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m LAMiSTIill LKUIiF.ll ?oYTo Published e/ary Weiues lay looming BV . XVI . CONNORS tkUiroit AND I'ltOI'liiKTOK. (?So T K RMS: II .1 IvtllCtf, ------- fCMK a.* the expiration of .Six Months, - - - At the einl of the Year, in. i?3o AD Y EHTIHEMENTS Will be iiiscrte-i nt the following low rates: One square fol 10 lines or less.jo leinsertion (1 ; or, if continued, 75 cents for the first in lerlioii, mid 50 cents lor each subsequent liner ti on. I'lT See Kouith I'uge for deductions ii ^vorof stan li.ig advertisements. The nuuiber of insertions must be written oi jacli advertisement, or they will be insert*-'! til ordered out uinl charged accordingly. Cuiulcnsvilfrom Ihe Smith Carolinian. Legislature of South Carolina. Wkoxkj-oav, l>vt ember lo lSoS. SENATE. 11,0 Senate met tit II si. idt!io lion NY. i>. 1'oiler, I'resuleiit, in (lie Cnair. A bib to iticresiMi the compeiisudon ol g,tn-d atid | ? lit juiois w as passed, :?tul ordered lo lie ro'.tntie 1 to the House. 1 lie ("lowing biila ha ring received n third reading; it. tlie House, were t?ke!i up for a third loading in ll:o Senate.? Ordered to bo called acts ami returned ti the 11 "Use: A lull to incorporate tin Pn n.illi I'"in- Ki.gti e Company ol (.'ol Uiubin. A bill to incorp oate the Cohtm bin and Hamburg lliihoid Company.? A bill to revive tbe charter of the Society lor the rebel ol the elderly and diiiMed lllillistel S. ill.il i f the widows -in.I nriili-nn ot the olijrjjjy of the ii:dii!>?. !i?!oilt or con glegatioual church i:i the State of South Carol in a. A i_.il; to incorporate the South Carolina Slave ami Hanoi Company. A ill to itico poralo the Chang i l.'ine Coin pany. A bill to aid in the cons'ruction of a monument lo tlio signers of the Deelara tiou of independence, in Independence Square. Mr. Hampton stated why lie had mov oil tor a roci nsideiatit n of the bill, and IhkJ before the Senate the information which he had received in relation to the matter. i l.o monument would cost yl'io.OOO, and onch Stale wci.hl contrihuto as follow s: New Hampshire, Sd.OOO, M aSsacll U*Olt* *11.OUO; U .ode Island, S.'.UOO; Coinme licut, $4,000; New York, *33,000; New Jersey, ?5,000; l'enncrIvania; ?25,000 Delaware, ?1,000; Maryland, $0,000 Virginia, $1 2000; Norili Cam na, ?b,ou<> Georgia, ?8,000; Souih Carolina, ?0,000 Ho asked if South Caiolilia should In tlio only State of the thirteen who would refuse lo contrihuto to pe pet unto tin: memory of those hold spirits of '70, win nig net! that Declaration, lie hoped that tiiefa was Loo much of patriotism in the heart of o.'ii Ji Senator to- lefiise t<? vote !<?r this coii'ritruiion. ue h.fuiiind lite Senators how tiie papers relating lo the mat tc-r came into Ins hand*, and m a touching manner referred to \V. C. I'reston, l?y whom they were sent. Mr. M izyck said ihalsince the motion made the oilier day, lie had lunl cause to change Irs ideas upon the subject, lie expressed liimseil a. strong a sec'ionai man as could be found in the Slate. He l.imeil fo son lb? ?b?e n I ?-n ' \.i.i.: . Hint South Carolina would not be nndci the same government. L; lamed tluil Lib ? oftlil pass. lit. Uhett bad before voted ?unin?t this hill, as lie thought it was a \ anktv trick to obtain money; but now he should vote f??r it, as he ha I learned that all <<f the otln-r States ha 1 made appropriation?). The yeas and n lys were called, as fidIowa : Veah.?Messrs. \\ 1* Porter, President A ston, !' irker, ilryan, Pati'stler, Kick I no, Cist, Hampton, .1 noes 11 Irbv Les osne. Manning, M izvck, McAlilev, Mellard. Montgouiery. Moses, Palmer, Uliett Suasions, Waorier, Westmoreland, Wilson Witherspoon, Zimmerman Nays. ? Messrs. Allen, llonnean, Cannon, De Loach, Fjx, Kunnan. (i irlin^tou 0 use, II irrison, Charles Irby, 0 llryati, Sharpe. Yeas 2."; nays 1^. -So the bill wa< agreed to and ordered to be setit to tht 1 1 mis . On motion of Mr. Warner the Sennit adjourned at 10 minutes of 4 p. in. HOUSE OF KKPoKsKN l'ATI YES. The House assembled at 11. A. M.? The roll was called. The speaker took the Cnair and the j annul of Tuesday .v is read. \lK't i'reen made a report or. the pari (.1 tlie Special Coinmillee of Conferonct oa the disagreement between tlie two Houses as to the ?l y tixo 1 lor adjourn dien'. Committee have met, ami, altei ?mi interchange of views, recommend thai i uesdiy. ilia 'ili', it 12m, In! lixed iipor ;n tf 1(4 lima tor ailjoiiruniOiit. On tin leslioti Laii.^ put, tins report of the (Join niiltcv (vas agreed to, ami ordered to La sent to lini Sftnnto foY honourroiice. Mr. J. Williams nfaifo a report of tin Special Committee i f the Yoilc and Join cast'r delegation, mi so iiinoli of the pre a nitii.mil of the Grand .fury of L ino islet 1 >istrlct mi relates to the Catawba Indians <> I?oe I for consideration to moirow. Mr. Slia.in at called for tlie special or dor : a Lull to repeal an act. entitled an act lor the suspension of certain section* of certain acts, and lor oilier purposes.? .Mm, a bill to amend an act, entitled an aet for the suspension of certain section* of certain acts, and for qflicr purposes, rat itied tlie 2 I it day of December, J?57. Auiaiidm int.i were offer d by Messrs Macftrlan and (rtdberry. * Mr. Shannon spoke at length upon the inertia of the bill reported by the Com rait(e?. ' Hjr. iitit t, witli a view to more inf?r' (nation, moved that the a>iieiidmeut offer rd should be prilled, and the bill made the special order for tho evening sossiou, at 7 1 4 o'cl -ck. Agreed to. Mr. McGowsti called for the special order. A hill to extend the sjstem of pubJi# education in Una State Amendments >?ere introduced bjr Messrs. Metmningcr, V'raxer, Duryea, Scrivoii, Presslsy, Mac'ar- ' Ian, l?a<\berry, Thompson, Yeadon. Mr. Meimuiiigcr suit! ho war. very unwilling to intlicl a speech Ujion tlie House lull it seemed to linn, from 1 lie course pursued by some o( the members of the 1 llotisc, that the bill was about to meet with opposition. It was, thcieloie, but reasonable that they should be satisfied of its general priuei'.iler as it was tlie ' inauguration of a sv'stein in tlie Slate, dif ' fereut from that already attained; and be 1 llietelore proposed to bring before the House the particular eonsiderations which iut:ueiiVed the Committee. 1 lie hill pro post s the abandonment of the free school ' system, and inauguration of the common . school system. That system itilVuis en j lirelv in several particulars. The chief particular is that it throws aside the dis J unction that now exists belweu the rich I i and pool*, lie was aware that arrange nit-uls were made in many districts by which leachcis admit into their schools many of the children of I lie poor, but to get iliat beiielit it was nccessai v to make a declaration of pauperism, liut the plan now offered no additional butdeu j upon the licit. The Committee main ' tain that the sum paid by a man of j wealth, if put into the hands of a Hoard f I of Trustees, will pay not only lor his own childieti, but will pay for the education of I his neighbor's children, and the sum of motley will not be nioie to him, but less. ?t will ciealc a fund which will liable the. community about him to be educated if that be true, it was a Very obvious thing that this plan should be pursued.? I he only inquiry was, whether in adop ling this plan we wore departing fioiti the ; general principUs lad down. ,'tithocgh upon the statement ol this i' bul the p.an seemed new, yet according , , | to the act of 1811 the original inaugural i i ( lion ol free schools in this State, intended tc inaugurate the common school system. I lilt this act utifoiInnately had a provis- I j ion, that when any more children should ' apply than could he received, preferance should be given to pocr orphans and the children of indigent and necessitous pa- i | rents. The Siate at that time only up i v i.. i v 11 niWi f.v. .1... .. I. .1 |,IV\| V" ? jVVV kUI illVJ ? UV.il U iiMM Ul South Carolina. 1 lm coiisi qiicuco whs, i > lliai tlii' children ut the pool only were oducn'ed in ilioso schools. 1 he coinmit i 1 tee propose to come back I" that system, j , j ion .'eating out the provision, and to in augurale or letricvo the t'otnmoil school ' ? sistciu. That brings kip tlio question ' > ! anew. Siiail wo give llio people any id i ( uviklioik f We .no bound to g ve every j ( 1 i citizen a primary education. W e require ) , j of them to sit upon juries, decide grave < ( , questions of law, vote for representatives ( ! and bring belbio tlieui all tlie questions 1 ! j of Stale. SlioulJ we require men to de ! eidu upon the most ddlieull causes in sei ' j cine and law unless we give tlieui the 1 I , highest education? lie would Mihiuil that oliile tliey had been e gaged for the j j last few weeks in discussing of banks and 1 ladroads, that tins question, applying to I < ' the urnd of the State, w is more iuijior I ' ? taut than any that applies to material , wealth. K cry ihmg matei.nl is for the !evelopni?nt of oiind. W n ate to dig j among our citizens in the same wav l>\ ( j i 1 ilea lion as we dhj in the soil for the inn1 teiiil wealth that is there. )Vc propose j-. that wheiever the citizens of a district is j not disposed to take the new system, tliey ' shall Continue the old. lint whenever j tin y desire to make the cliange, this hill ' gives them the power to do so. j j Take, for example, Columbia. Sup t pose its citizens determine to elect a new I school r leciuct in this fit v. Tho t'- ml ., i step tIn-y take won!il l>e to see whether t i two-third-'. wei? in favor of it. If??>, then ' ^ I it is tieiiessary thai th?y contribute one I h ill to the election of u school house ; the State provides the other halt. W hen ' c the school commences, the Trustee* are ' \ authorized to tax the inhabitants '2o per , ' cent, Tliu State will pay a corie>pOndiiig | ; tax to the amount 11 ?u a head. She is n j entitled to have that amount set down to ^ ! Iicr credit. Tito Stale expends one-half j ; to build and otto half the expen-e of the pupils of sii> per head. The oueslion fur " the Legislature is, is it worth ail this t? | There are schools going on in Charles 1 toti which make tho success of this s?s * tern apparent. In tlife last report Leois- f lators wOuld tiuil that tho most eminent t men declared the result produced upon t ' tho pupils surprised them ft nil fat surpas- | sed jtnV11i11<r thev had ever seen. It if.. I brings together the rich and the poor.? j When a man of consequence had his suns in a school in common with the poorer ! class, it draws their attention to it. In stead of being ditlicull to tind good conn iitissiotiers, every m in will give his time to it, and the result is thai wo combine th<- w hole Intel, igeice oft he district The t : contact of the sons of the rich and tho i poor is decidedly beneficial to both. The , rich boy is brought to a proper hearing. ( On the other hand, 'he jealousy of the 1 . poor against the rich is subdued by this i contact. When this is the c.i9? it produ j ces that feeling of kindness eminently t proper in a Lepuhlicau liuv eminent.? ' l The next advantage, is superior education 1 i for 'lie lints being. \\ ben you have a ' number nfthildreii you can classify them, i S IV toll llSVe two Luminal , V..ii may divi le tlmm, say, in live classes, . of different grades, from A. 15, (J up; then if you give to each class a separate room, with a separate teacher to each ' j . class, you perceive that llm t?acher is oc- I , r cupietl all tlie time, aid the children are i taught all the time. In ?>r?iiiiHry schools 1 where a teacher has to iuarn six or seven . , classes, she can give hut a limited portion i ( of time to each class, lint in this school i ; the whole ila?s are taught together and led on from st"p to step, till they get to the Olid. It U easy to see, therefore, that i this plan na$ a very great ell'ect. The i education of each pupil costs al>out j' per head for '.he year. The question, shall this bill he sent to the Senate, was taken hy yeas and nays, and resulted as fqllows . Yeas 81 ; nays 28. Ordered to he sent to the Senate. The special order being called for, n bill < for the suspension of certain acts, passed i in December J8q7? relative to the Hanks , ' was after a tfisciission, participated in by ' Messrs. Uoylstoit, Mcparlan, Ing'is, Yendon, Perry, Meuiininger and Thompson, mi e iniiely postponed, by a vote of 60 to j i 52 \ On motion, the House ndjourneJ, to 1 meet at 11 o'clock, to-morrow. < ' i ;(Tljiv "?th\n. ! LAN CASTER VILLE, SC. WEDNESDAY MORNING, DEC. J 858. ; Next week being Christina*, in accordance with our usual custom, only a half | sheet will hu issued from this oflice, and 1 this principally for the benefit of advertisera. Oflt AdvekTI&ISO CoLVMNS.? Possess peculiar interest this week, uiid we refer our readers to thetii. The largo sale to take place on 17th January should attract special attention. A'. P.*. M.. At a regular eoiuniunicatioii of Jackson Lodge, No. 53, A.-. F. . II.1. held on 16th ! iust.. the f?dlowing brothers were elected to till the respective offices for the ensuing yeai : J. I). Wy lie. W M. 15. J. \V it hers poo n, 8. \V. A. J Reldon, J. W. S. I,. Straitd, T. J. N. Crockett, S. A. Hales. S. I). *\V. M. Connors. J. I). I'. .Mclairnon, Ty ler. *\V. I'. Vaughn, ) . H\ McLnrnon. < ^'?ard.. ltev. J. W. Crider, Chaplain. ^Appointed Ladies' Home Magazine. 'I'll- January number of this monthly is it, i.:ir Inlil.. W.i I. ??..,* -.1* ........ il.-. .1 . I icrves a more lirnrty support from a lihe- | al public ; it* teachings arc of j) practical j uid moral character, shedding n grateful inliicncc uroumi the family I i reside. JJy the ; eriiis, it is placed within the reach of every I tie : only ?2 a year ; or two copies for ; and four copies for ?o. Address, 'J'. S Arthur ifc < "o , 3-3 Walnut Street, I'hilidclphiu. History of the Catawba Indians. ! j Our neijf >bor of the Indian Land Chronicle promises to commence in his next issue the publiciitioii of a history of the Catuvv ha Indians, from their lirsl settlement in York District down to the present time, prepared by IteV. A. NVhyle. Also in same lumber of the paper, will be commenced n hrilling nam el telle, from the pen of Jiis. Itynuui, Ksq., of itock Hill, entitled '1-ou | aw ha, the Daughter of the Catawba Chief." ' L'licse, will no doubt add much to the in crest of the Cluoiiiclc, already a good pa. | icr, arid persons who would like to n ad I lien, should subscribe for it at once. The Chronicle complains of the mailin" ' ? i rrangerneiits in that njnr'er, and say* on his subject : ' we would suggest the fenni. .ility of a hack line from Yorkvilleto Danaster, via ltock Hill, direct?this would ounect by stage from I-ancuster to (rain- I b in. the two rail roads thro' the country? | he travel will certainly warrant it to this ! loint, and tile weight of the mails mar de* ii.uid increased facilities. What say our I I'orkville and Lancaster friends !" We signed a petition a short timo since, HI* lit' f I i?nonr..ll.i I* VI .t t ' B' ?? ! on's Store, l??r n tri weekly hack line from j liis place to some point on the Charlotte . lailroad, or to Yorkville, we have entirely I bigotten which, \l|"h. titer it proposed It. ake in Koek Hill, we hate also forgotten. >ul it certainly should do ho, eapecially tow, since that place is diguitied by thu j nihliiMlioii of a paper. 'J'hia route, it strike* i in, \vo:;id be of more consequence to our itizen*, than the present hack line to Char- j lotto. Senator Douglas. The Charleston Xncs expresses it* asonishiiieiil at the cnlhoaiaiitic reception 1 which thin political traitor has lately met with in the cities of Memphis ami New j Jrlean*. We notice by a despatch fr??ui , .In1 latter city that he was as highly honor- | il in his departure from t!;ence as he had jeen by his reception, lie wjih escorted ! o the boat by a number of citizens head- ' d by the Mayor, and was given a parting ulute of one hundred guns. These de- J nonstrations, in our humble opinion .are ?igliticant of evil times ahead. The .\eirt , uiya of Douglas ; "From the introduction of the Xcbra?kaKnliaaa bill in 185-1 until now, we hnvt scrutinized tjie speech^*, vote* and positions of Mr. Douglas, ami have come tg the deliberate conclusion that he is a more dangerdu* L'liemy to tlio South than Seward himself. H is a matter of painful regret to hnvo to draw this inference against a Democrat, end especially a Northern Statesman from whom mo much might have been hoped. An" jp ! VoWed opponent in better than a secret one ?an open enemy than a treueheious friend If Mr. Douglas was a man of less mark and t influence, if his talents were not so strong and subtle, if hi>. debating power in tho fo- I rutti and on the rostrum npt so iwsy ' ing, if his indomitable pluck and apparent candor were nut so potential, and, more 1 than all, if his control of tho Northern Democracy was not so ascendant nnd impor I lant, it might not be a n attei of sutHclout 1 consideration, to* expose the sophistry and assail the ueinngpgue-ism, with which he haa sought to mislead and wheedle the South, Hut a Wyetims an imperative duly, when, in the face ofhis course last season at Washington, tfod of his defiance of the Administratis!) and the Democratic party, he aspires lo the CoiiVeption nomination in 1860 as the Democrat candidate for the Presidency, and when many at the South icem to favor his pretension*." The Legislature. The ttcvvly elected Gpvoinor, lion. \V II. Gist, qualified on Monday 13tli. Tli inaugural ceremonies, tbo valedictory u Kx-Guvcrnor Allstou and t!ic inaugura address of the present Governor will b found on our first page. The Vice Gov nrnor elect, Hon. M K Curn.'ulso ]u;iIitieoil same day. After tliu inaugural ceremonies, a l?il caine up In the House to aid in the construe tiou of a inouunieiit in Philadelphia Squari The bill had been acted upon by Connnit tee oil Federal Relations, and they reeoni tneuded that il do not pass. .The ol-jee of the monument was in memory ot th Signets of tliq Declaration of Independent') and it hud been proposed that it b?s ereetei by the original thirteen Stales of Itiis Con federacy. South Carolina, as one of then had been invited to eo operate, and $600i was allotted as litr proportionate share o 9100,000, which it was proposed the inon Uli.eut should cost. This was the matte under consideration and tt lengthy do hat followed. The opposition seemed to liav its origin in the political dill'ereiiecs iiov existing between the Northern and South crn States. Mr. Wiliiuni*, of this Distriei engaged in the debate and made ii'o spn ited and eloquent remarks. He wan entire ly opposed to the measure, Mid believe that the South should'nusband her rvsoui ccs in view of the time, u hieli lie though inevitable, vvlieli vbo would need tbem t prstect tier riglits from Noifliurn nggrct siun. A motion being made that the whol subject be indefinitely postponed, was cai ried. and tlie d. bate ended. The Senate, as we anticipated, table the resolutions relative to the slave tradt otl'ered by Mr. Mazyck tlie tirst week oftli session, and which were published in on paper. The Committee ou Federal Rel: lions had reeouimuuded that lliey pass.? The vote stood, for laying on tho table yeas, 30 ; trays, II Mr. Willierapoon vo led in (lit- nttirnialive. Ititlit; Senate, dii Tuesday, a bill wri i'it cussed, lilt object ?>f w liich vena to r? pen the Act passed at the last Session, |?r<>vitiin corporeal punishment for the second oll'efie of trading with slave*. This is the nieasnr that was made a teat question in the elee lion* tit Miiuc of the lower Districts. Til Senate refused to repeal the law by a vot of 27 nays to 10 yeas. M. Witheispoui voted in the negative. In the House, on Tuesday the II!n Ridge Kail Road matter again eame up, he ing the saine tliat was rejected several day before?a bill for removing the condition upon which the Shite promised to indors the bonds of the company to the amount u one million of dollars. Mr F. I). Richard sou made nn able speech in fuvor of lh measure, winch is reported in the Caroli num. Mr. Mentminger aUo spoke for t\v. hours on the same side, and hi* iqieech i mentioned us yue of the nbKut etVoris eve heard upon the Moor of the lioilso. Thi is a matter of no liitling impoit, not mil; to the State, hut to private individuals it involves the utter abandonment of thre millions of dollars. A delegation from th City of Charleston were present, urgin; upon the Legislature the itumeiise interest to her citizens involved in this question.? All, how ever, to no purpose. The yen and nays In ing called : yea* 68 ; nays hi The votes of our Representatives, Mr. N'.'il linuis ami M?j. Rutledge, art recorded sgaii in the negative. The main hope of th friends of the measure, seems now to res in i!:o Senate. [loth Houses on Wednesday, agreed h .i renolutii.il to adjourn tin* (ietier.il Assent lily on Tueiklay "JInt. (yesterday.) Moiiday night's mail* bring un the j?r?? cecdiiigs of Thursday and Friday, hut wi lif e roofi only lor a brief editorial Mini iniiry. On Thursday the Hill to autliorizi aid Iti the Blue Ridge K. It Company it'll defeated in the Senate. The vote stood Ykas?The l'resident. Messrs. A Hell. AI ston, Umwnloe, Bryan, IJ.t'l. FicUing, Fur limit, Hampton, Harrison, Irby, Lese?nc Manning, Marshall. O'lliiait, Kln-tt, Sharpe Wagner, Wilson, Zimmerman,?'do. Nay*?Messrs, Barker, llartoii, ll.inrii .u (Jailnoil, Carroll, Dautzli r, Del am. Ii, I'uJ (I'arlington, liaiisc, (rist, Chita Irby, MaryO? Mi'.Milry, MeCnw. M dlaitJ, M.'i taoin^ji Mosea, Fainter, Sessions, West more l.titd W itherspoon,? dd. The House agreed to recqnsidef the ftai Itoad question by a vote of til to 50, and i was made the special order for Fridav, It o'clock. Mr. 1'elhaiii tendered to tin House his resignation as Printer for thu body, and stated as a reason, that the llotisi printing, unconnected with the perinaneti work, left no marginal profit, lie would however, continue the printing until th< close of the present session. In the I louse on Friday, the moeeisl or ?f?-r eame up, and after HfVt-r.il rpi n-hri 01 both aides, the question Wiw |>ul : shall III bill authorizing aid to the B'ue Itidgu Knil road be aeiil to the Senate ! We n|>|>*-n< the vote in full : Ykas?The Speaker, Messrs. \V. \V Adams, Anderson, Hrlarr, ltlandii^ Hroyle*, Moist, Ctieny, CoHiran, Dositi I Jury en. Elliott, Gooding. Oreen, Ilarpei Hudson, 15. J. Johnson, Joe. Johnson, jr Lnmirttn,' Urn*, Maxwell, McKnddii Macfarlnn, McGowan, Meinininger, Melt* O'Ooniior, lVrry, C. l'mcktiey, II. I i'mckuey, jr., l'opu, l'orciier, l're*s!) C^'iatllehuiii, U t'iik.ty, lte.nl, F. I). liich ardson, J. I'. Richardson, jr., ihreven Seymour, Sliai kiwi, I. Y. Simon*. Ku trunk, Spratt, I'hoinaon, Tompkins, Vuu diver, Venning, Vaughn, Win. Wallaet Wardlkw, Ware, Will. Whale)*, NVln ling, Wilkes, Yeatlon. Nays?Messrs. J. I*. Adams, AMricli Meaty, ly!acV, Hoykin,' [iovUlon, 15 rook) My rd, Campbell, Craig, l).?via, Hearing Kdwardr, Kvatu, harrow, Ftdder, J^oatei Fraser, Oadberry, Oil more, llamin >n<l llarrel, Ilerioi, Hope, Jeffries, A Jonei L. J. Jones, Keller, Kdgoro, LiJe,Mi-Cant* MtKewn, Miller, Moore, Miilljr, Mullim Howard, O'Cnin, Norwood, Raymond Kulletlge, Kyan, Shannon, Simpson,Smar Smith, Stokes, Huber, Sullivan,Townsend I A. S. Walhiqo, D. .Williams, J. William* \ t J. II. Willing*, J..8. Wilson. L. ' Yeas 56 ; nays 55. So tlie bill wa |- ordered to bo sent to the Senate. | We will not quarrel with this result 0 besides the loss of the millions involve! . the reputation of the Stale was at stake, an d retrograde movements are seldom profitabl an,; never creditable. As the scheme ha || advanced so far, let the originators of i . now lie answerable for the consequence*.? >. I It is altogether prohahle that the bill ha ] likewise passed the Senate; they, on-Fridti 1 ; agreed to reconsider the measure, t i ^ ^ . ) I Congressional. ' ! The standing Committees in the llous 1 of Representatives >n Congress have bee announced, and the positions assigned I I. I the delegation from this State are a* fol 0 lows; Col. Boycc is Chairman of the Coin 1 , iniltec on elections ; Col. Keitt is Chnirimi " J of the Committee on Public Buildings ; Mi r Miles is a member of the Committee o u Commerce; Gen. MiQucen is a member c ' ' the ('ommitteu on Public Lands; and Gen s Uonham is a member of the Committee u * | Military Affairs. '> j The Senute Committees have likewis ; been aniiouiieed. Senator Hammond is o - the Committees on Finance, and on Navn Affair*. and Senator dicsim*. on the Com " ' mittec.s on Military affairs and on Pubi! 'I- | Hands. ? ' We have collected a few other items o ' I Congressional iuws that will he found in 1 I tensting : .. I i December 13.? In the Senate, the stniui ,j 1 'ng Committees were elected. Senate I Cliiiguiaii (of N. C.) introduced and ubl i defended a resolution b r the abrogation l o ** I the Claj toii-Bulwor treaty. Senator (ivvi (Cal.) made a speech in favor of his Paeili j Kail Ko.ol Bill. la the House, tlie Wat roils debate wa continued, and will be concluded on Tuck day A resolution was adopted, culling fur in I \ formation concerning Into Hrilixli outrage in tiii* Gulf of .Mexico. h December 15.?The Senate proceeding _ Io.Jay arc not important. Senator ('ami' run presented a uictitnri d from iron master ( ol I'cnnsylvani i, for specific duties or. irot ( I In the House, ll.c debate on the ease |j 1 Judge Watrous ivan concluded, ami tli II I House refused to iinpeaeli?90 for and II ngainst iiupcAcliinent. v Deeeinber ! ??In the Senate, to-daj Senatoi Clinginw. attempted, without sue H I cess, to call up for consideration, his rest u | lutioii for the abrogation of the Clayton |( j Hulwcr Treaty, i Senators .\Jason and Shields opposed tli j consideration on the ground that it woul j : inteilere with negotiations actually in pn L'lesM, and would embarrass the adininb l> ^ ^ tralion r December 17.?In tlie House of Hepn h seiitafives the day was devoted to privnf ^ | business. The claims from Georgia an _ I Alabama for depredations by the Creek In ,. j dians were discussed, hut tin vote taken t. ! .Mr. Shorter, of Alabuua .rharged Mr. Wa-li ,, borne, of Wisconsin, wiih making false an ., sla.ideroiis remarks against the bra verve _ i Georgians and Alabauiian*. Tim lluus ? adjourned until .Monday. Importation of Slaves. " ; We publish elsewhere a notice of the at '' rival of a cargo of Africans into Ibis Stat ' ami Georgia. Tim following paragraph from tin* Augusta Dispatch of l.'iib in.i ii relative thereto, will be read with interrsl i The arrival of a few more ship*. ihu freighted, will tell upon tlio market Value n i slaves in this country : f Ur. orK.MMO or thk Arm * < Suave Tit a or . Tw o hundred ind aevenly seven of the ear ifii of Afrieans recently landed r.esr Hrum. ' wick, were brought up the Savannah rive * and put ashore yesterdav evening about i o'clock, at the mouth of Horse ('reek, Hire miles below thin city, on the Carolina side One of the river boats is supposed to hae taken llieio from the boat whe-h brougli them by Savannah in I lie* night, to a poin ' tw elve miles above that city. We learn, on good authority, that th |Jguiginal cargo consisted of 4J0. and lha one of III. in tiled or Was Seriously i! he passage, It is supposed that th t vW|f8tTvr acted only n-> a decwv boat, am i that the vessel that brought them is a htrge Citizens of our city are probabl I -4pg*reated t>) the enterprise, and thus brought lip the river are supposed to b 1 their share of "tlm spoils," unit have beei - distributed on their plantations It is qui i> etly hinted that this is the third cargo Ian I ded during the hist six months. a Fhi its of tltk Discission.? We lenr j that one of our citizens has b? ught a slav I froui the lot recently landed just below thi ' city, foi which he paid <ji-'?<> He is a ston " boy about fourteen years old and considr ruble curiosity has been manifested thi morning to s,?e the 'distinguished vt- tor. The question has often been asked wlia 1 p.nctiesl u.iihI can result from the ngitrlio > ul III*; revival of the slave trade ? We |>< ill . tn tliii* enroll of sturdy laborers, dcli\erc I from tlie dark lies and barbarism of Afriei to be elevated ami Christianized on our ?oi We point to the price p.*it] for Ibis joll won of the jungles, and compare it with tb r | exorbitant prices paid for the fancy and les valuable ne^ros here. And we claim Ihn ' these results are the begining of the bleu ' ings to fl?>w in upon the South from tb fearless advocacy of the revival of the a!nv > trade by one or two Independent presto* i >. this State and South Carolina. This trad may be. called piracy by a false construe lion of a foolish law, but the day will coin [ j when the South will make It the right art I of bur legitimate coiflmerve. And the ' ' there may be some chanee even for us |hk editors to own a sooty skin or two. Wh 1 j knows??A uffuita Ditpaick, I bin in*/. Hon. I* M. Kv.itt.?The Chnrlesto Courier learns that tin- Hon. I.. M. Keitt di ' sign* closing his brjlliiint Congressional ci '' reer after serving out the now term, froi the 4th March nuft, for which he has bee elected, fiom tho Third Cotgreaah nal I)i trict of the State, consisting of the District . of Barnwell, Beaufort, Orangeburg an ,t Colleton; and tha1 Col. Win. A. Owens, t I, Barnwell, now Solicitor of the Mouther i Circuit, will be a candidate for the auccei I, aion. i, | - Court* of Appeal We observe that ophiiwns hove been 8 live red in the following other eases t went up from this District. ; EQUITY I. ( Jus. E. Cureion, vs. Geo. \V. Doby, et d Dunken, Ch., delivered opinion. Cirt 0 decree reversed and bill dismissed. 3 1 law. il Jo?eph l>. Ilnile (late Sheriff) vs. A. Miller. Ordered to be reargued nt the ti ^ I term. ' M?j. A II. Uoykin is nominated to si I ueed Hon. James Chesnut, Jr., in tho S ale of this State, from Kershaw District, a correspondent in the Camden Journal. " We regret to notice the iinnouncem " of the death of Ooi. Albert I'iko, of Ark I* sas. He was a distinguished lawyer, pi i* and scholar. Me commanded -L" compi ? of the Arknn^MS Cavalry in Mexico, am) \ r- 1 a brave ami deteruied soldier. >f Denominational College*. ' i The Duo West Telescope in coiniue " ing oti the eilueational portion of (j AllstoiTs message, remarks e I . p , i '1 he denominational Colleges are do I ' more even now, for the cause af edu lion, than tlm State College, lleca ! I they have two or three limes as no 1 Student* within their wails as the So | Carolina College has. They may f | make as good scholar*, but they in i. more ol llieiti, and their graduates ? at least, fitted for any position in , I Stale, as also the Church. These things l>ei|tg so, does not jus r demand, does n>>t the interest of the St y itself deinatjd, that these deiiomiiiattn ? : Colleges should he encouraged I Wl n the South Carolina College receive* "w o ' tvfoitr thousand ami two hundred doll ($24 200) annually, sml the M lit s i Academies thirty thousand ($M0,0(J u would it not he Well to give to each id denominational Colleger, say Cue tli sarnl dollars annttallv ? Such an ap| j priatioit w?;ul.| scarcely l>? felt bv * | Sisio, and would mateii ?)lv help the t leges. Such aid wou d enable eael s ' ill.-Ill to educate llimu votiri" men an. ! i|i> it hat lei iIihii ihey cull hi present. { Let lliu measure he properly guardi , I let each College receiving sueli aid fr I the State, he required lo hate h |h?:i j meat endowment amounting to ?t K i one hundred thousand dollar*, iiui. lo ^ , furnished with at least six l'rofe..sori I teachers, with a Monitor Charier from '? i-lhIiir??, /.ml the Hpptnpiialioti ?HHi|t? 'o only one College ol each deiu u million in tin-ttutly. With these reqo nients, ii swim lo u<, there Would he danger in oll'erinjj such aid. 'I ll'* nuuilicr ol denomination* in So Carolinu i|ou4 iu>l exceed Keven, Inelud . the Citholics. 'I'Iivmi is the Kpi*eo| '* 1 the |'re??l?j leriuu, A'tniMnte Heforn '* I'lesl.yterian, M.tuolist, H qiti*l, I.til ria, and Woman hritliolin Five th .. | mnul lo each of these woul I he loil v ' little more iIihii is now on en iinmiMlli j I lie Military Academies, or to the St I Coll oa. KH'OHT OK SI..IVI;H I.AMIKU.?1 j | Savannah litj/ubliciin of Saturday, gi j. | shape lo a minor that had pievailei t. j our city for *oinu days. The /irj/tibli j says I Itl MOIIUU A Kit I VA I. Ol A Si.Whit ' We learn from pretty good anllioriiy,i , a vessel has al last succeeded in evud j the vigilance of our cruisers, and land u ' a cargo of slaves upon the soil %jf H | Clilted Stales. The vssel, we learn the schooner Wmulcrer, which, our in I mailt stales arrived ai St. Andrew's Soi s ncHir Hrutiuaii*L \L.I :? , i itim, aim iiiiii ,f x C?trj?u til .\fric<(li* OH ono ?>l" the nei j horing ia'ntnl*. A portion of toe ohi . j it u thought, were all' ecipienilv sent | the Satilli mi hoar J of m M?ainer. j The rumor* in that oily ? which r j can only gi u a* r ill nor*?li* the iiuiii { , of alaven landed at 403, mostly tin >' | .u|ull age. ' | 1 lie VMcht H'timlrrrr, which altrac I much attention when in thi* port, nil t | hence on the 3.1 of Julv for Trinidad, i 1 Capt. Knrm.in, who was then attached the yacht, Hailed I.nice on Sa'urJay I in the Columbia for New York, a* wi! I *?'fii hy the Ii?t of |>.i**enger*. Ci ' Format! ha<l la-en in the city sevi 'J da)*.? Churfitlon Cottrifr. HoW Sl'IIIIIHOKT 1 l| KI It ClIKA'll I? e CoMronTn.?The spiritual inlercour* " certainly enlarging. A spirit not h i since waited on Judge Kdinond* and w j ted him to take a drink through an ea it ly medium. The l'awtucket Gazette late* the following incident of .spirit ^ cominunicalioti which ?piile exc<c<J* . J udge'* fctory. "An er>lhu*ia*tic believep wa* relet t to a skeptic the spiritual peiforujanoe n which he could testify, nod aimug ot it thing* said that on a certain nccaaion d spoil of hi* wife, who had been dead i ' era! year*, returned to liiin, and teal herself upon hi* knee, put her ann arm v_ him, and kiaaed him aa much to In* g i fir mi ion an *!.? iitvil " ?l.?? iii I ?' ;? ftt Jo not mean lo say,' remarked tlie *1 ,* tie, 'that the spirit of your wife really < e | braced niiJ kmneJ joy ?' 'No, not e | aclly tlnit,' replied the believer, 'hut " spirit took |>o??e?Moti of the body of h male medium, no J through her umbia , and kissed ine " d Kiomt Childhbn at a Bihth?Ko >r AO Ai MAT all CrKATION. About o month* since, the wife of Jacob Alih living ten mile* Went of (rolcoinla, in 1' country, presented her lnid.md v n eight pledge* of affection *1 one birth f Four of theM children survived until ?< , six week* since, when two of them n ened and died. The remaining two Mill living and thriving finely. The wl eight were very small specimen* of inanity when ushered into this world 14 might have been expected. Tins *t ** ment is /rfcr-ally true; it is vouched >f l?y number* of respectable witnesses, < n saw the four living clutdien, Kgypt ?. very prolific country?-a leetle too m o sometimes.? Cairo Later from Nicaragua. W de* Ai ulsta, December 11.?Tin* S.'eauny R hat | Wunhinytvn arrived at Now York, frof H, j Nicaragua, readied San Juan on lltoJ8.iL The Savannah Jamestown, and It itisf% W J(l i ships Veiorou.i and Lepaetl were in port? | .ujj j Nothing hail teen heard iVoui the,7/rr' * | maim \ J ( Nicaragua has refused to allow passeu- it ' . : gem to land, alleging that they were tilli ll o e.xt busters. 11 ! j Tliesteanicr Catherine- Maria was sunt i| i to Grenada to obtain permission to lauil I I rf the Hermann arrived. |\' The tyiufhinytpn was boauled l>y Itrii 1/ isli officers and scquired to see her pnssen^ ger list, and information whether muni- |l ! lions of war weie on .board. Did not IV insist on raising the hatches. Left amicut j denly. The boats of the Leonard went | an- \ to the mouth of the Colorado to intercept ' I ?et, I '.wo hurulreil and fifty men, whom, i; ?yv?i I ?ny reported, had been landed from the \Vu*i. * vas ington on the previous night. , The Reported Outrages \ \V Asiiixi; ton, December 14.?The dtg 1 I patches from Coiiiptojgry ^f^tnli^.or ml Gulf Sijuadsoj), confirm the newspaper ov ; re| c rts of ilia actions of the British otliI cers in hoarding the Washington, 11?j also reports on authority of communica'tig lions from British officers, that Great Brit va 1 ?in, hi the request of Nicaragua, had as use sumed a protectorate over the S.m Juan n> > litver, and would search all suspicious u'h | vessels at all ha/ards. * j The British Search of Ves els ?re ' Washington, December 15. The ,|(J 1'resident has communicated, but lias r.ot ' ! officially presented the official correspond- l lice i dispatches concerning thu late ,1,. I reported proceedings of British officers at j I | Sin Joan. Com, Mcintosh pronounces I ., the explanations lair, Irauk and satisfacen lor>'* Hrs ! It is believed the President will make ? ! no distinct or new recommendation as to II Ifti ' l',e P"Ver course to he pursued, leaving (l the matter w ith Congiess. oil The Indian War iro i Sr. Lor 18. Decemlalr 15.?The New the) Mexico mails have Iwt-n received wiili 'oh i Santa Ke dates to tl.e 'Jd November. ? i of | The Navajo war threatened to <. mi tin tie I I t<> j for yours. It is r* ported tliat tin* Mail party which 1 r.l ; I I ft AIhiiqoonj.ie for Neaslio have been om killed b\ the lucians (Catnunclies ) N?nh? inn ! iiio has boon hoard of the mail party also ast which left on the loth October. j1 ' I or | Tilt: Kcifo l'ltlftONCHM.? < )|1 the ani. K tin- i val of tile Columbia train tat Saturday, g he I with the prisoners ol tlie crew ot the sla- li nn v?>r K ho, or I'titiuim, one of them, u nil* 11 tie e-l Archibald Scott, was tint found. Aii I no , otlicer was dispatched alone the line ot J i the Lad Load, and '.he unforlnh'tte prist nth oner wms found about taelvc utiles from ntr | the city with a loo hailly broken, lie |>al., bad jumped from a window of ti e car ited ! wlieii at h speed .if twenty five utiles >?n he- | hour. !lc was brought to the citv, ami on- |i!.iced under medical attendant e.? C/im - " ery Itxton ( uiu'nT. ; Tin; OPINION OI-; A M KMC A, ON A VITAL. SUBJECT ! I'lie Show ;;ti Atncricau any invention, from a ives ... political yt.ristilu'.i in t?? a patent rat-trip, j ami his tirst impulse will he to search for rilH ,| ? ....?? . i.i. - . - .?> m-n - m* next. id improve upon it ? It, however, lie tin (In it perfect?capable of ? performing nil thai i* i,ln|uictl lor it ? invalIii?i uablciiii.improvable?lie "ncknuMInlgvt the in- corn," miopia Uie article, whatever it may be, and render* due honor to the inventor. I I i Thj* trait iu our national character i* signal* I ly illustrated in the bouudlen* popularity of . Professor llollowuv'* reuiedie* in thin mil ' , ' |( | country. W lien they were hr*l advertise d |?. in llio United SStalca, half the world tiad alrH?'. rt-udy "PProved them. The leading gov* up eminent* of Kuropc, puldie institution*, and eminent scientific men had endorsed them. w ?! Hut lhe?e credential* were not autiicient f.>r < >|**r -Brother Jonathan," lie mil at try them in der the crucible of experiment. The resu't* ( Were in the highest degree satisfactory.? j Dyspepsia, billion* con plaint*, affections of , the bowe'*, all the iiiinful anJ dangerous ii ml ... I. " I (|| varieties of internal disease disappeared, 111* Inst variably,under the operation of tliu Pill* ; I be while external injuries, were rapidly ami *pt. uniformly removed by the application of era! the Ointment. This was demonstration.? The national mind was convicted. Knlhu* I Miasm replaced doubt. I UltK We presume that the establishment in ? 's New York of a central depot fur the sale of Ills remedies in the United Stale*, has been nil the menus of adding very considerably to irtli his princely fortune ; but if it has beun .a re* pecuniary beneflOo him, it his been a benII I j efi. which money cannot measure to thou* (l( sand* of our suffering fellow-citizen*. The Oiutinent nnd 1*511* are now accessible to people of erWy das*, fit every part of the "'ff Union. ami the amount of good they have * to aee.ouipli?hcd uiay he estimated from tho |'|, r fact, ibat almost without exception, the ' newspaper* ar.d other periodical* h ivu pub* ling 'ished statement* by eUitorial declaration* ( ^(|"j of their au tfsnlicity, This is a rnaiw of ev* . ...? itiont'i' nfit tit Kr? *f?ntr<?uoef..J as m ? ?" t'ou It i* R rock of troth against which the waves ;?*p- | of professional prejudice boat in vain.? .V. Ml" Y. * CoMnVr,*' Hymeneal. t ( ! j Mahijiko, in Vork District on the 9th inal, by the Rev. C. R Smith. J. M. Ill aim to Miss Kuzabeth K Stewaht,daughter \''r of the late Jan. Stewart, dee d. C A ho, on the 8th inat, by Rev. ('. K. ' Smith, l>r. T. J. Krll. to Allan M..k y S. "P* I Morrow, both of this I),strict. i I In Chester District. S. C.,on the 8th inat. 1 by Rev. Mr. Banns, Mr. J. K. Hri.i., of Vn* , Fairfield, to Miss Isabella, daughter uf ,c Win. CaldacSI, K*q. I In Humtrr, 8. C., on the 2d December, . , by the Rev. D, .McQueen, Rev. Janes J' | Douolas, of Winiisboro, >kiMHi->s MARSii , ** RET, daughter of the late D.iviifci McDow. *t? : ell, of Georgetown Di?lric#t)% !' r By Rev. J. G. Richards, on '1'hursdsy * ? evening. 25th Nov., Ardrew WAVardlaw, 54 * ' nf Abbeville, and Misa Sallie K., daughter 4 0?h of J. 8. Thompson, of Liberty Hill, Ke^ t " | shaw District. 9