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?aF?*aBgjg"?Jii 1 11 1 BENEFITS OF SOUTHERN UNION- ] The florae's Not, in a earthing and well cnmid-red article above most eondaardj the benefit* thai hare resulted j to the waotff from the union of Souther? ?m vpoa the tlarerr qantion. Br thk union ami action on the part of the 8jstfc, ?m the Xeit "D-y.r Kwluttoa wmch was one of the apmei of d!K9rd, flwnj on the perfjs&ttm atreant, hat hceo made to sink to (k bottom, "ft has pat the quiet m on the famous Otdlitfi aaj Root resolutions: "It baa caused Union Meeting? to be held at virion* pl*fw at the No*ih, intended to set as an offset to the other j moremeMAori-A&Minv in the same qBarter, which tended to disunion. "It has brocght Webster out, when , nothing elie would hare done it, to tell in , thunder tones hi? Northern brpthern to , atop, to pante in their riad ci reer. "It has mide Pennsylvania take steps toward* repealing her law* protecting the negro tlrief. "TiU confidently believed that it will lead other Northern .States to follow the j example of Pennsylvania. "It ha* mode the opposition in Conjfrena promise to ta1-?? so?np ^/institutional notion affecting the unconstitutional laws | passed by the Northern State*. "It has cut off some of the Iljdra heads of Wihnot Provisoism. ??f? l.l? >. ? -l'd-1 .1 1 IV lltw Hi rt ^ivai ll^JOUI t DllUl'U U1C vcnee of Free Soili <m. "It has. m fur, donn mire to brinjf to light, and impress upon all nvnds the true value of the Union than anything that lias occurred since the foundation of the government. "And yet after all thin, and much more that could be added, it is awked what Sood ha* or can be done by a S juthern ^termination to stand by iia honor, its right*. and its sacred regard for the Constitution ? "But the end ?* not yet. The South must persevere, for in perseverance there in complete victory?safety to lurself, and safety to the Union. * "And to whom is nil this clue? "To such men as the South Carolina delegation, and to Berrien, Mangurn, Borland, Calhoun, Butler, Milliard, Clemens, Clingman, Stephens, Venahle, Turncy. Toombs, and others of their spirit. But for their efforts, backed by the disposition manifested in the Southern States to endorse them, and whero would we have &n;il1v fminil ftnr?Alw??9" Aye, that is the question. Suppose the Southern people had remain passive and silent, and had left aggressions upon their rights to work their legitimate results, what would have been the posture of the slavery question now? In our opinion there would have been no power, any where, equal to the task of turning bide these aggressions, or of forcing justice from the free States; and at this hour the Union of the States would h ive been upon the very ver^e of dissolution. Such auu tut great n ivc occn me re"nils or Southern union and Southern action.? And whatslifdi we say of the crjakers, who in the meantime begged for silt nee and preached submission. We loave them in the hands of an indignant people, *vho understand them and their motives thoroughly, and who will in due time mete out to them their just au appropriate reward. Fxactlt to tiik Point.?The Wilmington Commercial says: 'Mr. Wallace, of South Carolina, in his speech in the House of Representatives of the United States, on the slavery question, hn* the following, which is the concluding paragraph. It contains the true state of the case in a few words, and is exactly to the point: The destiny of the people of the South is in their own hands. To make that des tiny glorious, they have hut to will it and do their datv. I", is for tlin Nnri.h nml f?ot the South to tremble at the pros poet before us. I stand here with the Conxii tution in my hand, unapplied by the threats and denunciations which are daily fulminated here. All can see too plainly that these are mere idle bravadoes, designed to frighten us into submission. To these bravadies I respond only in terms of scorn and defiance. We ask that justice which the Constitution guaranties to us. If this be deniod, then without counting the cost or looking tp consequences, I am in favor of reaUtaqee to your tyranny, 'at every hazard nod to the last extremity.' Tlie people of the South know their duty n^d will do it.' A singular epieodo has taken plr.ce inthe execution 4>f aatttdent at Rome, who was found armed a ft wot d, and threatening murder. After the troop*' had formed a square on three side* of the Piazza del Popalo, and the prisoner was brought in, a nrm in d irk clothe? pressed forward to the French Colone m command, saving: 'Here, if a victim must fall, dtan'ea martyr for you. I hereeeh you to let me be shoi in place of |UU untiannfr * TKft f'/*?* n^l I villi# uuiirair^T 7IWVIIHO, VUiVllUI) who thougbt'thts looked Jake a theatrical Kcenc, quietly replied, 'I nm sorry, my friend, that I cannot altogether comply with your re<|u??t. T"hi? man U condem ned, and I cannot relnse hin:. But if yoo fcftvo a gmat doth* Ao he shot, g.,j borne, put ada^vrr or a sharp knife in j jour pocket, and I pioame yon that I ' w HI bark up roar petition.' Tl?e mar-' tyr took limsclf off, but has r?ot yet re- j turned. Life at Twe*tt.?Doar Jr.. describes life at twenty in tbe folloarinsr unique ; manner Friends, at twenty we are a? wild ss jntriages. There n no such thing as timing; we ride that fierce, fiery aod he^d-strong animal. Passion, over fences ditches, hedges, on to the devil?le inthe o * " r j five barred gate of reason without touching il?e curb of discretion. or pulling harder than a titnouse upon the strong , rein of judgment- And at twenty you are perfect locomotives going at the rale j of sixty miles an hour, your heat the boiler, "love the steam which you Rome- | times blow off in right?and hope, fear, ! and jealousy, are the train that you drag. At this season ol lite you are filled with t exliiliratjng gass of romance, every thing l'X>ks romantic by spell?even a jackass philosophising over a barrel of vinegar. | S*ou fboth giils and boys) now read novels till your gizzards have softened into senlimentn? j#-IIv. and settled into the pit of your stomacli. Oh! I know you well! ?you fe??l as though you would like to soir from star to star! 1'icV little planets aside, t ike crazy comet* by their blazing hair, and pull them into their light course, sit upon the highest peak of a thunder cloud and dangle the red lightning between your thumb and finders as a watch chain, and then drive into the golden Eunset sea and sport with the celestial svren. sneed on. null the nose of the j rain in the moon, ransack creation, knock 1 a few pnins out ?<f Heaven, and then fiut' ter down gt.T.ly a*s a breeze, and find the i d trlintr object of your lov mending stocking*! That's how you feel. j KEOW EE COURIER, i Friday, April 26, 18*50. w ilh a view of accommodating our Sub cribertt ?TiiO 1 iVc Ml u iliiiiuiCc, tliC' ftiilunuig gentlemen arc authorized and requested to act at agents in receiving and forwarding Sub criptions to the Keowee Colhifr, vi?: Maj. W. S. Obimiam, at We*t Union. Edwabd IIloiif.s, Esq., IIor?e Shoe, fj. i'. VKRXEit, J5?g., " UftChelor'n Hctrcat M. F. Mitchell, Esq.. " Pickcmville. J. E. IlAcoeo, ' Twelve Mile. J. T. Wren, for Andcraon District. Our fourth p;*go contains an edilori'il from t!?e Lewiaburg Chronicle, in which the wonders of Ctesar's Head, and the grandeur and glory of the mountains i ar und arc sketched with a raanbie O f hand; but none can paint like nature, and therefore, the most finished description must fall far short of i xpressing those ideas ? f unfathomable depth, and of illimitable space that overwhelm one. ; when he gaze* from the g'ulJy heights o f Coesar'? Head. Onr Pennsylvania traveller appears to have lost his ?vay, having been driv. n to the neces ity of ascending the Mountain I by a circuitous nnd dangerous route, and for fear that some of our render?might meet with the same accident, we take this occasion to sav to thein that tW<* i? a turn pike road, somewhat circuitous *1*13 true, but by no means dangerous, crossing the very npex of the mountnin in the immediate vicinity of which open the hospitable doors of the "Cjesar's Head Hotel," kept by that most incomparable of publicans, D. Hagood. \l? r?n 1 ? hii. ruum# v/ompromisc uommuice resolution was adopted in the Senr.te on Thursday last, by a vote of 30 to 22. Many sanguine hopes have been entertained and much good cxpeeted togrow out of this committee, but for our part we have been fo frequently disappointed in our expectations of a fair and finil settlement of these vexed questions, that out* liupci of jiistscc from the hsnds of : tne worth navo grown exceedingly faint; indeed we never ?aw how any greit good could tfrow ^ut of jbU committee, and if Aft. Butler'* fear# in relifi m to it be Willi founded, it nwy be the cnu?e of much injury to the Svith. In the Senate. on /Viday tho mamSers of the Committee were elected, tho following nre their nam*,v. Muira. CUy, Bell, Bssrrien, Bright, Gas*, Cooper, Dickinson. Downs, King, Man gum, M;won, Phelps, and Webatcr. SOUTH CAROLINA PRESBYTERY. The South Carolina PrcHbytcry met at Greenwood, Abbeville District, on Friday evening 7 p. m. Kev. 8. 8. Gillhrd wai elccted Moderator, nnd D. McNeil Turner, Olvrk. The meeting wa? very fully attended;?having transacted much btninesfl of the Presbytery, adjourned on Monday night 10 o'clock, to meet at Spartanburg C. H. on Wednesday l>cfore t'?o first Sunday in Ootober next* FOOTE AND BENTON. The pape.-s are full of comment* on the late disreputable scene in the Senate be. I ween these gcntl men. Mr. Foote's friend*, of course, must regret that he allowed himself in a moment of weakness to go the length that he did, but though thejr cannot entirely justify him, they find, and we think justly too. many circumstances which go for to palliate his conduct. Benton's overbearing and bullying character?the almost fiendish hatred which he entertains for Oen Foole, bricked by his threats of a personal assalt upon that Senator, were en ?ugh to convince him when he saw his enemy approaching in a hostile manner, that there was danger to apprehend; the abolition harpors, however, see an intended martyr in their beloved "Tommy," and are singing lusti ly the Lullibullero. 7*he Hon. R. M. Younge, (Dem.) of j Illinois tins been elected Clerk of the Mouse of Representatives. Correspondence of tlie "Keotcee Courier' GnEt.NWOOD, Abbeville, 8. ('. ) April 22, 1850. [ Mettrt. Editors:? Dear Sirh: 1 fcnntch ft moment tbis 1 evening to give you an Hem from these "digging" You know thnt the judicatory of the Presbvterinn order rnllo/l I ' ' , Pmbytery, met at this place on Friday i at 7 o'clock p. m. The body was organ(ized by electing Rev, 8. S. O.iillard Mod j erator, and D. McNeil Turner, Clerk I There was a great deal of business before ' the body, and, I believe, it is nearly al acted on, at any rate ar adjournment is ' expected to night. The business of iln meeting is transacted with much gravity and becoming dignity, and nothing ha? I occurred to disturb the Christian forbear ance, patience and brotherly love whicl rules the spiiit of the meeting. Oieenwood in a small country vilhige about 10 miles East of Abbeville Coun House, handsomly built and occupy in^ an elevated and delightful situation, th< citizens are intelligent and hospitable, anc the ladies?but you know how ladies al ways are?as good as they are beautiful KT . From (he Baltimore Sun. Washington, ylpril 18, 1850. The Vice President announced that hi had appointed the following 8 -nntore, th< committee on the subject of the broacl of the order of the Senate by Mr. Bcntoi nnd Mr. Foot#*: Messrs Dodge of Wis consin, Webster, King, Phelps, Rusk Bell. Shields. Mr. Dodge asked to bo excused on nc count of his intimate personal relation with Mr. Benton; which wa? agreed to Mr. Shields asked to be excused. lie jected. Mr. Rusk crave as a reason why h< should be excused, his inexperience ii the Senite. Ifot allowed. It was ordered that the place of Mr Dodge be filled by the chair. Mr. Ronton moved to po3tponeall sul jects preceding the California bill, and t< take up that bill. A question of order arose on this. Mr. Foote appealed to the Senate t< .11 t!- J! - - . iiuuvr mill according u) me uuuersianu ing yesterday, to finish his speech. Mr. day moved to lay Mr. Denton' motion on the table. This was agreed to?yeas 27, nay: 24. Mr. Foote's motion was taken up, an< he snid that being seriously desirous o obtaining n vote on this question, h< would waive his right to sp -ak. Mr. Mangum hoped the 8anatc woulc vote on eacn of the propositions of tb? Senator from Missouri. 7 here was > dUnO'-ilion tn hrinor fhrt mfllloi' in n cnoorl v close He hoped no one in the major ity would be induced to say a word tha would produce delay. Mr. Clay concurred in th.s. The Sen ate have decided solemnly that it would not separate California from the subject) to be referred to the committee. Mr. King spoke in favor of bringing the matter to a close. Mr. /?enton; Aa gentlemen on the olh er si:io had given him their programme he would give his. He proposed tha the .Senate lake up the California bill Tn nil nmnndmnnt* AniwuiaJ ? t ? ? .... mMviiMinvimv M# II) JM would be content to give a silent nega tive vote. He hnd given nil his reason: Against attaching other subjects to tha bill. If the iiJon^te would adopt thia course, the flhltfornia bill would be pass ed nt once. Ho moved to lay on the table the sub jftct pending, and take up the Crtlifornif bill, and thereon asked the yeas and nays. T\\q motion was lost, y?as 24, nayj 28. The question recurred on the too two as it stood before,?. e., Mr. Benton's! instructions, fiflet-n in number. Mr. Benton exiled for a scptirate rote on each instruction. The first proposition was read, and Mr Rpnton *t?oV<? in its sunnort. Mcssr*. Bu(k*r, Turnev, fiorfand nn'l others gave reasons of their p I vote in the negative on ench propo^iyfcr. regarding them us conflicting with oic decision of the senate yesterffav. * Mr. i.'a&s would explain how lie should i vote. Vr n?rl!nwin 1ir>nr*d rr^nlli'mpn would vole and not speak. On (lie new proposition to exempt C*1 , i forma from any expense, on bill re port t-1 by the committee, the vote was nays 2-j, yea* 25. The oilier propositions were rejected. Mr. Hale moved to refer all theuboli, tion petitions; referred. This created a debate, in which J/essrs , Davis, Douglass Hale, A/aw>n, Clay, Clemens and others look part. This was ruled out of order. 7^10 question was taken on the motion to appoint a select committee of thirteen hi' hnllnl for flif> cnniiiilnnilinn nf llio 1 resolution of Mr. Clay and Mr. Btll ^ffjieed fo. Diivi* snid he wan not p-eparcd to ballot now He moved to postpone the ) balloting till one o'clock to-morrow. An adjournment was moved and agreed to. HOUSE Or REPRESENTATIVES. Hon. R. M. Young, Clerk elcct, prc1 rented himself at the Speaker's table, and took the usual oath. L T'be .Speaker suggested the propriety of the House appointing a committer to ; revise the adjustment and settlement of ! ihe accounts of the late Clerk. There he *aid, a very 1 inje contingent fund . under his charge: and it was duo alike to ? the late Clerk, and the Clerk elect, that a I j committee be appointed for that purpose. On motion by Mr. McCleruand, the * i committee of Accounts were directed to - | supervise tlif settlement of the accounts r ' of the late Clerk. 5 ] Mr. Li'.tU-field snhmhtfed a re.-olu'ien i in reference to the Doo-keeper and Posti .na?ter, which the C,\air ruled to be out of 1 | Ordor. Mr. Ilrown. of Miukcinni. inlrnrlnrprl , j a resolution in dismiss Mr. Horner, donrt j keeper TMiis was also ruled oul of order, | when Mr. Drown made specific charges ' , against Mr. //brner, as follows: which he 3 moved to a select committee of five. 1 1st. That said Homer made a false cer. tificate under, and by virtue of which, his brother drew pay ns an officer of the //ouse, at a time whnn hi< sail brother was notoriously absent from the city of Washington. and held an office in the Skate of Wisconsin, the duties of which he was discharging, and for which he , i niisiiaiimi; it tsniiuy imm ine Ulllica g States. j 2. That he has dis nissed from his place , a page of this House without cause, and __ | in his attempted justification, made a i falseohnrge against the said page, calculated to disgrace him, and subject him to a criminal prosecution. g S. That the paid //ornei hns made i false statements in regard to the manner of discharging his official duties. The question was taken, and the Chair appointed the following committee-? I .Messrs. Old. Newell. Phpln*. and Kefller, Mr. .Richardson nsked the unanimous consent of the House to offer a resolution 5 looking to the appointment of a sel ct j committee of nine with power to send for persons and papers, to inquire and report to the House the couise of action ndopted j by 7hos. Ewing, (Secretary of the Interior, in reference to the payment of large claims to certain individuals named. B Whether he had usurped the power of ftpjM>intinent in the Pension and General g Land Officers, <fcc. <fcc. Mv. Toombs objected to the reception j of the resolution, but before any action , was had the House resolved itself nto , committee of the Whole, and resumed the discussion of the California question, j yl/essrs. Ewing, of Tenn. and Ashton successively nddressed the House, when x the committee rose. The deficiency bill, returned from the . 5cnate with amendments, was referred to I the committee on Ways and A/cans. Tlic Speaker asked nnd obtained per mission to appoint a member to occupy I the Chair, during a necessary absence of a i few day*. Tlic House then adjourned. FROM CALIFORNIA. The news from California is important and high.y interesting. 1 The most extravagant stories are told of the quantities oi gold dug by those 1 who remained at the mines during the ' winter?three to thirty-five ounces being s the average yield to each poraon por t ' HflV # # 1 At San Francisco business wns raptd" ly improving; rente wero fulling; lumber r.nd rev I estate were at a, stand; money ' still commanded the most exorbitant, 1 rates of interest. ' During t ie month of Fobnmiy, 114 vessels arrived at San Francisco. 1 At 8acramonto Oily there where 00 ' vessels, and about 60 buildings in pro . - ? -? tes-s of erection the city having fullr recovered from the effect of the l ite flood. As spring approtche* a niigV.y ru^h was preparing for the mines, which would leave all the towns deserted. A company has been formed at 8an FraneUco called the Galiforr.iaS.'ea n J'acket Company, for building an inderlimf 1in/? /-?f w 1 rv\clvir.o #a r*?n i*-? |/k 11MV Ul CH I1lll?ilips IV IUII mat ti'y and Panama, to connect with the Empire Gitv line on this side. The bum of $700,000 has been subscribed, and an a gent fent to New York to contract for the builiing of four steamships of 2000 tons burthen.?Picayune 1 \th. Mlzioav News.?The brig Water Witch it ft Vera Cruz on the 5>h inst., ?nd arrived at this port yesterday morning. ITe :>re indebted to her po!i tc ar.d irontlemanlv commander, CapL Brow:i, for files of .Vexic.m papers, running up to the date of her departure. The fede.a] congress was in session in the city of A/exico. The re-org *niz uion of the army?of the military tribunals? the planting of colonics on the northern { rnnl ir?r wOfrt otufmc /inr/ 1 Un. o(lnnlmn v,v VMo *o ' .. . of Congress. A project for building a railroad from Vera Cruz through the cit v of Mexico to San Juan, on the PneiGc, h.-id been adopted. The Mexican journals predict, confidently, its speedy termination. Capitalists, and property holders in the capital, and in the states of Mexico and Veia Cruz, are disposed to makelih, er.il advances for the furtherance of the i enterprise. The city of Mexico was tranquil, and prpnunci imento-mongers, set-med disposed to allow the republic some repose, through the summer, at least. The monarchical! nartv alone. continue to wnrre a fk-rce newspaper war ng-iinst the present administration. Ilerrera being just now. the mam poirn of attack. It is a curious fact, that this hvpocii'ical gentry have assumed the name of "the law and order parly"?the name under which, now-adt?y?, traitors, cowards, rascals and murderers, as well in Mexico, in France, in Italy, and in Austria, perpetrate th.ir misdeeds The cholera prevailed extensively in the slates of Zacatecas, New Leon, Michoacan and in other parts of the republic, i TheiX* h id been from thirteen to nineteen , cases a day in the city o? Zacatecas, du, ring the past month. Tanhuato and the Hacienda of Soledad, in Michoacan, were severely scourged by the fearful plague, bix cases in seven proving fatal. rn. t I? _ ! ^ ? | i uc inuinn war in 1 ucainn wasaraw; ing to a dose; the Indians had been wors' ted in several engagements. Not so in Sonora and Chihuahua. The unprotected inhabitants of these Slates arc continually harrassed by the savago hor<!ej which, from Texas, New Mexico, nnd California, overrun their country, destroy or carry away their property, murder their woman and old men, and lend their children into captivity. Our government is under solemn treaty obligations?be, sides the obligations of humanity nnd good neighborhood?to restrain these | hellish fiends. It is time that something i should be done to redeem the faith of the | Nation, pledged in tho treaty of Guadaloupe. The little that Ijhs been d me is | a mere mockery?keeping the word of i promise to the ear and breaking il to the I hope. The use of infantry for such a service, far from being a check upon the Indians, encourages them by its ineficiency. The Legislature of &onorn, for the protection of their constituents, have established Guerrilla corps and offered rewards for the heads of those savage robbers and murderers. The Legislature of Ghihuahua did likewise. But it appears that the Chiefs of those Guerrillas? among the number an American by the name of John Glanton have made themselves a fearful natno for murder, rape and rapine, as any of the Gam anche or Apache chiefs, whom they undertook to destroy Who will now take the reward for tho head of John Glanton. Smuggling over the northern frontier, is on the increase. The revenue from i custom U dwindling down to nothing? not enough to pay for tho expenses of collection. The Governor of New Jueon, in a communication to the Minister of Finance, ass gna among other njKBons for this declined the recepts of the custom?, the partid^ntion of the collecting ofllceis in the business of emugglin^cariicd on by the people on the Amemfcfm aide of the Itio Grande.? An exchargc paper sny|SBB an Editor sat four days on a jw>,y*2rt&r h'3 re* lease, said he waa so full ^W'w, that it was hard work to kedptf^H^hcuting The laziest fellow they ^)^|l,got is said to be too lazy to ehat liiaj&p|s, and ho troes to sleeo with them wimPlSfeen. liy the way, th 3 ghost departed reminds me >Jf Joe Kel)jti|*s.ghost coming to his wife. JUB&m 'Polly/ says he, 'Im iwRwirgntory at this very moment:' 'And what *ort of a place is It?' says she. ^ 'Faith, its a sort of a half way house between you and hoavon, and I stand it : mighty fwy after feavin# ton,'