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KjoWlt cq|f? ROB'T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. ! TKlt.MM.?*1..r,0 per unimm, in iiriviinoe. If 1 payment bo tlolayoil until HrterilicoxpirnMonof 1 the your, ?2.1H> For six mouths, 7u ccnu, in t advance. < Advertisement* inserted nt the iisiuil vat en. " PICKENS c if s r. . i Saturday Morning, February 26, 1859. \ ] Return Day, | j For Piokons district, is Saturday the 3th ( day of March next. ^ , On Dit, ' That Mr. J. 1>. (i.\i i.i.aho Ims l>ccn appoin- i tod by the Marshal of tho Federal District of South Carolina, census-taker and deputy i Marshal for the district of Pickens. | t Sad Occurrence, : w 1 ? < '? noaiv gnuvwi vj irm n uiiuail interesting littlo child, aged about eiglitcon months, of ' Mr. Tiios. J. Si.oam, who resides near Fair ' i'lay, in this district, was drowned on Saturday last. The particulars, as we learn tliem ; 1 are, that the child, becoming seperated from ! 1 its nurse, wandered to a stroma near-by, was | 1 precipitated by accident or itself into the | vrater.and drowned before it was discovered. Special Attention is directed to the advertisements 1 of Mr. J. M. Ai.i.kn, Surveyor (ienoral Hoy- ' kin and others in this number. Internal Improvements. "We take pleasure in dirocting the attcn- ! tion of the tln> ?... i - ???? iw | low from Mr. Bkvson. Through the exor- ; tions of himself ami others an opportunity is offered 113 of making such connections a^ will divert in this direction an increasing ami ; profitable trade. Tlie meritorious scheme, too, of connecting Groouville, through tlio mountains north and west of us, with northwest Georgia, lias been secured. The importance of those connections to the people of the mountains is great, anil wo canuot urge j . zealous action, on their part, too warmly. To the citizens of Pendleton, and those to 1.. 1 _ 1 1 .1 - ~ iju ucueuucu uy tnc completion ot the Cash- 1 ier Valley Turnpike, do wo look for rospon- 1 sivo action to the movements of our North Carolina friends. The mutual interests of all parties demand it, and we trust that the March winds will not bo permitted to dissipate the propitious circumstances that now surround these various eutc^rises. A small amount of capital, together with a few hours consideration, will insure success. Wlmwill inuvc in the matter ? The letter referred to reads thus: House of Commons, Raleigh, N. C.. February 12, 18">0. Cot,. R. A. Thompson?Sir: I am pleased to inform you that the Legislature of North Carolina has passed a bill to extend the Tuckaseegee and Keoweo Turnpike road to the ] Tennessee line ; also, a branch from some , point on the Tuekascegec river to the South Carolina line in the direction of Greenville; also, to legalize the branch to connect with Col. Wm, >Si.oan's road at the South Carolina 1 lino?all with Stato aid to the amount of | three-fifths of the Capital Stock?which will form a connection by a Turnpike road from Sevierville, Tennessee, through .Jackson Co., to Greenville, Stninphouse, Pickens and Pen- 1 uicton?which will bo oiio of the boat stock t roads through the mountain country, and the j moat important to Pendleton. May we now | confidently rely upon tho citizens of Pickens and Pendleton meeting us at the North Carolina line with a good road. We hope they ' will. ' Tho Legislature has passed a bill to pro- s vido for a survey for a Railroad from the wes- , torn terminusot the Western North Carolina , .Railroad in Buncombe county, through Haywood. Jaokiion. Macon and Cherokee coun- ' lino ~r .1-- r ?n v.w- iu vmv; hiv */i iiiu oltllc* ul i UUIlUSSOCt 11) j the direction of Chattanooga. Thus you will l perceive tho route to he surveyed will cross the Blue Ridge llailroad, and one road will act as u feeder to the other, passing through one of tho finest mountain countries in the world, and perhaps as rich in the way of minerals. ! The Legislature will probably adjourn , about the 17th inst. Yours Respectfully, Til M>I)KI s 1>. JJkyson'. 1 The Air Line Railroad. I AVe learn from an official report in the last ( Anderson (tti2*Hj> tlmi >i.n - I' ",,J j I Air Line Railroad in South Carolina met at i | ( Anderson 0. II. on .Monday the 21st inst.? J , The meeting was composed of llo.i. Jas. W. | Harrison, J. I'. Itocd, Esq., Daniel l>rown? Elias Earle, O. It. Hroylcs, Elijah Webb, A. j ' T. Hroylo*, Efwrj., F. E. Harrison, A. Evins, | L. A. Osborne and Stephen MoCulloy. j t, lion. J. P. Hkkj) was called to the Chair j * and A, T. Hiiovj.ks, Esq., requested to act as Secretary. During the progress of the meet- 1 ing, theSeerotary roportod that $4*2,300 had ' i i .. ' uuuii ?(uicriDeu to ilie capital stock of the ; company, whereupon an election was held.; "j for officers, which resulted as follows: For J'raui'leiit? Daniel Brown, Ksu. ! 0 For Directors?Klias Karlc, J I' Hoed, J , a AV Harrison, Thomas Parks. John Cunning- | ham. and F E Harrison. At a meeting of the Stockholders of the s company in CScorgia, the work was ordered to j I ho cominonced at the Savannah river and f continued, with all expedition, wost. Death of an Old Soldier- I i nr. ijiincnator iMigtt stntca that Mr. Ar.- ' h r.xandkr Moxtuombiiv, of that district. (lioil | on tho l3tl\ instant, aged one hundred and ' t five years! I To is tin: lust survivor of the ' c revolutionary fathers in that district. It is j j made to apnear that he was with Schtbr in j his marchc*. and participated heroically in | f tho hattlos of Fishing Crock, Blackstocks and j I Eutaw SpringH. This indeed is a career of i 1 usefulness and glory, of which but few, very j iuw mi'ii iiimv miiij; can ooi\*i. And wo drop ; a tear to hi# memory J ^ A Lccrt EoiTon.?Tho editor of tho London Times rocflkes the samo snlnry ns tlie v w r reside at- of ho United States. ?j P Paying Railroads. The railroads of Georgia aro paying instiiitions. So thoyare evOrywhero where tliere s agricultural arid mercantile prosperity. The ict oaruingn of tho South-tf??torn Kailroad> or the past six months, were $188,85 I. or at he round rate of 1,473 per month?or over j ?1.000 per day of net profits. Tlut upon the | top of this, and evidence conclusive nearer ' liome, we aro told that n railroad connecting the Atlantic coast and the great West cannot pay; but, whilst this is sounded in our ears iu doleful nceonta and faint-hearted misgiving-1, there isnu entire failure to give even one satisfactory reason for so unreasonable an assertion. The truth is, there is no sufficient reason to be given ! Oregon and the Slave Trade. The attempt is made in certain quartern to jhnrge the admission of Oregon to the dem>cratic party. Whether that party claim it \s a measure of their own or not is immaterial. The record shows that that party lid not vote unanimously for the admission >f Oregon as a State; it further shows that the black republicans and know nothings, by their \otes, accomplished what is regarded as i in "outrage" by certain newspaper editors j uid thoir partizans?moved bodily to much j " virtuous indignation" tlicrcat. On the subject of the slave trade, quite a | blow is made. This, in our humble judgment, is not the proper course. Public opin- ! ion condemns it, and public opinion is right. 1 It is charged that only a " few of the bro- I ken down aristocracy" of this State oppose the re-opening of the slave trade. The reverse of tlie reckless assertion is nearer the j truth. If this rule is to prevail, the " broken down aristocracy" will be found uumcr- | oils in tins region. General Intelligence. The New York yacht club has expelled Mr. W. C. Cokkik, of this Stale, as u member of that "institution," for being engaged in tlio slave trade. Tho revolutionary excitement. in llayti is subsiding, nnd business resuming its usual channels. Gkkfaud, tlie new sable ruler, seems to be very popular. Another effort has boun made to breathe life into the Atlantic Cable. Mr. IIkmiv is now the chief electrician. In California, (lie Mohave Indians ntlnpWml i ('ol. IIovkman's escort of dragoons, but was , beaten otV with a loss of ten killed. The Moliavcs have united with (he l'intos and other | tribes, ntul declare that no military post shall he established in their country, but the whites ' may pass through. The Legislature of Kansas has passed a law abolishing slavery in that territory, but it is surmised that the Governor will veto it. The barque Ottawa cleared from Mobile on the 17th instant, for, it is believed, the coast of i Africa, to engage in the slave trado. The Napier ball at Washington, on t lie 18th, was one of the most magnificent a (fairs of its i kind ever seen there. The crowd numbered aver fifteen hundred. There was a perfect jam yf elegance and beauty. The intelligence from Kurope is important. Cotton lias declined. In England, Parliament lind re-assembled. The Queen's speech is noncommittal on Italian affairs. In consequence, 1 Lord 1'almertHon has expressed dissatisfaction, ind a decline of one per cent, in (lie funds at he London Stock Board, resulted. The Trench government is uetivcly engaged in furnishing | icr arms, whilst Austria and the Itallian States i ire also preparing for a resort to tho satne wea- , ions. The opinion prevails, however, that the peace of Kuropo" will neverthless be proicrved. The London Time* threatens Mexico t i%'itJi force. A telegraphic dispatch from New i'ork is to the elfect that Brazil had offered to mediate between the United States and Paraguay. A peaceful settlement of the difficulties 1 between the two countries is thought to be rea- ! : lonubly certain. Exchanges. , The Pknjm.kton Messknckr. Friend 1 i Svmmks, in tho Inst number of his excellent paper, announces that Col. W. 1>. Wii.kks { will for the future liave charge especially of < the literary department of tlie Messenger.? , Mr. AVn.kks is too well known to require an t introduction to the public from us. A\'e trust | \ tlio arrangement may-bo productive of use-j rnlness to the country, pleasure to tlie Asso- j | :iate, mid profit to the proprietor of this jour- ' "I;i I Tub Kimmicruii Rkvikw.?The .January j m in her of this work lias been received, and re procoed to note tho consuls : 1. Helps' Spanish Conquest in Atnorioa. !. Life Assurance. 3. The Church Rate Question. 4. The Roman Catacombs. 5. ' 1'he Hudson Bay Territory. 0. Lard Liver- ' tool Administration until 1822. 7. Libra- 1 y of the British Museum. 8. Life and Ormtmatinn. 0. History and I'rospccts of \irliainentarv Reform. ' I'riee, a year?" Mack wood " ami any 1 no of tlie four lloviewp, $5 ; tlic four Hcviows nil ' li lack wood," $10. i Cotton Receipts.?Wo copy the fallowing tatcinent for the week ending Thursday, 'obruary 17, from the Charleston Mercury: ( Uecoived tlie past week by Railroads, 13,>32 hales; hy water and wagons, 2(125 hales- ] ogother, 15.657 hales?(corresponding week ' ast year, 18,104 hales. Ksported in the mine time to foreign ports: 1564 hales ; const- 1 viae, 771)8 hftlos making the total oxports of ho woqk 9362 bales; and leaving on hand a itock of 77,733 bales, inclusive of 19.193 bales 1 tn shipboard not cleared, against a stock f tf 47,197 bales, and 13.200 luile* /in ul.ir.- ? >onrd same time Inst year. j j The total receipts since our Inst report miour.t to 120,8'26 bales (against 118,112 ' jalcs same time last year), making a graml otal, from the 1st .September to tlio latest ( lates. of 2,787,508 bales, against 1.717,875 ides the tuur.o time last year, and 2,197,601 tales the year previous. Increase sinco last 1 :cur, 1,019,703 bales. ( I)hv.-??Tbe election for town officers of the | illngc of Yorkvillo resulted in u nmioritv nf I t 4 for thfr dry*/' { [ 3 .-~V- ? - .,.7:^,,.:.^. J Pennings and Clippiugi. Tub Cotton Maiikkt.?Cotton was quoted in Charleston, on the 21st instant, at 11J tc 11] ecnts per pound. Da. IIinks.?This notorious character was lust hoard of in Macon, Oa. lie registered his name as " Col. C. Pinckney, Charleston." In Augusta, he took the liouorod name of Alston. Indian Murdkr.?Two inon hnvo been murderod by tbo Indiana in Arizona. aud their families captured and carried oft'. IIUNO.?Friday hint, says the Barnwell S. nfiu'1, 25th instant, was the day cot apart for the execution of Clayton and Carter lot negro stealing. Gkttino Sensibi.k.?The message of Gov, Banks of Massachusetts, delivered to the Legislaturo of tlint St.ito, on Friday, is n direct, practical, business-liko paper, confined solely to the affairs of the Commonwealth. ]t avoids, throughout, any allusion to national politics, or tho slavery question. Frkk Schools.-?The number of children that received benefit from the free school fund of Georgia, during last year, was 04,ToS. Lo! tub Poon Indian.?The number of Indians within the limits of the United States is three hundred and fifty thousand. More than three hundred and ninoty treaties liave been ratified with the Indians since the adoption of the constitution, hy which the government has acquired five hundred and eighty-one million one hundred and sixty-three 'housand one hundred and eighty-eight acres of land. A Wk.w.tiiv Fugitive.?Tho Ilaytien fugitive Soulouque, though driven from his empire, has managed, during his reign, to t.... i ? i ? ? hij (iii iin^iiui u? muwiiru. 11 is csinniiii'U that he has .C">00,000, securely invested in Europe, and owns more than a hundred houses in llayti, besides having a large sum of money anil valuables with him. Homicide.?On Sunday evening last, says the Montgomery (Ala.) Mail, we learn that Mr. J. S. Graves was killed at Dublin, in this county, by a man by the name of Douglas, who is now in jail in this city. A IlKAiiTi.nss Tinei*.?Diamonds worth$4. 1)00 and upwards were stolen by a mail from liis brother-in-law in Now York on Saturday, lie borrowed them on pretence of knowing a purchaser, stepped on board tho Kangaroo steamer and sailed tor Europe, taking tho jewels and abandoning a wife in a delicate situation. Tiiiutv-turek Statks.?The American iiag, with thirty-three stars, was thrown to the breeze, for the first time in tho United States, un Monday, from the top of the Senate Cham' her. It had been prepared in anticipation by Mr. C. S. Jones, Doorkeeper of the Senate, and it was hoisted simultaneously with the announcement of the singing of the Oregon Hill b, >.ho President. Salutations.?Different nations have diffitrAtlt ninil^a nf V.... the climate of Egypt is feverish, and porspiration is necessary to health; heneo the Egyptian meeting you ask, " How do you perspire ?" Paixfci. Occurrence.?Sarah 1$. Noble, igirl of 16 years, who went to the National Circus in Philadelphia Friday evening to i^et ail engagomont as a fairy in Cinderella, was caressing ono of the tigers in a cage, ivhen he seized her arm and lacerated it so badly that it had to be amputated. (J.vmk in the west.?iii the early part of tho winter, a .single firm in Chicago aro said tu have eoiuruciuu to send one hundred thousand pounds of quail and prairie chicken to tho East, and that they exceeded the ordor !>y several thousand pounds. This is a pretty good illustration of the abundance of game in the West. Femai.ks Scarce.?It is said that the pop nation uiong tne 1'iatte and tributaries imount to one thousand uiuii unu on I j five .v11ito women. Wo suppose balls and paries are rather rare in that region, anil court* ng an obsolete idea. Hit: Aximai.s at I'hii.adkmmiia.?A lar^o vansfts Ox was exhibited at Wardell's drovefard Monday, weighing 4,GQO pounds. Also in enormous wild hojj, from Mexico weiirh ?g 1,000 pounds, and a largo South Ameri: in sheep, which weighed four hundred )ounde. Niuiit Caps.?A divorce ease is now on lie legal tapis in Cincinnati between two inrtics, both of whom arc young, and inai ied but three years, whose disagreement irises out of a night-cap, which the wife lnlisted upon wearing in spite of her hu.? "kainl'a u-ikjkna nnfltlnnu is*.. - - ll - .. 1. J.VI.WW..O, IV.no, UUl'UU, O.UIIS, ind comimmds. Mount Vernon.?Miss Ann l'amQlaCunlingham. announces in behalf of tho Mount Vornon Ladies Association of which flic is liegent, that the sum $117,000 hns l?c?;n ruis:<1 towards the purchase of Mount Vernon. Xehroes.?The price of negroes, says tho uonigonicry {Ala.) JUuil, is declining; nl* hough they arc soiling high in the neighbor* ng StatcH. Siqnkd.?Gov. Hick#, of Maryland. hn* ligncd the death warrant of Marion CrofTs, i most unhappy limn, lie io to ho hung on ,ho 18th day of March?the came day fined or tho execution of Ilenry Gainhrill and the ;olorcd man StephoiiH. Ljukraut*' of a L.itov,?M'ish Bimlett Doutts. of London, lian given $125,000 for ,!io ondowincut of tho Church in Briii*h Coumhin. This is the third Bishopric she has sitdowed. Luikrai..?--Over $7">,000 has been hu1?loribcd in I.ouiaiana in one week to the oroo ,ion ">f the Southern Metlndi&t L'nivonity, | Humorkd KesiuNATiun.i ? It it rumored that Chief Justice 'fancy and Judge McLcaii ( ' intend resigning thoir ncuts on the bench of tho Supremo Court. Moth nro very Aged aud | in inftrm health, tho Chief Justice boing'over eighty yenrs of nice, and Judeo McLean over ! sovqhty-tnx. .! "Tt is Said."?Tho examplo in Virginia, of the revival and re-organization of tho Whig party, ^vill, it is said, l?o next followed in N. 1 Carolina. ' I)ENIfiS THE ClIARdK.?Mr. Stephen*?, of tin.. denies Unit ho desires to suecoed Mr. 1 tverson in the Senate, lie intends to witli' I draw entirely from public .service for the ' : rest of his lifo, and says lie prefers a scat in the House to any other position in tho Government. j Tot on i SO Ohitcwrt.?John II. Davis, a j heavy packer of Cincinnati, died suddenly I 011 Saturday. A local j>ajior says: " Ho was j highly esteemed as a man of honovolonco and enterprise, and was a goo 1 judge of pork." No prqof ok IxTKMl'Kll.VN'CK. No proof of intemperance?a man with his hat off, at moonlight, explaining to a lamp-post the principles of his party. Seduction.?A hill has passed tho House of Representatives of Ohio making seduction ; a penitentiary offence. As the law now is, I the only penalty on conviction of this crime is the payment of sueli poenniary rccoinponsc as may bo awarded by the jury. Ocu Ministeus at London ani> I'aiiis.? The Washington States has reliable information, that it was determined at a recent Cabinet meeting, not to recall Messrs. Dallas and Mason from their respective missions. Tub Skvkntkkn. The Deloware State Joitnml publishes, in conspicuous characters, cncircle*.! with black lines, the names of the seventeen Senators and Representatives who recently voted for tho-Lottery bill. | Juuii.ef. !?The OJd Follows are to have a (grand national jubilee at Xcw York on the I OA.I. ??M " ? ? i-uui in next. lion, li >L)'t. J?. I5.>yleston, of tlits State, is to bo the orator of the occasion. Puri.ic Schools.?Hy the Report of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, it appears that there arc 40,350 children in California, between the ages of four ami ciglitoon years, and that 20,82*2 have been in utI tendance upon schools during the past year. The whole number of schools in the State was 432. 11 rint.i>.?The Boston Herald gives tho particulars of two men who lmvc recently 1^'ft that city, having lost heavily by gambling and the purchaso of lottery tickets. Otic has lost property of about ?12,000, and the other ! is minus a property of about $10,000. Drowned.?The Charleston Mercury of the 21st instant says that Coroner Kingman held an inquest over tho body of an unknown man, found floating in the dock, at South Commercial Wharf, in that city. Apparent iy, uie ninn was about thirty years of ogc, ami had probably been in the water fur a week. Home.?A census of the population of Homo lias just been completed, from which it appears that the total of the inhabitants is about 180,357?a figure at about which the city has remained for the last 2/i0 years. MoitMON Fuoitivk.?There is a large cm'gration from Salt Lake into the Southern ocuoium <>i vuniuniiii. i do local papers state that the towns arc erowded with Mormon fugitives from Utah. Something New.?The Weekly New York Sun, for the week ending on the 12th inst.. is printed on Mr. Beach's new press, which supplies it.?olf with paper, and prints the sheet on both sides atone operation. Mkdic.u, Com.bgk of tiie State ok South Cahoi.i.s'a.?Dr. Eli (jctldings was, on Friday I uiiiiiiiiiiDii^iy eiceieu rroiossor oi the Juslitutc and Practice of Modicinc, in this instituI tion, to supply the vacancy occasioned by I lie i deutli of Prof. P. C. (inillard. Latku from Pakaciay.?We copy from the New York llerald, of the 1 Dili in.st., the following;: We have important news from South America, dated at Moutividco on the 20th and at Jbionos Ay res oil the JJOth of J)ceember. The frigate Sabine, flag-ship of the Paraguay fleet, with the steamers liarI riol I.,Ill#* .I.1..!*-... -.--1 * -v, ..--v. .. ruiK/ll illlU SlOl'Cship Supply, arrived in the river Platte on tlto 20th of that mouth. (.'oiujuis^ionov ! ttowliu was preparing to go up to Assuneion in the Fulton. ] f prevented, hostilitio? would ensue; but the general impression wa? that Lope'/, would arrange all dif1 ferenccH with him amicably. 1 he report, received by tho Princo Albert, that the I Brazilian authorities had offered to incdiI tate between the United States and Paraguay, and that the offer had been accepted, is alluded lo in our special dispatch from | Washington. Neither the commander of | our squadronj'ior tho commission sent out to I Paraguay have authority to aeeonf. tho mo. ? # */ r * ",v/ ; diatory services of any powers whatever. I Buenos A.yre? reports htiilC that the I agricultural and commercial prospects of i tiio country wore very good. Tho French ofliccrs in Rio Janeiro had had some difficulty with the Brazilian authorities on a ( trilling subject, but their general course there lately was not pleasant." A Lat>y Wit.?A Rftod story in told of : a lady wit Who (lifted atthe Pjreaident'sth* ; other day, pud wag seated nt ti table bc, tween a certain Representitive from Tennoasfio, and the Hon. Mr. lluflin, of North ; Carolina. u How ure you getting on, my : dear madam V naked the jolly bachelor of | the White Houffd. " Well an could be expected, with a Savage on one side, and h KuftiCa )n on the other," vrfc* the instant j reHponKO. 1 do not hoar that Mr. pus , ^IC 'at'.v punrtor of letting njjcm . TL +2' The Military Commission. At the Into sitting of ojur (jcneral Ahsenibly, the following resolution wan offered by Mr. .J. Jonatluln hucUf, of the Char- ! Icston delegation, and adopted : Resolved, That n Commission of thiri teen person#, to be uppointcd by the Gov- i ernor, to be composed a* follows, to wit:? ! One Hrigadier fteneral, two Colonels, two 1 j Lieutenant Colonel* or Major*, live Cap- ; I tains, and three persons not connected with | the ordinary military service ; to whom i shall bo referred the condition of themili' tary service of this State, nnd who shall bo j authorized to suggest mi eh improvement* i in the sanio as to the said Commission or a ! majority thereof shall seem tit; and, that the said Commission he authorized to report, by Hill or otherwise, to the next session of the Legislature. Under the above resolution his Excel! lenoy, Governor Gist, lias issued tho following order: Kxkcutivk Dkpautmknt, Feb. 12th, 18.">1).?The following named gentlemen are hereby appointed A Military Commie siou under tlx; above resolution : i Bri&fldier (lonorftl Johnson Ilagood, i Rarnwjil j Colonel William Wallace, Coj lumblr,; Colonel Thoinns J. Clover, Orangeburg; Major Edward MeCrndy, Charleston; Major Edward H. Bryan, St John's, j Colleton; Captain C. II. Siluonton, Charleston; Captain J. Jonathan Lucas, Charleston; Captain Allen J. (Jreen, Columbia; Captain J. 1). Kershaw, Cimden; Captain II. Leo Thruston, (Jreenville; A. | M. Manigault, Hk<|., (Jcorgetown ; L. M. Ilateh, I'isi)., (Charleston; W. K. Nance, I Esq., Newberry. Hy order, lj. T. WATTS, Ex. See'y. SlvKTCMBS, OK TIIK OllKdON SkN.VTOUS I ANI> lii. 'HKSI-'.NTAKlVKS IN CoNOHKSS. | Tli representatives *>t" the infant State arc | thu skoteligil in brief by the newspapers : (Jon. Iitiuq was born in North Carolina, j and went to Kentucky with bis parents, .spending the greater part of his time un' til bis emigration to Indiana in the posi- j tion of wood chopper and boatman on the ! Ohio, where lie w.is a groat favorite and i W'N II II i tWWw'.ll 1 %* ?... <4 II * ' u?Mvi.]iii>j niii/nn no lUIIU^l ?>UU , Ijane." After various ups and downs, in- \ chiding the service of his country in the ! Mo."*cun war, has returned to Oregon, and I i) forwards served a term as (jovernor of! the territory. | The lion. Delusion Smith was born in! New Berlin, Chenango couuty, New York. I After his graduation from colli j?o, he stu- i died law, and about the same time became 1 connected with the newspaper press. lie next (died the position of Special Commissioner to Quito, in Eucador, South Ameri- j ca. In 1852, he removed to Oregon.? j Two years afterwards lie was elected to the j Legislature, being re-elected every year since, until the. 8th day of July last lie was chosen one of the first United States Senators for the new State of Oregon by a fourfifths vote of the two houses in joint convention. lion. Lafayette drover, member clect to ! the House of Representatives for the state of Oregon, a young man sonic 31 or 32 j years old, is a native of Bethel, Oxford i county, Me., was educated at Jlowdoin College, studied law in Philadelphia, where he was admitted to the bar in April, 1850.? Same year emigrated to Oregon, whither lie went as the law parlor of the late llonSamuel 11. Thurston, first delegate in Con <j;ress Iron) Unit Territory. Settled at 8aicui, the oapitol of Oregon, in the practice of his profession, where lie lias resided ever binec. IIoRRim.f. Oijtraok.?The papers of St. .Jerome, Canada, pivo the details of a ; most outrageous assault said to have been j committed upon ft woman in tli.it parish. On a dark night of the last week, four men in disguise entered the peaceful dwelling of a man, liis wife, and two small children, and laying hold of the woman, took her out of bed, tore her clothe*, and, half naked, forced her to leave the house, put her in a vehicle, and drove olTwith her. After proceeding several mile* they took the woman to a stable, tied horlipnds behind her back, put a ci.aisy collar around her I neck, and fixing a cord to it, tied her vip i i,?ft u, --- " * 1 i i.vi. uiiuiuj <uivi unv 01 uicni returned with the intention of cutting out her tongue, for tho purpose of preventing | her cries being heard, nnd hud commenced to put her to his new torture, when lie was recalled by his compnnio is, \yho. seeing some one on the road took to flight. The next morning the owner of the stable found the womim in a most horrible state nnd nearly dead, her f??n ???>?? ' I with blood, with wouttd'u on her hand* and j j foot. l":i her efforts to prevent the vidian | i from executing his pttrposo of cutting out her tongue, siic linti no much injured it thut she wiik scarcely nblc to speak. Hhe wiih taken homo mid proper uttontion paid to her. Tho eause of the infamous proceeding is believed to be the fuct that the woman was a witness against one of its pcfpctrators, in a murder trial lust summer. | Tuox Foundry,?We had the nleafciiro I yesterday, of conversing with Mr. M. M. j : Montgomery, tlio superintendent of tho Cherokee Iron Company, near King's Mountain. Tho affaire of this, wo are pleased to learn, nro in a prosperous eondi. ti'>n. For the Inst yoar it has deolnred a dividend of six per eont.; and seven per cent, for each of tho preceding years. It waa the first rolling mill established in this State, its existence duting back homo thirty years. Tho dornnnd fur their inanufaotih j i id altogether local. Roy on d thnt, it can' not eonipeW with tho productions of tho foreign forgo. Tho capital fitook of tho Mfnpnny ninountatrt nbont 8100,000'?not quite large enough to iuduoo uh to league with Pennsylvania.-? (faro/in fan. " What arc you about?" inquired n lunatic of n cook, who xttiH industriously iltrip. pinpj tho fouthorx from a fowl. M Drowsing n chicken," nnsv/or^d the cook. " I should calf thnt undrps.si,?j?," said tho crazy follow In roply. The oook looked rcflective. CongressionalWash i.NfijroN, Fob. tG.?In the Senate, .Mr. (iwin withdrew the motion, which lie submitted advernl diys ngo, to reconsider the vote by which the I'aciliic Kail JRoud bill Wits pumcd. Mr. Fitch, from the eommittco on printin??, reported ? joint resolution in relation ti> the printing ot the rtcnuto ami Houho of Representatives, whifch was passed. It provides that where the name document is printed by both Houses the composition shall only be charged once. The consular and diplomatic appropriation hill was taken up on motion by Mr. llunter. Mr. (May moved to strike out the appropriation of 876,000 to enable the President to carry into effect the act of March JJ, 1815), and any subsequent acts now in forec for the suimression of the slave trade, nnd insert845,i)00. Tho remaining ?.'{0,000 was for tlio support mid education of returned African# in Liberia. Mr. Clay did not think there was any constitutional author ity for such expenditure. lie could not consent to that anymore than ?o the agricultural college bill. Mr. Brown thought it would be better to repeal the law of IS10, for these negroes would be better otV hero than to be carried back, and it was inhumanity to return them tn t liitir V.IVII Willi WU'IMJ. Mr. Iluutcf Siiid tlie contract bnd been made with the Coliiiization Society, hiuI now the money ouglit to bo paid. Mr. Vesseliden opposed the amendment. Mr. ('lingmnn thought the 1'residentwag actuated by huid.ihle motives in spending this money for the benefit of these negroes, and he would vote to reimburse him, even though no special warrant could be found in tlic constitution. Mr. Doolittle discussed tho slayc trade generally, and argued that Liberia had not been a failure. Mr. Clay argued that Liberia had been a failure. Mr. Wilson said he did not eare whether Liberia had been a failure or not, ho would sustain the appropriation for carrying out the President a bargain, lie thought by so doing he would help to put down the slave trade, for in some sections persons 1,1 i.- * ? t .nim inn ui- iiiuiuiiKi lor ueing engaged in that trade. Mr. Hammond asked what sections tho Senator meant. Mr. Wilson said it was understood that the (!ulKStates favored the re-opening of the African Slave trade. Mr. Hammond denied that such was tho case, and said persons had just been indicted in Charleston and Savannah for violatin": the laws against the slave trade. The amendment was rejected by yens 10, nays 40. The yens were Mcssjv. Ohesnut, Cluy, Davis, Kit/.pa trick, Hammond, Iverhoii, .Johnson, of Tennessee, Mason, Ileid, Thompson, of Kentucky, Toombs and Ward. The Cuba hill was then discussed, and Mr. Thompson, of Kentueky, opposed it in a spcech /nil of keen satire and humor. After Mr. Thompson had proceeded hut a short time, he was obliged to sit and de liver his speech, as he was too weak to ?fcnn?'. Lord Napier chanced to be .seated near hint and was evidently amused. Tiie debate win? postponed, after Mr. Thompson had concluded for an executive session. Mr. (Jwinn, on behalf of Mr. Stewart, withdrew the latter'h motion to re-consider the Pacific Railroad Bill. Adjourned. Washington, Feb. 18.?Sknatk.? Business of the morning hour unimportant. Private bills acted on. An iinnortnnt mm<uiint wiu rv>?ni (ho President, asking authority to use the Army and Navy to protect the persons and property of Americans, while passing the Central American Transit lloutes, which, was partially debated by Messrs. Muson,, Clingmnn, Benjamin, Davis and Douglas,, in favor, ami Messrs. Seward and Fesseu-^ den, against it. The message earnestly recommends that. Congress pass an act authorizing him t?n employ laud and naval fyMjq&'Lt jyrcvent the trail silt- from IrtjtiSg ohPitrttcAnl or closedi by the nets of lawless violence to which. tli/? isthmus is oxpowed. The President speaks of the Choi-mil American Republics as over being in y. shite of civil war, and frequently coutiscating American property* If?- says, thai under existing circninstunccsy Naval ollicers can do nothing but romonstratevr? As the Constitution h?? CMlttned to Congress the war making pow?y> he ?m> do nothing without tfieirnmiotiom M o r 8 K."*41 'asscd a bill authorizing th? hk-eretary of. Wftf to #oM the Savannah - jJMk- A 1 ? xiiiauno ut u pnUfttfcHH MW3 1IIUI) The <liw}us.si<Mi tUo Army appropriiw tioiirt wore rcfwnicd ill Committee of the Whole, nn<) %l*o of itithholding pay nudor the IJrovc* title of Lieut. (?e?;? Sootfc, formed the principal point of dobat<\ An ntnotidincnt to cut it off, wns votcil down. II The (/ommittoo{>greotl to em*tnil the ox-, penditures of the Dcun4orm?*t<nii Departmonfc, ?400,000. Tho i?ouwml,too then row. & v i'*- -'<.' * A ronolution Mmx adopted, appointing ft Committee offivetoompiiro into the charge* niwtla through tho Now Vork Time*, that a member of tho Committee on Account* had been guilty of receiving money for urging tho passage of billn boforo that Commit too. WA8?iiN(n,o.y^eb. 10.?Tn tho Honnto to-day, Hevofiil jytiendntonto to tho consular diplomatic JJini'jvcro dismissed, and that hotly w?k Ktill in KWton at thv time of . oiling thix 'Iin the Hohho, tin bill was (intended, nnd fafhutcd wnjEw tho House for ftnul notion. f It i.n gfcnowlly anclorHlood Hint nil effort will bo imtdo in thoSonato, onrly noxi week, to pnpfl the Arwonn bill, ikwl Uio iiupresfiion prevail* that tho oflfort mny be ?ucOCK*ful. i pa#t i> 1*. M.?Tho HOnftto ho? paswxl tlw COH Mfor diplomntiqb.iU- H*- 8i?\uw)ne f ; . . ^ S