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\rai SOTSMfL ROB T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. TEIIMS ) ]H>r annum, in flilvrtncp. If payment l>? <lelayo<l .intil utter 4he expiration of the your, :ftf. For ix ntouths, 7"? cents in a<l\k)ino<\ ISKif A'lvorlifCiiii'nts insisted nt tlio ui?u;?l rule*. PICKENS (. 1I.? S. C.: Saturday Morning- April 14, 1860. Absent. Tlio Editoh is nbsont when t!ii< pnprr p >e<< to pros^, anil will not return until Wednesday next. Summer Woathcr Has been with us this work. On Tuesday tlin Mn>l'inumnlni* ?? < 1 1 -* I ? - 1 ' - ? * ? was more seasonable on Tlmrsd..y. Spring Trade and Sales. Messrs. (iitia.N ?t Oo, o( this place, odor their Spring stook at hl^ldv favorable rate. Se. tlic advertisement. j Mrs. Knee, of Walhalli, tells her numorous friends through our oolusnns that -he lias received from the right market a splcmlid stock of Goods. A affords u< pleasure to say tluit she sells them at reasonable prices! Messrs. -V. IV. 1'. Si.r>A\ A* Co, of Pendloton. merchants of taste am! integrity,, are ouininencing " tho summer campaign" in earnost, UoSbr to what 111? y say, and call at their now stand and try tlicm. Two tracts <>f valuable T.rtinl, lying in desirahlo sections of the district, arc offered for sale in Ourolumns. Bargains will bo sold. Apply to the Editor of the Courier for particulars. Mr. J. J. Lewis, of Pendleton, continues '<> make large and satisfactory miles. His new advertisements in this paper will attract attention. The Elections North and Wc*tThe result of the rcccnt elections in the X rth and West are 1-n cd to with nnsious Interest. Wing regavded us nn index to the election f?r President, which is already absorbing public attention. Connecticut, where great exertions Mere mode by both parlies ! given a majority of f?71 votes for ur<- um, the black republican candidate f< uwternor. At the lust flection ion majority was 1,800, being a largo gain for the democrats. T!io Legislature is largely republican, llhode Island, howoror, lias redeemed herself. Si-mac-ir. democrat, has? boon elected (lovornor by a majority of J.508 votes! The Legislature is anti-: trpuhlicau also. The municipal ele< tiuus in Portland, Mass., Milwaukie, Wis., Cincinnati, mid Llmira, X. \ , have resulted in favor of tl.e democrats l>v increased majorities. These indications arc very justly regarded as harbingers of more nnmermis and greater \ iotories in the hppmncldng Presidential contest, tortliedemocracy. Willi anybody l>nt Douglas, t!io sncces.s of the democratic party is almost certain. Col. Okk. Gen. Lane, or Mr. IIunitk, i would sweep the country. Sabbath Schools XV.) ha 1 intended last \ve?k t.i have called attention to the card of Ai.rtui) T.\n,nn, Missionary Superintenden t of the South, which appeared then in our columns. We trust that tlio refer once to it now may bo profitable to those whon? it is in to iid oil to benefit. This i^ t he Fcnson, too, wlion Sabbath schools mid the labors attendant thereon begin. And wo may ho excused for commending thorn alike to superintendents, teachers ntid pupils. I,ot all commonco their work with tho opening season in i spirit of harmony and /.oat, which are llio precursors of success in all laiidahle undertakings Greenville Court The Greenv illo papers give some interesting facts determined at tlioir Court. The case of 4*' 11 A f' M A V V<4 ( !llfVt PV Ail* ll-Aonnon rx. . I. 1 ~ - WWV..UI , v? * livpu^, Wll II ?ll?4 IWl years, was decided in favor of the defendant. The plaintiff appealed. T!io tax Cost up to the sitting of Court, was ?4,ft00! Gkorok J. Omeki.ik, indicted for assault and ljattcry with intont to kill, was sentenced to six months imprisonment and fno of fifty dollars. H.vriROi.u Wvm.is, for circulating Helper's hook and other inflammatory publications and writings, was imprisoned one year. An extra Court was ordered to commence on Tuos lay the 17th of July next, to continue two weeks ! The J'JiilerjHt'xc says: One of the most important events of Court Week, was the burning of several copies of Helper's Ho ik, a key to l.'ncle Tom's Cabin and other abolition works, which \voi*o f.tnnU in the posstnsion uf itmi-M "Wyllis. The burning took place in front of the Court II m.se.on Thursday afternoon. at.'io'clock, in t!io presence o-f n largo crowd of persons.? The pyre, on wliicli the bonks wore placed, w;u made of "c >dtritjntIons by citi/.ons of Greenville, Pickens, Anders >n. Saartunbur;; and l^uirons Districts, and the while was li^iitoil up by a colored citizen of Greenville, who bogged the pleasure which audi n task would afford. Considerable .feeling was manifested, but as no abolitioni.-t or black republican was op the ground, that any one knew of," the occasion passed away without any remarkable demonstration. Ths Bchisin In Georgia. The democracy of Georgia are not in that harmonious condition that betokens victory, though ' o it will doubtless Ijo healed before tlic Presidential election. 1jS\zI winter the democratic members of tbo Legislature called a State Convention to appoint delegates! to tho Charleston Convention. It met, appointed delegates, and declared lion. Howei,i. Conn the first choice of CJoorgia lor the Presidency. Afterward*, the Committee appointed previously bv a former democratic (; mvontion, tlio ' himon pure ns it turned out, called another Convention to scml delegates to Charleston. It also met, but was not so unanimous for Mr. Coitu; in fact, some f thn delpgatej appointed hv this body to Charleston are inimical to him. In this statr of aftnirs. Mr. !om?. in a letter from Washington, withdraws his name from the list >f Pi evidential aspirants, much disappointed and chagrined of course. Tk.ta*?Tesftf, says tho Now Orleans Picajfinw, has become tho favorite point sought by tho adventurous and entorprising of nil tho StatOH. Population is increasing with unexampled hpccd. Lands ore rising in value with every yem\ The resources of this magnificent State are rapidly doveloped. 11 or cotton productions show extraordinary progress. She lias already prodm-dd sugar to tho extent of thousands of hogsheads, nnd tens of thousand* of nbocp and cuttlo, and tlm time is not distant when her product of wool will surpass tho most flourishing of tho oider Slulo*. <?na the amount of h?r stock sent to a Southern market oxceed Aivnialmrl l>v tliA ifrnut. fnl1l>v nf ffln Wnnf. .. P Tine pr.ac'e for oi.d M.vinsr-They have no old maids in Japan ; when the girls don't get married voluntarily tlio authorities hunt up a huVband, and make them dinrry, willing or not willing. The JapaneM know a thing or two, f if they have boa.i wall?<l in ffli* centuries. A?tkctionatb?" Among all my boys," oaid an old uinii, "J n??er had hut one hoy who ' took after tmr^HHMfetob.who Hi? Oar Mexicun Troubles. Our Velations with Mexico are of a most delicate nature. Sho is rent with civil war and intestilie broils, mid is not in a condition to protect herself or restrain her brigands from unlawful incursions into our territory. Texas hns been in a state of war with her citizen*; for months, ! suffering all the ills and perils of a border gucr- , illx warfare. The President has been endeavoring to effect I n ircwv wnn uio nuuioi it|c8 (>t Mexico, ttcrpii* l ring additional territory and rights *>F vav. The Mi'I.an f. treaty is a document,of singular importance, hoth in icsj ect to the inaptitude of the interests it invohes, nud as shaping ilie future policy of our government towards Mexico, In consideration of the sum of four millions of dollars, one half of which is to l>c paid in cash, immediately after tin; ratification of 11.e treaty, and the other half to he appropriated to the liquidation of the claims of American citizens iigamst 11ic government <>i .Mexico, the latter agree* to teile to the I'nited Stales ii perpetual light of way, across Mexican territory. 1 y tlirco separate and distinct routes, two of which tiro J to start from specified points on the Atlantic ; coast, and the third from Arizona, at or near the thirty-fourth degree of longitude West from Washington, and all three are to debouch upon the Pacific at the ports hereafter mentioned.? The Senate, however, rejected it, though it is believed another of like purnor* would now be j ratified. The President, it is sa?v.. also offered the Jt'Anrz government $10,000,000 for Lower California. which it was afraid to accept, on account ot its unnopularity with tlic Mexicans, | I although mucli in need "f the monev. I Tlio capture of the two steamers before Yarn ! Cruz also complicates affairs. 'l'lie Navy DeI partinent .sustains the American officers in ma- ( 1 king the cnp'tire. The vessels, according to i ; late advices from Washington, are to he sent | hack to Havana, where their owners claim to reside. They were, without doubt, (Jen. Miha* Miin's. The seige of Vera Cm/, by Mfkamon has been raised. During the seige the killed and vvoundI ed on both sides were near three hundred. Juaiii.z's government will be strengthened bv the abandonment of Vmn t.'rov. hv tlw. in.,n.>v..i,:..i pa rty. Republican government is at a.. end in Mexico. Into whose hands then, shall the country pass? Although wo have an abundance of territory. it would not he wise in thin government to an Her any other power to supplant us. Tho Americans by interest and affinity will prevent j t'lis. and possess themselves of this rich anil desirable country. This question of territorial acquisition will possibly enter largely into the next Presidential election, and will as surely engross public attention. Spartanburg. .The discussion of the question of " subserip- | tion " or " no subscription " to the French Urnad Uaijroad. is going on in Spartunhnrg District. Messrs. Farrow, Kdwards, and H. C. Poor.r. spoke in lavor of it during Court week, and were replied to hy l)r. W'nsmitii. Tho election I there is on tho second inlay in May. Lot tlie discussion continue in Pickens. The Farmer and Planter. Tim April number of the Farmer anil Plantrr has been received. It is as entertaining and useful as before. The increase in its eircula- i ti<>n is very gratifying, nml tlie proprietor expresses the hope that it is now placed <<n a per! manent footing. Let its subscription, however, 1 he increased Address, Mr. 11. M. Stokes, Co- | | lmnbiu: !*' 1 a year. Wasiiivoton's Birthday in Okumavy?The \ "2d of February was celebrated in Carlsrtihe, j ] tirand Duchy of Baden, by the American stu1 dents at the College there. The States were ' I represented by one from South Carolina, one j ' from Pennsylvania, one from New York, two j from Illinois, one from Lmt'siann, one from ' Texas, and one from Alabama. ; Tiif.Time the IIi:n<;ariav was I.ist?tve learn from the Portland A 'rrrlisrr ti nt the ' clock of the Hungarian has been found, t!u> j hands in Heating 1 1 o'clock and fifteen minutes, > | which was undoubtedly the moment when nhe i ! struck, ft is still in good running order. But J ei^bt bodies have been recovered, only one of which, that of Mrs. Wood, could bo identified. A PtiiZE Uf.c.U'TIRF.o?A Boston officer ariived in Chicago n few days since, in quest of a Boston heiress, who bad run away from her mother with a sailor boy from Augusta. Me.? ' The heiress was a widow and had $110,000 in a j Boston bank to her credit. The officer carrie-l j the hidy home to her father. i Tiib St. T/oris Buf.acm ok 1'homjsf. Casf.?The j Jury, in the Carstang-Slmw breach of promise j case, on Saturday night, returned a verdict for | ' the defendant. A motion for a new trial was ! ? > . ? ? \f! . /x....?^f? ,,~,i :r j linidu M) I Hi; MmiiPt I lOi i ?? > v. .?. . UHf. !. i it is refosed, the case will be taken to the Su i premo Court. | Fairfiki.o?Tlie Winnsboro' lic.r/ittcr reports I tlio adjournment of the Sprinn; Term of the Court of General Sessions and Common Pleas. ' after a sitting of only six hours, before Glover, I .?' it is but a few years since Fairfield requir| ed an extra term every year. Drummers?A bill has been introduced into j the Tennessee Legislature to tax outside ilnim- I mors and merchants \rho pass through that | State seliing goods by samples, so us to put thf m I on an equality wit!) Tennessee merchants, who | pay taxes to the State for vending merehan- j dize. j The Evkui.a*tin?j Uanos?In the United \ I States Supreme Court, on Friday, caso 303 was I called as follows : No. 303. Anson Hangs A . Co., appellants, ex. the Uluo Kiilge Railroad Company. The motion to dismiss this appeal , 1 wiih argued l?y Mr. l'hillins, in support thereof, j fllld ltV !\fiv II?Horilu -f? ?l? r?o/\r? i r* nr.f\Ao!?!.?.\ ! thereto. Rascam.Y Oiuckks?The Grant! Jury f,f , Politique county, Iowa, has found true hills , ! ngsiinst eight county officorn. among wlimn is j > an ex-tiovernor and Judge, fur tmsappropria- j 1 tiou of tiii public money. Suicti)K8--In tlie year 185$, ninety-one 8iiij cides occurred in Massachusetts, and the nuin* hnr has ni.tgreatly varied fortlie past five years, i l or tlm seventeen vears and ciirht months. on , ding December 31?t, 1838, one thousand mid , thirty-nine persons have taken their own lives | | in the ??nto > f Now York. Two Preacii p.ns Siiot.?A letter front Waco, ! | Texas, about the middle of February, states that j two Iluptist preachers who went to Harney's I ; Creek to hold a protracted meeting, came upon ' ( a largo drove of horses the Indians had stolen. ! The Indians gave iinmediato rlmse and shot six arrows into one of tho preachers and one into the other. They are both shot in the body, tho r.rrows penetrating tho lungs. Their names aro ; White and Griffith. Doubtful?Did the man who ploughed tho ! sea and afterwards planted his foot on his native ' soil, ever harvest the crops? Doubtful 1 The Great Eastern Aoajv?The share-hold . VII> V..V ?KiniUHi, WUU UVIIUWII ?/v.v:/ IT/ | of March 12, f?ay?. at their recent meeting ag^ued to raiso ,?1,00,000 to complete tho steamer, and i to Bond her to Now York about the time tho ( Pnnoo of Wnleu visits Canada. Applications ; for ?20,000 of tho ?ti>clt ha* been mude. j. War Dkprecatkd?The London Timet dopre1 rites all idea of going to war with France, bej cane? of the contemplated " annexation of Savoy." Tho uunoxation is, however, not roliebod I iu England. ? Penninge and Clippings. Commission ??n Nokmai. Sciloom?Tlio LegiHlatnre appointed Metwri*. S. McCowen, A. 0 (inrlington, S. W Ilnrkcr, J. L Khnnklin, II. L l'inoknev. Jr. and J. Il Screven a Committee to vi.-it tlm Normal and Common Schools of Charleston, nod report to tlio sumo body at the re*t KX'CoMM rxiTATKH?Thft Ponn r?f Kmnn lnis pronounced the sentenco of ex-communication against Victor Emanuel, King of Sardinia, because of his liberal and republican proclivities. The Banks or ot;u Colnthv?The number of Hanks and branches on the 1st of January throughout the United States, according to tho returns of the Treasury Hrparttnent, wns 1,362; the capital paid in, $421,880.000, and the amount . i?f specie t?n hand $83,994,000. Tho resources of these bank"', including loans, note*, securities and real eslate stre stated at nearly $1,000,000,000, and their liabilities $531,000,000. I,ii;krai.? Mr. J. II. Ilrown, who supports1 fifty-two young llaptist theological Ktudent* at 111>wivr<1 College, in Alabama, at an annual cost ! of $13,000, lias recently endowed a theological ' choir in that college by a contribution of $25,000. " Sciiikoam -Schiedam. the " schnapps"! town in Ilollaml. has a population of ahout , 12,500, a largo portion of which are engaged in tlio herring fishery. The manufacture of uin, for which it is particularly noted, pives employment to over two hundred distilleries. i> - ft. . i i.i v?on 101 punctuality ic, perhaps, i tlie cheapest virtue which can give force to an otherwise utterly insignificant character. Uiout?-We see that newspapers of both po* \ litical parties in Mississippi tako decided ground ; in favor of paying the bunds of the State, issued | many years ago in favor of the Planter's Biiuk, Tjf.ttkrs of .Tunu s?The original manuscript " Letters of Junius" so far as they have been j preserved in tho Woodfall family, have recently ' l>ecn 'dfered to tho British government l>y Mr. ! II l\ t?' 1 f - I I < - B il.i ? ii. i'. m mmiilli uir hhi pounds. St. Louis. March oo?The Missouri Loglsla- j turn adjourned .tiim <U: this morning, hut Gov. | Stewart immediately issued a proclamation call- ; ing an c.tra Session forthwith, for the purpose i of consultation upon the objectionable features of the railroad hill. K n.t.f.n i.v a Di r.?.?-Gen. ?T<>s?e de la Concha, ! late Captain General of Cuba, h is been killed ; in a duel with the Marquis Pe/.uela. A\r asii i no ton , April 0?The lion. Mr. Dim- j miok, of Pa., is out inn letter advocating Doug- t las for the Presidency. Ho was formerly an ardent supporter of the Administration. Witt'* M'itiikk?The moth r-in-lnw of Kilgar Allen Poo, tho Poet, Mrs. Maria ('lomm, is in Alexandria. V:i? over 70 yours of age, anil in tho most distressing poverty. l'l he?Jackson villo, Ark. was born oil on tbe 28th nit. Tho loss is estimated. at $lo0,000. Corn?At Now York, on tho 30 th tilt, 31.000 hnshols of corn wore sold at prices ranging from l'l to 80 cent.-; as to (piftlity, SkhVUO HIM ItmilT ? llonrv .Timliny ivneA.m. viol oil in Shenandoah county. Va, In.st week, of ! bigamy, and sentenced to the State prison fur | three years and ton months. The defence sot | up the ploa of insanity, a very natural plea for a man with morn than one wife, but the stony- | hearted jury would'nt stand it. A Dirtv I'aktv-TIio black republicans of the j Now V> rk I/'gisl itoro have a bill bef re them t> j ' remove the rooksat the entrance of Hell-gale." I This shows which way the partv intends to trav- I ,.i ..1 . .1-- 11 V. i UUI Wiling uwi I"" Hun iiiu ?? IIUU I1UUM,*. j Xku York, April 6?Tlio ll<m. James K. Paulding. Kx-Scerotary of 11?e Navy, died yesterday ut Tarry town. Is it Possijm.e??lien. Hamilton, nno of .the members of Congress IVom Texas lias lately written a letter to Mr. Foulke, of 111, in which lie declares strongly in favor of Judge Douglas D4 his ehoieo for the Pmsidrmey. Andeusoy?Messrs. Jaines Long, C. S. Mat tisnii aii i W. X. Major nro announced as candi-- j date* fur tlio Legislature in Anderson District. j ikiti!ihi e E.ipi.osihn?T'uc Jackson (Tonn,) J Whit/ learns from a gentleman whose .-on was : one of the ill-fated, that the boilers of the steam mill of Mr. Hell, near Bell's Station, in llaywood county, blew op on the '20th olt, and killed (Jcorgo S. Brijranec, Jacob Lock and Joseph Lock, and so wounded James W. Lock and Win. Spraggin that they will both probably d.e. Dead?The Winsburo J*c;/istef announces the death of John Owens, a gallant member of tl?c | distinguished Palmetto Regiment, on the 41li i instant. Yoc\f! America?Married, in Campbcllton, J'la, in the store of William Daniel, Jr. on the j 2l>t March. by James Hall, Ksq. Master Robert j Cherry (aged 1<> yours) to Miss Josephine Grey- [ oiy (aged 1.1 years.) An Knoi.imi Nf.oko I'iiikk.?Norfoi.k, Ajuil fi?The captain of the British schooner, Alice ledgers, from Jamaica, liound to Philadelphia, o lie red yesterday to . ell two free negroes at Hampton Roads. The Captain has boon arrested and tlie vessel t;ikcu in chtirge by the autho'ritica. (Jotton Imports t.i Piiance?Tlic last advices staie that twenty-nine i hips are now expected at Havre from the United States, bringing 01,bales of cotton, and that twenty-mne other vessels were loading for the same port, 'l'lio cotton expected at llnVre from India amounts to 5,780 bales. In other ports of France six vessels are expected, with 1.1U9 I>h1os. Petri kieii lionv?l>r. A. W. Bivings informs ns, says the Sji'tr/iin, that in exhuming some bodies nt it family graveyard near his father's residence, Crawfordttvillo, lately, the body uf a woman, buried some twelve or more yearn, was f.iiind a petrifaction, with each article of dress pcriot. Atciiison, Kansas, March 28?The Democratic Territorial Convention has been in cession in this city. The proceeding? were attended with much excitement. They adopted the Cincinnati platform, and elected Douglas delegates to iho Charleston Convention. St.aver Condemned?The bark Isla do Culm, seized as a slaver several months ago nud curried into the portof Huston, lias boon condemned as such by Judge Sprague of the United Stales District Court, after a long hearing. Tennessee Legislature?This body closed its labors Saturday lust, after the extraordinary long session of twenty-live weoks. The Nash- J ville Union says a very large ainornt of businoss has been disposed of, including everything bofore tne two Houses. Discussed?The subject of a re-union of the M. Jv. Church, North and South, is being extensively discussed, in the various papers of that denomination, Provisional Government?Delegates have hoar, elected in Arizona to a Convention to be , h?dd at Tusoon on I lie first Monday of April, | with a view to forming# provisional government | for that Territory. ./ Look out k?k tii?; Skekuv $okt?candidate for I<egishitive honors was standing upon a platform erected upon a fence, addressing tho "denr people," aud vory importunatoly solicit-* ing their tmflVfigen, vvlien one'of his auditors interrupts) him by asking him how ho stood upon the vexed ouestioo of Cougreobiunid intervention. Another voino nrlml />??. ? .\?? the fence!" "Yes." instantly rospondod the bewildered candidate, " and it'# ?o vory muddy on oach side, (Jhxt I'm afraid to got d'?vn." Ei.rn Tfp?l>r. J. II. Boatvrright has been ducted Mayor of Columbia. * f /, . * , * ' ' ** A , OQ(MMfflOO>W8?W&. I For the Keowee Courier. Blue Ridge Railroad Subscription. Gentlemen and fellow citizen* of j'iekeiu District: , As 1 wish lo Kay something iu regard to tlic importance of the District Subscription tolho Hluc ' Uidgu Knilroftil, it i? not necessary for 1110 to niako, in detail of tliis matter, any remarks about tlie expenditure of monov ?tml linim nifidii oil lio Ilonrtj btil just tu\y that wo are near the point of receiving profit from ti e enterprise; tlmt | from tlie best information we ontt got, tho work is ! about three-fourths dune, mid with the commotion of the Road we have th'o garden spot of tho State for our resideuee ; und, if we do not tux ourselves,the 8fato will tax its to help build tho Frcnch I'rond K:iilro;id?-for the State of South Carolina will have a BoihI to cross the Uluc Ridge to intersect with the Western markets. Now. gentlemen, with the District Subscription we have the Road, and without it, we louse the enterprise and help tho Knstern Districts build them u ruud; ami, that is not ail?We looso our honoV und our crcdit. For, we see the French liroad, in its giant form of opposition, against us, nm! the | State. no doubt, will assist that enterprise if wo do not do something for ourselves. Tlio District of Dickens will not only loose Iter lienor, hut tk&'goud i old Palmetto State. .South Carolina, will ho a target for other .States to shoot at, and u by word in other countries. Instead of .South Carolina being consv'.?rcd the foremost Slate in the Union, end its Ciulj rant.s to other States being honored and respected as the proud sons of Liberty, and honored ns they have been heretofore, they v.ill be looked upon with con'empt, nnd frowned upon with scorn. Gentlemen, who can bare the thought of the good old State, with its rising generation, being diahoii- \ ored in the future, for the want of aright consideration of the importance of the District Subscrip- j lion to I lie glorious enterprise of tho l!lue IUdgo lUilroad. Willi this, I lenvo the subject. hoping thnt the voting citizens of Pickens l?islrict will consider for , (hoiii.-clvcs that the ltluo Ridge liailroad Subset iplioti is of (lie highest importance for their future honor, both individually find collectively. f'lir.oiiKK, S. H. A.M. | ?? LI....... I From Washington. Washington, April *>.?The Deiwerntio Xatiiinal Cunimittco met this tunning, niul nnani-j moiiHiv nunpieu rosoioiious not to change tlie Convention from Charleston. It will meet uu j tlio -J 1st of April, at noon, in Masonic Hall. During the meeting. Mr. Yallandigham stated that tin; reasons fur colling tlio meeting ' were mainly the complaints of tho imposition ! at Charleston concerning the accommodations. I lie said several letters had been received from j various cities, offering inducements to change.' from Charleston, but it might be stated, on tho , other hand, tha' u. mien of Charleston would, | as far as possibt , i-iund their hospitality to the j delegate^. Mr. A-hmore, of South Carolina, made a ! powerful speech iu defence of Charleston, which convinced tho committee thai assertions, j 118 i? warn. hi nccomaioilations ami hospitality, I wort* unfounded. Washington, April 5.?House.?The j House passed the anti.polygany bill by one Iniu(bed and forty-nine yeas to sixty nays, ami then went into Committee of tho Whole on the tarilf ami loan hill. Mr. Lovejov, of Illinois, imule a violent Abolition speech, and called 011 .Southern men for a reply. So great was the excitement at ; one time that a collision was imminent. sr.natk.?Mr. Wilson submitted a rosolii ] lion, wnii'ii lies over, instructing the V'oiinmtt(!0 on Military Affairs to in<|uire into the,contracts made by the War Department in the last three years, for iron for public buildings, also, fur shots, shells and gun-curriiyros. A bill was passed extending to the lakes the provisions of the net limiting the lii.liiiities of ship-owners. On motion of Mr. Cliesnut, Mr. Davis' j joint resolutions on theTerritories, wrrc made I the order of the day for Monday next. The House joint resolution, constituting Macon, (!;i., temporarily, a port of entry, was passed; also, a bill making an appropriation | to pay the expenses of the visit of t!iO Japanese Kmb ihsy, and a bill concerning the Court.-; i in the Territories. The ludiun appropriation bill was taken up. | Mr. JrAthnm otic red :in amendment relative j to the Indians of California. At 1 o'clock, tl;o Homestead bill was resu- ' mod. Messrs. Drown and (ireen discussed tho preemption poliey as preferable to the Homes ' tead bill. After an Executive session tbc Senate ad- { journod. Washington, April 15.?The Senate passed, to day, fifty private bills. In the House, Mr. Branch introduced a resolution, which was adopted, callinjr for in-j formation in relation to the expulsion of Americans from Mexico. The House then went into the consiueratiou of private hills. WasiiinutoNj April 5).?In the- Senate, to day, Mi. Chcsnut made a fpccclf, in which he defended slavery in a commercial and no liticjtl point of view, rind showed the effect of emancipation in the West Indies. The Homestead bill wa? discussed. In the House, the Judieiiiry Committee made a majority report against the grounds nsstimed by the President in his lute protest against an investigating committee. Two minority reports were also madp from the same committee, sustaining the President's views. The subject was continued. Nr.w Kntkuimusk.?Wo extract the. foll/ui'iiur n<tfw?s? nf ?? now n/lu/n huiiw* " Korv.v^Dl.ljJ UH.UIU"I| from tlio Charleston Mercury. We learn that Mr. Joseph Walker proposes to issue a Monthly Advertising Sheet, 10,000 oopies and upwards of Each number to he sent gratuitously to all parts of the Southern States and to combine with tho sama an extensive system of advertising in over fifty newspapers throughout the Houth, so that the cards of each advertiser will not only appear in the advertising sheet, hut also in upwards C/i- ?? " oi i?ity newspapers?tnus iorimng one ot the most extensive and thorough systems of advertising for those engaged in the country trade we have ever had brought, to Charleston notice. We trust that the jobbing trade, especially, will consider this enterprise favorably for the cards they put forth in the winter certainly did more than any other means in turning the trade to this city. Thsy are largely indebted to the press of the interior for this, and should be prepared to sow freely if they dewirc to reap a rich harvest. O - T? r? t? i % or.h v r,i> him iviuht?L'T. uoiacner was tarretl and feathered in Atlanta City. Georgia, on the 24th ultimo, for having in hia possession incendiary documents. AnM^NiTyM'T*" Don't get above your buninesrf," iu? thttl'udy suid to the shooioukor who was measuring hor ankle in order to luoortain the 817.0 of. bor toot. . * ** ?' '?? Tea?Some of tho identical lot of tea which *ra? thrown ovorhoard in Ijonton harbor in 1770, is said to be in possession of Charles Uosinor, of Hartford Conn, r? ?? * k jiad for a % ankrc?a, bruto named jIpndorT son boat a negro into aoomploto inunh nt l'rnivio RTour.tl, Miifl., lately,.glvinghini. acoonting to tbe f#l|ow's own account, about 170 blow*. Of oourflo,- the negro died. Ilenderaon \h a New Yorker, and graduated froirt Vaa AuiLurg'* Ctau?,. . i',( * c ... ? ^ > 1 ! !!' Ill ainnnrtmiwiiwMrMrBBwriinTiTr'^"^*"***' TRAGEDY IN RfcFUOTO CotfNTY. A shoe- I king tragedy was enaoted 011 Monday last, at 1 the Shell Bunk, in ltefur County. The actors were the members of two families named Stuphenson find Bishop. It appear.* that a Mr. Stephenson had sold a piece of hind to r\ i>: 1. 1 . 1 1 1 .1 . win. m.Minp, ana niter ine pureuaser nau i made improvements on tho land, .Stephenson | wanted to got it buck for the same amount ho i had been paid for it, but Iuh proposition was refused by Bishop. This ineenscd Stephon?on, and on Monday he, with his wife, 60U and i daughter, went to Gen. Bishop's house, where | they found young John Bishop sick in bed. The wife and daughter held the nick man ildU'ii wliilo Vnilliir SiimiIumik.iii # ?* f 11 i 111 lifi r. J "V~ - ; ally to pieces with n knife, killing hini nhno.st immediately. While this was going on, (Jen. lJishop knocked out the eye of the older Stephenson with a h itehet. The Stephensons wore arretted.?J><cliditoht ( '/Vxas) Courier, 2 Ut. ' Tim: Com;miiia and (jiiKKNVir.M- ItAir.ROAD.-?Wc publish (.says tlio South Carolinian) on our fourth page, tlio report of the offi- 1 ?ers of the Greenville Railroad. It shows a most flittering prospect, nnd it may safely bo assumed that the mad will soon eucrjjo from i the difficulties which encompassed it in its early career, and enter upon a career of pros- ! parity. The jrroKS income, coin pared with the previous vear. shows an increase of 824.400. 92; and the expense, deereaso of 880,8<30,- J 09; making 854,808.01 in favor of business ! for 1809. Tbe 1'resident says, u if the busi- ( ness continues (o increase in tlie samepropor-' tioii that it lias done for tin? past two years, j (and from the incrcr.sc of the first two months | of tho present year, wo are led to believe it will,) we will have tho present year an in- I conic of four hundred thousand dollars ; out | of which we enn pay the expense of working j the road and the interest on tlio entire debt. 1 and still have a surplus of over one hundred i thousand dollars." The company surely have ; every reason to congratulate itself on the i dawn of a brighter era. A AY mm. i x AND A Win-:.?Softie weeks I since a Now York merchant was advised am} porsu *od ti> take a Southern trip of recreation on account of the condition of his health. He. desired to leave alone, and not unnecessarily as he thought, to remove his wife from | the carc of the family and to burden her with \ the nursing of her invalid, who only needed change and recreation. His wife, no less determined ill Iter own feelings and sense of duty, was resolved on nccompanying him and i finding all ordinary means ineffectual for ! training his consont, she went to the steam ' sliiji on which his passage had heen engaged. J She introduced herself confidentially to the j Captain, bejrgid a quiet birth, and thus secured her object. The steam ship was some j hour out from New York before the invalid ; lltK)vilwl iliu/iiH'ni'Ail !>??* I.i?' 4'.. ?* *. 1 - ..... M.nl.U. VIV.U Hint II IP JHIlllllll il 11VI Ul> ; voted wife was so near him. On the passage, j fi'cmi tli.it time, she was not only a nurse to I Iter husband hut a Ministering Angel of comfort to all who needed her gentle attentions.? ('/uirfcsion Cmtru-r. In civilize*! countries, about one person in sixty is married every year. Therefore, let no one despair; for every individual holds in tho marriage lottery, one sixtieth of * chance. It. is further computed, that at least three thousand marriages are celebrated | every day, and that, no moment elapse-*, from ! one year's en J to another, in which the dc- I 11 hi In I eorcaiony is not so:no\viicro coming j oft'. Thrilling fuel ! I | L oaMvyflR'v. DkI'autkd (Ilia lite, in tlie (>8th your of hi.* ago, Wm. 11. Wintk, u worthy citizen of the District, at his home on Concro??, on the "J7th March. 18ti0. j The deceased was well known in the District as : n Behind Tciuilicr. mid i* remembered, no dotibt, by | many, for bis lessons i?? letters nml morals. He was a consistent member of the M. K. Church for lliirty-nino jcars, his bonie being a home for the Minister <>l tlie UOSpei. i< vwin iiiH ueiigiii iu l>o at Clnircli in connection with his brethren, ami luit ' few enjoyed themselves better than he in the house I of God. When addressed, in his last hours, in re| gard to bis pence of mind, being unable to apeak, , the tears traced each other down Ids cheeks, and lie raised his hand, with a smile on his face, in I loKcn Di victory. His friends mourn because of} ' liia departure, but not without hopo. Messed ! arc the dead who dio in the Lord." A FIIIHNO. I)Bt'AitTKn tliiM lifo March 13th, 18G0. in Tishomingo county, Mississippi. Mavkans C. Mum.innix, seconddaughter of J. II. and Kachacl Mullinnix, in the filth year of her ago, after a short illness of what the Doctor called Uaseoler, and | worms combined. 8ho was a child of the most | pleasant manners and extra smartness, and just j iiefore she breathed her last, when her doting father was standing over her and trying to hcln her. she spoke out and said, " Vou wont let rrtw go," and then in a few moments she said, "I want to j go," several times, and soon she foil asleep in Jc| sus. Sho was laid in the crave at Lebanon eluirnh in Tippah' county, on tlio 1 -itli, in the midst of a largo ami wepping crowd. " How penceful Is the closing sceno When virtue yields its brenfh ; How sweetly beams the smile serene, Upon the chuck of Death ? Oh! who can gaze with heedless sight On scenes so fair ns this? Who hut exolumis, 'Thus let mo die, And be my end like this?" W. G. M. I LOST, /'"\It taken tliroilfrh iiiixhibn fpAm vj Ilotol, during Court woek. a Carpet Hag. ! It contninn some articles of clothing. The findor will loavo thorn with W. K. H<ilcomhe. Ksq. WM. 8PENCKU. April 12,1800. 37 3 THE ST ATM OP SOUTH CAROLINA, IML'KEXH? IN OIUMNAHY. John L. Rackly & wife 1 ~ . I t'ctitton for Account I Join, JMtchet k wife, et.al8. J ft,,d 1 'IMIK Petition for Account and Settlement of the L F.ntale of Danioi Looper. deoenaed. having beeft filed in my Oftloo, and it appearing therefrom that John i'ritchel and wife Rachel, Henry Punoan or j H?st?r and wife Mary, and m?ar I'hliiipa and J | wife Carol I no, defendant* In this case, rcuido without the limita of this Htato i It is ordered, there- j | fore, that these ahsont dofomlaiitK do aeveraliy an- t poar iu the Court of Ordinary, at Vickenu 0. H , i on Monday the lGtl> IMO, taohaw cause, if any (hey can, why a auoouut and aetttlement : of the anlil V!bLaI/? ulimkM ?."* k* a" - J T_,;, ???.,.?,) r.-o Hiitue, ?liu l\ dpovee ?hereor? pronounced. These ablest defcqd1 ants are ?Uo required to render theii1 ad ranee* merit# 011 the day aboye stated, and be present and reo#l?e their respective distributive share;. , ; I Anrll ft i W. B. | I A^rll 8, iwjv 3|, , oiij_ j ' ?/' 1' .- *' * *v>.V. ' i * ' Y mmmmmmi*mi % y i I-T ID W - \ SPUING AND SUMMER GOODS, i rpiIE SuLscriberH would renpeotfully inform \ 1 tlioir friend* nnd c?i8tonier? that tliey hu\o received a large ond well selected Stock of Goods, Adapted to the Spring nnd Summer trado, consiftin'r of Staple and Fancy 1>i\v Unmix, Bonnets. * Ribbons, Klowor*, &c. ; lint* und Cap*, J^iots and Shoes, Hardware and C .lery, Cruck? | II.-...?j nli.l Mn.li.iinuo ?-?A LSO?? A uplondid stock of Kt??dy-mn<lo Clothing, bought from tlio inanufaetui orn, mid can be \crv low. Thankful fur past patronage wc earnestly solicit u continuance of th?> siuue. and promise that no pains will be spared to givp satisfaction. /.. \\\ CIIKKN A CO. April 12. tSGO 37 2 COJI34 ro IV/lIillALL.l! M R S. K N E E II AS 1U4TU11NHD FROM CIIAHLESTON | WI TH n largo hivJ splendid assortment of k Spring and SUinmor I Consisting in imrt of 1$ moots. Trimmings ami Lice*. MI LI.I \ 1'iU Y of every description ; bcnutiful Calicoes and Muslins of handsomer flatters than have l)Oforo been out. Lndies fine'rinil substantial Shoes, Slippers and (Jailers, with and without heel*. Also, the fine Kid Congress (laitnr. IIOOl'-SIvIU'l'S, recommended f.ir their durabilitv and low prices. The attention of motl>ers is called to n tine assortment of Mia?ed i and littlo Girls B.mnotf, a new fltvlo. This J SIMUNO AND sr\i\fKii STOCK / Hai been selected with n grout deal ofenre and jfk attention, ami will bo sold on tlio most rchsnna^V' bio term.'? fur cash. ILer friends nnd the. P'thU^r" generally are invited to oall nnd examine stoek. Tho G<mds will be shown with p'ofufrely Wathalln; Anril 12. lfWO . not T1 i~3I H ^ Fhvu /levS U M M R R C A M P .1. II. K. SLOAN & CO. jffi'jjjj At their New btoro in I'endloton, sf n ti... i>..o? nir,.,?? ? ?vor mo VllE n ?\v prepared mentor intoltWL ur>n.l...i AND SUM.MKIt TKA DK with iMUfona, and most varied assortment wf GOODS " * Ever brought to this market: all of which bavin# been purchased upon the uionfc favorable terms in Charleston. Philadelphia anil New York are offered at prices that <lefv competion. The consist in part of the foil nving: L>llV (jOODS, Clothing. Silk " llardwnro, White ' Saddlery, Furnishing (J vwls, l?rocerios. Hats, Caps & II utiots, Drugs. Paints and Oils, 1! .ota and Shoes, Crockery & Oluaswarc, And Fancy Goods in Groat Variety. Wo have from 100 to l~?0 pieces of PUIN I'S, which we would sell to poisons wishing to soil again on very favorable terms. We also have on hand an assortment of the UEST CltJAItS. which are good enough to soil without giving the Editor half to puff the remainder. editoriillly, April 10. 1800 . ' ' 31 2 , FOR SALE, Two Valuable) Tracts of Land, IX Pickens District, c-ncli eontnining within a fraction of Kij^ht Hundred Acres. hoth entirely unimproved, hut within a mile nnd it milu and u half <?f a Sow Mill. One Tract lying ^ west from Wallmlla six miles, and hav'i g 7") Oil SO AOIIKS OF HOTTOM, A\'itli a fair proportion <>f good upland, and (idjoining lands of Cnpt. Win. Steele, (j. W. Ynny.ant and Dr. Karle. The other Tract lining ten miles west <if I'herry'n IJridgp, and adjoining lands of Klin* Karle, T. .1. Sloan and other*, and has nearly the Name cjuan'.i.ty of It'iHom and Ontui UplniMl A? ilic ntlior tract. teruiW, which will ho reasonable, apply to It. A. THOMPSON, tho editor of tIti.-* pnper. April 13, 1800 37_ if; ATTENTION FARMERS! UOKK! BIO*:*:! iioi:S!!i TRACE CHAINS! TKAOK CHAINS! SCYTIIK BLADKS?SCYTIl 12 ULADE31 Ornin Crndlos! Grain Cradles ! 1/OH enlc low by 1 J. .7. LEWIS. IVndlet?n. April9. If00 37 if HOOP SKIRTS, ROXNKT8, MUSLINS, &c., I.^0ll sale low by j. J. LKiaa-S; T'ftndlotnn. April 0. 1R00 , 37 Tlrnoro on#l TUr?45?J~-- jjiBKEffiR; ? "?* UiOUMilUCB, 7 7'Gil Willi) ?OV> bjr l< 3 J. J. LEWIS. ' ^ Pendleton, April 0. ISftrt 37 ? , ? -yr*. M T O C O * S II ill V T I V K 8 And Nervous SuffororarpiIK Subscriber, for several venrs a resident _i. <>f Asia, discovered while there, a simple vegctablo remedy?nsorociiro f<>r Comumvikynt Axltuiia, lironchitix, Cotif/hs, Cold*, and Nrrcoin Debility. For the benefit c>f Consumptive* and Nervous Suffered, he is willing to make the same |>uldio. To those who de-ire it, ho will send the Proscription, with full directions (free of charge /) also a sample of the medicine, which the* will tiud a beautiful combination of Nature's simple herbs. Those desiring the llemcdy enh obtain it by return mail, by addressing J. 1? CVTHW.ttT. JVitnnie Physician. No. 42U v April 12. 1800 37* ' A Card. HAVING been announced williMit toy knowledge an a candidate for Major oi' the 'id Battalion, f>th llcgimunt, S. 0. M.f 1 lake litis method uf saying that I am not a candidato. My frienda liavo iny thanks for thoir kind nssovoncea of support. JASPHil J. UBRl). April 12. lftflO 87 1 $20 REWARD. RANAWAY from tlie subscriber. on the Rth March Inst, my tiogro boy I1HNUY. Said boy Ims a jot black akin, in of slender proportions, being about ttve feet and ton or eleven hiohes high and weighing kImiuI one hundred and sixty pounds. Ho is near thirty yearn of age, possessed of a shrewd turn of mind, with u long spoken tono of voico. Tlio above reward will bo paid to anv noraon , : ? ^ | ..p'lWMVIIUMI^ III Ml mid delivering him to mo, or judging him iu A convenient jnil, JOSEPH K. SIIELOR, Bnohfilor'n Hotreut P 0, Pickens (list, 8 0 April 4, 1800 .HQ 4 ilcml l|nnr.(ef^? OliVER #0. * riMlF. IVutnHonn composing thoSth ftngiroenl, S. C. M., will pnr&do in?iruotion, drill nod review nt the time* end plfeoos fallowing. Tho fir?t P.i\tlj?li(!n nt Flokenftfillft. on Satur* d?y the ftth day of May ne**. end tha 2d But aU?r. Vf? I>-? Mr*. ?iurion ?, on Saturday tho 12th day of May next, artuod ?*nd eauip'ped the lfiw direct*. Commissioned and noii-ooiniTiiRslonod offioora will attend tho day* preo?ding their respective rpviows, for drill and instruction. The officers In command ftro ohfrged with the extension of those ordei*.' By ome^ of Col. U. Y. II. Ghivpim. JOHN II. BO WEN, Adj't. . f to . T.ft ) htV^i >/; 1 i r ^ r<iKKf