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[front- ftro* iilow'* Whig."l Trmxten Polk, of Missouri. This gentlrtnan. recently inaugurated Governor of MissohH, and more recently Senator in Congress for six ypars to como, is ono of the most distinguished laymen of the { Methodist Episcopal Church South, lie is to the church in Missouri what Harry Hill woe in Tennessee. lie is said to be an ex einpiary Cinistiai., as we!' z$ ono of the most honest men in that State. He is a native of, the great State of Maryland, nnd r true j friend to the South. Ho is a tnnh of letters, | and a graduate of Yale College. It is said j that no lawyer In the West, litis more weight j with judge and jurymen, than he has. lie j is a sjreaKer of high order, and will make Iiis mark in tho Unite*! State* Senate. A writer in the Nashville Christian Advocate, speaking of Gov. l'olk, says : u lie came to the city of St. Louis about twenty years ago. Some sav ho camo a foot. This mav be trno. When he was a student nt Yale, ho employed his vacations traveling over Now England ou foot. And it is said thero is scarcely a placo of interest in New England that ho did not visit during his four years ot college-life. That ho entered upon his professional career in tho West, with very limited means, is certain. An old citizen of St. Louis said to ino once, 'the first time I saw Trust en l'olk, ho was quite a young man, sitting by a small cookingstove, frying beofstako for his breakfast. His office served him for a kitchen, a dining j room, a bed room, and a study. Hut be received us like a gentleman, and a man ofj business.' lie now lives in a comfortable mansion with an interesting and intelligent i family around him, and an abundance of means for their education, support nnd introduction into the world." Mr. l'olk becaino a Methodist and a classleader while he was a student. He could say for the fascinations of college-life, nnd all the allurement* to dissipation, nnd tendencies to evil connected with it, "None of these things move /?< ." lie has led a class nearly ever since ; and if liis pastor lias not! changed him within the last month, he is a' class leader now. The young men of Ceil- j tenary Church had but one objection to his. ciecuon. n;ey saul, " 1 lie Slate will get a I good Governor, bat we shall lose a good j class leader. Urol her Polk leads our class j in a good style, and then invites us home! with him to take tea." Wo have not occupied this much space in pronouncing a eulogy upon a Democratic l Governor and Senator, the cardinal principles I of whoso political cretd we are opposed to. i because we desiro to enlarge Methodism, but | because wo want to intluenoe young men of j our ttug to profit by his example. Some fast young men, especially in the South, j think it rather degrading to make a public profession of religion, and identify themselves with any particular branch of the church. Constanliue of Home, Alfred of England, and Washington of America, j thought differently, ami were all three pious laymen. William Wilbcrforce, Mat-j lliew 1 laic, and Chief Justice Marshall, i thought otherwise, and were all three pious members of the church. James K. Polk, Henry Clay and Daniel Webster, all three testified to the truth and excellency of the | christian religion upon their death beds.? i And last but not least. Judge McLean, Ed-1 ward Everett and Trusten Polk, are three I pious laymen, and all as exemplary as they , are benevolent. Young man, at college, think of those) great lights?of examples they set?and [ never sp?nk in disparaging terms of thej i '1. !?.? ? v^imsiinn neiigion : ?? ?? Du. I\ ike.?Thin distinguished gentle- 1 until, wliu il is feared is dead, lias been previously four times in the same critical condition, viz: once in Egypt, from an attack ' of plague; once in Africa, prostrated l?y the! Africa fever; once in the Mediterranean, L with lock-jaw, and he was dangerously wounded in the .Mexican war, while carrying despatches for Gen. Scott, between Vera j Cruz and Mexico. The last and fatal attack was of a scrofulous nature, arising from .scurvy and exposure dining his Northern explorations, lie was HI years of age, luiv-' ing been born in Philadelphia in the yearj 1822. lie received his classical education | at the University of Virginia, and his modi i eal education at the University of l'ennsyl- j vniiia, where ho graduated as a doctor ofi medicine in 1813. Soon after receiving his1 degree he was appointed surgeon to the first American mission to China. He traveled extensively in China, the East India Archi-j pelago, llrilish India and Egypt. \fier his', return to the United States from these ad*' ventures, be next sailed for the West Coast ; of Africa, and visited the slave factories from Cape Mount to tlie river lionnv. I hiring, tlie war willi Mexico in 1847 ho visited that ( country and pei formed a perilous service in ! hearing President Polk's despatches to Gen. j Scott. On the return of peace lie was assigned to the coast survey under Prof, j ] incite, ami was at work in the Gulf of Mexico when the first American expedition was1 organized to search for Sir John Franklin. Or. Kane went out as senior surgeon ; on his return lie published a narrative of the t-rui-e, and it was scarcely ready before be! started on the second expedition to the Arc-! tic regions, from which ho returned with his he?ltli fatally injured. Snow On?; IIi nuiikd Fkkt 1>kkp.?The, Alia Calrforuran says : At last advices the snow on tlie summit of Salmon mountain varied from sixty to one hundred feet deep, on Seott mountain it was twelve, and on Trinity mountain eight feet in depth. The passage of these legions is extremely perilous, and ran only le accomplished by the use of snow shoes. Washington, Feb. 20. The Cabin f Appointment*.?The friends of Gen. Cass ntate that he received to-dav tt e appointment of Secretary of State in the next Cabinet. lion. J. Glaiieev Jono of Pennsylvania, declines any Cabinet appointment. i : 1 v - ?- <i^ ~ > Great Amount of Coin in the Hew Yoxlc Sub-Treasury. Tlio receipts into the sub-treasury at Hew York continue very largo, and the eye# of those who control our bnuka all over the country, indeed the eyes ot nil who know anytlnug of cause nnd effect, are watching the absorbing operation thoro with the live liesl interest. On Monday evening, the doI pository of the government nt New York. I known as the sub treasury, held neatly tifI teen millions of dollars, being an increase in I one day over the payments of over one million of dollars*. This is* an amount unheard of since we were a government. As yet the imports continue very heavy, and New York importers are complaining of slow sales and low prices. The Philadelphia Ledger snv6 : This condition of things makes pinching times with the New York banks and merchants for coin, and street rates are | steadily on the advance. Fortunately we have a sub-treasury. If all this coin went it.to the banks, and should be made by ' them, as it unquestionably would be, a | or.se fur further discounts, the present excessive imports being unknown, would be 1 increased, and unconscious of the mines swelling and glow ing beneath us, the grand explosion only would arouse us to our ruin. Not ro under the independent treasury. It daily informs us of the operations of trade, and how extravagantly we are expending abroad. There is timely admonition, which the banks, in self preservation, are compelled to heed, and bv denying accommodations to the imports and merchants depending on them for current means, compel them to pause. Thus will the drain of coin for imports be nipped in the bud. Inconvenience and embarrassment are no doubt felt, but they "ill not in all probability last many weeks. We expect a cessation of imports, and a gradual depletion of the subtreasury, and with these the usual freedom and case in the New Yoik ntonev market. As yet, rates have not been much aftcetcd in this market, but they soon will be unless there is a let up at New Yoik. 2'roiiaiilb Decease ok l.)it. Kane.?The New York Journal of Commerce, of Monday last, has the following, which we hope may prove untrue : A despatch was received in the city this morning by II. Grinnell, K>q., conveying the sad intelligence that our distinguished countryman, Dr. Kane, has probably depni ted litis life. The despatch comes via Mobile, having been received there, as is supposed, by the I steamship Quaker (Jitv. U is as follows : Havana, Februnrv 13. l)r. Kane is still alive, but can't last through the day. His mind keeps right. He has just left his fiieiids and Lid Lis country moil farewell. W.m. Mouton. Mr. Morton has been I)r. Kane's faithful servant and steward for the last seven years, and accompanied him twice to the Arctic legions. Dr. Kane is tlii?ty-four years of age. His disease is of a scrofulous nature, arising from scurvy and exposure during his Northern explorations. Imi'oiitant Nkws.?The Kuropoan coi respondent of the Xew York Tribune, wii ting from London on the 3<?th of January last, makes the following important an iioimeemeiit, which, if true, will, no douhl, occasion no little sensation on this side of the water : I have to chronicle an event of the very highest importance which lias recently hap peued at the French Court, and which can-: r..;i 1? - i nvi < IV iiii>;n-?i Mvcpiy SOCU'IV Ml AIIICIIca, as w oil as in Europe. The Kinprrxfi h'u r/cxic made her upjtra ran re last mil' without mip crinoline or hoapx, and looked tin' latter for it. Feminine diplomatists predict now a speedy fill of tlie reign of hoops, | though it is not yet certain whether even a Fieneh Empress may he aide to succeed I with such a coup d'etat., and to overturn an ' ugly fashion by her sovereign will. 1-ouisj Napoleon, who was always opposed to cri- j noline, h.is made up his mind to crush it,| and, flushed with success in the diplomaticl line, does not doubt thai bis endeavors will triumph. Monu.K, February 20. Inijmrton fr>nn Mexico?The Mexican war steamer < uerrero lias arrived bete in live davs from Vera Cruz, with Dr. Crawtord, bearer of despatches from our Minister, Mr. Forsyth, to our Government. Col. Huttertield is tlie bearer of an important treaty concluded with the Mexican (?overiiment The treaty party left Mexico privately to avoid suspicion. The. Mexican (Jovernmcnt tendered the steamer to Forsyth. Comonfort's administration is gaining strength. The rebellion has been crushed, and several of the leaders arrested. An officer of the steamer states that if the treaty is accepted the steamer will remain for repairs, otherwise she will return immediately. The party proceeded for Washington to-day The foreign Sound I Mies Treaty binds the parties Mirnin" ii to n?? lif.inn.nl/ tl./? ....... I ~ -?Ft I"V uf 30,000,000 rix dollars. Wk learn that .lames A. J'liee, who is confined in the jail of this District, awaiting liis trial for murder, has been endeavoiing to make his escape. On Monday last the deputy sheriff, whilst in the cell, discovered that the iron bars in the window hud been removed and replaced again. The prisoner had with him n cat pet hag, in the rim ol which was a piece of wire, and using this wire he succeeded in opening the iron cuffs which weue around Iris legs, and then removed the bars from Iris window. Finding the window too narrow to allow hi in to osj cape, he had endeavored to enlarge it by scraping the granite sill with the iron bar lie did his work at night, and in the mornI ing would replace the bars and fasten the cuffs around his legs, lie acknowledged that he had been endeavoring to escape for i some firnc.? Unionril/r Journal. LP. mm,... Smttl)cm <!hrtrrj)vis< W.P URICE, Editor. OXJ* MOTTO---" EQUAL RIGHTS TO AIX." . qxEEwmL^ Thursday, February #8, 1SA7. Declined. ! The communication of" A Mechanic " u J declined. We .seldom read an article unles* ! accompanied with the name of tho author Once for all, we say to persons who expecl to Hnd their articles in the Enterprise, thai they must not only bo carefully written, bul tho true natno of the writer must, in ever} instance, accompany them. Prices of Negroes We attended the sale of the property belonging to the estate of Smith 1'hahlkv, decease*!, on Tuesday la>t. Although the ; day was quite unfavorable, a large mimbet ! of persons were present. The articles sold | realized tho highest prices. Ten negroes I were sold, at an average of $700. One tiei gro man?field hand?sold for $1500 ; a I boy 15 years old at $1,000; another at ! $970. Negro women ami gills brought as high as $900. Of the number sold there | was one child two years old, and one 5 venrs old. - The Parade on Saturday Last ] The 1 Sutler Guards, commanded by Capt. ! II. 1 .kk Tn uuxton, celebrated their Second I Anniversary on Saturday last, with appro' priate and interesting ceremonies. The Guards made a handsome appearance. The day was quite favorable, y-rt it was a matter ! of regret that so many of the company were absent. The University Riflemen, under command of Capt. Patrick, joined in the exercises, who, with their silver laced black dress coats, and handsome caps and tides, I formed a pleading contrast w ith the gold laced hiue frock coats and bristling bayonets , of the Guards. The l wo companies, preced1 oil l?y the Greenviile Urns* Hand, paraded : through our streets, executing several mili tarv evolutions in a stvie that would have shamed ohle: eompatiies. After the parade I the two eompatiies marched to the Court 1 House, w here they w ere met by a large number of ladies and citizens, to listen to an Ad j dress by Col. \Y. 11. Cami'iikm., a member | of the Guards. The exercises at the Court House we e opened by Rev. F. M. Kknnkdv | The Address of Col. Camimiki.i. was listened to with much attention, ami elicited tin ! li.vi.iv ..r ..it it.. ?.?..?,..t i.:. . * " j subject?the causes of decline in Nations? wit!i decided aliililv. We Itave not time toa none extend I j ed notice of the speech, or the proceedings 'of the day. We Were pleased to see so j much feeling and courtesy ?*xisittij* hetween our two volunteer companies. It will he productive of good results. These occasions of reciprocal and mutual !:??nnrs will not fail to unite more closely the interests of the town with liiose of the college. Our Exchanges. (iooKv's I.aov's IIook for March, prompt as usual, has la-en lying on our table foi several days, lies ides a verv touching en graving " 1 he Mitherless llaiili, ' it is tilled, as usual, with everything which can interest the ladies in the way of useful hints on domestic matters, embroidery, patterns, Arc. ^ Pktkusox's Maoazixe contains a line engraving of" Moses in the linlrushcs." This lioolc certainly excels in light leading matter, which is spicy and entertaining to a nl.nnn \V*? ' I I ..I \\" .. ? .. Vlillf < V IVI IV^C 1?'M u ."I 4% story coiiimeiiced in the January No. by Mrs. Soi't11\vositii ami which is still increasing in interest. 11 a 1.1.01 *s Doi.i.aii Moxiiii.v lias a circulation of 09,000, ami is a deservedly popular Magazine. Address M.vn ins M. BalI i.or, No. 22 Winter street, Host on. Tiib Lexington Tki.kgkaimi.?\Vc have received a copy of the ahove paper, recently started at Lexington ('. II., hy Messrs. K. IhnaiKK and II. C. I.Ki'iwnn. Terms: $2 per annum in advance. It is neatly printed and tilled with intern ting reading matter. The editors evince much taste and ability. We wish them success. I Tub I'aiiomna Uaitiht.?This paper hat I been revived :nr>bii aiwl r.rm?i.A. " I'? e> ? life than ever, Published at Henderson ; ville, N. C'., at *2 per annum ; Elder Jamki Hi.ytiik ,editor. The people of Henderson villo have two neatly pi in led and ably cdi ; ted papers : the /ioptixt and the J It raid n, J Truth. The Inttcr is edited by ltev. W'ji Hicks, and is the exponent of the doctrine of the Methodist Episcopal Church. " I'kintkiih Can 11kai> AxvTiilwo.n? i This retnawk is often made by correspondent , and advertisers, as nn excuse for half spcllim words, abbreviating technicalities, and slo j vonly, unreadable writing generally. 'J'her , is no doubt that printers are better deoiphoi i ers of had manuscript than any other <1m ,I of persons; but when, for instance, n met i chant writes that he has received five Et* 11 ten Ihs.CI*., it is somewhat difficult to to I [ whether the merchant really means boot Ib'scniU or butternuts: chalk, checsc o churns ; clove*, clock * or chuns. . Vim? ? Womdr^Willjr#. Freedom of Speech. For once, Oreetiville Ua* won n real, live, genuine specimen of the genus humbug in female attire, coming and going by the name and style of Mrs. M. Faulky Ejjrrsok.^? Our citizen:) wore informed, ,by startling handbills, which she herself affixed to the most prominent wnlls and corners of our streets, that she would deliver a lecturo on Monday evenifrg upon tho subject of *' Woman's Will, its Subjugation and the Effects," j closing with the request to editors and Indies ^ | not to attend. She devoted her time, whilst j in our town, to making herself acquainted with its inhabitants, be her strong talk and t1 . l tall walking. Her speech was to have been I delivered in the Court House, and from what ! we learn, ninny persons, eager to seo and I hear her, crowded into the room. Iler tiehut was made the occasion for tremendous J applause, which nevor ceased until she was I, taken from the stand by our worthy SlicriU", ami Marshals of the town. Groans ami hisses came up from all quarters?every kiml of noiso imaginable, from the monotonous tones of the Shanghai rooster, to the deep| mouthed grow lings of the bull-dog, weie iu: ecssnntly k^pt up. For the space of one hour and a half she stood the mistress of a j confused uproar. The lights uoro cxtingui.sheil, and as she was about to be earyod from the stand, the worthy gentlemen we . have alluded to, came to hor rescue. No harm was done her, for none was inten led. The only object designed by the crowd was accomplished?that of preventing the lecture from being delivered. These proceedings will no doubt appear strange to many unacquainted with the wo" man and her character. Besides insulting several of our citizens, her handbills were , anything else but genteel, and her demean! or upon every occasion was destitute of j either civility or modesty. It is not our j purpose to discuss the propriety of Woman leaving the sphere which society and coin i mon sense has assigned her, and taking to ! those things which ate mora befitting to j Mail. Nor is it our intenti< n to prove how ' noon she forfeits the lopect, the admiration j and protection of mini by assuming a character, of which the instance before us is I ut a type, but to enquire into the rcasonabb iicss i of preventing each and every one, whether male or telltale, who may come amongst nt* j unrvcoinincndcd, from attempting to take possession ot' our town and its pnhlie halls I for the piir|Kwe of hurliiig upon lis the in, aidi. as doctrines and piineiples, which the most of litem are impicgnated with. From I hot handbills, we infer that she is one of the j most dangerous of al! aholitionists, hut her sex prevents the suspicions which would ! soon he attached to men, were any to dare | follow in a course which she is pursuing. We have our douht.s concerning tlie pu j prieiy of sating anything conccrtiitig her. It she b<* erazy it were bettor to permit. her to pass w ithout a notice. If she he an abo| litiotiiil in disguise, or even a -tiong minded i Northern woman, (we thank heaven ihote is I no Southern lady so degiadod.) the treatj menl she received is hut due to the section ! from which she emeuate*. Noithein leetui rers have forfeited nil claims to our respect, from the disgraceful treatment our distinguished citizen, W. Ciii.LMOHK Si MS, received at their hands, and that, too, after he lud ' been invited to coinc amongst them, j The woman man has gone her way. It j she suffered wrongfully whilst here, there ; will l>c funlul none readier or more \viilin? I to do her justice than the people of our . town. If we have slandered her, may hcav; en forgive us. It is the only instnr.ee that has ever happened with its, where speech . has been denied to any one. She is the on ; ly woman that has ever attempted such a ] thing. May she be the last ! .IciMIR O'Neai.I.'h l.ECTl'llK.?TIlO Soil til i Carolinian furnishes the following report: 4' A large audience on Wednesday event'ing enjoyed the addicss of our esteemed dudgeon his ' Reminiscences of < .'oluinbia.' , lie treated the subject in bis usual iVIicilom ' and effective manner, interspersing bis local i facts and details with interesting anecdotes ' His recollection of the old Stale Home, witli r j the early history of many of the conspieu I j ous legislators of his early days?of tin , College and other public institutions?of th< llcntdi and liar, and of citizens who adorned i i their professions ami trades in our fonnei r village, were replete with pleasing incident! t and memorable circumstance*. " lie embraced in his remnrkH the hist on 11 of our hanks and rnilronds. and dwelt will ' much force on the enhanced value given t< - our property by these important enterprises f His allusion to the true intention of hanks being for the interest of tho people, and no to accumulate money in the j?ockets of thei s stockholders, might be impressed with go?>< lesulta on the boards of directors of these iin | portant institutions. -j 44 We hope the Judge w ill favor us will ?j another lecture, on the 4 liench and Bar,' oi ? which theme he run give inuch valuable am i- useful history." Biookai'Iiy.?A proposition has Leoi * mado to givo to ihe public a complete hi ography of tho late Bishop Caper*, An; ., incidents in his history, that may he in pos II session of (hose at a distance, will l>o aocep table. J-etters may be iuldtessed to Maj. I1 r W. Caj?cni, Charleston, or to tho oditor c lite S. C. Advocate. , ,t. kj?j*Iv CuAiiits^ Feb. *3, 1857. Denr Enterprise?'t(i9 repeated casfigations typographically* administered to ypur seabord correspondent, fof tho non-arrival of hi* missives in time for the press, ha&e had the desired effect in calling forth an effort, M least on his part, to ohviato tho difficulty, by sending them a day earlier. Many of our Greenvillo friends have been pleasantly passing a shoit while in onr midst, enjoying the manifold luxuries, botb visual and those of a more solid character, afforded in city life. Visits of pleasure could not bo paid at a more appropriate time than the present.? For a visitor to Charleston at this lime, or at I any time during early spring, will form n j much more correct and favorable idea of it, I than at any other. It is not the busiest sua| son of the year, it is true, nor aro there more persons in town ; hut those who are here are | enticed out in thousands by the lovely wen; ther only to be met with in spring. Every ; afternoon King Street is densely thronged | with the beautv and fashion of the place, j The superb equipages, too, with their rich ; appointments, that Hit to and fro, freighted | with their lovely burdens, could not but fa 1 vjrably impress a stranger as to the wealth and resources of the city. A sojourner eel ! dom takes the trouble to enquiie into the ; business or wealth of a place, but forms his opinions froin tho richness of display, and concludes the resources are proportionate. This, though, will bo a poor criterion in a shoit w hile, if cxtinvnganco and dress continue to increase as they have of late years ; and if they have not already reached their ; acme, the lords and bankers of the fair sex are sincerely to be pitied. It is diverting to | see with what calm indiflorenco to price a ! young lady will select tho richest dresses. She yawns, looks ennuied, and concludes by "Hyi?g " she'll take this, and that and that," j each of them being worth from fifty to a hundred dollars. It would startle thcnervc% of some economically inclined father to sec these same robes, a few days after, trailing throuoh the muddv crossings. Tim old adage, that " extremes meet," lias proven true in regard to fashion, hint-much as it has i been effective of good, as well as evil. For ! it has certainly increased the desire for pe* t d est linn exercise, in preference to riding ; l>nt whether the change he attributable to the np ; preciation of exercise, to the ninhition to d?*plny a rich coetumo, or to the difficulty of ingio.-s and egress of cnriiages. with those : cutl/cHS hoops, is left ill mystery. Mare tick's Italian opera troupe, cn thou . way from Havana to Philadelphia, pet form| od licte for two nights last week, to houses , crowded to their utmost capacity. The first night the <ij?era of lutein dc Lammer-moor w as pet formed ; on the second, (hat of 1! I Puritnni. It is sail there was rather an tin fair game placed, in regard to the Rale of tickets, the second day. Speculators seeing I the house so filled the night before, bought ' up the tickets, and asked four and the dob | Iar? a piece, while the original price was a | dollar and a half. The music and singing were divinely rendered, though I dare say it was 44 Dutch ' to a gocd many. The voices of the singers were very i>owerful, and of full volume, and capable of great module j tion, though iti point of sweetness I liavo j heard far superior. Madame Marctzck is a very elegant, though not h strictly beautiful woman, and is certainly possessed of the finest form and limbs that have graced our stage in many a day. Some of the men, also, were very fine looking, though laboring ! under the disadvantage of a biignndish ferocity of coiiutennace. To take them all 1 together, and if they are a fair sample of Italy, American bu?od can successfully cope ' with its far tamed classic beauties. : For the remainder of the week, Miss Davenport, the celebrated tragedienne, has been performing. She played, for her benefit, on Saturday night, in " Camille ; or, Tho Fate j of a Coquette," fioin the French of Dumas, to one of tho most biilliant audiences of the i season. Tke piece is 0110 of tho most thrilling ever produced, but is far better ndnptcd si to the morbid tastes of the French, than to I tho better balanced minds of Ameticans. r The termination brought forth tears from i | the eyes of the weaker portion of thcassein| bingo,' and is too sad to be pleasing; still It " ?... i i _ __ i . win it i ii.-. n jjimu ivriii, unci i? a sau warning ( to coquettes in general, that ill trifling with llio hearts of others tlioy may hopelessly , lose tlieir own. 1 Our military compatjiei nre having quite J ; n jubilee. The Light l)rngoon? left for Sa_ I vannah, in the steamer Oordon, at tho invi> tntiou extended them by their brothers-lni, arms at thnt place, to celebrate the 22d with ?I them. Each company ha* its respective 1 plans laid out for1 the day, but will hardly visit Mount Eleasant, an the boats running to Sullivan's Hand and that place have been i withdrawn, 'i'bo Washington Light Infant rv, Including nil the old members, inarched y to church in procession on Sunday. ? The body of a mnn was washed upon the ? bench on Sullivan's Hand yesterday, and bore (lie marks of violence, hut no clue an f to the perpetrator bus vet boeii discovered. ' S. I The Tennessee arrived safely, ?ncl_ Ck^loviifi Titus joined Colonel Lockridgo in an at tnet * on the cnmp of 300 Costa Ricans at the mouth of the Sereparjua. The Costa Rlcfma v' j were defeated with great low, while their assailant* suffered iittio. The Tennessee was compelled to return to Puntn Areiins to* repnitw of inacbinerv, which ^. 1 lieing doho, *ho proceeded again to the place ' W of actum, and it was expected that, in oho week, l?v her aid, the Niemsgiutna would ohtaiu full possession of tho river. Accounts from Walker's main rr.mp are >; ,v . to the 3d instant, by the Orizaba," from I*a* " nama. The enemy under Cnnos had arrived near Kivas, but had been repelled Colonel llcmmiugsen, with 400 men, on the 28 th f fanuiirr, attackeil 1500 of the allies at St. (Seorge, and drove them frotn their position, when he returned to liivns. Walker's whole force at ltiras was 1300, leaving 1100 tit for duty, and in flue health and condition, with ammunition for active operation for some months. The intelligence i? confirmed by a despatch from our correspondent at Cirevtowfi, under date of the 10th instant. j (?k>*. K.vux's Marriaor.?Somebody writing to the Progressive Aga, incidents iit the lif? of Gen. Knox, relate* tlie following; > Tin' (ifiiontPs nmninge was soirtetliing of . a romantic affair, and is said to have bnp* , .-i J petted somewhat in ibis wiw: ? As Miss Lury Kluker was walking out ' one day, she saw young Knox, (who was a hook-binder in Poston nt the time,) and as she fancied bis perso jal appearance, she was v "smitten "with him. She could not supprcss Iter feelings, and so gave vent to thein ; by writing bim a note as soon as she roach(hI boiue, requesting him to call and see Iter. Throwing aside her feminine reserve, she at onco proposed that he should marry her. The proffer was nt once accepted, and the poor book binder became tlio husband of j the rich heiress. I . fcV,: Editoriai. CoKVRNTion.?'I he Kisingirnn j has the following rerv judicious suggestion. which we cordially approve. Kxperience I teaches us the value of the cash svstcin, ! which, we repent, is the only one for publish! ers :?Caroituian. " Wc would suggest a convention of the proprietors of riewspapor* in South Carolina, to be held say nt Columbia or Charleston, for the benefit of the press, and to endeavor to introduco the cash system for subscription and advertisements. There aro many other tilings which need reform in Newspaperdom. If a body of working men would meet, with j : some object in view, and accomplish some- . j ' thing after it had met, it would he of some I benefit. Wo should be ghid to hoar fmin , the press in general." W ashington, Feb. 20. Cuvfj/resxiomil.? Senate.?Mr. Puyh introduced h bill prescribing the time and j manner of electing Senators, ami the fottu ! of their credentials. j * Kills on the private calendar engaged the Senate till adjournment. Forty-five bills were passed. Jfouse.?It w as agreed to allow on each member named in yesterday's resolution* (Messrs. Ciilhcrt, Francis S. Kdwards, of | New Yoik, William W, Welch, of Connectj icut. and Orasmus B. Matteson, of New j York,) leave to file an auswer with the oth| er papers. I Mr. Campbell's TaritV bill passed the j House by 284 to 110, I The l'ost Oflice bill was discussed. ii ? - i m* Washington, Fob. 20. Mr. Buchanan a Cabinet.?The followi ing, it is generally conceded, will compose , I Mr. Buchanan's Cabinet?Cass, Secretary ofState; Floyd, of Va., War; Brown, of 1 T..nn \Ta..v (VI I. - t *- '** * - i.? , ...... . v/uuw, ui wvurgm, i rwisury 5 Clancy Jones, l'enn., l'ost Olfice; 'ncob Thompson, of Miss,, Interior ; Toucey, '?i : Coiiu., Attorney Cciicrnl. Washington February 21. Cot rjretxionnl.?The Senate have pas*? e.l (lie l.ill autboiizing a State (>o\eminent for Minnesota, with an amendment restricting suffrage to citizens of the United States. The House pasted the Post Oflico appropriation bill, and laid on the table a reaction vacating the seat occupied by Whitfield, territorial delegate from Kansas. A I.kg a i. Opinion*.?One of tho most distinguished and eloquent Boston lawyers, while entering his cold bed on a sharp night, lately, was m et heard to say to himself, i " Well, of all ways of getting a living, the ; worst a man could follow would be going alsmt town such nights as this, and getting | into bed for folks." - \ j Akkkht of am Aiiomtion Aop.nt.?The Savannah papors record the arrest and bun* ishment of V. S.tudwig, (formerly an Edii tor of a German paper m Baltimore,) as an i ,\uoiuioii Ajjeiu. jiis spceuy ox it saved ! him from Wing forced to receive a co?t of tar and feathers. 1 ? ? ' Wakhikotou, Feb. 20. JVxpuhion of Afnnberx.?Tlie llouse Committee has reported in favor of (lis expulsion of Kdwnrus, Welch, MaUeson, Anil of Siinonton, an reporter, the con* id emtio* of which is fixed for Wednesday, Uosrov, Feb. 20. failure of a Hoiton Mere front?Knoch Train, a prominent merchant of this city, has failed, ilo has hoavy llabilitios iu Eiiglaud. I . > j w -"li ' - % - 1 8> | NtW York, February 22. Xicfrrayjfran ^Yete*?The steamship Tennessee from 8ao Juan Del Norte, eon- * i firms the tletuil* lately transmitted from Nc.v Orients as brought by (lit Te*ntf. ^ I |