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I mil LANCASTER LEDGER . rOSLUHKI) EVERV J 1 Wednesday illoriiiiif; AT LANCASTER VILl.E. S. C. [ Term* ?-J 00 a yxsar if paid in advance ; I 3 60 If payiu't be delayed 3 m's; t L -, 3 00 after six months. r Advertisements Inserted at the rate of 75 r * cents per square of 13 lines for the 1st r insertion, 37L cents for ?very subsequent s insertion. For announcing ucandidate $5. o R. Bailey. Ji< Editor find Proprietor v k ^ ? ~ ? s I sons, via: lienjilict, Richard and Henry, j ," Honedicl, the oldest, was an otlieer of ar- C( tillery in the British army, and, it is be . heved, was conij?elled to quit tho service. j # lie died young in the West Indies. Ilenw tv entered the King's service after his fath I L ?r's defection, and was a lieutenant of L cavalry in the American Legion, lie no coinpanied his father to St. John, and ; was employed in his business. Lie slept , in the ware otise near the Lower Cove in that city, and lodged there tlie nigh', the building was burned, lie lived afterJ wards at Troy, Ne.v York, with his aunt ' *? Hannah, and was engaged in mercantile ' PS pursuits. At a subsequent period he re- i moved to Canada, where he is now a man , of property. He received half pay and a j jr orant of lands from the British GovernHe W: -I I. T . i i \r im-iiu ivicii'iiu . ? hi i i oa lie was also | a lieutenant of cavalry in the American | Legion, coniinamlcil l?y liis father. In most overv particular his history is identical with that of his brother Henry.? I Persons are still living at St. John, who I v. m resided there when Gen. Arnold's store J " was burned. The impression was at the ] moment, and still is, that the tire was ' caused by design, and for the purpose of J defrauding a company in England, that had under written upon the merchandise which it Contained, to an amount far exceeding its worth. These persons dilFor * :?? to the fact, whether Arnold himself w is in St. Sohn, or absent in England, at I tito time of the tire; and hence the degree v of Uaino which may be attached to the ' two sous may be uncertain. That both ^ Henry and Richard slept in the store on the night of the conflagration, and that a neither could give a satisfactiory account vi of its cause, seeins, however, to be cerg tain. James Robort-on, whose recent death I. is mentioned shove, was the only one of a me lour children which the traitor's sec- j ond wife bore him, that was born in A- 1 merica. At the time ot the treason lie was a chihl. and had just reached West Point from Philadelphia, with his mother. = lie eutered the British arinv in 1798, and & rose to the rank of Colouel of Engineers. He was stationed at Bermuda from 1810 to 1818, and from the last named year ' until 1823 was at Halifax, and the com- '' manding officer of engineers in Nova Sco- r tia and New Brunswick. While thus in \ command he was at St. Johns, ami on go ing into the house built by his father, in King-street (wbioh is still standing.) he wept like a child. He was a small rant), ( his eyes were of remarkable sharpness, anJ iu features bore a striking resemblance 1 to his father. A gentleman who lias been t in service with him, .and was intimately s acquainted with him, speaks of him in 8 terms of high commendation, and relates that he has often tiim iminiM a ? ? .. strong desire to visit the United States. 1 Since tlie a:cession of Queen Victoria lie c lias been one of ller Majesty's aids-de- t camp. In 1841 lie was transferred from i lithe engineer corps, and appointed Major General, and a Knight of the Royal Han- f overian Guelphic Order. * Edward, the next son, was some j-oars t ago in a banking house in England.? < George, in 1810, was an offiser of lira j goons. Sophia?of her fate nothing is known. It may he added, that the tiist General Arnold's mother had six children o? whom lie and his sister Hannah alone lived to the years of maturity. This siss r adhered to her brother Benedict throughout his eventful and guilty career, ' a id was true to hiin in the darkest per - 1 ods of his history. She died at Montague in Up|?er Canada, in 1803, and was, as is r uniformly stated, a lady of excellent <jual } ities of character. * AGRICULTURAL. ; From the Southern Cultivator. t Preparing Land for Corn. f S As the tiino for planting this uo-.t im- t portaut crop in rapidly approaching, a few hints on Hie proper preparation of the f soil may not be inappropriate. The war- n fare now raging in Europe, with the ex- s ceosive drouth* we have hud in the lust c few years, the certainty of an increased demand at high figures, nil combine to draw, from every farmer, increased utten- c lion to tins subject. In making prepara- ' tions for u new crop of corn, we would t suggest to our readers tbat they cannot 0 couiineuuM their operations too soon, nor I LtaL ? I ? f - I - ' " pytu humii wu nisi wiien mey ao torniiienee. The tirsl grand prerequisite in - 1 ceasary it a team and plow, not a mere I excuse by which, with hard pushing, (he r land in ly possibly bo scratched to the tl depth of three or tour inches, but a plow , that will not only break your land but ^ break it thoroughly. Land that is only " half broken will never more than half r< produce under the bent system of tillage of a seasonable year, while the product of such land, of a dry season, is cortainly c; anything but encouraging. It is to the interest of every planter that his corn laud " be deep and thoroughly broken. Not s ^ furrow ever should be run short of a depth rr of ten inches, while even fourteen inches g would aot be too much. The advantages t, of deep plowing are so many ami so plain . to be seen, that we deem it useless to 'r dwell upon them at length. Corn grow- & iug upon lend broke ten or fourteen inch- f? ee deep, derives a greater benefit, in any r< season, by being belter able to expandffll r; roots to a larger extent of soil, and gather increased strength end sustenance, than it J' does from land not brob^^deep, in which "" the roots are neoieM^HH^eted and j* are forced to Oeajj^^HH^^kmace, or m fores their way ttiWS^VQFaod un- # broken soil. Bu^jH^j^BHFtbe advantage of deep plPNE^MKaleulable. Diun it ? thut the groat advantages of 10 ibi-J*rinciple are to be Med wbarsrrer put rn i % is *k " i y.v 'i n practice,,- Land deep ami thoroughly J n-uke never suffers for the want of rain, I wen in our warm climate, lty break ng [ >ur land deep, the roots of the corn penetrate to a greatei depth than in shallow roke land, and by this means are enabled odraw a sutlicient supply of moisture, rotn its increased depth, independent of ain. Nor is this all; for, should the sea on prove wet, the surface moisture sinks lown to the bottom of the deeply plowed ?nd, and there stored away as in a reseroir, upon which the roots can draw lor iistcnance ml libitum. Manure well ? Now deep and plant early 1 if you desire orn to "sell ami to keep." THE L E DGER. LANCASTERVILLE, S. C. WEDNESDAY? FER 14. 185>. Return day for Lancaster, Saturday 3d of larch. +.<&>'> ? Apprentice Wanted.?Wanted at this llieo. a lad of about 14 years of age to am the Printing business, lie will he oarded in our own family, and his cl Ulics jrnishod him fn>? r>f i.vn.moo vv.. .. ;n ! - - - - Iso endeavor to instruct him in rending and . nting. Early application must be made. X-iT Messrs. Butler and Evans of the J. S. Senate, and Benton, Orr, McQueen nd Boyce of the House will accept our hanks for their favors. XiT We are extremely obliged to "Au;ustus"for his correspondence. We hope o hear from him often. 1-iT The news from abroad in this aper, will be found interesting. Webeieve it will lind more acceptance with our eaders than any home gossip. We give tin preference to our own editorials. The Court House. We were exceedingly gratified to find he other day, on the occasion of a visit to ho Court House, the very rapid progress unking to its completion. She coinniislioners have fully done their duty, and ire entitled to the thanks of the eoninuuity for the creditable manner in which hey have executed the trust given to their diarge. The work is well done, and hereforo does credit to the contractor, dr. Sings. The building will be by this uldition. irreatJv enlnrcreH- ami uld much to the comfort of the attenlunts. It is calculated to he finished by ;pring Court, which comes off in about j ivc weeks. Bmincss Notice?. By referring to our advertising columns i l will bu perceived that .Mr. Jones Crockett I uis just received a large lot of Iron, fresh ' garden seed, Irish potatce seed, and a lot of nost excellent segarsIt will also bo noticed that there will be j in election for Town Council on the first Holiday in March next. There will also be found two advertise- J ncnts of the Commissioner in Kijuity, and lie tShuritr's Sales. The Revolution in China.?The blest accounts China are unfavorable j o the causo of the insurgents. Kxtracts | roin the Pokin Gazette, extending from ' September 8 to September HO, chronicle [ lie re-capture of several towns by the iin j lerial troops, and the destruction, in the I ggregate, of some twenty thousand inurgenta. This last is, no doubt, a great | exaggeration. lint after making all duo ! Allowance, it is evident that the prospects j if tlie insurgents are at present discouragng. They are scarcely less so at the South i linn at the North. In the neighborhood ; f Canton, the insurgents have suftc.ed , prions reverses, in consequence of which lie vessels of the imperialists, which have >c( ii confined within the Moguc for reve-' al months, now venture out. The gen- j r) an?l merchant* have contributed h?r*c-; r towards the defence of Canton, and ave subsidized ten thousand men for the ' dief of Sbun-teh. Fatal Fox Hunt.?An unfortunate accent accurreil at Unfonville, about eight tiles west of West Cheste, on Friday last, i party of Gentlemen let out a fox on the lorning of that day, in the vicinity, and ave chase. Mr. Jefleris, s young man of venty-ono son of Isaac Joffeiia. in nunm. i^" ? I ig through the village was thrown from is horse and shockingly mangle<l in hi* 1 ice and body. The roads were very 1 >ugh, and the horse upon which he was 1 ding stumbled and felt?falling upon oung Jefferis. Klh was speedily relieved 1 oin his situation, and carried into an ad* < cent house, where be was found to be 1 iriously injured, though we hope not tally. Mrs. Jane Emmett, wife of John i inmelt, seeing the accident, went over i i administer relief to the unfortunate i an, when, singular to relate, on arriving ( at th* house, slio was seized with apoplexy ! tl and died instantaneously, on tlie spot.? b 11 'est Chester (/'".) Repuhlecan. ' d CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENCE. " To T11K Ed. OF the LeDG?K. CHARLESTON, Full. 5. 1855. | Sir, with the view of whiting away the , idle fantasies (not tho fleeting hours) of i the present, I assume tho liberty of ten- ! dering you a slight sketch of what is ^ swimming on the surface of my mind ; which though void of the least that could be interesting, I hope will be received ^ tl with an indulgent welcome, and be admitted as an unknown friend to the social C' hearth of innocent past time. We in the City, when commerce wax- : es sluggish, are apt to fall into dreams of ; despondency, to sink our moods and a'low our faculties to become dormant.? We have nothing to bony us up, are deprived of the iural blessings which our in- r land friends enjoy so bounteously, and are left to the dreary wonderings of an embarrassed mil d. Such the sequence of business fluctuation, such the life, such the end of a merchant. We have neither the consolation of a calm rcpo.se, or the refuge of some verdant grove, where one might dispel such unwelcome meditations. Where the soul might invigorate, the heart be insnired. and tho mind to tlie loftiest aspirations. What of the C many sources of amusement that fill the h numerous palaces of the city ? What of b the grand allurements of fashionable soci- j q etv ? What of the gay circles of pomp s< ami artificial display} All these are si blighted by the sad picture of other exiting scenes of sadness; What scenes? echo resounds, the consutnatc corruption of human nature." b l'ortray with your idea the aspect of o affairs on the eastern continent, where the n sword is dripping with human gore, where war is raying to the zenith of its extent, t! how dark, hov mournful a sight, the gallant soldier recklessly and in vain strug- ? gles each for his cause, and obstinately ^ the Conflict is ceaseless. How obvious then the consequent result experienced on i ibis side of the hemisphere. Russia has curtailed, if not entirely withdrawn her orders, and inevitably there must follow a ' depression in this our more immediate 1 section. Our stable products of citton f and Rice decline, the planter ur.encourag- C ed to send his produce to market, is de- < barred realising bis usual assistnme in pecuniary matters, and hence that universal i chain which is moved bv inseperable springs, lias a link broken and the ma- " chinery ceases to impel the power of trade and commerce to its destination. ' At present cotton is a little improved varying in prices from 0 1-4 to 0 1 4 cts. | r Rice is in good demand at and froin 3 3-8 * to *4 1-8 per hundred pounds. This is Race week here, commencing from to day, if there were no other indication of its ap* * 1 | proach, we would most surely be reminded of its recurrence by its groat flock of s the Chevaliers de Industrie or light fin- 1 gored gentry, who swarm the public ro- ' sorts of the city. The Know Nothings are making rapid ' strides in this place, they contemplate an ' entire abrogation of the present municinal 1 1 admiir*tra:ion,sa nuuli so that not even an 1 alien will l?o admitted on the city Guard. * They are I perceive raising their vengeance against Gov. Sew ird of New York, ' declaring publicly not to allow the Catlr olic prelacy to influence the government I of America and to defeat him in the U. ' S. Senatorsliip. 1 A great time is anticipated here next week on the occasion of the Govenors 1 Review, this will he a gala day with the ( fair ones, who flock to the scene of warlike maneuvering, and there scrutinise the ' gay and brilliant uniforms of the Star of 1 South Carolina's Militia. A sham Rattle * is spoken of, to come off at that time, in I which event the newly formed Uitio Batahion will he thrown out as skirmishers, this eaminand which is the pride and boast of the State is composed of the following very efficient companies, v^z:? 0 Washington Light Infantlv, German Riflemen, Moultrie Guard and Meagher ^ Guards. 1 The annual parade if the Fire Department on the anniversary of the great fire 1 in 18:fH, comes off on the 'J8..h of April next, causing great preparation on the part of the various companies. The Vigilant company expect to have by that time their new Engine, which is to be of ^ h capacity to throw 210 feet stream per- R pendiculary. The Steamship Nashville arrived here on Friday afternoon last in the unprecedented short apace of (40) forty six hours from Now York, the quickest trip yet ac- j complished by any Steamship afloat. Our mail facilities are so far in order again as to insure some certainty in the transmission of letters, i\ M. General Campbell is also one of the unfortunate o eieci mai me wauve American yarly / have spotted, Tor the mrtn And unjust a spirit he manifested in the discharge of ti his duties in one of our most importsnt d departments, and where he is the head functionary. n Our Hayne street is itself again, hut in b s transcendantly improved degree. Meet- ti ing street presents also some new features 1 in tha way of handsome stores &C., which itreet afso graced by the ITtw riaU of fti ' *5 J ? K ? lie South Carolina Institute, which by the ted y hold their next exhibition (for the in- oid ustry of tlie Sonth, and the improve- fall lent of its Arts ami Sciences)on the 15?h del f Apiil next. King street is still our old tshionublo thoroughfare, where in one sev lixed current you see flowing in streams ] lie Sample's of our population. tcr I will now beg leave to conclu le this hec rosome tunc, by stating that as long ns (jet usiness allows any leisure I will most dre lieei fully drop the dew of the passing doi tiles. 1 will also induce my young friends she > co-operate with me in Contributing to est le enjoyment (if I may be privileged to cisi all it) of the worthy roaders ol the Lan- sigi aster Ledger. pla I am yours respectfully, up AUGUSTUS. mo ?? dre fli\ip|iljir. LATER FROM EUROPE. b,M ARRIVAL OF THE abl firs ATLANTIC. ofl WH New York, Feb. 9. The U. S. Mail Steam ship Atlantic, laptain James West, did not arrive at ^ or wharf in this city until to-dav, having eon detained at the Narrows, in conse-; to uence ol the ice in the harbor, which, al* 3 prevented the News Yaelit of the AsDcintcd l'ress freni reaching her. General IntelligenceAffairs at Sehastopol are unchanged. 'I'11 The liritish Arinv in the Crimea con ft" inuvo in a nreiKiiuu siare, in consequence "" f mh management, and is rapidly melting l'K way. ^'' The Peace Conferences arc to open in *'8 f lie middle of this month. Negotiations continue between Austria cn< nd Prussia, in relation to the Germanic trniy. The Swedish army is to be placed im* nediately on a war footing. The t^ueen of Sardinia is dead. Lord John Russell has resigned, and WtJ I is believed that a general break up of bu he British Cabinet will result therefrom. )n the 26th u!t. he gave in the House of w" Commons and explanation of his cou- ''a lnct. Public feeling in England seems tendng towards peace. Numerous henry lailufes are repotted an is having occurred at I.irerp iol, hut there wc s evidently considerable exaggeration in no lie reports. Se The steam ship Great Britain had ar- 'ei ivod at Liverpool from Australia, with *? C7o0,000 Sterling gold. "P Commercial Intelligence. Mdligan's Circular.?The Liverpool w' Circular of Messrs. Milligan, Evans A t?{ Lemphicre of the 20th ult. reports the di< tales of cotton during the week ending hat evening at 37,000 bales, of which be ipeeulators took 3000 and exportora 1000; '-< caving 33,000 bales of all descriptions to C(> .lie trade. The demand from the trade tin Mid for export was moderate, and prices no ulcil in favor of buyers. Fair Orleans ff" was quoted al 5 3 8d.; Middling Orleans WI 5 1 Hd.; Fair L'plan'U at 5 3-8 1.; and nn muting upland* at 5U. tor Flour there tcl vas a moderate inquiry, and Western 3tnal was worth 4 2s. 6d. and Ohio 46*. to >er bbl. of 196 ll's All qualities of Corn md slightly advanced, and Yellow was *>< vorlli 44s. and White 45s. per 480 lbs. ?n Sr.\tk or Tkaue.?In Manchester tLe market was dull, with a declining .en- rot lency. ?ii Tiik Ikon Tit auk.?The Loudon Circu- J rei ar of Messrs. Baring Brothers ?t Co., of lie 26th ult., says that Bar lion is quoed in Wales at ?7, and Kails at ??J 15s mi bei >cr toa. I sin Congressional- *,r< Washing on, Feb. 8. The Senate parsed to day several bills as ?f minor iin{>oi4HUce. WH A discussion took place on the bill ',r< [ranting three years' credit for the pay- ll? nent of duties on rail road iron. c'e The House passed the bill regulating ^ be salaries of the Judges of the United hate Courts. i J*'1 net Washington, Fob. 0. The French Spoliation Bill passed tho , Icnate to-day by eleven majority in the j ame form as it passed the House. ref Destructive Conflagration. Boston, Feb. 8. A fire occurred in Neponaet to-day, de- ^ troying nearly an entire JfllHka The ^ ws is estimated at I20,0QiB|W %alf of rhicli is insured. A Natural Pm^Hk act The following account of MOTl from ani Id age, by the distinguished divine, l)r. i the i. L P. Green, of Naahville, will be read ^ U>< rith groat interest by every student of na- tar ire. The death of Aunt Phi lis, as the ! lie oetor beautifully eipreeaes it, waa truly a j rak natural death," for death from disease ia set t according to nature, but might truly Oa e ehuaod under the head of ** casual- tha ea. to I fr. Em. thj Dear Sir:-?] promised yon that I would of irnish you with aomeofthe facta eoonee- a t K , * 4 ** t* with the last days of Aunt l'hiilis, ? negro woman of mine who died !n I. Aunt l'hiilis was at the time of h ith, at the lowest estimate, 111 yea , and the probability is that she wi eral years oldf r. For fifty years she had enjoyed uni rupted health, and, as far as I hat m able to learn, she was never sick life, except at the birth of her chi n. For thirty years of her life, an .vu to within three years of her deatl i did not seem to undergo the sligh change in her appearance; timeexe ng but little power over her. The fir ti of decay was that of sight, which too ce about three years before her death to that time she was in the full enjot lit of all her senses; and at one hnr d and four years would have marric old negro man of seventy-five if I ha objected. Her sight failed not in the usual *va , she become near-sighted, net bein 0 to see objects at a distcnce. Soo jr this her hearing declined, but up I 1 time of her death she ould hear be than old persons generally do. TI I indication of mental tiailure was tin ocality, slie not being able to find In y to a neighbor's bouse ; yet her inem seemed perfect in all other respect 8 recollected her friends and old a lintancos, but could not fiud ber ws llioir houses. I at first supposed that this was owir defective sight, but, on exatninatio ml that it was in the mind. Still h ....... i . _i.? i._.i ?i.-. ?/iiivvi -ii giiu*i , llftU mi: III s of herself, and could walk strong ar ick, like a young person, and held he f up so straight that, when wnlkir ra me, I often mistook her for some > younger servants al>ont the premist e next, end to me, the most singnl n of decline was, that she lost the a walking?not that .she had not strong >ugh to walk, but forgot how to wal The children would lead her forth ai crest Iter for awhile, and she would g 5 idea, which seemed to de iglit h ry much, and she would walk abo s yard and porches until some pers< add toll her she had walked enottght she would no sooner take hsrscat, at for a few moments, before all idea il'ting would be gone, and she won ve to he taught over again. At length she became unwilling to t walk, nnloss she bad bold of sotm-tkin ie her by the arm and sho would wal tl walk well, but just ns soon as y< iuld let her go, she would stop, and further aid was afforded her, she won t down and crawl like a child, and igth became so fearful that she refus walk all togiihcr, and continued to during the day, hut had to he put 11. and taken up like a child. After tie she became unwilling to goL up i jethcr, and continued to he until si >d. All the time she seemed to he in go alth, took her regular meals, and li unach and bowels were uniformly od condition. I often examined li e la*st I could, and she had no pail sickness, no aches of any kind, a >m her own account, and from all is able to learn, she w as in g<?od heal d all the while in line spirits. The leel and the mind seemed to be p t'y g*a>d, only that she did not *c? know where alio was all the time. At length one of the children said i that mint Pliilis whs getting cold, a examining her I found it even so; t Iremities were cold?still she took J jular meals, and did not complain y thing; and the only change that rolled of was that she slept a little ut< in usual. The coldness increased I o days, when she became as cold, ?t hs a dead person. Her breathi gan at length to shorten, and gri ?rter and shorter till she ceased jathe. Death closed upon her like going in oft, sweet sleep, and for two minutes is difficult to tell whether she w lathing or not. There was no conU n, no struggle, no twisting of the tnt s, but after death she might have si en taken, on slight examination to ha en in a deep sleep. Ho passed aw litis?the only natural death I ever w ised.?Nashvillt Journal. Removal of Cot Batler The lioston Atlas has the following aiion to the late arbitrary removal I. Duller from the servMg^m'ause used to disband his ce(||M||Hk?ordii the manifesto of //4|BjHHI|n*r "For refusing to di4|^^^fl^Breij npany connected wit^^l^^^ime i. Duller is discharged from the servile ad of being brought to courl mi I. Col. Butler, who is an able lawy ed under a conviction of hia legal du J refused to obey an order which night unsanctioned by the statute* ? constitution. There are many mi y men who think' as he thinks ; pu opinion is divided, ami there >s a ger wish that the doubtful point may tied by the Supremo Court. Hut Ot rdner will neither take the opinion it court, oor witt he permit Col. But lake it, but with an imperiousneaa w< i of a ReaaUn Csar, he avails binw the elriet Utter of the lew, and driv mspiNt oAeer from the arrvioe. in This may be a very convooicnt way of st settling a vexed question, but it will not er satisfy the people. Col. Hutlcr had what rs he thought a very strong case, and those *s who have heard the points which he intended to raise, consider them every way n- worthy the attention of the court. The re Governor has escaped the chance of a dcin cision against tho legality of his action, il- but ho cannot escape tho imputations to id which his course naturally subjects him." t' Congress. r. In the Senate, on Monday, the hill st from the House, commonly known as the k French Spoliation hill, was received. Mr. ! . Clayton urged immediate action upon it, p. as there was but an immaterial difference between tho bill and tho one passed ,,j the Senate at the last session. Objection ; was m ide, and the bill was ordered to be j printed. The Senate was principally occupied !g in the Wilier consideration of the bill making appropriations for the support of ihe army, the question immediately pending being tho amendment of Mr. Shields, 10 pn>posing to send three commissioner* ;ll among the Indians and to raise a volunL,r tccr force of three thousand men tocbe? k 0. Indian aggressions. Mr. Hunter moved s a substitute providing for an addition to the regular army of two mounted regimen's and the acceptance of five hundred volunteers, ig Mr. Shields suggested an nmendinent u, to the substitute, proposing two additioner al regiments of infantry as well as the ill mounted troops. Upon these propositions itl Mr. Houston, of Tetfas, addressed the j r Senate at some length, show ing thai the ig policy of the whites towards the Indians of was the true cause of the aggressions s. made by the red men. Mr. Jones, of nr Tennessee, was in favor ol granting the rt I'resi.lent the force required to deep down lh Indian aggression*, #atul urged that a k. heavy responsibility rested upon Congress ul in this matter. No decision was had upon et the pending propositions, er In the House of liepresentatives the nt joint resolution of the Senate providing ,n for hii exploring squadron to go into the Arctic seas in search of Dr. Kane was id adopted. of The Judiciary Committee reported joint Id resolutions disapproving of certain acts of the Territorial Legislature of M nnesota ry creating railroad companies, and the gi House passed them after a full explanak. lion hy Mr. Cutting. 1)11 The House spruit most of the day in " Committee of tho whole on Territorial business, and disposed of hills to enable the peop'y of Oregon to form a Const it ution and State Government, and for the admission of such State into the Union, to and providing libraries, Ac., for the new R Territories of Kansas and Nebraska, Ac. Tuesday and Wednesday have also lc been set apart by the House for Territorial business. In the Senate, on Tuesday,after receiv.r ing and disposing of petitions, reports, Ac. 10 Mr. Johnson introduced n resolution ICF asking the President to inform the Senate j why the funds appropriated for paying the j expenses of the United States Di-trkq I Courts of the West had not been forwarded to their respective destinations. in* Mi. J. addressed the Senate at some ' length against 'he manner in which the Departments had managed the appropriations in question, and urging the , adoption of his resolution. ml m / . I Mr. frsvin eoiuei ltd in much that had lie j ' bet n said by Mr. Johnson, icr i ' j. I This resolution was laiJ aside and the . ! Armv l.'.l ??. ti.lr ..I ? J I / ,re Mr. Fitzpatrick addressed the Senate hi for length i" favor of the proposition in the a|. bill for the employment of 500 Indian* D^r in the military service of the United StaUn JW and in reply to the remarks of Mr. llou** to ton, delivered yesterday. In the House, after the reading and re* ito ferenc? of an Executive message, reenniit mending a modification of cortnin treaties as with Kanzas Indians, on motion of Mr. >r- Davis, of Indiana, they took up the bill is to incorporate the St. Joseph's Male Or* till phau Asylum of the District of Columbia ; ve which was passed. *7 Sundry private bills were nest intro,l* duced, or reported, and referred. The House then went into committee on territorial business, and it being moved jn to take up the construction of a magnetic of bd-graph between Missouri ami the l'a* cifie Ocean, that motion was not finally disposed of when we went to press.? Washington Star. ?t, Mcrdkh.?Bob, the slave of Isaac Van* c,.f sant, Esq., Sheriff of tbia District, de* tr* liberately shot his wife, also ths slave of er, Mr. V., on Thursday last. A jury of inquest was einpanneled by Coroner Weat he Caughman, and a verdict in accordance _r ,k- t J t. g| Willi IIIC I?UII? nJUiriifCK II appear* m a Hi. lioh endexrored to induce hit wife to run* ib. away with him, end upon her refutal to kv do to he kiileJ her, end made hit escape be and it ttill at large. i it. He it about* ft. 10 in. high, very dark of complected, well proportioned, baa a ler large mole about a quarter of an yr- long and tapering off to a point immetfl* elf ately oti the rigfit or left temple, and when ca tpoken to generally look# downward.? * ^eritp^ofi TWr^itye, * dp'., * . mmMrw. . Washington Correspondence. Wasiiinuton, Feb. 6. The 8enate have actually passed the Bounty Laud bill by a large majority, and in the moet extravagant form that bas ever been proposed. A number of Senators had become committed to the bill in somo form or other, and therefore were reluctant to vote against it, though they do not approve of its details. They know and hope that it will be defeated in the House. Thus, wo hate the singular fact of the passage of a most important bill against the better judgment of the Senate, and with the desire and expectation that it will be rejected or utterly neglected by the other House. Tho agents of the Old Soldiers' Convention, who arc now here, hare had some influence in urging this bill through the Senate ; hut in case it should pass, they do not thereby relinquish their claim for pensions, which has la-en nut. l?efi>ro the House in a very imposing manner.? In behalf of the bounty Land bill, i* may be said that it will supercede the Homestead bill, and distribute the lands very generally to families in eve*y section of the Union. The Know Noth| ings,wbo killed the Homestead bill in tbe House at tliis session, by cbanging their ' votes upon this measure, greatly prefer the Bounty Land bill to that, because it gives no lands to foreigners. This was resolution day in the House, and a resolution was offered by Mr. Witte, of Pennsylvania, den uncing the doctrines of the new order, and moved to suspend the rules, in order to liuveit considered.? The vote for suspension was 103, against it 78?not two-thirds, as required for suspension. Mr. Witte had made the motion as a lent of the feeling of the House on the subject. But among tho negatives were Mr. Bayley and Mr. Uorton, of Tenn., who, though not Know Nothings, would not allow persons to make tests for thetn upon abstract resolutions. The negative vote, therefore, embrace*members who are not perha|?s opposed to tho resolution. But, even allowing for these exceptions, tho vote shows that "Sam" is pretty strong in the House. Ceoeral Cass has very boldly and firmly faced the instructions from his Legislature to vo.e for the restoration of the Missouri Compromise and tho repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law. He was heretofore instructed to vote for the Wilroot proviso, but declined it, and the legislature subsequently repealed that instruction.? On this occasion he says; he will neither obey nor resign. Tfie doctrine of olaxlience to instruction* may, be .says, go so / - iar as lo destroy Hie character of the Senate as the representative of the aovervgnty of the States, exposing it lo unusual political ihiclualioua ; and it would operate specially against the Democratic parly, he said, for their opponents did not recognize the right of instruction nor the duty of obedience. Mr. <jwin made another, though not final effort, to day, to hare the Pacific Kail Koad Hill taken up. The effort, llio* fruitless, will convince his State that he has zealously pressed the measure so popular there. A ruinor prevails that Mr. Maun has tendered his resignation as Assistant Secretary of State, in consequence of a difference of opinion with Mr. Marcy, as to some points connected with our foreign policy. ? 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