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AN ACT TO SECURE THE PURITY OF ELECTIONS. ? T. lit it- riiachtl by tlie Senate nml House if Kepi'tnenl alive-", now met nml pittirti; in llciii'iiil Assembly, nnd by lint authority of the s?ne, 'Flint if any person, not (jmililied l>y t N-* f'nnst ittilioit nml l.?w? of thin State shall, knowing the Kiiinn, vote nt nny vleetion lierenfter <o be bebl wiiliin the State for members t?f I iVo Con^reM of the United Stolen, members of jthe Legislature of ibis Siute, Sheriff, Clerk, Ordinnry, or otbei* District olfieers, Mayor nml Aldermen of nny eity, Intondenl and Wardens of n nny inenr|?oruled town, officer* of the M ilitin, or Volunteer or^nni/.n lions of the State, or nt l;ny oilier rleetioi: now reipnred, or tlmt shall here- N after lie rei|uircd by law to be held within Ibis State, such persiei shall !? deemed guilty of ? ' misdemeanor, and hjioii conviction thereof, shall be liie'd and imprisoned nt tho diserelion of " the Judge before whom the ease shall lie tried. ^ II. If any person ipmlilied by the ('oiiMiltlt ion nml laws ol this Stale to vote al nnv Ii linn f?r nieiii'iem of tin* I'onjjn-fs of Iho I'niled Si at os, iiieiiiheis of the I legislature of MiisKlate, SliKiitr, ('iiik, Ordinary, or other district >l)i- tl cor, Mayor ami Aldermen ??l" any oily, Intra- ilanl iukI W'iirdoiiK ??f iiiiv incnr|H>ralcd town, otlieers of the Miliiiu or Volunteer organizations of tin- Stall1, nr at any other elections now re<|uirt il. or that shall hereafter ho required l?y N law tu be liolil within this Stale, shall vote mure ' than once at such election for the same ollice, p Mich |ieranu so voting more than once shall he t, de iinil guilty a misdemeanor, and. upon convirion theieof, shall he finoil and imprisoned at the discretion of the Judge befoie whom the caso tliull ho tiled. III. It at any election hereafter held within this Ktalc for ineinliers of tlin Con press of the United t>lat<-?, inoiiihers of the legislature ??f this Slate, Sluiiil', Clerk, Onlinary, or other ' I list riot, ollicer, Mavor and Aldermen of snv 1. ...IV t... i ?' ' ?t iiiuviiH<11 ;inv incorporated n town, otiici's of the Militia or Volunteer ortanir.atioiis of the Slixlc, or at any other election 11 now required, or that ?-li:i! 1 hereafter be recpiired lav law to lie held wiiliin tliis State, ^ any person shall. hy I lie payment, ?l?>livery, or 1 promise of any other article of value, pro- ^ euro another to vote for or against any par- <i licnlnr candidate or measure, the person so s p/tiniisiiiii, and the person ?o voting, thall each he guilty <>f a misdemeanor, anil, upon conviction, ' thereof shall, for the iirst offence, lie fined in any s' sum not les* than on*: hundred dollars nor more t< than live hundred dollars, and imprisoned for any term of time not lets than one month nor more than six months, and fortlie second offence, shall I ho lined ill any sum not less t linn live hundred dol- V lars, nor more than fi vethou-*aiid dollars, and inipriMiiieil for any term of time not less than three months nor more than f.wel vh months. IV. If at nny cl'-ction, as in the preceding flection of llii? Act. is mentioned, any per.-on ? shall oiler or propose to procure another, liy I) tli'1 payment, delivery or promise of money, or other article of value, to vote for or against, any particular candidate or measure, or shall nlfer or propose, for the consideration of money o or oilier article of value paid, delivered or prolil- f, isiul, to vote lor or niraiunt any paiticiilar candidate or measure, such person so offering to procure or vote shall lie deemed guilty of h misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall h? fined and imprisoned at. the discretion of c tlie t-inirt. p In the Senate House, the twenty-first day of 0 I leceinher, in the year of our Lord one ilnm. eight 1 II11 *1 ro<I ami fifty-eight, ami ill " the eighty-third year of the uovereignty aud * independence of the United States of Ame.r- t icd. WII.I.IAM 1). POUTER, President of tho Senate. JAM KS SIMONS, Speaker House of Representatives. ^ A Shamchns Coalition.?The effect of the u the cohesive power of the spoils, in holding together tlie discordant elements of national jfirt ten, litis been long fell and recognized, bill ant :l ipiit.c lately, tlie nakedness of venality has usually sought some drapery in which to hide itself fro-n the disgust which it necessarily ex- ' cites in people who still have some regard *' for old fashioned honesty. But in the move- > in out which Mr. Hot Is, of Virginia, lately tin- 0 dortook to inaugurate on the '2'Jd February, in a formal speech in New York city before the "United Americans,'' there is a contempt for all P respectable distruiso, a shameless ?.vliit.l?" r Hie real ulijccl of the proposed coalition, vvliicli entitles it lo rank lj?ry?m?l Jill comparison, (us the loftirst llidlit. of audacious political rascality c which even this fast generation has yet !>* held. At a tunc when the slavery issue has ^ swallowed up all other*, when in truth nil politics have resolved themselves into a simple c' struggle of North and South, this most proili- ei Kate of politicians, who, if he lin'l any claims to ? reliability, would long since have had deccncy ^ enough to do what he pledged himself, in default of heading (.'apt. Tyler, to do,?to die,? ^ nctually offers to unite with the Mack republicans in the coming I'residential contest, in en rllort to overturn the democratic party and take possession of the government. To effect H( this result the slavery <|iiesliou is to tie " _ " *H ' II In oilier word*, this mcustroiis coalition, like any oilier combination of froehoolers, cm- l' }?arrn?.-.ed by no ijiH-stimi of principle, is to b Htrike only for pay, ami having raptured tin; |, government, its ofliees are lo In- divided among the victors, like the proceeds of any other sue ?!C?sf??l foray. Tin' abolitionists, through their '' great lender, declare lhat the war between the 11 North am) the South must go on, until the < N^rth is all pm-sluvcly or all anti-slavery. For . more than a quarter of a century thev hnve 1 lieen steadily advancing lo the accomplishment l' of their purposes. Anti-slavery agitation has tl overwhelmed one grent. national organization lifter n not her, until at last the single luhric which hns defied its progress is shaken from its foundations, and now the rock upon which they f, split is to be avoided by an unprincipled alkance, in which the incendiary and his vie- r' tint, forfeiting everything but the uppetile for " plunder, shall stand shoulder to shoulder in a o glorious st ruggle for place and pay ? Is untislavery agitation lo cease ? Nobody expects it. . The hand of the aggressor is not to be stayed. Pl.? " mm (.niii nieiiiicts our dwelling, is nut to lie extinguished. The storm that j; threatens to overwhelm us will still rage on, but . in a glow of Union-saving ardor, kindled by maudlin eloquence n(><>11 Washington's birthday, I1 we must forget the dangera tliHt surround us, S l'h<- ineolenee of our enemies, the rapid strides ^ with which they art; advancing to the destruction of all that we should hold most de.tr, ** iti order that the olliceis of the government, ll once liic reward of real greatness and high merit, irmy he parcelled out like 80 many prizes in a gift enterpiise, among the black republicans of the North and venal politicians of the a South, who are willing to play into their hands for a consideration. llenlly, was there ever anything in the an- ^ nals of politico, ancient or modern, more shaine- a lens than this infamous move of desperate polili- r cal gamesters ? The cool assurance with which it is promulgated, marks ours as the very " Age f of llrass." The whig party, sustained by the I' power of old associat ions and memories of bet- I ter days, long resisted the etiemv tlint preyed a 11 pou its vitals. The national democracy, still recurring to-a time not very long past, when ils 1 victorious standard waved over a homogeneous a party, still endeavors with old watchwords to 1 harmonize its jsirring elements, but the fiut has \ gone forth, and this !??< !>? ? - vri IlllDIIHIIiy IS fust tottering to its foil, lint wlml shall be said of h detestable union ?f confessedly repjgnnnt parts, which with no p-.isi to contemplate, no old memories to dwell upon, no great Mines t to clierisli, scorning al the outset to be encuni- q tiered witli principles, derives all its vitnthy from those spoils which only serve to protract the lives v ef more virtuous orguuizutionst?EnfaiHa(Ala ) a Spirit of lite ,South. it The British Slaw Trade.?Ar> "Immigration Bill," bo called, which recently passed the Ja- ^ maiciv Legislature, wan awnit/ng thro sanction c of the- Ifome Government at the date of our In- t.l teat advices from England. The object of the mensure is to autlwrise the importation of laborers from Africa, lndi? and China, who are lo 11 Nerve tho Jamaica planters at a low rate of stip- a vlated wajjc8 for a term of five yewra, After the expiration of ten years they art lo be enliMed to a return passage at the expense of the 11 Colony should they desiro it. A colonial loan is d proposed in the bill to defray the cost of the ai importation, two-thirds of the interest to be | Caid by the planters as a class, and the balance y tha people of the island at large. There is n an existing dsbt of jCSOOrllUO for a previous im- at portotiou of coolies to pay tho interest on an which the colouy is subject l<? an ad valorem duty of 12 per cent, on imported goods. In that immigration the mortality ia atated lo have reached f>0 per cent. G yyjEVILLE BANNER W. i>.\v is, isditor. Thursday Morning, March 24,1859. CLUBIUNgT CLUlUHNtit! r Willi ft view to increase our subscription pa tillage, nc make I lie following proposition: We will furnish OODKY'S LADY'S 1100 i??l tlie BANNKU, one year, for FOUR D01 AUS; II ARI'KR'S M AOAZINE ami tlie 1JA* !KR, one year, KOllll DOLLARS; ARTHUR' IOMU MAO A/INK ami llie BANNER, 01 ear, THREE KOI.I,A IIS AND FIFTY CKNTi The subscription pri?*c of cither JIARI'ER < i<M?KV is TIII5KK I'OLLAKS per allium ut we will furni?<li either or these Magazim ml the Ihinnrr, for just nur Dollar more t 1i:i lie price of tlie Magazine alone. ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Mr. Etlitor: Please acknowledge throne our columns the receipt of Nine Dollars as )onation to th? liihlo Snnielj*, from Jury No. niil to tnc through Col II. II. IIarpkr, For tan. IJ. II. WAHDLAW, Stc>i. ADVERTISEMENTS* fir#" We invite attention to the advertisemei f Messrs. I'hatt & N.xnck, Druggists, Nev errv. These gentlemen keep every variety rugs, Medicines ami Chemicals, at Wholesa ml ltetail. They invite the attention of l'hn rs, Physicians ami Merchants to their Stocl VST Ily reference to the advertisement 1 Iessrs. 11 ,\ 1 n it IIoi:sK\r., Assignees of S. 1 iCNF.w, it will lie seen that the large Slock 1 ioods of thelatter genileiiiaii, are now offered l'i ule ul cost. This Stock consists of Dry Good irocenes, Hardware, ?V:c., I'luliraciiig a full a r>rt incut of nil articles usually wanted by l'lai ['I'?, Merchants ami .Mechanics. J8fe?y" Also, sec the advertisements of 15. 1 IroiiKS, Sa>h-f.u IU'nt?:n, anil Col. Joiis 1 ITii.i.iams. II r Tl... Cirand .fury has found n true hi ?niiist lion. Damki. K. Sickk^ fur the murdi f I'llii.ir IIahton Kkv. The case will prohub e tried next week. man by the nnmc of .Tamks Ooixs wi iiiif; in Columbia on Friday last, for llie murdi f Bryan Mkhi.in. He is said to have met li itc with ]>crfect resignation. ARTHUR NAPOLEON. The citizens of Charleston, judging from tl com iniiih given through ihc columns of the ci ajiers, have hcen permitted llie exqnisit joy ai xtatic felicity and superlative beatitude of hen r.jj this creat. musical prodegj*. Ilis conccrts Charleston appear to have attracted grent attei ion. DEATH OF MIKE WALSH. The Hon. MIkk \Vai.sii, an ox inenibcr of Coi ress, was found dead iu the streets of New Yor (is neck was hrokeu, and he is uupposed to hai illen from a stairway, in Fifth Avenue, wlii ii'lt-r the influence of ppirit nous liquora SONS OF MAI.TA. This is a new Order, winch appears to he r/i| Ily increasing in slronpih. The ostensible pu o*e of this sociefj is Charity and Henevolene L bus nprea?l over many of the Stales; it h; ot, liowevcr, flourished to any extent in o\ wii State. The Rock Hill Chroniclr platen tin Lodge of litis order will Ik: inaugurated al th lace at an early day in April next. AN EXTRA SESSION. The Cabinet at 'Washington have hail und< onaideralion the propriety of calling an exti ?ssion of Congress. There appears to be son ilTereuco of opinion as to what its the prop ')urne to pursue. The extra session will he ca] il to provide the necessary expenses of the Po flice Department, Congress having failed i lie regular session to make any provision for lli ranch of the public service. M.UKK AFRICANS. Tlic Columbus, CJa., Sun of tlic 19th inst airs that a gang of over thirty African Negri rrivcd at Columbus on Tuesday evening last, o in 4 o'clock train. The Benton, Ala., llcrut arns that two wagon loads of wild Africai ad just arrived nt n (limitation ill that vicinit; W?have seen frequent mention ol gangs < iese Africans in different localities. We cai ot heliove all that we henr concerning Cap Vrriks sargo of wild Africans without an elai city of imagination sufTicieiit to indnce a bclii ?at they are ubiguitous animals, that is, tin ley nre every where at the same time. OUR BOOK TABLE. We arc in receipt of /.h<!;/'* Book fi >r April. Il is unnecessary to tell our I.nil ctiders that ('j'otlri/ is the best Magazine pul shed, for we apprehend t.liey are already awai f the fact. Those wishing to subscribe now cn Tocurc nil the back numbers to the beginning) he present year. The Farmer it- Planter for March is before n -very plmiter in the South?particularly in Soul Carolina?should invest 11 dollar in this cute iriac. Published in Columbia, Si. C., by R. > Tones, at the low price of Our Dollar n. yea ku Agent for thin work limy be found by appl ation to Col. J. F. Marbiiai.i, or by applying i liis ofTicc. THE WASHINGTON RAILROADWe publish from t'le I-aurensvillc llrrahl a rticle referring to the proposition to connei kbbeville with Washington, Ga., and Chestei I. C-, by a Railroad. Thin matter is worthy tli ttentionof capitalists. We apprehend that th oute, if examined would prove to he the moi radical air-line Railroad from Atlanta to Clic er, and with the Danville Connection it woul ie the shortest route between New Orleans an II the great cities of the North. With IS niles of Road to be built, we can have almi it air line Railroad from Montgomery to Ne fork, putsing through Charlotte, Richmom Vashington city, Hiiltimore and Philadelphii SPRING AND SUMMER SUPPLIES. Messrs. Gray &. Robertson are now receivin heir Spring and Summor supplies, but in cons* uenceof a press of business, they have been prt ented rooking thoir appearance as UKUal in ci dvertiiing columns. Tliev will be out next wee i full blaat, and enumerate to llieir many I'rienr nd enstomer* a large variety of most beantifu urablu and fashionable Spring and Summc roods. These gentlemen confine themselves ej itiHiveiy u> me Dry Goads trade, consequent!, liey keep everything embraced in that lint hich they sell at priecs that cannot fail to aii ^eir customer*. Call at No. 1 Granite Rungi ud judge for yourselves. Mcbrvi. Mookk A Qcaipb are also reccivin leir Now Spring and Summer Goods, to wine1 ieir time baa been to much devoted in opening Tanging, showing and selling that tlifey to *va been unable to innke their usual M proc mation." They promise to make their appeal ice next week, but in the menutinie they re tactfully ask their friends and customer* ti ill at their Store, next door above the Pot ffice, and examine their magnificent selection o Mxb. THE WANDERER. TH ' AVc condense the fiillowint; from I lie corrcs"" poiulnnce <>f the New York Jisprr**, describing _ (lie sale of tho II'amlrrrr: '|'l The United States Marshall recently rohl in "i ~~ Suvannah, ill pursuance of tin; Decreo of the , Court, this vessel as confiscated property, under |orl laws against Uio Slav? Triido. Mr. I<am.\r, of to hi (Jeorgia, appeared nt the Rule, nn?l said before a vii K the vessel wan offered, that lie claimed her as ^ j _ his own propcrt3*, tnkcii from him by the high ^ haml of thn law; thai ho intended to lnty her, ']' and that it remained with them to say whether troll ^ lie ahould ho compelled to pay n high prico for ^ ic Iter or not. The bidding commenced at l-'ive J|u|p ^ Mildred Dollars. Mr. Van* IIokn hid against cliaf >r l.amait, running tin* vessel up lo ^SOT.1). Several ^'rgentlemen tried to induce Van IIokn to cease '* bidding, paying that they did not think it right m I?s to bid against Mr. Lamaii. Tho vessel was was in knocked down to Lam ah at ?-1000. After tho I'0*'" bidding was concluded Mr. Lamak denounced !j. - Van lions with such opprobrious epithets that ,.xie t ley finally' cntno to blows. Van IIokn was dilli rh slightly worsted by the affray. '',e ' _ ? _ Clllti AN ATTEMEPT TO ESCAPE. l,'? 1 The Charleston J-.'vcniiio jWir* gives the parc . , - ' . . anil titulars or an attempt U|hhi tlin part ot one j,|e . (! him v, convicted of Larctnv. and H. Ilm utv I""' to he tried at. the ensiling Court f?r Kurglary, to r?;eo escape from Charleston Jail, on the 18th iiist.? . A noise was heard by the watchman in the cell nt . I'?IM f where those prisoner* wore con fine J . The jnilor Sent | and watchman, from suspicion that something jc was going wrong, watched until the nsnal hour ^ 1 ^ for cleansing the c?-lls, at which time the jailor .lu]j( took a ligh;., it being <lnrk in the cells, ami went dissi in to examine if the prisoner* had made any "I" preparation to escape, lie requested them to re- 'j'j'" !* tire outside of the cell, when II<>i.i>kn struck ,|uu. ul" him with a brick lied up in the sleeve of a T t stockinet shirt, mid CriM.KV attacked the watch- ''le man with his tist. The watchman and jailor, . , HUM, s- however, succeeding in overpowering the culprits, > and bccurely ironed and re|>laccd them in their n cells. spot l\ The jailor received in the a (Tray a dangerous ",u ). wound, from tlie blow with the lirick. iioi'i From the Charleston Jfrrritri/. the 11 JOHN C. CALIIOUN NOT A SWISH I:'.N,P '.ho I 1JOU01AN. Nor I findo rumor in llic newspapers lo t1i<* effect fru" tlint the Into John C. Calhoun was n Swedenbor[IS rr*? , < , llclLI man. liiis 13 surprising to inc, since, more sue- lo j, S1 cessfully than any one I ever knew, lie combat- nnti "* ted, for himself, tho:c two most prominent traits _ ^ of luiinnn n:iture?envy and credulity. Conver. . '' satious with liirn, on the very subject, enable inc s|ltl| K. to contradict the rumor with entire confidence- mat ly Speaking of a zealous Swedenborgian, an esti- j?u" uiabln nn<l sensihlo man, ho said : "Mr. is M r. anxious to proselyte mo ; I take all in good part, yin,j and say nothing; but I do not give in. Swe- *vhi ii. denborg gives to words n meaning different fron) P'^'1 that in common use." Mr. Calhoun ?lid not j(')st read l''i-eucb, and therefore was not aware that win he repeated, in substance, the remark Voltaire "ad n" applied to Chubb, the mystieo theistieal writer? k' "Un abns per|?elucl de* TTiotea cat le fondemeut re , ,, ,c: dc sa persuasion. |H,li lo S. EI)\V. CALHOUN. *?"| ? sive A PREDICTION. reSI' The IVevr York Koeuitir/ ]'o*l ca'ls attention ^ilR r to tlio prediction penned by Rishop Watson, ()p some fitly years ago, which, it would seem from enli ^ the recent treaty with China, and the former coin foothold of liritisli rule in India, is about being !!f, ' l r * 11 fulfilled: Will ^ ' The empire of llucsia is emerging from bar- inuc harisin, and when it tins acquired a stability ami n.u?l strength answering to its extent, it will enlarge its on ?i borders, anil casting an ambitious eye on Thibet, Mai Ghinu, and Jnpnn, may introduce wi.lt its com>r tnerce Christianity into those countries. India, C; r<* will he christianized by Great Hritnin. Thus prcN ic Christian monarclis, who aim nt nothing hut no uoll| er increase of their temporal kingdoms, may be- ,,f0| come, by the providence of God, unconscious iu- |jvj, strumeuts in propagating the spiritual kingdom t |lc, "t of hia Sou." t]nti \l It. is |B THE RAILROAD FROM WASHINGTON, OA ., 1 aiiiC' TO CHESTER, 8. C. The attention of our readers wn9 called lo this yor subjee?, and the practicability of the building of wng ., h road from Cokosburj, in Abbeville District, to Chester O. II., by way of Laurens and Union "Slllll Court Houses, and the advantages such a r<ia<i n would have over the present one pro pi mud from W Newberry to Chester, b}' h contributor in our ' ? j is columns it few numbers back. This is a ques ,|in) ... tioii of considerable import, so we wouid direct f( attention lo the subject again. It is a natural and Ihiidable spirit which incites every iudividu- j '* al, District and Stale, to look to their respective ,nos| t. interests; in fact, self-interest is tho ruling star ,jia, j. of mankind. (j While other Districts nre proposing, planning W|(s 1 and tinding out the practicability of railroads, ?t which shall pass through their towns, villages jJ|4)e und territi ry, and thus redound to their interest, jlt ,| onr own, if we will be benefitted by it, and un- r.v;?. .... v.?..oni?-i uuncivts already broken and Sou >r enervated on the great subject of railroads, . should claim for herself a place in the picture of this pioneering corps. The railroad question can yor liurdly ever he devoid of interest to us, us there j|1PBI re is ho much money engaged therein, nud made . n thereby. Z" A project is now on foot to connect Abbeville, ? by h road, with Washington,(!n., and then New berry, by a road, with Chester, S. C., which 0, will connect nil the Northern cities with tin* lt South western, hv ?shorter route than ilio present *" ' one, n.s the Danville connection is no longer hy- '"'3t r* potlietic, but almost certain. *i:nl 1. Freight nud travel seek their d, stiiiution by lowi r. the cheapest and quickest route, which is the ',e*'| shortest, as naturally Rs does the river its cliuu- hold net. Now, it is proposed to make a still shorter lcr(M ,lt route than the one by Newberry, li is lo eon- , e nect Abbeville with Chester by n road running R-av by Luurensand Union Court Howe, which will 'er 1 almost be n straight line. Tho distance from lJvo in Abbeville to Chester is perhaps shorter by this l"c ' ^ route than by Newberry, und but little more new road would have to be built. Ill the route pro'? posed by Laurens nud Union Court (louses, the tl,rn ie oad will sturt at Cokesbury,in Abbeville District, n.e^' i8 and thence run direct to Chester. wbi/>l? u il? etch ^ shortest route that can ho built between the two X' places. There is no estimating the good effect* 11 , 8" that would result to us from ft heavily freighted "m'' d road, like thin would bo, running through our ',av< id District; and there is scarcely a doubt but that tee" ,5 buch a road would do a large business, find be as Heve near self-sustaining as any. ?v?r 81 It would give material aid to the road wo al- befo w ready have, which would tap this great South ?Xl8' western thoroughfare, nnd he perhaps the short-- r? est route to Columbia and Charleston. ' We hope the question will be discussed, and w"l< if there is merit in it, that it be generally known. If we can be benefited by it, let us not permit ft tel e the occasion, by our apathy, to glide by us with). out an effort, or n look to our own interest.? . Laurentville Herald ^ Ci lr 77ie Executions at Baltimore.?At the earnest Stat k solicitation of the spiritual guides and parents of the |a the four wrttched men who were to have cxpia- exnc . led their offences on the gallows on Friday last, iu II the Governor of Maryland has consented 1o- ces i if suSDend tliftir nuniitinn ,l .... mc OIII Ol April, III VlOU c- order that they may be better prepared for their two: y awful end. twoi; s Such a thing a* the execution of four men at caw* the same time and upon the same gallows, has fourl 11 not occured in Baltimore since )809, when four with ', prisoners in the jail were convicted of the niur- of tl der of n fellow prisoner who interposed to wliei prevent them from murdering the jailor. the t B < h Iron in Teza*.?The McKinney Messenger yy [, says that iron almost in a native state has been ,Hyg ? found about 20 miles wrest of that place, near the tivo i line of Denton and Collin. It apparently exists jmp] in great abundance, and large quantities may lie matt picked from the ground without the trouble of W;H|, excavating. A piece weighing thirty or forty exce] n pouuds has been exhibited hi McKiuiiey, and sub- ))(w.cc jeeted to n few experiments. It ndmibi of a w)ir>, | tine polish, is soft and malleable, is readily weld- ?f th 1 od with other iron, and it is supposed will yield moni about 90 per cent, of pure raeul. liunb E PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION. V.sl.nl ll*i:i:isui;i:<;? Mar>-h 10. \v?sniiot!i lie T'etnocrulic M<ulc Convent ion mt-t at 10 " niuel i. ( ? <>. Wharton, Ksq., w?s appointe'l teni- ll*?; t?v?-nii ny chairman. Mr. Win. 11 opkinn movei! from the the Chairman appoint a committee to se- ' '* permanentnflieers. John \V. Tain moved str?*ei, iicihI the rules mi as to rvlccl a Chairman liy foinierH j u vricc vo'e. Lost l?y a lar|?c majority.? When ?' Convention took a recess for one hour. Ar- prnj;re: sci dinner, of Venango, was aiiliBcqucntly kg <! iib permanent Chairman. nj;grnvut? he friends o| j\Ir. Ijuchaiinn liavo a con- West. *1 iii(5 interest in the Convention. ,l"* '"'jul liilst the eoinniitloo were preparing a re- s'mveo. on resolutions, Mr. Siiiivili'ii, of I'hilii- hitch Ilia, niaile n vpepeh in favor of the pur- stood a e of < ulia, an.I endorsed the policy of )' liurhaiiaii. Ili; wanled no coii<-cs*iniiH to hoard itlers, ami was in favor of a hold st.inil on nu- s'?n of tli nl mutters. I? n?? re* !r. Rogers, of Somerset, replied to liim, ami ol,r til"*; * < in favor i?f a rone.ilintory course, and o|i- ''"'Tl!) n' <1 to the thirty million Cuha proposition an Ihunes \\< lie resolution;, adopted endorse to the fullset lit tlit* policy of the President in settling tho j <:,0"1 cullies xvitli (treat liritnin in reference 'o j h'M,eiiey ? roc.lorn of the sens, and in settling tlie dilli- *'(:'ur ion in Kansas and Utah, mid in rrgurd to "nincd, In protection of citizens uliroad. Tlicy advo- though h< ii revision of the tariff of 1857, also the " lisition of the island of Cuba l?y lionora- abouttho ?nd peaceable means, as being of vast itn- '',e ''r<f mice to the iiilerculn of the country, and 'tiinmis, t iniiicinl investing the l're-iilent with full dwelling er to open ninl protect routes ncro..s the ' " ""is, inns 'lliey alno endorse tlm doctrine of kitchen, iilar sovereignty and approve the course of dwelling itor Bigler, and recommend tin indepeiidelit valued at c l'rcuaury on the principle of the Sub- valued at usury. sti ranee, ' 11 tin; resolutions eittlorsiui; the course atid 'J,u 'jouli,i iy of Air. Itiichuuan were adopted without a I .'tiling voice. ?11,-150 ; t lie only resolution that aroused any de- f"i'd I asm was the endorsement of (lov. Packer.? Insurant* resolution endorsing the (iovcrnwr was voted ^ '*'s n hy yeas 37, nays 81. eendiary, he l>eiiioeruey of I'eniisylvnnin have taken shows tin entire policy of Mr. Htichauati n* their presume form. ? - ..r ..:it..:... *??v- ?,uutUllllUU IS Sllll 111 SOS- WI *??????". * *? Sl'imT't he j\i.rt I'rcsi'h nri/.?The New York corns- '.V roenjin ifl?*iit ol the ('harlcstou Courier cxprcssi's tested I13 opinion that Senator Ilitmitioutl, of South l.eiristaHi "litis, stands (i.n hest. ?.*!i;i 11 ?;c fur tlm next hraut liuation ns the lJcitiocrnlie candidate for the other, idency. Sucli, lie faya, is the impression of I his ac politician* who gather 111 Now York. lie -hives lo I ? it. hcgiti!) to be conceded that, inasmuch as he last three Presidents have come from the It deno lh, it is only fair that the next should come slave thai 1 the South. The rceent votes and speeches tnnn. IV Ir. IIitmnioiHl have placed him in the line of penalty i.nnnl promotion, as they heve tended largely and may ring South Carolina within the influence of i??re tha ional politics. are treat' \ e hope ''tho New \ ork correspondent of the lonlly fur irleston Courier*' in right, and no more oh- an iniprts ionnhls nominee th.iu Sunalor II'lTiirnond more thn I he selected hy the Democrats. ]s there a t'l"" nor 1 who has watched Hammond's course in the OTing to e ate, that doubts his eminent ability ami his "r robellit less probity of character?who wotihl not 'es*' hnn licate upon both an independent- high-toned, [le-niiudcd administration ol public affair.*. The same eh would leave email chance to Moating his niaste tieianp? But the wish of tho Courier is >' wenpoi r to the thought. The man "tiw.il talked of'* ol" 'he w now for a nominee is Alexander II. Stephens, l''e at ?, wo venture to say, will do ns little towards lling such viincinir his otto cJnimin ii,?t i...i...ir ... Inliiicd 111 iitor Hammond. With cither \vc eouhl months it i battle eon atuorr. No public man iti Atncr- *":'y r in tliu last half century, has retired from '' owl lical life with more grace ami eclat tlian Mr. that, lenjjl >!iens. and we need |nuk fur no more e.onclii- '"K attestation of liis iiipHLi limn lln< iinivcriiiil slaves tun ct whicli follows him into retirement. As it human tr entirely voluntary on his part?as ho re- "" I of hiii own motion, ami against tlie wishes not more II, from Kutislaut.ially the first and most inIIit- hibiled fr al place in the legislative councils <>'" the own lime. iir\-, we ]>resume ami helieve that he is tired lie ami in ublit: life, ami has no desire to return to it.? stripes no ! cmiliec'ion of his name hy tlic liewspap?rs ollence"o i the Presidency is uuweleome to him, ami as white ma :h as we Would like to see him a candidate evidence the President, we do not therefore place him Marria air listof nominees.?Tueon (t!a.) 'l'ttu/mji/i, losisproh rCh 15. per. on ho! iiiiprisoni V1//0H rx. //?</.?Communities sometimes ' !!r"V t'^u cut the most anomalous positions, uu<l their ,u .rmlidiom* would often staler even a pliil- < 1 '* 'J", dier. Individuals even, at limes become oh- ^ >us to their own interest?, am] lose sight of 'J*''V ''J'l causes which govern business, mid tho foun- oiih upon which commerce and trade rest.? .. .< . 1 scarcely two years ago since a man who has le e e been Speaker of the House of Heprescntn- ,CHir " j stood up in Wull slrett, before tin assembly {,r ow' 10 liousaml*, ami undertook to convince New rllrry 111 ft k Merchants that, the hay crop of the North more valuable than the cotton crop of the F'Vr ""it 111! This mail claimed to prove that the tliern States of the Republic were of very L' uccount, or at all events, that tho 111.-r- H1 iMiil New York woulil find it to their inter- protract e< f Mi.- labor system <>f Ili?? South was over- oration t vvii? Well, since that time \vu have an op- (>ilioel)o| unity to tost tin; relative value of the South rovers u v \Vc*t in Now York city, The financial t-ri- tiliileond f T.7 swept over the Went ami wrecked al- ficatioas. I every inerchant in New York engaged in '20lh of .1 trade, Drcndstuffa fell in price, and were a thousand ; in the market. The great "hay crop" Alter <1 nowhere, and notes went to protest, and fine with a mi Mishments to the auctioneer's block?a Cabinet v k ba the remorseless as tlio executioner's.? tra sossiot lie meantime a steady demand continued to There ar I fur the world's great fabric, cotton, anil the have to h them States maintained not only their own postpone! perity, but upheld what lilt.le animation will be hi e was left in the commercial life of New sion. Th k city. These are facts patent to every bus- die of An s man in New York, and wo need not dilate will he tli i them. The South kept the wheels of own- The (i ce moving, and had it not been for her, they against M Id have conic to u eland mill.?New York long disci) ' Jiook. ought to I ? ? course tlx rrr A\f/ro Lcqixltilion in Mixxonri.?Tlio 'hem nr.e ' marked and direct raving of the freesoil iment iu Missouri, was compassed in the H uhouse of the St<Uo J<egislaturo on Wed- ' '*^lori lay last. The Democracy and the slave- Chinese c ers have met the rising fueling and cncoun- can ships, i it with open hostility. A bill in regard to pression o negros was passed which provides that no ? dceul e shall he deemed emancipated till bis mas- 'uws* ihall have entered into bonds iu the sum of tliousaiid dollars, torqmovctho negro from Crops < Stato within ninety days after the act of Iowa, wlx nripntion, and if any negro who may thus ciety req e been transported from the State, shall re- who surel; , lie shall be reduced to slavery. All free writes as I OS who may he residents of the State in while rem teen hundred and sixty are declared to lie weekly J [ *, and the Sheriff is authorised to sell them '"I have er the provisions of the act. The clause is where I li a applicable only to those persons who may account ol * come into the Stato subsequent to the six- nnd on ^ofl th of Februarj', eighteen hundred an<l forty- thing has 1 n, and their descendants. All fre? which h? thcageof sixteen are to bo notified, ou nr years. *1*1 re the first Monday of August. nexi, ol the abovonllc .ence of this act, by the sheriffs of tho dif- sively ba<l nt counties, mid twelve months is allowed in season we ;1i lo leave the State. Provision is made hy where I ti :h u free negro over twenty-one years of fields lie < may select a mnster or mistress in the State, markably r which he is to be regarded as a slave.? now ^ Y. Commercial of God ; I ? time nnd I lone Voting?From the returns of the New ipshire election, reported ill the Concord psman, we find that in thirty-four instances Port of Republican and Democratic candidates hnd four hours :tly the-number of votes cast at the election Imd fallci }58 by the same party. In forty two install- that rate, he vote was within one of that east the pro- fsitcr ? i yeai. In twenty-nine cases it was within oil Ttiesda in twenty-two cnscs within //tree; in opposite K ity-soven cases within /our, twenty-five above Vicl ? within five, twentv sir pm/? > ? , ? - ......... orrf, III1X UCPII Icon instance* within seven, seventeen cases Tlie erevi in eifl/it and eleven cnnrs wilhiu niue votes the water ic I nut. election ; making 245 iiif>tanceH in nil instantly ? re there w?s not ten votes diffcrenco between plantation wo years.?Boston TranseripL much <1itT from shari ic Extra Session?The Washington Rtules ^1" '' that, the apparont limitation of tlto Rx*eu- S("uctj^n t in regard to the call of an extra sefsion, with this< iei no doubt of the ultimate dceixion in the J10W ^ er. The President, wd presume, does not (^ulv to iiMiimo po embarrassing a responsibility, ' ' [>t on compulsion of an undeniable public isity. But such neccMity does exist, and . < it is plainly disclosed to the apprehension ' J. ,nP'n e Kxecutivc, thero will l?e no dolay in sum- washing t ng Congress in exlinorjinary t?csmi>iK? Co- ' arrollloii la Bulletin. l"'"S ANOTHER FIRE. la}' tuormui;, nliout ft o'clock, there iit alarm of (ire, which proved to he i more hoi ions character than that ot K |>r?jcc<!ii?|j. It WU8 found In proceed vacant More, lately occupied by Mr. itherspoon, on Die F.ast side of Muin '1 next nhnvc tlio large hrick liuildinj; nccupicd l>y the Commercial Hank.? ineovervd, tlio 11 it 111 ch hud t>o far 1 tlial their Bupprcesioii was impnsxiltu, their naturul tierceiicrc was much d l>y the Rtrnng wind Mowing from the lie flames worn hooii communicated to ining dwelling. Tliis was also doStill niicoii"|Uere<l. it Hwept in its course en, elltblc, ?tc. Next in its progrcas wooden dwelling, belonging to Mr. ranch. With the pitch dripping from ing and llic ilames in actual possesic roof, its rescue seemed impossible, pect daunted l>y the desperate nspect, >uipHiiic8 coucentrulcd upon it ull their id determination. At one moment the >tilil (jive hack, again they would burst uuh triumphing in victory. Nothing ? 11C12k I ??r XT # ;??* ?ir ..f Is. They displayed durintr im<l |???r ijual to I Ik; occasion, and linally were s Tim house was left with roof count. with thu fir,Ml nml second floors, riously injured, still titihiirul. l.'pon Kjtiiry, we tiixl the following to lit; loss sustained: The i?tor<' in which initialed, owned hy Mr. William Mi:'nlu<d,'at. ?insurance ?400; the house udjoiuiui;, owned hy Mr. Mcvalued at $2,0(10?insurance $1,200; valued at $<I0U?insurance ?200 j house, owned hy Mr. II. (J. Franck, . :?2.f>0il?insurance Jji!,(io0; furniture, , $-180, upon which there was no ini'ery iiiiieh damaged hy removal from ; stable, insured for ?>80. Total loss lailially covered hy an insurance of iliout equally divided between Hartranee Company and the Connecticut : Company of Harford. e was undoubtedly the work of an inand, occurring at the hour that it did, hardy daring of some one who must upon the lucky immunity of a career p undetected.? Carolinian, S.'t){/? in.it. r in /V- ir Mcj-ico.?Negro slavery is fidized and property i*i slaves amply proii rccent. act of the New Mexican rc. This act passed unanimously in :h and without a dissenting voice ill the :l define- such as arc treated in it as lie per.-oils of African descent, and is construed so as in include peons. iinccs the same penally for killing a Lin visited on the homicide of a white >r stealing or enticing away n slave, the > not less than four years imprisonment, lie tell, and a line not less than $.r>0l) nor ii$2,0iK). Accomplices in the stealing I'd as principals. Any person frnudunishing slaves free papers, is liable to riinnt'iil of not less than sis months nor ii five year?, mid u tino of not less than more than ^l.ililll. Any person etideavxcito a wlarc to insurrection, conspiracy in, is punishable by iinprisouiiiel of not. ihre* month nor more than three 3'cars, irof not. . J'i.'i nor iriore than ?1,0(11).? i* penally is denounced on whoever, savo r, (rives, sells,or hires to a slave n deadii ; mid alio, the same for trndinir withrilteii permission of tlio master, exprcts tide of Irallie; also, the same for Ibra permit, (. uiiiini' with slaves is pronler a penally of not. over $100 or three inprisonmeiil. Sheriffs are to take ensiiuaway slaves : and in twelve mouths, ief appear nftcr an ndvei:t.isemeiit for Ii of time, shall sell liiin. Persons failrly lo provide for tlio support of their y lie rt<[uirnl to give bond to do it. In raiment <?f ii slave is punished liy a line tli ii it $l,l)irt) and imprisonment of th-ui 011c year. Slave uwncm are pro( in allowing tiii'ir slaves to 11ire tlicir Disorderly conduct of n slave in puhsoleiicc to white men, is punished l?y I exceediuj; thirty-nine ; so may other f ii si.iv.-, the punishment of which I'ora li Would bo a fine. Ni> slave cau }{i Ve against a white man. lie liet.Wceii whit anil liejrro^ or mil latlihitcd. Kma?li:ipation is prohibited. A Mini; a free nejmi as a slave, is liable to ihmiI for not less than live nor more than , ainl ii fine of not less than ?>f>oO, nor ii ?2,011(1. i net. limy lie regarded as very anflieientiziui? not: ro slavery in New Mexico. It table, however, that nny benefit will he oin it save to the few persons in the termostly teiii|<orary residents goint; in from d Slates?who may use slaves us domesIh. l'olilicullv, slave owners have liilliutany special legislation been free to nd out of the territory their ulaves, and lliem there. The present net simply undeniable leixal recognition to slave liele.??S7. J.ouis Itrjm/jiieun. I'tlnu, March 15.?The Cabinet had a 1 session lo-dav. and liml io,.l?i Ill- exhibit Hlllilll ill o?l by the I'ost cirliiiciit. II. is very elaborate, and H8l dent of ifronnrf, prrwhtini! the tieilion <>f ih?- department in al! iis raniiThere will be a deficiency, on (lie Iiinc, of four million three hundred dollars. iseiissinp matter?, and gointr through ii ii to examination of tlie figures, the ?ere unanimous in opinion tlint an exi of Cuugrc: * would be necessary.? e other matter*, however, that will h considered, and the whole tiling was I until Thursday, when definite action id as to the time of eallin^ the sene President at prevent favors the midmost, and it is highly probable that e time fixed. land Jury found a tiue bill to-day r. Sickles for murder. They had a iF-ion in the jury room as to what jo done with Mr. Uutterworih. What ;y will pursue is not known. Two of known to he in favor of indicting him fix erimiui*. cretary of State recently submitted to iiey General the question whether the oolie trade, as carried on by Amoricotncs wilbhiii the laws fur the Mi|>f the slave trade. The Attorney Genua Hint it docs not come within said it the 117*/.?A clergyman residing in >?e connection with a benevolent sonires him to travel extensively, and / has an interest in flour speculations, Follows, under the dute of the Oth inat, itting his nnnnal subscription for the oumal of Commerce: just returned from a tour in Illinois, ia<l te leave my horse and l>U!?gy, (on f the mud,) and coine home by railroad it. This in the first time that such a lappened in my travels over the West, ve been continued now for nearly ten lie last year lias been characterized, ithers, for its constant rain and exces I traveling. Of course, our crops last re nothing; and I now learn, every a?c, iu?i urn winter wneni and clovcr waste agniu. excepl in some few roftivorahle spots. Illinois and Iowa arc 3 be liaii?T<11ct upon the sovereign mercy for, if lie does not favor lis with seed i larveat this year, we must suffer for Arrniphi*.?The River in the twentye tiding nt fivo o'clock last evening, i one incli, nnd was alill receding al Since writing the above we learn that V night a break occurred in the levee . North's plantation, ahout sixty miles ksburg, on the Mississippi side, which productive) of very (treat damage. itM* is nbout 500 yards in width, and poured through with such forco as to ] iweep away all the buildings on the , , Mr. North only being aide, with , iculty, to save himself and negroes j ng a similar fate. The break is of , litude that it it* utterly impossible to j id must he produotivo of great do- < o property iu that immediate locality. . exception, so far as heard from the old , wees are holding out and doing their ( Fully.?Mniiphii Bulletin, 18th in ft. ^ v Orleans Picayune learned on the til, that the river had commenced ' hroiigh the levee several places at | , in coiwcqnence of the planking of tho ' j very rotten. > COTTON STATEMENT. The receipts of Cotton in ('hnrlt-slmi fur t past week were, by Unilniadg 7,7'.I'Z !>:> : <; water and tfiigim 7i>7 bale.*?together h.-l bales?corresponding week l;?bt yeur 1G, 1 bnles. 'l'lic ex|>ort? from Charleston for the sni lime were, to foreign ports t>,3o2 bales; con wise 2,yy'J hairs?making the tutnl exports llie week !),"U7 bales, ami leaving on liand slock of G8258 bales, inclusive of 10,018 Vm on ship-board not cleared, against a stock <>V?,1V4 bnles, and 10,110 bales on i-hip-boi same time last year. The sales in Charleston during the past wc amounted to 11.VU0 bales, at prices rangi from i n to iyj. The total receipts lit all Uie ports during I past week amounted to I IN, >* !! bnles, a?ai 107,032 hales received during the same per last year. The total receipts at all the |i< since the 1st of September, amount lo P.,1(1 l'.lfi bales, airainsi ii.U4o.l7ii m? < > ? dates last Vf?r, showing an increase this y of The exports to (I rent Itrit ;iin ?j'i to the l;?l dates, amount. t.-> l,t?ar,,y8?, showing nir inert! on llio exports to Hint country lust year lli'.i.'MI bales.. The shipments to Northern p show nil increase of 3tjii,yiiG hnlcs frorti the al incuts of last year. The stock on hand an.l on ship-hoard nt the ports, lip to the latest dates, amounts I hales, 1 it*iii * I|<i,1H> hales more tl t'le stock on hand at the corresponding date I year. J-'rotn thr Wash!tit/Ion Corrrs/iuHihtier of iV. Tribune.?t?ov. Deliver, Mct'oniicll, ; others, who have held iiii|iortant positions 1111 the Administration, are finding pretexts of < kind and another for nhalidot'ing their conn lion with it. They uro stirred hy the iiistiucl rats leaving u sinking ship. Nor is it contii to tlieui alone. MrStephens was much inovei his withdrawn! from Congress hy the convict that a general crash was inevitable. \VI asked why lie retired, lie said frankly, "lie a oil a train, mid as a smash up was certain, would get oir at the first, station." This feel animates many who have not yet. spoken < and it doubtless induced Mr. Toombs to t: the responsibility lie did, of cramping the J oflicc machinery, and compelling the Presiil to facc the nltr itives of a bankrupt ilep; nicut or an extra session. The number will largely increased nt the session, for most of patronage having heen disposed of there is longer a rcsfrninuig motive against the full p of discontent. Iii this connection it may ho proper to st that Mr. Appletnu, the A istant Secmtaiy State ill ten (Is retiring next Fall, lie d?H.-s hard work <>f the Department, get < little or credit for his la' r, tint) very sh'>rt coriimoni the way of salary?only iv fraction over <j tliiril of thai received by (Jen L'nsJ. There i:1 etlort making to dissolve the political coparti ship of Wendell and Kuchatiau, by a sale of Union, but the party dry-nurses who have matter in charge, think s-)u,nlh> a pejr too l> tor a paper, which for years hack has bee drain on the National Kxche-|Ucr to the tun many thousands annually, lb-sides, the j? pect of )iioki 1134s is less encouraging titan lien fore, with a reforming House of Kcprc.cntati fresh from the people. Our Xatiowit Drf'cucrx?The (Courier I'tat. Unis. the New Vork French paper, r tains u lonu article on the coast defences of United Stat'?, Ac., in which it ts stated th: will require over 1 (>,()<> artillerists to fit 1 ly t and defend tho different castles ami oilier 1 I >r fottilications of New York; and it stitr^ thai tliey should be transferred to the militia order that the latter mny learn artillery t] and practioc, to enable Ihvtii to properly deli tlieiil ill time ?.f war. There is a good ilea this suggestion, and 11s most ?>l these e .sties 1 forts in the United States, except those at I' tuiM? and Key West, are in I In: vicinity of la cities, we presume the project t-ould l>e rem carried out. It. is estimated that it. would piire at least, aitl artillerists to man all tiirliticd castles and sea-const 1'ortilicat.ions the I'tiion. We recollect the "list ii.flushed ' jor Chase, late of the United Stales engine one of Itm abh-rl ollicers of any service, in report to the Secretary of War in Iv>.jI, dec-Ill our sea coast "was the liesl. fortilied in world." liftifrul Cum1, whilst Secretary of \\ declared his opposition, in it very masterly to t he system of masonry ensile fori ill tions originating with (ieneriil ] termini, on count <>C the enormous expense, and ns not itij; adapted 10 the military personnel of liisco try. The articlu in I he ("mirier neenia to hi heeli culled forth hv the criticisms in the lie papers in this country and Knghiiid upon " memoir" of Lieut. Norton of the United Sti engiueers, proposing earthwork defences New York, submitted by Secretary Floyd Congress ut, the Inst session, nnd it discusses subject ill the words of the French editor, "u (jrande lucidete."? Witxfiiiiijton Slur. Carrying n Slc-atuboat Ovrrlantl.? A write the St l'nul Miiiucsutian, dating at Crow Wi says : ' About the Rth instant, tin- work of tnkiii[ pieces the Anson Northnip and preparing iraine of the new boat was commenced; and da}*, the l'.Uh February, the whole porta frame of I be boat, boiler, engines, maehiuery i tools, amounting to more than fifty tons freight, besidi'N stores and baggage of the in and bay for the teams, is packed upon sleie ami thirty tenuis are trudging away with tli load over the prairies and through the pinei toward the Ked River ol the North. The bo ami the heavy machinery must be liauled runners a distance of one hundred and aistv-l miles, l'he New portions of the boat will taken from Swan river, one hundred nm) iiim miles. The bout. Which is to hear the np|i piiate name of the " I'ioneor," is to lie one In dred feet long, twenty feet beam, with a de| of four feet ill tho hold, nnd is calculated toea from seventy-five to one hundred tons of freig The train is accompanied by about forty tea sters and inechuniea, who will commence \v< no koon as they reach iteil River, ami the bi will probably be in running order by the first May. The road is good as far as the Otter T 1-iK.v, mm learns naveueen iliroii(jli to Ited Kii during the pnst week, no iIihI tlio track is j>r< ably well broken all the way." Nkw York, Miirah IS.?A in.isH mrcting v held last niijht in Tammnuy Hall for t he |?l |x>3c of giving expression to tlie feeling w: whieh New York ib-uioerarv regard the p posed annexation of Cuba. The meeting wa large one. hikI comprised most of thu IcAtli federal office-holders of tlie city. Ex-May Mickle presided, Isaac V. Fowler rend the rei lotions, and Senator Brown, of Mississippi, t Hon. John Cochrane-, of New York, and Ca tain Rynders, made the speeches. Senal Brown Assumed ultra pro-slavery ground, S Coehranc argued the question mainly from commercial point of view, and Captain Kyndc expressed himself virtually in favor of o taking possession of Cuba by fence, if it cann be obtained otherwise?which was also Senal Brown'a position. The Austrian Bank forgery case, iu whii Henry Hohner is charged with causing to he e graved, iu this city, a plate, from which count* foit impressions of the Hundred Guidon Not of the Bank of Yienna have been taken, w commenced yesterday in the Court of f!?>npi Sessions, and will probably last gome uays. T1 principal witness yesterday was Ferdinand I) gen, tli** Superintendunt of the printing of not for the Austrian National Rank, who lias bei Rent over to thin country by the Directors that Hank, for the purpose of testifying to tl forgery. A profiler hae made the trip to Alhauy twenty-six hours. Another Rtramhoat Ditnslcr.?We loam fro John S. Washington, commander, that on Fi day evening, March 11, the Government steam I). 11. Morton took fire on the Arkansas Uivt about sixty miles above Little Uock, and wi her cargo wns entirely consumed. The Morti was loaded with about eight hundred bales hay, for Little Uock, whither she was bom il.~ J: 1? " * ??? uisnsiur uhik pinco. i>o lives were In by the oceurrenoe. The boat, na above i timated, belonging to the United States Cover ment, ant] wus valued at about $f>,<)00. Tl lire is supposed to Iihvo had its origin in spnrl frem the chimneys falling upon tlio liny, and tl (lames spread so rapidly that the officers ai crew bad barely time to save themselves and pvtion of their baggage. Captiau \Vanhingt< irrived in the city ytileriliy, and telegraphi .lie above farts to the propel* officers at Wasliin :on City.?Memphis JJudctin. 'fhta is the week after Court, and there is n I single prisoner in our District Jail. This is nost gratifying fact, and indicative of the mor tnproveinent and good ordar of our p?opb*.Unionvillr 'llmca. THE EUROPEAN CRISIS?OUR PEACE POLICY Iks Wf |lie following obxTvutions from the l?y WhsImiiimoii Uni.,n: *' > Tin- lime has not yet urrived :n Krfropo wJien 40 its industry, its TFcufMi, and its machinery can exert a potent FfifliU'iioe over ifr fcafrifiets iiihT >??c statesmen. Perhaps the stintfijle vJhifch no\v ft- thrcnlenv an almost nnivci'sal convulsion is K ?f necessary step to tlint end. There is not n coV" a eminent on the continent, which has n?t already mortgaged more tlinn half the wealth of i's pe? *? pie to carry on ambit ions wars ; and now *"'1 ?rd Kuropc is on the point of conflict to gratify tMf pride of one or two individuals. The day is titiiiIv coming when credits w ill ceuse, and an '"$? the expcnpcH of modern warfare are vanlly. RWitiT than formerly, we have some hope nnd ' xpcetHtion (lint the next half century will opcr* nst the eyes of capitalists to the extreme folly of ti'uslinjr their monev il.?.? > ' J nilU ftliuw ?w "i* j of it - value ami is due to llio honest ercditor. Meanwhile, n universal war in Europe will enr be a universal peace in Amcrieu. If Europe innkw herself m i;r?at consumer, we shall be hef '.est great producer. 1|" Huron Kothsch iltl lends his nst< money to France, Austiia, Kiigliiud and llusiii#^ "I those Covernmctils o;in ulliird to pay it over to 'f's American farmers f(,r jx.rk, beef, llour, and other >i|?- products of our soil. ||" war then shall shatter Kurop", it will build up this collutry. If i" all shall uupovorinli the great imperial Government? t" of tlie continent, it will euricli our plain repub^ an lji>, \V.. }(, not invite war. Our wealth ninf ?#' prospeiity is in peace. Our conquests are ?* I peace. Our victories wliicli will remain on the I p.ige of history long after Waterloo ?hnl> hftfe the been forgotten, are all victories of peace. 'l"lr? in?l great, facts, which we present to the world, thnt der our people enjoy (bo Mes-ings of universal edujne cation, that estates are universally distributed,* iee- tliat we have risen up from infancy t<V giant prot. of |. 'ftions, having added largely to our territorial ltd limits, wholly through ?>or industry, are the. I to proofs wliieh we exhibit ?f the superior jHiwcr of ion orgnaized lab*. r. Iteii . vns 'J,11 Cmi/lr J'ratb iiml Cuba.?The Washing |lP ton correspondent of ihr New York JleiaUt jni, makes the following statement : . , >ut, " Advices have lieen recivcd here from Madrid ,ke that the Spanish Government has determined to throw open the trade of importing coolies into ,.?t Cub.., and to stimulate it as much as possiM*.?* ,rt- The object of this movement is a donhle one. It bo is intended to increase greatly the present protlie dilclioii of sugar, by decreasing llio cost of ln? i,? I>or to its minimum point, and to lead eventually |Uy to the abolition of iieirro shivery in that island, so as to make its ptwsesdon ns iindesirattle to all the .ale great poWeis as are 11 ay t i and Jamaica now. It (,f is calculated that t?!il>,ntUi Chinese coolirs can bethe placed iu Cuba in f.ve years, at a cost of not over no a head, ami that the value of the slaves now , i? there will be reduced in a Corresponding ratio." Jhr Wool M'irkil.?The Cincinnati l'ricc Cur' H" font says: "We understand large contracts ,, r" liavc already been made in this State, ?t pricey the varying front 4"? ! ? til) cents per lb. Theadvance !lir in wool the past six mootlirt is fully GO per cent., ' k'1 thus compensating dealers pretty freely tor the heavy lo?.ies they have sustained by the large del! cline brought about by the crisis of 18.V7. Full roa* Ii|imiiI is now selling i" the Kastern citics nt f>5 to L',<> tin c?nli per lb., which was bought, lust summer Vt's at. to -lo cent', thus showing what enormous I profits must have been made hy those dealers wl:o held over their stocks." 1 /fomici'lc in I'Mifrfirhl.?Wo learn that tl(<> Mr. , an Overseer for Mr. "\V. lloleten, j, residing on the Kidgo, was foiu.d dead at hitf house a hi mt 111 days since, supposed to have beerr j*i. killed by a pistol shot whilst absent from hntner ests a-4 "? blood was discovered ahont his lied, although a pi?tid was round upon liin table. Sns|'m pieimi rents upon some negroes, several of end wh"ii? have been arrested for cxamina1 in ,io?iiinl Prorln.iirfinv from fitn. Tirifft/x.?The San 'or- I Antoniu (Texas) Il-r:i\d of Uie V>tli inst.rctmtaints rjri- I a i>melamat i<>;i from (Jell. Twiggs, warntnir citililv I ' -J /. Iin I">?II ?*ni?iitpn^ iw a report; <i lawless ex|>edirt linn to Mrsiix, tocapiure runaway negroes, ami the ilirii fi-II I In-ill :iii<1 divide the protiis. The <?enin frill has i-.-nnl orders to tin: commanding officer da- :it l-'ortM Puncaii iiiiiI ('lurk to prevent. any sueli ets. :iticiii|it, mid to en-opciate witli llw; Mexican a*vhis 1 horities for flinf purpo-e. ilie A'i/'T from t-.'i-ri-ipr.?.1 nm/if of thr Stramrr 'ar Hr<*<r.? Nkk Y??i:k, March )!>.?The steamer ; Wuarr, which sailed from Cork on the 5th hij slant, arrived at this port to-d:iV. t"c The will's of colt" ii tit. Liverpool for the week , ending Saturday, March 5, mummied to 78,001) mi- hiilcs, of wliirli speculators took 12..100 an<l exive I,0,',t'w 7.hull's. All ipiulittes have slightly W8- advanced. The Liverpool Itroki-is' circular ill,- "" advance of Jil.; oilier circulars report u.s tin advance of 3-lrt to $d. The quotations were for ^,,r tiiiddlini* Orient)* 7 3-16. middling uplands ,0 Con: '?l8 9;">J. wc tifomtnrrrial. Ariikvili.k. March 24, 1859. rCot/on - -Cotton has advanced during the panD week nt least. A cent. We quote extremes to-day , lfl nt HA to 11 A-'. Coi.irMRiA, M.irch 22, lh5f<. l"' Cut/on.?The cotton market still has nn improvi-io tendency. The sales yesterday amount"ul ed to 'ilill bait's, at i-.n advance of ^e, viz: ,,f Ciiaui.ESToX, March 21. 1S59. leir Cof/on.?Kales of cotton to day 1,401) bales, -i, at prices ranyinn from 10 to llijc. i'er Ciiarlk i'on, March 1ft, 18.r>9. .oi1 Cotton.?There was a very good demand for ^ cotton to day, which resulted in the sale of upwards of 2,ihiIi hales, al verv full and stringent rty prices viz: Uif^l-Jc. loin Ai'CI'sta, March SI, 1859. nil. .. motion.? l liero was? largo speculative inquiry rrJ' for cotton in Augusta t t-duy, and 2,Cl)0 bale were lit- sold. m- The.Savannah market was generally unchanged* >rk anJ7SU bain were tultl. :iat of New Yokk, March 21, 1859. 'nil Cotton - -The noiton market was firm to-day, f?r witli sales of (>,<iUO bales. il>- t?! LIST OF CONSIGNEES. knnaimmj in the J)epot at Abbeville, for the rns week euil'mtf Mitrch 23y lb'5'.V H S Kerr, J <t It J White, Grny ?fe RoTicrtsoiY, "" A A Williams, .1 W Jones, C T Haskell, J M Perro* rin, David JtohrrUin, ,1 MoBryde, Wier & Lyth* * goe, (J W Muckahec, J F Marshall, J S Oothran, nK II A Jones, 1' S Itillledge, Jordan <fc Mcl.auclilin, or Hugh Wilson jr, K A Parker, Mrs Lucy Davis, ??* Mir R L Parker, J W Crawford, II Blakely, 1e J M Ivalluni, I) J Jordan, Jessie Trilde, S C P* Giles. ^ D. R. SONDLEY, Ajjt. f HEADQUARTERS. lot Eighth Regiment. S. C. M? ) o(. March i 1859. ^ ORDERS NO. ? ch rnilE Members of Palton's Beat Company wirt-' n- _L assemble at their Regular Muster Ground r- on SATURDAY, tho SECOND of APRIL es next, armed and equipped as the law directs., as By order of Col. ItOGERS. al SAMUEL HUNTER, Adj'h l<e March 24, 18f>9. 48 2t < ? thiokbttT" Eonf milE fine, thoroiigh-hredStalhon,TIJICKETY, jje 1. is again at my stable. White Plains, and will remain there this Spring. He is in finecou> :n dition, and is reaJy to servo the public in his wuy. JOHN D. WILLIAMS, m March 10, 18.r>9 48 4t l'r ,1E STATE OF SOUTII CAROLINA. !r, Ahbcirillc District.? Citation. ,1. ? |5y WILLIAM II1LL, Esq., Ordinary of Abbe ?n villo District. tlTIIEREAS, Peter L.Guillebeau ha* applied,(o. j \V me for lA'ltero of Administration, on all and singular the goods and chattels, riylil-H mid credits 11" of Gabriel Cox, lute of tiio District afarovaid, n* deceased. I*? These live, therefore, to cite anil admonifch all and singular, the kindred and cruditoraof Uie ? said deceased, to be aud appear before me, at. our next Ordinary's Court for the said District, to l>o 11 holden at Abbeville C. II., the eighth day "j of Apnl next, to sliow cause, if any, why the M Hind Administration Rlionld not be granted, k* Given under iny Iwiixlaiid oeal, this tho twenty j third duy of February, in the ymr of our * Lord one Itousand eight hundred and fifty. , nine,'and in the 8:tJ year of Anjericau lod??i pondenee. < WILLIAM HILL, tt A. D. March 2-t, 185& 4H 31 #