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V * III WPP 11 I (Fr?M ifc? Charleston Ereoiug New*.] v -?.< HammUzed Oltftwas. 4 An Amendment of the Constitution of Uti? Stale has been made, by the passage of * law, with that purpose, by a large constitutional majorities in two successive legislatures, (lh? hat two.) to the effect that naturalized citizens shall n -t vote in this Stnte, until they have re.w.-fe I in it two years afler naturalization. This has placet! naturalized citizens gn the same footing with (heretofore they had the advantange over) nativo citizens of othor States ; and the principle is, <Mat yrU/V fatiiiehCt itr .iz/i'ruan cliurns. We congratulate the State on the adoption of so wise a provision. It will go far to defeat, in this citv, future corruption in naturalization and naturalized suffrage. Tito Y. Tribune, (atiti-Ameiican) thus of the law : i ne legislature or >>u;ti uarotina, wincD WjiK adjourned. passed an net to amend the Slate Constitution t? such n manner ns to require of every naturalized citizen two years' resilience in the Stnto after being nat uralixod. as a condition precedent to tlio exercise of tho right of snlfrage. South Carolina, is, perhaps, the only State in which the M American party '' never displayed any strength nor created any genoral agitation. Not one of her newspapers, so far as we are aw.tre, has united in the anti Catholic hunt, or tried to make political capital out of the ulgar prejudice against foreigners. And yet this same South Carolina has taken n moro decided step in the direction pointed out by tho" Americans "than any other State in the Union. Instead of running to Con grcss for a'change in tho Naturalization Laws, she has altered her Constitution in such manner as to give her citizens more protection against until and fraudulent vo ting by immigrants than even a twenty one years' probation would be. We are not inclined to go so far as South Carolina has gone, but wo believe she has taken hold at I t.ie right end. Let the Naturalization Laws remain essentially as they are, hut make any amendment which will tend to correct abuses and prevent fraud*; then let States.each for herself, determine how long a probation after naturalizing is required to guard against the gross abuse of the manufacture nf ? : 1 v. ?vivio i?) i'uiinui lyiimiiLCfs, i\\j)TOIV for use at an approaching or pending election. This is shamefully wrong, and ought to he stopped. Our State now requires that Ion days shall intervene between naturalization and voting. The right principle is here affirmed, but not with sufficient force. In our judgment, the interpolation of " one I year and" before the words "ten days" in our Unformed Constitution, would secure our citizens against ilie process of grinding out voters for the sake of their votes in u | pending election, and would not he ohnox-j ions to the great ma?s of our Adapted Cili . ZeUS. Hon. Henry W. Hilliard. At the recent Alabatn i Conference of fhe j Methodist Kpiscopil Church. Hon. II. W.I Milliard announced hi- intention of returning to the ministry. lie had been alluded' to in Conference as probable editor of the | Motlmdist organ to he established in Alont-' guncry, and the proposiiion meeting with j some <p?estion, Mr. Hilliard arose, and turn- j iug to Bishop Pierre, prodding, addressed 1 him as follows : 441 give you my hand, my brother, in | this groat work! Henceforward our paths' of life shall not diverge! I come, in the maturity of inv manhood, d.-liberatelv to lav I hiv heart, ami whatever ?>f trophies I may J have won in other walks of life, professional ! or political, humbly at the foot of the I Cross, with motive* which befit the service j of hit Master. 14 Let it be distinctly understood, that no. voto which this Conference may take upon ! the pending proposition, can affect my reso- j lnlion to give myself to lhi-? work. At home j and abroad?in my solitary jonrneyings?i or standing m the palaces of kir.gs, I have ' never forgotten my c irl v vows. 1 have; seen the beginning and end of earthly great-! ness. 4* Intimately associated with some of the! first living statesmen of this age and conn - { try, I have seen them puss away from this \ earth I Sir, I know the vanity of earth j lv things! I come humbly, but I come | preserving that self-respect without which I ! should not be meet for the Master's ser-! vice. 441 ask nothing from tbis Conference on tnv personal account. Let the vote have no reference to me. No, no, sir! 1 have never lowered my crest. when facing political ; parlies in the day of hattlo. I preserve my ' self-respect, but I desire to achieve some- ; what that will enable ine, when this world J t_._! . i i t -1 '*? - ' turn* up, 10 (ib recognized ny me (rival j Head of the Clmicli, us a friend of Christ, and to take my place, however humble,! among martyrs and saints who have loved an I nerved him on earth This is the substance of his reinuik* delivered to the spell-hound nii<iienee. It was a scene of intense mora! sublimity. May he find grace equal to his noble resolution ! (<o?g inav he live to edify the church ; and ' Anally win and wear the crown of endless j j'iy and gloTelegraph. ? - - <.*?'? h L"i.i. Cam. Anorxn aki> Pav."?What! > n world of wo is contained in those few j words to the jioor artizan and mechanic!-"*- j * I'll call around and pay,''says the rieh man, to avoid the trouble of going to his desk to' get the n#c6Pft*art funds, and the poor ma'! f lianie is obliged to go home t.> disappoint i bis workmen and all wlio depend upon! biir) for their dues. It is an easy matter to work ; the onlt* real gh?rv in this life is nn ! i uIc|?omIent idea of being able to sustain ' yourself by the labor of your own hands,' f?ud it may be easily imagined what crush 1 jug form there is in ''Til call around and! pay," to iJub Jnboring in?n, who depends up i that pay for subsistence. If those who could pay wuiil/j only pr.y at once, it would place hundreds and thousands in a condition to d?>'likywiae, and would prevent much Ipi'err and fli<tro ?, i, '>?"?*' ' ** V w SOUIHERS lOTERPMSfcj? W. P. PUOS, Editor. , OUR MOTTO?- E^UAL IKMttl TO It!*" ? "gkkknvillb, a, c. ^ r . .-i ?, r Tharttday? Jann?ry H, 1I&T. j KOTICX. [ FROM <hU date the Soutiikh^ Entkk pkisr will l?e published by the undersigned. They hope to receive the pnlronnge of their . friends, and a continuation ot the paltonage so liberally extended to the paper heretofore. PRICE McJUNKlN. January 8, 1837. To the Patrons of Oar Paperi According to promise, we present, in this issue of our paper, our future co-publisher. 1 Hy this arrangement we will bo enabled to 1 give more rending, and at tho same time de- * vote more time to tiic editorial department I of the paper. A heavier expense will bo in- ' volved in the publication of the paper than 1 formerly, but the increase of patronage, we ^ have no doubt, will fully compensate for * the sacrifice. The friends of the Enterprise 1 have acted nobly?they nro entitled to my I highest gratitude?and I trust that the futuro will find the new publishers enjoying the same confldetieo and patronage which have been so kindly extended to me in times past. The long acquaintance I have hud with the young gentleman who is now connected with me in the publication of the Enterprise, warrants mo in saying that ho is very wor thy of support, and tho reward which will Inai'y be given to the industrious and perseveting can never fall upon ono more deserving. ' Truly grateful for pa?t kindnesses and patronage, I crave the indulgence of my readers in tho efforts which will he made by me in the future for their enterlnimnennt. W. I*. I'RICE. The One Dollar System. In several instances where clubs were obtained , wo permitted the second volume to 1 bo sent at club rates. This wo found to be j not only objectionahle, but ruinous to us. ? ...? I 1-- 1-1 ?- 1 l VII'VW ??V7 in??v WUIK'lUUCtl IU Ut'llKUltJ Oil I' j ^ published term*, luit few liavo taken exeep- ;l lions to it, and only in one instance lias a I discontinuance been made. When we posi ! s( lively refused to take a dollar from a patron J }, lite other day, lie promptly paid the cr.tia! ? half, remarking that " it was well worth it-i f, and if no one received it for less, ho was s more than willing that the extra fifty cents (j should he tacked on." , This, wo think, will v he the feeling of all, when they consider ^ that it requires almost that amount to pur- s chase the blank paper which it requires to ,| furnish thorn a paper for one year ! We do not wish it understood that wo have advanced | our terms at all?we have reference on- .. I ? ly to the furnishing of ilie paper for the socond year for one dollar where the club is , not renewed. -j The Seceders. This is the name of a new temperance or- J al gatiization started in our town. Their I'JtMge j *' and Constitution will be found in another portion of our paper. They speak for them* j selves, and wo weleomo them as workers in i * the cause of temperance. Whatever may 11 bo said against the form of their 1'ledge, j 8 and the framework of their Constitution, jH they are nevoitbeless entitled to strict trial, li and we trust that the work liius begun will j 1 continue until it shall embrace every one[c who may feci tlie necessity of tlio course 8 which litis been litre ndopted. It is not, as j '' some would suppose, a stampede freru theln order of the Sons of Temperance. The hit* '* ter society is "still living," and although for 0 a short time checked in its operations, the a membership is continually augmenting. " Abolition Sentiment If the sentiment that "slavery is an evil" t still existed in any considerable jiortion of j c the Southern mind, it would be a matter v much to be regretted, and it would excite | our surpiise should we bear it uttered by i one educated in the South, and who made v any pretensions to intellectual acquitment*, c We understand from a friend who was pres ent at the late Commercial Cor. vent ion in * Savannah, that when the above sentiment J I was charged upon the Virginia Delegation.!! that body pr< mptly and indignantly repel I- I Ail f 114* ." luiriVA tli'iu itinr t!?:*t uitv ) f. " b ; ",,v" ^ ^ * trine prevailed in the Old Dominion. Wejn are glad they did so, and regret that a mem a her from any Southern Stale should have I given utterance to such * sentiment. It t was, however, avowed by hut a single dele I g?W>, and lie was horn and educated at the i Aiorth. This idea, founded on a misconcep- \ lion of the nature and character of the in- r stitulioti of Slavery, uas, long since, ex plod -1 a ed hy Me. ClAMiorw, Judge IIarucr, and j t other great Southern minds, hut, like all fal- 1, lacies, did not ejrpjre immediately. The his- r U>ry of such fallacies shows that even after a they have been refuted and rejected by li minds of n higher order of intellect, they li still maintain a lingering existence in those a of a lower order. a The dortrine, false and inconsistent as it { w as, that " *|?m?>y was an vtil,1* did prevail r ery generally at the South, tome years go ; but (he investigations of statesmen and ihiknophers have entirely changed Southern eniltnent on this subject. Slavery is no* egarded, by the people of the South, as ight and proper, morally, civilly, and religiously, and those who still cherish the country, antiquated notion, are looked upon as >eing behind the times. Letter from Aken, 8. C. The following is the continuation of the etter from our cot respondent at the above lace: Aiken, Dec. 20th, 1850. * * * I left the Railroad at Nine y-Six,and mounting inv black horse, which lie landlord of the little hotel in that place, villi whom I had passed the night, had just iroposed to purchase, observing that lie vanted 44 a junk of a nag for the plow." To liitik of the scbscIcss fellow calling my leautiful little black, 44 a junk of a nag," in/I fancv livi Aral) n-lnun lin/ifj anrniul ~J ? """? ?? ??~ - J lie soil of the wretched little village, dragging ihe old vandal's plow. In revenge for he instill offered my gallant little horse, I levoutly wished the old fellow might have >ut one plow in the world, and that he night actually have Arab hitched to it for Ive minutes. My word for it, he would not rant to purchase such another " plow nag." Two miles from Ninety-Six, on the Kdgeit-Id road, is the old fortification ami town >f Cambridge. The town, which was once hriving and prosperous, has fallen into deny, and almost disappeared. Two or three lilapidatcd houses still tenanted, two or liree others untenanted, and hero and there i solitary chimney, only remain to remind he traveler of life and activity forever passd awnv. The remains of the Fort are situ tod upon a gentle hill, which commands lie surrounding country for a considerable listanee. The ditch and embankments jire till plainly visible, though overgrown with arge trees, and are star shaped, having eight j mints. Within the ditch is still to be seen j i large well, now partially tided with dirt j ml rubbish, and without, and very near l?v, I nother. A few yards from the Fort is a 1 mail quadrangular enclosure tilled with a j Irnggling growth of walnut, thorn trees and liars, beneath whose roots sleep the re nains of the brave men who fell in the clc Slice of the Fort. Though the sun was I ; i .: i .i_. ? i .i .i umnig urignuy, aim 1110 unooto slopes were | lotted with a beautiful thorn tree,enlivened ' kith ?? plentiful crop of Final!, blight rod t terries, still the whole place seemed to ine J hrouded in an atmosphere of silence and | es< tint ion, and with a muttered prayer that j ?od might hold in merciful remembrance I hose whom men had forgotten, I shuddered { n<l hastened away. For miles around this I tlace nature has done much to make, and , mil to mar, a rich and beautiful country.! ho lands lie in gentle undulations, and j ere originally extremely fertile ; but cotton j nd a senseless husbandry has worn them J way, in many places, to the bare clay. Along the whole of the road to Edgefield j le country is thickly settled and much worn. [ lrrived at this latter place. I stopped for the! ight at an hotel kept badly by a large, ood-nature.! looking man, whose appear* nee certainly promised better living than his ' able realized. lie seemed conscious that j hings were not as they should be, and ex- j used his fare bv saving that he had '* a ' ;?kh1 many ling drivers stopping at his louse, and if lie were to place on his table | nything good, (such as snsengers, and the kes o* that.) they would eat it all up." An 1 _!. 1 i\. 11 . *. ?; t . t ? i xcuse which secineu iiiny 10 sau>iv ills uiinu bout (lie matter. I suppose be thought obocy couhi expect hitn to buy their hog* nil then feed the d?iven? on the sausage*. On the rond from Edgefield to this place here are hut few settlements, the whole ountry being made up of sandhills and coded with a heavy growth of '.ong leaved lines. The first persons I met as I entered Viken were my friends Mr. and Mrs. McB., rlio?informed of my coining?with their haracterislic kindness, were on their way to neet and conduct me to their hospitable reidcnce. I was surprised to find Aiken to >e so considerable and *o prcllr a little town, t contains, I am informed, a resident popuation of 1000, and, with the exception of a cw sipiares about the marketplace, which ire closely built up, is widely scattcicd over i considerable toriito; v. The white popuation may be divided into permanent and ransient?the former into those who, for lealth or pleasure, nave settled here an<? live n the suburbs, some of lliein in handsome ilia* surrounded by grounds tastefully nr atiged and ornamented with evergreen trees md shrubs, and those who have been ntr acted to the place by the hope of gain, who ;cep all manner of shops, for the sale of all nnnncr of thing* needlul to be purchased, tnd also, to judge from the two or three I iavo entered, many thing*, which, if thvy teep until a purchaser presents himself who mtualiy need* them, they will have on hand it the crack of doom. Of the transient mpulfttion. there are two classes, those who findn here during the summer, either in f \ . -T' - their owu booses or *t Schwartz's llotd? a very long, lo?^ irregular, wooden building, which 1 suppose to be capable of denning 8 or 400 peoplo-~and who are entirely from the low country, and those who stop at Schwarts's during winter, and are mostly invalids froru the North and West, There are three churches in the place: Methodist, Baptist and Episcopal, tho latter an exceedingly ornate little structure. A peculiarity of the place is, that there is not a brick building in the town, with the exception of a largo unfinished house on a high hill about one mile from Schwartz1*, intended for an hotel. It is a little surprising, , that up to this time there has been but ono hotel in a place visited, as this is, throughout every month in the year, by hundreds of vi.-itors. If my friend Mr. Swandule could, by any magic, transport his house to Aiken lie might soon retire with a plum. I have heard of no Christinas amusements liorn avanrvf oool- li.vh t 10 Tl??? <. %/% ! 1 ( vav, v.wvjrv V v'V IV Il?lliail??. A 1119 rjnjit, 1 understand, has lioen going forward briskly cilice Thursday morning, and bets on Done j inickers rule high, 'tis said. I frequently see sharp, wide awake looking fellows, getting oft' the various trains, at the station here, with cocks crowing under their arms, and hastening " up town " to the cock pit*, [ suppose. Yesterday I passed nn excited crowd of men and boys huddled together in a small enclosure, and, while some of thein seemed admiring a wheazy, half picked chicken?the glorious winner of the light, 1 which was hobbling painfully nbou*., a pitiful speetaclo of the nothingness of fame, especially to a wounded chicken?a boy was kicking, contemptuously, a dead cock, which had, I presume, ingloriotisly fallen in the fray. The negroes seem to enter into the sport with as much spirit as their masters. This morning I overheard a conversation between a sporting darkey, the owner of a lien, and another, the possessor of a cock. The proprietor of the hen seemed anxious to trade his pullet for the other's rooster, and went into a long argument to show the superior advantage tho owner of a hen would have to him who only possessed a cock, which seemed, for a moment, to stag- , ger ?he other; presently, however, he ral lied, and replied, a* he seemed to thiuk, with gieat force: * Yes, but if there were , no roosters there would be no hens."? i " Aye," said the other, "and if there weic 1 no hens there would be no roosters, no it is as broad as it is long." 44 No it ain't," re plied he of the cock. How he made it out not to be, I couldn't exactly see : but I slip pose be had some notion that if thcro were tl.~ -....t.- ..n 1 i iv in *3 VM i\i wuum iiiaiiHgc iu Keep the tiling going in some way. I have written in great liable, and have ; neither time nor inclination to look over j < what 1 have written, so I must l?eg you to { excuse such parts of tils') as may he imperfect or tiivinl. Yours truly, w. k. k. ( [toil TIIB KKTKItrRISK.] Seceder Temperance Association. | On the last day of the year 18otJ, several i persons, meeting as friends, reviewing the pant, and speculating as to the future, con- i versing upon the varied topics hearing upon j the interests of each and of all, turned their attention to the subject of Intemperance, and determining that, as for themselves, they would one and all promote, as far as in them lay, the cause of total abstinence from spirituous liquors, proposed and adopted the following Preamble, Resolution and Pledge : Whereas, the history of the past assures us of, and our individual experiences prove the fact that Intemperance is a grand social and moral evil, extending its baleful influences from the inost insignificant individual to tho widest reaching and most perfectly organi/.ed system of governmental polity, with .lo-.u- I iw ioiuiiv v ii?l ll? * IC* | tiinn alike from the palace of wenllh and ' froin the hovel of poverty, bringing to slow,' yet sure deal ruction, all ages and every con-' dition?manhood in its pride, and youth in j its biillinnt and budding promise, the.states man, the philosopher, the man of science, { the most eloquent divine, the profoundest1 judge, the ablest lawyer, as well as the humblest artizan?desolating hearths, dissolving j social circles, destroying communities, ami i I demoralizing governments; and, whereas, I we recognize the universal fact that every j i man has his degree of iiillueuce upon and 1 | o* er his fellow-iuan; therefore, lictolvcd, That we severally, and in con | i certed action, do set our faces against this ' growing evil, and, in furtherance of this do- j sign, do, on this, the 31st day of Deceml>er. i in the year of our Lord 18">0, ami in the year 81 of the independence of the United Stales of North Ameiiea, allix our signature* to tho following Pledge : Drckmukr 31st, 1830. | Pledge.?We, the undersigned, do hereby | solemnly. and a*gentlemen, pledge ourselves. t?? ourselves hikI to each other, save and except in case* of a'ckne**, and upon the prescription of n regularly graduated physician, ' absolutely to abstain from all and every In| loxicating Liquor or Beverage, for the apace ! of twelve mouths from the date of thi* in* etrttment; and do, furl her in ore, positively promi -as, each and all of usv that the one violating aaid Pledge shall be pronounced a linr and unworthy of trust. B. Pcmcroy, Jivr. D. Forrest, f j. a, fa, ' ^ J. Br Smith, W: O. Murphy, I V. M. Burge**, Saint hiel Martin, J. It. Edwards, P. D. Oaraton, John GoUedga, U. W. West, W. A. Moll ugh, Jus. VV. Young, P. B. Bnmlmin, K. I. l'inson. ' A. J. Snyder, l>r. E. Sinter field, K. J. Frit*, P. (J Snyder, 8. I). Dearmnn, L. ft. Smith, A. P. Bradl. Win. Enht, 8r., J. D. Cureton, 7,. Martin, Oirard DuPre, Isaac A. Gridley, P. Benson, Ambrose Briasey, A. Powell, A. S. Colli ran. Jampart 3d, 1857. A meeting of thoso proposing to form r? Temperance organisation In the Town and l.hstrict of Greenville, 8. C., was called on the evening of the above date, to convene at j Lowland's building. H. S. Pomeroy being called to the chair, they |?roceeded to vole upon a Constitution and to ballot for officers, and the following Constitution was adopted and officers elected : constitution. Art. hf. The style and litlo of said organization shall be iho Seceder Temperance Association. Art. 2d. Tlio Officer* of said S. T. A. shall consist of a President, Vice President ate! Secretary, whose duly shall bo as follow* : la/. The President shall preside at nil meetings, fulfilling all duties usually pertaining to such office, with the power of calling extra meetings with the concurrence of five member*. '2d. The Vice President shall take the j chair, fulfilling nil the duties, and assuming j all the powers of the President, in ea*c* of the President's absence or temporary resignation of said chair. ad. The Secretary shall take minutes oft each meeting, to he subscribed by the President and by himself, and shall be nt the call meetings of the S. T. A., to fulfil anv and all duties usually pertaining to such office. The ballot for Officers resulted in the election of the following gentlemen : K. S. POMEKOY, President. V. M. DUltOESS, Vice President. J. H. SMITH, Secretary. Peing regularly oigauizad, it was deter-; mined, upon vote, to publish the Preamble, Pledge, Members and the Constitution of the S. T. A. On motion of Mr. Ed w aid*, 1st. Resolved, That we do not claim for ourselves absolute excellence a* a Teinperance organization, and do not wish to derogate from the position of other similar bodie". but will ever be more tli in ready to co~ operate with others, our brothers mid coworWrs, in the advnneement of this grand cause; but we do claim this nupoiioritv: Our pledge is absolutely inviolable for the! time specified, and the community are con-j stunted watchers tuui guardians. 2 I. Resolved, That no one be permitted ] to sign our pledge while in the slightest dc j groe under the inllueneo of intoxicating ; drink. 3d. Resolved. That the names of our members he published monthly in one of the paIK* of the village; and if any member \i-, nlate his pledge, there shall be a blank space ' left in place of his name. 4th. Resolved, That the S. T. A. shall hold regular meetings on the 4ih Suluidnt nights of every month. Moved and carried that these four rcftolu lions l?o published, togethei with tho oilier i articles of our organization. Moved and carried that wo adjourn. R. S. POMiCUOY.JWt. 1 J. 11. Smith, Sec'v. A Srcrssooi-a PitojkcT.?Okefenokce swamp, in Georgia, heretofore a teria incognita, is at lart about to he explored, with the view of testing the feasibility of draining it. The Savannah Georgian, in speaking of the project, remarks : 4' The last session of the Georgia Legislature took action in favor of a survey of the Okef. n<>kec swamp, for the purpose of determining. among other things the feasibility of draminir it. and thus nmi.niinr ?!?< v r> ? -{? S? " way for its sale mul cultivati n. The swamp contains something like a half a million of acres, as many suppose, of the richest soil in Georgia. To the world at large it is a terra incognita. On one side of it are ll.e head waters of the San nee, passing down into the Gulf; on tho other is the St. Mary's emptying into the Atlantic. Tho presumption is that the bed of the Okefciiokee is more elevated than either, and hence that it may be drained into one or the other. " Mr. Hunter, of Milledgeviile, an expori enoed engineer, and a gentleman of (lie highest character, has been selected by the Governor to make the survey, lie is now in Savannah with ? corps of assistants, on his way south, and will enter immediately upon the discharge of his duly.'' 11 II I? J>1.1 K IVIOOK IVAII.IIOAD. 1(10 WOI K Of) tlii* road, except the tunneling, bridging and iiDMDtirv, hnn been discontinued we?t of Pendleton. The road will l?n completed to tlint point a* early it* iu>s.vibl?j. The grading low boon discontinued under a provision in ilia contract* between the company and contractors to that effect, f>r what cause wo have not cert.duly learned. '1 lie Directors will meet shortly, when something definite will be determined on. Our confidence in Ihe ultimate completion of the road is still unabated, and we are inclined to the opinion that the grading will be resumed At an early day. Next week wo shall have something further to say on the subject ?Keorote Courier. " Scottish it " is a corruption of the worde Scotch itch, and was to called because the motion of it resembles that of a person with the itelh' lf>. X* * 'jb/;,; ' *?UWd,n. " Tli? Washington corres|?ondent of the Charleston Cotwet .gjve* the following pen nnd Ink sketch of this dWingiw?hed.gcniiemnn, at this time decidedly the first man in Senate. The gentleman at Ida desk, with a eopy of the herald journal little read here, ex- B cept by the victims of iu sanguinary arti cle*) before liim, has an air of calm, gentlemanly ease, which ia evidently the icwult. of hr.hilual intercourse with the most cultivated society. IIis face is inelegant, hut keen ami speaking, giving nn idea of decision, pwmtunets ami mental |>ower. lie is evidently Hot one of thoso who every six years are transmitted from their State to the Senate i chamber, to pillow themselves upon a splen- ? did sinecure, rehearse an annual speeelt, and I having accepted the destined number of in- I vitatioiia to dinner and receptions, await the warrant of the legislator's vote to terminate their political existence. lie is made of "sterner stuff"?his material is not soluble 3 l?y a legislative vote. As n senatorial orate r, ho is ineontestilily the greatest in the * Senate, and universally ami power fully commands the attention of them both. The plainest suhject'in his hand* assume* a loftij ness and power wlrieh elevates the minds of ! his hearers, as much as it convinces their g reason. As it was said of Michael Angelo, that every touch of his chisel w hs life, and that he struck out feature* miu forma froiu the marble with the power of a creator? a this gentleman's mastery of high conceptions is so innate, that lie invests every topic With a sudden magnitude, which give* the moat casual things a commanding interest to the popular eye. We enjoyed the privilege of henring thi* distinguished man (Mr. Crittenden, of Kentucky.) speak on the melancholy announcement of Sir. Clayton's death, and his speech was not long or loud, or vehement, it was a calm, manly, discriminating, eulogy, fit to be spoken by a great man over the corpso of a great man, and delivered in a voice k which trembled under the sorrow of the oc* & I ciudon, and his very tones involved ill them a word of deep feeling. In tenderness of pathos, beauty of language, and exquisite moral application?it might serve as a model. ( RfMOrtFD IH'el.? A New Yorlt correspondent of the Albany Argus says that Cob Fremont has challenged Toombs, of Geor- ' gia, to a duel.?Hxrhangt. Another rumor confirms the nlmve. It i* rumored that the arrangements for the meeting are all complete, and that th? battle ground has been selected. Henry Ward Heeeher, the Rrookly n warrior ami philanthropist, is to be Fremont's second, and Hrook*, of Soutli Caioliua, is to be second i for Toombs. Dm. II. Greeley ami T. Weed, will be in attendance on Fremont?they I - i I .1 I : __ e .? -i * j 11?i v ii j; iiiixi mill no Ii"C*?|i???nIIV Uiev UnOCI stand his coiMiluti >n. Tho weapon** wi.l he SharjMj'* lifles. hauled hy 1 Welter witb ( Kansas gas. The distance will l o four uiilaa (hr request of Fremont,) and the time milnight, (by request of He.'ehor.) Thu coin* hataul* to wheel and lire like forr. 'Vootubs ; think* this is the aurest way to kill Fremont, (scare him to death ) and therefore consents j to lime and distance, Brooks dedred ctfftea ! for weajrons. The ground selected is Kaint; schnlka, (hy the advice of lltirliiigatna ) A hoat. will he chartered hy Congiesa to tak* as many of Fremont's friends as desire to be " in at the death,'* with the undemanding that they nto to remain there to keep slavery from spreading itA hlight over that fertile country. After the fight, a Iviintlnckalkn, dog will give a howl for freedom. [Loci-port Advertiser. Hon. Jas. L. Our.?The Boston Post referring to the recent debate in the (louse of liepresentatives on re-oj>eiiirig the African Slave Trade, pay* the annexed compliment to the lion. Jas. L. Orr: " Mr. Orr, of South Carolina, deserve* great credit for the introduction of the reaolution into the house on thu subject of tb* restoration of the African slave trade.? Something of this sort was absolutely necessary after the movement of Mr. Elheridge; and it came with peculiar graco and prof>ri ely from a representative of the State the governor of which had committed the folly of lioldly recommending a restoration of a j traffic which is condemned by the whole ; civilized world. The imnnimoiu vote it re{ceived, better than a thousand speeches, I shows how the South and the Dcinocratio j party have l?oen maligned by Northern agi; tutors, who alleged that it was their settled purpo*o to re-o|>eii this trade. This vote i ?nd the expressions of (he Southern presa show k >w completely the project was killed on lite spot of its origin. Mr. Orr should receive the hearty commendation of all tree Democrats fur hU independence and patriotism." Tin: trade in Coolies is quite prosperous 1 in Cuba, and is carried on to the p-oflt and with the coiifceitk of the DiiiUh Government* and scores of British subjects. It U to all in'enla as much a " traffic in human flesh * as the trade in negroes. Coolies are bought, ? sold, and stolen. When in Cuba they are#* transferable, have a nxeii uwitt ol price*, and since 1851, when the trallb commenwl, the price of those persons have increased from $100 to %'27fl e?eh. The only difference between the African And Coolie trade is an to the term of senitude. Tboternwof the Coolie* are invariably h>nff. ?ni few of ' ! them survive it; or, shook! they stand tliAa i labor for eight or ton years, the rerrumem* ? ' lion is so small that they most necessarily . ; consent to renew the contract of servitude, * Tiir winter in Europe has so far been very cold. Vast quantities of snow hnve v? fallen in Austria. On the first of Dooember the < roads east of Vienna wore impassable, on *e- . ^ *j count of the snow, nnd in Vienna snoli vast masses of snow had accumulated in the streets, that all locomotion won greatly letpadad. In England, we see that they had skating in thf early fait of December