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A LUCKY PREsENrlMExr.--A cor
respondent Of the Alexandria Gazette,
speaking of u late visit to England,
says:
4 had gone to Gravcscnd with ii
view of taking passage, but an incident
prevented. 4 white swan worthy to
perform his flight through the Milky
Way, came near the vessel in which
it was my design to sail. and her com
mandcr took his gun. The sequel we
need not mention. The bloo,t of the
dead bird stained til. river. We had
Just been fresh from reading the An
cient Mariner, in which the vessel en-
countcrcd heavy calantics after the
killing of an aIbatross, and the circum-
stance determined me not to 90 with
such'a barbarian. You will smile at
my superstition. You may even go
through Lausanne and tell the incident,
but don't forget to add that the vessel
from whose deck the bird was shot has
been missing from that time. She
persisted with all on board
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sN5" y letter received by the Bal

sNj" y letter received by the Bal
tiunorc Sun, from its Rio dc Janciro
correspondent, by the ship Caroline,
arrived at Philadelphia, describes the
following dreadful transaction
'An awful tragedy occurred here last
night. y father murdered his daugh-
ter, son, and an Englishman. The
young girl had been wrongcd. The
father discovered her shame, and sworc
death to the scduccr, the Englishman
found him with his daughtcr-drovc
y bullet through his heart, and dashed
madly at his daughter with Il Knife
The son and brother placed himself
before her, and received the blade OF
the knife in his side. The father,
seeming almost maniac, wanted more
blood to wash out the stain upon his
daughters honor. and with another
plunge stabbed her in the heart. The
died Immediately; the son
lived three hours, and the daughter
still brcathes, but will not live. The
father, highly respectable Brazilian,
gave himself in,mcd;a ely Ip to the
y ithoritics.'
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ever, in the Providence Of God, hat
during the, term ofmy Office. obliga-
tions to one shall become ineompatis
bile with the support Of the other, then,i
both my inclination and duty US d
State Rights Republican, will be to
sustain the constitution and laws of
>tIs commonwealth.
Tho government of the United
States has recently undergone trials of
its strength to which it has never be-
fore been subjcctcd; and which have
threatened to sever, from time to
time, the bonds which unite its vari-
Gus parts in Il Fcderative Compact.
But the unwillingncss of the people to
cndanger Government, under which
they have enjoyed SO much happiness
and attained such prosperity, has in
duced them to rebukc to certain
extent, the tendencies to reckless ia
naticism and u total disregard Of the
guarantees Of the Constitution. AS if
I to carry these views into effect, they
have, by an unexamplcd majority, Civ.
ell the administration Of tho Federal
Government into the hands Of those
who stand pledged before the coun-
try to sustain all these guarantees, and
the rights Of each section of the Con-
tcdcracy.
But whilst this State has given its
support, with remarkable unanimity,
to the candidates of the Democratic
party for the highest honors of the
American Republic. and listened to
the pledges which that party has Civ
en to protect the Southern portion OF
the Co,federacy in the enjoyment of
all its rights, to which our State has
been so long and SO ardently attached
principles by which the triumph was
achieved over the doctrines Of con-
soliIatiun, and which mark the admin
istrations of Jefferson, Madison. and
Monroe, as the lmlcyon days of the
Republic; it is only by the revival of
these principles and their active in
flucnce in the control Of party organ
ization, that security can be given to
individual liberty, through the scpa-
rate energies of distinct governments,
tlle general interests preserved from
the Injustice Of sectional legislation,
and our domestic concerns fortified
against the inyasions of federal author
ity.
Having thus briefly expressed my
views upon those topics to which it
scclcd proper to advert on the
present occasion, now invoke the
blessings of the Almighty, upon the
present and future action of the CO.
ordinate branches of our government.
and hope, that through his mercy, cv-
cry thing may work well together, to
perpetnatc the many advantages and
blessings, which have hitherto at
tended the results Of our industry, and
crown the wisdom Of our Magis.
tratcs and Counsrllors.
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DREAMING UP OF AN ICEBERG IN TIE
Arctic SEA.-Whcn an immense ice.
berg begins to tumble to pieces, and
change its position in the water, the
sight is really nd,-pcrhaps one
that can vie with an earthquake. Mas
scs mconccivably great, four times
the size of St. Paul's Cathedral or
Westminster Abbey, are submerged
IN the still blue water to appear again
at the surface, rolling and heavine
scientifically in the swelling waves.
Volumes of spray rise like clouds
OF white rapor into the air all round,
and shut out the bcholdcr from
scene too sacred for eyes not i'm
mortal. The sound that is emitted is
not second to terrific pcals of thunder,
or the discharge of whole parks Of
artillery. The sea, smooth and
tranquil, is aroused, and oscillations
travel ten or twelve miles in cvcry
directions; and if ice should cover it's
surface in one entire sheet, it comes
up into detached pieces in the same
manner rs if the swell of an extensive
sea or ocean had reached it. And be.
tore qulescent state is assumed, pro.
badly two or three icebergs occupy it's
place, the tops of some of which NAV
be at an elevation Of upwards of two
hundred feet, having, in tho course of
the revolution, turned up the blue
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TERMS,
ssS Sts sSy IS Il uBLIsHED rs IS 50
lEs VI HsAe u n q les DAY M OEsNgNG
w. J.5 FRANCIS.

s.3,s ~, ,,ssrWosDOLLARS in alvance, Two Dollars
and Fifty Gents Mt tile expiration of six months,
or Three Dollars mt the end Of the year.
Il No paper discontinued until NIL nrr.arages
are PAID, unless ut the option of the Proprietor.
< G<SS Advertisements inserted at SEVENTY
FIVE Cents per square, (l2 lhes or Icss,) for,
tile first and huff that sum for cncl subser,,ss
sinserton. ~
cW The number Of insertions to-
soa31ll Advertisements ar they 49, ~ ~
until ordered to be tliscontilssf
aaccordinglv .~-Sse II 81
fIfF! ONE 'DOILAR pcfS
itiserion Quarterly and Morl
mcnis will be charged the same os a sin1 y
fseriion, AMI emi-monlhly the same as new NeSfc
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TO Cure HH;alfas Nicely.

Cut out the meet as smoothly as pos
siblc, salt it very lightly. and, having
spread it out, let it remain thus for one
night. The next morning put two
tca->poons-fill of sa!tpctre and abou,
one gi of molasscs to each ham. Have
Your salt pretty rcd with cayannc pep
per, and with it rub them weU. Pack
them tight in close boxes, putting the
small pieces between the hams SO rs to
leave no hollow places. Let them lie
from three to five weeks according to
the size Of the meat. .Selccia cold uav
To ha"g mp. Take up your hams
sprinkle them with pcpcr AID put a
thick coat of lcachcl ashes on them.
pressing the ashes so as to make it
stick. Have them handled carefully
and hung up with the hook hown.-
Smoke them well until the first of
March. Then take them down, and
upon every place from which the ashes
may have been rubbed, put more
Lastly, either sack your hams or lay
them on shelf, placing sticks between
to keep them from touching. Eorge-
.feid .1irerhser.
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AN EXTRAORDINARY LocK.--Thc
editor OF the American ArtiZm was
recently shown piece Of mechanism
called Yalc's Magic Lock, which is alb
soluteIy unpckabc as the kernel of /,
walnut would be without damaging
the shell. The only opening is Il cir
cular oriiice, half an inch in diameter,
for admitting the key, and through
which there is no possible access to the
tumblers by amy instrument whatever
not even by the key itself, strange
as that may seem. BY singular con
trivancc, Il portion of the key is dctach-
ca s3cr insertion, and sent to distant
part Of the lock, where it moves the
tupicrs', and where the tools Of the bun :
gar cou'd never arrive, except by first
patter'l'S ele lock to pieces. The key
Aoie resembles the interior Of small
pistol Darrci, AMI having no opening in
the interior basin Of tie lock, would
not receive powde' enough to blow it
open. The lock is, therefore, absolute
ly gunpowdcr pro.f also, Anoou,,
other peculiaritics, the tscy is s,lsccp,i,
bic Of from forty thousand To- on,
million changes. \ change of the kew
changes the lock also in the act Of
}}t91eltiHg tilg5 So thHssstEgs play have a new
lock every day for nI@Gsl
BY IL change Of TIL. key after locking,
it is rendered impossible to unlock,
even with the same key, until altered
back again. One may thus lose the
key or have it stolen, and still enter
tain no fears of the lock being opened
with it. The proprict"rs offer re-
ward of five hundred dollars to any
one who will pick it through the key
hole, using whatever instruments he
pleascs, and taking amy length Of time
lie may desire.
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RECEIPTS OF GoLD.-T Tie New
York Times estimates that for the
year 1892 the rccci pts of gold ut the
l'hliadclphia mint reach S52, 1000, I'M.
less the next scmimonthly packet
s!.oald be unavoidabIy delayed, against
$46,G56,O 900 last year. At New Or
leans there will be 100000, against
IS. 100000 last year. The foreign
gold at New York, 100000 ngains
s2,O50,000 last ycar-giving gross
total Of $50, 100000 of which, allow
ing fer an export ofs2 100000 for u, :
ccmbcr from New York, aud ST..
100000 for the year from Boston and
other ports, about &33,000,OO0 will
have been sent ont of the country to
foreign States. to 3lst inst, leaving
for domestic distribution f2S. 600, 900,
against SlO,000,000 in 1851. The
whole of this lalaIicc, or nearly so,
like the last, will have gone into the
interior, or lodged in the sub-trcas.
ury by the close of the year. The
banks at present are supposed to
bold not over u million and II half in
excess Of 3Ist Dee. 1851 say So
100000.
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HSail Road Accidents.

here were two collisions and one
" run of on the Charleston and Co.
lnmbia Rail Road on Friday last. we
have heard of no one being injured. but
the passenger train from Charleston i'm
c"nsc1rcnc" of the detention, failed to
conncr, with the Wilmington and Man
chester Road. On Saturday the Bridge
across the Watcrcc, on the Camden
branch gave way willie locomotive
was passing over, the engine got across
leaving her tender in the river channcl:
these accidents are getting too com
mon, and their cause should be subject
cd to rigid examination, and punish,
mcnt inflicted wherever it is due
The passengers and mail, until some
other arrangements are made, will be
taken across the Watcrcc in boats.
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gatherel into his garner.

is gathered into his garner.
The object Of this article is TO q
commend to the American farmer the
manufacture of dPmestic guano, from
the droppings sGssas> barn yard fowls.
Let him erected II suitable hen
house ,jnnd then insist that every old
ifooSter, hen and chicken on his prcmi-
Sos shall make it their resting place
for night, at least, under the pc atty
Sof death, after suitable time Of train
ling has been expended OH them in vain.
! At the close of every week cause these
premises to be thoroughly swept, and
the products thus obtained, to be care
fully packed with about one third its
weight Of plaster.
When you have your corn ground
ready for planting in the spring, on
the day you intend to put in your
crop, not before, have bax in rcadi-
ness, sufficiently large to hold two or
three barrels, and mix well with this
domestic guano about double The quan-
ti,y Of wood ashes, a peek of pulver-
lied charcoal, and four quarts Of salt,
to the barrel. Take small handful
Of this mixture and drop it into each
hill, dust it over With the soil, from
one half to an inch in depth, then drop
your seed and cover rs usual, and if
your ground is able to perfect the
crop in the latter part of the season,
you will find 4 rich reward in the day
of harvest.
saved, from eighteen hens, about
nine bushels the past year, and found
it superior to half Il shovclful of hog
manure to each hill. The increased
productivcncsS of that part Of the field
where this manure was applied, will
more than furnish the required stock
for years food for my fowls. | AIN
we'll satisfied with the result.
Sullivan County, Pa. X. u.
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Col. Il. D, Moses,

We understand that this gentleman
is candidate for our next Congress-.
Without inyrdispnragemcnt to tho 9TH
er gentlemen spoken Of We must say,
that VIC know'of no one, who would
better represent the interest of our
State thhn Col. MosEs. His indcfati-
gable industry, untiring zeal, and skill
as dcbater, cvinced during his long
career of office, as State Senator from
this County, all point him ont as most
proper successor to the Hon. j. A.
W ooDwARp, who has declined being
again Il candidate.
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We publish in another column the
Inaugural Address of his Exccllencv
Gov. MANNING, delivered before the
two branches of our State Legislature
on Monday the 18th inst. ], is what
we expected from him, in excellent
taste, concise ani to the point. His
remarks upon the attention, which the
cause OF popular education shall meet
with from him, during his term ofot:
flee, is in good keeping with that spirit
OF nunilicic't libcrality which induced
him to make Il donation of ten thou
sand dollars to. the South Carolina
College, the interest of which is to be
continuously applied to the education
oi some native Carolni;tn in that insti-
tuition; applications from this District
to be preferred in the selection from
candidates Offering.
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Baron Licbig, the distinguished
chemist, says that rs much flour or
meal "s ran lie on the point of a
table knife is more nutritious than
five measures, or about eight or
ten quarts of the Bavalan beer; and
that person who daily consumes that
amount of beer, obtain tiom it in
year the amount of nutrimcnt which
there is in five pound loafo bread or
three rounds of flesh.
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Charleston Market.
CHARLESTON, Dec. SOlh. 1852

CHAKLESTUN, DEC. EUlh, 1857.
COITON:-Therc has been a good
demand in this article for the past
week, and prices have been firm at
from Sc 0 l-s for middling fair to fair,
few bales of inferior were sold ut 7c
7 l-2. There has been little doing in
bacon, sides arc scarce and are worth
Sc 9 l-Scts.
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MING, the Governor and Commander
in Chief, with the rank of Lieutenant
Colonel: Il
James Simons, Mathew Irvine Keith,
James Sinkler, Thomas M. Wagner,
John Harleston Read, l., M. Keitt, j.
d. Ashnlore, j. L. Sloan, J. N. Shedd,
Frank Hampton, w. a.. Ancrum, A.
McFarlan, a. c. Garlington, S. w.
Nelson, r. L. Tillinghast, Julius j.
Huguenin.
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sd~(-l>@es ~C---
Ia heAAluqa:Hky EHnyS.

Three drovcs of Hoes arrived in our
Village during the past week, and sales
have been ELECTED at 6 1-4cts gross.
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"Fricnd O, do you ever
.pray?" mo sir" replied Mr.. o
- :, with the greatest good nature,
u always let God do just as he has
"a mind to!'
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We copy the following, in relation
to the transportation Of the mail be-
tween New York and Charleston, from
the Annual Report of the Potsmast-
or General.
Certainty and cclcrty on this
line cannot be relied on while the
service on an important link in the
chain Of routes composing it is per-
formed in steamers on the stormy and
unshe' red coast between Whining
ton Il, Manchester Railroad during
the next year will, it is believed, en-
able the Department to avoid this un-
certain portion Of the present line"
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ESLiGilTENING TIRE JAPANESE.--Ilie he
London Morning Chronicle st,,tcsItfat
the Dutch, who, rs is pretty gcper s;,
known, alone, of all European natiors.
hold commercial intercourse with the
Japanese, publish journal in tho Ja.8
pancse language, which is intended staS
enlighten them as to the progress ofihe
"outside barbariahs." Recently, anum.
Der of this paper came into the hands
OF the editor, who makes the suhio;red
remarks upon its contents: .s
"Thcre are many things in these
singular publications with which we
might be disposed to quarrel, We
cannot recognise the claims of the
great nation Of Hollandcrs to rank as
the leading European power, a doc
trlnc which the Jealous Dutch EMPLOY
e,s have from time iinmemoriai mn
pressed upon the Japanese public. Nor
IRE we by any means satisfied with
the insigniiicance which the Dutchof
fetal journalists impute to England
and the United States.
with some appearance of plausi- /.
b'lity, 1T is stated that Great Britain
is an island cnvclopcd in perpetual
fogs, necessarily veXed with poliiic;lt
disputes, and inhabited bya race whose
soundness of,inteilect is worse than,
questionable. The United States da.,
not fare much better; fur they ara
said to consist of communities et
ve'y garrnlous men, perfectly {lesti
tuto of all regard for the iigBtSt6 Z
property. But it ccrta My is t,}s
no means logical inference, tlnIa
the natives of,the countries thus dis,
courtcously characterized, are i:eess,
sarily witilpnt power on ipilupnce 4 ii s
extend their dominica ia. tic E;;st
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The following gentlemen have been
appointed and commissioned Aids-de
Camps to his EXccllcncy j. L. MAN
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-02
Important Discovery Of Coal IN Illinois.

We learn from the Kendall County (tll.l
C5utey that bed Of coal has recently besn dsoovsss
about i've mil, south Of oswego. IL was struck sso
By q person engaged In digging we'll Toe width d
toe vein hes nos been ascersined but II was found 70
be ok feet in thickness and lies only Ave feet bsoW sbe
surface Specimens oil Il had been tried Ia OsVeso sad
pronounced 10 DO very superior article equally -
good Pepnsylv coal Should future explorations
prove the existence OF any considerable oody OF coal
Of tbis character. 90 besr Chicago, the imporsacs q
the discovery can scarcely be oyeresioated Iu "a.
gee, also, 10 the viciLity In which IL ouad VIZ
be Of . q atty ing character.
Hitherto, has bee thotgh. that the grea, Goa ose
Il Illinois cropped out beDrs reaching point % tsI
noI ID the region OF this dscovsry Tho srir4cos
lrUe have seep ara short dstsnce THE s1s OF Morris
In Grurdy County There, IL crops out pom tas ooss
prairie end hke all coal which les 90 Dtar tho surseN
u noi reid 10 bish estimation. The coal he!d OF iuos
Of three tier Of strata with Inter, snina fcrms
Hons Of greater or less tbickbs The uoper Ter 40
very inferior quality ana hardly repays the expsnsed
working TIE middle der 10 better. out the 10 ser NJ
best coal ne have 10 the State That which stsksn 90
from the Kingston beds 10 Of tile quAiy-hAt ron "
Peoria btcsihe same.
Nov /, 70 not Is all improbable, a. these strata, nse.
tie pcnbern ria CT the great Illinois basin. di2 sovs
the South, that The discovery made near osxsgo W.
outcrop Of The lowest strata IL 20, to- douopes
good Quality, ana may be workef toward tns SUI
for may Des especially In tbs vlcnly OF rav'nes -
streans vnh proht. II Ii SHOULD Be the midi 1s~
BIZ cissips deep enough, tbs other VIII eessMsy ~
four but whether resr enough the surfaces 20 jus,
working H. 10 que sliop. Az ell svsn's We can ous
saro ibs discovery a. an important one, sna Sse
sra,ulste Cur friends Of Kendall UNITY upon
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-02

Was con hdered impossible, will stand 10 lis psecton
In the course Of the next summer Ths Circumstance
TIA. the temporary roof thrown over the nave SOME
years snce has suffered much from the weather tns
may be cause Of Injury 70 the edifce, or ever fall IN
has had the effect Of pushing forward the vorkmen
After sprDsipe the vaultlps Of the nave the fret arch
which received it, las, stone few days since from tie
hand Of the King Of Prussia and the completion Of ths
roof on which the carpenters are slready at work. ~
that viii remain incomplete the two great sover o.
which one stands already carried up nearly 10 two
thirds Of tho Intended hight During the progress OF tae
work without and within the srsbrect has also sde II
special object 10 remove the various buildings VINCE
we're crowded around the church. and bid i,fEom vie"
The nr,ons and torture chambers 10 Which The lnqai'
si.iop, under the notorious Hcogsraser incosea ~
TIM, and 20 to speak buried them alive. are already
torn away; the sscrsty may soon iouoH' "no' VIC
plan |, already marked out In the northern transeps for
anew room 70 take lie place. after the fs'tion Of the "a
crs,v, In several other large cburches-she hnsser Oh
A,snb.rs. for instance IT. hereafter, the parsonage
should follow the sscrsty this magnificent specimen OF
Architecture would stand forth free every side, sP
preschsble from all quarters and thus at length De- a
should be, exhibited 10 the world
Another number Of the same journal gives the
following pictu OF the activity prevailing about
the Cathedral:
1.-THE progress making In the work 10 more 'hsa'of
fcisnt 10 be cause OF rejoicing; It sa'ni'oine 70
those Who for some time have not seen tbs ooi'dog
That the work will continue TO bs prosecuted sh VigoT
Ia evident from the mass OF materials and stones oil all
dimensions, wsich have been brought hithsr within tue
last few ueeka We have seen the spaces about
the wo,lshops 90 crowded With materials since sis
building was resumed. Toe progre" OF this noble.
peerless work. must induce al Its friends, and especial
y the people Of Cologne TO prove BY their active sym
PATTY that ardor has not cooled-an srdor which
hss i,s potest monument In the vondrously beautiful
temple iself'