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J usee in advaiM-e Pmfc imial a:.il it uarN Card tut rn dins i will b iiiflened ai ' a ar ; not dut! a ji.ni. f& Lettere on buuiert aiaal b- a'lit.i.a io the ProjWM rirs. Miirf fiiJ. to -i3iir- mttf nti'Mi. Ttr S,'l.wrih rn ar ! .:':rr who mav ih tf end BlOtM i iiw. can lo y at all nun , 1,1 mail, and ui uu risk. TIIK Ei UOPIMV IBWI. The royal nt:n! steamff Aa. erica arrived at Hah ifas on '.hi: 23rd inst. We subjoin the following k-:ai! : TiiC political advices by tlii 8rnva except so tar as they relate to Austria are unimportant. The screw steamship Sarah Sands sailed from Liverpool on the 5'h uaBt. lor Portland. The steaanship Washingtoa sailtd from South -mripton on VVtdaveadajp die Gtli for New Vork, nilh 100 passengers, mid a cargo valued at 600, 000 sterhng. The Cuilina afeamahip Atlantic, from New York, on the 25 h ulr., arrived at Liverpool at II A. MM on Wednesday the Gih inst. The Arabia having taken in shot and ammuni tion at kgoatowo, wouIiJ proceed to Marseilles tu embark French troops for the Crimea. There is but iiitle nnwsol interest Irom the seat of war, but negotiations arc becoming most com- t I c ited and critical n the 3d ol Ilrcember, a treaty of alliance was signed at Vienna between Austria, France and Fngland. The exact terms ore not known, but are surmised as follows ; I. That Austria regards the violation of the Turkish territory as war against herself. '2. Ti nt Austria will augment her force in the I'riacipalitiea, so as to enable the Turks to re sume offensive operations. 3. That on the demand of France and England, 20,0(U A eat nana will bo sent to the Crimea. 4. France and England guarantee that the ter ritorial possessions of Austria shall, under all cir cumstances remain undiminished. 5. "At pres"iil secret." H. Russia shall be invited to join the alliance. 7. The treaty to come into operation on the part of Austria, should Kussia not come to terms -t . ! .1 I before, January the 2d. There is also published a letter from Count Nesstlrode, setting forth the terms on which the t'xnr will assent In pence, yiz : I. A joint guarantee bv the five powers of the protection of the whole Christian population in Tni key. . A joint protclnrnie of the five powers on the Principal rk:s, suhj ct ui existing Russian treaties. 3. The revision ol the treaty of 1 841 , to w hich Ku'Q will assent, it ihe Sul'att w likewise do j nr. 4. The !i e navigation of the Dinubc. The speech of the King of Prussia lo the Cham bers is also published. The King says that the army shall be made ready for war, but be refrains from indicating the course which Prussia will adopt. Meantime the IWlin papers publish a It S patcb fumi the Baron Von Manteffeuil, Nov. 15h, 10 the Ambassador :i V una, expressing the de termination ol ibe Prussian Government not lo de mand from Russia ;m cuno asioM beyond the four points. 1: is indeed stated, but should be re ct iyed with caution, that ai a council held on the 11 b, the King ol Prussia determined to unite in the treaty, with a icw to brinir the war to a close. The deliberations ol ihe Oermanic Hit t Cum- I nuttee are most important. The actual position of ! bffuirs Fee oi to be, that PTOsfU in-ists on a declar- 1 utioti in lavur ol 1 ros:un policy, or ut least ot neutrality; while, on :h contrary, Austria in oisis that the following oint shall be decided: w hether the North Eastern frontiers of Austria nre not kiilTioi. ntiy threatened to warrant nn im mediate support from the federal troops. Mo-t ol the Germanic States are with haste putting their armies oq a war footing. T'tc present opportuni ty for peace is pmbubiy the last, and if this be rejected, we may be pr pared to see next spring military op ra'ions on as large a scale as they were during ihe great war of the French l,m pire. The greatest activity was displayed in the war nnd nuvy departments both in France and Eng land. Turkey hud ilso despatched more troops to j the scat of war. The French gov rinneni had.! however, been put lo ihe grentest si rails for the wan; of vessels. Several thousand additional troops had embarked at Toulon, and it was be lieved thai the allies would have 100, OO0 men in the Crimea by the middle oi December, THE WAR. Affairs before SebnMopol are unchanged. There h.is been some fighting, but none of importance. The garrison continu s io make sorties. During the night of November 14"h. in a hurricane of wind and rain, the Russians made a sortie from the city on the French camp, but were repulsed. On (lie 15th of November several men and horses died in the camp from cold and exhaustion. The Russians quiet. Nov. 16th. Fire very slack. A few redoubts were completed by the British, overlooking the Inkermann road. Some reinforcements reacbed the French. Nov. 17th. Men and offic?rs are constructing temporary habitations for the winter. An order has been issued by Lord Raglan that no officer hall leave the camp unless ick or wounded. Rain is 'joining down in torrents. Nov. 18:h. Weather more temperate. Rus sians in the valley, observed to have received re- inforcements suppose 20,000 under General Liprandi. Nov. 19th. The French made a reconnois sance in force, and found the Russians busied in repairing their artillery, damaged in the previous battle Nov. 20ih. The 97th British Regiment landed ex-Orinoco steamer. The Qu-en of the South arrived with various drafts of British troops. The French landed considerable reinforcements al Kameisch Bay. Firing very brisk from the town, and warmly replied to from the French and British lines. Nov. -1st lo 24th. Bombardment continued weak, on the part of the ull.es. Their fire did lit:.'3 damage, and that little was constantly re paired. The allies were mamlv occupied in s'reou'heniog tleif position against attack and in establishing now batteries, the fire of which haa not yet been opened.. denschikoff report that the English !iad attempted to establish themselves .-a r tko Hmk vmn but were re 011 s- ed wi'h lots. Further reialurcctncnts reacbed ihe j lico iitv w ' ' - - - i ai! ics. j Nov.20ih. The Russians made a sortie and were reputed by the F.uglish, who, in pursuing, j took and r laiued 9 guns, which the Russians for- '"! to spike. Another account s.iys, two seven ; gun redoubts. On the 26fh, part of the garrison I attacked the French line, but retired with a loss i of 230. The French lost 7.. The d b-nsive i works of ibe English between ihe. right of their ; line of attack. SPAIN. The Chambers have dt rided to support the pre . sen' dynasty. Mr. Soule has arrived at M.drid and resumed his du'ies. CHARLOTTE : FRlttll MOR.V.U, i!if cmbir 19, 1854. TOWM COI'.IC'IL TICKET. For lotetufatnl, WM. F. DAVIDSON, For Commissioners, THOMAS H. BUEM, ROBERT SHAW, JOHN RIOI.ER, W. W. ELMS, J. A. Hl OLiJNS, R. MeKKE JAMISON. (II.IR)iOTTE HtKKET. Cotto.n is dull , extremes range from 5$ to i . VuiK Demand active and large qunnijes coming in, at 8 to 9.40. Hvt: el) cents jif? buabt h Corn 73c. Oats 40. Whkat 81.25 lo $1.10, f-ccoahng lo quality and weight. Pork G to Gic To our Patroiia. We regret the necessity we are under of calling upon those ho ore in arrears to come forward and settle up without delcy. paper, labor, and every article used iu our business have greatly ad vanced in prioe and unless our patrons are more punctual we will have to suffer. There are many good names upon our list who have never paid one dime for the paper of which they have been readers for nearly three years. There is a ligluoeas i.i the money market which must operate bard upon us who have to pay c&sh for all our materials, unless we can receive at least portion ol what is, and has long been, due to b - j Gfl-ice. The 1st of January will be a most capital time to make glad the Printer's henrt, by a punctual response lo this call. G"C7 Both the Legislature and Congress have adjourned during the Christmas holidays. We have received but few oi our exchanges owing to the custom ol not issueing this week, Conse. quenily, we have nothing upon which we can editorialize. The foreign news is important : a fu; synopsis will be found under ihe proper head. Austria has al last joined the Allies, and we may now expect that Hungary and the Itallinn provin ces will strike for freedom. Poland, it is hoped, will also rise and assert her nationality. Sebas lopol is not yet taken and is not likely to be. Free Si ffrage. The Free Suffrage bill in troduced into the Senate by Mr. Boyd, of Rock ingham, passed that body on the 20th inst., by the constitutional majority three-fifths. Proffered Medial ion. Memorials are in circulation for signature in New York praying Congress to empower the Pro idetu io lender :he mediation of this government wh a iew of putting an end lo the European war. The memorial, after referring to the great loss of life and treasure already sustained by the war, which, unless speedily ended, threatens to involve the wbole of Europe, and to retard (he civilization and commerce ol the world, proceeds to say : 'It has occurnd to your memorialists, in view of the (ri' tidlv relations existing between the Uni ted States ajid each of the contending powers ; of' the mutual interest of all parts of Christendom in ! the common welfare ; and of the high position ol IBM country among the nations of the earth that while adhering lo our established policy of avoid- j ing nil impertinent intervention iu foreign affairs, and all entangling alliances this country might, j wuli great propriety, impartially tender Us friend ly mediation to the four belligerents, in the hope ol slaying the slaughter of their gallant armies, and restoring, ii possible, the blessings of peace." In conclusion, the memorial earnestly calls up on the President to proffer the beligerent powers the impartial and friendly mediation of our gov. ernment. It will be remembered that Russia prof, fered her mediation in 1813 for the settlement of the difficulties between the United States and Eng land, and that it was accepted on our part. Ot'R Senator. The Washington correspon dent of the N. C. Standard, under date of Dec, 16;h, says : Gov. Reid, your new Senator, and successor of Mr. Mangum, took his seat on Monday last. : lie appears in fine health and spirits, and was cor ! dially greeted by his fellow senators and especi ally by those who had served with him 8 or 10 years ago as members of ihe House of Represen tatives, of whom there are nearly a score now in the Senate. His presence here is a gratifying evidence of the growing strength of the democratic party in the Old North State, so long represented ;n the Senate only by federalists. Bank Excitement iu Waslili6ton. Washington, Dec. 19. There is much excite ment in monieo circles to-day, growing out of the recrnt statement made by the iiustees of the Ex- ! change Bank of Seldon, Withers & Co. The statement shows that the individual members of the firm are the largest debtors. The notes of ihe bank were selling yesterday at a discount of ten per cent. To-day they are per bought by the brokers at a discount of 40 cent. Mark W. Izard has been appointed, by the President, Governor ol Nebraska Territory in place of F. Burt, uVc'd. oiijrrft. Mr. Badger has introduced into the Senate the bill noticed in our hist re-port, fir increasing (he pay of members of Congress and Supreme Court Judces 50 pe r cent., and fcaee Ins reasons lor so . . . . ... ,. doing, in increased coat ot living m asnmgion. dec. In the louse bill has been introduced lo graduate the pay of members and abolish the frmikin privilege. Mr. Mace, of Indiana, has givtn notice ol his indention to introduce a bill lo re enact llie Misotiri compromise, but tin re is not much dancer of its passage. The fact thai Kan sas territory has elected a man w ho approves the Nebraska bill causes the abolition members ol Conyress a ?ood deal of unensiness. The Senate ou the 18;b, was wee apse d in dis cussing the bill proposing the appointment ol an Assistant District Attorney of the United States. In the House, while the Military Act.demy bill was under consideration, Mr. Barney denounced j the Kuow-Noiliings, and was replied to by Mr. Bunks, defending the rights ui secret associations, j A bill to build six sloops-of war was also intro- . . . a r duced. Mr. Llmginan proposed to introduce his joint resolution offering the mediation o! the t inted States to the European powers, which was objected i to. On the 1 9th, the Preidenl transmitted to the j Seuute the correspondence of Mr. Marsh, our j Minister at Constantinople, to Mr. Marcy. In t he House, Mr. 'helps, from the Committee on Vas aud M an, reported a bjll for naval ap propriations ; and Mr, Houston a bill for fortiljca ' tiops, Wasjiinuion, Dec. 22. i St nate The Senate met al ihe usual hour, ! and afier reading the journal ol yesterday, and going through the usual ruu'ine, M.-. A'c'hison, the I former President pro tern of ihe Senate, appeared in the Chamber. Some uuinqiortant m tiers were discussed for a few minutes, when ou motion the Senate adjourned until Tuesday. Hou.se of Re k ks e nt ati vks. The House as- sembied at noon and alter reading the journal of yesterday, and going through the regular proliin- ! inary business. j The Post Office and Ocean Mail Steam Appro : priation billf were reported and referred to the Committee on Post Otfice affairs; alter some des ultory dismission, Mr. Fuller reported a joint reso. lution for the purpose of authorising our govern ment to negotiate with Great Britain for the joint erection of a light house at Cape Race. It was discussed for some time and passed. The House will adjourn until Tuesday. Appointments by he President. By and with Uic advice a?td consent of the Se nate. Mark VV. rz ird to be Governor of Nebraska, in i the place of Francis Burt, deceased. EJwurd J. Steptoe to be Governor of U ah, in j the place of Brigham Young, whose term of onice will by law expire when bis successor is appointed. Thomas M. Pegues to be Postmaster at Camden, South Carolina, vice John M. Gamewell, resigned. Albert Greenlea, of the District of Columbia, to be Navy Agent at Washington, for four years, vice A. G. Allen, resigned From Washington. The well-formed correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, (X.) writing from Washington, relative to the Eastern War, and kindred subjects, remarks: 41 The fact that Austria has joined the allied powers, throws the preponderance of physical strength, on the side of the collision which, added to the moneyed power, and the unquestionable chivalry displayed by England and France, now presents fearful odds to Russian supremacy. The population of Great Britain and Ireland is in the neighborhood of thirty millions. France has thirty-five millions, nnd Austria 38 millions. Here then, over a hundred and ten millions of people are arravrd against seventy millions of Russians. If Prussia inins the allies, the ndds will be still I I more fearful ; indeed, so great that the dismem ' berment of Russia may be seriously contempla ted. The eighteen or twenty millions of Ger mans, not comprised within Austria and Prusia, are known to be anti-Russian to the bone. Aus tria can easily raise five hundred thousand troops, and Prussia, without the Landwclird, two hun- ! dred thousand ; France four hundred thousand, j and England one hundred thousand. We must j not forget moreover, that these troops are all dis- posable, while Russia requires a large portion ot j her army as a constabulary force, the army per I forming the whole service of police throughout the Empire. We mny now expect lo hear of propositions of peace, founded on an honest desire to obtain it perhaps an amiislicc within a short lime. This is "a consummation devoutly lo be w ished," by til commercial and industrial nations, uud by none more so than the United Slates. - for llie North Carolina Railroad. Alter 1856, the From Jtlexico. present sources of revenue will be insufficient to New Orleans, Dec. 25, 1854. j supply the wants of ihe treasury, and an increase The steamer Orizaba has arrived with ci'y of ( of taxation w ill be necessary if the North Carol i Mexico dates of the 19th. ! na Railroad is not completed in time to enable it Two more government victories were reported. ! to earn sufficient profits to make up the defficien Santa Anna had been re-elected almost unaui- ' cy. mously. Alvarez was within eighteen leagues of! the capital. The steamer Nautilus, supposed to ! have been lost, had arrived at Tampico. The Southern Commercial Convention. The Commercial Convention of the Southern States, which met in Baltimore in 1851, at Mem- phis in 1852, and at Charleston in 1853, adjourn- ed from the latter city to re-assemble in New Or lean on the second .Monday oi J.munry next The City Council of New Orleans has dirrcted the gilded ruling of the enclosure occupied by ihe the Mayor to appoint a hundred delegates from j diplomatic corps, he remarked to ihe Emperor lhat the city, and to invite the Governors ol Southern the scenes reminded him of home, when our peo States and the Mayors -of Southern ci ies to visit pie gather u around the President to pay him that city during Ihe session ol the Convention. Great Fire in Mew York. New York, D-c. 20. One of the most exten. sive and destructive fires that has occurred here for many years, took place this morning. The whole ol Broadway, between Grand and Howard streets, consisting of one entire block was entirely consumed. Christie's Minstrel Hall, the City Assembly Rooms, many splended stores and sev eral large factories have fallen a prey to the de vouring flames. A ball was progressing in the Assembly Rooms, when the fire broke out. One a ' s ' t t man is Known lo oe tost, ana several tames are missing Five firemen have been kilh d, and fourteen : seriously injured by the falling nf walls. The loss is immense, and variously stated. Partial in surance. Tjie Hion Pricb or Pater. The great ad vance in the price of paper within the last six months has put the publishers ol newspapers lo serious reflection how to counteract the ex il. It is suggested in ibe West, among other things, that publishers reduce the size of their papers ; de mand advance payment in all cases; and cut off "dejid-heads, Ihe eftect of thu would be to reduce the connimption of white pper and enable the printer lo live. Il is now stated that rags can not be had in sufficient quantity, and the reply to this-is that an increase in the price of paper will not supply the deficit. Advance paymen's would remedy n boat of evils attendant on publishers. Repeal or I he I 'Miry I.aus.! 1 he question oi revoking ah taws, which ' " " - res- inct the uiUaestoo money ua fixed oer cent:.g, :. : -..i.iJ T 6 ! aiiriaciiug con..iuerauit; uiieii-ion minis cfunirv. Th- subp-ct has been brought before the I.gtsia' lure of this State. That boajElhas, hrmwer, re lused io conform to the spirit of ihe age, and has reveled the. bill avhich was introduced loi- the re peal of (be law against usurious interest. In re-jt-etmg he proposi measure of repeal, whieh is demanded by the necessities (,f trade and com merce, and is the dictate of justice and iquity and ! policy, ihe L-gtsU'ure, it seems lo us, has acted j unwisely. 1 he evil efiecis of arbitrary restne- tions imposed upou money at interest have long j been felt aud deplored by many of the wisest po litical economists throughout the world. It is nigh time, then that our legislators would cast (T this r lie ol a semi-civiiized aw and give over at i tempting to interfere wi'b and control the grrat and fundamental law of free trade supply and demand,. The repeal of the usury laws is a measure call. ; efj for by the wants of trade and commerce. The movement in this direction has been started by men engaged in commercial business, and not by the moneylenders and money changers. It is i ihe borrower of money, who demands the relorm. j Banks that arc engaged in discounting and ex ; changing, and private individuals, who have money I at interest usurers, who shave at a discount of j fifteen to twenty per cent, who under the protect- ing restrictions ol the law, grind tha face of the : m c 'ssitous, are all understood to be opposed to the repeal of the law. The Banks are opposed j to Ibe reform -it is a great reform for a very ob I vious reason. The repeal of the law would be followed by a large diminution of iheir deposites, which they I are want to bank upon very largely, and on which J they pay no interest. This diminution of depos I iies would restiict their operations and lessen their profits considerably. Unscrupulous and uufeel "g usurers are opposed to the movement, be cause repeal would raise up a host of competitors, j and ihey would not then have the borrowers so ! completely in their power. They could not lake advantage of the necessities of the tradesman and tho commercial man to extort n ruinous discount upon bills payable that may be offered them. Columbia Times. The Sacramento Union, speaks in an enthusi astic strain of the exhibition at ihe recent Agricul tural Fair in thai city. It says 'as far as we know, no exhibition at ull comparable in extent, variety and excellence, formation of our government.' ' For mammoth vegetables, California stands second to no country known to civilized man. Some ol the specimens on exhibition were enor- mous. o with the cereal grains : as a success ful producer of as fine wheat as grows, California in a very few years, will stand without a rival.' And concludes its remarks with the following prophetic passage : ' Ten years in the future will find California with her million and a half or two millions of in. habitants; her territory crossed in various direc tions by railroads ; her commerce with lines of steamships embracing the Islands of the Pacific and the continent of Asia, with San Francisco as the point fVvm which it will radiate ; her mines then more extensive and productive than at pres ent ; her wheafi'mr equal to ihe best in the world and in quantities largely beyond the consumption of her people. Corn and rice will then be grown in rank abundance; the grape will be cultivated throughout the State ; and peaches, pears and ap ples will be produced in such quantities, that peo pie will hardly consider them worth gathering. Stock of nil kinds will be raised in great per fection and in immense numbers ; and wool wilt have become almost a staple commodity. Mil- I " I i a f uons ,ee 01 ,UIBUCr ana lons ol granite ana marble will then be sent annually Irom the moun- i lams io i ii" vanirs win men nave- ooiaiueu goou j titles to their land, and have built fine residences I for lh'ir families ; thousands of ditches for min j ing purposes will cross the hills and vallies in I every direction, and epon many of them there i will be found manufactories of nearly every arti . l n : -ii . i i i cle needed iu the Stute. Finances of North Carolina. The State Treasurer of North Carolina has just made his report for the last two fiscal years, showing the receipts to have been $3,017,753.07 and the dis bursement $3 169,884 38. The receipts for the next two years are estimated at $646,286 and the expenditure at $629,653. The Slate debt is set down now at $2,928,663,50. This will be in creased soon to $3,409,633.50, by the sale of $111,000 bonds, to be sold under the act for the benefit of the Weldon and Gaston Railroad and ihe Neuse and Tar rivers, and of $370,000 bonds An Anecdote of tub Czar. At a recent meeting held at Pittsburg, Judge W'ilkins. who was formerly Minister lo Russia, thus alluded to a scene in the palace of the Czar on a gala day. He said that the bearded serf, the haughty noble, rich and poor were alike admitted to the presence ; of the Emperor on that day, and that consequently a large Dody ot armed men were necessary to preserve order. He said that while leaning over homage. His majesty then asked how did the people preserve order; they have no armed force like mine? The speaker replied, "we have edu cation; every citizen constitutes himself a police officer, and is responsible for disorder ; here, if anything goes wrong, you are to blame; but at home, if anything is amiss, the people must bt responsible." The Emperor replied, "I under stand Mr. Wilkins; education education. Bv and by 1 shall attend to education." The Eastern War. The following is an ex tract from a letter received from a reliable cor respondent th Paris : The war occasions a general gloom. The feeling in regard to the war is one of regret and grief. The sufferings of the soldiers ; the death of so many brave men ; the demoralization oi the youth of the country ; these are the general sub jects oi conversation. There is no enthusiasm at our successes. The w ar is regarded as a frightful calamity. Nobody talks about glory. Even ihe military men deplore the war as a dreaftful neces sity. I am told that in England the ieeling is very much the same. Burnt to Death. We regret to learn that our neighbor of the Argus, Col. J. W. Cameron, met with the misfortune of having his kitchen, in Rich mond county, consumed by fire on the 7 ih inst, and horrible to relate three small negro children per ished in the flames. We have nut heard the par ticulars. Carolinian. 7 J The Ttlegraph announces, cs the great ftcm o( 1 ft I , - . . , k.l u , V." , L f t." nrd l'nand hive v mined the alliance of t ranee and i,Bgujn that Austria na po I - . . , u .. r,.l .aill .t..r; , ro mroinat KUSSia III 8 ITIOmi'. There are some evidences that this was at least j believed to be genuine in England. Consols, as reported, had made a very decided advance, and cotton acquired a buoyancy, which, "however, it lost before the sailing of the steamer. XVVdcmbt this news, because it is a departure Irom ibe previous policv and apparent interest of Austria, without any change of circumstances to justify it. If it is true, the character ol the war must change, and eiiher the Czar must yield, or the chief scene of conflict will be changed from the Baltic and the Crimea, to the line between Warsaw snd Vienna. But there is a winter com ing, when the diplomatists will take the place of the Lancaster guns, and perhaps may settle a great deal more with much less noise. Charles ton Mercury. A lady belonging to one of the most respecta ble families in Baltimore, a few days ago entered one of the markets in that city, and, after chaffer ing with a huckster woman about the price of a pair of chickens, adroitly slipped one of them un- i!'r her mnnfilltt nnrt mnnnit ntf 'IMio nivru-r n ( .he chicken followed and caught her, took ,ie chicken from under her cloak and gave her a most unmerciful beating with it. Her head, face and clothing, are said to have been shockingly dis figured by coming in contact with the greusy re mains of the biped. It is said that this lady, though wealthy and in other respects accomplish ed, has hitherto had an irresistable inclination to steal everyihing she could lay her hands upon. If this beating over the head with a dead chicken in the public market does not cure vx of her criminal propensity, she is certainly incorrigible. Aovice to Ladies. A Vermont editor gives this advice to the ladies : ' When you have got a man to the slicking point that is, when he pro poses don't turn away your bend, or affect a a blush, or reler him lo na. or ask or more lime : a those tricks are understood now ; but just look him right in the face, give him a Inrty smack, and tell him to go and order the furniture.' Result of Victobies. A late letter from London says: Over 06,000 have been collect ed in aid of the wives and children of the dead and wounded soldiers. Trade suffers dreadfully. The West End shops are literally deserled. Half of the aristocracy are in mourning for the death of kinsmen in the Crimea, and all fancy sales are ended. The usual quantity of amusements, (halls, ect. ) are curtailed for the same cause. Every third person is in mourning. 07" A frightful accident occurred in the Sandy Mush settlement, in the western part of this county, last week. A team of horses became frightened, ran away, broke the leg and otherwise seriously injured the driver, a Mr. Teague, turned the wag on over killmg instantly a little child some four or five years ol age. A fearful warning against the too common practice of leaving horses unat tended in ihe road. In llie same neighborhood a man by the name of Ivng was last week shot by another named McEntire. No serious damage. Ashville JSirtrs. Goop Advice. The Albany (N. Y.) Knick erbocker says : The best cure for hard limes is economy. A shilling's worth of white beans will j do as much feeding as fifty cents' worth of pota- toes ; while six cents' worth of Indian meal will j make as much bread as fourteen cents' worth of I fi iur. Besides this, it is twice as wholesome. Almost every family in town could cut down their j I . r f . . , expenses one-haii H they only cnose to do so. I Lf.gislativf. Diligence. The standing rules of the House of Representatives, thy National In telligencer says, enjoin it as n duty on the com mittee of wuys and means to report the severed appropriation bills within thirty days after the opening of an annua! session of Congress. At the present session, however, the committee have i signalized their diligence by maturing and report. ing these voluminous bills within the first ten days of the session. What is more, the House has al ready passed three of I hem. Albany, Dec. 22. A beautiful young girl, 18 years old, named Weaver, belonging to Schoharie County, was operated on in the hospital here to day for a tumor in the nck. Ether, was admin istered, when she fainted. Stimulants were then given so as to revive her, when more ether was had n course to, the operation was proceeded willi, I she was completely stupified, and not long after- ; wards died. Dr. Marsh, assisted by Dr. Urmsby and others, performed the operation. We should call that murder J New Orleans, Dec. 18. By an arrival here we have later advices from Mexico. Santa Anna has been elected to the presidency by a large majority. Another greut battle has been fought between the Government troops and the insurgents, in which the latter were defeated. Some four hun dred were killed on both sides, much the larger number being of the insurgents. A Magnificemt Scheme. The St. Louis Da ii y Intelligencer tells us that a scheme is in agi;a:ion there to open a direct trade between S. Louis, China, India; &c, across the continent, by means of a semi-weekly overland stage and transportation line between some point on ihe Missouri river "and j the Pacific ocean. Such a line. is said, could! be maintained for a year on a cnpiti.1 of $500 000, with alt the conveniences lhat may bo had on any stage route in the Union tW It was Bishop Horner's opinion that there is no better moralist than a newspaper. Ilespys: " The follies, vices, and consequent miseries of multitudes displayed in a newspaper, are so many beacons continually burning to turn others from the rock on which they have been shipwrecked. What more powerful dissuasive from suspicion, jealousy and anger, than the slory of one friend murdered by anoi her in a duel? What caution likely to be more effectual against gambling and profligacy, than the mournful relation of an exe cution, or the fate of a despairing suicide? What finer lecturer on the necessity of economy, than the auctions of estates, bouses and furniture? Only take a newspaper, and consider it well pay ioi xl ana it uut instruct ituc. Wkw. Dokr Flohidians. We ere highly gratified to learn by the Charleston Mercury, that lb Hon. David L. Yulee, was chosen on the first ballot, receiving 31 votes, against 23 in opposi lion. Mr. ulee, though stilt in the prime oi life, has had a long public experience, and has been not only an able and watchful representative of the lo-erests of Florida, but a faithful and unflinehin., Inend of tbe South. The State Rights party will j itivp him a .".. I ! ' . II l.l Senate. warm welcome back to The Hall of the it Wf pa Bar Mum's Life. The Life of Barnum, the celebrated sboa written by himself, is out ; and the parjer. has great run. No doubt this is so. Q " has I voracious appetite : and this Baraaau1' fuH la1 : for he na9 caiered lor it all u,. ,TM he was calennt! lor tt while We have not read the work. We hardl? k Bu we hare read cxtrtrcls from it ; and if to judge of the good by the samples seen lr immoral publication, evil in all its tendencies in everv resnect unlit to en intn tkl L 'N go into tho hi. i youth. Barnum has accumulated a great fortune - n ; it f The book discloses the has he done It was by a system of ingenioua falsehood J...nhnn nnn.t.nllv nA ttt.. ..p.il t. u,. deliberately imposing upon those who pai, 7 him, and imposing upon them for ihe vile pun.1 oi personal gain ; and -the process is set forth i! an air of self-gratulation as though the chief j of man were io mako money, and to male means false and fraudulent if necessary, uxj 7 if Mr. Barnum had succeeded in this, hi'i otli' destination, beyond all other men ! Andihiii encourage the sale ol a book that g'ossti such conduct and such a sentiment with an air J plausibility ? Might not the unhanged hivh. man, the unwbipt pick pocket, or the auccea, Iack-leg. boast of his exploits upon ft, principle Is cheat.ngthe public, is a retorts falsehood for large pecuniary gains, to be regariU as laudable conduct, while defrauding a private m. dividual, or telling a deliberate lie for a few coo pers, consigns a man to infamy forever I It w as the reading of the lile ol Alexander thai fired the ambition of Caesar : and the readings the life of Barnum may cause many a youth b forsake th beaten paths of horeat industry, a4 betake himself to a course of chicanery, frau and deception for the balance of his life. V8 could not conscientiously advise any father to pm such a book in the way of his son. What alull it profit a man to gain the whole world, if he lost his own soul ? L'yefcctlle Argus. Grn. Davis' Casiels. The Secretary of War renews the recommendation which he made in his report of last your for an appropriation bj Congress to lest the value of camels and drome daries in transporting military supplies on our Southwestern and Western frontier. It is known that iu those p g.oiis which our troops are obliged to defend from ihe incursion of the Indians, iben arc table lauds ami extensive HeacrlB, where large tracts must be traversed which afford no water and but little scanty herbage. When springs ire nt length reached, they are often so brackish fa horses and mules refuse the water. The camel, from the greut weight he Can Cnv, the longer time be can go w ithout drinking, Isj power of subsisting on coarser food than the liora, and his willingness lo drink brackish water, is ud niirahly adapted for that region of country, uulen the climate should prove an obstacle to his iutrn duction, On every Kistern Continent he lives aud works in almost every latitude and climate, nnd is extensively used for the purposes lor which it is now proposed lo employ htm by (he Bruin in the East Indies and the French in Algien. Experience bus proved that horses and mulet an inadequate for the transportation of military sua. plies in a country ol the character of our Western frontier ; and the experiment recommended by tan Secretary ol War seems so r asouabla aud au likely lo succeed that we hope Cong res i will but fail to make the n c-ssary appropriation, JJutf ulo Adwrtttet, - m mm 1 EiFE v CiiEEt.y. It is stated, in llie Life al Horace Ci reefy, ilia! L"ggett once discharged him from n compositor's situation on ihe Evening l'ft rn account of his slovenlv appearance. Ulfriy'i first employment in Nw York was obtained frum. W. T. Porter ol the Spirit, wis was tin u lt-i. manoi Wests printing ihce. in l n.t.i ( rri started the Morning Pos1, the first penny paper in the world ; it lived sixteen days, and btgiitilm New York Sun. Davy Cnr ck kt's Family. The llickmsn, (Ky.,) Argus says that ihe wile and dstsfbhtal the distinguish) d. p.triot and eccentric genius, D.tvy Crockett, passed through Hickmnn l' I week, on their way to Texas to net momtrwrim 4 a portion of ibe land donated by the S ole f Texas to the heiro those who krl St nV ha of the Alamo, dining the struggle for nuh-p'-n. denee. Florida V. S. Senator. On the I6hlii"i the legislature of Florida elected the Ib'ii. ll L. Yn'ee, deiu., to Use I i tilled States Senate at for six years, in ihe place of Mr. Morion, "i-v whose term expires on the 4th of March nex'. The vole stood Yub-e, 31 ; Brown, v big. 21. Important news ha been r ee'ived from lb co. Two battles had been fought bet ween h rez and the G vernmeni troops, and it r re ported thai A!varz was within a day's mftfh tne Capitol, to w Inch poiut lie was nrnvai;' a ward. A Pk'-minent Man. Warren Winslow. 01 Eayetti ville. N. C, lias within the past t'1" months- teen special bearer of despatches w Spsm, Slate Senator, Speaker o the Senate, mid htm aciieg Governor of North Carolina. Homicide in Winnhoho'. We under'"d that ou Tossdey night, about 12 or 1 p'cWt affray occurred at Winntdv.ro' l-tween aw.1 McMasler and I ifiiruc Ibifker. io w Inch ill' ait' r I Was killed. The details of the occUirfr, " they reach us, are contradictory, and wc to give them publicity. Chester Standard. Sun- Good Every wiiekb. Bayard Tjl the traveller, says that he prefers .Mexico h""" beauty of its scenery, Germany for nn vKKt-.'j lifornia specially for its climate, and ibe IP States for its government. Jane, what letter in the alphabet do g! best?' Well, I don't like to say. Mr- WJjJ Poll nonesense ; udl right out. Jane; !"ch you like best V Well, (blushing and dropP11 her eyes, ) 1 like U best.' hill Usury. In the Senate of South Carolias to repeal the laws against usury waslotf" vote of 89 to 22. u dm " Bomhastoi'ol." Some of the JrturD' view the European war through entirely spectacles, think that Sebastopol should fx &e topol no longer but (so fur as the allies m cerned) bombusiopol. 1 0 , CfOi C. H. Jordan, Esq., haa been Master of the Grand Lodge of F an1 A Masons, of Nonh Carolina. (r G. W. Kendall, of the N. O.rSc has taken unto himself a wile. She is a r by birih. San Francisco has been visited again , i... iniCa"0 Attachments for sale at this Op'''