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For the Yorkville Enquirer. THE MANIAC S KISS. BT J. WOOD DAVIDSON. " The transport of a fierce and monstrous gladness." Revolt of Isltim. A kiss?a kiss for thee, love, My soul of souls, tonight; A kiss?a kiss to seal, love, This more than passion's rite. A kiss?one kiss for thee, love, To make this bliss divine? A seal for hearts that feel, love, ?? That feel, like thine and?mine ; A seal for hearts that feel, love, The icy thrill we've known? That locks the spirit's weal, love, That groans to be alone. ****** Avaunt!?Let gibing demons end it, That Folly's face may close: Avaunt! Dead passion sends it To vengenance's ghast repose. And ice?an icy rapture? Congeals this kiss of sin, And seals the hissing chapter Of hopes that might have been. Away!?but kiss ndieuing: Our memorv thou lsnst made; I make the future viewing The goal for which we've prayed. Away!?but kiss adieuing. To night the rite is fit; A mockery of nil the past, Let hissings hallow it. Thou'st made that part?'tis over, One future 1 pursue: Actious done are done forever, God himself cannot undo! Away!?But, no; say, can'at away ?? (Was guilt the Gordian tie?) Nay, shivering near my bosom stay, There love me, love, as I. Stone Mountain, Georgia, June 29, 1857. Thirty-five years ago, lion. Edward Everett was a member of the United States House of Representatives, and now of the three hundred men in Congress with him, only one occupies a seat at the Capitol?Gen. Houston then Representative from Tennessee now a Senator from Texas. The bill authorizing the importation into Louisiana of 2,500 Africans, after passing the House of Representatives of that State, with little or no opposition, has been rejected in tne Senate, at the close of a most violent and exciting debate, by a majority of two. The measure is, therefore, for the pre sent, essentially defunct. It is stated that the largest room that was ever constructed is that in which the tobacco stores are kept in the London Docks. The room is said to cover nearly six acres, being, of course, under one roof. It is a curious ciicumstance, that this enormous apartment should be devoted to an article of mere luxury. We ,oarn that those persons of the Vigilant Co jmittee, engaged in the recent fatal affray at Cartersville, in Darlington District, who were tried for murder at the recent Court of Sessions in that district, have all been acquitted. We have also learned that several of the opposite party indicted for illicit trafiiciog with slaves, have been found guilty.?Catndert Jon rn a I. A Belfast paper says that emigrants from Ireland to the United States in the coming season, will probably be much smaller than usual, in consequence of the bad prospects of commercial affairs and manufactures in this country. In the months ending with January, the number of persons returned to Belfast from New York was greater than the entire number of those emigrating direct from the former port, in the whole year of 1857. We learn from the Salisbury HW/rAiiian that a case of small pox occurred at Gold Ilill, Rowan County, week before last. The authorities of Salisbury have taken prompt measures to pevent the disease reaching that town, by passing an ordinance forbidding "any person from Gold Ilill orany other infected region" visiting Salisbury, under a penalty of $50 line if a white person, or thirty-nine lashes if a slave. The Intendant was authorized to employ guards for the purpose of preventing persous suspected of having been where the disease exists from entering the town. It will cheer the friends of our railroad to know that our go-a-head townsman, Maj.Govan Mills, has received the contract for grading and laying track on the whole line of the Spartanburg and Union Railroad yet unfinished. He expects to have the road completed toUnionville by the annual meeting in August. Col. Young, the President, is now in Pennsylvania for the purchase of iron for the whole road. "We understand that information has reached Uniooville that Col Y. had sold S60,000 worth of bonds, and had bought, or made arrangements for, rails enough to iron the road to Spartanburg. Another debt is due to the energy of Col. Young.?Spartan. A writer in the Charleston Courier refers to a happy scheme which we trust will be matured and carried out, and with which the name of Col. Gadsden is honorably associated. Alluding to Wellington College, instituted to the memory of the "Iron Duke," for the education of soldiers' orphans, and which is indeed a noble monument, the writer suggests to the ladies of the Calhoun Monument Assoiation, that the funds now in their keeping be applied to the endowing of an educational institution of some kind, which would benefit the living, while at the same time it would honor the dead. Let not the good thought perish.? Carolinian. 11 1* .1 r irseiie cnttain, me correspouueui 01 the New Orleans Picayune, writing from Savannah, on the 11th, says : "I have witnessed more unkindness, more suffering, more inhumanity, in the city of New York in one day, than I have seen in the South in three months. In fact, I have seen here no suffering at all ; no evidences of hunger, or cold, or destitution, or wretchedness of any description among the blacks. The malignant philanthrophy of the Northern Abolitionist is utterly wasted in their dolorous clamor over the ? miseries of the poor slave.' They know nothing of the practical workings of the system they are so noisily and so michievously berating. But the rabid abolitionist is not a whit more contemptible than the opposite extremist, (a specimen of whom has been exhibiting his ears in one of the Savannah papers over the signature of 'Cambridge,') who are so madly intolerannt of free opinions that they would persecute a man for even private ly entertaing a theoretrical antagouism to slavery. It is a pity that every such Southern jackass could not be yoked to a Northern abolition jenny, and the twain be made to do the most menial work of the niggers, and take their stripes if they ?kick in harness."' I . A/ ! C|c|orlii)tllf(fcimirrcr EDITED BY SAM'L W. MELTON. I YORKVILLEj S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 1,1858. HvsjMVe are very desirous to give particular j : attention to the locnl department of our paper: | | Snd to this end, we would ask our friends in the I I j various portions of the District, Postmasters and others, to give us reliable nccounts of whatever matters of general interest, that may transpire in their respective localities. Notices of Marriages and Deaths will be promptly inserted, when accompanied by a responsible name. Announcements of religious and temperance meetings will ! be inserted with pleasure, and without charge. j Our friends, Clergymen, Postmasters and otli-1 ers, can, and we trust will, aid us materially in j contributing interesting items, of this nature to i our column?. *** In order to encourage the effort* of all j who are favorable to our enterprise, we propose I to send a copy of the Enquirer, pratia, to any one j making up a club of ten subscribers and sending | $15, in advance. To clubs of six, the paper will j be sent for $10 50, with an extra copy to theperson t j making the club. v8* Wm. P. McFadden, Esq., and M. Jones, ' arc authorized to act as agents for the Enquirer, j receive money and give receipts for the office. ?ST II. Jcnr.e Moorf, Esq., is our authorized | agent to obtain subscriptions and advertisements, and to collect money due the office, in Charleston. A BRACE OF PARAGRAPHS. j Our absence, on business, in Chester, last week, I has doubtless suggested the reason why we have ! not observed the editorial custom, upon again asj suming the management of the Enquirer. Under | the circumstances, the breach has, perhaps?to ! quote an idea?honored the custom. The readers i of this paper know us, nnd we know them, too j well to require the formalities of an introduction, j We arc glad in being permitted to renew our acj quaintance; to enter again upon associations, which in past times have been very pleasant and jrofitableto us, and which, we earnestly hope, will be marked, in the future, by the genial courtesies, that reciprocity of kindly feeling and generous encouragement and heart-felt devotion, tonil nlwnvs to alleviate the labors of duty, and make of earnest life a gladsome and pleasurable journey. We give to patrons and friends our politest bow and our best smile of recognition ; and to our predecessors we extend the wish atparting, that their success in life may be complete ?their friends they meet as uniformly kind and geuerous to them as they have been to us. A better fortune need not be coveted by any man. To our brethren of the press, we extend the hearty grasp which is sure to tell of friendship, I and of a high, well-established regard. Nothing in life (outside of the charmed twelve-month through which we are now hastening) has left us reminiscences more agreeable than those which call to mind our associations with the editorial fraternity of South Carolina. The kindly and flattering terms, warm, genial and generous, with which they have welcomed us back to their circle, add other links to the chain which binds us to the craft?inspiriting us, that we may deserve one tithe of their praises, to more zealous efforts to sustain the reputntion, maintain the honor, and, if possible, magnify the usefulness of the profession. Our publisher, upon whom the duty of making selections for our columns will devolve exclusively, has chosen to fill a column, this week, with the too-complimentary notices of our cotemporaries. Whether his sciizors have do:.e proper work, we shall not determiue. They will serve, we trust, to assure the friends of the paper at home of the manner in which the humble efforts of the publisher and proprietors of the Exqcirek have heretofore been regarded ; and thus render them more ready, if possible, to extend their powerful aid in enabling us to maintain a trying position. If, in j casting an eye down the column, the reader j should accuse us, publisher and editor, of a small J measure of vanity, the well-known and wide- i spread frailty of human nature, in that particular, j will surely plead in our behalf, and render our j offence at least pardonable. COURT-WEEK IX CIIESTEH. The Spring Term of Court for Chester, was adjourned on Saturday evening last. The laborious i duties of the week were discharged with therapidi- j ty, aud eminent ability which are characteristic ! of Ju?lge O'Xeall. Our reader? will be rejoiced 1 to learn that our venerable and veteran Chief-1 Justice has in a great measure recovered his wont-1 J ed health and strength: and they will join us in j the hope, which yet promise much, that his very j { valuable and always useful life may bo spared j I long in the land. Surely, a purer, a better man j ! has never lived amongst us: a life has not yet J j been marked out for us, more replete with the evi-1 J dences of a genuine benevolence, more zealously i devoted to the highest aims for the public good? ' worthier of a people's noblest reward. Wo de; light to contemplate the example; and we are dej lighted to know that all classes of our people value j i it as of purest gold, and reverence most highly the j character to which such like examples belong.? i But we are, perhaps, writing a paragraph out of j place. Early in the week, an interesting case was tried j upon the question as to what should be regarded as a legal "pass." The defendant, as Captain of i Patrol had, on two occasions, severely whipped J the plaintiffs negro, notwithstanding the boy exhibited his monthly permit. This, by a recent Act i of the Legislature, was declared to be unlawful, and a penalty of $00 was assigned to each offence. ' His Honor decided that any permit for a definite i I'triod, containing the name of the servant and j signed by the master or by his authority, was le-: I gal; and accordingly, the Jury found for the Plain- : till' on both counts. Thereby subjecting the Cap- | ! tain to the payment of $100 and costs. Although in strict accordance with the law the ? j case is certainly a hard one ; the evidence being ! 1 conclusive that the Patrol company were ncting | ' according to instructions and their own impres- j ! siotis of the law. We are inclined to think that ' their impressions ought to be the law. Owners are j often disposed lobe too lenient in the management ! of their slaves; and it is cenainij' going very mr ! to aliow the interests of the community to be j 1 sacrificed to the whims, and the mistaken leniency , 1 of indulgent masters. A negro should not be permitted to leave his master's premises after night, except upon a particular errand, to serve a specific ; purpose, and with n permit regulating his course i and fixing the period of his return. The evils every j day attending our system of domestic police, and i every day increasing, are more fearful than most { men think. We know it ; and we would urge upon ! our Legislature not only the general duty of pro- j viding a more effectual system, but, the eminent propriety of amending the law in the particular to which we have alluded. Meantime, we would . advise some of our hot-headed friendsto note down the law as it now stands ! i Weduesday was taken up entirely with the trial of Epiiraim Mitchell, charged with A'tyro j Stealing. The Court assigned Col. T. N. Dawkins j and Sam'l W. Melton to the defence; and the prosecution was couducted by the Solicitor, C. L>. Melton, Esq. The case was one of a peculiar character?tho result of a trap planned and exe-1 cuted by two North Cnrolinians, named Bollinger and Ryne. Every possible effort was made for the prisoner: but with no friends, no money, no witnesses, no time for counsel, and the game entirely played out in the hands of our enemies, every exertion wa9 of course unavailing. After a short consultation, the .lury returned a verdict of "Guilty.*' Of the result; of the punishment, utterly disproportionate to the enormity of the offence; of the morality of the case generally?we might sny much; but nothing, with propriety.? The prisoner was, on Saturday, sentenced to be hung, on Friday the 4th day of June, next. An issue from ChRncery?the administrator of .Toh\ McKf.lvet vs. Valentine Atkinson involving about twenty thousand dollars, was determined for the l'laintiff on Friday. The point nt issue was as to the competency of McKelvey to make the deed, which, several years ago, passed his entire estate to Atkinson. Col. T. N. Dawkin's and .T. Roltox Smith, Esq?., appeared for the Plaintiff: and Sam'l McAlily and C. D. Mixton, Esq?., for the Defendant. An appeal was taken by the Defendant. Outside the Court House, we gathered abundant materials wherewithal to extend this article, but neither time nor space will allow us to work them in. We shall visit Chester again, some day, we trust. ECLECTIC MAGAZINE. Mr. Roon, the ngent of this sterling Monthly, will he in Vorkville during this week, soliciting subscriptions. Prepare to surrender at discretion. METHODIST MEETING. Wcare requested to announce that the Second Quarterly meeting, on the York Circuit, will commence at Rock Ilill, on Friday, Oth of April, and continue until Sunday night. The Presiding Elder. Mr. Kelly, will be assisted by Rev. Messrs. Meynarmk, Lester, Darby and Landt Wood. THE MANIAC'S KISS. The more appreciative reader will not fail to turn more tliau once to the original poetry on the inside page. It is one of our friend's peculiar touches?suggesting, as a lady-critic remarked to us, "one of the craziest kisses imaginable." A better compliment could not be rendered. We trust our quondam correspondent will favor us, often. YORK DIVISION, NO. SO. " ? v. or* At .1 meeting 01 1 or* v\vision, ^u. CUIIS VI Tempernnce, the following gentlemen were elected officers for the current Quarter: G. L. Pratt, H". P.; Rev. 0. A. Darby, Tl* A.; G. W. Jefferys, II. S.; J. C. Miller, A. R. S.: J. G. Ferguson, I'. S.: Tlios. II. Smith, 7\; Miles Johnson, C.; J. .T. Smith, .1. C.: Wm. Youngblood, I. S.; J. P. Palmer, 0. S.; W. P. McFadden, J. P. IF. P. THE PEE DEE HERALD. This spirited nud entertaining cotcmporary has changed proprietors?Mr. J. Randolph Malloy retiring, and Messrs. S. G. Gillespie and G. Aonew nssuming the proprietorship and editorial control. By his ample fund of wit, seutiraenf ami J sterling good sense, Mr. Malloy has succeeded in making a capital paper, and leaves to his successors a somewhat difficult task. We wish them good luck; of the senior proprietor we know onough to assure us of the future prosperity of the Herald. FIRE i Saturday last, in the forenoon, the kitchen attached to the "Barracks" of the King's Mountain Military School, caught fire from a stove-pipe, and was entirely consumed?together with a large quantity of provisions. The manly efforts of the Cadets, aided as soon as possible by our citizens, were sufficient to save the surrounding buildings ?though for a time in imminent danger. The loss will probaoly amount to fifteen hundred dollars. Messrs. Coward & Jenkins have the- hearty sympathy of our run people; and the very many friends of their school will learn of this severe loss with equal regret. A new building will be erected at an early day : and, meantime, the necessary arrangements have been made to continue, as usual, the duties of the school. THAT INVENTION. The reader cannot avoid regarding attentively the attractive advertisement which Miles Johnson spreads out in this week's issue. We have " mneLinp" in nnPMltion. and Suft'lv Set - . I it down as one of the rnrest productions of tins productive age. The patent hails from Tennessee, earn ing with it the name of McCohmick; anil is all the better for this, in the estimation of a Southern community. Putting the cogs in operation, our friend Mii.es stuffs about sixty collars in a day, thereby getting ahead of the one-horse method of old by at least 30 collars per diem! of course, he can afford them at a cheaper rate: and, besides, invariably makes them in a more durable and warrantable style. We assure our public that, although they are themselves sometimes stuffed by new inventions, this affair of Miles Johnson's is adapted to the stuffing of collars exclusively! TI1E GRAND DIVISION. The Second Quarterly Meeting of the Grand Division will be held iu Cheraw, on the 28th of April. We make the announcement in advance, so that our Divisions may have ample time to effect arrangements for a full representation. It is important that each Division hiive its delegate in attendance upon those meetings; and surely our people have the good cause at heart sufficiently to afford at least one leader, rjuarterly. It will never do, when the hand holds the plow, to look back. The work must go on, bravely. We are informed that a daily train on the Cheraw and Darlington Railroad, leaves Florence j about 10 o'clock, p. m.; and on Wednesdays and Saturdays an accommodation train leaves the same point, at 10 o'clock, a. m. Passengers leaving Vorkville iu the morning, will reach Cheraw on the night of the same day, at 12 o'clock. Appoint your delegates, and be sure they at- ) tend. Send us the uames for publication. THE REVIVAL. Rev. Thomas Armitage, of the Raptist Church, I Norfolk street, led the meetintr in 1'urton's Cham- J hers Street Theatre to-day. Mr. Jolm Gibbs officiated as chorister. Several petitions for prayer : were read. The building was jammed with peo- [ pie, and thousands were unable to gain admission, j Negotiations are now pending for greater accommodations. Awful Gardner was present at the prayer-meeting in the John Street Methodist Church to day. He is a powerful man, six feet high and well built. He has a strong voice, which was distinctly heard in every part of the house.? He said he was not ashamed to declare that his past life had not been what it should have been.? lie had tried all the nmusements and pleasures of the world, but never found any real satisfaction in them, and had enjoyed himself more in one hour siucehis conversion than in all his former life.? He wished it understood that he was on the Lord's side. The audience, he said, knew how faithfully he had served Satan heretofore, and he was determined to serve the Lord as faithfully in the future as he had the Devil in the past.?Xeic York F.xpr<*$. The foregoing is one of the thousand paragraphs, going the rounds of the papers, detailing the events of a religious revival, which, for its extent and its unusual and stirring incidents, far surpasses any 'excitement" which has occured in this country for the past half century. The work began, where it might least be expected, in the city of New York; carried its way first among the business-men of that ever-busy city; called the most inveterate devotees of mammon to the house of prayer, at mid-day. the most absorbing of all the hours; aud celebrated this most j unexampled triumph by the conversion of the ! ! vcry <i vilest of the vile.'' Of all the phenomena i attending this unusual working of the spirit, no j j one is more to tie regarded than the conversion of i I " Awri l Gardner," the most abandoned prizcj fighter in the world, whose " experience" is told ! , in the paragraph above quoted. | To thinking, right minded men, this wide-spread j | anil widely-spreading " troubling of the waters," : ! furnishes an argument in behalf of the truth, the , vitality, of our christian religion, stronger than j bars of iron?an argument which the labors of an ! : age of infidels cannot gainsay, j Let us all, saint and sinner, hope that this kind- ; ! lv shower of mercy may be wafted to our vine- i ! yard, and make this barren soil of ours to bring j forth fruit, "an hundred fold." | ? ?? ?> ?? j a secret circular. 1 Wo have read nothing, of late, which served j | better to assure us cf the terrible battle to be j I fought in the coming canvass, tliau the following j Circular which found its way to the light, inad- j j vertently, through the columns of the St. Louis j : Republican. The names signed to it are the watch- j ! words of the Republican army. Post thi* up, a? i one of the "signs of the times":? ; washington, (1). c.,) feb. lsos. j Sin: It is of the highest importance to perfect | j a thorough organization of the Republican parly , j throughout the United States, and to that end, i j and to enable us properly to distribute documents, ; we desire you carefully to prepare us a list of residing in your Please designate the post office, the politics and occupation of each person, nnd mark the most active Republicans in each locality thus: "A. R." This circular is sent to you alone in your ; , nnd we shall rely upon your zeal and discretion to prepare the list judiciously. we enclose you blank forms for the list, which, when prepared, please return, directed to either of the undersigned as r. member of Congress. LYMAN TRU.M11ULL, solomon foot. ZACHARIAH CHANDLER, United States Senate. JOHN SHERMAN, EDWARD DODI), JOHN COVODE. DAVID KILGORE. FRANCIS P. BLAIR, Jr., House of Representatives. Congressional Executive Committee. mere-mention. The Bank of Newberry has been presented as a j nuisance by the Grand jury ot the uistrict. ( j Geougk Law and Rev. Henry Ward Beeciif.r are i i reported as being among the converts of the late I religious awakening in New York city. It is *j stated as a positive fact that there is not an adult in one of tLc several villages of Simsburg, Conn., ; who has not been converted during the prevailing religous excitement. Parson Brown now of j the Knoxville 11'%, describing the recent festival ] at the Gayoso House in Memphis says: "Though ? one thousand Indies and gentlemen were present, ^ none wore drunk." How to make a short ' winter. Get a ninety days note discounted in a bank. Spring and pay day will come round quite j as soon as you are ready for them. The cdi- j tor of the Keowee Courier, states that he hnssccn f a one dollar counterfeit billon theBank of Chester. '? The Chester Bank doi-s not issue bills of a less denomination than five dollars. The House of Representatives, by a vote on Saturday last, refused to expel Mattkson. the notorious member from New York. f j TIIK SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. We regret to state that, on yesterday, the Faculty found it necessary to suspend ninety-seven students of the South Carolina College until the ' | first of October next, and five until the first of 1 May. We understand the ostensible cause of the , difficulty was the icfusal of the Faculty to allow a suspension of College exercises, 011 Thatiksgiv- 5 i ing day under municipal recommendation. Upon 1 the professors going to Chapel and recitation, on t Thursday morning, the benches were found tarred, whereupon the order was given by the professors to the classes .to attend at their private offices to { recite. The Junior and Freshman Classes, with | few exceptions, obeyed the order?the Seniors and ' j Sophomores mostly declined doing so. When cal- ' I led bcfoie the Faculty, with much unanimity they declined responding to questions. The act of (lis- j cipline which followed was necessary to uphold the essential authority of the government, in which 1 the Faculty was unanimous.?Carolinian. We feel disposed to make uo comment upon the t unwelcome intelligence conveyed in the foregoing 1 ! paragraph. Indeed, we know not what to say.? 1 By some singular mismanagement on the part of j the rulers, aggravated by a spirit of wild and reck- t less insubordination on the part of tho young men 1 under their charge, it would seem that both of our ' public institutions, nourished and fostered by the , State, arc verging upon utterdisorganization. We j do not understand such strange phenomena. Who ^ arc at fault ? Will not some one, favored with an insight into the causes of things, enlighten a taxpaying public? THE KANSAS BILL. The Kansas issue is made up nud about to be * * * * ? * * 4 -1 1--A _ . C (ICClUCii. a (icspntcn, in insi weeit ? paper, nu- i nounccd tlmt the bill had passed the Senate by a majority of eiyht?the rote being 25 to S3 , and it is now undergoing the more trying ordeal of the House. Whether it is to fail or win, we do not know ; and to use the pure Saxon of Senator IvEnsoN, we '-do not enre." Take it for all in all, 0 the attitude of tho South most des'rablc to true n Southern men, in regard to this measure, is that 0 of the most complete indifference. It can be 1 nothing more than the empty declaration of an c, abstract principle; a priuciple, under the circumstances, of no practical value to the South; the recognition of which, if made at all, must be accompanied by evidences of weakness and trench- ' cry at home which far outweigh every other consideration. But we do not mean to say that the action of the Senate should be lightly regarded by the S South. Far from it. The majority in that body is greater than we had reason to expect; and bids * us to feel an abiding, a very firm confidence, in 1 this the last and the noblest citadel of Southern ^ rights. May it be preserved to us until the South, * fully av ake to her condition, stands ready to tnke her own safety into her own hands. The struggle has thus far been instrumental in r throwing parties into an almost inextricable confusion. Upon this point wc might throw out a ! j hint or two; but probably such reflections at such ' ^ a time would not be worth the space. The Wash- j ington letter, in another column, will inform the j I reader sufficiently for the present. We append t the Bill entire, as it passed the Senate: j I Whereas the people of the Territory of Kansas j did, by a convention of delegates called and as; sembled at Lecomptcn, on the 4th day of Decern-1 c ' ber, 1857, for that purpose, form to themselves a j v constitution and State government, which said ; g | constitution is Republican, and the said convention ! ! having asked the admission of said Territory into j ! the Union as a State on an equal footing with the ! original States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rtpre-1 .ni/iii'iM, r.t~ //,? .?/,<//>* nf -1 in r rim in Cf,n grot (ifambled. That the State of Knnsns shall be, j I and is hereby declared to be, one of the United i d States of America, and admitted into the Union i t on an equal footing with theoriginal States, in all ' respects whatever. And the said State shall con- 0 : sistof all the territory included within the follow- ! c ing boundaries, to wit: Beginning at a point on j n the Western boundary of the State of Missouri, | , where the thirty-seventh parallel of latitude cross- j es the same; thence West on said parallel to the 1 e Eastern boundary of New Mexico ; thence North i a on said boundary to latitude thirty-eight; thence | j, following said boundary westward to " e Eastern | boundary of the Territory of Utah, ji the sutn ; niit of the Rocky Mountains; thence northward b on said summit to the fortieth parallel of latitude; y thence East on said parallel to the Western bound- j ury of the State of Missouri; thence South with i ^ the Western boundary of said State to the place ! ' of beginning : Provided, That nothing herein j v . contained respecting the boundary of said State y : shall be construed to impair the rights of person j * or property now pertaining to the Indians in said j 1 Territory, so long as such rights shall remain ua-1 jxtinguished by treaty between the United States ind such Indians, or to include any territory which by treaty with such Indian tribe, is not, without the consent of said tribe, to be included withit the territorial limits or jurisdiction of any State ar Territory: but all such territory shall be cxicpted out of the boundaries, and constitute nc part of the State of Kansas, until said tribe shall signify their assent to the President of the United States to bo included within said State, ortonffeel the nuthority of the Government of the United States to make nny regulations respecting such Indians, their lands, property, or other rights, bj treaty, law, or otherwise, which it would hav< been competent to make if this act had never passed. Skc. 2. And he it further enacted. That the State of Kansas is admitted into the Union upor the express condidition that said State shall nevet Interfere with the primary disposal of the public lands, or with any regulations which Congress may find necessary for securing the title in said lands to the bona fide purchaser and grantees thereof, or impose or levy any tax, assessment ot imposition of any description whatever, upor them or other property of the United States within the limits of said State; and that nothing in this act shall be construed to abridge or infringe any right of the people asserted in the Constitution of Kansas at all times to alter, reform, ot abolish their form of Government in suchmannei as they may think proper?Congress hereby disclaiming any authority to intervene or declare the 3onstruction of the Constitution of any State, ex ^ ^ -v - i n l ?; f cupc 10 see mai line nepuoucau in luuu, auu uu< in conflict with the Constitution of the United States; and nothing in this act shall be construed as an assent by Congress to all or any of the propositions or claims contained in the ordinance annexed to the said Constitution of the people ol Kansas, nor to deprive the said State of Kansas ol the same grants, if hereafter made, which were contained in the act of Congress entitled "Anacl to authorize the people of the Territory of Minnesota to form a Constitution and State Government preparatory to admission into the Union on in equal footing with the original States," approrid February twenty-six, eighteen hundred and fifty seven. Sec. 3. And he it further enacted, That until the next general census shall be taken and an appoint ment of representatives made, the State of Kansas shall be entitled to one Representative in the house of Representatives of the United States. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That from and lifter the admission of the State of Kansas, a; herein before provided, all the laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable shall have the same force and effect within that State is in other States of the Union; and the said State is hereby constituted a judicial district ol the United States, within which a district court, with the like powers and jurisdiction as the Dis:rict Court of the United States for the district ol Iowa, shall be established; the judge, attornej md marshal of the United States for the said dis;rict of Kansas shall reside within the same, and ihall be entitled to the same compensation, as the judge, attorney, and marshal of the district ol Iowa. The vote being taken, result was announced? fens 53, nays 2-5?as follows : Yeas? Messrs. Allen, Bayard, Bright, Biglcr, Benjamin, Biggs, Brown, Clay, Evans, Fitch, Pitzpatrick, Green, Gwin, Hammond, Henderson, [louston, Hunter, Iverson, Johnson of Arkansas, Johnson of Tennessee, Jones, Kennedy, Mallory, Mason, Pearce, Polk, Sebastian, Slidell, Thomp:on of Kentucky, Thomson of New Jersey, Toombs, Wright and Vulee?33. Nays?Messrs. Bell, Broderick, Chandler, 3lnrk, Collamer, Crittenden, Dixon, Doolittle, [)ouglas, Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Hale, damlin, Harlan, King, Pugh, Seward, Simmous, Stuart, Sumner, Trumbull, Wade and Wilson? 55. Absent, or not voting?Messrs. Bates, Came on, Davis and Reid?4. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. We are glad to learn that the long continued cforts of Mr. Johnson, the accomplished Presidcni >f the Charlotte and S. C. Railroad, have effected i change of schedule so ag to make the eveninf irain on the upper route the same as that of th( oute via. Wilmington. Since the completion o the Central road, this measure has been very de lirable?indeed, indispensable to the permancn iuccess of the railroad enterprise in our section The Winnsboro' Register, of Saturday, contain.' lie following paragraph: We learn that the energetic President and Sujerintendant of the Charlotte & S. C. Railroad mve at last succeeded in making such arrangenents with the President of the North Carolina ventral Road that passengers on the Northern [toute can be carried over this route at the same imens over the Wilmington k Manchester Road. iVe have no doubt that this will become the great horoughfare for travel, and, in all probability the nail will soon follow the travel. For beauty ol ^ccnery it furnishes infinitely greater inducements o travellers. The Central Road of North Caroina is in a first rate condition and the Chnrlottt oad has also a good track which is being every lay improved and will, at not a remote period, lave heavy iron along its whole length, there beng now some thirty miles of it. The route toe s a very healthy one, passing through anundula ing country and entirely free from swamps and joisonous miasmas. Under the new schedule, vhich will go into effect some timo in the early >art of next mon'h. the morning train from Columbia will reach Winnsboro nbout 0 o'clock, md the eveninir train about the same hour P. M. CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENCE. Charleston, March 20. The weather continues fine, and the vegetable vorlil is rising and putting forth leaves and blosoms, as if winter had indeed struck his standard o the rosy banner of spring, and had permanently ailed off his forces and gone into summer quarcrs. The weather has been warm and pleasant or the last three weeks, and as it is rare that winer breaks so early, I have been looking out for mother freeze, which I should not be much dis.ppointed if we should see yet. But for the sake if fruit. I am willing to hope that winter has irre" ricvably and hopelessly failed, and gone into li[uidation. The celebrated Keller Troit is here, and make heir first appearance to night. They number alout sixty persons, and make quite a sensation his morning by marching in procession through he streets, headed by the Palmetto Brass Band, 'hey had just arrived in the I*alet, and were pcrlaps just taking a fashionable promenade, to itretch their limbs, and walk of the effects of their ate sea sickness. They carried parasols in their lands, but from what I could sec of their faces, hey should not make large pretensions to beauty, ['he larger portion of them seemed to be little ;irls, v hose faces and costumes were covered with lust. An item worth recording, and at the same time, omewhat significant in its character, I would nention the failure of that celebrated establish nent on East Day, known as tne irencn uouee louse. It lias been in a declining state ever since he Mayor closed it on Sunday, and it lias finally ;aved in, and the proprietor has packed his traps md gone to greener pastures, where his philanhropy nnd disinterested benevolence will be bcter appreciated and more liberally rewarded. The imply tumblers, broken bottles, nnd fixtures, inluding the gas and good will of the establishment, rere sold last week to a German grocer, for the um of $1800. Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As its corse to the auction was hurried, Nora toper discharged his farewell glas9, O'er the spot where his cocktails were buried. The religious revival is still progressing?the litferent places of worship are thronged morning, loon and night, and many arc enquiring the way f life, and being brought into the fold of the hurch. The ministers and official members are ctive and zealous in the discharge of their chrisian duties, and the good work seems to be dcepning nnd extending in all directions. Those who ttend upon the stated preaching of the Word iave more than doubled their numbers, while the aceiiogs for prayer and exhortation, which are eing held in different parts of the city are always thronged by more than can find room. The apcrs from the North, and the South and the Vest are filled with the records of the great rcvi al which seem to be spreading all over the Union, lay the good work go on, and may this only be lie beginning of the end. There is a triangular passage at arras trointr on i between the Standard, Courier and Xtxcs, which ; 1 1 promises some rich and rare developments in the j [ lino of sharp shooting, and short sword practice J 1 i The "paper pellets of the brain" thus far, |t though well directed, have done no serious dam- j( J age, and the friends of all parties hope that the J | difficulty may be settled on this side of the "ClifI ton House." I, being a non-combatant, might ] ' recommend, in good faith, the following nursery < r lines to the serions and sober consideration of all ( C > parties. j "But children, you should never let s Such angry passions rise; t ' Your little hands were never made ] To tear each others eyes." The village of Mount Pleasant is aspiring t? seaport honors, and the Mayor thereof has ap- J propriatcd and set apart, Friday the second day j of April, as a day of fasting, humiliation and j prayer. The appointed day falls on Good Friday, 1 and it may be that the good citizens of this rue in 1 urhe, propose to economise time and thus kill two j j birds with one stoue. It may also be intended in 1 part, to commemorate the establishment of a j ' truce between that growing principality and the j f j Kingdom of Sullivan's Island, the amicable relations between which were seriously endangered j t some time since, on account of some difficulties 1 J arising out of the 9hrimp fishery. All's well that 1 ends well. > The last steamer from Liverpool brought the | [ news of a decline in the cotton market, which, of ( course, will more or less effect the price of that j ; article in our market, though as yet it is scarcely j perceptible. Trade seems still to be buoyant, and ] everything indicates the continuance of a change j? \ for the better. The spring trade ha9 opened with j I the usual promises of success, and both the mer- | ] chants and their customers seem hopeful of a bet- ! i ! ter day coming. ' The "Coquette" by Bardee, a young Virginian ' s sculptor, is now on exhibition at Hibernian Hall, | ^ and is attracting much attention. It is justly . , celebrated for its fine conception and artistic finish 1 I and is thought by some to equal, in many points ( 1 Powers' "Greek Slave". To my mind, it is the i j finest piece of sculpture I have ever seen. ' f The Convention of the Young Mens' Christian j , Association will meet in this city on the 17th of J, April, when a large concourse of persons is ex- ( | pccted from all parts of the Union. The occasion i will be one of much moment and interest, and J ' some of the first minds of the country will address , I the assembled multitude. 1 The young men's Ciceronian Debating Club, < ' will have a grand demonstration on the 8th of j April at Hibernian Hall, when the question of j Young America vs. Olil Fogyism will be fully and < ably considered. Your correspondent will have a 1 place in the picture. MAGNOLIA. ] [communicated.] t KINO'S MOUNTAIN MILITARY SCHOOL. 1 The Principals of this School gladly avail themselves of this, the earliest opportunity, of public- < ly expressing their sincere gratitude to the Yorkville Fire Engine Company, and to the citizens of j Yorkville. for the prompt and zealous assistance i rendered by them at the conflagration on Saturday last. To those gentlemen of the town who J extended subsequent kindness to the Cadets, they ( would also tender their grateful acknowledge- i ments. *' April 1, 1858. ! ' For the Yorkville Enquirer. Who should represent us in the l egislature, is a matter deserving the careful consideration of all t entitled to the privilege? of citizens and voters.? Every variety of interests is affected by the char. acter and capacity of the Representative. Believing that they will be acceptable to the District, and with perfect confidence in their ability, I ] [ would most respectfully suggest the following 1 ticket as representatives in the next Legislature, , 1 viz: Daniet. Williams, Esq., Edward Moore, i ! Esq., Wm. C. Black, Esq., and A. 8. Wallace, 1 Ken A VOTER. ; ?- li What our Exchanges Say. I i Samuel W Melton.?We nre gratified to notice 1 that this gentleman will again assume (he editor- 1 , ship of the Yorkville Enquirer. Mr. Melton is a J gentleman of the finest attainments, and will be 1 a very valuable acquisition to the Press of the 1 ! State.?Newberry Conservatist. i The. Yorkville Enquirer.?Messrs. J. L. Miller j and J. II. Black have disposed of the Enquirer to / I Mr. L. M. Grist, who announces that it will he a pain placed under the editorial control of S. W. Melton, Esq. It has always occupied a high po i siton among the journals of the State, and is one of the most welcome of our exchanges. Charleston Mercury. The Yorkville Enquirer has changed hands, and ! its editorial department is again presided over by Mr. S. W. Melton, its former accomplished editor. t We parted with Mr. M. with regret, and we can * but felicitate the patrons of the Enquirer, and the J citizens of the State at large, upon his return to a ^ positiou which he is so well calculated to adorn. ' Success attend thee, Sain.?Anderson Carolinian. J Yorkville Enquirer.?Messrs. John L. Miller & Joseph II. Black, have retired from the editorial management of this excellent, paper and Mr. L. M. Grist has become sole proprietor. It is announced that arrangements have been made to scsurc the services of Mnj. Samuel W. Melton as editor. With such talent, the Enquirer will con- T tinue to be one of the leading papers of the State. Unionville Journal. 0 Editorial Change ?The Yorkville Enquirer came 1 to us last week, bearing the valedictory of its editors, Messrs. Miller and Black. While we regret c to see those able and efficient knights of the quill c retiring from the press, we are pleased to learn b that they are to be succeeded by Mr. S. W. Mel- a ton, one who is fully competent to the task.? b Mr. L. M. Grist has purchased the office, and will f publish the Enquirer in future.?Lexington Flag. o Changes in the Yorkville Enquirer.?The Enqui " rer of the 18th inst., annouuees the retirement of ? Messrs. Miller and Black, who have transferred 71 their interest in the paper to Mr. Grist. The cdi- P torial department will be conducted hereafter by 71 Mr. Samuel W. Melton, who is highly respected for his personal character and general attainments. Those who knew hint formerly as first n editor of the Enquirer, will heartily welcome his return to it.?Charleston Standard. The Yorkville Enquirer.?We perceive from a 11 late number of this valued exchange, that the pro- c j prictors, Messrs. John L. Miller & Co., have dis- tl | posed of their interest, to Lewis M. Grist, an ex- w perienced printer and publisher, who has recalled S. W. Melton, Esq., to the chair editotial. We extend to the retiring Editors and Proprietors, Y I our best wishes, aud welcome .vtr. .ueiton oaca . f, I to the position, which he once so gracefully filled. . Abbeville Press. 1 Yorkville Enquirer.?This paper has passed in- i to the hauds of Mr. L. M. Grist, and Samuel W. j a | Melton, Esq., is to be sole Editor. While we wish i a j that the lot of the retiring members of the fratcr- I n nity may be cast in pleasant places, aud no evil betide them in life?to Mr. Meltou we extend a 's most cordial greeting. It is really gratifying to a see him return to his first love, to fulfil those du ' n ties for which he is so well qualified by his ability, I ' attainments aud devotiou.?Anderson Gazette. I ai | L Yorkville Enquirer.?Messrs. Miller and Black j > have disposed of their interests in this paper to i A! i Mr. L. M. Grist, who has for a longtime been con- i ;s ' nected with the Enquirer. The editorial depart- j i meat will be under the charge of Samuel W. Mel- j P | ton, Esq., the former accomplished editor of that paper. The readers of the Enquirer will part with h , regret from Messrs. Miller and Black The lat- n i ter, during a brief editorial career, gave great pro! mise of future usefulness.?Lancaster Ledger. 0 I The Yorkville Enquirer.?The last number of our neighbor announces the withdrawal of John L. h Miller and J. H. Black. Esqrs., and the purchase of the entire proprietary interest by Mr. L. M. Grist, who has secured the services of S. W. Mel- 1 ton, Esq.. already well known as an able writer, c j in the editorial department. We regret to part j b with our retiring friends, for the intercourse we ! j have had has been of the most kiudly nature; our ; best wishes accompany them?and ure extended j Sl j to the new administration. "May all their ways | tr I be those of pleasantness, and all their paths be p j peace."?Yorkville Chronicle. The Yorkville Enquirer.?John L. Miller and i Joseh II. Black, Esqs., have sold their entire in- ? I terest in this excellent journal to Mr. Lewis M. I it ' Grist, and have retired from the editorial depart- I w nent. Samuel W. Melton, Esq., succeed* them. Sir. Grist, is well k'-own as the publisher of the Enquirer, nnd has ever performed his duties in hat department with admirable skill. Mr. Mel:on ha.- been formerly connected with the editorial lepartinent of the paper, and his labors during :hat connection are ample vouchers for its future nauagemont.?Greenville Patriot. The Yorkrille Enquirer.?This admirable paper las changed hands as to proprietors, but the new >ne is of" e family. Messrs. Miller and Dlack have lisposed of their interest to L. M. Grist, who ha9 secured the services of S. W. Melton, Esq., to :onduct the editorial department. We need hardly say what all know, that Mr. Grist can perpetuate he mechanical beauties of the paper, while Mr. ilelton i9 surpassed by no writer in the State. Spartanburg Spartan. The Yorkrille Enquirer.?This valuable and ibly conducted journal has recently undergone a shange of proprietors and editors. Messrs. John [j. Miller and Joseph H. Black, former editors and iroprietors, have sold the entire establishment to Hr. Lewis M. Grist, who announces that Samuel iV. Melton, Esq., will conduct the editorial demrtment for him. Mr. Melton was formerly aslociatc editor of the Enquirer, during which time ie gave evidence of superior ability and fitness.? rbe E/tjKjwisoneof our best country exchanges, tnd we extend to it our best wishes.?Sumter u aicnman. Lewis 1V. Grist?one of the most experienced winters and newspaper publishers of his years? las become proprietor of the Yorkville Enquirer, ly purchase from John L. Miller & Co., and has ilaced the editoral charge in the hands of S W. Melton, Esq., who was formerly connected with :he Enquirer. Mr. Melton's return to the cliair;ditorial will be bailed by many friends and realers. T e late associate editors and proprietors eave the Yorkville Enquirer in a position of prosperity and influence rarely attained by a District paper, and will carry with them the grateful regards and best wishes of many friends.?Charleson Courier. Yorkville Enquirer.?The valedictory of John L. Miller and Joseph II. Black appears in the last lumber of the Yorkville Enquirer, they having iisposed of their entire interest in that journal, to the publisher, L. M. Grist, Esq. The editorial iepartment will be conducted by Samuel W. Melcon, Esq., who was formerly connected with the Enquirer as Associate Editor, and with whose rare abilities, the public are already acquainted. The nterests of the paper will be well sustained unier his experienced and sufficient direction. Mr. Srist is a practical printer, and an active and energetic business man as the neat and finished appearance of the Enquirer, since its origin, will fuly testify.?Charleston News. The Yorkville Enquirer.?By the last number of this favorite exchange, we see that Messrs. Miller md Black have sold the paper to Mr. L. M. Grist, who has been Foreman in the office since it was irst established, and to whom the former proprietors are indebted for the very neat and workmanike manner in which that journal has been print?d, and which has done much to give the Enqui er the orent nonularit v it eniovs. We are reallv o r r w ww ~ w oleased to know that our much respected friend, 3. W. Melton. Esq., is to resume the editorial :harge of the Enquirer. As a man, we know of lono more pure and noble, and as an Editor, we jlace but few in the State as his equal. We most :ordially welcome him back to the corps, and ;rust his career will be both pleasant and profitible. To the retiring gentlemen we extend our tindest regards.?Laurensville Herald. The Yorkville Enquirer.?This model paper has :hanged hands. We see by the last number that Messrs. John L. Miller & Co., hare disposed of :heir entire interest to Mr. \L. M. Grist, its pubisher, who has notified the public that the editorial department will be conducted by Samuel W. Melton, Esq., the former accomplished and able editor of that excellent journal. The course of the Enquirer has been unexceptionable?conducted in a most exemplary and dignified manner, and reflecting the sentiments of its community in a high-toned and honorable way. The typography of the paper is admirable, and altogether, one of the very best in the country. We bid the retiring corps a kindly adieu, impressed by their courtesy and ability in the past, and an earnest wish for their future prosperity. We welcome the reappearance of our respected friend, Maj. Melton, boping that he may realise all that his merits and abilities deserve.?Camden Journal. The Yorkville Enquirer.?The management of this valuable paper has again undergone a change, Messrs. John L. Miller and Joseph II. Black fc' / ing sold to Mr. L. M. Grist, who is now sole proprietor. The Enquirer is an elegant country sheet and has been conducted from its inception with uncommon skill and ability. First under Miller and Melton, next under Miller and Black, it has ever home its hand gallantly in the strife and excitement of newspaper-dom. We part regretfully with its late conductors, wishing them long lives of happiness anu good fortune; and we joyfully nrrnwn tlio Jmnrl nf nnrnlil fripnd Samuel W. Mel ton, who now after one or two years retirement eturns to the Enquirer's helm. The paper will ignin take up the conservative political position it 'ormerly occupied under Mr. Melton's guidnncen-chief, and we predict for it a more brilliant career than ever. Our congratulations areoxtended o Mr. Grist upon his ownership of this capital pater and upon his success in securing the services if an editor so well known to the people of South Carolina for his professional ability and loftymord tone.?Edgefield Advertiser. Later from Europe. Halifax, March 26. The steamer Niagara arrived at this port this norning, bringing advices from Liverpool to the .3th instant?one week later than the Arabia. The sales of cotton for the week amounted to 11,000 bales, at a decline of .] to jjd., owing to the leavy imports. Speculators and exporters took !,500 bales ench. Uplands 7?, middling 7$.? itock on hand 272,000 bales, of which 175,000 ire American. Manchester advices are unfavoraile. Consols 06| to 96J. For the Yorkville Enquirer. CLERICAL AND MEDICAL INFLUENCE. Messrs. Editors:?The celebrated Dr. C.utrEXer, of London, in hiswoik"On the use and abuse f Alcoholic Liquors in health and disease," has he following remarks:? "If then, the author should succeed in convining his readers that the "moderate" habitual use if alcoholic liquors is not beneficial to the healthy umau system ; still more, if they should be led to gree with him, that it is likely to be injurious? e trusts that they will feel called upon, by the orcgoing considerations, to advocate the principle f total abstinence, in whatever manner they mny idividually deem most likely to be effectual. He elieves it to be in the poicer of the clerical and tedical professions combined, so to influence the oinion and practice of the educated classes, as to proi otc the spread of this principle among the "masses" } a degree ichich no other agency can effect." In this belief of the power of the clerical and ledicul professions, is the Doctor right, or is he rrong ? What reply do reason and observation take to the question ? If each individual of the lasses mentioned were to devote a single hour to lie careful examination of the opinion expressed, rliat answer, think you, would conscience dictate? Take, by way of illustration, the Ministers of ork District; and remembering that moral reirmation is not spiritual regeneration?a distincon sometimes foreotten?that total abstinence is lie practice of a single moral duty in the great atalogue of human virtues?that, in theregenerte, temperance and self-denial arc great and comlanded duties and christian graces?that "There i not the wickedest man under the gospel,'' as (firmed by Charnock, "but hath some strugglings gainst the solicitations of unrighteousness, some ssents upon the presenting of virtue"?rcmemcring the very object of instituting the living linistry, recognized too by universal Christendom, i it probable that the Minister would have "the ower to influence the opinion and practice" of a lajority of his associates in the government of is immediate congregation, in a matter so consoant with his mission, and concordant with the ther great truths which he is commissioned to ;ach? Coul'd the officers of the Church, by an onest discharge of their duty, "influence" a mairity, or at least a respectable minority of the lembership ? Could the officers and members < ombined have "power to influence" a large num- ' er of the unconverted to a like course of selfenial, and abandonment of the intoxicating poim ? Would all these influences be greatly prototed by a harmonious combination of all the arts into one concentrated whole? Viewing these considerations, besides many thers which present themselves to the understand ig, is Dr. Carpenter right, or is he wrong ? If rrong; then, of the learned professions, we are S