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CONGRESSIONAL. From the Charleston Cuuricr. Washington, Sept. 9. The commemoration of the peace measures, as they are called, was announced, last evening, in this city, by salvos of artillery, which will bo repeated in every city of the North and West. The people generally had Become very much weaned ol the subject, and were clamorous for a settlement of it. The California bill was taken up yesterday. Mr. Boyd moved the TJtnh bill as an amend9 ment, which the Chair declared to be in order. The decision of the Speaker was reversed?yeas 07, nays 115. The Ualilornia bill was therefore acted op separately. Mr. Thompson, of Miss:, moved Mr. Soule's amendment for a division of California. Mr. Orr moved to amend that amendment bv making 30 30 the dividing line. This was lost?yeas 75, nays 132. Mr. Thompson's amendment was negatived?yeas 71, nays 134. The bill was passed?yeas 150, nays 5(>; the majority being G4.? There was no commotion in the House, it being considered that the m nttAoiiAn ?? J jiiuiii <|iii;o>iuii m iMUt ? (13 UCUllll'U already. The Southern men who voted in the minority will make a public protest, following the precedents in such n cases. It will be remembered that Mr. J. Q. Adams and a larpre num% i* ocr 01 iNortliern members signed a prolest against the admission of Texa#. The next thing to be done is to close np the session as soon as possible, and it will be done in a hurried manner. An agent from the Governor of Georgia was here awaiting the final passage and approval of the California bill, to take an ofiicial copy of it to the Uovernor. The bill was signed last night, and the agent could easily procure a certified copy from ihe Clerk of the House, So, I presume he started with it this morning. For the bill concerning Texas and New Mexico there were from the slaveholding States 50 votes-twentysix of them whigs and twenty-four democrats. Aaainst the bill wp.i-p thirty-two votes from the slaveholding States. The Northern States gave fifty-eight votes for the bill and sixty-six against it. Washington, Sept. 10. The joint measure proposing a nounuary lo Texas and establishing n territorial government for California came to the Senate yesterday, and the amendment was concurred in? yeas 51, nays 10. Nine Southern Senators though present and in their seats declined voting, on the question of concurrence. Two Northern Senators Messrs Green and (^poper, re fused to answer to their m&nes. Of the ten negative voire all "iVnrfh w - 111 ern except Mr. Benton's. Mr. Jionton wgs opposed to the junction of the two measures, and also to the boundary line proposed. The California bill was received with the President's signature and enrolled, and the California Senators, Messrs Gwin and Fremont, and her Representatives, Messrs. Gilbert 83&1 Wright, will take their scats to-day. Shortly after tho^exuii and New Mexican biii was ^fnedTiy the President and enrolled, a message was received from the President transmitting 1 he Constitution of the State of N. Mexico. The President says in the message, that as Congress had legislated on the subject it was not nces, nary for him to offer any recommendation in rc^fard to it. The Ilousc passed a Joint Resolution fixing the 30th day of this month for the termination of the session.? The Senate was disposed to fix a weely earlier, but they agreed to the vncrvfn t 1 * rwn i vuv/iuii^/ii ? 14ui.)HI ?uiicnunicnI will he lime in the three weeks for all necessary legislation, which does not require much debate, but a vast mass of measures that have been carved out mv^illjc deferred till next year. *Ccn. Houston made a personal explanation in regard to a controversy lhat had arisen between him and Mr. Wallace- He defended himself from a*fcharge of malfeasance in oflice as Indian"ftgent, brought originally by ucn. ureen, lormciiy of Texas, now of California, and alluded to by Mr. Wallace. lie disclaimed any attack on Mr. Calhoun or the Slate of South Carolina. Mr. Butler made some explanation, showing that the imputation above referred to had not, to his knowledge or that of others who were familiar with Mr. Calhoun, come from that gentleman. Mr. Calhoun had never, so far as he knew, spoke of that subject. lie put Mr. ^Houston right as to a matter of fact, shewing that Mr. Wallace did not fcttend the MiBsiwinpi Convention, as an agent of Mr. Onlboun* In regard Constitution of South Caroling he explained that the right of sirf&nige was extended in South Carolina as any Southern State, and more than in many of 4hem?extending to every whittf citizen. Ther<wa#, it was# true, ^property qualification for Seniors anil Representatives. C3--.I ?' ? 1 " " oouin Carolina una not, n? confessed, exhibited a dipftsition a fid tendency w ^ ^ OJL-I .. II.I1 IU1" ! I.,. ! -UJLLU-L .L.U?I?11 LI;1!ULl . T to progressive democracy arid lie was glad ol it?for, from that source more evil was to be apprehended to our institutions* than from South-Carolina conservatism. Mr. Houston rc! marked that Mr. Green, who was , the author of the charge in a printed | ! % ? ? i i t*. rt* t i I ijooK, had leu 1 exas in a nin ry, and was a notorious individual, lie had i never said any thing about Southi Carolina except merely to remark, { that not one of her citizens, exI cept he was a member of the Legislature, had ever voted for Presidential Electors or a Governor. Here the colloquy ended. Mr. Wallace was present, and occupied a seat , near Mr. Butler. I , ' ' Washington, Sept. 10. Mr. Douglas presented the credentials of Mr. Gwin, Senator elect from California. Mr. Barnwell presented the credentials of J. C. T remoni. Senator I elect from California. Mr. B. remarked that he had doubts as to the propriety of admitting California, but to Colonel Fremont he had no personal objection. Mr. I)avis, of Mississippi, said it was a matter of duty with him to interpose objections to the admission of these gentlemen as Senators, as it ' : <i i.i i | Wiio iiiij.iwr>r>iuic linn niuv iuuiu IIUVi: , | been legally elected. Me moved to ' ! refer the credentials to the Judiciary i committee, to be considered and re-! ported on in reference to tlie law and the fact. Mr- Douglas would have no objection if it were earlier in the session, i Rut time was pressing, and it was i iniu iikil uir uciiiuuia ii uiii California should he in their seats. Mr. Clay argued that California, after the signature of the bill yesterday hy the President, was n State in the Union. Before, she was a State out of the Union. The motion to commit the credentials was rejected?yeas 12, nays 3S. Messrs. Gwin and Fremont appeared, were qualified and took their seats. Mr. Fremont pave notice of hills estahlshing post-routes in California, j Mr. Chase cave notice of a hill to ! | prohibit slavery in the territories of the UniledStates. In the Senate, after 1 lie admission of the California Senators, the bill to abolish the slave trade in the District of Columbia was taken up, and Mr. Mason moved to amend*'by striking out the section which prohibits the j slave prisons frem keeping foreign ; filnvps :i<: niPiTlinnrlito Mr. Clay opposed it. Mr. Pearce proposed an amendment fixing the penalty at $500 fine, to be imposed by the criminal court. Alter some discussion, Mr. Pearce modified his amendment so as to give one half the penalty to the informer and the other half to the corporation. After some debate, in which Messrs Clay, Jefferson Davis, Turney, and others took part, Mr. Pearce's amend ment was rejected. Mr. Mason's amendment, striking j out the first section, was also reier-1 ted?yeas 18, nays 30. Mr. Mason's amendment, striking out the second section, was rejected ?yeas 17, nays 31. Mr. Dayton offered an nmend| ment to strike out the provision giving power to remove or punish free i negroes. Mr. Seward a substitute for the bill abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia and providing compensation for the slaves. The second section submits the question ef emancipation to the pco- j pie of the District. If thra majority : ' f )f I'fllps bn for it- llrn :?r?t ia rrr\ Ir.*/-, I immetlifit&effcct. Mr. Baldwin spoke in support of i the amendment in the abstract, but ! was opposed to it as a provision of' this bill. Mr. Dayton opposed the amendment. Mr. Pratt followed on the same side. Mr. Atchison made some remarks showing that the Senator from New Jersey was opposed to the amendment only as out of season, but would be proper at another time. Mr. Chase said this bill to abolish (he slave tiade had been amended injudiciously. He would have supported the original bill, but he would not support the bill in its present form, without amendment. The debate was continued by Messrs; Pratt, Mason, Butler, VVinthrop, and Badger, when, without taking any vote on the question, the Senate adjourned. In the House, Mr. Boyd stated that the representatives frcm the State of California, Messrs. Woodworth and Gilbert; were present,aiid K/l c?i/A?-n in Mr. Venable raised the question of Constitut ional right of those representatives to take seats?having, he sai(b been elected before California was recognised as a State, and before she was admitted into the Union. Mr. Boyd^sent to the table and had read? tfifcir crsdentials. Thay ! certify to the fact by the Gonernm* | of th? Stat# of Californiai that the . ' ( * :<y;% . 'I a*"'- ?&! i?iJL'Lii.. jiua.'ULii.iwua tfJi 11E KEOWl Representatives were elected in November, 1819v. under 1 lie sixih section of the act appended to ttie constitution ef California, which sixth 4i._ u uuy nntriuu 11IU tOll* stitution to be submitted to the people for ratification, and autlirizea an election to be held on the same day for representatives in Congress. Mr. Venable said it would be peen by the facts disclosed, that there was no legislature in existence to determine, in accordance with the constitution of '.he United States, the time and place and manner of election in California; but they had ben elected at the time the constitution of that State was ratified "nd before a legislature was in lxi . ce. Mr. Toombf suggested to the gentleman that these representatives came here with prima facie. evidence of right, and chat the proper'^oursc would be to iet them qualify* (as was usual) an I rofcr their credentials to the committee cn clcc'ioaa, when the question of riirht could be raised. Mr. Venable said it was his intention to move such reference. He raised the constitutional question now with (lie viewofcalli g attention to the matter. After some further discussion, and without any further action, the House adjourned. KEOWEE I K It Friday, .Sept. SiO, ? 8?*FO. \\ itli n view of accommodating?ous Su | noribera who live at n dUtAucp. tho fallowing 1 gentlemen lire authorized nttd requested to ! net ft* agents in rccciving and forwarding Sub criptons to tlio Kkcwks C'oi*rikr, via: Maj. W. S. onifiuam, at We?t I'liion. Kuwako llcoiiKS,Ksq., " llorno Slioj?. P. P. Vkiixkr, tcmj., " Pacholor'* Pctreat M. F. Mitoiikm., Ksq.. " Pick<mt>vil1e. J. E. ir*fjoi?n ?' T?mlp? m:1o J. T. Webb, fur Anderson District. South Carolina, the Constitution and tiit: Union.?The crisis is at hand, no subterfuge can conceal and 110 expedient can d|^ay it ; the few remaining months of 1850 are big with the fate of our country, for they contain the point of time which must see the successful vindication of the rights of Stales, and the rc-infusion in the Federal Government of of that spirit which quickened it in the days of our fathers, or theeoifSP plete triumph of numeral majorities the demolition of Stales he centralization of all power?and thu* the perfection of a complete revolution in the character of our Government by which the majority will have ~ i i <n <|iuu:u tin iiuiiiiiiieci and unconiroi- j lable power, and by which the minority will not only have lost all guaranties for the preservation of. the oomrnonest rights of men, but1 will have absolutely ceased to euist fpr all political purposes except that of being governed; and then will we, who have vainly thought ourselves heirs of inalienable rights, won by ourjfather's swords, made red on an hundred finrl Alii'?r>lvnu at il vimi '* I" , w*?w>v* f uuujtA/'. IV (A I U1U more intolerable than eastern despotism?the knout of Russian oc the bow-string and scimitar of the Tn?!<. for the most terrible of all tyranny is the tyranny of majorities separated and rendered unmistakably dis tinct from ihe minority by ecctional feelings and geographical lines. All are acquainted with the Agencies which Have brought us to this crisis, with the causes which have been working out this terrible revolution. All have marked how, as the majority grew stronger, it became daily more licentious and ungovernable, until at length, it has openly avowed, what at first if dared not even contemplate in secret a? possible. All have seen how, one by one, it has thrown off the restraint of f ppearances, as step by step, it has A J * < -1 " * auvHiiceei lowai'Ci mc accomplishment of its designs; first by dark and midnight frauds, violating the spirit and then openly and boldly defying the plainest injunctions and setting at naught the Constitution itself.? And all are aware of the terrible consequences which must follow this total change in the spirit of our Government. Now the questions' a riso how arc w?: to roll back this almost completed revolution and redeem rtl'l" incfillltlAna Cl-rtm !f? ? ? - ...M?.vv.t?wuo nvui 410 iiuuau^iiiii^ influences? Thirty years aff6 these questions might have beert answered, now they arc difficult ^impossible. Then this spirit first begnn to give in* djcaljons^f life and vigor, then it rifi#nt have been crushed, but it wa<? not; and since then, it has been gradually risin^nd spreading and waxing wU* ng until it has become a|most se cqueie; a y.b ssstAssr^-i; j irresistible, and now, fperhaps, the only remedy is cecession. If the Whole South could be united in one great effort, then, perchance, the evil might he remedied and the Constitution restored to its full authority; but alas, the South is not united; and it is in vain to attempt to digu.se the fact, that there are more than one of the slave States f repared to submit without an effort. Kenlucky Hois enthralled in the strange erchantment of the wizard Clay; and ii _r ii._ t- -f - r uiu mums vi uiu pcopiu 01 souk; 01 the other States recoil from the contemplation of the desperate remedy which must be employed to effect the desperate cure; prefcring the evils of submission to tho evils of resisfmico or dissolution ; and thus one of the lession which all history has taught is again enforced, namely, that when men are to be enslaved they first becnnio prnvnn in cnii'il owrl nnll/Mm ?f V X....X v?u> Vl< HM UIIU VUIIV/UO Ul the preversation of their rights. But is South Carolina to submit bccause others meekly bow their necks to the j'oke ? No, the very genius of her children preclude the possibility of such an event. But though we recognize the impossibly ?r i ?..i i. - _i 1 i ui uur auunnsf>miJi sue suouiu ue care-1 fill not to show an eager dispo ition to take the lead in resistance, she should wait a reasonable time for other? to lead, or at least to co-operate, and then though alone South Carolina must persist. It is true, that if she is left alone and unaided the chances against her success are as ten to one, and ten to one in favour of her decimation, but never the less her sons will never yield their rights without making an effort to save them, no matter how forlorn and dis? tant maybe the hope of success, and if driven to the last extremity they will rush undismayed to the contest, "Though their perishing ranks should be strewn in their gore. Like ocean weeds heaped on ihc suif beaten bhorc." ITEM'S RV TITtf AQTA | 'Queen Victoria had returned "r,2& rBefgumi. Tjouis iNapoleon was stilF pursuing his four in the provinces. The Ex-Iving of France, I^onisPhillipe,died on the 20th of August.' Thus carelessly, and as an unimportant item of news, is the death of this man, who lor so many years played such a conspicuous part in the great drtfftm of life, announced. His greatness was fictitious, and belonged Jo ilu; position be once occupied, not to the man himself; so that when he lost his kingly office, and ceased to preside over the fates j and fortunes of men, having no moral greatness, by which still to rule over | their thoughts and feelings, he bej came as nothing, or as the dead; and I the old man, in his lonely exile, was no more to the great world of busy, scheming men, than any other old man, who had been worn out with the toil, and finally beaten down in | the great battle oflife. It mattered not | that they had once soothed and sued and flattered his whims and courted his smiles, and bowed themselves to kiss the dust from his feet, he was great and pov erful no longer, and could help them no more, and was ! therefore no longer to be regarded. Had he died three years ago, while he was yet a great King, sitting on one of the most powerful thrones, and surrounded by the incst brilliant court of Europe, how different would I nave been Ins obsequies! Then fhroncs would have been shrouded in crape, and deep silence would have sat in kingly hall.s.? Then, his body would have lain in magnificent state, princes and no* ble? would have moved in his funeral train, while mournfully would have tolled the bells of many an ancicn' church. The flags of innumerable ships would have trailed at half mast to the breeze, and queenly Paris, with her gorgeous pageantry and glittering show her pomp of courts and feudal power, would have worn but one face of grief, and the voice of mirth would have died in its solemn streets. But now, there ate no shreu ded palaces, nor tolling bells, ncr slowly moving multitudes, but the voices of unsympathistng strangers ring free in his father's halls, the fleets of "la belle France" sail g^jkty o'er the dark blue sea* and her cities are | lull oi mirth rtnd gladness;5?pd though J he wm once n mon^gword ay ^ rTZ might have stood against half tlx: world?"Now lies he there, and none so poor to do him reverence." MESSENGER TO 1 EXAS.?AS SOOn as the Texas Bill was approved by the President, a special messenger, it is said, left Washington for Texas to urge its acceptance upon the Texan Legislature. . The Bridges over this river are in thn p.nnrsn r?f ranirl nniiqti*untimv rn,r? "lower bridge," which is being built entirely of wood by Messrs. E. Lawrence & Son, will, we learn from these gentlemen, sufficiently comple ted to admit of wagons crossing it in three week? at farthest, and the stone pillars of the "upper bridge" (Messrs. Maxwell &, HuonicuU'a contract,) tvc miuw uy uuiuui uijsurvuuon, arc rapidly rising above the water. Dcatii of Bishop Bascom.?A Telegraphic despatch to a clergyman in Baltimore announces the death, at Louisville, Ky., on Saturday last of l'ip Rl'V. TTi'lirv l>. P.n?onnv r>rw> of ilie Bishops of ihc Methodist church South. Bishop Basoom was known throughout the Union as one of the most eloquent pulpit orators living. A Sf.a Witch Indeed?The clipper built ship, Sea Witch, made the passage from New York to Sari Fran cisco in less than one hundred davs. "i By her log, it is said (o he shown that on one day she made 325 miles, thus exceeding by one mile the greatest run ever made by the Atlan tic, the fastest propeller running between this country and Europe* [Communicated.] As there are some false representations abroad concerning the petition upon which the 'appropriation1 was obtained, it may bo well enough lo present to the public a version of the whole matter, wLyich I have learned from one who knows. The petition instead of being signed by the I'people at Imgi^ was drawn ^jp for, and signed by the Commissioners of publici>uil(Hhgs in their, official capacity. To that board of men, the erection, rare and repairs of our pub lie buildings is unreservedly committed, and they consequently had the undisputed right to petition the Legislature at discretion, for funds to carry into effect any improvement they deemed necessary to the convenience comfort, and safely of the District offices of record. And doubtless the official mantle with which the peti tioneri were clothed, procured for them a more grave and sincere con sideration from the Legislature, than if it had come from private citizens only. For a similar petition was Kf>nf llir? snmo u (V>ur since asking lor a much less amount of money, which was wholly disregarded. We certainly have cause to be glad that the Legislature had respect unto their petition, otherwise ' the amount needed might have been raised out of the hard earnings of the people of the District by special taxation. Coming as it docs, however, from the general treasury of the State, which is raised by contribution from the whole Stale, it costs this District scarcely anything at all. rI"he increased tax to each tax payer, on that, account, will he an amount which no farmer would stoop to pic! up, much less to grumble at. Because the low country pays a much higher land tax than we do, and the other Districts of the State pay nearly one hundted and fifty times more State tax than this district; so that while our own District pays one dollar of "that appropriation," we shall have from other parts of the State to aid us in uuuding these ollicc9. In 1848 the whole amount of general tax raised l>y the State was $299,815,01, of which Pickens District paid $2372,74; in 1849 the whole amount of tax collected was 860,/4, of which this District paid $2485,19,'and in 1850 the State gives^ us back $2,000 to improve our Courw House, and $474,26 for our Frni>7 Schools, to be applied for the benefit of the citizens generally and thrown into circulation amongst the j# men who,.had paid it out* Thus within a'Jftrv dollars of the eiitire State te paid by us loit year; has been refund^ to mi this yeawwls: r-' Illllfrll II II IIM<p?l IIM' ! ?| i'Mia mi P -L-:- y.,.1?n-i-i =r 'V ir ^ there a heart so dead to gratitude and its own interest as to murmur because such favors arc bestowed? But again, if the appropriation had not been given to us, it would hove remained in the treasury only to be i i * seized on ?y some other more watchful District, having less claim to and no need for it, and very likely would have put it to a much worse use. We intend now to say a word or two on the merits of "the digging down." When the Court House was erected on its present eminence* the splendid forest trees, and beautifully peblocl surface of"the hill," no doubt gave to the pla?e an appearance of a peculiar and providential adaptation 1o the purpose for which it was sclcctcd. Hut the axe of time has been laid to the roots of those trees and they arc mingled with the comnvjn dust of earth?those pebbles too have mistertouisly disappeared with the last generation, and we scarce know how, but they are not tliar. Ilcnce the present surface of "the hill" affords a surplus abundance of mud of a greasy sleekness and inseparable adherence to everything that comes in contact with it, as renders it impossible, in rainy weather, for nan or beast to get about with ordinary case on the public square; and the; steepness of "the hill" makes it very liable to wash into gullies and therefore a vast deal of work is required to keep it and the street* smooth. All these inconveniences give very little annoyance to those who visit your village occasionally, but we are generous enough to allow 4 L _ -hi iMc villagers 10 work on and improve the fetrcets and public square so as to be both nn ornament to the place and a convenience to those who visit you perhaps only on Sa'e-days and at court. ^ From the appcarance of the surface wjjere the Contractor has removed the dirt, we are led to conclude that a fine sandy surface will he left on the top of "the hill," and as it jvill be cutdown some 10 or 12 feet with a. ucOTtuii of one foot in 40 inaii directions ffom the Court house, it must be greatly mofe i ccessible, more smooth, less muddy, look more" neat and handsome, and. be more convenient to both villagers and visiters. |P ^ ^ If my fodder does not demand too much of my time next week, I may write again. WHETSTONE . General Tjnyez.?A sword rnd flag were lately presented to Gen. l^opez, by the Cubans of New York, Boston and rhiiauujpimi' Tiie flag was made of the ricltest material, and in the language of the Chairman of the Committee, was very elegantly *>- 1 embroidered "by the fair hands of fcomo beautiful daughters of Cuba.'" The (General in his reply promises that it shall be the ^regimental flag of the first body organized on his country's soil, which shall bear tho proud name of the regiment of "The Daughters of Cuba.1' He pledges himself that it shall wave over the Moro or be bis winding sheet in a r*..i? vuuau graveWe infer from these indication^ that another attempt is contemplated by some of the restless spirits and dissatisfied patriots of the day. Apropos of the subject, we have heard it rumored here that a large force has already been organised, and in six weeks, under Uwjitoadersin;* oi a distinguished A^ier&an soldier, would make anotherw;ii)hnstration upon Cuba,withffl^Fay^fltocts of success than at any nmfc?W?rle<l liopor/s ill-fated expedition. would not be surprised if someoMno adventurous spirits of our own city were found to be engaged in it. r Hirh Circular. To the citizen* tf Districtf South ?At ft meet ingof tho citizens of Richland District, held this day, tjpt following rcsdSB ^om.among others, was adopted! Ijtesolved, That the meeting recommend to otir sister Districts, thev jkM formation of Southern Rights Ass&jjM| ations within their respective limit*, and that the Secretaries of this meeting be requested to convey such recommendation to wtich persons as they may think appropriate, i?f$the several Districts of the State. ^ jfllwniuuioibueu brcreiwnw oj me meeting, bc$ leave to present the al>ov^ ^ ''' !