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KKOWRK cor KIKi:.1 HOB'T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. TKHM3.?$1.50 per nullum, in advance. If j payiasnt be delayed until after theexpirationof I tho year, For si* months, 70 cents, in \ advance. Advertisements inserted at the usual rates. i riUKl'iNS f. II., X. U.: Saturday Morning:, January 23, 1858. ^ '*-? ? " ~ , Fatal Acoident. Wo nvrrot to learn that another fatal accident accurrod at Tunnel Ilill, on Thuividny morning last, at 2 o'clock, .v. m. An Irishmun, named John McUit v\v, a hank man, fell from the top of Shaft No. 4, u distance of about 183 feet, aud was instantly killed. Wo understand tlio body was horriblv mancrloil. i " - ? ?- * Municipal Election. At an election hold un Monday last, for municipal officers of the town of Wulhalln, 11. Ostendohkf, Esq., was elected Intondnnt, and Messrs, <1. II. Koriif.r, A. K. Norman, J. ( , C. Kri'sr, Jacob Schroukr, E. Br.vsson, Wanions. For the fifth and sixth Wardens, there was a tie between Messrs. I lit km ann and llui.MViNKRt., which will b<< defiiled by unothor election. The Acts. < 'II uui ur.-i [>a^r can IjO lOUIUl SUCI1 SCOllOllS <>r the general incorporation net, passed by the Legislature, as relates toAValhalla, Pendloton, and to tins place ; together with the law, now of force, "for the relief of prosecutors and wituesses in eases not capital." An act authorizes the issue of bonds to the amount of $300,000, bearing interest at the rate ofO per cent per annum, for the purpose of carrying on the work on the new State House. Thojo bonds are redeemable thirty years henuo, we believe. An act to incorporate the church at this place will be found in our columns. The " hr?mostr?!iil Inw" mnt with so much opposition, lias been repealed, j Tho Weather. Lust week wo had to In moot an almost unprecedented " spoil" of wet disagreenblo weather. Tho present week, however, has been clear and delightful, pushing forth the groon jomjuill, and extorting a spring note Agricultural Matters, &c. The Agricultural Society met at Walhulla on Thursday last, for the transaction of the ordinary cuvront business. J. A. Dovlr, Esq., one of the Society's delegates to the State Agricultural Fair, gave a characteristic anil interesting account of the exhibition.? Pickfens, we were gratified to hear, was awarded more premiums than any other District; the ucntler sex, with their skill and taste.. rocoiving a very complimentary nuuibor. Our wheat was also superior to any on exhibition. Mr. Doyije's remarks woro practical, as well as instructive, and \vc regret that our time and space will not permit us to report him more at length. Several committees made reports. The ; one on corn awarded the premium to Mr. (J. AV. I'iiim.ii'8 for the host yield to the acre, his being 110 bushels. Other gontlomen com poted, and among thorn our neighbor, Mr. Ai.kx. Ramsay*, who raised 8t'i bushels to the acre. ])r. J. W. Jv\ar,r. took the premium for the best cotton. At the invitation of the Society, Col. AV.w. Sr.o.v.v mu'lo a few interesting and pertinent remarks on lime, and its value awl importance, to the farming interest, lie was fully impressed with the belief that lime was abun Mailt in tho district, west of the Indian boundary lino. A committee, of which Col. Si-o.yn i? the chairman, was appointed to investigate tho matter. This report of (he prooeodings is necessarily imperfect. If we are favored with a full report, it will appear next week. We were pleased to see the spirit of improvement still manifest, in the erection of new buildings and an increased trade. The industrious and intelligent population is being added to by emigration. There is a bright l'nturn Iinfnrn Wullnilln ! The Election in Anderson. Our former twin .si.st*v? c(>ui?; uu i. in a contest for Sheriff. Mr. John PonniNs lias | been elected by u majority of 3'2l votes. The ! t jta.l vote polled was '2,128 ; several hundred votes less than were cast in this district, on a similar occasion, in 18ol>. ' ' ? - ? Col. F. W. Piokenn. Advices from Washington assure us of the ! acceptance, by this distinguished gentleman, I ..t ?!.? .-! a- t* - tf i'i uiu i?Ait??iuii iu imssin. jus numerous frionds, we understand, provailed upon him to do ho. Col. I'ickp.n'3 is a gentleman of ability, and eminently qualified to fill tho high position to which ho has been appointed by tho Prosidont. lie is the only South Carolinian that. holds a full misfiou under the government. It is seated further that all foreign appointments, mado by the former administration, will be abrogated,' and places for new aspirants be thus created. Gov. Brown's Veto Me&sage. Wo are indebted to Gov. Drown, of Georgia, for n pamphlet copy of his " veto mossago on the hank bill," It is an e'-xborato document, and commends itself strongly, by its HtataHmnn-liko views and sound reasoning, to the attentive consideration of tho people, lloncst men in office?thoso who disdiargo aro no rarftly mot with now-a-daya, tlu?t it afford* us no little gratification to avrard to rhomour humblo appreciation of their virtue*. *' Wo holioVc Gov. TJuowm to boa faithful ami , irndopondent. public servant. > K.vdok'seo.?Tho LoginlftUire of Kentucky I has ondor^l tlio double-Walker policy of I ?,l>c rroiucnt.. ... j( il News of the Week. The Washington lr/n'n>i, the organ of the Administration, has a loador favoring the acquisition of Central Anjerica, but hy honorfthlo wavfaro or colonization. Mexico is in tho midst of another revolution. A large party has arisen against CoMox port's dictatorial government, headed by tuml. PaHOIH. \v!iii im liter lnrtro fnKWi - - o ov TJio department of Vera Ortia has osppusod tho cause of tlio revolutionists. Tlio foreign minister;* had just rocognized tlio Dictator's government, with tlio exception of tho 15riti-sh representative, whose conduct had caused remark. Comoni'ORT lias taken the field, with his troops, against the insurgents. From Nicaragua, we learn that Col. Axi>kK.sox, who was iu command of fifty of \\r.w.Kurt's men at Fort Castillo, 1ms (Toon enmpelled to surrender to tho commander of the I*. Si steamship Susquehanna. 'J'lie latest news from the expedition against Utah, informs us of its arrival at Fort Bridges. The animals connected with tho expedition were dying i? groat numbers. The Mormons hadburnt nil tlio grass, and were fortifying the passes loading to Utah. Gov. Cuming, who accompanies the expedition and i.s to succeed Baton am Young, has issued his proclamation declaring tho territory in a state of rohellion. lie is represented to bo just the man fur the emergency at hand. The steamer Africa has arrive I from Europe, with dates to 2l)tl* Dec. The price of cotton had advanced an Jd, with a decided improvement in tlio markets generally. Advices from India is favorable to the English. Lncknow lias been relieved, with a loss of 5 )0 men?tho insurgents having been ihfoatcd with great loss. Twenty-four members of the royal family had been executed at Delhi. The English now feel secure in tlioir India possessions. The Kmperor of France has decided upon a rc Juctlon of his arniy. The emtincnt of Europe is cmiet. Wo have nothing specially exciting from Washington. Congress, as yet, has not accomplished much. The debates on the Nicaragnan and Ivnnsas complications have resulted in an estrangement between different members and sections of the democratic party. Dof'.i.As load off on the I jecompton-K annas matter, taking issue with the President, and dnjnniinr Jw?~ f?ro>or with the Southern people. Some of the Southern members on posed the President's mossuge in relation to Walker's capture. And thus the matter stands at present. Tlio indications arc, however, that a goneral reconciliation will take place when there is a necessity for it, with the exception of Douui.as. That is impossible if the South is true to herself. Kansas, The nc?vs from this territory is not very intelligible. Since the adoption of the proslavery constitution, another election has been held in the territory, and the vote is so close between tho free-soil and pro-slavery parties that the result is still in doubt. Wo have faith in the belief that the friends of tho South have again triumphed. A few days will determine tho matter. Exchanges. Si'mpteh Watchman*.?The proprietors of u........i i ??i? . o jvuiiim iinouLUiiuil Willi 1110111, 111 its editorial conduct, Mr. Tuos. W. Dixkins, a graduate of tho South Carolina College.? He is a young man of deeidotl merit, and 110 mean ability. We respond heartily to his greeting to the press, in his salutatory; am?, with ft brotherly grasp, welcome him into tho ranks of the press gang. Tiik Ciiarmjsto.v Meitcunr.?The proprietors of this popular and able journal intend, at nn c.irly day, to publish a weekly paper, in connection with the daily and tri-weckly. It will contain polities, news, commercial items, and misceilnny. Price, $2: Hkart and Hiiktt, Charleston, S. C. (Iodkv's L.vnv's Hook.?The February number is on our table?bright, sparkling and beautiful! A\Te should tliiuL- it nl>unct an indispensable to tho ladies, especially those of the single stijte. Tiib Presidbnt's Mkshaob in Paris. ?rTlio President's message wan published in full by all the Parisian journals. It was telegraphed through from Liverpool to Paris in five hours and a half?the same time n.s wojj required 10. telegraph it to London. But tho two copies caino ovur different wires, and while the copy sent to London was in Knglish, that to Paris was in French. This fact shows the importance given to the message. St. Louis, .run. 13,?(Jen. Denver's message to tlie Kansas Legislature calls atton- i tiou to tho second section of tlie ahednlo of t)io Loco nip ton Constitution, and ftdvia<..-? ,\n avoidanco of legislation until after tho action of Congress in the promise*, as, if tho Torri v)ry ne nuiniiion as a state. tho act* of this Legislature would ba a nullity. Ho alludes to a rumor of an organisation in tho Territory niinilur to t hat of the Utah Dunitoft, -and recommends somb action in relation thereto. IIhm Pru efok NeuR0R3.->~A communication in tho .Albany Patriot nays that at tho Sulo of Col. Christie's property of South Carolina. nt his plantation In Raker county, on the 21st Decombor, ho sold at public outcry twonty-two nogroes, at an aferago of $1,037.50 apioco ; n'uio mules at an nvorago of ?211. (iO?twelve months credit with approvod security, and interest from dato?o<jual to a canh (talc.?Petersburg Democrat. WJ5 notice in the proceeding* of Oongrow that Mr. JJoyco, the Representative from the Rtchiund District, ho# ^submitted the following resolution: Jfetolved, That a eommitteo of seven bo innoiuiatl. in whifth ahull lm mfnrrn/1 ? r|uife into and report on tho following nubjcotx, vi7.: A reduction of tho expenditure* of the Govern men V; The navigation laws of the [Jnited States,; Tho oxitting duties on imports; and thc.oxpediency of a gradual repeal of nil duties on import*, and a resort ^xeluidyely to international taxation. Pennings and Clippings. ConnKfTioN.?In the Report of tho Treas- ' urcr of the 2d Regiment, for paid A. Iveeter," read $3. j | Tiie Cottov Markkt.?Cotton iq oy the ; rise in Charleston, ratihg thoro, on tho 18th instant, at 10?, to 11 coots per pound, ~ | IIcnu.?Wo learn from the (Jcorviah Hint I John IMack wan hung at Clnrkosviilc, On., ! . on tlio 8tl> inst., for tho crime of murdor.? , S:)iiio throe or four thousand persons witnoBs| ed tho oxocution. Cheap Property.?Two hundred and thir' ty yqars ago, twenty-four dolhirs purchased j the whole city and county of Now York. If i Motluisaleh were alive now, and right sharp, j lie might he a rich man. Df.CKMUEH AS Pl.KASANT AS M vV. The Ho- , ' cheater Union mentions, as an indication of i | i the weather in Dccemhor, that tho men em- . j ployed in thncxtonsive nurseries of Elwanger I & Hurry pursued their avocations in the field { tho whole month, plowing almost every day ! in December. Nicaragua Wai.kku.?This gentleman has ' A loft "Washington lor tho South, lie \v$w> in ' Richmond Ya., on Monday. Ho visitctj the 1 liORisluturc while in session, creating a sensation. He is preparing for another cxpedii tion to Nicaragua. I ? , * < AVkt an*i) Drv.?Chester has elected a "drv" i !in<l Kdgeftcld a "wet" council. What's in aNamk??In New York, u noto or draft given by parties of undoubted credit, is called "first class paper;" in New Orleans | it is known as " tiro proof," and in llostou as "gilt edged paper." 1' i.o k i da .?Several companies of volunteers who have been chasing th*- Indians, huvobcen mustered out of service. Two volunteers were killed recently by the Indians. In Session*.-The Law and Kquity Courts of Appeal are now in session in Charleston. The Flood in Ai.auama.?The Soltnn AVportcr imys that the loss front Tuscaloosa to Domopolis, by the recent rise in the river, in variniiu lv estimated at from $160,000 to $200 . 000. * On thbirWav.?A delegation of the Creek and Seminole Indians arrived in New ()rle:ltis ' on Thursday. They are on their way to ' Florida, with the purpose of persuading Billy uowlogs to emigrate to tlic Went. Neav York City.?In 1801 the number of votes cast in the city of New York for (Jovcrnor of the State, was 2730?-of which Aaron Burr rceeivod 1415, anil Morgan Lewis 1315. At the Mayor's eloolion in November the number of votes thrown was 84, l'J9?showing nil increase in the number of voters, in . fifty-three years, of 81,409. Tiik Deepest.?The deepest well in the world is the artesian at Louisville, Ky. It lms now reached the depth of 1900 foct. As Irkesistaui.k anouuent.?An old lady combated the idea of the moon being ini habited by remarking with emphasis, that the idea was incredible. " For," said she, what becomes of the people in the moon when there is nothing left of it but a little Htl'Cftk ?" A Gutki) Sov.?lion. J nines B. Clay, son ' of Henry Clay mid Representative in Con- ' gross from lventueky, made his first speech < ill tho House on Tuesday- He erentcd a vo| ry marked impression, and, it is thought,will not have to trust to the prestige of his futh- ( er's name for his future reputation. He is a | democrat. Electko.?lion. tiro. I). Rico has hce,n < elected Judge of tho Blue Itidjje (On.) circuit without opposition. < lliun "Watrr.?The rcoont rains have beep j general. At the latest dates, tho Savannah < I river, at Hamburg, was twenty-four feet a- ( hove low water nmrk. ami slowly rising. " Atfajk or lloxoji."-?On the Grh inst. u 1 hostile mooting took plare near Savannah, tia., between M <ssrs. C. A. L. Lamar ami < Henry l>u Biguon, of that city, which mail- j ted in the latter gentleman receiving a pistol \ 1 ball in tlli! right cyo, iutlieting a vortv serious , ' wound. , ) uis Ways.?The Turku considor i that their Sultan has made a great approach to Kuropoan customs, ho,cause he has reduo t <! 1 the number of ladies in his harem from ] one thousand to only throe hundrod and fiftyl j Pkiipetual Motiox.?The N. Y. Journal 1 Commerce informs its renders that Mr. Jam fin * | 0. IIendri<;kson,of New Jersey, lms invonte$ * a "porpotiml motion." Compelled to Le.vvb,?Win. Strickland, ( a Yankee abolitionist, who was compelled to 1 loavc Mobile, Ala., last yoar, on account of f his obnoxious principles, returned to that place again, for the purpose of settling up j his business, but was again obliged to leavf. g Jail Delivery.?The Suintor Watchman > mentions the circumstance that the jail in 1 Sum tor is empty, arising from tlio fact that 1 throe of tho "jail birds" broke from confine* ' mcnt recently. * To ar. Sui'?R5EnKD.?The East India Cora- t puny, which has ruled India for the last 277 I year?, is to be abolished, and that country c taken under tho protoction of tho KngHsh > government.. 1 J'*rrt.cMt K;,ECTu?i.?Hon. L. W. C'ro?V f linA l.nnn 1? n I1 , ...... ..vu.um. um^d ut iuc uujiurivr vulin J I oi tho Uhernkeo circuit, Oh,, afW a warm <jw? ^ test with Judg') Trippe, Col. Dabnoy, and P. i A. Walker. F?iU AN.a Loss or J-dtr*.?-Tho dwelling of Aaron Warner, situated ono mile HOuth of RomuluHvillo, X. V? took firo and burnod to j tho ground on tho night of ther8th in/it. M> Warner's threo oldest children pori?hed In ^ the name*. Tlic parent*, with tlioir young" J eifc child, Wcro absent on an evening visit. ( 401 4k A Tkrbidlb Rkcord,?Tho number of Cor Dncr's I iKjucsls hold within tho city aud coun Ijr of Now York during tlio past yoar, 19 staled to have boon 1,908, of which 13 werocusof murder, l-r? of houvicido, 68 of uulcidc, }'J9 of organic dinoaso, ami 1,402 of accidents "Pay Up/'?Editors, merchants, tradesmen md tho "rent of mankind," are ondoav'oting, by ingenious notices and urgent appeals, to induce creditors to "pay up." We do not do so irom necessity, out aisiiico to appear unnvdiioiithle in those fashionable timet) I Scn?l in tlic chink! IiAtinK llKw.vnn.?Clarinda F. Robertson nnd David F. Robertson, of Winchester, Tenn will giro a toward of two thousand dollars, for the apprehension and delivery to the jailor of Franklin county, Tonn., of Samuel Mor cdith, who murdered 11. F. Robertson, in the town of Winehoster, Teun., on the evening of the 24tli of December, and has tied to parts unknown. Picr.o.vs.?A writer in the Salem IW-it says it is cstiviated that from 500,000 to 1, 1)00,000 pigeons have boon killed iit " the RoQBt" in Stokes county, N. C., ami that there nro millions still thore. Powdor fuid shot hnvo been exhausted in that region, and the people are calling for more. Ax Ki.o^ukn't Max.?Thotnns F. Marshall of Kentucky, " Orator Tom," as he is called, lecturing in Louisville, Kentucky, lie draws u crowded house, no doubt, wherever he goes. For strains of lofty and impassioned eloquence, he is the most remarkable man nerhaps to be found on this wintiimnf. SiNuciiAR.?Widow Stodnrd died in Fulton county, N. Y., on Christmas day. She woh born in Connecticut in tho year 1770, on Christmas day?was married on Jhristmas day and died on Christinas day, agod U1 years. Want to Go Back.?Sixteen returned fillibusters liave published a card in the Norfolk papers, announcing, that they consider themselves " prisoners of war," and ready at any moment to return with Gen. Walker to Nicaragua. . Ilo.v. m. ii. domiai.?a'j.o hii^orteta A(T vertisnr saye Gcn. Bonhain has returned home on account of nu attack of rhoumatism. Mo is now better, however, and will return to Washington in n short time. " Thk gain of onk ia the Loss or Anotiiku."?An English writer says, in his advice to young married women, that thoi?* mothor Eve married a gardoner. It might he added that thogardenor, in consequence of his match lout his situation. Nkw Ori.kans, Jan. 12.-?Dr. A. Jones, cx-r m iin.^uiiuv ui j v.\ivi, cgininiuoa kuicuic nt Houston, on the Sth instant, by blowing out his brains. A Ooon Yiki.d.?Abraham L. Rennock, Jr., of Ilavcrford, Pa., reports that he has raised on a farm of one aoro, three rods and thirty-oight porehos, 200 bushels of hard,and 30 bushels of soft corn, making an avorage of 140 bushels per aero. The ground was very heavily manured. Vast.?The noWs per Collins steamship Atlantic left New York by the National Line at ten minutes before oue o'eloek, and was received in New Orleans at a <pmrlor past twelve, New Orleans time. The 1'kni>t,f.ton Seminauv.-TIio Duo "West T<:fc3mj)c gnys tho charnctor oftlic TcachorS; the accosaibility, hcalthfulnOss and bounty of lie location; anil the character of tho surrounding cominunity, combine to make this a lcsirablo Seminary for young ladies. Watkh Ci'he.?One of the prisoners at Sing Sing, died lately while undergoing the >roecss of a shower-bath punishment. An>ther victim of cold water has thus been tidied U> tho long lint that has gone boforc.? \\ hat will tho anti-stimulus, cohl-watcr-sojiety suy to this? Facts are stubborn things. Indian*a Democratic Convention*.?The 4tate democratic convention hold utlndinnaK)lis nominated mostly the old State oOLoro. Ilesolutions endorsing the administration rere adopted. Tlic friends of Douglas aro lissatisfled, and probably another convention ,v111 be held. Purchase of Moi.xt Vernon.?It is stacd that upwards of twenty-five thousand dol nrs has already boen raised, ajid j>ut out nt nterest, of the sum required fot thft purchase >fMount Vernon. Two hundred thousand lolhirn is tjio euni doinundod for thu land nud Hillding*. Judgk A. B. Loxgstrkkt, President sloet of the South Carolina College, arrived it Columbia on Friday evening. Aa soon | i3 dim arrival became known, tho students >f tho College inarched in procession, prosod ed by a band of music, to the hotel, aud laving complimented the President with ft icroiiado, woro briefly oddressed by lum.? Mr. Rutherford, of Ncwberrv, responded u behalf of the students, tendering a warm welcome to their newly elected chief officer. fudao .Lonsrstrcetanokeaffnin in I a, - , o the very ovident deairo of the KHuemblugo. [la oxpreiwed ft aincero devotion to tho in?*euU of tho inKtitttilon over v/hich he hnd teen called to preside, and, announced- Iuh joueurrencc with tho views of the groat nen of the Stato?CalhoUn, Kiniorc, Mo JuJffie, and othora?with whom ho had forftcrly been intimate. Ilia remark* wora rory favorably rcoeivod, and wo truat thia :?*.j?* ' 1 1 * HMO IHWWJHI IUSY IMI lypiWII OI he kindly feeling# which nfinl) ever (subsist tetween the Prc?i<fciU and th? students wider Kb ohargo. W ? ^ - -^ #4% ? ? A wiTTy young lady in MIjw Ifc, daugher oftlie Rev. Joshua J)., I). IJ. While ifttening not long ago to a Very original and lixjueut orator, a gentleman remarked of , particular pasnngo that it wan exceedingy rare. "Nay, indeed," said tho lady, " F fiink it uucoiuinonlv tcelUJone P* . . r . V . , | " - -* ' " it From Washing-ton. j < Washington, Jan. 12.?The proceed- < ( iujxs of Congress to-dny wore unimportant. ^ In the Senate the nomination by the President of the Hon. Nathan (Clifford to J the vacant seat on tho Supreme JJeuch, was confirm ul. From a corrcHpoudcuco transmitted to | Congress to-day. it appears tliat Yri&sarri, | the Nicarnguan Minister, has been from ( fir*t to last urging the Government to the ( Ueteut ot Ueuerul WaJKCr'H piano 111 Nicaragua. j Washington, .Tun. 13.?Hknatk.? ( Mi'. i)uuliit!u niiivuuuou ?i jwiui resolution | j directing the presentation of a medal to j OtftninoaorG Paulding, for his conduct in ( arresting Walker and his followers. The resolution was read once by its title. The Senate then returned to tho consid- ' oration of Mr. Mason's motion to reconsider the vote adopting Mr. Hunter's amendment ] to the joint resolution extending and de- j fining tho power ot" the President with regard to the nomination of ofneors who have i nnr>ll ttflnefnd l>v f 11?? nr>tinti nf till! \" iv;il Ilctiviug Hoard. The niaeudtuent tdlnded to is ns follows': ? 'hut nothing herein contained shall bo so construed ns to allow the increase of tho 1 number of officers on tho active scrvicc list ' aft now authorized by law." Mr. Houston, Mr. Toombs and others 1 spoke with great earnestness in favor of the ' reconsideration, contending that the effect ' of the proviso was to prevent justice being done to those officers who had been injuriously affected by the action of the naval retirinn nnnrd. Air. TnntiiSs Hnn1ti> nf O # - ?~ 1 I officers as being victims of the most perfid- 1 ious treachery. ! Mr. Stuart opposed the motion in a long ' speech, arguing that no necessity had been ' shown for increasing the nctivc list ; and ! although a great deal had been said about : injustice, tho specific oases had not been mentioned. 1 Mr. Davis mentioned two oases of gallant l,?rJ ,1.,. UII,. .... ! uiuuvio rr ?iu? ik?u wuvn awi uuft uun 11 u nuu im honorable service?one in Pugct's Sound and tlio other on the const of Africa. Mr. Halo eloquently eulogized Com. 1 Stewart and denounced the retiring hoard ' ceuerully. When lie closed his remarks there was a slight demonstration of applause in tho galleries, which were densely filled J by officers of the navy and others. After a long debate, Mr. II untcr's amend- 1 mcnt was rejected; and a joint resolution < was passed with another amendment limit- 1 ing the power of the President to nominate to six mouths after the passage of the act. < Mr. Brown gave uotice of his intention ' to offer an amendment to Mr. Doolittlc's ' joint resolution for the presentation of a medal to Commodore Paulding. It is to ] tho effect that Congress hnu heard with Bur- < prise of the arrest of Gen. Wtu. Walker and others nt Punta Arenas by Commodore 1 Paulding, and feeling satisfied that said act 1 was a violation of the territorial sovereignty of Nicaragua, and not sanctioned by any I existiug law, Congress disavows the act, 1 and beincr offiuiallv notified that wild PnnW ing acted without instructions from the President or the Secretary of th^ Navy, i Congress hereby expresses its condemnation I of his conduct In this regard. ( Mr. Fitch made a personal explanation i in reference to tho proceedings of the late 1 Indiana State Convention, and tho resolu- ! tiou which was changed by telegraph, being ( the subjoct of an ojitorial in to day's Uniom * ' Mr. Douglas said a few words in, ."Oply, 1 contending that the change was not a very 1 material one. i Mr. Ilale undertook to explain the action ? of the New Hampshire Democracy on this 1 question, causing Home fun. 1 The Senate then adjourned. 1 HoMSK Of 11KI' 11KHKN'fATI VK8.?The ? IIouho wnt into committee of the whole 1 on the state of the Union on tho Presi- ] dent's annual message. < Mr. Curtis argued tliat from the earliest period of our national history until now, 1 the government has interposed in various < means to restrain our citizens from fitting < out hostile expeditions ngaittut nations with 1 which we are at peaco. The operations of ( Walker afforded evidence of tho necessity [ for the application of the neutrality laws. lie adverted to the enormous expenses of ' I keeping the various routes across tho Isth- 1 | mUS OpS'.S, Tl?u tunica winu iou ioug UIHl I distant, and the country too sickly to lio of < permanent ndvnntnge. To roach ilia Pa- * oifio, ft direct lino should be taken across t our own territory. It was wrong for the ' government to go into filibustering opera- 1 tions. This has been its policy for years ' past, and it has too long winked at private ' iillihu#tering. An examination of the doc- < ument submitted by the President shown s 1 that Commodore Pnulding haw, like ft true t and honost sailor, o^rrlcd ont his instruc- ? tions. It was not hit* duty to explain tho ? law. t Mr. Clay said this was tho first time ho ^ liad the privilego to address tho legislative f assembly of tho country, and ho was grati- c fled in now rising to sustain what he believed to bo law an<} order.. They had seen tho remarknblo spoctacle of an adrainistr^- J tiosi apparently unsupported by its own . ' friend*, and on tlio reception of every me?- c sage from tho President, opportunities had ? been taken to assail and pick at him. He f ;iwjnie?icd m every word tho President hod * written, on, tho Ccntirai American <ji*o?tic*t. ' lb wax necewwry that instntctiona should ' bo ins'^ed for interccptmg iV'alxor'a oxpodition, and to restrain our citizons from acta 1 violative af Mm taW; Walker wua brought hoiue with the view of wiving , T nw necif, awr lor tfiafc he fthdtikf be gwlo- | J ful. Ho broke uot, only international bw. j He e?enpod frQiri th'to country undi*.'ftdxe j colors; wwl Mr*. Clay maintained th<*b it> c wan uot only in tno power of lihe i'reaidfeni ? but it w?w hi# duty, to ttend for Wulke*eye*- f the high ?oo# and bving bim back. He thought thut Commodore Paulding had committed a grave error, an?l that thi# re- \ mmr?. uj, IUB iTOHiaont was n ?unteicnt con- , sure on tj?e conduct, of thut officer. . Mr. Poulo, of York, <61bt*e4 tfr * Hluy. lie concurred with the AdiuiniMr.v tiou in rotation to the Central American jjucetion. All riglit-mindcd and unbiased men Would applaud the conduct of Conmiojjoro l'aulding. In conclusion, he entered lii? protect ngain.it Amcricani/.iug Central Amcrica, without nn invitation to that end. Mr. Lumar, of during hiM uour, spono in aoienoo 01 me procceaings lending to the adoption of tho J>eoonipton [Constitution, nnd took occasion' to say that [)ov. ilobert J. Walker had violated his pledges, and that Htophcn A. Douglas had iiiidcrthkon to outrngo southern rights because there was a slight prospect of Kansas becoming a slave rtnte. Mr. Montgomery justified the nrrOHt of (icnoral Walker, iiml was in favor of having him arrested and sent back to Nicaragua to bo dealt with by that oflcudcd State. Mr. Zollieoflcr.uiauc i> speech in dcfcncc of (Jenoral Walker, contending thnt lie had not violated the neutrality laws. When he had concluded, the connuittoe rose and the House adjourned. Washington, Jan. 14.?-An oflica has been opened in this city for the encouragement. of ciiiiirrntinn to NT ienriimia. ;md nor lions of Control America, the object being peaceful colonisation, as recommended iu the President's Mc&wgc. The capture of Anderson is believed to have pot an extinguisher upon all lillibustcr movements in that direction for some t imc to coino. ]i is announced this morning tliat the Military Committee ill the Senate will' report against the raising of five new ro??i mcnls to march ng,.lnst the mormons, and propose, nan substitute, that the regiments 11 read}' on duty be increased to the extent >f two companies each. The entire cost of tho I"tab expedition, thus far, is put down \t the fabulous sum of nearly 88,000,000, ind another million, nt least, it is calculated, will be swamped by the loss of nuiuutls during the present winter." The Territorial Committee,; it is under* d "> ul, will report oil Saturday, in favor of l 1. . l .. / \r! , * -.1 i [iio auimssion 01 iUiniH*?oin, witn nor present (Constitution. It is destined, howcVer, to meet with considerably oppc* tion, e?pcoially from the frknda of the l.ooonipton measure. Washington, Jan. lfi.?The Senoto is not in session. In the House, Mr. Stanton offered resolutions appointing a select committee to iniiuire as to whether the $85,000 spent by the Middlcsox Manufacturing Company of Massachusetts found its way into tho hands >f any member of Congress, tlic books of ll._ /'* - 1-1!. *1 -a ? . . liu: \ u:iij>iiiij m;uiii^ mm 11 was spent in lid of the passage of the Tariff Act of 1857. After debate, a substitute was adopted ap[>?>utiiig a conuuittco of five ou that and jther nmttcni. Mr. Harris, of Illinois, offered rcsolu;ions for the expulsion of O. B. Matteaon, io not having purged himself of charges nade against luni at the last session of Congress. The consideration of the resolutions iVuh postponed, find the House adjourned. Wasuinciton, Jan. 15.?Tlio National Agricultural Society adjourned to-day, fier the most valuable session over hold Jenoral Tench Tilulunun. of Maryland, w;. jlceted President, in place of Mr. "Wilder, resigned. Nearly nil tho old officers wore re-elected. The jicruio'ucnt office of tho Society has been established at Washington. Darino llonnKUY.?Our worthy fellowsiti/.en, .John Veal, haa met with ft cad loss, in which he has the sympathy of the community. On Friday night, ids store was ?.t ,.i i t-t -j ?- '? ;iuui vu iinu ruuuuu OlJCWCiry, WOtOllCS, &C., worth about four thousand dollars. The thieves pcom to have acted with gveat deliberation aud caution, as they have so far escaped the vigilance of our detective police. The Mayor 1ms promptly issued bis proclamation, offering a liberal reward for :heir apprehension and conviction. Wo Icarn that recently several ntorew 1QV0 been entered, and attempt# made up>n money drawers mid cbests, but unsuejessfully. Our citizens should be watch'ul cf visjtors with (vhoni thoy aro not atfjuaintcd.? Columbia ('uroliuiuu, 17th. j in: must jj5vkk.?j'ho Ijovco nt tlio President'* Mansion,'on Tuesday evening, jong the first of tho season, wax attended >J u Vdfjr VilllMOIOUH HtU*|ntL>iilge of oil izeus >t" both acxefi, official mid unofficial, Sejm:or?, Representatives, officer* of tho n*iy md navy and tho civil sorvicc of the counry. The occasion was honored by the jreseneo of several of tho roprcscntittivca of broign friendly powers and enbordinnto numbers of tho diplomatic covps^ Tho :oiiij)hiiy were presented to tne 4TtJjj[i<ien^ u?d Miss I*ano by tho Marshal of tmWJ)i?-. ' ,rict and Commissioner of Public Buildings espectivcly. It was ft truly gay and p)<$(K kiit soonc, and wns wmowhat diversified by ho sight of sovorul of tho delegation# o? Western Indians now in the eity, all in, i?H feather. Tho noxt levee will take pinto. in tho 20th Inst.?National TnlethWaiecr. - The Prksident Sustained?Tho liehmond KnauircY of Tucudny Bays tliot, 'at an unuHually largo Convention of Dcm eratio member* of tlie fiofiate and House. >f Delegates of tho ittgtelfcftaro of Virginia, n?t yiiglit, in the Hall of tho Houho of' >olegntcn# strong resolutions were adopted yai'mlv endowing !h?<wir??e of the Dresi ieut upon the subject of the jjceom^ton /UiivemiDii. xuero wcro 11U members ccKont, .< " --y> ' ; Jim Imnk a Mormon Bpy.?TI^ ro- " torfrix becoming current that, Colonel Jim *one,of KnoMH notoriety, is now, and h;?? >oci? for boine month*, in col union with the ilormon#* A Wellington correspondent (f tbo Philrnhfyhia I'reMpays tlwit the Ad lliltiftAl*,'l4W)lt W Ml BffillOictiim i\t i Iif/irmf. ?tt" r~? rhich conolufi voly |)rt)VCH the fact uThft ixact olflwwcter of tho infonnntii^j is not' ' mblicly knoVvn; bntthoimpiv^iuii llmt ii oxprcm botwfcon Ihri^Uum Vowitf niul ii?ue hoR bocvu intercopted on tho ptyiifa by ho United States fovvCH." c- ? 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