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Till! SOUTH CAltoJ.INA iJOLLEGE AGAIN BBO' KEN UJf. Or.?; 'tuii.lri'il and twelve sludi'iiU have just "*"> 'i-ri !V?'!ii litis iusfituiiuu, and there ry oiglMy-six 1?>R Ixliiinl y-iivo Seniors, iliii'o .hiiti?r3, seventy Pii|>lmimirtH, and three av, ri'Miinoii- have been ?e:it off, tins greater part 1 next Uclolier. This is the seeond lime . i !?:n twelve niontliH that tiii* tiine-lmnoro?l ! i ca i .Mi1 ??l" <?--:ntr *" tnurli jjond, Iims, nil- I < : <:.'.iV-Vi-nt President^. hfi-ii p.aei'd in ihi* sorry ! s'lidi.ioa. i?, u sinr:lliaj.Iii'* |>e'>;:!'* ol-1 lie Slate j tiViv!> liie iiiaiii-r, and lliat t!i<* weight of a ! '. 11 <j:>iui(>ii 1 m> Ihi.u .lit ' i-i liriii' i:i litntui:; tin! jinc -io raits" "1 tln'.-'O c.'Scivsj* I timl'los, an I providing ft full an.l tule.,u iii- voiucly for ilio vvil. *3;- W'n vi>, ilifii, li-'tt llie fnilt,' nml tvIio of lln? vnvinsii |iiii!ios it !<> f Arc tins * :t!l of ('.il'iiiilll so |?i-;v- nnl I!j?rti!\?>n i viiViri'C ill ;i!l t iy IMI<1 Mill- j i i|iii:i lit -1 ji. " !: nt y. !Vil lliry :iiv i .ir'y iii.?v? rii:iJi! . ; 1 w-ii no rtlllia- J .. i ( i ill!.- till! r:.'ki:'.l ill i ? ! ' i hill | | i 1i""|iifcil. ' cvi'iy . ?*.i',i'.-.?ivi? 1'ii-si:r !or'li?' v . i!"'-, ami t!n> s:iiii<* ! -? am! ?..-u?*.?i? \vc u.iuU i.ot. i , I- oi ." I'll ('.iivl:11;i. a rn!i>, arts ! t i:ivo i::i-i i:i l'< i|!:irioi; oVilii-nr.r, i ; rc.i! 11.i:. i tlirir rliiMivti. t iir- l*iii? !' til" ' \ Oil: a Atm-nra" . * i:: |t i!!:ir". Irr.v . morals of man- I tli.-v cnilvttvr.r tit ii!<'i:lr:tl?s from iho'l .1 nf i!n ir t a sm -. <lovo ?>f | ! ami a i-Mii--ivatii-t* inyaliv to all; , ."a i! .iuf'ty. (" iro'i.: :ai! y? i ! make '.'uml j ail i all* i!ty run iilrrrtl in instil n- i out !' ilio > : :t as Wi .i I-o!ir.v< 1 anil ofil. ry'liv : nu n. 'I'iicy t*? sii : illy Mimtuaii I tlio ; of tiir.-f wi'li wi n- . lit :y cv iur :n run !. W i! ii, t!io;v! : , . * no I'.m.-iiii tor tlio ,.,f i !; :r in'-'MT'iliIv .-j'i:it i f in> ' or ! . a j? :tlo : i'wi rocttniiic; i !i . ; ! :in ?! : <irr. i I it. t!p?n. iiiiviitt|v Icv.cv of tins Pre>i<!enl | . i 1 I'a 'itliy? It Wo"! ! : ? : S. Kor, His-ler ' ? :.it::r'i ? of '= i'-!ii il is ! 11 * :? from i-vi-rv :'. * ; vi, :sl ;!i I:- .1 !' l!i" ;:t 'itiitlon, a-.-istni , a . I ?ti I I" i'fi *' ir* of V'.!\olt:l v'.< ^rccrf J .,i . . .i, ........ i..., i . .i. i. .. I \V? iStiitk il i? lw lie f -I in Iliu iiti|iorfe?!ti??!i j i'. v."{ii -!i into (! . hands j ? ." ? 11? jrlliilo tllrni ii their rtiillltrl. | . . : ::: : i:t:h :i3 to ei:o<>via;'e .1< !?i?-1'. by af- I r.'.i- .1 sal screen In :!; ? v. in h>..-.? I. ?!. _ t i:: it. la lac'. t!?? IV ! ai ntr?! K.ieitUy it! the HiTiV of llie tlldi'li'S, Sl??ct?:?!t?l<r I I he j'iiot 1 !( r ( the law. To :.-,ieh tin* i>:fen- | . 1 : j--'rl*??im their of;jei..i luithey nr.: j i'Oi i L'l violiUO 1!:'' '' !!' : l" 1?:law, ! ? whieh *tit:b'ii?4 are t'i ;? =? i \ v. iil }:< !<! :hc!it. 'lhey are, wo think, ti;'!.' in inr i;, but .In- ii.--- tj'ji'iiii'.-s !ir-> ju; 1 wiiai we hwe now. 'Ii?n'y liopo ?>i" iiisiki:!:; tli*? (':.!! ir what it ; !. ?, is l'i fill or tii iaw so I.) coal* r mere I ;n?wer 011 the Fa':ii!iy, ami 5 ? | tit the tUithnis : I V tV le:r;tliy Ull'l llll*|U< i. -..tbl V ill 1 licit* |H>W- , r for t!: r ojo rei.'tj of i!..-ir di.-iveli -is, neemnitahlc <>i!y to ilio Trutlcc.! and publle c?j?itii*jsi for! i 1 ;il'. of the trust. The Ti s should have | "oi'.iui t > t!? with ti;.- adrair: ..'.ration of the '.Av and inanasr. nveit, of Ih -tiideuM, confining ! ?: t.vfri. I ( ! , In iht-ir !?--;iti?u:?t ? pro- ! of iii.iKiuic -uitr.lde law.s atnlappointing or 1 movir.i.'t'.irt oiliei r.? in c!i::i'?_fc*. The judicious : .???? f thvso jiowc.'F, without fear or favor, v." ?ti*i 1. : -j?i:t.; piitHciint, leaving t > the bettori.1 :ill.- power of admi'iisti: h:g the i:; iu ?o*li ^litrllcnKr ca:e. The pre.njhtoa : fully ho:'.!.; out \v!mt wo stftle. * Tftv/ p.f t!i .-.'.in!, als tar tilt benche of ail tiie j '.:it.i'ti rooiaj and th''- cliajM.-!, Iiv-fiii?e lliey - ; .1 !i'!iiiay <:i Thaii!;-;;;.v.tti, ami the I'aeullv I'iviiisj it. That t' . y inay'tiot profit by uci. tai I'MlV-i-'ers summon litem to thrir s in tiie o.'iiiipus, ti rite. Aceordiajj to . tv.v, the .?tui].i::- are required to uUend :s iotw a day r'xjurlifc hclur< i. ' 1:t*1 .r. private parltrsiof rr?;f*>Rotv, and ; K-fu'v i.i'K*". s-'.a:itiiiig en the letter of the ihf> Vt of. v;or? nro br.lk> d. Nor, according ' . .i.-i?.*f, r of the law, can the Fneuiiy itujuirc ; ; ? ihv tr.rr:::.t basin.'.-.-s; f^r ilic lav.- speeiiieH, .. < *. . a to iu'o.rre^atory, w!-. n n.ol pcr.-onr.Uy do: ., d :,i iho art. t.r uenr by ul:e:i it i.s done, otily 1 r . .-.I. i.t livm T:ri:yer--.'* iif;':i: were i!??tec', f 'y*:rs;>, :;::d aa there was iiopnivers, /trid , fil tii" :'ie aa i :t'i-'. ai, ihete e.'in he 110 . ti. T-v.ii. Tt*e s'.iitbei''-t.'-ie"' ! ? aa-twer, as I 'l-3?*.i!;o:i i-: ft breaelipriviieife, lending to :i i . porous /.rati;/' 1.'.n:afT...r. i'o the I'aeultj is j 'i.bhitlktd, and m :-l oluyso. lit tweon mi: [>i>ii- I younjj men, ohc/ih<j the '.t / Her <jf !ftc hiii, <'.* lliuV must Mirreixlrr ^i.co:n? 'ho kjim! an-'. lr.Uirhin:; t iock ??f the We think tlicy ;icic-.: v.i.i'.v ami woll i xh?-ir authority, d!. any vale, and i .v.- ';i> ilouli! public cj is'io:: will f=iii--|;un .lu?]ge -c?. l!:ii llirt ntf.f-ssiiy f>i* reporting to extreme. nn.l ijuc.-'ii'jJi'ibJe rncasurut;so often (!:< !'.lilfir--. nr;;ui <: osm-thirii; radically wrong : !r.;v. U> in'.it<; the eanitsl nttciiiion of .. 'i'ro.-!? *.-? to our crude i>u;'g"::tion.j.?Charles' 'i ry. tut tht Society LJ.iti>!;.?A French bri<< of - .r :r.-i\-C'l at Honolulu in tweuty two ilays ; . "Veil*, bringing accounts that this >nj? of ... is is iLsi]?rovi:?ijr in agricultural production it Uj<? French rule, ami ilial tlio depopuiu:vm be-su at leant h chocke'l, the number of t. : '.n?x y?ar <?xc?jv?lii)w the iK-atlis for the lii- t m n wiic# of A eensiu <-f tlie :r i':??;i of the islands of Tahiti, Mooroa, ami ? was taken on the llr.it of S?*|?t?ml>??r ,iH wa.-:?Tahiti, .Moori-ii, ji 1; ! . .-s, .* I?t 'tnl, r.'jOu. F?r the past . I. .: \V?T( 111 llfuth^ find 1 t.l lilrf lis nf i Intjr, and ;.'j giv!i?, auJ 00 mar"a:. York TiniM m_v.< that Hourly forty w hich it: X.'iv V":k s<i\v for ;i 1 ivintr. .1.' , a'.-.'K :ir.< shirl-ii;>:!;i'r<, U.OOOj :*>* .* ami vcst-:n:tk'rs, -I, ! ?<! ?:!??ak nrxl an?l lililli- J r> . lli(>s:t' i-iisj'loyi'-l i:i o'.Ih r hranclicfl of liv.work. M?>m ?>f i!ium? vvi>;:i'-n Have b?>cn . i.i'iluri:;^ ti:i! \vi:it?-r, only :"tii s.ijiiOof thorn it h stii 1 having had work ciu;; l!ii? jn-rioJ. hjhirt-sji.ik'/rs, generally rcjfi cfnis n .lav. Tin- iii'.ro<!u<'ii"ii of sew s lias ihro.vn :i j^rcftt many out of i:.:* j.inyilli'M. Vt'.iij it Hark.?The ncti.n of tliu Liherian ( v'.rnirtPnt, in opposition to !ho n<".v s-ehfino of :a ( nii^ratin;), has .so iif .-.njeii the- French iwrnnioiii. as to canfo a ri-trAclion' of the i rfoMvnr tcii'liTCi! by ih? hilii-r a<? n trift, nl. . .it.- - . ' i ::;i u'-'iii. nau *.*ni lo franc*! lo re- < urivv it. " | 1 't fif t,'i ? ? John Miu'livl writes : < ( from Now O. le-iij-, to !:h fiicml John 'Vn \i, via s]io Sou'hvr:i (*iiig<?!i: V'Thti "rt'.'-s of Xcw . Orh-nn: n L'i>inTaUy of .i^ii c'.mi.tftrr. V;>ii ?.1crjve a iitt.ser:i!>lc idea i?f -:Uc .Vnanean I'r-'Si and from lha .sow York which are v?u sec niosl coir.inorily, perhaps almost (-xehnively, in France itM V. i.,1 No city on j?"?-!iaps,- can . rj.hiiiit anything so pnMimety Imsc; so that I onic'tiiiU'.A wish they l;a<l an KniP'*ror like vours ii Ne">' York to give them three di-tinet warnings .'i!? roir.nl. Tlic men who eonduct the leading j(iurn:iUHii Chaihston, or New Orleans, woul?l l..j quite incapable of mai>a?ia^ one of these "orb?'can<n th?y co'iUl not bring themselves in pour out one upon another t he needful ubom i im ions-of language?nor (o deserve thcin so . ricj>!'y at mn another's triads. It in observable* how'-V'-f, that the l'rejn of New Orleans, though .I'jly written and well sustained, has pcwrcely the !;t?tr/>M ?rrl 111 r*!i:irnr*t?*r wliSnfi i4iTif#?f C\l\nrl^of/.n * .riinV oliiiju. Tim reason i.-t dial Charleston more * ' * WUyWl exel&iiv'ely represents the lending hiforest of tlio'whOW Southi namely, Cotton.? k l.fiui=::in'i has ncerttiin wiijary flavor; Virginia, a more or lesstobsfbeoish aroma; htilSo'uih (Juro. liiifj-is'cotton (o the backbone.;' ? liie-Jlrilish Arm//.?A report df Ui'6 snjiitary w ? condition of the I'ritiph army has created great ?-tjrpri jo and regret, it appears that at homo in g ">irradts tho" mtfrtahty ot troops of the line'is t t'.rce nrgreat as that of most idiort livetf |4 >Libses?bh tfteclerks or Spilnlliidcl weavers even; too, wliilo theyore .well clothe J, carefully" * burled, Vkilfully tryitcdin sickness, and \varm? Ty'lioifKAj. besidea nping rejMilarJy cxerejtefl. TJio cfunlincnn^.i ia l/arraoft?, tins irk.?oino rouuiins imlihc iiiirilep* Jifo thn jirivato soldier leads. I\nvqail nqnioming to oo Willi it. me diot is ul | ** j Officers attribo it to night duty, a, ffnd point 1 > iho f>?et that tho mortality is greut"V c4.ilMhc Foot# Guard*, whose uij/ht dtt?y is tho" . kp^viefl. Letters from India rcjioit tfile mortal-1 ^ ftyijio Indiaujflrmy to J>o vyry great. Tho-j - ?rriVal<*itia assorted, do not fillithc g?)u made ' :>y?jijt?caa<\ It it^cpon asserted that tho wasto ^ wiJJ^'Aljre u.tliyliBand frci-h troops -pcf wfeeta the^rtfotlW copritary., A "company intone-J 1 A15 BE V11 i I j li B A M E R. Thursday Morning, April 8, 1858. W. C. DAVIS, Kditor. UJ' Tins friends of IF. A. JONES, Esq., announce liint a candidate fur llio Legislature, at IIIo ensuing election. C?*' A few of tine T.ong Cane friends of \VG. N F.KIj, would respectfully announce liim ns a Candidate for Sheriff, at lite next election. anknnmnrnnucut lion. M. I?. ItoMiAM will accept our thanks for various public Documents, kindly forwarded to it*. SOOTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. Wo publish in litis issue mi article from tlio Charleston Jft rcury, rlivitctl liy tlie late Col lege difficulty, containing wholesome suggestions, which \vk commend to tlie consideration of llwsa who tiro concerned in all tliat pertains to the interest and welfare of this institution. BLUE RIDGE RAIL ROAD. Thi.i Road is now completed to IVndleton, tlio cars run through lor the lirst time ten days ago. Tlio eili/tens of Pendleton to-day are having a grand Rail l?oad Jubilee, an ingathering of the Sovereigns tu celebrate their a&suciution by steam uirn the re?I of tlio world. RELIGIOUS REVIVALS. Our exchange# North and South are teeming with accounts of the great revivals that arc taking p!uce throughout the country. In many ol the large cities, such an unbounded success to the holy ministrations of Christianity have never been ' known. SALE OF STOCK. The (Jreenville and Columbia ltail Road stock t.> tin? estate of John W. whs nt from -57.10 to ?7 25 per share, with us .- e.-smetit paid. MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS. TI11' animal m>'etiu>! of tin* Stockholders of tin.' (?roetiville ami Columbia lutilro.nl will lio lu-Kl at their office in Columbia, on the 2'Jtli inst. IS IT TRUE. The Georgetown limes in an article upon the Slave trade, mentions the following incident. We know that cargoes of slaves arc almost daily being smuggled into Culm and oilier place.-*, hut we had not supposed that such a thing had occurred i:i .South Carolina: A short time .since a vessel reached our harbor and rcpi>ri?*d that she had been chased by pirates. A long low black schooner had been 011 her track for several hours. All sail was set and the ve.'fc'd run into port in safety. The long low lil.ick schooner was equally successful in reaching a port of safety, but it was in a different, arin of the sea. TI10 S-intce river was the harbor where the suspected craft dropped her anchor. And here !lie* crew deserted their ship, ami the cargo too walked out, fur each bale of mcrehaudi/.c had two feet, and stranger still, from each bale there emanated a sound liko human language, but with a wild und barbarous accent. While upon this subject, we notice from a letter published in a New York paper, from the court of Africa, it appears that twenty vessels all American. \vrr.> ?vn.inr/>.l no ci?. - <" * ? :> , .. ? - ...j .w oM.ivio, in'iii ii|)rn l<> December, lSft?. Thefc vessels, with but few cxcep'ioiiM, hail from the New England State?. Many uro built in Comiccliciit find Massachnt?ftls?, iii obscure places, where United States ofiKvrs never think of penetrating. Tln-y arc owned liy Northern men, built and manned by Northern men, the profits go into the pockets of Northern men, nml very probably a portion of thesn profi's are expended to " keep moving" the befuddled brain machinery of "Jean and huu. 1 gered" anti blaveiy preachers. j ADVERTISEMENTS. We as!; attention io the advertisement of J. I). McKki.j.ak, Dentist, wliowe aic pleased to learn har? det?rmiued lo locate in our village. I'crsons wishing anything in bis line, will find him an adopt in hiss jircfcisaioil. Also to that, of Tiiof>. MeAi.i.isTr.n, Wagon Mater, uoar Bordeaux, Abbeville, S. C. THE SOUTHERN GUARDIAN. We ara jdeased to place the Soul/urn. GuartVini upon our exchange list. This is a handsomely printed daily, issued hy Messrs. Bkitton ?fc Johnson, of CiduKibiii, lo supply, the place of the Carolina Tiniex, which suspendod a few weeks since. Theso gentlemen have almost had a lifetime experience in journalism, and will iiuuuiir?a rentier ineir journal worthy of success. BILLY BOWLEGS. Tlift Madison (Flu.) Messenger says tliat Billy Bowlegs, the Seminole Chief, "has surrendered his sword, anil is now at Tampa with his whole party, waiting the consummation of arrangements now being made, to bo transferred to the West. It is said the old gentleman was m a shockingly ragged and dirty condition, when he preicuted himself at Tampa." FROM WASHINGTON. We givo in another column, tho proceedings of llio House of Representatives upon the admission of Kansas. It will bo seen that tho House hue rejected the Sennto bill, which admitted Kansas with the Lecompton Constitution, and has passed a substitute, admitting Kansas, but referring tho Constitution back to a vote of the people. We regard the action of the House as an overt demonstration of the members thereof, that no more slave States aro to be udmilted under any circumstances. Thf> Senate has refused to concur in t.l>? TT?.nc? amendment by a majority of nine. If the Senate stands firm, and refuses any compromise, the Kansas farec "will draw" for this, and perhaps the next Ei nsion of Congress. Abolitioudom will keep it on the boardx while it can make it euch a fruitful source of political tomfoolery. t . .The Washington correspondent of the Charleston jrc/citry, in alluding to the Kansas quarrel* significantly asks : ; What lutvo we gained by nil this debate on Kansas? It was the same thing with the Nebraska-Kansas bill?the same with the compromise measures of 18*;0; and whnt linn it all -amounted to? If we cannot live in peace, let us-make a quie.t compact and separate. Let a bill bo paused divi'diug the &tut?fc, and forming a Southern Confederacy. W-e can allNlive under the pame constitution, and with our rights and boundaries distinctly defined neither will be ar>t j to take liberties with the other. We can then : make thp North- do tfrliat England does now? fear nml respect ue. It k elear that tlys state of thingseunnotlast muchdonger, dnrf the sooner we have A fair understanding the better. I admit much. blame is ntlachfed to the politicians of the country, but if the people will riot open ifie?r?#yes to the dangers before thejp, and blindly bo led by the nose, why fhey muit suffer the c'onseqnertces. We are a* frorac poliLicaJly-r?dden people to day, than the. Mexioan^Lre prieati/iddeji aiid anarchists*. * <? ; One qf'the best re^ftns tha|i have yet bear^ for disunion, is relatedby i Border Ruffian.'w.bf, jpent to call on the President, lie traidMio WifUcj^ Jbtir tj<to?V ahd >poald%ot^*l*see hitn, arid? STATISTICS OF AMEKICAN AORICULTURE. Wo condciiso a few items from an essay read by Mr. Joiin Jay, before llio Geographical and Statistical Societies of New York. Agriculture employs forty-four pjr cent, of tliu mulo populatiou of the United States,'while commerce, manufactures, trade, mechanic arts, und mining combined, employ bitt thirty per cent. Five-sixths of the capital of the couutry is employed in ogrieiilture, and its products amount to sixteen hundred millions of dollars pur annum. A century ago'Knglaud could produce in one year food for four years. Now she im|>orts from this and other countries, forty-five millions sterling worth of grain, meat, cheese and butter. The area oftho United Stales embraces thirty millions of square miles, nearly double the area oT all Kurope, excepting Unssia. Two-fifths of our national territory is drained by ill'! Mississippi and its tributaries; one-fourth of its area belongs to the Pacific, oiie-nixth to thu Atlantic proper, one-twenty-sixth to tho Luke.", one-ninth to tlie (Julf, or one-third to tlio Allan- | tie, including the F.iikesnnil tho Gulf. The number of farms 1 .Sou,()00, averaging 200 acres each, tho unimproved exeoeding tho number of improved ncr?s on these farms by about 155,1100.1101) aeres. The average value of land for the Union is ?11 per acre. The farms arc generally largest in the Southern States. There being in South Carolina '.1,000 farina, of these 1200 contain more than 1,000, and lt> over 10,000 acres. The average size of furms in Maino is 'J7 acre."; in New York, 120 acres. The census taken for IS.'iO shows Indian Corn, our native grain, to bo tlio great staple of the country, yielding at. that time frix hundred iTiillions of bushels, valued sit three hundred millions of dollars. The crop is grown from our Noithcrn to our Southern limit, and affords a Letter text than any other of (lie advance of American tillage. In no State has it retrograded. Its increase from li-MO to ISM) was 5<? per cent, while the increase of population was but 3.r> per cent. The crop for Itfiiii was cstimattd at 800 millions of bushels?nearly double the crop of 1840. As a distinguished American agriculturist has remarked, it may he said of otir Indian Corn, as has been said of the Turnip Crop ofKngland, that its failure would nearly bankrupt the nation. As food for men and animals, it is alike important. To it wo owe much of our bonf, the greater part of our pork, and a comparatively small quantity is consumed in the manufacture of malt and spirituous liquors. American corn meal is generally used in the West Indies, and it is being gradually introduced in Europe. The Prussian Government has instituted experimental inquiries a- to its value and mode of preparation. SUGAR CUOP. We pco it slated that, the sugar crop of Louisiana for 1 JS.*?7 wili reach "279.7V?7 hogsheads. This is more than the average crop for the last eight years. Tlu: crop of IS5'J, and 'ft-1 exceeded this, ilint oflS.Vi being :t2l,'J34; that of 1853, 1-19,32-1; and 1*5-1, H-l<>,i>:<ft hogsheads. HOW MUCH THEY OWE. Great TJrilaiii has u debt of .t,'8l)0,000,fl00. Prance A'275,000,000. Austria JC180,000,000. itussia XI Prnssi:i jC;{'2,OoO,oOO. Kngland lias a revenue of X*70,000,0o0. Franco X'lW,000,01)0. Austria ?34,000,000. Russia X:j5,o0o,00o. Prussia XI."5,000,000. FOR SALE. Tho proprietors of the Charleston Standard o(fcr ii lur sale, and proposals will bo received until tho 1st of May. The Standard datee its birth from 1 Ho 1. It is a well conducted journal and we apprehend that its proprietors in proposing to mdl are offering a favorable field for the exercise of talent and business energy. For in formation, address L. W. Si-katt or Jj. C. Puksbi.y. THE CLARENDON BANNER. This is n new paper just started in the town of Manning, the county scat of Clarendon District, formerly a part of Sumter. It is published by Calvo ?L Co., and edited by J. W. Ebwin, Esq. MASONIC. Mr. Editor:?Allow me through your columns to call the attention of tho member* of f!i ivt??i Lohgk, No. 3, A. F. M., to the fact that at the next communication on Monday night, the question of contributing to the purchase of Jfomil Vernon, will he acted upon. An address from the Grand Lodge to tliut effect will be read, and it ia earnestly requested that all tho members of the Lodge be present. llespectfully, B. JOHNSON, XV. Master. April 6th, 1858. Col. Benton's Lung and Eventful Career Drawing to a CIokc.?The Washington correspondent of tho New York Tiuies, under date of March '11, says: Col. Kenton is about closing his long and eventful career. He is almost tho last of tho old veterans of the men who were ill the height ?r ?i .1.- .1 r ... ?,.vn ti>"'J him iii^ nil: Miiyn Ml ueil. UUCKSOII, nml who then made the whole country ring with the echo of their contending blows He has been confined to Iiir room Tor the last few weeks. In the pleasant weuther of February he wns often to be seen riding slowly, upon his splendid black horse, along the avenue, keeping near enough to the side-walk to enable hitn to return the courteous salutations of the many friends he was turn to meet* Hut he sonn became .too feeble for Ibis, and was scarcely ever out of his chamber. Now he is confined to his bed almost entirely, suffering a great denl of pain, but hearing it with characteristic fortitude, and in spite of it nil, working incessantly at what he styles his magnum opiu, the abridgment of the Coii-jfewioiial Debates. lie Ins completed the work nearly to 1850, and says ho only hopes to live long enough to bring it down to the present time. His familiarity with the more recent dis- j cusssions of Congress renders the labors com- j paratively easy, and three or fdtir months.of | comparative health would enable him to bring it 1 to a clone. Hut it is very doubtful whether thin will be vouchsafed to hirix. He suffers from 1 ?1 : * ' .... < ?? ?? vuiiun, mm 11 imiy onu inline Almost at nny moment. He is direful, resolute as ever, aiul especially glnd to seo hjs friends.? (lis iiulorvitablo courage is conspicuous in the incossant vigor with which he continues to work His review of the Dred Scott decixsion wns written under intense suffering, and in spite of puin he persisted in having every proof sheet ready for the mail by which his publishers would exS pect it. ^ 77i? Steam Dredge Leviathan..?We vi#ite<J tho stenm dredge Leviathan, at'the Long Dock, Jersey City, in company with a distinguished corps ... 1?u xtiitioi jrroiriuuj Ul I O'CIUCK, P. M* 1'he irtHchine is a roUiry dredger, capal>lc of digging in any depth, up to 25 feet? and can be rained and lowered at all time* without thfowing.it out of gear or stopping the engine? a desideratum pough^ for during the latl century hy all engaged -in dredging operations. The machine had been operating fur some hours, and had unforrtmaiely Htruck- a, rqpk arid thereby crippled three of jthe buckets; but with praiseworthy perseverance, her proprietors continued tha work, And with watclr.in hand, her.onccStjons were closely .scrutinized. The f**ultta'in 44$ mlKotfJ. tvy acttft^e.-fturementof thoscow, showed'24#' yard^or at llio role of 8,8?Oyyards In ten hours. ThiS'Sjupendou# performance canbe realized ^eu it js reflected that one^bic yaRRonuunWTirc^Jrdionry cart load?/ . Add to the above rgiu It 2{f percent ige the additional work of the crippled tuckets, aod^Ute i^rtonilh-' ing nit&iof 4,200^urd? .iff shown'^ftWh .'bouta truly att *?ceomj>luri)aient worthy 6f <M tiAme.ar Tjie machine appears t& be paVycfllfuI^ tftfepTb large wbrka by Govwa^pejUvfcuttfi aa the nfaithl rffrtiip Mi*??ij>f>i,t<vclea4?a^ THIRTY-FIFTH CONGE ESS?1st SESSION. Washington, April 1, 1858. ffrnate.?Mr. Brown, from the District of Columbia Committee, made a report accompanied by u bill for the organization of tin auxiliary guard iit tins District of Columbia, and other police regulations. Various ineffectual attempts were made to vole <lown Mr. 1 verson's motion to take ui> the army bill instead of the Minnesota hill. 'I lie hill was then taken u[>, and various motions nnd amendmonts were inudo uot altering the principles of of the hill. After n long debate on the bill it was passed by a voto of <11 against 13, with the substitution (on motion of Mr. Hunter) of two instead of four regiments, nnd some immaterial verbal alterations. Adjourned. Jtousc of Jifjirrsrntitlivc*.?The galleries of tho House were densely crowded long I .fore the hour for assembling. Tho greatest anxiety won evinced on all sides, respecting tln? legislative movements on the Kansas bill. Tlio members assembled earlier than usual, mid engaged in conversation in groups in various parts of the hall relative to the great question so soon to be acted upon. Tin? Ilouso being called to order, Mr. Ilaskin called attontion to the fnct I lint tlirrc were various persons on the floor not entitled to its privileges. lie saw one who is a scrililder for the New York Herald, who nnid he hud gone over to the black republicans, and wus acting with Mattcson. lie remarked that the correspondent's nanio is Shaw. Mr. Unskin called on the door-keeper to show Mr- Shaw the door, and called the attention of the Speaker to the 17th rule. The Speaker said so far lis the last part of the suggestion was conccrncd, that was unnecessary. Mr. Ilaskin hoped that the door-keeper would enforce the rule against nil not entitled to the privilege of the floor. Mr. May turn! offered a resolution, which was adopted, instructing the committee for the District. of Columbia to inquire into the eflieiency of the present police force for tho preservation of peace, and the protection of persons and property in the city of Washington, and whether it is expedient for Congress to adopt any measures !.- ..n: * w IIIV.IVIIOV Hie UIIICUIS lliurcui. I Mr. Stephens snul that one o'clock having arrived, lie moved to tuko up tho Semite Kansas bill. The hill was then read once, when Mr. Gi<l- ] dings objected to a second rending under the rule. The question occurred shall the bill be rejected. Mr. Stephens demanded the yens and nays.? The hill whs not rejected?yeas 05, nays 137. The l?ill wiis then read a second time. Mr. Stephens saiil he would not now discuss tho hill, having understood that a substitute was to be submitted. He gave way to Mr. Montgomery, who offered the Crittenden substitute as amended by the ami Leeompton deiuoeratic conference, proposing to admit Kansas into the Union and refer the Lecotiiptoii constitution to n vote of the people, and in the event of its rejection. a convention to he called to frame a new constitution, the State to have one represents ti\e in the Mouse of Representatives till the next federal census. Mr. Montgomery said he had no remarks to make. The suhstituto was its best interpeter.? Ho hail furnished copies to tho members, and was ready to supply others. Mr. Quitnian olferetl a substitute for the mthsli tute, the same as the Senate hill, with the omission of the declaratory clause that tho neorde have a right nt nil limes to niter or amend their constitution in such a rummer us they think proper. Mr. Humphrey Marshall wished to amend the original Senate hill hy striking out the name clause proposed to be admitted in Mr. Quitmuii's substitute. Mr. Stephens refused to yield the floor for thut purpose, and demanded the previous question. Sir. Mnrshnll wanted Mr. Stephens' refusal to | be liorno in miml and entered on the record. I The question was then taken on Mr. Quitman's substitute, which waa uegatived?yeas 72, nays 160. The question waa then called upon Mr. Montgomery's substitute, which was adopted?yeas 120, nays 112. The announcement was greeted with applause from the gentlemen's gnllcrv. Mr. Kcitt moved that it be cleared, uiul insisted on the enforcement of the rule. Much confusion prevailed. The Speaker reminded tho upplauders that they weie not in the gallery of a theatre, and said if the indecorum was repeutod, the galleries should be cleared. A voice?" Except the ladies." Another? ' Certainly." The House then proceeded to vote on the Senate bill as amended by Mr. Montgomery's substitute, which was passed?yeas 1*20, nays 112. Washington, April 2, The Senate lias refused to concur in the House amendment to tho Kansas bill, and it was returned to the House by a majority of nine votes. The House has been occupied with tho Deficiency bill. Both Houses have adjourned to Monday. Washington. April 5. There was nothing done in relation to Kansas ! to-day. Washington, April 2. Senate.?Mr. Green moved that the House amendments to the Kansas bill be disagreed to. Senators Bigler, Douglas and Pngh spoke on the question. The laiter made an able legHl argument, showing the reasons why he should change j his vote and oppose the Iloiise amendment Mr. ! Green's motion was carried by a vote of 32 yeas to 23 nays. v Messrs. Bates. Davis, Durkoe, Iloid, Sumner and Toomhs were absent. . TImj nays were Boll, Broderiek, Cameron, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Crittenden, Dixon, l)<*? little, Douglas, Fessunden, Foote, Foster, Hule, \ Hamlin, Harlan, King, Seward, Simmonds,8ti|?rt Trumbull, Wade and Wilson?23. All the other j members voted yea;1' *.* ' | Air. Douglas made an ineffectual effort to take | up the Minnesota bill. IfoilSC.?Tho lIollsB.wnk ?nrr?flr?d tlirnnntinnt UIIU yx.jw. ...wywu. * V ' | no WUIUjMirt'U with tlig year 1853,. -* v These wire'important result^ if true. The cottftn prpblefh ? one very diftiult of notation. There is, perhaps, no staple in which so many human beings are diraotty or,indirectly interested. It may l>e said to aflfect the .Worldly destinies of thousands on both sidle of the AtlAntjo. If by^ any terribly fnisfortuno there should be a failure in' the erop of the United States'* fop a siagfe year* tlifc tfalainity would be appaling.'' , ^ i * ,i:A Vtfjj'miq Dianoyid.?Mrf G.*ff Matthews, ?y,tjgjnia, has.exhibited at the Cincinati Times .offiae what he claims, as a dimHnnd of the fir fit water, anijtheUrgeifin t^o world. ^ It has an inch'nrid a hiiTf pf diametar, anWqearly an inch Of tliipkiieas. <4'"?'?!^ne'r8a^?: V Ji'It is surpassingly brilliant, particularly when viewed by'gaa-ligM. Mr. Matthews' says be has ))?ei7fASftf d for it ?24,000, It waa-fouod by thte "father of.itspresent poMetogr-in the gold mines in Buckingham cQnnty, Virgiuiaw. about .seventy yetra sine A It ha* teamed'in the rongh state ever since, nntil a few weektr, ago. when Mr. M-, belntfrfatiified by.flTfr? t?st tbatTrwa* iq reality & di4^hon(Vton)f fttv Nafir Ifotk -and JihcI it dresiV SENATOR HAMMOND'S SPEECH?BLACK AND WHITE SIAVEEY. About two yours since, Uov. Hnnkp, of Massachusetts, ti Fret-soil star new-risen in tlio black sky of tlie North, wan invited by some ihouspmln of tlie merchants of New York to address them on tlin great political questions of the day. Prom a balcony in Wull street, he spoke to tho merchants, broken*, frcedom-sliriekers and fnnatics of all pradeB and colors,'chiefly in relation to tho relative prosperity aud dependence of tho North and South. If Hunks wns to he believed, the South was in an unenviable predicament. She wus a poor rotation, a weak dependent, a crouching vassal at the feet of tlie North. The luminous and profound Walthnni pedagogue mado n hit, and his ridiculous twuddle was applauded by his Fiecsoil brethren, who vilify the Southern people because they are too philanthropic to permit the negro to relapse into tho savage condition from which they have rescued him. In stiiking contrast with the speech of Ranks is that of Senator Hammond, of South Carolina, delivered in the United States Senato on the <lih of the present month, during the debate oil the admission of Kansas under the Locomnlon flnn. stitution. This speech, so able and so eloquent, must si ill more extend his already wide roptituliou. It is the most masterly, scholarly and eon* elusive yet delivered upon the subject on which ho treats, lie overthrows completely the shallow conclusions of Hanks and his Frecsoil followers, and shows that the commercial prosperity of the North is founded upon the Hgriculturnl prosperity of the South ; in a word, that the South iuilds iu its hands tho vital interests of its great sectional antagonist. Hut it is not our intention here to follow him in his statistical calculation* and the application of their results. We will only say that ho exhibits?according to that infallible test of a people's wealth, the ratio of its production to its number of consumers?a productive capacity in the South which is approximated by no nutioii on tho face of the earth except England, namely $lfi.(i(i per head, while that of tho North ciiinot exceed gift per head. That part of Senator Mummoiid's speech which contrasts tho social and industrial systems of the North and South, we regard as most interesting and timely. It is here, particularly, that he proves himself to be no minion of tho dead past?no incarnate ghost, chattering ghibberish over dry bones, or muttering unintelligible interpretations of enigmatical inscriptions on tombstones?no paralytic slave of antecedent wrong or cusutuinry error?inn u? cieei, ronust. mini, full of vitality, wule-hrowed, clear-headed, deep ond far sighted?n mint tvlio lives up to the present, ami is ready anil alile to live into the future. It is hero thai ho quits (lie walls of mere defence ninl apology?a policy so long deplored by us? and can-its the war with terrible eflect into Africa. He reduces the question between the two sections to its true conditions. He shows that, resolved into its trim meaning, it is a deadly struggle between Whim Slavery ami lilack Slavery. There must be ft menial class in nil social systems. The social system of the South would limit thi.4 class to a natural and acknowledged inferiority ; it would make rneo and color, not accidental condition, the basis of social distinction, every white man belonging to the governing class, and enjoying the real and not only the nominal dignity of freedom. Thus, black flavery be the tluy debaiing (he Deficiency bill. ,The Senate's action on tlj'ejf tinsoa bill had not been offi ciany annouuccuwtieii itu<ijourn?U, Ihc Co?t of Cotton.-'The London' Mercantile Gazette Saj'H for several yoars there has been a. steady average increase in the'cost of cottonf which rose from ?01,825,000 in 1853 to $131,000,(100 in 1??5G. The total vulue of the production of thrernl,. yams and manufactured goods for the yeaj 1653 is net down at $283,746,000, for 1850 at 830,4207,000, and for 1867 at 8-281.000,000 ; or, deducting the. cost of cotton, <fcc., the profits upon the manufacture may he taken fo7 1853 at $191,920,000, for 186? at $187,f>30,000, and for 1857 at 8 U?0,160,000, i? 0,|ier words, the increase in the cost price of cotton (the difference beiwefen 6d., ?id. and 8d. per pound) reduced the-profits-on the manufacture in Great IJritajn 8^31,000 in the year 18ijfi, n?,i An a<? nnn ti,. ?<>? - iav7 ... compa tlie most conservative clement of Democracy; iiii.I, this moment, the Democratic masses of the North Imvo no truer friends than Southern slaveholders, no more valuable auxiliaries than tho Southern hlnves. This is an immense fact, which it ih time those Fame Democratic musses should learn and act upon, before they ore plunged into anarchy, or trodden down by despotism. Hy giving their opposition to tho South?hy nationalizing negro slavery?by removing all restrictions upon the siipply of negro slaves from abroad?hy making bl;tck slavery, in a word, the "mud-sill," as Senator Hammond aptly characterizes it, " of society and political government;" in that way iboy could possibly save tho Union, save themselves from submitting to gulling degradation or resorting to revolution, and savo their section from the danger which it would be in of drilling back under English dominion. Will they look to il in time? If they do, they must put behind them the Fi'eesoil demagogues and hypocritical philanthropists who are teach iug them ignorance and leading them into worse than lolly?and do that very soon.?.iV. O. Delia. Lieut. Maury thus briefly, but forcibly, describes the Gulf Stream: "There is u river in the ocean. In the severest drought it never fails, mid iu the mightiest floods lh !1??VPP ftV/irrtnwiQ Ifa Itnnlra tin.l ??o ~ of cold water, while its current is of wnrni.? The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic scan. It is the Gulf Stream.? There is in the world no such tnajpstic flow of water. Its current is more rapid than the Mississippi or the Amuzon, and its volume more than a thousand times greater. Its waters ns far out fioni the Gulf as the Carolina coasts, are of an indipo blue. The}' are so distinctly marked, that the line of junction with the common sen water may be trneed l>y the eye. Often one half of the vessel may ljo perceived floating in-gulf stream water, while the other half is in the common water of the sea, bo sharp is the line and the want of affinity between these waters; and such, toor, the reluctance, so to speak, on the part of those of the Gulf Stream to mingle with the common water of the sen." Pursuit by Foreign Detective?.?It is stated that Mr. Allsopr the Englishman suspected of a complicity in the recent attempt upon the life of the Kmperor Napoleon, nod who has for several weeks been sccrelud in New York, has been compelled to leave thai city in consequence of the arrival thereof three French detective's, and four or five British, in pursuit of him. They found out his hiding place and knew all his movements. Their first notion was to kjdnan and carry him off seoretly, but this was abandoned, and, while they were waiting for the necessary papers to arrest him, he decamped- Information of All* sop's lodgments wns communicated to the New York polien by the British consul. Pittsburg papers mention n report that Allsop is there, and on Thursday a gentleman called upon the Mayor, informed him of (he fuut and ui-irad his nrrwul ? The Mayor declined to interfere, probably for the very good reason that ho had no authority. Alpine Refuget.?The tourists who cross tho Alps in the summer, when the mountains have lost their thick covering of snow, can form no idea of the dangers to wish the inhabitants of those mountainous regions are exposed when obliged to travel over them in tho winter. In order toallavate their sufferings us much as possi ble, tho prefect of the Hautes Alpes lias just devoted the sum bequeathed to thai departmeut hy Napoleon I to the establishment of places of re? -fuge for travellers iu tlio most dangerous piinses of tho mountains. These houses. aiirUt. in .tn.n. ber, are'in habited by a trusty man and lii? fair 'y, whose.business it ib to give assistance to travelera in cases of danger. , During snow storm* a signal-lightis placed at the top of each house, and when durk a bell is kept coustantly ringing.* Tliesa places benr the name of "Refuges Napoleon," and the advantages which will be derived from them cannot fail to bp gratefully appreciated. Ten TJiounand Dollar* Stolen.?A bold and extensive robbery whs committed in Baltimore, last Friday, at the counter of tho Farmer*' and Planters' Dank. A cjerk of Enoch Pratt & Brother called at tho bank, and reac(iTng around > the wire screen of the book keeper's desk, placed his bank book and a package containing $jf 10,000 ... I 1- i-t ii- i 1 -- > aom;iiou t ii^iiiiu unuii HUMID Ull UIO U(?8K^ HT1U then left Mmttufilc for iho poet officer There was n stranger standing near at the time, but no notice' f* as taken of him. The book-keeper stepped for fe w minutes to another desk Tor the purpose of eiVte'rmg.pome checks,'and when he. returned to* his' own desk the package 'Of money and the. stranger had both* disappeared. "V ' . New Jsrseyrhaa inBtitatcd ^n' experiment w&rllf general, attention. Jp view of the /set. ,tl\at special^ legislation absorbs So. much Offyie. time aud <jo?t gf heR legislature, she has.requ^red that all private pKrties applying for service of this kind shall pdy for it. A certain sum ($100) is to be deposited with every petition for special act of legislation; if, after examination, it U. granted. tha money goes'into the gonfral* tpeasury ; if repHAd, J>C? >> i8 retprSoed to tho dpj^Brtorn, rest goes to the State, to pass a?l>cflS$M<^lWfl'4jnte speut in tbo slftn'oC'th*?iihi?'-t> -i ' TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. 1'oktlanu, Maine, April R. Tlio Pt'Mimor Indian iiuh arrived nt thin por!, bringing advices from Liverpool to the 124th till., three days Inter than by tho Persia. The sales <?f cotton for three days amounted to 28,000 hales, of whiuh speculators took 3,000, nnd exporters l,0()0. All qualities of cotton have advanced Jd to 1 farthing, lint the America's news hail checked the buoyancy of the market, Tho market closed quiet butstendy. Manchester advices aro favorable, and market firmer, hut sale* unimportant. Breadstuff* have a declining tendency. Provisions dull. Consuls 1)7 J for money on account, Nkw Orleans, April 3. Tclcgrnpliic despatches from Vicksbiirg state that the levees on the Mississippi river had given away, nnd that the country is submerged. The river towns of yapoleou and l'reutiss are inundated. Nkw Youk, April 1. The Collins lino of steamers, subject to a lien of$?57.00t). were sold this morning in ono lot bv DuJlev 15. Knllor. m Sltii nllli The b:?Io of the Collins steamers is generally looked upon us a farce. They were bought in by a relative of Brown ?fc Brothers, us U supposed, for those gentlemen. Washington, April 2.?The government has innile u contract, with citizcns of Texas for supplying ?20,001) worth of cauivls for the use of the tinny. Commercial arrangements will he maile with some point in Africa nHbrdiug the best facilities lor )>urohtisiii{r animals suitable to our climate and lor exportation hither. Nkw Ykuk, April I.?Tho accumulation of money is steadily proceeding, and rates of loans and discount lend lurther downward. Loans can scarcely he placed at ft per cent, or over, and we expect to r-ee much lower rates prevail very soon. Discounts are easy at ft lo 0 per cut. for first class paper endorsed, and 0 to 7 unendorsed. Foreign exchange is advancing. The Fulton steamer sails on Saturday, and will take a mail. Sterling bills are held ai loFJ- to'lllV}, and some drawers will not sell under 1M8&. It is expectcil that the rate will advance to 109 next week.? There has suddenly arizen a rjuiek demand from the British and French importers who are -milting the proceeds of the paper which was extended last year, and which is now in conrso of payment. Tho liquidation deferred I'roin Inst year is now freely going forward; and is a good sign of recovered strength. The Treasury is disbursing it* cash receipts. Besides it has received today ?.>!),tjflO in Treasury notes for duties, making iu all $ 155.000 from this source of revenue. St. I.otns March '24.?A letter from Col. Johnston, of the Utah expedition, describes his march to Cnmli Senll. niiitinliiiinmo tiiu .....I - j ...| vu It 111 VI? F\IJ fftj 4*1111 t*il > a tin* Mormons haw, um fully as words and actions can, manifested tint intention that they will uu longer submit to any government but their own, and tbal tl 1*1 people of tin' Union must cither submit to usurpation of their territory, anil have a government erected in their mid.l must, ?cknowledginif no dependence upon, or allegiance to, the Federal authority, or act with vigor utid force to compel them to succumb. Ilo expressed an earnest, hope that every exertion may ho made to forward supplies early in the spriujj under a sufficient, guard of mounted men. Holt/ lint/a.?Those arc truly holy days. The Roman Catholics and Kpiscnpaliaiis tire celebruting Passion Week; other Christian denominations have daily prayer meeting, where consciences quiver liko tall trees struck by lightning, and irresistible appeals stir the unconverted as the winds of autumn whirl about the dry leaves; and even the Israelites devoutly commemorate the Passover, in remembrance of the Providential spaiiug of the Hebrews during the lime of their bondago in KgypU when (Jod smote all the first horn of iho idolatrous Kgyptians, but j?i.iMilow:r the dwellings of the Israelites, whose doors were spiinkled with the blood of the paschal lamb. Kven our savage visitors have been stricken by the (>reat Spirit, who has taken one of their number to the happy hunting grounds of his fathers. [ Washiugton States. j ne vrmcn nriics.?it is staled tliul Louis Napoleon 11:is cxil)-i| thirty two thousand men. Of ilii'SCi iliiny thousand havo 1 >?* 11 pardoned.? Tlio reroiil arrets are xaid to have been made nlnuisi entirely from among the pardoned, The prisons of 1'ans are crowded with political oUcndol'H. A lilond;/ Duel.?A falnl duel took place neur Cnrio, Illinois, on the 22d ultimo, between two men iinmrd - Lane and Allen Male. They hml an old grudge, mid agreed to meet and settle it by fighting with doulile barrelled shot-guild at tpn pacen, which they did accordingly. At tlio firft giving of tin; word, hoth guns mn<sed fire; 111 inu iii*xi attempt, tiiiioit gun missed tire, and Lanr's wont off, pouring its load of buck-shot in to Hale's body. Hale lull, an<l Lane went up to him and bout him on the head with his gun, breaking the gun. Northern- Laborer*.?The Boston correspondent of the New York Economist says: "The manufacturing establishment!* nre fast resuming open nlions and affording some relief to the communities among which they are located. At Manchester, when tho Amoskeag, Manchester and Stark Cos., commenced running nil time, tho inhnbitunts of that busy city thought seriously of setting apart a day for thanksgiving atfd general rejoicing in consoquence. _ "There aro yet, however, in Massachusetts thousands of operatives unemployed, and the mills that ure starting are besieged to such an extent with applications for work, that qn army could be formed for Utah, either vt Lowell or Manchester, almost any day in thff week, if Government would be willing to employ both Rexes', and nut over particular abAut,nationality." ?P>v Southern Convention.?This body, it is known, will assemble on the 10th day of May next, at Montgomery. Alabama. and wo are rejoie?ul to perceive that the Southern papers are being now liirgulv occupied with tho subject. Thu.ad(Irons of ihu committee of invitation will noun appear, and there in every indication that this will be the largest assemblage of Southern men that lino ever "been helil. Tho South is moru united, more determined, and presents ij mora solid and compact front, than at auy period of her history. The Into action in the Alabama, Texas, and Louisiana Legislature, all show this.?De Buw's I'rcts. Revolution in Venezuela,?An arrival at New York confirms the reccent intelligence of thai country being iu a complete state of revolution, The city of Porto Cabullo was taken by the revolutionists on the 6th instant,- On tho 7th o force of 1(),000 men marched upon Cnraccas, and sura-, moned President Moungan to surrender the executive authority. He peremptorily refused, and declared the city in a state of siege. There was a report current ut Laguayru that the Government troops had several times been beaten by the insurgents, :vnd that many had joined tho rebels. The Government was very pooriy'prepared for this attack, and were greatly in want of muskets. Business at Laguayra wad dull, and the aoonnnnication with Porto Cnbellohad been completely closed. The Hon. Edward Everett.?T)iis gifted oral or and ilistinguisliecj patriot having consented to deliver his "4)ration on the Character of Wash-* ington," in Charleston, on Ttjeaduy evening, tfio 13th instant, to be followed by his " Charity Oration,"', the ensuing eVcning, the gentlemen who signed the cull. invitiii^birvPto visit dkprlea ton for.tlH^urpose first above stitted, held a meet ing in "tho Council/Chambor,* ye?t<r8ay,-? at lji o'clock M., to rrtriko tjiejiecessary arrangements for bis reception and the delivery of hisraddtaktfa. The Atlantic Telegrdph Ca&fc^-The p>cf?kr?. tions for a #econd attempt to lay the Atlantic teiegrapWipable are progrsMijig.fn Eaalud, Jour hundred additional miles .of tMfcaN?.'fiaVlngjiiBf been completed and thrje xhun(Ired ihare,vfpt catmalities have been ordered, making ib all about ihroa thondrii&roil'ga 5f caw*!' " * ' - . CKwige of ttte tfrtir'Army crelvy of \Var hM^?^Jj^^<?er^iv^nngc in ibe uniform of ihe-arroy. l^hp. Star thta & cnbWflje.-^W^A "?}" : ^ - Aipetti^oow wornil??oppliintqa%jr * felt Tiat Kith a b?"im 8?> inoheefcrtfe mid rroyvn ?? inched high, Biri|fftl'''witli/ ribthjtft?ilk, fjw^officora ,an4, (toubla-slitoHjeiJ arpund {lie rim for men. The trim'tnitigs ,(or general olI'ieerB are aa JoHowa: Golil oora?TriU) *cby*?baf?d eada; the brim of >MVtJw (oope^ tlja right aide, and fastened' .^Llh iiivtiilglo to the side of the hat;' h^jnmtleh feathers on the left aide; A I ttol4-ep#roid?red wreath in ((ojit, on bladk velvet ^j^ffieocyelmg the letters-U. hi silver, qJ<J, ,nu|uM? ?nwi>w?iK. ror omer cifeSihcatiOM of i 6fftcera <^od fo> the privntes ihera are aimilaf trimming*, Varying; "lightly tot eaoh^duliqcti*# grndo' or olaan. Ttic change also extends 10 trie pantoloona and coat, but iurttP*Qt to them it-.k coined (o tho trimming of $10 latter and tW^ /fcb?titnt<W for th*t Jfi r: j-- ? THE AFRICAN APPRENTICE BILL. **, Below will bo found the fnmouH African Apprentice Rill. introduced into the House by tho lion. J. W. Taylor, of Kiist Feliciana, which has excited so much interest for the pout few days ill the Senate: ^ An Act to ((runt the authority of tlio Stato of A Louisiana fcr the importation of free black la- B borers within the Stale. V SecTioN 1. Be it enacted by the Senate nn<l House of Representatives of the Stale of Louisi-' ana in General Assembly convened, That J amen II. Rri^huin and his associates be, and they aro hereby, authorized to iniport into tho Stato of Louisiana, for ngrirulturiil ami other tailoring purposes, twenty-five hundred free African*: Provided, they shall lie indentured as apprentice!* to labor for u term of years which the parties may airree upon between themselves?not lose > than fifteen years. On motion of (Jen. Simmes, this bill was ye?terday postponed indefinitely by tlio. Senate. The vote was 15 nyes, 13 nays. Tho mover for postponement avowed it us his fixed convictioi* that, the proposed bill was one destined to be greatly bcnoficial to the South, arul his motion. to postpone was only from regard to friends opposed to the measure who had nmieuleil to him to deter action until the next session, eo that the> matter might bo thoroughly discussed by tho people ami the preys. A lengthy debate followe?l. in whieli Messrs Kidd, Khadburne, Durcos, anil others, participated in liehalf t?f the bill, nml opposed by Messrs. l'earce, Defreeze, Taylor and llyatiiN ill short speeches.?Jinlon lioittjc Advocate, March Hi. Earthquake at (,'orhtth.?We liavc lately bad to record the terrible earthquakes which have heen so destructive to life ami property ill tho * kiii|!il?m of Naples, and we luivo now llie painful taak of Mating that a like calamity hns befallen'it portion of (Srec?. On Sunday, February, 21, about eleven o'clock at night. Corinth was visited with an enrth?|tiii1;o that destroyed nearly every house 1:1 tins city, and was further iitllicted l,y the outbreak of lire, which consumed a large amount of property. The shock of the earthquake was fell in all the surrounding villages ? Kalimnchi, the place of embarkation for Athens, lias suffered in a like maiinor. i. ?n... ..i ' ..... .. ?in jiincvij Oil less nolo tin: to Arijo*. Eighteenpersons lost their lives, an<l about sixty wcro wounded, u greater number iluin suffered on former similar occasions. This event has involved tin- inhabitants in much (listreps. In atldition Jo their usual poverty, they are nut only cxposi-il to the horrors of starvation, Itut sulfar much frotn the unusual severity of the weather, the thermometer often falling to twenty Fahrenheit, an uncommon circumstance in thatquiir- ^ ter of Greece. The Central (Government haa sent tents to the unfortunate victims of this calamity, ami also rendered tlieni |ieeiiuiury asaistanee ; hut there is reason to fear many will perish from cold ami huiiKor. The pillars of tllo Temple ol Minerva Colchiucus have liecn injured. This was one of the earliest, specimens of Doric architecture ill fireere. Due was split from top to hot tutu, ami others defaced. The ilurntion of the shock was nine seconds, ami its lit si. niovcmclit was iu a vertical ami then ill a horizontal direction, lis centre seems to have been t he isthmus, extendim; North and South, and then Kast ami West. Neither Cnstizza norLutraki anflered. The viliratiou was felt at Athens, hut did no injury to lifn. ami property. The oscillations at Corinth continue, hut. no further st'ocK has occurred there-? linglisU Volunteer* Acrepfnl?A dispatch from New York says that C%>l. Hurnliam's regiment of New York volunteers has heeu accepted hy the I'rcsi dent. The otliet* authorized regiment will bo taken from Pennsylvania. Between the 1st of Januarv and the middle nf Fehruay, nineteen women were l?mlit. lo death in Great Hriiain, wIiimh clothes (noli firo in couseipieiico of expansion hy hoops. Wheat in the HVaf,?The San Antonio Herald speaks of Hiic crojis of winter wheat in various sections of the country, and the late min* have placed it pretty much beyond all danger. Major Neighbors lias on 11ih ranch on the Salado, tlx miles from itie city, a beautiful held of tei) acres that is uncommonly promising. Dreadful Steamboat lHnaat'-r-?St. i<oui8, April '2, IH58.?The meainer Sultan, liounil lo New Orleans, was lutriieil, this morning, near Cape Girardeau, and fit'ty-eightlives were lost, Coffee Hale.?A sale i?f 1,800 hajjs Rio coffeo wan made at auction iu Philadelphia yesterday at US and UH cent*. Commercial. Addkvillb C. II., S. C., April 7, 1858. Cotton.?There is but little offering, Wo ^ quote extremes at from 0 to log cents lb. Couwinu, S. C., April G. Cotfon.?Tljo ari>oqtit of cotton offering yesr ter?luy was so light it was impossible to ascertain the true position of the market; ami consequently * we can only continue our \veokl? quotations of 9 lo 11J cents. CuAntpsTO.f, April 5, 1859. Cotton.?Sales of coUon to-day 1,900 bftlcs, at full rales. New York, April 5,1858. woicon.? i ne cotton marKet was dun to-day, with Baled of 1,000 bales. Mobile, April 5, 1868. CotUin.?The market was firm to-day, and 5,000 bates were sold?middling llf cents. LIST OF CONSIGNEES, Remaining in l/ie Jjrpot at Abbeville, for the treek ending April 7, 1868Col J F Mitf shall, W D Mum. Hon T C Perriii, Col II C C.difll, J A. Jl J While. H S Kerr, M T ('weil, J T McCrackeit, I) J Jordan, TVgtfert, McChkIiii A Co., Win Hill, Wni Me.Millian, Dr .1 F Livingston, McCntdin, Wiilenmn ?t Co., J M.Pcrrin, DrJ \V W Marshall, Hugh Wilson, 11 A Jones, It II Wnrillnw\fc Son. G W Iturton, J W Crawford, J &. N Kih>x, tl F Leaater, G B Clinscale, J A Hamilton, W Calhoun, H S Caaon. I?. II. SONDLEY, Ag't Cj mimical. MARRIED,on the 30th tilt., I>y Rev. C. Mar? chison, I)r. A. J. SPEER, of Abbeville District" S. C., to Miss S. LOLA VERDELL, of Elbert. Co., Georgia, t^~Pr?83,copy. % ~ s ? WEEED'8 PATENT 8EWINO MACHINE. This is the must reliable Sewing Machine ever offered in this market, both in the quality of its r work, ite durability and simplicity. The operg* tiou of it is easier learned than that of any other Muchitio while it works with ease on the finest. silk or tho heaviest cloth or lather, on either of which it'works in/n very superior inunner; oift- **. ? king a straight evculy hud seam much finer thai* ordinary Ijaiul jvork, white both sides of iheololh' are stitche^ Alike. ^It,rarely gets out of wojrking^ order or requires renairiri'ff.-aiid is sosimnle thai* an.operator can.perforrrr.nl! ordinary repairs' it, until it'is worn out. With these advantaged over other Machines, we feel confident. Weedy Patent Sewing Machine* will best meet' the* v watfts of families, all. kinds of Manufacturing Clothiers, Tailors, Boots hod Shoe Makers, of J < ftuy others' requiring. Harness and Saddle JU?OafcpV?F**< 6^ this %, Machine that F?IJ do tffeir work in a. rapid ^ud substantial 4nanper, anft much Aioer tbaathe ordinary way. Fuioilits wlio* require t mush^ewing wiH-ftad this Machine peculiarity ^ adapted to their wauts, besides sanftg, Ifcboi enbajflr hi a few months to pay. for it. Tailtfri * will fiucl a great javin^by using this Seeing Mq- ' ^ Chine, beiideabeingalw/iysirare of* superior quality of work that doe* not.tfp, and that looks muclj ' nicer than hand wrork^. ' - % . , * : * a- V"W'SW?W- ****.'.,