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* : . |^ * , ' "TO TIJ1NE OWN SELF BB TRUE, AN1) IT MUST FOLLOW, AH THE NIGHT TUB DAY, THOU CAN'BT NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN." nv ItOtt'T. A. T1TOMPSON. riCKExMS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1858. VOL. IX. NO. <17. ?di(Lt??Y[EP lF>?irraY4 To My Wife I>y Jos. Drcntmn, an Irish cfcilo, who died in New Orleans, aged Iwcniy-ciglit years. Oomo to mt), dearest, I'm lonely without Mice; j l>ay-limo and night-time, I'm thinking about j thee, t Ni^ht-timc and duv-timo in dronmo i tllCC?I I Unweloomo the waking that eenscs (o fold thee. ; Come to mo, darling, my sorrows to lighten, i'ouie in thy beauty, to bless ami to brighten; Como in thy womanhood, meekly niul lowly, Come in thy lovingnoss, qucouly ami holy. Swallows will Hit round the desolnteruin, Tolling of Spring, and its joyous renewing; And thoughts of thy Ionc, mid its manifold treasure, Arc circling 1113* heart with a promise of pleas- | ure. I Oh, Spring of my spirit! oh, May of my bosom! Diuno out ou my soul, till it bourge onandbloskoiii. The pant, of my life lias ft voso-voot. within it, | And thy fondness alone to the sunshine can win I it. Figures that move like a song through the even' Features lit up l>y u reflex of heaven? lives like the skic* of poor Krin, our mother, "Where shadow and sunshine are chasing each other; Smiles coining seldom, hut childlike and simple j Opening (heir eyes from the heart of a dimple} ! Oli! thanks to the Saviour, that even thy seeminR Js left to the exile to bvighten his dreaming. You have been glad, whan you know 1 was gladdened. l>ear, arc you sad now, to hear T am ?addcncd? Our hearts ever answer in tune and in time,love ! j\s ociavo to octavo, and rhyme unto lhymo, love? I cannot weep, but your tears will bo flowing? You cannot smile, but my cheek will he glowing, 1 would not die without you at my aide, love, You will not linger, when 1 have died, lovo. Coino to mo, dear, ere I die of my sorrow, llisc on my gloom like the sun of to-morrow? .Strong, swilt, and load as the words which 1 ] speak-, love, | With a song on your lips, and & muito on your check,love; Come, for my heart in youv ahsenec is weary, Ilit&tc, for my spirit is sickened and dreary. Come to the heart which is throbbing to press the<A IPOiyf OO^LT Letter on African Emigration. Tjikahury Pki'AUXmknt, May 22,ISoS Sih : It Appears froin your letter of 20tli Aj>ril,'185S Llmi anplicjition lion mod.. to you by Messrs. F<. Lnfittc & Co., mer- I chants, of Charleston, S. C., "to clear the I American ship Richard Cobdcn, "SV. F. [ Black, master, burthen 750 ol-05 tons, for the coast of Africa, for the purpose of tnk- j ing on board African emigrants, in accordance with the passenger laws, and return- | ing with tho same to a port in the United States." You ask theoninion nf t.ho Tlmnrii,<wn upon tlio propriety of your granting or refusing the application. The question is an important one, and 1 have delayed an answer to your letter until I could give tho subject a proper cxaiuination. The form in whioli this application is presented, involves the question in noihc . embarrassment. Tho object of the appli-1 cants must be either to import Africans, to J bo disposed of as slaves, or to be bound to , labor or servico or else to bring them into the country like other emigrants, to be entitled on their arrival to all the rights and imvilptrou nf fv/!Anw\n f ^ x1 j?,...B?. v. ?vuiuvh< j ii uiuicr ui i.ill" two first named coutingencicflt the object would be bo clearly and manifestly against the laws of tho United States, ns to leave no room for doubt or herniation. 1 deem it proper, however, to call your attention to tho provi?ions of those Inwa, ns they indicate very clearly tho general policy of the (Iprernmont on the subject of African importation. Prior to tlie 1st of January,. -1808, the time fixed by tho Constitution whfcti (JonftrCMi would be ftnthovWiwl fn mw.li importation, the nets of 2d -{klarclt, 1704 (1.347) mil 10th May, 1800 (2.70,) were passed. Theso laws indicate tho strong opposition felt at that time to tho African Hlavo trade. Tho subsequent act of ftd March, 1807 (2,426,) and 20th April, 1818 (8.582,)nud 15th May, 1820 (3,000,) show not only tho promptness with which tho powpr was exercised by Congress of prohibiting this trado to tho United States. but they also boar evidence of the fitern pUrpo?e of enforcing their provisions by severo penalties and large expenditure*!.? Tho legislation of the slaveholding States prior to 1808, exhibita the fact that the first BtepH taken for ity suppression were inaugurated by thqin. There is no subject upon which tho fitattito books of our country afford more conclusive evidence than the genoral opposi^ iion everywhere felt to the oontinuaucc of tho African slave trade. ^ By rcfcrenco to tho acts of 1704 and iQnn - ji 1? * ?' iuvu tijiiuiiht mo Hiiivo trauo genorany, it *vl)l bo aeon tfyat their operation wns confined to tlcvc? eo nomine. Tho firfit section of tho act of 1704 provide*, '-That no citkon or^citizena of the iTnitod States, or foreigner, or any other person comipg into or rcaidin^ within tho name, shall, for himself cr any othor person whatsoever, cither as master, or factor or ownei1, build, fit, equip, 't AjJT L- - ?JL . 5r luiiu ur oinurwisc propuro Any ship or VC8ftfl^Ofitliln any port or placo of tlic hald United .States, nor jjiall oau?e innV ship or vcfscl, vithin any pBrt or place of tno said Statcw, oor shall cause any ship or vessel to sail iroui any port or placo within the some, for tho purposo of carrying on 9" nny trade or traffic in slaves to any foreign country j or for the purpose of procuring, from any foreign kingdom, place or country, the inhabitants of such kingdom, place or couutryj to he transported to any foreign country, port, or phice vhatcver, to be sold or disposod of, as slaves; and if any ship or vessel shall be so fitted out, as aforesaid, every such ship or vessel, her tackle, fur nuure, apparel and other appurtenauccs, shall he forfeited to the United States j and shall he liable to be seized, prosecuted and condemned in any of the Circuit Courts, or District Court for the District where the said ship or vessel may be found and seized." I The language of the act of 1800 is the i same in this respect. Uoth contemplate, in jiununn icrins, the prevention of the trade in slaves. When, however, in 1807, and subsequent thereto, Congress undertook to prevent tlie importation of slaves j into the United States, the laugtiago of the | law wao made more stringent and eoinpre- | hensivo. The first section of the act of j 1807 provides, "Tlmt'from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight ! hundred and eight, it shall not be lawful to | import or bring into the United States or the Territories thereof, from any foreign I kingdom, place, or country, any negro, mulatto, or person of color, with intent to liold, soil f?V oiml^ ? 1 V... VI r:\A\sii IIV^I I, IIIUIIILIAJ, UI person of color, us n slave, or to be held to I scrvice or labor. | Tliis law socks not only to prevent the introduction Into the United .States of slaves j from Africa, but any ncgio, mulatto or person of color, whether introrluccd as slaves, or.to be bold to scyvicc or labor. Whcth- ! cr or not tbe wisdom of our fathers foresaw at that enr'y day that-efforts would be made, under .a pretended apprentice system, toroncw tho slave trade under another name, 1 cannot undertake to say ; 'but the language of tbe law which they have left to us on the statu to book, leaves no doubt of the fact that they intended to provide, in the most unequivocal manner, against tbe increase of that class of populntVn by immigration from Africa. STo one could thou have contemplated an object for which African emigrants would be brought to thitf country, which is notclcarlv guarded against and forbidden by the. law to which I am now referring. It is only npcensary to add that subsenmmt. nets on the. Rubir.e.t - contain the same language. This view of the subject is strengthened by refercnec to the provisions of the act of 28th February, 1808, (2.205.) The first section of that net is as follows : "That from and after the. first day of April next, no master or captain of any ship or vessel, Or any other person, shall import.or bring, or cause to be imported or broujrht. anv ncirro. mulatto, nrnllmr norsrm , ' - ? O J "" " 1"""""""" of color, not being a native, citizen or registered seaman of the United States, or seamen natives of countries beyond the Cape of CJood Hope, into any port or place ol 'lie United Stftten, which port or place shall he situated in any State wbicb by law lias prohibited the admission or importation of such negro, mulatto, or other person of color; and if any captain or master aforesaid, or any other person, shall import, or bring, or cause to be imported or brought, into any of the ports or places aforesaid, any of the persons whose admission or importation is prohibited as aforesaid, lie shall forfeit and pay the suuv of (Hie thousand dollars for each and o\>ery negro, mulatto, or other person of color, aforesaid, brought or imported as aforesaid, to lie sued for and recovered by action of debt, in any court of the United States?one-half thoreof-to the use of the United States, tho other half to any poison or uorsops prosecuting for the ponalty; and iri any action instituted for the rccoVery of the penalty aforesaid, the pereou sited may be held to special bail : lVort\lcilf hi way t, That nothing in this act shall lie construed to prohibit the admission of Indians.' It will be Been that Congress, by this act, 11 nde.rlnnlr fit nn-ftnoroln witli Wlnt'" Which, by State legislation, had interposed to prevent the importation of negroes into this country. At that time the constitutional prohibition to whion I have before referred, restrained Congress from theexcroino of tho absolute power of prohibiting such importation. Tho States, however, being undor no such restraint, had in several in;' uiees adopted measures of their own: and tl. net of lo03 shows the promptness of tho (Jcncral flovcrnmcnt in cxcrcising whaUver power it possessed in furtherance of the objcct. Tho language of this act is important in another viow. Jt will bo observed that it? objcct is to prevent tho importation into the United States of "any negro, mulatto) pr other person of color, not being a native", a oitiacn, or regfctorcd seamau of tho United States, or seamen native* of countries beyond tho capo of Geo t Ilojfb." It is not confincd to slaves or nogroc bound to labor, but contemplates the exclusion, in tho broadest terms, of all such perhons, without regard to the character in which th/^infty bo brought. It oxcludcs free persons as well as 6laves aiia persons bound to labor or service. Tho onlv limi tat ion in tho net it, (lint it in confined to such person h tin arc prevented by the laws of any of fhe States from, bo? Oft imported into Much State#. At tlmt time thero existed .laws ofWne' of tho State*, not only prohibiting thc'lntroduction of negro slaves, bht also free negroes. Indeed the policy of the si a verbidFug States has always boon opposed *o tho iactoasK) of iUs frtfo negro population^ nud it 0 is proper here to remark, that at the present time that policy is more earnestly sustained in thaso States than at an) previous period of their history. After this reference to (ho laws on the subject, it is hardly necessary to repeat, that iftho application of Messrs. Lafitto & Co. contemplates the introduction of negiocs into t he United States from Africa, either in the character of slaves i or as apprentices bound to service or labor, \ it is clearly in violation of both the letter ' I and spirit of the law, and cannot be granted. The form of tlio application made by McBsrt. Lnfittc and Co. would scorn to contemplate the introduction into the lTi?itod States of negroes from Africa, entitled, on their arrival, to all the rights and privileges of freemen. The proposition, upon its face, is so absurd that it is hardly worthy of pcriouft refutation. Messrs. Lafitto & Co. ask us to believe that their vessel, fitted out in the port of Charleston, 8. C., is going upon a voyage to Africa, to bring to some port I in the United States a oarjro of free nocrrons. If* o~ " I The port to which tho vessel expects to rcI turn is not indicated. It cannot ho the one from which it sails, nor any other port in tho State of South Carolina, ns the introduction of free negroes into that State is wisely prohibited by stringent laws and heavy penalties. It cannot be (lie port of nny other slaveholdiug State, as similar laws in each of those States alike forbid it Tho. reason for such laws is so manifest, that I do not feel called upon cither to produce the evidence of their existence, or to justify the policy which led to their ."dortion. It is sufficient to know that the public mind of that section of the Union ia not more cordially agreed upon any one subject than upon the propriety and nccossitj4?f prohibiting, us l';ir as possible, an increase of the free negro population; and hence the laws to which 1 refer, prohibiting their importation from any place. Can it be that Messrs. Lafittc an<\ Co. propose to return, with their cargo of fri>e negroes to a port in Rome of the non-slavoholding States? 1 am not aware of a single St.flto ulinrn fliAcn nntv nAinnvu itfAnl.1 va ccivo a tolerant, much loss a cordial, wcli conic; whilst, by stringer I laws and consti* tutional provisions, somen thorn have provided for their unconditional exclusion. ' Looking beyond the legislation which has been h:ui-'?> ' ?> l>r +h?? flcuwal Government, and both the slavcholding and the non-slavehokling States, I may be permitted to refer, in this connection, to . *_ j _ i . 11n* \ iii iuu.i, rupcaicu uiui earnest cuons whicli have been made in every gcction of the Union, to provide for the removal from our midst of this most unfortunate claw.? J lowevcr valient the motives which h ?;e induced these efforts with different sections of the country, they all exhibit an earnest desire to diminish rather than increase the free negro population. This public opinion *i " ? illuo Riniiiicsicu in i;very iorin, is laminar to every one, ami it would be doing great injustice to the intelligence of Messrs. Lafttte & Co. to suppose that, tlu y alone were ignorant of it. AVhere, then, do they propose to land their cargo of free negroes V? What is the motive which induces the enterprise '( It cannot be the profits of the voyage. There are no African emigrants seeking a passage to this country; and if there were, they have no means of remunerating Messrs. Lalitto ?fc Co. for bringing them. The motive cannot be mere philanthropy, for it would confer no benelit upon these negroes to bring them to our shores, wnere, ll permitted to lancl at all, it would only he to occupy our pest-houses, hospitals and prisons. To believe, under the circumstances, that there is a bonajidc purposo, on the part of Messrs. Lalittc & Co., to bring African emigrants to this country to enjoy the rights and privileges of freemen, would require an amount of credulity that , would justly subject the person so believing to the cliaigc bf mental imbecility. The conviction is irresistible, that the object of tho proposed enterprise is to bring tlics. "African emigrants" into the country, with the view either of making siaves of them, or of holdiner them to ?evvie? or lnlmi* If an it is an attempt to evade the laws of the country ou the subjee of African importation, to which 1 liavo culled your attention. .Ordinarily, it would be an unsafo rule for a puplio officer to act upon the suspicion of a purpose on tho part of another to violate the laws of the country, but in this case it is put so clearly beyond tho reach of doubt, that I think that you not only can, but that yon are in duty bound* to aot upon the presumption, that it is the intcution of Messrs. Lafitto & Co. to evade the laws of the United Statos, and you should accordingly rofusQ their vessel the olcaiuuco asked for I aui, very roepcctfully, jlowF.Lfj Conn, Secretary of tho Treasury. AVm. F. Colcock, Ero., Collector of Customs, Charleston, S. 0. Tiiukk Signs.?The Baltimore Republican notices "thrco tliiug& whixdi liavo just now como to hand that Boctf-onal agitation upon tho slavery fjuwtion has had its day : "1. Tho spccche# 4>f Mr. Pryor and others in the Southern Contention against the revival of tho slavo trndo. II O Itll I ? f il.. v--i* i ?n v rin; ruiumti ui wie nniionni i rnct 8ooictv to lend itattlf, through lt? publication to the objects of Abolition tots. ''J. The rofusal of tho California Legislature to r?co.We freo negroo* within {he of that Sfato," * ' The Apprentice System?An Important Letter. Tho Charleston Courier and Mercury contain a long letter from IIou. Howell (\?bb Secretary of tho Treasury. Messrs. E. Lalito & Co, of Charleston, had applied to W. F. Colcock, for a clearance for the. whip Richard Cobden, "for the coast of Africa, for the purposo of taking on board African emigrants, in accordance witV> lTni?r.?i States passenger laws, and returning with j ihe same to a port in tho United Htalcs." ' Hefore noting, Mtf. Oolcoek applied for instructions nnd is replied toby Mr. Cobb. It palpable tliut the intention was to import slavrs. Messrs. Latitte & Co. must have expected to pay for oaoh "emigrant" so much per head, and when their cargo returned they would have sold thoin into s/avrri/. Mr. Cobb says that the nets of 1794 and 1800 against the slave trade were confined to slaves r.o nomine. ISut the net oi louf proviucs tiiat alter the first of January, 1808, it shall not bo lawful to import or bring into the United States, or territories thereof, from anyfpreign kingdom,placc or country, any negro, mulatto, or person of color, with intent to hold, sell or dispose of such negro, mulatto, or person of color, as a slave, or to b>: h< Id to nervier nr Johnr." Mr. Cobb decides, that the returning of such African emigrants would be clearly a violation of this act, and thinks Mr. Col cock in duty bp.und to refuse the vessel the clearance asked for. The Charleston Mercury thinks that the instruction " is based .on assumptions that I uo Administration lias a right to make, and I is a usurpati -n not warranted by law." It says, however, that the whole letter allows that to rc-opoii the slave trade, whether wise or not, is impracticable in the Union, and therefore deprecates agitation. The Mercury also says, that the apprentice system is only another name for the slave trade.? This is, of course, the view Mr. Cobb takes. It is the slave trad.}, and no matter under what name it may go, the laws of the United States are against it, as will be seen by tho extract above given from the act of 1807, arc explicit and broad enough to cover it under any uaino. We do not see how Mr. I I t. Vl. I I 1 ' vuwu tuuiu na\o oinorwisc instructed. [Mouth Varoliiian. Loss or Speech ritoM Fear.?We read in nnft of our French exchanges, nil account taken fVmij ivouveiieistc do Jioucu, or a singular loss of speech by a French girl, the circumstances of which arc as follows : At a late hour in the night, an inhabitant of Uoisguillaunic passing through one of the | streets of liouen, saw a window open on the first floor of ilwclliug-hQu.se on his way and thinking that the family were thereby exposed to nocturnal visitors, he roused the inmates of the house and informed them of . the nogligcn-c and danger. Thanking the traveler for his kindness, the master of the house immediately went up to the chamber of bis domestic, to whom the carelessness was chargeable, and wakintr her un from ji profound sleep, began in a loud voice to censure her for her carelessness. The startled girl, not recognizing the voice of her master, and thinking it was the noise of robbers at her door, was so frightened, that she could only respond with articulate sounds, and since that time has not been able to speak. The Monster Goj.d Nuggkt.?The immense nugget of gold discovered about a year ago in Australia, weighing 1743 ounees, said to be tlio largost mass of pure gold ever discovered, and worth from thirty to forty thousand dollars, ha* been carried to the Crystal Palace at Sydenham for exhibition. A London paper, in giving the following account of this discovery, intimates that the nuairct is I worth, " us a geological curiosity," much more than the intrinsic value of the metal.? Few persons, however, could afford to preserve so expensive a specimen of native gold for the mere purpose of stocking a minerological cabinet: "It was discovered at " Kjngowcr diggings," about 120 miles from Melbourne, by a party of four digger#; and what ?is more extraordinary in a neighborhood in which very little gold was subsequently fonml. It was found cinbeded in sand and pipe clay,at a depth of 1!) feet from the surfaco. One of the nTOst rcmarkabl* foaturow rcspccting thin auriferous mass isits freedom from quartoze impurities, it consisting of a solid and almost chemically pure mass of gold. In, form it is an irregular slab, about 2 feet 4 inchcs J'vig, 10 inchos broad, and from 1J to 2 inches in thickness. It rimrx 1iVr> ? Imll QV - ? "V*? struck, ami extremely brilliant on the surface, in which respect it differs considerably from many of the celebrated auriferous mashos which have been from time to time discovered, The largest mass of gold hitherto found was the fatuous Siberian nuftgit,which is now in the Museum of the Academy of Soiences at St. .Votersburg. It weighs 1200 ounces. It is to bo hoped that the j;ovornment will, for the honor of science, eaSfc this, wonderful geological cu> iosity from the melting pot, and purchase it for the British Mascum." Unanimous Against It.?The proposition whirtll Wrt54 tirOnAluvi In r^inaUhn T ??v *-wu?o.twi? WV^UIlature, to introduce African coolies into that State, has bcoL denounced liy nearly all tho journals id tho State. It wn? the ahxurd hrtnx that tho Louisinnians wore actually landing cargoes of Africans for their plantation.*,(Which iniluiod tho British cruisers to overhaul cvevy American vessel now in the Qulf. Aftc* wallowing tbo Ooorgia hoax, a genuine .John Hull carl' swallow any American absurdity, o?p ocially if it reflects upon tho character and jthnding of thp people and their inutitutiuns/ He thnt MbW thft'5 conl? in quarrels ho ha* nothing io*U> with, lias no right to complain if the hpnrku fly in ljs face. h j|( * i * * From tho North-East Georgian. Railroad Meeting. Pursuant to adjournment, tho commissioners and friends of the lliwnssoo Railroad, convened at Blairsville, on tho 10 th May, 1858. A lnrgo number of tho eiti/.onsof this and tlio adjoining counties, wore present,and also, many from a distance, exhibiting groat imjLTCHi iu mo projcoi, una uesirc lor its spec- 1 ?ly consummation. Hon. II. W. Cannon, of Rabun, vras callcd to tho Chair, aud .John S. Fain, of Union, was requested to act as secretary. Tho meeting boinc organised, Dr. A. Young, of Union", ox plain ca its object in a few brief remarks, which he concluded by oflbring the following resolution, which was unanimonaIjr iidoptcil; Resolved, That the commissioners proceed to electa President, Secretary and Treasurer. Tho commissioners having retired for consultation, upon their return, movftd to elect by acclamation, ns President, Col. Sumner I. Smith, of Mt. Eolia, Towns County, who was unanimously elected. .fviiur n, response irom col. S. J. Smith to | the commissioners, the follow ing resolution | was submitted by Dr. A. Young, ami adopt01I! , Resolved, That the President bo requested to secure, if practicable, the co-operation of the Blue Ridge R. U. Company of S. Carolina, and the Cleveland and Duektown Company of Tennessee, in having made a reliable survey, and estimate of the cost of the whole line of Railroad, from Rabun Cap to Clnvelaiin, Tennessee. Addresses were then made, by l)r. A. Young, of Union, "Win. Martin, Es<|.,ofL<iimp i.;? tr ? r c; !ii. -f iv ? i t rvm, nuu. yj, <J uinun, Ul JLUWI1D, 1VIH1 *_/ OI. W. Phillips, of Cobb. On motion, it was resolved, that the N. E. Georgian, Cleveland Banner, Kcowco Courier, Anderson Gazetto, and the papers of Tennessee and South Carolina generally, bo requested to publish the proceedings of the mooting. The meeting then adjourned. II. W. Cannon, President. John S. Fain, Secretary. New Orleans, May 31.?The steamer Philadelphia from Havana, reports the continued outrages of the British cruisers had caused so much excitement, that Gen. Concha had despatched u Spanish licet to interpose, in order to provont the frequent violar.f ?i? u : < nvua v< ouiuiiiiguijf ill HIU OJHHII3II WUllTi}. IIOIIIIOUR OF THE AFRICAN COAST.? A letter in the New York Times from Port Praya, announces tho arrival thore of the United States ship &<$& on the 11th of April, in 83 days from Monrovia, with eighty cases of fever on board. Lieut. T. Lee Wnllrr.r ilIi??l nn.Uut ^vaswuyo. and wax buried at Port Praya with appropriate honors I on the 12th. During the * \ssagc the l)ule ! was sliort of provisions, and '\ooiily two re- j nmining officers (two Lieutenants having been dispatched to the States in a prize) 1 being alternately upon the sick list, the I boatswain and two seamen from before the mast, were obliged to do the duty of Lieutenants, as officers of the deck, with scarcely a sufficient number of men to work the ship. The letter says : " If the deadly character of the African climate was properly known at the Navy Department, it cannot be doubted that fifteen mouths would be considered a sufficient cruise on the coast. There is no rccreatiou for the mind, no ex ercisc for the body, nothing to eat, and no where to go. No cities to visit; no civilization ; no churches; uo divine worship.? We have not yet seen the Messogo of the President, or the Navy Report. To be kept iu such a condition for two years will make a man a lieathon.'' New Ori.kans, May 30.?An indiguation meeting, composed of f>,000 persons, was held this afternoon, Ocn. Palfrey presiding. Resolutions were passed recommending the equipment of nn armed vessel for the purpose of resisting 3 British aggressions. The greatest onthusiasni prevailed. Resolutions have aluo been offered iu the Common Council of this citv. authorizing tlir? Mayor to equip and send an armed vessol against the British cruisers iu tho Gulf. A Paragraph for Joshua R.?It is stated that tho guardian of some manumitted slaves in Virginia, applied to Joshua li. (biddings fur information as to the best place they could be sent; lie recommended a certain county in his own State, Ohio.? Upon hearing of it, a paper published in tho county selected, remarks : We can inform Mr. (jiddings that no more negroes arc wanted m tins county.? We have already enough of them and to spnrc, and any attcmnt to introduce anoth* er batch of worn-out ,'nd decripid slaves Mr^.1,1 A. r uiuuu^ uo uvuiu uu ivninicu WltU iURJC."? Why did not. Joshua rcconimcnd his own county. "Fair Play for Woman."?In p locating tho cause of Woman, ninny foolish tilings arooften advancod, and many untenable positions aro taken. Dr. Chapin, with his strong common sense, sot forth the true doctrine in this matter when he affirmed that thero was not the slightest dangor of woman overstepping her tru<v bounds, even if allowed to develop all her natural capabilities. All thnt wan-asked for the other sox, ho said, was tho same opportunities of cultivation, tho unrestricted use of their faculties (unt?aniut&]lcd except by natural lawn,) that iK possessed by man. The grandest transactions of history aro unfolded when she stands nearest to man, as an equal; and when Christianity shall havo reached | it,s highest poimrjHicr heart will ho nearhis band. Let Woman stand upon "the ground of her hmnnn nature, and then there will he nmtnal bonor and mutual help ^ then there will he no discordant muxu; in the march from the paradia? which they hope to nttain. ?. ??? _~_. it pr<v>f that a man in Bobor, bccause ho c^n stand a lc&a ? t \f, V From Washington. C'orre-^xmdcnce of thr C/cnlent >n Courier. Washington*, May '20, 18.3.S.?Cun&rosu will tenninuii- the prosont session on the 7 th June, the Jay they have lixoJ by resolution, nml tlipv jvro willing wnrk mi ti* if Tlmi* j / "i o -v "v*" "r *' ' *vt * "wj think there is time enough to dispose of every subject before them, which demands attention at the present time. They can say ono thin^ for themselves, that they have .held longer sittings, on tho whole, than tho 33d Congress. That Congress adjourned in August at their last session, and the House was in session (>17 hours during tho time. Tho sittings of the present llouso, up to Monday, had occupied bonis. Before the 7th .Tuuo, tlie urcscnt House will have sat nnnMv 700 hours. It In true that it may be s:iid tlmt the present House has squandered public time, f>111 that is true of all who have preceded thoin ol' late years. The Selcct Committee appointed to investigate the alleged corruption of the last ILouso in regard to the Tariff, wcrctolmvo roported to-day. They have sent out copies or abstracts of their report for publication. It appears that Mr. AYolcott, the refractory witness, so covered up his works, that but littlo of the money entrusted to him can be traced. It is generally supposed that ho retains it.? The creditors of Lawrence & Stone so think. Mr. Wolcott was discharced, on bail, bv tho Crimnnl Court of this district, and liin trial will take placo next week, upon the indictincnt for refusing to answer questions of tl?o Committee of the House. The Administration are determined to resist, in every way in their power, tho aggressions of the British cruisers upon our vessels, whether authorized or not by orders from tho British Government. Under present arrangements we shall now have vessels carrying 140 guns, of difforcrt calibre, on tho coast of Cuba. Several small steam vessels are to be fitted out under the command, respectively, of Captains llartstoin, llodgers, Dahlgrccn and Maflitt, who will give a good account of themselves, There is so general an outcry iu the conn n y jor Kiiuiii win* steamers nt jor tnc sorvico in tho Gulf of Mexico and tho Caribbean sea, that Congress is indued to adopt the measure. Tho hill for building six small steam sloops of war, passed the House yesterday without a dissenting voice. Of course, tho Senate will pass it. But the building of somo thirty or fifty steam gun boats lias been shown to be a vital necessity. They will be worth, , for sorvico, all tho rest of tho Navy put together; that is, for such sorvico a6 we require. vvn muuMur Micum irigaics anu Hninng ungates me tit neither for pcaee nor war. Washington, M.lv 31.?Tho Senato has agreed hereafter i^-ake rccess from 4 to 0 Howard's itto^ou to extend tho tiino orad? journment, 1ms heen withdrawn. It was agreed to take up Mr. Mason's resolutions relative to British outrages on Friday. Appropriations were then taken up. In the House, the Senate resolution for an adjustment of the difficulties with Paraguay, growing out of an attachment of the Water was passed. Also the Supplemental Indian Bill. The bill providing for deficiency in Indian Appropriations was taken up unu uisuusseu until tnc nouroi aujouriuneut. AVashinfiton', May 31.?Lord Napier today dispatehod a special mossengor to the Admiral of the British American Squadron, requesting him en forbear future, visitations of our vessels. The Messenger expected to find the Admiral at Halifax; if not there, lie would proceed by steamer to the West India Station. A Tale ov Hohkors.?An atrocious crime lias junt been perpetrated in SzickK'/.a, Hungary. A hawker, who had long been in the habit of traveling about the country gelling linen, stopped for tlicnicrlit at the house of a peasant. After taking his'supper quietly with liis host, lie retired to bed. In the middle of the night the wife nwokc her husband, and proposed to him to go and murder the hawker in order to get possession of his property. The husband positively refused, on which the woman, calling him a coward, went and plunged a lar^e knife into the heart of the sleeping hawker. The husband then, by order of liis wife, put the body into a suck, and threw it in the river, while she tot about removing all the marks of blood. In the morning her so. ahoy of live years of age, asked bis motion for a piece of bread, when she took the knife to cut him a slice. Seeing this the child cried out, " Do not cut it with that knife, for you used it to kill the I 1 III /l- .1 ! .1 f ' it.-i liuwKCJ i vjii ims me wonimi. lvaruig umi the crime would bo rcvcnlcd ny the child, seized hold of him nnd threw him intotho baking oven. It ho happened that on the very night of the murder, the house of ai<other peasant had boon robbed of a quantity of meat and bacon, and the owner had been prowling about in search of the thief. J n pacing near the houso of his neighbor, he smelt an oxtraovdiuarv odor of something burning, and gave an alarm. When persons were enUi'ng the house to search for the cause of the smell, the mother had pulled out the half consumed body of the child f iL - _ J - 1 I uuiu v.'io oven, aim wae e:iaenvoring to carry it away in licr apron, buti one of the foot wan seen protruding and tho whole affair was discovered. The peasant and his wife wore arrested, and the woman luado a full confession of her guilt. Kirm words are looked upon like jewels in tho breast, never JqJjc forgotten, nnd perhaps to cheer, hy th?ta?^>emoryr ft long, Mill life ; while woraft||irawy)lt Y, or of earrlessnc<J, aro like swoydffigm tho hosoitt, wounding and lcrtvin^ FcijjWrWluoh will bo bprno to tt>o gravo hy'U^tff Tictiin. l>o you think tlicro any bfotnod heart which hours tho mark of nu'oh a wound from you. If tlu-ro in a living one whiehyou have wounded, hasten to heal it; for lifo is (short-?and to-morrow may ho too lath. Gon hoars tho Ucurt without tl*o words, hut ho nevefljtoara th? wotdn without tko ' y