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? THE SLAVE TKADE QUESTION IN THE TEXA! LEGISLATURE. We have received from tlic capital of Texas tlio report of the Special Committee to wlion wan referred the resolutions, introduced some time si nee into the House of Ueprcseiitaii ves o the Texas I?ejjislulure by Mr. Hrowii of <>alvas ton, recommending the reopening of ihe Africai Slave Trade. The report is of coiisidcrahh len^ili, ami as a treatise on Slavery ami Slavery Agitation in the L'uited States and (treat Itrilaiti i3 able an?l thorough. Appended to the ivpoii are the celebrated letters addressed, about twelve years ajro, hv cx-Hovernor (now Senator* Hammond, of South Carolina, to .Mr. Clarksou, of the British Parliament, one of the l< nders o! the .Jamaica emancipation scheme ; and also :i brief but able essay hy Pr. Carl\vrij;lit, of illicit v. on the aliutiimv ntnl tdivsioloirv nf lln> m?. gro, showing him to liv of an i?il?-ri??l- race, \vlii?-li jiuds in slavery il.-i natural relation to ilie white man. Su far, the report is sound ami uuexccplionaMe; iis facts arc historical, lis ariMimeniti nm elusive. Uut the Coiniii'ttec fuller when they encounter I lie practical <|iie>tion of the re-openiag of the Afiican Slave Trade: they shrink from the logical application of ilie very principle they have so ahlv defended ami so folly elucidated. Tliey stieni to think the problem of I lie Slave Tradet is an admirable thing?a mental stimulant?excellent stlill" f<>r excogitation in the cloaet?a fine staple for newspaper articles ami pamphlet essays ; hut, ah! wcll-ss-day ! it is ton tender yet, in their opinion, to hear tin- l<?l ol a practical solution beneath the no*.in-da\ sun, where hroad rivers (low ami fertile lainU ?\xt> nil themselves ami invite euhivatioii. Tliey say : 'So far as humaiiity, ami the essential and practical workings of oursystetn of slavery are concerned, there can he doilouht. that the puichase and transfer of negroes, held iu slavery l?y their own race iu .-\IVica (as the majority of are) to this country, would he conducive to the higl est attainable good of the negro.'' " Hut,'" say the Committee a 1 il t !< I'm ! 1...-. been shown in tin- piece.ling pages of tilts repoit. our countiy has passed through n remarkable ordeal in the last thirty or I'ort v years : it is ??vi dent the* public iniiiil of tin* country is not prepared fur such u measure at this tini<'?nor lias it.-* propriety been generally discussed in the South, or in our own Slate." Wherefore the ('nnimitce, frightened at the ithadilow of thai phantasmal bugbear, publie opinion, recommend that no net ion betaken on the subject by the Texas I.e<ri.?h?lure, tints; The institution, resting tt|iol| t lie liroadei-t fomi'lnt oiis of wisdom ? (shedding its blessings iipun millions ?d? nejrrref, who would olheiwi-e be in the most wretched condition unending any race of hiiuriti beings: and infusing youthful \ igor and vitality into all modern nations open to tlie peaceful in:.? .ions of coiniuerce, civilization and Christianity ?bringing all nations into closer fellowship, ami elevating the nia-scs wherever its inllueuee is felt)?it follows that the main iptcsliou presented to the Coinmitlee by the resolution is strn-t|y one of public policy and expediency. In view, therefore, of all the facts Ma led. and others worthy of cotisideration. tlie Committee, after mature r<iiii>Hici<iiiiiii, i?-v:*1111jiit-11 i mai no action b'j taken on I lie subject. The Committee, il is seen. fall into tcommon error of separating principle and policy, theory and praeiiio. Trtuh, however, admits of no Mich division ; it is otir and inseparable, and action is always its wise. legitimate .1 ml salutary complement. Tin- invention of man draws distinctions which liavi* no csiftriii,(' ill (lod's universal law*. That, law is hnriinoiioiis. It juv eludes (lit; possibility of coutfiei between its parts, t-Ild loots 11 (loll justice, dllly and heticvoletn c, as o.up thing u illj wisdom, policy, expediency and happiness. If ill.- transfer of tin- negro from Afiiica to tio United Stales, as a slave, would eon Uuen.loliis "liijlust aCainaiile good," il could not lie pri'diiei i ve of liaim to ilie white man ; ami if the introduction of the negro is nticiidcd, as the Commute admit, wish highly salutary results to civi'iz it ion, coimneiee and social nil provernent, the i|iiesiion can not le-one exclusively of ' public policy and expediency," in contradistinction from dmy and obligation. To prant that Slavery is a jiiKl and wholesome institution, to grant that the reoj?- uing ol ihe Slave. Trade, is a necessary condition of the susicntniion ami perpetuation of Slavery, is 10 grant thai duty 11s well as policy rcijuircs tint an immediate elfnrt sluoil.l I 1.. iyvipcnini; of tin* Slave Trmli'. Expediency How? from principle, not prineiij-lft from expediency; and i xjii-lu'Sicv cannot ( conflict with prtnr.iplf, sinv i:h>n- than a corollary .can conllicl witli (lie |trii> -ij I piopositioii.? Yet the Texas Committee fcparate the principle of the Slave Trade fro:n " public policy ami expediency," and from considerations relating to the latter advise the Texas l,i'?i>lntiiif to take no action in reference to the reopenitiir of the African Slave Trade. They assign, as we have liefore seen, the unprrparcdncKS of the puhlie mind as a reason for present inaction in regard | to the matter. This is a common mistake of statesmen ami law-makers. The public mind is j more intelligent and acme, and has more apti- j inde for grasping a general truth, and tracimr ! the relation between policy and principle, than ! politicians and le^islaiors iiiia?ii?c. In fact, it. is j upon principles, and upon details, that the |>nldic : minds runs most naturally and vigorously. It ' is always ready to recognize a ureal tiuth, ami | tojustTy all expedients conducive to iis practi- j col development, 'i'lie political leader who lias | the moral courage to stand liy th?* truth, at all hazards, will scarcely he deserted hy the peo- j plo. Hut if he doubts the intrinsic streng:li of i the truth, and waits for the people to proclaim it : with iiuinistnkuliie vociferation, the people i iii tUfll will doubt him ?ii>l i'o'i.w.I t.'.j eclc. j Waiting, wailing, ever waiting! seems t<> lm J the curse uf tlic Smith. How long will we drift ] alone under a hiiin-ilruin policy, mul into what j Dead Sea will we float, or in what voitex will , we be eugul|?hed at last? flow long will our, jMihlic men be in leurnini; that lo conceive tru'h j m but the beginning of statesmanship, hut that i ta uct jJLe truth, and that instantly, is the completion uf witfdom anil the fiiltillnienl of duly? j iHie stni^siaau ought. to blush who avows n |n*in (jpk, and yet tlesj;airs of its application. When lie halts and palters, and. wailing for llie pco- i pie to what duly 1'efluiren him to iinrieri:,U.-_ i tulkH cuu.iiiig!y about public. policy ???rt expeili Aiicv. be assured ho babbles l.et biui 1 >1 iirli.? I<e( liiin g vc place to th<ise who tliiuU iliat when ] d man lias work to do. Ins is never greater than I >vlien dointj it ; or nt ieast attempting it, and do- | eeiving, if not achieving binccfis. rtiitinff'iisJird Deathx Abroad.?Tho Arabia brings news of tlic deaths of several persons who liHve h.dd conspicuous positions in Europe. Frederick William fjouis, Grand Duke of liaden, died on tlic tJlst of J an u dry. lie wan horn .September Oth, 1830, succeeded as regent in place of j liia brother Louis, April 24ill, IH.Vi, ami was created Grand Duke by patent, September ?r?lh. 18.">6. If is wife is u daughter of the Kin;; of 1'russia, and sister of tlic liusbauJ of the Princess Royal of England. He will he succeeded, we presume by bis infant eon, who wns horn in 1867? but, probably the Grand Duchess, his widow, will be regent. The late Duke was not a remarkable man in any respect. William Sneiicer CmvihiiIiuIi- aivili r?.,L-? ?.f Devonshire,died ui llardwicke 11 nil, Derbyshire, on tlie 17th of January, aged eixty-eight yearn. He linn been well known m one of the wealthiest of English noblemen. the lord of ('lintxworth, and other cutule* that were lit to he residences for royalty. He wan well known ;ik a liberal patron of the arts and of literature, but wus not in other qualities worthy of especial estimation. He died unmarried. and iB succeeded hy his cotuiu, Win. Cuveudish, Karl of Burlington. On Friday, the 2'<!d of January, while the preparations for the Royal marriage in St James' J'nlace were going on, the .Marchioness of Weslineath, who occupied apartments in the I'ulacr, adjoining the Koyal Chnppel, where the ceremony wa* to bfc performed, died, and the signs of mourning were exhibited at the moment the nuptial ?rraugemuuts were making. These deaths had cast a glooin over the court- j ly circlcs in the inidi?t of the wedding festivities. ? , Catholic Refutation* for Lent.?The regnlnt!o#?s to be ol>served by the Catholics during the season of Lent have been officially published. and all the faithful who Imvc enmpjt-tcil their twenty first yeMr, are. onlc** le^iinTtntoly dispensed bmjndfta .observe the Fast of Lent. They lire to " m<?k? Anty one^hjeni n day, excepting Sunday. The nical aUowed on fast d.iya is not to be taken till about if&tp- At that meal, if on any day Crmtssinn nljunld lw># granted for eating flesh, th flesh and fish are Dot to be used at the same tiijfl, even by way of seasoning. A small refreshment, commonly sailed t-ollatiqn, j? allowed in the eveniag ^ no aenaral rnle as tolJie quan.titgr of f<*od permitted at thin time is or can be made .. Bui^he practice i>f UTe most regular Chriatjftif'is, rfever to lift;ft exeted the fourtli pa/t fit an (frdiin?ry meal. A?? Wednesday,.17tiiip<J V ? # ' * *" S" ' ABBEVILLE B ANN BR. | Thursday Morning, Feb. 18, 1858. J. IV. C. DAVIS, Kditor. I DEDICATION. . j We lire requested to slate (lint tlie Dedication ' : of tin* new Church at Sliiloh, in cuiisciiiU'in'i' of j thi; inclement weather oil the 11th, is postponed j i until the 4111 Sahbath, "Stli February. 1 RETURN DAY. j. After all the hue and cry aliout the distressed , , condition of the country, we have only 2."iM eases ' < | on the Docket for this court : 1110 of these are ; ' cm the Process Docket, l?eitijj ft.r sums lesj than : 1 . s*Ci. There lire pel haps acceptances, whi-li would make the whole return about lino. Out j of this number there are pcihaps S'l which, ow- ! ' ! iiif? to inclement weather, could not be served | by the Slier ill". ' j A NEW FIRM. ! , j \\ ? would <iiivf.'t attention to tlie advertise- ! niiMit of Mijisrs. it ."\I<I,m-<:iii.in, who I j liuvf recently foriiie>I a new co|mrtncrslii|i f?ir i | tin- |uii-|iosi' ol' i Miiyni;.'<?ii llu- I*r?ijx hu.-inoss. j (>11? of ill.' linn licin^ a Mistical Doctor anil the ' other having li:i>I ion-' N|>cririieo ia this business, ' , should lien utlici-'i.l ; ? ?? lh:it Iluisi- j ik-ss will he cnrcfiii!) .i:i?l |irn.l*:litly <:oii<l:n:lc<I. | W'* would JlUo ca.i si 11 I ioil In tin- iillvi'l'liso- ' | incuts ol' John I'?i:<>wn: ki', Ajr'l. 1>. I,. I'in:-i.i:v. ' i i Wvati l.ir-< oMi:, \\ :; ! I h i .(?r?liu:irv. ami notice ... I of the cc'. l.talioli ol (no SIIIIIi ver.-lll'V of >\ .\x|||.Mi- ( j Ti?nV ISirlli-1 >av. DEATH Of COL. WILLIAMS. 1 | It is our melaueholv duly to iveord litis week [ : til" death ul' oiii? of uiir most estimable citizens, j j (' I. \Vm. A. Wii.i.iam<, who ihetl sil his resi- t , denre, near Ninety-Six. on Thursday last. In ' j th- death of ('ul. Wii.i.iim*, the Distriet lia.-l>>st ( I a worthy eiti/.cli, and his family bereft of u kind j hushand iitnl an idl'ectioiiate lather. Although ^ comparatively a young man, his ?ic*:ttli will ho universally iin-urncd |?v all who knew him. Ity , his nniforiii kindness anil jreiillenMtiily ?lepi.rt.- 1 j , niviit, In- has uuelfarably eml alined his im-mnry t 1 in the lo-ails of all \\ ith whom he ram? in roll- , i tiii't. ISut Alas! tin* grave has closed forever j . over hini. IVai-'u to Ins ashes. j THE DOUBLE MAIL SERVICE. j I Wo extract, the following from the Charleston | 1 ' /'.< II i ? / A'< fS : j " The double mail servino of the Northeastern . 1 < liaihoad has licifun, ami w c have on onr tabic. j delivered this lofeiiooii, the Uiehiiioml p (pel's of : ; 1 vt'sii-rilay tnortiinir. ami the \\ a>hino|ou ami j l<al:inio*e papers of the previous afternoon. The ,V<run now furnish the very latest informa- j v lion, whether Ly mail or telooraph. < Mir issue ?; will, also, now he distributed |?y the nisrlit train j of the Northeastern road as on the South Cam- j ! linn lload, and thus w ill lie to all points of t he 1 ; mirruai i-iy 111 a-lvano- wilh I In- lilorniuir ' :| |i:i|nrs nl" lln? i-ily. Ami il lIn* Noil lo-asl rrn v mail \v?iii!?1 l'-l:iy ils ?l:iy I rain one Imnr Inter, $ i ami which it ran <lo. ami will im ilmilil <i<> in the ' 1 summer season. our i.-.-ne will In' mir ilif/ in ail- . ' I vaiiee In I In* Noriheaslerii |ioriion of 11 Slate. ; ' j In a li>ilm_r!il tin' .Ytirs will appear in an en- ; o | tirely ni'W i;r?*s>, !i?* iiii|mivc'l hi vari<<in? jii.r- j j ii<Mi!:iis, mill jirohalily \viihs>>tnu iu*eli Ileal ions ill teiuis. Our t vpe has nrtiveil. j " WHAT THEY THINK OF IT. \ ? ' Tin* New York :orre.*|iiiiiilent of iItu Charles i t<m h'niiiii? AVim thus allules to the Kansas J ? ! (jiie.-liuu in that i:ity ; j f I l.eeoiuptmi, <>r no l.i'fimijiiiin i-* t1i?; i<ll oiiyroi-s- J ^ inir ijiif>tuui wilh ii*. It is l."Coni)itoii nn 1 ' '('hauije, luptoii in the ciiililiiiL' room ami j 11 l^viiin j'l'iu in the .-ii'i-i-t. Shall I In? Ti-rritury of j V K ins:!.- hi; a<linilt<;il iiilu our ureal family of t Stair# nnilcf lln- )>ru slavery constitution pre- | . pared hy tin* I .< < < ?i 111 il?>n (.' nveiit ion, or sli :i 11 ; I ('un^n .-f; tru lii-himl tIn* iv?*?ir>l of llint instrument j I anil inVirsii<j.ite tin* eharaeier of ii< formation ' ^ I ami pn|iiilar aeeoptanee, with a view to ijeler- j w j mine lor .isi-lf ihi- present tilnc-f lor sovereign i . i1111 | i < 1? u? - f an- iiilest'toiis }i.i iiii 1 .-(! oil all ; lilies. So far as tin- eity of N i\v York is run- " ; ccim-.l, lln- A-liiiiiiisliMtinn ii firmly ens'aint'il ? A iiii'vliu^ of thiife it|i]??"'il to the I.i'i'oiii|iton I (.'onsiitution is to l.e held at I In- Academy of i Mu.-ie mi Friday uveiiinu'. Tin' call is liea<leil ; " hy tii'irjji! l>.tin:rof1, iho historian, W. I'. H-ive- j \\ lui'yor, I'S-Mi'yor, ami Comptroller l'latr?, ainl , ,, it is uiven out that tin* speakers will iiieludc liov. | Walker. Seeretarv Slautou and other hi'' i?uns. ? ! _ n RETIREMENT. I i, Wc notice lliul 15. I-'. I'khuv lias retired from : j, I ho FMitorial charge uf I li? Moiitilimirrr /'<i| tri'it. Wu cxlrnct the following from his Vale- t.| diclmy: j( ' In the coin 6<? of my editorial career, during |( a most exciting ami excited period, I have no (limlii said miniv miUin*1 tiling, towards my opponent:*, lull I thought I hail ill*' cXCU.-O of | li knowing that they hail used much harsher Ian- I w Ullage in r< fcrciiee to myself. 1 am disposed to i (| forpt and forgive it all, am! hope tiny will do | the same. Willi all my devotion to the Federal j <:l Union, imhihed from the cherished principles of ! ti Washington and his dying Words, I have never w wavered or faltered ill my love for my native Slate, or ill my purpose of promoting anil defending her I rite inlcrest* and the institutions of the '' South at any and all hazards. The political plat- ri form on which 1 have always stood is embodied j, in resolutions which I submitted to the State Convention in I.Sol. It is the identical platform * since adapted l>y the State of (ieorgia, and on which the whole South have agreed to iiniie.? p Whenever an is>ue tic- c presented arises, 1 sh ill ln> foiln<l as prompt to defend the South as I have hitherto hecii tu iefend the I'liion. lint iu " Mi lium i iii* i.treweii, i! s not my purpose to re- e< view I lie pa?-l <>r look into tin- future. My hope j iiml my prayer is, that an nil \vis? tnnl over rul-' iiij; Providence will ."-till coiiiiuuc to guide nnd lirct-t the destiny of the American l(i>|?ttl>- ai lie.' (( French ?In Ins address, Louis Napoleon llius alludes to the attempt on liis life: "I cannot conclude witliout speaking to yon of it the criminal attempt, which liasjusst taken place. |j 1 return tliauks to heaven for the visible proteclion with which it has covered the Kiupre-s ami 1,1 myself, ami I mourn that even one life should ii: have l>??eu lost. Nevertheless, these conspirn- fi( cifs teach more thuu one useful lesson. The tirst is tlnit the parties who have recourse to ns- w sas>i nation prove their weakness ami impotence P1 l>y the despcrntcneasof their means; the eeeoml, ei that an ussassiuation hits never proved a success, j, lias never served the cause of those who have tj armcl the hand of the tissimsiu. Neither those who struck down Cffisar. nor tliose who killed Henry IV, profited hy the murder. (Jod never u permits the triumidi of the cause of crimp? ? - - ? If] 'I lilts those attempts cun neither trouble uiy confidence in the present nor my faith in the future 01 If I live, the Kmperor will live with ine; and *1' should I fall, the Empire would even^e con- tr tinned by my death, fur the indignation of tlic n] people and lIn; army would furnish a new support lo ihe throne of my son. Let us, then, look forward lo the future with confidence. Let <-'< us propeed, without anxious thoughts, to our tank h ?tli? pood of all uud the grandeur of the country. (jod protect France." Kanxa*.?The Washington Union thus tersely w mid effectively sum* up the resulUtobe achieved C( by committing the Kansas imbroglio to n special coiiiniitiee of the House: "Mr. Harris, of Illinois, n recruit to the Republicans, is selected lo lead off. lie opens the "7 work with a most formidable effort to clothe a '![ committee of the House of. Representatives with' ^ all the powers usually conferred by State Legislatures, by which the will of the people is us- "] cerlaincd upon any given question. The first rl assumption is this: that ihe federal government . has been in rebellion against Lawrence and To- J? jiukii ; me Keciuiu is, mat it Wtlie province of f t'oiigrens to conduct State and Territorial elec- "J tion*, nnd to decide their reftulto ; the third is, f1 that those wlio legally adhered to the act of 1854 ought to be punished nffcl degraded ; the fourth ^ in, that the'iniquitous rebels' and those 'mob- , law men' denounced by BIr. Douglas mid JM r. 85 Harris a year und a half i>go are now disifran- E' chised patriots and political martyrs, whose Tin- r( dicaiiou ia to ba the chief object of this new ?] holy 'alliance in American politics," ?' 771* W/u(ft Crop.?It ia, stated lhat the grow-, si ing jvlteat iir Virginio^flover pfgsented a more* H e^|lringing prospect ftt tUis ecugon of the year, m '' J . 19 f THE SLAVE TRADE. Wo notice tliul tlio question of reopening 111 Slave Trade us a nivalis of Fiip|dying (lie in creased deinuud for Soiitliern laborers, lias attrac ted some atteulii n in sonic of the l.cfjislatnres ?i the Southern Stales. Texas and our own Slat Legislature, through cniniiiitlces appointed foi the purpose, have made labored arguments <le fciidinir the Slave Trade as being morally am poliiieully right. Hut llicro tx-enm lo be soin scruples np'in the question of expediency. We dislike to waste words in the discussion u any subject, without the hope of (mod to rcsul t lire from, and from considerations of this kind we have hitherto maintained what mi^ht 1> called a "stubborn silence." Although We be lieve the instilutioii of slavery and the Slav Trade can be defended upon the principles n religion and humanity, yet we are not of opinio! that the dictates of reason, Christianity or poli cy will ever su|>eiinduce that sentiment in th ptlhlic mind <>l' tliis country which would rcndc llie to reopen tlie Slavo '1 rado success rul, so Ions' ?>s oor present government sliimls so lliat while tlio North, willi its well-known en inily to African servitude, holds th? balance < jiolitical power over us, wo can have no hope save the hope ugftilist ica~on, that the Slavi I'lade will ever become a practical ijnestioii.? Notwithstanding we regard its discussion futih us a political measure, wo cannot uudcrstam low the Souhein slaveholder can rceoueilo hi hsapproliation of the African Slave Trade npoi .he principles of morality, with (Ik- custom o uiying mid selling slaves which universally oh Laius in the South. lieeause, if the negro is faith fatly represented in history, at home lie is nslavi ii its most uliject sense, lie is under the ilomiu on of lirntali/.ed and cruel mast' rs?chiefs t? .vhose service they are lioiind, and their life am ilierty disposable ai will. If then he is a slave at home, is it more a sii .o liny him iu Africa than in Virginia? Am Jiall we of the South dispute the molality of tin Jave trallie, when wo see it eurri? d on ever; lay among us ? For us to pretend that, it is s in, that it is a monstrous wrong upon the liher ics of this benighted race, is to profess wha >ur daily practice proves to l?: false. If tin llricau Slave Tnnl't was right prior to lf>(M mii ii be \vroii^r now J The tenure of oi:r in-?n iroperty is based iipoii tin: legitimacy of tlii: rade, and if i'.. was originally wrong, we lioli hir slave property, not l?y moral or lejjitimatt iglit, but liy piracy iiihI robbery. We are not among those who take grotini gainst this measure from pecuniary motives, al edging that to introduce tlie slave irall'u riuiM lesson our wealth ami prosperity by ilepre iatintr this species of piopertV. Assuming thai lie planters of the South can maken clear |iroli| n the hand, per anuuiii, of one huiiilreil dollars inl allowing thai reopening the Slave Tiaih riMibl rc'luce the present value of slaves down ti JiSo, (taking these ass-niiipliniis as true,; we can emoustrate by figures that if the profit of :-lavt ibor is re-invested iu slaves, ami worked upon tir plantations, that, at (he end of t-iirlii veari lie planters will have more weal.h, rating theii egrues at than it would lie possible for lielu to have at the present price of labor. It i:iV be stated t'nis: If a planter has (It) hands* nd allowing SilUo per hand proiit invested every ear lor negroes at ^liiuu per head, at the end of ij*hl years lie will have l-ti negroes, worth I'JIi.OOn. On the other ha:.d, {jive him (id hands, nd br.ng down the price to ^>:;:>tt ; let him inept the profits iu negroes, and at. the etid of iglit vears lie has fiti I negroes, which at ?s:?3i) el- head are worth S!183,1)1)0?showing that, by ihteing the price of labor to the figures we have ivell, that ia this short period his negro property ould be woith *.V.i,<)Otl, or -17 per cent, more Hill it wmilil lie til*?i I ill* fill* let" * * ill-it--.. ? lie present price <>f labor. If wo extend the calculation, w>? tlmt in i years, at 1 lit* recineeil price of labor, lliat our egro properly will he worth more than double lint it. wonhl he :il ?1,01)0 per hand. So that nloss it is true that. I>3* opening the Slavn Trade nr productions wonhl increase so much heyoml le demand and consumption that, they would iconic valueless, and therchy render slave laur unprofitable, unless this is to lie the consenences of the Slavo Trade, it is manifestly !oar that it. can be defended by every planter 1 the South, upon the ground of ultimate pecuiary interest. It is an cjjreyions error to say thai In cheapen ni??r, wiiiiu tlie profits of labor remain tin* Kaiue, ould limiiiislj our material wealth. Whether 10 reduction in the price of labor would inreuse our production to such an extent us in ? rially to depreciate its valil<>, is a question liieh our space will not permit us to discuss L present, l>ut would merely remark iliut we ulieve if the consumption increases in the same ilio for (he next century as it has done for the ast half century, that it will require the eulliation of every aero of land wlieio cotton can e grown, to .supply the demand at moderate rices. We have six hundred millions of acres of land i the Southern States, nine tenths of which, aejrdiiig* lo the census report, of l.Sf>i>, are UllenInsed. We have the land liut are destilntc of ihor lo improve it. We think it folly to look to ny supply of labor with which to produce col>u and rice other than that of the African, under ic control of the white man. Slavery and the Slave Trade may bo despised, may lie called piracy?the anathema? of Abolionists may bo heaped upon it?but however inch our enemies may vent their spleen against * and our own, we believe we speak tho nonsicntiousHcntimciit of the Southern public when e sny that there is no agency, whether apniiiicd liv fioii ....... !... ?? 1 uMii mis iunit; more 10 viliy.e and christianize nn ignorant and deluded cople, than has been accomplished hy tlio intronction or slavery into thin country. Il is the rst law of progress and civilization that llio ututorcd barbarian muslin* taught?lo labor beire lie can be civilized. No people ever have or ;er will rise in the scale of intelligence who j not first practice the habit of labor and indusy ; and in order lo christianize the African, wo mst carry civilization among them, or bring lein in contact with it hero. Here, under the nntrol of u superior intelligence, ho is first night the necessity and habit of industry and lucatd by liis contact with civilization, he sefi to that point of intelligence and Christianity Inch ho would not attain perhaps in all time to snie in his native home. Halloa ing Brforr Getting Out of the Wood*. -Wo are not n little amused with Uie exultar>n of many of the Republican parly men in rushingtoii over the vote of yesterday, in the louse, by which the referenco of tlio Kausns lessago to the Standing Committee on Territoca was defeated by ono majority. Those genemen evidently, imagino that it involves the rerttion of the LecompUin Constitution by the ouse. They deceive themselves amazingly, ideed. To us, and to those even of their own de who are competent to judge in aribh matters, embraces assurance almost as strong as Holy rrit, that when the bill to ndinit Kansas as a iaie on muc. coimilUliap comes down from the en ate, as it suiely will not long hence, it will o through the House w abort order, We $rt ?rely deceived in sunh 'mattoK^iuid staka rvl] lis intimation of whfct fc d^tiaedto ilt "of. the current Kao?M ira^<>gli<^flL.U?* ouse. We h*ve^ftbidnig com mumcatki). ? TRIBUTE Of RESPECT. l.oixsi. A.*. M.\, ) 1 .. JCincty !>ix I'Vli II, lrt.'iH. )" ,f At a regular mo-ting of this ]/h)i;v, held this | of< e evening, the followiiii; preamble and resolutions j ' ' ; wore offered and uusiiiimously adopted : | . j Whereas, l>iviiie Providence has called upon ' J1 < J j us lo record an instance of sore liercaviiieut lo tin 0 our community, in the death of our friend and V" Brother, COL. \VM. A. WILLIAMS. There- 'jj' ,f : fore? ?l H j I. Vi'?7rulrrtl, That we how with humble sub- BUI 1 i mission to that Omnipotent Hand which has re- (l!< | moved from our midst our beloved Brother, thus of e j depriving this Lidge of ail efficient and zealous j ed - : Ollieer, the church of u worthy mem! er, and j '' < ^ the eoiiinitiuily of one of its most useful citi- j ne (. ! /.ens. i I'" ? all ii 'J. lii tulrnl, Tli:il \vo wear upon llic left iil'ili \\ I tin? usual of mourning tor thirty days ; So and also, thai our l.oilij?? In; clothed in mourn- rui " | ins; ? < a token of rc.-pect for tho memory of our Tl )' . iltwiiicil 1 trot lior. 11 I :>. /.'<'ntlrrd, That tlicse resolutions 1??? puli- j? ' li-hcil in tin- Ald.eville papers, ami that the I Nowherry papeis he requested to copy. Also, ' (,|" f that a i'opy of tin- same ho t urn idled tho widow j f?, ! of our deooaseil lirulher. j ; 15. K. COKI.KY, W. M. I 15 W\i. t'.\KTi:tt, Sec.'y />?</ /? (??. | |n( ? ? ? j af WHAT SHALL WE DO 1 p, j There are now |icndin<r lieforw tho country | w, several import ant questions, whieli must soon he | ,,p s , decided and tlnulIy settled liy tho notion of tho ' |l( i ' government, authorities, in each of which tho dis- t>v f j turhmi; clement of Kcctiotiill strife plays :l coil- ,,r I ,-pieiioils part. It is certain that they canuntiill |>.| j lie ailjilsted at once, mid the ..f it.. - j will >I 1 v < lliliarrass the disposition nf each. We ? shall lint assume to determine their relative im- ; [,, portance or intiiu>i<r merit now, lint simply | pa i present I Ik iii in clirmiolimicul ui'ili't', and notice i IM, ! lir-t that which serins to oecupv the greatest sti ^ I spare ill tin- popular iiiiinl. Tills |>I:|C(! must he j w, I assigned t<? tin1 controversy now being waged <m ' , ' tli>- suhjeet of :i<Imittintx Kansas into tin; l.'liion | j J n< a State with tin- constitution just pr^rliti'il to | I I'ungres-;, adopted liy I lie I'niivention recently ' m, 1 i assembled at li'Coinpton. It i~ fort unate for the | , | Sonlli I lint tliis issue lias, by tile force of eirenin- j ,.(| 4 i stances. Iieeii iliseniliarrasseil of all collateral uue?- | ,.u | lions. 'I'lie history of the Territory, blurred atnl j (>l) i blotle*l as it :ias been by ill" mismanagement, I ! ei rois ami olleuces of its (inventors and iis people, j |< ( ' have |>as.-ei| into obscurity, if not olilivion, nml ; w| i the only matter now to he coiisiilrre?l is, whether, ; j,,, ] with a const ii lit ion adopted l?y ii b gaily chosen | ' j eon Vent ion, n presenting the |>o|iulur will, ami | ?j i after a fair suhinissioii to nil the honn l:de inhale I , it ants of I In; Territory, of t lie only ipicst ion which . ! involved the rights of the whole of the States in vli i this, their couunnii property, approved ami rati* j lied ; whether with all these preliminaries fully I ' settled, ami a ( ovcrumciit. " republican in form" secured, Kansas shall or shall liot be admitted as . ' a Sta.e? This issue embraces not only abstract tij. principles of vital moment, w hose disposition now . : wit I?I - I ' ? - , I ; i " : - I-- ooi ? prac- j (jj_ ' tical <nn->ti?ni <if vast uiu<ruitudc, upon which I t ' may depend I Ik* continuance of our present Union. | V_' The Administration lias taken position in favor I . of tlic iiiuuci'ialc admission ot Kansas. It is 11 j | matter of tin- profoundesl iiidillereuces, so far as ! ' , tin; result is concerned, what motives may have ! sj i J inducad such a course?whether from hiiih |>atri- jj , I otic con.-iilrrations and a proper sense of consli- I i tutional obligation. or from the paltry suggestions j ! of mere expediency. However the conclusion ' ! lias been reaehed?;t is a sound one, ami it only j remains for us of the Sout h to ileterniine whether ^ , j we will endorse it liy our cordial eo o|ioratinu, or j.) I whether, iu punishment for past ollenees, hv luke. ! warm iudill'erenee iu the piesent crisis, we will j abandon our own interests, desert those who are | sustaining our cause, ami strengthen the onpnsi* ' tiou of an enemy who is waning against the Ad- | j iiiinisiratioti nifl us? Shall we, because injustice has been thine to us in other points, refuse to ' ( claim what is due to us on this? If .Mr. liuelianau had heeu elected against the wishes and | efforts of the whole South, would it not. he our J duty to ileal justly with his administration, con* : donning what is wrong;, and approving what, is ' | right ? (low in<i?-It stronger does that obligation | j' I heeome when his support was linammoiis? lint , j V ; we are told there is nothing practieal involved iu I ' the is.-ue. 'l'his seems to us a "grave error."? i J"'1' j Tile settlement of the Kansas ijiKstiou, liy its! J/ ' admission. will remove a source of hitter strife -t ( | and con'cutiou fmui the halls of national legisla- j j tiou, will roh the Abolitionists of a fruitful source ? I of cavil, will deprive th'-m of a pretext and a j watchword, will diminish their niimbers and de* ' I st toy much of their slietigrh. It will arrest forj ever the hideous heresy of " Congressional inter- j. , .v........ < nt; ..miii a in me j erriiories, inill vindicate 111righteous wisilom of the J)red Snolt 7 decision, li will save the people a vast amount of money ik?w expended in the |?-r diem of rncni- Iters nt' congress who have Iikimi wrangling for months over this "hone of contention," and if it ^ is not sellIcil, will continue to dispute over it for 'j months to come. I.et iid. then, cense this pouting, and, with the j^1* manly independence of u people "who know tlieir rights, aatl knowing dare maintain," act according to our convictions of duty in eaeli individual case. Let us fearlessly condemn when the adiniuislration tines wrong; let us cordially endorse and sustain when it does light. liuliscriminate censure is us suicidal as indiscriminate commeiidatiuii. The at lit lute of the ('resident on the admission of Kansas is just and constilutional. We can with perfect safety and self-respect rally .'j(| to his support on this ipiestiou, still reserving to . ourselves the right to dillcr from anil denounce j his course upon any other.?Mu/ii/c Jirgutrr. ^ (hit. Waller He fore the I'uitrd Shthx Dixtricl (' turf.?(Jcii. Walker appeared before the lion. e'".' T. II. Met "a I eh, United Stales District Judge, At New Oilcans, on the 1st inst. and stated tli.it t>0" having lieen hound to appear before his court, ho '>e" desired to make his appearance anil ascertain J"" whether there was any charge against liiin. The j?"' Judge stated that the Grand Jury had ignored the hill against (icu. Walker, and therefore there was no accusation against him. ( en. Walker remarked that the President had a".'. brought an accusation publicly, and he desired an investigation and trial before the court and jury, 111 order lo Know who (lie true criminals jy^1 were; anil fur this purpose lie was willing to waive (lie finding of a l?ill, ami go before the court <m any indictment the District Attorney might ( draw. The Judge miiiI he would communicate (|lf. the tact to the llistrict Attorney. citi Vciy soon iifter this the Disliict Attorney wnfi froi informed of what liad occured in court, and was kh| asked to comply with lien. Walker's request.? j?i, This lie declined to do, saying, iu the spirit of an ( ohedicnt and exemplary officer who liohls the Federal iippoiiitiug power in eminent revor- j,,.,, eucc, that he would do nothing further in the j,u|| matter until he had heard from the President in |ll)8 regard to it. __ . _ tivt Camel Transportation.?Parties who are pre- J'^'j paring.,to import a large number of camels, de- j clare thnmselves ready to submit proposals fur w | traiisportiiig the army supplies to Utah via Texas ^ 'j by camel trains, twenty-live per cent, less than the cost of transportation in any other way. A / gentleman of some distinction iu Texas is making c " arrangements to establish nn extensive camel 1 park on the line between Corpus Christi and El rt,"' l'liso, to which point?and to Arizona when it ? sl shall be organized?it is also proposed to open "8 weekly lines for mail, army and ceneral tl'snsoor- l,ov tnlinn. lienernl I)?vis and the War Department has made the Country a valuable present in llie V< introduction of thin useful and hard)' "ship of the j prairt*" . The genera) domiciliation thin animal on the u * grenl dry plains of the West, will give '? new and '"j uiithought of value to tlint extensive region ; for p it ts peculiarly adapted to camel-raising, and this *' buniijcss, as we liavo before predicted, .will soon become a marked feature in Wesleru enterpriso.? , IK ,l. ww UfcUfCC* ' UIIU con Dead Litterr.?During ilie past year the num-_ 8I\C' bor qf leMers coutniiiing money, which were"' ",,8: oprvued in tlie deml letter branch of the Post '?r Office Dc|>irtiucnt, were an follows: Quarter 8'xl ending 31st Murch, 2,05!) letters, which contained ?11,437 98 ; quarter ecrtding 30th Juno, 2,201 The letter??11,812 45; qttur.er ending Sept.,?*,245 V1'8 leters, which enclosed ?12,656#>1 ; and quarter 'n8t ending 31st December, 2,362 letters, containing (18,361.00. 'I'oMj fellers fur UiM^enr 8,858, apd jj " money $40,267.31, nine-tenths oi which basal- l"? ready been 6&fely returned to tfw writers qf said uret letters.^ ^ ^ ^ J'rout the Witx/iini/tnii Slur, I'Yh. 10/A MISREPRESENTATION CORRECTED. Tli? iiuli DriimcMtin |nirly \\ iiMiinglou rnr- "ll' ipondcuts, l?y way ofhtillJ-'iiiim fIn* hack-hone 1 j opposition to the acceptance of tin* liccompton institution, arc doing their liysl lo create the | pression tlml Micro exists a disposition on tin; i l l of Millie of the Democrat-) proper of tin; nisi; to ri'ci'ili' fiom their position of insisting on i , 5 admission of Kansas into thel'iiiou upon the iitftitnlion now before Congress. In tins opin- j , ii they nro entirely mistaken, wo assure tin; j itaut public. Tin: mneli longer ?oiiliiitiunce ; j, ' the t'nion is so completely locked up in the j | [ cess of the jiolicy of tint latter in this matter [ " tint none of them ciitertain the slightest, idea |n receding an inch. Few men are better inform- ',r< than oui'M-lt upon the state of feeling among i "" i-members, and we arc satisli-d ttint were Mill- I sola, with all her disregard of tile enabling act , ssed in Iter case, to lie admitted into the I'uioii, j ?:n d Kansas, on account otitic constitution with I el> ot i i. ? i i - ... .. nuv .I|>|iuvn r I'lllH'll lUIIIII.-MlOII, III) It'll III' tilhcru Uepresctilatives ami Senators would In nuin si <lay longer in either hall of ('ongress.? ' us <lay for further compromises on tin; slavery ' Iw icstioit is passed. j |'r We ar<> very sure llial there is no| a treiillcmnn wI either House who lias not made ii|i liis mind i tru>t. Ins future |inlitiral foiliuies in tli<> l.oat, : co anti-slavery, who does not realize that the re- j 41I of ('niigtoss to admit Kansas Under tlo- I,e- j th ihptnu ('on-1iliiiion. ami the admission ol Mm- on sota, will he instantly followeil hy disunion to jasureson the part the legislatures and people j every Slate in the ('ontcilciney South of the j in >tomae, every one of which lot then ill session i nilil hi: promptly ei-nvened. 'l'lnt imlividiml er 'position of (iov. W ise to I lie a eee | it a ne'e of t he 1 in -con11it<>ii constitution wonhl lie no havrier what- j ee er to tin- Virginia legislature in tin- promises ; i al if the legal existence ol" that liodv he then , la 'initiate,I, of another which woiihl hn at once | osen hy the people to act. in th? |iieinises. j lo; 'I'liern 'snot a single member of the present gislature of Virginia, ofeitherpart.y, whosyui- | thises with the position of Jioverimr \Vis?? . hi I one; nor is lhere a single nieiuher of any ot her j ute legislation south of the I'otomac, who stands | th him?(?ov. \V. 1 le is entirely isolated ami | iv iii iue .-"i.uin, sis Ite.se ill Mil* North wliu j Ve property, tile value of which will In: lies- l 1" i\oil in ilit; tlfsii'iii'tioti of tin; ("onfcileracy, | ly timi out In their sorrow, when loo late. 1 * ' Tin: Suiilli lias hacked c> mpletely In 111'- >!l !? of tin' precipice alieady li|ion tlx- slavery j estion. and cannot Ii:i?-l; an inch further with ' 1 I phiiigiug inlo iIn* "nil of ih<: entire ll i?rant ' I avowed .alimtral inn of h?*r i i* ! Iunder I ho ; lion. Shi' kmm's well lli.il lln* linn* has coinv ii-ii sin: must stiiml ill hay a! !iiiyco<t t<> ih I'u ' en i, whirli .-.lie woiihl p-escrve if llial can lie : ? j U|>li~hi'<l oilier wise than hy the entire sacrifice 1 her lijjhls ninl inleto>ts. ITEMS FROM WASHINGTON. |li( fizonfl ? // * ( 'i > nflri f ll /'of 1 i fitirtlit/? (itlnTill (.Itflxib h'x / //<? I'l I/fill. .Mint rii? Hitul/ii ri> ' hi'i/rntion Id .1 c/: <?<(. W.\sinxi;r?>N, Feh. II. No new Territory of the Cuion pieseuts great- ! (1(| :iitraclinns for enterprise anil ailventnre than . ,11( i/.onn. It is a region which, in the present. ; traded condition of .Mexico, must become ry important in refe rence to Sonora. If Amer- ! j,., hi settlements are to he spread into Sonora, and | a peaceful manner, it will lie hy the prior oe- ! ,|l( piiiioiMif Arizona. ' y( If the mineral ami other resources of Arizona 1 l,r mid justify the expectations lormeil of them, I MI y wul tend to attract the greatest letiree of j VJ i.. , ; -i- : ' . ........... i> mi- rtcncsi mineral | ;ion in llii! world, according to the original ! jH, ;tec traditions ami the Spanish records j j Wry few, except those who have nsul .Major ' i 15. (iray's report, of an exploration of the v nisden I'lii'i-hase, are aware thai it possesses j .t| licnltural advantages. Cotton of the linesl ' aliiy may In: raised there. I M.. We have Ijefore tis a specimen of the eotlon ! ,,|seil by Jell, (iadsdeii from Arizona seed, ami ! lieh wns sent !>y liitn to I.ient. .Matirv. It. is ' ,|1( :ecditi?ly beautiful and sillsy in texture. j|u Lietieral (iadsden, in a letter to i.ient. Maury, | ml closing a sample of cotton, says: " Von are | (;).( are, perhaps, that, the hlnck seed cotton ? hy- I (Is of liner qualities which sea or salt nil* ami I ,, rior cultivation has piodueed, in the I'aroli- 4 ,,, is, (ieorjiia islands, and now extending; to l'lor | |j(l ?is a native of the Cila, a river of Aii/.ona. ! ,?j is from this cotton that, the linest. .Mexican se- | t.|(( >es are maiiufael it red. I wan fortunate eiioueli ,|)t olitain a handful of the seed from a fro-nd at (.X( rt Yuma, and have raised seed enough from I |1(. o restore it purely in this State. As these | |? ,"er <|Ualities of loliu cottons are iri-ttimj ill de- [ |M? ltd, I s'-nil enclosed a sample of the cotton as ! w|| scd near this city, as it m:*rht lie of interest ] jj* you and the friends of that newly nc<|iiiied i tu Irict, seeking to take a place in the cotton I |j(( ds as well as silver products of that mineral i i l""* i ? l,,,( I'lie sample of cotton jjiven us l>y I.ietiteiianl I tiry, is that, deserihed l?y ("'ray and others, I cj,. tied hy the I'iutos Indians. and resemtdi-s il>? i Island in its line, silky, texture, ami long ! I')1'" , . , ha' f Arizona is to furnish us with cotton fields t| able of producing such a material as this, lill he an ? hliiiontil inducement to .Southern j,. >p!e to occupy it. It is very true ih.it, owing (,f ( t lut depression of the tunes, ureal until tiers of (1|t >|>|p in Northern cities ami villages have heen ;nf. own out of employineiit, ami uro ready to , brace any opportunity for employment in a I j v country; anil that this is'o lie u luvnra- j /Vi season (or emigration ami coloni/.ation. Mr. i sad Thayer, in his laic speech, exhibited this j inq t.in regard particularly to the Northern Sates, i No, I if Ari/.ona ij to he a cotton-growing region, | Ya uhlition to its advantages of mineral product, : nat nil invite the attention eliietly of sluvcliold- ' in i Cotton is not to he erowit hy steam power, ! Tw hy the cheap and patient, labor of lite Afii- . the I. i of t "lotil various quarters n movement litis already j wo miieiieed towards Arizona, by the Southern j 'J >ple, ami it cannot fail to he a very important : pus veinent for the South People from Texas lli.1 from Southern California have already a [ tw* ihold in Arizona, and it remains for Congress, j par iiirmianceof the recommendation of the lYcs- ; ing it, to extend over it u territorial government, : lire I to grant, the petition of the inhabitants lor ; inu itury protection Irotn the incursions of the lile Indians. This petition is for mounted j J ii, and is signed hy more than a thousand of ; livi inhabitants of the Territory.? Witniinjton of ilea. latt 'of. W.ulc Jfampton?The sad intelligence of fnr iit'ccasc ?i tins widely known and esteemed J s.,p zen reached our city, in a private dispatch j 0f j 71 tlio \V i'st. He expired suddenly on the ' Ii instant, at one of liis plantations in Louis- , ? j, ' has ol. "Wade Hampton was well ami widely ! j^() hvii throughout the Smith ami beyond as a , j|?, tlciiuin and citizen of untiring public spirit, ! wo ant demeanor, and hi^li toned courtesy and pitnlity?in all points a noble reprcsenta- j VL.,. s of tlic best old school and class of Carolina ; vuj liters. At the memorable defence of New ' eaiif, in December, If 14, and on tile Hth of i J uary, 181 >, he acted as a roniitlciitinl and ' noy I approved nid-de-ciiliip for General Jackson, in t , with our esteemed fellow-citizen, Col. A. the Haync, shared largely the confidence and Chi (est regards of that sagacious chieftain, whose Ii ii litive judgement of men was one of his most wet larkablc traits. Few men above the desire al t lotion and oflinc have been so widely known win Jo). Hampton, and the Had intelligence we fell. v publish will bo received willi a wide-spread nls<i ow, such as perhups could not be creatcd by had death of any other private citizen. nud "lie intelligence reached uq at. too late nn the r to permit us-to give any details or particu- psei i of Col. Hampton'# life, which, as wfc sup o, had reached iin sixty-fifill year. C lis rcmaitiH are mi the route for Columbia, S. Mo in ehurge of his son.?Charleston Courier. of t Coi 'retty Dear Mules.?The St. Louis Democrat [erstands that the Secretary of War has re- J101.1 tly made a private arrangement with certain ',,tl Sulators to deliver to thoJUnited States Com- H"a Bary Department at this point, 1,500 mules y"1) the Utah Expedition, at one lnmdred and 'nR y dollars per head, and that tlm documents 11,05 the same nr? signed, sealed and delivered.? 'cc' Quartermuster-tieneral has heretofore had duty'intrusted to his judgment, but, in this ? ^ mi*- i.? i... :-?-T -- : J ?J .1 - fit* I ?ivuf ?*v nua i;iuu umiioiy i^uurvu, ana me >1e matter seltled at Washington for lnm.? n.,n< i speculators are, no* doubt,, rushing throligh ?.,ly country, bqying up mules i\t the smallest fig- J^v ^ face 'acusing.?The "Washington correspondent of taof Philftdelubiu Pennsylvnnian says: 'thri The AmW^ic^n'meinbers'of the IIouAe, 14 in * iber, plso met in cacus'ladt evening, and reed to support the admission of Kansas under & Lecotnplon constitution, three members boll- Ala the action of the cAucns, end declarinp their disc irmination to oppose the Administration in one question. The three members nye Messrs. The rta, Ha^is nu^ Rico,ud, a,ll vi" M^r^luu,tl" * .*".1 *- -??? JL^. _ / _____ MEXICAN NEWS Mkw Oisi.kans, i'cb. 11.?Tlio Tennessee has iveil I'omoiifort hcinjj abandoned by the troops left city ?f Mexico on tiilst., when the I'ros- ' nciadoes cnti<rc<l ilie l'alaee ami naim-il Acor- 'l'11 ) |(e Nntnlilc liciitl of the ( ovcriuiicut. I|i>, inn lIlTl'lUlllir till- Irltsl, IK'kllowll'lllfCll tile (lOVCI'll j.,,1 ill which httil orunni/.e<l ami uouiiunieil i millislcrs. They, however, ii|> to the tilth. j K"" re n?t. in possession of ? single |nw', Suit were ; c'? pendent upon ilie clcroy for support. Inane/., 1'rcsiilcnt of tlie Supreme Court, ns ' siili'iil of the Kcpuhtic uiuli-r the (*oiii<liliit ion, ! 1 I lei i Coilirri'SS togellicr ill I i llilliaxalo. j lieiicruls I'aroili. Allen^a llinl l>e (!:il?> were J1'' perinir al several points to unite in u march ? aiust. the city of .Mexico. SKI'ONIl IlKSI'ATCII. Nr.w Oiii.k.ws, l-Vb. II.?Serious conflicts ?c- i rreil in tli<! city of .Mexico for the perioil of mu .veil ilayshH'oic < li. 11illm|ilii-d over ' government tumps. Very few however, were . <1. ( ni'ial Zulnai'o receive.! Iwiit.y six out of < * lilt* f*'ill 11**11 n| .\n1:ili|f? I'll* ( ~ ovisional I'l i -nil-Ill ill P.I. 1,1., iiiiiI other |ilaeett lien- tin- in-w < iivi i'iiiiii-iil is i.*.-?it?i.i/i-il. 1 /{, Till? ull'.l- conntiy I-' inn stale nl anarehy Ullil I I.fusii ill. (iciiV. .Iicirri-/., I'hi n'li nml othen opposed to <! iii-\v jjoveiiiiii'-iii, :in- x|I mi.hi In nisirt-li '' tli? t'u|Mi: !, wlii-n- |?i-i-1i.ir;i1 mm are malum; J'" lepulse lli>-hi. Mori- liu'liiin^ is iiicvilnlili*. j (Jen. Alfonso, at W'i'ii Cruz, lias pronouncd \ favor of Santa Anna. |(n <ii-ii. Znloaeo has issue.) a .lei-reo restoring; tin- | ' elesiaslii-al ami military jurisdiction, ami repeal- j [? I In? law of IS.Ml, \\ hereby tin' property of the elesiastiele i-orpnralioiis was |>roiioiiiK'<-il alien- , ile. The i|i-i:i-?-c annuls the sale of chinch >:s- | Ii*s under that law. It is rumored that I In- clerirv have loaned Zu- j ;i;;o S1,111111 Illlll to promote his Mleoess. j A similar stale of allnirs is rcp.ilt< <l at Snnora. ' Tainan lipas ami ('oahulii il is sai.l will .let in j lisou in carrying on ill.- ronlli.-t. FOREIGN NEWS, $ II m.II-.W, I*i-1>. II. |.\ The steamer Niagara lias arrived with Liver- | Al ...I .lat.-s of .Ian. li'Uli. I ha Tin- Hnllie's ii.-ws caused an advance of J.l, in j t I.mi al Liverpool, tin- market closing buoyant. i h s of lh.- Week liV.ia.ii liali-s, including 1 I,.MHII) to s|.i'i-ulaiiirs, I ml ri.f.Ho to exporters. Sales on ; i.lay hales, Fair Orleans, ?fil; M..Idling, i in I.'i-1fi.l ; l-'air .Mohile, 7 !,d; Middling, ' i'l; ' (I'1 11r I'plamls, 7-1; Mi.Idling. H 11II?-. Sto.-k ' ra ' ?. Hl.J h il.-s, in<-!11 1111 ' !li> l)iin halts of Anicri- ! n. ' ] be .Manchester .'.Ivie s were more favorable with : lire i>uyrs than sellers. I 'if IJi'i-ail-tnH- titill itli I declining. I w< .Money was easier. Tim Haul; rate of interest j w' 1 been p-ducd to I per cent. I'otlMll.S '.i.VJ. ns THE PLETHORA OF GOLD. Tins excess of iltl beyond ils profitable uses I'11 list In: regarded as one of those tinani-ial phcli- "" letia of which tin* present times have ln>cn | 1 than usually prolific. Wry recently tlie K'1 iircilv of tlie inventus metal was as remnika- I e as ils pres ut aliutiilauee. 'J'liis transition j -. soccurred within a period of three months. I " hen gold ami silver are spoken of usstundiirds ' ,,rt i* idea attached to this phrase is that, of ti.xily. J ... t uiio of these metals has fluctuated in as j 1 j eat a decree as any eotumodity of whieli it is ! so [ posed to be the representative or exponent of lite. It becomes an interesting iinpiiry, what will the ti 11 si I died < Will the result, which has ?-n so long expected, now happen ! Will gold preeiate, accompanied by a rise in the money lite of coniunnlit ics generally ! Why I his met- -ni did not lieprecinte in the last ten years is excable on rational grounds. Willi its increase is the enlargement of trade and the expansion ' r| credit. A much greater number of exchanges 1 I~ rc to be performed. Its use as currency or as . !l? ; basis of circulating credit kepi pace with the j 1 rreitsed supplies. W illi the reduction in the IIo mber of exchanges ami the alu idgetnent of '1 (lit, must its functions as au instrument of ex- j ly 1 iinge eeaso couiineusiirately. 'L'luil conse- j ( lice will fo'luw, the failure of which caused 1 l)a prise anions economists. Tin: large absorpu of the augment<-<l quantity preelmleil I Ik; ii'f result, of a general rise of priees. This iseipienee must now follow lo the extent that, j sphere for thi- uses <>1* ltii! 1 as a ii 11 iii of | lisuijfi* may uinleri?o coiil.rairtMMi. There will ! a smaller ijiianlily of roiniihidiliiS eousumeil. I " I Ik* !? ?( ii?>ii?;<> of cireiiuistanees tin- pnrehnsintr ' iver of eonsnniers ami t!i?- powrs of pioiltieers 1 In* proportionally liwi'iii'd. As a rollitleral ct j?ohl will fall in value, which is i-?|iiivnlent ? sayniir. t liat all aiiiclvji ?f irenernl cousumpn will In- vtiliaui'fil in their iiuiiiov prices. , H< A hat ultimate ell.-el this will produce on the iduclioii of piM, a short linn- will ?li*tmini*.? it-li tin.* satin; (|ilalil ily of this metal will ex intfe for only a ili.niins'i >il jii.tniit \- of other ! >;' lips of exchangeable value, the motive for niuctni; as larpf: an ninoiint as formerly, will i"e eease?l. The producers will then turn J'"1, ir attention to other moi|e.s of industry as lie; more remunerative. There are sitrns of this l.M". nsition at present, in California, 'l'he people '"''"j hat State are lm.khiL' lo a wiit.-r.li. I Iieiruirr.cultural resources.?Charleston J'JvenXcrl _ __ I lirticfrn Ynh (,'ollrtfc Stmf' it/.i ami u ''I'1! ('OiHjHtiii/?Ni.w Havkn, February 0.?A J'"" 1 ulFuir ocvurrvil here, at (!\ o'clock ll'iis even L'0" Win. Miles, Foreman of llo.se Company ers. , ii, whose carriage house is in the rear of I lc ('ulll'gn, was shot l>y ? student, whose ne is not yet. publicly known. The student i moment after was liailly hurt hy a fireman. I"1' 0 or three siuAcnts ami as 11111113- lireiiien were ' n engaged i:i the light, ami the clothes ofoue ri.111 he latter was badly cut hv u knife, hut no I unils were made. "ici I'hrec shots were lireil, all of which are snped to have lodged in the left side of Miles. 1 recovery is very ?lonliiftil. Miles is ahoiit Mily years old. A disturbance between the ties has existed for some days, such as hoothy the students and throwing of water hy the men. There is much excitement about the Iter, and a row is thrcutenud. ^ '/on. Ctthh Cnshhuj.?Hon. Culcb Cashing de- rint jred last week u powerful speech in the House '1 Representatives of the Massachusetts J.eijis- Sou ire, in suppoit of the committee 011 public ban tilings, refusing to grant the use of their hull tine the orgies of an ami-slavery meeting. "Ilis A cell," says the Huston Courier, "will not fail alio ntluencc or efl'ecl, though the hnuiie chose to 111.3 IIIMflMIU.Illllll III (U-jOlnllOII." It 1H ii|>|>y thing f*?r the Commonwealth thnt we ^T > ? bo able a mull us i\lr. C'lialiiurr ill the house. enormous nut of folly or wrong will |>ii.sb re without hoi i|_' shown up in the lijjht ; an<l r cannot hut feel that the eminent 2sowbury- I I representative is likely to surpass even the y high anticipations which were formtdof the ue of his services in the legislature." Jraf/i from Chloroform.?Mr. John McOhes- ",-c ' died in a Dentist's chair at Toronto, Canada, 1 he oflice of ]>*. French, where he went for purpose of having Home teeth extracted. *831 oroform was administered by Dr. Richardson, rst caused him to laugh ; when the gums e lanced, he winced; he then groaned severimes, but all appeared to be going oil well, -N0 ?n n sudden change came over him , his jaws Application of uminoiiiu was tried, as was . , a gal vanie buttery, but without avuil. lie A breathed his last. Mr. Met!, was a lumber . . coal merclinnt. According to the verdict of . Coroner's jury, more than ordinary enro was ?. 1 1 in the administration of the chloroform. tlios 'am. Paulding.?A commillce of citizens of ,,le" bile have forwarded a letter to tlie Secretary lie Navy with resolutions demanding that mnodore Paulding be. tried by a Court Mar; also, containing the charges and npecificas on which lie should be tried. Joint resitons have also been introduced into the Lotiixi Senate denouncing the nets of Com. Paul- AS& r, and instructing their Senators and request- ||'jjj their ReprentAtives in Congress to cause le views to be expressed and carried into ef RO( I Good Three Weck't Work.?\t> is said that ,U7j| Colin Camptr^ll, in twenty-one days, traveled > hundred miles, forced an entrance into a . defended'by sixty thousand fighting men, re ed a garrison besieged for five months, withn nine hundred women and children in ?h? * i of an overwhelming force, relieved his do- _L a nnent at Cawnpore, twice defeated an enemy i)aD( co his own ptreugth, and finally stripped thein \ CI ivery veatige of artillery. 'lave Exemption.?A bill in now before the "? L>a:na Senate, nnd undergoing con aide ruble u8e*ioDi which provides for the exemption of -t j) slave in every family from seizure for dobt. X (< i probabilities arc in furor of tho pffosuge of bill, Commercial. Audkvii.lk 0. II., s. Feb. 18, ia:,8. Cotton.?Our market lius been ?iuite nrtivc iii>g the ]>:iKt work. Our streets linvc been re or less crowded with cotton Wagons. Tlio es milled from ICi5 to 11 J. Tlie muikei wua new I i!il depressed yc.Merday, anil tile best nrliwould perhaps not hrin;; more than 1 1 J. Coi.t'MitlA, S. C., Feb. 15. ''ulloii.?Oiii- market for Cotton it* decidedly iveaud buoyant. Sales to day about OUll bales Jti.J (?' 14c. We beard of collie salon in small < ot very elioiee Cotton at. 1'2J cents. Dther articles are unchanged. CiiAiit.KSTOS, Feb. 15, 185H. Cotton.?Sales of cotton to-day tiuiJ bales? irket depressed. ArtifSTA, Feb. 15. Cotton.?The Augusta market today was imlled, with liirlit. sales. LIST OF CONSIGNEES, in n in I hi/ in lh. Ii./,.,/ ,il A /,/,* rillr, for (fit tn'k i n,liHI/ tn nnri/ 17, I t?58. 15 I'otbsehild, SShu'n r, ' F Marshall, J Adatiw, S K. rr I A* v I.'...... ! i v . .. .. iiv II V? iWhui, Maj S I. Jones, J .1 Ka.iiett, II A .loima, ivis iV. ('ivivs, It II Wnrill:i\\ I'r Harris, no re A' (JimiHe, Samuel MeClelleii, .> "V IVnny, ii A M Snnili, M iri', ("?i1 il? it Co., (J ??' i, I Ion T (' I'urriii, .1 I' Itt-ll. I). I!. SONHIjKY, A.n't NEW FIRM. JORDAN & M LAUCHLIN, )rtiggists cfc C'licmistis, Abbeville C. H., S. C. BAVIN'i fori in-1 a Copartnership fur Ifio . purpose "I* ?-niryinjx on iln1 DUl'C IM'SK>S, we l?-o leave I inform (lie citizens of iihevillc ami the Mirroiiiiilini! country, that w? V? on li.iuil a lar^e ami well selected Stock of Drugs and Medicines, which we invite their attention. One of llie lirut Ii:tvilli; liml u Ions.' experience tile hll-illeSS. We feel Coll tfllellt tliat WO C3tl i'e "eneral sati-f.ietioii; ami list vitit; iua<le nrnjjiuriits in New York for tlie purchase of our mils, we ean sell on as u I terms as tliey eim hnu^ht either in ('harlotoii or Colombia? .r storl; will alwavs In- -- I Hliu Mil tir:lcs warranted genuine. Physicians will do II to ?ive a villi before |iiir<-liasinq clselel'e, its ?'! ean nll'.-r Hieiil sll'oni; iiidureincnts. Oar Stock will consist in pail of nil Medicines i 'l i?y Farmers and Physicians, n.- 1 >raiulies, Wiios and l.ii|in>ik, Paints. Oils il I >ii* St nil's, Window (Hass. l*"i n?? Perfumes, I .illiin?s Kxiraeis f>>r the Handkerchief, Sur* :al Instruments-, Cutlery. Fresh Gardon Soods, w supply and great varieties, and many other ieles too numerous '.it mention. A eoiitiiiuanee of tin; |iationai;o heretofore go i-rally bestowed on the house, is respectfully iciled. I>. A. JORDAN*. M. J)., ]). McLAl't'llLIN. I*vi?. ] _>, isss .1.1 tf CEXiEnn^VTION OF ASHINGTON'S BIRTH-DAY. MIK Abbeville Light Infantry and Southern Kiifbts 1 irau'iiiiiis will celebrate the liirlliv of WashiMiin.v, Monday, "2d im-t. 'In; Oration will be delivered ill the Court use, by Stki'Ui.n C lHillitrui, at 124 I*. M. 'lie public jjeiierally and the ladies particular* ... . .,.1.n icijue.sieu To AllCIKJ. 'ill. II. II. ll.\iu*i:u will act us Mart>hull of the > Committee of Arrangements. IGHT INFANTRY. DRAGOONS. . ('. (":iIhotm, ] S. DelSruhl, l'ilrhey, I>. A. Jordan, A Wicr, : A. J. Lvtligu*, ('. Davis, , W. ( . .Moore, Ivimx. ' Ij. II. Kiiss.ll, ! J. M. Davis. I\l?. IS, 1 S."?S. 43 It ? /- Press copy. OTEL, LIVERY AND SALE . STil33L33S. Jl Tiik uiideisigiied, having routed *^^^rrx 11, tho Si allies I'oriuerly kept liy .I./tT/K Davis, ii|i?ii Washington street, would hereby ify I lie t raveling public that, at a large outlay, lias lilted ii|> and rearrnnt;ed tlnMii for th? pose of acco'ninoilaliiijr any and all who muy disposed to ]>alronize. hint. le would also say thai hi<SlaldeS will always lirovi.l.il ' '* , it-u i-cu vjsuers, mid ?n imliuit sii|ij?ly of provender. In would say that in connection with hisstn4,111' lias also rented tin; lintel occupied lust r l?y Johnson Kinney, and is pr?pnred to aeiniudatc both permanent and transient boardlaving hail lnii^ experience in Hip Hotel and lile husiucs*, lie II.liters liinoelf that his lilt* nir elliirls in liis line w ill not fail to (dense Inn roiis. > lis Sialdesiire well supplied with Ilncks, Cartes, lluirijies and Horses, to hire. le hopes hv strict attention to business to it and receive a share of puldie pittroiihge. I'. S. KUTLIIDOE. kliheville 0. II., S. C'., I'i'li. Ill, 1 S.j8. If the thorough-bred, """ FINE FORMED HORSE. 1 h x c k: e t t, riLLhtaml at Col. J. 1). W IId .1 AXIS' Stnhies, at While I'laius, Laurens District, du; the ensiling season. IIICKKTV is one of the finest, horses in tii? th, nh'Mit Six years old, stands full sixteen ds liijjh, and boasts as pure n Pedigree and s a reputation, as any horse in the country. ill who wish to improve their Stock of hoou>? uld avail themselves <>( this opportunity. WYATT LIPSCOMB. Fell. 5, lS.'iS 4:5 3t. >tice to Executors, Administrators and Guardians. IIE Law makes it lite duty of Kveoutors, Administrators and Guardians to reader to tlui Court of Ordinary, annual rrtitrns of r actings and doings. herefore notice in hereby given to nil who recusant in this matter, to attend to this part lieir oblig.ition without delay, or else tho inary will have to discharge his?(see ?cl) ), 33(1 section.) WM. HILL,*** Feb. 12, J 858. 48 It tico of Settlement of Estato of Dr. W. P. Black. SETTLEMENT of this Estate will bo mado in the Court of Oilinary on, TUESDAY, tho 1 of MARCH next All permits having ins against fluid Estate, will present thera ta undersigned, oix or before tlvut day anil c still indebted will inttko immediate payt. No notice will be paid to ativ eluinm q? Iiat day. * % .JOHN BROW MLEE, Agent For Administratrix. February 16, 1858 43 3.t ? Hotel to Sell or Rent V Til R subscriber propose* to sell or rent L bis HOUSK AN1> LOT in this p>ace.? House is new with rooms well arrnnged.-=re nrc nlro attached to the House a BAR >A1 nml BILLIARD SALOON. Unon th? nmes mere arc a good KITCHEN and STA* IS. Apply to W. M. HUGIIEY.'. bbeville, Feb. 10, 185.8 4,2 3t IJptJ,po, ~ VILL offer for sale on Sale Da} it* MARCH, ? likely NEGIlO GIRL, a first rate field 1, and a good Washer and Irone^ Termt: edit of three ytars with interest from date. D. E. PURSLEY> febrnary 15, 1858 4 >48 H Onions. nu choice citing Onions, just received and >r nnle by . . f <*fcS.K0*R. fvb. 10,08 -12 H * t *? 3