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ROBT. A. THOMPSON, Editor. | TERMS?$1.50 per annum, in advance. If payment bo delay oil until after tlic expiration of the year, $2. For six riisnilit, 7f> cents iu advance. B^yAdvertUeinents fnsei-te?l at the u*ual rnte*. PICKENS C. II., S. C.: c.,f.T 01 men vtiviuuajr Aivuiuui^, u<iuu<uy a>I, AOUVJ. Elected. I M?\j. IIou't. Y. If. Griffin 1ms been elected j Colonel of the 5th Regiment, South Carolina ! Militia, by a in;\}ority of one hundred and seventeen votes. Political. The extract from Uov. LctcHkk's message on the first j>a?;e, is worthy of ea'uest perusal. | Jlis ^project is m \ and, we fear would he, if carried out, unproductive of the desired results. Fanaticism is beyond the hope of peaceable re- : formation. "Observe." We would Invite the attention of our readers generally, and especially the advocates of the Blue Ridgo H lilroad enterprise, to an article clipped from tlie Franklin 0!>i ')'c-t, and he.ided "Tho lluilroa Is." Wo think, brother "Oh i server," you lo kat tho subject from the proper point of ohfrc. vntion. Oen. LaneBy request, we published lust week a lengthy Biography of Gou. Laxe. Tin* mention of his nanle in connection with the Presidency invests tho article with unusual interest nt this time. Col. Orh, our own distinguished fellow-citizen, is our first choice ; but, should the Convention, eoon to assemble in Charleston, nominate <lcn. Lank, ho will receive our c r lial support. Tin re is none worthier, m mi honest, or meritorious. ! At Hymeu's Altar. , Klscwhoro wo barely noted tho fact that Maj. ' Goodi.V.tt had retired from the editorial | oh air of tho l'tlri >f a>>l Mmntanircr. Wo regret his loss to the fraternity, but welcome him j most cordially iu his new clmraeter. A brief teentonce announces his alliance with Miss Mary j Lyi.es, of Fairiiold. L-.ioky, my friend, to be ' relieved of the editorial harness to enter upon | the friliuities of the honeymoon. Long may it continue ! nu.wi.-i rv: ?. j isii.iwcsiuii?jjiruiu AiaueTho merchants of Charleston have inaugurated a systom of homo and direct tradecreditable to their sagaoity and patriotism. Thoir oard is not published in this paper, but appears in the Southern press generally, and we commend it to tho attention of our merchants. Why sh mid \?Tfrade Ncr'.h, when as good terms and stock may bo found in Charlcs'oi. Tlie people should Withhold their patronage from those who desist in purchasing from and dealing at tho North. Au article from the Marur;/ appears in our columns this week on the subject, which we commond to the public,. As a remedy for cxis'/nz evils, non-intorcnursc is a i'tiiluro ; but, for the purpose of buibling up a direct trade with Europe and other points, aud encouraging and fostering Southern independence, it is all important. In Virginia, the spirit is up and entering into the details of wearing nppirel. This is right?lui it bo encourago.1 ? let the " homospun ball " be kopi in motion ! Exchanges. ^~MilTry-r^r State psvhaii^os have niirle new Urrangouients for the prosont "year, such as enluvging, induction of new Editors, etc. Friend IIoyt, of tho Gazelle?our ablo and entertaining ^^wio^ighbor?romoves the uncertainty from the pen that has boon pleasing us for the two years past, by runuing up his name as Editor. lie makes an oxcellent paper. Long may he wave ! The Greenville Entcrprite, always a favorite With Ufl, has received into its family Mr. John p. . C^Bailky, as ago-publisher, with Mr. McJunK f. Mr. Price is still working most acceptably k\ ii 'ho editorial harnoss. Success to the trio? miters, publishers and editors ! The ' O^mdon Journal has been much enlarged, put - ou a bright and shining face, and inducted Mr. \ J. '.V. Cam, into the fraternity, as associate Ed* \ itor. Ho may consider it an honor to be thus r nss-sciated with the veteran Warren Tho So'jKtrner is the titlo of a new paper published at V'arlington C. II , by Mr. J. M. Bit >\rv, and edited by lf. F. "Waklev, Ksq. It is a largo, ! handsome Hheet, ably edited, atul neatly printed ( -???The Flag, ot the same place, has enlarged its lordcrs, and is conducted with spirit and good fttsfe??Messrs. CIoodi.kt and Doxai.usets have retired^from the editorial chair of the J'airiot and Mcntnfaincer, Greenville. Mr. Elitoru, quo of tho best publishers in tho country, tli6 <h*tre8 incident to tiie conduct of y^udh a favorite journal The Laurensville llcrald, ever fro.sh in our memory and affections, commenced last week a new volume. Under the present management it has prospered highly. May it increase in usefulness, ami continue a x iiourco of pleasure and profit to its proprietor I ?> The South Carolinian, published daily, ^ fcri-weekly and weekly, at Columbia, hv Dr. it. 1 yr. Guides, State printer, lias just appeared in entire new and most becoming dress. Mr. ' :* Ci aii.i.aud is the editor of those jo p mils, and we - bespeak for them the patronage 01' 'he public i ???The Sumter Watchman will ihUie a triweekly before long. . << d;-.v.? o Governor Brown of Oor^ia, in addressing a * Jotter to Dr. W. J. GaMjAiikk and J. D. DklanfiOY, inventors of the " Georgia Utile," ?ays: " The Legislature which pmces your " Goorgift Uiflc." or aorno olhor first-rate arm in the hands of every porsou in tlie State qualified to do military duty, will have done more to protect tho South against aggression tlian has been done by all the resolutions of its predecessors. "Tho argument" is n'rt-idy " exhausted." Lot ,ue have no more compromises, and if tho full measure of our rights is denied in future, Jet us " stand by our arms." "Wo rvdinire tho spirit which prompts tho utj terance of this bold Southern sentiment, and esteem it the more as it proceeds from one who drew the. first breath of lifo unon tho soil of > South Carolina. , Jlus Aruv of ViroixiA? There nro already !n ?A? oounty of Augusta, 110 loss than nine volunteer companies, fully equipped and orgaui/.ed* end five other companies are being organized. In Fauquirer there are three companion of cavalry, two of whifh wore on duty at Charlostown. The county of Albemarle has three companies of infantry and one troop of horse. I a Spotsylvania there are two ride companies, one of artillery atid ft troop of horse. 's Wasbhtotox, January 12th?-Roliablo private, despatches Hay that tho Indianapolis (dom J Sofafol Convention by a largo minority havo Instructed their delega'toa to Charleston to voto for Douglas. ! I'll If J.1. .'- .ff.L.rm ' ' 'l1 -JLL .1 1 ?L'li?1 ' " ****[ Complimentary. Tho corrospondout of tlio Petersburg (Va.) Express, writing from Uichmond, Va., pays tho following deserved and elegant compliment to our distinguished Commissioner, tLo llou. (J. (J. Mkmminukr "Tho lion. Charles O. Memm'mger, Spccial Ambassador frt'in tho Palmetto State to our own gloi'iousQTu Dominion, arrived last evening by the l\:t?r??burg train. Mr. M. is nooompa. nied by his beautiful and charming daughter, lie was met at the L>ep?t by a Joint Committee L l . ?l L > ^ - Lf. .wv|.i..iii, i?|.|iimiihu iiy iKnn ortiucnes 01 ino Leg'slaturo, una cseortod to the Uallunl House, where au elegant suite of rooms had been previously prepared. Mr. Mcmininger, in obedi-1 cnce to tliu resolution of his State Legislature, I 00111 es to Virginia, to counsel and advise with her sons, as to the best course for the South to pursue, arul particularly! those two great mem- : , tiers of the Confederacy, lying South of Mason j and Dixon's line, (Virginia and South Caroli- | mi,) in these times of peril ami ominous import, i " Although from a State said to contain many I're-enters, it must not he inferred that Mr. Mtmmipgor is h man of this class. Bold, ehivolrau j !i i .?!?-*.??? *.1 i ??? .???-! - ? IIIIU mini llTCCMHIV j requires, as full <>f metal as the wardiorsc which snuffs the battle from afar, he is jet miI<1 us a | Iamb, meek us u Christian, which lie really is, j and would sooner p.?ur oil on the troubled wa- ! tors than add fuel to the llanio. lie is expected ( to address our Legislature and the public generally. this evening, at the Hall of the House of Delegates, should the weather prove of sufficient clemency. " He is an eloquent speaker?but his eloquence is of themild, persusisiveorder. It fullothupon his hearers gently as the dews of Heaven, and melts and subdues all who conic within the range of its benign inlluenee. I have heard j him in his own Carolina, and I have heard him ! in this city, for lie was here several weeks last October, as a member of the IVotostnnt Kpiseo [mi vuiiYuiiiion. i 10 i.< a true pmla 11 tliropist? I his heart warms up in hobalf of humanity wherever funnd?and therefore. I feel tui assurance that good mustoomc out of his visit. Could the po >r children of his own dear native Carolina, and his own beautiful City of Charleston, speak out, they would with universal voice hail him ns their chief benefactor, lie has done more for the cause of cduciu' m than any other living man." The Railroads. The Legislature of South Carolina has adjourned and the two projects, for railway improvements, met with almost total defeat.? The lirst bill in relation to the llluo Rid go npul W MM i i. i f *? V * o??K ' sequent period of the session a bill was passed to completo this road as far as Walhalla. j The French Broad route, when brought up , for action, was defeated in the House. Our opinion is that South Carolina could I have built both these roads and thus have been ; considerably the gainer, besides talcing a liighi er position among her sister States. Hut her I law makers seem disposed to wall in the little I Stato and their action this session has oftectuj ally succeeded, unless the future will bring | to the rescue more eulightoued patriotism and I enlarged liberality. | Rut from the final action in regard to the iJlue llidge Road, we think the friends of the project may take much encouragement. For ' lllllllWI flu"* nvnnlim' .? road, the little arm that runs up to walhalla, will be, as it wore, the finger of derision, pointing out'the magnificent tunnel as the best evidence of the fully and shortsighted-npss of the chivalry of South Carolina. J Jut there are other projects, which claim some share of the Internal Improvement men in the Western Counties. Wo refer especially to the Western Extension of the North Carolina Central Road. Engineers are now experimenting on the route from the mouth of Swannnno.i towards Ihiektown, Tcnu. We learn that the corps found 1 ittic or no obstruction east of Scott's Creek mountain, a distance of S3IUC 40 mil s. And in Ih's connection, wo must call attention to the route from some point on Scott's Crock, by the way of Web1 ntCV, Savannah creek and Cowce crook, to ini tcrsect with the Blue Ridge road at the mouth oi uowee. a*or tins route we have no special partiality, except that, thus constructed the Central Road will at once become a part of the Air Lino [load, who'je beginning is at Atlanta, Ga. Wo understand this route is spoken favorably of by the Air I/me llond's ' friends aud in making the great trunk through j the entire State, we think North Carolina I should have a regard for this great Air Lino | Road from the South West, as well as for the roads in thy West. If we thought others would agree with us, we would suggest that a Convention of the friends of the three roads ?the Nr. C. Central, the Air Line and the Blue Ridge?be held in this place during the I coming spring and the consideration of the j whole subject be gone into, that something , may yet be done for tlie welfare and best i:iI tercst of the South. What say you friends of the enterprise and brethren, Kditors?? jjur people are able and willing to entertain a thing of the kind, and will do the hospitalities of the occasion with warm, mountaineer liberality. . Since the above was written, we have learned from a private source, that efforts are being made by the Company to raise funds to carry on the work at the Tunnel by individual subscription. We wish them success ! [/V?n/.7m (.V. G\) Observer. Drbadfutj Aocidknt.?TjAWkk.svk, Mass., [ .r.ln 11 Tlir* l^Amluivfnn M illw /\P f Mass., foil yesterday, and three hundred pev: sons wove killed. 8j:coxi> Despatch.? The walls of the Pemborlon Mills, ut this place, suddenly fell at I five o'clock in the afternoon, burying five or | six hundred operatives. In the afternoon ; the whole mass took fire, and before 12 o'clock all the combustible material was consumed. It is estimated that two hundred lives were lost besides a very largo number being mortally wounded, and many other's variously mutilated. It will bo impossible for a long ! t ime to tell accurately the amo ii t of lives lost i or persons iniured. Til hid Despatch.?A portion of the employees were at supper when the wall of tho ; .Mill fell, and hundred were left in the building. The dead and mi.ssilie, number one hundred and fifteen, the most of whom were young girls, the main support of families. Ono hundred and sixty-live were injured. Loss six hundred thousand dollars. The lire hns been subdued.. Tub Ttndktu:uouni>llAii.no\n.?TheRo cnester i .) ucmoerat has information of an arrival in that city of a likely slave, about twenty-three years of age, frooi South Carolii 11a. He hud belonged to Arniiatetd Mason, ; of Virginia, who was killed in a duel in 104O, and his widow sold him South to Col. (Jreenwich, of 0:?k Grove, near Charleston. The : hoy's name is .John Niles Nine years ago j ho attempted to cseapc, but was taken back. He now rejoins his futher and mother in Canada, Hire of Nkahoks.?Negro follows arc hiring in Sumter district at $160 to $180 per annum. ' Pennjngs and Clippings. ' > - ' 1 IIunci?Wohftvo boon reliably informod, eayls tho Carolinian of the 14th inst., that an ineondiury was discovered in Clarondon District, taken in hands by a Vigilar.oo Committee and hung. We have not heard any of tho particular's. From tho summary penalty inflicted, tho evidenco must have been very palpuble and the Offonce heinous. 1- ikk?A tiro on Sunday nt Sheboygan, Wisconsin, destroyed the building ocrtupicd by the county officers and courfi Tho public records prior to 1857, and nil the books niul papers belonging to tho prubato office, wore destoyed. Loss sixty thouuaud dollars. CoMpt.r.MOKY VoTiso?A petition has boon presented to the Legislature of the JJtatoof NoW York, praying the passage of a law to compel its citizens to vole. Coiht or Aite.ai.s?Tho new Court of Appeals mot in Charleston on the 9th iust., organized, nnd heard sundry onsen. A Conscientious Witness?A young man at the Yorkshire (England) Assiz.es. who refused to take the oath, because ho bolioved it to be contrary to the Scriptures, was forbidden by the,judge to leave the Court during the assizes, and directed, amidst the laughter of the court, to sit up in iv corner of a gallery where every ono would soe him. Bad roit thk Docrons?At) English justice has laid it down as a principle of law, that a physician is not entitled to payment if the patient dies under his treatment. Foreign Wokdeks?A genius left Philadeb tll.il. ?l,rn? n I" .. . I. - lt..~ I'"" > J ? ...j m.ii <i ...v halibut, He returned h\st week with thirty thousnit'l dollars, all made by exhibiting hi* halibut as the "American Flounder." In Kngiatvl our common million is cultivated in pot's, au?l culled the " American velvet plant." Rert'sku wis Fkkehom?A short timo einco, a very worthy colored man of Lynchburg, Y?., known as John Christian, waa set free by bin master, ltev. \Vrm Hiuklc, but becoming dissatistiod with his extended liberties, he, on Tuesday, :5d inst., in the Hustings Court, was returned to his master, thi deed of freedom being annulled on his motion. (ioon Fremng in Conurkss?Tho editor of the Savannah Jfrpublv-an, who has been a few days in Washington, remarks, as a most noticeablothing, that n >t\vithstanding the intemperate and apparently exasperated debates in the ! llou.se, otherwise good feeliug seems to provuil. j Tho private intercourse of members is marked "j iiiiu un i'll miiuik'!)?, tsu ii1iii lilt) w 1*1tor thinks " matters ncod not be considered as wholly do':pernio." Distinct OrncRiis in (Jreknvii.i.r?At an election, hold on Monday, W. A. McDamel wan ! elected Clerk of the Court, and J. T. McDanlcl, Sheriff. Kxomfoirs Si m?The annual pale of news in Beeelier's church, in Brooklyn, last 'J uesdny evening, realized the enormous sum of $29,429.60. Death ok an Indian Cii'ef?Gov. Blacksnake. the ' old Indian," diou ;:t his residence on the Alleghany Reservation, 8 miles from Knst Randolph, Cattaraugus county, N. Y? Deo. 2ti, at the advanced ago of 123 years. He was probably, before his death, the oldest Indian living. Fratd itpon Justice?On Monday last. Judge Sutherland, of the New York Supreme Court, grouted a writ of error in the case of James Stephens, sentenced fur the third time to execution, for poisoning his wife. 11a will probably get another trial. Lcnatic Asyi.um?Thereportof the Itegents t'f the Lunatic Asylum for tho year 1851), ljns I been received. There arc 2^7 inmates, but lew having been cured. A CoNGHKrsioNAi. Incident?In tho ballot that was taken in the House for Speaker on Thursday last, the lion. J. L. M. Curry of Alabama, was brought in from a sick bed and voted. A Boy's IIkad ui.own Okf?A little boy, residing in Union county, Ivy., had his head blown oir one day last week. lie bored a hole j in a log and put powder in it., ramming thu | powder down with a stick. He then laid a cole of tiro on the hole, and before ho could get away lit I 1 - -? iL. .>!.!. .1..1L! l - - - " ? T ii uaiiiuucm, wiu ?iiuk cai'iKiug nun on mo noiui, knocking the upper portiou off and killing him instantly. Spirituai. Mf.imijis I'ltonuuTED?Dr. 0. Kednian and Mr. Lansing, have been tin veiling as spiritual mediums in Alabama. A bill passed both houses of the Legislature, like a whirlwind, imposing a fine of$500on any public spirit-medium. This was done after the members had witnessed one of the exhibitions. The Lehmon Slave Case?Tho famous Lommon s';>ver ease will probably be decided d iriug the present term of the Court in Now Vork. Another Iieoisi.ative Difficulty in Kansas.?The Kansas Territorial Legislature passed a joint resolution adjourning to meet at Leeompton, which Gov. Mednry vetoed, but tho Legislature passed it over the veto hv n two thirds voto of a quorum. The question has now arisen an to the constitutionality of this vote. The majority adjourned to Lawrence, and the minority remaining at Leonmpton. Roth faction" "!nirc to be a legal body. Vai.uk or Fugitive Si.avf.3.?It is stated that there are now in Canada forty-five thousand run away slaves from the f-'outh. Valuing these slaves at an average of one thousand dollars each, it is (dear that the British provinces ore harboring $45,000,000 worth of the property of the United States, ami l.ecping it beyoud the reach of the rightful owners. Lawrence, Mass., January 11, P. M.?A portion of the employees were at cupper. There were six hundred in the building when the walls fell. T'.?e dead and missing number one hundred arid fifteen, most of them being young girls, and the main support of their families.? Those i> jured number one hundred and sixtyfive. The loss of property is estimated at $t>00,000. The firo has been subdued. Abolition Iuissjionakiks in Tkouih.e.?The Independent states'that Rev. Oeo. Candee, Rev. Win. Ilondi i<k and Robert .Tone*, missionaries of the Amoricnn (Abolition) Missionary Asso| ciation, have been expelled from Juokson courti ty, Ky, alter having their hair and heads shaved, aitd tar put cm thoir heads aud faces. Cold Weather.?The Houston Telegraph makes the following extraordinary statement: As near as wo can asoortain, thoro woro from fifty to sixty peordo fro/.on to death within the State of Texas during the late cold weather.? Of theso. at least forty were under the influence _r i;~ - - -Li- / vi mjiiur wnsn irozcn. J Here wore many thou* | sand liogi, cattlo and sheep frozen to death also,' i none of whom, it is fair to suppose, wore uud?r i the influonce of spirits. Exodus or Pupils ri?ou BcTiir.KiiEM.?-The Alleton (Pa) papors say that within a weok the greater portion of I'uo S iiitiiurn pupils of tho liotlilelimn Fomalo Institute havo nton withdrawn from the school. Fire young la/lies from Mississippi were withdrawn in one day. Ax introduction nf tlm RrvnniuV. -t - ...? WUOWIII Ul I nilver anklets for tliofio who chooso to walk out 1 in short petticoats, is thought of by the lajioaof I New York. 0 I I'll.! ' JXLLJL'UilLl Momuuknt to Tkomas Bkntok?The "Missouri Stat* Logisluturo bat) rocontly unanimously passed a bill appropriating $2,500 fur a monument to tho late Colonel Benton. Tt is generally supposed that tho appropriation will b? in aid of tho project relative to tho same subjeot, which has been in contemplation among Mr. lientou's personal and political frlouds in St. Louis ever since his decoaso Tug Capes ok Nkuku Stralisjc?Yn?t?r^nv morning we noticed, snjA the Columbus Sun, the fact that Simeon Porry had been convicted for negro Molding, and (hnt the trial of Axnni was progressing. lie was found guilty. Ycstorday two othor confederate*, l'inckard ami J Kcuv.'lc.i, wcrft tried r.tsd curvictcd. Tito punishment it$ four to ten years in the Penitentiary. Louisvm.i.r, Jan. 12th?The Opposition momhers of the Tennessee Legislature have nomitm! ted the Hon. John Bell as the Union candidate for tho l'i 0: ideney F.\roars or Cotton-?The Crop?Tfio export* l r. - v.? /\..i ; > > j v>? vw?u?n uwin vriuiiii xu iji\UFpuui uuring I lie past week were 24.000 bales, ami to Ilavie (7.00. 1'li6 exports from Mobile to Knglatid i during tlie week were 10.000 balos. Opinions in that locality respecting the crop generally settle on four ami a quarter millions bale*, though a few parties adhere to still heavier figures. Twelve families, embracing in all thirty-nine persons, have been driven from Madison county. ; Kentucky, on account of their incendiary principles. They lclt on the 2Ulh December Fuince Ai.fuko Tiiuasued.?The .Jerusalem correspondent of the lloston Traveller says that Prime Alfred. Q'lfteu Victoria's seoond son who is midshipman in l!io British Navy, while in the port of Jit Hit. received a severe thrashing from a brother middy, whom lie had insulted : and it is related of him, greatly to his credit, by his brother officers, that after his defeat he hedged the victor's pardon for having commenced the quarrel. Acts of the Legislature. We published hrst week four nets of the Legislature, and continue to give others in our proscnt number. From the act establishing certain " rrt?ds, bridges and ferries," wo extract all pertaining to this section: X 11, That the charter heretofore granted to Sloan's Kerry, Ucvoss Seneca River, in Pickens District, bo, and tho.same is hereby, so altered abd amended as toullow II. E. Raven ci to-erect a l oll Undge, at or near tho same Kerry, with the sumo rate of toll as is now allowed by law to Knox's Bridge, over Tugaloo River} and that all the rights, privileges and franchises incident to this charter, he, and tho same are hereby, vested in the said J1 K. I'avcncl, his heirs and assigns, for a period of fourteen years'. XIV. That the public road in Pickens District, culled the Ligon's Bridge Road, ho, and I the same is hereby, discontinued as a public I road, from a point where it intersects the Cnv's Bridge Road to where it intersects said road again in Grocnville District; and that the Cox's Bridge Road, between the said points, bo established as a public highway, under the jurisdiction ot' the Boards of Commissioners of Roads for Pickens and (Jlrcenville Districts, respectively. XV. That George Seaborn be, and hois hereby, authorized to close a certain road in Anderson District, running from the Bruec's Ford Road, across his land, to the Pendleton and Anderson Road, at the head of the lane between S. K. Maxwell and the said George Seaborn. The Incorporation Act lias this scetion of interest to many of our readers: XIII. That David K. Hamilton, Thomas G. B??ggs Thomas II. McCariu, Th'omas II. Uusse.ll. Wnrren W nml Ur!ll!?m Mulligan, and thoir successors in olfice, Trustees of Carinel Presbyterian Church, in 1 *ickens District, bo, and they arc hereby, declared to boa body politic and corporate, by the nan.c and stylo ot' " Carinel Church," and for the government and regulation of the secular affairs of said Church, are invested with all the powers and privileges conferred on the Trusteed of Pickens Court House Church, by an Act entitled 4< An Act to incorporate Pickens Court House Church," ratified on the twentyfirst day of Do souther, in the year of our Lord one thousand c'ght hundred and fifty-seven. Congressional. Washington, Jti. 12, 1 860.?Sbxatr? Mr. Davis, of Miss., introduced a bill for the better orffillli*llfii>ii nf flic Arm*/ ""O ? "* *"v -- v/ Mnny executive cotuuinu^utions wore, rcferrcd. Mr. Pilgh, of Ohio, concluded his spcocb in reply to Mr. Ivcraun, of On. Messrs. Douglae, Clay, (ireeti and other Senators continued the debate on the soundness of the Douglas Democracy. Mr. Douglas said that his views relative to slaves in the Territories were of twelve years standing, and were the views of three-fourths of the Democracy. If they were to be excluded from I the uartv not enough would l>r? loft. ?<? nlo??# t! v 0~~ "" """ vv w,v" their candidate fur the Presidency. These views hnd undergone no change in all that time, and yet ho had been eleven times made Chairman of the Territorial Committee. IlrtusK.?Mr. Sherman enquired of Mrt Houston, of Ala-, if certain remarks made by the latter were intended in a personal or political sense. Mr, Houston's response waf satisfactory to Mr. Sherman, who went on t? 8ay that he had steadily refused to make an} explanation relative to his endorsement of the Helper Book, and should continue to do sc ' whilst Mr. Chrk's resolution was ponding. Mr. Clark said that he did not intend his resolution as a personal reflection, but would not withdraw it. An effort was made to induce Mr. Clark to withdraw the resolution, and substitute the following, which had been prepared by the representatives of all parties, except the lieI publicans : " Whereat, The agitation of tho slayer^ question is productive of no pood, but ?f evil to tho whole country, and its discussion ougld to ho discontinued by all parties ; thoreforc, | Itcwloeil, Tlvit no man who had recommcn I ded, still insists Upon, and who docs not disa : vow the doctrines expressed in extracts which 1 have been read from Helper's Book, and v/hc ; is not opposed to tho further agitation of the [ slavery question, is not (it to he Speakor." Mr. Clark was surprised that his friend* should have prepared this resolution without consulting him and refused to withdraw th( previous one. Mr. Hnukiu, of New York, was cnergeti I cally replying to what ho considered an un ! kind and unjust remark of Mr. Clark, Tthcr i a pistol fell from hiapprson to the floor. Koi scvorm moments the House wim u fearful sconc of commotion. Members rushed in, ?ontc un ?lcr the belief that tho pistol Wan intended U he used with deadly intent, and at one time i ! general conflict wu? feared. The Sergeant al I Arms wu8 called in and the disorder wan ani etcd. Jlr. Ilaukin in expUuaUion wud tlwi f ; *\ . Ijo lived in a dangerous part of the city and bad yestefdsy onucd himself to proteo| his person at night on his way thither, and that the fulling of the pistol was simply the result of accident. Mr. Clark apologised for bin fomarks and soon after the House adjourned. The Herald and Helper " Harmony " yrrites from New York to the Mobile Regiitcr: The Journal of Commerce i* limner the lash ! (pou) ovor- the shoulders of Editor Uenuett , for 1118 deception in rcfcrenco to Uenernl ^ Heotfc! The Joi)ruil Hays Mint it is false that j any one nominated Ijeuoral Keott at the ln, ion meeting. ?So it i.s. Never wind; if Hon ' j nctfc can get Scott nominated and elected, he will deserve credit and a foreign mixtion.? Young Dennett is now the principal assistant editor to his father. lie conducts the editoI rial department when liia father is not in town, I and writes well. For a long tijne young l$ennott gave uo token of editorial talent, out all ; that is changed, lie has been for a year at the editorial rooms every day (when in town,) j and either wrote or diet .ted the leading ediI torial-s. II< has more talent than his father, i though not the experience. There ia n^ 1 - !.. il . IV !i 1 i . . il. i 1 1 JH.T3UIJ Ilj Villi I UlU'U OliUU* II15U lU^S rWOIVtU ! such an education as young Bennett. He hap ! spent years iti Fnincc, (Jcrtnnny, Italy and i Spain. Was at .school in all those countries, j consequently lie speaks, writes and reads all . those languages with the correctness of a u:i! tivo. When he is twenty one, a-few days hence, his father intends to change the headi ing of the Herald, so us to have it rend? ! "James (I. Bennett & Sun, Editors and pro* I nrielors." When tl?c old gent dies, then the heading ! will he changed back to the single J. G. D., | as the son has the same name as tlic father.-? j The l(ci';dd has some very extraordinary men ! engaged upon if. The principal editorial ! writer is thex:elcbrated Dcotor Junes, who is j the real uuthor of the " Impeiiduijjj Crisis of the South," by Helper. The hook was compiled by Doctor Jones in the licrald office, from facts anil statements that have been attested by Mr. Dennett, llelpcf may Imve j assisted the Doctor. As a proof of this, let | me call your attention to the fact that nothing j of any consequence was paid about the book j unt ill n few days before tho meeting of Congress ; then tho 11er.iId opened upon it, republishing extracts and abusing it editorially, day after day, until! ivcmbers of Congress engaged in the discussion, and the fortune of Doctor .Jones, Helper and Burdick, the publisher, is sccured. Bennett is a very shrewd man, cunning as a fox and deep s*s one of his own Scotch plens. If an\ deviltry is to .be concocted lie can do it, and beat Satan ten ; puiui.N .111 uiu game. | Last summer, when lie was stopping with | President Buchanan at the soldier's retreat. ' lie gave the latter a copy of .1 ones' book.? ; ' There," said Bennett, " is gunpowder ! enough in that book t?i blow the Union to the ! devil." Buchanan jumped a foot, and Ben1 nett added, " but badly fired off it'll make ! ye President again j" and then he explained in detail to Buchanan how tlie campaign was ' to be managed. Tho John Brown bu.sincss | has nearly upset a?i their fine plans. Tiif.JIi.aoiv Law in Missouri.?The Pt. Louis Winning \?:ics says the free negro law, which has just passed the Senate of Missouri, is harsh and oppressive in the extreme. It prohibits any slave holder from rewarding his faithful slave for lung years of devoted service, by giving him his freedom, unless he I enters into a bond of two thousand dnlh.rs to rcinovo the emancipated slave from the State J forever. It provides that every free negro or ' mulatto over the age of eighteen years, now living in the State, shall leave it before the first Monday in September,. 1800, on puin of I being sold at public auction into slavery for J life. All free negroes and roulattoea under i eighteen years of age shall be bound its appren, ticcs till they are twenty-one years of ago, i twelve months after the expiration of which I they shall lea .'c the State or be sold intoalaveI ry. Any free negro or mulatto who shall come into the Mate alter thti lust Monday in September, 18ff1, and remain twviity-four hours, shrill be sold into slavery. Such are the leading provision? of the bill. SoUTHEltN lll(illTK IN (.1 KOTtHTA. A Southern lights meeting was held at Savannah, (Ja., on the 30th ult. The resolutions authorise n vigilance committee of twenty-five citizens, to be appointed by the chairman of the meeting, whose duties are proscribed.? ' They also recommend direct importations, non-intercourse as far as practicable with the abolition communities of the North, and urge i the propriety of employing native touchers and patronizing Southern schools flnd coIIc^ch. They also call upon Southern representatives i in Congress to protest against and resist the right of representatives of those Northern J States whose Legislatures have passed laws vinhitivn of fhfi nrnviswins Of the ('niiatitntinn | and the fugitive nlavc law to occupy 'seats in that body. More Fruits of Tits lKKKPnK*sinr.K Conflict.?The Petersburg Exp ret*, of yesi terday, says: ? A number of young women?soino oighjt r or ton?arrived in this city, yesterday morning, > from New York, and divided into parties of ? four or five eaeh, proceeding South and West, in search of employment. They wero some i of the victims of abolitionism*?poor Women, I depending solely upvn the work of their hands j for bread?whoso lips, perhaps, never uttered i a word against any section of their country, > and whorte hearts never cherished a thought > except for the welfare and love of nil. This ; ia a painful commentary, nnd in,Written as j with fire upon tho tracks of Northcvu fanati' cism. . ^ 'Frankfort, ICy., Jan. 10.?The Kentucky State Democratic Convention met here . to-dov. David Merriweather was chosen : _1. * .1.. pitfirmuii. j nu uuiuuiuu'c uii ruJHJiutitniH i i reported majority and minority reports, both 11 endorsing ti?o Drcd Scott decision. The int.i 1 jority favors M. (Inthrie lor the Presidency, | and endorses Mr. liuchnnan's administration, j i The minority declared for Mr. Dotiglta and L! popular sovereignty, nod deprecates nn npj plication to Congress in faVor of slavery. ' Net* York PRr.RUATM to tiir Cn.\*Mi8TON CoNVfNTlOV?SvilACPUB, Jftlt. 7, 1800?Tbo I Congressional Contention for tbi? district coq' vVhed-in th<v City Hall in thisplnee to-Qftt. and ' elected tho Hon. ex-Sneaker '1 human G. Alvord rtnu uo? iiuifHim ?. uraves a? uftiogawa, ana . Henry I'ratt and Henry 0 Henoh attentate*, to ) represent tlio Twenty-fourth Congressional dii. i triot at the Charleston Convention, The Con. vcntion wo? a Inffjre on?. Great confidence and 'onthnHiamn prevailed. Kotolulions were passed " endorsij.sjflt, Alvord in tho State Convention, t of which tiohn A. Grcooe, Jr., Is chairman. * W* ' ". r Af- k - y r # ? . ' " * ' * * . " 1 j uiuuwi iu.u i i.L-1 J.. . i Inauguration of Sam. Houston.?0?i tV ; 21st ?It., Geih Sam Houston was inaugurated Governor of Tc st 4, with moro than Ordinary pomp and exeitomcnt. The Qalvcftton Gioil\ant m commenting on this cvont, euy? : " Whatofor feelings may now divide tho people of TexaB, and whatever may bo cho effort to send tho name of Houston down to posterity, like that of the Corwiir, ?' liuked with one virtue and n thousand crimo#," tho day will come When peace will forever be e?tAbliahcd between him nod hirf enemies ; ami Texas will onjy remember his public Hcrvicctf ...J -1 !-.l- \.t.. - - -? * * A iiu gnurinii uih memory hhuhhoi a lender I ft ho establishment of a great ami prosperous State/' " In kecpinj; licr army (ogotlior, without a military client, without pay or proper subsintanco, ami achieving tho victory which e.s? tablinhoil the independence of tho country from Mexican drupotism ; in the organization of the government, and procuring itn recognition by the gre:tt powors of the earth in husbanding our feblo rc*oureea; repulsing mob law and persoiuil violence and installing reupeet for law and constituted authoi'hy; in f , counselling patience, economy unci industry, as the best remedies for the evil* suffered by the young republic, and in his uniform advocacy of the peaceful solution of nil political quo*,tions in tho State and the Union, he ban achieved labors and insti OJtuI 1 OHSuns that have not fallen useless to the groutid.'' bl Tiik Chauijkston Convkntton.?wo pomniend the following to the Slate Rights democrats of South Carolina who arc in favor of taking a part in " the lirst great battle " for southern rights. It is from tho Charlescm Mercury, in some advice yi veil by it to the Democrats of Alabama. While outsiders advise, the Convention party in South Carolina will go in and ?ct their part in the " battle " Let her see that the Southern ciiunc pre- J* I vail in the first great buttle at Charleston, to be fought by the 8Ute Rights men of Alabu- I ma and Mississippi, and the South will bo unconquerable in any other conflict Let Ala- I bama, it' she will, go into the Charleston Convention, instruct her delegates to demand an explicit recognition of the rights of tho South on all the great matters nt issue with tho North, particularly tlmt which involves our expansion; and if this recognition is refused* that they shall withdraw from tho Convention." i ? 1? Contests eoii Speaker.?Twice within the past ten years, have there been prolonged contests for t he office of Speaker of the House of Representatives. The fir?toccurred in tjio thirty-first Congress, and after inefTeetual bnl muiiprs, extended tnrougli several wcoks, tlio plurality rule was adopted, which resulted ill the election of Howell Cobh, by two vbte.s, over Mr. Winthrop. Four years ago, tho content for Speaker lasted from tho Gr*t Monday in December to Saturday, the fourth of February. After one hundred and thirty-two ballots the plurality rule was adopted, by a vote of 118 to 100,and Mr. Hanks was elected by 113 votos; Mr. Aiken, of South Carolina, had 108 votes. The President's incasniro was sent to Con press December 21st?moro than a mouth boforo t^c organization of tho House. At?\t?am,v Dkmociiatic Coxvkntin\. Montoomkuy, Ala., January 12.?The Convention makes slow nroereAs. The rennrt ??' the committee 011 contested scats was favorable to the Yaney delegation from Montgomery County. This report was sustlined bv the Convention, the vote being 211 yeas to 110 nays. Mr. Scott-, of Monroe, introduced n series of resolutions, assorting the rights of slavery in the Territories, and its protection there by Legislative and Congressional enactment*. The delegates to the Charleston Convention were instructed *o insist upon this risiht; and, if it was repudiated by that body, the Alalnma delegates are to withdraw from it, and again call together this Convention. The report and resolutions were referred* to the i'omuitttce on Platform. Washington, January 10.?Mr. Faulkner of Virginia has be;?n nominated, by tho 11 !j.-. . . ?< i luMuuiit minister to rrauee. J'hcro lias been iio confirmation an yet. All previous nomination* this session hnvo boon confirmed, except that of Mr. Gruud, uh ('onsul to Havre. It is not likely that this will be confirmed. . The nnnual mcotinjr of the United Stiitea Agricultural .Society will be held horo to-uiorrow. Fnr.f. Xkoh'iks i.v Wasuinoton.?The City Council of Washington, apprehending that tlio Ing'mlAtion in tome of the Slave States again t free negroes, would hnvo the cfl'cet of inort-asi ??5 the number of that chvs* in Wnahingto-i, took the initiary measure* to prevent ?uoh "migration. but a recont authoritative exposition (if the Citv Charter mIiou-a ihni U # * ,r h" v er of prohibition, and thut tho legislation on tliat Rubjeut nuisl bocontinod to pre->orthinc. it* mlviincc, such rennoimblo terms nnd condition of reaidoncc n* may tend to ropel tho idle und disorderly.? Guard in n. . jwrwzm&L Mahhiki), oh the 12th Inst-, by K. 1' "Vcrnor,. Hsq., Mr. Jami:m M. Hariiiso*, of Fi nnklin county,, (in., to Miss Nancy K., daughter of J^mo Jenkins,, of I'ickena. On tho 13th December, 18r>0, by ! '. Alexander* Esq., Mr. John Mihumikkv: to to Miss Ki.i/.aiittir. Owkns, nil of 1'iekens. On tho 4th Inst , by Rcr. A. \Y.vRoss. nt the residotico of thy. brido'a. iuthur, near Pendleton, Mr. Wii.mam V. Mii.i.ku, of Abbeville, to Miss S a i. i.ik t!. Hon?: On Tuesday evening, lOtti ln*t.,At tlierM'tdwcs of the brlde'.s fntlior, by Ho*. J. Scott M if y,\ Mr. John 1'ktkii 1!ho\vn lo Miwi J01.IA hccoikI, daughter of Col. J. 1*. Heel, both of AudurrfoiH Court Houiy. ??asa?-? ' ' i. 11 ?? Special Itteetis^. rilllR (fanornl U-nutl of Cotnuiissionnrft of JL ll'Xlde nre ic:juo?t$;l to u?eot ntV Piokftns, Court Il>tw?e, on Silodftv ?.i Whrunry twxf.?v liuniiiOM of unportnnee wilt l>? boforetiio Board* und a full nUoodnnoo in *<>lioito<l. K. II. < MUFFIN. flhrtn'n ljotinh Jun. 10. W>0 23 Z . . ' <y . *'?~ ?1 .1 1. * 1 ?. * to Uatpenter* and. House Guilders* 'PUB umtarsigned Comiftilteo ?uo?ivc 1 pealed or otherwise, uftlfttba third MfclUtdiur ?t* F'obrnnry next, at which time the contract wiu bo taken lor tho building of the ,\MUTINY HOUSK at Liberty. Plan utvd ppccifioaliwv* Of auld 1lo?v?o can to lttul by cnHlttg on ollher or th& underm^ue^ 4. It. Cfi.VYTON, \ . , TllOfl. H. nCKiaa. I CompilHc* 1IHNHV HKtfDIUX j Jan, H* ><W> 2ft 4 W., Neg?oa? for Sale, I Mi UK SO Mi ?t my reside^*, Wednesday tho 25th instant, to tho hiirh ost bidder. ' FOUIl UKBLr K^QKOHg, Nnmely 9? Two men and on? womnn and child, Tehm8?? Six montlift crodit with interest and approved paper. wm. owvicn. j J?ov-5, IStiQ $3 g* i * ' * , "