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CI #"f|i #tf ^| ^ii^t^ij^f^ ^L^iyp $ sij^yj JlP n i>J%w IIP I ^| ^ J>-'.C^^P^P# PSffQTSP TO XcITBRATUES, THE ARTS, SCISHCB, AGRICULTURE, NEWS, POLITICS, &C., &C. TEEMS TV/O DOLLARS PER ANNUM,] "Lot it bo Instilled into the Hearts of your Children that tho Liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all your Rights ? Junius. [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. VOLUME 5?NO. 33. ABBEVILLE C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 1857. WHOLE NUMBER 241 jn.n.JLJaO Ui M.U V JtiH-XlfciJ. JN (jr Tlu? Proprietorsof the Abbeville Manner and fnd*pcnilc".t J'Yrxr, have established Hi.' follow* \ng rates of Advertising to be charged in both papers : Kvery Advertisement inserted f<>r a loss lime than three months, will be eharired by the in Portion jit Olio Dollar per Square. (li inch ?the space of 1*2solid lines or less,) lor the lint insertion, and fitly Cents for eaeh kuIisu'quent insert ion. The Commissioner's, Sheriff's, Clerk's ami Ordinary's Advertisements will be inserted in both papers, eaeh chaining half price. Sheriff's Levies. One l>?A!av eaeh. riao~ a / i: ?v..i Wxr ? *% v/iiii'iiuaiv, A 1* V BW%P Ilai^ Advertising nn Estrnv, Two Dollars, to be paid by tie- Magistrate. Advertisements inserted for three months, or longer, i?t the following rates : 1 square 3 months ? 5 "<> 1 square C months 8 (to 1 square 9 months 1? < >> 1 square 1*2 months ...... 12 u?> 2 squares 3 months 8 <>? 2 squares 0 months l-l <>" 2 squares 0 months IS 00 2 squat es 12 *' uiths 20 3 squares 3 ".onths 1 > on 3 squares ' months - -- -- - 10 Ou 3 squares t' months 21 3 squares 12 months ...... 2,1 00 1 squares 3 months ...... 12 0" 4 squares t? mouths 20 00 4 squares 9 months ...... "jc, 00 4 squares 12 months ...... 30 5 squares 3 months l."> On ?? .Tjuiiri:? ii iiionuis <?;> CM i? squares l* months - - - - - " ! On J5 .squares 1*2 month* 35 <(? f? squares 3 months - 'in nn j 6qu!iv.;s 0 months MO on i', squares months 8fi 0" \ ?) squ:ir>*? 12 months ... . 40 on ' 7 squares 3 months SJ5 no j 7 squares t> months ...... no 1 7 squares 9 months - 41 On j 7 squares 1"2 months ..... 45 00 S square* 3 month* ?.<> 00 R squares ('? months ...... 411 no ; 8 squares H months ...... 4c, (hi , % squares 1"2 mouths 00 00 Fractions of Squares will be charged in pi <r . { ortion to the above rates. Httsiiiess Cards for tho term of on* ' year, will he charged in proportion to the j ?;>:iec they occupy, at One Dollar per line ; jpaoe. for nil advertisements set in <;rJ- | ?//??, Fifty per Cent, extra will be added to the : above rates. DAVIS ?fc CRKWS, Vnr lUtnutr; LF.F. ?t WILSON, For Press. j MI SC E Tj LA NY. ~ ~ j _ - ... ? ) Lo^i.ialurc ok' SoiKh Carolina. We rc_rret that wo cannot publish in our ' columns all the proceedings of ottrSia'e I.etris- j '.at 11 re whieh appear re^it larly in our Daily j exchanges from C'dumhln, hut we cannot >!< ( this, and tln-tvfur? are compelled to make ! pitch selections a?, in our opinion, would nio-t j iiiteroit our reader?. Br low will he found ! selections from the proceedings <>f the Sth and j Oth instants : i TfEsnAY DECEMBER 8. SENATE. The Special Order at ot.e ' lock wns taken , up. living the l!ep<?rt a:.d If tinn* <f h. j Sp-.finl I"tmtiiii: tee <>:i the of Cm. Admit.*. ii! 1^0'). it. lvl.it ill -k are trade. 1 Mr. lla/.\ek mow.! that the rn-nate concur. VI .. ! -. I.'-. -.. . If - ^ - - 1 - 1 ,.?i. > . >i ii"p i-viui'v iie^'i"* in s-|>eiK ; on I Ik- subject of the U?-p?i t and lle.-oliii ions, | he wi>uid move to postpone the Special Ord-.T < indefinitely. It was n<it li".?? wish, in making 1 tliij- ln< lion, to cut. ?ift* nil utt . On tin* con- I trury, lie- wished tu hear what. S.-n tior.s inijiht ' luiv'v to sav on llit* question brioie lis. But it j no one desired to be heard, lie would insist on ; liis motion. Oil the motion to post pone, Mr. llnzycl; call- j ed for the Ayw ami Noes, and the call beitif; . 5ii5tnine<l, tlwy were taken, and resulted, Ayes, j 22?Nays. 14. Mr.Townseiid offered the following resold- ' tion, which was considered iiiiiuediately and ' agreed to: Jiesolrttl, That the Commissioner of the new : State House he requested to luy before the [ bemit.e, lis tonii as possible, a statement: 1. Ol the whole number of persons emp'oy- ! tu >>> mill "ij Biim uunuiiig uining iho current your. 2. The names and salaries of such officers or n'/eiit.s have charge of tin* various parts of the work, from the chief Architect, down to the lowest agent or otiieer. 3. What Are the duties of each, and the number of hands under their supervision, with the : daily Wjii'ps paid to these hand*. i, Ana if practicable, the work actually <doi<? by each officer and gang under him. Nothing more of importance was done, and ,tlic Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Tueskay Deo. 8. Tlie proceedings were mostly of an uninteresting character, and our report is therefore brief. Bills, Resolutions and Motions being in order, Mr. J. D. Pope offered u series of roBolulions in regard to the Banks, attributing, the present crisis to their mtsinaiiugenmiit, and looking to an abolishment of the Hanking system ; lavoring at the same time a lion-enforcemeiit of Jthe Actoflb4l?, imposing peiialtir* for suspension, and proposing the appointment of a i special Committee of live, to investigate the I whole question of Finance and Banks. They' were ordered to be printed, and made the j .... r? \u..j ?--4? ! Dj'UCini I'l'JCJ U'l II VUIU'QUU^, lib i u Cl<?CK. On motion of Mr. Spain the House proceeded to the considcrftt ion of the special order, tvluch Was, h bill to uinend iho Constitution of the State, so tit at the election district of Claremont ahull herafter be known and designated by the narue of Sumter, and also tlrat the election district of Liberty shall hereafter be known and designated by the name of Marion, whicl^had beon made the special order of the day for this,day at half past 1 o'clock p. m; read tjio third time, and the bill returned to the Seriatd*. On motiou of Mr. Memminger, the Ilouce proceeded to the consideration of tsuudry resolutions, in relation to banks, also. A bill to regulate and limit the isssue of Ruiilr luitvj A bill to authorize Bunks to pay out the bills of other Bunks in this btate, in nil cases, aud A Bill to refund and remit the penalties recently paid orlucurred by the several Banks of this state, which have suspended specie paymerits, and for other purposes?wuicti had been uiadu the special order of the day for tins at 2 o'clock, P. M., in Committee ot the whole House. The Committee reported progress and asked leave to sit again to-day, whioh wuffgrantod. .'* >' . i: "W*DNMDAt, DtCEMBttt 9. teATii. ^ . The SfioAid met at 12 M.; according to adjournment, when the Journal of yeturday'a proceedings j air. l>iirlm?;ioii from (.'oinniitte" on ineorpo- j i rations and Lni^rossed Acts, made luvuiublu j < j reports on bills from tlie House of Represents- | ] i lives; on u Hill to incorporate Hie i'iekeiis , i j C. II. Cinireli ; a Oil to ineorporalu the C'asli- j < ier's Vally Turnpike Company ; a Bill to incor- | > ' porate the sassafras Gap Turnpike Company ; j ! j a Dill to charier the l'oit Uojnl Uailroad Com- I pany ; u bill 10 amend the charter of iSumtiicr ' ] i v lie; a Dill to incorporate (lie village if j I , Greenwood; n Dill to incorporate tin; linle- | , pendent Gila Company of Hit* City of Columbia; ! ' ; \\ IikIi were 01 del ed lor consideration to-mor- . i j row. i Tlie following BiiU were returned from i i ; House of Kej rv.-tiitatives. and taken up lor 11 ! i ; tliird reading ; a Gil! author.zinir the Govern. ; i J iiteiil of tlie L iiitevl suites to p'-ireiiasv u hiitii- ; ? i I'lfiil ii ill. is 1 i l \ . <' Im-i.I II. I !?.. I ' | - .' - - V1 | j on which to erect a I'ost t,ll)ice and Court ; I ! House, uikI to < xempt the same Iroin taxation ; ' i ' passed, title elianueJ !o all Act ami ordered to ' : j be sent to tin! House "1 Kepicsclitatives ; also, | st lilli t" fillicnd tile Constitution i>1* this btule, ' .-o as to change the mime of tile eleetiou D:=triet of v larcinoi.t to that of tinnier. M lt?* { liiii was amended hy the House of r>v|ir>'Svii> t talivcs to as to change the nuuicof Liliwrlv to j j that of Marion ; the amendment was adopted, ! and 0:1 the ijUestloIi, '"hall the lilll |?ivi " | the Yeas and .Sn\s called, l.lie question lnvolv- ' iny mi ((iteration of the Constitution, and resulted, YeaS t>7. Na\i i. ! flie toilvwiiii; liiila were received from House | o! Ut'prcse.it.Hi v?-s. 111e .*-]>ee.ai Urder for 1 o'clock, was taken up, bi'ilii: Reports ot the Committee on b'iiii(ii?:e j and Bunks on sundry Bills, and Resolutions in ' r> lulion lo the Runus ot t.iis Mali*:?1, l_ lila- j j voial'le report on a Bill l>y Mr Marsha I, to | a.tttl" and (uiietid the law l>i relation to Banks, ' : and to provide against the suspension of Specie ! I'll \ lileiits. i ii UI. liiwtioii Mr. Maxyck, the report was ! laid on the tabic. iit.d llie taken up for a ! M'V'l.'llli I Cit'llllg. Uii Hie Jlli.lHMI, 'rllllil I Ik* ];nl be st-iil t<i tin? tiuiisv ul Kepre.-eutalives. i Air. .Mii'.'iU-ivni s.iiJ he lesii'eii tv present the j IVilKOlls Uliidi u<j(tiiii(.ij tile C'HnimU'-e 111 Insi- | ' l.n.^, lli?; jmi t v\ li>< Si lii< s MiUiuit leJ to tiio ; ' Jrlate. Tins :n:li'.'ii vf U.inks lias been bioil-'lit | 1 about bv legislation ln:l>*. Tlie uniliic iiiimiier ' ot liaal.s wliiclt liiive been clialieieil bv the j 1 I i.l i I . I. . i : > ' ' .^ t ... ... >. >> I'UVC'i oil 11IC CMaUilrlllllCl.t : ' ui agenelc.S eircwlicrc. 1'lieV have livl bi:e!i ; able u> employ ail I heir capital at hum..'. '111 -1*?_- 1 16 no! lui-iii U>r Iall in tlw retire, ami limy ! hate Ijc ii competed! lo employ their cnp.tal : ' la other rrtatci. \% oulij it lie wis'', ail ?j| a sini- J ileli, tit j ? ?vi-nt tlieiil tiurn tin.-, lo change J this poile'.1? 'i iic object ina\ be ttclti r attained ' * l.\ a cvi.ilicalioii ol tlifir i:li;nu<:lcrj. .Many l liauk.s ol other states hi.vr llicir uuciici?-a l" ; ^ lai? 5t>il-', and lite i.fgisiuiuru lias laiicu no j 11 ijiiol u> tiwii t-> prevent liits rici['l'>i;liy. 'liiv on.\ i?<-n.iiiy p.vn-iibeil in tlic ?ji?l l>?- '' tore utf, lor a viomltoa ul' it? provisions, by the J^.-inkj i-a I'iriiilui'i! tor lutiirvliiirli'i'si liul j " penalty call never be liitl.cieJ. liivV linmUjJU i 8 1 l" tiling.-* much belter In Oil-.*1.. i3:;lutn. 1 iita'ix* :! ! . iiai.U iciiiM s >j'ccif p ivim-nts, 11 i- , x compelled li< uo llito baikrilpU-y. liils l? not j so violent a lilcUsure us a tori. iHlrr. ol charter. It woiitii no!, il aiioptiii h . e .-hock the , ' coii.lnuni. \ so isiv.y. A* tile |*i:li.iil.v c.ili j ' not be cnloici-il, il l# bcltcl' not lo lu.iiuna'e il. v\ liv enact it wlicii |L ciiiiuot be elilorcetl i A j lew \ cars aDo ?? ciHeled a penalty of o per j 1 will. Upon Ihc oiltslaliUilig clrell.al :ou ot those) liauh.-, U ii.cli shoul<l sn.-pemj. lJllt. ?c Ul'c ' to.u liiat wi- dale not clitoice it. Jiow t'aliii-, ! lilt'ii, \V L11 a lie III pi l?c tu Clllltil't' <1 I t\ ol iiiia tvlitJ. A lui tuitlliv \Vt?Ui<4 IliVdU -tliv j '' aliLi'ltii'C ol ul tlvllillS ul Jifiljurrl v. t Stiliie >'1 tin- |ii'?u?ii>;u ol tIn! liili arc i an.I I ' ?ln..c-o:n>-, iml liic iijfclliMialiiu leal mv- | v I 'Jinti ii uJt, Mi"U;.i c.iiisu i s i.ji-clion by tin- ; 11 Ovj.J.U-. i iii-rc :ir.- i*:ii ul in r m.-aMtrcs l?efor? th.* i " . tj u ?/..?_ liii. | ri?i?i.i i in sii-|??;im iiiv oj<- , cl a11?|: i.l i in- sccmi'l iV=>i=.iii <i| tlic Act. ol j ISi'j; anil another the Act til'1642. Tin; |umi j 11 niiy fur sU-|n-ii-inii "I sp'-vio |>ayiiK'ulM. prc.-eri- | . licit l?v tin- .\i-t. of l8J-l'?: i-.i |?t o*--nt. iijion nil | Jlull in ciii u.ali'Mi. 1 lii? Ai*i is mnv vuni|i|itineJ { ol. |t. |< ICj^ull til.lt its rll|i>lV?*lll<Jlll. will III I it i v III.- liailk-, a I'i ."< ii.nv iiUailUS lull, the! wiiOiueoluliiili.it;.. i .civ 1.7 not. micli lliil h ' IV 11 ifl the complaint. l'or Scwnl sens past I the Uaiik* have inaoe lar^-i proliis, vaiymgi v from 1>j to l.'? cents. it icy are required to ' 1 liivu lip a portion ot those profits. 'lheOennte ' should not to tIns outside pre.-sure. The j ^ Banks may lie involved in <litiiciiliic'S I>y the ; | cnloiciunentof tins penalty. l>nl many of ti.ein went into tiusiln.-'a Willi tins law of Iti-iw before I them, and those which had been previously t chartered accepted IhU provision as part of ; ' their charters. Tliey engaged with the eiti j zen-; of noutli Carolina, to lake Mint. Act its pa.t i 1 of tioir cii?!tvris, and they have no right to I complain of it?to claim exemption from the j 1 enforcement of its penalty. j 0 Again in lbo2 it was enacted that no hank ! 11 should pay out Ihu h.ils of any o.lier bank, ex ! 11 pm .L in rfet-L.eiiieii I- vvil.h oik. mi.iilt..i. VV,. i ' t now called on t>> suspend the operation of this Art. These enactment* w.;r<! d.-sigiHhl to meet tlic very contingencies which have arisen, and c when tin* co.>ti;igeiice* have co.ne. is il wise to re s mil tliein ( It dues not become the Bunks, " which a.e the masters of our currency, to complain of these laws. They sl.ou.if have so 11 shaped their course a< to bo ablu to comply with these provisions which have Ixun en- j gra.toJ upon their chnr;ers. The bjjet of the Act of lrioi, :s to force the Baiiiis to make frequent settlements with one another?!o pre- J vent them from banking upon the notes of ton- J1 pen ed bunks?upon spurious not s?upon what may be properly called counterfeit mo ney. It is due to some of the bnnks to sa} that they have been managed with discretion and prudence, and in accordance with these amendmen Is of their charters. Some of the diliiculties we now experience are owing to the multiplication of hanks and ' it. miiv nmipur ii.i*nii<4ixt..fit t.I tKini^li ... I J i i v , ? I fc,,^,u " * tv.'o ways?punish thetn fur suspeliHion und for I nut furnish:. >? more accommodations to the people. Tliey are guilty of irregular action, ' not to cull it by a more severe term. The pen- ' ulty ought not to be remitted, if it is with* t dru'A'n uow, all legislation will in future be mi- t galory. But the lianks should be dt!ult leu- ? eiitly with. We are told that unless the Acts of 1862, they would tV j UIU' they would carry deputation to eferynSfcide in the ' State. 6ouiet|iing should be doU'e ftir thoir re- t lief. No measure has half the p-rteiey as the i one proposed in one of the bills before us. [llr. j iluzyck's Bill which allows thorn to is?uo receivables to the amount of one-tilth of their ' capital stook, until 1st January, I860.] < The Comptroller General reports tout the i nciifllLr riiiiii liv tliM Kiinlrs th? atunan. J, - ( aion, up 10 the date of hid report, ainounu to ; siuue then about $l,dUO inure hare * been paid into the treusury. Unions tho law | imposing this penalty, id nujpeii.loJ iu its ope- i ration, the bunks will oontribuU*, in tne course | of the year, to the public treasury about , uuo or $25u,uu0. XSow the Bunking cupitul ot the State id neurly $19 00.), Out). The lucilr.ied I afforded by tliid bill ot issuing receivables to the 1 amount 01 one-tilth of their capital would bring ] reiief Lo the baukd. iustead of fiuU.UUU or jiiiuO.OUU, they would be relieved to the extent 01 over 8l),OUu.<H)0. The Banks tell us that they are debtors to the community; bat that the community owe* tlieui inoTe. iiut as they < ha*e got into difficulty, they should be reliev- 1 ed. lie was not didpoovd to oppress the Bitukk , but was rather (Jii>j)osed to ajjurd them these facilities. " " Tftew is another fii-ovision of the Bill whieh 1 lie approved, it provides that no Bank shall is-suu Olil* to An omouu^ glep.ter than three 1 tim? tbe'-iofiount of sftxiie in its "vaults.* -This ... -ft.' . .. A... 9 not u novel proposition ; it ha# th? sanction ?f experience in Great Britain, especially in [?ii-;1uiii]. lie wonM propose an amendment ' taking it obligatory upon the banks to keep >uc-fourth of their issues in securities of bNhk uf the Mate, of tbe United Stutes, uud of Char- j lesion or Columbia. Another provision of the Bill is that the ' Uanks shall be required to furnish the Comp j roller General wi.h a weekly statement of the >r<>pi>rtiiMi of specie to the lulls issued by them, j L'he people are not satisfied with knowing how j uueh is in lli.-ir vaults. They are generally i atistievl that the Banks aresolvent. But what j li'-y require h that their bill should be redeem- j line oti presentation. This provision would be ; received with joy by the people, and it would ; Miliancc the reputation "I our Banks. The great evil is, we have created too many ! ianka of issue. They issue as many bills ns j hey ean keep ineirculat ion, not only here, but a oilier states. They were not charterted tor ' I i ..: .* - Iiv uvcuuillluuilllVII 111 UIU COIIimUtllt V, lltlv lor I lint. other purpose of is-uiug tlicit* lulls at dis ant points, and keeping t.Item from homo :ih . <> is possible. The lidvantage is witli tile :oun. ry Hanks. *11 icy can control cotton drafts, ! t 1 the hills of the city lSanks >trt; driven in. j It i< not proposed to repeal the charters of : In; liauks. Tiiat can not lie done. It was, j lierel'oie. the duly of the Legislature to adopt t U iiiea.?iiic-> to the present. contingency. One j tilijevl ot complaint is I licit* dealing in exchange. ; V ureal deal of this domestic exchange is tieti- j ions. aome supposed, good easv souls, that, it i :ousis!ed of cotton drafts or New York. whilst, ; u luct,one-hull was due in Charleston, although I n the monthly r ports it has u dilferent up j icarutiec. In this way tin; ISanks have great I \ | ncrviiscd their pio'its. Ity limiting the rates j it exchange we will limit the profits of >he i >aiilis. As the law now standi, thev may <Jo ! ill in exchange without limn. HoU.SK OK Khi'iij>KNTATIV1?3. WLI'M>p\V. I)I.O. ?, IS.'JT. A* the hour to whi'-lt the IIoiim! was adjourn- | J, the Clerk csv.led the lo.l, wlicn the speaker i ooU the Chair, ami the Journal of yesterday's j irocce'lings w:ts read. i The Senate returned to the House ihc foil >wng acts, which were committed to the Coin- ' ill! tee on KiiiTl ossed Aeb: An Act to exempt iiianuaers of elections fiom ' he perlormanec of ordinal v niiiitia duty. .Mr. 1 > iy kin, from tho Committee on thel.ee; dative l.:l,i:iry, made a report on a re-olulion \ >1 ii.i|t:iry as t!?* purchase of the Carolina , .'rihii'c to Calhoun?which was ordered for j miMiiciutioii to moriow. >ir. iilt?: report c?r the 'oiiimil Itveoti I'liltlic Jin: 1 -.1 ii?on \ lie Present- j nciit of the (.>i*:ixi?1 Jury <>l L ?-iiv!is District, at j ail 'Km iii. IbiT, in rela! ion to :i lu-w <.'oUrt j luiis..-: woi'i'i-tl for iron.-Merai ion twmorrow. | Mr. TiiOiuson. from the t'.miniiltcf <?n Claim-, | uade reports o:i - :Vcim1 I'outions, which were j everally or'kivd f r con-i.L.rn'.ion to morrow. Mr. (Seaborn oilere.l tJ? - to Jowing resolution, vhu'h was coiiai-l'.-rcl immediaU-iy, n:id agreed ; ? Revival, Tliul fiom ntnl after this <:ay, the loose will meet .I.iiiy ut 11 o'emck, iiiiU take a daiiv fivm a o'clock, l*. M., to si.x o'clock, I \ Jl. * I Mr. Spain. from the Committee on Iucorpora- i ions, made !. ] rts. on A ii.li Irom tlic tscunte, to incorporate the '.ihnet'ii a .\ iny> Insiiiuiioti, in tuc City of /inn lesion; on A L5iy to incorporate the Columbia ami Ham* j uti'g liaili o:i?l Company ; ?>n A Kill from tile Senate, to incorporate the ruMees "t the Keidviiie lliyh School?winch i.-r? severally ordered for consideration to- | i-iricw. All-. While presented the Report of ihc York :i*l l.atic.istcr delegations, on A ltui to amend tiie law in rel tioti to grants ii* Catawhn Iii-Jitiii Lands, which whs ordered ji consideration to-morrow. Air. AleClelland presented the report <>f tin: ,'oiumiM.ue 011 Roads, Lirniges iiinl l-'erries, on lie }tct itioii of ell iznis of Ander.-oi and Gree 111e, for llie continuance of a loud, which waa irdeied for consideration to-morrow. All*. Gadherry, from the Committee on Road*, j Jridges und l-erries, made several reports, vlneh were ordered for consideration to inoro w. Air. Vnnce offered the following resolution, vhtch was considered immediately, was agreed o. and was ordered to be Sent to the Senate i or concurrence: Jivxoleed, That the vending of rhe Holy Scrip ures, and hooks of n religious character, hy tiiierant persons, is not hawking and peddling, j >y a jil.it con.-ti uctiou of the laws of this State I ipon that fciihjeet. lin motion ot Air. Mitchell. the Committee 0:1 lie Judiciary Were discharged from tile further oiisideratiou oi a LSili to increase the salaries if the Judges of the superior Courts of i.aw nd Kquity iu the State of South Carolina, and lie name was referred to the* Committee of i\ n vs and \li'iin? >a motion ol'ill-. Mitchell, the House proceedd in the coiisidcia-iou of u Bi I to caljldish u j epur.tlc Court of Appeal*. which hud been nude the cpeciiil ord-r of the day at half-past 1 il. The Bill wus rend the second time, and liter some discussion, rejected. On iiioiion of Mr. I>e3au-surc, the House iroceeUcd to the consideration of sundry resoutioii!>,iu reliiiiou to IJ.u.k*. A long the spirited debate nro3e on the subcct, hut owing to the crowded state of our ?iinn**?*? tmuu ia i'. !.? -??%i^ii ' *-? " v IIIH O vw IWICJJW tl?U JMJIJilCUtlUU VI lie sunie. Uu motion of Mr. J. D. Pope, tlie House vas atljouriieU ul 10 minutes after 5 o'clock, 31. ? A Dreaful Spectacle.?It will be reneinbered that Russian line of battle ship jefort, lately capsized at noonday in the ay of Finland, carrying down twelve liuuIred persons of whom nearly four hundred verc females. A diver lately descended to he wreck, and referring to this a writer" in ho London Times, from St. Petersburg >ays: Such persons as were on deck nt the time vere of .course at once washed away, but he divers found no less than 1,100 corpses n the cabins between decks, and iu (he iold of i he vessel, all clinging to some porion of the timbers of the ship, or to each >ther. The horror of tbin fearful sight ap>earj to have been aggravated by the cir:umstance that the bodies were already far rone in decomposition, and with h few exceptions, the eves were wide open and glarng. The effect of this dreadful spectale on tho divers was such that one of them was i _ t e i . . . .1 Lumiiy uunuiu lor inany uays to recount me ghastly 8i:enes lie iind witnessed down in that hive of putrefying corpse*, and oil his persistent refusal to repeat his visit there, was sent home. "My dear Uolonel,I jierceive you slept Juring sermon time, J&nt Sunday; it is a very had habit,1' said a worthy divine to one of his parishioners. "Ah, Doctor,! uould not possibly keep ftwnke, I was up drowsy." "Would it not be well, Colonel. 10 take a little tnuff, to keep you awake I" ''Doctor," wirt the Veply* u?noold it not be rail to put a little mvff in Ike termo/l, , . &e. ..-a-. '' ift- . ?. Clay, Calhoun, and, Webster. nV W. T. HASKE1.L. i S And now, I dismiss fur the present, all j ^ these leading characters, save Clay, and I j sl nu hmgor dwell on him as a diMinctive char- j adcr, but as one of a mighty trio, Clay, |iU Cdhoim, and Webster, who to us weie, what l'itt, Fox, and G rat tan were to England. j '"l 1. lit social life ? in mania^*, for exam- ' ?*' j>le?Clay would have pleased forward with ' a "Coup d ?tut" like an ancient Briton, a ; sturdy Weh hitian in Glendower's day, an j H Arabian Chief, each one of whom, would J have sei/.ed his reluctant bride, and borne her Q lo his huine. j ^ Calhoun would ponder long and warily, \ vv mm,l ? ;ti I.I. . .. i.- " i ' ?? ?vu \.iu\ uiiirpci:iivii| i?i*v <i L?uru|)C<Ul , Monarch, why negotiates a mutch, for par- j c<poses of Slate. j Ami Wchaicr, l:ke Prince II.il V;ofj England, who wooed and won without di* i j" ploiuaey, ilie g-ntle Kalhcrine, the daugl.- 1! ter ol lit*.- I >uo de Reignier, and mother of' ''' Henry VI. 01 Kit-jlaiid, tlm victim of that ''u sdie-wulf of France, Margaret of Anjou and j the liiouiiv Giosler, ;n tlie lower ot Lou- j dull. ' j '2. In forensic debate?the forte of Clav, j was his resistless Eloquence?of Calliotm, j liis si.|>hisiii, and wonderful power of met- J . physical diMpiii-ilion, and astute analysis, j ? in Wehster, of open and solid argument. I hi J}. As a Historian Cl.iv wutiM luiv.* I.i-i.n a >|>u.Milutivu UicoriM?Call.'.-uii :i Sci*i>ii?: i . lint Kxutiiim-r, I \\ c*L?~t?;r wouUI have j " ij'. 'jli yunU*..l l?y lixaitlj>l<: ami ill.; Fa?l<. 1 J. A in ;? Mrujjjjlu f??i ] dominion, ClaV j have felt w itli tin: ' ls' |?iio?i injjj ill' I lie Jiangs ot 1'ii.i"-a:i.l AiiiIm Iloti biitil J,?Calhoun, with tlie n?si it\?s t'<;vi r ot' tMianl discontent,? and Wcb>lvr \ ,u would liav.s cticounu-nd it., with caliu and j ai [ In!i?s<i|>iiii*al con ij insure. 5. la aduiinUlt-iin^ (./oiTinincnt, Clay ; Hi would have been Imili cini)|vuini~iii!2C and 111 <-ou^?. rvative-?Calhoun, headstrong, re.sl!e? | st; ami defiant?\\ cl'-U-i, I'll" standing oil the Laws ami tli- CouMitudou. ! i; \ .. .i \!<?. ..1. ( ).. ...1.1 ! i W .... ? .'?'/iMnv.ii?vinv HUUIU iiiivc | I erred to have Ik-, ti an Autocrat?Calhoun, . an Ai1icik.mii Are.hun, elevated on the broad- j est principles of 1 ' nsoi ra;k: suffrage.? and Webster would have hked a limited and i constitutional Monarchy. ! ''J 7. Asa llistoiiu chareatcr, Clay roscm-i hies the chivalrous ami daring Henry V.:^of linyland, on the lid 1 of Agincourt, char- l'' ging with visor up, and ianc.o, coucJian?, in ; c' res!, against the mailed and will;u<;, bold i v' and mocking, mad and feverish Percy, (lie | 111 i.-dijulilableand undaunted Hotspur? Prince | Hal, swift bearing on astride ins r'c'dy t<; ?apaiUoiied and well-housed white steeii, =' Ins uo-lrils wide-expanded, and challenging, j , r liuve neigh, his w I.it?- mane streaming on i iU his boldly uplifted crest, and w aving tail, i iu>hing wilil.y the mad and sulphur charged j wind, careering oVi the field ol battle, while ; Percy bounds with a defiant shout, to meet j 1,1 hint, in the longed-for conflict. Calhoun. ; t;l the subihi strategist, the calculating Sahu'in, j !U whose Damascus Seymetar flashes through, t lie severed neck of foeman, who not till j they imd their heads, that tliey are detached j lj' from their bodies ? while Webster, Cesar de ! tls Lion, in arms, hurls his ponderous battle ! 1,1 axe, with colossal strength, until the mailed j :u links llv apart, and the descending weapon r<-' grinds boues, and blood, and file, into one, j w (indistinguishable, shapeless muss of Jove- ! _w split U-d, lightning-stricken humanity. I 8. They are like three different stream* of equal volume. Clay, like St. Anthony's j Falls, or a Cataractic, Niagara;, Cascade, Cl' Hashing in creamy foam, and Rainbow 1:1 Beauty, ioaring and hissing, in tumultuous P' eddies, tearsing on, impatienly pressing |-<J forwaid, to search the blue and tranquil i ,n depths, or earnestly crowding on, betwixt h gh rocky shores, begirt with lignious fo- ,s ivst monarchs, its hank* all fringed with ' VV| vines and flowers, sweeping like tin; streams j tiiat. Iced the Mediterranean blue, drawing , s" a world of waters through BoqiliAric. pnsses | i:'1 and Hurculean Straits, with an undercurrent : Pl gliding slow beneath, and both to and fro, j Vil Puiitis and I'ro-punt is, through the /Egean P*Seas, by rock-gill Isles, scorning the muchly Xile, out into the blue depths of Old Ocean's multitude '"Polup/tlosboiu Thalasses" wave?. ; re Ualhoun, a multitude of innumerable stiean?s, lo washing tlie mountain basis, threading St with winding and devious course, the manjr Wl tangled woods and gloomy forest depths. ! l'-' and stealing swiftly through ten thousand 'K vnllies, and gathering all together to make Sl1 il* irruii/l Ia tin* Iw.maoM.. 1,1 defiantly to breast the winds, that sweep the bosom of the illimitable field of waters, ?and Webster, Ocean's self pealing in row- 4" ring voices, and in thundering tones, its ev- w erlasting anthems, round the rock-built d' shore.*, that hem about tlie habitations of the children of Almighty God. tu 9. And Clay, again, a Planet, like the j ?.a fiery Mars, menacingly streaming through 1,1 the fiehls of space ; (Jalhouti, like Mercury, c swift in his flight, close round the Sun,dense 'J1 lid constant to its ceutie of iUiiaetiou, basing the living creatures that tread upon t, so that they cannot leap six inches above 1 ts exacting, and inexorable surface; and* 1 Webster, like Jupiter, boldly aspirant to . "snuff the Moon," and with his playful J.1 absence of n strong attraction, permitting r living things, to leap, a iniie high, up towards lleaven, or Saturn, feeding not on *!' Infants, but devourinir Giants at a f/ulo:? Clay, like Aurora, heralding the Day-Spring of Ovation ; Calhoun, the baleful Syrius, *' ihe raging j)og-Star of the skies; and, Web- "" ster, the supersoen and all-seeing North 8tar ' of the Upper Deep! " ol 10. In Music, Clay would have loved to 81 listen to the ringing tones of the war-bugles' sj; Hounding uote; Culhoun ; the multifarious lJ discord thatmakes an Operatic harmony; 11 and Webster, the still; deep-rolling solemn ol uttlltatii ^ ' 11. If an Element, Clay would glory in w personating a cbaflning, unchained storm; Calhoun, the shifting and unsteady, varikbla " winds; and Webster,'the strong *nd steady n breeze, slow-moving, as with its rollirig Din- " pason it sweeps tho forest, as when the Almighty,, .with his resistless breath strike a t( Thunder Harp of riQM J ( 0 * . v *w. &L 12. In War, Clay, like Charles XII. of! weden, would prefer the fiercu assault; allioun, like Scott, would practice the j rategetic siege, or turn his enemies" rii^lit ' l?l't wing, instead of breaking liis centre; nl, Webbter, lik?*. old "Rough and Ready,' like Cromwell, would tell his men to ilist in (tod, and keep their powder dry," id meet the foe, in an open pitched, fair.-Id, and bulldog fig'nt. io T r / i V ?? - * ** * j.j. ii vxi?iy was cnauengto to lit? tiol?I ol i 01:01*, Ins would fi^lit at once, like the ! diuirahle Crichton; Calhoun, like our! "inker Revolutionary General, Nathaniel j icen, would reason out. of it; ami Webster j ould look upon tin* challenge like a gen- j jinan and a christian, and treat it with ..iscienlious indilluvw-c*. 11. If they wt:iM called upon to insike a icaty. Clay would endeavor to force it l>y j tiuiidation ; Calhoun, diplomatically tival j wiih Richelicu-iike and Machiavellian ; innings; Webster, by open, lair, straight-1 i ward dealing. } 15. In li'digion. Clay, if lie had conic*-j at<d hi< energies to teaching it notwith- ; iinding he died an Episcopalian, would ; 1 * - i ivy oven a r-iiiiiiisiasl, :ni<! :i< was th<: ?*x- ! iisivc and aristocratiu liabil of l?is mind, J : haw Ln*lifV?_'(i i:i Uiw dottlrinu of ! ion, or l'red'.'stinariaiiism, and allowed | it a very scici'l few to be saved, ami tin: j liana' L > l?if iin-oiitim.-ntly damned ; Old- i >11 ) wutiM have I c-.-ti a Frov Thinlcr; am!, i ' ,-li-tfi, in t'avyr ot tin? K-.tabli.-byd Consli- j :ii>nal Church. 10. In I'atiit tiMtijCiay was forComprotn- j \ Coiimm vatisin ami' Union; Calhoun, I"! hsioii, Nsibli.ration? I i liini too | til to miv 'J Wo sou?Revolution and I > i s 1:0.1 ; Wybstcr, lor Union, Itnl< |M*nrJ.;iu:o mI.? Coiinn'-n Cause, at ?v?.ry hazard. 17. In habits, Clay was dictatorial. m::p; trial and filial; Caliifun. wary, ii ; itic and < X' itiMvc ; and \\\b->t<:r, gciil.'o. l!" poised, and dignified. 1 {J. In 1'oetiv, CI-iV, woii'.| iij?v?.; been . i-mio and Lyrical; Cailu-ut>, 1 >'nl;i?.-ti?.- ; j > eb?t>*r, nice "the Uiiii'l old Uard of Scio's ' m-ky I>lt," would e-sawd ;ui lipi?;. 1 ll. In Art, and Aieluieetutv, Chtv. would i ?vc landed Painting ?ud Sculptuiv ; Cai- j xiii, would have tinuheniulically taxed his j a:n. iii labyrinthine structures, as: ly>ses llirea-led in tin* R-'ckgirt Lie ut* j iele where lln; l'alo held the Li?jht,ntid j ii* and the Wheel, when Atiopu* i ipped i lie String of Fate; ami Webster J oul'l have buided Monuments nnd Pyra- j i. J-i. 'JO. It is remaikahh*, that in all the writ- 1 n papers left l>y Clay, theiy is but little' earning from the lields of Ancient or Mnlii Literature,? less in Calhoun's arid they e to be found but sparsely in Webster's, it whet) found opposite and appropriate. And now, 1 luiive these twenty-one points "contrasts for future additions. as theyay occur io me, until some modern Pin reli,shall put the touchstone of analysis id comparison to them still further. _ ^ I -o> I IIow Uain is Formed.?To understand e philosophy of this phenomenon, essenil to the very existence of plants and anials, a few fuels derived from obsevation id a long train of experiments must be membcred. Were the atmosphere everyliere, at all times, at a uniform temperature, e should never have rain, hail, or snow. ut water absorbed by it in evaporation from e sea and the earth's surface would descend imperceptible vapor,or cease to be absoib I by the air when it was once fully satuted. The absorbing power of the atmosiere, and consequently its capability totain humidity, is proportionally greater warm than in cold air. The air near e surface of the earth is warmer than it in t ho region of the clouds. The higher u ascend from the earth, the colder wo id the atmosphere. Hence the perpetual uw oil very high mountains in the hottest imates. Now when from continued eva>ratioil the air is hightly saturated with ipor?though it he invisible?it'its temrrature is suddenly reduced cold currents sceuding from above or lushing from a gher to a lower latitude, itn capacity to tain moisture is dimini>hed, clouds arc lined, and the result is rain. Air conden* >sas it cools', and like a sponge filled with i iter and compressed, pours out the wa- ! r which its diminished capacity cannot >1(1. How singular, yet how simple, is ch an admirable arrangement for waterg the earth. 4%TIiA lir?n?io ivnc /-nuvilc/l rvlot? " l'lio Taking of Sevastopol." Tlie first acts I en! oil well; Imitery after haltery explo d, aixl the thrilling spectacle made the leatre ling with applause. All eyos were' rni-cl to see them take the MalukofT. At st 'twas stormed. The soldiers rushed i?then the explosion amid the wildest jeers. At that moment a spaik caught ie scenes?they blazed?the audience lotighl it a part of the play, nnd cheerI the louder, the scene was so natural. As, it was too perfect. Another moment ley saw their mistake ; a crv of misery i .1... i in i. i rownuu wlltJ i^ignur ?uu uiguur j rose, maddening the spectators witii j iglit. Five minutes more and tlfcs tire was ctinguished, but tlio spectators. . like a ard ufbulfc.lues, like a panic-stricken army, ke a flock ofsheep before wolves, like pasmgers from a sinking chip, losing all tought but of self-preservation, rushed oin their seats. The shrieks of women, le shrill cry of children, the hoarse voice f men, all struggling for life, presented a ;eno notdescribable, Some threw themlives from the boxes into the pit, killing lemselves and crushing those beneath Uiin M<\ in/1/mn^nt _nn ai?* vjuu^iiiviti IIU lUlCUIVK^UH) UUl f the windows?over the lodges?stump>g each other to death. The sentinels 'era ordered to stop the passage with.baynets. They planted, and those in the ont ranks weru run through and through, nd the soldiers with the rest, were 'tyutiited with the feet of hundreds. ; W# have seen women not only two weak 5 bear food, bat even too weak to bear ontard?<rtlet>.'v . Shadows of an Awful Winter.? I The following eloquent extract is taken ! ? from a discourse lately delivered by tliu twi Itev. E. A Chapin to his congregation in j at t New York : tun "It is not the ruined merchant, merely the ?it is not the spectacle of depreciated pro- it u perlv and lost credit, and the manifold dis- Th< comforts of usual bankruptcy?that most the make us shudder and sad. Around the enc gloomy shadow there is still a darker rim. dist Awav down below the platform of finan- ver cial transactions there looms si soa of facts exc ?tl >ese facts of workingmen and working- Tin women, looking up among th?} stopped ol'x machinery of the factories, and tho siU-nce per of the ship-yards, and all the desolations of am suspended labor, looking up to the shadows wil of an awful winter overcasting them. Men ner and hiethun, what shall we do for those gre whose hard earned dollars are not mere- foe !y honor and credit, hut bread and blood I ver iisi.if ? What shall we do Ibr the poorest | or of babes, thai must soon hang on the wilt- j be ed breasts of famine, and for (hw women, ( gro for whom we must say something more ! wit than "God help them All. yes, a finan- , fol eial crisis is a matter for tears and shud- era deiing, as well as for aiilhmetic and ru- -1 mor.5' of. Mauvkli.oi's tiaowru of Vkogtatioj. j Th in* the Iliciii latiti'iji:s.? Hayard Tay-j ecji !or, retracing his steps along the coast of of) Norway, after the lapse ofa few week*,says "I was partioulaily struck, during the re: alh turn, with the rapid progi ess of summer; thi the Hviug leaps with which she clears hi-r ! llit short < ?>'.ir.~e. Among the Lofudetis tlio p.;.- ' In tatoef w-rv coming into b'ns-om, and the j is t iti and b uli y into iiead : the grass was ah i as rendv ?:u'. in many places, and di ving on pn poles, and the given of the woods am] mead- ' pu owi showvd the dark, rich haracter of the J th; Southern lands. Owing to thi* rapidity of] no { rowih, all tlie more hard v varieties of veg- th< i-tab'fs tmn* be successfully cultivated, iv Mr. Thomas informed me that his peas find ; ma beans at Kaaliod, (hit. 70 deg. X.) i tin f/reiv three inches in twenty four hours! oul and that although planted six weeks later ; poi than 11 lose about Christiana, came to inatu- bei rity ut the same time." Hero is another tal popular illusion dispelled. What are all the hie marvels of tropical growth to this? ab< A Chicago Vkxton Charofd with ?3 ! HoniiiNG Graves.?Great excitement has l>ecM produced in Chicago, by the detection g0| ot'Mrutin Quintan, I he city Sexton, in the 1 act of 1 itling the graves ot' the dead, and shipping tl.em off in waggons. Eli York, gn a tuedieai student, who resides in southern Illinois, was airested at the same time, but [ bo I Jr. l>-iinaid, the Piesident of the Medical ; me College, became bail for him. It issuppo- kei sed that Quinbin lias been, for a long time, gh in the piaetice of robbing the graves and im selling the bodies to the Medical College, ba As long as two years ago, a stranger, having mi ?lied in Chicago with considerable monev <?vi about h;m, persons afterwards came on to tlj, recognise him, but on opening the grave it fi|] whs found empty. Supposing that they had ne opened the wrong one, another was tried, W!i and so on till nine were opened, and found gh emtpy.?Cincinnati Gazette, Nov. 11. 0f tai Artificial IIosky.?Don't voti send a.1 your dollar for any secret recipe for uia- s,8 king artificial honey?nor for any other so- w<i cret prescription ; 999 in 1000 of them are S(' humbugs. Save your money to buy a gen- as iune honey manufactory?a good swarm of bees. "A subscriber" writes us, that ho invested a dollar and got the following ; Dissolve 20 pounds, of coarse sugar in 3 th< quarts of warm watrr. Stir into it one- wa fifth ounce of tarter first dissolved in a little ho water, ami half a tcaspoonful of essence of VV peppermint. Boil the whole slowly for fif- we teen minutes, stirring it all the time, and Te your first rate honey is complete?30. lbs of cin it." Anv one can trv this who has n no- ?Ie tion tlint way. We presume it is ns good hui as an}' recipe ofFere'l at any price. ma American Agriculturalist. p;u pui The Value ok Prayer.?Prayer is a '''I1 heaven to tlie shipreeked man, an anchor to Prl them that are sinking in the wave-, a staff '101 to the limits that totter, a mine of jewels to w'' the poor, a healer of diseases, and a guardian of health. Prayer at once secures the con- '107l tinuance of our blessings, and dissipates the ( iiitwl fif mil' f uliimitina I"1 tilocanr) nranni' ! 30( thou art the unwearied conquorer of liumnn woes, the firm foundation of human happi- l',G ness the sources of ever enduring joy, the co1' mother of philosophy. The man who can an" pray truly, though languishing jn extrem- ' est indigence, is richer than nil beside ; not whilst the wretch who never bowed the knee, m? though proudly sealed as monarch of all '1 nations, is of all men the most destitute. Ian Chrysostom. hat ? ? poi Butted and Kicked Both.?At Zanes- me ville, at the "Eagle," a goat was kept a- for bout the stable*. One day the host and 'usual crowd" in the bar-room were star- ino tied by the Dutch hostler rushing in, al- 1 most breathless, and exclaiminrr at tho ton dai of his voice: Tin "Meester Borter ! Meester Borter ! Bil- few ly lie leaves or 1 leaves. I go up in de stable mid dero was Billy.. Isay, Bill go say down! he says bah-bali-wa I and sbusts j gets upon his hind feet. uui I say again, Billy, you go down I and to strikes at him mil de bitch fork, when grc Biinknum-sheep pitch into me and butts me als< down stairs 'mong de mule jacks, who all ex< kick ine more hard dan de goat. So Mees- ed ter Borter, Billy he leaves or I leaves 1" far ? . ? , $4 Wo take the following extract from a Leo- 8? tore delivered by Gen. Haskell, at Lexing< tpn. Kentucky, as reported in the Observer & "e Reporter. That on per remarks that the rec?nt insanity of the distinguished orator was occasioned by too severe attention to literary duties. It is believed that he hw w? entirely recovered his mental1 composure, sci and will now carry out a plan long ago de* tenoined n.p<yi of lecturing.in the principal "V cities pf the Union,? CAa?. $tona4nl, z *a The Great Copper Nugget* since our last publication we have been no into the Minnesota mine to look his wonderful piece of copper. A few shave already been taken iVotn it, and re are some thirty men at work cutting ip ; moro parties will be put on soon, i lower end of the copper was raised by powder from the rock in which it was losed?the upper end being very littlo urbed. This leaves it inclining but y little fiom the horizontal, and in au client position for cutting to advantage, ey are cutting in some ten places, two vhich are already in to where the cop is five feel thick. Another is four feet x n thinner. cignteen incites farther 1 bring one of the cuts to where the copis seven and a quarter feot thick. In a test thickness is. between eight and nine 1, but tlieeuts driven in from the edges v soon reach the thickness of tinea, four live feet, and its average thickness will from three and a half to four feet. lis latest length is forty six feet. Greatest Ith eightee n and a half feet. We made the lowing measurements of its width at sevI points?in feet and decimals : 1-12.5 8.5-1 G.2-12.7?10.9?6?showing a mean ihout 12 1-2 feet. We cannot think its .-rage thickness to be less than 3 1-2 feet, ese dimensions give it a cubic content i n 10 anoui nuuu teet, and tiiis amouiit Hire coppcr won la weight 519 tons. Large masses from this mine have generl* been of high purity, and the exterior 'r s is quite clear of ruck, and the cnttii.^o is far show it to be remarkably pure, the live feel outs scarcely . < k of lock o be seen, but the copper 1* as bright a new polished priinv. Unless it should >ve to be a great sln.-ll-incloMtig rock, its rity must bo very high, probably tnoro in 90 per cent. And we think there is ground for such an apprehension. On ! contrary, its solidity is indicated not onl>y its external purity, but also by the nner in winch it resisted the action of : powder, and rose fioin its bed witli: the slightest crack or bending on any tit. There is scarcely a possibility of its i.0- anything else than almost solid ine. If it is 91 per cent., and this not a ;h estimate for such a mass, it contains jut 500 tons of pure copper, and will be rtii when pr,-pared for the market, about 00,000. Tlii< iv<> rncrkrw)fn!1t? !? il.~ 1 .. ? .v * > uwiiim, la liio i?r>t mass of metal o<* any kind ever yet libiled in a single piece on this planet liut incredible as it may appear, tlio . at mass is a sm;.ll part of the copper \v in sight in its immediate vicinity. Alit a hundred feet to the eaM, a series of Mister masse? of enormous size are now ing stripped and followed into the connnerate. the nggregate weight of which luded the great mass, will, in all pro-1 L?ili:y, exceed the total product of the ne for tli<? year 1856. They have just posed a large opening going souih into ? /'rinirlnni/.f'jtft n>Ut<.K * - ? -' * . VVM&.V..IVIII.V, itnii.li Hicv were HlWlll ling with powder. This blast may make w discoveries, for which we anxiously lit, and the result of which we hope to .*e in another number. The disclosures the last few days are immensely imporlt. It is perfectly safe to say there are least two thousand tons of copper in ;ht, within a few feet of the points which ! have described. Minnesota stock is tting much too low. Wo propose $200 the proper figure for it at present. The Hog Market. The only sale heard of yesterday, says j Louisvillo Journal of tho 28th ultimo, s 150 head taken by a city clearing use at $5,25 net averageing 215 lbs.? e understood last evening that parties re buying in tho country at $4 gross. legraphic dispatches received from Cinnati yesterday quote hogs $5 a $5.25, a cline in that market of nearly 50 cts, a udred. This accords with the prediction de by us a week ago?that Cincinnati :kers were putting up the prices for the pose of directing the hogs there, and it, as soon they would be brought in, the 111- . " - * -* - - i.cs wuuiu ue pui uown. A low of the iscs were killing yesterday, though the eather lust evening was getting rather rm. If the weather is favorable, all the ises except one will be killing to-morrow, ilkinstt Owsley expected to receive 1,) last night. We learn from the Valley Times that hog cholera is spreading rapidly in the inties ofGreene, Oweu and Morgan, Indii. Fbe Cincinnati Gazette of Friday last ices the following sales in provisions, ide on the proceeding day : 'lie only sale heard of was 100 bbls No. 1 .1 at 10 1-4 : at close it could have been 1 at 10. There were buyers for mesa k at$14 and sellers at $14.25 green at it were dull at 4 3-4, 6 and 7 a 7 1-4 shoulders sides, and hunm. Hie New Albany Ledger of Friday even\ says: [rwin ?fc Co. commenced killing; yester? r. They had about 1200 hogs- in pen. e price offered it> 5c. het on time. Very ' cash sales have been made, rhe Ilussellville Herald of Wednesday s: Monday last being county court day, a mber of farmers were in town desiring dispose of ibnir hogs at $$.25 a 1.50 )ss, and several speculators were in town o offering $4 ; but we beard of no sales' ;ept a few small lots at $3, to be deliveron foot and killeu by purchasers.?The mcrs generally are not disposed to take crow, and natikura ?m not. di>nnt?l /* above tliHt figure ; consequently bot tie has been sold. We however last ek heard of a few salee at $3.50 ?D<^ gr08#* ' $ tfirbibls Scene is a Thkatre.~-A iter from Europe give the following deription of the scene *i Leghorn, wherein rtot&nj of okmeleM alarm, one hundred Bn of n orowd, were trnm})U$ td deeih, d'Cfeb^^a wou?d?d.; r V *' ' KTjiijj ."a ... >. > 'M