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CONOR ESS. SENATE. Washington, Juno 11. After some unimportant morning bus tress, Mr. Clay called for the orders of tl <da}\ Vlrea 'justmcnt bill was taken \jp, an Mr. Cass spoke in leply to Mr. Bcnto? speech of yesterday. He argued that the union of the meas uresinone bill strengthened each meas ure afid dial California suffered no deJa or detriment F?om iu He argxied against tho Wiimot Provi so and against the Executive plan. II reviewed and replied to the article in tli Ytepublic which explains and vindicate the President's views, in an official form lie showed that it wiw the duty of Con Sress to provide governments for Neu [exico nnd Utab, and that if this was not done, agitation of the slavery question would be continued, lie advocated the offer to Texas, and pointed out the danger tbat would result leaving the unsettled. Mr. Diyton followed, and advocated the President s plan of bringing in INcw Mexico ns a State. The Senate then adjourned. HOUSE. The House met at II o'clock, nnd immediately resumed the discussion of the California question. Mr. Howard of Texar opened the debate, nnd was followed bv Mr. McDowell ofVrt. rJefoie Air. McD. had proceeded halt nn l-.our in his able speech, the hour (1 o'clock) for terminating the debate had arrived. There was an almost unanimous cry that Mr. McDowell be permitted to continue his remarks. The Chair said it required universal consent to permit the gentleman from Virginia to proceed. Mr. Conger objected, and he could not proceed. Mr. Jones, of Tenn., said that there were several important amendments which had been ordered, but were not printed; he therefore moved that the Committee rise, with the view to an adjournment till to-morrow, ai wnicn umc me printing ay ill have been execulcd. The question was taken by tellers and decided in the negative?ayes 80, noes 107. The Chair staled that Mr. Dotv's bill to admit California, was in order, and that the. amendments of th<? gentleman from Mo. (Mr. GreerA to the 1st section of t\\o bill was first in order. Mr. Greene's adopting the Missouri Compromise lino of 40 dog 30 niin, fur the Southern boundary of California, running through to the Pacific Ocean, was then read. lie supported it in a few remarks, showing that the Slate would be immensely large. Mr. Seldon then offered an amendment providing that the territory Suutli of 33 deg 30 min should be subject (o settlement by those holding slave property, He supported the enactment of the Misfiouri compromise line in some few re marks. Mr. Stanton, of Ky , moved an arnendmcut providing that the States whicli may be formed South of 30 deg 30 min, shall be admitted into the Union whethei they adopted slavery constitutions or not, if- nr.. "\r^ii7:n:_ i mi. iintiuc, 1'n. hjl'>> line, anu jmi~, Venablc continued the discussion. Mr. Ashman moved to amend tin! amendment of Mr. Green so as to confine the Missouri Compromise line to the State of California alone. After this proposition was made '.here were several propositions for profound Amendments, upon which to hangspeetli es under the five minutes rule; also twe or three appeals from the decisions of the Chair, for and against those amendments After they were decided, the Committee rose, and the lIon.se, at 3 1-2 o'clock adjourned till to-morrow. vfrti r* . \ i * ? [j ne nouse seems to oe mooring undei a great degree of restlessness nnd thai kind of sullen excitement which is thenal ural precursor of a great storm. Courier. FROM WASHINGTON. We extract the following from Ion'; lettor to the Baltimore Sun: The resolutions of the Nashville Con vention appear to be wise, moderate, an< patriotic. Their preposition in regard t< an equitable division of the territory, b' the adoption of the line of thirty-si thirty, is very liberal?for, according t Mr. Clay's views, and repeated declarn tions, it is even less favorable to the ex tension of slavery than the plan of th committee of thirteen. Mr. Cass hn strongly expressed the snmc opinion. If the North should, therefore, insit upon exacting hard terms from the ?out they will take the Missouii line, and thu interdict slavery north of it, instead c having the question of the legality c alavery, in the territories, to be tried b the federal tribunals. The conventio wisely recommends that Congress sha not adjourn without adjusting tho que tion. The Senate is making little progress i the^ adjustment bill. Mr. Benton foun that he he would lose his motion to posl pone, and prudently withdrew it. > %- 111 I. I?UII IIII?I?||I1HI pw yn long road, through amendments and debutes, is yet to bo travelled before a question can be rcachcd. The bill 1ms been engrossed in anticipation tlmt it Tvould be ordeied to bo >? I i 41 ?. j 1. V..* T reno a unru umu mis with, uu> *. ??p, prebend that it will not reach that stage ? so soon. | s yhe House will, in due time, cerlninly pass tlic California bill }>er se. This is now certain; but i :n not, by any moans, '' to be considered unfavorable to the ylti' mate adoption of the adjustment scheme. Many Northern members arc so situated with regard to their constituents and the ^ administration that they arc constrained L to vote, in the first instance, for the ad3 miss of California as a separate measure. They will be willing enough, afterwards, * to be again constrained and to vote for the (Senate schetnc If the <S"enato ' should stand firm in favor of the scheme of their committee of thirteen, that 1 scheme will ultimately be embraced by the House. My. Dayton's speech against the adjustment scheme, in support of the President, was very zealous and very able. , Some say tliat he is desirous of obtaining an executive office, for which lie is highly ! qualified; and it was intimated by Mr. j Footc that the effort would rccive a merited reward at the other end of the avenue. The government will, at the end of this month, be at a stand still for want of money. Nothing is likely to be done in the meantime for tlie purpose of forwarding the appropriation bill. The committee of ways and means of the House will not report the civil and diplomatic bill until the territorial and slavery questions shall be settled. I learn that the Executive will, before the termination of the fiscal year, send a special message to Congres, urging a ! timely pr<" vision of funds to meet the demands on the Treasury. Those members who are in favor of an adjustment will certainly resist any supplies, until it shall be effected, no matter what inconvenience may arise from the delay. The administration may be obliged to take a step backward, lrom the preser' position against Mr. Clay's scheme. before any ! supplies will bo provided. KEOWEE COURIER Friday, .Tune SI, 1850. With a view of accommodating our Suit gcribcrs who live at a distance, the following gentlemen arc authorised and requested to act as agents in receiving and forwarding Sub criptions to the Keowee Courier, viz: Maj. W. S. Qbisiiam, at "West Union. /Jdward Huohks, Esq., " Horse Shoo. ; >}. P. Verneii, Esq., " Bachelor's Retreat M. F. Mitchell, Esq.. " Pickonsville. J. E. HAuoan, " Twelve Milo. J. T. WEnn. for Anderson District. NASHVILLE CONVENTION. The proceedings of this body has been 1 carried on with much oraerand unanimity, breathing a spirit of firmness and moderation which must have a very beneficial influence on the public mind. It will be seen that the Convention regard the Missouri Compromise line extended 1 to Pacific, as an adjustment of the slave1 ry difficulties which -will yield to the North sill the South can afford to surrender. It was believed, in certain quarters, 'hat the Convention would sanction the Clay Coi7?m'on)isc, more especially when ' , .11 T...1 CI I 1 / 1 - 11 was known vil^i ?!|UKe oimrKey ^wno ? is said to lmve expressed himSflfi i" n loiter to some gentlemen in Waiwingtoil, ' satisfied with this iniquitous schcme of , plunder) had been fleeted President of the Convention. , Hut these proplicts of evil have prtfpti, isyfcd falsely, the Committee's adjustment is as obnoxious to the Convention as it is ; to the people of the South, nrtd during ' the frhole of its deliberations there has ! not been, bo far as w? have seen; a single ! voico faised in its defence. ! Tht^Convention adopted unanimously it iuij jjiiwiuuu unu powcriui ncircss s (which wc will ptiblish next week) nrtd then ndjonrncd td meet again in six - weeks aficr the adjournment of Congress. 1 n NOTICES. )' The North British Review.?Wo x have received from Leonard Scott & Co. ihe May number of this invaluable Review, and from a hasty glance at its cone tents, find it filled with extremely inter8 esling matter. .? Mr. CALTtODN's Last Appbtk ?win h have received from the publisher, a copy s of Mr. Calhoun's last speech which is )l. got up very handsomely, and in suitable ^ style for framing. An edition has been n issued on fine satin, printed in gold, at 11 f6 00 per copy, and another on vellum J* paper in ink, at $1 00 per copy. Mr. Calhoun's admirers will not fail to ornamcnt their studies with this, his last and greatest effort Subscriptions are re\ j ceived at the offices of the Charleston yi~ Jtferoury And Cottrier. Tiik Western Medical News.?The May number is on our table, and thougl wc abhor pills and lotions, that is when we have to swallow them, and would wilh a certain famous Scotchman 'throw I physic to the dogs,' nevertheless, we I doubt not the Doctors find it very readable. The Farmer and 'Planter.?We hope there is not a farmer or planter in our State who docs not subscribe for this valuable agricultural paper; we have received tho June number, and find that Messrs. Seaborn & Oilman continue to make it worthy tlie most literal patronage. The Hon. James L. Oir will please accept our thanks for many favors. We give our readers this week the half of an interesting letter from aSwiss gentleman M Leo Lcsquercux; and though M. Lesquereuxis but imperfectly acqumtea with the ii,ngiisn langango, having been but a short time in America, we give his letter verbatim el literatim, nssured that our readers will prefer his Own simple phraseology to any glosscry of our own. M. Lesvuereux is a gentleman of high fcientific attainments; a member of several learned societies in Europe, as well as of the Boston Academy and comes highly recommended from Professor Agassiz, and also from other distinguisl>ed men of our country. uourt of fiquitv. tims COUrt WflS 111 session iiore yesterday, that able and efficient public servant, Chancellor Johnston presiding. There was vory little business for adjudication, and the court sat on a few hours. . GATHERINGS. Primitive Times, those, very.?We gather from the Augusta Constitutionalist, that about the year 1084, the Legislature of Pennsylvania passed a resolution that "no member should come to the House barefoot, or cat his bread and cheese on the steps." An original portrait of Benjamin Frank\\n sold at an auction in Boston, a few dnvs since, for three hundred dollars. ?J , Kossuth's children lmve been permit., ted to go to their father. Gcncrrl Bern's name has been nailed to the gallows by the Haynau hangman. In a garrison cf newly recruited troops, a Hungarian nobleman having disobeyed an order, was sentenced to be flogged. All the corporals of the regiment having refused to execute the sentence, a corporal of the Haynau infantry was> summoned from tho bat t acks to-put the sentence into execution. lie had inflicted but a few blows when tho young nobleman sank down in a 'fit of appoplcxy. In a mo incni uie soiuiers rusneu upon trie captain and put him to death; on the same evening the entire troop was disbanded. Tiik Rappixo Spirits and tiie Literati ok New York ?Fennimore Cooper, N. P. Willis, Bancroft, Tucker man, and other distinguished members of VEmjrirc des lettres, have been to see the Rochester young ladies, (Mrs. Fox's daughters,) anu their invisible attendants, who were kind enough to r.n-p for the amusement of these snvans seveuu hours together. The Tribune concludes a report of this, as Willis calls it, "pOst-mortuum soiree," thus; "The evening was now far advanced, and it was not thought desirablo to coiltinue the colloquies t ny further. At the suggestion of several gentleme'n, the ladled removed frcflrti tho sofa, where they hnd sat during the evening, and remained standing in another part of the room, The knockings were now heard on the doors, at both ends of the room, producing a vibration on the panels* which waj felt by every one who touched them Different gentlemen stood on the oulsidc and the inside of the door at the sr.mt I time, when loud knocking wero heard um uiu aiuu opposite '.o mat wncacthoj Blood. The ladies were at such adis^ tance from the door in both cases, as U lend no countenanco to the idea that th< sounds %ore produced by any direct com munication with them. They now wen into a parlor, under the room in whicl the paity was held, aocompanied by sev cral gentlemen, and the sounds were thei produced with great distinctness, caus ing sensible vibrations in tho sofa, and ap parently coming from a thick hearth-ru{ beforo tho fircplacc, as well as from oth er cuartersof tho room." Willis also says, "With three men 01 the outside f a door and three on tho in side, watching it closely, that door coul< not bo so violently knocked upon as U tremblo, though no vitiblo forco approacl ed if, without giving one something to be j lieve. We witnessed tlits, with or.e lrnnd upon the panels, and wlmt can it bo, 1 but lbe exercise of n power beyond any1 tiling of -which we have hitherto known [ the laws?" Wo think we might say of the *e knock: i incs, as Uanquo ot>ce said of witches, "The earth has babbles as the water has And these are of them." i Gkn. Lopez.?The examination o i Gen. Lopez is daily proceeding before the i United States Commissioner. It. j*. thought he will be discharged for want . of evidence. Clayton Retmking.?The Washing- j ton Correspondent of the New Yoik ' Tribune, says "Mr. Clayton has it in se- j rious contemplation to retire from the ! Cabinet. Plank Road.?At a meeting of the citizens of 7/abershnm county, Ga., held at Glarkesville on the 4th inst., the incipient steps for constructing a Plank Road from that place, eiihcr to Anderson C. H. S. C., or Athens, On., were taken. Another pfiark Roaij.?Tho citizens of Asheville, N. C., contemplate building a Plank Road from that place to Greenville, 8. C. New Sub-Marine Apparatus.?Mr. TV III. 1VUW IIOK a HOY UlYlllg ill Ul I was lately tested at the Navy yard, | Brooklyn, and proved eminently success- 1 ful. The machine is capable of containing four persons, so as tc be able to work therein for several hours at a time, and i can be so constructed as to contain ten or twenty men if necessary. The "Whigs of Maryland have nomina. ted Mr. William 13. Black, as a candidate for Governor. "Going it on their own IIook," or a la. Tayi.oi\.?The merchants of Havana are get.ing up u sub jeription for the purpose of constructing fourteen small war steamers to protect the coast of the j I Tk1:iik1 from llin invnHnra Minister to Russia.?Ex-Governor, N. O. Drown is en route for St. Potersburgh, to assume the duties of his post as 3/inister to Russia. New Post-Okkice.?A Post-office lifts been established at Colonels Fork in this District, and G. W. Philips appointed Post Master. Burrow.sg.?New-Yovk at the last census, contained a population of 371 ;233, of which 18,450 cat, drink, and sleep in cellars. "H o l Tti A t.? n<ttc> Vunwonn np f'nfw 1 ?1_ I The news, which reached this country some tiime since, of the death of the Knlperor of China, has been confirmed. It js officially announced in the following figurative manner: "His Majesty, the Emperor, has departed upon the great journey) agd has mounted upward on a dragon to be a guest on high." Commander Hucrh N. Pace, it is wre i ^ ' 1 sumed by sonic, will be appointed to fill the vacant pascaplency, occasioned by tho resignation of Comadoro Stocton. A Count Incognito.?Tho New-York Tribune of the 1 Oth inst., says, the C ount of Capu.t, brother to the Tyrant, Fcrdi. nand of Naples, was recogniscd in this city on Friday evening. He was walking down Biondway with a companion, who is supposed to be the Marquis of C? one of tiie buffoons of the Neapoliton Court. StarctDE.?Alvin, or Calvin &mith of Greenwood, Anderson Dist., committed Buicido on Friday last bjr shooting himself. > TVc published to day a card from Afr DeLeon, one of the Editors of the Colum1 bia Telegraph, who is retiring from the management of that paper, for the pur> pose of taking charge conjointly with Mr. ' Fisher, of the Southern Press. Mr De1 Leon is a clear and logical writer, and ' ' however, as a member of the South Car' olina Press, we may regrect his loss to 1 our corps, we are consoled by the rcflec* tion that he ha?, been tramfercd to a wider field of usefulness and that ourlosi is gain to thu whole country. 1 - Congress.-*-The cxcitement and con1 fusion of tho early days of the session * were revived in the House of Ilepresen" tatives on Tuesday. On that day, by a ? former resolve of tho Houso, the debate " on Mr. Doty's bill to admit California into the Union, ceased in Committee of i the Whole, and a trial of strength was to - bo made for its passage. Amendments 1 gathered thick around it, points of ordvr > sprung up at every step; the Chair \va* i worried to dccido overy conccirable quirk and then his decisions were npp^ from and tho yeas and nays called. those accustomed to the study of |? parliamentary fighting, a minute rot , J$; of tho doings of Tuesday has an exc* ^ ing lively interest, but to the most ofT 5 leaders it would appear mere jargon^ The result was that after some hour, *? beautiful turmoil, the House felt sick i ^ ?xhau8ted, and adjourned without tnl^raj a vote on a single amendment. So d fornix, is nol in tire Union yet, nor isi?J likely lo get there till the North conse; to reasonable terms.? Char. uVercttry/^H [communicated] -m Pickens C. H., S. C.? June, Mr. Kasley: Dear Sir?You offered mo kindly Jn place in your paper for a short nnrraiijglaft of my journey in the South, ready to start to my home, and l)avj^J^|t but a few hours to stay in your tovrc.^^fcili' am glad to accept your offer, but dcc|S9 regret that my imperfect knowledgefl the English language don't let me era press my feelings in such eloquent worijUH uv> JL Iiuuiu Iiarv I1IVU iu uu II. 1 nm travelling in the Southern ?taJjH for the purpose of studying the nntuiijLg history, and over nil, the botany of tt>|9 country, and since three months I explored the western part of Tetincsseraj the northern part of Alabama, GeorgiaM and jSoutli Carolina. 1 want to tell yon tiie truth in cvenjnl thing, and to confess to you that at tlfl beginning of this journey I was vcrjS anxious of the result of my explomtioosSu and confident that I would encour.tcr great many difficulties and dangers. FotAfi I was told, "In the Eolith you will fini H nn Qnnmilu fnr vnti noi-onrt ??"! -.-.211 ..?r/r/lliil ' .VI ?V? j/uiouu, (IIIU n 111 WilQl a to take much core of your life." In con^Sw sequence, I lmd accepted from a friendyj an improsant 'revolver,' du'y loaded, nn$H?i abandoned myself to ihe carc of the'*J| Providenco. "In the South," I was toldJI again, "you will find nobody who can aj write or read; and ns you arc quite dcafl you shall have the most difficulty to tr???l vel." So I was ptepared to speak by^jj signs to every body, and to receive noth*|n ing other than water or bread for my want. "In the South," I had read mnnjf.'^ times, "tlio civilization is less ndvnncc<l,|tf the peoplo faro ignorant, the country ijfvj nearly not settled." So I thought I: ^ would have to fight not only against rob- 4$ hers, but against panther's bears, snakca,K|fli and to cut my way through deep thickets and impenetrable forest, and near my rc$volver I had placcd a good steel ax, uit 1j indispensable assistant for ft ltobinsoniun life. And as I had read very much about L-W the miserable condition of the poor tit-1;> (/roes, though I am not an abolitionist, 1 frj t linrl nrnMoi'o/1 ?v??f o/mi1 t? - injr ouiti in vuiiavijUUIIUV) that I would look with firmness on tiro 1;h sufferings of this disinherited rnco of my a fellow dreatUrcs. iSuch were niy feelings : I will tell yoti tlOw whftt I have experienced during the j| three months of my journy. I am not rich, and ove: all, you knov< e T flon't.liiftlf n? o vi/ili n.. ? - ? ' ... v .vv.? HW t( IIVII uuu uo u- puilll Dllll* ^ GH pie man, and I go very often on foot beatf* ing my tin box on the back ns would do 5 n poor pedlar. Nevertheless, every-1 figflf where 1 am come, I have bad always ft | good reception, a generous hospitulity | and a kind word. How much I would m tell you, sir, about the chivalric and gen- | croua disposition of your people ! One f day on the sand mouuUuna of Alabama, ? I found ft home on a poor farm far from i?| every other place of habitation. The |J proprietor was nearly paralyzed by rheu- 9 mutism and was suffering great pains, ns soon ns I was arrived he gave me thft best he had to cat, and prepared me a H| good bed near his own; and when, next morning, I parted from him, he cxcuscd himself for having done so few for n w| stranger. Another day, it- was in Geor- HH gia, impelled by n breaking storni, I H| stopped to n rich mansion, surrounded by a magnificent garden, ft true forrest of I roses cd honey-suckle; though quite wet ] I was Boon introduced into ft rich porlor( near a gnod fire, and was treated by the whole family as a relative or as nn oxpcct- H| cd friend, though I had told nothing n| about my name or the purpose of my C| journey. Oh yes, everywhere I have ? been, I have found peoplo who acted H with mn ns warm hearted friends would havo done, and was often very anxious Eg about tho disposition of a too large hospitality* For I havo had in South Carolina, in spite of n bad weithor, and tiu- H ring more than one day, the company of one of my landlords, who went on high mountains, down deep ravines, asccnded