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j (^^'" ^ ^ J."l I^ \I |'^: '{'J''^/^;' ^ ^1 /S 1^1^ ^ y "fW^S | j- " ' DSVOTSD TO MTBRATURB, TES ARTS, SCIENCE, AGBICUWORS, HEWS, POMTIC3, &.C., &G. j ?MS?WO DOLLAES PEE jOTUMJ "Lot it be Instilled Into the Hearts of your Children that the Liberty of the Press iB the Palladium of all your Rights."?-Junius. [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. i flfclTME i--^KOl36. ;l 4 : v ' ABBEVILLE C. 1L, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY 1I0KN1XC, JANUARY 0, 1857. ? WHOLE NUMBER 192 j] jiL... 1 i ." * li V, I? rates of ai f ertising-.. < 'he l'rojiriotdre?f bbeyill# JSanuer ag<f j jem/cc' 1'rrns, have tnblishc<1 tlic fallow:^ ' tesol vdvcrtiisiiig be charged in both | A'ivcvt went sorted for a leas time no Vfcrtft > charged by the in- ' per Square, inch * 4 'feiP- or ^01" the first 1 rix ills for each euteef T1v? '' t&jkir's, Sheriffs, Clerk's ' ?\) rdinarySf A&inents will be inserted i ^oUi .^iiiiiigiug half price. fgr'WwflTSt oiv-iei On? 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I Fi-pace. i For rII ndvertiscmonts sot in jotihh: col- I ttum, Fifty per Cent., extra will he milled to the < flbote rat?3. i DAVIS <Sc HOLLIXGSWORTH, , / 'or Banner ; < LEE <fc WILSON, ! For Pmx. i MISCELLANY. I J Early Life of Daniel Webster. j - vunu m? ArrnmnnDintv - Ij 1 - The year following my birth niy father i remove'd from his first residence, which was i ?? log house on the hill, (o tho river side, in < flic same town ; a distance of three miles, s llcfC in the meadow land by the river, with j rough, high hills hanging over, was the l cno of my earliest rerollectioiis; or, as was > I id in another ^case, ''Here I found myself." ! i can recollect when it was lYOO; but can- j | not say that I can remember further back. ! < I have a very vivid impression, indeed, of .1 Something which took place some years t earlier, especially of an extraordinary rise in I the river. I remember how tlio deluge ! of rain beat, for two days, on .r " ; how all lof>kcd anxiously to i .> overflow its banks, how tho w . rtvcf thii mMfinUn Imur tlin li from'fcfar, on the other Bide of \?v r'vtr. w,,.Towed up till it almost toachoo <701, |, ' HowMr. G.'s great-bur;, uftr. . *y twenty, full of turtnjys mid chickens,' sai^'tf^lowirtbo .jmfreiit' :j nwjotfiMlly beforo oirt6^^, fltul)ivhow *afag , '?vcre all bust p**parifi?>te lire mouri-^ '* tnm?, as soorf as our hoitseshouM manifesta j ' disposition to follow G.,9 barn..'.vrruinemljer^ Gfc Mem to remember nil these thine:*. I i 'did, indeed, see as much of them as a child of five years could see, for I think it was in , 1787, but still I am of opinion that my im- , ' pression is from narrative, and not from re- i tnembrance of the visi'on. Plain, intelligible and striking things of this kind, I have learned, nvike an impression on: young frninds in recital, which it is dTlFicult .afterwards to distinguish from actual personal rccolleotion.v j;'-* *- ? , . . t .I do not remember Trhen or by whom I : taught to read because I cannot and never could recollect a fiine wlien I could not rend the Bible. I suppose I w as taught I 1>y my mother, or by elder sisters. My! father seemed to have no higher 'object in 4*he"world than to educate his children, Jo ' he'full extent of his very limited ability. H| means were within his reach* generally Miking, but 'the small town schools, ffyc were kept by teachers, sufficiently inIK rent, in the (several neighborhoods of the Skfctrin A _>.? -t <l..i ----- ' pyfvM'p vav>? it 01 ii<tiv pari* vk mo juitr, fichese I wiurfent, with the otlier children; f^hftn Ihe'tfch&ol was iti 'bur neighbor-,. fyoti i? was e.ny 'to attend; whtirft remov-; ift'ji iWoro distant district 1 followed- it,r jHhftn* at home. While yet young, jnn Winter,T wtm sent daily 2 1-2 or Acs to tho MJhodlr When it removed plirlher,' ttif father BoWdtinicfi Warded tyinjiftfeijj^hbrtogfamfty, *6 fhRt I -Fktil^Wro the fcchoplJ A good dfjal ' ' of care, more than had heen/^ bc^<?|(bd &fl tityrdcfefV&Yolliore, and arigW ( ' H&iMfc' V&^iiptfofl'?'# the Milenderncf r vMTSBB* rif 'mw- Vnrt^luti^n which w/i?l ' r ^ me to ! I 1 1 he la\vyef|'tlte clergyman, and my father a I M rery small circulating libary had been 1 11 L>rongr^it., I'ftienef institutions, I* believe, about |*n than timq received an impulse, among other ! t< :auses, from life efforts of Dr. Helknap, our I ai New-lIat^pSlril1? historian. I obtained some i pi of these bioks,.ji?id rGad them. I remeni- j ir ber, too, tV5ti turned over the leaves of! ri Addison's iruiefsm on Chevy Chase for the ! pi sake of reading connectedly the song, the ' il verses of wMjch he5 quoted from lime to lime it ns subject ofrertark. It was, as Dr. John- tc son said in another case that the poet was et read and the critb was neglectqd. I could fr not understand vhy it was necessary that al the author'of tie Spectator should take to such great pains b prove t^at Chevy Chase tl: was a good story that wa's the last thing I Ik douted. . ,n Ivtasfomlof joelry. jty far the greater so part of Dr. Walk's l'salms and Hymns i si could repeat thimoritcr, at ten or twelve m years 01 nge. J am sure I lint no oilier j nt Fancied poetry will.ever appear to mc so : in (ifleeting ami devint. I remember tlint my father prouglit home from sunic of ihe bwer towns Pope's Essay oil Man, published in a sort of pamphlet. 1 li< Look it, and rery sion could repeat it from ai lieginning to'end, We had so few books, et llifit to read lliein once or twice was nothing w Wo thought fhoy wen; all lo he ?ot by heart, to I have thought of this frcfpiently since, when Lli hat sag.'iciotls admonition of one of the i pi ineients (wrfe it l'liny ?) has been quoted, ! w W/rrc m.nI(hn non multa. | <1: I mnetn.Vr otic occurrence that shows j :it the value (Win attached to books. The j 1 ' close of ihtj year had brought along the next j:tl year's ;ihnauac. j a' This wip no acquisition. A page was [ levoted tq each month, arid on the to,/ of i ;ach pag? were'four lines of poeUy ; some noral, some sentimental, some ludicrous. I'lie almanac came in the morning, and be- '' ore night my brother ami myself were in users of its contents, at least of its poetry ami j ind its anecdotes. We went to bed imon i 1,1 t; but awaking lonjx before the morning wo had ji difference of rocol lection | >l} tboutouc word, in the third line of u-l/triTs ^ >oetrv. We could not settle it by argument, uid there w;iij no umpire. Hut the fact !l1 ould be ascertained by inspection of the >o? -k. I arose, groped my way to the kitchSi), lighted a candle, proceeded to ;i distant |r room, in search of an almanac, found it and brought it awnj. The disputed passage V was examined. 1 bi li?-ve I was found to be ':l in tlio wrong, and blew out my candle and i went to bed. ljjiit llio consequences of my ! *v sri:or lia<l well ?igh been serious. It was ! '<: ibout2 o'clock iti the morning, and just as 1 ; 11 was again going to sleep, I thought 1 saw j sl iigns ot' light ill the room I had visited. I j st >prang out of bed, ian to the door, opened 1 ihe room and it was all on lire. I bad let " fall a spark, or touched the light to some- j ri thing which had communicated fire to a parcel of cotton clothes, lliey had coinmuui- i Rated it to the furniture, and to the sides of | the room, aud the flames had already begun 1 lc [o show themselves through the ceiling, in j ei *?linml??'*? ftluicn A Aofiwiaf i*ii -"? ** * " soon bioiiglit the household together. Hy If ~??Ht cooU .luck we escaped. Two or three S i- ,fVc MlOHllkkli llAVC l)?CO ti f. " * -t r? .1- i?f :.;?! ,i( J TT. it i k the If thw ? ! 'my Fat* rV j M < ;<!??: mr?t. u-cr1 i KilK-r. h?* jJCIJlivJ ???. }\iiUig vvaa V fin*. Hiili ffmitK! I ir. im ir. ?v.w ?. . ' - i . " " " r f IhiikaU.. My mfclcnuil _*r^s: J; a i>i tiii) ut' ciji'i'.y, whs ch.-'-'irg M. i: ! "? *#?"> . ! <> Ait FfTebtrrV.I foiuid nnotlior. circulating lilirai y ifnd*fniuVr8[im& use df itL I renicm 0 I)jr to have-rend, while at"Fryebnrgc, Ad- n ams's Defence of the American Const it u- '' lion, Moahciin's KcHesiastj&d History,Gold- ^ smith's History of England, and somo oth- j " or small things. I borrowed I'lackstone's n Commentaries, also, and read, I think, two l' or tliree volumes of them, llere also I found Mr. Ames's celebrated spec-t h on the I ni<?... ? 1 - - uihoii iic.ii v, iui'i coinmuieu u. 10 memo- u ry From September, 1802, to February or t; March 1804, I remained in Mr. Thompson's tl office mid studied the law. IIo was an ad- tl mirablc man and a good lawyer himself; (1 but I was put to study in the old way?that b U, the hardest booksJ first, and losj. mueli d time. T read Coke on Littleton through will*., tl out understanding n quarter part of It. a IIapppni?g to take up Espiuasso's Law' of t< Nisi Prius I found I could not understandirn it, and, aguring that the object of readirf|* rXj was to mderstand what.was w fit ten, Y 1 nut down th-$ venerable Goke et alios "nimi/e.r it revrrenrhts, and kept Company for a cinic* g with 5|r. Espinasse and, others, the most ii plain, oasy and intelligible writers. A boy t< of. Iwerfy, with no provions .knowledge .on y ench subjects, cannot understand l^nke. It k is folfeiO 3et,hi?? ou. ?ut>h an aulbor. I 'flora are ^propositions.in Coke ao ah- G Rhflit, and distinctions soinioe nnd doctrines n embracing so many conditions and iqualifi- w caioAsj tliat it required i6n ijfl'ort,' not only * (J - A'inTalKre mind 'but! of a mind botli n Srong.'imd mature'4o '.understand liini. '*# ?hy~d?Bgn?t and discourage. &; lA>y!by, 1^1- * ling Jiim that break .into liis nrofos-' lion through sficb i.^jftll asr'tbisf: '1 . .really, o Impaired. I thoitgnt I never could mare 'tt myself Cl?2$?r' '^"d ***. ftlrijbsl, gcrtgtf' "8 back to l^'Wiiheaa of sclitwhketthingl/'-jA:' in Fn'?na iiK&Si&iI* '-a-jfoJk ?*J ;V-T, lu "?u n icitur. ? ? ; j [y brother was a far belter Latin scholar ' lan myself, and in one of his vacations we i ad Juvenal together. lint 1 never mas- ' red his style so as to read him with ca?e I id pleasure. At this perioJ of my life I < jssed n great deal of time alone. My n- < lusements were Jishing, and shooting, and < ding; and all these were without a coin- j iniou. 1 loved this occasional solitude i ten, and have loved it ever since and love stjll. I like to contemplate nature, and < hold communion, unbroken by the pres- 1 ice of human beings, with "this universal i nine, tluis wondrous fair;" 1 like solitude so as favorable to thoughts less lofty. 1 like i i let the thought^ go free, and indulge" in 1 icir excursion. And when thin kitty is to < j dorie, one must of course be alone. No : an knows himself who does not thus, j > >metimc< luen his own pntnnnnv At ? ! ibsequent period of iit'f, 1 have found that I vlitmely journeys, when following the court j j i its circuits, have oil ;red many an cdifyg day. Life in Washington. Mi. Wilson, the Canning of tho llepub:an party spoke two hours this morning, j id defended with great zeal the liberty and ilightened principalis of his candidate, limn lie evidently regards as tho Napoleon < freedom?the egg that is to bind together le jarring ingredients of the Amarican lidding. The speech of this gentlemen as a grotesque compound, including here a * \i.. T.-_ . l -I?-- a:---I .... , .v..... ui, i ivuiuiii, iiim uivnj ? mug I , Mr. l>u<-hanan; hero :i throat of whas icy would do in ]fi(?(). and there a forociout Uiek upon Soutli Car. l.na; hero a glimpse j , insurrections tn the South, as if taken l>y l i eye witness, and there an allusion to ! ceding Kansas ; here a pensive retrospect j > days of Washington, and there a dig at j ic heart uf Mr. 1 hooks : here a l:?y of pro- i liecy and thuio n bit of warning. During the delivery of this medley we ere struck with the attitude "and employient of the di(l'< rent Senators ; some sat itening in silent and conJeniptona wonder. . thev would to the mating of a provincial i 't'l,... f\ 1. -.1 ?: t . t II v-.ui::> vvuiirauii?Winers llllglll Lie Seen lifting their figures into all sorts of restless :titu<les, looking at their watches of read ing v* snatches the newspaper; some settled icinselves in their arm chairs with letters oin home and appeared to take 110 sort of 1 terest in any outward event. Sitting on it* slop near the Speaker's chair, was a sweet iced little page busily engaged in gamlinir wit'1 himself, by tossing up a p<jnny illi himself. Another open eyed dittle tel>w, with a soft shadow of revoric in his lild face, sat patiently looking at the speaker riving apparently to comprehend the subanee of what he was saying. The Senator from Mississippi seemed to j a assiduously employed in shaping a frag>ciit of wood into some desired from, the oor adjacent being covered with a chaos f whittling1!. The Senator frnrn South Carolina was j ninginsf in his chair with closed ryes, and j crtain drowsy and somniferous symtoms h-d j s to suppose the monotonous tone had lui- ! d him into a doze ; hut an allusion t6! his t#t'e by Ibe speaker entirely destroyed'.- the wfv of^ofar supposition, for, in spite of the idicatfons of drowsiness, the closed eyes : i. v?v from ttnder the rock of ; > w i:ni* wi'li t|,,n \i* wnl.efiilrom and . i : . .T < ; ri -ayw plmdy r,s 1 \e : i ; I.'iov " T9 no r ? ?. i? i' asWj u;d u-.-n :<{ , ' 7 : ? f . -Mjjrt j n ' " i'.g tr?diic:?-d. A.-> It hi tittac i> 4ate coutiuiied, tb? f'v j i( rime riestle.-isnnVf'^WieM, ; . > n rose, shook himself, and in a sharp sinj}^ j u me, asked to he herd in reply. ' With ijjyik/ i h nency he placed the matter in its profr j I irlit. nrnwil lli-i Staff* flonr rS flm ..li.nl. I n ... ? ml, with an air of dignified contempt, ?q <i ion left the chamber. * a Finer subject for pen-painting1 it would ? 11 e easy to liiud then some of the faces befd- ! s, and we propose to point out to our dn 1 int readers the appearance and traits lose forming the first deliberative burly in f lie world. On the left hand of the entrance ' oor our roving eye rests upon as formida- ''' lc a-looking person.as any' Captain' of bai> j1 itti in Mrs. Rn.lclifFs Tjivcls. You cansoj j :iat tl?is gentleman1 has lived rnrieii in \vafr: nd Southern laryjs, * and*, contracted a cot (i :tnp|,/or oo?vcwo9jjlitT& ; for ligC tics hit. \ tick clotlr in'- cfuitisy hrtw, an<ji ;?araa ti^r.ekin* vcftrj 'ibuilt if for an; '< irejic expedition. ' tUsfiUfee' iA' almost cove-' ' roost menacing whiskers of hfr irotv fftJU-color "j'Siv! such shagjy<tnd 'threaten-'1 ijg jSroifs*qferhangtfns eyes; tHat oiiC dreads ' 3 JooU ^fh^n Vind of eyes they are V andjj et these*fdfooi2?*brows coriconl-a-wniWof*'! ind fiearledn^^ Tha?u? d( many ..lati-'' lules and Uto'buffotiitg uorid havo wnindel! rein brown ard^agwed, but JinveH ot t ft ken f tl i ewofcn; f> <ik*b aptof *l?i to. His' dwrtelifc hiw beenhi dltain rof'rbi?adllc cpixk?, nflji 'people overlook hw rcoe?4(TO?tk'S 3;tht.y'wife*&ro*&uSbml ?irf a-"pih?f' nf>l?i b^i^aw^'jfctyikrioW it'to Ix? fine .fryt* t the co&dkn#>' jn : w ' "l'hft pffcWMWW iWJiWWtfflc, Wifh'? Obpj^ f the WMKl(W^j(WHfelt^HyToft^,he|^,' c\-' BpHBy tnfe ywiiroOT^t^'-Jten^uit)^' arti-' getUjc* eVHCWfy {he r?uft' f hnWtfte ttm?t ctiTtiflthd Wk-ftW'-irt' iwh-gont^lm? winces their reason As it was said ofMichiiol Angelo, that every touch of his chisel was life, and that l:c struck out features and forms from the marble with the power of a creator?this gentleman's mastery of high uonseplions is so innate, that ho invests svery topic with a sudden magnitude, which gives the most causul things a commanding intoiist to the popular cyeVVe enjoy the privilege of hearing this ilistiuguisiied man (Mr. Crittenden, of KenLucky,) speaks on the melancholy announcement of Mr. Clayton's death, and his speech was not long, or loud, or vehement; it was a calm, manly, discriminating eulogy, (it to be spoken by a great man over the corpse of a great mar., and delivered in a voice which trembled tinder the sorrow of the occasion, and his very tones involved in ihem a world of deep feelings, In tenderness of pathos, beauty of lan Uinge, that exquisite moral application?it miirlit serve as model. The small, delicate, and very youthful figure, sealed near the Senator from S. C., has, during the brief time he has been here made a marked impression. IIis position as he listens to the speker, wtih one hand behind his ear, indicates that his hearing is imperfect, and his head is small, (how ' can it. carry all he knows,) and hi; 1 r.iin j is not particularly large or prominent? Hut | sit and listen to him when he has the floor ; | hear his silvery and singing lotus winding ! o:it distinct'y his sublet-es of ihou<rht I his appropriate quotations from authors to prove his post ion ; his vast store of loyal knowledge peeping enthusiasm ; and above all, his u'liform urbanity and dofcrenoe to his seniors on the floor?witness all this, ami the place which lie new occupies in public, c t'mat ion, will, we think, Ltcadilv cnlirgo.d. '.Ve predict for thiscloqucnt and tiuised speaker a hriliant future, and some oMcr heads in the Senate Chamber must look to their laurels. frL~ j *i:r? it.!, .1 i in.- iiiu mis gentleman is blessed l?y the society of one of the loveliest of her sex. This is delicato ground, dear public, and xve fear to venture farther at this time. As yet we have only seen these distinguished gentlemen in their indulgent moods; and we can no more opine what they might lnicome if exasperated, than one .who has studied marine views in summer time in the Uay of Naples can conjecture the aspect of a typhoon. We know not xvhat ferocious phase Senator Nature may assume on reading three iuocent remarks.?If agreeable to all concerned, wo may at some future day resume our pen sketching. Slavery is tub Tkiuiitouiks.?"We find the following in tlie Washington correspondence of the Baltimore Sun : There is a very general concurrence in the remark of Senator Jones, of Tennessee, that the difference of opinion between tho*e who believe that Congress has power over slavery in the territories and those who ?leny the existence of llinfr. nnivrr i< trr/i/vin/.il.iKln o>?.1 that, therefore, the only hope of a peaceful issue of the question is to l>u found in a decision of the question by the Supreme llmirt, before which it is now pending. With Senator Joncst, almost every one is also willing to abide by the decisiori^tnat this wise, patt ioticaud disinterested tribunal may make .tjppn thtf:- miestion. :.;yi)e court will bolfufr) tasncd"l?v tliQ general sentrment of|he county )' ' i -1 'iiiton.' tt vCb'oly fo l^jfea'red ' ,:.-y tony hoi deem it iM.i-ski'J'JJ ijcrt , " '' "<,V/ made. i . ;i ?n . ... jii, L s..-- J.t?A u-ii'. f-t as.]-*, i ju* i-'iof w It ,,..i l>; ma.'. . s^U,s joined. Upon this. om-r lgnnrenl was ordtJi^d any lias r>.?f the court should'" tnitc^ jmlsdfctiuu. ..: How a black mnn, held as 1 ' if a citizen to sue.lor his' ff^ecT6'iV^ tUfoW ppcal to that court, then therelWS, still ' it her questions to be decided, jupon wliic.li be case may be determined without meet- ' 'l'e grv?t and exciliug' constitutional [iiestion of the power of Congress over 1 lavery in the Territories. Much, it is to l>e ' loped, However, that the court will find it ' MlKlsti'llf Willi t:iw nnr? ilnfv fn Hf?w?n *l?n nunic." ^ hi Kan'oas Items.?Wo find tlic following ( ntcic-sting items of Kansas news in the Lea- , 'enwortjj City Humid of tlic 13tl? instant: In Lcven worth butchers nro selling porkit lQ cents pfr pound. Some of the farncrs-hre selling wood at 85 50 per cord, md tKc wood choppers get $2 per cord for .u#ihjr it for* the stoves. i!ir?kin?r w'ood cost W SO'^cowfc 'Wftibiljfalie fr&wet-s atfmfiysel) have . >Ota irled rind arqnitted, and 18 remained !o Ixnrted. 'Thirty prisoners cscaped And, ure'ho^nt largfc.^Thelieafe twoof tli#innr-, itej^rj^bf ilte^Ddyrcb hftd otliew of DssawntohtiiS'nd^in^ioortfinerftont, and will be tfitd wckkcrt* tvfo at Teetlinseh before Judge in Iiecdrrtt?ton affe sfe|linfc nt; tliia {tajjo tttmf #and;: eagerly aonght amr ftfo a?R?ng more' Winn Bp,** pJmtk -^Tlie ' &fOirtc is .ftrtvariWnig naj th?1<Mrt^prB?#fe htWf*p?#V,ae. . I; * *r J# esttWateft ' tlrfjtfr lll&t thA*#- ; wilf bo .dvff ^OO'goo^^bttWdWgs f?Mfc up in Lwrai^ wc*h<;ity#umm^r, a?i4 Jjrtt Uio p(*pu-~ latin, wl>iot?js now near 3009,wi!l;&l least dolblo infelfc?1 ^fiftjOrecrted jvitt gi%<^.cit^eii90,: iMv) H&lli {or-mtM Destructive Fire. Yesterday, about 1 o'clock, a fire broke out in the largo wooden stables occupied by Heckle it Wilson, on Kllis street, almost immediately in tlio rear of the United States Hotel, wbich consumed tlio entire x establishment. Largo quantities of provender were also burnt, together with several i buggies, carriages and other vehicles, with harness, &c. ^ Two fine horses and a wagon, belonging lo the Adams express Company, was burnt. ( The two story wooden house, east of the k stables and known as "The Shades," was nearly consumed. It was occupied by Mr. 1 1 lit/field as a bar-room and eating house. This house was insured by the owners of { the premises for twelve hundred dollars, but the insurance will not probably cover the ] luss. There was no insurance on the barroom and fixtures. ?. Robert May's extensive carriage establishment, to the west of the stables, sustain- j ?iil considerable damage, but will probably be fully covered by insurance. ( Tlios. S. MetcalPs damage to buildings hi ? . ? * " win uo Jiuoui one tnousaim dollars. Tin; loss sustained by Heckle A: Wilson in the destruction of tlie stables, provender, buggies tfcr\, will, be about ten thousand dollars.-' Tlicy have only an insurance of four thousand five hundred dollars. The fire was evidently tho work of an incendiary, and suspicion rests on one of the negro boys about the stables. Many ufourold "time" firemen?men who have grown grey in tho service of the department?fought the fire yesterday with as imicli an lor as I hoy exerte;! thirty years a<r?>. We dislike to individu.'tlizo where all did so well. Many of our colored population warmly co-operated, and they worked faithfully ; and we know we express t lie feeling of the entire community when we return them public thanks for their exertions. A Constitntionalitft;mf Masonic Celebration, ' The festival of .St. John the Evangelist was celebrated on Saturday, by Uichlaud Lodge, No. 30, A. 1<\ M. An address was delivered by T. S. Gourdin, l?si|. of Charleston, which contained an able exnositiuti of the rrreat moml truths nn-nli-.i ted by the onlck Tho oration clearly proved that Masonry lias from time immemorial preserved the doctrines of iheUuity of God and the Immortality of the Soul. JTe concluded with an earnest and eloquent appeal to the members of tho fraternity to preserve tho ancient landmarks of their their Order, and to cherish their cardinal virtues of Faith, 7Iop<; and Charity. * A handsome silver goblet was then presented to the Wor.-hipful Master of the Lodge, Jacob Levin, as a testimony of esteem ami affection for him who had served the Lodge as its Presiding ofiicer for several .years. The presentation address by Col. Shiver, Ihc organ of the Lodge on this occasion, was very appropriate, nnu tne rcpiy or Mr. i.evm was beautiful and topchjng, apd .exhibited the sincere .feelings of I lis liqart After the.address, theXodgo, with their invited quests, sat down lo a stipp.-r provided hvAfr. John McKonzie, whicfy well sustained IHs^pufatfon -/u-a caterer. The cvMiltig ^a^rV'inueli ^tahaweit l>3* the pfffoi manee up for the'occasion hv , thd mostikiKd vocalists of Wir .! \ city^Eo'discoursed stfeWfiifa"si'(i tfr Ifre'comp 'prttiy; V^jt^nd ndnfr aboufnWd^tfjiHl^ the vjiiucfi of* thfcff' Order? 'IMmpn'tyicfr^afc od at a reusonrd'V - , : * ' The Ta* JBUa. i -llffwinuf are the fifnvteioo* i>f ihr ., ; ' pnsseu uy .' J at the re- i - I I . ^ Jion : ?>. , L Ob ?<!HVv!?, .?'/?.'> (W CfH/.V. fuAJm i'ree r?. . On incoaiQ frfliq,:Awt#ri>jn>5 ?r?fepju>t>. l $ to,, fifty cent* on every . Uu<idr.v4 ' r On every* hundred doirah* of capital stol-k "c paid in on 1st October, of all which have \ noL paid a bonus for their presejj^ charter, j 'wenty-fivc cents. ' 1 On every hundred .d^lars of the capital T stock of incorporated gas companies, fifteen \ ucnti$. f , 0n premuimjulaTten by incorporate d in- f sumjicg companies. and by agencies of companies and underwriters out of tlio. Stafoy one per cent. '. j On every hundred dollars of tlio Amount i of sules of flfonds, wares arid merchandize!, | (product* of tins'Stale, and manufactured' \ products of tlie tJnil1?/!' Stafes'hhd Tdrrito- | ribs excepted,) sold fVorii l^t January, 1856, < to 1st January, ISfi^fifteen rent*. > Ori sales of pfoodfc, wares nnd 'Bicrcllan- t di'ze, of transient persons o? nnn-Vesidenls. in tlie State, in any house, stall, or public t \ttoce, iMenti/'jtve etnls. , 'f On' tbontriejd performnocosafadall dtbef., j shows, ten dMlarn per denf. ' a, f] _ j Columbia. Carolinian, 2\sL irtat. 7, SL,avk Ch^rloUp-syjllj^f\i1vocate, oftin?nwi^j)g upon, llj^ di^a.U.Vrtnl^gi'R ' 0>r?llu.vviUg n^roi?.49 .eupgfti ljj$r .^wii; . nu>???r?v.8i?jr?,iv re.,vr;:V*;,rJ ; ,Wqm<r,s9. mptta.,' top ^V" ll^tratc Christmas. M S'ot with sound of shout.uud trumpet Conic* the dawn of Cluistmns day; Twos a hand of mountain shepherds 1-H' Sought the manger where it luy, l,t \nd ii glory shorn: nround it, A. J.ike tlio glory of tlic Sun, \nd the shepherds knelt and warshipped When they saw the "Holy one." L'hcn n voice was heard from heaven? er May we hear it. oft again? ill saying "l'enee be unto nations, n) And Cood Will be unto men," of M>r the love of Cod descendeth, Jj And the Son of Ood begins cc )n the mission (!od hath willed "to so Save Ilia people from their sint>." e,i Slot with trumpets nor with banners, Nor with I rump of aimoJ throngs, Strode the victor to his triumph O'er the ages' gathered wrongs; lint, with pity stooping downward Into spirits sorely tried, 'lave Hie blind man back his vision. ai And the weeper's eyes wore dried. al rhen t he glory left the monger? d Left the manger where it lay? 1?And beeanie the hope of nations, t( Aiid lha dawn of perfect .lay; Ami the lowly leaped and shouted, d For tlicy were no more opprost, a And tlicv said 'twas sure, the promise, w "Abr ill's seed shall all be blest." ' tl Then the neighbor grew a brother, ], Aud the hungry men were fc<l,* (J And the}' gave a stone no longer ? . "When a brother asked for bread; And the front of war grew, calmer? Grow more human all its looks? r And the swords were turiiel to ploughshares, 1 And the sonars to nriinini'-hooks. t i 1 fj Still.the glory sprendeth onward, Though the tempted and the tried, Still in Heaven with his Father? By his.loving Father's side? , Still in- spirit. is lie with us, Will be with us evermore, Until sin has found n victor, Ui^til sorrow shall be o'er. t So we joy when Christmas coineth? c Initio cnftlu .Ironnx 1 ? " -v For the day lialh brighter visions, Anil tlic night hath sweeter dreams ; And our hearts are full of carols, tf we open hut our hands Where the widow pits in mourning And the beggar stricken stands. So we joy when Christinas coineth, Christmas full of holy ehoer, And we pray it finds us hotter "With the lapse of every year; Find oyj; hearts more true nnd strong, And our ^|>iiij?, like good Jcsits', Firm to triumph <jyer wrong v So wo; joy >hen Christmas Cometh, And woelrisr) our open palms, i r?:?i- ? mill WU IJIVO ?Wl iMUiun i? And we give tho needy nltns> . , And we own all men are brothers ^ III of the Sim, | Andr-wc$ity'in,C^|jst's dt ftr name, >.k Let>tTte'F*tlK iJa will bo done." S*m:*op a Uackk.?We Icjjin from Ij ..ibq&arolinn Times tliak Sue" Washington, the' ( \yijyier pf tb<# tw.p mile, racc l tst week, '< at Columbia, S. C., was piii^aaed ilie day previous bjLM<?scp, J&Aj ton aud Ciiiupbil] 1 of ItalliinoMA far five tbou^md dollars. wn so(*el fill*; by Revenue ;daui, Snrali I <diUsUinglo)>s V/iiiMjpiree Hi?d is considered '( by imny avthtf uq&til Miis Foote*j > cu>n. m 1 r ! i!v r.ic?MS . as lb<s bcs; re. litofe -1.51 1 i. Mo -2, and 3 :?, '''* ?? | { **?\. \-j hfi ihiiiii, k k ioUura, CfcHiurs * mv no- \'-*T, igjjt iijtneir niimU .nave for Stripe^'itouUliliequei^j or af ltffct fSf "^ihrhdlel Jines'f uj lifartfii-von Biilc.liull used to ride-a striped ar >ony. I saw a lunatic in Hanwell sit for lours counting and playing with tho railing?. 0f dany insane persons are fascinated by a ches* m )oard; rind any one who has over had ? brain 'ever will remember the hprriblcattraction of ,. i striped wall-paper.?/7'<Sa/a. < ^ A Ci'rtK tonSTiTTrERiNO.~A gentleman ?J n n neighboring county .write# to.us to say j hat ho was most effectually cured from Hammering, stuttering, tongue-iinpjdi- j' merits, sncrzing, winking and talking soft lonswiie, ?cv~, by repeating the following (j sver twentyiimea daily before each meal, uid-tlhen. keeping sik-nt till Echo auswered. Where.v ... , " Theophijus Thistle, the thistle siftor,. sift- ' id A sieve full of unsifted ll?islle.0, j\i;d if Hie- " [>pl>iltw- TliUtle, t lio thistle siftor, jpfted a iiovo fujj vf.uusiflcil thistles; thai,Theoptvlu* lt L'hirtUe, the thistle-sifter, sifted. ], ) .- w '., ?, " g r> ... ,< ;-w FOOITTVB SuAVB IN(.CANAp^-rrWC SfiO it ' J, *taiinUn llm iJrtnaJa papers that ?; move* > nwn.t fcou foot ia to.#<#r<3 Jlu)^ *Pga Ol ar? hoi 01 |)i)iiiaineni-$>y w?fiuii'i^u?iu*a sh?jf?sj,iqay L"$to<r ? mVc^oK , ni ** n n Jfctgg|r. re^nUy.(?pt tltftfj ieoting of Jackson and J. Q. Adams at .. ; President Monroe's Levee. The following account of tlio rencontre tween General Jackson and J. Q. Adams, President Monroe's levee, the night after dams' election over Jackson for the Presi;ney, by the House of Representatives, is ken from Peter Parley's "Recollections of s Lifetime I shall pass over other individuals presit, only noting an incident which respects e two persons in the . assembly, who, <>st of all others, engrossed the thoughts ' the visitors. Mr. Adams, the elect, Mr. ickson, the defeated. It chanced, in the >urse of the evening, that these two perms, involved in the throng, approached ich other from opposite directions, yet ilh out knowing it. Suddenly as they ere almost together, the persons around* seing what was to happen, by n sort of siinet, stopped a side and Jot them face. :r. Adam:) was l?v himself; General Jack >n had a large, handsome lady on his arm. licy looked at each other for a moment jd then General Jackson moved forward, j ml reaching out his long arm, said: "How i) yon do, Mr. Adams ? I give you my ft hand, for the right, you see, is devoted > the fair: I hope you arc very well,sir." l11 this was gallantly and heartily said and one. Mr. Adams took the General's hand, / lid said, with chilling coldness: "Very f ell, sir; I hope Gen. Ja?kson is well!" L was curious to see the Western planter, lie Iudinn fighter, the stern soldier, who ad written his country's glory in the blood j&fc:'. f tho enoinv at New Orleans?genial and ;racious in tlie midst of the court, while j lie old courtier and diplomat was stiff, rigid, t nd cold as a statue! It was all the more ' emarkable from the fact that, four hours >efore, the former liad been defeated, snd ( he latter was a victor in a struggle for one if the highest objects of human ambition. >?N'i\ rhe personal character of these two indivdlals was in fact well expressed in that J :hant-e mecing ; the gallantry, the frankness inn i.iiu iiciuiiiiraa ui uim*, ? iiilii uiiynvuivu \ , v"- -i til; tho coldness, the distance, the self-eonsentratiou of the other, which repelled all \ somewhat severe, hut still acute analisfc )f Mr. Adam's character, says: "Undoubt;dlv one great reason of his unpopularity ,yas his cold and autipathetic manner, and " he suspicion of selfishness it suggested, ofc it least added greatly to confirm. Nona , ipproached Mr. Adams but to/ece'de. I Lb never succecded?he never trfed to ooneili- / I recollect an nnccdoto somewhat illustni* ive of this. "When lie was a candidate for * lie Presidency, his political friends thought 5. t advisable that he should attend a 'cattle 1 Wr >how at Worcester, Mass., so as to conciliate ^ he numbers of influential men who might ' Ur-v-t xi.pren-nt. Accordingly he went, and while j| hero many persons were introduced to him, ind among the rest, a farmer of the vicinity ?a jnnn ot'substance and great respectabiliy. On being presented, lie said.: Mr. Adams, l?am very glad to seo you. My wife when 6he was a gal, lived in your f artlier's family ; you weve tlicn a little boy, ft/) 0I1A lt?is htn A /lnnl wai? ?vj oiiv u(i<i iviu iiiv n gi?ni*-uvai awub jrvu* she lias very.often combctl your bead." J^Well," said Mr. Adams, in his harsh way, 'f'snjiposc she combs yours now*3 " Tbo J floor 1 Hrmcr shink back like h lashed bound, '( eling the smart, but utterly uncuusciuus :>f the provocation. ' { PCofiford Colege?Exhibition of the Senior ...A- -Olast. We reached home juat in bePpeeclios'jtf'ortt' vounjf Senior' Clas^f Weffi?r^n?gV Wtt^are - kheafnTl? .11 Y- C ?: >!?? "I ; . "itfoi !ii? :y .. - *SC ,lt?' ' >!:i M.f, ^ J- t WSttim ' tv'iW Tfi* 15(!>**<?* "W^ rnViCtn < it:' vrJiicfi, vd are t-.-M, li?* iShcl v..'!' mm*l< "nU'ri}^ 1 fjiei fiortion^ot Mr. OcjUeitia (?.. *.: J? Astronomy") lljnt wo heard ?? excellent T; . j ut grnqeful delivered. V ::\ r. S.M; D.iwkin?,of Unioii,<on "Tbeltomia ' Time l?y his truthful j?k;t?rea and earnest . iinner, commanded the close attoatioa of s audience. * >. W. M. Martin, of Columbia, showed * le possession of a decided talent for gifted * * atory willi which tew are otessca ana, wgg hicli, with proper culture, will gain for Mi?--** s im fi rvpulatioii someday. His subject? \fnn never i.?, hut always to be blessed"? wfjafo: e handled with skill and ability. Bffffi-j, The last speaker was Mr. C. Petty, of j lis Distiict, who threw out some ideas M | n"The Perpetuity of Republican Instftu-JF'.V. '3 ons," that wtt ?yjsb were more general I ' itfrfaip.Cd-l>y the corrupt politicians tir day. r lTis Apqeeb'Vas clear atid s' icutalivo, aod he did not. fail to^HJjWiPit #... + ?rc.ibiv oft the miiftds of liin Mr. It. |S,' Bdwtc, of ttkis^adt to i ave spoken, but wo '"^18^'