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- VtV iVe il li dfrf to the Pi1frs of the Temple of Oar.Liber6ties. aR if il :rnst fall,tee tcUPcr ish amidst the Rins." ,DGEF E I.D C. I1. W jaAy, l"FlIy UARY 24. 81 rf All Persons indebted to ths Office for Subscription. Por mure than one year. and all indebted for Job Work or Advertising previons to t''c Is. ot' January, ,1816, and fail to settle the same by the 12th of March next, will have Cdst to pay. THE EDGEFIEL.D DISTRICT TEMP. SOCIETY. (GP'We are requesled to enil the i tention of the Temperatice Societies of this District, to tie meetiiug of the Edge tilid District Teiperance Socioty. to be heli nt this place in the Court House, at catide light. onl the first Tuesdny evening of Marcel Cotrt--cach Society i. etled to four nembers. .71 T trather.--Sinic our lust. the inclin elit weather as innied. oin Thursday there was a heavy fall of rain at this place, and afterwards the atmosphere was inite hn mid and cold. Anotihcr Larjic Turnip.-Mr. nlin B. -lam ilton. living on Sleepy Cr-ek, 1resented us with what we call a MastLer Thrnip, " It weighed eight pomnds atid anquarer, aid is de cidedly the largest prestnt we have teceived in a long time. M r. L sny. he hobuained the seed froi Florida. and that he has many more at home, nitich larg-rer. We think from the report of tIe Turnip crop of Sleepy Creek, -the people nist have been tid: atdike. Cone on fiiends. with your presents, putticirlarly those in the riape of not.r.s. Aerial Naizat(;on.-Mr Wise. a distin ntshed Aeronat . ha again consotin liiivr of tie pracicahi'ity of :erosqitg tie Atlantie Ocea.t by bllloans. tie thiks jnat sufhlcient advantage miilt -be taken of known :aerndl .current to euatble the iiaigatdr to direct the course of -hin.rallon itt. will. 6o roon as a -regilar linbef e.:arrial pi*rcfs shall 1be estah I iplired betweentoie of-otir AmiricaitritS 0nd nnsylcania an9 5.. C. SchJos-Tbe 'Annual Report of the Superinltendt'or Cmn *ni Schils, -for the State of .Nnnsylvaiti.. shIQws that tie whole noumber of School Die tricts in the State..in the year 1844, was o'ne tionsend-ane hundred and seventy two. Tkie whole- number in 1845 amonited to one Ilion' sand one hundred and eighrty-ine. 'The Stdte appropriation to Common Scld's 11r Is 5. 'was $200,000. In 18416 the sarme sdim wits also appropri.ite d. suibject to ceistain deduic tions, lehviingg but St32.00O0 foribe-edticationi of the people. This speaks well f'r Pennr r-ylvaia. Nothing is of so much importance to a State. as the cducatiotn of her children. WVe have long desired thiat South C'arolinia should re-orgaize her~ Free Schoool system, and that she shtouild maeke. tire most liberal lip. *propriutions fur thre schrnols of the poor. *The snmt now appropriaited by the Legisla tre, we think, is not eticient. Some years past, thre subhject of Free Schoo in the State, attracted conisiderable attention. Various amendments to the pre'senrt systemi amli sone new plans weure propos,-d, bitt no alteration of- much imipost.moee was effected. We caill the attentioin of our Legi-lature again, to this highly imnportant anutter, and edruest ly hope. that something maorc should be done, for the eduacation and moral training of the lairge nim ber of destitute ehildreni in tu- St~re. We think, that tire law with regard to the cdinmon schools is niot well uniderstood by the Commis sinners throughouit the State. We arej n frmied that .in several Bistriets, the Boards appoimnted,.pnt a different donstruction upon thc Act of the Legislatures They diff'er ir. *opinion, with ,rarJ to tire class of childrenr entitled to ai portioni of tihe pnblic fond set apart for eduication. In tire samne Distaict one Butard will. differ with a precedi.,g Board. This proves that -legisfalioni is necessairy 4o explain the preseirt law at least, if for no othrr purpiose,. -But as vi e said before. we believe that the system now established, should be re mnodelledl, and that Ilarger tp propriations5 should be made. - Religians Inslruction of thea Negros.-We copy iromn thre Sithb Carohnmian, the- subrjoined, uopon the ,religons instruction of the Negroes. "I nish, ir:i E titor, you *ould urgo upon thoeisavehitul'ers. of the up'cotintry tiro propriety ofl: emuilating tire 'worthy zeal of thioge of tihe low coutrtry,inl promo tinig the religiouis istr'octionl of their slaves. and :inwiting the Miethtodists (or any ~others,) to alid thenm them to that noble dein gtal regret that we aroeso Lutoeleehi nd ;ur honorted brethren of BIea'ufort,4 Golle tr~n, Ge-orgetownl ete. in :tIiehat-eh-nrepronrch will not be per. rriitted'to rest murch totnger on us.e The spfrItiseems miniur~ onward ts, through Barnwell, etc; uisi t Ihe pe-rceiVed by the folio'tvinA extreet lrm a commrounircatton tij er giietzberg, tn the S~lernirihl~st h iuY chjte; presehnting, niea'ujet ,hrni shaieholilers miaif ot an titatiyd sv%* Ther~~lia - ta mebeshon:nfut iu. omre colourea. The greater. pordu of ~ibe coloured icmbers arm tboenegroes of Goi~ror'Jas H. Hammond, who. at a cotfsom ten or twelve hunidred dollar#, ha's; erected a very -handsone church for- f libdnefit of his negroes. and tie use of ihe' M. E. Church, South. Our fourth quarterly meet ing was. held here in Oct. last-,-_and iho chutch dedicated to the worship of Al. mnighty God by our estimable presiding elder, Dr. Capers. The outlding is bey ond the ordinary style of country church edifices; it is neatly painted inside and out, glazed &c." By permission of the friend to whom it was addressed, I give also the fillowiug extract of a letter fRom a gentleman i ho was then in the neighborhol: "Gov. Hammond has '.tile quite a handsome church near his plantation for the use of the Mlelodisis and those of his negroes who belong to that denornination. They had a quarterly meeting aist week. anti Dr. Capers preached a gloTious sermon ot M-unday to about 250 whites, and as many blacks. It was on prayer. and would have gone tothe very bottom of your heart. It tooched even mnisie, an I saw many an eve overflowing. lie is a true christian, after my own ided. I understand [hat quite half of Gov. I1am moind' s adult negroes are inembers of the M.ethodi qt oi- Baptist church, and that t:e negro children repeat 4 chapters it the catechism, and sing ieautifilly. 4 byimns by heart." I unders-and the Baptists had a line church already, and that Gov. Hammond's object in erecting-the Methodist church, was-1o afford those of is negroes who hclong to that Society e-jual ojpo-tuni~ies of religiOusui orship and instruct ut it thle others. For the .-dccrliscr. Trn EDuEFI1ELD RAIL Ro.D. At the iast session of the State Legisla ture. authority was given (or the forinna tio( of a Coriot nte Cm''pony, for tie lutr pose of connecting Edgefield Village with the Soutih Carolina Rail Road at 1Ham burg or Ailsen, or auy intermediate point. and provision was made that Books should be opened for the suhrsciption of itock it thevonteupliated Road, on the first 'Mon dyi and Tuesday in March next, at Edge field Court House. and ; at other places 1-ss pdirectly interested. The same au thority was given ir extending ithe South Carolina Rail Road fron Columbia to Greenville C. H. In each bill providing 1u 6 these Roads. aid was asked lho. the State..either by its tatkini stock, in .the Road. or by-.ending money to tIhe Coimpa nies whtene-rcr i-hey should be organmze-t. I hta-ve been infotirned' Itat, in both, instan ces it was refused, a nd. from very oppoite reasons. .Refused to the Greenville Road because-ofits being too greal anyn-leria king. traversing a mountainTus cOuntry a distance of 130 miles, and to the Edgefield Road bocause. of. the shori.distatnce it would- go, .not exceedmngiwntyi comtmndming very. natural facility, ad in truth beitig- an pmnderiakiing.i'w'hichi.iven uwnl- ;_pW I.. e e sit theaLegishat~iiri-drightin- denytng otI .ppcatonis antas j residsiet f Edgefield Village. 4 -regret tha our application .4 hut to jnst-acomnentary Upon'its potihic spirit-and liberality. This 'refiet hais he come -abolulely painful 'n roasequence. of a contrast, I have beet forced to insi tute, since reading tire proceedi-ngs of the Rail Road -Convemion held at Laurns. vile, on the 19th u-itmo, bet ween the in terest and energy manifested by our neigh hors, and our.indhila'ernce antd apathy. Am thte LaumrensCenvention) foutrbistnects were re;presentedl-Greenviille, Laurenms. Newierry antd Lexington. Ad nititing tat the entire cost per mile or each Itand wilIl be thte saime. -( which I titnk not etought i'n one mastance, anid too much in the otther.) I proapose a comparative vie'w of thte atggregamte weahhl of the foutr DI.s tric'st as indicated b~y the ntumuber oh Ne groes, inte tax on gomods, thme value of pra easions. ihe ntmber of acres atn'l vatlue of land. & w~ hich better exhibits their re-soot ce., the total amonunt of tauxes in eacha, anid of Edgefield alone, attd. contrabring t he propolrt.io-Unte cost of thteir Road uh ours, as snew-uing how mncht more wsilliog and zealous they are to endt themrselves to the pubtilic weat, and more libterally a wakened to their trne interests. G;rceenville hats 5.737 slaves, 454,831 actes of land. valued at $11 l.987: tax man goods. S312 12 ci nts ;;ale of profes. siotn' $10,790. Total amnount of taxes $4269 88 cents. Laumrens hits 9.544 slaves. 435,141 atcres of land, valued at Sl195,537; tits ott goods, $221,-6; vatlue oft professions. $15.170. Total t ai $6,496 2-1. Newherry hats 10,765 .slaves, 368,316 aces, valued at -$20i,7417 S2; tax on goods $288.75; v-alue of professio'n. $25,100. Total itx 57,31:3 98 cents. Lecxington has 5,058 elaves, 687.490 acres, valued at 5202.360 ; tnxes onmtgooods, $6,l6 cents : value of uruofession,. $t.205.. Total taxes $3.562 48. 1'The gross ammunt ot Taxes pa, oy the four Districts. is $2l,64278 cenn,. and their contemptlated Roadh is 130i miles in leth~l by the nearest rotttc. Edgetield has 38.011 slaves. 937.588 acres of lantd, valued at $46 1,869; tax on goda SS54 26cer.ts; value of professions, $800 Tot al tax $13,119 20 cen ts, and our Road but 20 omijles long, the tmost distant route. Now if a calculation he made of the cost of the Greenville Raiil Road, and the proortion ofC its cost to the amlounit of tax money paid into the Treasury., by the four Dist-icms, through wvhtch the road uwill pass, and the same be done with thte cost of the Edgefieid Road, and the amount of ttles paid by Edige-ield District, it will be seen that our Road will cost one single Distit less ev-en by one-fifth than the Greenville Road will the four Districts united. Int plain english. for every dollar that the people ofihis District take from their pockets, the penple'of those four Diii tricts must take over five. Notwithst and inghis differencein the amount of money required for each Rottd, and-the.prr -vanesi ownids th~ n mpeuon - f iheppeo ios 1ri4' ev n ndherlyluineriig * anreips ha rearedh'e pa r t i -eiiise. POtu er por, in soik (as I >liink,)-ciw bmt an laboring under ithe elfectao os disas trous drought hasgallail f16rward and pledged her:faiih ,r 0 O selfish consi4ekiioii thii sfA pass through their 'ilt'ag~e" ip the springs ofher lib'i-lity owe it 11 to to. further, and. belie. at if her village cannot be made..4 4t can he henefitted. she desires 'aromoie' (te reputationof tbe St ate. .itpa wish AV hose blebsings:that -may nalurall a lio their share from''*o great an ki n Itin-, iind not child-like, reinsing n or a g:ixl thing hecaue sihe- cannt whele Her patriotism. is noi reS lii its of her town, and .trie neC teaches her that that r ieledo ti he16 honor and well beit I el, Sta I reflected upon the Dielet *bic pose it. Lexing1n ~g wifi *' 1 miles of the Columbia ;I ow OW nearer to her Village_ of the contempltted R -ar 1;pt lively aiding its advaneeni. 'W lu thinh has becridone, but Y6 wind w No meeting has beed ;on the.sub , and our Commiisicners n n-given notice that'their B ' will o pened. though it is fhon% whitnii . ekf tite appoiuted time. .-This 'ioPln'"neglect on the par t of onr Distr ctid liariteilar ly of the ViVlige lo itt ti tirest' , I am iti.aable to nnderst and, unie hbe-that our )COP, live never duly &oRPicred the mI metnso adyantages which'Wnfdo lie sectired to them. by ia!aUg .our.jijOthe- TI-rn aIsNoCus of a Rail -table apprecittioi of tii valuti'VI- property I-say a TERtrMttOUs, ia-4 f eotd is brought here i.t mustneos ,V stop iere. If the Road frm C0l1ti, nvlle is completed there- nn- Iheb int. - ment to canty otie furthefi Nd fele as the motintain trade wilf .been al= readi ntei-cepted,.and whAvu "voe no where torutin to.. If the Gceenville Road be not completed it wiltbe.fmo ithe same cause, which will ever prevent the aauotin nation of a Road-froi Edgeeld to Green ville, since the distance byihAenl Road from Greeaville-.to ColudibiV is" little less than to Edgefieli, amlil *it"esary gra ding of the Road from G*6 lfleto die field infinitely heavier thanft7t lea'ding from Columbia. For. taj'art, I be lieve the Greenville Road neve will be accomplished. ,-u day LtJAs 'too gi gamic an enterprise, .reqirig anleagtes million and a hal 91 dorlla whicb muIst com,- from the pockets be:plantiug communit iv, ate--this-clas" ' -having-yet ,recovered from tie revulsi4 aused by the inordinate -issme'.o r7 onry by every Bank in iheiOti press ed'by the cutrighteou i "42''hd the drought of last. yea. be.aiterly uuable to advance that' ut.rillin this opinion ie corFeCid brahllof the S. C. R.-Road is tsEdge feld,' hat will be ti *isuki iiburg'will- E5'gfilb S . a eV ee in Pfickedis andi-. lM a Newlirrrj will ti'a rfilfr. 'Tho- wagd0 iradiif.wi ritr, Carolioa, Eastern .etidssee and Nirgiuiaewhich is estimated tit over i2U00*4vgotis per;year, would be here arrested, and:ibeir back loading obtained .here; . )F f-shle trade that ids its' way "On.v' to Au tista hiriu cIt other passes ian Eldgefield, wo'uld aiso be hrought to us. Oiarilifger-would be come -a summtier retreat foribe cIi-tis of Cimarheston,,manny muoo of tvhoui wiouhta co~e to Edgefield ibhan Aiken,. boca..se itey wo..ald hiere ind .better.snoiety- ani hetter nccomodation, Edgeneld - tiien lie itig more utnIe to suppori gdodl hiotel, the yearro-und tbiin Aikten. I-utnreda atnt hutndreds of' e olrs that.a~rt. noni cirted frtom our Stmte to Notrtherii .wterang pItJ ces midt. inito .Northern 'ei'.iies,. wouhi be expendetld . onr own-and= tuse upper Iihi rriets" Evers htIl.in i-eieroicni a i1 held village would woni be gr~tced ogy hsandsomte suitimer cotiages, mbiabirod *li nu mbers. Mof tie rehoicest 'oele-ts of C'htirleston. Evecry freigier,~ larmer, school teacher Itanyerluiolion ~tierean printer, htiti er culte ijhuk'd per, 'tie -chain ie.,y brick mat-ker aniWpiirtry raiset'r int itnd counvenjent to the -vjntagte, would.l at bentefittedi 25.per- coin. on every oe-sea p l ion of ca pital Ton teplantters 'abv tihe lbtge, the advainges'of a tradinag t o -at Edgefield nt .tld hb incalculati, adl those below -cann'it be~itjoired, as toe A ugu-ta markete iwill ilse-ojeio t hem. As in the -ridtculoaus artggtmenh I have heard utsed agatnst making our vtitage~the head of trad(10thta our-socety will be injured,".I .wgqd onzly.-#rethark,a thanttf those wvho,use it would pay directly, ais much ton-'ardih'diildind.te Rtdid a sthey pay indirectly 'for. their.. " select soci~y,' they would'heercnnie infrirly more valua file membeelf'2,ciein general -thti tne casts ihrsocietj liiafready, must latnd shouildi he reserWd t d'hat the line-, of distjitction..h'ave eveE feen foundit motere marked .anid accepiabile in large toon:i than-in small villages. :In- truth ;,ur so ciety would be itmproved, and an mcrease of. its circle wrould renderit moresocable. We wvill -suppose, lhoweveo;sh's-Nh Greenville Road front Colu:6bithii~e time completed, a:ud*he bare.. posst . ti of a coutinuation, of a Rail'RJail~trom Edgediedto Greenville is destro~ed.- No sensible man can believe that all the trade which may-be larought to Greenville by making it thie terminus oif- a il Rotad, will be suficients to- sutliport two roii's. Whai would thit h le otar cotditin A b beville canoc ail'ordl iricar n' Rail Road fortfy miles -oberthy counchy- ti iould ha've to pass, for her- soleineoinodjttin. So that Edgfield muist ud e'ssaeily be the head of a~large portion of the tradle above neutiioned. The:ninhber of. hudes of cotton received. -Iimstioirg -uring' the esnofy'44 ias- 67.000 ii&d in .that~ O '45. 73,000-rusking wer'-wer age. e0h1 0, 100 hales 'receive'd p/r eadifI'ilicrsea suns are- not. corriectly-deigiiined.~ieiin the t wo precedittj'th eih'aidit.' No'n., at ln't clie half the uumihe of' bsles 're ceiv'din Homliuig are npide in Edgeflshd. bievii trand xAnidersou,-and".sat least bhrees f'ourthsedf ifhis half watl:Rertainly be ifogeedeedei-~lr i Jmbla and ft~li ffdd. ole r in( rpfd ibly-ia'portida~.~1 i P.Georgia trade,;comiag'fromtithe banks'eof the Savannath.:sahdue liarksdale's ferry. [Commnission .merchats are allowed 50 cenis jer bale for. selling colon, and es ttit.ing the- anuui of reeipts "by the wv*are housjes inl Edge-ield at 26.250 bales 'heir com missions aclone n ould scalier in our mist $13.050., Should the planters come wilh Ieir wagons and sell their cotton themrselves, the dishursenent of mioney - would Ie, even greater. I say noihing of tie amount of money recaitied by storauoe, drayage. talken in by ti ho 'els aiod laid ot with our merchants. 'ile .avilig -1) the-. .plantera of the District generally, bolh of tiie and money in being able to. iransact their. jublic and privitte hu-ines- at the same place, should make thenf zialoiusly interestwd in the acCoIIplhsheitint (of' he work. I l;iiv':porited out cotparaiivel. but flew ofIfe adau ajges 41ch life consiue tion of :tis -road, wtould secre to the Di. triet and village; but those 'that have been mtsentiOned. Ackether with liei appre (Ation rf every 'escripirot of property. in and couiigiiuu ito the village of Ed~e -ficitd, and the, tacility of ctmnunoicats .11 n it h '- iimeiropo if tie State. is cer tainly irdcement euough tic bring the ra.adt but 20 miles. and would make the stck pay hiandmsine interest. Ti:- track is as level as any it the world, oad Inviting to the tindertaking. The little gradin; that in:v be necessary Is of the lightest km1d. The purchase of' lihet land over n% hich fihe road woild pass, if, indeed, remuneratiun be required at all, Would be but a trifle. The timners are all convenient and of the best quality possible. Then %h% are we inac tive ? Why ask terms ot j nticton with ine old road when our charter autnorize- uis ti run our road within an litndred feet of it? Instead of having o-ur passegers and pro. duce subjected to prelerence tor delays, as somle) apprehend, even if our ricad were to stop one mile from the old road, they lould wai for our passengers every day if n':cessary, and that compai) would iIsef r:t.n a branch to where our road had ierminated. Verily, our puilosoph) is of the stamiip of the miser who lives and dies in) poverty, vriile luxurious comfort lies within his reach--his iwordinuit cu pidity being t is heaviest c'rse. The following suggs iOtn nt borrowed frotn a neighbor. but as I believe it good. 1.-will use it, Let the freeholders within ten miles of Edgefield village. valot; their real estate now and return upon oath 10 what extent that value would be increas ed by a Rail Road to this place. and then subslribe the amoutu of the supiosed in crease r t any Man interested who osvus slaves subscrnbe a fair. proportion of work, atid those.who jo-no., or ahquld yrefer it s'ubscribe tkeir quota in money, and if, they enter up:;n the work honestly d vith a-wil- to accomplish, my Jife upon it, in one year fron the..day of sub Scription the iI)Mel sight of a Steam. En giie will be realized in. Edgefield. Our ioicin be ,completed- in one year-the COl0b1ibis and, Greenvilluearad;.c.annot he ir lor,. and the. pee _ia ad.van ies rh ii d f -F qjtt0'0 Gteetvie da will buil&.b& 0 k pbi-h iul-ce'spi)it an( ~I er. ality' and. intelligenee of tny fel!weiizslr.ns to conie forward .ind relieve our village frirm ihie oditim, which a reftsal to under take so small. yet in its results so great ai enterprise, has cast upon it. and promptly and he.irtily begin a work that "ill redound so much to every interest .nd to the wealth and reputation of our emom.unity. N rIn. 22nd February. 18-4G. C iorrespondeunce of the Char. ('ourier ~2-ING CToY. Fe-h 14. Th'le glenare did not sit todlay. .Jn the House. the prtvaten calendlur wais aakeni up, acid attended to very iniduscri tcnsly. Mr. Owen presented mo.ulutionfs of the Legislaituire of the Stiare ofr Inidiana. -in relation to the Oregocn qUestion. iwith in struc~tin to her represenitatives, trot to voie itr ancy course tof nerion, thait woul d operaite to the stirre'cder of ancy soil. pro ve to hce American. .31r. Routert Smith asqk-,d the consent of it.e House'. cahich wais nott givan, toc offer o re~sicltiocn i hat c he ucmmtiitee cof F'or eii.ni Affairs Ice inistrceed .to enquire ito the expe'diency of r--pcorting at joinic resoclu :tmn. directing -the Presidenit of the U. S. to negotiate with Spalin for the purchase of the 1bland -of Cuba. u0po the princi pIes recomimenided in the pcrocedingsof a public uceeting .held at Spcricigfiehl, Ili icis, herewith presented. Geov. Reynolcds, a man oef some expe rietice in putiic :matter. oliered the resic breticit above mentionedi ini the lilinois meeting. antd there is rno doubit, that ainy pcropocsition of thce kinid, would meet with success among those who believe that it ise 'ur "mcanifest etesticcy" to revolution ize, atnd occupy the Continent unid the ilatnds adjacent. It is a procof of the wis-dom of the House and Seunte, that thtey have disc..untenanced these propo sitions. But what a little more popular exc itement tan the subject will do. arid es. pecitally after the next census, there is no knotwing. Tine-TarifF question will not lhe brouight utp in Congress. till the agitation in re gard to the Oregon question shall bce qui eted. The project of a Tariff proptosed by the Secretary of the Treastury, gives general satisfaction. The large manufacturers of the east are content with the 20 per cent taken for revenue. It is, in fact an am ple protection. Thirty her cent ad ualo rem focr ironi of all kinds; is a reasionabcle rate of prtotectionf, but it alartms the Penn aftvanians. .Though the principle of this schieme is to tax luxuries at the highest rate, yet we see thar -silks and wines are taxed at thirst per cent only-ithe same as iron; which would seem to show a par ciality for the Pennsylvatnia interest.in stead ofC hostility to it. -,* Corieipondcnee of !he Southern Patriot. *> Februtary I~ The debattwon...the -Tariff, will -com mutsbin1do Hosse'in tlle conrse of n~few the.House. some tisre thisni eeksbW biydituesday. Tiere ire a -mady wealthy Eastern,.M"tifacturers,iu this ( ity, who are hard at worki,.% ith their friends to prevent a redctict.ou'ptho lar Tf.. Jut they spend-both theii tim oand their money to t0o purpose. That there will t- a tong debate on the new Tarff Bil there is no doubt; but the bill vwll pass by a large majority. Correspondenee of the Char. Eve. Neic. FCeOruary 16. The excitement relative to Oregon apl hears not to nave abatted in the least. foi it a seiy early hour this morning the gal lerics of the Senate were crowded to ex cuss by persons auxtous to hear the do bate On the floor were the Briash, FIrenci, and ulher ioreign tMinisters, and all the privileged places were occupied by the members troil the House of Repre scutatives, wlg luid come to listen. After tite dispusal of the mniscelluneous business of toe morning nour, the Oregon resalittptis were taken up. Mr. Hanegan took the floor, with a i.uge pile ot~ books and documnttuts upon is aek. Aler some introductory re maris, lie neut on to assert our title to 44 dteg. 40 min. is clear and indispoutable. lie nex. asserted that neither ihe Execu live nor the Senate possesses tie power to alienate any purition of 6ur territory, and that if thoy did possess the power, it would be dishonoraule to exercise ii. Re ferring to the speeches of some of the Senators in the last session. wherein they atteipted to she% that the territory is comhparaiely worthless.,he indigintoily denied the assertion, and quoted inumer ous extracts from docuiments, or ilia pur. posu of showing the amazing fertiliy of the country. After disposing of this branch of the subject. he noticed the prop osition of' Mr. Clayton, that ihe Matter should be discussed in secret session. Such a course would, he contended, be unurthy tie representatives of the A etieriLan people. It was it question which empiiacally belouged to the people, and Seiators were bound to give in public their reasors for relubing to yield an inch of tl'territory. Mr. Colquit has the floor for tomorrow. Just before the adjournment a voluatinon mressage was received from the President, but as it was not read, and there was no executive session, itcould not have rela ted to Oregon. In the 1-louse it was resolution day. A oreal number of resolutions calling for in lortianoni from the Departments on va rious subjeruts, were offered and laid over for one day under the rule. - Mr. G. Davis of'ered a resoluiion call Ing on the Secretary if the Treasury for, a copy of his Tari Bill, furnished ic the Committee - on Ways ano M10anis, with a view of its being printed lor the use V memt1lbers- but on motion .of.Mr. . Ralf bun, the resuldtion as laid on the table by a large majority.,-.A second and third a.ttempt to accorplih :theohject were subsequently idde, pbut with no better success. As I it i'1. b report - i notiodoof Mr. Jonesi the Cozw tce oh the'DsisritL were aistruteed to te port on the exjedienicyonautihuriaiug a retrocession of this districi to Maryland and Virginia.. A resolution was also adopted, directing the Post Ollice Committee to repert on the expediency of si ameudiog the law, as to authorize the people to elect deputy pnstatusters. Correspondence of the Char. ouriaer. February 16. There w- s guna a rush to tihe Seutame chamber agaim today, on ace-junit of the cotinilualian ot ile Oregon tdiscussio. Trhe Vt e P'resinaent pr~ nted a memorial from citizens of Pa., in favoi of an amtend mient of the Gouiistuiioni for prohitutting slaverv.. which was mlain the ule. Mr. Jonoisoni, of La., entdeavored, bus tl-thout effect, to call up tile Biil for the conifirmuat on of certain 'land claims. Alf ter the presenliaron of mneimirtals, &c., the Oregont resolutions wYere taken iip. antd Mr, Hantnegan of Indliana, spoke about two hours on the suwbject, and par ticulaulIy in stupport ci his own resolutions against comiipromise or arbitration. ho reply to a ret.ark made on a formner day by Mir. Miangumn, that Oregon was not worth conitendotg icr, he went into somne ,tatemeuts to sitew its great agricultural and comimerciail value. Mir. Mtanigum here remiarkedi, that he had made ito asserlion as to the value oh Oregoni, for the reason that our informa tion in regard to it was contradictory some nriters having asserted that is was poor, barren, and without watber, and some of its champions amng the West erni mem bers, having asserted in the Houise that it was well atdapted to the cuL tivation of sugar and cotton up to 61 dea grees. It is stated that the Government. has information that Paredes has been finally piut downa; at least, so far as the exercise of civil power is concerned. it is supposed that the NoirtherL Protv inces will soon be in a slate of revolt, as some of the Stihern Provitices arc. In the men time, thme statenment imade in the Courier des Etais Unis gains cred it-that Miexicoi is in have the aid of Eu rtpeani governmetnts, and lha.t her integri ty, iticluding Texas, is to be guaranteed to her. February I1. While the Oregotn debate "drags its slow length along" in the Senate, the public appear to bave miade up iheir intd tin the suhjeci. The general opin ion. seorms to be that a fair cotmpromise with Great Britaini 'ught to be made, anid that the .49w. pasallel. and Yancouver's Island is ihe proper basis of comipromise. The prospiecipf. war toiszmuch diminish. ed. ihiat no oneonoesersto-apprehend such a result. Arl .honorable adjustment; by negotiation, has bieercalled for by -the Houso, amid ilily. heSeate.,. The notice, it seennow to..be agred 'jl hasten atvecjuutmemu ofdhe4(iljaul~; .in the &enats today,:huo.d$inities oneForet n: A ffairs rprted Niihiii s e ht $~L eottls&f4 ti6-lai they he C. Asagr o - com ig the' vote, it is ezr e -e that'rliey will adbt th I tions, that there -ii-a mhji i in :0.vo (|. e r doubt. At ko-- n'dock, th suumed the considetation t8 question, and" ,r. C ui j at lengtli on he sii was felt as t M. .Cs regarded as onee of those the question hang's,i III knonu to be opposed toi i sures. Mr.. C. took v ground With ti Szi lie was for the noti as apoik and believ.d..itao.ti cure peace. The: proceedings, of quite barren of inte(rest' & Mr. Thomas Smith,.oTJUiii a resolution, after eetd posing an cuquiry siti' advising the Presideit t*:6 goiiation withSpain.fr Cuba. The reeolutioni and lies over for debate I t - other resolutions..which w41 i ed doriug -the present .s Another Ezpress,-TJi tiser says, I it iscurrep inessenger with despnach British Minister at Was i" through Boston a day?, Portland, where hew'6 the steamers which ply tween Boston city a d Thei steamer will leavePoeli "a day evening- for Halifardd steamer Margaret, the relsy bk Cunard line, wonld ber .fls. diately to Englaud. If this re rect, these despatcliei Eni ,laid. topte "odajsi16 packet shiip Varick'He - Vmn. J. Romer, froii No And yeO An(Aer ton Times4. ol 'Wediseadi We learn rom a very re that a fast sailitngiiAier A . sailed from Portiatid on.'iesd for Liverpool. Shewas e the owners by Mr laeda ish Miaister ai Wasinng-n" out. despatches: l on ltn b Messenger, who .llt.' them on Friday evenng The Hon. Waddy TiioTApsqn conteinplaiien sortly tadpubl on Mexico. Bealh o~ fi-~ oQ man in hecouny. T ocrat -announeep ihe dgar Ashbell Bald wt a.- wd dedce ii thiP ehyon at the age of nearly 89. ted trpbav y iega0i" isler of 'the E "s afd ~r~i rpm o T i' en eeriare~ laeyIaJk~ certi froid'a n:.4d,\'die&, recent ilna otft lSeat Yulee.=whihitasIlif N of a family who have.ij - shlort time, passed Ilo vicissitudes than ifhti' a - man in ih Uc 'di fuilt% ly tenipseln tI 's lifa u oses. Souhere it iscHisra name~ wasng Yle, was cthjelei6Iap w or, or Gand Vhie heier t a~~ m.theEpeor engaeord , is a ~ . o againsat s w ter'cst liifethend te which itibecam the.du ohe he Mr.d Yule tceck ad.'a the Pr tince ino is. esawrter wntritand wile v:s. he ira ei) mto h oroldi c Empes. de f tiskp . saetfo the riono.t aee fhire acts werer cat hscfet t ied an d ieonn t-the amebo du'~h~i hte edsortl and ftanewads/:.sa*d~ I the facofstnatof his-. estat man.verit' t inubns, ahe only. inamro in ucse. enet t h savdce i his paerentse to tha y tw he beyond thaeq atho s*jky, '., Em ,perhand. eaneosd niedep Stots Gibrae.fwh~i thsfandher thf Seatr-Y.edt & mwane es ub, an'd lmj Turkest evr st rss ingq buse, uk. .wa-d an Wa e with his parent. aoucte ti. f h didate fUnthed Senaels Hio. pehpi h yngs mos usefu ad prmsngh , wihandit t) he fae atyia electhonk. Fb We are ar at dids atrthe Snaatt F"eb. 2i -, .t OWe arf T.Hoiu, Est~ ~s of Represenditv~ athn kI