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The President opens by congratulating i j tlic country on the contiast <>f the agita. 1 tii'i. which existed in Kansas a year ago | with the peace and quiet now prevailing, lie refets to the Lecoinptou Constitution, ! and :< allirms his position on it. He 1 ''' thinks if Kansas had been admitted with that constitution, the same quiet would I l'' have heeti secured at an earlier day. He j is still perfectly willing to acquiesce in am other Constitutional mode of settlement. Hi; signed the Knglish Mill, and thinks it I cr' pioialle lii.it when Kansas again applies os f< i admission, she will have the popula- i c'" litui required by that bill. lie goes at I 00 length into the subj.-et, and recommends ' the passage of a genera! law, so that no ' J? new State shall be admitted unless she I.as a population sullicier.l to entitle her ' v'i to one Representative. lie congratulates ' Congress upon the settlement of the Utah IH' j.tlair without uhu.doii of hlooJ, conipli- Hr' incuts the otlieeis and army there, and lu expresses satisfaction at the course of tlov Cuinniiiig. lie honorably mentions Col l\ me. be 1 lie President refers to the importance s,! ot the treaties recently negotiated with China and Japan. He thinks the result H" in tiie former ease justified our neutral policy, and congratulates the country on the abandonment of the right of search Cls l?y llie Mritish goveriniieiit. In lofeienee to Centra! America, lie says that nego. ^ol liations are still progressing, ami lie has rvt not yet abandoned all hopes of success.? lie refers to what lie stated at the iast rt" session in that connection. His views on ?' the subject of llie Isthmus routes accord m| with me policy heretofore announced by 1,11 Ren. Cass. 11 is only desire is to keep ?' the routes open. lie demands no other j C;tl privileges for the l imed States than wo I ',u ...i ?... i :ti or more harm. Nicaragua is now tiie ^ ou only difficulty in the way. Spe iking of U?il?;?, lie says Cuban officials have again *" and ag lin insulted our t'ag and injured '? our citizens, Ibp'omatiQ cje*. i\y h have gone < n yea* alter ye o- without repara- " lion except iu the Warrior case. The President wants the Captains General of Cubiy ft h" iwie.-.ted wjth power p> settle matters without tuntal lining ref^r^ee^ to rc Madrid. Tiie fact is that Cuba. >? her C present condition, is a constant source of re injury and annoyance to the American people, and caused the recent trouble in with tiie Ifritish about the right of visits' gi tion. The President would not, if he pi could, acquire Cuba by any but honorable si pieatis, so be repeats offers to buy it. So el long as we do not have it, it places our 1' relations with Spain in constant jeopardy, pi Spain need not be aslia.ned to aeii it as hi Napoloon *q d Louis ma. Let Congress bi autliori/.e the President to make a cash ol advance nnin-diatelv upon concluding a ri, bargain. Meantime, if the Spanish Arm- o| istead claims are just, let them be pipd. tli From Mexico ten millions of dollars are tli due American citizens, but sbo is bank th rupt, ami cannot oven protect our citizen* tli Irotu forced loans, our frontiers from ag- j fr< gr ission*. Reprisals upon our part are tb not ouly in accordance with international m law, but are our only means of avoiding tr actual wap. Mexican anarcby now pre* vn vsoti settlement. Let us assume tempo | iu< rv protectorate over the northern por- | common ins of Chihuahua and Sonora, and es- ! as to tin blish military posts therein, to be with control j awn when Mexico is capabje of govern- uient ac g herself. merely The political condition of the Isthmus people, of the utmost importance to us. Let tor tlieii inflicting transit companies settle their lion, sh< llictiliios before the competent tribunal, 'fh?y *>1' it do uot iet the commerce of the world ponsibi! ait till they do it. Nicaragua may for the s targe fair custom duties if she yvill, but duct ol le must not close the route. Jit tli.o thev bo eautiiue authorize tbo President to em- quire th oy our land and rta a1 forces to heep dividual ie route open, >vht t required, and ty ,erufueit itlulraw when necessity censes. The Any oil ine policy appliep to l'anama and Tehu in the It iteppc. Unless Costa Jlica and Niear ty tiling jua make an early peaceful settlement, theory I only remains lor .tip to employ forces.? rpid opi remtda has offered a now treaty which Your ill f.eptovc all ^ifticulties with that State, reason lie probably will not attempt to enforce sister Si lax on our passengers or commerce. the jud k ith Brazil our relations are friendly.? this vitr i e are trying to yet her to abolish high the vie' itlies and to settle llip claims of our they do tizetis. take an The Department Reports. ced a Mr. Secretary Cobl? asks for seventyree and a quarter millions next year, v eluding filieen and a half millions for , rJ, p ni my, thirteen and a Jtalf millions for 08 1 ie navy, and two millions one hundred ? ou-and for ordinance and fortilications. . Mr. Secretary Toucey recommends in- ? a**! ] case of officers in tlio Navy in all class* ' , and tho purchaso of all vessels lately w.'^ .* tirtered for '.he Paraguay expedition, ri!"| 0 nstituting ten light draught steamers. J1, Mr. Secretary Floyd believes the Nara- aro tn. Camancho War, just commenced, to he 1. rce and bloody, but thinks it should be ' porously prosecuted. IJe recommends . ... Jf it lour new fortifications at exposed ' .8. inls. liis estimates for the next year r^cl c* e three millins less than the expendi- -b j res of last year. a " Mr. Secretary Brown recommends that r.H 10 * e printing privilege in Congress should . abolished, and the issue of suitable , imps substituted. He deprecate? the ! ) msmission of heavy matter in the mail, . ^ I id recommends a uniform rate of postage ? * five cents per single letter, and favors a wh'icli ^r' 10 of mail steamers between San Frarn . , .|, co ai.d Japan, or China. He estimates ^ ^ i expenditures of the next fiscal vear at ? r.' !>e.M . 1 ., . -ii- -.i authoru irteen and three quarters millions, with . Kouli -eipts of upwards of eleven millions. . . Mr. Secretary Thompson, reports a femie last vear from the Public Lauds , . , 1 V . -n- , be sent t upwards of two millions, and recom. i \jn;ci uuiVJl uiijin , UUl \? 111 { not consent that the Isthmus be closed by the imbecility of nations which reside near there, lie regrets that lite Nicaragua route has been closed, and speaks of the him ssit\ ol enforcing our claims against ('o>ta lkica mid Nicaragua. He speaks ol Mexico as in a condition of civii war, with scarcely any hone of P11 resloraiion to permanent government.? rei lie relers to the causes which have led ,nJ to ihe rupture of our diplomatic relations there, and > peaks well of Mr. lorsyth's I'" iilorts, if not for the hope of obtaining "" justice Iroin the liberal partv, which now appears to be approaching to power.? l'' lie would lecomuteiid our taking posses' sion of a portion of Mexico as sulticienl iinieiniiiiy to lis for all claims and griev- "" ances in North Mexico, bordering on our territory. There are other considerations I'" which claim attention, but we are inter' ested iu peace in th at neighborhood.? ^?r Lawless Indians enter our settlements in Arizona.ainj there seyns to be uo other ,0' way in which this diUicullv can be re moved but by establishing military posts oil in Sonora and Chihauhau. Ho recom1 mends this to he done, regarding Mexico rei as in a slate of imbecility and anarcliv.? 1?' As to Spair, lie refers to causes which have delayed the appointment of a sue l'' cessor to Hen. Hodge, and. says Mr. l'res t?u. will go out with power to settle dif licullies with Strain, if possible. 811 The President says that Cuba ought to ^ belong to us, and recommends that steps 011 be taken for i's purchase. As we have acquired new territory heretofore hy lion. l'' or. i hie negotiation, tins should not be an exception. He re alHrms former opinions wn iu I ?vor of specific duties on certain aiti- ?f < !?;s of merchandise, but submits lip whole ' ir.tl question to Congress, lie calls at '?r tendon to (lie 1'acific Railroad, and refers to overland* mails as showing the practi- )'e raid lily of a route, Among otl;er sub | j- is he r -iterates a recommendation to | ,ISI establish territorial government in Afri 00 ea (?) K* ' 'lie I'resident especially desires Con ,H gioss to leave no outstanding d Hicullies with Great Britain, and says that no other cu two nations C.iin ilo nunli nllli>r mum nnn.l I O dxksuay, December 8, 1858. SENATE. Senile inel mi 12 M , pursuant to men I. lOlion of Mr. Zimmerman, it was that m message be sent to tbe of Representa'tivis, proposing to use to go into a joint ballot for >r, to-morrow, at 1 o'clock p. m., nedialely thereafter for Lieutenefnor. I'lllrerspoon presented the report pecial Committee on the presentthe (Jrand Jury of Lancaster and all Term, 1858, in relation to re f the Catawba Indiana, ulicu of ^|r. l)a?yck, the resolu dative to the slave trade were e special order of the day for 3 iiuorrow. SE OF llEI'K ESENTATIVES. liouae assembled at 12 Xf. The called. The Speaker took the rul the journal of Tuesday was ienate returned to thp |{puge, an peml the 37ih section of qi\ act, an act for the better ordering ol parsed iu thy year 1840. Como tho CoinmitU e on Engrossed >l?o, an act prpviding for the punof privily stealing t'roin the per ommi^ted to the Committee ou pd Acts. lack inured that the ilousg rp- ' the vote taken yesterday, to grant ie Blue Ridge Railroad, question was finally taken by yeas f, and resulted as follows : Yeas ? 3J. So the motion was agreed made the special order for Friday, in. }ad berry moved to amend by ?#} Friday Jifternoon, at 7 o'clock. I erry hoped not. It would be utter that it should be discussed light, and before dinner. Excitement at Mobile. ilk, December 7.?The schooner tfqrvey{ Maury master, sailed on without a Custom House cleared with one bu"d;ed and forty ;ors, represented as on a cp.<vj'-iog JJeforq reaching Mobile V?iot> > pvprlakpQ by an armed boat from S Revenue cutter R. H. A(cCU nder command ot Capt. ilpi-niceoN ieut. Wjjmt The pa?4pngpf* on oo^er threa^ned la resist all at. at bearding, and the schooner were await ng iustructions from ijtsi^ry Department, affair occasioned great indignation . I. . i.Clll ft 1 .1 i ? ?- ? tuo iiiuiuftiera hiiu luyir ir;en^s, -eats were loud and earnest eontar fathers fpr?-VYtuaos, i, who w;-.s believed to liave acted y it) revealing the i^a^r. lvtk Uou VfnHBRei'ooji.?\\fe iat the Committee appoint at a meeting of the cjtifen* of our ^a? it summer, will leave \orkville totittle for Virginia, for the purpose iving the remains of our late fellowCol. I. IX Witherspoon, Sr., tft rial resting place in this town, have been informs^ that tl^e body obably arrive heps on Ttityf^lay ; next, by the King's Mountain iad ; and we would respectful!? , as Col. Witherspoon was long td wjth our people, and evej ||a|. ( . ,, "nil were cai writs Ciovertiinei t to retain all lands com Yeas ning precious metals, and tlie selling ^ ^ all containing baser kind*. He advo- ^ | tea the extension of llie pro einplion .. .. "over Utah. b?^e till " Agreed Cmulen>ctlfrom the South ('arolinian. Legislature of South Carolina. j Wei Tiksdav, December 7, 1858. The i SENATE. adjourn The Senate met ai 9 1 2 o'clock a. m., < >,i m rsuant to adjournment. The Clerk ordered td the journal of Saturday's proceedi House ;s. ' that llo Mr. Marshall prQsentQd the report from (.iovernc e Committee on Military and Pensions, and iinn the report of the Hoard of Visitors of ant fiov . Sate Military Academy, proposing Mr. V at the sum if *10,000 be appropriated of the S| the purpose of. erecting additional inetit of hidings for the use of an additional York, lv mi her of cadets at Columbia. Qrdefed inoval o consideration to morrow, and tJ be Qn m intcd. lions r< Mr. AlsWn intrpdnced a bill to provide made tli increased compensation to the oMtieri. p. In>| it slaves ejtecu'^J. Head fiist time and erred to the Committee on Judiciary. IIOU". Mr. Hliett presented the memorial of ,p^ r. Laborde and other l'rofessors in the . nth Carolina College, praying for ar- ,w his of salary. Ordered for consideration tat , a morrow. read. The general orders of the day were lhe S en taken up. On the report of the MCt.l? nnmittee on Agriculture and Internal enl,l'e(* iprovements, on a lull to provide for a ,,e{{ro*f.? rvey of tlio great river swamps of ibis 'UI tied * ale, to ascertain the practicability of se ..ct8' * ring them against ov^flow. (Bill hy "hnient r. Mazyck; committee regontend that 5?0, ^ e bill do pass ) Engross* Qn rnotiop of .\fr. V|a^yck, the report j is laid upon the table, for ike purpose co"8 , taking up the bill. K The bill v/aa debated by Mr. Mazyck ? ' , and Mr. palmer against. 1,1 The yeas and nays were called for? ' llRP as 10, nays '27. The hill was not passed. lo? *n< On a hill to repeal the laws against Rl P* 1 ury (Bill by Mazyck; Committee re' r' mmended that the bill do not pass) '"??|0n-| sport of the Committee was laid on the Y" J hie, for the purpose of taking up the Jl,l,c'1 1 II. Bill was read second liiftfc. and dis. ^ dayseed bv Mr. Mazyck. who spoke in far oi toe bili and thought tiie Senate ight now to repeal the laws on usury. Modi The President appointed Messrs. VYil S titan n, Sessions and Manning, a committee Sunday examine the (Governor's accounts. ance, ai On motion, the Senate adjourn? I at passeng ( 2 o'clock p. id. yoyage, 1 sl10 YV Hi HO\JSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the U. I Tiie House assembled at 12 \(. The (an(^i 1,1 II was called, The Speaker topk the ^ hair and the journal of Monday was 8C'" ad. tempts Mr. T Y Simons presented the follow. Hu4,\>?l g report: The Committee on J'rivile- l''ft Ire s?s Elections, to whom ^as referred the resentment of the Grand Jury of Andcr- K,nonK in District, in reference to giving the eclion of electors for President arid Y'ce cer,,,n8 resident to the people, beg l<p?ve to re- ?f Qbio jit, that they have considered thy same H' * id, ind' pendent of tlio oor.stitutional em massment as to tbe present mode, are Tua r the opinoin, that tbe people are of learn tl ght entitled to the expression of their public t unions, in relation to the candidates for trict lai ie Presidency and Vice Presidency of Oay en lis confederacy, either immediately by of renrio eir own suffrage, or immediately thro' citizen, e House of resentat:ves, selected their fii isldy from their own number, who are We lis authorize J t) represent their senti wil) pr< ents and choice. Tbe liberty of a coun evening y must ever depend, not only on the Kail R< rlue and intelligence, but also on tbe suggest Jiudual exercise, by each citizen of tbe identify i wealth, of his right of ballot, both a principles and men which should mblic affairs. It is the governid republic of the people, and not that of their legislature. The instead .of (poking up to others political knowledge and instrucjuld think and ftct fqr themselves, lould feel a sense of personal res itv resting upon every.pup of them security, pernij?net\cc and wise contheir free institutions. Thus will pXQCtically instructed, and ac- I iose habits of self reliance a,nd inI action so necessary to every <jovt free .otherw ise then i,n name.? icr course virtually vests all power auds of an oligarchy, who in leali : and act Jor flhe people, though in the representatives of their views r.ions. committee, although they see no why South Carolina aione of her ta,tes, should continue to distrust gineut and yote of her pons o,n tl question, yet in accordance with <s of a majority of their number, om it inexpedient at this timo to y further action thereon. (iuist, pursuant to notice, introdu It to extend the summary process tion of t|ie Court of Common Thompson presented the petition ry citizens, praying for a law tq the sale of spirituous liquors, ral members called for the special II (with favorable report thereon, rnendments,) to increase the sala he Judges of the Superion Courts and Equity, in the State of South a. This bill proposed to raise tl\e of the Judges and Chancellors to question was taken whether the nld be sent to the Senate, and was in the negative. Yeas 47, nays fendorson rqoved for a reconsideliich was decided it; |he a 11]rma Jollity then moved to amend the naking the sum %3,500; which illy carried ani] ordered lobe sent iennt.c. mI prder No. 2 was then taken up Cad follows: I (with favorable report tbereon) I a certain proviso in an act to le aid to (lie Blue jlailfgad i Caroling (Bill by Mr. Mem I ote being taken whether it should o the Senate, the yeas and nays led for, and resulted as follows ; 40, Nays 62. e motion to be sent to tbe Senate n was made to adjourn the de to morrow, at half past 12. to. out to promote the interest of the District, that arrangements be made to render to v bis remains that respect to which his for- 0f | mer services entitle them.? Yorkville A'n j yMirr. JJJ ? - - con ljf 'jCdnjn. ? LANCASTERVILLE.S.C. d,.v prei WEDNESDAY MORNING, DEC. 15, 1868. sinl aire I.NTERESXJKG Raters.?We aro indebted 0". to our Senator, Hon. Geo. McC. Wither- plel spoon, for interesting documents fr.om Co- do lull) Ilia. me: Fii?e Turnip's.? We are obliged to our the friend, Capt. Jne. M. Ingrain, for some ex- to i coeifingly finp turnips, a specimen of what B"l Hanging Iloek lands enn produce. They ?hn weigh from 6J to 7 pounds?the laigest ed, we have ever seen, and we doubt exceed- r<M" ingly whether they can be bent in the llis- di*{: triet If they can, the fact should certainly b*e! be^known. in ' mm m ^ the] AraNIJNTMENTs OK THK S. C. CONFERENCE. ^r01 ?We publish elsewhere the appointments *au of the S. C. Conference, and it is with much *cri gratification that w.| find the I^ev. J. W. Wl1" Crider again placed upon our circuit. This pleasure, we |$now- is shared in by many of l)OM our renders; his ardent and effective service ll,nl in the cause of Christ during the past venr. 1 . ' . ...i i Bhouiu endear mui 10 the people of I .an- I , I cert caster. - ?of t Election or GovEnxon.?Cql. \V. II. (>iat. of Union, was on Friday last, elected H,,tJ Govepnof of South Carolina for the next two years. '{'he context wan a very warm .J' one {jetw^cn hiqi and Cul. J. H- Irlry, of Laurens. The yoto on the fourth and last ballot, stood Col. tjist, 8} ; Cpl. Irby, 78. ^ Col. yist ||ay the feppUlion of being a high minded and hopprnble gentleman, and will u"u no doubt discharge the duties of his office *'u with credit to himself and to the Statu. Jjjjl1 ' Revolutionary Incident^." l/Vll The Charlotte Democrat is publishing a ^r(iJ series of original articles, furnished by a q correspondent, made up of Revolutionary |? reminiscence in Mecklenburg County, C. f, Tbe first we have seen is in the issuo of Mil the 7th, which seems to be a continuation. ( If the nuthor, or the editor of the Democrat pasi or any one else who has them, will furnish 84? 1*1 us with all of the numbers,we will be pleas- ( ed to re-publish them in our columns.? The Democrat, from some cause or other, Trc is irregular in its visits to our sanctum, the Gd, present number being tho first ihnt we have ; seen for several weeks. j*rn) ? ? tern The President's Message. <1,u'1 We give elsewhere in this paper a synop. sis of the Presidents Message to Congress. . V 1 UlL'l The entire document has been received, but . is entirely too U ngthy for our columns; tbe ^ ^ ^ synopsis embraces in a condensed form all of tbe important points in the Message, and ' ^ r we doubt nqt that in this form is more ac- I I Mpir geptablc to l?.o tnapirify of our readers.? .' The document presents nothing particularly (. strikpig ur.d in all probability w\llgiye prut- j ty g^nuwt satisfaction. The tnpst interest- . ing point* are in reference to Central Atner- i . . . . . , . " ! the can a flairs, the honorable acquisition ortu- , ? ? . . . j 'toe ba, and pur relation* with and present cop-1 ^ , ditlon ol Mexico. ** I IHlt A synopsis of the Department report*, j which we publish in connection with the other, wjll slso be fyond interesting. ' elm Sale of Estate 1 homas Curetoa, dee d Q||, We le<vn from Commissioner in Equity nre for tlii* District, that tiic eutire real Estate ^he of Thomas CurelOQ, decensed, situate in ^|t(, tills State, consisting of about lioQ acres |jne yf valuable Ws^huw lands. Also, 50 ypung j ||0| nr.d likely negroes, a large stock ci* tq tiles, I or , horse*, cattle and hogs, and n quantity of corn and fodder, and other valuable proper- | wo| ty will be sold in the month of Jnnuary next. Advertisement, terms, t ;.J days of sale next week. j ^ PrankUa Academy. ' j ' A new advertisement of the Franklin , Col Aoademy at this place, appears in our pa- ^ per to-day. This ^ciftg a season cf the ^ year when parent? and gunr^iaoa ace looking around for pom^tent tnalitut^pn* to place their children and wards qt, wp ask ^ that the coiopsratiye claim* of this one to n^)tl their support piay uot be pvprlooked. The in I Principal of t^e Franklin Academy is nn ac- Coi complishcd^md now thorpqghly experienced J"'1 instructor, and has oiron ttie hii/hesl sail*. T - | A||0 faction to the Trustees. Students can be |,jMl thoroughly prepared for entrance into any acv College in the Slate. We remind the pco. 'he yl? of our own District that thin is a Hume ^ ui^ittution, ami they can f\nd npne more mj, worthy of their support For further par- ami tieulara, we cefer to adyertiaement. del cer New Advektimnekti.?We refer to the ' several ^ew advertisements in this paper: can lands and negroes foy sale, neg^o^* for hire, j +* >*** n |r _ o/ float.?The Arst drove of hogs to our of market cauia in yesterday, pmnUering bf- ty, tweer. two sad throe hundred. The pricy M1 saked, is seven eents ; no sales have been made at this time of writing. The people ?,0 hp re seem to th^gk tije figure is.tpo high. of ; ?> The Legislature. Vc refer our readers to other portion this paper for a condensed summary o [islative proceedings, embracing .1 notiei ill the most important matter that ha le up during the week. A lucre .pier 1, or statement of facts, is all that w give this week, owing to the crowde e of our columns, and we have found i cssary to condense closely in order t< 3 the general news of the day, Congress il items, Conference matters &c. Coin it. under the circumstances is simpl] of the rjuegtion. >ur correspondent ''Ed" refers to a bil ch passed the House, givipg to juron lddition to the present compensator cents per mile going to and from Cour is bill, it is thought, will become n law 'lie bill asking further aid for the B!u ge Railroad is perhaps the most impoi t feature of the present l?egislature.give elsewhere the vote on VVedncr rejecting it. The yakc.d question 1 rented to the State, whether she wil v foiever the two millions and upward ady expended in this enterprise, or g adding millions to millions for the com don of it. Our side of tlio State ca no otherwise tjian vote against the ispre, [\& they have always done; we ar ally interested with other sections i I'oyini; part, but not so in the benefit iccrue from the road if over completer here is one fact that concerns all Car liana ; if the enterprise is now abolish the labor and money already eypendec inins a lasting memorial to the folly am jracc of the w hole jStatu. 1W0 doubt th ing of many of tho members who vote he negative is with the measure, am y are restrained by tbe dread of lit A lls of their constituents. A lesson ivn ght some of them, in respect of thi y project, two years ago. The measur 1 to be reconsidered at an early day.s friends of the measure are inakinj rerfiil exertions and it is not iuiprobab) L they will eventually ?u<ceed. Th olo of our delegation is strongly oppus .0 the measure, and in this position the airily have the support and sympatic heir constituents. i?.. 1....... -..1.. - r? _ .1 . j.. ? v Muvu vmj rvuiii iwr a mion rimona unary of the (>roteerfi*gt of Thursdn] Friday : , bill passed thy Senate to give furthe to tlie North KnsUru Railroad coin pa and was ordered to the House. Mi lierappon yoty.d. in th" negative, 'he Senate refused to concur in th ndment by the I louse to the Report <> Joint committee of both Houses, tip ited for the so1cvIfan of State printei s Hepcrt was that the permanent worl jiven to i>r. ijibbes ; the nuiendmeii riiicd that it he giveft to Dr. (iihbc* th tent year, ar.d to Mr. I'elhniu the ucxl Thursday, ibo ^ueslioit was put in th j?o fo tin) original Report^ the Re t was agreed to and ^r- Gibbca electe le ITiuler foj tl,c next two \eur?. ?n Friday, the. fallowing fcnolutiun M*d the Senate, in relation to the fight lion of (he treaty of Washington : . llts<iLi'\l, That in Iho opinion ?.f thi leral Assviuhly, the eighth article of th nty of Washington ought to be abrogrt an provided for in the J 1th article c I Treaty. . JtrsnUnl, That in the adoption of th I resolution this as sen hly does not in 1 to express any opinion as to the expt ley or inexpediency of reopening th o trade. 'he eighth article of the Trudy of Wasli !??ri rotorPti/i (<i Kv lli?ua rnsnlii I uinu i cfcrence to the keeping of n squadroi lie count of Africa, l?y the Uniteii Staloi jlnnd und France, for the suppression ?, Slave trade. The resolutions elicited itcd discussion, and passed almost u.inr unly. Mr. Withempoon voted in then! i alive. a the House, the Report of the con tee en Federal Kelutionn on so much c Goverqorn Message an relates to the h nee of Presidential elections, the efTe? National Conventions, du*., were sut ted. The committee did not agree, an y lea*$ jliji propriety or expediency < cftainini, national nominating eonvet is an open question. The Report cot les ; "As to the policy c^f ^uyh court the part of our ^ti^cii#, your ('oxniuitlt not agreed, but they tire oi qplpion tin ''{Convention qucfliop" i$ p,ot one wlqc uld provoke party feelings pf draw part ? within the State, that it hp npt a quei i which should either divide our peopl hstr.net the deliberations of this Gener/ icmbly, and to '.his en^ your C?nimilt? aid respectfully rcconnutnd that no ni I be taken on the subject." Senator Cheanut* Position fiie Charleston A'riri has the followin efurence to thg position of our newl :tod Senator, nRi* as the editor was i ui n hi a, we presume that he speaks froi best authority. It accords entirely wit opinion that we hud previously forrm him : Mj. Chesnut, befhre election, eleurly an ikly detuned hi* political position, if; ri nao I,) r<>ov?r*ation.il inquiry. It wm brief, that Lo <* njj a S;?te K'ghta, ant nveglion ana nnti Slave-trade iqan. M lorsed, in the main, tl^e Barnwell apeec Senator tUnimorid ; and the personi I political relations of they** gentleme ce them in the fullest and most aalular ord na corieaguua. Mr Clieanqt ia i prime of li/e, with ample margin y,f ag a^udjr, training nnc\ advancement an teaman. I\e hue n plcar iin<J angaclot; id. even temperament and manner tari I high spirit, ami com (noes oonaervaliat h decision. To a aullii-ient readiness I ate, he adds cU nr logic and on I in di n merit. I'he purport of Uiia Senatorial eleetig not be mistaken, I. It sustained Slate Rights. t. k absolutely condemned the sgitslio the Slave Trade question. I. It indicated tho policy that the peopi the State should not merge In any pa but, when advisable, should co-ops rrv tllitt.t, not partisan^ with the pemocrat ty ?/ Ike Sou/k. t. It gave assurance that Senator l^an nd would receive the confiding auppoi his State. The Echo Casoa This cnse continues to excite a good d f of interest in tho public mind. Aft or e Grand Jury had ignored tho bills, oharg s the prisoners with piracy under the Ael i* (Congress, 18*iO, tho counsel for the pris e ers moved for a writ of habeas cor/vus d their discharge, for want of legal cause it detention. Tho writ wns granted retiM o ble on Saturday 4th, when the prisoner l- the number of eighteen, were brought i - Court and the argument of eounael c T menced. The Court was occupied u.ilil Tues 1,1 following in hearing argument, Mes ?, Spratt, Gregg and Bellinger, for tho < i, charge of the prisoners, and Mr. Com t. the United States Attorney, and Mr. Ha] (the latter retained by the Government) e their nun and to jail and preferment to - other Grand Jury at the next sitting of - Court in Charleston. j The action of n Grand Jury is not infi s ble, and tho same bill may be preferrei II another; the ground of the defence s for discharge of the prisoners, seeius to i 0 | entirely mo the unconstitutionality of ). law, with what propriety it is for the II n orable Judges, who are amply capable 1 determine. At tho conclusion ol the ar e mcnt ou Tuesday, it was announced \ n the decision of the Court on the Hai s Corpus would be delivered on Thursda I. I o'clock, I'. M. - | On Thursday at the appointed hi i- | Judge Magrnth very ably and clnbornl I, reviewed tho law bearing upon the po 1 S raised by argument of counsel ; also 0 J provisions of the Act of J8*J0 ; and b d | he and Judge Wayne concurred in and i 1 dcred opinions in favor of the conslituti e , nlity of the "Piracy Act" and against a prayer of the defendants, w)jo asked to s | discharged under the kaf>sas corpus. e j prisoners were then remanded to the cu. - dy of the Marshal to await the next Ciri J ' term of the Federal Court tor this Slnte e bu tried or, the charge of piracy. 0 Ah the affair has turned out, thenctioi 1. I ll,? f r.in.l l..r.. In I I.. ... l.i.. I...- > y hostile to the intvr^!>t? of Hit' prisoners, y tailing upon them a ?'u months longer prisonment. v Uqtied States Qoqrt. Tins Federal Court adjourned in (Job r bia on Thursday last. Sentences were jj * Ned in the following eases; TlieUmW'd States y*. W. I). XoIsog Passing counterfeit coin- In lilts ill f Judge Mngralh pronounced the follow f Ncnter.ee; That the prisoner In conlii in the jail of Spartanburg District for t years, Th? United Slates vs. W. H. Simpsr k | Ktnbc/zling letter with bank check, t Honor Judge Mngrath passed the follow 0 sentence : Thnt the prisoner be 00 nt\ ill the jail of Walterboio ten years. The United States vs. W. II. Siuipst f Taking a letter from the mail. Sentei 1- three months imprisonment after the cxti ,} lion of the first sentence, and fifty dot line. Uonjjresi. This body assembled on the filli of . present uionih. The proceedings as t t have reached us no far, are meagre and 1- interesting We have collected and pub >f bel ow n lew items, w h'tch svciu to be t> most important ; ! |lceeinln:r t>.? (i; the 8en:;tg, i\f?er 1 rending of ('resident's .Message, Sec* L Gwiu of Culifurnia, gave notice thai would, UP ti\c Pc\t daj. call up the I'*' ^ Railway Hill. Senator Hale of New Ha n sire made aomo remark*, intended to ^ sarcastic, uppn the President's Message I In the House, immediately following ^ rending of the Message, Mr. Dewnrt, I) ^ ocrat, of Pennsylvania, made nn ineffec P effort to introduce a series (if resolute instructing the Committee of Ways ^ .Means to report a bill increasing the . on Iron and Wool, if December 7.? In the Senate to-day, ^ .j ator Cameron gave notice of re?olutiot ( provide a pension tor the widow ot ( (.| Persifer F. Smith; and Senator Sew ,f gave similar notice for the widow of C . Gaines. , In the I louse, the resolution of lust , sion giving the required notice for the 0 )C gntion of the Cluyton-Bulwer Conven was under fliinaiHarnliAs .mil II - - ? ?' I, l?y O.U the table was lout, lite vote b< yutnjV*. nave. v " December 10.?The Arizona question Lucn taken up, but no vote has been to ,| on th? ?jue?jtiyu of Territorial or^anizal >e * In the House, the Wutrou* iuipeachu , caae wan called up, and too spaechea d< ered. Five speeches are Mill fortlicon on it. K South Carolina Conference. I v 3 Our Charleston exchanges furnish usi IB . .. lull repprtu flf the proceedings of thin U "j1 no fur an they have progfesqed. Chris ' harmony seems to prevail uninterrupti in their deliberalionn. We extract the lowing fioin the OeoriVr'# report of ^ proceedings of Wednesday the 8th. ' ( vote for expunging the Slavery Clause f j. the lhscipline is an important evident le the great moral change that has taken p h within a few years in relation to our pi *' liar institution: n y In accordance with the action of the n General Cp(nferrnee, the South Caro [e C'onfernnve wan now cal?ed upon to vot a reference to the expunging e'tC !>i le pline of the General Rule forbidding m buying of men, women' and children,! m an intention to enslave them. The v in stood?I |*i for expunging, and I again* a- In connection with this vote Bishop drew made the following remarks: ' n action of the last General Conference i simply designed to get the church bacl the New Testament p|atfprm. It on n never to have been in the l)isciplinp. long time ago there was a Conference I le oeaf Nashville, Tennessee. I nave it fi r? old men?the testimony came from F te Wn. Burke w hen on his dying bed--! ic le this Conference the subject of elst was preaohed. Bishops Ashury and Met ii. dree weic requested to draw up a papei rt the subject. Bishop Asbury did so. 'J docun,eot recommended the entire al nence of nil legislation in regard to slavery. Rut n majority of the preachers of the Conference not concurring, they not entertaining the view which, on tl is subject, now ii>K prevails in that region, ltUhop Asbury L of committed the document to the names. on. This legislation on slavery by the church r has been at the bottom of much trouble, I * from the day it was put in the Discipline to f?r this day. rna- The .present view of the Southern Moth. |0 odist Church is to loawo this whole u.atter to Cwaar, to whom it rightfully belongs. n Conference thbn resolved to fix the plico uln* for holding its .next session. Invitations were received from the follow lng places : d;,y Greenville,<3hesterville, Columbia, Laurens, h|^ Winnsboro', Georgetown, Marion, Abbe' ville, Cheraw. dis- Greenville was honored with the prefer, lor, enee by an overwhelming majority of the rne, Ministers. *n[ Speech of H?n. Jefferson Davis lhP A friend, living ir. Mississippi, has Bent ua a copy ef the speech delivered at the Capit|||_ toi of that State, by Hon. Jefferson Davis, j on the 11 tb of last month. Senator Dnvia, ,y1(j during the past Summer and Fall made a rest lo*\cr through the Northern States, publicthc !> addressed tho people vt several places, on. and the 'national' sentiments reported to l0 have been expressed by him in these gu- speeches, were displensisg lu the people of lhat ''is S*at? and of the South ; and the genera* ra' belief was that the gallant Mississippian v n( had departed from his strong Southern and States Rights principles. . 3Uri lie endeavors in the present speech to correct this impression ; says lhat the only B ints I change in his o{suion is in reference to the I the Northern democracy, which he now believes I ,otl? 1? he Uue to the South ; that a reaction litis ien- taken plnco in the Northern mind favorable . on- '? the South, and lhat among Northern tl,,. democrats, is often heard the unqualified de, i,0 ' fence of our constitutional rights and tho 1 m I viniliMtinn ??f mir in.lilnll.in- ... il I. ' I . ..e | - ? ? ly* j(o. struct and in the concrete. :uit i "u sav?. however, that should 1 lie South ^ 1( to and the Nortlicrn democracy be defeated in I the next Presidential contest, the question 1 ji . 0r| will be presented to u?, whether we will k veil 1 lH'rni*t "'? government to fall into the hands ;; en- I ?' our nvowl'^ '"td implieable enemies.? flk im. I I lo counsels the Sooth that, in this event f; I she should immediately set about scouring If | her kafety outside of a Union with those, It who have already shown the will, and if .j | possessed of the power, Would UlUpleation* Vjjl j at.lv despoil us. He says that the master B mind of Seward has inculcated into the * ' lllack Republican host such a deadly nn> k 1 tinnihy to the South nnd her institutions, IIS, I . .. ing ' wp ina^ exFH>cl 'r,,m them no quarter ; rjed 1 that, incredible as it may soem, he has no* wu tually succeeded in alarming them by the proposition, that it Is the purpose of the South nud the democratic party to force j ing slavery upon all the States of this Union, ncd j We recognize in the extract below the lire and chivalry uf the liavi* of f< rmer fa iieoi I'm0* : * lira- ' ":,y lw y?U here as I have said to the jar9 I democracy of New York, if it should ever I come tcv pass that the constitution shall be I perverted to the destruction of our rights I so that w e shall have the mere right as a feeble minority unprotected by the harrier the ' of the constitution to give an ineffectual hev negative vote in the Halls of Congress, we f | shall then beai to the federal Government the relation our colonial fathers did to the lish llrjii-dt crown,and if we are worthy of our the i lineage we will in that event redeem our k | right* even If it bo through the process of revolution. And it gratifies me to be ena'',e j bled to say that no portion of the speech ytor to which I have referred was received with [ |IV more marked approbation by the Democra ific cv ,'"'ro assembled than the sentiment 1 which has just been cited. I ain happy also mP* to sfiito Ihal during the past summer I heard , be 1 iD many places what previously I had only I ' heard from the late President Pierce, the the 1 4?ib?ration, that whenever a Northern army should be assembled to march for the sub* l'm jugati" n of the Mouth, they would have a Ina- bottle tu tight at home before tliey passed i>H*, Hie i mi I la oi metr own stales, and one in and which <>wr friend* c-Vairu that the victory i arid' * ht> doubtful. Now, ns in 1857, 1 hold separation fiom the lining by thy State of Mississippi to bo leg- the .ant remedy?the final alternative. In , lo the language of the Yl'Hcroted Calhoun f consider the disHipltcn of the Union an u 11 ' : great though not the greatest calamity. I ard | would cling tenaciously to our constitutionien. al Government, seeing us I do in the frnter| nal Linton of equal States the benefit to all . \ i arid the lulfillinent ot thai high destiny | ' j w hich our fathers hoped for and loft it for t>,?" i their aonn to attain. 1 love the Hag of my A tion ' coAutry with even more than a filial nflec- it n to tion. Mississippi gave me in iny boyhood ? - I to her military service. Fur many of the 9 i beat years of my life I have followed that } flrg and upheld it on fields where if I had 1 Ua* : fallen it might have been claimed an my j ken I winding sheet. When I have seen it sur* 9 ion rounded by the flags of foieign countries, fi | the pulantions of my heart have best quick* f len I er with every breeze which displayed its div- . honored stripes and brilliant constellulion. ling I have looked with veneration 'on those j stripe* ns recording the original size of our | political family and upon thnt constellation < as marking the lamily's growth I gb?{y in the position which Mississippi's star holtfa sith 'he group; but sooner than see its loathe ' I , dimmed?sooner than see it degiaded froiiy . its present equality?would tear it from its j I tian plnoo to b? set even on the perilous ridge of 1 diy battle aa a sigo round which Mississippi'* til fo[. best and bra vent ahould gather to the hat* * tj|e vest-home of death. j| The ?" ?aid that the speech u as received by a I rom 'he people of Mississippi in the most en* e of | thuaioatic ouinngr ; that it was listened to lac? . * ith breathless attention by a vast Ssscin* ecu- : binge, and disturbed only by tb.e vrdutnry . J | and tumultuous plaudits with which the lout ' nt interval* nitrated their approlinn val of the apealcer'a patriotic utterance*. e in ? eci- 'far the Lancaaler Ledger,] ,'j^ Columbia, I fee. 8th, 1858. ote Mm. Kditob.?I will endeavor to give 1 yon and your reiydeta an idea of what ia gop"e ing on at the Capitol. tva* Having gonr through with all the cleric to tiona belonging to the legislature, except ght the Governor'* (which I presume will eppte ^ on to-m orroty) the nuinhere aeom very in- M tent at the regular huaibeaa of the See- J trv "'on. endeavoring to deepatob it aa faat ae 9 that poeetblc. one way or the other, for c^r a- S gaioat, and I aaaure you that there ie a von- *~ H * eiderahle account of it thrown overboard- ? Phi, We have had soma animated debatee ?p* t>eti-1 ou upon'aeveral bill* within the la at fyr J 'i