12 JANUARY 1861, page 12

Secession, A Fait Accompli.

Tax first step has been taken—South Carolina, by an ordinance passed unanimously, on the 20th of December, has repealed the ordinance adopted by the State roalltntion of 1788,......

Railway Incidents.

WE have come to regard the loss of human life almost as a matter of course in railway travelling ; we make it a question of arith- metical proportion, that out of so many......

A Great Social Want.

WIIENEVER a commercial crisis, a severe frost, or a hard season invades, and one or the other frequently intrude, we find our- selves without any effective means of relieving......