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ke(T\v kifcou nier. ROB'T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. TERMS.?$1.60 per Annum, in a-lvnnce. Il payment bo dcidyml until After tho expiration ol thu yoftr, ?'2.00 For six months, 7f> cunt*, in ?<iv&uce. Advertisements inserted it the u?hh1 rates. PICKENS C. IL^jS. C.: CJ-.X J *5-1 ouiuiuay morning, reoruary ?<, loot). Return day. Tho number of coses returned, up to Friday noon, is two hundred. There will be othors, which, including acceptances, will probably make tho return as largo as that to Fall term. Abbeville and Anderson returned three hundrod cases each. The Courts of Law, For the Western circuit, commence at Ab1,?.-HI,, .in !Vf I, ~ Mvtoiv iivav , mv M VUI\ 0??V,*.V:VU" ing ftt Anderson, and tho third Monday at this place. Judgo Waudi.aw, it i? generally understood, will preside. Inquest. The Coroner lnsld an inquest, on Sunday lust, over the remains of a man identified to ho those of IIknkv Carver. From the evidence, it appears that his death occurred a few days before Christinas, and was caused probably by tho recurrence of an asthmatic affection to which ho was subject. There was no evidenco of foul play, or that attempts had boon made to cnnonul tln> bmtv Tlio im-v returned a verdict that deceased came to his death by means to them utiknowu. Death of Col. Easley. It is our painful duty to announce the death of Col. John A. E.isi.ky, Jr., of this district, Typhoid fever, with aggravated complications, produced a speedy dissolution, lie was con fined to his room on the liith, and breathed ma Inst peacefully on thc22d instant. Col. Easi.ev was a }-oung man of high promise and more than ordinary ability. lilt friends elceted him twice to represent the district in the Legislature. Tho manner in which ho discharged .his duty, both as a public and prirato citir.cn, is still frosh in the of ull, wo no coinuxuiwlu. tion at tho hands of any ono. lie was pub lie spirited and useful, ami it tuchcd to bis friends. Arrival of Workmen. "\Ve learn that an additional forcc, for opc rating at the Stumphouso tunnel, passed nj last week. They were principally men witl experience in such work. Tlte contraoton arc making commendable exertions to for ward the, work at this point, and aro certain lv Ai'inmnrt.in nlvtlUtr - il. - .j .b.... ..u.iii; u<iuui v.i uiu importance of an early completion of their contract. W< wish them all manner of snoccss. The ResultThe ice-storm extended into tho middle dig' triet8 of this State, as well us the adjoining counties, east and west, of North Carolina niui Georgia. An opportunitp haa been afforded us this week of witnessing its effects in tlu castorn section of our district. Tho destruc tlon of timber bus boon groat ; tlie damage nnf *?\ lin nfl*!w?n? a/I 1. 1 ..?v w v^uKiua-u, uowcvur, unui tne sunv mer, with its tolling effootH, lms passod.? Those that have not seen for themselves would scarcely credit a truthful description of the calamity that has befallen us. That remarkabio citizen?the "oldest inhabitant"?-haa never before seen tho like. The Spartanburg and Union Bailroad. The following gratifying intelligence foi the friends of this Iioad is clipped from tht Spartanburg Express. Although some of the frionds of this entcmriso liavo civ?n ti-? i o""" i,,v " liiuo llidgo" many hard knocks, wo arc much pleased in heralding their flattering success. May it be both early and complete Thus rca<l the paragraphs: "Our Railroad?Goon News.?TVe are to have a railroad at last. and no mistake. Oni novor-to-bo-doterred President has sunnoun ted tbo last obstacle, and now advertises foi 5>roposals to lay the track to Union Oourl louse. We feel like giving three long, lour huzzas for this glorious achievement; bill our throat is rather aoro, and our sanctum rather too small to make it very pleasant jus! now. Wo promise, however, to do our fill ..t, - ?i ?t-? ? * niimv, i?nu mruw up uiir n;u m mo bargain whon tho cars reach Unionvillo. " Wo do hope this announcement will ihfuso now life into all tho friends of the road, mid that they will go to work in every waj they can to promote a speedy completion oi the work. Lot us liavo no more doubting oi holding back, lot all believe, as we have now good reason for doin<?, that tho road will and must be finished. The interests of the stock holdors, tho interests of the creditors, tho in terostsoftho country demand it." PigeonsOur sportsmen have recently boon engOK ed in bagging wild pigeons in this region o country. Thero baa boon several " roosts' in the district, with a loss number of birdt than distinguished tho " Twelvo Mile roost' mrmy years ago. Near Glassy Mountain, t party of soven guns killed-IOC in a few hours Ono gun, well pointed it is true, broughi d >wn 21 pigeons at a single firo. They wor< killed by torch-light. Tho sport is reprcson ted an better than tho game. Tho pigeoni are leaving for thoir summer homo. Exchanges. Tnu Chester Standard.?J? II. Mroxi.r, E(M|.f who has presided ovor the columns 01 thH paper acceptably for years, ban retired, and boon uuccecdcd by Mr, 0. 8. Brick. The Conskkvatist.?Thixjournnl takes the place of tho Newberry Mirror. It i* odltod w\f 1?- wiv/'s li'.urt l - 7 ? ? * ?? ? ??!? imuuput'u iiy Mcaera. Johns A Ui,at?. Sueeoss to nil portion Stk.iv Pi/flwa.?Three of Tour different Monro plovra hare bo^n tna<ic Jtt Knglnnd, rind work wtV, bnt ii cost* wove to plow Ig,*, > * Direct Trade with Europo. J During the year ptu?f, a convention was i hold in Virginia at which it was detormiuod to appoint a dolc^ate to visit Europe, with a . view to open n dircct trndo with that contir ! nent. Hon. W. B. Preston, of Va., wan ac" i ; looted for the dolicato and important duty, j Ho visited Kmnco, nrni mtocecdod in making j hi rungeineiirs witn, tlie i'ann anil Urlouns j Railroad Company, l>v which they will run u ! j line of four steamers between the latter city ! I unci Norfolk, Va. Thus is an entorpmo "bf j iuealeuhiblo benefit to t!io whole South to bo j inaugurated at no distant day. Much credit in duo Mr. Pkkston for the satisfactory liian! tier in which tho negotiation ban terminated, j and sure we aro he will receive the hearty j oomunondations of every patriotic Southerner j as his rcwdrd. Conventions have in this in* j stance, at least, been the means of effecting | an ohjeet long sought by tho people of tho ; S!iiliflwtrn cnrtJ aI' ilw? I* .....? A 1 .^wvwii \^i vi?Ki V,yumi j. 11 riiimui. fail to be of signal ml van t ago to Virginia, and through hor to tho wholo South. It may alj so ho rogardcd as tho entering wedge of a \ ; more direct trade by the South with tho balI ance of the world. It will not only add to i our wealth and importance, but give us commercial independence in or out of the Union as it may he desirable to enjoy it. Hon J. A. Woodward. The Fairfield ikruld announces tho return ! ( to that place of Hon. J. A. Woomv.vno, after j a residence of several years in the west. Mr. | \V. is a gentleman of talent, and every inch a ; South Carolinian, lie represented his dis" trict in Congress for a number of years with ability, and is still able ami willing doubtless to render his native State good service. It nf" fords us much nleasuro to welcome his return I Candles. l>r. Noumav, of Wulhulln, lias scut us a specimen of liis Candles. Thoy are ntanuI faetured of tallow, and give a good liglit.? Those desiring their pathway well lighted should call on the Doctor, llis terms aroal] sj accommodating. ! General Intelligence. i Ail arrival from California brings $1,500, 000 in gold with later advices, the latter be> in-r unimnovtant. Fmm Sah?I? ? . li> nn <? Mr. Hiuiikr, on a * filibustering - expedition" to aid a deposed President of l'e ru would bo shot. Thoro had been a dostriu* live tire nt Valparaiso, involving a loss of $1,000,000- A war between Brazil and Paraguay was imminent. From Oregon, a rut mor prevails that the Snake Indians intend ( to join tlio Mormons in the war with Unclc ( Sam. Com. I'aii.dixu had received a com" plimentary entertainment from the authori tics at Havana, for hampering Gen. Walker. Further intelligence from tho army destined for Utah has been received. Tho Indians along the route were quiet. The Mormons arc preparing to resist. The troops'wero in I good spirits. European advices to the Gth instant are at > hand. Cotton had declined an 1-lGd. Tho ' English Parliament assembled on the 4th, \ ami measures are being talcon to prevent con: ' spirators from leaving England and entering 'I Franco. There is nothing later from China 1 j or India. Tho great Leviathan steamship I ? 1 . - - I uiin noun fuiciy inunonea?sue is the largest j vessel atloixt. The submarine telegraph coni1 I pany arc preparing to lay the cable front Tre1 | land to Newfoundland. The Americans, in ' j Paris, havo presented to the Emporor a conI gratulatory address on his escape from assassination. Tho continent of Europe is remarkably quiet. Congress is engaged in discussing Kansas ; a Hairs, without as yet approaching a termination. 1> T>-_ , j aubusn oiiuw.m,ow and his Mission. , ?The Baltimore American objects to Par, son Brownlow going on his missionary ex, pedition to the North. The article, like many others that are written in Baltimore, ? is Northern rather than Southern in its character, I c there is force in the following . extract: t " Tn the first place, then, we confess to a ' | very great reluctance that the intellectual ^ I character of tli?> Smiili ><??' ~c } -V ""J IIUKIllllJJi Ul L its decency and conformity to the proprio; tics of lite, slionld he represented throughout New 1"'11 gland by a clerical Tlicrsites ho voluble of vituperation and so extremely familiar with the infernal gods. Whatever may be said of slavory or slaveholders, the I South has its own self-respect and its own . mental and moral dignity to maintain before tho world. Uocausc New England is I blatant with blasphemy, because men nnd - women talk treason there in a hundred lee tu re-rooms, bccauso the Constitution and the ITninn nilo Jli/i TliMn 1 -'1 1,1 ; .?V ii-nvil mill KM Willi wc hold dear in domestic lifoas tho Cihris? , tian Lures and I'onntes of our households, f 1 are held in mockery hy the fa no tics of Wor, cester and Syracuse, because the Southern people aro denounced as robbers and inur, dercrs from Cape Cod to tho hills of Berkshire?constitutes no sufficient reason why ' a Southern man, least of all one professing tho religion of Christ, should go into this 1 ; region of isms and infidelities to eontond ? ! TD1 til Sfu l\.~ 1 J 1 ....... .... vmwio in hiu u?u ui unci language. - Tlio Respectability of tlio South will be i lowered in the estimation of moderate inen by tbo coarseness and iutouipcraucc of its self-appointed apostle." + ? ? PuNNSvf.vANr.v Vof.i'NTERjiS.?Thcro aro I 171 volunteer companies in tho State of I'onn- j Hylvania. whereof Philml?lnliSo.liAa 4<i i .... * kil'i county 27, Bucks county 2<V Thcro is an aggregate force ofG3,22.'> inou. 1 Destructivk.?An Avalvandio awept ilowq, " Uo? Hack". mountain, fan Waldo co,, i Alain*, tiio other .lav. It diuihn.I aowiiunf m. ) Klieha >Iurray'? hous?, bvonking in door? ' and windows,' filling tho Iiouho with onrih nnd iisii, and s^rious^y hrtrtinj* Airs. Murray. {3toi)o walls and.fjpnces in it? putli, it wtocui- j i J W VvK/iV j * ^ ' h Fonnings and Clippings. On the Dkclinr.?Cotton is declining in | Charleston. On the 20th, sales were >uudo I nt 10* to 11|. I CftSMOKPEH Tlin Amlnrami notion linrn I comc to us the two Inst weeks without the j " list of oonsigneis." Thercforo, we arc unable to publish them. Tiik Xkw Stkam Si.oors ov War.-?The five steam sloops of wi\r now boing built luivo been muticil by the President us follovrs :? Tho one building at Pensacola, "Ponsacolft;" the one at Norfolk, "Richmond;" the one at Philadelphia, " Lancaster;" tho one at New York, "Brooklyn;" and tho one at Boston, " Hartford." St. Louis, Feb. i5.?Recent developments Plio.vv tlmt Uoorgc Swisor, the late Collector of St. L)uts county, to be a defaulter to the amount of $100,000. Confirmed.?-A. IJirdsall, Ksq., formerly a contractor on tho Blue llidge Railroad, lias been continned by the S^RP.t? jvvvmI nfj?<>?r of the port of New York. Toe.?All fears of ? failure of tho ieo erop North arc now dissipated. The freeze ha;* been general, and tho ice harvest is going, pu with its usual covins* and success! Changed.?Tho Alabama Legislature h?b changed the name of lienfon county, in that ?< r\? - uiua-, iu iiihi ui vAiiiiuuN, jv very uccitteu improvement, wo think. Too Lono.? .lie :i ton?"Old Bullion"?assigns as a sufficient reason why Senator Douglas will uever be President, that his coat-tail is too near the ground. Fi.our $1<S rea Barrel.?Flour has been selling at $18 per barrel in San Antonio, Texas, in consequence of the difficulty of hauling from 'he roast. Tknwksske.?The Legislature of Tennessee adopted resolutions on the 10th instructing the Senators and requesting the Representatives in Congress from that Stato to vote for H,? ?.l. r v *> - - u-mnoci'"-. ui IV.UI^ tO uuuur mu uooump* ton Constitution. ' iliiiEiKixo Down*.?There seems to lie some fatality attending Mr. Ex-Secretary Stanton's efforts (o instruct the people of tho North I about Kansas, llo was annonneod to 6peivk ' in New York City, on Thursday last, but the ! proprietors of tho Academy of Music would not open it. lie was announced to speak in tho Assembly Chamber, at Albany, on Saturday, but for some reason not made public. no speech was delivered. A iSIoDGii Lp.uisi.AtURK.?An editor writing from Frankfort, Ky., says that tlio IiOgislatare of that State is composed of fine-looking, well-dressed and well-behaved men, and that among the whole number there arc but five drunkards, and only some eight or ten fools, astnallor number than was over counted in any previous General Assembly. Protracted Skssion.-TIio "knowing ones'' at Washington express the opiuiou that Congress will not adjourn sine (lie before August. Faief.o.?Tlic Governor of Kansas 1ms disapproved of the bill calling another constitutional convention. The Legislature has adjourned. A New Territory.?The House Committee oil Territories have prepared a bill to organize a new Territory out of that part of Utah lying west of Salt Lake, to bo called Carson Territory. Ton Thum)! Outdone.?The most "filtered down" specimen of humanity of which email America can boast is now said to be a Gen. Green, a native o." Western Missouri, but now a rosidcnt of Illinois. Ho is an intelligent boy, 15 years of age, although ho looks 20-^ perfectly formed, and much smaller than too far famod Tom Thumb. Starving to Dkatju.?A very unr^vonable story is going the rounds of the pross, to tho effect that a woman in New York has not tasted food for eighteen months, and is still alive! 1> . - t? " ' i>.m> ivksui/ts.?somo ol tlio domestic events of drunkenness nre houses without windows, gardens without fences, and fields without tillage, barns without roofs, children without clothing, principles, morals or manners. That IIvkna.?The Oleytsland Herald says the " Pauhling county Hyena" did noteseapo to tlie woodj after all. In fact thero was no hyena, ami i\o Jacob P-jft'onborg or little hoy injured by the fcrocious bruto, and the gravoyard at Paulding remains undisturbed. The; whole story turns out to have be6n a foolish honx. Fou tub Succkssion.?Tlio Blnclc Republicans are nominating W, II. So ward, of S. Y., anil Col. Fre?uio?.t for tho Proaidoncy in 1800. Seward is tho strongest man every way it in said. What a Cocntiiv.?Woro nil tho United States as densely inhabited as Massachusetts, it wonbl have a population of 440,000,000 souls, of which Texa9 would have 50,000,000. CoHMITTHD. The llrftlltl Hfi.ia ?>'< ? /1~" - . ? - ? w.* wiyo VIIUV VAV7? Allston has commuted tln> punishment of James Fulloi', now in Laurens Jail, for killing demons, from death to solitary imprisonment until the first day of January next. Bur.ved.?The poor house of Ashtabula, Ohio, was burned la?t week, togothor with oiglitof the inmates. Tho building ffcvttltffcd at $4,000. An iuaane pnuper flrod tho,dwell* ing and tfibn oscafrcd. r Gnu at Kditio*.?We understand that (Joy, Wiso's PhilftdfllnMn. ? ?< , ? r* t -f . |a?uiimi0u i iri mimonsA number# in Washington city, for distribution. It is expoctcd that 200,000 ?opiw will bo ordered. Nichols, is. Hlnck Republican member from Ohio, started the list. It la too Jato to suspect ft Southern man of treftion vrheuhfc isondorad hy tbe bl/uk rcf?f>!ieft)tv. Tr^Wri hft? L>*rt 0 hrc,f 1) . * "* J $ Gun. Comonfort.?Gon. Ooinonfort, KxProsidont of Mexico, who has arrived at Now Orleans, i3 accompanied by his two daughters, aud will, it is stated, go North in n fow daya. The New Counties.?-It is said that two new counties?Huehanan and BrockenridgO; are to bo erected from portions of Tatowoll, County, Va., during tho presont session.? The Jeffersonville Advocate states that in tlie former there aro only threo sluve??and in the latter thero exists tho anomaly in Virginia of a county in which slavery has not ft sin^lo representative. Scari.kt Fkvkr.?Tho Frederick (Md.) Union says thero have been thirty deaths from scarlet fever in tho northwest section of that county, within tho last six weeks. Am. fou Love.?John Smithson, of Prow county, Ark., hung himself with a bod-cot'd a few days ago because the young lady of his affections marriod a rival. I'ipk FitutT.?Tho Vieksburg (Miss.,) Trun Sou f/iron, of the 29th ultinv.v aeknn? ledgos tho rcooipt of a full grown and halfripo pouch. VuSER.vni.K Man I>k.vr>.?Alnhons Hnkcr. h classmate of Daniel Webster in Dartmouth Colle^o, and father of Col. Alpheus liaker, of Abbeville district, who is well known for his eloquent appeals in behalf of Kansas, died lately in Columbus, Ga., in his eightyseventh year. Dead.?Col. Hugh Archer, formorly of South Carolina, died in Florida, on tho 23d nit. Eahi.v.?Col. A. (). Sumner has presented the editor of the Companion, published at Ocalft, Fin., with a " mess of snap beans" on the 4th instant. Death or Coi,. Thomson*.?Tho Spartan announces tho death of Col. II. II. Thomson, of Spartanburg, agod fifty-thrco years, lie was a lttwver of note. Death of a I'ai-urtto.?Thos. T?. Young, a nicmbor of the Palmetto Regiment, died in in Winnsbofo lust week. lie entered tlio army, says the Herald, at tho tender age of sixteen years, and was in the tliieke.il of the fight on every such occasion. 1'eaec to his remains, and all honor to his memory. Wii.MiNdTo.v, N.C., Fob. 17.?Tho steamboat Magnolia, bound to Fayotteville, exploded at White Hall, killing fifteen or twenty persons. Some of the bodies have boon' recovered. but ninny are missing. Fatai. An uay.?-Two men named llohl and Costollo wero shot by an Irislumtu whilst interfering to prevent a disturbance in a drinking saloon, at Indianapolis, on Satu;day night. Coslcllo in dead and llolil in fatally wounded. The people arc threatening to lyueh the perpotrator. Government Keieii'tb.?It appears tliftt oftho snn\ of $7,092,665 paid into the United States Treasury during the quarter ending with Pcceinberlast, $0,2U7,723 wcro fi\ in customs, $108,781 from sales of public lands, and $366,159 from miscellaneous sources. Schools in .Maine.?The annual Report of Mark 11. Dunnoll, Superintendent of Common Schools for Maine, gives the following results for 18o7 : Nutube? of towns in the State, 301 : towns that have made returns, 385; number of organized plantations, 08 ; that have made returns, 70; school districts, 4,102 ; parts of districts, 328; children between four and twenty-ono years, 240,704; scholars in the summer schools, 131,404; in the winter schools, 151,G36; mean average in summer and winter schools, 108,0-14 ; male tcacher*, 2,777 ; female, 4,350; average wages, of male teachers per month, exclusive of board, 622.21; average wages of female teachcrs per week, exclusive of board, 52.10; money raised by tax in 1856 for the support ot schools, 8-{01,003.15 ; excess over imount required by law, $54,006.35: received from State school funds, 877,000.10; from local funds, $15,470.42; exponded for private 8cliool?, $20,455.50; voluntary contributions for the support of private and prolonging public schools, ?12,. 178.41 ; paid for school superintendence, 81^,089.75; amount of permanent school fund, 8186,340.54; amount of bank t<>x distributed June 1, 1857, 875,630,28; school houses built the past year 140; cost 8114,000.4i ; aggrogate amount expended for school purposes the past year, 8003,707.58; number of good school houses in the State, 1,881; poor school houses, 2,008; estimate valuo of all the school houaes. 81. 019,082); number of towns and organized plantations that raise GO ceuts per inhabitant, as required by law, 312; numbor that have raised loss, 102. A Kino for Canada.?The Sandwich (C. W.) Mercury is advocating the erection of Canada into an independent kingdom, with a permanent ruler. The most ?Ii^iblo person to found a Canadian dynasty, tho Morou., thinks, is a Prince of England; fr?r wiiilo hia it * - , If J vivmtiun HI mi: IIIKIIIC UI inc new kingdom "would bo a graceful tribute of loyalty to our gracious Queen, it would remove the disadvantages under which we at present labor and would bind us more firmly as an entiicly independent nation to the tirsb empire iti tho world." Knkkuno in Ciiurcit.?In tho oosoof St. Puul'n M. E. Church, involving the question whether a person can bo pom polled to kneel during eortain portions of the gor* vi.po, which was brought before Knquiro fc'riok, and dooided in favor of defendant and flAri'lfld hv nnmnlnliinn> lvntV.-.. A 1.1 ? , ..j wv>*j/imixhmv ??V'iuio niur.rpian Van Camp, it wan decided by tho,Jat(or, this morning, that the ruling of Srjuiro Frick won a bar to all further proceedings. So tho oa/?e ntamfo iw it did ycnvordny, that petsoue attending a church cannot be ootnpolled, In law, to ob?orvoit? oustoms, though wft Rtiil ore of the opinion that all who art; not willing to conform to the rule* aijy church- hf rfr fin BwHrtfrtl ffceto. ' I > . ^iztfyc# * -* ATTiowg.:: Fall THE KEOtVKK COUIUKIl. Mr. Editor: Permit me, through tho columhs of your widely circulated and valuable paper, to nay to the citizens of our growing District?Ix>oK. Up I In selecting n successor to our worthy rep- | resOUtativoin Congress, who I regret to learn ; declines a rc-elootion, endeavor to choose one I of high attainments, aiming as near as possible to have tho position as well tilled as by lion. J. L. Orr, In othor words?Look Up! In selecting your flratreproscutativc in the Senatorial branch of tho Stnto Legislature, you should takes no ordinary interest or pains to bring forward a man whose talents, attainments and character will give us a higher position in tho Senate than wo have hitherto occupied. Lot us take no retrograde step, but L.?ok Up! In making your selections for tho House of Representatives tho same thing should be borne in mind, that we should | Look Up, remembering that our District is gr>\r??g iu population, wealth and iutellii pence. an<l will nonn hn t.he hitnnor IVwtrioh I of tho State, it' wo aro true to ourselves. Fellow citizens : lot us look to our hftorests, and not sond men to represent us in any brunoh of our State or National Legislatures, bccnuso they are " olovor fellows" and our friends; and, as suoh, we wish to do them honor, unless they bo otherwise qualified; but let us command tho services of thoso of our follow-oitizqlis who can do us tho best service and oust hoimr in tho pi>sitious alludod to. In short friends, let us all Look Ur. From Washington. Washington, Fob. 10.?In tho Senate, Mr. Houston offered :i resolution instructing the Commit tea ou Foreign Relations to enquire into the expediency of establishing a Protectorate in Central Amcrioa. Laid over under tho rule. Mr. IIale offered a resolution, which was adopted, instructing the Post Ofltco Committee to enquire into tho possibility of facilitating the transportation of tho mails between Washington and Boston. Mr. Mason called up a resolution provi(]tn<? fV%V flin Vi?nAr\f?An fl.rt ^r: ?V/I Win. 4WVJ/VIVU Mk l/l lO JLilllVlCMl > 1UU Admiral. It wnsopjtoscd by Messrs. Hunter and Clay, but finally adopted. The Indiana election ctuso was not taken "PA resolution relating to tlio taking of testimony was amended, by allowing ninety days to take testimony, and then adopted. The Army Hill was next in order. Mr. Wilson moved an amendment by substituting volunteers for regulars, pending which tho Senate adjourned. In the House, Mr. Letcher, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the Deficiency liill. The Maryland contested election case next came up, and was debated until tho hour of adjournment. Washington, Feb. 17.?Senate.? Mr. Houston's resolution, proposed yesterday, relating to tho establishment of a protectorate over Central America, was attacked by Wilson of Massachusetts, ns calculated to disgrace us in the eyes of the world. Mr. Houston controverted the assertion. He waaopposed to fillibusterism, but thought the subject worthy of consideration, as other powers had designs upon the same countPV V.J. Mr. Mason, of Vn., objected to its reference on the ground that tho Central American States would justly regard interference as an indignity. IIo also doubted the policy of extending protectorates anywhere. Mr. Hale, of New Hampshire, moved an amendment, that "whereas, a state of colonial independence was not calculated to illustrate the theory and pruetico of popular sovereignty, and perfect freedom; there lore, a committee be instructed to inquire with regard to Canada and other British possessions on the American Continent.-? [Funny looking motion?oh ?] Mr. Toombs, of Georgia, advocated the resolution, and said that tiiuo and action were not far distant, and tho question had better bo considered at oOco. On motion of Mr. Mason tho resolution was tabled. The Army bill was debated but no action taken upon it. Tho Itouso refused to {*rant Mr. Brooks' prayer for a special coinmittce in the Maryland contested election caso. In tho Committee of the Wholo, the Indian appropriations wero up. Tho Kansas affairs were nl?n nn AdUiimftil Washington, Fob. 1 Till, 10 1\ M. The Spccial 110080 Committee nppoiiitcd to pry into Kansas affairs, held ft mooting to-night. A proposition to summon Walker, Stanton, (Jalhonn and Henderson, as witnesses, was voted down on tho gronnd that the pi'ohablo receipt of information from the lOxooutivo, might snpor?odo tho necessity of tnking oral testimony. a 1-*!? 1 jv xvauiuuon was pa.sseu, calling on tho State Department for tho registry ami oonBU?< of Kanttts, taken in pursuance of law. Several propositiona looking to a full investigation a? indicated in tho original resolution of Harm, wore voted down by a uniform and strict party vote of eight to seven. if Wahiiington, Feb. 18.?Hovsk.?Mr. II. Wiutor Davie.made a pergonal explanation, reading extracts from a spceoti of hi* colleague, Mr. Itovrie, containing strong langusgo nitafint tho American party for it* oonduct during tho Baltimore election, anying', whilxt looking toward Mr. DaviB, -you, air, nave a day of reckoning?I will nut under my fcet^-you Bhall not live an lio^r," etc. Mr. Davie x-iid ho wished to I know whother his colleague applied thw language to him. ' i Mr. Bowie replied, tlwt when he thu* spoke ho. per* fied thl' American ph?ty amtxlidi'jnfc^ n?< <? 4o-npply iii.-t hrtgtwgti pc^ssulfy, i/f, Mr. b*.tt to the y^y1 1 tv-uivU W>Aclt dowu ilk. 'JJtitfxdon^y otf'l&k' timoro by forca and bloodshed. lie repented tlwt a day of reekouing would como. Thcro would bo a War of the pooplo against such wrongs. lie did not say how tai* Mr. Davis had counselled such wrongs, but if bo did lie phould take the responsibility. He said h<?1lad 110 personal unkindneas for his colleague, and ho felt grieved to think he had wounded him. lie wotuu ton tne House ana tno nation that ho believed, in his inmost soul, that | such Know Nothiugism would lead to I bloodshed and revolution ; and he would counsel thoso trampled upon to resist. Mr. Davis replied?as to the opinions of bin colleague, touching the American party, the ]louse was not the appropriate place for such a discussion. lie rose merely to | inquire whether the language in question ! was applied personally to him, and his eolj league's response was satisfactory. Tho House then went into a Committee i of the Whole on tho Indian appropriation | bill. I Mr. Shorter addressed the Ifou.se on tho ' Kansas question, lfe said that all the ! Southern States were now united on tho j Georgia platform and were plodgeti to resifct, ! oveu to the dissolution or tho Union, n rc' fusnl of Congress to admit KahSa* because, of tlie existence of slavery there. He cared not whether it was constitutional or revolutionary. It was a right which the South was prepared to defend. *Mr. Shorter contended that iUo fjeconipton Constitution was legally adopted. It w.i5 republican in form, and Congress has no power to remand Kansas to a Territorial condition, bIio now being an independent sovereign State, bv consent of Congress, outside of the Union. Sen AT K.?Mr. < }ree)i, from tho Com'P :*. ~. i...i ^ u:n r... xi.. hi ii u-c oil i ?:i riiuriusj rupuncu ll Ulll.IOl'uio admission of Kansas, submitting a long report, which was not read. Mown*. Douglas and Cullatncr, from 4he same committee, presented a minority report, which, with that of the majority were ordered to bo printed. Mr. (J win gave notice that lie should call up the matter at an early day. Washington, Fob. 10.?Sknatk.? Hills on the private calendar wore considered. Tho Army bill wan postponed till Tuesday. llousK.?-Several personal explanation were mado. Mr. Hoard charged Mr. Darns with being influenced in his voto by tho Executive. Doth House*, in view of tho inauguration at Richmond, have itdionrned a ?. rp 1 IU I unsung . Wasiunoton, Feb. 21.?There n re two m affairs of honor pending in this eity. Tho one is bctwoon J Ion. J. JJ. Clay, member of Congress from Kentucky, uml Ocnoral Oullom of Tonue&soo, eau.yd by a personal insult in ft bar-room; anil tho oilier between Ex-Lieut. 11 hi ml and Commander HuuiwoH, of the Navy, but of this there uro no dovolopmonts. 'ihero is also anbther between General Harneyand Ool. Sumner, of the Army, but it is probable thai this will be settled by tho iuterferonec of the Wnr Department. washington, i't-d. id.?There is no longer any doubt about the final admission of Kansas uudor the Lecompton constitution nt an early day. At it was with thff couipronfise measures in 18">0, thero will he somo "tneking," in spite of all the opposition of "young Doctor Townsend," and no recourse will be had to this celebrated "sarsapririll-ia." Minnesota and Kr.nsas will be tacked and pass the Senate whenever the wcll-aseortuinod majority of -that august body may be determined "to mako a night of it.'' In tbo House the measure is dully gnining strength, and a majority for it iscounted without any conversion or return of repentant sinners. It is the understanding #if* flm fVir?t*r1u t\C .?*.* * /? vuu 11 i* huj7 ui viiv< aviiiiiiunuaviuii) ul poacc and the Union, that in conformity with tho President's recommendation, Congress shall express its concurrence with tho bill of right# which allows tho people ot' Kansas to niter or remodel their constitution whenovor they please. Though thin seems to bo a work of supererogation, yet ? it will take tho mat tor out of tho hands of hnir-splitting county court lawyers, who might possibly bang a quibble on it, and bring peace to tho agitated bcMoms of sensitive politicians >vho nro ready to fight, bleod and dio for "popular sovereignty. '? TlitiS will calomel and jalap tak'o the pluco of "aariapavill-iH." tionornl Calhoun seems to bo determined to represent; the olafwio iigure of impartial justiodj hlsoycn boing atill blindfolded a? to tho return* of tho Kansas olootion. Ho wishcH Cotigro&i to deoido tho. question without knowing what party has oarriod the day. "A Itoniol tiomo to judgmont?-a> HCoond Daniel S" An ovent will occur in a day or two which add inuoh strength to tho I>cconip? ton constitution, and tho admission of K ansas undor it. Wo innv have n nmv i? ciamfiiUo ia the rigi^fc^iarter.?-Cor. Haiti more Sun. "Tiif. T.icndkuv.!*."?Tho London 8tale*man gives its famed ootomporery, tho Time*, tlio fedfoviag neighborly noticc : "Xbc Times in' fcimply a commercial ilwfv ulntion, liko tho tailoring business of Moses f & Son. Tho literary articles in tho Times uro always trash : but its political article ftro supposed to tao models of style. They arc about as good as melodramatic tlitiueltif oan bo. They are rather excellent Angl'? can than excellent English. " boro ?uscd to bo in Holland, a hundred and liftv yearn ago, ft French style which was .called tho Tvofugee stylo. It wan not absolutely a bod stylo, but it was not genuine frenoh,-^ The Times helps to corrupt our luugnage just to tho oxtout thatlt is mmfl than Knglish. In structi^ and sound tim period* of the tymea nro n ?ort of truueoUxl Johnsonian. The rule n.t r'rlutintfW>uM) Hquarc seems to ho never tovQiitusro buyoml pithy platitudes. ThOsW, masoned with jfiimttinr quotations from tfho Latin gflflw?).ir, ftnd pre?cnt?;<V SfUU mi orfieulju toll Miii i r< 11 j/vl i -it.- ? - for uW mcufij " <4? i