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MARRIAGE NOTICES.

Some time since the Carolina Times con-
tanned an announcement, that u fee ~ future
would be charged for publishing marriage
notices in that paper. The Chester Stan
dard thought this wrong aud took up the
cudgels for Hymcn. The Darlington Flag,
Sumter Waterman, Pee Dee Herald. et al
took sides with the Times while the York
vile Enquirer alone, has rallied To tho
Standard Of the STANDARD. The Times, nj
first somewhat alarmed ut the WELDING of
Kings Mountain, takes heart on loo, ing al
the number of his hackers and calls on the
papers of the State 20 "Pitch in" for a gree
.Gght."
If we feel it our duty to pttch in, the Icd
rose Of Lancaster, will be- found by the
side of York's pale blossom, under Chcs-
ter's Standard. And if we do, We claim the
privilege to pair off with the Senior Of the
Times. The editor of this paper was once
pupil ia said %seuior, and his back still iinglrs
ut the recollection thereof. a free fight,
may offer IN opportunity to settle old scores.
We will now only ask the editor, spgges-
lively, it he does not know that any law,
contract usage or custom made in restraint
Of marriage is void lSee Blacks,one).-
Look up The law and when found turO down
a leaf rs "York's tall SON" would say. Bro
Bowman, sou are "a Calhoun democrat. OPP
posed TO high tariffs! We arc aniiinriH
too, bot we wish to know, how you can 70.
coneiie it viii. your anteeede0rs, 10 be The
first man in the State to propose n prohibi-
tory tariff on marriages, aud Il agin Low
''ansa ers, full explicit. and uneqpisocai ARE
desired no assumptions, but proof. rca.
tangible &e.r
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H NEWS.
W.. NJ. G..

Lord Napier has been appointed British
Minister ut Washington. The interrupted
diplomatic relations of the two countries
are about to be resumed, We hope to com.
plste n final settlement Of all differences
lie, there be peace in all Anglo Saxondom.
The Custom House officers If New York
seized January cath the entire stock OF
Mcs>rs. Hcnne & Brothers Of Maiden Lane,
consisting Of diamonds ano other precious
stones amounting to $4,000. 1t is charg-
ed that the e DDS were smuggled.
The last mail brings various coniradicto-
~ reports as TO the situation of Gen. Wal
kcr in Nicaragua. by some lac Is reprosen-
ted as in u more prosperous condition than
ever heretofore by others, his prospects
are made TO Iook gloomy aud yeI another,
says he has been surrounded and has capt..
ulaIed TO the Enemy. Ills impossible. 10 ar.
rive at the truth.
Jnfues Hcmphill, ESQ. has been elected
Representative in Chester D!ss,icL tice {.
~ hiciloh' bSY tltCbeu SoiiAltOr OI llis
CilcuiI.
The Hon. James s.. Green onti. Benton
Democrat has been elected h.. s. Sennlor
from Missouri for the term cuding March
1861.
by the ~interposilion Of the Emperor Ma.
pOlcon, the difficulty between Prussia aud
SsItzerland is about To be settled.
Some Chinese soldiers on the Sth Of DC.
tober boarded n British vcasc! and carried
away p~ciVe VI Inc crew. Admiral Sey.
moIr British Commaudiut in those waters
interiervd, ana the men were SEM back but
no apology being sent a required, the Ad.
mirl 0ombardcd Canton.
A new Post Office has been established
in York District by the name Of Sharon
Valley. Andrew +. Love is the pos.mas.
ter.
III T.. Livingston Of Newberry District
WIS murdered Oh the night OF the 23rd ult
a stone striking against his door, rauscd
hun to open IT, rs soon as he did So, II,
was shot ihrOpsh The head. The nuricre.
10 unknown. n
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CnARLEsrox, Feb. 90, 1857.


Messrs Editors AS the heart Of the
public is set upon snow, and rs | have
sust escaped from the polar regions Of Vir
GINA. may - well render you some &C.
eouat OF my adventures. Farther north
than Richmond, I have no intelligence
except what the telegraph has furnished
but the inhabitants of that city were, on
Sunday week, astonished by such n storm
as had never visited them before. Men
were engaged in dinner parties, and DIES.
Perately essayed 10 fulfil those sacred oh
lig ltions-they were pulled on; Of snow
drifts twelve feet deep, and revived by the
neares, druggists with the aid Of brandy
and water. Men were 10 have been burr
ell on that day, but as neither carriages
nor sleighs could pass along the streets
those engagements also wefe per force
broken. All railroads aud telcgrapbic
wires stopped work OF course. The train
from Fredericksburg was caught or its way
to Richmond. only FIVE miles from the lat
ter city, and there remained fast anchored
for two days and nights. Fortunately,
there Was a farm house hard by. and the
passengers there spent their time in dane
ing. The Central, the Danvill, the Pc
tersbnrg road all were stopped. Rich.
monj was suddenly cut off from the whole
world, and from the silent snowy waste all
round came no sound. What were the
newspapers to do. Enquirer had many
paragrap> Of useful knowledge compiled
out Of books of travels. The Wig gave
fragments Of old ermons The Examiner
furnished extracts from the Koran and
the Dispatch afforded much valuable in
formation about how the Chinese rat
catchers in San Francisco live and ply
their trade. There was nothing else for
il. One lecturer ventured, after several
sdjournments by reason of the mc!emen
CIV of the weather" to deliver a Lecture in
Corinthian Hall. Hardly anybody atten-
ded and the members Of the press were
all too wise to 90. At last after four
days, it vas announced that the Peters
burg road was open, but south Of Peters
burg all was a polar waste. There came
Intelligence by telegraph from Washing
very severe noIthwards, which was small
comfort, while the snow was so deep
around Richmond, that, with all the exer-
tons OF the companies, they had made no
way norlhwaid farther than fifteen miles
on Saturday last, one week after the storm
On Saturday, however | your fortunate
correspondent, came rs far south as Pc.
%tersburg. From thence the Superinten
dent would send us no farther that night;
but on Sunday morning, a train of cars,
cautiously feeling its way towards Wei
don, ard carrying The mails Of seven days,
might be seen adventurously smoking
along under a sky black with another
threatening storm. II that storm came
down, how ever, it is behind us, for we
were enabled to make all the connections
last night and to day, at Weldon, Will
mington and kingsVille. AS we approach
ed Charleston, every vestige Of snow dis
appeared, and here we are in the Sunny
~Savannahs, DC. &c.
Your servant,
NACCrs NIAToR.
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TOWER OF Barrel.

A Mr.. Place, French consul at Mosul
who has been f,r some two OF more years
engaged in making discoveries il the sol
tudcs of ancient Nincvah has at last, ms he
snpposcs, discovered the Tower of Babel in
the plains of Shinar. A full examination
has not yet been made but MIR. Place and
those with him are satisfied that il is the yer.
liable Tower
Great lapse of time, and The wasting des-
%olation, that has dwell upon the earliest set
tied countries of the earth, for many thou
sands of years, have helped skcp,icism to
throw doubts on Biblical truth in many par-
t~iculars. But these doubts are being rap
idly removed b scientific researches in the
east, and the crumbling ruins of cities long
buried from the sight, now %exhumed, are
witnesses to prove the truth of holy writ.
The To~e of Babel has long been consid-
cred by many a myth but Mr.. Place is about
to establish its claim TO n real existence,
and thus knock another plank from under
the foolish crowd, who are on the look out
for such objections to the Bile. May suc.
cess attend his efforts.
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PENNSYLVANIA SENATOR.

MT cameron presenter mas o'"'' elected
10 inc o"'''d states senate from fcnnsll
N"nH"' III NoN'""o'r '"S'' 'h's "'''e gave II
r"sPec'"o'c "h'J"r''y Tor VIZ buchanan ana
IL WIS c"hi'"ch''y eAPe'''" ma Il democrat.
W INC '"'l'e"' '''"''''s ""U'u oc 'ioseh
Du' b'"'N h'P"o''c""'am wa" TOO strong :
III" simon '""Ieroh Is senator.
"n'h Mr. b"'h"'"h was elected great
r'J"'e'"S WIS ""o '"r""s"""' '"e S"hth E
ana u" one i''' more INC r'l"''lhS IMAM We
o'n' o"t we never Regarded MS 'l'cH"h'
inc great '''"''Ph' sumo o' our co'e'hP"r"-
TICS ""' '"N eo"'o We s'c''9 'H"' J'es
S"'''S" Hho"'" ''s''i stronger nan ever nc-
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S""'se" anu 'e"''""! s"""s' we are now
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The Hon. Laurence N. Keitt's Speech

This Is a speech of novel and original
character, rs well as of remarkable elo-
quencc aud power. 1t probes the ques,
ton Of slavery, historically and economi-
cally, rs deeply as d.. Lord has done,
scripturaily sad morally and educes con
illusions rs necessary, in logical sequence,
AS they are i~mPregnable in logical strength.
The array Of proof, that slavery is one Of
the natural conditions Of human society,
and benefcient in its working and results.
mounts TO demonstration. That free la
Dor leads to pauperism, and crime, and
multiplies beggars and aims houses and
fills jsils and penitentiaries with inmates,
he who rurs may read, and he who reads
cannot fail to learn. While we go not
with Col. Keitt, in his political ertremism,
we vet think him a powerful speaker aud
r~easoner; ard regard his vind,ca,ion Of sla.
very ,in he National Capitol, whicE. we take
pleasure in laying before our readers, this
morning, rs Ell Getting a wall and tower Of
defence, sufficient to for,ify the institution,
even against the Anakims of Free-soilism,
and the Amalekites of Abo!ition-he has
done patriot service to our Southern Israel,
and proved himself n Samson among The
Philisline Charleston Courier.
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HON. w. w. BOYCE.

IL Is with great pleasure, We see almost
daily evidence that our friend Boy ce is rapid-
ly gaining the confidence ct the people Of
the State every where. Long may he rare !
The following, meriicd complimentary no.
tice Is a'k.n from the Eageiioid Advertiser.
awe arc pleased to see that this talented
Congressman Of ours is making himself
felt in Washington upon that most impor.
thnt of all the p.actical questions now be
fore the country, "tlie Tariff Sometime
since: Mr.. Boyce took an early occasions 10
pace before che country his views upon this
interesting subject, We admired at the
time, the perspieuity Of his remarks. the
method Of his argument AID the tenor a
the policy he advocated aud We have been
expecting 10 hear more from him upon this
great topic. We have not been d~isappoint.
cd. Early as the debate has been sprung
upon this questIoa during The present SEES.
son, We fad him, like a true knight. AT his
post, armed caD-G-Pie and reaGy at all points.
The Stale of South Carolina looks to him
with confidence, and feels assured that his
ability aud Intelligence will carry out, as faI
as possible, her we'll known principles ia
this regard. Mr. Boyee is an honest and q
iaithfui politician. BY this Independence
and intelligence. he has commanded the
respect of our National Legislature. Lei
him go on boldly, and he viii deserve, and
receive, the plaudi's Of an admiring con.
stitueney!"
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CONGRESSIONAL

The readers Of The Ledger win rcmem-
Der, that some time since, a charge of bribe-
ry and corruption in tie lower House of
Congress, was made by the N. Y. Times
and that while this charge vas the subject
Of remark in the House, Mr.. Pane Of N. G.
stated that a member of Congress had of.
fered him fifteen hundred dollars for his
vote. A. Mr.. Edwards ofN. Y. is the party
accused. lie denies it Of course, and the
House to give force to the denial and yindi.
cate its character from thc suspicion of buy
ing aud selling the Legislation of the coun-
try, appointed n committee to investigate
the matter. Several witnesses have been
examined but they refuse to answer unless
specific charges are made against some par
ticular individual. Simonton the correspon.
dent Of the N. Y. Times, has been arrested
and is'confned for contempt of the Housc in
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EXEMPT TON FROM LEVY AND
SALE.

A movement is on foot in the Mississippi
Legislature to exempt portion ola debtors
slave property from sale und,r execution.
TO The bill before The Senate, the following
Amendment was adopted by II vote Of 20
10 8,
"Excmpting one slave, to be selected by
the dvbtcr, il he have more than one. And
should such debtor select o tain Il female
slave, then all trc children of such female
under the aye OF twenty years, shall likes
wise be exempted"
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The M.ssrs Appleton, New York, propose
to publish a Anew Americana EncyrIopT.
dia," designed to present in n condensed
form for practical use II complete summary
Of all tho facts Of human knowledge ny I'd
tie present day.
They had tough time of it. getting a
Tax Collector in All Saints Parish. The
rival candidates were Peter Vaught and
Benz. T.. Sessions. Peter won The first
heat by !, but The managers decided
there was "ioul riaing"-two illegal votes.
Second heat Peter on this heat by 3, but
it was desidcd against him on tie ground
OF illegal votes. In The third heat the bot
tom oC Ben fod and he came in 4 winner by
80 majority.
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refusing TO answer the questions put 10y the
committee. 1t is uncertain how the matter
will terminate /; but the probability is the
committee vii! discover. that Mr.. paino. mis-
apprehcndcd the meaning OF Mr. E~dwarisnnd
that the latter in Il playful humor, was but
testing with his Honorable friend. The
charge made by the Times will be dropped /;
because witnesses won't answer questions
that would expose corruption. The Wit
nesscs will ut first be arrested, but som
after set free and every tody will forget
about the disgracetui charges, and things
will go smoothly again. Thus il is that
corruption stalks un .rebukcd through the
halls of American Legislation in open day.
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THE WEATHER.

Here in Lancaster, although very cold,
we have not felt n 1.-THE Of the suilrrings ex-
pe-ienced north of us. In Virginia the
snow seems to have b,cu heaviest, and the
cold was intense. The Railroads were
blocked up so rs TO obstruct all commune
cation between North and South for n week
or more. The storm coming Unexpectedly
found several cities with 4 scanty supply of
fuel and The roads and rivers being obstruc-
ted, it WAS hard, if not impossible, to get n
supply. The consequence was, great suf-
fering. and, we are sorry to add, death. In
Raleigh n. c. wood rose TO Is per cord,
notwithstanding the great abundance in the
immediate vicinity Of that city. In Peters
burg Va. fifteen dcaths--some say nineteen
are reported, we hope the number is en-
aggerated. DR.. Cox, said to be a most ex>
%cel,cnt man was frozen while attempting
TO visit his patients. Provisions were very
scarce in The city and Of fuel, there was
but very little. $4,000 were raised for the
benefit Of the poor, and a committee Of gen
tlemen was appointed 10 atteGd TO their
wants. In times of calamity like this, peo-
pie grow selfish; and the cry of distress too
often ial!s GA ~iist!ess ears but the citizens
of Petersburg while imprisoned in the snow
forgot not, that suffering humanity has
claims upon them.
Marine disasters nave been very numer-
Gus along the coast North aud the harbors
are closed with ice.
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n Young man from Texas. in a Iette,
The Chester s,apdatd. says TIA. Texas
is q fns place, spd il pep must move,
thsy had better 30 thsrs, but upon The
uu5sct Of movias at ali, ne makes the
following sensio!e rsmarks:-Begister.
s".tastoad, therefore, Of p~ersuadiug the
men II South Carolina to leave
fAs'r native State, | would say to them
"rurn your attention to every new branch
Pf business that is honorable and remune-
fative. Build up manufactures Of every
kind. Introduce the culture Of every
lhiag that yields = large return from a
psl' extent Of land. Use your boundIsss
|ytsnt OF water to irrigate your lower
Pnds and make them yield five or tenfoId
8 mgch IS they are now doing. Plan,
proves araynd your dwellings, to shield
op from the !piasm8 that arises from the
Peck spd rivsr-. Up shayt do. everything
h"t 10 Necessary TO increase and multiply
20 resources and i~ndspepocuco and power
South Carolina"
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Ifsraa Rhe Newark Uaay Eaplc.

So. ts rre1 There is a great deal
"a. N"i ~wri,sn, to no purpose, in regard
) 'i.. .rtest s,yle Of ladies dresses. 1t is
h.. n.i.manly, as well rs useless, as no
~'dy ever thought Of dressing unfashiona.
.iy, IN order 10 please gentlemen. 1t is
-k+s critical eve of her own sex she fears.
1nr,e seems TO be no bounds to tho cavil.
"..sf OF The gentlemen critics. At one
'trm IL - the sRall bonnet, then the large
sleeve but now It 10 the hoop, the ever.
,as,iny hoop, and nothing but the hoop ;
Ine Perpetual theme of the would be wit.
Ly, the standing subject Of the schooIboy's
frst c~ompoit.on, and the ~favorite topic
.f p, ets-ters Of the day on which, ifsome
-"T'e: f.erretrates a doggerel, forthwith it
copied throughout the country. l do
h"t pretend ~ protest against it would
49, AXE from them the only subject on
~. q trey can I've witty.
I IN" aides should undertake TO crit
use. aaG conleIn the halilimeuts Of the
".p~'s OF creation. there would be \ uni
verse. su;cry, against such presumption 4;
%, res Z 'naetnen writer's consider them
saves -er ec',y competent to judge Of the
n,rsss and uufIness Of any new fashion,
a 'or,ed 10y the ladies.
t.. a gentleman stranglc himself with his
'r%ss,, or have It so tied tina, it resembles
-r" ~!"skers Of a fe'orious cat, or il his
~ D'tf.r FROM a stifly starched collar,
80 ,"re not, We make no remark. He
~ have his face covered with hair,
~ .i2h, according to Lord Monhoddo,
80 .flAtat. aac,n,ilatos H. I.,~.s g..
81 he monkey or ourang outang--or he
.ss~y cops oar fashions, and sport at his
SIDE a sleeve larger Than a Bishops, We
u" not interfere, but look on in silence.--
-And now. to quiet the discon:ented ma
.cshhes, !, for one, give them full permits
;r.on to crowd their neither limbs into gar
snbsnts # the lesst possible dimensions.
TfIb buckles nj the knees, or occupy sacks
rs will best promote their happiness, in.
xsssl4aliy AMI respectively ; they NAV en-.
case tl'eir arms in a vice. or amplify their
,.eaath without protest; they may cover
heir capu,s with caps, hats with broad
bruins or 40 brirns at all, at their pleasure:
they may engage as wool grower, and
.cuitivate crops about their faces ad Ii6itum
,es engage ia any other freak, ~him or
FANCY with their peculiar apparel; but /
shall continue to wear the hoops. until
Ghey are found uncomfortable, %ipconveni.
snt or unfdsAioaable.
n LOUISE.
W.S.-iDear NJ. Eli,or. please oppose
the repeal Of the deity on coarse woois,
'dest Ahs doaass'ie product diminish, and
s4he gsatAemen suffer from the cruel effects
10 the law, l..
We commend tho spirit Of our fair cor.
respondent. and hope she may abate the
vice OF which she so poin,edly complains.
I'm.
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TgE NECESSITY OF REcREATIoS.--A
sensible writer say /: I" Games, gai,ies,
sports, spectacles, there will be, rs long as
men have limbs, eyes or ears. The de-
yelopment is ~ natural here "a it is in the
arts. You might as well talk Of extirpa-
ting music and paintings as Of driving
the common atpussments out Of the world.
Now, there are abuses OF these ,hings.--
What are we to say Of the abuscsi Let
them crpsh down and destroy the things
themselves" do we sayl But they can.
not. Then let them be cut off. There is
really nothing else to be done. Elevate,
refine, purify the public amusements.-
Let religion recognize and restrain them
Let it not, rs 's too common, drive them
TO lioence and extravaganza; but let il
throw around them its gentle bond, to
make them pure, cheerful, heaIthful-
helpful to the great ends Of life. What
a blessed thing tor the world were it, il its
am could thus be rescued, re.
deemed, and brought into the service Of its
v'~tue and p;-tyr'
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ARrIrIcIAL Stone new materisl,
imposed Of sand, plastsr.of paris, and
|oei, reduced with water 70 suc..i 2 con.
rtency as viii, permit pouring ipt0 moulLs
any ervreg iorm tas been patented.
pc cotnposi.iop bsrasns ip 2 Heyy short
Fne, and it is said, incveases in 6rmness
fd compact texture until il 6psliy turns
30 solid stopc. Ano,bss description Of
|tiiciml stone is that mapufacipred of
. ssnd, united together with . fluid
|ieste of soda ~ consequences Of the
cuiizriy simple o9ppositi6p Of tbs Ipa
iai, IL has been found easy to mspufac
~ at Il porous rs well as compact stone,
u aI<o such articles rs gindstonss and
~Eti'sstones. The porus sto9es are pecu-
F'y a.efnl, rs they make admirable 81
and 10y p'@cing a coating Of fine pure
tie sand upon them they gan pever be
Pksd.-Nrws
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DEATH OF PRESTON S. BROOKS.

1t is with painful regret that we arnounce
the death of this beloved son Of South Ear
olina. Col. Brooks died in Washington
on the night Of 27ih january. Unlocked
FOR and unexpected, Vas the mournfu. in
%tclligence; and it has fallen sadly and
heavily upon the heart of every Cm o!iuian.
Col. Brooks was possessed - high and
noble qualitics-thc qualities which con>ti
tutc the good and patriotic citizen, the duti-
ful son, the faithful friend, the generous,
humane. amiablc man, and the chivaIric sol.
dicr, Jealous of his own and his couutr, s
honor. He was young, but already he has
done service TO his country and gave pro-
mise of greater usefulness, for years TO
come. Great us is his l0ss to the State at
large it is yet greater upon his immediate
constituency. prump, aud efficient in the
discharge of lis dUiics as their representa-
tive, he had Won their unlimited confidence
and respect, and made himself, to them. e>-
p~ccially, n useful. necessary, public servant.
This visitation of providence, falls most
heavily on those who mourn his loss as re-.
~lalious. We intrude not upon their grief :.
but mnu in common with our fellow citi
Gems for the loss Of one so worthy rs Pres
ton $. Brooks.
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEB 4, 1857.
NOTICE.

The Editor is g~one-gone about lis bus
iEess and We his Substitute, are eft 10 cater
10 the pui lie taste fer news and literature,
for n week or iwo. We mention this, that
all may know The editor is not responsible
for anything herein contained and that the
Substitute" acting only, for another Is not,
either. If any one of our readers should
feel himself agricvcd by anything that app
pears he will remember, it is n case in which
no body is responsible and act accordingly,
With thi, notice we proceed to our work.