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KEOWO rol l!] Kli. ROBT. A. THOMPSON. Editor. TKJIMrt.?per Annum, tit nilrnn"e. it jmyiupnt l?? ilcl>tyc<l miiil rtftrrtlieoxplriition<>^ the year, $'2.U0 For six month*, 7o ocnln, lit advniico. Adrcrtl^cmfutM lf|j>*rtr<l o< t??o nximl rnfo*i ?t_.- v. . . zxi i PICKENS C. If., S. C.: Saturday Moruiucr. Marnh ftf) ififiR Frozen to Deathly e learn that Mr. Jamks Pkm rkf., a citizen of this district, whs fror.on to death, during the snow storm of the night of the Sth instant. An inquest was hoM over the body j of tho deceased, by L. II. Vkknkii. Ksq., with | tho usual jury empanelled, whose verdict wus iu accordance with those facts. Thanks. Senators Hammond and Evans have our imtiiKri fur enntimipil Miir/i-njumnn! C..... .... Dr. Evins. From tho last Andorson ftaxrtt?, wo loarti that Dr. Ai.ex. Kviss, who formerly represented Pendleton district 80 acceptably in the Stale Senate, is announced as a candidate for : the Legislature. Tho aiinouneeinent is eipiiv- i nlent, we presume, to nn election. Court. The Court of Common Pleas and Oencrnl i Sessions convened at this place on Monday j last. Judge Wakdlaw is presiding. There has been much bu.v.nc?.s before tho Court, 1 though tlie canes have fenernllv linon am,.11 I and uuiuterosting. Tho Sessions is crowded with eaaos, many of which have boon disposed of by the Court and Solicitor. Tho State arraigned Its.v Hammond for the murder of Kinvix Iloi.t.iK, hut, after trial, the jury returned a verdict of " not guilty." The number of persons in attendant e was loss than usual. Tho bar was well represented from the mljoiuing districts. Now Advertisements Messrs. Okkkx .1 Hkii? have received a large and handsome stock of Goods, which tllOV firn ??>llih(rAn J - ?*"" t?.WM?".iw?H?g wins; hop their advertisement. At Pendleton, you ohii buy CJrooorioa from Messrs. Dkndy k Pvi.i.ta m at " prices to suit tho times." Their Btock is largo and fresh. Mr. Dkn dy is a native of Pickens, and will wait on bis friends ' with peculiar pleasure. Head their advertisement and give them a cnll. The announce* monks for office arc increasing in number,and will he found under an appropriate heading. Othormattors of general interest will be fouud in our advertising columns. Court at Anderson. Tho Court was in session, at Audorson, j until Saturday, contrary to tho calculation of ! those who appeared to know something of j tho business of tho term. Several important | eases were tried. Among them, that of the Trustees of the Wads worth School for the town of Anderson, which failed before the jury. The attachments issued against HiXOs A Co. were successful tlicre, as they have sincc boon held bv the Court here. The Canvass for Congress. The candidates for Congress?Cols. AsnMoRK, Junks and Vkkxon?have been hero during the sitting of the Court, extending their ac<|uaii)tanee, and feeling the pulse of hnit I??< ?> - - "I iiivii vu-.-iiuira IIIO PUVCri'lgU public. On Tuesday, they addressed the people, ami were listened to with marked attention. Tho canvass, wo presume, is now fully opened, and the olectora of tho difteront dis* triots, composing this Congressional district, will have an opportunity of becoming acquainted with tho gentlemen soliciting their eupport, and, bofore tho oontost is over, be able to vote nnderstandingly. Committed to Jail. IIaskin's, or Smith, who stands charged with shooting tho negro l>oy of Col. Grisham, was arretted in Tennessee some days ago, brought back, and committed to jail Sunday night last. His trial, as well as that of Garhison and J)ki>ioui>, lias been postponed until the, boy's condition can bo fully determined. Tho boy is thought to be out of dangerBangs and Co. vs. The "Blue Bidge." The Federal Court, for the Northern Pi - irua 01 vieorgia, is in session in .uurieittt, (?a., Judgo Nicoi.i. presiding. The important suit of Anson Bangs & Co. vs. the Blue Ridge Bailroad Company was postponed to next September term. Tho eTtdoneo already ; taken in this ctw*e makes two largo volumes! Admitted to BailJames 8. Cu.vnbv, charged with the killing of Wm. Jfl.btciirn, has boon admitted to hail, in tho sun? of $2,000, hy Jndgo Wari>i.a1t. He will lie tried, prohahly, at the next term of the Court, E.itatks Dckinu Widowhood.?The Mucnn Telegraph thxitf rofors to a decision made by the Supreme Court, now in hc?aion in that city: "A ease of nome interest to the ladies was dwided on Friday morning last. Sftvagc. of Dougherty county, diwl, leaving a will which doriscd inn proporty to his wife, but In the ?rent of her marriage, to go to hi* childi-on, thus rnttiug off the wife without a shilling, den. Jtforgan, the counsel for tho widow, argued tho onM with great nhiliiy, ami cantor; ;!. 4! fkii f!!?" nrnvUiAtt in Hm vi'ill Iwilni* in ? , - '* *> rcxtruiiit of murrlago, vrn* contrary to tho policy of our law. hihI illegal; but the Court held that n man bad aright to leavo hi* prop erty to his vrifo during lior widOrbood, ami cut lior off if she married?and that tho SrtV- ( ago will wa?: legal." i Sr.M^TOR ?Tn? lion, Jofferfion 1)?viti, .Senator from Miosixsippi, will nut, it iv f?aid, bo ublc to llll his scat in the Senate for , , il. if;.. ..t *_t i iitm nivuiiiv. **iit iijiv4j niarcii } ( hint under a hcvbvc rojjimoii, in a n*>ni frUin 1 , ^ J?ioh lijjbt Ih carefully c winded. J j S&V.4 t # - /;S Speech of Senator Hammond. Wo have placed on tlio fourth the adinivahle spreeh ofdov. Hammond, on the admission of Kansas into (ho Uftion. It is the production of a strong mind, and is distinguished for its candor and Fairness. The position claimed for tlio South, and her uhili>y to maintain :? oopcrato indopendcyco, is demonstrated b}- reason and facts that cannot ho controverted. This ofl'urt of our new Senator lias i. con well received throughout #nnnh,v nunA/i'mll ?? nt t-' ?1 .... .??..v. j, vn-jM vihiii nc viit* otiuvii, una we ' ask for it tin attentive perusal. A correspon- | deut of the Baltimore ?'mi, present during j its dolivcry, says: "Tho Senate chamber was tlie theatro of unusual attraction to-day. Cov. Hammond, of South Carolina, made a speech full of power, interest and eloouenoe, upon the subject, of the bill for tho admission of Kansas. After treating boiuo minor points, tho Senator considered the main question which was at the bottom of thin agitation?that is, slavery, lie cited tho declaration of Mr. Seward that the battle had beon fought and won?or, in other words, that the South was conquered, and nothing remained to be done, but to pro- 1 hibit all Southern occupancies of slave territory and remodel tho Supreme Court to com juwio hip uesirueuon oi ti\e rsoutli. Tho Soutli would then be oppressed with protective tariffs for internal improvement systems, fish bounties, and u stupendous national hank to control the financial power of the uitry ; mid next, tho North would procceu to abolish slavery in tho State.*, &c. lie thought it proper that th? question ' should lie practically considered, lie wax ilisposed to ace tho question settled as soon as possible. He proceeded, therefore, to bring tho South OtU tho North face to face, anil noniparo their resources and means for the , maintenance of a separate organization. lie ilrow a picture of the ?t resources of the South, and her ability u> sustain herself as one of the most prosperous and peaceful cm pin-it wi ino worm. Mr. Hammond spoke only about an hour, ami was listened to with profound attention. SuspendedTho Times, published at Columbia, has been .suspended for tho present, on account of a difficulty with its printers. Mr. I'iggott offers the entire establishment for sale. The truth is, the newspaper business is over-dono in Columbia, as well as in other sections o' j the State, and no other than the above result | can reasonably be expected. Ofinprw' Tn toll i rrnrwm ? 7 ? Congress is still engaged in discussing the j Kansas question. A synopsis of the report of the House committee of thirteen will he found in our columns. Mr. Hoyce, of this Stato, mm'e a speech on the Mormon war, on the 11th. lie advocates a peaceful solution of the difficult/, Tho latest dates from Europe inform us of the advance of l-8d in tho price of cotton in Liverpool. A now ministry 1ms l>con formed in England, with Lord Dkrdv at its head. Parliament had adjourned till the 1st April. Several persons, connoctcd with the attempt on tho life of the French Kinpero*', have been sentenced to he shot; others to special servitude and transportation for life. From China, we learn that the Kngliah havo captnrod f'anton, with a loss of 130 men ; full particulars have uot reached this couutry. More lighting lias taken place in India, in which the Knglish have been Successful. The luss of life on both sides has been groat. The war between Montevideo and Bubnos Ayr09 continues, but is conducted with little vigor. The small pox is prevalent at the liulUc. The SeasonTho genial influences of the season are affecting perceptibly the fruit-bloom, and towing our nature to that haven of dcliciousness which it inspires. The flowers, with their freshness and beauty, are being fanned into existence by its gentle breezes. The birds too, a to sounding their joyous wood-notes, and hill and dalo are putting on the green garb of nature. But, after passing through two successive Court-weeks, it would he unreasonable to expcct oithor patience or pootry from us; therefore, we have drawn on an exchange for a spring sentiment, and have been fortunate, wo think, in liudiug the following couplot: SHUNO. Come, gentle Spring, cthorcnl mildness come, And from tho bosom of yon dropping cloud, While music wakes around, veiled in a showor Of shadowing rosos, on our plains descend. Be graeiouc. Heaven ! for now laborious man irnu.i.ui.i i.iu v.. i Ye softening limvM.yo tender showers, descend! And temper all, thou world-reviving ?un, Into the perfect yo(irl C.adkt A i'j'oi ntmknt. AtnOllg the appointment of Cadets for West Point, by 1 the President, is thut of John 11. Blocker, of Kdaeficld, brother of Scrgoaut Wm. Butler Blocker, who, from the wounds of his superiors, was in comuiatid of his company nt tlie battle of CSarita Helen, and was killed at the head of his company; cousin of Col. P. M. JJutler, who was killed at tho linml nf Ii!m vn?!)iinnt !lt fliiiniliiniWi ... v. Whitfield G. Brooks, who died of wound* deceived at tho same time and place; aud of Richard Watson, who nftor Ining twicc wounded, wad shot down in the Htorming party at Cimpuhcfiec. Gkn. Quitman.?The House of liepro- 1 SOOtativce yesterday paid Gen. Quitman a marked aud mo*t unusual compliment. At the expiration of tho tiine allotted him under the rule** fur tho discussion of the army hill, recently reported hv him from th? I Committee on Military Affairs, ihe> IToubc-, by ufjjiniuioux consent, permitted Jiint to proceed and conclude li?? unfinished remnrk?. Thia mark of consideration has but very few precedents?ho tew a* to rentier It* repetition an occasion of npccial notL*cf and of cherished appreciation by the rwipiont.? Wxtshtngfon Union. " Kvkn thi? will paw over!" was the proverb which tlio wmo Solomon gave to an j MHtcnfi fricn?l who do^rr'1 nth a motto an ; syorthf make the hou! hI hi misfortune, j iiifl huuiblo in | W ' J Fennings and Clippings. Cotton.?This great utaple in quoted al 1*2$ cents [>or lb. in Cltarloston. A Hkavy Rf.tuiix.? Return day fur Chostor district adds up 700 oaso?, including nc' eeptanccs. 'IM10 most of. tlio c^ses, however, wore for email amounts. A " Uovai," HYPO.?According to an ancient usago in Prussia, all the Princes of the royal family must learn a trade. It is stated that the Prineo Predorio William, just mar _:~.i ii i> 1 -r l'?i i i iiuvi IU IIIU i Iiuuvao ivo>ui ui ivii^umu, H\*iril? ed the trtvdo of a compositor in the printing office of Mr. Hanoi atllerlin. Hktikninu Hkasox.?The Massachusetts House of Representatives lmsrefusod toprinl the montorinl of certain colored citizons ol RoBton, protecting against tho ])rcd Scott do ctsion, at id suggesting retaliatory legislation, Covbt Maiitiai-rd.?Col. Sumner, U< S, A., recently <>n service in Kansas, has been uourt martialcd hy ordor of tlio govornmont, on a charge of sending a challenge to a brother ofticor. D.vmaokr.?- A fair damsel of Metropolis, Illinois*, lias instituted a legal action against a truant beau in jPuducah, Ivy., for not making her a wife (if lie promised. ??ho charge^ ?0,000 for the disappointment, which, if she obtains, will, of course, soothe her blighted lioart. It ought to, in such times as these. "Washington, March 'J, 185H.?The SenaU in Executive Session, has continued the ap pointmonts of W. P. Colcook, as Collector, it nd My or .Jacobs as Surveyor of Charleston Thaddous Sandford as Collector of Mobile and Win. 11. I1'lan nor as Surveyor of Wil inington, X. 0. A Dav or IImmmnkss.?It is said thatther< woro to be ti lai jL*r number of marriages ii England on tlio bridal day of tli?; I'rinocsi Royal, than woro over known to bo colobru tod in one day before. Hit 'km Again.?Of all the mean and eon temptible moil?or porsonsenlling thoincelvo men, in tbi* world, lie that sneukos througl life on tip-toe, with his oar to tlio key-hole o ovory body's business but his own, is tin 1i1usi iu uc ucil'su'u. Tkiai. or Tim man.?(loo. P. Tillman, E?q. of Edgefield han boon tried for tho killing o Christian, and found guilty of manslaughter Patriotic Lkttkh.?lion. Daniel S. Dick inson, of Now York, lias written a strong manly and patriotic letter upon tlio Ivausa Controversy, siding boldly with the Adminia t rat ion nnd the South. V.m.t*aiii.k Land.?The Supreme Court o the United .States has decided that Thomai Green, the present owner of the Fauqulo: (Ya.) White Sulphur Spriugs, is entitled t< a tract of land in the State of Texas, of 03, 000 acres, and valued at move than two mil liou dollars. True Noktijkrn Si-.wr Triue.?The Xev York Tribune chronicles the fact that anoth or batch of sixty or seventy ?romen were sen off to the West under the protection of tin "Woman's Protcotivo Emigration Society.' Our readers are aware that these women ar< transported to tho Wont and sold out to ap plicants at ten dollars the head. Common School*.?Tho whole amount ox ponded ivnnually for tho support of the Coin mou Schools of N ew York in $3,103,139! State Election.?An olcution for StaU officers hasjust taken pluco in New llani]) shire, which resulted in tho success of tin black republicans by a majority of 4,600, Auuf.st or a Pohokr.?John F, Mahan, ? grocer doing buriqe* ; ou Long. Wharf, bat been arrested in boston, on tho chorgo of forg ing tho signature of his uncle, Benjamin F Mahan, to notes amounting to over twelv< thousand dnthirs. Damages rou Dmbaco or Promise.?It Elattuburgh, X. Y., tho other (lay, Suxaunal E. Churchill obtained si verdict for $5,00( damages against John llorton, for breach 01 promise of marriago. Convicted.?Wo learn that Tlios. Golden was tried at tho Superior .Court of Marion o >unty, Goo., last week, for tho murder ol XioholH9 Jordan sc:no time last winter, and was convicted. OMAI.L i'OXIX i> ElV X OKK.?MlO SlllilU pO* .still prevail* iu this city. Since the 1st oj Jumiary there have boon 1(>2 deaths from it, I limit mi.k.?A littlo nun of Mr. J. Bi Thomas, of Clarksville, Tonn., foil inton vessel of lxitlttig soap on Tuesday week, and was so scvorcly burned as to cause his 4cath lioxl day. _ Covstr.HTt.nn.?Several counterfeit bilh on the Ocorg.ft iluilroad aud Hanking Company of the denomination of $50, says the Sparta Georgian, have been passed iu thai UVIUIUUUi^ lUtVUUJt Turved MahkRu.?John Doan, the coach' man, whose romantic marriage with the wealthy and accomplished Miss IJoker, ol Now York, created a sensation so.no <imc Btncc, is ??? <! l>e filling the humblo office ol marker in the Custom House in tlrnt city. Cotton ik Texas.-"?There are upwards ol twen?y-on? thousand bates of cotton now in Oalvestoii, Texaa, which is eighteen thousand more than was o-> hand last year at thin timo. Tho total receipts are in excess of ihoso oi last yoar 21,750 bales. The crop of Texas, A _ *. i. J ._ilt 'OAA hAA'v - f - it ib untimiuwi, wui^rvwtui iiw,ww uiues. Important, Vrrv.~~Tbp papers nnuounw tliat Goit. Bldoldt i? oppouod to Ijocompton Knnaan, and thnt Kx-I'roaidcnt Fillmora had purchased a homo in DdffiiW for Ml brido I Piutrkss is Buitkai^, X Y.?Thor* arc *aid to bo U72 families iu Buffalo, X. Y? do pendent on the relief fund fur their food ao<j fuel, and 10,000 por*ou? dependent on for d^.ort, J.mt'-je&iju..: ^ , <?. - ^ W K ' ' % <? * lU'UNKp to Deatii.<?The C Impel Hill (fT. , 0.) (JafCitr states that a huu^o lwhmgiiiK to widow Joseph Crump, four miles l'rom Pittsborough. on the Salisbury road, was connumod l>y firo a few days etlice. Pour or Ave negro children were in tho house at the time, ' two of whom wore burned to death. Fkuit Kjt.i.kn.?The Louisville Courier sayi< some of the fruit growers near that oily 1 say that the poaches, nprhots, <to., lmve boon killed Ijy the I.uo severe weather, tin? thermometer having been in Rome localities o.s low us 10 *log. below zero. Laiickst Caruo ok Cotton rvkr Siurrto. The Hhip Ocean Monarch cleared from New ' Orleans, Im., for Liverpool, England, on tho 23d ult., with 0,000 bales of cotton, weighing ' 2,239,6G*pounds, belpg the largest cargo of ' c itton over shipped from that, or, it is believed, any other port. New York, Mare.li 10.?A nmn named i Brottlerton, a defaulting book keeper of the ir.it'll.ir i.n? i.iv _ . 000. Pickons District, 8. C. Kuitous Southkkn On,- vator :? 1 Having seen un account from various parts of tlio South ou agriculture, suffer us to of? fer you one from the Southern part of L'ieki ens .District, S. 0. In this part of the 1 District, twenty years ago, some of its best farmers made from 60 to 100 bushels of wheat, and from 200 to 1J00 bbls. corn and a fow bales of cotton. In the present niau nor of farming, the same men make from > ">00 to 1700 bushels of wheat, and from ; 400 to 800 bbls. of corn?cotton anu other ; things in the same proportion ; the soil . has improved by the sowing of peas and (manuring. The yield of wheat, on our best acres, is ' from i>2 to 44 bushels: formerly 10 was 1 an extra yield and much talked of. Some ? uf our farmers have made this year, 20 bush els to ofie sown. si,...... ?e ...... tw.o? i . a large crop of wheat while they finish their s other crops; then, at their leisure, g(t it out ami sun their entire crop of wheat. We witnessed the thrvshin" out ami clem ing of two hushoU) of wlicai in three ? minutes, and have no doubt that a bushel a minute could he threshed. conr, ing is used to the Spike Thresher, on an inif proved plan, by the Messt*. Mason's four ,t horse power. The machinery ih simple, and the advantage is, that the straw is ear" l ied out of the barn, the wheat nicely clean, cd without the aid of any one to rake as s 1 formerly?all done by men of iur own dis triet. | The inhabitants, some years ago, when j. it rained, would take their dogs and guns, and instead of looking after their washed down fences, and obstructed ditches, as 1 they now do, would spend their time in * hunting. ln.*?tead of gun and dog, it is the " spade and shovel, diteninir out the branch uOil crook bottoms, hauling in loaves and mpking -manure on all leisure occa?ion?. r Wc have one of the best markets for produoo in the up-country. The line of the llabun (.lap Railroad, a tier man settlement (their town, Walhalla) und Tunnel Hill, | making a fine market lor all kind* of produeo, lumber, &C. ' IdiMt, und best of all, we have fine schools, - taught by classical teachers, throughout the whole 1 )istriot Why should any oneieave . for a new country, or abuse and deride l'ickcus District, bccau.se of its nearness to the mountains? K. 1*. YeRNKU. Uachelor's Retreat., S. C., J>ec., 1H57. Important Indian Kews. By the steamer Carolina, wliioh arrived at about one o'cloek this morning, wo received important intelligence from Florida, i Tliu Tampa Peninsular furnishes the ful> lowing : Oh the evening of the 10th ultimo, a . Warrior ox Howlegs' party, and a negro be} longing tc- that Chief, approaohed the station occupied by the delegation of friendly Indians. They were met by a few of the ' delegation and escorted into camp; left that 1 night and returned noxt morning with on' other Indian (brother-in-law of Bowlegs), f The'hostile Indians again left camp on the 21st, after haying made arrangements with , Jumper to meet Bowlegs in four days. ( Ou (ho 27th uU, Bowlegs, one of his r principal men, a son of Assinwfth, and one I of the Chiefs of Sam Jones' party?four in all?were having a 'talk' with Mnj. Reotor, who is (juite confident of his ability to in: dure all their people to emigrate. F A general council will so< n he had, at , which the question of removal will bo settled. Mnj. Rector barf declined the services of CJ enteral Blake. Tho hitter gentleman is 1 now in tin* place. The friendly Indians, in their scouts, failed to tilid th$ hostile Indiarts. The i latter fonnd the white flags, and camc into . the camp withont solicitation/ The fact , augurs woM for a favorable result of the , negotiations now ponding. Under all the circumstances, wc foel sanguine that the " Florida "War will Miori he terminated by the peaceful removal of 1 Scininolas to the V* est. 80 moto it he. f IiATGit.?By tho arrival of Maj. Keotor, > thi.) mornii.g/wc have a continuation of the f I above. The Indians wish to see tho money I promised them in case they consent to a P | removal ; to procure which w the object of .Maj. lK'ctom visit.. Attflntrahj the older, in wounded. Tic ' will inert the delegation to ncjjotiato in he' hnlf of Sain Jones' party, n? noun n? he cu?t "i travel. ??-> ? ? + A arnriK in Jodiana threatened to fine ft lawyer for contempt of oouft. I have ! CKprotfsed no contempt for tho court," said ? tho lawyer; "on tho contrary, I h?vo enro? fully oonccalc^ my feeling." HAY1XO ANII TtllNKINO.?You are * very Handsome," Raid ? gentleman to p 1ft \ day. " Pooh 1" waid tho lady, "ij6 T jt? h would h?j if ion did not think *<>." 4'And ? 00 you would think, thvugh I dfd not flay * + 9 * . "* Jk From Washington. i Wasiuxuton, Maroh 11.?Mr. Stephens unsuccessfully endeavored yesterday i to introduce i??to tho lluiisc of Representatives, a report expressive of the views of i the Majority ?it the select emmnittoo of i | thirteen, appointed to investljpito Ktinstis ! ' affairs. It odhuitericN* W;Joying that tho ! subject inntter, to which mtciithnj should i bo diroetud, waa 1st. The law for taking the coiiku* of! the people. !i'\. Tho law for culling the convention. 8d. Tho registry of tbo votorn, ttnd the | Apportionment uuuov it. 4th. Tho Assembling of "tho convention and its journal. 5th. The Constitution, so made. (ith. Tho otheinl voto on the ratification i of the subject submitted. i 7th. The committee liled, not deeming it material, the out of Dcccmbor host, providing for n vote, for or egninat the .slavery I -! !? ..? I........... - *v" v* "J I 8th. The official aimouueouetit of that ' vote, and Oth. The w tit ten si"*" tr%I Calhoun in relation to the registry of vote*j etc., (but which sheds uo light on .lhe subject. ) The report says that tho?o factn show great, regularity and strict conformity to law, and that no 8tate heretofore applying for admission has shown n clfuuor record. No objection to tin:.admission of Kansas arises. ??n the usual inquiries?first, as to the application ; secondly, n? t?? the re<ru lnrify of the. proceeding#; and thirdly, whether the Constitution is Republican 111 form. Tho report then answers* tho objections, going very fully into a reply to (.Sow Walk*er's argument, fonndc* on his assumption that tho validity of every State Constitution depends on its having received tlie sanction of a popular Voto, The assumption is denied, as not bi-inc sustained by principle or authority. " Sovereignty," U<?v. \\ idkor > says, "is inalienable, and rests 'exclusively I in the peoplo.'' This is granted, hut the | report says it does not follow that sovereign | power cannot be delegated. The formation jot" it ('oi\?titutiou, requires the exercise of ! eovereiyn power; but so does the commonest net of legislation* If tho one can be delegated, so can the other. AH the tftitutioiiH of the old States were inndo by conventions without ratification, oxcept that of Massachusetts. Tho Constitution of the I'nited States wn? ratified by State, convoutions, and never by the popular vote. The amendments to it arc to be. concurred in by cuito legislature*, and not Ijy (In? popular vote, to j?ivo thorn validity. It" Governor Walker's doctrine is correct, wo tdiould he without State Constitutions or law* in hiiif of the States of tlio Union. The objection that an enabling net is necessary is also answered, and shown to he untenable, both in principle and authority. The question relative to tlio registry and apportionment is very fully treated. The rharge that nineteen counties were disfranchised is completely answered. There are but thirty-four organized comities in Kansas?twenty-one of these were represented. Nino of the thirteen unrepresented count Up have very little population j in seven of then* not a v ue was east ot the January plri'tion amiiitul tlm f'nnulihitinn 1 ? ?- -i- ; ... others of the nine, less than one hundred votes wore thrown ; and in tho four remaining, namely: l'Yanklin. Anderson, Coffee ami Hreekon ridge, thorn were hut eleven and thirty-five. In these four counties t}?? officers were prevented l'roin making a reg' istry. The report also shows, from the registry and np))ortionment, together with the official returns, that at the 4th of January cloctiou, the five counties of Leavenworth, Atchison, Douglas, i>onipiian and Jcffersopr c.ist five thousand one hundred and eighteen votes, which is ft majority of the whole vote oust throughout tho Territory ?i.? < ' *:*. ? ---? -it *?- A j^aillinv mu vvmill limill? m*U JUl Ull UlCfC counties were registered and represented in the Convention} having thirty-six of tho sixty delegate# of which tho Convention was coin posed. It' it he truo that the op|)onont.s of tho Constitution wore ho largely in tho majority in those countic*, ami so violent in their opposition, why did they not elect men to form a Constitution mora to their liking? They had within four votes of two-thirds of tho Convention, why, thou, did they fail toaetatthc proper liuio? Their refusal, thoreforo, did not invalidate tho jntit, fair and legal action of tho Convention. Ti.a resolution under which tho committee was appointed directed them to enquire whether tho taooinpton Constitution is neecptablo aud satisfactory to the people ? ?The rcnlv to thin is. tha. thnnnlv < (?rr?ct test is tlio ballot box, and such an expression of tho popular will as is there given at tho proper time and plncc, according to law. Jly this ty?t the Constitution wait adopted by an overwhelming majority of those who joinod in tho election. These only can be uonsiderod as tho Adp citiaous of Kansas. Others, who abstained, are ma fa ftdr residents, who went to Khiw.h for miachicf and Btrife. They aro sclf-nckuowlcriged outlaws, and are not to be considered as constituent elements of community or hocIoty, ogaiusk which they are in open rebellion. But, on the *Jth of January, at the election for St?U> officers under the Constitution, more titan twelve thousand votera in Kanhkh did go to tho polls, and thus showed conclusively that at lest fun'-fifths of tlio voters of that Territory' were willing to vote for the election of Htato officer* under the constitution. Th?.? hIi.'iws that the Constitution wn8 not o?ly^|W!?tuW^ hnt that it has hcon accepted by ?t loast four-fifths of the votor>< of that Territory, though not entirely satisfactory to all of them. . Tho committee declined U> go into an investigation of t)>4 alleged fraudd at the Jnouupi-elootiou foy State officers, for want l of jurisdiction of the House ov^tho fcub| j/M. . They My they orfh no toon: invwti i irauda relating U> el?ctuj>o of .Statu | oflk-tw hi tfcaa in ?uj olhyf , 4 ' % - i*<--v:s.-. - Tho/e matters are to be inquired into by other appropriate legitimate tribunals. If the jwtf of the member Congress cleeted to this House be contested on the ground of ?li?god frauds, the lloti?e would hav? lurixuu'MOU over mat queanon; nui hoi ns to .frauds in the election of Oowruor or members of the "Legislature of Kansas. The re|>ort coneludcs with n reeonimend.ition for the nOinimon of tlio Htate of Kansas, in pursuance of the viewa of the President, believing tliut the welfare ami prosperity >f the people of Kansas, an well as the general welfare, peace and harmony of the whole Union, will thereby be promo'ed. Wahhixoton, .Mnreh 11.?In the Sennto Mr. Cameron preseuted the petition of | citizen* of Pennsylvania, for the etidourogoment of a new line of mail steamer* from Philadelphia to Brazil. ^ Mr II iiiifi'i* uir Iwlri'vv lii-i unit inii fur veil. injx session*. The bill for printing ami tlio Deficiency Ilill were passed. Tho Kansas rjtifstion was discussed, Mr. 1 V;)tc speaking against tho Tjoeomptou Cou-. siitution, tnui 3? j. wcnj^Niit.t fui it. The debato continued in tile Hciifltc uO' til th? hour of adjournment. In tlio House ."Mr. Quitman's Yulnntucr I bill was passed. >1 r. Stanton spoke against ! it. .Mr. Wicker moved that tlio minority : be allowed to make n rejKirt. whieh was ob? ' jeeted to. 'J'ho objection, however, Wsw* j overruled. The House ]K?stpolled the reception of tho Minority lleport on the Kansas tuvos Mention, ami roMimnl (lie ilwcnsfioii on tlip General Deficiency Hill. Xo action Wild 1 taken. Wasiii,\otqn, rVFarcJi 12.?In tho Sonj ate, n hill wns'reported relative to tho intoi'. national code and iuiym! tdjjlinln. Tin: do? i hnte on IvaiiMiH wus thou resinned, Mr. Chandler ojq>ui?ed the Lceonijiton Conatitiltion. Jn the Senate tho T.ecompton Const it u, tion discussion wan continued. Mr. Hun\ tor .-JispiMod of all objections to Iho admission of Knrisah nmlcr tho Cmi. J stitution, and wound up with a brilliant pe, rumtioti in relation to India, mid the return- * ing ynipathv of l?ngland toward* tlieidave ! trade.' , Mr. Kennedy, of Md., made n Htrong I "Know Nothing" speech, and the Svnuto I adjourned. j 111 th<> IIuu.xc th?> 1 >i|?loinatic nnd Consular Hill wan passed, neporfs from Stui.ul! iny: C'oniifiitUin received. The Senate'* 'joint resolution wa?? patted, authorising tho ! niou who were oniniired in the wnfuh for ! Sir John Franklin, to IroeeiVfc undid* from fJreat Britain. The/(notion of Mr. Harris* appeal from the decision of the Speaker yesterday Waft next d isms sod. The following nominations were continued : u I*. P. Dick, 1'. S. District Attorney in N. Carolina; <\ ('. Younpe, V". S. District Attorney in Northern Florida; J? L. TaI tern, Southern District of Florida. I Mr. Harris' question ?>f privilege was I discussed by Messrs. Harris, Stephen* and i Cartlthen". A motion to table the i ppeal, | was lost, by ottly two majority. M r. liar ns men wunnrew nij< appeal from tho dei eision of tho chair. Adjourned until Mon| d?>*r AVahiiiaoton, March 12.?The report | which Mr. Harri* intended to ptw/ht toj day, irk. behalf of the Kantan Minority InvcptigHting Committee, einlunce?' n complete record of the proceeding. It nays it will indulge in rib reflection* on the nmjority. AVitl? but two exceptions, however, it t<:iy?, the majority Miece.Wully rented every effort at XHKjtiirv on the part of tho ; iiuuurity, nou eiiem-u notlitnp not nlromly { known. It filHuA to exocnte the order of ; the lfonse, ami to neeoniplW* ?nv of the ' purposes for which the Committee had liven I ruifod. | I Ooy. II AM Mo.tn, of South C'arolinn, 1 made his debut in the Souuto last Thi'irq: dnyf in ? xpeech that will make on impronMiott 011 the minds of intelligent men in tlio North. Tlio cpeech nbow? none of that elaborate preparation and pedantic precitjion of phrase that marked the effort of Seward, which it Immediately followed, but it in moro vigorous and jjrapbio in utylo, more oiunuMinxtic unU manly in spirit, and coinch from what no one can doubt is a utronger intellect and a higher genius, than the cold an4 jfloniticul fonator from New York j>ofnen},m.?-J*ttersbu)'f/ ( Kxjtrctt. ?*- t? A Bkoki.kns Man*.?-A ninu named J541I Kitrr wan killed, on la?t ('liristmrn* dtjv. ut Tehama, California. Bill wa? a ttWable oharucter in Uix way. Tho Bed BIuAm Bcaeon says of him : Our readors will remember an odvertinement that appeared in our ix.pcr kurt spring, stating that Kill Varr would fight a grizzly hear, aingle-handed, on the 4th of duly, at 'iVlmma. His lifo seemed to bo of no eon sequence to him. Wo huyo frequently heard him remark that ho would oh soon ho killed as not; nnd on one occasion we actually know of his otruiding Up very OhJIv . with ft pernon as rccklos* oft htiuwjlf, oath taking r? shot at the.other's hot, nt u distance of fifty ntepn; oh it remained on hw hood. The rwtlt was that Bill's hftt >v$? shut through,t.anA n hiiimII Vunch of hair cut Away, whilo thonkhi on t' c other man'# di&ftiam vnu l?5.f ?' /? ' ............ ??n mill UIIIV llll niFvC or ICIt'tP . I inchctt \ty Bill's holf-ounco bsill. Bill wm a great terror to the IndiniiM, he havhoR M kilU-d ? j?reat inntiv in l?*? ??f whom, fjj he buuI fiimwlf, lio nliot to tlicni f>11. ^ ^ . Jj P"; Nkw Ohlv.anh, Mflrvli 12,?By thu fiitrivnlof tlij> utoamer 'IViuh^hp.' ;.i t!.i port, %# h?v<? Atlvtaofrnt Voro Ou& to tho 7th, mid ntthe City of Mexico to tho 6th Inpt. A civil war wuh r.?'t;3bg, Tho (lovertiinwit troops ncftr (k-loya wcr? awaiting reinforcement*, rm<l ??tlu>r pwrtk*?, to tho number of six thuuwtiiri, hud f??vtitied thu pl;u'?\ Alvnroz w;l* in tho field v>:ih '?00<> .malty, nod was WDOMnjr the ?iC<t (inv.tn merit. The dowiit-H oi' ZulongA tfois ('0^? * -i-?. ? dr T~ tmm # * r ' ?tu