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duo economy ? 1" Hccordnnoe w??h tlu-vy prinoiplvB, I lie liv?di? of t lie different executive department* of (ho government have been instructed to Vcdnce their estimates for the next fiscal year to Iho lowest standard consistout with tbo ettv.deiiey of the sendee, mid this duty tlioy luivc ix'iforiyH'd in ti .spirit id" just ?? economy. Tlie estimates of the Treasury, "War, Navy ami Interior departments have each b?on in hoiuq degree rcduced, and unless a sudden and unforeseen emergency . should arise, it is not anticipated that a deficiency will exist in either within (he present or the next fiscal year. The Post Office department is placed in ti peculiar position, different from the other depart^ jnents, and to this [ shall hereafter refer. I invite Congress to institute a ri^M scrutiny to ascertain whether the expenses in all the departments cannot be still further reduced ; and 1 promise them all the 1' aid in my power in pursuing the investigations. i transmit in rewitti, tlio reports niau< to m<J by tbc Secretaries of War, of the Navy, of the Interior, ami of the Post master (Jeneral. They caeli contain vain able information and important recommendations, to which J invite the attention ol Congress. In my last annual message, 1 took occasion to recommend the immediate construe/ -- ion of ten small steamers of light draught, for the purpose of increasing the efficiency of t?-ie Saw. Congress responded to tlie recommendation by authorizing the construction of eight of them. The progress which has been made in cxccutinj; this .authority, is stated in the report of tin #l\?i V .hm* 1 ?! . wivvoi^ VI VIIV/ i?m j . .1. VWIJUtll ?llll hiui in the opinion that a greater number of this class of vessels is necessary for tin purpose of protecting in a more efficient manner the persons ami property of American citizens on the high seas, ami in foreign countries, as well as in guarding more oflcetu-dly our own coast. I accordingly veeoninicn<l the passage of an act foi this purpose. The suggestions contained in the report of the Secretary of the Interior, especially those in regnrd to the disposition of the public domain, the pension and bounty land system, (lie policy towards the Indiums, and tin; amendment of our patent laws, are worthy of the serious consideration of Congress. The Post Office Department occupies a position very different from that of the other department.-!. For many years it was the policy of the government to render this a self sustaining department; and il this cannot now be accomplished, in the f,'.' present condition of the country, we ought * J to make as near an approach to il as may . be practicable. The Postmaster General is placed in a ' ' most embarrassing position by the existing law.s. rie >8 onngen to carry tlicse into L effect. He lias no other alternative, lie \ finds, however, that this cannot be clone \ \ without heavy demands upon the treasury over and above what is received for postr"* -Tfgi/j and these have been progressively "j / Unci basing from year to year until they ' . j amounted for the last liscal year ending on v ! ^he S>Uth .June, ISfiH, to more than four *?. nj&j^ffrfjuid a half of dollars; whilst it is * > 7 Ofio'mT1'0'! that For the present lise::l year thoy ivill anion 111. to $(?,2!)0 000. These - * ?ivnj nrc exclusive of the annual appropriv* JtfiorA of 8700,000 f?r " compensation for I tfio nnail service performed for the two f'out/ -of ('ongress oud tlie other depart-vV"e'i/ officers of the government in tyy trarfspoi'tation of free matter." T .VhV cause of these large deficits isiuain\y /attributable to the increased expense of ,.:AnHportiiig the mails. In lHf>2, the sum pai4 tVir this service was but a fraction over four^i.llions and a quarter. Since that 1/ vtftr it Tins anntiidlv iiw-rnnsrd nnlil in it has rttfichcd more than eight mil' lions and a quarter; and for the service of 18f>9, it is estimated that it will amount to more tlian ten millions of dollars. 4 'Pi.- . < ?>.- i? JL it \J JVAClWiO ??l i ilV/ 1 Ifpu ? 'M?t^ I i jnent can he made to approach or to equal ita expenditures, only by means of the leg' j 5s islation of Congress. Iu applying any ^ f remedy, care should he taken that the peoJj pie shall not bo deprived of tin1 advantage &, \ wliich they are fairly entitled to enjoy from pjji the Post Office Department. The princi/ pal remedies recommended to the consideri ^ atipn of Congress by t* Postmaster Gone nu, uru iu rejuure lite1 lunucr run; ox pos!j^\ tago upon single letters to fivo cents; the [i. substitute for (lie franking privilege the do' ' livery to those now entitled to enjoy it, of post office, stamps for their correspondence, H i-J to direct the Department, in n.akinjr ?<" contracts for the transportation of the mail, J ' to confine itself to the payment of the sum neccssary for this single purpose, without 1 requiring it to he transported in postconchi* fs or carriages of any particular description. Under the present system, the ok^ penso to the government is greatly inereas ? ci r>y requiring Mini tne man diuih bo oktrieu in such vehicles as will accommodate t>a?scngoi*H. This will he done without pay fro:11 the J^epurhnent, over all roads wliero the travel will remunerate the con1 tractor*. Th<*tc recommendations deserve tlio grave ^ <oi.;?ideiMtion of (,'ongre.-?. I would again call your attention to the ?: c .1. . is u ;i.. 1 >rt t I.'iir VI IICIIUII (M IIIU I i IC" 11H' IVillirtniU. I 11I1U and reflection have hut served to oonfirm *ne in the truth and justice of the observations which 1 mudc on thi? subjcct in mj 4 !<ist nnrtmd uicasngo, to which I beg lenve v * fcppoctfully to refer. It is f>ecly admitted, ?!iut it would be \ ~ inexpecJimt for this government to exer''cmc the power of constructing the Pacific IcDad by its own immeiiitite agents.? Oolicv Would- fho Tv>tr?>r>fwrn ? ' . ?" eutive ton vanpCTony extent, nnd t*yntcu of jobbing and corruptno vijrifiMicc on the part of fedlocould either prevent or detect, ily be dono by the keen eye, and &, .ad careful supervision of individusd w .est. Tho Construction of thin road lit, therefore, to bo committed to coimI'C ies incorporated by the 8tntes, or other encios whose pecuniary interest* would be duvet 1 j involved. Congress might of- |<| ten iiKsii>t theui in the work by grunts *>f " land or of money, or of both, under sueli s: conditions and restrictions us would secure u the transportation of troops and munitions tof ttar free f.om any charge, and tluit of o K? i r..:i ... .. r i iiiv: i, iiiivu ri;,n;a in till in il l>iu aim reasonable price. The progress of events since the "com- t nienccment of your last session, has < j shown how soon difficulties disappear before a linn and determined resolution. At that time such n road was deemed by wise and patriotic men to be a visionary project. ! i The great distance to he overcome, and the intervening mountains and deserts in ; < I ; the way, were obstacles which, in (he , ; opinion of, many, could not be surmounted, j .Now, after the hip.se of but a simrlo year, th< 30 obstacles, it has been discovered, are | j far less formidable than they were supj o- i sed to be; and mail stages, with passen- ( gers, now pass and repass regularly, twice e , a week, by a coin moil wagon road between t San Vrauciaco and St. Louisand Memphis, w in less than twenty-five days. The service j o : has been as regularly performed, r.s it was. li '1 in former years, between New York and c this city. j si Whilst disclaiming all authority to op- j v propriato money for the construction el" o this road, cxec-pt that derived from the j w war-making power of the constitution, e i there are impotant collateral considerations ?! urging us to undertake the work as speedi- i 1V as possible. i !*' : | The iii; t and must momentous of the.*--' ! <> j is, that such a road would lie a powerful ' s ; bond of union between the States east nnd a west of the Uocky Mountains. This is so i s< > seh'-evident as to require no illustration. a< f>111 apiin, in a commercial p.iint if ii vi< w, I consider this the great question of i a; the day. Willi the eastern front of our , h republic stretching along the Atlantic, and 1 a its wistern front along the l'aeiiie, if all ; i! the parts should be united by a safe, easy, : I i and rapid intercommunication, we must i I necessarily command a very larjro propor- 1 ti I ? ,i.'. i.. . v i .. t mill VI liiv ill! V(i: imhii III l i III \ 'jru <lilU ;\riil. j li | Our recent treaties with China and Japan ! n i will open those rich ami populous 10 nip ires j n ; to our commerce; ami the history of the j . ( ' world proves that the nation which has j t< I gained possession of the trade with Eas1 tern Asia, h; s always bceotne wealthy and I 11 1 powerful. The peculiar jreoiitaphical po- | ci ' sition of California and our 1'aciiic posses: sions, invites American crpital and 1m enterprise into this fruitful field. To t! I reap the rich harvest, however, it sin in- j T | dispensable prerequisite, tlu.t we shall first J ci j luive a railroad, to convey and circulate it-- | t! products throughout every portion of the j ? ; j I'nion. Besides, such a railroad through j it i our temperate latitude, which would not 1 r< he impeded by the frosts and snows ol n i winter, nor by the tropics 1 heats of summer, n | would attract to itself much of the travel o | and the trade of all nations, naFsin:; between t! I i- > i : 1 r, 111 ulit; Him .\sia. a; (>n the 21st of August lust, Limit. J. N. e. .Maflit, of the I * siit?. ?i .States l?ri*^ Dolphin, h j captured the slaver " hicho," ( formerly the Putnam, of New Orleans,) near Key Verde, p j on the coast of(-ul>a, with more than three n I hundred African negroes on ho; rd. The a prize, under the command of Lieut. Brad- | p ford, of the I'nitod States navy, arrived : t | n I (Miarli'stim fin tli?> * ?"fli ViMMi-t * ivlinn flir> i I negroes, three hundred and ;?ix in number. m were delivered into ti e custody of Iho 1'ni- n; ted States marshal for the district of South i! Carolina. '1 hey were first plaeed in C.istle (i I'inekney, and afterwards in Fort Sumpter. tV for safe-keeping, and were detained 1 hive w until the l'.lth September, when the -ur d vivors, two hundred and seventy-one ii: i! ! number, were delivered on board the ' ni j j ted States steaun r Niauaru, to he transpor- tl I tl'.ll tl) till' <lt" Vtril'll 1111J-1?> I- I !ll> / "il'i .. I of the agent of the I nitod States, pursuant c: to the provisions of the art of .March, 1*1!*. | \\ " in addition to the arts prohibiting the j w slav<? trade." I'ndev the 2d section of | cl t-li't- tic! tH nn. 11! * *' * i/V'.! tr~> * J make such regulations and arrangeiw nts as he may deem expedient, for tlie safe ti ] keeping, support and removal beyond the ; i,1' i limits of the I'nited States, of; 11 such ne- j < < : groes, nmlattoos or persons of color" cap- : ! j turcd by vessels of the I'nited Stat<?, as bi ' may be delivered to the marshal of tlmdis. .. j triet into which they are brought ; "ami to ni J appoint a proper person or persons refilling ti ! upon tlie coast of Africa, i.sagent < r agents s< ! for receiving the negroes, mulatlocs or per- ei I sons of color, delivered tVoin on board ves- n< 'i sels seized in the prosecution of the slave ol ; trade by commanders of the l.'nited States at j tinned vessels. j .<< i A doubt immediately arose as to the ! >r : true construction of this act. It i-^ ijnile "n ' clear from its terms, that the President \v::s I |'t ; authori/.! d to provide "for the safe keeping, e< i support and removal" of those negroes up w j till the time of their delivery to the agent <| j on the co: st of Africa ; but no express pro- ' tt. vision was mado lor tlieir protection juid ! m support lifter they had reached t lie place of ! tlieir dostiuntiori. Still, sm ag *nt was to [ be nppointc.l to receive them in Africa;' [, nnd it could nut have been supposed that n 1 Congress ii.tended lie should desert them "I at the nioincnt they were received, and turn I them loose on tint inhospitable coast to (' [ perish for want of food, or to become again | the victims of the slave trade. J lad this ,,, ! been the intention of Congress, the em- tl ' ploymcnt of an agent to receive them, who L is required t<> ro> :?lc; on the co;int, was un- ' necessary, and they might have been land- ! _ od by onr vessels anywhore in Africa, i.nd I left exposed to the sufferings and the fate ? ; which would certainly await them. I Mr. Monroe, in his special message of the 17th of iJeeeinbor, 1810, at the first j ! session after the act was passed, announced jj to Congress what, in his opinion, was its j y I truo construction. He believed it to bo K his duty under it, to follow these unfortu- j ~ n;ttcH into Afncn, and make provision fur them there, until they should be able to provide for themselves. I In eoraimiiiieatin# this interprofalion of 1^1 j the act to Congress, he stated that somo I doubt h.;d been entertained as to its true w | intent and meaning, aud he submitted the uchtioti to them, ho that they might should it be doomed advisable, amend th uno before further proceedings aro ha sidor it.'' Nothing was done by Cougtw > explain the net, and Mr. Monroe pre ceded to cany it into execution aocortjitv ) his o'Vii interpretation. This, then, b< iimu the practical construction. Wlio ic .rvivicans irom on ooaru tite i%elio wet divenal to the marshal at Charleston, i ecame my duty to consider whit dispos on ought to he made of them undi Ik- law. Kor many reasons, it was oxpi ient to remove them from that locality n pecdily as possible. Although the coi net of the authorities and citizens < Iharleston, in giving countcnancc to th xceution of the law, was just what migli uvc been expcctcd from their high chai i ter, yet u prolonged continuance of thro undred Africans in the immediate vicin V of that citv, could not have failed to bt oine a source of inconvenience and unxu y t?i its inhabitants. \V hi re to send then as the <piestion. There was no portio f the coast of .Africa t<> which they coul e removed with any regard to huinanitj xeept t*? ii beria. Under these eiroum lances, an agreement was entered int ith the Colonization Society ou the 7t f September last, a copy of which is hen mi irtuisnr.iKHi, under wiiu u the ttociet ii^aged, for (ho con.-i deration of forty-liv honsniul dollars. (o. receive (hose African ito Liberia from (he agent oftho I nite (utes, and furnish (hem during tho porio f oijo year (hereafter, with comfort.-.hi 'lolle:-, e!<tiling. provisions, a id medic; (tendance, estising the children to rccs iv ;diot)ling ; and all. whither children c dulls, to ho instructed in the arts of civ 1 ,...! r, .. .1.1 . . .1 i:.: - ti : .v i ciiiuiuii- m tiiv.il ruiiii 11 i: hi . i in Hjjjrcgatc of forty-live thousand dollars \va ased upon an allowance of one Isundrc lid lifty dollars fof cach individual, and a lerc has been considerable mortality anion ?oni, and may he more befor,e they roac lfri a, tlie jeietv have agreed, in an j?i ible spirit, to make sm.li a deduction froi e amount, as under the cirouinstance lay appear just and reasonable. This can ot be fixed until wo shall ascertain th jtnal number which may become ^ chary ? f lie such (v. It was also distinctly airreed, that, unjc o circuimtanees, shail this government b tiled upon for any additional expense". The agents of the society manifested ll<l:.Uli> ?li>vir<> In ni.nfui'iii In ?lw> ?riol>..c . iu government thr< tn;hout the transnetioi iiey assimd me that, :iiter a careful ea, illation, they would ho required to ex pen 10 sum of one 1 undivd and fifty dollar.su icli individual in complying with the agree nmt, and they would have nothing left t juiunenitc them for (heir care, trouble an \spon.sibility. At all events, 1 could niak o hotter tvT.mgcmcnt, and there was n llier alternative. During the p? i\od wiie ic govormuciit itself, throngh its ow .1. il.~ I . .1. r : i:~ < ^ ii.n, uiiuti iuui\ lui" in jiruvium;r i(j iptured negroes in Africa, the cost pc esul was very much greater. There having beo:i no on'standing aj roprintion applicable to this purpose, mid not advance any money on the agree i nt.. I thcroforo roeonimend that an a) ropriati! ;i may be made of the anionii eocssarv to carry it into eflect. i id..v,.* :i ? i ? \ 'uiui \;.i j : u 1i?i ;i MINIMI' CNillllCK' i:iv, aiul probably will, be liindo by on aval f?ire".s ; rud 1 earnestly recommend mt (s may amend the second nee on of t he act of March 3, 1811), so as 1 v<> its construction from the aiubimiit Iiich has so l.mjr existed, and render tli u'y of the Picsidcnt plain in oxeeutiii: s provisions. 1 rec n in Mid to your favorable re?rar< ic local iiit rests of the JMstrict ot Coluni in. A:< tlio resideneoofi'oirgross and tli vecutive department* of the po'verniiienl c cannot tail to foci a deep concern in it el fa iv. This is heightened l?v (lie higl uaraeter and the peaceful and orderly con llct of it- V'v': illl'Ilt I ?1? I?!f ?i ?i o 1 cannot conclude without pcrfuruiinj :e agreeable duty ot' expressing my grat icati ?n tliiit Congress so kindly respond i to the recommendation <?t' my laxtannu messago, by a Hording me fulhyient turn lil'ure the close of their late session, for th , . C..11 11.? In . ...? > * . n.. i nr. i i\mi ui mi im; unia I e tor approval. This change in tlie pn c co oi' ('undress lias proved to bo a whole nne reform. Jt exerted a hoiietiuial inllii lec on tlie transaction of legislative busi !'hs, and elicited the general appvohatio th.' country. it enabled (\?ngrons t Ijourn with that dignity and deliberatioi > beeominy to the re prose utat iveH of thi ii.it republic, without having erowdei ifii cniuti' il ? I..I\ l.ill.. ...? ? "jn i?a VIVII jMuviMcm >reign to thoir natures, and of doubl/u nistitutionalily and expediency. Let >; annly and .strongly eouunend this prccc l*111, established hy themselves, ana guid ? their proceedings during the pressed vision. .Jamks IJucilan,an. TiikMjmtahv Academy.?At the recun tooting of tlio I >i rd of Visitors, we loan crt. White lias been promoted to the com mud of the Arsenal Aeiuleiuy, with the inn Captain; aid Capt. Stevens restored t ic Professorship of Mathematics, which h rnt 'i ly ho i\I>1 v discharged. f<ietit. Thftni ?, of Columbia, lifts been appointed to lit irtir of Hollos Lottros in the Citadel Acad* iy. I>:cut. Kennedy ha* been appointed t 10 Professorship of Helios Lcttro*, an "out. 'l'h mtpson to the Professorship c renuh, in the Arsenal Academy. [ Cttrollnwn. . ,^y{N)(kzA\L. Marhiko, on tho 12th instant, by Ilcv, \\ ItiHirinix, Mr. .John* IIkndimcks Mr< yntiiia Cowii, nil of Piokeh*. On the 1-ttli instant, by Hov. T. L. Mcllryf I), Dr. John Hoi.i.and, of Abbeville, t [ibh Martha, daughter of J. 1'. Harris >(|. of Anderson. Fair Notico. VIAj pemona indebted to tlio old firm n I' & K E Alexander aro rcqiio?toil t. up by llio first of March next, or tlioi otes will ho placed in the hand* of propc icors f<>r collection. The Jinn rnunt am ill be wound up. K. E. ALEXANDER, Deo 17, 1853 22 tf Survivor. K10 W KK cy u R1EH. jJ ROUT. A. THOMPSON, Editor. TKIUIS.- -SI. V.) pgr annum. in lidVftbpftj IT ! ^ payment ho (JolAyoil until M'u*r the expiration of ?" | tlio yenr. $'J.t)0 For six moutho, 75 ocnt*, in '1 ; advance e i A<lvorUsemoiits inserted at i)io usual rates. 11 PICKENS 0. II., S. C.: Saturday Morning, December 25, 1858. i. ] 1" ne-oovihince with u tiincdjotiorcd j if custom, and to nllow all persons connected e 1 with the pnhllcntinn of tlie pnpoV to enjoy it ; the festivities of the season, no paper will he r- issued from this office next week. c j j Messrs. Anw.rson anil Maxwki.i. will j accept our thanks lor important legislative documents. '? Prom Columbia" The Legislature adjourned on Tuesday '' liist, at I'J o'clock, M. Tho last days j>io' reeding*. by some ui a'couu'.&bic freak of the j mails, failed to roach us. Tho proceedings j , , up to that time are given. IJut lew acta of a public naturo woro passed. .. | Tlie most important measure of the pes- [ c tdon?thii of relieving tho Mine Ilidge Kail-i is road from former restrictions imposed on j d { it?was defeated. We are at a loss for ':?n- ; d guage to properly characterize this dctormi- ; (> nation of our legislators to suspend t!ic woik . '' ' on this magnificent enterprise. It can be : ( i reirardcd in no other liirlu ilnm <<> mil.!!.. ! , f=. o j !! | calamity. ami we keenly I'col the odium tliat must attach to ilio Stale for ko whorls sighted an act. The State loses over I (j () j0,U00 hy the abandonment of the work on j s this road ! ^ ! A large appropriation (5400,0^0) wan It ! made for continuing operations on the now i- J State House, n j The Stale tax was raised about thirtv-ftve " I percent, to moot liahilitie- already ineurre 1. c J The Message. ,\\<j have surrendered our c.dmnns almost V/ j. , entirely to the President's message. It is an r important Statu papur aiid should be road by (. all: it." great length should not deter any I one from perusing it with calm deliberati >n. a The President's $uggostiuns for a revision ? of tho tariff, and taking military possession 1 of the northern provinces of Mexico, do not ! moot our approbation, llis Cuba and South , | American policy arc also, in our judgment, j 1 \ of doubtful propriety. When space is at our o command, wo may liaxc something further U> (j say on these points. 0 In other respects we endorse the menage. \ 0 and ask for it the attentive cou.sidcrution of , ii our numerous readers. Penning and Clippings. i' Xi:\v Advkktiskmexts.?The r<5ftdor's at- i tuition is directed to the now ndvertiseinenis j in this week's paper. , Divine i'kkvick.?llev. W. O. Mullinnix will preiH'h in the Church, at this place, i n t 1 the first Sabbath in January. | "Cimmov Schools."?This system of ed1 ucntiuri wherever tried proves :i decided sue- j 1 | res . In Charleston, ehildron have j ' j received instruction one year each for the ( j sum of $'.21,146; making sin average to oach | pupil of only ?<13.1'.)! Anil this include* 'c j books, innps, paper, &e. To nay nothing of \ i the superiority of this system, it proves to ho j cheaper than any other: and stil: our wise il : legislators refuse to extend tho system to i- this State! Comment i* unnecessary. I, Ahv8i.no.?To hear the Columbia Guard)' an talking of .Senator Chesnut's election ".s I a. triumph of SUtfr Hiyht* in .South Caroli- 1 | im. Wlien. ami where, nod how, nays tlie i GiC<l<:Hftl<l Advertiser, wore States oil)- j ,r I prwi.ie than triumphant. in South Carolina'/ | > j Mississippi.?The .Mississippi Legislature j | adjourned on the 3d inst. Mr. Black, a " Representatives from Tisliemin^n, was killed '' on his return homo by the falling of a stage c coach from 11 bridge, j Xovf.i. Okimnation.?At tlie late Indian j .. Cotiferemo of the Mothod'mt Episcopal i- i.miruii, s>.?nth. Ilio vouornMo IJishop Knrly j i- ordained twelve Indiana, principally Chief's * n j of their trilios, to thotiospel Ministry. " A IIf.i.icatk ilemittas't'k.."?A Texas pa- ! ii . . . permeations having received u letter from u 1 "j IViond. accompanied with a sculp of a Ca- } w mnnclic Indian. il Sot'tiikr\ llo\i?s.?North Carolina Stn'o o IJ inls sold in NV\v York at '.'Si. boing from [ a cent ami 11 half to eight nnd a half cents ' higher than the bonds of anyuthor Southern 1 j Stnte. Ouitimrv.?Wo relict to notice the rwI , nouneement ??f the death of (Jul. Albert i II I'ike of* Arkansas, lie wiiwft distinguished k lawyer, poet and nebular. lie commanded i ? ' (J'' rompanv of the Aikansan Cavalry in ' Mexico, and was a lnave mid determined sol; dicr. it vill bo remembered that he hoc. i- ! cecded the lamented Ooil. Quitman in an exI alted masonle office. ,f ' I'aid.?The lirst Mwment of ?.">7 000 ami ! ' iutorext ha* been ma4oon tin: Mount Vernon , purchase by Mian ('intninithfuii. Tiik Last or tiik Seminoi.f.s.?The Fl ri: da Hentinol nays, tlio totpl number of Indian warriors now in Florida, all told. in but thir^ tv-ftro taen; it i? nuppdtred tbat thf>y, with all \ , thoir oqintu s and /hUdrnn, vjlll fyc induced ? to emigratoiu lo*8 than two month*, always '' excepting Sam Jones, who will doubtless dio ? j in the green o\ergla?les where ho has lived so long. ; f IIkamhy Covntmv.?u W Kontlull, Wli0 1 ting from Now I>rmiiifol?, Texas, *?yr?tuko 1 a t; within 1oj? inilouof thin plnco, ?nd I 1 Jih?, ?f hut one y<hy>ioinn, ft vory worthy rind intftlligont inatt who totKU ft gvi*t mill for i? livelihood. ? *. ji i ?>- ; {' * .> ' % , : " < Kj.eOTki>.?On (he loth instant, Judgo Hiiniri was elect oil to till the place made vacant on the Supreme Bench of North Carolina by the death of Judge Ntodi. Miudkh ? A brutal murder whs commit- ! ted upon H >l/t. Morrison. in Chester I)is- j trict, on the 9th inxt., by Win, Ilodges and | Joseph ll<>\t.crf"U, who have lied the country. One hundred dollars reward is offered for their apprehension. (Jr.n. Scott.? Lieut, (icncral Seott passod through Charleston on liis wuv to Kcv West. . * 1 lie was received in handsome style by the j military of that city. Adokkss.?Col. Keitt, of this State, has i been selected to deliver tho annual address J before the literary societies of llanipden | Sidney (V'a.) College. The IIiuiikst Hank.?-lly a decree of tlie i Propaganda of It >me. continued by the j I'opo. tlio highest rank in tlio Catholic Church, in (he United States, has boon e<?n- I I'mtoiA uii Archbishop Konrick, of Haiti- j more, who will houccforth tako procodonco j in all mooting* und councils. National Tastbs.?How folks differ ! AVe ! o'icw tobacco. Tho Hindoo taken (o lime, j 'L'lio children of this country delight in can- j dy, those of Africa in rook salt, A French- ! man goes his length " on fried frogs. while Alt Esquimaux Indian thinks tallow tho climax of luxuries. i\ .. . . _ " . \jk it .*it.ji iu.n5 ??t v^u.N:i?Kss.? v? o note me | following positions of thr South Carolina , delegation in the Federal House of J'opic- | sentutive*. o!i the different Committees : <' !. I'oyce is Chairman of the Committer : on Klectioiis; Col. I\.eitt, is Clniiruian of the Committee on Puldie Buildings; Mr. Miles | is ft member of the Committee on Commerce; i Gen. Mi (>t:c<>ii i-. a member of the Committee on Public l.amls; ami (Sen. Hoitham is a member of the Com .sitteo on Military Af- i fairs. I Chimin m. Casi.s?The law Court of A|>-J jioals li;i\?? refused new trials to James (.!??- J ings. flailing A. Clayton and Mart in Carver; | ami lliey have eueli l>ec sentenced to bo j hung oil Friday lbo'Joill February next. Ton ,\ lii.im \ Down.?The town of Illicit- t annn, Johnson enmity, Texas, was almost I entirely do.>t roved by a tornado on 1 lie night of the 2'2d ult. Tlio hotel and jail were the j 0'ily budding* left- i t-indi:i<v. i S r. I,oris, Doc. l">.?The .steamer boiler of , liiM*i?lir?r*N siitrtir n?(iiim*v. i?vhIiu!?mI this i morning, shuttering a portion of (ho building to atoms, anil killing four ami injuring .sovon others, some of them fatally. OoxoRKiistoNAi. Fiuiit.?English, of Indiana. and Montgomery, of l'enn., had a fight on Puusylvania avenue, in Washington, last week. Neither were badly hurt. Legislature of South Carolina(.\>t,r muia.? In thoSenate, on the 14th, _ l :n i ~..i .1 . i!.. t . f . . i -.1 urn m rvjiiMi nit; iir^i jsecuon 01 ;i 11 nci 10 > nn.?!ul tlie law in relation to trading with ! Slaves was discussed and rejected. Cnfavorabhj report of the Committee on j the Judiciary, on a hill to provide coinpcnnation for St-;te witnesses. On the motion to agree to the bill, the yeas and nays wore called lor. Yeas 13 j nays 2-1. The hill j was therefore lost. A hill to alter the Constitution of this : State, so that in the election of officers hv tho General Aus>cmbly it must bo done j rit'll incc, wa's discussed and lost?yens, 28; i nays, 0. Mr. Sharpe moved to reconsidcr, which , was carried; and, on motion ot' Mr. Ziinniermau, it was ordered to be made the spcoial order for to-morrow, at 12 o'clock. The lilue Uidiro Railroad was then debuted l?3' Messrs. Harrison for atut Palmer against it. In the House, was taken up a bill to amend jus Constitution ot the State in rei.i\. . i' ?- * liiiiuu in bin: miiiiucr in yuuiijjj ior incomers . of the flenoral Assembly. Mr. Yoadon moved that the biil be continued to next session. Agreed to; A bill to r.lter the law in relation to last wills and testaments. A lively discussion | ensued upon the different sections of the bill. The bill proposes to put real and personal estate imon llie same fivitimr Tlu? i > # ? rv ~ "" ] debate whs participated in by Messrs. Yea- i don, Win. Wlialoy, MeGowan, Mull ins, j l'erry, Pope, Inglisaiul Mciniuinger. Tho i hill was finally read a second time, and or- i dereil to bo. sent to the Senate. The discussion on tho Blue Ridge Ri:ilrorid was then continued by Messrs. Richnrdson and Wilkes for, and Mr. Moore against the enterprise. A bill (e increase the pay of Grand and 1'etit Jurors was read a third time, its title changed to an act, and referred to the ( omnnitcc on uncrossed Acts. I>urin<r t.lm fcvenin^ session, the Hluc iliiljxo \s-is ng-.iih discussed by Mr. Meniminjfcv in a most powerful speccli, and the bill lost. Ycart, 58; iinys, (II. In the Heinito, on the 15th, tbc bill to nid in the construction of a monument to the signers of the I leclaratioiv of IndepenI ...If, i.... Ur l? ..r..u ii^i^imriivu > jn.i.v, ? v.in.) nun rocutiKulcred nnd paused. Yens, 25; n'nys, 12. The bill appropriates #U,0U0. Favorable report of the Committee dn Judiciary, on a bill to amend an cot, entitled an not moro effectually to prevent tho illicit traffic iti cotton, coi'n, rieo, or wheat, with slaved and freo person^ of eolor. On nation of Mr. Sickling, the report was laid tliA fur tlw* nurnnuA f\x fnlr liter i upy" -v. f | up tho bili. The bill wu? rond a accond j titno and discussed by Meaars. Kick ling,: Painter, lthetfc, Ddnt/.ler and Burkcr. On motion of Ml", Puliner, tho bill wns ' laid upon the table. A bill to auiuuri/io ui? itm'UO ot boriuo of i stocks fur continuing . tho construction of J the Now Stale House,, having received a , secohd readmjr in thi> Hounc, wax read n Hccond time in ihft Nimnto. The yoiiH and niljr.q wero drilled fof rth njrreoiHg to the bill. Vomica; pjtyj 2. Hie bill was therefore agreed to mul returned to tho House. 111 the Mouse, the "common school" bill was taken up. Mr. Meinmiii^erur<red its passage in an able and eloquent speech. The bill then pasted?yeas SI, n?y.s 2H. The report of the Connnittee on Federal Relations, on bill from the Senate, relating to the treaty of Washington, was concurred in, and ordered to bo returned to the Sen IIW, The special order being called for, a bill for the suspension of certain acts, passed in December, lXf>7, relative to the Ranks, was, alter a discussion, participated in by .Messrs. Boylston, MeKarlan, Jnglis, Yendon, l'erry, Mciuininger and Thompson, indefinitely postponed by a vote of fill to o2. Ik the Senate, on the Kith, th? bill granting aid to the Mine Uidgo Railroad was discussed and lost?yeas 20 ; nays 22. In the House, a motion to reconsider the vote on the Blue Ridge Railroad wasadopt till, yeas, (>1 ; nays, 50. The following bills having roct ivoil two readings iii tho Senate, wore taken up in tho House, road a third time, tlioir titles ordered to ho changed into an net, anil coint 'tod to tllo Committee on Engrossed Ac's: A bill to confirm tho unitary division of Sumter and Clarendon Districts, and tho election!* hold therein. A bill to incorporate the Chnnga Lime Manufacturing Company. A bill to authorise the issue of bonds of 8100,000 for the construction of tho New State House. The tax bill was taken up, when a dis cushion ensued upon tho motion of -Mr. i'rewley to strike out the Hoventh section of tlio bill, imposing a ts?x of one dollar on every free white male inhabitant in tlio State, over the age of twenty-one, paupers excepted. Mr. I'ressley spoke at length upon this section, ami was replied to by Mr. Mciumingor. Mr. Duryen enllcd for the yeas nnd nrtva, which resulted in the striking out of the seventh section. Yeas 7<^ ; nays 27. In ihe I louse, on the 17th. the discussion on the 'Mue Ridge Kailroud was continued by Mossit>. Aldrich and Simpson ngninst, and Elliott and Mcmmingcr lor tlic road. Alter several amendments, which wore offered and laid upon the table, tlie final (incstion was put, shall the bill be sent to the Senate i Mr. .Mulllns called for the yeas and nays. Yk.\k?The Speaker, Messrs. \V. \V. Adams, Anderson. lielhcr, (Handing, liuist, Hroyhv, Cherry, Cochran. Doxicr, Duryea, Klliot, Hooding, (Ireen, Harper, Hudson, H. .1. .Johnson, .Jos. .Johnson, jr., Lmncau, IjUujis, .Maxwell, ->U- ! ''tulUili, .Maefal'Iau, Mclluwan, Meimninjrer, Metis, O'Connor, l'crry, (J. Pinckmy, II. Ij. l'inekuey, jr., Pope, Poreher, Prowly, Qunttlobuin, Humstiy, lluiul, I1'. I>. Hiehardfon, I'. Kiehardson, jr., Screvch, Seymour, Shank!in, T. V. Simons, Sistrunk, Spratt, Thomson, Tutnpkjns, \*a?ic]ivt*r, \ enninjx, Vauirht, Win. Wallace, Wardlaw. Ware, Win. Whaloy, Whiting, Wilkes, Y en (loir. 1>AV8 .?! ('.SSI'S. ?l . I'. ,\(CUDS, AKIIICll, Meaty. Mlnok, Moykin, Moylstoti, Urook.s, Myrd, Campbell, (Vaijr, Davis, Dearing, Kdwurdx, Kvans, I'anow, Kelder, Vostcr, Frasor, fjadbcrrv, Uilniore, Hammond, llarroll, lleriot, Hope, .IcfiYios, A. .JoncH, li. J. .Junes, Keller, Kilgoro, Lido, MoCants, MoKcwn, Miller, Moore, Midler, Mullitis, Howard, O'Cain, Norwood, Kaymond, Rut lodge, liyau, Shannon, Sampson, .Smart, Smith, Stokes, Suber, Sullivan, Tmviisond, A. S. AVallacc, I). "Williams, J. Williams, ,J. 11. Williams, J. S.Wilson. Vo is ;")(> j nays 55. So the bill wus ordered to bo sent to the Senate. n.. ttin ..e,\ ?..w .1 >r.i vuv iiiiii\/uiiv?-iu\ iiv ui uiu u.-mi tiiini; wore; manifestations of applause from tlio floor mid gallery, but which was promptly cheeked l>y tho Speaker. Mr. 'falley came in nml asked leave to give hiit vote. Agreed to, and it w.ih rcf'urd.'d ; ? n;iv. hut tliis did |iok lift'cct thn result after the announcement of the vote. ;v< The following is the votes for President .* and Directors ot' the lhink of the State : /tL 1 \f n ? ' 4 * mines .u. runmiii, rrosiuont. J4<J ; Thonuis ltv'im, 151H ; A. SimomlH, 124 ; Thomns Lchro, 118 ; ?J. II. StciiimeyoVg 1 Hi; J. II. Sheppiird, 104; W.O. Duke^,' 113; ('. J. i'oicock, 110; I". Hn"cl"VA?i, cl, 110; II. I-'. Htrohccker, 07; I', (iiiilliird, 00 ; J. P. Dovcuux, OH; II. I;. Dottwer, 07. In t!i?i Somite, on the lttth, n bill to prnv'ulu for a cixlilU'iition of tho atatnlo lawn of Smith Carolina. wns rend ? third time in tho Senate, passed nnd ordered to be culled nn not. mid returned to the llnuse. A liill to increase tho salaries of tlio Judges (ii uio\;our<sui Jiiiw uiim r><|?nty in iiiih was debated and lo?t hy u voto of '21 yens to 7 yean. In llsfi House, tho f-'onnto cent to thoHouse, a hill to provide for n code of tho statute law of South Carolina. Head a seooml time, and or de roil to he returned to tho ^ Senate. At this fdage of tho jVM/oeedfng*, fiHy-four ' liilk< important nn<1 mitmportnut, were co: tinned over to the next t?c??nioir 'I'l... I.ill i . I iL . C.V...II. >?* ? i i in* him in muimriui nig ?"uiii n usioru Kniirour! Brink, much discussion, \v?8 pH?RO(l t Yens 71; nnyn, 28. Tim hill, inurortsiny: tho number of Juilgov ho* been rqjeoted. Yean. 46 Mi?v?. S4. Iu tho Senate, on the 20th, the hill grant* lug aid lu tho Blue Kidgo llnilroad %ns dincowed anil family rojeutcj?yon*, 18; imy*, 22. The IIoums was ongogoJ during the day in hearitig hilln reiwl, and porfucting tho huaincis of tho position. "Washington, I)oo. 15,<?The .Sennto proceedings t<>-dny arc not important Henutor Cameron presontod a inniuorinl from iron innstorB of PeniyWania, tor ?pcuiul optica on iron. The lfonso, the debate oii ' ths caao of Judge Watrott* wjih concluded, and tbo llouso refuged to impeach?90 for cud 11>1 against impeachment. Washington, 1)oo. 15.?The Semite held nn executive notion today, and ratified the Japanewe and Chinese Treatien?* Also, confirmed the nomination of lien. 3. liiiinccy donoH Minister to Austria, J'rcston to Ppain.j nnd Wnrd io Cliina.