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- wouk1 state that his personal honor etc., had been assailed.. Mr. Geddings declining to make an ex plicit statement of the complaint he inten ded to make, the objection was persisted Mr. Schenek move.s a suspension of the rules, so that Mr. G. might speak, but without success. The article of the Globe refers to the speech of:Mr. Geddings in Ohio when,it is alleged be endeavored to create the im pression that it was Henry Clay instead of G. M. Clay who had sent him a letter approving the corse of the abolitionists. This matter having been disposed of. Mr. Wilkins from the Select .Committee to whom had been referred the petitiot of W. Jones a colored man in our city jail, arrested on suspicion of being a fugiuve slave, made a report, accompanied by a bill. The report does not recommend any legislative interference in this case, inas much as the Committee think the petition er can obtain redress from the Courts. It ads fault however with the existing laws as imperfect, and in some cases as oppres sive. The bill therefore provides that cer tain portions of the laws shall berepealed, and others enacted in their stead, so that it shall be required of the claimant of a slave to prove his property.. A minority teport was also made. On motion of Mr. Payne. aresolution was adopted,instructing the Committee on Elections to inquire into the expediency of amending the Constitution so that the votes-for Presidegtand Vce President shall all be cast on the same day. After the adoption of numerous resolu tions of inquiry, the House resumed the consideration.of: the motion to re-commit the Report on the Rules, with instructions to re-insert the 21st Rule. Mr. Belser having the foor, resumed and concluded his eloquent remarks from yesterday. He argued that rule or no role, the House cannot constitutionally m ceive abolition petitions.'. He was followed, on the same side, by Mr. Cobb of Georgia, who spoke until the expiration of the morning hour. The sub ject was then laid over. The House then went into Committee of the Whole, and devoted the remainder of the day to the consideration of the mo tion to refer to the Committee on Com merce, that portion of the President's Message, which relates to the Western waters.. Mr. Jameson was the only speak er... His remarks were of no interest. The wind has been blowing a real bur ricane-to-day. This afternoon it blew out several'squares of glass from the dome -of tihe HoOse. The fragments falling upon member's heads, caused them to scamper from their seats in a- most amusing man ner. Considerable anxiety is manifested to read ihe -manifesto, now in type, of the Qalhoun members, in which it is said, they give their reasons for seceding from the Van Buren members. It is said that some of the Whige intend giving Mr. Rives a public dinner. The Senate did not sit to-day. WAaIrororN, Jan. 15. The Senate spent but a few moments in legislative session. Mr. Benton otrered a resolution, which lies over, calling for information as to whether the Wiqnebago annuity, has not been diverted from its. proper object. Mr. Breese introduced a bill to tax gov ernment-lands in Illinois. The bill to fx an adequate rule of com pensation for Pension Agents, was reported * - from the Pension Committee with amend ments, which make the bill of a prospective character. It makes no provision for pas5t After the transaction of some private bu sitiess, the Senate went into Executive * session, of several hours on ,tbe Cabinet uominatione. It is understood that the nominatlon of Mr. Henshaw was rejected by a large majority... No action was ;had on any of the others. Their fate will how ever be decided daring the present week. In the House, a great portion of the day was occupied in the reception of resolutions calling on the Departments for information on various mnatters. Some of these resoln tions are so comprehensive. that it will take the whole foice of a Department three months to answer them; yet whben the information comes, it is seldom of any practIcal good. Many of the, new -mem hers, who hate not the ability to make a speech,.frequently take this mode of letting their constituents know that they are, not asleep. Among the resolutions adopted wias one, instructing the Committee on Ways and Means to consider the expediency of re porting a bill reducing the .halaries of all -government olicers. . .Mr. Stewart introduced his resolution, instructing Ihe Committee od - Ways and Means to limit the appropriations for the pi-esent year to the amount appropriated slastyear. Objection being made it lies ova. Mr.-Black gave notice of an antendumem to the Oregon bill, so as to include the annexation of Texas. So henceforth. - these two great questions will be consid ered together.' .The r-esult may easily be seen. Nothing will be done with either. Mr. Cave Johnson introduced a bill 'to reduce the duty on qalt. Is was read twice, when he moved its engrossment. But as other members hadl no idea of such steam legislation, the motion failed, and the bill was referred to the' Committee 'on Coin ~merce. * *'~'A reoltion, providing. for the prinating fGieenough's history of Oregon, having been adopted,' a motion was made to re consider the vote. It was debated at some length. During the debate Mr. Wise, incidentally referred to William and Mary's College, in Virgimn ta, and told how Washington, M adison, and other great men received their educa tiori there.. Mr. Weller said perhaps the-gentleman himself was educatedthere. ZMr..Wise said o, he was sent down to Pennslvg~ia, to receiverbis education. It was thete~be,got his democratic principle. Mr Weller said he did not know what kind of demiocrasic principles those could .be. 'Mr. Wise saids the .were according to the standard of dem eay 'in his District. Mr. Weller, facetiously observed, that netirhe nor any one else had ever-beet able to compr ted what kind of a stand ard that was. This skirmishing caused much laughter. On motion of Mr. Thompson, of Ken tucky, a resolution was adopted, instruct ing the Committeetn Ways and Means to ascertain the probable expense of keeping in employment an adequate number. of steamboats, for-removing snags in the Mis sissippi and Ohio rivers. Mr. T. accompanied the resolution by some very eloquent remarks relative to the recent disaster on the Mississippi. At a subsequent period, Mr. Weller mo ved $ reconsideration of the vote. On this motion, a debate arose, which continued to the adjournment, without any question being taken. It. is said that the Post Office Commit tee are unanimous in their intention to re port a bill for a reduction of letter postage, A -proposition is soon to be made to Congress from the Retrenchment Com mittee, to appoint a Board whose duty .it shall be to examine all candidates for clerkships and other offices. If this could be carried into effect, the public business would be much. benefitted. There would be an end. to incompetent officers. This principle is applied to surgeons in the Na vy, to Cadets, and Midshipmen, and why should it not be extended. The President has made himself very popula . among the ladies by his determi nation t hold a levee every Tuesday even ing. I believe this has never been done before. WAstsiNoToN, Jan. 16. In the Senate, this morning. Mr. Mc Duflie gave notice that he will, to-morrow. call for the consideration of his Tatiff res olutions. If he succeeds, we may expect war to the knife's point. As a Senator remarked the other day, a tariff debate is like a ball of twine; it .has a heginning but requires no little paiience to find the end. 'be general impression still is, that no action on the Tariff will be had at the present Session. 'It will be talked about, and thet is all. Mr. Berrien, from the Judiciary Com mittee, reported a bill authorizing the Sec retary of the Treasury to compromise with the sureties of Samuel Swartwout. The resolution of Mr. Breese, relative.to an amendment of the act, repealing the Sub-Treasury.law, was taken up, and af ter some explanation adopted. Numerous petitions, praying the reduc tion of postage, were presented and refer red. A bill on this subjectwill be report ed '.is week. After the disposal of some private busi ness, and the reference of some executive communications, the Senate went into an executive session, which lasted several hours. When the doors were opened, much anxiety was manifested to hear the fate of Mr. Spencer, whose nomination it was supposed had been under considera tion. It appears, however, that it was not taken up, the whole time having been oc cupied on minor nominations. The rumour that Mr. S. has sent in his resignation, is, I am told, unfounded. In the House, Mr. McKay, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported the Pension, Navy and Fortification Ap 'peopriation Bills. The latter contains ac appropriation of $10,000 for Fort Moul trie, in your harbor; also an appropriation of $43,000 fur Fort Sumter. The total amount of appropriations in the bill is half a million. Mr. Wise, from the Naval Committee, reported adversely on the resolution relative to the construction of War Steamers for the Ohio river. Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Pub lie Lands, reported a bill to repeal the Dtstribution Act. Anter the transaction of a mass of pri vate and local business, the House re sumed the consideration of the motion to reconsider the vote on the following reso lution, adopted yesterday. Resolved, That the Commit tee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire what sum of money will be required to keep all the boats. now in use, and those in the pro cess of preparationi, designed to be em ployed itn removing obstructions in the nav igatton of the Mississippi river and its trib utaries, in constant active employment for the national fiscal year commencing on the first day of Juty next, and that they report to this H-Iouse the sum for that purpose is tho appropriate appropriation bill. Mr. Bowlin having the floor, made a speech, in which hie set fortb ini glowing colors, the value of the Western waters, and the imperative duty of government tc improve their navigation. Mr. Stewart, of Penndylvania, followed. He contended that the general goverunmeni has full power to make appropriations foi iuterntal improvement. He declared thai a protective Tariff will sooni 'af Tord ample sneans for such objects. In addition tu this, he was willing to retrench the expen ditures-for other objects. In the course 01 his remarks, he caught at some observa tions incidentally~ made by Mr. Holmes, and appeared desirous of placing him in a ~alat Dositionin regard to this matter. At a subsequment stge ortheu pr...dings. Mr. Hiolmies obtained the floor, and gave Mr. Stewart a regdlar broadside. Mr. H. udehued his views on the question of inter nal improvement in general, and that o1 the navigation of the Mississippi. A fter a most pathetic' oppeal itt reference to the recent disaster on that river; he, in the most eloquent manner, besought the House to act tupon the matter without a moment't delay. As Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, his remarks were listenedi to with great attention.. The debate was continued till the ad journment, 'iy Messrs. Kennedy and In gersoll. without taking the question. Thia motion to reconsider, being a priv ileged question, takes precedence of all other business. WASHilNoTON, Jan. 17. In the Senate, a great number of poei. tions asking a reduction of postage, were presented and referred. Mr. Merrick, the Citairman of the Post Ofiice Committee, stated that a bill ort thib subject is now matured and will ho re. ported in a day or two. He said there up peared to be an erroneous impression as t the seat of the evil in relation to the frank ing privilege. It was not confined to the 300 enembers of Congress ; but extendec to the fifteen thousand deputy Post Mas term throughout thme country. This. evil the Committee would attempt to remedy. The Hiuse bill. providing $45,000 foi the relief and protection of American sea men in foreign countries, was taken up and passed. Mr. Berrien-gave notice of a bill to pro vide' for a Naval School. The resolution of the Finance Cammit tee &Jative to the tariff bill of Mr. McDuf fie, was not taken up.' It will probably be considered .to-morrow. 'After some debate on the bill to connect Fox'and Wisconsin Rivers, the Senate spent five hours in executive session. .The nomitnation,of Isaac Hill as Super intendant of the Navy Clothing Bureau, was rejected. It is now taken for granted that all the "democratic" nominees will share the same fate. Last night, a great number of the dis charged workmen at the navy yard, made a very large bonfire, and burnt ex-Secreta ry Henshaw in effigy. They also formed a procession with illuminated carmers; on one of the carmers was a picture represen ting Mr. Henshaw gallopping back to Bos ton on the back of a hog, with a jackass kicking in front. The workmen considered Mr. H. a great enemy, and 'a bard task master. In the House, we had a very uninter esting day. The first business was, the motion of Mr. Cave Johnson tore-consider the vote on the resolution " ins'rncting the Committee on Ways and Means to report an adequate sum for keeping in operation the snag boats on the Misissippi." After debate, the motion to re-consider was carried. The question then being on the resolution, Messrs. Smith, Hardin, Bernard, and others, spoke until a late hour. The resolution was then amended so as to instruct the Committee to enquire into the -'expediency" only, and in this shape adop ted. Nothing else ofinterest transpired. The President't levee last night was well attended. Members of Copgress of all parties were in attendance. This eveningthe Post Matter General gives a grand party. The Colinization meeting at the Capitol last night was of a very interesting char acter. One of the speakers related an an ecdote of an African prince, who consider ed that he could not be a -gentleman un less he had six wives. What despicable mortals their bachelors must be. ACTS, AN ACT regulating Hawkers and Ped lars. Be it enacted, by the Honoralie the Sen ate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, 'hat from and aftertho passing of this Act, the sole and exclusive power of granting licenses to Hawkers and Pedlers, be, andthe same is hereby vested in the Commisioners of Roads, in their respective Districts and Parishes, a majority of whom, intbeir res pective Districts or Parishes, sha' at any stated meeting, and at no other e, hear all applications for such license to hawk and peddle, and shall grant or reect such application for one year, as to them shall seem proper : Provided, That subh appli cant shall, before he receives such license, pay into the hands of the said'Commis sioners for such 'District or Parish, the sum of fifty dollars, and shall enter into bond as now provided by law, except that it be taken and approved by the body granting the license: Provided, also, such appli cant shall have been a citizen of the Dis trict the- preceeding ten years, and legally entitled to vote, at the tme of such appli cation, for members of the General Assem tbly ; and provided likewise, that such li cense so granted, shall confer the privilege to hawk and peddle within the limit only of the Disteict or Parish fir whi:b the body granting it have themulves been ap pointed, andi shall not be extended in any manner to enable any otber person to hawk or peddle, saving oily the person actually named in the licrase: Provided, also, that in any District <r Parish, where there now exists or may hereafter exist, by law, more than one Board of Commhis sioners of Roads, a license taken from any one of said Boards shall te sufficient to au thorize any person who has. complied with the provisions or this Act, to hawk and peddle within said Distdict or Parish. AN ACT to Establish the Of5ce of A. sa yer. Be it enacted, by the Senate antd House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the author ry of The samne, That the Office of Assayer to be located and kept in the City of Char leston, be and the same is hereby estab lished. TI. An Assayer shall he appointed an* nually, by the President and Directors ol the Bank of the State of South Carolina, at their first meeting in each and every year, or as soon thereafter as conveniant; and the officer so appointed, shall execute a bond to the State oif South Carolina, with surety or sureties, to be approved by heCommissioners. app~ointed to approve District, in the penal'sum of five thousand dollars, and cotnditioned for the faithful performanCe of his duty as Assayer, and shall be entitled to enter upon such dutie. on the due execution of such bond, and the filing of the same In the office of the Treasurer of the Lower Division. And the said lbondl shall stand as a security for all gold and other metals com'nitted to the custody of the said Assayer, and shall be good and valid in law, to bind his sureties for every default during the whole time he shall continue in office, whether upon hIt original election or upon re-election. Ill. The duties of Assayer shall he care fully to assay all gold and other metals generally used in cotnage, which may he delivered to him for the purpose of ascer taining their quality or standard, and tr stamp the fineness of the same, and if re. quired, from time to time, to furnish cer tificates thereof to the owner. IV. The compensation of the Assayec shall be regulated by the President and Directors aforesaid, to hb' paid by the per. son or persons for whom any assays may be made. V. Any vacancy occurring in said office shall be supplied by the President and Di. rectors aforeraid, in manner, and with the same security, as are provided in -these respects bhe secndr section ef this Actr AN ACT to Establish an Inspection ant Ware-House al Hamburg, in Edgefiex District. 1. Be it enacted, by the Senate an< House of Represedtatives, now met an sitting in General Assembly, and by the anthorily of the same, That an Inspectiot and Ware-House,.for the inspection an< reception of Tobacco, is hereby authorize< to be established at Hamburg, in Edgefielk District, as soon as conveniently may be after the passing of this Act, which shall be subject to all the. regdlations, restrictioul and conditions mentioned, set forth an< expressed bf an Act of the Legislature entitled "An Act for regulating the inspec tion and exportation of Tobacco," passet the thirteenth day of March. one thousant seven- hundred and eighty-nine, and Acu amendatory thereof, and now of force itl this State. 11. That David L. Adams, Marshall R Smith. H. L. Jeffers, W. H. Green, and Dr. J. W. Stokes, he and they are hereby .apppinted ,Commissioners for such Inspec tion and Ware-House; a majority of whom are hereby empowered to choose an In: spector for .said Ware- House, and make such regulations respecting the inspection of Tobacco, consimtent with the laws now of force: Provided, T-hat in uo.case shall the Inspector cause any Tobacco offered for inspection to be burnt, as heretofore au thorized. AN ACT to Incorporate certain Societies and Companies. and to renew and amend certain Charters heretofore granted. . Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives, now mnet anti sitting ini General Assembly, and by the authority of the sause, That all persons who now are, or hereafter may become, memberqof the following Religious Societies and As sociations, to-wit;. The ftletholdist l'ro 'estant Mount Zion Church, in Abbeville District;" ' The Prowidentce B:iptist Church, of Sumter District;" --The Bap tist Church at Harly'., Edgefild D:trici;" "The Baptist Church at Repuhlican.Edge field District ;" and "The Baptist Church of Anderson Village," be, and they are hereby constituted and declared, body politic and corporate, by the name and style to each respectively above assigned. The said Societies and Associations, by their respective names, shall have succes sion of officers and members to be chosen and admitted, according to their bye-laws, respectively ; and shall have power, sev erally, to make bye-laws not repugnant to the laws of the laud; to have, keep, and use a common seal, and the same to alter at will; to sue and be sued, 1ilead and be impleaded, in any Court in this State; and to have and enjoy every right incident to incorporation. They are aIso empowered respectively, to retain, pus -ess, and enjoy all such property as may be now possessed of, or which shall hereafter be given, bo queatlhed'to, or in any manner acquired by them, and to sell, alien or transfer the same, o'r any part thereof: Proevied, the amount of property so held, shall in no case exceed ten thousand dollars. The members of the said --The Palmet to Engine Company of Edgefeld," and the members of the Greenville Fire En gine Company, incorporated at the last Session of the General Assembly, not ex ceeding thirty-six iu number, in each of the said Companies; also, the members of the said Camden Independent Fire En gine Company, not exceeding forty-five in number, shall be, and they are hereby de clared, exempted from ordinary Militia du ty, but shall be liable to perform any duty in time of alarm, insurrection or invasion, and shalnot be exempted from draft for actual service. RYISCELLANEOUS. From the Chaarleston Mercurj. PROSPECTS OF COTTON. Mes- Editors-The following inter esting letter from the Journal of Cornmerce, on the subject of the Cotton Cr01p, we? think will be found highly interesting tt your readers. It goes far to settle the question that under no circumstances, cat it exceed 1,800,000 bales-and 'hat it .I highly probable that it may not be ove 1,600,000. If these facts are sustained the present prices are but the erect of he gitimate causes, aud not the consequence: of mere speculation. W. The followitng is extracted from a letter not written for effect snd contains some information: NEW OaLEAYs, Dec. 30, 184.3. My lest letter was dated 18th inst., sinci thou our Cotton market was gite animra. ted, and the tendency of prices has been a! ready upwrard, nntil "middling" Cotton have reached 9e as you will see by thi quotations at foot. Even at these rates factors offer their Cotton so sparingly, tha orders in atny extent cannot be filled. One of the largest brokers in the city, wit! whom I am very intimate, informed mi last night, that of 5000 bales he expecte< to purchase yesterday, be was only abi to procure 250, owing .to the factor's de manding generally 4 to Ad above the quo tations alluded to. The opinion prevail here in all commiercial circles (except the agents of English manufacturers and met chatits who affect to believe differently that Cotton will not be .lower this year and that in all probability it will advanc id or more before the 1st of March. T this opinion I subscribe, as the accounts w are daily receiving from the interior, giv the most gloomy picture of the irmmrens destruction of Cottotn in the fields cause -by the rains which have fallen almost in ceasantly from the 1st November till tih 23d December, in all parts of the Cottoi region tributary to this city, and for a grea portion of the time in the country tributa ry to Mobile. As yoti are not fam'ilia with Cotton planting, I will now digress; little from the Cotton market to the Cotto plant for the purpose of showing the rea sons on -which my short crop views ar predicated. As a general rule the seed of all plant which arrive at maturity lall immediatel to the ground. To this the Cotton planti somewhat an exception. The boll or pod in whicll the seed contained, and to which the Cotton is at tached, opens gradually, and a portion the Cotton is fastened .by a gluey sat stance to the centre of the boll, where unites with the branch or stalks. Whe the boll opens, the Cotton gradually prc ects,. nntil it, hbemaa -a setng e en some five or six inches ling, when, if not t picked, it falls to the .grynnd and is.lpst. Whilst in any portion.of ihe stage I have I described, (which, in god .weapher,. lasts I about three weeks from the opening of the boll.) strong winds or heavy rahis are cer tain to beat it out. This is uniformly the I case in a climate where ibe plagt-arrives I to perfection, but in the highest latitudes I in which Cotton is grown, are in parts of Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, it possesses more te nacity, the boll not opening quite so aide I as it does farther South.. In long rainy seasons, such as they have experienced in the above sections of the country in Nov. I and Dee., the Cotton seed gerininutes in the pod, and when its growth is checked by frost, the seed rots, and the Cotton attach ed becomes comparative worthless. Such I am informed from sources to be relied n, is now the case in Arkansas, Tennessee, North Alabama, and the. Northern boun baries of IMississippiand Louisiana. Cot ton picked whilst it has the slightest mois ture in it, nmust be exposed 'to the sun for days on scalfolds, which every planter has provided for that purpose, before it can be put under rover and considerei secure. If then, it has rained almost incessantly for two months, which cannot be denied by any candid person in possession of the facts, bow was Cotton to be secured ad mitting that'it was picked in the rain. (a very probable thing by the'way,) or whilst it was not, immediately after the rain? Three fourths of,thc Cotton crop is gath ered in the months of October, Noveinber, and December, and the season for picking C.zttu ia considered at an end by the mid dle of January. You must bear in mind that picking Corton is a very slow process, and that it takes four months of good wtterv to gather an average crop; the avera;e season coImmencitt abott the tid ile of Sept-bther and ending the middle of January. No contingency can therefore arioe a bici g ill tnake the crop exceed 1, 700.000 bales. This I consider a higher ctatuate than two million bales was on the lot of November, and so it is considered by those who bet freely in the beginning of December. that the crop would exceed I, 800.000 bales, for now the same parties will not bet on 1,700,000 bales,and betting is our Southern mode of tesing the sincer ity of opinions expressed. After weighing well all matters connected with the present Cotton crop, I have come to the deliberate opinion, that, under the most favorable circumstances, the crop cannot reach 1. 700,000 bales, and that in all human prob ability it will not exceed sixteen hundred thottaud bales. The followiig are now the quotamions of our market. lnferior 71 a 7$ ; Ordinary 8 a 84 ; dliddling 8- a 9; Middling Fair 94 a 9J; Fair 9J a lU4; Good Fair 10J a 103; Good ntl Fine lie. Origin of the names of the Several Die tricts of South Carolina taken from Simms' Geogra phy of the State. Abbeville was settled by the French in 1756 and took its name from a town in France. Barnwell was erected in a judicial dis trict in 1800, and took its name from Col. John Barnwell. Beaufort took its name from the French. Charleston took its name from the city. Chester was settled in 1750 by emigrants from Pennsylvania and Virginia; and took its name from a country in the former State. Chesterfeld was settled by emigrants from Pennsylvania and Virginia, and is said to have taken its name from the ac comnplished Earl .Golleton was one of the earlisat settle ments of the State, and took its name from Sir John Colleton.* Darlington w as sett led in 1750, and tookt its name from Col. Darlinmgton a Revoln tonnry Hero.. Edgefi Id took its name fromn its Geo ~rip~hical position, being on thte edge oft Georgia. It was settled by emigrants from Virginia andl North Carolina. pFairfield Was settled by emigrants from virginia atnd North Carolina, andl probhaby took its name from its general sspect. Georgetoton was settled by the French and was nae in honor after King George. Greenville was settled in 1766 by emi grants ftrom Virginia and Pennsylvania. attd probably took its name from its green and verdlant forest. Horry was settled in 1733 by the Irish anti took its nadie from General Peter H or - ry of Revolutionary fame. .Kerskatw was. settled by Irish Quakers Sin 1750 and took its name from Col. Joseph SKershaw a patriot of the Revolution. ,Lancaster wias settled in 1745 by em-i tgrants from Virginia and Pennsylvania, ,and took its name from L ancaster inthe Sformer state, SLaurens was settledl in 1755 by enmi I graots from Virgintia and Pennsylvania, i andI was natmed it n mnry of Col. H~enry - Lautrens of the Revolution. -Lexington was set tled lby Germans, and B originally bore~the n'ame of Saxe Cotha. Its present name is in memoi-y of Lexittg' -ton, Mass. )Marion was settled in 1750 by Virginians ,and was named in honor of Geu. Francis 3 Marion. t Marlborough was settled by emigrants a from Virginia and Pennsylvania anid took ' its name from the duke of Marlborough. SNewberry was settled itt 1750 by emi I grants from;.Pennsylvania :Origin of the -name doubtful. LProbably frnmi New B burg.] SOrangeburg was settled in 1704 by Ger tmarns, subjects of the Prince of Orange : hence its name.-. r Pendleton was settled in 1750 and recei ved its ntame in honor of .Judge Pendlleton. 8It has recently been divided itto two jutdi -cial districtsaaled Anderson nad Pickens. ePickenzs is in the North, and cornpre Shends the mountaineous parts of old Pets dseon. It took its name fromn'General SAndrew Pickens a hero of the Revolution. s..4nderson is the Southern irn of Pendle s ton and took its name from General Ander -son who acted* a conspicilous part at the f battle of Cowisens as wellt s'atmany oih -er places during the Revolutionary strug~ it gle. it Rjcland was settled in 1740 and to Sits name from its rich- andproductiveioil. Sparrtanbsarg wassettled in .1750, and received its preget name after the close of Sthe,war:of '76. .Sumpter, was setaled in 1750 by mi grants, fromii Virginia, and tookitshame fron-Gen~eart Thomas Sumpter. : Union ivaiaseuled in1755'by-emigrants from Virginia Origin of theaine tn knowu. IVilliamubunrg was settled n 1733by 'Scoaclr lish." and. took its name'from William 11. King of.England. York was settled in-1760 by emigrant. from Pennsylvauia and Virginia, and toe .its name from York in the former State. Temperance in Greenville.-Bythe last Mountaineer, we perceive they have had rot heridisorderly iiute-s iJng ;th' recent election for Sheriff and .Clerk-/Wiefie ollect seeing some -notice of-akrsoiltion Whichs6ine of their cananidieiniiito last sumnmer, that theyshonlddettrea$'at the approacig elections,i'r ti, purpose of obtaining votes. ;.Since this,:-boever, anot her candidate entered the'feld, iippo sed to this resolution, and lo, wha, has been the result-wby that this dandidate, out of seven or eight others forthe sepfr. iee. received upwarde:of one-tir ..'f'e votes polled. This ouat to be a leadoue Temperance men. It will- never do ta bring Temperance into.eletson, at. lees just no w. It has a bad effect -upon the - cause, and however praiseworthy tbedn duet of candidates -may be in pnrsuingthis course, it unquestionably injures the cause more -or less. The Temperance' reform ; must advnnce, being founded on truth; and resulting in such gracious benefits to'inaa' kind, but any attempt tomake it aninst'a ment for other purposes, will inevitably thwart its operations and hinder -its onwerd progresa. We have always held thisopii inn, and we are dJaily more and more eo-n vinced that it is alone by moral suasionsby perminio it to run in its legitimate chan nel, the amelioration. of man's conditIon; untrammelled by politics or legislation, that it can eventually succeed.-C6'amdeis Journal. A man nanted Donaldonw, a imatiye of Scotland, one of the U. S. soldiers sta tioned at Fort Preble, near Portland, Me;, perished in consequence of exposure to the cold, one night last week.. He had- par chased a bottle of spirits in the town,.and getting bewildered on his way to the Fort, -wandered about in the snow and overcome by exposure and fatigue. He was found in the morning, still alive, but too far- gone to be resuscitated. The onfortunate man had a short time previous signed the tem-. perance pledge, but did not kphis prom ise. and death-was the consequenee. Two young men of the names of Ben janin Barrett and John Oldliam, Jun., have been arrested at Plymouth. Mas., charged with having robbed John. dliug ton, an old revolutionary soldier, of about o:e hundred dollars in specie. They were committed to jail to take their trial in .\pril next. A young man by the name of Pierce, for. some time a clerk in.the employment of Mr. H. F. Yeomans. in Providenee, -(R. I.,) hat been committed for trial, charged with with having defrauded -his employer of $1,500 by false entries in his books.-u . He hid hitherto borne a good charaiter, bu t a brother of his not long since defrauded - the City Bank, in the same place, out of a large sunm of money.--Charlestoa.Courier To the Editor of the Temperance dsa.t My Dear Sir:-As the success of all our. Temperance bretberen, in any business, is to evefy friend of the good cause; a uoure'e or unmixed joy, it affords one of your con stantt readers great pleasure, to state, that Mr. John W. Clarke, (who keeps the'only 'I emperance Hotel in Columbia,).during the last Session of the Legislature, was. amply patronized notwithstanding the re p~ort which was spread far and wide, thai his charges wei-e bigher than those of any o::er Hotel. He states, in a letter to-tbe writer of this short note, "My house was'erowded, and many supposed they would have-to pay '3 per day, until their bill was presen toil. MS charge for those, who atpe at the exas~ table. wias per day $2, and 37j cas, for lire: t he other houses, as l am informed, charged $2. and nothing for ire. I never apent so pleasant a Session before, every thi~.g wcent en smooth and easy, evrer ne appearedyperfectly sat isfaed, and all leffl'is good humor. This is indeed. as it should be, Ititells the followers of Temperance every where, stand up to yeur principles woithoutIhnekh ing, and like MIr. Clarke yen ssil4 be aus. tained. No man better deserves the liber al countenance, and stipport of the citisens of South Carolina, thtan John W. Clarke. Misfortune has fallen heavily upon him, but in the midst of adversity, he has been the same honest and firm man, he was in more prosperous circumstances. After he had reached that periodof life, when-most men rest from their active pursuits, he has been comupelled- to return to his old busi ness. that or keepitng a Hotel. His house is as remarkable for neatnemsand order, as it is for good fare, and good seater. Portsmouth Rail Road.-Ilaving pob hishied several articles frota the Norfolk pa pers, giving an account of- the laking uip of a portion of the Portsmouth.Rail Road, by Mr. Rives, which reflected inch on his condluct, and implica:ed the .Petersburg Rail Road Company, it is but justdee to state that Mr. Rives has published a card, in which he claims to have !acted in the - mnater with no other object or view than to obtain his just rights. A Acomma.unt'eapy also appea'rs in the Peteribnrg. -Intelhigea eer of'r'uesday- last, coming4tin one who is said by the editor to be "personallys ,e tiizant" of all the facts, which -justifleu'. Rivesin his -conduct-states that he lhat wnade frequent offers to. the Portsmouth Company to sede-his etaigths on liberal terms, to whtch no attention'whiftevedrwas paid-that he hadggened the Comiliy against travelling over tat pono,of ti road which he had pured at a fair legal sale, unless compensatt was. i ed for its use-and ?nallyf,.itat Mr. Rives, in taking up the -rails, acted. under legat a8. . vice from distinguished professionalgentle' men.-Carltestons Courier. The -Caste of-F. E. Rie.-Wesa from patsengers on the Rail Road carsdt yesterday, that- the -Supreme - Court -of korth Carolina befre which F l RRvum