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"TO THINE OWN SELF WF. TlltE, AND IT V^M' 1'OI.l.OW, AS TIIK NIGHT THIS PAY*, TIIOU CANST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANV MAN." JiY llOB'T. A. THOMPSON. PICKENS COU11T HOUSE, o. C. SAT UK DAY, FE Pit VARY 13, 1858. VOL. IX. NO. 30: JliLJ_.il J.'U iJJ.-J-Jfl-J-gU U'JJ.1'Jl"l IU .' '..!. .? !L1"... . ' ...l.i.'J'L ?. . .". I.I ?| L? 1 . ..., '... 1 .1 .? ... 1. ... -' 11 !" "} *<. < ' ! ' T ? I i 'i . .. I r .i. ?P#gSiTOEni'lriV, Why Do wo Not Always Smilo. TcndCsr flowers do not blossom And a strongly troubled fountain* (Vnnot nlwu.va calmly llow. The noon-day >8 often hidden Mt ii dark aud heavy cloud; 80 tho heart, l?y tempest driven. >lay its light awhilo enshroud. Tlicn, while the clouds ure passing over, A...1 il._ I Vl-.l ?? - - /vuu uivinmmt'u waii'i'B muvo j i IT any should u frown discover, Think it not the want of Love; For friendships light i? brightly burning, "In its 1, accustomed place, Wln*no ?r its light ia Tforth returning. Or tho "amilo iij; on tin? facO.'\, AVo would not fill the siglilng bosom Of I* too with chilling gloom; Much less tile friends wlio kindly groct ua, l,ikc ft bright and sunny morn, If any lonely path-way brightuua Hy a kind and stntliug luttk ; If any load of grief' It lighten*, We would give tlio fliendly look* " y fponj.irac.Ai,, The President's Mfessage in Regard to KansasTho'lvnnsfts convention,' thus lawfully eon* ( tittit'ed, prdonodi?d Ho 1'iiiitie u constitution, und, having copjhlotcd theirWork, finally adjourned on the 7th (lay of November last.? THttv did not think brouor to Hubrnit tho \yholo of the constitution to a populur vqte.; hut tlic.y did .submit the question whether Kiihsua sliouhl be a iVoo or u p'avo State, to tho people. This vmS the question which hud convulsed the Union and shaken it to it? very etmtre. This Xvfts tho question which hud lightened up tiie Hum us of civil war in Kuuous, rtud hnd produced dangerous sectional parties throughout tho confederacy.?h was oS' a character so paramouut in respoct to the condition of Kansap, as to rivet tho anxious attention of the pooplo of tho whole coun try upon it, and it alone. N7> porson thought of uuy other question, l'or my own part, when I instructed Gov. Walker, in general forms, in favor of submitting tho. constitu tipn to tho people, 1 hud no object >n view oxecpt ilie all-absorbing question of shivery. Ill what ntrtniior the pctjplc <?f Kansas might regulate tlioir other cotuichis, was not a sub* joot which attraotod any attention'. In fact iho gonerrtl provisions of v^nr recent State constitutions, uftcr an cipurjonQ'? of eighty yonrft. are eo similar and so excellent, that it would bo difficult to go far wrong at tno pros ?n'j day in framing a new constitution. I then bidiovod, and still Wlieve, that uh (ho organic act-, the K:msn8 convention vvoro bound to (submit thin all-important ques tion of slavery to tho peoplo. It was never, however, my opinion that, independently of tills act, they would lmve been bound to submit uny portion of the constitution to u popular vote, in order to give it validity, tlad 1 entertained such an opinion, this would have been iu oppobiti6n Ii> nuiny precedents in our history, oi>nuueocin? In tho very best aj;o of the republic. It would have been in opposition to tho principle which peryadpB our in* Ntitutions, and wmoji is evory day carried out into practice, that the people have the ri^ht to delegate to representatives, chosen by thom'?olve.?, (heir sovereign power to fnunc constitutions, oniiot laws, mid perform nmny other important aot8, without requiring that theso should bo subjected to their subsoqucnt approbation. It would bo a most inoouvoniont limitation of theit own [tim er, imposed Iry the people upon themselves, to oxelude thorri from oxorcjjdng their sovereignty in any lawful mtiun^v tboy think proper. It is *t<uc that tho poople if Kansas might, if they J?a?l pleased, have required the convention to hubmit the constitution to n popular vote; tout tins they have not done. Tlte only vein eily, therefore, in this.catto, i? that which exist in all other similar cases, if tho dologaiea who framed the Kansas constitution have in any manner Violated tho will of their couMtituonta, the pCdjilo always' possess fhe power to eharigo their constitution of thbir laws, T'lt qtieation of tdavory was submitted to 4U) election of tho peop.lt) of Kansas on the 'iUf, tJccoinbur last, in obedience to tUo in an-, date of tho constitution, Hero, again, a lair onnbrtunify wiuj nvr^oiv?<wl ?.? the :idhfvbr.ts of tho Topokn constitution, if they vrerb the nnyority, to decide thU exciting question Md thoir owh,way:". t\nd tUu? voatera- peaco to tho distracted Torritovy: but. thi!y ugain ro* fused to exorcise" their'right <?f popular sov> orolgnty, and again aiifforfed tho election to jiaop uty MUiuuu. I heartily reioico that a wisor unci hot-tor spirit prevailed among n Inreo majority of tnfcHd pooplo on the fir?t Monday of January; ?nd tliut they did, on that diiy, vote under tUb Lwomptort constitution for governor and wthor State 6iUoor?, a member of Cpnyross, ijnd for inoinbcrd of tho IeiialatuYo. Tlu? I ctectfr.rt #ad ^abidy contested by tho parties, ijnd n. lttrgor \*oto jvas polled than at nny.pw^ xiou.s election in the Territory. Wo jniy 9D\r roivonably hone that tho rejointionarv $1 XopcUa- organisation will be upoodily and Anally abandoned, and this wj.U ir^ fftiv to*. wvutt tho ?k>."U . settlement of the unhappy ' difforouccs iii Kftrixft*, K Frauds ItyVft been v! ^fnfnittrtd ajufls oloction, oltho.r 8* orto or both parties, tho lCgi?hituro ot?ti the OTitynR <tf <.KitO*?.t, un'lor-their conrtfitmlOnwill know bow tQ "r^ilfoss themselves find pnuishM tVoso detestable but bw.oomm.ouorhrtos with-. . out lyiy out#l4? .* u . V: pcoi)^o,bf Jiajisas hayo, then, ."in lliqtr own fay," and in strict iicQor<^uce , witH QjZ orgfluiO ftot, fr^ucd a constitution untl fetatogovorumeutj huvo nubvuUtcd tlio* all-ttanortan^ CJU.WtiQn M- to tlio jpcoptf, . jjj$$ ,.<dcct?!ci avgovcruof, a I . hicmbor to represent thorn iu Congrcs*, "uiuuiTi. j ?<:v now nsK uu\uittuop MHO -fHo U/iioii under tIvia^o^TI^Jon, \yhich j:-.blJjSttU in it*, <Wu>. ii i, for CouikMfy whether t |i<ry will adroit mS m wjcct tftu fctdWrfahifch lm,*. tfuiH betn croal; ^PPPHSjPiW'::":1':::;;; Jio grcut ftriii('ij*!f stf nmi i?*ct:ifttwi,7c<> * ^ *'* .J ognizcd and sanctioned by the organic act, A vrhioh declares in express language in favor of " non-intervention by Congrees with ' i sluvei'y iu the Suu.es or Territories," leaving : "the people thereof pcrfcotly free to form i and regulate their domestic instit''ions in 1 their own way, subject only to the constitu- 1 tion of the United Htates." In this man- i ner, by localizing the (juestion of slavery, j and confining it to the people whom it itu mediately concerned, every patriot anxious- i ly expected that this question would be banished froui tho halls ot' Congress, where < it has always exerted a balofnl influence throughout the whole country. It is proper that 1 should briefly refer to tho election held under an act of the territorial legislature, on the flv&t Monday of Jauuary last, on tho Lecompton constitution. This election was held after tho Territory hati iieen prepared for admission into tho Union as a sovereign State, and when no authority existed in the territorial legislature which could dcwti^ y its oxistcnco or changc ifs character. Tho election, which was peacoahly conducted under my instructions, iuvolvcd a strange inconsistency. A largo majority of tho persons who voted against the Lccompton constitution, woro at the very same time and place recognizing its valid existonco in tho most ?..i~ -..:i - !?? nun;iuu una uumiciuic manner, Ity voting under its prqvision8. I have yet received no official :i formation of the result of this ?lection. As a question of expediency, after the right has been maintained, it may ho W'm to rcflect upon the benefits to Kansas ar>H to tho whole country which would rosuk from its immediate admission into the Union, as well as tho disasters which may follow its rejection. Domestic peace will be the happy consequences of its admission, and that tho fine Territory, which has hitherto been torn by dissensions, will rapidly iiif>r<visr> in nimiilnfinii < v.A mn?Wl>< unnnJII.. ....v. HWIl.l, e|iV>UMlljT realize tnc blessings ami the comforts which follow in the train of agricultural ami mechanical industry. Tho pcoplo will then, be sovereign, and can regulate their affairs in their own way. If a majority of them desire to abolish domestic slavery within the Stato, there is uo other possible mode by which this can be effected so spcodijy as )?ir uvhmnf Tim wj j'? v"?|/v i?viiuiooi\i>ii ^ ny w tiivj Iliajority is supreme and irresistible when expressed in an orderly and lawfully manner. They ean make and unmake constitutions at pleasure. It would be absurd to say that they can impose fettors upon their powor which they cannot afterwards remove. It1 Uicy could du this they might tic their own hands for a hundred as well as for ten years. These are fundamental principles of American frcodbin and are roco^niscd, I believe, in some form or other, by every State con BLitution ; ami if Congress, in the act of nd- J admission, should think proper to rctiognigfo them, I can perceive no objection to Such u fonr.se. This has been done emphatically in the constitution of Kansas. It declares in tho bill of rights, that y all political power is inherent in the people, and u!! free govornmeriLs are founded on their authority and instituted for their benefit, aud thereforo they have at all times an alienable and indefeasible right to alter, reform, or abolish their form of government in such manner as they may think proper." The great Btato of Now York is at this moment governed under ii constitution trained and established in direct opposition to the modo prescribed by the previcds constitution. If, therefore the provision changing tho Kan- , sas constitution, after tho year one thousand eight hundred and aixty-four, could by possibility bo construed into a prohibiAit 11\ mnl'o n ^ wvstt w jumuv ouuu it uiiuii^u jncvjuua lu unit period, this prohibition would be wholly unavailing. The legislature already elected may, at its very first suasion, submit the qiiootion k> u voto of the peopie whother they will or will not lmyc a convention to amend their constitution", and adopt all noc: essary means for giving effect to the popular will. It htu* been solemnly adjudged by tho highest judicial tribunal known (0 our lawn, tlmt slavery ex into in Kansas by virtue of tho constitution of the Unitod States.? Kansas is, therefore, at this moment M much a slave 8tato as Georgia or Soytli uarounft. VY ithout this the equality of tho feovoreign States composing the Union would bo violated, and tho uso and onjoyment of Q. territory acquired by tho common troasufrb of all tho States, would be olostttl flgrtlnst the pooplo and tho propcvfcy of nearly half ihe members of the confederacy. Slavery can thnretirr** rtrtvnr ho JwiOimiliul tr? TCnt. ftria oxocfi^ by means of n constitutional provision, mid in no other manner can this Ikj ^btainclfWi promptly, if a majority ct' tho yoonlo dCdiro it^tia by udmtUtng it iqto tho 1 Union under 5tJ present constitution. On the othor hand, should Congress re- * jeefr the cof)atitu.tion, umioi* the idea of afford! fig thef diRflftoctw? in KWitaatf'a third .r*..?< ' i?._P vjjjmmiiiin^Y o^pruinraung Hmvcry ]n lap H Stnio, whiehtMy inighfc have clicmo twieo hofore; if in the ftnjovityj &> hum c:m fpriiteH thfc oonfc<yjuoiu;ofl. T^jJK i , Tf Congress, for thq of tlirtsq Men who rcfuijoji to vtfio fbr tlolegftfoa to the tK^'ventior) wh*jn iltojpibight h?yo OK el tided $laVory frptfi th^ coii^tiwtic/fi; and who nftWdf\win MM .-rh- 4Mb /if HA *7"'" >v ? wv v1* fwyfwf v? ecmWlnst, when as thtfy clnim. * have ?trioU<^ifc*i|^rom; tho constitution whcnM r*oW fejteot mti StatrfTjeo^d?C ftfnvery ? >irii.i in tho < . .nstitutiun, i; in ninntfrst, v' ' r^v. iit ? "*. . -W A ? form than it has ever yot assumed. Kvory patriot in tho country had indulged tho hope that tho Kansas and Nebraska nut would put a final end to tho slavery ugitation, at least in Conjrres.1, which had for more than twenty years convulsed the country and eudangered the Union. This act involved groat and fundamental principles, ;md if fairly carried into cft'eet will settle the question. Should the agitation be Again revived, should the people of the sister States bo again estranged from each other with more than their former bitterness, this will arise from a cause, so far as the interests of Kansas are concerned, more trifling and insignificant than has ever stirred the elements of n great people into commotion. To tho people of Kansas, the only v.-i i...: |jtuv;i>ii;ui uiiit'iuiiui- uutwvuu ihiiiiinmuu cm rejection, depends .simply upon the fact wbother they can thomselves more speedily change the present constitution if it does not accord with the will of the majority, or frame n second constitution to be submitted lo Congress hereafter. Kven if this were si question of mere expediency, and not of right, the small difference of time, one way or the other, is of not the least importance, when contrasted with the evils which ir.ust necessarily resuit to the whole country from a revival of tho slavery agitation. In considering the question, it should never bo forgotten that, in proportion to its insiguiiicance, let the decision be what it may, so far as it may alTeet the few thousand inhabitants of Kansas who have from the beginning resisted Iho constitution and tho laws, for this vory reason tho rejection of tho constitution will he so much the more keenly felt by the people of the States of this Union, where Savory is recognised under tho 'fconstitution of the United States. Again. Tho speedy admission of Kansas into the Union, would restore peace and quiet to tho whole country. Already the affairs of this Territory have. cnirrnKsod an undue proportion of pnblic attention.? They have .smlly affected tlie friendly relations of the people of the States with each other, and alarmed the fears of patriots for the safety of the Union. Kansas once admitted into the Union, the excitement becomes localized, and will soon die away for want of ouLside aliment. Then every difficulty will bo settled at the ballot-box. iJcsidi'S?and this is no trifling consid? eratiou?1 Khali then bo enabled to withdraw the troops of the United States from Kansas, uud employ thorn on branches of service where they are much needed. They have sen kept there, on the oarncst importu ' v of Governor Walker; to maintain the exi icnce of the territorial government and secure the execution of tlu> laws. He considered that at least two thousand regular troops, under the command of Goucral Harney, were necessary for thi< purpose. Acting upon, his reliable information, I have been obliged, in some deirreo, to in tcrt'oro with the expedition to Utah,- in order to keep down rebellion in Kansas.? This has iuvolved a very heavy expense to the government. Kuna;;:j onco admitted, it is boljovcd that there will no longer bo any occlusion there for troops of the United States. 1 huvo thus performed my duty on this important question, under a deep sense of my responsibility to God ancl my country. My publio life will terminate within a brief period ; and I have no other objoot of earthly umbition thau to leave my country in a fidaccful aud prosperous condition, and to ive in the alfeotiouH and respect of my countrymen. Tho dark and ominous clouds which now appear to bo impending o.vcr the Union, I ooiisoiontionsly believe. uaay be dissipated with honor to ovory portion of it, by tho admission of Kansas during the present session of Congress j whereas, if who should bo rejected, I greatly fear these clouds will beeomo darker and more ominous than any which huvo oror yet threatened tho constitution and the Union. Jamks Buchanan. Ragles in Virginia.?A largo Bald : Jl'A A?-At.. ' i i uugiu jii>iiih;uu iij>uu u Hvuray luuseovu ui.iko, on Thursday evening, nt Mr. John Rowlett'# farm, in Pi jnoo George, in order to make a meal gf him, but the drake not relishing such ?u uncoremoniouM .11, put his muscular energies into' very active exorcise anil niudo so acicntific a use of thorn a# to give his feathered majfety a Bound drubbing?whereupon, tho latter, determined not to " mount wpv/arda" again with an empty stomach, madr a vigorous attack tipon ono of tho lady ducks of the vard, who waft fortunately reaeu'ed fr^m tho talons of tho hungry nnd nftvagfi bird, betforo she KviBtiunoti a?v ftcrioxw injury.' It was decidedly one of tho most fillibu&toring enterprises that we have heard of for a long time. Th^oaglc narrowly CKoaped capture, nnd he W?H not again, we imagine, undertake another fcxpouition of the kind. f I'r.i-->-n/?i>y /;>ti'lh'gr.necr. An Kar.<?We have reeoived a singular ?,-flw?uuivun?ij v?i Wi WUlj from thoplantation of William Gallon, K?q., who roguuM near Snminerftoldrin this couuty* It is about throe and a, half inoliow lone, opuUvifty 28 rows of grain*, and 31 grains in 6*<di row, making 8GS grain* in all.gyit is of tho kind bf com known as ''gotjwl sood," and for its length is dcoid* tdly thd greatest oav of cons wc havo ae<Jn for ifimy a In ttwt, wo do not believe it can ho beaU?>S'4w?i nhvny* i' uTv U> th in lo i mj%: % y. f 1* / ^ y ' . - '* . ? The Pacific Railroad. Tho following is a synopsis of tho Hil introduced by Ml". Gwiu into the Sonat of tho (Tuitod States for the constructio of a Railroad to the l'auitio : The first section authorizes the Presidon to make contracts for the transportation b; Kailroad of mails, troops, munitions of wtii supplies, &c., from a point on (lie Mi&oui river, between the mouths of the Itig Siou and Kansas rivers to Ban Francisco, on th most eligible route?reference being hn to feasibility, shortness and economy. The; second direct* tlicadvertianiuehl nropoKuld for constructing the road and poi forming the servico required. The third section provides that the cor tracting party shall denositc 8500,000 wit the Secretary of the T' jasttry as a guarat: tec for the fulfilment of the contract. The fourth section provides for the ay propriation of a quantity of public land equal to the alternate sections, for twent miles on either side of said road through out its entire length. Tho fifth and sixth sections relate to th location oi 1110 route ana its uiviston nit sections, together with compensation c carrying the mails. The next section authorizes the issuin to the contracting party, on the coinplotio of the first twenty-five miles of the roac (Jnitcd States bonds, to the amount of 811 500 per mile, which are to bear interns payable semi-annually, not exceeding fiv per cent., and arc to he payable ninctce years after date of said contract. On tli completion of the second seetiou of tli j foad, a similar amqunt of bonds are to L ! issued, and so with each succeeding sei tion until the road is finished, providin the aggregate amount shall not exceed $25 uuu,wu. xneso payments are declared t bo advances made to the contracting parti and together with interest, they are to I repaid in transportation and service, as pr< vided for in the act, before any conipetisi tion besides the lands appropriated, is I be given for such transportation and se; vice. This section also provides that tli contracting parly shall pay duty on all iro imported for the road, and shall give tli preference to American railroad iron if th latter of equal quality can be obtained at cost not exceeding that from foreign com tries. Tho oiehth section anaots that in oaf the contracting party fails to prosecute tl: work .so as to securo its completion in con pliance with the tonus of the agreemon all thoir rights to the said road, right < way, lauds or other property pcrtuiniu thereto, together with the" unexpeiuk amount, of stocks deposited, shall bo fo feitod. In the event of such forfeitur the President is authorized to relet theui completed portions of the work, 011 tern not exceeding those provided for in th iu:i, uiiu so us 10 secure us earnest conipi tion. > The other sections make directions i regard to the selling of tho lands along tl; route, the cstablishutont of an I?lectrieTe egraph, and some matters of detail not ne essary for us to repeat. Tho Bill has ev dently been prepared with great care at should enlist careful scrutiny. [Carolina Times. Kansas Pollov of the Administration Wo copy tho following letter of the lion. . (Jlanoy Jones, of Pa., to ft Democratic me? ingin Philadelphia, us containing ft renwr flhly clear nnd forcible exposition of tho po icy of tho Administration in roferonco to Kai sas: Washington, Dec. 2G, 1857.?Gcntlonior I havothe liouor to acknowledge tlio rceei] of your invitation to attend a meeting of tl Democracy of Philadelphia, to bo held c Monday next, fur tho pttrposo of sustainin tho mCssago of tho President. I regret th; my dutios hero compel mo to forego the ploa uro It would afford mcto accopt your invit turn. J no message is one winch lins n hearty anil cordial approval. The dootrit of popular soyoroignty is now a settled at integral part of tho Domocratie crccd ; b< also, is its corrolntivo, that of non*intorvei tion by Congress in tho domestic aflairsi tho Territories. Af ours is a government law and order, tho popular will of tho Terr tory can only bo known through its legal rc rcentutives. Tho mode and manner of conveviug tit will to tho Federal Government belongs c clusrt vely to the people of tho Territory, they direct that it shall bo mudo known on through the popular suttragu, ratifying tl acts <>f their representatives, it can bo rooei oA in no othoi' form. If they authorize tho ronrowotativoH to f>pe;ik for thorn Wit hoi submission, .or by partial submission to tho popular vote, it in nliko binding; fojr while, i each ami cvory case, wo have no right todi tato, suggest, or intervene, ? odnjiuer it tl higheat attribute of popular tfovoioignty . allow the pooplo of a Territory not, only form and control thoir own domestic iiwtit tionn, but to do this m their own way, not tlio way that Congress may suggest.J Kansas has done thiH. The President hi nu legal knowlodge ol' the popular will ther oxdept thvough its own oboBcq ?<jpro.sont tiven. If ho wore 16 reject oif' disregard thi it wpuld not only nullify U?e acts of populi drtvoreignty, communicated to him throujj legitimate channels, but it would bo into vention with a high hand, and an "Executr ft?t' tnrjtik jwVwvi **KaW jn?v?v?? aua Mivtvvwiv'.r jVIU WMgf cnolU al. Th? now doctrine thai tho popuiar wi cannot bo ifiado known through itHownohc on nffonts, if it bo thfljt* will Sotodb, i? j Jibridflinent of flov'oreifcnty?n limitation tho- ppwer of tho people, Imposed on th-jin 1 ()unu,roSM, wU'mh acinus*,, \vitlu?iU w>Qstit tlpnivl authority, to ojccfalHCit. Alls *oth't . uj)-ivhlgh??f Uxr tban tho <?on?m?'ti<>nv1h<i I m i<itv in -iw iwiwiwfl wuttir'# mm* rtyrcton fii?i V - 'jfrr fiV u\i*\H ' ?r_ ' m' n* tiff ? *. r . . ? I recognize in the people of Ktinsntf, when II they me Huffieieutly numerous, tho absolute 0 ri^ht, iu tho exerciso of sovcreijgu powor, to settlo their domestic institutions; nnd 1 rec- ^ 11 Ognixo it us one of tho highest uttributos of 0 tntu sovereignty that tliov may cliooso their ^ t own way, their own modo and manner. If t, y tlio Executive or Congress oun dietato the f nia'tnor.or compel thorn to select a particular mode, other than that of thoir own choosing, ? s then popular sovereignty is u farce, lftlio ti agents aba?o the trust, to whom are they rcs" ponslblc? To the pooplo, if they are sover- ,] ** oign?to Congress, it* the pooplo are not sovercign. If the Constitution of Kansas is not >r acceptable to the people of Kaunas, it is easy t f. for them to change it ; popular sovereignty j concoues them tlmt right. But if Congrosa | attempts to change it, . ongrcssioual govern- | , oiguty supersedes popular sovereignty, and n 1 the battle of 1850 lias been fought in vain. , I have no regard for the Lecompton Convon- i. tion or its Constitution, except so far as it is j jj >- the manifestation of tlio will of a sovereign ! s people, made known through their own u- j v gents. It is beeauso I am bound to rogard this Constitution as the act of the people, and j not of tho Convention, that I accept it. I acknowledge the right of the people of Kansas c c to abrogate, alter, or amend this Constitution. ^ o I deny that right to the Executive or to Con- v if gres#. With these views, my sympathies and feelings are with you. Very truly, yours, r J. Gl.vncy Jones. j ^ To Goo. lMitt, Esq., and others, committee. t 1, Kansas Affairs.?Wo find the follow- ' iug in the Washington Union of Sunday | t, bust: v c Oeu. Olarkson arrived in this city last | n evening, from Kansas Territory, with the u o ijceompton uonstltution, wtneJi, being ailo dressed to tho Prosidcnt, was immediately 1 e placed in his possession. 5- (jen. Clarksou informs us that the vote g of the Delcwarc Crossing prccinct had been v returned to the Commissioner for Leaven- j o worth county, and was in his possession at 1 f, the time the returns were opened and couu- c ie ted in presence of the Speaker of the House, f J- President of the Senate, and Governor, and i- that it amounts to something over 800 votes. <o This gives tho Democrats a majority in r- both houses of tho Legislature. f ie We arc also informed that the free State n vote, said to have been rejected by General 1 ic Calhoun Veausc it was returned to Oov. 0 c Denver, had not boon returned at the time a the aforesaid opening and counting took ^ i- place. It won cast at the free State polls f holi', under authority of the Territorial t to Legislature, for a vote on the Constitution, to and that alone, ?nd was not returned even 1 a- to the Governoi u'ltil the next day after the ' t, counting, but before the publication of the 3f result by the Speaker and President, and "J ? was embraced by them in their aggregate, t id Hence it is claimed that all the free State i r- officers have been re-eloctcd. 0, General Ctdboun will bo hero in a few 4 1- days, when bo will doubtless furnish coin- * is plctc returns. IS Si-avery in California.?Senator Gwin, i Q" some years ago, carried fevoral slaves with ? him to California, who after working about t n a year, sued hiiu for wages. The oaso has io lately been decided by Judge Norton, of San i 1. Francisco, who. is his decision, stated that no j * contract was proved, ami that the eirouin- I stances of these slaves bore an analogy to i those of .adult children who remained with 'd their parents and worked for them. The law 1 would not imply a promise to pay wages ; and some proof of contract or request must bo proved to justify a judgment in ftivofr of 1 tho claimant. J- Dukc. Betwkkn ^Gigoy and Ifo^k-rx- 1 't- tiie-Day.?A correspondent, several days | k- since, notified us of a duel which was to j il- take place at the Ohippowa Agenoy, on the < a- llith iiitjt., between a Mr. Giggy, a citizen i of Crow-Wing, and IIole-in-thc-Day, tho ' ,. well-known CbippcWa Chief. The duel, i pt we understand, took place per agreement, ic and three allots wore fired by eaeh party. | ,n At ,.i0 first lire both were wounded, Mr. i Gigpy receiving a ball in lue right ->idc.? j y At the second lire Giggy wus wounded in a. tho left side. It was with difficulty that ,y ho could stand up for tho third liro, but 10 the Indian chief would not ngrCc to settle id tnu dilfieulty, and tho third fire was ex-1 | 0. ....-1 4,1.^ 1 ^ ~~ -1..1 I v>?hui^viy <n?v* x Ji\y n?f? OJJUL ( ^ through the heart. Thc.se uro the particu^ lux's, u3 conmiunicutod to Pome of our citii. zciks in, letters from Crow-Wing. ' F.V> Paid Pioneer, Jan. 10. ( t Thk Makiukd Man.?How ia it that I x girls ?an always tell a married from a single J If man '( The fact is iudisputablo-^tho phi- 1 |y loaophy of it is beyond oitr ken. Black- [ 10 wood nays that " the fact of matrimony or ( y- bachelorship is written so legibly in a man's | It appoarance, that no ingenuity can t'tmconl i r | it. j^veiy where there isaome inexplicable i [n i in.stiuot th.nt tells via whotheraiv individual (whoso name, fortune and circumhbin^oa ' 10 are ontircly un'inowu) he or not hu a mar- ^ to ried man. Whether it in a certain ffdb-- , <JL\ed look, snob ps that which characterize# j ttj the lion* in u menagerie, aud difstingnishea I ^ thorn from the lordrf of the doHcrt, wc canw not tell; but that the truth Lh ho, wc posies tivoly affirm." j lIo?E.-r-',Thi? is my home !" ovioda Utl*o I ^ one, ft trousured boy of four summons *44 ,i, fresh and roHV he came in from nchoul. at $^1 tihfe'clo^o $ i/flhort^hiteVutfevoonn. 1 ' " " Indeed, little Willie !w sni<l hi? mother's ( ' visitor, "how is it? ftitppose-y6u go out oil 1 ;if the side-walk and try the no*t ddr>r ; a'uMK>J? ' you etch into the entry,-tlnow oil your, little 1 ln~ : :irl< ?# yOO llflVO hoVP, and pi-OWtfd to tllO f 6arlortrouldn'i that he- your homo?" ' 2 ' "No, indued;" ?nid tV)tUe, "that wouldn't 1 * it." Wit t"U Sfe vrhy not ?' u- c 11. t ft . . lino mm ncv?r uum^ir* ur mis, xju j ' J? yrt?t ?>4 for ft momrtrtt; tl^n ?W*(?lf*1?Virt tin* ]'* Y,f fo-whairo'hill v\*Lhf>r *&* how-Iii^.'lie J 1 'Wpljfvl willi mU Wc Wr* |-i h f " -: * : ?- : ^:dSL ' Tho Way of tho World. 11V a. AMANDA JtCl.AN R. " Ob, ma," cxclnimod Miss Auglieta Harry s bUo looked forth from the parlor window* nc line afternoon in uutumn, "Oh, ma! if here isn't that ugly Mra. Il</l'nian coming rnvards tlio house ; I do believe j!ic is comtig here." " 1 hope not. diiar, for I do dotest that \volnn from the bottom of my heart; I wieh bat she,would stay at homo." " So <lo I, 111a. If she hod BCt cict: mc at lie window I would request Maggie at oneo [> toll her that wo wore not at hointV." " No, Augusta, that wouldu't do. She is oo wealthy and aristocratic for1' us to overook her with impunity, or slight in the least legrce. Our position iu uociety is not so Ofty hut that we euu ascend a little higholr; .nd, Ijesides, it is very essential tlmt we k^ep ho right side of persons like Mrs. Hoffman, lowevor we may dislike them, for their inlucuce is of great advantage to ua, strug;ling as wo are to gain a position in society. Jut there she comes ; now, Augusta, put on our sweetest smiles, and be as aflahloas lossihlo." At that moment Mrs. Hoffman was ttshoV,1 4i.?v .. M...... ii i.- .1 n..?. iiiiw mu jiiupvii^u ui iura,' irarijr uuu mr laughter, who both arose viiiv graciously to ecoive hor. " M v dear i\fps. Iioffnuln, I ttnv an delight(l to hco yon," was the first salutation of drs. Barry, while kissoH wOVe' exchanged bewoljn the in ; where have you kept yourself or so long a time ?" " Why, didn't you know, Mts.-Barry, I iaVe been rusticating; in the country a tow veeks, and should have'rohminCd longed,l>nt Mllic. who remained in town, was taken sick rnd 1 wus obliged to return." "Your sweet child ill, and T neVcr know t f 1 hope 6hc is getting bettor, the little lenr." "Oh yen, she is a great. deiil bettor this uorning. I think in u' tow days thut alio rill bo quite well. But wlmt is there now, lira. Barry? I am uttorly ignorant of what ins occurred. sine* my absence, oh I have tilled upon but on* lrvdy since my return, tud that was your dour triend. Mrs. Wilson." " Not my friend by any means, Mrs. llolfrtnn, hogging your pardon." " Not your frienu; why, Whnt has occured to estrungo two such former warm Wends ?" "Nothing, Kavo' the \Vilgonfl are bank* 1 XI..,. 11 _.~t. II jit, JL JJUUtl\U, iUID, I 1 U11111 ?l 11, unit JUU iro quite ignorant of tlx* fact." " Indeed I am, Mrs. Barry ; why, can it bo )089>hlol" 1 Devei'Wfw- o- aiirpriflod in my life! "Yes, and that daunting Miss Emma is iround soliciting pupils in music. Guod mough for them i say." Much inoro was said in refforcneo to tho amilv in question, and then Mrs. Hoffman ;ook her leave. On her way homo she on ountered Emma "Wilson, the young lady ust spoken oft"; but she turned coldly away 'roin nor and passed along without a \Vord or okeu of recognition. This conduct on the lart of ono who formerly pretended so much riondship. and who ovet sebnxkl so soliei-' ions about her welfare, seemed incjtylieablo ;o Emma Wilson ; the thought never occur uiji tlmt tho loss of wctvlth Would ;'tteet tho ucling of 0110 liko Mrs. Huffman, who ever ippeavcd to compassionate the ihisfortunes oF ithers and hoc mod oVer rdlidy to rendelr assis-" atice to the needy and distressed. With a heavy heart she hastened home to icquaint her parents what had occurred and took consolation in their 'sympathy. Sluy round them atono in tho sitliug-roomcoiwwa ng of their recent misfortun'oS.' " My dear Edgar," eaid Mrs. Wilson to heVliusbiuid, " do not bo thus oast down. This is a great trial cortainlv, still it is not ho groat a inisfortu.MO as it might bo. We have' lost weultlr. hut we hnvn 1 r>f> u.? nnr WnmU kvlio linvc uotdeseited uh in- this our tryingliour." " Al?, Mary, put :iO confidence in tho Friendship of tlnj world's people, for society, in its present state, is oxtroijiciy selfish; it :nn sec no virtue whore fjold does not glitter ; it soes not the geiu in its rough coating; but gold, glitter and show is the attraction, inil th<* only attraction, while society exists in its present state." Very true, Edgar still thero avo exceptions in many cases, for instance} our good IV'umil Mr?. Vliift'mnn villi dn n/.t vnollir 1\.? lieve that she would-prove fnlso." "To tell you the troth, Mary, I have font little faith in her friendship/' ' Nor I cithor, fathcV," oliimcd in Ennna, coining towards them. She th6h rcoountcd to her parents thd'inoetlng with that lady on, the street, and th? cool trubtmeut sho roceivtd from hor. "Just what I expoctod. Rfarv," said Air. wrii?rtn "nr. -;n : ..11 wi.? >ur auctionis over woshall not borccognized" And so it proved.- 'Phono'who Woto attracted towards thohl by their wealth and lofty position, when the ohunge took plnco in . thofr {dreuniHtancos, fled from them as if 00117 taglon rtfst*d\pn thdir vory footsteps. While ? few truff'i'rian'cto/who vii1\i<Jd th<Mn for them jcIvCS ftjone; eluug tli<! firmer to them in tlicii* ?ad hour of trial and udvornity ; thus witli !ruO sympathy and puro' (tfsiutcrestednt'SH Ulcviuling in tv measuro their h^ilVy misfor:unc#. A ycivr ('lapsed arid tlicrq occurred anotbjr bankruptcy In the house of Barry & Co., nhich caused no Uttlo commotion among tho 3jelu?iTCa in that oomiuuuity. Mrs. Burry, to utro own expression, was utterly undone ; Mid Stiss Augusta Buvrv alijo iolt horaelf in that condition if she diu not dxptcas it in words, especially whon obliged to io*ort to1 the ncodlc, which pfao so much vlot*6Wd, to Bjain a livelihood, for thti education*nml ?\cconijdl.ihincnt.s that she had rficdivetl \v>ro too superficial to l>i> of any tw? *o- her iu thin fioUr yfjiecd. Their neighbors, the .WitoonN wrtom they lm<l i'ortncrly ?li?hted. and vrho had been ro ?ntly rnWd from tlioiv fallon condition by i !ogt}cy from a-doftMrtscl relative, now came [otVura nnd cheer Cu 11 u profl'ored their o?m?mice to the stricken family, thus rendering ?ood for ftVil, ftiyd Verifying tho Kftyingn of lie scrlpturob, heaping coals of tiro on tneir tlOftfl. Mffl. IfofllcifuV /hrtfOt call on liOf dear TicmtK. the isarrva. rtitotM ^iiimW in thoir vtid at length, Vh?no\fli* slir mot thorn in tl?<? ^trr.flt or saloon, did not (l?Tult il, whil" to ?li*iti h? nil. , < ' t1?<s u'>. !*' * ,0. '' * ' > *1'