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Federal Councils alio, so long as thos principles arc duly respcctcd in practice. KANSAS. Our friends in Kansas, who have struj; gled manfully to sustain an unequal con tost, arc entitled to our sympathy?'tis ?! wc have n right to offer. Notwithstanding the machinations of designing men there nnd tha perversions of power, whether in dividual or conventional, due to notion of expediency, I trust that just counsel will vet prevail and ultimately establish ii ..i in :?? . - - " " iii.ii/ utvuicu a urn wry u Nysicin or iiovoru yiont conducive to their true interests am the public welfare. MAINE AND CONNECTICUT. I transmit ccrtain resolutions from tin Stitcsof Maine and Connecticut, wliicl indieato the p-evailiug opinion of the L'jr islatures from wliicV t;?ey cminntc?so to tally at variance with our own. They pro test against tho late decision of the Su preine Court, in the ease of Scott vs. Sand ford. The politiod principles rccngnixci by the decision referred to, meet with tin sanction of the people of South Carolina who applaud the wisdom of the decree ii which thee are judiciously embodied. Off iu?? to the prejudices of birth, cducatioi and association, men reared differently, wil diverge in sentiment from each other.? ^specially is this the case in relation l< domestic slavery?au institution whicl existed when the American Oonstitutioi was adopted, and was recognized thereby Lot the law uf charity prevail in judgitij one another. In preserving and protect ing the property of our fathers in negn slaves, wo deem ourselves entitled to tin respect nnd aid of all good men and wis statesmen. Our ancestors, dealing wit! gold and silver coin, bought the negro froi the capitalist of England and New Jinp J:mu, whoso thriving trade, however abused in many instances, was overruled by th Providence of <iotl, to eonvcrt the barbar an bushman of the Vfrican coast into th orderly d.nnostic, the (.'hri.stinn black h bofer of America. There are few result more amazing in statistics, than those whie are produced by the fruits of this labor? labor which could no more be dispense with by America now, than could Iho com mercc and manufactures so dependent o its productions. TilV. ST.VTI'K OF WASH 1 N(JTON. On?* of the last lot tors which I rocoive from I lie late Senator 1 Sutler, related to copy, in bronze, of lloudon's .statue c Washington, which he recommended shoul bo purohasqil by the Suite. It in pleasm to recur to the recollection of this groat an ^ood man. It is a boon to mankind who; flic good God permits sometimes the wit dom of fovo, associated with faith and hope to be embodied ill ft human form, wlios favor we may look upon and admire. It i true that our debt of gratitude to his nieni ory cannot thus ho paid ; but it is due t ourselves that we should acknowledge it b Homo visible token, and it is due to poster] 1 y to provide a monument, to which th young may be pointed when curious to r? aliz.o t he idea of his inanlv proportions, o wnon enjoined toy their matroiiH to stud the character of Washington, and cmuhit the virtues which ndorn it. J propose tha a statue be ordered and that provision b made for its erection with the new Stat Capitol. STATE MAfiAZINF.. In the month of February last, in ma Irinrr fi viuit t/i tlio In /"<K ? .* IW*V VV V??V 111 CItl i HJCUUII J discovered that the proprietor of the lam adjacent (Payno's Farm) had divided i into lots, allowing sufficient room for street.which t ie City Authorities had caused t be traced. These lots, by uquarcs, in su< cession, were sold by auction in the eit market. Conceiving, forthwith, the ii convenience and danger to the property t the State that would ensue from havin persons settle in dwellings of any sort, ui der the very walls of the Magazine, and tli 1083 winch the State would have to sul mit to hereafter, i" lesirous to dislody them when once in possession, I did nt hesitate to assume the responsibility of ii structing Mr. Ycadon to purchase for tli State all tho lots, and parts of lots, b< tween the State lands and the line of tli North-Eastern Railway. After some dela this was at length accomplished, by tli assistance of the Attorney-General, in tl month of May, at a cost of S3,485 50 ft tho land, and 811 50 for recording the t ties, to wnicn is to i>e added the sum ( $20(5 07 for enclosing the grounds, portion of this tract is low marsh, covcrc by the tides, ami nt present valueless, e> ccpt for privilege; but the convenience ( transportation by water on the East, an by railway on the West, renders itpracticf ble to fill these portions whenever it inn be desirable. Tlic probability is, thnt tli whole property will rather appreciate i Willie tlmn ntli?rwi?i> in Hiodmii'annf ' - J"-"' Tt will bo proper ami snfo to close tli ^trcctHof the city ho far its they run throuj^ tliia property. I recommend thnt this I done by auth :ty of law :it your preset .S<v?s'on. CHART.F.ftTON AND MKMIMII9. The present year has been signalized h the completion of ihc conncctcd i-ailwn communication hotween the Atlantic : Charleston, and tlic river Mississippi i Memphis, in the .te of Tennoweo. Th hnppv event wnn July celebrated by tli Municipal Authorities at the cities at eitlu end of the line, in A.'ay and .Tunc last. T North latitude <]2 deg. 40inin. 1 witnesse the meeting of the waters?those of tl: turbid BfIsHitiflippi poured into tho brin Aflftnj'/n nnd /??? fliA nnvf nf *l??i pave welcome to our neighbors of Georgi: and to our common friends from the Y'jdlo of the MisninHijipi. f truht it will not be long before tho rni vfiys from Mcinjphiq and Nufdiville wi debouchc into flouth Carolina through lh Blue Jtidgo Mountains I bad the 8:iti? faction to witnefln the progreas of (he tun _ n t Mt tnis line in the nonth of August.? on that occasion ti;o triumph 8FbS*SU,(- nt OA'CVV Btcp, in tho exc-.ftllnn e j contractors, and laborers. OEOt.OnjCAL 6UKVKV AND REGISTRATION. I trust tho General Assombly will con- tl i t'muo its patronage to tho Geological f?ur- n i voy of the St-.it'.>, and to the Registration of p II tho 1 iirt!?s. Deaths and Marriages. DifTi- j, >X eultiea must attend both undertakings, in ( , their inoipicnoy. I5ut I am persuaded that j - in the clover reports on those subjects, you s will find reason to be encouraged in pursu- . s inn them. The renort of tho (lonlnmonl I 1 i : Surveyor, nntl that of the Adjutant and - | Inspector General, arc herewith submitted, Vl 1 together with Major Parker's report on the h variations of the Mngnctio Needle. tc That your deliherations may he directed - for good to the public weal is my sincere cl ' | prayer. - j Tnto your hands the affairs of the cotn| monwcalth are committed. , i It. l'\ W. At.t.bton. / _____________ h I KKOWIiB cor HI EH. < ROB'T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. I , I 1. . | TERMS.?per annum, in ndvnncp. If 1' j pstvr.iuut )>; <folnyeit until after the expiration of ^ I | the year, $2.00 For six months, 75 cents, in I< ' till vu nee. fi " ; Adverts; cmcntr Inserted at the ?sual wlo* ,, 'I PICKENS C. II., S. C.: v 1 ? ? i\ . i Saturday Morning, e33 m ber 5, 1857. V v I _ ^ z.. ~ ~ - ? n? ;T. " 8*#* T iio Editor is absent, in Columbia, ' j this wo ok. o e Comptroller General. j li Tho II ?n. Tu is. J. Pickens has been elec- ^ 11 to I Comptroller General. We feel satisfied y that Mr. Pickens will discharge the duties of . his office crodituhly to himself and satisfac- . torilv to the State. i- * -< -?. e 0 Legislative News. { l* Our readers must he content with a sum* mary of Legislative proceedings. Kditorial1 i ly noticed this week. Sovornl imniii'innt liilla 'I j hiivc been introduced and will douhtlons olio- (1 | ! it considerable discugisiou. The bunking sys- a n i torn, us it exists in South Carolina will, and t j ought to undergo the most thorough invostii gation. The voice of the State cries for rc- n d | f?rsn, and wc hope our Legislature will throw j s a j around theso banks?these private corpora- | ' ?t t'ons that do not hold themselves amendable I A ! . .. . .... - 1 ?! " j 11 inc mws timt t/ctlio proper sale-guardc.? | ^ ? i The bill introduce;! for the repeal of the l'?u- j t '' ry Laws, \vc fool incline I to favor, believing i " " that it will operate for the public welfare; H 1 living (as our Kxceutivc Magistrate in his I ? J, | 11 J Montage has intimated,) the lognl rate of in- | t s t-re t nt 7 per eent.. where no contract is I . made. Tlie revision of our Statute law and 1 !' . . Ill y Us codification we regard highly important, j (1 v and wo arc grind to see that the Grand Juries ? l? of most of the districts have recommended v G notion upon this subject, and that our Lcgis- h lators seeing its importance, have concluded ( 1 to act upon this their suggestion. Other hills | ) ^ of minor importance arc engaging the \vi>- : e dom of (ho Legislature. Time forbids our j c snftiiWiiirr fnrfliftr c United States Senator. j1 We lcavn from our Columbia exchanges (j that Kit-Governor J. II. Hammond has been n elected U. S. Senator. We think this a wine ' j choice iii our Legislature, though wo think '' ^ we have never indicated a decided preference . for any particular one suggested : having, at j. o wll times contidcil in the wisdom and patriot* <1 ism of those who reprosent the people of this j j giunuun Vsjiiiuiuiiw umill. t 1- JTW ^ }f President of the S C. College <. ? Judge A. n. Lo.vustkekt has bee,) oleeted \ j. President (if our Sinlc Institution, lie is i o said to h<vu man of decided character and f )- t.ilout. We only know him through lr.<> piny- j ;o ful writings which have immortalized him.? , ?t The re-organization of the College, with :o i '* distinguished a gentleman at its head. ir.i:>t ' 10 rflltv,lrt?,wi <i.n 1 <-.i? 1 3" people ofi ui own Stnte, and those liov'unl her | "" hot (lore. y ? ie Our Academy. ic Wo would respectfully invite the attention ,r of the public, and more particularly this im~ 1 mediate community, to an advertisement to , ^ ho found on another page, and signed hy sov- < j t. al gentlemen, whereby it v.bo seen that < ( I Mr. Wii.i>iam M. Ukath will take charge of * C- # i\ ^; the Academy at this place for the ensuing t (j year?1858. Wc hope an effort on the part 1 of our citizens to secure Mr. IIeatii a go<.d c y suhool will Ite made. Nothing constitutes so 1 ic> j much to Village advancement aud prosperity .j' n 1 an good Schools. ,, *e! For Wulhalla. I l. ! The Charleston Mercuru hi?v? tout f!?m??ln ii y """" > ,c ; Wikti.no, formerly of tlm Co, 'ruicu?, jirri\- f it 1 ed at that port, in liis new bar . (?.uihh, with a large and valuable cargu, and two hundred and thirty-oigitt passengers, ivhm Dromon.? y Among his pastiengera was Mr. L. Cohen, the y Artist, who returns after a long residence abroad in the study and practice of his art. )* Many of the passengers at" destined for Jho ls Walhalln settlement, Pickens District. IC .1, - r The South Carolina College. Tho following honors and appointments have been awardod to graduate^ of this iiuti> 1 tutiun : ( j Honors.?W. 'I. Whitk, Abbovillo; L. J ( [ III vers, C'lmrloston. ' I Ajtointments.?L. K. Glasgow; Newboi- t ! ry - ff. M. La^kv. Oraiigvburg; *. F. Cai.o|. I WRhit, Newberry ; ?f.vs. Mr In tosh, Darling- 1 II I 1 - _ I II <11--- ! ' ' 1 ' ii tun; ?i. iv i iioMso.N, jymmori; A. 1*. i>lc- t c Go wan, LnuroflS; G. A. Wariji. vvr, Abbe- $ i- vitie. I |. *vf I Mhtico.?Intc-iHgcnco from Mcxieo inform* ( M nr thai that country was ^tracted, and it j t w?k bflliovod, upan the ovo of a revolution, | it | the object of vrliioU is to mafco Santa Anna ? >, l Jto?idoat. i ' * *< Strange. I The Edgeflold Advertise, of lust week says nit Mr. Geo. I). Ti1.1.man, who killed nmnn amod Chkirtian Home months since, in con> ;?ny wilh some of his friends, <5&mo to the lil in that plate on Sunday evening lnsf, buy l :.i _i.. .. r.? l.'---: - * ** * Ill Ill/ u low II'JUI-H. it IS nam irn^/I)U : as beon to Nicaragua with Walkor.Vln con-, orsation with u tViond, Mr. Tillman said tlint was liia intention to l>o there Inst.Court, ut was prevented by an attr. >f yellow fear, in New Orleans. From soinw iieoinprcensiblo cause, Mr. Tillman was not commitid to jail, but it is expected, or reported, that e is to ho there next Spring to unswor the Inugo alleged against him. Admissions to the Bar. TMo tbllowing gentlemen have been admit- ' jil to practice law in this State. There is a a "Isnme hatch : Hamlin Benttie, Greonville ; Josiah Uedon, oluinhia : H. It. Brieo, Fairfield; B. S. Burett, Charleston : M. 0. Butler, Edgefield : nine* M. Davis, Camden ; Robert 11. Drenan, Ahhoville: David H. Duncan, Spar'p.hurg; A. F. Edwards, Spartanburg; J. 11. '.rwin, Yorkvillc ; A. L. Evans, Marion ; (.?, I. Fairloe, Marion ; C. (Jarlington, Laurens; \ M. Green. Barnwell : S. B. (irilfin, Edgeeld ; W. E. Iveeh. Williamsburg: Win. Ken cuv, (Jutmien ; ?\ V/. Melton. Yorkvillcj AV. . Melts, Yoikville: W. T\ Mil^v, Hoaufovfc; t. K. Moore, Yorkvillo; M. Rl. Morrison, larlloro : Robert W. Tompkins, Edgefield j. . lenj. F. Wliitner, Anderson. Exchanges. Ediniu'uo Review.?The October number f this Jtrnicw has been received. The e-.ntnts are learned and interesting as usual.? icpublisliotl by I-. Jh'ott <& l'o? New York. | N ice. $3 a your ; nr HfuckicuuJ and llio four | teciews, for $10. The Insui.t to tiieI'iiksjoknt.?The Wnfhugton correspondent of iho N. Y. Connnerial Advertiser gives the following account of lie disturbance nt the White House, on Mon lay last : The disturbance which occurred in the 'resident's office yesterday litis not led to any crious breach of the poach, nor line it broken ip the daily business receptions. The facts re these, as I have hcaru tlicin, in regard to his oecunence. Mr. Sherman, a lawyer of jood repute here, called upon the President luring the business hoursyesterday morning, ltd piesented a file of papers, referring, jl is aid, to siuiie balance of a payment claimed >y i he heirs of Hecdside, under an act of the ust session. Mr. Sherman urged the Presi lent to road them, ami order the money to be mid. The President replied that ho lind not iine at that moment. " Then refer them," aid Mr. 8., " to your law officer." " lint." aid the President, " 1 must first fee " whethr they are proper to lie referred." Sherrui demanded that the money lie paid, lireatenod a mandamus and what not, and n fine spoke in an an<*ry and excited manor. so murh so that the President ordered ii 111 to leave the room. Sherman refused to ;o, and said the President, "Then ! will ;o, aim suiting me actum to tno word, lie k-ci?t into tho adjoining room of the private eorctary. Tin; Attorney General at the same moment time in and attempted to appease Sherman, mt with so little success that the latter warn <1 him against interference. A police oilier was sent for, but before lie came the inignant attorney had retired, threatening to enew his visit this morning: but the t're.si out has not oruorctl tlie access to the place to e barricaded, 'l'he moral of the story is, hat the day i? at hand when the President uist relieve liintsoll from the duty of receiviig all manner of complaints, and attending i till sorts of e.ta itions. S.vow and Po krtv in Minnesota.?A ;eutlemun from St. Paul informs the Prairie u Chien Courier that there wore, in the first iurt of last week, eighteen inches of snow on lie ground at St. Paul. Tho Times says : " The snow at Hastings on the morning of hi uday was eight in chef deep. This seems iiit'icrribl.orfor lioliof. A great portion of Vlnit.ositu in in a slate of destitution; nonion v is in tliu country; large hitlies of emigrants i e huddled together in places entirely new m<l rem >ie iroin supplies, mid now the rigors if a tint lie it winter are upon tliein nearly n nontli liefoie they were anticipating it. We Ivrnd the recital, though the p'ess, oftliehor ?r.< i:i store for those who are without provii.'iis or money, and shut <ui> from tlie world >v a liulf year ?>F ire and snow." Sl'.MlK TilB VoKESTS. Under tll'lK liCil'l the I'rov Whigxays <'f the remit freshets: ' I'icc* tlint have si<>d tho landmarks of n enturv. have been uprooted, cattle drowned, ivops destroyed, and devastation carried over hat port of the country. T!ie Mood was not iccnsioned by the breaking np of streams in be spring, by an equinoctial storm, tlmtoldhshioned people thought nothing of. It adds mother mile to llie weight of argument, that i.n .....I ...1 ?i.:....r..~ 1 I V HUtl ^KI'UKII I Wilt UIIU e veiling of trees ami forests, all over the nintry. is the cause of the increase 111 inaptitude of the fiesheta that now visit uft,1 in omparison to those We ili?ed' to huvo in 'old inios. When wholo proves nro cut down; is the face of the earth changes from primeal woudlnnd to cultivated fields, wo nuiHt sxpect the waters to rise, in proportion osthc uoirorchs of the foi est disappear. Thenoft, tponpy ground, no lunger absorbs the rain Irops, but the water rnns directly into the learest stream, a? from a glais pavement, jontributing its small fofvc to produce foariil inundations; while (ho springs thnt once rushed forth arc silent, tuidin hummer and imo* of drought, rivers arc shallow and unuivi^ublc?they have no longer any resorvo or a dry day?dtatt if a goi.tlo shower falls (pon the paVoliWTearth, tlio streams feel it as lensitivtfly as barometers. "These results arc, not con fined to thin Stoto or this contlno.if. Cause and ofioct fol <>w eacn oinor an ov jr me world. in Franco ho foods (if tho rivof llhono and tho inuiidainiih of Lyons could nil bo accounted for-?tlio orcMt in Unit part of tho country had l>oen gradually extarminftfcd,. $nd when tin*, ray is ann?, t h?ro tret o no woods to r<u?;eivjj^jlTst ttock. nnd ivbaovb tho w rvtotV ]icn^ffCIo-^t 1(0 ivef w^jsodft fi tfioilntiiih ttfmnt.'"' *" Pamao<* to tmb Ganki?Tho editor of tho floage Advocate statoa tbfljt lie wan in sompan;, on the. lKth inst., with several ?n;?r pl".ntor? of West Baton Rouge, who j^e jloomv ftoonunt* of thoir prospecto. They itnto that thoir crop had been ini'?ro?> 25 per :cnt. hy the gummer-like wonthor which Bad iticcoeded to cold night* rind heavy front*.? 'f? nieiiUnnn one ttlfintolinn ? wi?l/l Af ,000 to 1,200 - ?ndu only to the ncro ia an. ioipnte'l where tloubio ?hnt yield ww culca?^00 a fow (Jajce bcfbry. . v. "i f /*' ' V* . * Pennings and Clippings. BJJJI'lOEONS.?Four sportsmen of Clnrksvillc, [ Tonn.. one dny last week, killed 2,000 pigeons at tlio pigeon roo-jt, 11 milo from tlnit ! placO. j\ i'km.vlb convention. a ihiuukt ot women in B*ie County, New York. httVe called a convention, tho object of which is stated to bo to "gain a now knowledge of tho nature and attributes of man." They will find this i a "hard road to travel." "Tiie I'ook Man's Kill eni>."?The Earning jVt'ir* has had the pleasure of examining a patent glass hnllot box, donoiniuated the "poor man's friend." No cheating can bo practised with it, and it was manufactured for t ho meridian of California. The "poor man's friend" is oftouor heard of than t?eon ! Thick.?It is reckoned that there is one liquorshop f*?r every eighteen families in Now York city, and for some neighborhoods in the vmj vuc k"'o """i' ",r bvl"7 lu" miimiesi Man and Wife to be IIuno.?Noil Beaton (ind wife liavo boon sentenced to be hung at London, 0. W., for poisoning Mrs. B.'s former husband. An Advanced Age.?Mr. Zacnrinh Albnugh, aged onn hundred and nine years, died at the residence of his son, in Licking county, Ohio, on the 8th inst. Prioress' Winnings.?It is state ! in Lin don that Mr. Ton Brocck receive;I the money won by Prioress at the C.osarvit-oh race, us much as ?30,000, (?.'500,000.) Ilislosse* in U.inland havobeon comparatively very small. Wiiat it Cost.?Tlic war debt of Oregon, as passed upon by the commissioners, reaches tho round sum of $3,500,000, making with that of Washington Territory, $5,000,000.? The population of Oregon is only about 8,000 pad that of Washington 10,000 inhabit tints. hf.ttivu on Kl,e<"t10n8.?-TIlO SuprClttO Court of Tennessee, in session at Knoxville, decided tlio other day, that betting on an <j!c!ction held out of the Shite, is not indictable in Tennessee. Dotting on the result of au election, for instance, is not an < Tence against the laws of Tennessee. Middi.kbuuy, Vt., Nov. 21.?Tbo Hon. Horatio Seymour, LL 1).. died hero to-dny. He Was OI1P llf fllll* llllwl j?oct<??l citizens, and for some twelve years was United States Senator from Vermont. Death of an Ex-Conoukssman.?The Dan" vilie (Vn.) papers announce the death in Pittsylvania county of Hon. Walter Cole, Sr., who represented that district in Congress for ten years, up to his voluntary retiicmont in 1st i. i)r.A'?.?Uol. Wm. T??ncy ?lic?l at his residence in Clay coounty, Miss., on the 8th nit. i(i his cighty-fooond year. Ho was a native of Virginia, and resided many year a in Greenville, S. C. ' Comi*i.i mentaky.?Miss Lane, the President's niece, who does the honors of the Wl.itr, it..... _ : 1; ... . .. ....o iiuu;t;, 10 tumpilllU'lllua l>y IIAVUlg lie." immc given to the steam revenue cutter just launched from WohVa yard in ihis city. i The Trkatv with Switzerland.?It is stated that the President will tako measures to prevent any American citizen of the Jewish persuasion, who may ho teintxirarllv res idont in Switzerland, being inconvonienced by tho oporution of the new treaty. The Lexington Cadf.ts.?The Cadets of the Virginia Military Instituto arc making preparation* to vinit Richmond the approaching 2'2d of February, as they wish to participate iA the eorc?noi>ien set apart for that day. Smai.l Pox.?The Pee ijee Herald learne that this loathsome disease has made it? apnnxvnn^a ? 1 w?j. .1 > ' " " i.v,..ui.vu in. it iuicftiiDi'd , unroll no. Noukoi.k, Nov. 27.?Tho brig President I?i!ii8on, Champion, Muster, has arrived from Monrovia, Africa, with a cargo ofpuhn oil. Si.aves in Lkavf.n worth.?An aiskcksmont of oily property in Leavenworth, Kansas,has just been made. Total vnluatiori $'2,146,'.)52. The number of slaves is 153, valued at $10,000. Short Scppj.y op C'ottos Good9.?The Springfield (.Mass.) lleyublican of tho Gtli says: "A loading cotton manufacturer of this county says thoro is not n throe month's supply of cotton goods in the country. If this bo true, the mills must soon roauino work qV pVicqs will rapidlyadvance boforo spring.1' t<o| thorn refmrno?the uuoinploycd will lmvo no objection. A Si'Ecci.ation.?The farm formerly belonging to Mr. 11 >boi*t(hirlund, btftwcoa Fred orieksburg arid Spottsy'^ ania, was l>ought last Hpring by A. 1*'. ltows for $10 por acreWithin tho last ton days Mr. H. has sold it n *. M ? * " - A * ~ i? uupi. n. (3. Lieuvoii tor $ 1- tin acre. JiosTos, Nov. 26.?ThoTonscript announce* tlio HusporiHion of Messrs. Trull & Bros., liquor dealers, and1 also l?rgo!y engaged in tho Moditorrencan and Smyrna trade. It in thought thoir suspension will be but temporary, the firm, having ample but not immediately available mean*. Navai..?^lt is said orders hsWo been ro cowed at the navy yard fit Norfolk to get rjKofy for aoa, with all po?ib?e doHpatch, tfce nloop-of^vaV Mrtrio?? and the brig'Perry.? T^oit'dVj^tinfStUrn iaKaid to bp Nicaragua, in order ^anforco, if necessary,. ow<vtioaty with that Government, as woll as to compel the fulfilment of their obligation to tUo UnltAd spates. q#,v. wm, t. haskru,.?Our 'fenneswee exchanges ohronielo, with the livliont ofcpro*alone of satinfftcllon. the complete restoration vijaanity, 0/ Gen. W. TP. llaskell, and ids dig cha.-go from tho Lmmtic Airylum. Aic.tuio *m announced by him on tV?J*y ovoolng Ky. * x 4 '' ' \ ' A ^ ' \ jv CftiiiK in New York.?The Oraml Jury of Now Yi>rx, in their presentment, ntato that " tho Penitentiary at B'.aokweU's Island, at tho present time, is crowded with inmate*, a ( p:irt of tho female department being allottod to the male*, and unless a Stop is put to 'j crimc, the prison must be enlarged in order j to provide for their necessities." < i< a.... i1,... i....l..........l ; VAIillW VO. oil^rv.?- I III; I ?\ni?uuv*; VUWI mu j advocates tho establishment of 11 Calico Society, and urges the ladies oT that city to wear tho products of their homo manufactories. Cotton lkiiNEL).?l'\>ur ear loads of cotton, 141) bales, wore burned on Saturday morning lust, near Quitman, Mississippi. L-j^s about $7,000. legislative Proceedings. CoLinnuA, Nov. 24, 1857.?In tho i Semite, tho usual number of petitions, mo- < mortals, etc., were presented. Mr. Mazy ok gnvo notioeof Bills: todis- I cof)tinuc the granting of public lands; to i repeal the laws against Usury. : Mr. McAliley gave notice of Hill.s: to < make the owners of dogs liable for killing I sheep; to make the owners of hogs liable i for damages dono by them to crops. I Mr. Dudley presented the return of the i Commissioners of Free Schools for Marlboro District; also, the following resolution : /Ir.infced, That it be referred to the Committee on Finance and Hanks, to in- < quire into and report upon the expediency : ......i..r..:..,. ?i.? ..i...,.?.? I l/l nil 11 I j 111^ V I I v. Vlltl I 1151 J? p I il I II v'tl 1*1 I 11 V" I various banks in the State, issuing here- ' after any bills of a less denomination than j twenty dollars. Agreed to. In the House of Representatives, Mr. Ivisloy presented Petitions from the citizens of Pickens, for the appointment of a M agistrate. Mr. Inglis gave notice of Hills : to amend the law for the relief of insolvent debtors; to amend the law in relation to ft-mmr corrrf, becoming sole traders; to secure the purity of elections. Mr. A. Jones gave notice of a Bill to amend the law in rotation to the Commissioners of ltoads. Mr. Hasley gave notice of a Rill to incorporate tlie Cashier Valley Turnpike (<o:nnailV ! also a Hill to ini'.nriumit.n flip Sassafras Gap Turnpike Company. Mr. A. J. Oreeu gave notice of a Hill to j exempt from taxation, a certain lot of land, in the City of Columbia, and the building or buildings, to be erected thereon by tho United States Government.. Mr. Winsmith gave notice of a Hill, to amend the 3d and 4th sections of the amendments of the Constitution of this State ratified in 1808. Mr. Winsmith also, introduced a Bill to rep', a! the 17th section of an Act to incorporate certain Towns and Villages. Mr. Spain trave notice of u Bill to amend the law !ii relation to trading with Nop rocs. On tho 25th, in tho House, Mr. Ivmley presented the Petition of citizens of Pickens District, praying for tho appointment of a Magistrate. Mr. Mcmniinger presented the Petition of the Blue Itidgc Railroad Company, praying for the payment of the State subscription in State Stock in place of Ponds. Mr. Bryan from the Special Committee on vh"> Message of (Jov. Adams as relates to the slavery and slave trade, mado a long and able report on that subject, which was i nrilcrpil tr? ln> nn/1 ikiwIa dm o?n/i!?l ! , order for Wednesday next, at 12 o'clock, M. Mr. S. (J. Karle f^avo notiee that oil tomorrow he would ask leave to introduce a Hill to change the time of holding the election of Ordinary of Anderson District; also a Bill to repeal nn Act to prevent the operation of tho Limitation Act on the lands of the late Tlios. Wadsworth. Mr. Ambler gavo notice of a Bill, to authorize tho appointment of an additional \Tnorlufrmln <7\r PI.?lrAna Mr. Ij. J. .Jones gave noticc of a bill, to alter the law in rclution to the Commissions of Guardians. Mr. Mitchcll gavo noticc of a Bill, to amend tbe Constitution of this State in relation to the manner of voting in tbe election of officers by tbe two Houses of the General Assembly. Parlou Con.skuvatoutks.?Twenty voars ago, Mr. Ward, of London, made the discovery that plants of simple organization, such as ferns, lichens, mosses, &o., will flourish for years under a glass cover, without any artificial nursing. l?/orn cases, con tftruotcd in atfcordanoo with thin prineiplo, nro woll known nU ovor the world, McsJVs. II. A. Unief & Son, horticulturists of Brooklyn, have nmdo an application of ibis discovery, to meet tho want* of thoso who, not poKHCsaing a green-house conservatory, are unable to preserve plact" in their beauty during the winter, when they are most enjoyed. t The apparatus consists of a flottemtanrf. I on which nrc placed, in nutritions soil, n collcotion of yrcUy plnntrt, with variously formed and variously tinted foliage, tho interstices being covered with welbrootcd living inoas and lichens. To hoighton tho beauty of thi*> vegetable lifo by (ymtr/iHt, ft little figure, ? coltago or n ory?tal, is ukually introduced. The wholo in then cover ett by ft hermetically fitting glass biJJ, containing air onougli to last the pliitf?^ for u number of years and protesting them from the hurtful influences of dust, gan and suddon changes of moisture or temperature varies from 40 to 70? Fahrenheit. lii the months of January and Ifyhrunry thoy may be exposed to the sun y but as the hoat increases they should bo protectod in I iU- m.!.UL .fil - ?*?? * inu uiiuuiu ui mc Sot. ?v Ben more re dan -, ger of frost ? thick blanket .should he put over the glaaa bell. If Mid plants, in course of time, should grow *0 large m to coino in contact with the glnsa, or to, intefforn with choh othor, they must ho trim men ton miitnbfenixc and form; nnd dfcad leaves nfcotfra l>o immediately Amoved. The varied beauty of which tho f&rlor conservatory is will <iu;ibtlonH onu*e it U)1h! held in high cdimatio? an m v. % # * * - From Washington. Washington, Nov. 25.?It is by no means determined whether the President's Messngo will be sent to the principal cities, us has been heretofore customary, to be published simultaneously with its delivery to CongroM. At present Mr. lWohnnan is inclined to transmit it to the two Mou. Qsf, according to tho us:?ge of other day*, 1 i..? ....1.1:.. IIIJU UiV 1 ?.o ^UUIIVUVIVII MVi IUHVIV UVJ/VUUV" v upon the telegraph. * The best evidence thnt TNI r. Stanton docs not intend to re-establish himself in Washington and means to make Kansas his legal. residence, is furnished by the fact that his family will leave here on Wednesday to join him there with a view to permanent locution. The headquarters of his Jndiim Agency will probably be fixed at Lecompton, where he has acquired interests, and which N may be a desirable spot for "prosecuting'' one of the new senatorships. Washington, Nov. 27.?As far as c.%n> i... 1 ?i... iji! iii i iu:u, uiu wiiwiuct uuiu u ill sustaining the action of the Kansas Constitutional Convention; whatever preference there may have bocu for submitting the entire Constitution to the people, are now agreed thiit the mode now proposed for the inhabitants to settle the question of. slavery, is in accordance with the IctUr and spirit of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Despatches to thy New York Herald, say that while the President endorses the action of the Constitutional Convention of Kansas, Governor Walker denounces it in no measured terms, and stands pledged to defeat it. J lie latter says that Htyould on euort on the part of Congress to force that Constitution on their people without their voice being heard be ninde, it will surely be follow- ' cd by a rebellion and bloody civil war.? He also says that the oppositiou to it in the Territory in almost universal. Governor Walker had another interview ?i.,. iti.? is iilso engaged oil tho same .subject. Wa81ifAoton, Nov. 28.?The impression here this evening is that tho organization of tho House of Representatives will bo completed on the first day of the session. Only two of tho South Carolina members will pro into the caueus on the Speakership, unless it be deemed ncccssaiy in order to secure Col. Orr's nomination. The indications are that the whole South will vote for Col. Orr on the first ballot. Tj ? 1 . .11 il a /* 1 tlf It. n is unucrsioon ncro mai iron. ivaiiccr will soon have quite a large force in Nicaragua. Names of emigrants tiro daily offering, and several hundred are now on the eve of departure, llis plans nre said to be more complete than his departure in the Fashion with three hundred men aeons to warrant. The amount in the Treasury subject to draft, is $7,828,000, being ft reduction for tho week of #5K0.000. ' ?. Nkw OllLKANS, Nov. 24.-?Tho steamship Tennessee has arrived here 1'ivm VoiCr?2, with dates to the 21st inst., and f'om tlic city of Mexico to flic lftth. Tlv< country was in the most distrnt'ed condiii n, and another general revolution was im^onding. .? Negotiations wore pending between the revolutionists and (icneral Santa Anna, whom, undoubtedly, they intend for President. Of the pupaonger# by the Tennessee there are twenty-three politieal exiles, and among these are ex-President Sains, Jose Washington, Col. Powers, niu* William Moran, editor of tho Extraordinary, who was iin prisbuod for publications against the Governor of Zacctecas. Comoilfort's fall was considered certain, and it whb thought donhtful whether hi? life would be spared if lie remained in the country. . ^ British Athocitiks in T.nma.?Vcry grave statomcptu, saya the London Morning Star, hove been made iu private and official circles, respecting certain transactions at Oawnporoahd Dinaporo, and which are pupposed to afford an explanation of tho late order of the (Grovornor-Qouor* 1 of India in favor of clcmoncy and justice, and of the strong accusations made by Gen. O'ubmm against soldiers under Ins coinluand. These matters cannot be long concealed from tho public. They point to new massacres that have taken place at Diuuporc nnd Oawnpore; but., unfortunately, the snldioru charged with tho more ro eont deeds of Lortor ore English, uot 8cp?y Wo will mention what tho statement to which wc refer roully aro, promising tint the information vro pivo is doriyed from reliublo authority. It is said that at. Cavy.nporq au.d tho, neighborhood, tho Qucott's ?8tU rcgiiopntf J put to death not fewer thai), teu thn?#uuul poople; o#i). acvorttfn^ txxnnoblier vera ion, bin..,! ~MI ?i?.1 ' ivntvu <mr mc imvivcn limy eoum gOI> lit, ^ vhMhcr. (lion, women, <">r children. At J>inaporo, n portion of tho Sepoys, at great personal risk, remained faithful, and rex tuscd to march with tho mutinous rcgU mont; but tho Cucou'ti lUth, aftor tiio on- . >i cou,ntcr nt Arrah, went to tho barracks. <' whero tho faithful Sepoy* woro, and said,. " What arc those black'uuvilx to be fp.mueT 'U merely bocauHo they havo given up t,hci?5 arm? f" Then, amWj4 curses. and impreca^ tionrt, they turned the unarmed iSopo^4 in ''' the barrack-yard, and had killed 11 couNtd-i crahle number of them botoifi the tnuHwicra could b9 stopped. Thy numbere of killed and wounded by thia process ure vju-ioo*!y * stated; but win hour that nearly hidf o$tho hundred who were taken out hnd thrifttfl i Huflfor. Thi?, however, is tbemildeftfr vor*. |< 8ioii or tuft JJinnpore Hj[a.?r|ri The bayonet,., , S as well i^wTywlvt, tho hoI'W ioi'rf ?>1' tho 10th, Bur victims Q wiih a n^mS* t " In the liombny Gaaotto^Vo hfivuana#*. v count of tin- praolioo ado]?tbil by tho KnA I??h army in blowing tfopoyx frou? ton \ i' ,#l IWIWIIUHV milK'li TWJT evidently wwt* the wheel, the ) the guillotine into tlio 8h?ick\ S to I* .'locoinpaiiieil by mutilating 'n wihi p^onauiv parflllf] m tltc f^p| | # i: ** i ' ' * \'ji m m