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r*Tt~V1i fir-T" "'11 111'* in* i?i |? WE ** - - ~ ROB T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. TKIIM?&??1.50 ]><>r niunim. in ndvnncp. If p*yiupiii K?''?.lr|iivtfU until Alter flip expiration ol (lie , your. ."J2. K?r six tnntitlm. 7*> cvtils in udvuiioc. ?? ./"Advertisements iunci ted :it tin.1 usual rates. . 1MCKKNS C. II., S. C.: Saturday Morning, XIarch 10, i860. To Correspondents. Soveral eoiiununii ations, uitli our usual eorros. Jvpuilt'iioo, nppcur in numlier. Weare j.U'iisoil to receive well written, j>?i*r.io?l itml hricf iirtielcs tor insertion in our coluii.us. Tliese, liowevcr, can only ajiju'iir ms our jiiiljfmcnt niny ile'erminc, Hii'l i?t sticli time as >piice can ho iitlortle.l. Nocessiiy, aside from ilic isircumstyneos of c.'uli )>articnlur ons<>, <leinau<l? flint our own regulations l?e not departed from. We cannot rceeive cominuni- j cations in aav oilier way. Wc trust iliis statement will l>e satisfactory to correspondents who have re ceiiuy amiresaou us <-it tlje subject. Refer To (Tie various new advertisements in our coluitiiis this week. Tlie list of can lidates lor the Legislature is lengthening. The Return Of lust week footed *;j> -"ai ousts? 00 writs ntul 1 ti:'? proeesses. There arc ^crimps more than '?(>' acceptances beside; a number of the writs arc for cousideruble amount*. Death of Mr. Benson The painful duty devolves onus this week of announcing the death of .Mr. I'. U. Hks.sox, of I'endlctpn. lie breathed his last on Sunday morning, the lth instant, of pneumonia, after an illness of several days. Mr. I>i:nso.n was in his "L'd year, du- ! ring innuh of which time ho merchandised at Pendleton. lie represented Pendleton distric' acccplahlyin tlie Legislature, and was also Sheriff of that district lor one term. With pleasing address and kindness of heart, he dr*jw around him many i fi'ie.nds. l.ong service in the ehnrch prepared hi:n i litly for the find 1 struggle, lie was the respected head of a numerous family, with whom and his j widely extended connexion, we, in common with i the community at large, mourn the sad event. The District SubscriptionThe proceedings of the meeting at fheoliee will j"?~t our readers a< to the progress of the railroad j discussion in the tyintrict, which is decidedly fa- , vorahle. The good cause is meeting with success. We have been asked, why was this subscription by the district autltM'i/.ed'! It is known by our , .v<i?v>o It lilllll-llVI ir- |U UJCCltMl iroill burg lo MorristoAii, Tumi, tuul known us the French liroad route. 'l'lio friends of thai enterprise in Spartanburg got up :i hill in the Legislature tor a district subscription by I'liion find tlint i iJistrict. 'i'iiere has already been subscribed to j lids road the sum of ;$iiOl>,(lO l. The Legistaturoof J Tennessee has given it aid lo (lie amount of .S10,- j OUO jior Spartanburg and I'nion districts will lake S-U",0(10 in stock, making the present jissets of tiiat company near SI."00,(lot). Tliis would givo the French Hroail road a decided advantage over the Hlue llidge. Our members were iilive to the importance of the movement, and in histed that Anderson and I'ickens should have a plaee in the picturo"?that we should not be behind in a cause of so much importance. Now, w ill the voters of the district keep time with those of Fpiirtiinlmrg and I nion. or retire itrnoblv from the contest ? I.ct us bo up and doing ! As sonio misapprehension exists on tlio subjcct, vve would stale that the railroad tax would not be levied pro rata, but (lint each person would pay in propor(iou to his taxable property. ? PolitlC3. The political management at Washington is oxciting attention throughout the country. Ki:\v \iti>, (lie leader of the black republicans, delivered a loug speech in the Senate, of a milder typo than the "irrepressible conflict" doctrine thai gave birth to the raid of John Hrown. Messrs. hotci.as and Davis replied to hint, demolishing his arguments ami exposing his dc(cstablo principles in line st} le. Skwarii, howevor, is the head and front of his party, ami will probably be its nominee for the next Presidency. Congress, as a legislative body, is doing little el <e t ban consider ami pass appropriation bills, and listen I > the speeches of its members. i ;i? commicee 01 i lie ." cnatorial caucus Adopted j resolutions equally opposed to si|itattersovereignty nnd a slave code lor ilie territories. Tltey were I Introduced in tlie Senate l?y Mr. Davis, nnd may j puss tliat hvidy. Tliey merit our approbation in u j very decided manner. il .11. .I. 1). .Vsn.MoiiK delivered a sol speech in ^ tho House of Representatives, on the rights of the i South and the politics of the day. The press coin- ' nierpd il in high terms. W'c shall lay it before our ?oadorS as soon as it is received. Efforts are funking to build up an opposition pnrfy, and a few in this State arc consoling themselves with the belief that I here is to be a triangular contest for the Presidency. This delusion will soon lie at an end. The battle must be fought between ! f!ie democrats aiul the republicans, ;tn<l those who ' Kilvisc or oiteonrage any other course is .simply piny- j ing, unintentionally perhaps, into tho hands of the | enemies of tho .Sontli. Lot tlic democracy sdand firm, and .success may again reward their efforts. Sal eclair'I'llo weather conspires monthly to give us nn unfavorable saloday. The sales of property were unimportant. A meeting was lieM in the Court Mouse for ll purpose of appointing delegates to the democrat t-Jtate convention. See proceedings elsewhere. A "brief" row, sonic drunkenness and bud or- ; dor closed the events of the day, ? Latest News Snmmarydisorder still roijjus in Mexico. Wa lenrn that Juarez has dismantled tho tbrt at (Jont'/n* roaloos, and taken the gum. It was reported in Vera Cruz tli.it Miramon bus issued a manifesto ordering foreigners to leave Vera Cruz, The United States niftriiiM will firevent the Americans being driven from Tehtiantopcc; > many merchants, hnwevor, hnvo been forced j away 'Thomas Md/eod, of fSmnler, was j instantly killed, near Timmnnsville, <m the .Man- ; nhester railroad, bv part <-f a train pacing over his body on the 2-ilh nit? -Tim intelligence from the Kin Grande is, that Tobin and Tomlin- , i?on*V rangers have been disbanded. C'ortinns is fn r.oMCSHlon of the West bank of the llio flrande, and if committing depredations in Texci. ? ? ? i? ? us. niDnxmnn x cnvniry rtiut ioi?ih rangers aro Jimling tlio Ijorilor to tho extent of tlioir ?1 >iIi- j ?The Kuro| pr?n news, political nnd commercial, is unimportant. Totaf, Ecmpsk or tiik Si/y?The total cclipco | of tho sun, which will occur on the lMthof July j next, is regarded hv astronomers as tlio most ' important which will he witnessed during the presunt cfifltnry. It will ho vt?*i)?lc as a parti.il oulipso throughout tho United State?, hut will ho total only in n Pinall part of Oregon and Washington Territory. Momvmsnt- -The Kentucky State Senate hns Appropriated $2,500 toward the erection of a monument at the capital of tfeMkate to the memory of Danioi Boone, lli? ^thc l?r?t wUkrr^ Kentucky. Col. Orr. i The X-Mvborrv f%ns realist, in an m*.o!e on " Douglas ami t' >!. Orr," ?l jo.-* the lutlor gi/ntIonian injustice?not intentional, we presume.? The Cunsaraliit quote* tlio speech of Col. Our, ' in tlio democratic State Convention, at Columbia, lour yomnugn, endorsing Ouculas nud his views. Tluix far, well. At tliat tlino tliore were few in the South that were not Docci.as men. especially amount the denjnuruoy. Hut in his Honiersault on " Squittor Sovereignty" he wont by the b >anl South, as well as in this Stnlo. Tho bur<1on th:it opprotso(t!io Ctinwrc- | (ih'if i-j, ' w!iy '1 ?os n it (?- !. Omt denounce him I (I)ot'ci.as) :u unworthy of eonfi Ioiioo," now.' II.is tIto udltor of tlio C/wo'rtyi'ijt soon or reiul C>l. Oil it'4 Cr.iyt.Mivillo spocoh. delivered in 1>.i.S? II lie will refer to tli.it, ho will iind that1 I'd. <>itit th?;<speak* of Jud^o D jcji.as : " Tlio course of a distinguished Senator from Illinois, .fii<l^>> J)mollis, a the nd.nissiun of j KiuimW. cxoito'l Mirnri.-e m 1 rivn-ot. Tim Itne.! tile attitude ho a*sutnod townlds tl?o adniinistrii< lion and tin* body of tlio party, fronted an nj?pichension that lio was paving the way int?? tlio Republican t*a in j? : hut his late speeches in llli-1 nuirt sho.w that ho is combatting with all Iti.-i energy and his great talents tlio dangerous doctrines of tlio Republicans, and I now believe that it is his purpose to return to the democratic j fidd. lie will find that "confidence is a plant of slow growth," and that his ahcration will i cost him many years of faithful service before lie | is reinstated in the liigh position ,'roni which lie so suddenly and unexpectedly descended." The gist of Douoi.as' dofoction consisted in his ahandonmont of tlio party on the admission of Kansas, lint is ho, on " Squatter Sovere'gnty " or anything olso. more objection alilo than " (?.\ss, Stiwkt and others"? Did not tlio State support (.'ass lor the 1'residency, j with his " .Squatter Sovereignty " Irerosy ? Hut! (hi* does not amount to anything in tlio oaleu- j lation of some. No; Col. ()itn must "charge) tergiversation on l)< and "denounce! lijnia* unworthy of confidence." Col. Oitn /mil repudiated hoi.'ii. vs and his " Squatter Sove-j reignty," ami lie can. therefore, very well leave ! it to liis opponents to ilenoiiuee liim for III," J political sins, both of omission ami commission. . The mid his party are not to bo surpassed in this line. A word as to t!ie Charleston Convention.? This is the subject that is rendering furious cor i tain politicians and writers for thc-press in this State. Their inability to prevent the State from j being represented in it, has rcndeied tlieni per- i fectly denunciatory of everything pertaining < thereto. The motives of the friends of the mm u-1 nient are impugned, and their patriotism ipica- , tinned. 1 >o those gentlemen expect to drive | wi'in- 11icy ciinnni c tax and whip into tliclr cor- i vice? It' they do, they are mistaken! Theirj principle- ami policy, slouched tinder the cover I of Southern right!', will, it' carried out, be fatal | to the cause of the South. ISouth Carolina i lie governed hv thecour?e determined on by the | (.'onvolition of* 1JS.">2?to follow, and not attempt. I to load the .Southern States.' The departure ! from this policy, by the last Legislature, is ro- | suiting in failure, and estranging Virginia anil other of the Southern States from us. Practically, there are hut two tenulilc positions: 1st. i To co-operate and act with the South ami her f: iends elsewhere. 2ml, Hy separate accession leave the Union. The former of these positions we believe to he the right one, hence our advocacy of the policy proper to be pursued at this time. Advertising. Hunt's Merchant's Magazine is considered i good authority in business affairs. Ilavfc our' merchants, mechanics, manufacturers and other j business men read the following paragraph, on ' the subject of 1 M i'out vxit.ok l*riii.tciTV. ? Hunt'* Merchant's Magazine for February?one of the best mini- i hers of that cxceilciit work ever issued?savs: j " Notoriety or public;'y is an indispensable ele- | inent of success to the merchant, mechanic or j manufacturer who would give a speedy and wide distribution to the commodities ami pro-j 1 ductions which he seeks to exchange for money, lie may have capital, skill, convenient positi >11, punctuality, industry an I honesty?every pos- I sib'le fitness for his business?and all is nothing, ' if lie have not sufficient notoriety. This note- : ( riety, let it cost more or less, he must purchase or provide for as carefully as ho purchases or ' ?> l.io .1. -C .... I_ * - .no .-? >. i\ 111 Aim u must. in extent, bear a certain relation to the business i he would do; it must lie both positive and com- ' ]iarati\o. J*o??iilc must not only know him ami his business, because otherwise they will not | lind him; but tlioy must know him, heeansc i otherwise they will lind and trade with those I who are better known. To do a successful anil pr filnblo business, a merchant must advertise ?no matter what lie sells." Wholesale Massacub?''The year IS Oft," | says the New York Timet. " ccrtainlv nomna i<. us like a linn. Not vet two months old, it lias j written its name in blood and tiro all over tlie I world; and, professing to be a year of peace, it threatens to rival its warlike predecessor in tlio I destruction of human life by violence. Mills crash in upon their busy tenants ; hideous den?, miscalled homes, shrivel up in the Humes with a holocaust of peaceful citizens. January shocked our civilization with the loss of the Royal Charter, the catastrophe at Lawrence, ami the Klai > ftreet massacre. February brings u.s the total wreck of the splendid ocean steamer, the Ilun- J garian, with the probable loss of all un boaril?f a disaster which it is hardly premature to stigmatize as a fresh crime against humanity. As in the case of the lloyul C'hartor, dashed to pieces after a successful passage from Australia, upon the familiar coast of Wales, and within a lew hour's sail of her home harbor, so in tuisol j the Hungarian, we have a right to insist that I nothing but tlio most positive rccklocsucsdPW carelessness on somebody's part can honestly account for such a calamity." PiruiTAnr.B lit.UKUEitnv Firi.d?The editor of the Xorwalk (G;i) (Jazcltc, has been visiting the Xe\v Kochellc fields, belonging to Messrs. George Seymour k Co., and bays that ' three acres omlcr cultivation lutvo produced over four 'inndred buslnds of blackberries. with acnltivatioi that cost per aero ; and tlio blackberries when sold in Now Y ork, realised above expends, &1.200, or more than $1,000 per acre.? Besides ?hin. thirty barrels of blackberry wine, now worth $60 per barrel< havti boon made from the berries grow 11 on tin; same lot, and Micro ...? ..I....*- t. f ? i 1 [.i.i.ii.- vuwu^it mr iuu sum ui iipm spring 11? i innkf the nctt yield from this small lot at leust ' ITorsk Tiiikk Cauuijt?On lho22d of Febru- j ury, a visitor to Charleston registered his nnrnc nt the Mills HousonsC. Alden, from Savannah, lli' stayed two dnys ami loft. On the 28tli of February, tl?o same visitor returned to the city and entered his name at tho Charleston Hotel ns from iiultimorc. When at tlio Rlills House our detectivo police Imd spotted him ns tho probable hero of several exploits in the up-country. Investigation had decided the truth of those suspicions ore his return, nml on Wednesday last lie was arrested bv officers Welsh and Cuntna Upon examination. lio was yesterday lodged in jail. charged iih follows: It in alleged tlmt lie is the identical indi. 'dual who, u few weeks ago, hired ? horse and buggy from Mr. !. E. Robinson, at Blackvillo. 11 j is charged with having driven the horse and buggy to Ninety-Six, where he sold them as his own properly. He then appeared at Greenville, whero he lured a vnluablo horse and buggy, which has not since been seen by its ownor, and is supposod to have been similarly disposed of. Ahlcn has hoen fully indontified as u*e party who hired the horso and buggy at Blockville. J [C/tarUiflon Mercury. & Pennings and Clipping's. \ >rw<v 1'i*ln.ic?<i iv. (Jist has appointed Mr. .1 <>liit (J. Neville, of Tunnel Hill, a Notary 1'nlilie. V i Hiii n I a??Tho total population <>f \ irginia, according to the Commissioner's returns". is l.? l?38,1'JO. being tin iiiorouAo since 1800 of ~30,.V2N. Of this number. I,08(,U1H, arc white*, "?11,151 slave* and ">'J, 118 free negroes. VeTokd -(< vernoi- .Mn^oflitiliasvetood a bank hill passed '?y tlio Kentucky Legislature, ami in his message uses the following: '* The l>ible s.ivs" " Lead us not into temptation;" and as it is a vory si^.iilicant prayer. 1 would add, ' Tempt u< with no more Banks, but from them, good Lord deliver us." PkSTRITTIVB IIlRHKWNB?;Vt X<JW O.loatlS oil \\ednesday. a hurricane did a serious damto the shipping. steamboats and buildings. Vive persons were dr-'wnorl. Opposition CoNVKNTio.Ns?The North Carolina Convention de-o^nated as its lirst choice for President. Hon. William A. Oraham; second enoico nun. \\ asinii'^ton limit, oF .Vow York. The Tennessee (Jomeiitiou nominated 1 l?iii, John Boll, Nkw Om.i'.avd, I'eli. 29?The I'nion Cotton l'rcss was partially biirnftd yesterdftv morning, together Willi one thousand hales of cotton.? I / >s s estimated at SjQ.OUll. Tim Boston' Sams in?On Friduvt Or. (leo. H Winslitp, tlio Icotiirer on physical culture, of Boston, liftoil with his hands, 1,180 pounds, and is unite sanguine that within twenty (lays he will be able to raise with ease 1,200 pounds. ItoiiiiRRv?The I'alton Times of the lOch nit. says the Hranch 1nU of Tenti., at CMi?rkosvi!l?\ was entered on the night of the '2<l inst. ami robbed of SI7,SS2, llio most, of which was in twentv dollar jr-dd pieces, nrineiiiiil I v new >-.?l,I. Tin; looks are supposed to have boon picked.? A reward of ;?o,ol>0 n ollered for the discovery of the thief and recovery of the money. I'hbsuvteiman Tiikoi.o'Wai. Student*-?In tho li\o Theological Seminaries of the Prcdiy* ti'rinn Churches (old school.) viz.: Princeton, Alleghany, l uion, Columbia and Chicago, there is an aggregate i?f d'J7 studcuts, against 410 last year. The large-it number, 17v), is at l'rinccton; the smallest, 1S, is at Chicago. Cai'sr ok Bi.csiikh?A writer in the American Medical (>' izctfc thus furnishes the reason why young ladies blush when spoken to about their lovers?"The mind communicatee with the central ganglion : the latter by reflex action though the brain and facial nerve, to the organic nerves in tho laco, with which its branches iuooculaco." Tiik Cot.n?This winter has been the coldest for years, inasmuch as the Hudson river ha3 not before been frozen over for years. Km ion at i os to tiik United St.vtks?The records of tho Stato Department show that the to- j tal number of persons embarking at ^foreign ports for the Unite 1 States during the year l^jj was loo.oUO, of whom 'J0,00l> were males. Goon Cii M'is'c?The Lagrange Reporter says that M.s. Mary K. Potts, ?if Troup county, made last year, with only live hands, fifty-four bales of cotton, the average weight of v. tiieli was four hundred and seventy-live pounds?a little over ten bales to thoiiand. On aw t.kst' 'n, March .'5?The cotton market wa>* ipiiet to-day. the sales having been limited to some llOrt bales, at 'J 11-10 at 1-c. Wasiiivotov, March ?Tho United States Attorney General, the lion. ). S. Black, is now lying dangerously ill. Goi.ti and Sii.vku?That the United States is now the largest producing country for gold in tho world, is generally admitted. The New York Journal "f ('omtnrrrr considers that wo i arc now furnishing gold aiwl silver, within the territorial limits of tho United States, at the rate of over sixty millions jior annum, Xt:\v York. Mnrcli I?Two firos tlii* morning destroyed tho wurehouses at No. 90 Front stieet, and at the eornor of Greenwich and Yeesey streets. Loss SI '20.00(1. Qi'euv Answered?A sul'scriber reiterates the inquiry as to when ami whore the long talked jf "human rae.e" is to c?nm oil*. In reply, we can only say. r.s to " when," we wot. not; ! hut as to '' wher<\ " tho Course of ilumati Events is t like I of. Tuk Cost ok War?The lafo war in ttalv hi-itcil only olovon weeks, an I cjst, in run:> .] numbers. $'2U 1,1)00,000. Pi.aor Fn.r.kh?C 'l. A shin ore writer to (lio Spartanburg Spwfini tlint -f<?lii? Young WofT>rd, of thatdistrict. has received tlie appointment as cadet to West Point. ijook Aijovk?It is a poor relief from sorrow tody to tho distractions of tlie world; as well might a lost and wearied bird, suspended ovor tlie abyss of the tempestuous ocean, seek a,resting place on its heaving wave-*, as the child of trouble nceks a plaee of repose atnid tho bustling cares and intoxicating pleasures ol* earth and time. Xr.ono Tiiirv Coxvictkii and Sextrmopd? The Dallas (Texas) Ilrnthl states that Granwell, the negro thief, has been tried in tho District Court at that place, convicted and sentenced to live vears ami mnnllii in tlio Stiito Penitentiary. lie decoyed two ncgrt) men from their owners in Fannin county, under tho promiso of giving thorn freedom in Mexico. Bi n sKi) t ? HkatiI?>1 irv Watson, nge 1 s'utv-uine years, residing with her iiu.sl>and at ( oleville, in Chnrtiora township, I'a., on the Mnwniil' Hun nlunit llirw milo? IVomi month was burned to <le:ith on Saturday evening. S!io was alone in the house, and when found wiy* lying (>u the iloor enveloped in ilanios, and life already extinct. WoJikv Murdkhki) nv Nnl.Ws?Two daughters of Mr. Somly, ?>t' Texis, were murdered by Indians on tlio 8th inst. Their two sisters, who wore captured at the sumo time, were ichmscd without injury. Tkuk?Agriculture in the nrt of nil arts; without it, man would bo u savage, aiul the world u wilderness. Tub Locust Yk.vk?The locust propttrttn pre diet an curly visit from the aevcntcen-yeur locust*. Tilf. A\*K.sf?*1?rom Washington Territory wo have dates to January 150. At a meeting lielil on the'23d. at which a number of the members of the Legislative Assembly wortfpresent, (Jen. o liiinicy wuh nominated tor t!ic I'resideiioy of the United States. (Jupt. Maloney'a eoinpnnv. Fourth Infantry, hud mnrchcd ngalubt tlio Cholialif ludiarut, Ei.ectud?Hon. .James A. Pentcn ha* been reelected Unitod States Senator ffoin Maryland for six years from 4tli March nefct. Di.nu,... .. I?..<V II t . ^ vii* J'un uirru nui r<!*?p|ji??ir(iU in Toxas, after an alienee of fourteon year*. His visit has reference* to certain railroad charters, in connection with tho i'ueiile Railroad Rcliomc. Tboubi.kd?>'Mrs. Brown, widow of 01*1 .Tijlin Brown, i* much flmliarriifsod ?nd annoyed fry tho multitude of lottore addressed to her, for ono [nirpoBO or anothor, hy ontiro stranger?, who lave no clairnM upon her attontinn, and who week to prontoto tholr own interest or gratify their curiosity. Cotton*?-There is very general complaint tliat cotton is now sanded in tho bale. Dead?John G. Bowmnn, of Columbia, formerly connected with tho pro.?s of this State, died on the 5th iuutunt. i Sinkinh?" Silver Liko." a pretty little slioc I of water in tho heart of the town of AMmn\ | (Jit.. Im? commence I to disappear through on I of ihoao curious pnbtoriaiieun pa*s???p-? whir I KDnill f t I (iilrth'iiln f 11 f? o.n-lli Ill" I..1U ami connect with the streams leading to th (J a If. AI'dt'KT Fol?. '2(1.?Tito Homo Cuurnn of Saturday, reports the brutal murder of Kc liort Thompson and his wife on Tue*dny lusl lie was u merchant and p Mtm.idior ut Sujja /Valley, Ua. A \V im xn'h Hkv kviie?A . young wnmnn naniod MurV t5:ahim, .*ln?t (Ivor go Kitzhugh the ovoVscor of a plantation in Minds County ! Mm, on the ii Itit nit. Fitxhogh laid scihu'ci | thn girl under pvoijii.^e of marriage, ami wliei nsk?il 1 >v his victim to rtvlcem liis nriniiivi*. Ii HCfiti'ovl ut hor potiti-iii, whoroupon sho <lrc\v i revolver iiiul shot Itihi throe times. llo id mi expected to rooovor. A I'kmai.r .liiioxafr ?1Tho fialvcston (Tox as) AV?.'.? s.'nliis that Miss Maria Ivwlhi mad (l lmlloon lisccuiiim?Mip iirsl ovor made in Tox as?from that town on tho 9th Inst, ami doscou I doil safely ah >ut two miles from tho starting 4 point. i<k \vk.vworth, Koh. "21?'itvqnior Modar; has votoed tin* hill aholishin;' slavory f" th Territory of lvaii?ii*?. Tho L'^islaturo has ta j ken tlic hill up again, and lias passed it ovc ; the veto. Hanoivo?Ann and Kli/.n. (ho two negro wo men recently arretted for tho munlcr of'l>r ('riixton. of Kssox oonntv. ( \ a ^ wcio triml n , Itanpahnnnock on Monday lust, anil b illi son j tenced to bo hung oil Friday, tin? 'i.'Jrd "f Marcl { next. The negro that murdered Dr. Ivoitt, u I (I'la.,) has boon hung. Tnk I'stwi. rksvi.t?Six negroes, who won j m:\ii ii in i 11 <>cl a I >i > ti t nix years n^o. and who huvi | boon living in llio Sato of Now York durin; ! that period, passed Memphis on the loth, f?>i : tlioir former homo, in the vicinity of Helena ; Ark., intending to return to slavery, preferring | that condition to the liberty they enjoy in the ' free Stales. St'tting in Tkxas?Soring weather is gleeful Iv chronicled by most of our Texas exchanges, j and the farmers are busy in putting in theii J erops. Corn, in many (jiiarters, is already I planted. I IvIVPTI a \ Sfl.K CoTT<?N? We take the fdl?W | iiij; 0*1*111 the (.'initio of the I 11 h iust : | We have a beautiful sample of the cotton grmvn hv lh*. .1. S. Sandidge. of liossier Parish. Tin staple is over ono inch long. ami is as ii ii o ami soft ns silk. Ii hits a licit yellow, or cream eol nr. so much esteoined in the market. Dr. Saiv <1 i? I has sec I enough to plant several nero.this 'Rnring, and will raise a quality of cott<>"; which will classify as fai ". Tiif. Soutiirun Oon:krexx-e?The Lcgisla ture of Texas has adjieirned, without taking any Action on the South Carolina resolutions Texas will, therefore, he not represented in tin proposed conference of'Southern States. Suutl Carolina herself. Alabama and Mississippi, | seem likely to he the only Suites which will taki I part in it. Although the Convention is to he | held in tie irgia, there is no authority vested ; nuywhore t?i appoint delegates, and therofore in | authorized delegates from Georgia will be pro seat. . l?\n Avtwiti?The Memphis Avaftinr/tr. ol ! the Itith says; " Passengers to tlii-- city vestor ! daystate that a pad alfair occurred at tv plantation on the river below this point, by which 11 negro ami a white man wore ?= !? >t ami killed.? Ala plantation owned hy a gentleman ro.sidhij; io Maury canity, in this Slate, the overseer had a dilliculty with a negro on the place, which en tied iu the former shooting and killing the latter Tin; owner, on learning the fact, as we under' stand, shot and killed the overseer. Wo art ! unithlo to learn the names of any of the panic." I and give the matter as we heard it." I ' nl i% ?7 :Dr.attr ov as oi.u I.ndiav Princess?Oi i Wednesday of last week, Eunice .Manwoe, tin | la?t full-bi-loded Itulian of the I'ishgaehlig'"! tribe. and a resid-nt of the Indian Reserve, ii I Kent, N. V.. died at the age of 10:1 years.? She was the grand-daughter of tlide.m Man weo*cmum, the last sachem of the trilie. and tin tirst convert made by the Moravian Missiona I ries in that region. Mktiioim?t.??The minutes of the Methodist* ! which are annually reported with great precis I ion, show that all the division? of that oliurcl in America have ll,4*>S travelling preacher: and 1.8P0.'_MD cnmniuiiicimtM? in Knrm.i* '< ,3; traveling preachers and 77,622 communicants | in all 14,883 traveling preachers, anil 2.o4."5,' | I'll) lay mciulici'K. 1t,s missionary organizations includes over 3.000 laborer# ; its educational in stitution* comprise over 13rt colleger and ueado inic--, it lias.'j*i,OiJ0 local nreachers, making, will its itinerants miui.sti rial force d' nearly 50, 000 men. Tiik Oi.iie r Man?Undoubtedly the oldes iriiMi in tlic w >i Id, says tlio Xeiv Orleans CVc'v cent, is Capt ,,o V'iroux, of Ijidgiuui. He wiv born on theOiliof November, 170'J, and is con sequent ly 150 years old. lie entered the urmj in IS.'10, at tho advanced age of 121 years, am remained in the service until recently, when hi ! was put upon tho pension list. Lovers?Of Mux/in i is told the romantic sto ry that in earlv life he jovp.l > l?o-u>iit'o| <joiintf woman, who was torn from him by the church and p'.i cil to wither in a convent, lie tliei connectated his life, through her, and no otbo 1 passion has supplanted tins of bin youth ! 11 j corresponds witii her still as il' they were youth i fill lovers! Death in* Laurens?The Linrensvillo JI-r I aid niui.winn.. i .1... .I....?l. ..f li- I V v ... - U. 11. eminent physician in that district, lie was ii i tins sixty-eignt year 01' nit* ?&o. Conscientious?*The Charleston jt'miry tell of u Frenchman who went to a liccinan ii I that city, ami confc*sed stealing two wntchesii i Warrenton. (Ja lie said ho could not bleep ui I tor the theft, and visions of his dead inothe linnntcd him continnally. Ito thorofofo con fcased the crime and was placed in jail. Accidkxt ox tiib (juebnvim.E JIam.R'MDI \Vo regret to learn that on yesterday, an neoi dont occurred on a Hide track on the Oiuonvill Railroad, a short distance from Helena. Mr. . Hair, of Newhcri*y District, who has a contrac for tilling a trestle, was standing on the sidi I truck, while the dirt train wiili-li lir> : I charge wits backing. Unfortunately, lio wo i run uvor by it ami had one leg cut oftg^bout liv< inches above the kneo. No hope, oWiis recov cry arc entertained.? Carolinian. Cincinnati, March.?This morning, whili tho workmen wore tearing down the Outholii church of St. Xavicr, the walls foil, buryinj twenty of thcui. Ten bodies have been re covorod. Auguhta, March 3.?An official letter from | Tuwnsond. Government Agent at Halifax, fron ( tho wrock of the Hungarian, says: " It is as | contained beyond doubt that no survivors, one i only three bodies have been funm!?-? ?? one supposed to bo a fireman. and one child.? A considerable quantity of goods in driftinj ashore at Sholbouine liarbor. The chip's nrti j.qlos woro found and *howpd that, tho crcw mini I be rod soventy-livo. No passenger li*t has yc j hoen discovered, and it iu thought that the ru niored finding of her clearance papers i? untrue Tho only piHBGngers known to hnvo boon 01 board, were Win. Roltonhouse, of Sackyillo, am Or. Babbitt, of New Ydrk, wIhipo trunk wa found, together with tho letters of bin wife am daughter. Particular onro'will b? taken of th bodies found, and tboy will be buried in npr?n rate cravo*, ho n? to enable thoir relatives nm fi ieiuls to recover thorn. Tlie infills, which ar soaked to pulp, will bo sent to lUlifax." ? * o tm m i$ n iioAv now a. r, . j * 0 i'Oll TUB KK 'IV KK IDURIKll. Public Meeting M A mooting of lliecitifcenn o.f Piokons district, | favorable to being ruprosonted in the Charleston Convention, convened in the Court IIousv on .Monday la*t. (br the purpose of appointing dcl: ogatUA to the dcmocratiu Statu Convention. On notion. W\|. Uintrk. K-q.. was eulled to the Chair, and 11 A. Thomi'sojt re<iuested ti? act a.-* SoorutuPy. i, Mr. Hi.\m SitARI'B fta'od the object* of the , i meeting and introduced tlie following preamble atjd resolutions, which were unanimously I adopted: ' l\''ic.n\ia, under existing circumstances, it is u deemed advisaliie to be ropre.-onted in the II Charleston Convention, wbicb is to niniiin;ii? t 1 >ein?terulie eaiul'ulatos for Privi'leut mul Vice . P.-osiJont of the l iiilfii Stales. l>o it. therefore, AVWtv/, That tlu* cili/.iMiM of I'ickens District present cordiiilly approve of the call for u Stale 0 Oonvcntio'n to be bold in Columbia, on tlie 1 Gtli I April nest, for Unit purpose. Unsolved, flint iMofcsrH. -I. C. M'ller, Win. S 11 it tit or, K. II. (iriHin, J. II. Ambler, W. 8. , (irisbitni. Jos, ,J. Norton, /?. I'oilium. D. 1?. v Robins, 10. I'. Vomer, Win. Smitli, (.?. li. Cher(> rv, I'. K. IInle?<nil.e, K. A Tli nnpson, L. X. . liobitis, lire hcrobv appointed Delegates to the r 1 >enii>erutie State (^invention, with power to till I vueanoie.< in stii11 delegation. I C) i nriti hi, Mr. Mlnin Sliarpe was added to the list of dole^nie*. 0:t motion, tin.' meeting adjourned, t W.M. IIi;NTKU, Oh'r man. -I JIoii't. A. Tiiomi'.h .v. Soo't.v. j-1 K?in Tin: kkowkk Cot: ri Kit. Distiicl Subscription. A meeting of tho citizens of Clieohee Valley. 3 i Piekens I > i > t r i e t, was called on Thursday. the 'r ' }Stli ilist, nt (irant's Stoic. to give expression I ? P ; their views mi tlio proposed subscription to 111 ?* : Blue Itidire Uailroad. r Oil motion, S. 11. McFai.i.. K^q., wu? ealled ^ to tlio Chair, and after remarks hv the II.mi. j Sii.iui'K, Mr. St. J >iix. arid tin: Chairman, the ! following Ro<ululion8 wnro submitted to the J meeting and passed by neelanialinii: 1 ' J!r.io'rc<.l, That in view of the ndvuntnires that have already aee.rned to I'iekcsis I> strirt friim the prosecution of tlio Blue llidge It.vdrond. and j which are still t'< result, from its cnmidc ion, ! We, citizens of Pickens District, in and From , ; the \ieinity of Oho'dioo Valiev, dogive our up , j proviti ana tienrty support t?? tho proposed Jbs. \ triet subscription ol' $j0,00U to saiit Railroad I ! Company. . | Ih sulrml, That in pursuance "f the nbove, wo . j hcrohv request tho Clmuman of tho R >ard of j j Road Commissioners t<> call together said Hoard in order that the question of Subscription ??r no Suli-?cription may be submitted t;> tho vote ot the people* S. U. Mcl'ALL, Chairman. Correspondence of the Keowee Courier. Nkw York, Feb. - I. 18(10 1 Dar Courier: The Court of Oykji and Tkhminkr vii crowded on the 120th inst., ns it was re> ported that the trial of Wii.i.iam Lank, Jr, who I swindled the Fulton 15.ink to an itm.iensc uinount, ' would be eoiicbi.led. After tlio usual speeches. I lie jury retired, aad after an absence ot" fii'ty minutes returned with a verdict of guilty. Tho conservative portion Of ilie citi/.cns held a ; meeting ul the Cooper Institute an 1 j>n-.<? ?! the usual resolution.'' of upholding the Constitution, 1 sympathising w.th the Smith and democracy, against black republicans, tic., Sic. j The 7tli il 'jrim >nt, numbering 'i">0 wan. left on ' j the 21st. for Washington, to participate in the nu " j juration of Ci.auk Mii.i.k' ftijticstrinn Statue of I Washington. This corps is considered the crack ! Kcgintcnl of tliccity. and is said to equal the West ! Point Cadets in drilling. This may he tho boast of , the citizens, who are justly proud of the Regiment : but. jie.vertlioless when marching down ltroudway th^ycovtainly presented u martini and imposing > array. They returned to-day, and presented a > very fair appearance after their late fatiguing trip, i The birth day of Washington w.'is celebrated by i the usual military and masonic displays. A bill has lately been rendered in one of the congressional districts in this city, as tho expenses . of a candidate for Congress to the amount of eight . j thousand dollars. i no i'.igiueontii ward Itcpublicnn Association gavo a dinner ut tho Oramedy House on Wedneftt ilny, to celebrate Washington's birthday. Instead . of a local affair, it proved io boa political lllack , Republican gathering." Kvahts, ("cutis, l!i:i.i.mvs anil Wki:i> .sjioTto, re-asserted the doctrines of the \ | " Irrepressible Cohtlict," ami closed by nominating . | Wm. II. St:\v.\nn as the next. President. All par' j lies are anxiously expect inn Sewaiii/s .space)), as | it is rumored lie will express his views in a few days. The increase of crime among tlm yonth of this city, is frightful, notwithstanding that a tax of ten millions of dollars iu yearly collected for the purpose of protecting property and life. At the close of the February term of tho court of Oyer and Tcr( miner, Judge Ixcumiam sentenced twenty-two criminals. Despatches have been received stating that the i steamship Hungarian, is wrecked off Cape Sable, j which has created considerable exoitoment,as many *' i Yankees are aboard. ' IlnjCNIVKT. From Washington. Washington, Feb. 27.?Fillibustcr sV>pk j ! hns boon badly sot back by reports in a woll, | informed (jU.'ivtcr, tbat Col. Lee, who has some ? j OOQ men botweon Fort Clerk and Fort Drown, r j in Texas, hns boon ordered to evush out e ; Covtinashnd his hand of outlaws, oven if obj liged to follow them into Mexico, This notion ; results from an application of Gcnaral ilous! ton for protection of American citizens upon ' the Rio Grando, which region is represented 1 by Senator W'.^fr.l! to have Lvi. d.strjycJ by tire and isword. It is also confidently assorted * that the Governor of Chihuahua, huving ap" i pliod to our Government for troops to proi.1 toot that provioce from the ravages of organr isiod hands of murderers, our troops are to i.! intervene there also. Kcr iuki neioro the Mouse a communication frrrtit tho Stnto Department, in eomplinnce \ with ft resolution, enclosing tho letter of tho h Emperor of Franco in rohitlon to commerce 1 nnd free trade. 0 Also* n conununioution trunamitting a statolj ment of the number of puaMngera arriving in the United State* during tho year 1859. c Altfo, ft communication from the Npvy J)e I The points of the Moxicnn treaty now be1 fore the Senate are ns already published. As ~ ' it does not stipulate that former concession of the Mexican Qovernment to American citizens ) for transit routes are to ho enforood, opposit tion to the treaty is made for that cause, to 0 say nothing of the perilous position of t!ie 1 | Juarez pirty in Mexico. There will he a lon^ H ' discussion in the Senate upon tho subject, but ; the impression is general that tlio treaty will ]>o defeated. Washington, Fel?. 28, 1800?Sknatk. ?The Senate met at 1 p. in. 15 Mr. Sumner offered a resolution requesting * the President of the United States to tranaIirtit to the Senate all correspondenoo relative to tho column of conaula and members of the diplomatic corps; which wan agreed to. Mr. Fitch, from tho Committeeon Printing, j 1 reported in favor of printing 25,000 extra co! pies of the report of tho Postmaster Gtmcra), I nhowing the amount of pontages received in ^ cach Stato and Territory which wns ngroed to. The Senate then went into Kxecutive ses slon. 1 IIousK of Rkpumkntativks.?The Spea lull ! I twgn Mm M l III 0 awiiini K. I j partment, in reply ton resolution of tlio House, snyintr that the investigation shows no delal. ; c::to:: the part of collectors of customs ii. | Illinois. Mr. Shcruinn, frgm the Committee of Way* 1 and .Meanf<, reported a hill providing for tlie . printing of the President's Message and lleI ports of the Departments in time to he distri| Luted to Congress at the commencement of ! each session, lie moved that it ho referred to the Comniitteo on 1'iiniinir. Mr. Millson asked leave to offer a resolution i that the House to-monow elect a <'h.-ipl.-iin, 1 I rut the Speaker ruled it out Of order as u privileged question. i Mr Sherman, from the Committee of Wnvs and Mennf>, reported a bill to alter *ie mileage compensation?that members receive twenty cents a mile, to bo computed by the Htraiglit geographical line. Mr. Florence moved to lay the whole subject on t l.e ti Me. j The motion was decided in tho nogativo ?yeas iM, mys 1 -i I>. i Mr Sherman s.iiil (b.-it same mntnbera imw j rfceive 85000 or 800^0. Everybody admit.-* tlio present system is uiifnir. | Mr. Wnsliluirnc. of III., earnestly opposed tin- bill. It would favor only the rich coming , here to legislate. Mr. Stanton was willing to reduce the compensation to ten cents a milo. 'I he question ( on the hill might as well he taken now as at any other time. ! Mr. Sherman was oppnsfril to sending the I bill to the Committee of the Whole on the j State of tile I nion. Mr. Sherman said the mod" now propostd would save 8200,000 annually, and permit the member to travel in the best Myle. Mr. Stanton thought they might as well vote on the hill now as at any other time, lie was willing to reduce the mileage to ton cents. The tpiestirtn was taken on referring tho hill tu the Committee of the Whole on the I state of the I'ninn, and determined in the nejrntive?yens 77, nays 107. ! Fehiuwry 2!), 1S0U.?Sknatk.?The Senlit;' met .it 1 p. in. to-d!iy. The spaeions gal- * lories of the Senate were../filled to excess by j spectators for an hour before the meetingof the Senate, nttrocted thither, no doubt by the speech of Mr. Seward. The lobbies of the galleries, as also those of the Senate floor, were very much crowded.? ' i A portion of the gentlemen's nailery was re "rved for member* of the Pennsylvania Legislature, a large number |of whrnn oQcti]iied them when the .Senate was called to order.- j The attendance on the floor was not very large, i Mr. (i win, from the Committee 011 Finance, ! reported hack the House bill, without ainond) mcnt, making appropriations for invalid and I other pensions for the year endin .June .'50, I 1 S(jl); which was read a third time..nd passed. Mr. (rwin, from the same Commit tee re' ported back the military appropriation hill.? It was Jaid over, notices of amendments being j given. ?>ir. Doolittb: presented the memorial of ! citizens of Wisconsin, praying that the Post j OflioC Department may be made free of any postage*. lteterreil. Tho time (half pint 1 p. 111.) for tho consideration of tho spot-Li I order?;i bill for the ^ admission of Kan.":.s into tho I'nion under tho Wyandot constitution?bcinjr tirrivod. \ Mr. Soward addressed the Senate lit length. lldl.SK OK III'.I'llKSKNTATIVl.:i. ? Mr. Par- j i rott presented tlio resolutions of tho Lt gisla| turo of Kansas, nskiinr tho admission of tho State into the Union ; which wore referred to | the Committee on Territories. Mr. Cnftis asked leave to introduce n roso: lotion calling upon tho SecroUiry of War to ... ?i-- i - * ?i' . 11.mount, id uiu imiii.h: eo|>ies "II Sill Uil lf*l*S ill HI communications concerning tho difficulties on the southern frontier, and what immures, if any, hi?d been taken to protect citizens and preserve tho pcaou of tho country. Mr. Kufliu rose to a privileged question, nans 'y, a correction of the journal, lie had a distinct recollection that he voted for Mr. (ilossbrcnucr, but his name was not upon tho journal. Messrs. llindman, Klorenoo, Stout, and Witislow said they had a distinct rconllection J that Mr. i.ufliu voted on the lust ballot for ! I'|.in(n? Objection was made to this. ' Tho question was t ikon, and the journal ' ordered t<> be corrected in accordance with tho motion of Mr. liutVin. The Kpoi i vor then declared that the election of Mr. Ford as printer, would bo treated as a nullity. Mr. Shormnn had no doubt of the truth of Mr. lUill'm's statement, His name ought to appear, and the journal be corrected. Other gentlemen on tho Republican side j mrde (similar remarks. Mr. Cor win asked, but did not obtain, lenvo to oiler u resolution declaring that, not with* I standing this informality Mr. Ford bo declared the Printer. The Speaker then announced": the1 b*rttiew* in-order to be tho election of n prifitoK'' " As u preliminary tlioro was .t^bUl of tffo House prior to a vote. Mr. Waatiburn, of Maino,moved to postpoijo tho election till to-morrow. Mr. Hurnett moved that tho 1101(80 po Intrt ^ Committee of tho Whole on the fctnte of tho Union. ^V.\$m.vr^rox. March J?In tlio IIo'iso t'kday, Mr. Aslmmro. of South Carol im^ipokn no hour# ueiining his position. It was a little lii'0 eating nii'l u little coneornitivo. I[? Buiil (in Virginia hud loitlir?c?l to go into ft Southern Conference, i?:?d had dooidud to nhido oiicc more th(? isMuo of tho l>aUotb>x, in hU i opinion this settled tliu courso- of tho Smth.? llo fluid ho \rn? propnred t?> n'ddfi tho decision of tho Charleston Convention. (I<o oondomnod Southern ultrnism and faetiopista as well an l Northern abolition. lie then took up I''1* volo f<>r MoCtornnnd,.of Illinois, tln> DoujJrt* oandidnte jTof tho Sponkpr* I ?liip. ?nd referred to the utrietnrOi? of the Clinr' I?ston Morcnry upon that yot<). lit Ftihl tho nttnek of the Morcnry was itnltous, uncalled for and unprovoked. Ilcproduoed ihepnat record of Mr. McClernnnd iit defonc* of b'w^vote, end 'said that in voting fur Mr. MuClnrmind ho found hluiMlf in'company with nil the Donweratio moth'!* from tho Southern State*, except four from Alrtlmmn, nnd nil of hi* Qivn oollongues, thnlattorof whom do not prorate to belong to th?? iVmocrntld pnrty. Mr. A'hmoro i>?id lie considered hiit>*oTf ?nfo ; in tho company ho wi?? in, dltbough lie di*npj nrovoJ of Sipmttcr Sovereignty, llo exprofsed . * i nimoolf prepared to go home and ilefeid l?im! *elf bofnro hi* people, to whom nlono ho was : re?pon?iblo. (Social to Chatlenton Mercury. ?v AKiiiNdTON, rtinrcn 2.?!n the Benate, to-day, n number of private bills wero present, ed find tweoty4wo pawed. Adjourned until * Monday. In the Ifouae, Ford Wn? elected Printer, by two majority. ftcvcral private bitl^yero reErtod on. A bill was pritwed n^b^inp pub. bora to print notieea of tbe exaltation of gubaoriptiona on nowapapofs Adjourned m#. til >Iond?y.