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the fwaster frtger. *2 PEIi ANNUM *?Z'i?!S?' IN ADVANCE 3 jfauiilg aaii ^uliiital Jirutspaprr?Praaiti) :a tljt Arts. sriracts, lilttatart, fimratiau, 3gnraliarr. Jairriml Suipniimiiruis, /nrtign niii Pouirsiir jfinm, aafl Hit jilurkrts. VOLUME VIII. LANCASTER C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNINU, DEC, 21, im Nj UMBER 4a. QVHATO ft P.CTKSKTTT'R SPVHflH o Remarks of Mr. Cbosnut, of South Cur olina, in Senate, December 7, 185U : The Senate resumed the consideration of the following resolution, submitted bv Mr. M ihoii.oii Monday last. Jit solved, 1 hut a Committee bo np pointed to inquire into the facts attend iug ilie Into invasion and seizure cl the armory ami arsenal of tiio .United States at llurn<>r'ri Kerrv in Vinroiiu In- u l.utwl of armed men, and report whether tlie name was attended by armed resistance ?o the authorities and public force of the United Slates, and by the murder of any of the citizens of Virginia, or of any troops sent there to protect the public property ; whether such invasion and aeizuro was made under color of anv or gauizaiiou iutended to subvert government of any of the Slates of the Union ; .* what was the character and extent of such organization ; am) whether any citizens of the United States, not present, were implicated therein or accessory thereto by contributions of money, anna, tuu lotions, or otherwise; what was the cliaracier and extent vl the military equip* ment in the hands, nr under the control. of naici armed L> tud, and where and how and when the tonne was obtained and transported to the place so invaded.? And that said Committee report whether any and what legislation may, in their opitiion he necessary, on (he part of the United Slates for the future pio-?rvatioti of the peace of tiie country, or for the safety of the public property ; and that ntiil C iilinmttO have power to send for peisons nod papers. The pending question leu,r on the following amendment ottered bv Mr. Trum bull : And tlia' the said Committee also in qmru into tin* facts attending the invasion sez >re. and robbery in December, 1856, of die arsenal of the United Stales, at Liberty in the Sititv of Mtssuiiii, by a in >b or body of armed men, and rep >rt wlietliei such so zuro filial rubbery was .a* (elided bv r?-M~t. iii-u to the autlionttes of tile United States, and followed Iv ail ill van on of the Termor/ of Kansas, ai.d . i i... i - -. i - ' 1 . ' . - in** juuijti* r 21 viii inixr* t;? ??) any i>s is in habitants, <>r of any C.: z -ii ot the I t;iteil StiiM, l>. ilio peisoii' who tints seiz- 1 the arms ai.tl : 111111 iiii:t.<>11 of the bJovern m*fnl. or others combined with them.? W nether said seizure and robbery of (lie arsi-tial were m-.de under color ot'any or oall.zt lull iiilc'idcd to siil.i.rl I lie (inV eroiii-iil of tin- Stairs or Icrriior os of the Utiioii ; wiiti was tin! clittrxi'ier Mini t'kl.'iil til'riii Ii or^ain/atioii ; mid whether mi v l itizi us ? ! the I *n ??1 Stales. not |tr. sent, sciu iuijiicuted therein, or acres >ai) thereto In coatribii'.ii'ii of money, a*ins, ammunition, or oil crwi-e. Mr. Chuniut * ii 1: Mr. l'ie?i.|ent, when (lie Senator fimil Virginia an r.>du.cl the resoluilot. w liicli trt nutv before Us, 1 hail no eKiiecl it.on of |iuiliri|ia(iiig ill litis tie bate. The proj iiety of the resolution itself was m> manifest, and the const'.iiieiic<*? which would seelii to flow from its quiet, e i*i 111111111. ,i r .1 a d.ii.t I..ii he tbi? I. .Iv *o lull ul ueces?itv, Hirl bringing repose to the com.try, ilint I >li<i not Imlieve there wn? a nohtnrv man on the fl ?or if the American Senate who would really Oppose or imp'-ile its pass ige. Sit, I like plain, Mraiehtforw.ml, iiin.lv dealing.? Now, wlmi is l!..' mo tiling ol thin 4tiii-t.il Hlelitl Will the Senator troin Illinois any thnt liih put pose, and l?in only purpose is bona fit/e to t-li. ii information on hu occurrence which took place live tears ago? At the Senator does >t re?poti 1 that lit a I it Inn boiui jiile and only purpose, I will take it f r granted that the putpo-e ? f,, ... ....... ... .. , iw ..... ,, he very j oint ami object of this | ricecd* ing. Why is it <!one ? 'the gentleman ujior. llit* other side of the Chamber tell Ui I fiat they court th s investigation. Sir, 1 believe they do; I believe with the Sen ator from Mime, [Mr. Peasenden.j for whout I entertain |>rof uii?) respect, and for whose intellectual i xhiliilmis I have ' always an admiration, that they desire an investigation. But, Mr, that is not all; this must come uj> mm a countervailing blow, as a speci"* of parly taclica to shield a party. What else can it he I Is it possible that the Senator from Illinois opposes that the Republican parly stand in need of such a shield f I lis compeers oitr compeers, ail disclaim it. Does he fear that in an investigation of this sort, untramineled, an investigation whose point is not blunted by sttcb a ptoceeding as be proposes, where his party is invol yed, a u ill appear that out of the ranks of that party, and from the preachings of that jrwrly the weapon t)a.s been fur nislted to the hand of the assassin ? Does I.o f?., .1 - i* t - n icm VII nv IIIC IIUHIWa Wllltii II il VI* ITII peded 111e hand of the murderer have proceeded from the teaching* ? unintended, unaware*?of those who have furnished lite iiupul?e to the proceeuing wInch It ta ruined this investigation I If nor, why tbi* amendment ? I speak in good faith, Mr. l'reaident.?If tl i* not f<>r such a purpose, why is the amendment introduced ? It It impossible unless the Senator ?ill assure us of it himself. and then we in tut ao take it, that it is for lite purpose of eliciting new facia on an ancient transaction. The facta, hi he himself ha* shown, have beoa elicited and acted upon l>y committees appointed hy lite Federal Legislature; and if ilui matter is of such vast iilporlauce to the welfare of the country, why u it that he, one of the moat influential and able mem hers of that pirty, list here slept a sentinel on his post for Ave years, and allowed the matter to g> uninquired into t All these things tend to show that it is otn signed for party purpose and to blunt t|i? wi n patriotic investigation. 1 charge not gentlemen upon the oilier side witli ! anything that is sinister. I have heard many of them with manly and hold strain ' take their ground and clear themselves from any suspicion of complicity or feeling of sympathy in an outrage of thin kind. I hope the amendment will not he I voled for, even by those gentlemen who : occupy the other side ?if the Chamber. Mr. president, much has been said lip | on bv iii| a iiy- I have no right to speak 1 f<?r. Virginia. She can speak tenfold more J ably for herself ; but the honored State . whose coin mission I heai has her future wrapped up :n the interests and destiny of that ancient and Itoble Cominonwealtli. Ily her we will stand, and with her, if it ! so he decreed, we will fail ; and as our views and our interests ?iw iil..iitif>?! I ! may bo permitted to say tlnit the fooling I ot llio people of S > itlt C irolinu asks tor ; no sympathy. Svmpithy, Nlr. President! ' I li?* sympathy of fraternal love, llio sym I piuh\ ot friendship ; nav, sir, tho sytnpa | tliV wliicn Co-no* (torn disinterested per ' sons is a cordial ; it is an emollient balm I thai will souihe llm uiiiv.t l felings or ' assuage llio burning of :bo wouti I ; b it sympathy which has to bo ad;ed?ayni pathv which comes from a man who has | applied the train to tire your dwelling, I and who has supplied the dauger which ! is to ouencb in the blood of your own ' family, the Hones wliicli lie lias kindled | ?it i^, Mr. L'lOsidetit, a relpic-l species ot I raillery, a miserable mockery ot a noble sentiment, wliicli I coin l a; preciate.? WI.en \ on ape ik of tbe s\ top iilty of tbe people of the North, it is for them to ten d-r, not f- r ns to auk ; we sck n not.? We siand npiiii our own lights. We a?k m.thing from gentlemen, wo ask nothing fiotn the a-s eiated Slates, nothing from 1 Cong'e-s, >n\i- that wl rr-i is our light.? .litvllee. sill 11 e niiiiiiv.il full lie"-- -- j J . ...., ... ' a'l that w? exj.eet, all il,:ti we for, j nil i!i?u w e ask. N..\v. Mr. l'r< sMeiii, 1 hate I eeii atim k by ll.tt impiiiits .\liirli Iimvu been inaile by mverai Senator* who It ivo a<hlre??seil this btxJv. I liey have i? tl the Cni.M.ler 1 Hli'?n of the (jiiesiion proposed on both 1 aides of lbe Ciiamber, and have in.I il/ed | llieinselv. R id r* matk* no matters wit tily irreevaut t<< it. I .-.ball n.it eonaider the I bo -k of Mr. II e'jter, <tr tl.o endoit?TS ?>t Mr lie'per. I bey b eloiijriii>r noi to lis. \\ il it have WO to ill) Willi llie publications ? I* incendiary parties ! What have 1 w tn ilo wnb those who choose to praise j pern us of their own political parly, how i ever covered with wli.tt eentl.-nien please | to st\!o infamy i What have we ! i ?! . I v illi liiom in t!ie Senate (Jh miber of il e I'liitt'l S ate- J Nut hint;. I -b ? i p ,s> IV... I.)-. I tut, Mr, President, the Senator lr.nn \\ i?c ins n, wl, > spoke ab v ami with ileep |iot?re.-l, ami who always speaks wit!* u decree (>; earnest ue * which attracts in v has >t-k ?i what has produced all this |r?>ul>!** ? an.I lio want* to know ' what lite people i ! the South mean. 1 think I ran show him what ha- produced a!l tha trouble. |!o H'uiih to suppose that it is a coutlicl of arms in a distant IVrii'.orv. No, sir, in.; it is llio miserable i intermeddling, nefarious spirit of many of the people of our associate States with | in alter which concern them not. They ! orant to us, they say, tl.e full right of the eiijovineiit of the jiecuhar institutions wliia.li we Sue fit to adopt ami ujihoM ; ? hut .Jay and IH"ht, \eir after J'ear, we are nsaaied everywhere, and by till llie me n s whieli human iugetiuity can ado|>t. I hey V'v"'t '* ii'> rs't, W e are entitled, at lias', to an exemption from there elen n il di?i]iiie'.uJcs from our associate States. Because, in a common tcrnlor\ hel iii?ii?xr i<' im nil alike and in common, we choose to consider that ?ti have a right to ho d our pi<>jic11y, and they there dunoui ce ami inert us vs 1111 the bayonet, forsooth, Iwrniiitf ?e assert our rights and nothing in re than our lights, under thef.' msii:u j tian, we are held hi trespassers? \w? are j hold as agitators. Why, sir, it won d be I almost ludicrous, if tin; subject were not so serious, to look at tbe manner in which wo aro treated. 1'liey throw lir. brands among us; they constantly and without remission taunt, abuse, irritate, diaiurh tho I people of the Southern Stales; and when I we turn round wi:li tho simplicity of impatience only, and say to them, k'g?ntle. men, hands oil, it is not your busiuoes, it a iurs," they sav that we throw firebrands ' among thorn. Now, sir, i challenge the instance?when has a slaveholdmg State, or the member thereof even sought to injure any portion of the people of thu Northern States in their own allairs I ? VV lien did we ever undertake to subvert any of your institution* ? \Vlt??re do you Hiul us crusading against you, and villily. inj; wuli u vituperation which is hrcom ill? tho very bdiins?Hte and the source of I li lintti/uf .4 I f wi' 1 f V\ limn lilt Unil flliil nw engaged ill such h warfare ?>n you ? No where! nowhere! We expect from you abstinence from interference with our af fairs ; deal with your own an you please. There is the source of trouble. You say it i? slavery. It it slavery, but who makes i it the trouble I Who carries on the war i into his neighbor's harder ? Who agitates the subject of slavery olTwnsively to you 1 , Nobody. Wo do not seek to fasten it upon you ; you seek to deprive us of it ; > you seek to shut us out from the common domain; and, because we assert our rights 1 wlneh, I trust in Heaven, will ever he as. l' serted, even at the risk of the dismemberi inent of thia great, magnificent Republic, , you accuse us of agitation. Gentlemen, the responsibility is with you. not with us. I | Gentlemen say that if anything can be showu in their doctrine or principles ' , which naturally tends to a culmination in i the act* which we have recently seen, they are liberal and ought to be repudiated. I heg the attention of Senators lo what ! shall road. I shall not indulge in any remarks, either harsh or uuhecoii) 10If, because the Senator from whose speech I mean to ouoto is not in his seat. It would i'l become me lo say ought that would be unpleasant to him even if ho were hi Ins seat ; but hi' is absent. 1 shall, therefore, simply read what lie lias >anl and draw my conclusions from it. 1 t quote from a speech of Mi. Seward, the Senator from New York, and I suppose that distinguished gentleman may l>c con sidered as a leader who nobodies the sen liinent and feeling;, and surely it is not to his disparagement to say no little of (he valor, of thai powerful party. In a speech delivered l>v him in tlio Senate Chamber on the 3d of March, 1858, this language was held : ' Free labor has at last apprehended its rights, its interests, its power, and its destiny, atiil is organizing itself to assume the g /'.eminent of tlie Republic. It will ' ; beticefoi lb meet you boldly and resolute ly here ; it will meet you everywhete, in the Tenitories or out of them, wherever : you may go to extend slavery. Jl has 1 driven voti back in California and in ixansas ; ii wiii invade you soon."? M irk the language : "it will invade I \iiii ; ?"in I Ma ware, Mart'ami. Virginia, Mis> | rouri, iiinl Texas. It wilt meet \ou in Ar Zona, in Central America and even in i Cuba. Tlio invasion will lie not merely I harmless, but beneficent, if you yield seasonably to i s just ami moderated demands." Wli.it u wonderful similarity of senti- j Mont ami purpose witli something that ve have recently heard disclosed ! Now, gentlemen, I wish not to he inisnmler , s'o >d. I know that the Senator here has in his mind?-his language is susceptible ol that inter|iretalioii, properly, t o doubt ? the idea of a tin ral invasion, the intlu ! etiee of a moral seiitiliieiit, an inteH'ctual eontest it may be ; but mark the IanUllage and see the result ol the teaching, lie goes on : ..i . . . i . v v i ?r ii >' in .>cw i >>i s, i>ew aer- . ?ey, KeninyIvania, ;ti. 1 1110 oilier s! ive ! MateH, W It it'll 11 t v?- ft!r< adv yielded lit llial way to ::is advanee*. Von mav, indeed, g.-t a start under or near tin; trop. iif, an.I semii safe for a lime. I.ill it will In., only a short time. Kven lliero you ' will loiitnl S ales only lor free lal?or to I uiaintam ami occupy. Tlie interest of I the while races demand* the ultimate | ciiisuoip ii ion of nil mon. \Y liellier that cuiisaii.m linn 1?i*'.I In* allowed to take ill it, w i h ucollul and wise precautious against smlilea change in d disaster, or lie liuriied i n l?y violence, i* ail that remain* for \ on to deride " Yes. gentlemen the South, you have : mi institution olu i \i*??ih to the philosophical, si'iiliineiit >1 liuin*ni:ariaoisiii of the d iv ; \ou must give it up ; if you do so | >1 our feijuest, all will he well ami easy with you ; but such is the urgency of I these motives upon u-. licit it' \ oil do not l?i;'e up \our prop, rtv, yield \our power, surrender your ilidepi ndence, t>euu t your se VeS to lie' dwurfeu ill I lie (Joilledel ?r v, i'V the <] sti notion of all licit make* tmi a people, we win do tl ! \ violence ! Mo*l MiH^hiiiitiiioiis, gracious, aiul Micro ltd master, we thank ion for the privilege of ihon e. I heie in tint c.'iillict foreshadow* e<! in Match, lSoS?more than eighteen months ago?dose proximity of tune with the exhihtlions i f certain recent mantles, los -language ami purpose mistaken hy tl.e ermlu min i of those who employ ; pliVRI.'tll force i~s e.nl of intellectual pow it. Volt see, gentlemen the leiideticv.? You asked for an indication of principles in \our creid, in what you have said and done. I have presumed to show it.? i There it stands. It von value ti e Union, as vou say vou do, it ts for you to preserve j it. 1 lie South chimioI preserve the Union. It drea not behoove her in Iter dnwntrod- i len and feeble Condition ; hut slid cannot if she would. It is lor vou, it becomes your interest, your concern, your power hi the future. If I lies I niou bo no dear t<> you it is f<?r you to preserve it, and not for the South. Vou hate the power, she has not. Sli'' statels slid and endeavors to defend herself. The honorable Senator who last spoke, j asked what meant this recent ebullition. Sir, they mean this : They mean that the heart of the Southern people has been t stirred to the bottom ; they mean that (hey have borne it as long as it is virtue to bear, and they mean that they w ill not forfeit the charter of freemen. I tell the honorable Senator that he may mistake that feeding. 1> > you suppose it iv possi hie that nearly iialf the States of the Union, your co States, Slates associated with you, shall he compelled to bear all I lin Itlltilmie nf u ^uruiitn ii i.m? !??? while we are linked together, as if fraler* nailv, we must keep standing armies on our border*, he continually linrrassed, irritated, distur bed, stirred to madness, and that we shall continue to hear all these burdens of a foreign attitude, and take none of the compensating good. The thing lulist stop, '('he Constitution was wisely conceived, skillfully, admirably construcied, adequate to all the purposes for which it was intended ; but our present condition of stfairs throw wide open all the portals for our invasion and destruction. It is for you to shut them, or with the help of heaven we must shut them ourselves. Call it treason, gentlemen, and make the best of it; hut I tell you thnt unless the>e things cease, nlucli as we have adored the Union, much as we have sacrificed lor its maintenance, much as we are willing yet to contribute to uphold il that it may scatter its blessings to I unborn millions, it becomes our honor and our existence to maintain ourselves* We j cannot permit litis AJuiou to he a ui.?r?* badge of servitude. We cannot permit it eternally to be upon us as an incubus, crushing out our very life ami breath.? Regard it, gentlemen, as it is, your minds " cannot come to a different conclusion. I ' have too much respect for the courage of the North to suppose thov would tolerate li such a condition of things if it acre re <1 versed. Tliev would not \ and vet von ii presume to <lenouneu it as treason because t w e say that i*i a condition of tilings which c > >? 3 .111113)1 loierttiu wo v iii nilUlcr !llfi II Union, pull it to pieces, column, base am) I tower, before we will submit to be crushed |, by a Government wliicll is our own as i well as yours ; to which we contribute as I well as yon ", am! winch we wi i ib-foml n with our life's blood as well as vou, as v long as it shall be a Government securing v to a-, as to y?>u, equality, life and liberie, i Mr. President, 1 did not design to go i so far ; bin 1 felt that some of these re .1 marks were due to the inquiries which were inaile by the honorable Senator ! front Wisconsin. What I have said, I i believe. My purpose was to ask the S"m j ator from Illinois whether hi- amend inent was not a mere matter of party tactics, and whether he woull p.ot with i draw it, so that wo might he perm.lied to t come fairly and squarely, without blun ling the edge of this inquiry, to a con-id- . eralioti *>f the true question which is before ns. Mr. King.? Mr. President, I rise with some reluctance ; but, ill the ahscm o of my collegue, I desire to n-k the Senator Iroiti Smith Carolina if lie designs to impute? and I will say frankly that ! did ' not understand him to impute ?any purpose on the part of my colleague, who iab.-eht, to employ force or violence ti piotunte any principles or ni??as?:r?*-< which lie sustains ? Mr. Chesnut. I liave already staled Mr. 1'residem, thai 1 ftlmiild indutoH i:i no language which would he e\?n tin pleasant to the Senator, because lie was al sent, and I would eon tine myself mere ly to the record. 1 stated, when 1 read the extract from the speerli < f the d si;n? guched Senator from ,\-w ^ .nu, ih it he aroned as if for a moral purpose ; that he intended, hv lus spec, li, the operation > f mind upon the country?that it bore that interpretation, and had that drift ; hut I said, further, that to the rude and unlettered iii'el.ects ot the country the, Ian linage employed was unci., in niv opinion, as would have and had its ert'-ct in stimulating much of the violence we have seen in the country. I?w Ill Charity. t'hnrily is a heaven horn virtue. It coiumetnls itself to the consul-i ition of evert eood Masonic hrother, and cannot receive ia> lllllrll attention at t.ls hands. It is not, or shoitl'l not I>? confhual to dm nations of inotit'V or substance to t!?e tin foi innate. This is Inn OBi1 of the in ?ny ?ny? in vvliiclt it is manifested. '"Charty suli.Tfth long ami is kind." To judge leniently of the irnig, to bridle the tongue of C' tiMiri? ntitil we know tin* t< iimohCoii to which the fallen brother hits In*e11 solji*clc?l and the depths to ' which ho lit.> sni.kin. to whisper good rout.<-<*1 in l.is f .r and l.e'p loin to ri-e from his degradati n -thee are other it tributes of this the gieutest of ill tin* \ .r* tores. Listen to her voice, brother ; h*t her gentle tones linger in thine ear, and her words sink ?:? -1? into thine heart.-? Though thy brotlo-r he (alien, he is a man. Ilo has a soul to he lost or saved, and thou who art strong m faith and hope little know est of the' wiles which the enemy uses with the weak : wutian !!**"? tin I'll i ( 'lowers cdni find quit I, \V l|t?rt !(?VC lllhl wlli?SB IMSMOI1 N<-v?T r:iii i i< t, Jnd^e not ton li irslilv ; Kew fall by design : Pray f?>r the erring? Their fate mni/ be thine ! "Bridle y?ur coitMiro, Tether the tongue ; Charity's blesMiijjs Kver are voting, lie known the temptation Who measures the sin ; May His mantle of ntercy Shield aii ot our kin !'* Onk ok tiik CoNSBQL'EXCEft ok 1 ms umom.? In tlio event of the dissolution of llie Union, one <>f the first net.** of 11< Southern Confederacy would be the con elusion of n treaty with Ureal Britain, which would stipulate for the admission into our ports of British shipping free of lonage dutv, and the admission of British mnnufactured articles at a nominal or very low duty. Along wuh this treaty, wo should impose very high, if not prohibitory duties on Northern tonnage and Northern manufactures. I lie effects of all this would he to injure, if not destroy the commercial and manufacturing inter ests, or, in other word#, beggar the North and leave it to live on fanaticism and philanthropy, instead of fattening as now, upon the Southern lahor, upon which it is warring Great Britain has been Beaching the earth in vain to gel a supply of cotton independent of us. Under such a treaty as we speak of, she would get our cotton, and the supply of our demand for manufactures, and the "cui?M Yankees, : would he content to let Cotfee remain in the sphere intended for hiiu by his Maker. We commend litis "notion" to the pipe# of our affectionate Yankee brethren. ? Raleigh Remitter. Legislature of South Carolina. Monday, Ideeoinber 12, 18.'>9. SKNATK.?The Senate was called to rder at 1J m. President J'ortcr in the (< .'hair. jn 11m.- following paper* \\ ( ro announced n rom ih?5 lloune. A Inil to exempt stu>-i.is and teachers hoin road dulv. llarl t* is liist reading, and leteriei to Column- or e? on lioads. A'?o. a hid to amend the r> hai ter of the town of Camden. Head ir~t tnno and referied to Commit! , tuorporatiotis. Also, a lull to provmo n, or tile formation <>t a Kegiinent ol Ibtles b? ii Charleston. Kcad lirnt time ami iu- js elied lo Committee on Miiitaiy. Also, tj i bill lo abolish itil. risomiicnl lor <! * ?'. tit >M <Tl tin cases. U -n iintr mi -pended, as it n v.t* i.< I endorse 1. lii.i to amend tin: ; aw in relation t>> SlieiilV-. Head liist ilia: and rctein 1 to the Cotiuiiitlcu on n I udicia'V, and >l? i?_ <i to bo printed. sl Mr. Al>toa.? lo port ?>l C uiiinilieo oil >| lli.itary Commission. Keterred to Com ,,| nittoo on Military, and ordered to bo ' d mated. Report by bill. Read lir.-t time \v tint i ' ii 1 lo Committe on Miiitarv. ' t. 1 no special older ol ilio ?l.iy was tikou n i|>?A bill to ainc.nl an act to all ?r<I iid i i( ,o ibc lline lodge K inroad. ; a Mr. L'icU.mii; ollbreil an amendment, to t trike out all alter the enact in<t clause, I si unJ insert an amendment, to the ellcet i ti that, the Comptroller (ifiiera| bo author , ti Zed to subscribe *:J10.0U0 to tlio stock | if the Pi.uc ltnlge Railroad C unjvinv lor , I lie completion ol I lie road to \\ ail.a a i idial llo: ciniim of this Si it.' against the ' < Ii"i era. (internment, for s?rv ices dm n.; :> die Revolutionary and Kiotidu wars, I " made halt ? for 'lo: 11>t >< -' of llic hull 1?. i I an ! that ail the nmi. ; s'lbseiil ed be ap- n plied to tiiu i on.pie*;..i. ol the load to ! n \V .it. .1. . " I" ml?T in ition of Mr. Muzu'k, tin* .-p .1 i ial ?ir?l? r whs hi * i?* tic sjn.vi.tl or?!er lor !i to morrow, :ii 1 p. in., :m ! the a m-ml meiil or<|i*r?i>l t > !" jiriiitc.!. Mr. M l.'iiw iti'>\?.* 1 i r f ?:i-1 I r i i >:i < of.? ti;!l '.o . i separate: .1 >! Vj.p.'ai* Yens 2o ; 11:ivs 1!'. It e Seiiain .v.i> saumnu. 1, ;i;i> 1 i}. ' | t>ill jolt a:.'! n.?r?:t!?l ' . ^ ens 2 1 ; n ?\> ' t 21. Onleie<l to the House. 1 iio yene.H! <>r.|i r-- rt taken up ? No. .ill -- liepe.ri til t !!... ;lc on i :nl s of exception?;ier e 1 to. No. I I K-ji >ri j 1 mi -i lull to aker iii 'l itmeni. tin* t -11:)i * v section of the lirst article of ill-' ' ri-s .i j a union (1* ivora'.'.e, with umh'Ii iv) ti A llleinllllellts neccp'.etl. \ . is III! I I.ins I ( were taken, it l>? .?<_j n eons'.it .itioi al pie-.- i I it hi. ^ I'ns 3'J; nii\ > 1' N*>. t ! - -1 it | ; 1 IVor title report Oil 'lit ? til II'.I lit < f (11 11 lurv I'm York ? I". X'. II ? I' r?v >rhI?l*i ivpori on :i I iil 1 > altm t ae , CiilIM' ol |>i oi.veil illo-> III i t oii> ;.t : i ! 1 a-1 llu-ir M.VI>!I<1 I'iMOl.i^. Mr. Mi.Sfs. ! hi'/ I. iv.- c ill tin; it t.-ntion oil lid Senators lo :. i; - r?-i???r I, mil nilicli inclinles tin; ?li"!ii :u^iiiiii-iiI. :i* 1.4r us il is :ii iitv power to j.r. - ?-n*. 1 In- j present cp'irse o' proceetl nos i< iio.v , kiio.vn to nil. \\ o wi-li to i-li v e.* :i! i. eoiifM- o! ip-iioti-, ' i :> ! . ' :> in i\ l>o cointiieiii'dil l.y sinniit irv jiro.',* Now, l?V tin- s-nilin-irv or - ti. j?; .: till is r<-.-tr:ii.i?*.l io *S."> 7o. I' -i nil iliotilliat sum, \o i c-ui tivv.-r o, t, .. jidioiio'i'.t , ui tin- I'psi court. It an\ in ui will -uiis|\iio* tliiit tlii-rt* I- i si-nsi'.i!?? il ll -i. too: I ei i i ?- . i I l - ceil ; i* w ii > 1. i> a il n t.?r 8.?. .ii i |i?? who Iihs ii claim f>r ?v><?, ! wi.l v??t > gainst litis l>iil. It tl;t* is within i tin* hii:iiin:ir\ prunes*, t!i riii/mi is in- , foinii-il <>f it, :ti unco, liiit tint >o ;t :l i-. ?1n?Vf it. Again, i: n*.in" - tl?n co>t o! :i' out it >n. I.i tli" ill-*,-lit -v>'..in. ill ' "s of I ti" I'toi i|"\ >i ti mi *11 t s i J ; i i: it tliiTt* is no ir.igatioii .il a' , ili" i ni; { r argument inJjso, which Initios it toslil. liits will l.?ci ititi" tin* |ir"?*i" ill j ; ' in vonr courts 1'iio tight ofti .! !>v j .?\ issiill allowed t<? tii" fitiZ'ii, lnit it 1." clioosi'S, lit* III IV il's|M-t|?,i with ill" jnrv, Mr M-i/.\ ck <*\plained, li a Iniv words, the meaning of tlie law as it no * still Is, granting (liat it ri <j'i i"s \ "rv c u.-' S -1 . !> tonus; tiiit liii thought tie; pioposnd change rather too sw- -ping. II" said ti' .1 tTi r?? arc nvmy where iinpnr* ;iilion is nnccMsry, so as to u'low time for ti.i? kTi'iniiinl to prepare i. - cisoj that lint proposed hi stein would throw till the 11 os o i ili" wrong slioiilili'18. %f II . air. ?ii:j\ gave in any instance* ' which had fallen under liis n ?tiee, in which the piesent system wan faulty.? ' Tlie present system also hinder-, instead of tis?fl?*tiir?_f, justice. i> > d<s. the new svsleni is e*' abiished in (Jreat Ilritain, the F-deral Government, and inn-t of tin* 1 other St iles in the I. nion. lie instanced i merchant who, having becoiuo involved and in debt to a person in New York, and anollmr in this State, the Now Yolk merchant wan enabled to jet a verdict in liis favor, and have tlie debtor's efleets sold, l.efuro the creditor of ll.is State could do so. As to lite charge no titisl this s? stern that it is sweeping, it d >es sweep a way a Totlen fabric. Mr. M oses again explained more fully the new system, showing how much it surpasses the o!<] ; that it does not throw the costs at all on the wrong shoulder. The hill was agreed to and ordered to the House. No. oC ? Report of Committee on Judiciary on a hill to provide for compensation to the families of persons killed by the fault of others. The amendment were agreed to. 'I he (kill was agreed to and ordered to the ltouse. HOUSK OK RKPRKSBSTATiVRS. The members assembled yesterday, at 111 m. Mr. Head ? Report of Committee 011 Colored population on bill to pievont moro effectually freo negroes from enter i/ this S'ale. (Favorable.) Mr O'Connor olf-red the following : A'isolvit/, That this House semi a meg* ' i^e to llie Senate proposing to tliat bo- | v to a journ ttiite die. on Thursday, 2 2d Stan', at 12 meridian. Ordere 1 lor j its deration to moriow. < >n motion of Mr liiaudiiig, the House ok up .1 I 2 ? a bill to enlarge the p>ws of Commissioners in Equity in certain s peels. Mr. Wilkes explained the first section i the bill, and mid that it was a <piesjii ol convenience. When it is reiuein- | led that the i?|i|e>nunieiit of LMiardi.-tns usually upon the report of the iinmi.-aioner in hepiity, to whom it is ropo>ed to yive tins uulhorilv, he saw > icason for any valid objection to t;ive h m the power at once, with a right of j peai the Chancellor. In his expo nee. he had not known a single in nee wherein llio recomtnondaiioti of i" Commissioners, for the appointment f a guardian, had not been made In f Chancellor. Why not entrust him 1 nth the whole power at once? Ar ap r ipr.a.e il iistr.'inon is to lie found in llie ower of the .Jrditiarv, who lias power > at p< nt guardi ins to a limited amount, ii*l no inconvenience has grown out of I \\ hv not, then, concede to Connnis >ners, what is done by the Ordinarv of I ie 1 >istrict ' Uesides, where sppljca- | on-, aro made tor the appuiti'inenl of u.iidiaus fur tho-e of a certain age, un J s it he made in term time, the part'es ' re put to a yreat inconvenience, hk the . 'iiaiicel! r will n>>t appoint unless tin' art: - appear before him. Many per ! , . seeking tl.c app iatmeiit, are unwil n ; iin* expense attendant upon ran; .? ?; ami ninnv oases are oblige*! ) tin < vor a whole \ear. Mr. li..vlM?ii v:ti-l ;Jk* committee saw ;m no objection i i tin* provision in the ir-t section. 1 uere is no donbi, as ihev t) in tii-irreport, thai tin* couit should m- power to i:iak the appointment.? >n further retfc'linii, they became >-it:s I n view of tin? great intetcsts invol I, i! a i- ury imp i" ml to persons in : titr; tin* ii ?. thai t!ie miporviso v i ire nt tiie < i iiioeilor shoull alwaxs ?aim.!- !. !t is line that much of it i ne ie :n iiii" i.t form. I?nt the most ei ii ins let; is at ;i ill io>s at littles, ami lie i in I In-nnl nt a ease in V?. r |< Ihs'riot, ilier-' in mi v <1 i\> were spent in the exiiiiii i ion Iiefi>ie t)it* Commissioner, he i a >n el.nr." was appointed. The ex i 11 muni c i>es >; onhl ho care'n !\ u at h ?1 over l>y vho>e ali >< experience and ll'.lily wotllii r;vo prelection. Mr NViikrS si..I, m '.lie remaiks he iii hi i bo nee i<i til section,lie meant i i i.ii i .t i:; in, i ji,.. Ch mee lors <>t \ i. i >: i > ii' .-v M .i.y per?ai>,<hi a.' tee i st luce llOlli a Chancellor, re? r.i ieil from making application, i.mi the ii.ennveiiie'i"M to winch they ion! I lie >'il jccled hv h ring '> appear ii t erson, as is ii nv the practice of the 'out. Anv case in iTliicli diOicultv ~ ?u . Ill* rt I ! . ?M I to lilt' V llHIlcllor. Mr. < .! re I'tl.MV"! mi niuomltiinnt, it , r the w .1! intant, the words, ibot. t'n? a_p? of cini i'i* It appeared to i"ii tui! thore was a necessity lor some aw i.i t'.i-. kite 1. In lin* coimtrv where 1 e lived, 111 v litvn ti< n ifiiiIv to travel ilioni ti.i* State wiili t <?r or tin* infants t r. li tlu- person propositi.; to bo the guar bin, thai lie 111 obt In- appointed.? here tin1 i u fit it 1 is above tin* a^o of ilioiee, thi ii' is 110 !n>(V?iil\ for it. Mr. I> irvtM < ?i ! he would have to op* o,.i the aincmbuelit. lit; thought (be i t a" al lirsl olV-reil was very tieeessarv iinl proper. V bat i? 'lii' practice of tho ' nit ot Kipiily on this subject J Oban 1 , >is r? fi'i applicants to ihe t ointnis&ioti. is iii I'.oii' \ to liiko et iiletice ami iccu riiv It' thi'te is no opposition, the Chana lor 1 into ins the rep <<, and tin- party o-CHUnneiidi'd by the Ooininissioiii 1 . ap lloin li L'liardl'ill. Till' is the 11 aii.--.1 practice ; just the same under this l?-! 1 a* t is ai ilii* [Ti- it'. time. II the CYimiiisi s;"iii-r, ?y testimony, !lii Is 15.. person a proper one, and llis friends make no i>!> j.-ctn.u, lie ii continue.I hy the Chancel' u?r. Mr. IVrrv also spoke in favor of the hill. Mr. Siinonton inove>) the following a in.-ndmeiit : 4 That the Master or Commissioner shall report to (he Court next prececding mii.h appointment, ail appoint meats ion ic hv him silica llie iast session of the Court, for the apj roval of Court.' Aim-minn-iii agreed to, and the liiil ordered to he sent to the Senate. A hill to establish a separate Court o; A PI reals was again taken tip. Mi. Win. Wharley said that before ta king the vote upon the merits of the hill lie would call the attention of the Homo to the fact that it w ,* not the intention of the measure that litis grave and seri oils qiieslioii should he met without dis cession ; hut a vote in the wav propose ! would out o|] all discussion, so lie wouh appeal to those either in favor or again* the measure, that tllUY should all concui and lav the retort unon the iul,l.. it>u it? friends might ha\e llio privilege of ex pressing tlieir views. Severn! of |!iem himself among the number, had under gone a radical change of opinion tij>oi the question, and lie would trust the when lie give his views they would con vert others. Mr. Simonton * aid the matter hat he?n so thoroughly disussed, that tin best friends of (lie measure thought l< get rid of it without debate. The yeas and nnvi were taken, and re suited in : \ eas 50; 49. So the repor w .s onh-re l to lie on the tnble, and tin hill taken up. A running debate ensued between Messrs. Perry, Mullins, Gad Lorry, Win. Wlialey, Pope. Before taking the vote, Mr. Perry rose to present one or two facts relative to the bill. Something, he said, must he done for the relief of the country. On the Eastern Circuit, at Greenville, last summer, they had an extra Court, but they uid not get through more than half their business. At the present Fall Term, there was one case then left on the issue docket whore the cost of counsel was over two thousand dollars. The issue docket was scarcely touched, the whole term btsng ...I--- ... 1 -I - wiKtui up uy me session (locket. At Spur tanburg, it was the same thing ; at Laurens, not a single evil case was reached. Then, <il the Fall Teresa, there is no time t j order extra Courts, because the Judges are engaged continuously from tbe end of the Fall Terms until the beginning ol the Spring T? rm. This hill enahie them 10 hold extra Courts. As Judge Munro sai 1, there is no people in the world that would sir! mil to a delay of justice as the people ot South Carolina. I believe it would produce a revolution. They should have justice administered promptly.? They have delated, in single case-, to the amount ol $2,000. The bill does not propose to interfere with the circuits, hut leaves tln-in ju-t as thev are?leaves every lawyer in his practice. Hut we will have a separate Court of law, and our appeals can he listened to and deei ded sootier. <htr decisions do not stand as high as they have done. This Court wiil give the Court time to mature their decisions, and they will go forth to the ' world as HUlhoritv. It won!.I <" | t*i?-r siiiniiliii i?i our Judge* to exertion, vi lien y<iu have a higher position fur liini, ! and lie vvi'l be constantly initirovinijr. At present, your .1 tidges, sitting in Columbia, are bearing cases all the week until Sat ' urdav, and have from Siturd ay until Monday to write o it their decisions, and an- no doubt often obliged to violate the Sal 1 .'.b. tIan yon expect your Judges i to iii i (v their decisions in two days ! ? ' In G? tgia, the Appeal Judge takes his lime to announce his decision, and tliey are looked to as authority. Mr. lVrry , dwelt at length upon tlie inconsistency of a Judge deciding on a case which has alie.nly been before him in the lower Court, and from the decision of which an l appeal has been taken, lie Imped the loll would pass with unanimity, l lio bill lri 1 been matured by Mr. Mitchell, a gentleman who knew the wants of Char lesion mote particularly. Mr. Foster called for the veas ?and cays, wl.t-n the bid was rejected. Veas 4 4 ; ii ivs 59. Mr. Fi rruw moved that the bill to af f"i I aid in tlic ronsiiaction ol Greenville iiii'i French Mroa.l Railroad,be mndespe inl orJ?r lor Wednesday next, 2 o'clock. Agreed to. An Interview with Cook. A letter from Charleston, Vs., of the Gdi instate, to the Baltimore Sun, re| ports : Mrs Kennedy, the motlierdti law of Cook, visited liiin in his cell to dav. Upi on her approach thov eint?raced affectionj.telv, recognizing each other as mother and son. She leinarkid he was looking thin. 1 le replied he was Well, at least as well as he coil id be under the circumstances. Alter a general conversation, she said : 'Had 1 only known your business at Harper's Ferry, you would not have been bete, John." lie replied t '1 know that veiy well ; \ oil knew no;lung i i it.' In tlie c>iivernation, Mrs. Kentie' il\ ml she ) :i?l gone down into the F?r rv t find liim i w .?'c on tin- mommy of ! the 17th, ;?111! referred to tlie nartow esI cape of a voting friend, who came near being k Heel by Cook's lire from the opj> isiie Mile of lite liver, lie expressed li.s pleasure at this, Imt said nothing in reference to other parties who Were in 1 range ol his rille. in speaking of his ar' rest, he said : 'Had ! got possession of mv pistol, I would not have heen here.' Mrs. Kennedy replied : 'l'erhaps, John, it is better than if you had used it.' Af ti-i Ills ai iest Mr. hog in, under promise 1 of absolute secrecy, obtained from him his name, and also Ids commission as Captain in John Brown's forces, and Cook bitlerlv complained that lie was guillv ot betraying him. lie spoke in terms of eu; logv of bis lawyers, and said tbey bad done their whole duty, the evidence being so positive and direct against him.? lie read a portion of a letter from his brother in law, notifying liim of I lie ap f pearanco of Ids wife and sister, which .... i .. .. r.i - i?i ? ?- * rrtui nr. ^111n iii.mi.tt ill law ) already look ed upon tlie little bov ;is bis own son.*? . His mother in law, In-fore leaving, oxhor i ted bun to keep nothing back, and said tell all you know. Cook replied : 'I bam | told all 1 know of it.' i I ntkrr8tino P'stai. 1 >kc18i0n?PoSt1 innater (j nera! Holt bas recently decir if<l an inUri'Siing and novel question.? t A husband who bail been separated from bis wife, demanded lb.at ins village post' i, master should deliver her letters to htm, and tbreatened a auil at law if lua de n 111 <nd wits not complied with. The wile, I on the other band, forbade the delivery . of Iter letters to the husband. In these circumstances, the postmaster annealed to i Mr. IIoi.t for instruction*. Thai gentlej man pronounce* iho claim advanced by , iiio ! ' .;? prepf "lerou* to l>e aeri oiislv refuted - indeed, ho nay* il is ahi. horrent to law aa it is to the Christian t civilization of the age?and he directs e the post master to deliver the letters to , the wife.