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>. CtatrfepttMitac* of tho CbarlosUm Courier. 1 Washingtoe, Feb. 8. We have intelligence that Gov. Fish if to be elected by the N. York Legislature, and that he is to support all the compromise measures of the late session, or, at least, that he will abstain from any attemot to rfmtnrh ! them. We have a telegraphic de6?atcn from Boston, stating that Mr. iumner has again failed m his election, by his three votes, in the Massachusetts Legislature. The credential* of Mr. Rantoul, were presented today by Mr. Winthrop, who, thereupon left his seat. But a proposition Was made by Mr. Davis, of Massachusetts, that a Senator holding a KPrtt nnfJoi1 o ? w'viuyi a itjjpoinuneni shall continue to hold it until the ac geptatice ol his successor shall be signiged. This brought a general de b^te upon the constitutional question involved in the proposition, in which many Senators, ana among them Mr. Rhett, took part. The Senate did not decide the question, but probably will not evade it, as it can now be settled without interfering with any party interest. Mr. Rant^ 1 has not np/?An!CkA 1 * j _,w|nvu iuc ocuit auu II IS urged that the Constitution should be so construed, as to secure to a State her full representation in the Senate.? On the other side, it is urged that it is for the Legislature to see that the S*ate is to oe represented, after it shall meet, and t^tit cannot be compelled to elect. The Senate bill establishing a Board of Accounts, is before the House as a special order. The bill provides for the appointment of three Commissioners, with a satary of four housand dollars each, whose term of service snail be six years. They are to decide on aii claims upon the U. 8. Government, and their decision is to be final, in cases where ihey agree. An Attorney of the U. S. is to attend to the interests of the government, and the oncers of the Board are to he appointed by tho President tind Senate. Several substitutes and amendments are under discuss'n 11. The French Spoliation Bill lies on the Speaker's table, an attempt will be made to take it up and pass it at once.. The California Land Title Bill is in the same position. From linth l~lf flincn k'.llo. C? ' 1 _ ? w? uivcg uiiiOi IIIU ounuir sirucK out all appropriations, so as to render it unnecessary to commit them in the House. The Texan creditors have licld a meetinfthcre, and hnvr*. nt tempi erf to make some arrangements with the Secretary of tlie Treasury* as the releases which lie will require on the payment of five millions of bonds, for which tllfi r.lislorina ui?m ?1 ? J Trv;it UICII^U^I?~ They also desired to know from the Texas delegation, what course tlje State would take in the adjustment of the claims. The reply was noncommittal, but assures the creditors that Texas will act justly and with jrood faith, The creditors do not consider that justice will be satisfied with anything short of full payment of their bonds. I have no doubt however, that they will be very glad to compromise their demands-, taking sixty or sevenly cents in a dollar, cash; or the full sum in bonds, hearing five per cenl. interest, and secured by the njedgeof the public domain. Washington is very ,^ny this winter. There are fashionable parties and receptions every night, and the Assembly Balls are very brilliant as usual. But as these n re in the shade, compared with the balls given at the Nufmnol i ""! ''? J! .,.?,.vuui| uiuier me uirecuon ol IPC lady proprietress of (he Washington Almacks, A card of invitation to this c&clussve circle of fashion is so highly valued, that persons in the Northem cities hasten down here, upon the receipt of one. The Paris correspondent of the London Globe, under date of Jan. 16th, (latest,) says: "There i, a Rtrnn? ra .wv...<8 W? ?J?C couragement to-day, among the true friends of order, at the turn which the debate took yesterday in the National Assembly. It is pretty generally admitted that Julos deLasserine has been but too successful in his attempts to discredit Louis Napoleon, and as the National Assembly had previously Jost al! credit with the country, the only result of his labors is a conviction that nehher of two powers has sufficient of the morn! lore? requisite to preserve society against Ked Republicanism. That j wai, the impression to-dajr at the1 Bqurse, and it is evident io other i quarters. | "The-Paris advices generally take rathef'a gloomy 'view of th* present stttte of affairs." ^ The intimation of the Earl of Monteapflo that Government had decided tiDOn riinnmitr ???! ?-? ""O *mv BlCrtilWrS I from Holyhead to America has created ho little sensation at Liverpool. It isjegarded asta, measure designed 1o favor the commerce of London at the expense of Liverpool Gen. Scott ha? Seen oreteoted a KOJd medal by the >fVriginia, wL t* ?** faring i * alexic*n :0i quh , irryr 11 Ji/'l. ??" ? -.fi , : Tho Charleston Courier of the 11th inst., says: "Wo understand that the Rev'd. Wm. A. Smith, of the Methodist Church, President of Randolph Macon College, Virginia, who has been lecturing with great success upon the" subject of slave,y at Richmond, Petersburg and Norfolk, has arrived in tins city and will commence his series of lectures on Thursday evening next, of which more particulars will bo given in our next. Mr. Smith comes highly recommended by^omc of the most distinguished men in Virginia, to many of our most respectaI ble citizens, who consider him as eminently calculated to discuss this interesting subject. A remarkably fine piece of glass* ware has been manufactured at Paris, for the great exhibition. It is a very large decanter, blown from wry niim Ann nlnnt? I r... w vivui aniiuiinh (IIIU OUI1I* ciently capacious (o allow thiee persons of moderate si'/e to sit inside, round a lable three feet four inches in diameter. The height of the decanter from the bottom to ihe level of the mouth is ten feet, and the circumference at the widest part 30 feet. The stopper weighs thirty-two pounds, and the whole decanter 1388. | REOWEli COURIER. Saturday, Feb. IS, 1831. With a view of nccniumodnlitig our Su cribers who live nt a distance, tlie following gentlemen are authorized and requested to act as agents in receiving and forwarding Sub criptons to tlio Klowek CouniEn, viz: i MaJ. W. S. OnisjiAN, at West Union. Edward IIuoMrs, Esq., " lloiro Shoe. I i? T> \r ? ij, i . ? I.UM.U, M. F. Mitciiei.l, Esq.. " Pirfccnsville. .J.E. Hacoop, " Twelve Mile. T J. Wkbd, for An Jersou District. The election for delegates to the State Convention came off very quietly in Pendleton District, owing perhaps to the fact that there was little or no difference of opinion between j the gentleman placed in nomination. and to the unpleasant state of the weather, there was but a very small vote polled, which resulted in theelec lion of the following gentlemen: F. Burt, John Maxwell* .T. N. Whitner, William Tinnier, John Martin, Robert A. Maxwell, F. W. Symuies. William Sloan. These are eight of our most intelli gent and respectable citizens; in their truth and loyally to the Stale we have the utmost confidence, and feel perfectly assured that when inconveni lion, they come to tukc uiio uoilsiu^ialion the "relation of the Stale of South Carolina to the laws and Government of the Union,11 they will strive to see she "suffers no detriment either in interest or in honor "therefrom." A Swiss Settlement in Pickens. ?On yesterday a family of Swiss arrived at this place from Augusta.? This family, we understand, are to he followed by a number of their coun ...k- -i?'-? --..v ? njriiiciit wuu uvsigu sc;uiing in mis District for the purpose of raising fcheep. These people nre said to be industrious, to linve mo.iey, and lo be entirely unprejudice against out south em institutions. They will add materially to the industry, and we hope, be a valuable abquisition to the com munity. Tlx? Editor of (he Edgefield Advertiser may, perhaps, abate a little of that astonishment which possessed him at sight of I hose of his fello^V citizens who were hardy and adven^ turesome enough to quit the 'ancient hills of Edgefield' for Pickens, when he reflects that people come,not only i from 'the wide and winding Rhino.' O * but from 'placid Leman' even, to settle hero. Godey's Lady's Book. The March number of this fashionable periodical has been received, examined, *?.nd found to be, as far as the plates and typography are concerned, exquisite. 9 I?i Instance of fidelity in a Slave.?A fow oinAB o bUi.? ?? v?> (jmu UIIIVO, U Dioro l/H (lit; pitlll* tation J. Norton in this District, detected a white man in the act of leading a horse from hie master's stables; The negro instantly pursued and got possession of the horse, the thief escaped, | 03"We fire indebted to Col. Orr i w? mniwy ?/wgrweMone* ncrcumsnis.1 1 4 The following, says the Mountaineer, is the result of the election for membersi of the State Convention in Greenville District: Maj. JB. F. Perry, 983. Col. T. P. Brock man, 967. P. F. T)imrnn. Fen.. ORQ V. McB'- j, Esq-, 945. Rev. Jesse Senter; 854. Dr. A. B. Crook, 517 Josiah Kilgore, Esq., 502. Col. G. F. Townes, 501. J. M. Dickey, Esq, 468, Col. H* G. Johnson, 394. Dr. O. B. Irvine, 242. Election iy Laurens.?We are indebted to a friend for the following list of members elected to the Stale Convention : H. C. Young, Esq., 0J?T Gen. Thomas YVrigrh 586. Col. James II. Irby, 531. Col. J. D. Williams, 519. Gen. A. C. Jones, 481. All of 1 lie above are in favor of separate State action, except Col. Irby. ?Ibid. (KrThe following wo learn from the MisccUamji is the result ^>f the r- \ bookseller, New York, a large and very handsome engraving, laken from Stewart's celebrated picture of Washington. The engraving appears to be skilfully executed, and the picture is fully worth the price, ($1.) Persons desiring a copy may di rect to John S. Taylor, 143 Nassau street, New York, and one will be sent free of postage. O^rGovernor Quitman is now in New Orleans under arrest. He has resigned his office as (iovcrnor of lection for Stale Convention in Abbeville District: Opposed to State secession. (* W Pressly 1047 D L Wardlaw 1010 T C Porrin 1008 J F Livingston 992 .1 G Martin ifcM G H McCalla S55 For State Secession. J~>el Smith 625 Andrew Giles 585 Edward Noble 578 John A Calhoun 5G3 J. Logan 561 S Donald ^60 Portait of Washington.?We have received from John S. Taylor, Mi ssissippi, nnd his trial will soon lako place. OCT Jenny Liiul has arrived in New Orleans on board the Falcon* ? ? [ComMUN'ICATBt).] Pickens O. H., IOiIi Feb., T>1. The Southern Rights Association for the District met, according to pre vious nonce, this <iny nl I'lckens H.,and was organized by the President. The proceedings of the last meet ill" were read and accepted.? The President stated that for good reasons he had omitted to call the Association together on 1st Monday in January?that in consequence of that failure he had called the meeting to-day. On motion of W. K. Easley, Esq., the frMowing Resolutions were submitted and adopted, viz : Resolved, That this Association i: _ 11 r. i cumiHii approve 01 me measures passec! nt Mie late session of our Legislature, looking to the defence of the interests and honor of the Stale. Resolved, That vigilance in the discharge of their offices is earnestly recommended to the sub-committees of Safely, and that as many of the said committees as may find it practicable be requested to report to tl>e next meeting. J. VV. Nome, Jr., submitted somebrief remarks Willi ihn follou/innr Rob. olution, which was adopted, viz*. Resolved, That the President of thie Association is hereby requested to confer with the Vice Presidents of each Boat Company, to procure meetings of this Association and the citizens generally of said Beat, for deliberation?that he attend the meetings, and solicit the services of such ??l I -? a ., ? UnTwJ sp?HK.erH as can oe ooiainca. On motion of Wm. K. Eosley, Resolved^ That when this meeting adjourn it ?tand adjourn to meet on Tuesday of Spring Court at this place. ?* On motion the meethig adjourned. F. N. GARVIN, Pr^t. J. W. Norkis, Jr.) w. h. Tkimmwr, 5 H i - - 1 <n Tire Debate in the Senate.?. The Republic referring to the debate in the Senate on the 6th inst., between M/. Clay arid Mr. Benton, on the bill giving to Missouri two-finhs of the five per cent agreed to be paid by the United Stales to the new States, on the sales of land lyiufl in | me same, lor me purpose oi building roads to and through said Slates, sa's : "The interest of the debate lay, mainly, in ihe characteristics of the two men as public speakers. Mr. Clay, still laboring under a cold, which has oppressed him for some days, shook it oft' the moment a subject of interest attracted his attention, and his clear voice rang through the Senate chamber with it* wonted power and melody; a few brief and animated sentences, displaying that combination of frankness, fearlessness, and force, which have given him such nower over the minds and hearts of men, plaeed the subject clc rrly before the mind. We have never seen Mr. Clay in better parliamentary trim. Air. Benton replied with his usual amplitude of illustrations, affording, altogether, an excellent specimen of a debate?all the more appreciated because it was unexpected. Tne decision of the Senale was, of course, for Mr. Clay; but Mr. Benton smiled at the result, and as he always seems like a bullet, not J caring whether il is to encounter a pine board or an oak knot, he actually appeared as well pleased as if lie had gained his case. A report thut the French President intended to visit England on the occasion of the forthcoming exhibition is erroneous. By a special law of the Constitution, lie is forbidden to leave the conn ry. In a conversation with an English gentleman, it is said he lluis spoke: "My position is curious; three years ago I was not allowed to enter Fiance; now 1 am not permitted to quit it." Clairvoyttncy.?^'I'om Paine has appeared to a clairvoyant in Cleveland. I She describes him as a very bright ! spirit, standing erect, lolly in appearance and highmiiu'edness. He was in company with George Wa^hingi ton and Ethan Allen. Paine informed the lady that he would prefer to have the money annually expended in festivals to his honor distributed amonir the nonr. H#> snva il?n? when fie died, ho believed that was the last of him, and could hardly reconcile himself to his new condition when he first awoke in the spirit world. A ? hange has evidently taken place in Paine's i. ind. ITe says j that infidels 011 earth are the first to embrace tuith after deaih, because theynreso easy in 'conquering their prejudices Gambling.?Now York, in the I number and : piomior of i;S harts, is rivaMinn- Ii"?>n:1on rind Paris. The fact has come to '?<.. !it lhat there a down of flic more * plendid gairihliu" palaces in New v oi l. wo hundred J of ihe next lower grade, and "siill i lower down, in various degre s of infamy, the appalling nnmlier of six thousand houses devoted this vice. One j assage of article referred to says: These hon>cs have little to fear fiom the police of ihe city, They have perfectly crood nndersfsiivlirur ? ^ Willi tlie agents cl justice. So lar as 11 icy a^c concerned, I lie terrors of the j Inws are of no jjioie account than the scarescrow in a corn field. Idolatry Renounced.?In Palmacot ta, Southern India, where naiive christians were severely persected a few years since, in June last thirtyseven families of ihnsn wl?r> l?o/i lently opposed the gospel, professed their adherence to Christianity, destroyed their idols, demolished their temple, and became regular attendants on divine worship; conside al)le interest has bee., awakened of late, in no fewer than eleven villages around Palmacotta. where for years the visits of the English missionaries and the distribution of tracts had pioduced no evident results; many are ! mg instruction ;n religious truth, an I strong hopes of a general work of grace are entertained* A writer in a Baltimore paper says that this year is the time for the appearance of the seventeen year locust particularly in the States oi' Maryland Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. They will begin to leave the ground about tho 2fitn of may. The Journal of Commerce alluding 10 tne counter'eit ien cent pieces which have not the circle of stars on themi nu kes known the fact that a portion of the genuine coin has In on struck without the murk in question; so thafa ten cent piece without the stars is not for that reason alone to be esteemed apurions. A spoonfi;! of horseradish mit inir? a pan of milk will preserve the milk sweet for several days, either in the open air dr hi & cellar, whilg other milk will twn V1 rf j" " - 1 From ffietico. ? Our dates from tlm city of Mexico are to life 6th tilt. On the Siti ult. Ihe ceremony of the ihaucruration of ihe newly elected Pre&irtcnt of Ihe Republic look place according to the provisions of I he law. The alt(?mnlnd mvnlntmn nl (inn najnato, to which we adverted Inst nigi:t, was, it seems, a pronunciamenlom favor of Santa Anna, proclaiming him dictator, and declaring the deposition of Arista. The revolt was, it seems, headed by two brothers named Lieeagas, who seemed to be always engaged in such affairs, having taken part in the insurrection of Paretics a couple of years ajaro. They are very rich, and have heretpfore escaped polish men t on that account. With Iwo hundred men they got possession of the government of the city of Guanajuato, a place of CO,000 inhabitants, and hold it for several days. The Legislature of the Slate was immediately convened, and a Governor pro tem. elected in the place of the one who had been captured by the insurgents. He issued a very doleful proclamation, calling on the citizens to come to the rescuo; but in a day or two the Government forces unrlpr II ratrn rini ) u nslnniiahla I ? - - . v.wi IV captured llie place, and pul ail end lo ihe revoltiHon. Arista received lias news on the day of his inauguration. low. The f?l 'ng is tlie composition of Arista's binet: D Mariano Yanez Minister ot Relations; D Manuel Roblva, Minister of War and Marine; D Mtinnel Pay no, Minister of the T rnnsni'vi n i n<o M...-in A. I Lj.-v - -r ? Minister of Justico, The Vera Cruz lilco del Oommercip, says that fiom the 1st. nil. San Jnan de Nicaragua was lobe a free port. The war in Yucatan still continues though with no decisive results on either side. A gieat effort is to he made in tha spring to bring the Indians to terms. The papers of Yucatan are very indignant against the English authorities of Yucata , for interfering in the affairs of the Peninsula. The Vera ^ruz papers think thai Mexico ought to temonstrate seriously with Great Britain, on her infraction of her troaty stipulations. They say that Spain only permitted England to establish a factory at Belv/.e to carry on the trade in log-woocl, under the express I stipulation thai-no forufica>io;i .should he erected. In spite of this, the English have fortified Belize, taken possession of a large tract of country, and exercised authority over itrjnst as it'it had always belonged to them# The Northern Stales of Mexico are still infested by the Indians, Coahnila, Chihuahua and Ourango are over-run by them. A large uarty took possession of the town of Paras without opposition, and committed the greatest atrocities.?Picayune. ..rn -i /> "" * inn/in <>j \ttsiizrm \ hp lor- j cm correspondent of I ho New York ; Commercial Advertiser, in his ln.it toiler says: Your readers vvili remember lliat about a year and a hall ago ! mentioned an explanation Which had been given regarding the reek less daring of General Hem, to the eflTe l that, many years siiitVJ, in a moment of alleged spontaneous clairvoyance, he had become impressed with I he conviction thai the year of his death would be 18:30, and that he would escape all perils to that lime. He t?,,i ..??? - - i- - * iiiiii ouuil 1119111 in iy, as ne conceived, ] a tomb with his own name, and the date of 1850 as ils inscription. The lOih of January, 1851, having arrived, ihose who remembered the story would have been apt to note it only as a failure, but advices have been received this morning fom Turin, which announce that the predicted event hns taken place at Alenno, and that I he General died in the I urkish fath, and was buried with military linnnr*. TKo J~* . ,,v *ifjr wi hiss tircvhw is not mentioned. but as thW dale of the ndvicesfrom Turin is the 4th of January, it must Imvo been at least a fort night or threo weeks before that time. The Papal Question in England.?The English Churchman states that there is serious dissension in the cabinet on the Papal affair, and that Lords Grey and Clarendon, Sir George Grey and Sir Charles Wood, are ab( t to resign, and are only waiting til! the present excitement nas somewnaie subsided. Emjoration to Texas.?General Houston recently stated, in a public lecture, that thirty thou sand emigrants entered States of T?a?r, ?crosi the Sabine, in the course of Inst year, and that durinff the present year the number would be doubled* The tove of a cross worftart, t^ev say, is stronger than the love of any other female individual you can start. Like vinegar, the affeotionsof a hitfh spirited woman nevJr, spoi| It ia the sweet wines'thftt amdtjlmted, not the sour on?s? lie member rohEIGN miscellany"* Jenny Lind is said (o bo expected in London about June\ Schum acker, the great astronomer died at Aliona on the28th uh. The Austrian Government are said to have determiner! in, .WWII VUU , army by 5200,01)0 men* | M. Guizot has been elected President of the Academy of Inscriptions nrirl Belle Letlres? and M. de Wailly Vice President. Th'e Madrid Gazette publishes the text of a treaty of amity and commerce between tho Queen of Spain and the Shah of Persia. It i % said that the marriage of Prince George of Mecklenberg St relit* with the Grand Duchess Catherine ofRust-,o ??;u T1 ukm inn iic tcioui mvu ui C?l? feiersburg towards the end of April. In consequence of the frequent dis-v pules of the actors and actresses with the theatre directors in Berlin, and the violaiion of their engagements, the Prussian minister of (lie interior has given an opinion that playei'i or singers may be compelled under penally of police arrest, to perform their engagements. i lie late King of Holland whs thought to be the richest man in Europe; at his death lie left ?lk2,G00.? He accumulated (his immense sum by trade; in fact he was a trader, and used to employ the men-of-war to bring home cargoes of colonial pro dure for him-and As the freight cost him nothing, of course he could under sell the merchants, which caused great discontent. Recognition of the TAhcrian Republic.?The National Intelligencer says that a delegation from the American Colonization Society waited upon the Hon. lWml VVaKbijih nufi 11-;? ^..Utvl HUH IIIUCll llllll to recognise the Republic of Liberia. Mr. V\ ebster addressed the delegation at some length of time in favor of their proposition, and referred ihe committee to President Fillmore, who spoke encouragingly of the proposition. The New York Tribune states that the advertisement for a house for Jen ny Lind on her return to New York, linv I... ' 1 wvvtu ixiamiicu t/y vjver luur Hundred applications. The applicants calculate on her well-known liberality in regard to terms-. * " > '* I -J i. I Several natural fountains of grqat beauty exist at Fond dii Lac, in VVjs cousin, one of which discharges forty five gallons of the {JiAfcst water per minute. It is said, tlfat by boring in the earth almost anywhere about the place water will flow out. The Power of Machinery.?In a report on manufactures, made in 1832, Mr. Adam estimates tlVtPhiechanical machinery ol'Orent Britain in 1315 to have boon equal tc the labor of two hundred i^Jlion of persons. ll will now atifivst double the amount of Unit number, ay will also 1 hat of this country. From data furn shed bv Mr. ? ? f W.M .. ?|f|HMni that. with {lie present machinery, each hand in a cotton mill portorms more work thrin two hundred could eighty years ago. What a debt of gratitude the doctors owe that man who first invented carriages! One half the medicine wo use is only a substitute for walking. Who ever heard of a wood-sawyer being troubled with indigebiiou or fh#? front ? ?"*** The Ohio Lawyers in <ho Legislature want a printing establishment set up in the penitentiary. The printers have held a meeting ancj, reconir mended a law school also. . The. manager of a Buncombe ball was in the habit of addressing tbe male portion of the assembly thus: u All ?. i?< - ' ii.m;uu uuui cuki snoe men are to, dance set dawes; all you moccasin men danco reels only; and you barelooted fellows stand aside for jigs, and lake care oi your corns." Why don't you look about you, Jon* athan.?JPc have for some time past observed that the softer sex have been, nnr.rnfl^.Kini? in *! "? **?Apl ?* /?? mi iiiv ?av/oi au^inui^/Ui^ | manner on the territories of the mate portion of the community; firstly, by assuming1 the Joinville lie; secondly, by taking possession of the shirt collar, and thirdly, oy adopting a garment much resembling the overcoat* ?i uiio ouri 01 tiling COnilQUeff WO shall aee them actiialty old saying of wearing the ; we mean to say that they will be entirely usurping (Kir privileges? ' ' "What are tho chief wkIb of ma$i& a Sunday school teacherofoner * of hia pn iead anil feet/ ' the prompt !t*ply. frnifr ^oin^wfftther a^lbd man tffllbL , * f .ST" . *