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?2SS^0BT. A. THOMPSON, Editor. l'KRMS?911.50 nor nninini. in fi.ivnnoo. If r.*v ment be ilelnycd until rvltcr ??io expiration of. (I>? year, $2. For nix months. 1 .S c?nt* in advance. ^Jrijf-V'lvertisouieni.x inserted at tho iixumI rnte?. PICKENS C. II., S. C.: Saturday Morning-, December 24, 18^9. ' " Cluistun.r In(Kj^ordanoo with a timo lr>:i >rc 1 eu?tom no 1 paper will lio is.-uio 1 I'r ?;n Iiii. < olli- e nuxt week. Tliiswill (.naM<> (It i.h> ouiiuivN: I witli it to enjoy ono wook< r?,l.;\a,i"H out of tlie lifty-two?a re- I lease, wc arc su:v, tlr.it \viil t>c clieerluiiy accorded by our indulgent readers Ai tho season ia prupiiious, we cuibraco tbe occasion to a?k for ;i!l?friend* ami enemies? a hearty enjoyment of 'JhrUtmas fcat'n itics. with many returns oi tlie same. Favor3. We aro indebtcl t > Col. A*i<vork for three volumes of J'ateut ofik-e reports, on Mechanics, for 18.r>8. Also, for late papers, <&e. Messrs. JSn vurk ami Maxwei.l will accept our thanks for continue.1 favors. Prom Columbia. Tlio Legislature \v;v; to have adjourned on Thursday last, aficr a most laborious sesaiou of twenty live clays. Tho most imp ntant measure perfected is the establishment of a separate Court of Appeals, Consisting of throe .Judges. The number of circuit Judges is reduced to five by this act. whom, with the appellate tribunal, is to constitute a Court of lh-rors, tho (feci "ons of which, in all oases, must bo final and conclusive. This is a dccided improvement on tho present system. A friend has furnished us with the hill as i? passed, tout we are unable to find r.xim for it this week. The Senate passed a bill appropriating $310.000 to complete tho railroad to Walhalla, with an amendment rendering i. almost unavailable. At our latest dates the 11 mse had not acted on it. More anon. The bill affording aid to the Spartanburg and French Broad railroad was defeated in the Senate by a considerable majority. Its friends, with the nnti-iiiternal improvement num. had a few days before defeated the lilue Ridge. The same men now rejected this bill, as might have been expccted. We presume tho friends of the French ^road road arc now satisfied ! Jiotli houses li.ivo resolutions unanimously on the subject of Southern grievances. They may bo found in our columns. Wo prefer tho resolutions of Uvti. Gakmngto.v, passed by the Senate. They declare our readiness to net when the other Southern States are ready. The House resolutions, offered by Mr. Mkmminukk, ?proposes that South Carolina shall load in the flatter. It is not the proper position of this r w tc, and the Legislature will not be sustained tho people in taking it. The Legislature ould havo refrained from nnv action in the ^ise.-;, at least in so far as indicatinc? the fu ToVdiey of the Suite is cuncorntd. Let us 6V}n tho ordinance adopted by tlio convon1852. Ion. J. A. Ijfc.i.is, (if Choraw, lms boon elecJudge, under the net fur adding mi additionwjudge to tlie judiciary of the State. An ujije was also to bo eleetcd to make the cl& pi which the members of the Appeal V^HAto ho elected. It was believed that M)'Nehi, w.nil I be the Chief Justice. State tax will bo much the same as j?rolast year. The Abandonment1'be contractors have abandoned the Tunnel throwing something over three hundred laborera out of employment Many of the<e are not in ft condition to sustain themselves l u .r and much.snfl'oring must bo the eonsenueno( The work acthe other points has also been abandon si sacrifice tothe country, the company, and tho contractors Wisdom seems to have departed tho councils of the Slate Of this again Book and Other Pedlars. nt ovonts have caused tho movements of men, from the North, to be narrowly seru\ This is both right and proper, inasas their ^bjert is to llceco the people and ! instil a ppirifc of insubordination ami insurrecJ>'tion into tho slaves, eventually resulting in ^ crimo^nd^tho blood of tlie innocent. I Associations and vigilant committees have won formed throughout this and the Southern \v uates, for tho purpose of preserving order and ." ^ ^ jVreunc out nnd punishing such characters as )n?y 9fic|id nnd arc above the law. And, where thpffl nr?v nn hirrnni/atlona :<nM pmnmiMr>f>< wo would i'.vj>iimcud to the citizens agriovcd to act promptly tftomsclvcs. They will he unanimously sustained in such action. Almost every paPpt wo lake up gives an account of sonic suspioHavaoter having boon arrested th as the circumstances of the case lie prison, tar and feather#, and ; Jcavo the country are generally ient? inflicted. There is now in the Svillo, a miscreant who has been volition prints (I lolper's among the <icj talking "old John Brown" scnti'is n?ic||bors. Ho is a Northerner, 'amiwill undoubtedly swing! agO?t? and their books. They you with specimens, and by their arts il?e statements unlace many to subscribe era. The books may be unexceptionable, tll& is^liot allays thc.cnso. We have been #mod that th J " American Enoyclopoedin," in the district the present year, containii atj^aj with our institutions, lint rfffidn consist# in their unking and often n* for their publications twice as much 'spll* for hi market. Thus you arc t of your trfoney, and suffering the plot your rjfin at thfl same time. treattue(!t/is too mild for those a\ scampi. Pass thorn oft' by tho "up\ writer in the Kdgnflcld w> mo people 01 Hint on at their January so vvitlvtlie North, to be a unit ttpon t oneo-and ploil^e >no in KdgoftAld, 'cols directly or millo Vert, a nchine in the i air, ho can or wns prosc under the e, and lias ; magbiuo. Jj N urn onr thanks to Ool?Wdtfi$? fl)r hie osceUimt rcpurt wli* tho year ending 1st October, 18-">9. Tho main portion con be found on our first page, nnd for it \vc ask tho poruFal ot our reader*. Tlie question of altering tho law in relation to levying tho tnxes of llic State tail isj cussed therein ut length, and moots our hearty | approbation. A more thorough reform, however is greatly needed, as we hnvo before had occasion to urjro, to wit; that each porsb'n should l.o required by law to render on oath to the Tax Collector the value of his or her entire o?tato. and that such per ecnt. bo paid thereim, as tho r.eeessities of tho country might require. There is no justice in tin- law under whiuh the taxes are now gathered. From tin? tnMcs accompanying (liereport we gather nii?l condense some interesting informu* i tiou ft?r the reader The nxnenditurcs fur tlie new Stale house f??r tho year was $370,000.? The State owns stock in the various railroads within her borders to the amount of $2,5*^2,300. j There are onh two paying dividends, namely : : the Smith Curwl'.na rnilrcad company and tI:o Charlotte and South Carolina road. The public debt of the Slate, including the "surplus rero* I one" received from tho general government ! years ago, is $4,742,000.10. Tho assets of the i State?bank capital, sinking fund, railroad J stocks, ito.?are ample to moot tho payments of ; this debt an it becomes <luc. Tho Aggregate 1 State tax was $03-ri,.r>24.07, and that for police assessments. (road4, poor and puhlie building 1 tax) $222,873.03: making a total of $858,308.30. The supplies for the current year arc estimated by the Comptroller at $42fi.o70. The abstracts from the reports of tho railroad companies are worth a moments time. Six arc reported as defaulters. Tho length of the South Carolina road is i!42 miles, including branches; cost. $.vt.HX7,1T "? : its puhlie debt, ?3,11)2.810.30 ; ; gross earning, J l.f)">X.277.-r>2; expenses. '<J34,j 'Ji?t;..V2: nett ea ninirs. $023,311; dividends, $321 >,700-; surplus, $20i5,o 4 ">. J.ongth of the ! Greenville and Colombia road and its branches, 141} miles; co?t, $2,SijS,78l .45 ; nett earnings, $144,404.10. The Cheraw and Darlington road : III -l i l . l - o ..? .W?" f\r ; i?* %i\? uii;r> iti?:i .mwi ?>.oo*).?>ifa wi mo Charleston and .Savannah road there is com: plctrd fill mile* : {rvaclrMi. SO; will conncct with , with Savannah by 1st February, 18G0. The share* in the F.'iuth Carolina road wore $1011 originally ; add interest. ?>til.2{i. making i with an average dividend of $5 7?>-100. The road runs ten trains per day, Pickens Agricultural Society. The growing of cotton suocoss-ully in tho upper districts is no longer an experiment In fact, the article bolow proves conclusively that it maybe profitably cultivated here We would, were it necessary, vouch for the faithfulness of the. whole statement It afford* us pleasure to give the gratifying result to the )>u 1>1 n-: To tin' hWifor ?/ tin" Krowcc Courier?Dear Sir? As Secretary of this Society, 1 herewith' transmit to you a report of the amount of cotton gathered from one acre of land on Mr. Samiiki, K. M.wwki.i.'s {ilantalion in this District. The statement I is undor.the certilicato of Messrs. T. J. and !!. ! '. , Si.oan. who were present mid witncss'eil the pick! ing, which are as follows: l 1*;.'J Sept. 28, 1st picking from 3 (<>."> p ni 210J lb! " Oct. 12, 2d " <? " ?<">2?t " ! ? " 28 8(1 ? ?? t> - 12 "n in r?r?'l | " Nov. 8 4th " " II " si p m (>(>2<l " j " " 2'.l:')th " ;? ' 8 a ni to -1 p in 8o0 " Total 2,<538$ " Tlioy further stato that. Mr. McCuahy, the overj seer, reports 11 I pounds gathered after the last j picking, at which they were present, of which fact j tlicy have no doubt. Tho report is accompanied | hy a full statement of the mode of preparation, cultivation, ,S:c. of the land. It is appended below. The same gentlemen report, that on tho same nloon hrnnh' Imcliiilu ntnl < licnn rtn.il/o nf tclwi.t ? i was gathered from iilP noro of land. Wm. 0. Kkitu, .Secretary. Preparation of land and subsequent cultivation | of <me acre of Cotton, as a competitor for the prei lititun lit our district ami .Slate Agricultural SocicI ties: February 1st?plowed with a loupe subsoil [ gopher deep ami close. This piece of land produced a pood crop of \vh?at the last season. (18f?8.) It was loll in this condition until the 23d of March ; ; then i!;> cart-loads of ninuurc was spread broa<> ' cast ami turned under with a pood jack plow to . I lie dept h of 4 or f> inches, and followed in the j same furrow witli a two horse llroyles subsoil plow, i which run 1- or 1 1 inches deep, which added to the depth of the first furrow, mode IS inches at | least. The land was broke, and lei't in this cotidi| tion until the 5th of April. Furrows were then run tiff :i.} feet apart. A little good manure ami | ashes mixed together (about as much as 5 cart i loads'! and snread evenlv in the drill. The land was then nicely bedded. On the loth of n I narrow plow made for the purpose was run on lof 1 of the beds. Then a very superior kind of cotton j seed (Hoyd's Prolific) was dropped evenly alonjj ( utter being rolled in ashes. One bushel plant e< the acre and cost Seed was covered nieeh 1 with rakes, similar to tho way seeds are coverei j in a garden. On the 9th of May, plowed with ( one-horse subsoil plow, and nicely bowl, drawing . a little earth to the cotton, and thinned out to tw< , stalks in a hill, N inches apart. Worked again oi ? ">t h of May in the. same manner, chopping out eve ry other hill, which made the hills 10 inches apart and thinned to one stalk. On the 9th of June tin cotton was run round with a long narrow shove plow; then one measure of guano, three of coa dust and one of ashes, thoroughly mixed, wa spread in these furrows : making 1 GO lbs. of guam to the acre. The middles were then nicely plowe< : out, covering guano next to the root of the cotton ; (Would have applied the guano earlier, but couh not get it.) Hoed nicely. 27th 'une, plowed am ImPfl net 1io!Virn Ml ill (IrtiivS - mt n little n ndli t. I die cotton. On Uio ]2tli July, tlie cotton wo j lioed, this finishing tlie culture. On 1 ">!Ii August i the cotton wax topped, funl'tlie suckcvs removed a; ! th03* nuide their appearance. The day flinl tinte o | picking can l>o found in 'I'. J. inwl 15. ! '. Sloan*! | certificate. The land is re<l and naturally jjood ; The location was such that the rising and set tin; I sun shines upon it. E. M McCbaiiy. Congress. The Scntilo passed Mr .Mason's resolutions o | inquiry unanimously Mr Ciirsnut made at i nl>le speech whilst thoy wore under considera ion The Senate has confirmed J IIeaut, for inorly of this State, as public printer The House is still without a Speaker Thi discussion of the slavery question continues? Messrs Iveitt, Bon ham, Mii.es and Asumoki 1 participate in the discussion We shall givo Co j Ash moke's speech in our next The Mormons in llEViVAf..?The Mormon? | it appears, hate hud a religions revival, whiul lasted four days, during which the Saints wen J addressed by Brighuin Younfjt and sundry otho. i shining lights of the Mormon Tabernacle. Tin I tenor of the discourses, as well as the genera ' sentiment of the people, was, according to oui j special correspondent, exceedingly mild, am ] presents u striking contrast to the blustering \ And defiant tone which some time ago cliaruc : teri/ed every speoch and newspaper article cm ' miating ffom Salt Lake City. Fkkk Negroes.?Propositions are now pending heforo the Legislatures of Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, (ieorgia, and South Carolina, for tho speedy removal of the free negroos from those States.^ In consequence of this action, numerous petitions have been already received from tho free negroes by those several Legislatures, asking pei-mbsion to ?nt?r the condition of slavery. s Tho coldcst weather of tho stasort hni woa experienced this vo?U Tito mountains uro covered with eno\y Whew! ?Tho s?1?b ndvortiaed by Cul Ilunnicutt und Mr Oroig, with various other matter* in our advertising columns, ; nrc coininonuou u> wio puiine uen ocou nas ; rottirncd from San Joan. having virtually nctI tied tlie difficulty between the two countries Cotton bus declined in Knrope Both partio* arc being veit?f >rcod at IJrownHville, ami Coriilias declares himself ready for action-?-The j *\.Id dohn llrown" accomplice?, f.mr in nuinhcr, i wore hung at Clnuloatown on tho lOih 'l'lie Irooj.j \v'il now withdraw Exchanges. , Mr. ). M. I)uown proposes to publish a new paper ut Darlington 0. II., with the title ??t" frjitf/tcrncr. 1\ F. "NV.mu.ev, K q., favorubly known ns nn editor, ito have charge of col: ui*iiii5. This" journal is to ho Smthern rights to the core, as well as literary in its character.? I Price, $2. The Suutlc i.s tho title of a now ' paper to bo issued hhortly, nt Sumter, in this 1 State, by Messrs. \V. .J. Fk.vncis and J. F. Ib: i Lohmk. It will bo edited liy T. W. Dinkinr. j Ksq, formorTy connected with tlic Wutohman of i that place. Price, $:!. j F.uskine Coi.i.eoiatk Kkcoiider.?This literary monthly, for December, has been received i It is successfully edited by Messrs Bell, T J Hearst. .J L Orr, J T Can!loo, J 15 Murphy, and Pennings and Clippings. Cotton*.?Cotton wn< quoted in Charleston,' on tlio 17th, at 9] to ll| 00tits per pound. i Death ok Gen. OiriiNS.?Tho CiiVGlinhtn anj tiounces the death of General Wiiiiam A. Owen*, of Barnwell. I let was a young man of eminence and unusual promise, being at the time of his dereaso Solicitor of the circuit in which he lived, and also a candidate for Con: 3? css. _ j " Look ?k"okb vol* L>ai\"?Mniringo without love, is tin* suicide of happiness. As well I might a person undertake to build a limine without either cash, credit, or material, as to expect | to live happily in the married >State without love. l'lagi.c kti.i.ku is Ai.aiia\i\.?Mr. A. L. Ilar! alson, in a letter to the Ueuton (Ala.) Herat'I, j describes a very remarkable bird, which was killed in Autauga county, in that Suite, a lew | days since. It measured seven foot from tip to i tip; three feet from tho end of the tail to the i p^int of the upper mandible, and the span of its ' talon was eight inches. j Mom i.e.?"New Orleans," says the " is tho third ami ought to be the second uu| porting city <?!' the Union. The M vmnj ffnya ' " .Mobile is the third exporting. ami ought to j be 1110 third importing city in the Union." What | prevents it but the Union ? IU:m.\ukaiii.r. Matrim ?niai. Affair.?Three I young persoi the natno of H;iss. children of I the tsuine parents, wore married to three ethor.s named 'I'eel, also uf (>ne family?in Alabama, | on the 10th of October. They were all married | with but one ceremony. I Tmfiu i>.?. ti.a ..r ......... . .A. . ..Vi ...V...WV.O VI v-w.l; gross draw their pay whether they are organized | or not. They oi.vc experienced the ineonvonienco of having to wait for their money till the House was organized, and they took good earn to make the law so explicit on that point, that no further annoyance will arise from it. Anoi.iTioMST IIc.s'o in Kentcckv.-?The New York P<iy li<vik has received information from a private sourco that a few* days ago nn Ohio abolitionist named 1'ay was arrested by tlie Vigilanco Committee in u certain county in Kentucky, lie hail incendiary papers on his person. As he had been caught in the attempt to circulate these documents previously, ami warned that ho should be hanged if caught at it again, he was this time swung up without further ado. New York, Dec. 13.?Tho repository and bindery of the Ymerican Tract Society were dej stroyed by tiro today to tho amount of $77,;?00. Tarkf.d and Fkatakrkd ?A school master i from the land of wooden nutmegs was tarred an*' feathered and rode nn a rail tho other day at Helena, and then sent adrift on tho turbid Witters of the Mississippi on a log, for ventilating his news rather too freely concerning the I peculiar institution. Served him right! i I Direct Trade.?In tl?o House of Itcprcscnta j tives of the Georgia Legislature, a resolution ' I has been passed to appoint two oointnisHioneri 1 j to Europe, to examine into the feasibility of q? : tablishing direct trade between the South anil | Continental Eurrtpe. lion. A II Stephens ami j I Dr. MclJeheo, Senator from Houston, nave beet t appointed. i Okorc.ia St.vtk Fair.?A bill has passed tin > Lower House of the (ioorgia Legislature, grant 1 ing an appropriation to the State Agrieultura " Society of !?].*>,0U0, for the purpose of erecting suitable buildings, and $2,500 annually to bt ' j distributed in premiums. 1 | Ox k or Them.?The Klmirn (Now York) Ga s j zrlte, says that llazlct, one of the Harper's Forrj ^ ! insurgents. was formerly connected with a ganf ' | of lior.se thieves in that vicinity, and escape j punishment by turning State's evidence. Thii ' | is a specimen of tSic martyrs who are to mak< ' the "gallows as glorious as the cros?." * Coxpi.ainixo or the Weather.?The Charles ' ton papers are complaining of the weather.? f j The Mercury of Saturday last says on Thursday s at noon, umbrellas was found necessary to wart . oil' the heated rays of tho sun ; at midnight i / was freezing, and yesterday several persons luu i to break tho ice in their bod chambers to per I form tho morning's ablution. Jehusai.Em.? A letter from Jerusalem utato f that it is no longer the city "which no man seek i j eth after," but it is now tho resort of the wealth; - | iin'i grunt onus oi inu cfknn. L.argo piircnr.sei . of houses and lands aro made by agents of Ku ropoan governments. and establishments on i largo and magnificent scale will shortly bcmndi B | in the neighborhood: "| Deep Snow.?Tho snow was six inchcs docj f'- in Columbus, Miss., on the 7th inst. I Tub Georgia State Convention.?l'ifiy-twt i Democratic members of the Legislature of Qoor gia have expressed in a Card, their disnpprova > of tho action, and their protest against the nu 5 1 thority, of tho Democratic meeting held at Mil r ledgeville on the 8th inst. The citizen* of Mos j cogoo have also mot in convention, and repudi J atod tho whole affair. li ?: P I Words and Action.?Upon tho heels of the . Dot--ton Union meeting comes the election of n | Diack Republican candidate, Lincoln, for May ' or, over tlio Citizens' candidate, Wightmad. , ivm'kl i \?r jiArMurni(r.9.? i nu oucroinrjv of the Treasury estimates the expenditures of ] tlie United States Government for tlio fiscal year coding June 30. 1861, at 5*60,714.928. Tins is a reduction of $0,413,010, compared with the : estimates of Inst year. Texas Senator.?Col. Louis T. Wigfall, for, merly of EdgcBold, lias boon elected United i States Senior from Texas. Her other Senator, | Judge Hemphill, is also n nativo of this State, j Col. Wigfoll'fl election is rogarded as a triumph J over Qouwal ilouatou, > apo'cch Fh NoxvTyrk dm Uu> *VV.lifTflHWTTWT be oondomOod tho Ifft'rnor'e Fcivy outrago and those who* yinp&tlmou with Brown and his crow. Mystkrious Muhukii in jforrolk.?Norfolk, ! t)cc. 9.?Virginia*, a promising son of A. F. j Leonard, Kcq.. editor of tho Aryus, eleven vdnrn of nge, was f?>?lt?d tmirdered, Hits evening, in | one of tho rooms of tho National llotol. A deep | i Wtnl> wns upon theneek. (Jieut excitoyient pie| vail# liore, but as yet mi arrest.-* have been nuulo | " Naii. hit ox tiik IIi..\j>.?When 11 n?nn hns I n<> riotire but to tspeuk plain truth* ho Isn't apt to be talkative. * j Tub En.ikriki.Ji Sr.v \ rb?siiti?.-- " ij. Tillman I Watson, Ur. Jolni Laku and ' . William I'. Jennings, have been nominate<l i?r I e vacancy 1 created by.the election of 11.m. J. '' t'lirroll to the Chancel'}- 13encl>. Mr. Gregg dv 'ine$. Txoir \srso.?The income of the Greenville and Columbia railroad for the hist mouth was 1 !?3S,451, being an increase over former months. ' I Fata J. C< un sr.v a Accident.?On Sntirrdny i week an John Warner and Samuel Kosher were 1 gunning in till' vicinity of iliO White Ilornc j Tavern, Burke cojtnty, I'a.. on tlie iV.uphin an I j S?i?qilo!||Vtm railroad, the former wan sh t ami ' , kl!IC'<l by l|tf) (vyoicJeiU:)! iji-iehar^e of Kes.'ie: V , J i Senator Ham.mom).?Tho'Chailedon C'fiti '... give" publicity to the report that Senator Hammond will resign his seat at tho cVjso of the I prudent hcssiou 01 v oiij;ro^. " M i:k ov tityc Samt. &>rt T-i:>t." ? John lirowo's '"cravat" wa* nmdnot South Carolina cotton. We lis*\0 fi " few in.no Lfrof the same sort " should did Virginia need tlie.u fur s?u|;eunion purp?.*e*. Djhi:ct Titm?k.?The Richmond (V;i.) u7,a/ contains tho following: Wo are gratified to ; state, on tlio btSt aulhuritv, that'll French (' on1 mercial Agency will bo e tuSdislicd in this city, ut an early pormd next year, and that a cargo of good*. iiieUiding wines, .silks, cussimeros, J ots, shops, ele., will be received at this port j in titne for the Spring trade. i Dkatu of a lr. S. Disinter Att?ir.vkv.?Theodore Sedgwick, Uni?od States District A'tor-j | ncy f.ir the southern district of Now York, died ! at Staekbridgo, Mass., on the '.hit inst. TkV IjIvks Lost.?Tho Kohonoer Ada. of West port, .Nova Scotia, was wrecked on . the | 7th of Octohcr, while on the passage from Salj vad ?r to Halifax. All on board, to tho number of ten, were drowned. A (iiir \ r AViievt Chop.? Tn ISs.'iS 'inut ! crop <>f Ohio, grown on 1,'J'Jvvl 12 n js was 17,1 lj.r>"), M.'} bushels. j Mahkiark.?Tin? earliest eelebratim of mar' riagos in c,lJurch.--?, wad ordained by Pope lni|o: cent, A. 1)., HOC J One or the I'kincks Com inc.?The London ' Court 'Jonrnul says (lio promise made by her | Majesty to the Canadians was t<> tlio effect that | either tho Prince of Willis or l'rince Alfred should visit tho great North American provinces next summer. A (?ii'tsTi.v Caiujo.?A vossol ha? recently nr1 rived in K.ngland from Scbastopol with a cargo of 2:;7 tons oi human bones. Noktii Carolina.?The Governor and Council of North Carolina, at a recent meeting, tendered the warm sympathy of the Sta'e to Virginia. determinfcd to demand North Carolina's j (>i arms iroin uio nunera: uovernnieut, ' ami roooininonded tho reorganization ol' tin* ; in i lit in. J.iiix Min nrr. am? 1 :>n.ann.?John Milchel. in :i letter from Paris regarding t!ic movement 1 I 1 >eitig made in Ireland to obtain an amnesty f'iI hiiii and his follow exiles, declares that h?* would j 1 aoeejit no amnesty. llo nil'ls that ho will never live in Ireland again under tho KnglUh rule, and vot ho hopes to go hack to live in England. j 1>a\i \f!Es riik Skiuction.-?'Win! A. Cochrane. ! nf Hoston, who sued Georgo I,. Torrv forsedu! oiug his wife, claiming forty thousand dollars j damages?was awarded threo thousand dollars | on tho Hill instant by tho jury, which .-511111 Mr. j 0. gives to the House for the Fallon. ' Ki.kcted.?Vico-President Hrackenridgo ha| been elooted United' States Senator from Ken tueky for six vours from tho 1th uf March, This gives Kentucky two democratic* Senators? an unusual thing for that old Whig State. IIand him Hound.?The press is requeued to '* hand round" a rascal, late tho Ordinary of i Clarendon district, named Jtcvcrtiul 8. C. l)o I Soliumps, who has dqciuupod, leaving his ollice. j sureties, creditors, and sundry females in a i worse condition than ho found thorn. . | " One Wiped Out."?A friend of ours received I J a letter recently from a friend of his in Texas, I j in which was contained an accmnt of an occur, ' reace thai took placc a fortnight ago, and which t resulted ii> tho death of ari abolitionist, name j unknown. It aeoms from ind StfttC'JlCilt that ' J Isaac Adair, who moved from Spartanburg some - | years back, and a man of property, was informed I ! liv I.is ncroes. thut tlif> iihiditinmst nlinvn su.'i. ; ken >f, was endeavoring to cntico the n oft' to a free State. Mr. A'lair, it appears, told them to accept his proposition ; aiul tlieu inform him at what time they would leave, and bv what place , they would pass. They did so. In the mean r time Mr. Adair iiiadc known the facts to severj nl of his neighbors, and they repaired to the spot, armed with double-barreled shot gi.ns.? ^ Wllen tho abolitionist arrived at the place designated, seeing men, he became suspicions, and endeavored to escape, when Mr. Adair and his . friends firing on him, killed him on the spot. [A'debar ry (S. C.) Sim. tlik 13j.uk RiIHJK llArr.IlOAD.?rTho bill ! tn gvatvt'aid to this enterprise was lost in the ' HettR^blv Friday last; by a vote of 0 J to | tyhftflv, tfe may conclude, is the last effort dtt ring the present. Legislature, which will be liiudc on behalf of the road. We had supposed that the Legislature would grant suilieicnl aid to build the road as far as Clayton, (loor " gia, and it is to he regretted that it has nol * donoFO. The building of this road is otdy r " | question of time. Wo are satisfied that il j will hi; built, and in the present nspeofc of thing* the sooner it is completed the better it will be ^ ' for the State.? Greenville Enterprise. Tiik IJi.uk Ridok Road.-?Our South Car ) olina exchanges state, that the whole subject . ; of tho Rluc llidge Railroad was tabled in the I I House of Representatives, on Friday the Ort !..?i rni - r\. I i!. -ii .1 ?' : iiinit* mo v ommm.i piipor, nil Hie unio nit . advocate of tlio road, regards this us u definite - ; disposal of the question for thissession. Wt - ' are very sorry to hour it, as it delays tho work The road will finally be built. Tho intolli t I genee of thin generation will not turn ovcrtc L a succeeding generation a work of such press iug importance. It must bo borno in mind, liovevv.r, thai f tho rnqmbere nr? in the House, who rejected . flsc bill (or aid, last winter. In the election . of members next summer, the question will be i made beforo the people.?Kuoxvillc Whig. | Nortiikrn Democrats.?Thcro nrc twerr | ty-scvcn Northern Democrats voting for Mr, iWock. l<'our from Now York; thrco from Pennsylvania ; one from Delaware; six from Ohio; thrco from Indiana; ftvo from Illinofp; ono from Michigan; ono from Wipoonaln; two ffom California^ oqc from Oregon. Cor.TJ>'iMAj)o^ 1o. IScnfito?Mi\ I Zimmerman.-?Report of Medicol Committee on 80 inuoirof the Uovernor'a Messages ah rotates to lUo liUnntic Aasylum, (reetnnmund nil appropriation of'&l/^OOO.) Consideration to! morrow, ami to be printed. The <renj?rM orders wrc ilien taken up. j\o. f>!?.?lie port of C'Of{Muittcc on Kinanec , (in a bill to regulate tlie Commissions of Tax : Cullertorfl, ("favorable) had its tfeeoii dreading. ' Mr. .Ma/.yi-k ottered to amend. " Provided that the eon.ponention of Tax eolleetoi* whoso commjsrion tines not e.seeed 8 tU0 shall not he reduced."' Agreed to. JJill agreed to, and ordered to the Mouse. No. til.?Rfporf of Committee on AgiK-ulturo on ? bill t ? make the owners of d>n_'s liu1 1 * ' '-->i ' ? - ?i.. n:'n , 010 lor SI1CC|) KIIIVVI O} UIVllnrnc.i. i/m naavt .second reading. Amendments offered by Mr. Miizvck to strike out the third clause. Mr. J'jilmcr.?I think the tliinl clause the ' best of the whole. I cannot think of a great- j er grievance tliaii tin: allowance of negroes to , keep dogs. Striking: out that clauso Would j ruin (lie bill. Mr. (laniji^.-^Tt i>i Very' Iniji.n't nit tlnf I'.i.j L-ill should be passed ; Wo find it impost - I b!c to keep or raise sheep It does not pro- | pose to tax dogs in tiie possession of white j men, but only those in the* possession of uO- 1 groes. lfhd we tl.eso trilling curs out of tlie . country ..sheep raisjyg would ho profitable.? J " .1 i...,. .. ,1,.., .\n\v, ( very nr^ro u; wie wium^ m*.- ?? v?- v. following niter him. Mi*. My/.ye It said tlint as n nndtor of feeling, ho did not like to soo this, lis it would dep. , the r.egro of his host friend. 11alsi) inlerfer- I os between the master sind his negro. Be- j Miles, the management of tin; negro should he i left entirely to his master. There lire some 1 dogs hotter than some men. Mr. I^'lmoi;spoke rd the difficulty of jO*c- , venting dogs from killing sheep, of the tun- | ningof dogs and of the difficulty of discovo| ing the dog, until after niueh mischief was i ! dune. Mr. Dantzler said thai there were many! laws in our statute books which interfere he- ! (ween the master and his slaves; spoke of i i the attachment of many dogs to the futilities j of their masters, id' the right the master had \ to his slave,, am! over nil his slave's prop it* i and taking up the last suction, showed tin., i the free negro had as mil oh right to have hi* ' propert y protected, sis ho had to hold prnporty. i Mr. Khett spoke of the necessity of taking ; i some measure to protect sheep-husbandry. The onicodni'Mit to strike out the UUth .see- ' i tion was lost. Yeas 1:} ; yays 2f>. In the 4th sectiou. Mr. D.mt/.lcr proposed I to strike out ?/, ;ind insert nmrv //inn ono, Mr. Muses remarked that ho' thought the j ! whole section inighl he dispensed with, as it : : is rathor a dangerous mode of procedure; and j he doubted whether it was allowable for the , ' five negro to own slaves, horsos and other j I propei ty, a;id forbid hini the right of owning I ! dogs. j Mr. Sickling moved to insert, that an an- J ! nu;d lax df one dollar be placed on ieh dog j kept by a free fiegio. After much discussion, the amendments ' were laid on the table, and the bill agreed to j and ordered (o the Mouse. Snecial order of the d.iv was then t dvOn un : :i bill to amend mi Act, entitled an" Aot to j afford aid to t!ie IJ!ni? Hid.re lliilroad," to- j jollier with an am"ndinent by Mr. l,vio'iliii<;. to jrr.iiit I :),0UD, fur the completion of the ' ro.'nl to Wullialla. Mr. Mazvek offered an amendment to the j ; amendment, by addinjjja proviso : " /Vot)iV/e?/, i j '1'liat such subscription be not Kubseribod, un- j til satinliictory proof be produced that all suidsj of money heretofore subscribed. ami now re- ; inainin;^ unpaid, have been paiil in, or the insolvency of the subscribers duly proved." After much discussion by Messrs. Kicklin'pj, I'ahner, Harrison, Sharpy. Mazyck and llhott, but!) were adopted. Yeas 2 I ; niya -1. l>eo. 11?-Senate?"Mr. Harrison urged aid | forcibly and ulu<'|iictitly in support of the bill 1 to wftiblioh a Military school and depot for i ...I.I;.. ?v...o v .. i.......... i>.i.,.i v in. , nuiio in iviiuiinuu, uv iuuq i v, ! IlilVt: '50. In tin' House, a Li!l to provide conipensn; tion in damages to the families of persons 1 killed by the fault of others. Itoad a third j time In tlio Senate, and sent back, to the 1 House, with amendments. Tho bill was taken up for u third reading, it~s title changed i to au Act, and ordered to be sent to tho Sou! ate. A bill to alter the Constitution to blend : tho two Treasuries of the State was taken up, j which, after discussion, was lost. For the passage of the bill 72, nays o 1?not twoi thirds. A long discussion was had on ' federal reI lntions." On motion of Mr. Farrow, bill to afford aid in the construction of the (rrccnvilta and French lJroad llailrond, with report on same, was made the special order for half past 12, to-morrow During the evening session, Mcssys. K.Hiott, Win. Whuley, O'Connor, Hammond, Simpson, J. Williams, Davis, Inglis, Aldrich, l'upo, Memmin?ier, Shannon addressed the . House on the subject of federal relations.? The floor and galory was crowded. On motion of Mr. Shannon, the majority , report of the committee was laid on the table, by yers 95; nays 1). \f_ ur... ?i' i l ir i i ii . I iur. >*m. )) a ii icy oiiuicu it is prcmnuie , ! and resolutions as an amendmont to tlic re. port of the minority connnittce, which was lost, by yeas (50 ; nays 44, On motion of Mr. Memmtngcr, tho subject > was made special order fur to-morrow, at 2 o', clock. Dec. 13?In the Senate, the following , which were received, had their third reading, , wore passed, had their title changed to an " Act;" ordered t > be rcturnod to tho Houso: Hill to authorize the l'reiident and Director of the Bank of J?o State to establish a llranoh y, Dank in the Western or North-western ruirt > I of the State. Mho, a bill to amend- an Aot i in relation to the qu iliflcntton of jurors. Ah i i so, a bill to charter jho Peoplo's Railroad Ooi?i> ; j pany. A bill to provide for compensation in ) j damages t(? the families of persons killed bj . ' the fault of others, passed over fur Iho present., - | After tho disposal of unimportant matters ? the speoial ordor was taken up?a bill to of ford uid to tho Greenville and Froneh llroud Railroad. 'X.'io committee report favorably i with amendments, recommending tho appro I priation of 87,000 per milo, for thirty miles i j Tho ameudmenui were agreed to. i It wax discussed by Messrs. Cannon am Westmoreland, and passed over. '.Tljo ttouso w)?h ' engaged in disoussing tlu ' bill creating a *eperato Court of Appeal*. During the evening session, a bill to pro vide for the Statute Godo of South Carolim ' was road a third time, its title ohanged to ai act, and returned to tho Souatc. ' Then followed discussion on the bill to eg . fabli&h a scpcrato Court of Appoale in this ' umJ. 1H-" ? ?u? I.. .MHU. House ii bill to incorporate n volunteer com- \ pany o'f Light Infantry within the limits of the 34th jtigiment. Also, u bill to provide for a code of Statuto laws for South Carolina. Had a third reading, agreed to, titl^oliuiigcd to an Act, and ordered to the House. The general order* Were then taken up?. a bill to amend.the law iu relation to the Lunatic A*\lnm. Agreed to. l'eport of tho Coiiuniita pit the Lunatic A^'mi and Medi ( il Accounts, or. sii much or me iuess?t*r(? Nm. 1 of I < Excellency tlio Governor, as rc1. led to the l<uniitio Asylum, (recommending ?515,000 to bo appropriated.) Agreed to. Tlic following p ip -r.s wero announced from the House: A bill to provide lor compensation io danirjros to the families of persons killed by tiie limit of others?passed over for tin* present. Hill t:> Ost: blisb a separate Coutt of App.iit'rt Tlw lion:.; proposed an nniomlmetit. Keferrcd to Committee on Judiciary. The special order for 12 m., was then taken up?a ) i 11 to afford aid to the Greenville and French Unpad Railroad. Mr. Marshall said that ho desired to define the position beheld in rojxtird to this bill, that ho v(;:. a friend of all internal improvcnic;.!.v T!i:t !:C had nhvays voted for tlieni, and that he was proud to afl'v that his con."'eyec had never smitten him for one cent lie had vo!' <"! to appropriate. lie de?irgd tosee all internal imoroveiuenls prosperinp;; ho now desir d to see four of Iht ;-c now before thedonate carried oil to com potion, 'i l.cjjc werethe deep mini; of the lwirbor ot Charleston, the Greenville and French liroad Kailrond, ;i in id which would connect the Coalfields with South Carolina, an<l the Hlue Ilidjjc Railroad. He said this with no desire of loir-roll ill jr. for at he said ho was a friend of all internal iin1*1. 1 . ? ? 1 .1 !.? . provennmis wmen loiui ro sironjiinuimic riiiic. lie s till tli.it liis only complaint against the tiroenvillo n!i<I i'Yenoh liroad Railroad, was llr.il they askod tor) little. Mr. iV.lmor opp> .-od the measure. Mr. M i/.yck s. 1 that ho I'oit loss hesitation in votiuir favorably upon this rjnestion than on the l>ino Kidgo, boo.iivsa it in nlo a fairor showing. But t!io State was already at groat oxp -n-e, and consequently ho could not vote for this road, until ho khvy whothor the Stuto intended to vote nid to the liluo Ridge. llo could not vote for both. Mr. l).iiitzler moved to amend, by striking out 870 000, wherever it may occur in the bill, and insert #'? ),000. Agreed to. Mr. Wagner asked whether tlip lifungc was w?t restricted m .Norm Carolina, mm wiietner. nt tho completion uf the road in North Carolina, it is not the privilege of the Centra! I load, of Xorth Carolina, to purchase tho whole. Mr. Cannon replied that they were both true, in part. Tho debate,was continued by Messrs. Harrison, JJoykin and Cannon. At 1 p. m., tho spjoiid order for that hour w is t ikon up, and t !iu Senate; rose and joined the i louse in a f> dlot for {'resident and J'ireetors of the Hank of tho State. The Senate repeated themselves, and the debato continued upon the bill to alVotd aid to the Croonvillo and French Broad Railroad. Mr. Cannon roso and stated that tho opponents of this road did not doubt hut that as soon as tlie load was brought to Ashvillo, will pay. But they say that it is brought up at the wrouir time. But, sir, is the State of South Carolina able to oarry out but one ^reat enterprise at a time ? Mr. Ilhett.?I rise, sir, to ask three questions: 1. Whether there have been any private subscriptions to this road in South Carolilit / tV \\ lint tlii?c lull (loi'-i Mut Miiiitom. plate th.it the subscriptions cannot extend beyond the State of South (Virolina? '$.? Whether the li-.'^isl iture oj' North (,'arolina has not opposed the^onan^itijr of tlur gnajje ? i Mr. (Jaunou replied that the bill did not restrict tin? district from which subscriptions ! should be oolleetod. .That as yet the I jCgisj liUurc of North Carolina have opposed tlio i c!ian?rin;i of the gair^e, but abetter lec'inp; is 1 pervading liie tjovorinnent. j The Senate rose and joined the UousC in a I ballot for Commissioner for New State House. \ At the return of the Senate, the debate . was eontiimcd. 1 Mr. Illictt rose, and showed that the Blue ; Ritl ?*o Railroad had as j?o6(l a ehaneo as tlio (.irecitvillc Kuad; that the latter had in pn>; portion sunk as much money as the former, j That if was possible for this .State.to carry on more than ono railroad. It was the State that, hnilt the first railroad in the world, lie fluid that, perhaps from his remarks, it might be i thou^nt that it was his intention to j;ive tit, for tat yot that was not his policy ; ho would vote lor this railroad. 15ut it' this body comes back next year with the intention of killing this nine Itidgo. Vory well, lie was prepared to wage war to the death against its enemies. The debate was continued by Messrs* Palmer and. (lannon. Mr. Wager called for yens nnd nays. i H is.?.m-s-jpi. .vii*;i?, inner, isiajceney, lloykin, (.'-nniDHj Ifcintzler, Furiunn, C i.st-, Hampton, King, Ixs^Hne, Marshall, Moses, Rlictt, Zimnicrninii.?li>. Nays.?Mr. President; Moesr?. Alston, Fiekling, Fox, (iarlingtoo, (iause, 1 larrisou, J. Irby, C. Irby, Johnston, Manning, Mazyck, Mo.Milcy, MeCaw, Mellaril, Montgomery, O'lJi Mi', Palmer, Sessions, Slnrpo, NVngncr, Wcstniorol and, Withurspoon. ?27. Mr. Moses,?Report o* Cnr.nitteo on Judiciary, on certain amendments proposed to the bill to establish n separate Court of Appeals. Committee report with ftnu'ivVu-nt^, | The bill received a third rcaiUuj.fr Th<* amendments wire agiviad to-, Yqah and uaytt woro oallcd fur, Ycu?2K; nays 17. Parsed* and ordered to tho llousso. . Mr. Kickling.?ltepprfc of Committee to oount votes for Ooniiwi-toioncr of tho New State House, dcolared Cien, J. Jones oleqtcd ?-hp having received 104 (Sot of 107 votea, Mr J. Irby moved to lay tho report oo the tnhlo on a bill to a fiord nid to the Laurena Railroad, and to tnko up tho bill. Agreed to, , and tho hill had itR Heoond reading. Oil motion of Mr. Irby, thirty was Rtrickcr\ Iout, and?Gvonty-iivo inserted. Mr. Irby then gjjvo a history of this road and of.jts Ktoek, ( ^nd snowod that tho-Stato had nonsupported I i thin rond um it. Iisui KinitninKH nilnnu R..t !i , j d6C2 B-'ij 2?*k thiS-?it Gilly finnn illO ohltc to -' guiminteo lis bond*. It is just as If a fricml . would conic to mo "and ask mo to Mhd him 810,00Q, end givo ijio bonds tin property worth 1 850,000. Mr. MoAliley replied at Romo length. Tho 3 dohifto wn? continued by Motmrg. Irby, McAl* iloy, Palmer, Allen, Oarlington and Morcb. Mr. Mazyok called foryoaa uud nays. Yca? i 20 ; nnyfl fft. i Mr. mill, from the Committco on the part of tho ftenatc to count vote* for bank effioerv* announoed : J J\cskhnt?Charles M. Fuvwto.