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KE0WKB CPURjtf ROB'T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. j TERMS.?#i.r>0 por annum, in mlvance. If payment bo iii>lnye<l until uftor the expiration of ' ttio year. $~-00 For six month*, 76 cents, in uJvAncc. j Advertisements iiisertcl at the usual rates. S=r:' t PICKENS C. 1L, S. C.: < ^Saturday -Morning, February 5, 1859. t To CorrespondentsTo insure insertion in our columns, all 6 communications, obituaries, and " such like" articles, must bo accompanied by a respousi- r bio name?known to us as auilb. An obitunrv lii>q nvnr ()iia wnnlr niwlor Huu ilSunl/ilUir I *? " Lime! i Tho attention of donlors in this nrtirlo is ,, directed to tho rulvortisement of Mnj. Maxwell, Agent of the Clinuga Lime and Manu- n factoring Company. This is an enterprise i of our own citizens, and whatever inurcH to them in tho way of prolit. also tends to the advancement and prosperity of all around them ; thcrofore, we cheerfully commend it to the support of the public. The prices, wo are assured, havo been placed at tho very lowest ates. Publio DocumentsTo Col. Ork wo are indebted for an authorized copy of Col. L. M. Keitt's epceeh on tho "Acquisition of Cuba." Like overythingelsc emanating from Col. Keitt, itbears , the impress of ability and eloquence ; but, notwithstanding its strong array of statistical >j l'acts, we cannot favor tlio acquisition of Cu- i ba by fore * of arms. We moreover doubt tho ' propriety of purchasing it, oven wore such a 1 thing possible. A stateinentof public fcidii.* j thereon the subject will set the matter right i boforc the people: i "From Spain, wo receive accounts of a r uiouunaiuu, m i?u v^ories, oi mai portion ot tho lute message of Mr. Buchanan, which re- t lates to tho proposed purchase of Cuha by the United States States. By that discus- } uion, it appoars that all members of all par- t ties iu Spain utterly and unequivocally re- 1 pudiato tho idea of parting with the Island ( of Ouba on any condition snort of war. In- t deed, Marshall O'Donncll, in answer to tho ' interrogations of members, declared " that t the Government was disposed to demand due * satisfaction for such an insult." Tho prospects of Mr. Slide 11*8 Thirty Million Bill, to \ aid the President in purchasing tho " ever I faithful isle," do not, therefore, seem to be t very brilliant." o The able and patriotic speech of lion. C. f U. Mkmminglr, on tlio " bll to afford a'ul to tlic blue Ridge Railroad," lias been rcocivcd. s Full of convincing; " facts and figures," it 1 also abounds in eloquent and glowing appeals to the pride and patriotism of the peo- , pie of the State, which, wo trust, will not he i disregarded. We intend laying it before ' our renders at our earliest convenience. "We are also receiving, from time to time, articles in pamphlet form on the "Coast Survey?its cost, abuses and power." They are exceedingly well written, and those of " B. 1 B." show up the survey in anything but a 1 desirable light. Theso articles appeared i 1 originally in tlio New York Times. 1 A pamphlet has also reached us through I' the mail, which contains the continuation of ' a rather personal controversy between Messrs dry ax unci Townsknd, us to who shall ropr*- ' Bent their parish- iu the State Senate. At '|, the Octohcr election Col. Uryax was sue- 2 cessful, hut this did not terminate the (lis- ^ eussion. Hon. M. J. Crawford, of Gil., h'vs our a thanks for the address of the Vice President u of the United Stntes on the removal of the tl Senate from tho old to its new Chamber, de- 11 liverod 4th January last. This address- has r II already appeared in our columns. s Also, for tlio speech of Hon. A. Iverson, ' Senator from Oeorgin, "on the Pacific llail- ^ road," nui.lo the 6th ult. It is the strongest sectional speech that wo have read for a great lengh of tiino. lie takos issuo with Senator Hammond upon tho positions taken hy the a latter gentleman in his Barnwell speech, on t? tho present security of tho institution cf '' slavery. v Acta* <i lu this number nrc to bo found two acts of 'I the legislature?one providing for a codifi- !l cation of (he laws of this State, and the oth- j. er changing lite law in relation to last wills tl and testaments. Both arc important laws, ic and we direct attention to them accordingly. 111 Advertisements. n 3eo tho changes made in certain Return-day il1 notices in our columns. IT The Sheriff and Commissioner in Equity advertises valuable property for salo on Mon- a a ay next, wo ucsire to relor specially to 1,1 tho lands belonging to the estate of Stkej.e. 01 Situate in a desirable section of the district, on tho line of the Blue Midge Railroad, their value can hardly he estimated. Seo tho ad- Si vertiscinents in our columns,, and attend the P1 Bales to ho nmdo. Johnson Female University- m We iiro in receipt of the Catalogue of fcha $i "Johnson Female University," at Anderson, K( far tho year 1858. During this period tin ire es ?ui u auuut uuu liiinuiuu iiuu niAiy umuuillS H( in attendance. With a commodious build- tl ing, and an atnplo endowment, tho penna- '' nancy of this institution is not to be questioned ; and, furthermore, it affords lis much In pleasuro to stnto that it is in a .prosperous 1( uondilion. 0| Mki.anxiioi.v I>katm.?The Greonvillo 0' Patriot announces the melancholy death of '1 a young, beautiful and interesting daughter hi ot tlio lion. 11. F. Perry, vhocUadin the 17th yoar of her ogo, lamented nntrfioloved by all. m llor diseaso '^aa Consumption. Two columns bi of that journal manifest the iiitorcnt Ittd sym- di rathj frlv by the community in the doccascd. ca From Washington. The intelligence from Washington is important. It is believed that the " thirty million bill," which auth0ri7.es the acquisition ol Dubn, will pass Congross. AU purtios seem o favor the project. An interesting debute sprung up in the House on the bill to appropriate $70,000 for lie purpose of sending the slaver Echo's Afiv sans to their nutivo land, and maintaining hem one your after their return, (ienorally he Southern members opposed it, but it was inally passed. A good deal of unnecessary *as was lot ofi" on nil sides during tho discuslion. The Pacific Railroad measure lias failed to ccoive a minority in both houses of Congress. At i". caucus of Dcniocmtio Henutorp, Mr. It'XTEK, of Va. offered a resolution, which ras adopted, declaring it inexpedient to change ho operation of the present tariff at tliis Sesion. It is stated that the President has prepared i special Message to Congress, showing that an nrnoiin /.? . v^. >viviiiiu in uvvucu, mm mill HVClliy aillious of dollars will be rcqiwed to nicot the lettrit of the present fiscal year. From the accounts before us, there iagonie* hing else besides legislation transpiring at he federal ciipitol. First, everything is made ;o yield to the Presidoutial prize that is to sontended fur in 1800?nothing, not oven the nterests of the country, arc to rise superior o this grand squabble for oflicc and power, second, Senatorial dignity in compromised >v personal set-tos' betweeu members; and, aoreover, the Senate is in a " lmkinw o vv" lition," ns is evidenced by the reports curcntof i*.8 proceedings in executive? session, fhird, that- Miss Lank, the neicooftlie I'resilont, is to be manic.1 soon: ami that l'resilent Buchanan, with the dress of a gentlenan, ami the airs of n much younger man, is bought to be looking matrimonial-wards, fourth, parties, on a scale akin to grand, are onstantly occurring, where lovely woman eigns the wonted (jueen. The Sidles, briclly eferring to these assemblages, says : " In kindly intercourse were to be seen here men of clashing creed, while rival beanies mingled in the same dance, as if to display each other's attractions/ The dark and he Muo eyed leaders of fashion smiled kindy it to the eyes of each, till the blended raliai.cy made you doubt the color, or rather ill the residum so sparkled with tints that 10 particular one seemed to prevail. The ity isnow full of beautiful women, md there vus 110 incK (ii tnom at tlic hall. "Around them honored Senaton, covered nth trophies?Representatives, aspiring to inno and power, and now passing through he tiger-ordeal which acquits one of the sin f glory ; diplomats representing the proudest hrones of feu rope, and spoiling 110 prestige 11 their courtly manners; soldiers, (lushing vith unsoilcd uniforms; while tliey tlienielves were fresh from desperate fights, and heir brows were deep scarred by battle's trand ; and lluttering round them, too, was ho guy throng of mere butterflies, who rival he " beauty of their air" in gorgeous colorng. and the "lily of the field" in neither ' toiling nor spinning." As all tints make in a Tianorfimn. so nil aWi-ukI?? ? mnl/n ? jail; ninl they were all at Mrs. tlwin'a." Cliarlesti?rv 'J'1)0 prosperity of our metropolis commands lie earnest consideration of every scotiou of he State. The trade that centres there radii', es with beneficial eircet all over the coniivmwcaltb, milking every interest vibrate to icr depression or prosperity. The Me ten y, 11 a brief article on trade, says: "There were exported coastwise from ti ort of Charleston, during the last calender ear, 3,1.3 L bales Sea Island cotton, 112,433 ales upland cotton, 106,040 tierces rice, 52,77 bushels rough rice, 01,91-1 bushels wheat. 0,521 barrels Hoot, 33,852 barrels naval tores, ?nd feet lumber, f liecommerce of the port of Charleston, both foreign nd coastwise, for the last calender year, alounted probably to ifc-lo.OUO.lNX). Besides bo items in our coastwise commcrce, cnulcrutcd above, there is a great variety of ii.se> llaneous articles, such as feathers, ore, ruits and vegetables, at the- proper seasons cut in large quantities to Northern markets, n addition thereto, there is a ltvrg? inward onutry trade carried on here, the data of rincu are liiuccossimc 10 us. On the opening spring trade, tlv* News peaks thus encouragingly ; "Rumors are prevailing throughout the djoining country and States, that the Char!?ton merchants have hesn sr. disheartened y the effects upon their business of the prealonco of yellow fever this last season, and. ossibly so prostrated in means and con lien ce by tho hinallncfcs of their Fall trade, iat they will supply hut sinn.ll sto ?k,<v and ttcinpt hut limited efforts, for tho- spring i^ason. This is a grave mistake and circuited to do much injury to tho interests o? its ciiy and tno people-. ix-spite the epidomquite a fair amount of sales was made last utumn.and in rssooroos our merchants woro ever sounder nor stronger.. As tli'jre is othing to interrupt the spring trad.v, and <, in fact, they are desirous to compensate lemselves for the drawbacks of the last six mnths, the Charleston merchants are laylg in full, varied and choice stocks of goods nd are and will be ready to supply all comrs, and accommodate them on the most libnil rates and terms." t> ?; 1 .J - i>.uiii urtuo' Tho annual report of the President' of tlie Dutli Carolina Railroad is published in the pairs. 'JPio groBt-inooinc of the road is $1,501,)8.4 I ; expenses, ordinary and extraordinary,. I>80,4!l6.5!(. Leaving, aftor paying interest >il damages, ($192,482.21,) a not> incomc of 1128,079.9-1. And this is in the facoof the asirtion so often inadu of late that railroads, jpeciftlly those connecting vast, and fertile ictiors of country, will not. pay! Where i* io man, with a "thimble-full" of brainu that Tim Akmv wei,i, Rei'resentbd.?At tho* ito Democratic Convention, at Frankfort, y.. thero were 072 delegates, who consisted "2 Kx-Govornors, 16 Generals, 93 Colonels, r Majors, 35 Captains, 1 Squire. The ho candidates were all Colonels, and ono ilf consisted of "Old Line Whigs." Dead.?Ctol. Frances Leo, of theU. S. Ary, died at St. Louis last weok. lie was a ave and gallant officer, having served with stinction in the Florida, Indian and Mexiu warj. Ho was aged about 50 years. <1 i '.General Intelligence ' The Charleston News says the liflh nnnui nl roport of the President of the Charleston ami Savannah railroad*!* a highly satitjfacto' rv document. The grading of the road, with i the oxception of sections 41 und 49, aro said i to bo completed to Salkehatehio, a distance of fifty-one miles. The graduation and trerji till i? iiiilaiicd to the end of tho fortieth inilo. ; froui this point to the scventy-scoond milo I bovond Gruhamvillo, much of the work is nll'lw.x :? - ?- ' ' _ >m 111 11 dunu <>i uonsiuornoio forwardness. At the end of the current year (1850) tho new contractor.", Messrs JDrane and Singletary. are undor engagement to finish the wholo of the grading ana trestlo to tho city of Si.vnnnnh. We rcgrot to learn that the steam mills of M essrs. Cox, (Sower, Markly & Co. at GrectivillcC. II. were burned 011 Friday night 28th 1 ult. Tho loss is estimated at $15,000, tlicro : being $5,000 covcrcd by insurance. The Arc ! vvac fkA H ..C ; ..WW ?uv .vouu Vt uamuiii, It is Hlipposcil. The Fnshiont. The following from an exchange is likely to prove ft dear chango in the article of Ibmalo dress: "I am half inclined to pay that the greatest of all events just now ia the invention of a new dress. But such a dress? If husbands and fathers wore ill-advised enough to raise an outcry about crinoline, what will they do now ? The dress I speak of is one to make which about eight and-twentv or thirty yards stuff arc required, and the vestment isthought to look best when made of velvet. Now just fancy a dress of thirty yards, composed of velvet, at SO a vnril. TIir? am-timm little else tli>111 what was used, under Louis XIV. fiutl XV,, to be called the "grand liabit.'' It is 11 visiting drew, and is curious as to its t'orm and s.t. Skirt and body hang together, are held to each other by the back in a very singular manner. The back of the body spreading out into a kind of long, largo cape, ns it falls upon the skirt. The body is rather loose, like what is called a "caraeo," and does not fit to the waist. The dress buttons all down the front; the width of the dress at the bottom I is ofViglil yards, and upon every seam arc sown ornament* ptwsoineiilerie, called handebonras." Such a dretfa may easily be brought to cost $1000, and cannot cost less than #1 ">0." Exchanges. Pee Dee IIeram).?Tho editor and pr6prlctor of this paper, Mr. S. J. Un.MSsriK, lias ehangod his weekly to a semi-weekly issue, and reduced its size. Wc trust the change may he profitable, us well as acceptable. The "Edgefield Advertiser," ably condncted and as sprightly as a maiden of "sweet sixteen," puts in a etrongplea for theseniority of the country press. More ^han one jourmil claims Mie " niche in the arcliives of the South Carolina newspaper press." Without being moved by partiality in the premises, ?i.~i ti- ? | uui \i|muiuii 10 null tuu I lit IIV r wmuil COUlll the greatest number of years, by the volume ami number that it carries at its l.wst'hend, should " go up head." What say the craft ? We arc ready to come into line with the "ten year olds," under this arrangement. Tho remark heretofore- mado by us on this subject, in reference to the "Camden Journal," was based upon its own claim to the position, Pennings and Clippi?s:$. Correction.?In tlio obituary pv-blishcd lust week, the name should read Jawks linfKWek, instead of "Jos. Brewer." Tui: Lutheran Coli.koe.?Tlio Lutlioran, College, located at Newberry 0. II., S. 0. went into operation last week, says the Dm, I Fes/ 'Met cope. Tlio Faculty consists of Dr. Stork,President, Rev. J. A. llrown.Professor of Languages; ltobt. Gnrlington, Ksq., Professor of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, and Dr. O. P. Mayer, Profesuor of CheniisI tl'V. 'I'llirtv-fivn f linnanrwl /lnllnna I Scholarships have been tiikcn. Tr.ce Goi:?aoe.?llave thecourage to show your respsct for honesty, i? whatever guise it appears; and your contempt for dishonesty and duplicity, by whomsoever exhibited. Save your "family and blood" for some other occasion. St. Louis, Jan. 2<i.?The 5fc\y Mexican mail has arrived from Santa Fe, bringing accounts of the massacre of seven white men, and the wounding of others, by the Nevada | Indians. An indiscriminate border war is j anticipated. I Tiik Largest Cotton C'roi* in Georgia.? | The Macon Telegraph says: "Col. Bond, of ! til is (til u . lino n-.ii.1/. ?!.!<? > J r .....viv uuo^vai lUtlU Y-UIIL* IlllllI dred and soventy bales of cotton, which would, i at present prices, bring hiiu over one hun; drcd thousand dollars." lloos is Onio.? Wc learn from an exj clinugc that thenumber of hogs in Ohio, six [ months ol(F nnd over, on the 1st of April, | 1858 (a fit day to take a pig cen sus), were ; 2,554,014. In 1857, there wero 2,331,778. i thus showing an increase of 223,125 in the i year. This prosperity should make that j Stato tiruifo11 p. Valuable Cargo.?The ehip Eliza Bonsal, Michaols master, clcnrcd from1 Charles; ton on Monday las' for Liverpool, by Messrs. j J. Frascr & Co., with 456* bales Sea Islam! ! and 3\582 lialos upland cotton, weighing I,- ! ' 700,580 pounds, valuod at $221,541. SurrEni??o in Mi chic aw.-?The- psnplo'ofj i Gratiot' county, MSch., nro represented an bo*! , in CT ins IV vorv (I'ftntitiitft'Anmlitinn nr?.l or. ? ^ ! ' peal lifts been made to the Legislature for ; aid. There are about J'.OOO families irv tho i county, and of these not more than oncqpar[ ftcr, it is beliovcd, have- tho means of subsistonce until the next lmrvost. An almost to: tal failure-of thn crops is ousignsd as the ! cause of tho existing want,. a'Tirvti Toast.?-At tho'recont celebra^' tion, in Charleston, of the Ifebrow Jleuevoi lent Society, the following ton it was read ;? 1 ("Woman! what can man say of her when I God deemed Paradise unfinished until she i smiled ainid its bowers 1" Rkiuf.siiino.?Cuto rajs the best wny to keep good acts in memory ia to rofrosh thorn with now! i I Tub Dikitkkknck.-*-In Hapidos lY.rish.La., a few days nince, sovouty-6vo ncgmo* wore sold for $75,000. At Market ille, Ln., on tlio 8th inst., twenty of tho importod Afri? cans l?y the Wandorer wore sold at yl2,000. Westward, llo!?Tho gold fovor is decidedly raging throughout the West, uiul hundreds of young men uro preparing to start curly in tho spring for tlio newly discovered mtnoa of Western Kansas. In idttny of tho hitter towns companies of 50 to 100 arc organizing. Choi.kiia is Maury Co., Tkmn.?Tlio Columbia Mirror, of the loth inst., says: " Wo are informed by a physician', that three deaths from Cholera occurred in this city on Wednesday the 12th instant. Right.?Tho Legislature of Florida has passed a law roquiring tho bank agonoios in that State to redeem their bills in specie. This is n blow in tho right direction against undue speculations. B.u'tisf.n.?A young lady from Albcrtnnrle, Vu., was baptized recently in the river Jordan, by l>r. J. P. Barclay, missionary in Jerusalem. Kxuland akTkr Maisb.?Tlul object of 1 England in appointing Lord Lyon Minister to the United States, in place of Lord Napier, is said to bo to facilitate the acquisition, by purchase or conquest, of the State of Maine ! EautUQI'ake. A communication from Kingston, Jamaica, announces that a most terrific and violent shock of Earthquake was ( felt in that Cttjr >n the morning of the 23d, causing damage. It is stated tf>' bo the severest shock ever felt on the Island. Coi.d.?It is coneodcd, wo believe, from " .Maine to Texas," that Sunday the 2i?d was , - , i t!io coldest day of the present win tor. Our ovidcnce is very much to the tramc ell'ect. Tax Mim..? ?In North Carolina a State tax is levied on poll, note-shavers, nefgro-tra- , dors, silver plate, watches, distilled liquors, patent medicines, banks, ready-made clothing, ami "various other articles too tedious to enumerate!" Tiib Cpj?et Ao.vin.? Several papers have published an article headed, Prof. Mitchell on the Comet." We should like to bo informed how ho got into that position. Nbw Woiik.?W. Oil more Sims, ns we learn from our exchanges, has another work j ?" The Casshpieof Kiawba"?-*mw ii> press, and soou to appear. Handsuvf. Hequkst.?A gentleman named Adams, formerly a resident of Tennesseo, but lately deceased, left by will, to his brother, Hon. Gabriel Adams, Associate Judgo of the Pittsburg Court, the handsome bequest of ?25,000, and to the wife of llobcrt Noel, a topstave in the same Court, $1'2,000,- all in Another Life of CamTovn.?-The Mobile (Ala.) Tribune says that a Capt. Reynolds is writing a life of tho lato Hon* John C. Cul* lioun. Affectionate.?The Chinese-, in fh?ir prouhunations, stylo tho English and fren h, " reddiaired foreign devils." Large Uii.l.?The Bank of Charleston has Just issued bills of tho denomination of !?3C0 from a now and beautiful plato. Soud us n specimen'( Last Words.?Tlio last words of tho Old Tostameivt are a fearful threatening : " Lest I come and smito the earth with a curse." The last words of tho New Testament area benediction: " Th?" grace of onr Lord Jesus Christ be with you all, Amen/' Sentenced.?Judge Munro sentenced Rich ard J. Foster, in Charleston, on the 29th, to bo hung on Friday the 24th March, for "bur* to*" J """ Remarkable Woman.?Tlio Calais Advertiser reports that Mrs. Jemima Noble, aged 'JO, died in Calais, January 14th. A year or two before she died, an entire new set of teeth had grown in her mouth, and sheeould sec and hear as well as when young, fcouisHANA Senator.?The Hon. J. P. Benjamini, of Louisiana, was re-elected by the Legislature of the State, on tho 24th instant, a senator in Congress for nix years, from the 1 4th of March next, when his present term will expire. Cotton.?Cotton is quoted in Charleston, ' us brisk, at last weeks rates?12 ets per lb. Lost.?The steamer North Carolina, bound from Kftlfflmore to Norfolk, was burned on tho 30th ult. Ilev. Mr. Curtis, of Chestor, and another person wore drowned. Loss by tho vess.d, $80,000. Kf.npvn vi'ftii iii? ~" ' ....... ... ...v..,?n.--a jfv,uuK man of the mature ago of nineteen yearn, who was employed in the l'ike House, at BlooniingtOH, 111 , not long since, eloped with liis stepmother on Fiidivy evening, 1-lth ulti- , mo. A morally bright youth T , fk.ack a^n> White.?Wo find in nn ex-" change paper the statemont that scvcntyHwo white-females wore married to negroes in the j Stato of Massachusetts last year. If this be ( so, it is carrying out the Abolition doctrine; | to practical results. I < PfcAOU Hi.ossoms.?The editor of the < Carolinian enw at ltidgeway, in Fairfield <Uh- j trict, on the 30th ultimo, pouch blossoms in 1 full bloom, fronvft troc in tho open air and in f no way protected from the weather. This i? evidonco of tho mildness of tho winter. It j augurs unfavorably fur the poach crop. A>ut>uft1u\ Jon. 30.?Adams' Express was robbed on Friday, between Montgomery ami Atlanta, of $40,000, mostly in five and ton ! dollar bills of Georgia and South Carolina j hunks. A reward of $5,000 is offered for tho , recovery of tho money. Dbad.?Wm. Henry l'rcsoott, the eminent { historian, lied at Hoston on tho 20th ult. aged i sixty years, >f parulysie. I WL |*S Lola MurfVtt.^-Tliin amnaihg woman?* dorelceb in nearly all the relations of llfo?is lecturing in Irolaud on tliO United States, her admirers, &c. Sho is making money by tho truthless operation 1 MAimtKb?On the 5th ult., in Bruseolb, Miss Strother, of tho Unitod State-", was uni* tod in marriage to lJaron Phillips FahnonI .1- li -! -t? r* uvrg uu uurgueiiD, 01 uornmnv. A Osntbnahiam.?Thomas Qalbraith died in SalcoittS) Ayrshire, Scotland, on tho 3d , December ultimo. Ho was horn in tho samo vicinity, (our months before tho l\>et Burns- , " Fhkkdom or thk City."? 'Accordiug to a < New York paper, the privileges conferred by , a tender of the freedom of that city, aro to | set a man on a pedestal, to shake his arm almost off, to starvo him out of countenance, to pollute mm with cigar smoke, to lire n small | lake of tobacco saliva at his left, mid if ho is ; 1 a Mussulman, to offer him ham sandwiches. j ' Pleasant! | 1 lIoRRini.R Crime.?A nogress In St. Louis | I named Ellen Holme# was st't 011 fire and 1 burned to death,- by ft thief, a few days ago, ' who supposed by so doing to destroy the ovi- j leiice of his theft?having, openly stolen six shirts. ^ IV DI.ACK I HANS.W TIUN. Sltrftll .JllUSOn, | llio heir of a rich Michigan red hot abolitionist, an accomplished young holy 18 yenrrt of ' nge, rocontly eloped to Canada with and mar- ' pied to a big buck negro! The abolitionist I mid his family are greatly distressed at this practicnl result of their fanaticism, Served ( llicui right. Dismissed for Intemvbhanci!.?Ex'Pursef Hunter, who died in iioston a few days ago Tom a blow said to have boon inflicted by be keeper of a ]xiblio bouse, bad but recent- j (y becu dismissed from tho mtvy for intern* ( persincc. He, was formerly a elerk in Wash* ngton, and a man nf fine attainments. j In a IIcrry.?Tho Auburn (A!n.) Signal runs up the name of Henry A.Wise, of Va.< is its camlidato for President ; aobjevty l?o\fiver, to the decision of the Charleston Con' rontion. i a?nu i? tiik iiiiuhk. ? we copy rirc lollowing from the Washington oorrcsporfdcwt of the Now York Times : "Tho defeat of the Diplomatic AppVopria- i iion bill to day created imtvli covstovnation a* 1 mong the Administration in civ. Tho Ropublt- ' cans gencvally Vottfd against it. because they ( consider it iiwpwiawt toco* off fcvcrwl of the missions, with n t'iew if retrtlKihme*ft, which the Democracy backcd out t/f Kftsr going w ith them in committee ofthe whotos ><uny South- ' ,.1-ti mm ?w I for llie return of the Kebo negroes. Thus the bill fuiled. On the aiuiouucciucnt of I lie voter, Letcher, in dospnir, oidaimcflj " It WMiW take u l'l?il*<tclv>ii?n kkwyor If/ any wIir* party has a n/ajovtty ii? flii.s llouso." Frkb Coi.ored Persons as Witnesses.? One of these cases says the Courier, reported on Monday from the Law* Court of Appeals involved the' right of colorelt persons as parties under the sninmrtry processrulo. which pot iriiM under certain conditions, the nlain-' i'ff or defemlent to be1 rmde it w'flness. A colored suitor thus offered us h witness was rejected on Circuit by Monro, .T.-, ivn nnpeal was tukon. The decision of the Court .G ove, J dissenting) is tl nt stn 1> parties cannot he examined ore tonus. but may be examined on interrogatorif* beSne the ClfiVk. i not ITU UAUOf.lNW 1% W /^HfflNaTOrN.-^A correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot writo.ri thus : " The able and eloquent ypecch vf Colonel Lawrence M. Keitt, of South Carolina, is commanding general attention, not less for ite putt'ov tlmu for it.s valuuMo- 8tati.?tids and its exposure of the evident p*4icy of France in licr colonial ambkiotJ, By the way, South Carolina kolcfs again a frotiiincut position in national politics. The executive ability tvini dignified impartiality evinced by Col. Orr?one of the most pop- | ularmenin Washington?in the perform- ( nnce of his duties as speaker of the House; j the fiery Kett; the remarkablv coiiserva live and stntcsiiiaulikespocch of Mr.- limn- | mond, her Senator; and1 #he conservative j action of that prow&anrtigkn-Mnifc little State, in the olcotion of Mr. Chesnu>5, places | South Carolina in a position at once eiuin- ( ently patriotic i>nd influential, and renders ^ the election of a Carolinian bo fclie tVcsidcn- | lial cuuii by nb'iucuiiS iiu^robvb'c. Apropos of Mr. Chestnut, I heard yesterday an anecdote of his accomplished wife which fur- ( nishes the hupyu-.it fcmfflnnce of xi graceful recognition' I hate yet rfeu4 of. Fifteen | years ago Major IF of this place, who was fellow-passenger with Mr. Clwsn-u-t and ' his lady on a homeward boWncfc European packet, fecgsm- thu rociDal of a pleasing story [ to fcliein, in which lie w :< interrupted, and ' no opportunity occurring for it* conclusion ^ before the termination of their pnuwigc, ISho ^ voyagers became separated- at New Vork, j und remained wuuViY a d*?y or t>wc agr>, j when1 the Major waited upon hi*former hc- t jiV.iitanecs to tender thenv a welcome to , Washington. l-'he fi*i# greetings over, r Mrs. Chesnut, with a smile of pleasant ox- " poctation, said : " Now, Major 11 pray ix-iiuc inc remainder of that ntoi'y. j T>u. Ifi yf.h.~This venerable gentleman, c 10 well anil extensively known for liin pen- !i itentiaiy experience, is once more in th? J, ity. 1 Ct! arrived on Saturday, nnd was ' liospitiihly received aud entertained by the P rJhiof of Police; that officer having such * fxcessive affection for him, as not to allow 11 liin to depart without leaving a keepsake J n the shape of a nhotocrnnh. t/i mlH ' rallcry of portraits of ilhtetnouft strangers, * I he Doctor maintains-hlii rospcctubility unci' lignity, a* of yore, and says no in a ttravol- J ng corrtvponcfent of ft paper in* South Cur- J >lina.?Ncio Or lean it Ignorance.?It is impossible tor mafco , >cople understand their ignorance; for it ? i i--?*- --- * ci|uirci) Kiiuvn?uv> 10 peroeivo 10: ana, i horeforo, he that/can' pnoeivc ity hath-it lot. "Jack," nald one sailor to another, "f lort'fc want to hurt your foclin's, Intt i?hivcr . my timbora if I- don't boliovo you fjtblo my ' iv*tch/' j v v FOll THE COURIER. Senator! E- 0- Palmer, Cannon, Mazyok, and Representative MuJIius, (of Marion.) Mr. Editor : The public press, and a very lor^e portion of tho people of tho Stftto, think that you have perpetrated an actof vandalism in defeating tho IJluo UidirO appropriation. Thereby you have net at dctiancc, the conccntratcd voice of the very first men of tho State. Vv'hoii in Convention at Knoxville, in 'iili, with nine of their iistor States, the road was practicable, and diould be built; as wise men they put all their facta and data in pamphlet form, tvhich should be read at the present day by 3very school boy of 20 years of ago in the Utatc, and though lie be n wayfaring man ?r a fool, lie may run and read, and thereby learn the importance, utility and benefits that will be conferred on South Carolina, if this magnificent work is completed/ Tbe Legislature has loot her countenance tiul ?iiil fn t.hia wni'lf 1 ?"V vv nvm, C?W UUU VINIUI Ull l> J.JU11* >ds >t( tiiiity in giving charter* to the Charoston and Cincinnati Railroad and the Bine Kidge, appropriating funds. 1 will present o the opponents of this road sonic facts that are as incontrovertible as that two and wo makes four. The Charleston and lyouisvillc climate and soil and varied pro* Auctions, covering everything that the hit-' man fainilv cultivates. with tli<> nvnontimi ? / if sugaf canc'afld sotueof the tropical fruit."/ If manufactures is to form a part of the en-* tcrpr'fxe of Pofttliorn men, then take tlio lino from llenderaon to Knoxvillc, and compare the water-poWer running parallel with and efosMng the line of the road, with its abundant Hupply .of breadstuffs, then Massachusetts and llliode Island wouldn't hate a {/(ace in the pictures. \\rliat haw tfyd done for man in his wi'xdum and fthut' liens in creating the I?lue Ridge, and Alioi^any rrrouMtfihix with their fertile valley?/ ffhieral deposits, and mineral waters, to in vigofatcttnd fyfolcnrg fhe lives of the lmmaif fuinfly?*c?pcoi?lly the rice, cotton ami sui?nr planters, with all their wealtlj?let us have, t/rr Blue liidifi' Uouil, that We may drink (he minetnl WaJcM of Mont vale und asSWrfiife ttith our friends from Texas, Aftcwnsas, Louisiauna and all the Southern State#, that have made thftir millions and jriU! t > It mtvalo to* oujoy" it. South Carolina is the first Softthefn State that hatf the privilege of crossing the ttluc Ridge, 1 hf>|? that Wm. S. Mnllrm, a lleprefftvfttative from Marion, Will have me breveted at She nfixt Legislature fat furnishing Material for another three IwXtt ffitwh. Mr. E.(J. Palmer, Senator from Fairfield, r would like very much that in presenting your facts and Unfa, (hat yott would make I hem more explicit, and assign reasons.? Yon say but fine of the rVltfolid.* in Carotiim puy. Alr^ Stevenson, the great English Engineer; au4 the greatest of the age, says, thutsiiOft failrofftJs never do jxii/, and will be superceded b^ morfes of transportations leas e.rpensi e'e lhan steam. As your speech was very oarsfisrfly Reported and intended tome'eft the public eye at, large, you should have stated what t he Charleston and HambiVrg I&iilrMirf had done for Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee ni^d Alississippi?you umuu narre sraretr wnax me lsrauclivuieancl Coltfmbiu Kafilrbaslfitorf done for your (pet) the (Mwrlrrtflc'Kiwd. ^Tou were kiiul enough to fell1 what Fairfield had done for that road. I can toll ytxt what the people of I'ieJfcrTMancS A?i*d!ftYrton done for the Hranchville Hoad, but they done it with a firm conviction that it would go toKnoxville?? it answered*ymVr purpose to stop at Columl?in. Why didn't you tell what the Erie [Janal had dontt for New York'/?inercaceif iUs wealth aivd produce, until It had not the ?J -it ut?|/uuivj woui tu VIIUII Willlia, illiu lllt'j iiru honv giving Kfccteen million of dollars to enlarge it.- 1 would saj a word to the Hon. Alexander Mazy ok. I'rudence is said to* bo the bettor part of ttilor. I fear that his sonstiititentff arc sc numerous that they might retaliate <mi iWs with a vengeance, by wfryh?g ivs iir the cxtensivcexeavations that ivero mnefc with tho hopo that {!.c Blue Uidgo Engines WoltldP pass through them )n fhftir Way to Knoxville. Scnwfo!1 (rabriol Cannon, your speech ivears the marks of home manufacture; I >ce some parSs of it are italicised. 1 hnvtv 10 objection to your speech; it ishnrmlosfl.My objcctfotiH affc pcrtional : you arc incon-' listen t, you do not practice tho scripture omniands-?to ' F)o" unto all men an vou vould have' them to do unto you." i'oii ffent to tho Legislature a suppliant for a >r?>kcu down railroad, and tho Legislature ille(Tyonr bag with two hundred and fifty/ .1^.11..~. T ...? a. o?- ?t uuoiiiiu uimiiin?i IIIUUII inu ouuruinDurgr. k Union llnilroad (let nie illustrato for you.)> ri?c Hon. Warren It. Davis, whose talcnto* ind wit was the. admiration of all; he wo?* olicitor of the Western circuit, Fpartnn>urg District included, in performing his* luty to the Legislature, He,- of courso, was* ssociiited with fcho different delegations' roin his-oircuit, ho remarked to a partiott** n? friend to his of tho Spartanburg dele;ation : " Why don't you* get' Col. Nosbetfr o'enst you a BCt ofstatuary for your district,, nd havo thorn sot in>the Senate and Mouse1 if Keprosontativfwi, and labce their foro< icads with the word no, as you always voto' hat wnv1 en'dlmes'and cento t" Col. If.-11'. Perry, Col: Memmingcr nndl itihers, if they had no other pretention#-ttv Ife, lmvo done their duty for tho ftimo of jftronna, mn to bring her up to> Mlo pro~ crewoft fcho world lit tho oon&ttnujribnrof a aifrbnif thaf ib u? as much importtmeo iiH iny road in tlio Un?t?d SJtotfcfc. V> Dfir.koatk Know Pkndiikton Villi (ati k TO THK KjNOXVIM.K CbftVKNTlON I2f JJ-J.1 . ...l-l '1L_?: ... .JU -41. ;iuu An< old-ooqnetto; looking, into the glass,, mil'cooing Her wrinkle*, cried ; This now jiiids i? not worth a tnvthing. Thoy cannot uuko mirrors as vroll a$ the; used to di>."