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Our First Page.gAF- Upon our first page will be

found an " Act to raise supplies forthe ycar commencing Oct. 1854,"which must prove of interest to allwho pay teries; and also a very inte.resting and' instructive extract fromP'UTNAM4' last entitled "Was NAPOLE-eN a Dictator?

IM~r. Soule ad Cuba.The country has been taken by

surprise by the rapid change in our

diplomatic relations wi'h Spain.-Without any heralding of the movement Mr. SOULE retires and immedi.ately his successor is nominated andapproved of by the Senate. Thechange has been announced by thepress as indicating the abandonmentor postponement of our designs uponCuba. We-hope this will prove to bethe case. Under present auspices theacquisition of Cuba would not be ad-vantageous: even peaceful negotiationis, we think, detrimental to us. Thepolitical world is in a perturbed state:-Every great power, in Europe,A--" and South America, and Mexi.co on our own Northern Hemisphere,is embroiled in war or revolution, orthreatened with one or the other ofthose calamities. Such is an appro.priate time for piratical attacks (wesee that the occasion is seized uponalong the coasts of China) but a na-tion which desires no blot upon its his.tory should choose another time furaccomplishing designs which the wholeworld will say were fur its own ag-grandizement. The imputation wouldbe cast upon us that we chose such atime to falhl upon a wveak and totterinigdynasty and wrest from it its a.irestpossession, knowing that all the ener-gies of the powers 'that would haverallied to its aid are exerted elsewhere.Europe is jealous of our territorial

-aggrandizement. It may be qjuiescentwhile we confine our expansive powersto our own continent; but whent wcwould stretch out our arms beyondthe solid earth and establish ourselveswhere we would command the Wes-tern waters also, we cannot expectcharity from our transatlantic friends.No generous desire to rescue thatbeautiful island from misgovernmentand oppression will be attributed to

7us; but we would be stigmiatised as

despoilers. And our own consciencesus could say that the Black Warriordifficulty would have assumed suchmagnitude, if we had not loniged forCuba? And so with the long list ofinsults and injuries which pressed

* heavily upon President Pierce's mind,when he penned his excited messageto Congress upon that subject. Cuba,Spain's-we have forborne unitil for-

* bearance ceases to be magnanimity;-Cuba, ours-and we have no quarrelwithihe Grandee kingdom.-We dis.

* like the proceedures of our govern-ment upon this matter. If our objectis to obtain reparation for injuries, letus li ft up clean hands in our appealsfor justice-yield up Cuba to her own-ers; show them that we are willingthey should possess what belongs tothem, and that they must equally reepeot our rights: or, if Ctuba be the~real object and end of all the diplom.-soy, letus avow it, and give up to ohhavion the other causes of ill feeling.-

"Either course would be moure manlythan what would be charged upon us

-*as. a hypocritical trumping of claims~or reparation, intended, not to obtain

.redress, but to cover our designs, anid~1timidate a weak, disordered govern-nient Into submission to them.-h,,jatever may have been our pastalI'Ilotions, let our acts for the futurebe worthy of a nation of freemen; beu~aebnslble when Impure motivcs may

be cha-ged upon us. We fegf- t atMr. SoULr,'s mission has weakenedour moral- strength: not that aughtdishonoratle or urichivalrous can becharged upon hifn personally; but inhis inissin have been united the twopurposes which we have attempted toshow shoild be severed widely fromeach other. Distrust and suspicionawaited him, and attended all his so

journ in Europe. [He has advancedneither of the designs of his employ.ers. Our difficulties are unsettledand we are as far as ever from theisle we covet. How could it havebeen otherwise ? Could our longingsafter Spanish Cuba have a moral efi'ectupon Spain and bring her back repent-ant to the path of justice? or was

angry bickering a politic prelude to anegotiation which was to transfer thebrightest jewel in the Spani-sh Crownto the star spangled banner of a hos-tile transatlantic republic? The wholeprocedure has been a blunder, as theevent has proved. And we think itfortunale that it has so resulted-wemean as to the acqusition of Cuba.

If that important island ever becomes ours, let the transfer be madeat a time when it cannot be said thatwe are covering over real designs; or

that, openly avowing our purposes,we are ungenerously pressing themupon a weak defenceless government,so critically circumstanced that it hasonly the option, to sell or lose. Andas one of its future possessors, (forwe think the Fates so will it) wedesire to have no disturbance of our

conscience, caused by the remem-brance of how we gained it.We hope that, with Mr. SOULE's

mission,bas ended present effort to purchase Cuba: that Mr. BaECKENRIDOEwill pressent, himself at the SpanishCourt as unconnected with such a

scheme; and therefore, umembarassedby the hostile prejudices whichfettered Mr. SOULE, he will be able tobring about an amicable adjustment. ofour past differences with that power.which first discovered this Western%% orld, and its last possession in whichit should be permitied to retain untilProvidence shall c->nfer it upon anoth-er-that other of course being our.

ANNEXATION.-Ainericau citizens, ifthey have felt interest in the politicalmovements of their country and de.sired to understand them, must, oflate, have been stimulated to geogra-phical study. Cuba, St. Domingo,and the Sandwich Islands, are familiarremembrances; but various little earthspots, rich in guano, some where inthe Pacific Ocean, have also beenmentioned lately, as likely to be an.nexed. Our knowledge of the worldwe live in has-not kept pace wvit.h thealleged movements of the Govern-mecnt. We would be sadly puzzled ifwve were called upon for informationas to the pobition, climate, inhabitants,productions, &c, of some of thesefuture States. The soil is most likelya virgin one ; the inhabitants good forfood ; the productions remarkableeggsamples of what Sea fowvls can dowhen left to themselves ; the climatefresh and healthful las endless Seabreezes can render it ; and the positionany where, where such an island canbe found,-WVhat tasks Govermnenthas imposed upon itself! The careinternal and external, of our vastcountry reciprocity, treaties with En-gland, Black Warrior-, and Cubaneg ot iati ons with Spain, commrercialfraternization with Japan and St.D~omingo, afliliatiom? with the SandwichIslands anid the -mole Pacific, anid thegeneral recgulation ol Central Americn.It would seem as if all tims were toomuch to do well, and it would alsoseem as if Government hatd found thisout, as a late account asserts that thePresident has reversed his policy uponthe subject of annexation and willabandon all his schemes. \Vouldnot this be prudent? With all theimmense yield of gold in California,she has not sent back enough of theprecious metal to repay the olderStates, for the wealth they have trants.ferred to her. One hundred and eightymillions of dollars is the debt stillstanding .against her, and to thatamount ai'e the old States the poorernow for her annexation. Ilow muchmore irmmediate injury has beencaused by the impulse given to spec-tilation and excessive trading, by theunsettling influence upon ever-y one, ofthe discovery of almost fatmuloustreasu res, causing d issatisfaction wvit hsober business anmd common toil andunfitting for our tame avocations manywvho might be industrious, active andenterprising-how much ofour mental,moral and pecuniary wealth we mayhave thus lent out, or invested, wecannot estimate; but wve; feel assuredof this, that, in the pr-esenit conditionand prospect of the money market,w'ocannot afford in extend our lnans

to Cuba and St. Domingo and theSaradwich Islands ad various sea birdlocalities in the Pacific, until California has repaid us and put our capitalback into our pockets. We were onceenthusiastic about Cuba and longed toadd her to the power and wealth ofthe South. We were certain that shewould be a great acquisition. Buttime and a little observation havesomewhat modified our views. Wewould not be Americans if we did notwish for more territory ; nor South.erners if we did not desire an increaseof our sectional influence; but we arenot so impatient of delay as once.-

Capital is too much needed here nowto open a new drain for it thitherwards;we have not so many good citizensthat we can yet spare enough of themto Americanize Cebat, and we are notyet certain that she would not slideorom Southern interests into the ranksof our Northern friends. When theright time for it comes, we are willingthat the experiment should be tried ;but we think we should wait for indi.cations prognostic of more happyconsequences than would. we think,now result from it. And in this con

nection we are referring to peacefulannexation. Torn and convulsed asthe world is now with wars, we woulddeprecate seriously a war with Spainito gain a much richer prize than Cuba.Excited as our whole country is get.ting to be upon the Native Americanquestion, it would be ludicrous in theextreme for us to cultivate misunder.standings with France and Englandmerely to add bread fruit to our

staple products and swell our lists ofcitizens with some hundreds of thou-sauds red boned yahoos from theSandwich Islands. And embarassedas the country is in monetary mattersit would be decidedly objec.onable forthe President to lavish, in purc.asingunproductive property and pensioningcopper colored royal fanil'es, millionsthat are needed to prevent bankruptcyat home. There is a time for allthings, but we are of opinion that thepresent is no time for further annext.Lion.

Tielaiaser.We call the attention of our readers

and especially of those who have beensome what disposed to complain at a

seeming lack of attention. to the typo.graphical appearance of the Bannerthis week. It is a specimen, in thiirespect, of what we shall do for thefuture.We have been at no little expense

and trouble to have our Press thor-oughly repaired and everything aboutour oflice remodeled, and have madearrangements which will procure theservices and attentio i of a gcntlemanthoroughly acquainted with the busi.ness, and every way qualilled to getout as neat a sheet as any in the State;all wu ask is encouragement of~asubstantial kind and a fair trial toplease and we abltl give you hence-forth a paper asia paper ought to be.

Ilarnnay Fenl College.We have received a pamphlet set

ting forth the condition and prospectsof the above institution and contain-ing a catalogueo of the students.-From it we learn thnt there are someceighty pupils connected with the schoolanmd that every thing bids fair to makethis one of the largest and most flonr-ishing inustituiitions of the kinad in ourState. We wish it, as it deserves.every success.

IlmGu Pariies.-At a sale in this Dis-trici, a few days ago, negroes brought highprices. We heard of two boys, one fifteenand the other eighteen years old, who soldrespectively for $1,100 and $l,l50. Wesee too, in the Charleston pape~rs, where agang of ninety three, in which there weretwo old negroes, who sold for firty dollarseach ; two others who sold for $140 each,anid seventeen negroes averaged $399.-This specie of property cannot, have fallenmnucha.

H~oi. L. M. KEiTT.-This talentedyoung Congressman has been adding newtlaurels to his already extended reputationas a debater and orator. His last wvas a-gainast the "Know Nothings," an~i is spo-ken of as a miasterly eff'ort.

Lady Murray, an English lady of rank,and Maid.of.haonor to the Queen, is said tohave remarked, that she had heard all ofthe distinguished orators wvho have illus-trated the British Parliament dluring thelast, twenty years, but she hans never heardso much of eloquence ats fell from the lipsof the young Carolinian upon rhis occasion.We anticipate giving an extract froma

his speech in our next.

A despatch frain Washington states thatM r. Soule's resignation as U. 8. Ministerat Madrid has beeni received, and the lionJohn C. Breckenridgo of Lexington, Ky.,appointed his successor.

GeorgW. de'e~ ealhy Chica-go hanker, who has been on trial in thatcity, on the charge of causing the death ofhis wife, by poison, has been convicted of"murder in the first degree." A motion,however. was made for a now trial.

ken. le has despatched full particularato Washington. The assault Was madeon the 18th of November, but informatidtiof the fact was not allowed to leave Boga-ta till after the revolution of the 9th De-cember.The pews in Rev. Dr. Adams' Madison

Square, Presbyterian Church, New York,were sold at auction on Wednesday last.The sale was quite spirited, and many ofthe pnws brought large premiums. Therewere about fty-five sold at auction, theaggregate premium on which amountedto 845,000. Several more were after.wards sold at private sale, at their parvalue. One pew brought 81,657-being27 1-2 per cent premium on the par valueof the pew, which was 81,300.The New Orleans Delta 9th, says Mr.

W. J. Smith aged 40 years, a native ofS9outh Carolina, about noon yesterdaycomnnitted suicide, by shooting himselfwith a pistol, the muzzle of which heplaced in his mouth, and blew hi. brainsout. 51r. Smith was a well known andhighly respectable merchant in this com.

munity having been for years engaged inthe cotton ,rokerage business.

'T'le Bank of Albany has declared an

extraordinary dividend of 50 per cent. on

its capital, in stock, to its stockholders,who have unanimously concluded to ac-

cept the dividend in this form. 'Thisraises the capital of the Bank from $240.-000 to 8300,000, and gives to each pos-sessor of ten shares, five in addition, andso on in proportion.The Minnesota Pioneer says two speci-

mens of the American; ostrich, thale andfemale, were recently killed near Fort desAlointes, Iowa. They are described as be-ing four feet and a half long, and five itheight, with bills six inches long, straightand very sharp. They resemble in mostpoints the ostrich of Africa. One thous-and dollars has been of'ered for them.

Town TAxES.-Upon this subject we

have long since had a word or two to sayto the good people of our town, and asthere can be no more suitable opportunityof doing so than the present moment,justafter the insta!!ment of the newly elcc:adtown officers, and before the "Ordinanceto raise supplies for the -year 1855'' hasbeen promulgated,we shall say them now.

The subject of Town Taxes is one inwhich many of our readers are deeply in.terested, and one, the burden of which, ?cecitizens would like to see as equally borneas possible. The rich should bear the bur-den in proportion to the advantages they de.rivefrom the incorporation, and the poorshould not be made to pay more than theirjust proportion. This, all must admit, isthe end to be aimed at in levying taxes,hut how is it to be obtained ! Not, surely,by taxing ONLY, or extravagantly, the ne.cessaries of life, as inst ance the house andserrants of a man. There recesanry arti-cles of life ever, resident must have, how-ever limited his meatns ; but they do notcoistitutte all, nor the hailfor the intorestsof our citizens which are tenefited Iy theincsrporation, and upon which the taxesraised are cx1:ended. It is not right then,thtat these items should, as they have beendoing, pay the bulk of the taxes.

It is true, every :nan should pay se-ething for having his family protected, andhis house and lot gttarded against fire tandinjury bty the town guard, and this hedoes do with us, to som, extent, by con.tributing his personal services as his quo'ta towards the town guard ; anti he shouldpay somtething, too, for having the value ofhis property increased by the improve'ments made, in the appearance and con'veniences of the town, by tihe town Coun.cil. But how is the bulk of the monuey rai'sed by town taxes expended!i For the protection of the families, or tihe improve'ment of the real estates of thte residents INot directly, exclusively, or to any verygpeat extent. But upon keeping up thestreets, keeping them clean, and preserv-ing order in the town. Now, wit does allthtis bentefit? Trhe owner of real estatetmore than any other class ? Not so-butwhile it benefits all classes, it benefitsmost those who aire most interested itn hay'ing thte roads to and frotn town, and thes' reets, kept in good travelling condition;the merchanuts frst, and after them, all whtouse thetm itn followinig their business, anidfor their cnnvenienco atnd pleasure.

''Thero are owners of real estate in ourtown who have failies to support bytheir daily labors, who never use yourstreets or your roads, and who care verylittle about their condition, a foot path be.ing all they use or desire for thotmselves,and yet, under our former tax bills, theywere obltged to pay more taxes, or asmouch, as the merchant, the phtysician, orthe public carrier, who is making his thousands a year, and is directly itnterested inihaving te avenues to market kept in goodiorder. This ought not to be thte case.-Tax high, if necessary, thte conraeniencesand luxuries o)f life, but spare as tmuch aseven-handed justice will admtit, the poorma n' s necessaries.We suggest, therefore, for the conside

ration of all, atnd particularly for the Cout-cil, thtat all classes should be made to payitn proportion to thte advantages they derives from the expenditure of the mnoniesramsed by taxutmon. Let a tax of so mnanyper cent be levied, (if it can be done unde.the act of incorporation.) upon theanmount of sale, made by the merchantsand lay a tax upon all vehicles and horses(which belong to resuidentts,) using ouistreets in their accustomed employmentattd lesson in a proper proportion the taaupon real estate, and we shall advance onestep further towards attaining this end, amttowards equml taxation.

Weathe cold andianody.

News Items.The Hon. H1. W. Hillard has been an.

mouncod as an independent candidate forJovernor of Alabama.The Washington Star says Gov. Sey-

nour, of Now York, is spoken of as Minl.ster to France in the event of Mr. Mason'sleuth.

Tt is said that a comrnissio't de lunalico,ias been sent out by the family of Miss,outts, and that Mario has given his de-,osition that she is a mono-naniac.A bill has been introduced in Congress

on increase the compensation of Senators,ilembers of the Ilonse of Representa-ives and Judges of the Supreme Court,50 per cent.

The fire on Friday last, in Charleston,iriginated in Chalmers street on thepremises of C. C. Thomas, and destroyedproperty to lte amount $00.000 or 870,-300.C-f-The Constitutionalist and Republicthinks Wmll. C. Dawson will be the oppo-

nent of the Democratic nominee for Gov.?rnor of Georgia, and says (ialt rumor al-ready connects his name with the Know-nothings.Several dwelling houses have recently

been entered in Colhmbia by burglars, andIhese occurrences are said to take placeevery night. They have however madebut little by their operations so far.Recent explorations in the Maryland

roal district in Pennsylvania, have discov-ered the existence of a mineral which, itis said, cannot do otherwise than add tenfold to its wealth. The nature of this mi-neral, its peculiar locality and the extentof its deposits, is at present a secret.

The Columbia Times is informed by a

telegraphic dispatch from Mobile, that a

subscription is on foot among the slaveandl colored population generally, to raisefunds to aid the suffering poor of theNorthern and Eastern cities.Another attempt was made on Friday

morning last, abont 4 or 5 o'clock, at Laur.ens C. H, to destroy by fire the store ofMr. S. Anderson, in which is the postoffice and the printintg office of the Laur-ensville Herald.At the sale of boxes for the charity con-

cert given in New York on Thursdaynight last, by Griei and Mario, the firstchoice was bought for " Miss Coutts " ata premium of $130. This was in addi-tion to the price of seats, the bmx holdingtwelve persons.At the marriage of the great chief Tun-

gi to Anna Jane, daughter of the king ofthe Friendly Islands, the fcastinr lasted a

whole week. One thousand hogs were ba.ked whole, with a proportionate suppiy ofturtle, sharks, ray.fish, and every othertish that is caught in those waters.

The North Carolina Legislattire haggratted a charter to the Sp;artxnhurg andUion Railroad Company for the continua.tion of their line froim Spartanburg, viaHendersonville and Ashville to PaintRock, where it will connect with the Ken-tucky Road, passiog through the Cumber-land Gap.

In the Ihonse of Representatives ofMassachuse~tts, on Monday, a mot inn w~asnmade to ammend the constitu:ioii of theState s0 as to provide that no person shiallhave the exercise oh the elective franchmisow~ho is unable to read and write the En.gh sh Ian gag~e.A large nnmuber of purimnters have been

thrown o ut of emplhoymaent in Washington,by a new tarrangemient, by wvhic~h thegreater atmount of coimposition for the twollouses is done but ontce. TIhaose w~hohave been deprived of work by this oapernt.tiont talk of meoriahzng Congress on thesubject.The 'Greenvi'.le Mountaineer' learnms

fronm a private source, thunt the Post Ofliceat Laurcns C. 11., was broken into on

Souday iiighat last, and robbed ouf a consid-erale suma of mooney, (as yet not knownhiow munch.) A fler robbing the offien, thebuiling was set on fire, but the flameswvere exiionuhed before doinag m uclh dam-rage.Two smtall girls, aged respective'y thir-

Ieen and fouteena, have becen detected inBaultitmiore in the act of ste ang .9155 froma lady in an'ommhiiu. It the rooni belon.ging to them was found a large quantity ofsilks, calicoes, &c., all supposed to be sto-Iota, anad they are chiarged with having dis-posed of a gold watch worth $100.

rThe Slave TIraudo continues to flourishin Cuba. Tihiere have becen three or fouislave cargoes landed recenitly at ditferemtpoinrts of the island. The last cargo heardof, wvas landed near Saita Crtiz, ad con-sisted <f :317 Africans, somie two or threehundred having, it is unaerstood, died orthe passage from Africa.

TI-e Suaperintentdenit of Publ ic Schoolsof the State of New York piublishes hisreport, showing that the amount of mnoneytxpendled in 11654, for school purposeswas $'2,606,609. Thae Normal Schoolhias itt teat years turnted otat 780 pupils,wvho comtpleted the prescribed course o1study and received diploas, at an average coat to the State of $125 each. Inceiaog these, there have been itt attend-lance for a honager or shorter time 2,262pupils, whose instruction hans cost ataverage of about $45 each. T1hteso pupilsare duing service directly by their ownlaubor, and indirectly by stimnulatitig othtersA hprivate letter in the Courier, of' the

12th inist., says that Mr. Blennet,the Amer-lean Constul at Bogatta, was attacked byparty of soldiers at his residence, and seoveral vo'leys fired, but Mr. Bi. escaped un-iniured. thiongh his servant' arPm wane br

Ay the Latest ITails.The Steamship Canada. just arrived,

hfings one week's later news from Eurepe.The seige of Sebastopol is continued, butwith the exception o a little skirmishingno fighting had taken place. A generalattack was, however, expected to be begunon the 15th inst., and the next steamerwill no doubt bring us the account of animportant battle.The LondQn Times advocates the

immediate removal of Lord Raglanfrom his command in the Crimea, onthe ground of incompetency. It, also,bitterly assails the ministry and saysthat Lord Dalhousie the presentGovernor of India is the only rightperson for Secretary of War.The Paris correspondent of the N.

Y. Herald says the question " WillSpain sell Cuba?" admits, for thepresent, at least, of but one answer,and that a very positive no.The members and friends of -the

Press of New York city celebratedthe anniversary of Franklin's birthday (17th Jan.) at the Globe Hotelin grand style. Eloquent speecheswere made, and appropriate toastand sentiments were given.

Messrs. Page, Bacon & Co., oneof the most extensive houses in St.Louis have failed and the announce.ment has produced a bad influenceupon the New Orleans market andthe country generally.The Southern commercial conven

tion which has been holding its meet-ings at New Orleans just beforeadjourning passed a resolution toappoint a committee of five a majorityof which to be cotton growers-toconduct a correspondence between thephaiters of the South and the manu.facturres of Europe, with a view ofbreaking down the present system ofcotton selling, and so diverting inanother direction some of the moneywhich is now in the habit of findingits way into the pockets of Liverpoolspeculators.The convention adjourned sine die

on the 17th inst.The bill for the relief of the heirs of

Baron DeKalb has at last passedthrough the Senate, appropriating thesum of $66,099, for that purpose.A dispatch from New Orleans, da.ted the 18th inst says. Mr. Slidellhas been unanimously renominated asU. S. Senator by the Denio'cratieCaucus of the Legislature, and thereis little doubt of his re election.

Ont and after the first day of Aprilnext our beautiful Capitol, will beknown by the title of the "City of Co.lumbia"-so ordered by Legislativeaithority..

It is said that Gen. Scott apprehendsa very troublesome, if not protractedwar, with the Indians. There are

syn ptoms of large combinations, andthe Sioux Particularly are possessedwith id.-a that they hold tire Uni.edStates army at bay, and this is the se-cret of their numerous depredations.

It is stated that Comoo-udore Vander-bilt has made a proposition to thePust Office Department to carry themkails to Southatipton'antd lavreo al-ternately with the Collins line, ait therate of*4.000 less, fihr each trip, thanthe British Government pays the Cun-ard line and less than half what theCollins line receives.

There was another meeting ofunemn >loyed laborers and moechanies ofNew York in the Park, on Tfhursdaymorning. About eighat hunodred imenassembled, and it was observed thatthey were a more intelligent, andrespectable class of mtetn than thm .sewho have comp1osed the meetings onprevious occasions. Speeches werecmade, in which it was said that, thepeople did not want the contents ofisoup kettles or any other such charities, bitt rather sonme meanis of hottestem ploymnt.

it, is said that General Catnrober-t isb~elieved to be the son of the EmperorNapoleon I atnd of Madame de lRainocy.The Carolinian says :-- The alarmt

of fire wias given oni Saturday tmornttog,occasionted by the buring of thte slta-bles of Col. R1. 11. Goodwyn. Thebuilding was destroyed tooget her wvithfodder, corn &c. The htorses weretaken out in safety. The fire originta-ted in the loft and is believed to bethe wvork of an incendiary."We learn fromt the Florida Sentfinel

that a hill to abolish the SupremeCourt of that State, and to require thteCircuit, Judges to perfortm the dutiesthereof, has Ipassed both [Houses by ailarge maj. rity.

COTTON MIARKETI,CHARLtSsTon Jan. 20.

COTTON.-TheC transactionts todnty wverelimited to some 600 bales, at extremesranging from 6 1.2 to 8 3.4c. We havtno change to notice in prices.New York, Jan. l9-In Cotton to.da;

there lias been a limited business at previous rates. Floa r is unmchanged anid thtedemand is moderate. Spirits of Tutrpentineo is dull at from 40 to 41t 1.2 per bbl.-Crude is dull at 83 75 per bbl. NorthCarolina Rosin is worth 81.72 1.2 plIbbl. Rice is in limited request at previous rates.

IIYMElEAL.SlARRIED.-On thte 17th inkt., at thi

residence of Mir. J. F. Gordon, by the R1evW. H. Brunson, Mir. B. F. duriIDN IcMIlss ELZAUKTu WILDER, all of this District.Miaara.-On Wednesday the 17tl

inst., by N. A. Ridgill, Esqr., Mir. Jwmus ANIrrenUM to Mliss JULIA SaM:TH, all eClarendon Coutnty.

OBITUARY.DiE.-In Sumoerv ille on Thursday tlti

18th inst., WViLtAa PAULEY, inlatnt potof Dr. andi Mir. WV. J. Dargan, aged onimonth and fifteen dayd." or wsuch is the Kingdomt or Heavot.",

* ~. 4-7-.1

For. Sale.A fine likely woman, abint 35 years old.

Is a healthy, strong hand, Anul has accus.tomed to field and house work. For termsapply at this office. d 0

.an. 24, 1855 12 ' 2t

Notice.rr To be sold, on sale dny next, at. pu.lie outcry, five mules and one horse. Allsound and in good condition. Terms': Agredit of twlevo months. with note and se-curity. Interest from date.

A. C. SPAIN.Jan. 24.' 1855 12 ItR eal Estate for Sale,

The sulseriber offers for sale nor planta.tion situated about three miles from Man-chester depot. on the Wilmington andlmanchester Rail Road. There are twohundred and thirtv.two -4cres in the tyaet,one hundred cleared rnd under renvp andthe rest well timbered up-land. The sit-uation is a very healthy and desirable one.On the premises are a fine diwelling house,barn, stables, kitchen and other ontbild.ings, and an excellent well of water. Theterms are very accommodating and easy,and will be made known on applyin atthis office, or the sutbscritier on her irn gtwo miles below Suiterville. *

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The American Pick.FeounEith Volume. 4

This illustrated comic weekly, publishedin the city of New York, every Saturday,is about to commence its fourth year. Ithas become a favorite paper titrougheltthe United States. Besides its designs,by the first artists, it contains witty edito.rial of character, and will carry cheerfu. -

ness to the glonmiest fireside. Its varietyrerders it a favorite in every family.

It contains every week. a large quantityof tales, stories, anecdores, scenes. nuidwitticisms. The " Recollections of JohnC. Calhonn, by his Private Secretary,"will he continued in (te Pick until finishedand then a copy will be sent free to evervysubscriber whose name shall be upon oarmail book. Each yearly subscriber to thePick will receive the double-rized Pictori-al sheets for the fourti of July and Christ-mns. without charge. Each of these Pic-lorial sheets contains over 200 splendiddesi!ns.The subscription price to the Pick is 81,

cash in advance. Six' copies for 85.--Thirteen copies for 810.

Letters mnst he addressed toJORMP'H A. SCOVILLE.

Jan. 24, 18.). 12 It.The Yorkville Enquirer.aIr TH E utidersigned, having purchas-

ed the! office of the YORVILLE MISCEL-LANY. and commenced in its stead thepublication of a new paper, with the abovetitle. present their claims to a share of thepatronage of the public. The ENQUIR-ER is next to the largest journal in the .

State, printed on good paper and withentirely new material, and will be sent tosubscriber2 at TWO UOlLARS,'per an-num, inl advance.Commencing with a list of EIGHT

HUNDRED SUBSCRIBERS, :"d a rap-idly increasing circulation, it is offi-rOd tothe business miten as-a goxl advertisingmedium. Advertisements will be censpc-uonsly inserted at ONE DOLLAR forthe brst aid 'T1hirty-seven and a half cents afor subsequent insertions. ITosiness Cards

per anui. Contracis for larger adver-tisements will he made on the moot- rea-sonable terms.

Jt>N J. ILR. W. ME.TO N. Proprietot.

Yorkville, S. C., Jan. 24th, 1855. 12 3t

Eighteen Likely PlantationNegroe's.

BY A. Rt. PI-ILLIPS.Ott the first MO0NDAY of (5it) Februa-

ry, I will sell, itn front of the Court.4iouse ,int Cointhia, at Ii m., i8 likely platationiNEGitOE9, aiccustomied to the c.uttivationof cottont atd provisiotns. Of the gangthere is but one or er 30) and but two utnder13 years of age, the balance between -14and 22.Terms--one half cash, the balance 12

mtonthis' credit, for approvedt endorsednotes5, payahie at the Biranch Bank int Co-lumubiai, with interest added. Purchasersto pay for papers.

Jan. 24, 1855 12 S

Land for Sale,TIlE subscriber off'ers for sale his Irac

aof land cotntaitning 780 acres of up landand 80 1.2 acres ot swamp la nd, lying ar,Stantee swamtp, tnear Futton. On thepremises are a Saw Mlill, Cotton Ginatnd Screwv, all in repair; also a comtforta-ble dwellitng and all tnecessary outbuild-ings, itn repair. The up) lands and SawMll and Dwvelling are situated on the roadleaditg fromt Cunien to Vance's Ferry,sax mites wvest of Rattsey's Depot.

AppltoJ. W. WEEKS,Fultotn P. 0., S. C.

Jan. 24. 1855 12 3mNotice, h2

Dr. WV. JAS. DARGAN takes thismethod of infortmitng those persons whomtay seek his professional services afternightfall, that heo may be found upon thepremtises recently occupied by. Mr. J. R.Logan, near the residence of' T. J. Din-kins, Esgr., and immtediately in thme rearof his office.

Jan. 24, 1855 12 tf

Don't Read Thesil!All persons indebted to the Firing W.

Jn. D)argan, & Co., are requesteld tomake immnediate paytment, as we will lodgeall -papers with the proper authorities onthme first day of Alarch iiext for cullection.'gg" This Is positive,--we cannot..give

furthter itndtilgence. ----Jan. 17th, 1854. 11 .tfWattcmann Copy. if

Coghlan & Gay.BLACKSSllTHS8, EngineErs, Machin.ists an-J General Mlackanica. ;offr

their services to their friends andthe pub.tic.-

Tertms Cash-Or, when ;tis convestientand safe to open accounts for partiets, theyniust settle up at the end..ofeach quarterof the year. either by casi,. dtatunt onote. Our business will he sirictly cn.fducted on this system during Lb. presentyear.T

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Yarn and Ognabur.THE mmnherber, Agent or ti e De~~l' ~mfatiny, ogler. titi god at mant~nt'p,