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KEOWp COURm ROBT. A. THOMPSON, Editor. TflUNlS.?$1,(0 per annum, in advanco. If payment l?e delayed until after the expiration of tho yonr, For ?i\ months, 76 cents, in cvuvitnce. Advertisements }nscrto?l nt tlie usual rates. PICKENS C, II., S. C.: Saturday Morning, June 5, 1858. To Correspondent?. v*o have received au nrticlo oti (lie Ponitoiial election from a correspondent nt Fnjr Play. The noto of Co!. Calhoun, which np. pears iu this issue, reiulora its publication ultogcthcr unnecessary. Declination. A ..j ? f 11 ? ,1 ;;uv iMuvio'Jit ^wn^rnr uumuiun ii liiru j from Gen. J. W. Uahuison, declining to become acandidato for tho Stato Senate. Dr. A. Evins is regularly announced for the Senate, and wo presume will not liavo opposition. Death of Capt. Calhoun. "NVcaro pained to learn that Capt. Patt Calhoun, a gallant officer of the 1*. S. Army, died at Pendleton on Tuesday hurt. Ho had lxjcn in tho sorviue for a number of years- ' Consumption, with its lingering fatalnuas, I ended his careor, which promised much at ! man's estate. He was a son of the lamented t Tou.x C. Cai.iiouv. The Pendleton Dragoons j escorted his remains to the jrravo. The Slave Trade. "We arc indcbtod to the author, (Dr. Joun B. Aduf.r) for a copy of " A rovicw of Reports to the Legislature of South Carolina on | the revival of the slave trade." The article, (which is characterised by the usual ability of the writer) appeared originally in the " Southern Presbyterian Kevlovr." It now appears in neat pamphlet form from the press ofI)r. Out bus, Columbia. Tribute to Senator Evans. T'"> Sonf/i Carolinian of the 27th ult. contain.. a lengthy and well written tribute to tho memory of Judge Evans, by Mnj. B. F. Perry, of Greenville. They wore intimate I friends, and, what was not until now generally known, hold almost the same political i opinions. For Governor. The Camdon Journal, sketching the distinguished men at the late Commercial Convention, says that the opening addross of Col. Cai.uolw, upon taking his soat as President, wis moat admirable and well-timed?the right ! thing at tho right time, nnd in the right plaec. He is one of the truest men at the South, au l wo hope to seo him made the next Govoruor of our State. No man would intike a bettor, ond no one has a name more highly chorishcd or more justly honored. The Crops, &oA frioml, writing to as from Blue Creek, f?a., under date of the 26th ult.says: "Times are hard in this State?money scarce and produce of all kinds low. We are very dry hero. The wheat generally is sorry, and taking the rust very bad. Oats arc low, and the corn crop backward. Fruit killed, with considerable sickness prevailing, and several deaths havo occurred." The Blue Ridfro Railroad. The Pendleton Messenger, of tho 28th ult., says: " We fee that the Depot, at this place is nearly completed, and i* will he ready in a short time lor the reception of freight. The branch of tho road leading to llayne's Quarry is also very nearly completed, which will ntford great facility in conveying atone to other portions of tho road." "Tho passenger train on the Blue RMge llailroad will arrive at Pendleton every Monday, Wednesday and Friday evening; and llUUlIilU iLl|ll< I Mllll II. KZW.bJ lUCQUiy, Thursday and Saturday mornings, until further orders." Tall Eye. Mr. Anderson Ivester Bonds us a few etalks of Itye, measuring seven feet and seven inchcs in length. The rye was grown without the aid of manure, on our Pickens hunts. Mr. I. lias good lands, and well understands how to make them produeo. Exchanges. The " Farmer and Planter," for June, has been received. It is well filled and interesting ns usual. The first number of the "Pendleton Messenger," edited and published by Mr. Howard Sv.mmes, a t Pendleton, has made its appearanco. Tho first number is interesting, and displays taste, as well us ability and tacl, in its management. The nrico of the subscrin lion in $1.50 in advance, or $2.50 at tho end of the year. Suocess to tho enterprise. Messrs. S. I). Gooui.ktt nt\d T. Q. Donali>!jon have becoinfc asaociato editors of the " Patriot and Mountaineer.'' Thoir kiuuIutories are well written, and indicate the course to bo pursued by them. We welcome thein to the honors and emolument** pf editorial life. Par no.vs.?Tho UaionvillO Journal says: " By heavons, it hails mercy, aud rains pardons." Almost every paper wo examiuo, of late, contains an item statin" that the Governor of the State has absolved a culprit from punishment, after being fairly tried and found guilty by a jury who are well assured that the iiccuscd has violated tho law. While wo admit that tho Executive, ho fore determining to pardon Or-commute punishment, is always furnished witli a petition numerously signed, in flavor of thrt criminal who appljqs for tflempney, wo tal'ievo that thin wholcxiyie pardon* n\g i? Gitlculatod to do great harm. It ia tlio fear of^ttishmont which ttvn%>nny fi oiu tko. of ortmo; hut wheu it it* offender#not likely to suffer, . ho increased, and finally, a numHftgu will ho tried "and found guilty, .^jUi^y|^^H||^^kirii0hod, owing to tho fact that pardoned persons condemJfiCCS, f|| # 7HBHRH|Hp|k f JkEMHiwV> Tmf^rniraBr n General Intelllgf ?ie. j The steamer from Califwir.. brings impor- . , taut news, ami $1,500,000 in Fpcyle. Gold | mine:* of ii?n?0(??f> nxtont have l?.on <lisodvo* ! I roil in the British possessions, voaching to | the American territory.. This disco^ry | 1 caused yrout excitement. Col. Kinnkv's par- 1 (y attempted tuo capture of XTreytown, but Capt. Kennedy, of the Jamestown, took them prisoners, and sent tlicm to Aspinwall. The cholera is raging in Guatemala. Intelligence from Europe advises 1.3 of an 1 advunee oi" an oigiuh in cotiou, with pales fur , threo days of 30,000 hales. The laying of ' the Atlantic telegraph cahle will oomrucnco on the 25th. There ia nothing of importance from India or China. Within the last two months, the list shows twenty-eight outrages that have boon committed in tho Gulf of Mexico upon our mcr- j chant vessels by British eruuors. Tho C'tr- : olininn says of those, seven consist in firing ! into, scroti in oTOrhauliog and boarding at j sea, one in seizing and detaining at Luagiia, j and thirteen in Overhauling at 8agna la j Grande. The Now Era, which recently ar- j rived at Now York, reports the chasing and : firing at au American clippor by a steamer. No colors were shown. If she was under American colyrj, tito insults number twentynine?-one, almost, for oaoh star in the federal galaxy. Our government is taking meas- ^ tires for redress and indemnification failing in this, a resort to arms, will be the result. From a statement in the papers, we learn ' that the American fleet in tire (Jnlf carries 140 guns,.while the British fleet carries 3.r>7. ' Wine. This is a " r?ood tliinv in " " nml i ? p o "? j wo doubt nut -ur lady readers will be pleased to give tbc paragraph below a practical test: "Blackberry AVin'k.?^Gather when ripe, on a dry day. I'ut into a vessel, with the bend out, and a tap fitied near the bottom ; pour on them boiling water to cover them.? Slash the berries with your hand*, and lot tliein stand covered till ihc pulp rises to the top ami forms a crust, hi thvec or four days. Then draw off the fluid into another vessel, ami to every gallon add one pound of sugar ; mix well, and put into a cask, to work tor a I week or ten days, and throw oil" any remain- | ing Ices, keeping the cask well filled, pur tic- I ularly at the commencement. When the j working has ceased, bung it down ; after six to twelve months it may bo bottled. " Blackberries are very beneficial is cases ,.f tKa i w?-r..i ?* ui cviiivi j \ x1iu uvi I iv'9 iviv; IlUil 1 V 111II1 Uill" in^. Ten made of tho roots and lcuvcs is good, and syrup made from the berries excellent." Our Mining Interests. The following is extracted from the Charleston Courier of a recent date: "South Caromna Mining.?"We had an opportunity, yesterday, of examining specimens of tho motalio ores?gold, silver and lead?which arc worked from tho mines in Pickens district, the "Oheohce Mine," on tho head waters of Little Iliver, and the Mjunt Ina Mine, at some distance to the South-west. 'I'liouo ?|iccinin?n nmy be Sfll'Il j\t flirt Cnillltiug^offiee of 11. Mure. Boycc's North wharf, and aro worthy of examination and inspection. We arc informed that the veins opened in >i>. nt i - i i liiu v*ui ?vo ai v/iiuunuu iiuri v K'HU lUltl HU ur- 1 gentiferous galena. The Intter contains 8G per cent. lead, 1 percent, silver, and is worth $l">0 per ton. One of the veins has been fully opened by means of level and shafts.? Thero arc several veins running through the lands, which have been tcstcl, and show the sumo minerals. With the present limited force, some four to five tons of vein matter, yielding from one to two tons metalio ore, can be taken out daily; but the intention is to erect furnaces, so as to obtain the pure silver and lead. , On the lands are also two extensive gold deposits, arising from the debris of the different veins, oucof which is worked now successfully. Death of a Venkkatilk Matron.? Tho Kdc*efield Advertiser announces the death of Mrs. Sophia Ron ham, at the residence of her son, tho Hon. M. L. lkmham, | on the 18th ot' May. Tho Advertiser says: i "Mrs. Sophia lionhatn was born 011 the 1 18th of December, 1780, in tho midst of onr Revolutionary War. Sho was the danghtor of Jacob Smith and Sarah Smith ?tho forinor the brother of Smulhvood Smith, the latter the sister of Jauic.s Butler, who fell at Cloud's Greek in defence of American liberty. Her husband was Capt. Janus Bonhain. Becoming a widow at tlio age of thirty-live, she employed tho remainder of a long life in tho service of her God, and in devotion to the well being of : her children and grand-children. In 1 Hii 1, j she attached hei'riclf to the Baptist Church, at old lted Bank in this District, of which communion ahc was a member up to the time of her death. Truly may we say, that a mother has fallen iu Israel, and many are the heart#, both bore and in a distant land, that will receivc the intelligence with deep emotion." Size of DkKai.h.'?DoKalb wax of very large size, and of herculean powers of endurance. We had the pleasure, recently, of estimating these powers, by the esamii nation of tho euirtixg?hauberk?Or breast armor, with the baclc plate?which ho woro. These piece* arc of solid iron, and weigh frotn fourteen to twonty pound^1. They were worn by the Baron onthobloody field in j whrch he was slain. Fancy this burddn, which l'fllllv linlnlKTOrl ffi dm (lot nf f.m.ln Hsin and efuvalry to have been borne io hot conflict, through tho long fight, for hoar#, tn the middle of August, in the deep thickets of middle OnroIinA ! Tlicde interesting relic* are the property of the Middleton family,' and in tho immediate possession of our fellow citizen, Mr. William Middlcton, 'of Middleton J'laee, on the Ashley.? Charleston Mer entry. Oompumen'Ts int limn tiflt,?'William Bow Loggs, Ksq., lately distinguished as an "agitator1' in Florida, and known as Billy Bow sent u tole^raphio gtcoting from Notr Orleans to the President. We hftvo no doubt says the Charleston. Courier, the President wishes Mr. Bow I^eggs a safe voyage to his jrcat<rru home, j Pennings and Clippings. To Teachers.?Tho Teaehora of tho District nrc diroctcd to tbo communication of a " Friend of Educntio)),'* ?u another column. Dkatii Pf.nai.tt Hkstohkd.?'Tho Wisconsou Legislature having tried the plan of iiu prtsonmont tor lit'o sis a puniflimopi for offences capitally punished in other States, -without success, uro about to rostoro the death penalty. A Nbh' 1'aiitv.?Movements are said to be In progress in Washington to concentrate all tho elements of opposition to the Administration in a "People's Union Party," Ji.vn State for Mormonism.?North Carolina is a had State to induU'o in more than ono wife. At the Cumberland (North Caro linn) Supreme (Jourt last week, II. 0. Bnrtlott, convicted of bigamy, was sentenced to bo branded on the left cheek, with the lew. B., to rocoi'vo 3'J lashe* on his bare back, to be imprisouod thirty days, then to rceeivc 39 lashesmore, and to bo let looso. IIo had married four wives. Nkw Skvatou.?lion. II. 11. Anthony, oditor of the Providence Journal, has been oleotodU. fc>. Senator from llhodo Island for six yoars from 4th Mareh'noxt. Larok Amount.?Hev. Dr. Sehon reports $201,800 a* the amount collected for missionary purposes last year, within the bounds of tho M. K. Church, South. Ivkqcksted to Resiun.?A lnOVemCUt lli\s boon made in Mississippi to request tho * ign&tion of Gov. McWillio. The people o. th<$ State arc very indignant at tho last exl^roiso of clemency, which has turnedloose a notorious assassin named Dyson. Tin: Tt'RKlsit Amiitt.vf..?Hear Admiral Mahonunod Pasha and suite woro entertained Wednesday nijjht in Boston, ut the He voro IIouso, by a grand banquet, tendered by the city government. About eighty plates wore laid. Speeches were made, and toasts given by Mayor Lincoln, Maltomined Pasha, lidwanl Everett. Commodore Stringhani, ExMayor llico and others. IIk Op.jervks it.?IJonnctt, of the N. V. IleraM, says that ho nover flatters public sentiment. Wo don't see why lie si. uld. Puplie sentiment was novov at all mttoring to him. ____ Southern parp.n.?They are making paper at llalcigh,North Carolina, and shipping it to New York, whore it is bcinir sold at a handsome profit. This speaks well for the manufacturing interests and enterprises of the South. Appointment.?(Sen. K. Y. Fair, of Montgomery, Ala., has been appointed Minister to Belgium. This is the third appointment from that city to the saine mission. Tiik Markkt.?.Cotton is quoted in Charleston at 10 to 1 l2g cents per 11). Too Mi;m 'Pi.c rrom Illinois and Indiana is that these States arc pretty | much drowned out. The prairies are full of wator, and the rains have beaten down the f^rain, and rendered corn planting impossible. Ohio is not much hotter off. PiTcuiNu In.?The Carolina Spartan, pub- : lished at Spartanburg C. II., lias come out openly ami boldly for Col. Vernon for Congress. x Makisiace in India.?An officer of the United States steamer (jeorgetown, writes from Bombay that be bad just attended the marriage of t>vo children?with all the solemn rites of the church?who wero each only five years old. Children are there married by their parents when mero infants. A boy unmarried at six is an old bachelor! A Paving Prison.?The net profits of th*,- j Connecticut State Prison, for the year end" ing March 21st were $3,008 88. Total number of prisoners at Uio date named, 212?of whom 20 are sentenced for lifo. We believe I this is tho only institution of tho kind that has paid expenses during tho past jear. CnuKcjiKH im Nr.vr York.?The numhorof churches in this Stato is ft,077 ; value of churches and lots, $27,709,328; number of sittings, 2,111,130; number of porsons usuylly attending, 1,121,211 ; number of church members, 7,022,384; salaries of clergy, inj eluding tho use of real estate, $2,411,083. ! Coill'KNSATIOV TO A Sl'KAKKH.?The Hoiima ! of Assembly of tho Bahamas voted X100 to ! their Spcuker?tho Hon. G. C. Anderson? I who had Rcrved in that capacity for twenty* j nix years, as a testimony of his faithfulness i in the discharge of his duties as such, llo emigrated thero from Georgia. Nominations.?Ex-Gov. Adams has been nominated for the vacancy in the U. 8. Senate, and Col. Tho*. N. Dawkins, of Union, for Governor. Taxks.?The amount of taxes collected in | Greenville district, this year, is $12,228.4-1. I Tho nunv.or of slaves is put down at 6,80-1. K11,1,Hi?1'ho Duo West (Abbeville) Tel* eveopc. aaya that a well-grown son of Thomas j Stevenson, of AhbCvIllo district, was killed . inatmUly ou last. fLbbath, by a fall froi* a i imilberry trco. liu foil only ton or fcwelvo foot, but the head striking the ground flr?t, the neck was dislocated. Hoy*, remember the Hnbbath t Dkath or a Vk.nbrAlJ(,t tfr.ano.?Peter, a slave of Mrs. Mundolph, widow of Dr. Jack | Randolph, died a few days since, near Paine ' villo, Vn. lie wn?in tho Revolutionary war. With old miutor, and must have been a hundred ycarfl or more old, wheu ho dicdi A Day too L*TRr~On*Saturday uight last twenty-fonr hours after the adjournment of tho Metliodlst Protestant General Conference the delegate from Oregon, ronc.liwl j burg, Ya., to attend it? session. He hud been | on tlio way ever sinco Fobrufirjr Iwfc, from the j rgruotc region be ^presented, j i., ^ * ' A?kd.?Mrs. Gantt, says the Due AVost TclcScopv, long ft worthy member of Little ltiver Baptist church, in Abbeville district, died, at her residence cm Little River, onthp 22d ult., at an extreme old n^c; being in her one hundred and third your. Napoi.box'S DkaTU CiiAMHKR.?Rev. Hen ry wood, acnapnun m ino uimcu oimus | Navy, writing from St. Helena, says that in the room where Napoleon died there is now a threshing machine in operation, ami stalls for tho hortcs that move it, in his bed chamber. Convicted.?Oscar M, Thomas, convicted in New York of kidnapping a colored boy ! named George Anderson, and selling him in- ' to slavery in Virginia, has been sentenced to ten years in Sing Sing prison. An Unoam-ant Priest.?Tho Roman Oath" olio Priest, of* Greensville, Penn.. was last j week hold to bail for an assault and lmtt?*ry ! upon an old lady, alleged to have boon com- ; mitted while ejecting her from tho church, t A xrw wisuei) Animal.?The most dangerous bat that tlics at night ia tho hrickAjnt! Tur AcVk or a Boy's LIai'imnks^j.?Onoof tlio editors iif the Roston Pojt sayo: ll We have enjoyed the world us much as others, hut haYo nover i>? i-n happier than when a boy wo foiiud a partrido's nest with olovcu eggs in it." Sinuci.ar Conclusion".?When wc sco a pretty female foot, says nn exchange, we naturally conclude that it belongs to a beautiful woman-on the principle that "all is well tliat eu;U well." Beware.?Catharine Brook, a young lady of Albaliv. a red 14 voars. took n small dose <J w O - " \ ' " ~ of uracil iu ou Saturday, for the purpose of beautifying lu;r complexion, and on Sunday morning was arrayed in a shrotid for the > grave. New Yobk, May 21.?Several partial comprising the firm of Swan Co., were arrested hero to-day, and at Augusta. Geo., charged with being concerned in a bogus lottery. They wore bailed in t!io sum of $10,000 each. It in said that their receipts havo been 000 per week. A Pkister's To vsT.?Woman?tho fairest work of ereation?the edition being extensive, let no man bo without a codv. Our on ly objection to tho work is tlmt there uro too many gUt-edgcd anil foncy bound copies in the market. a Dangerous Varmint.?A yellow wolf i Was killed in Ucllovicw Valloy, Iron county, M;}., last week, which measured Gvrf foot four inches from the riose to tho tail, was three (cot in height, and its foot, with the claws, was five inchcs in longth. The " varmint" had killed one hundred .sheep in tho county. Thinkino ov Imi-ortino Negroes.?The French government is seriously thinking of importing 100,0000 uu-^nxrri Into ;\ijteriu, 10 give an impetus to production there. I)iedokOi.i> Aoe.?It in said that a,Canary bird which rooftutly died in Brooklyn", (X. Y.,) was twenty-six years old. Ho had been blind for a yoar was bald-hoadcd, and his feathers tv^ro Lidached almost white. Tub Mountain' District.?Oov. Bragg, i has issued his proclamation, fixing tho first Thursday in August, as the time for electing a successor to Mv. Clingmau. Ov till'. i!tr\IP.-Tlifl nnmtillutnu flm Senate and House avo discussing the vnriotis matters of public interest, on the stump, in Laurens district. Prominent among these arc tho banks, railroads and giviug the election of Governor and President to tho people. Prom Kansas.?Boonvillc, (Mn.-) May '27. Tho Iittwrenco Republican, Kxtra, states, that on tho 19th May a party of innn from Missouri oaine into a traaing post hot won Kort Scott and Leavenworth and took t\relye I men prisoners, carried thoni into a deen ra vine, formed them into line, and tired, killing live and wounding six. The St. Louis Republican'* AVostport coirroapondent gives a totally different version of the aflair. lie says that those driven out of Lynn County, by Montgomery'a band, nftor placing their families in a place of Kafety, captured the men referred to, by mistake, supposing them to 1>o Montgomery's moil.? Finding their mistake, they released thom : subsequently guns were fired from the hill aide, which was returned, when it wna discovered that the released party woro armed, whereupon a light ensued, resulting in the death often of the latter. The corresponds t adds that no Missourian took part in this aftu.r. Nkw Yokk, May 27.?Dispatches from Kansas nay that tho fi.*ht between Montgomery and his gang of robbers. and the nettlcrs who were ox pel I mi from Lynn County, took place near Kort Scott. Montgomery fired on the settlers, who returned tho fire, killing ten of the gfyig. ?St. Louis, May 28.?The Republican states that a petition has boon reooivod by the Governor from citucna of Bates and Cass counties, Mo.,Biking protection ugainst Montgomery's banditti, who had invaded ?!.*: ^.11 ? -i (uv?vuii, vuu'iuunuj5 rouiHirius nnu ouirngffrf, and was preparing for an extensive foray into the Htntc. A Leavenworth correspondent says the Banditti has burned the to\rn of Butler, in Kansas. s Maxims ov Bishop Midui.eton.?Persevere againnt discouragement#. Keep your temper. Employ lmsuro ii\ *tudy, anil always have aome work In hand. 60 punctual and methodical in businos*, and never procrastinate. Never bo in % l'renet-vo nelf-pomiosslon, and be ^HHUk'ed out -of eonvioMon. IKnc oarly nndlfirtth ceono>amt oftimo. Maintain ilii'-uMhWWmh.?iit ?l.? *fipcurunto of prido; mnnao^HBUiing to a very body and everything Do guarded in discourse, itttontivttTHH&OW to HpeitV. Never ncquioscc in immMfor per? nicious opinions. JJe nyt fortvimiTO ft??lgp ronsonH to those who Jmv? no right to nuk.? Think nothing in conduct onimoorUtut or in different. liutlmr not tluvu follow examples, l'racticc strict tcmperanSo and in your transactions, Kcuiomber tlic final account. fells,'.: , sfc==r=rrr*- ?i-_ ?.v.. r?r ?: .r.~-So: FOll TI1R KJtOirr.B OOLlIIV.lt. Dear T/r)in]>son: As tlio To.ioUefs in fiolcoiv District l'ailcti t<i org.uiityu an Association ut the lust weotiiig of the permit iuc, through the ooltimn* of your paporto a^ain call their attention to the HiiVijcct uq't proposo u iu^uj ut PickennCourt IIuuhc ot\ the third Saturday in #!?/? nvAtmtit mnnih tliA nilftut^ (if lllktll'T fill* .......... - - - O L neccssary stop.-! for Ike complote organization of it Toucher'* A^oeiation on tho 4ih Monlay in | July. In inukisix this ?all upon the Tcaeherit of 111i, District, 1>c ttmureri tli.it 1 nm not actuated by j a desire of aolf ayf?raiuli*?uicnl, bat by an cur- ; nest (iQ^iro to sco the system of .school-teaching 1 raised to the highest state of perfect iot? of Which it in susceptible in the country school*. Tctichorrf, by a moment's reflection know that cry little enn be done toururds perfecting any !?y?tcm by lndividv >1 -ft'orf, but by a united effort, much may be d-VjCto reform and improve tho present ay>teni of touching:. it Is therefore hoped that the Teachers of the District will take iho matter uudor llitiiv f?rovabla co!u?id?re.?k?n aiul have as full a meeting ou the 3rd Saturday in tho prosont month as possible. Tho Teachers kIhi mny have viaitel the Normal .School in Charleston arc particularly invited to uttcml the meeting uud give the result of their visit. ?A 1'hikxu to Kwioatiok. June 2, 18.33. >'OR tiik. fotntlKR. 3fr. K'litor: Thai u:vrae.s arc ominous, no own ' doubts. TJuit Adam.wan intuitively gifted by j (lod is indicated even by tho names that he gavii | to reruiin animals. It gives mo a great denl of ' pleasure, yet unnecessarily calls me out fn your journal, when I thought I had closcd my communications. Tito Reripturo commands us to render tui<o (\esar tho things that nro tluf-un-'a, aud unto tlnd the things that ate God's. "I.otiguoRo" in tlio Walhnlta Banner of the 2!'Wh ult., complain* Mint I puffed "C??!hpromlso" and ,,l>ickennvUlo" with high sounding name:*. 1 with pleasure accord to liiin one of the features of" gr&atnc*4.? I hope this will satisfy him. for i1"".. Sad hove | been out at t)io time, I shOuhl'U i\v ?>lnet4 him | with my favorite names, tie accuweH me also of wanting to bring out candidates- 1 should like the rotoi-H of PiuKcttft I>islrict to drow the distinction between Mm nnd myself, lie sn*s Htu cnntlidiilra *wc out ttrst ? Hint there lire enough of them, nnd Rood men nt that. Did I dispute that point? , Mr. "Longuose" tins settled tho fpiestiori by j himself for every voter in the District. Is this presumption or not? I moat seriously beg liiin to ponder well your cditoijul of tho 2i>lh ult., respecting the Senatorial nomination nud tho cftcd of "Many Voters. Now, sir, 1 beg you to poke "Loiignose"' ?*t them. 1 know an old proverb that ia applicable to myself, nud perhaps you may wear it without disgrace., ' Little boats should keep near shore lint big boats may go toscc."' F.wnfLAY. To Ihf Kilitor of the JCeotcee Courier. I regret to see I have been announced again in i your lant paper us a candidate for theStateSciiato from thiu District, coupled with tlie abortion that my friends arc determined to run me. 1 declined Heverul months since ihe nomination, When no one had been brought out for the offlco, Sine? then, gentlemen have become candilutes, -nun nrt* uutirn^Mii^ viic Olruiv^i I thrust oio forward now, must excite embittered fediugtt and a houted contest?to avoid which I v.ish it distinctly understood I Cannot perhilt I my name to be iiscd as a candidate. And'w. P. CAMtOlX.' Port Hill, May .11, lH.'.S. I Cor.. Hknton'b Opinion op tiik Au| Tiioufuiir ov "Junius."?In tho furthcoming volume VI I. of Hen toil's "Abfulge-! ... ..i ?? ti j.. r?n?:? . mum, mum is i/Kio lunuwui^ mm: iu | a speech of Mr. Han Jul pi in which Mr. ! LI. spoke of a repetition by "Junius" of a remark of Lord Chatham. If -the pu/z/lo is not yet resolved of tho authorship of ".Junius," this terso and vigorous summing up of one of the theories Is unmistakably characteristic of the Thirty Year's Senator, and not unworthy of cither the real or horo supposed author of those celebrated letters: . " When tho author of this Abridgement (nays Colonel Benton) was ten years old, which was in the hist decade (borrowing' Livy's division of time iu the expression) of the last ceutury, and before enlightened writers had thrown darkucsa on the author-", ship of Junius, it was well conceded that there was but ono man in England, or the world, wlio united in himself ull the qualities of head, heart, and temper, all the incident# of political apd;pcr.sonid lifo, which the writing of those letters required; but one man who had such power to drive the KnglUh language) fluoli knowledge of men nnii things, micli amplitudo of information, such lofty and daring Hpirit, 8uch inducement to publish his thought* and conceal hid name, an oratorical fame already ho great as to set him above the asaumptiou of thct of Junius, great a? it was. That one man 'w?u Lord Chatham, then old, and out of favor with the King and the dominant par* tics: rf.learated . fbv big noeranaal to Aot "Hospital of Jncorubles," the Ifouso of Lords, whence no patriot voice could reach tho Commons of Ktiglaixjl; retired to hi# uountry soat at llayes, ond all visitors ahut out; discontented, despairing, restless ?ud seeing no way to reach tho peoplo but t/h rough the pr^Hfl, and by mean* of nppoato; bold to audacity, patriotio to temerity, and fto u?oro impVessivc because shrouded in tlio mystery of an unknown organ, tfo stood Lord Chatham and Junius in the latter part of th'e century in whioli they lived, oonvortiblo clmrtictcrs, identical in person." Mobil*, Mav-24.?The United States j attorn frigate "Fulton, from Tampieo on the THth last., has arrived hero. She reports thy war in that 8(ato ended. The Uov~ ovnmant troopa, ruin forced by a thousand ni^f??dcr General Mejia, hadattaoked tho under CSarxn, and dispersed them, tulciffptho forta in possession. The river firth c haitlo, Clon. Mejia took fifty prisoners, and killed 160 of the bcsicgors. NKW OlIfafiANtf. MftV y.t?,Thrt rtti l*? ? , ?w John and Albort, whion arrived horo on Sunday from Ocno?, reports Having boon ?Bf into nvc times by un Knirltah A ' From Washington. Wajbiiin(,kfon, Mrtv -4.?In tl?c $rj)ntc, Mr. Douglas introduced a bill for tlio redress of outrages upon Auicrioan vessel^ Referred .to tho Committee on Foreign Rotations. ? ' '" A bill lor.wio timprovement01 menarnor of Ohicityro wuh token up and dismissed.? Next, tin* l'iftcon Million loan bill curno up, wliioli was discussed until tlvft hour of adjouriuont. Tlu> J louse wont into .Committee of tlio WHolOrtn tho District of Columbia. 'Several l.illH were discussed and referred. One was passed, appropriating 88000 per annum for five years, toau institution for tho Deaf, Dumb and the Hliud. A bil.1 lojjalixiiij* the Washington elections is now under discus 8ion. \Vashix<?ton, May 27.?In thflSGwnt'o, tho hill regulating the payment of officer* of the revetuiofcrvicc ?nn rejected. The resolution for tho removal of obstructions in the Potomac wan adopted. The Harhor Improvement bill was considered. Tho House parfsed the Civil Appropriation bill, nlno tho oppropriatiou of four inilliousof dollar* for i;opc$jilt? lb rc?en?o. Tlie bill for executing the contract for scum monthly California mail via Tchuuntepeo.wiw postponed for tho present. The ifoitfto Jfaval-Appropriation bill passed, contains, <Mmmg other itom^, twenty general indignation throughout the country. Vessel# pursuing lawful commerce have born Interrogated and fired into. Fifteen different canes, in tho harbor of8ngua liii (.Irande alone, haVo been officially reported. Kach arrivnl bring* more. The continued and jicrscvoriug character of thege outrage, ^ conti mcs the report, is snchna to rcipiiro us to arrest them at once, and end at onc.o and forever, such indignities. The Tinted .State* though ofteu invoked to do sor rofuw? to recognize the right of police on the Vn^i Pv?e. I\iT*b'uip t5t? tlidt the murine nndor their flag cannot be visited or questioned wit hout its own consent, the Committee reiterate this principle, admitting no reserve or qualification, nnd to lx: maintained at any cost, indignant as the American people ore and ought 10 be, i 41 : .. l ?i nv tiivsu. u^'^ivsitiuuff, yvi una iHxurrruco will afford tho opportunity to end them at once and forevor. 'x'ho Cum mi toe refrain from recommending further loci.-lation only for the reason tbut the President has already ordered all tho available naval forco to tho infested waters, with orders to protect our flag. The subject lias boon broujrl. t to tho notice of tho oft'iiding power through proper channels, and nothing short of n, tjnrtruutoo against the repetition of such acts in future, will satisfy tho American people. Mr. Mason also reported resolutions in fleet, that the visitation of American ships on the high seas, is an infructitm of the sovereiirritv of tho lrnitcd States: that lliMft ni? eight hundred thousand dollars-tor tho repairing <?f vessels ; thirteen hundred thousand dollars for the five steafn sloop* before ordered; two lutri'drod and eighty thousnml dullarsj'nr the Norfolk Nnvy Yard, and two hundre I thousand dollars for IVmsacola, beside* others. Washington. May 28.?The CftmiriittQC on Foreign Relations in the Senate lias made a strong fojiort and reiwdnr *o? against the out.rages upon our comin-nc* iu the (Julf. Tlio report endorses ^thc measures taken by ttie Kseeutivo to stop theiu. The Mouse passed the Po*l 1, Army and ean Mail ;\*ptiroprintioii billp, . Wasminuton, May 27.?The bwnocxa ill the Senate, fo-day, was unimportant. The Hoti.se bifHKcd t!io Civil, Appropriation and Revenue hills. Washington, May 28.?Tn the Senate, a communication from the President, covering the correspondence respecting the arrest of < Jen. Walker, wasreceived. A resolution to extend'the sc. sfoo until 80th June wiih laid over. .Mr. Ma?on, from the Committeeon Foreign Relation)*, reported in effect, that official fitutcuicuts yhow a tfucooaxiou of acts of aptgres.iion by British eminent in the CJulf, 80 marked and e*tr?ordinnry, an to awaken C7# " * ~ ft 1? gre&sions demand isneb unequivocal explanations froui (Jrent Britain tut to prevent a rceurrenec in future/ that tlio connhittoo approve the nation of tlio Exocutivo, and arc prepared to recommend such future legislation a? circumstances may require. The Senate diucu&icd miscellaneous appropriation* uutil tlio hour of adjournment, hut no action taken. ', The lloufto jtfi Jsed tho mixta 1 appropriation bill; also the army nnd ocean innil hi Ha, then went into eonunittco of tho Whole on j tho Private Calendar. < Tho House passed eighty-nine private bills. Washington, May 20.?Ip the senate, to-dny, the Hritish aggressions in the (lulf were warmly discusscd. Senator Toombs, of Georgia, wanted the American steamers to seiaoand sink tho British gunboats Styx and Hnsizard. The Appropriation Hills wotc discusscd. " 'V 8t. LofiH, May -24.?A despatch dated Leavenworth, 22d, says that J>oniphan County given about 450 majority for tho Constitution. In sovcral procirfcts tho polls ware not oponod, and uot half the vote of the county was polled. The Democrat of this city publishes a letter from Mr. Wnkloii. of tho Ouindaro Cbindowan, ostimntiog the roto of tht. Territory At A,000 for, aud 1,500 against thb Constitution. The vote both on Htato officer# and Constitution is qui to small. A NW and It a kb Vaiu*ty oy Fbcit.?- ' We hnv<? roceircd, <n? a preset, froin Mr?? Arnnt, for width ?he will nlonso resolve oup thank*, n upoflimfin of wild fruit, which to u? i? qulto a uornlty. It ht a borry about fho kmc and ?haoo of tho comnuwi daw borry, ami of (Mru'dar flavor, though Lnatoad of boinpf black, it i* of a Hgitt erf am color. Wo ftro rathor ?tu low to know what to call It, aud. will therefore, Imyo to oal1 it tfio white dewlutvpv unlii wa Iaaimv * J4- ?%.? ??? iC "-? .j niina i w <" ?? ? nn ??yiV liltHKT, 11 H IlfirT one. Who onn ?nlrghton us updn tl>?mubloot t-r~(Mtn</?byrff MmtJtmit* ? ??? DlJtm, WsasriSR was onco fisk(>>l by ft ynan* law ntudont, If tboro ww any roimi In i tlifl logal prot'em?ioii fi>f 7<wnj; ?n#?w j "1'hcro in alway# room iu the uppor ?tory ??l any profwwion for thosq why can rvnuh ft t" wae {h% r?j>ly. t> . ? 0