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^ ^ ' ' ' ' 'I I "TO Till NK OWN Sl'.Ll' UK TUCK, AND IT M L'ST I'OI.IOW, AS THK >U'Ul h lH?" 1 AN ^ N?J 1 T<> ^ ''AX' BY 110BT. A. THOMPSOV. WCKBNS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, MAY iO, 1800. _}^OL. XI. NO. VI %J , ' -l-1. " ! ^-L'.'1-..'l " " 11 ' 1 ' "" ?ELEQYiH? POltftV. ? From t lie Dnrlinglou Southerner. >Vl "Go! Sin no More." al nV .IKN.NY WOOUIIINK. C11 Oil! pity Mien the erring, Tlic tempted iiikI I lie weak; r A3 - - - - come vmuo nngors with them yd, 1.1" Th?n for thai virtue seek. fo j No human lieiu t tlint throbs on envth Cf I is utterly depraved; I And oh! mil)' not the vilest one j I Hv liumau love be Buvcdit I R Speak gently to the erring? iu With ytern nnd haughty priilo IAinl cruel wonU?oli ! do not cast ... The tempted ono n*i<Jo. lint lot thy hnn<l in kindnesu turn t<i To draw the outcast bark ol An'l lone! him through tlio flower* bloom j On virtues thornlcsa track, J Peal kindly with the erring, C( Tlie tried, tlio tempest-toMcdn Try, if lii? n?til thou innyst rci-laiim Kro angels cry " 'tis lost !" ' Kiioek gently ! not with angry touchy Nor harsh rebuke for nin? Some closet door of that poor licui>t?,. U TllV wurd IHAV I'11 Jim- itt. (Mi ! couldal tliou know l1>e Millcring,. Thu, nngui.iU tli.it ?na home. '! ftre virtue foil with fohlcil Imii'ls,. 1 Ami vicc uHurpoil her throne. Oli! couKlst tliou know tlio staagglfc will?,. .j Tlio nmdncss?t he ilcsjmir !? '.Phut cruel scorn would lciivo your soul, Ami pity enter there. IMIIII ... I ? I I . Mil ! | . r ffOLQYflOAiL, __ J \ Col. Ashmoro. Tn tTwcoursc of a runniug debate on aliwc .. a! IT CI It C 1> -..i.i! 1 ry, in uiu u. o. I luiinv ui jvuprt^'iiiiii/ivcs, Mr. -Stanton, of Ohio, remarked that there wero in) Schools in tlio Sout.il for the education of the.masses ; when ou|? llcprueontativc took part) in tho debate : Mr AsUMpRf:.. 1 would like to make one remark in reply to tho gentleman from Ohio. ! Mr. Sr.VNTOC*. I'drhups I ought,. .11 ju?- i tine. to some "entlemcMi hc.iv?. to eorrect a ' remark that I made. Pcrliap* that was too ' ' wide an assertion; 'J'lic idoa that I intruded!' to convoy was, that in tlic higher slavery civilization; in the henrtof it j in the cot- toil-growing region, where the country inIoocupied in farms of one or two thousand acres each, there ean.be no. such tiling us a common-school system?no smdu thing as j having the facilities of education- extended- } t\)>thn whole people; and that it is ineonsist- j cut with the existence ot slavery itself to <lis.souiiua.to education, among, bhe whole yeo plo. Mr. Asiimorv.. Will tlio- ccntloninn from i Pennsylvania allow mo a few minutes '{ I | I wo ui d' like to my two or three words in reply i to the gentleman* from Ohio. Mr. Lonunkckkiu It might provoke rep'y Mr AftllMMltV t tliiit); mi's I Mr. L<>nunkokkh. Thou J yiolil to the gontlemuiK Af? i - AT., nu^* 1 i i . jir, aoit viinui. .nr. i unminm, i wiiiii. i?j | disabuse the mind of tlin gentleman from I Ohio in regard to I'ltc matter on which ho has j jusfc spoken?that of common schools. ] ! represent in p.irt here otve of the principal \ plantation States of tlio Honth. 1- resided J for twontv years of my life?and 1 am not iv very old man yet?in tho midst of a plantation country ; and it is true that where there arc very lavge tracts of land in the 1 Minds of proprietors, with an immense nuiul?r of slaves operating upon and cultivating thcac landri, you iu?y not have 8chool-ho\wcs for all fclre children in the neighborhood, because families live too far apart from each 4 other. A Hut I wilT tell the gentleman from Ohio that Ikj will find, near the residence of almost every such planter, a school-hou^e, where arc educated the children of the planter and the ohildren of the overseer. Let me say, in addition, that, in niiio eases out of ten, the children are educated at the planter's expense, and, or eourso, without any cost to tne overseer. Those of us who are smaller planters nnd slaveholder*, and who lived in more thickly populated neighborhoods, unite and |B pay school-teacher**' salaries, or so much per scholar. Tho children of the slaveholders nnd of the non-slftvnlmldors are educated together, under the frco and oommon-sohool systems combined. I am proud, Mr. Chairman, to aoknoiulcdgo in tliis presence that I w:w the teacher of one of these schools for three years. TJio heat portion of the education I have was obtained while I was engaged I teaching others. In the more populated districts of South Carolina schools are as numerous ns they are 1 in ?nv of the free States; and, sir, so far as tlia Jugljcr in?tir.uuons OI jcaruinir aro conC?r?ed, lot oio toll tUo gontloman that, if ho vrill examine tbo uoxt census returns, ho will ? ?i:d that-.South Carouuft J,a3 03 many oollogo* and classical gcliooln at> otbc* oommutj in thi? Union. Mr. Chairman, I will disaliUbS the mind i of t!io gontloman from Ohio [Mr. i?li MfAMnAA tn Mm mnniifacfiiros of WV )i State. The manufactures there, air, ore growing an fast n.s the nccohsitica of the people demand them. In my own houso?as ho pui the auestirn to me?I state, there are artiolea of furniture, manufactured in South Carolina, that will compare favor* r> nbly with any of those.manufactured iu the f ttstaoiialimenw in tlio jMortn. jrmoeu, .1 ntf my furniture;^ the- manufacture of my State, oxoopUng, it may be, a piano, and Home articles of r&ewood apd mahogany.? The same inqy bo stated for many of tlio gontlomcn oI wealth in tho conjmuuity in which t I live; and so far from the davo labor, ye t aiding or reducing tho *alue of free labor, ten jr.oai* ago, ocmld only command $1 00 p? dsom, now rcadiljr goto $'JS 60. Sotno aupofior; mOohaniotf cannot bo <fo?ploy<!d at ic*w wugi9fl.thanil^4^lar? P^r dioin. tigp New, ouo word qa th<j oxtenaion of slavef rj. Why, tnt, We yjfh Jjore and (.here ^ ft solitary ojoeptioD, perfectly la^fled in' the uiii with the Missouri line of domarkation 1 'tween the North and Hoivth uuitil efforts j 1 ere made to apply the Wilniot proviso to ' exc 1 of tho Territories. Thnt proposition, si*, in t nie from the North ; and for the consequent j jnc ;itation of the slavery question they are den stly ehorgonbhr. It. was tho tirst Ihchraud j ( t* m.'inr vnnrc #!%??# K. *1... . .......j juiu %j v t? v iuiu' viiiTV 1I1VU 1>I1U r mntry, and especially into tlie South. j Oh The people of South Carolina would have atu) nm perfectly willing to lufc the matter vest Ya l>on tlie settlement, of the Mwnouri compro- fan ?ise. 'J hey ,did let it so rest while they exc dievc that it unconstitutionally deprived sen icni of some of their rights in the Terri- ern ,rir>? Tlion .11 ?l.~ 'i' .. . .. j uv.) v nidi ?III im; Hji riWMH.'S 1111' tlio I'nioiu should,have been freely thrown <?rm !>en to tlioui, but, they nevertheless abided on y that compromise,), and they would have pot Intinued to Jo so, if it had not been for the he ?peal of the 21st rulo, and the constant pro- not Mibition of abolition petitions, and the at- woi >mpt upon the part of Northern agitations fro ) fasten tho Wilinot proviso upon the Terri- he jrics. J1VO. T ....... 1 1 111... 1 1 ^ vi V Ml V vtuv.1 liiatvvi J I nuuiu Illvt.* j 1011 i refer to, but I do not euro to trospmts fur- ! poi livr upon tiio courtesy of tho gentleman from j an 'eunsylvania, [Mr. Longncckor.] adc 'he Charleston Conventiou and its Consc- ! lYo quences. I *,,,f The split, in the Charleston Convention has I )MM emlted, as our readers already know, in the 1 , ?( ivision of the old time-honored Democratic int tarty. Sprung from the State Rights School pVj if Mr. Jcft'crson, it is the only national party Hut; has ever dared to meet at all the consoli- t1i< lation party of the Union. Tho overthrow of tin i national bank, a disconnection of the (lov- ,.;l| rmnont with grand schemes of internal iin- fr< iroycmcnts, iv reduction of the protective tar- j ljC ff system, tho expansion of our territorial j r0| imits, and the annexation of both slavehold- ! if 2111(1 linil.5il:l VPllrtlrlirwr nAn?n?.i..HlnP i .x ' ? ..J. ?. ? . - - V..-I.VHII- ViUIH III VI II I HCO l U II1U I J)I(, confederacy.. It.s progress hits reeeutly re- i Sp( ioi,ved a shook from which it may never re- 1 w0 jove.r; but if it does, Ve hope it will be under cx meh auspices that it \*ll again rise to power (J,, with a banner of priiuLjlcH floating proudly Mibove it. Eight of the Vjuthorji Suites have he now rained the stnndard found which all who j)V( desire its regonowcy upo\ principle, should j pc now rally. They call not i>on the Southern I nlnni) 'lull iinun *?ll VK.. ? ? ?|'v rwj^iii/A; im: "J"|j equal vijilits of sill the Stat<\in the common :i]| Territories of the Union, 'i'lwr shibboleth is (IC! "equal rights*,'' nns$ wioh thisVittlo cry, they J0( intend to go forth to battle in \ory State of the Union. They go forth vritlKn nppenl not cx tn a (taction, but to the entire UiVn. Those- y)C1 who imagine they sec in it, cithXyrith fear' it i or favor, a foreshadow, or rather Resign, of to tiiFumon, art; mistaken. Tftoy unlit, with f0l as much propriety, cull the ConstitulV which binds the States together an iustri\Cnt of disunion. The Richmond ConvontiV will moot one week in advance of the l>?iVioro CI Convention. Tlie majority platform, ?\)no as similar to it, will be presented, and cnndiA?CH th< for the Presidency and Vice PrcsidcneyVt 0f upon it. llotwoen this and the time ot V .,8 mecti-ws, the Chicago Convention and t\ ?i, Baltimore lrnion Convention will eficli hn\j (r., entered the contest, with their respective priiX us eiplea announced and their candidates proVi() claimed. The Richmond Convent ion will l, thus have the benefit of their action. The V delegates from tlie Southern StntcB that withdrew have referred their action back to their o respective constituencies. They have done c that which exceeded the ohjcct ot' tlicir ap- 1 pointmcnt, and they will appeal to those who f appointed them to give them the sanction of 1 their approval through another State Conven- s tion. By a notice from the Chairman of the \ Dcihocratic Central Committee of the State, i it will bo seen that a meeting.of the Commit- ; tee hos been called. This Committee will c then determine npon the time of the fJonven- \ tio^ and issuo a call for District and Parish I mecunjra for appointing delegates to another Stato Democratic Convention. That it will t be warmly seconded by all who participated i in and favored the State Democratic Conven- I tion of April, we lMvom> (fouht. We are also l satisfied that thorn will hr, mnnv to inriv im i I now who did not disapprove of tho Convention 1 policy in itaolf, but were deterred from par- i tioipnting in it by the mnny unfounded and uiiju-st rumors raised and circulated by soino > who opposed tlio A pril movement. The propriety of the policy has been Vindicated.? More tlinn once during the curse of tho late National Convention, the vote of South Carolina turned tho scales. But for tho vote of our committee-man, Col. Preston, who labored for davs with the other members of tho Com mittco on Platform, the Cincinnati Platform would not have been voted down, as the majority against it was only one. Tho Richmond Convention meets to viudicato a principle in which every lover of the Const/ution is deeply interested. It should bo sustained vrifch warmth nnd zeal. Let tho people of the States whoso delegates withdrew, second their -.1! !iL i -- 1 1 ?Ml I uuuuii wiwi mu iiwuiohh, ana not oniy win "forth Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kontucky, Maryland aud Missouri, but California, Oregon, Pennsylvania, New York, and some ot. tfio Worth-western States, march into line anct unite their columns at Jtiehmoud with those o?f the Constitutional Democracy of the States that have locked shields iii this contest lof the etjual Territorial rights of every section of tiio Carolinian. Tiik spirits have broko loose iu Lafayette, Ind., and soloctod the house of u Mr. Johnit ... fl?1. ... U son ior tnoir purrorm&uocv. x u<'_y mi untMiii i ocllar with water, uptsct tea kettles, and throw the coffee pot at people's heads. The other morning Mr. Johnson w?s reading the Bible, whon a roiee aaid, " 1 will burn your Bible; I will break your stfiVe to picoos ; " I'll break your windows,' and ttfkr up your floor!" Tlio Bible is ofton taken from tlio utand ahd hur!ed on the floor, and other voiced have been* hoard. One Maid, "it is the upirifc of thii 1 ohild'a mother who is doing this 1" Anothtf 1 uiJ it \<t t.hn I" * Mr. Yancey's Speech. Phc Convention corrcspoudeutd of all our hauges, so far as wo havo observed, agree no jM?iiit?in rolation to the effect of the at speech of Mr. Yancey. The correspon-j it ot the .New Vork Jvvening Post writes: )n Friday occurred the great speeches of . Yaneey, of Alabama, and .Mr Pugh, of io, the former representing the .Southern 1 the latter the Northern interests. fllr. necy's speech is eousidened by those most liliar with his previous efforts to have far suited tlioin nil. lie erctttcd a profound sation. lie thoroughly roused the Houthfeeling, and was rapturously applauded oughout his oration. 1 laudsome, graceful, l tcoMs hl'illSniit t Iiiftini.n.I -?, m?hi.s subject, and deeply .sensible of its iintanee to the vital* interests of bis section, vyade a mngniliccnt appeal. There wqs hing connnon, nothing personal; there re no boasts, 110 taunts, no threats; but in the beginning to tho end of his speech was the gentleman and the scholar. He was followed by .Mr. l-'ugh, who, lit the or of his remarks, declined to meet the I iits urged by Mr. Vuncoy and with hardly attempt to defend Popular Sovereignty, Ircsscd himself more partieulaily to the once of the Northern wing of tiiu party m the charges of demoralization from the luonco of Abolitionists. Mr. I'ugh was M'gctie rather than fervid, he was personal | her than brilfiant, and his argument was ! ended to cover the poliey rather than the J nciple of netion. | It was evident that the Northern wing of] i Ueiuocrncy were profoundly impressed by 3 spcecli of Mr. Yancey, us his applause tne as frequently from their benches as nit those of his own friends. Nor can there much doubt that the Democracy, as here wosnntcd, would pass the Southern Platform they dared to do so. Policy and not princi 5 is the governing forcc with them. No :akcr on that side of the House has had a rd to say against the Southern Platform, copt as one on which defeat was certain at 3 North. One ccntlcmnn. Mr. lb-nnt. nf irylnnd, wlio spoke on Snturday, did not sitatc to say that, while ho nppproved of the ) slavery 1 Tat form, ho should vote for the mglas resolutions as a matter of policy.? heart the Democratic party is pro-slavery, icy may talk as they may, they arc essentiy pro-slavery all over the Union?and only sitatc to say so at the North because such u ctrino is not popular. This course is considered by the Southern trcmists as, to say the least, trifling, and nmjiij it i? mil MpuaKtng too strongly to can cowardly and deceptive. ]?y it. they hope humbug anti-.-slavcry people into voting Duuglas. Horrors of the Coolie Trade. "\Ve have received l>y the last Overland tina Chronicle, some dreadful revelations to the trade in coolies. It appears that r>rf i? nnw rtvnfnuivr.il !n *.!?.? !..??? 1 ~ .... ... mvii 111 i'in; i nwitllV'111 pUIlS China a system of kidnapping to the full bad as any ever practioed t>y the native id's of Africa in the worst days of the slave idc. The information is brought before in a strictly official form. The allied nunauders-iu-chief, on tlio 12th of Januaof the present year, addressed a letter on the subject to the Consular body at kiton. They enclosed the depositions of \hundred and five men, lately taken from ?Mn coolie receiving ships at Whampoa.? of these ships were American, the yulVwas an Oldenburg bark. The cooICS been kldnnnnotl ntirl n nMiiinul ?<?.?_ ent *Vn eight years' engagement in Cuba van wiV fjom them by torture. Tho comuatideifc cj,;ef toll the Consuls that they iscil cv(^j,recaution to guard against deception \ taking the depositions. Much witness A examined separately and apart rom his pApniotis. The kidding process is carried on by ,?v ^\icae, who pick up their unbvary country^ jn the suburbs and outlying portions town, and then convey tiboin on board\]ur.8C boats, and so, in due Bourse, on bonu^y foreign ships. The Qhineso agents U()y or forco their victims on board their a))j torture them until they wring fiY them a consent to become " free einigtVj ? 'p}10 forms of torture employed "?Vari0us. Their bands Rrc tied together u\j_ wc(h,c j# hammered in between them. \;r thumbs nnd crMt *0?? ,nre t!C(1 Athcir tails tied up, and they nre thus huV, off thc dcck R|{d suspended in the nir,V;lc R ji llt(!(} stick is applied to' thc\nklcs "Th ^nrc ducked in thd river j tl^rc fl , fn tho most horrible manner; V, nr0^hroatcncd with death; they are th.V into thc riyor in baskets, and various othV sof o are employed until they coV to di thcir fingers la ink, and thus, in* thoi?mark upon tho "agreement.' T Mandarins, real or supposed, appear t\ tho chio? ftiYAntii in f.liA r\f nrnnlftr \ -n - V "*"~j \it it would I be useloss to uxauuno into tuiLrfc of tllis question at any length, for it >Vyj0U8]y ft matter of fndifferonco whether\ forej?n traders in human flesh e\r>cutoY,,0 act<, of cruelty by thoir own handa, U tj10 bands of their uativo agonts. ThdT tljat tbey can be ignorant of tho coeiV om ployed to foroo tho wretc'hud, co\ Qn board ia too preposterous to admit o<V,ua_ sion. \ , , \ Wo do not oppose tiiat it wns tnc\ tlon of the persons wlvojsatabliabcd thK ~ teni of Chinoso contract K*bor, as a correv of the African ttl&ro trade, to iotroduocX other system', which wns just the slave ti^ over again in another lattitude, tmd in i other nnatter of the elobo. Irt man* rcspec indciAf, it'Is worse that a Climaoiaa shpt bo kidnapped than an African nogro, in njuch rk it pan scarcely. he preteadctl $Hat Chinaman i? even indirectly tho guut?r being reiAorod from n condition of co partitive civ ilzatlon to on? of absolute bftr riwc He ?i Wortc oil' tw a bdndsmaA Cuba than when following his ordinary occupation in his native town. From other j Hourcew we know of the frightful mortality whi?h prevails among the coolie immigrant* , who are employed on tho sugar plantations j id it would be difficult, indeed, to place iv human being in u mure desperate condition, for the Spanish planter does not oven feci that moderate? degree of interest in hlS.' captive which IMS-.would in a slave, from the fact that the slave was hi?? own V.?m !< !? ? f '? i inn m it ii j;iii argument Hint tlie Chinese thcmsclvos nro the chief agents 1 in kidnapping their countrymen! It is tlic foreign trader who pays -the premium on their perfidy and cruelty. y ]5odit{--s tlie positivo and certain evil inflicted Upon so many wrctehod creatures, i smother ami a sufficient reason for intorfeV"hi*; on behalf of the coolies is, that if tlie kidnapping is persevered in it will soon put an end to the system of free emigration altogether. If wo would set in motion an effective stream of labor from China to our own or the Spanish possessions, or elsewhere, the result can only be brought about by fair dealing. The Chinese are willing emigrants; and proof of this fact is forthcoming at Singapore, in Australia, and even in California. There is, indeed, no reason why, vi mi summon sense anil lair dealing, China should not becomc the great labor-market of the tropical world. All nations, however, must be content to deal with the Chinaman fairly, to involve him in none but voluntary Gti?agcnientii, to pay him a reasonable hire, and So to deal with him in all filings that he njay bear favorable report to his countrymerr of the treatment which he has received. [ Tinmlon Times. Ti)k 1>oyi;fn's }Fn.r, Catastuophk.?In addition to the following accounts of this shocking calamity, we lay before our readers somo extracts from a letter kindly placcd at onr disposal by tlie friend to whom it was written : On Saturday last a largo concoursc of young persons chartered a car, made great preparaI tions for enjoyment, and taking with them a I few mnrvinil l.wl^o ?l --- * v. niiu mnnuiinjii, went 10 ; Mr. Hamilton lJoykin's plantation to a J'icNLc All went on well till five o'clock in the nfI tor noon, when Mr. Alexander and a few others went off a few hundred yards, and about sixty of tho gay, light-hearted young people stepped into a lurge lhit, and taking their violins and guitars along pushed off hOine fifty yards from the shore. The Hut ran on a gnoir. i ttiflt penetrated its bottom. Tho affrighted S girfc; ran to one end. It sank, and sixty hwi man beings wove struggling in the deep wa ter. A panic seized tliem all. Strong men, good .swimmers, ladies and children, ail lost their presence of mind. The shrieks of those on ah ore and the one loud scream of those on tlie lhit called persons from every direction. Mr. Aloxunler plunged in ami rescued four i laclini; Feeling a body under his feet, he I u .... I' - - 1 1 i ??, u|>. jii jmwuu to u?! nis uaugnter ' i .Minnie. Kvery means were resorted to for ! her resuscitation, but it was too lato. She ! was in tlio arms of death. O ! what a time we had yesterday ! Such a : hurry for graves ! and suoh hard work to ob; tain collins?twenty-six in all. Few persons ! slept on Saturday night. The cars went down j for the bodies. Many citizens went down on ineiu. ine ponil wns drained. Ton bodies! were taken to tho Methodist Church at four i o'oloek yesterday afternoon. Tho bodies were conveyed thither in three long wagons. It wns n lnjart-rcndiivg sight. - Fifteen young persons, from fifteen to twenty years of ago, were drowned. There are several funerals to take place to-day. It is a day of fasting in the Methodist Church, and the Council decreed that all business should be suspended. One little boy savcifcso ninny persons that the boys at school arc making up a purse to buy biiu a medal. Tub ltiehmond Dispatch, speaking of the possibility of war between the North and South in tho future, says : The most sagacious and reflecting persons argue that there is a strong minority at the | .North which, though a minority, contains its full share of character, influence and wealth, who nro disposed to maintain and respect the rights and the property of tire .South, and who, in the event of a civil war, will confront the enemies of the South at their own thresholds. While every portion of a Northern State will be weakened by the presence of a strong mi;.v ? -i ?- 1 ' imnj in 17j.1j-nj011.1u11, uiu wiiuio popuiasion oi tho South will be united in opinion and purposo. Art an offset to this, the abolitionists count Confidently, in the contingency of war between tho two sections, that they will find ready recruits and allies in nearly the whole .servile population of the Southern States.? They ovo probably reckoning without their host; but, in any event, what page of history contains *tir>h hurrniM nu in wl.w.U f.. ! naticisin is seeking to involve thi# once happiest of countries? Tub Fkmai.k Tkmpf.?.?No trait of ehar! actor is nioro valuable in a female titan the possession of a sweet temper. Home can never be made happy without it; it b like the flowers that spring up in our pathwaV, rcyivingaud cheering us. Let a man go homo at night, wearied and worn out by the toils i oi mo aay, aira now soothing is a word dictated by a ?ood disposition? It 18 sunshine | falling upon the heart. JIc is hnppy, and the | cftre&of life avo forgotten. A 8wool to* u per I has a soothing influence &ver the minds of a i vrholo family. \Vhoro it is found in the \*ife Sand mother. vnu observe lrindnft?? tn.il 1/. . ^Vrodoininatiu*; orer tho natural feelings of a l \d heart/ ferailw, kind- words and looks ^'Vra *criz<rth? children, ?nd peace and loro ' to uiolr Itwolffng there-. Study, t^co, to ^ Vic and retain a sweet temper. It is moro 'u Able thaw gold, and captivates more than . rV, and to the closo of life it retains' alt From Washington. "Washington, April 2;").?Ah the firet. ?i - i.;. . i ; i i I^inuiinu BH'JJ uil IIIU BUUJl'Cl WHICH UilS , been privately discussed during tho Inst six months, Mr. Morris, of Illinois, will urgo the , passage of a joint resolution appointing ' Messrs. Oit, of iSouth Cnrolinn, General j Doniphon, of Missouri, and Governor Wood, of Illinois, commissioners to negotiate with the Mormons for the sale of their possessions, on the express condition that they uiov > Mrith. , in reasonable time from the limits and juTisdietioiv of the United States. The Commissioners to make their report to the President by the next session of Congress. The ground for this movement is to prevent the recurreuce of war and bloodshed, as the e ?i-~ At ? ?? ? ?? iiowij' 111 tiiu iuuiuiwu.s in missoun ami liiinois shows *they cannot, owing to their peculiarities, live on terms of peace and good neighborhood wiib contiguous settlements. It is also treated as a question of economy ij the Treasury. Mr. lJurlingame, of the Committee on Foreign Alfairs, will report a bill in accordance with his resolution providing for a first class mission to Sardinia, tho Envoy to re coivc S11!,UUU, and the Secretary of the IjCjratioir $1,800 per annum. The Sardinian Charge D'Afl'aircs is delighted with the moveincut. Washington, May 5, 1800.?Tlr* Senate was not in session to day. ! Iousk ok itKl'kkrknt.vri v K.s.??>t r. Trai n, of Massachusetts, asked leave to report; from the Committee on Public Buildings and I urounus, a joint resolution providing lor a I watchman to protcct the Equestrian Statue of i Washington, and for other purposes. | Mr. Crawford objected. lie said to em- ! ploy a man to watch the Statue was a disgrace to the country. It was outrageous. Mr. Houston remarked they might Beriu one of the Doorkeepers up there for that pur pose. Mr. Train referred to a correspondence between tlie Commissioner of J 'ublic Uuildings and the Secretary of the Interior, on the subject. There was now no protection to the Statue, except the low paling, and the grounds hud been injured by the arrangement* for*the inauguration. Of the ?50,0U0 appropriated tor the last named purpose, ?17,000 remain. This would repair the grounds ami pay a watchman until Congress shall make permanent arrangements. Mr. Crawford replied there was not a man on this continent who would interfere with the Statue of Washington or do it harm. Mr. Train inquired whether the gontlmnnn objected* to putting the grounds in suitable repair. Mr. Crawford said lie had no objections to .!- ? 1 ? * ? ... i.inn, uut, nc added, you will be unhappy until this money is spent. (Laughter.) Mr. Kliot, of Massachusetts, asked leave to introduce a resolution requesting the I'resiilent of the United States to coumiunicatc t<? the House any information recently reariveil respecting tin* Chinese ('oolie tn.de, not heretofore communicated to Congress. Mr. JoilCS. Wc have had enriuo-h nf flint 0 - - - I object. M *. Kliot said our Minister to China lias recently sent t-? the State Dcpaiiiucnt information upon this subject, and it is being co- i pied for the use of Congress. This call was with the knowledge of the Department. 1 Mr. Jones repeated his objection. The House resolved itself into a Commit; ?1.A AlM-.f. - T it. .% IAJW- \ji me v? noiir, mm procoeuca to the consideration ??f private bills, and among those passed was one authorizing Captains Hudson and Sands to receive a snuff box and modal from fcho British fiovorninent, ns a testimonial of their serviced in conticetiou with laying the Atlantio Cable. The 1 Ioumc adjourned. WahTTINOTON, May 8.?Tn the Set into, today, Mr. Brown, of Mississippi, introduced a bill for the improvement of rivers in that State, and the levying of tonnage duties. The Territorial resolutions of Mr. Davis were discuHsed. Mr. Douglas will speak on tins subject on Thursday. Iu the House, tlic day was taken up in debating tbe Tariff bill. A large number of counterfeit notes of the Commonwealth Hank, of Philadelphia, have been out in circulation in this city. Detectives from Richmond Ya., arc now here in pursuit of one of the parties, who has just returned from the South, where, it is supposed, he has issued considerable quantities of this counterfeit money. i J > Tt*. i.? T. - * jiuiiuii;u \y cstcia. ounors visited Mount Vernon to-day. A Kkw Code of Honor?Thk Hanking Duel.?An exchange gives this original mode of nettling uiilieulties : Two men who hare conceived a dislike for cneh other, nnd hnve give v an<f received a mortal affront, determine i?? /?..! tl. . ?mi i--- i uu ^'va? n./ 11IU HVUtT. .1 ncy IUIVC h piiiLroriu built similar to Mio gallows prepared foreriminabi, with ft cross beam above it; to tliis beam are attached two pulleys; the men take their position under each pulley; ropes nre then fixed with a slip noftse aroond the neeks of theso gentlemen, and nfter the ends are pnt through fcl c pulleys they arc take!) in the hand of cither party lo tho affair, and pulling fi-f 11 a aai'/Th VI ll. * ' ??, >uu vv>uo mi oiiuir Micagiii, proceed to hang eu'ih otlier. Tho o?e who first yiolds, and relaxes liis hold on his antagonist's lope, i?i to employ an elegant phrase, "a goner," aud the affair is afcnu end. mafttfess ov Larch Bodies of Mf.x? Hishop Butleronec said : " I na.^ eonsidering whether, as Individuals go mad, whole nations may not also go madaud adds: " It will bo floen that men nuty act cn mftsse ?? mac11 in contradiction to common flensfr, to common inter >st and expovipnee, as if they were? mvatntiinp'croMfns of straw for crowns of jowclW, and that millions of wen may bo as caaily duped, cheated, and pTuudcrcd, as the nimplnat dreamer of waknitr dreanm. who taftcH counters for guineas, aud canvass for cloth of gold." I ? Terrible Scenes on Board a Burning 8team<ir. . The St. Louis paper* give further. particulars of the burning of the stciimbmit A. T. 4 Mieey, winen wis noticed yesterday.* Tlior lije e?Hillnenee?l in a bale of bay. The Democrat says: Ci/pt. liiKjcjyof Capo Girardeau, together with his wife and two c hildren, one an interesting little boy aped ii\>out 'eight icArs, and tlie other a little girl of four or fivo years, wore among the passengers. The liapliV ftmiilv liml imf iiww. I V J " ?" jvwi uiijr indre than one hundred anfl lifty rules, wheiv a terrible disaster overtakes thcui, death snutehetf'ftwuy (belittle daughter, niu) father, mother mid son are thrown upon the barren shore of the river, exhausted in body, their lives barely saved, nnd thoir hearts overwhelmed with tln^prief that had so suddenly i'uiiiu upon incur. uur informant states 1 !i:it as he stopped cut of his state-room, he id"L Capt. Jvicoy rushing towards tlic stern of the boat to save bin family, iIe called after liiin, telling him not to frighten the women, for he thought that the bale of haf in which the lire wvn first discovered had been thrown over board, and there was no daug?r i;. Our informant then went back into his state-room drew 011 his pants and once more stopping into the cabin was confounded and terrified nt the progress of the flames, which had already broken into the front part of the cabin, and were carrying everything before them, lie then ran back to assist tlio ladies and children in their escape. Secinjj; *_>;ipi. ijacey wun ms Doy in one llnnd and. his little girl in the other, while his wife, frantic with fright, was clinging to hi* [ person, he approached the Captain and told 11int if lie would give him the little girl liewould try to save her. The Captain gave her up, she going willingly without n word of objection, while her little brother clung to hi* father, and in a moment after, with her arms clinging round his neck, lie bravely plunucd into the water. The eliihl sf.m?nrlntl [ very much at the first .immersion, hut stilt clunrr to our informant's" neck, who struck out for the shore. lie had swam hut a short distance when lie was assailed hy a large (Jcrman woman, who, in her frantic struggles, pushed him and the little girl hcncnth the surface, which again caused licr to strnnurlo. but she still hclilon. Nearing a drift pi To, both our informant and his precious ehargc were sucked I under the lojrs by the treacherous waves p.ihi current, and while under, struggling for his own life, having become badly stvunglcd, ho I mifiBcd the jjrnsp of the little gifl around his I nock, and she, probably caught by her night i dress in the drift, was lost. Our informant, on emerging from the drift, happily caught j :i Jug, on which lie floated until rescued by I the yawl, about a mile below, (,'npt. LaeeyV little boy was taken from his father and [ saved by the noble exertions of Mr. Win, j Mumly, the pilot, who, after his safe arrival j on shore, was so exhausted that he had to be drawn up the bank. The engineers, Mr. lbichaiMiMi a.id Mr. Owens, assisted Copti _.i i ; !? ? uiiuuv intu ins wuo 10 rue snore. A large number of tlio dock passengers threw themselves overboard, and many were, drowned. One man most inhumanely left his two young children in their beds to beconsumed by the fire, while he made good his escape to shore. One poor Tri*h woma?\ who was confineti to her berth by the St. Vitus dance, was lost. Another I l isli wmmti tvWl. *1? ternal fouling was as strong as life itself, wrapped her little babe in a blanket, and safely reached the shore wuh the precious bundle in her arms. Her anguish may b& imagined when, in unwinding the blanket, she found her child suffocated and dead. The number of cattle on board was r'1 hundred and sixteen. The groans and ho,, I nigs ot these poor animals as the fire along their backs and rousted tlicm a?. nil tied by their horns to the forward antK after guards, with no way of escape, is described as most awful and distressing. Several deck passengers were seen, by our informant, to pass under the drift pile, ami were undoubtedly drowned. The lire was seen distinctly at. New Madrid, a distance o? about fifty miles from the scene of the dis aster, and the clerk of the wharf boat at that point .stated, when he saw the light, that ho knew it was the Laccv. List or I'khsons Known to m: Lost.? Mr. A. T. Laccy's little daughter, four or five years ohl. "Y)?c ticrninn woman, naino t unknown, on ch'clK One Irish woman, name unknown, on dcckA Klizft Ilead, rh.si.stant ohambcr-mnjd for the trip. One Iriph woman, who was sick whon sho camo on- board, bnrnt in her berth on deck. Ono black pprl, about five years old. One black Doy, about aiglit years old. Two German ohildren from ton to twelve years old. Deck sweeper, name unknown. Two firemen, nnnica unknown. Charley llarnett, brack porter, better known as King- John Beekley, mulatto', bcvthmnkcr. Anthony Tremble, mulatto, pantryman. One wliito cabin |boy, ?1 ? A- ' ? . * ? Hiimu uiiKiiuwN. *me liixunt, Belonging to an Irish woman, one of the dock passengers. A r.KTTFH from Charleston to the Htattnton Vindicator, says: Mr. Mcmminger, the gentleman Ycecutly sent to Virginia from this State, to discuss tho propriety of Virginia co-operating with SontU Carolina. in i'nit!nti?,n * ? ? .xvvi J ??vx j/r? vv irruuiu 11 COIHCrcnco of the Southern States, has been very attentive to our delegation. Yesterday ho took us to the Orphan Asylum, a *?)b1e institution, of which tho Stato might well be proud. There are now there three hundred * and-ten orphan children being educated at tho exponse of the Stato, liappy and well cared ior. >\ nen oskcd how the system worked, ho remarked, with evident priclo and a glow of genuine gratitude, " Admirably, I am one of its croaturen " If you wish to avoid drowning-kcop your head above wator.