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ItATF.S OF ADVERTISING. 1 square 3 months t $ 4 00 1 square B months COO 1 square 12 months 10 00 11 squares 8 months 3 00j 2 aauares 6 months 10 00 2 squares 12 mouths 15 00 3 squares 8 luonths " 8 00 8 squares 6 months 1'2 00 y squares 12 months - - - - 20 00 4 squares 3 months 10 00 4 squares 0 months 1G 00 4 squares 12 mouths 2' 00 f> squaroe 3 months ' no 6 squares G months '?0 5 squares 12'months ...... Advertisements inserted for a *' period than three months will lie el> cents per square (12 lines or lorw) for fii-si a tion and 87-J por square for each continuance. C-y Any one advertising bv annual or.?enii-' annual contract can change his advertisement monthly, if he desires. t3f* Subscribers to the paper who do not pay their subscriptions within the year will l>c <?hnr(roil ftl sn T A %* ?] OA IO-X ??O? L4M'MI fc,,? *www ~ "SPARTA IS BUR(x >FEM ALK COLLEGE. FACULTY. J. AVOFFOltD TUCKER, Prcsidtnt, and Professor of Jt'nglish Literature; Kkv. CHARLKS TAYLOR. M. D, Professor of Natural Science and Ufathnnatics ; iliss PIIKBE PA IN El, Instructress in Afodrrn Languages,' Botany, Physiology, Descriptive Astronomy, Ancient and Sacrcd Orography, etc St. P. K. SAUNIER, Professor of Music ; A Lady competent to instruct in any of the Ornamentnl branclu*? <f Femnle Education will be procured before the commencement of tlio. Term. TUITION* FEES. Prennrntorv ton > Colk-giate frenartment, embracing every tiling taught in tho College course, 40 " " Music on Piano, extra, 40 " " Fancy Needle Work, Wnx flojvee Work, Leather work, etc., , ? ...? I Tuition Fees payable in all eases strictly (one ! Term, or half yearly) in advance. Board, on the Campus, with members of Faculty, includ ing all expenses,' liglitp, fuel, washing, attention, Ac., ?12 per month. Board, without the items of .. lights and washing, 10 " Quarterly payments in advance \vill be reQuired for board. SCHOLASTIC TKRM3. The next regular Term will commence on Monday, tho 26th of February. Annual Commencement at the same time with WofTord College.'ill julv; no sinnmir t'm-ntinn Tin. Fall^erm will close in December. All the applinuccs arc now complete- for n , succcssful prosecution of our labor. A good j Chcmicnl and "Philosophical Apparatus lin*! been purchased and is now ready fur use. The ; utmost enro and attention will bo paid to the health and comfort, as well as the mental and moral improvement, of our pupils. In the mode and processes of Education, our purpose is not only to instruct correctly, but to discipline tho understauding?to touch young ladies how to think. _ It is but just to ourselves to say that our Professor of Music is one of the nio-tt skillful , masters of the scieuce;'6e deservedly stands second to none id his own department. We may bo allowed to remark here that we regard the Spartonbnrg Female College ns the cheapest Institution iof similar gr&do in >Soiit.li vurvilDB. a pupil may avail herself of the ud- j J vantages of everything in the College courso, with Music, Bonrding, .and ?U incidental schoV laatic charges, for a little leas than two hundred dollars a year t Thua:- * ' - _ Board, 9 month#, $12, $108 00 Literary Departmeut, 40 00 Uusic, extra, 40 00 Contingent fee, and use of Piono, 5 00 $103 00 J. WOFFORD TUCKEK. Sportauburg, S. C., Jan 1, 1856 87 lni AND ORNAMENTAL | PAIBTXKB. L?v TTMIEUndersignod wishes to inform the citiWt.. 'JL. zena of Abbeville and its vicinity that he I ^ " , intends to looate himself in Abbeville, and car-1 ? w.? ?u0.ue? aa UOUSK PAINTER, in branches. With hi# experienco through tyk#'' fljaropo, and many of the principal towns ib / ' kmtarir.ti- combined with a steady attention to he hopes to give full satisfaction to all . VvJSfr<r?l favor him with their patronage. . . Sr. GEAINING. MARBLIN G, and PAPER ' -5HAN6ING promptly attended to. Enquire ?t tne Marshall House. ^ Ordfcrg from-the oountr^will meet with ^^^^^^^ba^Sb^rib^^rn keep. on hand At nil V'E?9?Blmfc $to Saddlery and HarueM Store "> ' itt th'* V 111 age, an astfrtintbt i'' , - of STOVKS, which they pledge t* ' 'if^HC^iimdn frf'TTlV/ 4*" ** favorable term# ae i 'v:;:8|^ES8?sH JONES & LIVINGSTON, Attorneys at Law, Office vert door to Thornton & Fair, ABBEVILLE C. II. II. A. JONES.] [j. W. LIVINGSTON. WILLIAM P. PRICE, Attorney at Law, Will Practice in the Courts of the Western Circuit. Office at Greenville C. HFcl> 1, 89 tf JAMtfRK rnTFf R A AT viiiii uu u? vv i iniaiij Altoraov at Laii', ABB>.VILI.E C H., S. C S3T May be found for the present ill the j Commissioner's OJJicc. Jnn 18 1859 37 1}* ELFOHI) & DONALDSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, GREENVILLE, S. C. C. J. ELFORD. T. Q. DONALDSON. Jnn 18. 185ft 37 4w I rmm I me Eiuijvm-iu Aiiiormer. "Ilcre shall the l'revi the people's rights maintnin, i Unnwed hv power, and unbrihed by gain." rJ",IIE Subscriber proposes, on the firstThurs1 dav in February next, if sufficiently encouraged, to commence the pulilicatiou, ut Kdgcficld C. II., of an independent. noiwieiitrill, weekly Newspaper, to be called "77te 12dg*fi+1d Informer." The Informer will be the "medium" of /lie writer's views011 all subjects that tituv in any wise interest I !ie people or affect their ritrhls. Reform and Progress will be the distinguishing features of tlie "Informer," and while its column') shall furnish the usual amount of jreneral information relative to commerce, Agriculture and politics, science, literature and the arts, most prominent union;; the subjects ccntempla ted for discussion, are the q':c>tioiis of divi 'ing Kdl't*fi*?lll it ii rt liiiriiipult nijf,-!/.tn !'?i'* Districts; a t'-.oroiifrh ivforui in <yir State politv, aud tbc people's aide of tiio Electoral question. In his department, the F.Jitor will be Assisted j by nble and popular writers ; and no trouble, | iubor, mill expense ahull lie spared to ninke the! "Jnformtr" wiiat it newspaper ounhi to be. | Subscript ion price $2 yenr, in advance?payI nbh- on tlie receipt ot the first, number. Address the subscriber, at Edgi-tield C. IT., ! S. C. C. \V. STYLE?. ! Edgefield, Dec 20, 18r>5 2*. I}.?PoKlinnsters antl others who will ; act as f?r the "Informer,*' upon sending; iu ten names, shall receive one copy free. " C. W. S. - NOTICE. Valuable Property for Sale. I WILL veil,-nt-niy residence, on the First Tuesday in Ft in wry next, nil in}' Ucal and : Personal Property, consisting of about 43U Acres of Land, nenr linlf ??f which is in the wood* and well i timbered. The open land in in a high state of cultivation, witli a hundred acre* of low i grounds. On tlie place are a good Dwelling-House, Gin-house and Screw., and other necessary buildings, til iu good repair. The Ferry known as Moseley's Ferry, an well na the landing on the Georgia side of; the Kiver, will he sold at the same time. Also, i Nine Likely Negroes together with lloisc.-. Cattle, cdieep and IIo<ja. j Household and Kitchen Furniture, Plantation : Tools, Corn, Fodder, Peas and OuU ; one Carriage and Harness, three Wagons, and other articles unnecessary to ment'on. Terms made known 011 day of sale. MAKY MOSE^EY. p8T Any of tlie abovementioned can bo bought j>iivutely previous to firot of February. M. M. Jan J 6,1856 37 td 'executive Department. COLUMBIA, Jan. 10, 1850. By His Excellency JAMES II. ADAMS, Gov. enor and Comntpnder in-Chief in and over Che , Stale of South Carolina. %%'1JEREAS information bas been rccejjred ? ? at this Department, that a murdoi^a9 : committed on the body of Elijah peftkinfl, on j tbe day of by Franklin Perkins (his brother) in Newberry District, and that! said Perkins bus fled from justice. j Now, know ye, that to. tlie end justice may be done, and that the said Peikius may be! brought to learnl trial for hi* o(T.'ni.? na nfnr*. . snid: 1 James H. Adams, Governor as aforesaid, do issqe this my proclamation, offering a Reward of three hundred dolhiM for his apprehension arid delivery into any j&ii in this State. Said; Perkins is abont US or 24, years of age, . about 6 feet 8 inches high, dark hair, hght.eomplexion, Renel-sUv. wears a thin board on his chin, rather light colored, has a down cast countenance,- anji-npeaks quick when spoken to, he had bis wife: <irith him,when jastjpeard from. Given under my hand and the-seat of the ? State. ' *' _ [L S.J . J. H. ADAMS, JjftiKs ParrKSaos, 3eo'ty offitata- ' ., > LOOK O'lJtJ rPHE Books, Notes and Accounts of the lata JL Firm ?f DRRNNAN A HESTER'have been assigned to us for payment of the debts of the concern. All per* majjndebWwl by note or 'frvkmiK- -y MISCELLANY. Tlio Mercury's Anti-Convention Aitician i Wo ol?serve that soine political re.-urrec-1 tirini-t is bent u|n)ii exhuming (frmn the tomb of the Capulets?) certJiin Hrtich-s of the Mercury called forth by tha' query of ours, "What are we to do." Tin* Winsboroj Register, at the request of n subscriber, in now passing tlfem through a second edition.! In doing t.lie Register gives expression to the subjoined reflections, winch will cr>mmami the attention and respect of every unprejudiced man: Edgefield Advertiser. The Mercnry objects to these Conventions as a piece of machinery; never contempts tod liy the Constitution. Very true. But nevertheless thej' had tlieir origin in an imperious necessity, and wore called into existence by the voire of tin-people. It had become apparent that the Presidential eloction was a matter of too much importance to longer be permitted to remain before the House of Representatives. They were a long standing body, and so great were the temptations in this hands of an aspirant. that the spirit of bribery and corruption was spreading like dreadful contagion through-! out ilie representative body of the people. With the number of offices in the gift of the succ< ssfnl candidate, and the small numi i ? - ..... ? ( Hiiiuiitr wnorii 11it*v wore to tic distributed, j Mr. McDutVo declared tliat (lie temptations were too great for human integrity, that "the very angels fell from Heaven with less tempi at ion." We will not mention any I of the memorable occasions when the Atner- J ican people hi<l their faces with shame for1 the conduct of their representatives. It was' a tjohle and patriotic spirit that prompted them to remove from their Legislative halls this corrupting election. The appointment of a separate electoral college failed, hecause, from the number of candidates whom the electors came pledged to Mippoit, the ejection had again to he returned to the. House for a final decision. Who has forgotten the circumstances under whirh John i Ollinc'f? A/lumo woo 9 Tr- - j . ii no \sn;i.tvni i lit*, I IK* I founder ami first parent of the party now ! called Republican, obtained liis elevation to j tins Presidential chair by the return of the' election to the HoiisobtiA fact whieb should ! be remembered, particularly now when that parly is a plurality, if nut a majority, in'the House, and are now po||in<s a larger! vote for Bank-* than is received by any other i candidate. This circumstance warns us j that the <:au?e-? which existed for keeping the election from the Hon.-e are as strong 5 now as ever; and time* more dangerous; because the contest will now be, not between Whigs and Democrats, but anti-slavery fanatics and tbe lovers of the Constitution; : 1 wt 1? - i.iij.i.k juiv: iiosmiiy to mo, south will tire the heart's of one, the lights of the South ami the preservation of the Constitution animate those of the other. Look to the Federal Capitol, witness the serene that is being enacted there. If it be desired to elect Seward, let a few of the Southern' Stales withhold themselves from the Cinein-j natti Convention and by So doing Rend the i Democratic candidate before the House,! with his party in broken and fragmentary' confusion. We have heard some of the op- j ponen^of the Convention l>nse their oppo-| sition to it on the ground that the)* wished to j see IMerce defeated and Seward elected, and thus a dissolution of the Union accomplished. Such can most consistently oppose the Convention, because to defeat it is j to defeat the Democratic Tarty, and. as n I necessary result, accomplish the election of Seward. The objection to nominating Conventions is insufficient. Although not cotteinplnted in the federal, nor in any of the State constitution?, they liave nevertheless grown to be part of the machinery of government, and are rosorted to everywhere. They have i been held in Columbia, in Charleston, and in Winnsboro. Called into existence by i necessity, established by usage, in every ; State, County, or District, throughout the ' length and breadth, of the whole country, it is an error to . ascribe our tibseiice froni tjici National nomin?tin<r Pniu'onilnno : > wvMiviiuviin iu v,wwniijrt tut ion a I s?:ruples, instead of to a uieta usage forced upon us by circum stances no longer^ existing. The true.positiQli of South Curblina is,to net witli tliose parties with whom the agrees; nud if she. can agree with none, stand aloof from all. "When" internal improvements, and a proUio.tJve tariff, were the issues before the country, neilherof the two great parties carried out South Carolina views, hence, very consistently, she held herself aloof from their Party Conventions. The only question to dotermin? the course of the State, now i&: Do we agree with- the present position of, the Democratic. Party, and of their distinguished head, President Pierce! If we disapprove of them, we will act cphsistentlyhy remain* ing aloofc put if we approve of then), we. will be acting iuconaiHt?utly,if ,vve still ad-, here to isolauonr w lieu (ho <-au6c& for so doing i;o Ipnger <^ci9t. Ajaaan who ?jipjhs a post to escapif frora a dog.Wou)d Vautiiigv^Y inconsistently if he^^hered ,t9 tion of -inai'TtUioii after his aggressor had form litis State as anv oilier it) tin- Union-! I' i? Viiin for the Mercury to attempt toj iirtviitfH ilif people ??f thi* Sfn'e. that t Itosc i who favor this Convention are animated l?y j "u? faith hut in tho spoils." Wlivti our}grewt Statesman, Mr. Calhoun, went imo tlxl Congressional Caucus that nominator] Mr. Monroe, will the Mercury have us lu-liew , that, not the <!esiro to Icv.ite a statesman i ami patriot to that high eminence, but 4-a I faith in tlie spoils" animated hint? "When j j the Convention of 1843 met an?l a1 roproscnrati'jii of the Stale in the Baltimore j Democratic Convention, and was wrrmly | participated lit by tin- prominent men of| our State, am! in* Hueh :ii?.ni- Pfllfiior ? ??! i Alston, of our own Di?lriet, men whose int.-f-iity have stood above reproai-h, ale ?c to I -lieve that "faith in the spoils,'' found a mot n*ntV acceptance it) tl.Kiir lienrls? Nev- i er! Never!! 1 In conclusion, let us hcg the Afrrciti'p (<>; ponder well tlie remarks of C<>1. Keiit.j They come from n disinterested source. Tl?* j prni-l;tiins that the Democratic, is the only i Constitutional party now before tlie county, j iind the very change which has taken place! in that party, consiiuile reasons fur a change j in our usage. Col. Keitt's splendid com-1 pliment to the prtrty, we commend to its [ consideration, whenever, together with the I Know Nothing papers of the State, it in- p dulges in unmerited abuac of the men bis-i lontrinor tn it. ? O O """ Punch on America; The London Punch, in closing its twentyninth volume wiih the year 1855, addresses his friends in America in the irmst sensible manner, expressing the hope thai there will he nothinjr rougher than tin; Atlantic billows between Jonathan and himself. We have not room fur the whole address, but the cream of it is to bo found in the following paragraphs : "I am most happy to find, dear friend, that Christmas will closer in about us, and find us once jnore hearty-whole and amiable. Pray give a hint?and one of the strongest ?to President Picive to put a muzzle now and then anon his Attornev Or.m.r..r TT...?.: lias that uiniab'u lawyer; Ik en doing hi* h^st to blow red cals between England and the; Stales, and that too at a time when the.| 1 heaitiest good wishes and best sympathies; of Jonathan ought to attend upon his nla- j tions. Ought, say I? Why. they do.: This is plain enough; for hardly does the j lawyer aforesaid blow olF half his steam of; Verbiage, thnn the strong common sense,' the g..od kindly heart of America s-pokej out, and warmed up, and declared thai thej very thought of another quarrel with En- | gland was a monstrous folly nudahugerj crime. And so Mr. Attorney General, nationally snubbed, became suddenly as quiet i and as dumb as a defunct raven. A mnniv AtK/.H . -* ? * 1 *1 viuui nkniiniio, it wan WlrKCUIV : preached to your discredit. Jonathan?! ratiiit let me say to your indignation?that ' the American eagle was to keep company ' awhile with liit eagle of Muscovy, swooping \ alike at the fiame quarry, ravening alike on : the same victims. We should asso<>ti think of seeing the small pig tail of Hciij imin Franklin?(a relic,'of course, in the pusses-' siuii of the n-s ccted Mr. Barnum)? enlarged and elongated-into the knout of the Czar. We should as soon hulieve that the key of Franklin, that sublimed his soul with thtf conviction that he had drawn down the electric fire from the clouds, could befin../l t.> it... -< - -> * - -? ,V1 ?,.au >Ui.a ui it uuii^cuii iur uie no-1 erty of the human race. No, no, Jonathan! As it is sometimes said of cocks, so Pnin-.lt savs of the likelihood of the conjoined ( American and Russian eagles?those eagles don't fight. I, Let us, (lien, for all future lime take good ( heed that we be mutually moderate; mutually forbearing. A? for that matter of Cuba, I confess, I eau hardly see why, if you paid for it, you should not have it. I don't! think it would'prove the bargain, even at a j gilt?(and Spain is quite as likely to give . as she is to pay)?that you in your present j tsxul'aition beiieve if. Cuba is' cabled a , jewel, nevertheless, is there not a little too , mueh |>lack blood in thu ruby to make it Very . valuable to yourself. all Southern t-\r. CUlllst.'iiictfi roimitltfH'd. , Any4 way, Jonathan, let u*. at thin season, j making long arms, shaku hands across the ] Atlantic. -;*Let our Hinit? remain us green j as Imlly leaven, our hearts unspwlfeti. by j black as the holly hcrrie*. - An^I bq '0 'bo', end let all "asperities" ho worn away. i "That the smooth terrier of onr npo mny be, ' Like the high loves'npon the holly tree.' ' ' You Vnny acknowledge' tliis Cliriwtma^ ' tribute in any-"* *rdlal mnnner?:afker youir own oordial/nalore^you iriny ph*?pf-. A few. boquets tho.niore,'an extra cheer or so, ( iu . uiir iiierajy, pietiipoteji^iHjy^ YVjHiHm. , MftVeRtare Th'nckeroyi now.ijwb# State?, ( Willis' Ijliiliolj twkd'n in' full qnittftnop, l?y j tyt Dear JonAthan^-yonr* rW^'pflftnate friend, j y_ ^For the people of England,}* \ - '' ] '; #>?: ; ;v V - _ - ; Poycg. < > ,Tb$ jtapgaf wAJ[?r* ?a n Farmers, Raise yotu- own HogB. Tlic v\ r?-t< lifi| policy pursued at the j South, almost from the time whereof "the j memory of man runneth nut to the centra-1 +y," of raifhig cotton, to buy hogs, horses j and mules witb. to the neglct of other iru-1 portant pioduction* of tins farm, has been ! ofun commt-nfed upon, and as often condemned by the agricultural and newspaper press, and Vet, despite all, the wretched policy is htiil pursued. The high prices at which hogs, horses and mules from the freuuentlv sold, one would im press upon the minds of onr fanners and piatiters ?s with i lie diamond point, the importance of a radical change in theiV system of funning. Yet they go 0:1 in the old beaten path, heedless of the impressive lessons of experience. Fpr years they have submitted to the degrading position of Viewers of wood and drawers of water" to the Western Status, and, although told, with "line upon lino and precept upon precept," of their dependence, yet they seem insensibly to their slavish condition, and make no eflort to improve it. They occujpy towards the stock-raisers of the West, j the miserable relation of tributaries Fori (hem do they ceaselessly toil. To fill their \ pockets they impoverish their lands, exhaust their own energies and the strength of their j slaves, and live hard, feedintr almost solelv! iif*on the broad and meat furimhc-d them bv > their inexorable task-masterf, and denying! themselves the cheap luxuries of the dairy and garden. Scarce n fruit tree, worthy of j the name, adorns their homesteads; only! a few mangv runts of hog* to be seen about] their premises, "almost too poor to drag themselves from the fence corner to feed upon the scatit grass which nature has kindly i piorided for them. And such cows as tnn v j b? seen stalking* about the farm of a cold ] winter's day, it were impossible to describe,; whose every motion is intently watched by 1 the buzzards, in momentary expectation' tint they will drop down and die and fur-j nish them a scant meal. And such insipid ! milk as these poor kine yield witli their j life cannot with any propriety be called j milk. The little hall of butter that may i !w. -1 :* i.~ .I:-* i?i I t.i.11.iv - ->1 iiuiu it ny umi 01 u.tru, pr-rsevcriiicr ( lim ning, is as white nntRnsipid r.3 j the milk itself. And wlio of tho young: lo'k* have ever seen a homo-made cheese?i \\\* have been "man ami hoy" for thirty-i ni- e years, and have never Keen one. But we are wandering. For the encouragement of tho farmers o at least raise their own meat, we have been kindly furnished by Mr. Henry Bur-1 ton. an excellent neighbor and most.successful planter in tliis District, with a list containing the weights of a number of hogs killed bv him last winter. From this we glean the following particulars: Mr. Burton killed twenty-two hogs two years old ; tho average weight of which was nearly 2;">1 lbs. The heaviest of thin lot weighed 434 lbs. He also killed one fourteen months old whii-li ivoin-liful sin - --e? " " i Hi'. Fifteen of one year old av<rag"d 177 j 1 -8 lbs., the heaviest weighing 212 lbs.? | Some of our readers will recollect the mon-: stroua ling Mr. Burton exhibited at the last! Agricultural Fair at this place. Having J picpared him p?>p"ily and fattened him as well as an overflowing corn crib would enable him, he killed him the 23d of last month, and he weighed 790 lb.?. gross, nett 701 lbs. We have forgotten bin age; if we mistake not, he was three years old.? The whole number of hogs killed by Mr. Burton of his own raising was 71, averaging 282 1-4 lbs. a head. Now, is not Mr.] Burton's success encouraging to others to j following his example? He made a lawo i cotion crop, too, plenty of corn of rouMe, j and an abundance of everything else that can be raistd on a farm. Neiobcrry AfirroK Qutraoe and 'Attempt to Kill.?A Gentleman whilo passing through Church j *?reet"on his way home about 12 o'clock on! Monday night last was Mopped when in tho j rertr ol St. f'hilip'a church by two men, one i of whom aslced him s?.m? questions, while ihe other, retiring in the.rear, suddenl^as-' studied him with some heavy and murder-1 nus weapon suppled to l?e n slung-shf/t,; hut which in descending hwkilv nnlu <rcn?n/l! . c J V o'v" j his temple, inflicting a slight wound. Tho blow would undoubtedly hftv,e provrod fatal if llit; gentleman. bud not bad the .presence of mind to f-prinjj aside ere the blow de'cvnded. The reason .for the assault ? unknown, unless theif intention was - robbery. Ihero was no GiuirU.to.. bosecn witjiip t\vo >r thre-gquarea of the spot,.whero tho attack was madc.r? Charles ten jfeira. , . * .r v < ~ ? "-; " . .*>. ??a HoWLASiT HtLL ">v?fi'6nce vvaitefr by one ;>f tliftsi) restless infcsretfi'of gfaaes ol wof?hip; c^tnirfdrttv galled Antfnoiyian?V'who ?flmo (o bring1; biro to Rccottftt'ioi his too *vert> and. legal co^pet. i *Qo you, .air," jolted "'Rowland, ^liold .the .flfif comdfRd > alfntsW be*rrtTji'ofWe t& TJhrtsttaift tn 'Qeffyfuly-ljot * TrepHo<| the victor. The uiniftter rang the beU.;ind on the- JSpfrMfl aissffiSBaEi^yierasi U_ '.H'M?M -if.fUL- ?????? Tho EloctLon and tho Speaker. " # i "Eoisto," the Washington letter-writer \ to the Charleston Evening Newt, gives tbe following illustration of the excitement which prevailed when tbo last vot? for Speaker wns being taken : , _ j Tho crowd during the seraion was im- ' v mense, both on the floor and in tbe gallerit<?. In the galleries a little boy was pressed nfjainHt the front rail *o tight that be could not state liia condition. Tbe member* on the floor witnessed the lower part of His bo'Jv pressed out through the rail, from. the immense weight of person* against hira. A cry immediately proceeded from the floor: "You will kill llmtboy; put briflS t)v<*r me railing I" The blockheads in the gallery made room to lift him oat of bis precarious location, and were, in the intensity of the excitemeut. nbout to throw him down on the floor. The cry then wm: ' Don't throw him down, you will kill him!" Ho was then removed from the gallery, , and was found not to bo much hurt. Such frantic yello from legislative bodies were never before heard. The same writer thus speaks of tbc new Speaker: Mr. Bank-, tho Speaker elect, is a man of considerable ability. He has been n workman in a factory at one time. But seven years ago he was an Inspector of the I> . .?- ri *. r-T ? ijuMun v/iisium nouse. 1 hen ho was elected to the House of R'-preaentatires of Massachusetts. He was afterwards elected io the Senate and Hoti9e at the sac;a time from different townships. He concluded to take his seat in the popular branch, and was elected Speaker of it. He was then electcd to the State Convention for re-modelling the Constitution, of which body ho was elected President. He was then sent to the National House of Representatives, H!:d at once established himself hs a fine debaler. During his first session he made the great speech of that period in favor of abolishing the system of Military Superintendoncies over the National Armories, which it was generally conceded carried that measure through the House, aud resulted in it i Dcconimg n Unv.j ^ " . - . A distinguished Southern jurist who visited the Legislature of Massachusetts whilst Mr. Hanks was Speaker, says ho was one of the finest presiding-ofiicers that he had ever seen. A* a politician, lie has been on al-"' most every nde of the question, and ia now deadly nntHgonistical to the institutions of the South. Apart from bis political opinions, he is a very clever gentleman. Thia is ft fair sketch of the first Abolition Speaker that has ever occupied the position. The Frltts of War.?The Albany Evening Journal publishes a list of the battles fought during the year 1855, with tho 4 nmrthpr ? * noAi?l?? At ? ? i-?r'~ "" ??? ?, with the bombardment of Shanghai by the French, at which one hundred fell, and ending with the fall of Kara, at which 2,600.. fell; by which list it appearo that seventy threo battles have occurred during the year, or more than one for each week, with an average loss of over a thousand men killed in each. This list dot's not include thoao who havo fallen by disease or in skirmishes, '] nor the wounded, disabled, tho9e who died in the hospital or the ambulance, ortwera irreparably maimed, or missing, or prispv* era. The number left dea'd upon ifee Jfeftb usually comprise* only about one fourth of the entiredoes in a battle. By this fule, ttic entire numbfc? swept out of 'useful existence by the wars of 1865 mtnft have reached oveV 300,000 men. No^earhaa ; presented so bloodv ji record ?iuce Waterloo,. > - -VX Thrown Away. \\ e never 6avr ap ^opportunity. for catching a'Sp?aker under diffieult'circmnstaiice* mote completely thrown away than was that of eletillnjp^Mr Orr to be the~S peajfer j of tb?i Thirty-fourth Coi>gre<R, yesterday, after Mh 'Richardson had witlidravf^bia name fron> the contest. Uow&ve.r wise and' necessary us a political mdve; &{|iyJ&bhV0 been so far as the more matter^consurama- ' | ?i w w p?fj?no 1 taking the; mHitT-.goji?tion ort. the freoohltipn of Mf.'Knat tlio ^g^bdfo? then tinni<ulintt'lj''pf?<^(}^f^^djB fotli<': Speaker, (Mr. Ricl)ard.Aou liiiytHg|]^ffert^ ' > withdrawn his name,) Mr. 6rr.wpuld &t?a - ^ been elected on the ne^t succeedirt? voter." But for th? interreotiun of the Derqoetltfe caucus after Mr. RichnfdKpfiV withdrawals, Mri'Oirr wooM^ hhve recti veer nearly every KntiW Jfathtng voto" iutfie'' hillr tfiosgh notoriously 1?: e'mfihittto-ft r.tip^rUsr of~Uro caucoa rcitoh^jn?t j.<n(|'