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List of Acts
Passed by The General assembly OF South
Carolina, at the Session of 1853.

Passed by The General assembly OF .SoutI
Carolina, at the Session of 1853.
/. AN act to rcci,artsr the Bank o.
Camden, South Carolina
2. An act to recharter the Merchants
Bank of South Carolina.
3. An act to vest the right and title ot
the State in and TO certain lot Of land
IN the town OF Darlington in Joseph
Frank.
4. An act to renew the charter of the
Bank of Charleston, s. Carolina.
5. An act to renew the charter of the
Bank of South Carolina.
6. An act to authorize the Spartan
burg and Union Railroad Company to
| extend their Road from some point at or
near Spartanburg Conrt House, to some
point on the North Carolina line, in the
direction of Ashvile or Rutherford.
z. An act to amend the charter Of the
Fremcn's Insurance Company of Char
lesion.
8. An act to renew and amend the
charter of the State Bank.
0. An act TO rccharter the Bank Of
Hamburg, South Carolina.
10. An act to confer on Isaac Tscman
and Marx lSeman certain rights and privi-
leges i'll relation to Il piece of lqnd by
them purchased.
IL. An act to establish Rifle Ratal-
ion in the parishes of st. Philips and St.
Michacls.
l2. An act in relation to the Trustees
of the South Carolina College.
l3. An act to incorporate the Central
Bank of South Carolina.
Ia. An act to cede to the United States
certain parcels of land as sites for Light
Houses and Beacons.
Is. An act to Authorize the Laurens
Railroad Company to extend their Road
from Laurens Court House to the North
Carolina line in the direction of Ashe-
vile.
l6. An act to amend the charter Of
the Greenville and Columbia Railroad
Company.
II. An act to declare certain de.
scription of streams navigable, and for
other purposes.
lS. An act TO incorporate the Colum.
bia and Hamburg Railroad Company.
l9. An act to charter Company tc
construct Railroad from the junction o.
the Camden and Columbia branches o.
South Carolina Railroad to Hamburg
South Carolina.
20. An act to Incorporate tho
Branchville and Savannah Railroad
Company.
2l. An act to give the Town Council
OF forkville the power to issue the Bonds
of the Corporation, and for other purpo,
ses.
22. An act to amend an act to Incor.
porate the Florida Steam Packet Comma
ny.
%. An act to authorize the Commits
sioners OF the Poor for st. Bartholomew
parish TO sell certain lands and for o,he,
purposes.
24. An act to authorize the formation
of the Newberry and Chester Railroad
Company.
25. An act to charter the Charleston
and Savannah Rail Road Company.
&c. An act to prohibit the collection OF
demands against students Of COLLEGES
and Institutions of Education in tli.
Stat1
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and the darned thing took fight and
lit in Mrs. Lamar's lap.
well, you see, Brooks then was taken
with blindness, and tho next thing /
remember, l was upon tho hath kicking.
Well, by this time began to think of
navigating. So / goes out and mounts
Rosu,n, and puts for North Carolina
Now, Brooks, you don't blame me! do
you!
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APOLOGY.

For the first time in two years we send
our paper cut, this week, printed only
ON one side. This is in part owing to the de-
lay occasioned by the removal of our office,
and the injury our press received, Which had
to be mendcd; and, also, our disappointment
in not obtaining the assistance We expected.
We can assure our friends that re feel this
failure more than they do, and moreover,
that no effort will be spared on our part to
make amends hereafter.
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drunken son Of s--,'and down he went
among the horses gathering feet, upon
tho slippery stenes, and the wheels passed
over him, crushing bones-human bon~,
and maugling flesh, and mixing humsn
blood with street dirt.
The omnibuses turned aside, the pass.
sngsrs shuddered as the poor wretch was
lifted Up, covered with blood and dirt, and
inquired, as he deadl" the drivers looked
down cooly from their high sca.s, with
consoling remark, that, sits nothing but
a drunken man" yet, that drunken man
was that woman's husband; him who,
fourteen years ago walked the streets a.
well dressed, as proud, rs sober as any in
the crowd who now gaze carelessiy upon
his bruised form. and hear the remark,
that he "is nothing but drunken mar"
Fourteen years ago yes, this very
night-that woman walked this very street
arm in arm, with that man, and heard
him, for the rst time, call her wife. 1t
was happy time then, and 'all was merry
as the marriage bell" Little thought they
then-loss thought they year afterwards
while rocking the cradle in their own hap
py time, that the time would come when
he would raise his hand in anger to strike
that loving wife, or that child would be
driven, with kicks and curses, into the
treets, or that hs would lie bleeding upon
the pavement he had so often and SO
proudly trod before, poor mrngled
drunkArd.
Oh how those woris-joyous words
first rang in that happy mothers cars,
whc,. the proud father said:-
"lIave you got n baby'
"lcs, Willie, We have got u baby"
How those words have rung like elcc-
trio sparks through many happy
thought.
"llave you got bahyi" said little
girl;to gentleman riding out Of Boston.
1t was queer question. arising as it did
from child he overlook on the road
How 'is city friend would have laughed
at him ii they had heard the question:
"llave YOU got hahyr No, he had got
no baby, yet he WAS mau full forty years
Of age, aud lookr,! rs though he might
have been a father, aud so thought the
little girl. Yet lac had uo l.aly. Whyl
lie was bachelor. So he had to asnwer
"no, my pretty miss, have so, no baby"
"Oh Ia, haven't you! Well wc have
We have g". hahy III our house,
This WAS not interesting To- n bachelor.
How different il woull have BEEN Il lac
had married Lucy Smith, whom lac in,en.
dcd to "a dozen years ago, but hc wis bu-y
thsn--too intent upon making money
enough 10 support ~iio i.fhr Ice got
one. Nonse,,s-. How little he knew Of
the sweet music Of the words, "hays Won
got a baby" How her Lcnrt would have
leaped up anil cloked her utterancs il she
had now been riding by his side as his
wife, instead Of his "oI.l flame" Lucy
Smith! Lucy Smith still, for she l.a.l
never heard those worls toucl,iusly al,-
piled to her, "havc you got bah. I" nor
had she ever heard n sweet little girl say
Of her, 1--WE have got a baby at our
house."
CoNCLUDED NEXT WEEK.
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PARDONED.

PhiIlis'(one of the negroes tried last sum-
mer for the murder of the late Mrs. Gun.
nlngham, and sentcnccd.to be hung with the
resi- but on account Of the condition she
was in at the time, was not then eyceutD
has been pardoned by Gov Manning-to be
sent out of the State.
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TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Our thanks to our Charleston friend, but
we cannot insert the article. The negro
sermon might amuse some of our readers,
out we are entirely opposed to inserting any
article which is, or may be construed as a
buriesque on religion, or the Bible.
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English Branc.,cr

Classical Antiquities. A''' '
-, English Branc!ics
The exercises oi this institution win IA. ~
sained on the second Monday iIi January nav,
eno'as"c year Two sessions of Eve months each
isi @u"l ana boarding per session, in aSivance.
goo paid at the end Of the yeae. aSa w.
ing ~ per month. Day scholar. Vii he .l,"'..'l
hom ten to twenty dollars Der scs,on ,,asalIs 4.
advance; French and Chealisi.y 49,, an,
exus. firewOOd for school room- n -,
aen sin he received a any tss.as. .sa e,.sys.s
on'y from time oS entrance sIIl the end az ~.
session; but no deduction will bc made W.. y.
leaves before the end of Il, or Coz tirE' -, ~
Suspension or expulsioa. Deduction win n.
Inade Tor time lost by sickness. zach ss1dsrs
haS "n.au n's own sheets. pillow alps, towels,
The proprietor takes plaasure In ss.,,,,, a..
ne has, a. associate instructor. Rev N y 7vhs,, .,,
den, who IS . graduate of the Coliere a. cs.sr.
iesson, and also OF Prineeton Theologieai ger,f.
teaching. w
For Mr.. Whildcns qualifications. rcfs,e,..
can DC made 10 the following rcns,emsa Va IA
Hnicy, III. D., w Haskcssosth. Ie,is -
Gibbes w p Miles, College al C.s,isaso,,S'.. :.
= n bFuns, High School, Charlestoa REV 4
X hendrick Rev = p Boyce, Columbia Rev.
SaF otauBeDurg. tfH - II.
Crealafs containing fan partlcuiars Uili Ia
sss. 70 .hose desiring them, upea ep2leaiioa "a
kevs A Carledge, @ PeIder. and a
hawthorna, Esq, eieo take bcardesa
ssadeHts and Patrons will he ana er..
Winnshorough 20 the iDssltute ffes c9 -.
spcn application a. the WEnnsboroueh lfe.ss
sad when timely notice b given nv ear,iss,,
w'h z,ees those c0miag on The 0scenvlIIo ylosa
a The Ahton DepoG -'''''
Jan 4, 1876 A1-as
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There are three letters to our address in
the Post Office, one from Charlotte. N G..
one from Hickory Head S C., and one from
Curetons Store s. C.;which will be taken
out when the postage is paid.
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LANCAsTERvILLE, sc.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 4. 1853,
WANTED,

Ii an intelligent, well behaved youth a
bout IA years ofagc, will apply to us, We
will give him situation as apprentice to
The Printintng business, in our Office;
will board him in our own family, cloth him
and make his situation as comfortable and
pleasant as possible
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We have been requested to state, that
those persons who subscribed towards the
payment Of the salary, for the Pastor of the
Presbyterian Church, are informed that afr.
h. p. Crawford will receive the same. An
carly settlement is requested.
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Carolina Times.

This is the title ofa new paper, to be pub
iished in Columbia, in February next bv
messrs Grenneker g. Lamotte, and to be edi-
ted by Jas II Giles. Esq'r, formerly Of tho
Newberry Sentinel.
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N A r RIAGES.

Till Ilymen Lro't his love delighted hour,
There dwclt no joy in Edrn's rosy bower,
The world was sad.--thc garden was it'd
And man, the hermit, siyhcd--till won,a,
smiled! CsmpLsH.
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MARRIED-on the lat Of Jan. by c. F.
Hinsos. Esq, Mr.. JAMES N. SMALL. to
Miss ELIZABETH, eldest daughter Of s. y.
Small all of this District.
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Acknowledgements.

The Hon. Josiah J. Evans, of the u S
senate and Hon L. NJ. Keitt of the House,
will accept our thanks for their attention.
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GLENN SPRINGS FEMALE INSTI.
TCTE.

IL IL.
TC'rE.
IL; Rev 7 + DAVIS, ID u, cx.ONicio visitor.
Rev 7 : ARruuR,
} b AccvLIorau, Ppprie'oas.
GEo BgSroS, Rector. aud Inst,,,c,,r 4,
Mental and Christian Scicacc, Moicri, I.a,,-,,a.
go an'l History.
Mrs BcSroN, Natron.
---,c-.--, Instructor In Nathcn,atic.,
Natural Sciences. and Ancirid Lit.ratun..
Prof & DriSE, - lat. .d Ii,,..,,,o
"pm-ii''lur'or IN the Theory AID practice
Mi'' { VI Ram Instrmtrcs. in English.
sosNowsEi, InStrIr,t.css In
Drawing, Painting, and Assistant Il, FRENCH.
Miss SoPHIA WAnLEr, Instr,ictr,.s. IN E,.
s'.h Dianchr', aud Assistant IN Mathematics.
Miss ELIZA FRAT, Assistant In Nu.ic ,nJ
English. anu
y. IL. The corps l. not yet complc,c.
ihe above institution, locW cd M CL,,r
Springs, in SraranbuIg Di.irit L So viii ~
9o'hci ior the rcci'ton OF pup,ls q, tb. 6ns, ~
fraruar! next. la converting D., ,.staLl;,l,.
"e't INTO school for young lacS, the buIl,Iipg.
na,' o..i, thoroughly repaired and fitted up:n,,l
:" i"i,i'nn'g 'h'hi anew no pains have siarcd
10y rucIl lODlc t.a.
rci'ts would desire for their d,u,,l,,..r, - pa
niar attsmtion has been bestowed upon IA. ,,,,
seal instruments, aud with lury. and cfii.i,,,,
corps oi teachers, ai'd iho,.slgl. c,,,,rss ~
study, affords c.ry advantage q bs, cpio,,,J
In any similar iistiluiioa. ''v''ea
Applicants al" admitted, Of any age. oyer So.
ven ycan+, and placed ia such cI,ss ne ,l,.s -.
lie prepared Ia join. may
Tue scholastic year will consi.t of an. .,,.,...
divided into two tali.s Uf FIVE month. .,,e,, Us
S'nning on the hrst OF frbr,las, aud Juiy ~.
cation, December and January w
Ea'c"-for Tuition aud Beard ipcl,,,;,.,
WASHING, ia'L Hshts,Sc., Sc. sI.5 i.rr term anj
asre esn rn oc no o.fra eharqe, e,c,p, Cor ua.;s
s"o Psr Erih' anu ior Book, Sheet Music Draw.
ing hatsaials, &c, actually used. ''> law
For further iniornIa.ioi,. s,,, ..p,,o.,. /.
which may be had by applying 70 the I,es,,,sn -
either OF the Propiictors. ''"e
Jan'y 1854
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snURLEY's INSTITUTE.
Three miles West Of Winnsboro'. g. q
INSTRUCTORS

INSTRUCTORS:
JoHs Il SHrRLEY, Maihe,na,is. a,d 49,,
Sciences. a "s'uhAt
=, kfrIzAS WnmDES, Ancient Languages and
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LEwIsvIILE FEMALE SEMINARY.
Tan MILES EAST or cIibsrERyILL

TEN NILES EAST o. cIibsrERyiLLE.
Rev. l. Mcdonald, Superintendent,
Mrs \ ii!lic Principal.
The SholaStic year will bc divided into two
sessions oi five months each, the nintli tern,
commencing on the l5;h OF January.
Terms for boarding, flashing, fuel, Light.
and Tuition, never to exceed 500 for one session.
Music and all Ornamental b. ailchcs extra. M
most reasonable rates
Al dccou"ts must b. paid at tie cad of each
.S'SsjoH.
In sickness resident pupils are attended free
of charge.
For a Circular containing full particulars. nd.
dress Mrs. Hylic Lcwisvill,', l.. D., Chester Dis.
trict, sc.
H'hcrr timely notic-i l. given, n carriage viii
meet any one coming "a Ear as Lewis Tui1, o,t.
on the Charlotte aid ). Z. Railroad.
EgEERESCgs
Ex-Governor j. II. McaI,s, Ex.t;orcrnor ]. 10
Richardson, General }. l.' Cant-y. RrRey.
Th"mas ,. Davis, Protestant Episcopal Bishop
Rev. William Maitn, CaIn.lcn; Dr. Thomas a.
Elliott, OrangcLurg; lion ~ Moses. Sumter;
hcmy Uilliains, Charlotte, y e.; Mrssrs R,,..
~cr Hartri, Central ip'ha.f Charleston; ami
the patrons Of the school generally.
Jany 1851. ar-c,
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cation you may be engaged in; be assured
that no one who has ever used the proper
industry bnt has succeeded, let his cccupa-
tion be what 1t may.
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CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-03-17
CONGRESS-.

In the Senate, yesterday, communication
was received from the War Department trans
hitting report Of the board of commissioners
appointed to investigate certain claims for
funds, &C., furnished to Fremont's battalion,
in California, during the war; it was referred
to the Military Committee. The resolution
declaring the Hon. s. S. Phelps to be entitled
to retain his seat as senator from the State Of
Vermont was further supported by Messrs.
Walker, Geyer, and Clayton, and opposed by
Messrs. Mason, Stuart, and Toucey, and was
then rejected-yeas IL, mays 26.
In the House of Representatives Mr.. Gid
dings moved reconsideration of the vote by
which the message of the President of the
United States, in reply to resolution calling
for information relative to the seizure of the
Black Warrior by the Cuban authorities, was,
on Wednesday, referred to the Committee on
Foreign Affairs. He took occasion to attack
both the President and the message, and was
promptly and ably replied to by Mr.. Bayly /;
when the motion to reconsider was laid upon
the table almost unanimously.
The deficiency appropriation bill was after
wards considered in Committee of the Whole
on the State of the Union.
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and slayeowners rule there, they cannot go to
the Territories to make their homes. In con-
clusion, / assure you that the Germans OF this
city have well understood what this bill means.
1t may have been said that they did not under
stand whether it was about the Maine liquor
law or Nebraska and Kansas, (laughter;) but
can assure you that they know well what they
resolved upon; they know that it was the agi-
tation against the Nebraska and Kansas bill,
and they unanimously expressed themselves
against the measure" (Applause.)
When foreigners become naturalized, we
would cheerfully accord to them all the privi-
leges of native citizens but we think that
modesty should restrain them from rendering
themselves obtrusive, offcious, and meddle-
some. We think it would better become them
to learn than to teach-to listen to advice from
us, rather than arrogantly to give advice to us.
There is another thing that we object to. 1t is
this: When Germans come to this country,
or Englishmen, or Frenchmen, or Irishmen,
they should become incorporated with US.
They should not band together as separate ma
tionalites. They should not seek to erect an
Emporium in imperio." When they do this,
they manifest hostility and distrust towards
Americans and the American government that
does not comport with the oaths they take and
with the attachment they profess for us.
This third meeting, we do not doubt, was
composed of the same elements and material
that made up the other unlucky two; All the
odds and ends and isms were there. But they
made poor show after all.
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nothing in this to prove change in the rela-
tlons OF the two sections, or to induce unkind
ieeiings between them. Each has acted as it
deemed wisest and best for itself, and with that
action others have no rightful concern. The
hostile feelings which have been manifested
have no foundation in the nature of the case,
but have sprung out of the great mistake of
allowing the slavery question to enter Congress.
If 1t had been kept out Of that body, neither
good nor bad men in the free States would have
had any means of acting politically on the sub
ject They might discuss it as a moral oues-
ton, but they could not carry it to the polls.
" 1t is said that slavery is aggressive. But
what has it done? Has it attempted to fasten
itself upon any State or Territory that wished
to reject orget rid of it? Certainly not Has
it asked Congress to establish or do anything
to legalize slavery in the Territories? Certain
ly not. 1t has asked for nothing but to be let
alone-to have the question left to the influence
of the Constitution, without any Wilmot provi-
SOS by Congress to place the people of ono sec.
ton upon a more favored footing than those
from the other in relation to the enjoyment Of
the Territories. If the matter is considered
with candor, it will be found that slavery has
not been aggressive, but has only been acting
on the defensive. 1t has been resisting assaults
fromsswithout
Let Congress retrace its steps, and declare
in explicit terms that it will not hereafter legis
late either for or against the existence of sla-
very in the States and Territories, and all cause
for strife will be at an end. The people of the
north and the south, the east and the west, will
soon learn that they are brethren, with com
mon interests and common destiny; the
Union will receive new strength, and the enc
mics of liberty, who now watch for our hating,
will find that their hopes are vain. Our coun-
try will be better loved at home, and more
highly respected abroad.
"Such are the views of one of your constitu-
ents who has thought good deal of this mat
ter-who holds no political Office, never intends
to hold one, and is not conscious of anything to
warp his judgment. For uttering such senti-
ments he will be called pro-slavery man by
the abolitionists; and yet he is as much the
friend of the slave as the best of them.
81 am, very truly and sincerely, yours.
GREENE G. BRONSON.
Hon. F. B. Cutting, NJ c.,
Washington, District of Columbia.
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Georgetown, will act as agent for the Sentinel in
receiving subscriptions and advertisements.
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VIEW BOOKS.

We are indebted to Messrs. Taylor q Maury
| for very handsome volume, containing the
complete poetical works. of Thomas Campbell
This work is edited by Epes Sargent, and pub.
lished by Phillips, Sampson, and Company,
Boston.
The volume opens with very full and in
teresting memoir Of the great poet, and con-
tains many interesting passages in the life Of
Campbell not to be found in any other sketch
Of him. The exquisite poetry of Campbell en-
joys worldwide celebrity. The only regret
of his readers is that he did not write more. He
has, however, left enough to place him in one
of the proudest positions in the temple of fame.
We are indebted to the same source for
Home Scenes and Home Sounds, or the
World from my Window, by Fl. Marion Ste
phens." This wellgotten.up volume is from the
press Of Fetridge and Company Boston. We
have not yet had the opportunity Of reading it,
but have seen favorable notices of it in several
papers. We design, when we can command
the leisure, to bestow on il more attention.
We have also received from the publishers,
(Fetridge and Company, Boston, "Another
Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire. by
Charles Dickens. Decidedly the best Christ
mas stories that have ever been written are
from the pen Of Dickens.
Messrs. Gushing and Bailey, of Baltimore,
have been kind enough to send us Through
Taylor and Maury) "a shoulder to the Wheel
of Progress, being essays, lectures, and miscel
lanies upon themes Of the day, by VIM. Max
well Wood, M. D., surgeon U. s. navy The
contents are, as follows Spirit Of Democracy,
Popular Institutions, Popular Education, His
torical account of Erie County, Pennsylvania,
The Grog Ration Of the United States Navy,
Naval Institutions of Republic, Profession
Of Medicine. The essays contained in this vol
ume have attracted no inconsderable share OF
public attention.
Also, from the same Baltimore house, we have
received aAn Outline of the Geology of the
Globe, and of the United States in particular"
with two maps and sketches of American fos-
sils. This able and interesting work is from
the pen Of Edward Hitchcock, president of
Amherst college. The author is well known
in the scientific world. His well-earned fame
cannot be otherwise than enhanced by the vol
ume before Us.