers, who persuaded hte itot to mtarry ttttil the sentitments o: thte young getntlemtan's fatthier were as certaiined. Thte old gentleman, in stead of expressing indignattiotn, anp pceared highly delighted with the pro pose'd alhiance ; imimediately wrote a Iormnal letter to Mademoiselle's moth er, demtanding thte hand of her daugh terfo hs on and received agra stances, theo goveinment has with drawn ltis su ngt Crili r ot fulfiling her stipulations wtitlie inan n ager of the opera. She has promised to perform till -the end of this year's season ; will then be united to Count Vigier, and most likely retire from the stiage. This romantic story will no doubt greatly raise the great song stress in the eyes of the French ope'ra goers, and from this time till the close of her career on the stage, she will, doubtless, be the most popular vocalist in France. The earth was nearest to the sun on Jan. 1, when it was93,505,00milesoff. (For the Banner.] Messrs. .Editors: Allow me to cor. rect an error, of'your statement in the last Bunner, regarding late proceed img% in the domestic ailhirs of His High ness, King Wmter. The Royal Visit. or to this ley Court was not Her Ma. jesty, Queen Summer, but the fair young Princess, Spring, whom I had the lonor ofseeing daily , and who iformed me confidentially (as I know you will lie pleased to hear) that she will return ere laing, aid use her sweetest effirts to thaw, and soften, aid leauitily, and enliven His Ioa i ness, her Father, in the happy atici. pationl of a visit from the Queen Con sort next June. The stormry prssges which you overheard, were only Wirrtry.greet. ings of conjugal affection aid kind. ness to be conveyed fro in His Aighti. ness to Her Raoyal Miajesty, Queen, Summer. and by which the fair Am. bitsadress ; the Gentle Spring, was well nigh stunned, and oveswIrlred. But, I hoape, she has survived this whispered thunder, and will venture soo again amnong us, and cheer us with her snliling presence. ROSE BTD. A Captive in the Kingdom of Freezcland. (Fur the Banner.] Messrs. Jditors: 'ihe last Thursday in FebruarV has been observed for u numiner otf years in the Presbyterian Church, as a day of prayer for Col leges and Institutions - of learning throughmnt our Country, and especial. lV that, (Id would I ilarge the minlis terial resources of the Church. Tihe remaikable outpourings of God's Spirit (n these occasions prove, that God is indeed all answerer of prayer. As the day comes, this year, i the 22nd, how app opriate, while we tliank Goad I*ir raising up a1 WVASIIINoTos to defend the libertis, and achieve the Indejeendence of our Coimtry, and for bestowing so many temporaI blessings u1pot us u l; tht all Christians should I also entreat, hiatt to ir:eaense the num. ber of' those who dissesnate the truths of tie Gospel, in our- own, anal in, other ands, by " senvling forth moreic laborers into lis harvest" So, - may the day be improved in your quiet village., is the prayer of one who fiels f, r its INTEREST, Novas. LAW SUr.-A somewhat romantic suit at law has just been terminated in Franklin countv. it e ta nJ Leser aeeame pierced with the arrow of Cupid, and, wishing top hea the wound by lawtul wedloek, 1he made proposals to the object of his aill'etions, which, it seems, she received favorably; bnt the -father, Mr. Jaco~b Wyasrt, .beir~g a prudent man of much foresight, requi-r ed theo said Jaohn Leseber to enter in to limids of ti-.-e hundred dolls.s con, ditioned that the said John Lesc-her should live with his wife and treat her -as a kind ad afketlionate husband should da;. but the parties, after living taogether somre mornthis, seeperated, and this sui~t was brought to rec -ver the anmowit of the bonad. The ease was rfinst tried at the last Apri-l term aaf the Frs-anklini court, when Judge K-imminel decide.'d the bresd to bie invalid. The case was carried to the Sumpreme Court, and it was- decided thast the bond "was -good and valid, and in aiccordasnce with -the luaw." The case thi'refore, camne u p agatin in thle Franaklin county coum ts, whlen the jur-y iound a 9erdict far the plairtiff of 6s979 '. 'The result of this suit may give a valuatble sogges, tion to anlxicu- fa thiers whose dausghtters am e souight as partnsers at the altar, atil ..n iminitationi of Mir. 'Wyat.'s fore. tho usghat would show sa pruasent co ncern for their dragters' welfare.-CaGrlisle (Pa) /eocrat, Jan 11. I Inhsty words rankile the wound whichli injur-y gives; bat soft word5 assuage it; forgiveness eures it; arid loigetting tsakes away the scar. . Easily Accomunted For.-- T'urk I 'esars so mny fleas in hsis*shaiit, that ia mmatemiaatician liss just demnonstsated thaimt if the -y mta. t -Al jump~ sat aonce they wvel* . ry no, a. es oss the llos phorsi5. 1. :. , .tomrs-lo.tical condition of the T.rks will s.atinss c tarily account faor theii tude. mocy to flee before the Isossians a:t .k klavai. . RSCEs CURRENT OF T51E CIEARtL ESTrON LIJAItlET. Corrected weekly by W. S. l.atgons& Co. FACTrs AxD CoIMIraloN NERCIIANTs, Charleston, S. C. CH AnaLssro,. Feb. 17. a CoTron.-Upland sales this week as~e 10,42i0 B:ales at lronl 1-8a1-4 per et lowver than the previnuis week. Otir quo .ations are. Inferior 6 1-4a6 W'$oradinary o good ordinary 6 78Ba7 3-8 Groja mid dlinig 8 1-4s8 3-8. Middlling ?iir 8 1 2a 8 3-4. Sea Islanda, commion, 2;28 ; fine 32a45; very fine 50a54 and up.wardaJ *Gwum &c.-Corn omi~non $1-O0al 05 P lint SI.10ial 15 por. biush. Floui.ooti to, perhbbl. ar~cording to qudlityr and qfart' tity, Rice ,'s 1-8a4 ~8.per hi d il u Peas S.10al20 pe 'The accounts r t he Crimeo' wihich reaehed us by. the Asia, on Saturday * evening last, are very barren of news--, The signs of peace are less flattering thai for weeks past, and tlere is every appear, ance of preparation for a more -vigorous campaign on the part of Russia, and Se, bastopol is no nearer being taken than a twelve month ago. . The English have been compelletl to give up a portion of their ines tr ihe French, in consequencesof the want of inen to defend then. Sorties were made every night, attended with considerabto loss on both sides. A French force of 80,000 men has been HenLto guard the Austrian frontier. The news front Great Britain is botr excitig and important. Our accounts 5af that the week has been one of anxiiety in Eigland. The whole Ministry had re iigned and their resignation was acceptetk and the Aberdeer. Cabinet only hold office until a new Ministry can be formed. Various rumord point. to Lord Palmer. ston, Lord John Russell, and iast'y to Lord Lunsdowne, as those who would probably be placed at fle head of the af inistry. Nothing in regard to the future ministry is certaun and niuch difficulty is experi enced in forming a new cabinet. Prussia is prepariig for action. An importeant despatch, dated Berlin, the Ofst' ult., says the Prussian Govern rmsent has decreed tghe inmediate mobilizatio n of her own army, and the 4th and 5th ciorps are ordered'to occupy the provinces of Saxony and Silesia. The treaties between England, France and Sardinia are published. Sardinia engnges to send, in Engish ship,.fifteen thusand iiten to the Create, under the command of Sardinian generals, and En. gland agregps to lenad Sardinia a milhon sterhng, or two, if warted, at three per cent; aid France and Etngland t)gether gtuaranetee to-proetect Sarditi during the present war. Pros;.e-s of peace are gloomy, new coinplications having arisetn in the Ger meanic relations, inasmuch as Prussia has gained a tritmph over.Adsiia itthe Ger rnn Diet, the inloti of the former to pre. vent the mobilizatio.i of the German Army having beees carried. Indeed Prussia leans :nore strongly than ever in favor of Russia. Sihe has placed her Armty on a war foriting, and refuses to permit the French Army to pass through her territo ries. It :s reprrted that Mr. Soule is dan gerously ill. Thoghatest news from Iavana sayp. the Island is ins a state of great excitement. A plot lad been lorined to assassinate, at the opera, the Captain General and other offirials. The gas was to have been ex. Iinguished and thee work of -death con menceed. A traitor, however, betraved his conra de.<, aid on the 8th ins. Doat 'a. nta Pinto, an intimate friend of General Concha, anrd thirty.live influcietial citizens; were arrested. On: tIhe followineg lay forty -others were arrested, anmontr theni, it is said, the 1amous. Marti, of the opera louee, aid Echevarrsi, manager lf the railroad. The Governor. orMalazas nvd'. Senor Ahneda, a rich and wellf known planter of Trinidad, hsave also, it is said, been imprismned. Fears of invasion are etertaineed, and the government is arming every one iney can, eden ite galleyr slaves. W E are now receiving a new assort irnent of Gingfhaem Blk & Colored. P'rints, BIft Afpacas, Cantorr' Cloths, French Lawns, llrilliwmte,Prits 111k & Colored, Hlats, a good ssortrment o'f Ladies Misses and Chil drens Shoes, also Boots Bicached & Brown goods, Check Matting, Willow Basket., Sad diery, &c., a flew dozen Towel Racks neat at 621. -2ets, a gaood assortment of China Ware Tin Chtamb~er Sets &c., &. Whieb wilt be mot low,3. T. SOLOMuNS & Co. Fe bruary, 21, 1855. 16 if In Equity--Sumter District Needhtam Riley, et. al- Partition, vs. Cand sale of M. Dubose. Negroes. BY viri ue. of an order madle by the.Conert in sadtue I wllf'r~ for sale at SumerCout oue, rethefistMonday in Mtarch next, SIX LIKELY NEGROES (if delivered to me.) directed to be mold for Parti. iore under the case stated. TERMs OF bALt.--So much cash as will pay ilee costs iand chae-et of the proceedinags, thme barlance of the purc hase money to be-secur ed by bond at one year wide good sureties pd to bear inteemit froni day of sale, to be an -~t Ily paid, until the whole lssatfisedJ. W. F. B. H A YNS WOR'TR, Comn', Eq. S. D. February, 21st, 1855. 1U iid DEMONSTRATIVE SCALE FOR CUTTING ittG~ing, S ewstyle ofn res Fiting taugt n fom4 to 6lhours, by Mise mead fromt New York. Those wish ing a prfect fitting dreess may call at Mr. Chi nas a otel. Ladles no doubt will rl'ink-it titan vehloues when they find they are not oblIged to pin on linngs nor alter dross. Th system taughet, including apparattis, for Thoese who leave taken lessons are delighted wires its simplicity and accuracy. As it is iapossibie to give a correct idea ofr tihis plan in prinet, we hoep. every lady wilh htave the curiosity to call and see how' easy they cant be taught to cut and fit their own, dresses. Shiould any one after taking lessons, noe feel perfectly satisfied they will be welcomne toe thre tuition. Mantry of the first Ladles of Climden. heava taken lesssu.es and are denlighetedl with its perfet ness and simplicity.. They have givern- their c-ertificates teo that .Atreet, whit-k well satisflj ainy one that it is a valuable 'improuvement,--.. Letters edirected as above, wilt. imet with promept attention. Vt..2'st, - 6I R, K. Rutledge Deputty Wu!rvyel. ANNtONuEs ire ihe pfublic,'at 1 tregular-ly eq'nipt for 8univeyfggr d, rue any~ part ol this 8tate; and we4g promptlytrgay e~J l'he-iAf ?ereiv-In that hme of ahismes. Address .!ig'pdied a Refereneea W, I. Di Jh ye R . an