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Washington,-April 6,1850. In the Senate, Messrs. Seward and Chase presented numerous petitions in favor of giving die r'g'it of trial by jury to fugitive slaves, and against the admission of new slave States, all of which were regularly referred. Mr. Clay presented a memorial from a man named Ralph Bulkley, who has invented a machine for'extinguishing fires on board of vessels, asking that Congress will authorize experiments with it. He also presented the memorial of - Henry Grinnell,-and other merchants of New York city, praying a detachment of sailors from the naval service to aid in the expedition getting up in that city by the memoiialist for the discovery of Sir John Franklin. There cannot be a doubt but that the request will be granted unless some Senator shall raise constitutional scruples, Mr. Atchison, who was appointed to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Benton as a member on the Committee on For* W*AflAn ovpiiflpr] eign JtCelations, was, on uu mvuvu from serving. His reason was that his business as a member of the Indian Committee does not afford him sufficient leisure to attend to both. The Deficiency Bill from the House was reported from the Finance Committee with Sundrj' amendments, and the bill made the special order for Monday next. Ft will probably pass next week, the demand for the appropriations being urgent. Robinson, the man who was imprisoned by the Senate, on the charge of threatning to kill Mr. Clay, having beset Senators most perseveringly for the last month, and holding over their heads prognostications of the direst calamities, unless they did him justice, has at Iast'stlcj t.. A:,. mn,nmir Mr Dickinson offered WXWU, ivi tato luvimug a resolution proposing to pay him forty dollars as i* remuneration. After some debate the som was-increased to $100, and the resolution adopted 60 amended as to admit that he was imprisoned by mistake. What value there is in perseverence! A month ago, when Senators saw Robinson coining, they would endeavor to avoid him as a nuisance; but they might as well have tried to avoided their own shadows, for he stuck to them day atter day, worrying them at their boarding houses and in the street, so that they were at last compelled to succomb. The consideration of the motion of Mr. Foote to refer Mr. Bell's Compromise Resolutions to a Committee of thirteen was then resumed. Mr.* Shields said he had been instructed to vote for the Wilmot Proviso on every bill admitting new territory, and he would obey these inefmprinna nnHer the belief that Congress has the power to legislate on the subject He was in favor of the admission of California as a State and keeping that question distinct from all others. He then went over the whole ground of controversy, but gave no original views. In fact, this is now impossible, as the subject is exhausted. Mr. Mason, of Va. followed and declared that the South would claim and maintain the constitutional right of her citizens to go into any of the new territories with all their property ? He argued that the admission of California, as a soparate and distinct measure, would be considered by the South, as a determination on the " <? sJnntr ttio Month nnv nro pun wi v,.u .?aju..v ?v..v ., rtection in the formation of the territorial gov6rnments. And if California should be forced into the Union against the appeal and protest of every representative from the Southern States they would be forced to consider the Constitution as not worth the parchment on which it is .written. Under such circumstances the Southern States would show as much alacrity in going out of the Union as they did in entering it ? He denied that slavery is excluded by the law of nature from the Territories, and contended that but for this continued agitation, thousands -1''3 toirn rrniia in t'n lifnrtlijl >l OVJIIIUCIU U1CU nuuiu IIUIV |ju?v with their slaves. He showed that in the California Convention free negroes were excluded, because it was known tliat if blacks were allowed to live there, slavery would come there too, and that masters in consideration of the immense value of the labor of their slaves would enter into contracts to liberate them after one or two years. He also argued that the labor of a slave which in the Atlantic States would not be worth more than 8150 per year, would in California, be worth five or six thousand dollars. In conclusion he advocated the consideration of all the Territorial bills together, after whick California could be admitted without difficulty. After some brief remarks from Messrs. Un * J L _ derwood and Battler, mr. uiay expressea nis willingness to vote for any proposition tending to peace and harmony. To those who desire the apeedy admission of California he would 6ay that the shortest way of attaining the object was to include her in a bill giving governments to the Territories. After further remarks, he went on to say that he could not vote for the pending amendment of Mr. Benton to exclude California in the motion of reference, and to keep that as a separate question. Mr. Benton said his reasons for moving to keep the California question distinct from all others were becoming stronger every day. He would never consent that her admission should be weighed as a part of a system of measures. He would never consent that the admission of a State should be put into a bill, as a balance for a slave catching measure. He said he would give his views more at length next week. On motion of Mr. Cass, the Senate then adjourned to Monday next. The House spent the whole day in the consideration of private bills, fourteen of which were passed. A motion to adjourn to Monday was then made and carried. The select committee on the Golphin Claim have commenced their labors, and it is thought that next week a report will be made exonerating Mr. Crawford from all legal blame, although it will perhaps be difficult to convince some people that the money would not have been so promptly paid to any private citizen. Charleston Evening News. Oun Court adjourned on Saturday last, by noon. The case alluded to in our last, of Jas. McCall vs. Jacob Brock, was decided in favor of the former. The damages amounts to about 83,100. Notice of appeal has been given wo understand.-* Marion Star. , t ME jJOTOMAIL CAMDEN, S. C. FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, I860. telegraphic intelligence. Reported Expressly for the Journal. Charleston, April 11. There is no change to report in the cotton market to-day. Sales 400 bales at 11$ to 11$. Sales of the week, 4900 bales. Receipts 3200. Nbw Orleans, April 9. The sales of cotton yesterday amounted to 600 bales. To-day they sum up 2,600 bales. Although the market is feebler, yet prices have scarcely given way 1-8 under the steamers advices. We quote Middling to-day at 11 1-8. ? * !1 1 1 I &AI.TIVORK, April 11. In the New York market cotton was dull today, with sales of 1,000 bales?middling upland 11; Orleans 11 3-8.?South Carolinian. Municipal Election. C. H. Davis, Esq., was on Monday last elected a Warden for the town of Camden, to fill the vacanoy occasioned by the failure to elect the fourth Warden on the 1st instant Dr. F. L. Zemp declined being a candidate again. Mr. Davis was elected without opposition. The Camden Fire Engine Company. We are pleased to see that this old and valuable Company is again reviving. The^efficient service rendered in by-gone days by this Company, entitles it to our warmest thanks and kindest consideration. The task ot the Fireman is not an easy one. Often risking life and limb to rescue or save his neighbor's pioperty from destruction, lie shows as much true magnanimity and patriotism, as he would to meet the enemy of his country upon the battle field. The claims of the Fireman are not always sufficiently appreciated. Some persons regard the service as a mere evasion of law, an exemption from militia and patrol duty. It is not so: the Fireman earns his commutation. A single night of labor may cost him more than fifty exemptions from the tax imposed, could repay him. We are thankful that the services of our Fire Company have not been required for a length of time past, and hope they may not be required to exhibit their efficiency for time to come. James F. Sutherland, Esq., is the Captain of the Company. Cadets of Temperance. At the last meeting of the Kershaw Section, No. 4, the following members were duly elected and installed as officers to serve for the ensuing quarter, viz: Thos. B. Lee, W. A. W. D. Mason, V. A. PniLIP VlLLEPIGUE, S. U. P. Bonney, A. S. J. Ballard, T. C. E. Bonney, A. S. J. D. Johnson, G. Benton Burns, U. D. L. DeSaussure, W. * R. H. Finch, A. W. |3F" Gov. Seabrook tendered the appointment of U. S. Senator to the Hon. Langdon Cheves, who declined the appointment. In his letter to the Governor, Judge C. says: "lam now nearly seventy-four years of age, and have been for upwards of thirty years retired from the public service, with an absolute determination never to return to it Besides, my health, although not bad, is such as to disqualify me for the arduous duties of such an office." The New Senator. We learn by telegraph (says the Carolinian of this morning) that Gov. Seabrook has conferred the office of U. S. Senator upon the Hon. F. H. Elmore, and that he has accepted the appointment Democratic Review. We have received the January, February, March, and April numbers of this excellent periodical. We have not only high authority from others for pronouncing it a good work, but ocular demonstration of the fact in the number now before us, for the present month. Each publication is embeliiehed with a portrait of some distinguished or leading man of the day, The April number ? nn.iMit nf ll,o Hon A. Seddon. .of Virginia. We have had time only to glance at the leading at tides in the present number, the first of which is entitled " Centralizationin which may be found the following paragraph: "It has been the high mission of Mr. Calhoun, through a public life of nearly forty years duration, to oppose with his great intellect, extraordinary reasoning powers, and far-seeing political sagacity, every attempt at centralization, by which the powers of the federal constitution could be enlarged, the integrity of State sovorcignty infringed, or the rights of minorities ultimately destroyed. In the performance of this patriotic duty, no man has been more rancorously assailed, or studiously misrepresented. It has been the fashion at times, by those incapable of comprehending the full scope of his eminentiy national views, to accuse him of sectionality?of a desire to sustain only the interests of a section, or to promote merely the welfare of a locality, regardless of national progress. It is always the fate of those whose intellectual eminence gives them a clearer view of the future than that which the less elevated crowd around them can command, to incur the reproaches of those whose wishes are thwarted by announced truths that they cannot comprehend. Such tnen live in after ages, when time and progress have readied the events which their forecast early discerned." Besides numerous other miscellaneous articles, the political miscellany contains interesting items, communications, &c.; also a letter from the Hon. James K. Paulding to the committee who had invited him to address the Union meeting in New York, which meeting was disturbed by disorderly persons. In this letter he " defines his position" as a lover of ihe Union, and an advocate of those principles upon tohirh it is founded. Mr. DeHay is the agent for the Review in Camden, and will bo pleased to receive subscriptions for the same. Price $3.00 per annum in advance. Worth the money easy. W. I Editorial Gleanings. The wife of Hon. Wm. C. Dawson, Senator from Georgia, died at Washington on Sunday. Char. Mercury, 9th inst. There has been a tremendous freshet in Canada, attended with great damage. A severe storm of rain and 6no\v has visited Boston, New York and Philadelphia. Much damage and disaster to the shipping is anticipated. The mails are greatly deranged.?Ib. Deaths in the Mexican War.?The total number of officers and men, of the regular army and volunteers, lost in the war with Mexico, from all causes, was 12,898. Of these, not more than onesixth perished in battle. The steamer Richland, a small boat, while trying to make port during a fog recently, at Louisville, struck a rock 011 the falls, and was run ashore and sunk. Respect to the Illustrious Dead.?Minute guns were fired yesterday from the Place d'Armps by Gally's Battalion of Artillery, in honor of the memory ot John C. Calhoun.?N. O. Crescent, 3d insl. A Time to Work?A Time to Rest.?An honest old man endured heat and cold, and tilled his land in cheerfulness and hope. On a sudden a heavenly vision appeared before hiin, and he was afraid. Then the shape spoke?" J am Solomon. What art thou doing, old man?" "If thou art Soloruon^hoj^jcahst tbou ask V asked he. "Thou didst scn'd me in my youth to the ant. I considered her ways, and learned to labor and to save, and I do so still.' " Thou hast learned only half thy lesson," replied the. shadow. " Go once more to the ant, and learn from her to rest in the winter ?? l... Jii'o mil In nninir iKn frilifc: nf tilV la ICI VI IIIJ unjC) auu iw viijvj u?v n v*>>w w. j ? bor!" The Product of Wool.?From a document just sent to Congress, it appears that the production of wool in this country, during the last year, was 70,000,000 pounds, valued at $25,000,000. Exaggeration.?A traveller once related with all seriousness to a company of persons that he had passed through the five divisions of the earth; and that among other curiosities he had met one ot which no writer had as yet made mention.? This wonder was, according to his account, a huge cabbage, which had grown so broad and so high that fifty armed riders might have stationed themselves under a single leaf and performed their maneuvers. Some one who heard him, deeming this exaggeration not worth any confutation, said, with much self-command and coolness, that he, too, had been abroad as far as Japan, where, to his astonishment, he saw more than three hundred coppersmiths at work upon a single kettle, and within the 6ame were five hundred men polishing it. " What could they do with such a monstrous kettle?" asked the traveller. "Cook the cabbage therein of which you have just now told us!" John M. Barrett, who was arrestsd in this State on a charge of jiaving circulated incendiary publications, died in Dublin, (Ind.) on the 23d ult Boundary line between the United Slates and Mexico.?The commissioners for running the boundary line between the United States and Mexico, had a meeting on the 15th of February, at San Diego, when it was determined that, as it was impracticable during the present state of things in California to advance boyond the mouth of the Gila, toward New Mexico, and nothing of importance remained to be done on that side of the line, the commission should adjourn to meet at Passo del Norte, on the 4th of November next " I do not wish to say anything against the individual in question," said a very polite gentleman, " but I would merely remark, in the language of the poet, that to him truth is strange, " stranger than fiction." The rain in the mountains in this State, on Tuesday night week, caused a swell in the Keowee river, and swept the bridge off, which has ? J -11 ?,- rknr WIU1MUUU <UI liir Jitcuuio 1UI IIJUIIJ Jtwia. wi^... Courier. A village without a blacksmith's shop would be very moral and innocent, for in it there should be neither vice nor forgery.?Hook. About the 15th instant the Zoological Institute, in Walnut-street, Philadelphia, will be opened as a skating saloon, 4,000 square feet of artificial ice being prepared for the purpose. It is under the patronage of many of the most respectable citizens of that city .?Char. Courier. Why is an avaricious merchant like a Turk ? He worships the profit (Prophet) T ? ? v Dmtl/linnp Qonrofo r\r nf fVto Maw l)ir> ^allien u. i auiuiiig, m,viv?h^ v< ? *. ?. ^ during Mr. Van Buren's administration, has written a letter to the Democracy of Tammany Hall, New York, in which he very properly denounces the Wilmot Proviso, and all its aiders and abettors at the North, as needlessly exasperating the South, and making disturbances and mischief. Correspondence of the Camden Journal. Bkig Tarquina at Sea, } Pacific Ocean, 25th Dec., 1849, > Lat. 41 south, Long. 80 west, y Messrs. Editors?I suppose you, and numer - . ?_ __ u?..? l.?xJ nn oils other menus mum, ?? yuu u?*o nuu news of me since I sailed, that my chances are pretty good to be company keeper with Sharks and Whales?give yourselves no uneasiness on that score, for I am not, nor did I make any such u foolish contract when! shipped for California. Had I the power of wielding the pen of a novelist, I might give you something in the way of a description of our passage that would be worth reading?as it is, you must content yourself with plain matters of fact thrown to-, gethcr promiscuously and without any degree of polish. Well, to commence?wo sailed, or weighed anchor at 12 o'clock, M., Sept 25th, and were towed down New York bay to Sandy Hook light, by a Steamboat, were turned loose at 4 P. iM., at the mouth of tho bay, when we took our course (with a fine fresh breeze) for the CnpeDeVerd Islands?had almost an air line run for 12 or 14 da^'s, making from 200 to 225 miles per day, with very pleasant weather.? when we got down in about 4 degrees north of & /TW ixMiiL" J.-L? -!? i-L . Ill the line we fell in with quite a number of vessels becalmed, some of thein said-they; had be?n there 21 days?we were becalmed in. all about 10 day8?crossed the lino 31st Oct., 36 days out, better than an average run?here we fell into the South East Trades which gave us another fine run. Nothing of importance occurring, having all the varieties that such a monotonous passage could afford, of head winds, heavy seas, fair winds, and ever and anon no wind at all?occasionally overhauling and passing a vessel ?speaking and exchanging signals with others bound in different directions; none, however, bound home that we could get nearenough to speak or get letters aboard. I wish I could portray the sublimity of vessels exchanging signals at sea; imagine two vessels five or six miles apart, ire are in one, and wish to know something of our neighbor that has so lately hove in sight; get out the signal bag, and first, ouick as thouffht. ud troes the Stars and Stripes, there now, is the emblem of my country; let us see who you are, all eyes are turned in breathless silence toward the stranger?he sees our signal?then, up goes his in answer to ours? we take a peep through the spy glass; he proves to be English, French, or Dutch, as the case may be, and we care nothing further about him; but if he sails under the banner of America, wo wish to know more about him?other and private signals are next hoisted, and not unfrcquently quite a long comfab is had at distances varying from one to eight miles apart. Now if you will come along withHie we will enjoy the grandeur of what a sailor would call a bit of a blew ? and that too, at rather close proximity to land, to set as well on the stomach as a good dinner to a hnugry man. Well, we in lot- RH a lnnrr 1Q W frnm Crppn. wich, 6 o'clock P. M., 4th December, the weather is thick, foggy, and gloomy in the extreme, 24 miles N. E. of the Fanlkland Islands, and ail of two jackets cold. We heave the lead and find 05 fathom water. A school of Whales close by puffing and blowing like so many steamboats. The fog so thick that nothing can be seen more than the length of the vessel; hark! we hear some long deep rumbling sound, like thunder in the distance, the Captain thinks it is breakers, if so, we are close on them and it is so dark and gloomy that you cannot see any thing; the wind too, begins to howl as though it had long been pent up in some strong confinement, and is now suddenly let loose with all its fury. Itendy about, is the order from the qr. deck; the ship comes round like a thing of life; the sails are all clewed np and furled, but the top sails, and they are close reOfed, the main top sail thrown aback and the ship hove to, in her best trim to ride out the storm ; the wind blows blue streaks; the sharp dashes of lightning that occasionally illumiuate the dark elements only adds to the gloom of the occasion, after it has ceased to quiver through dark foggy elements, and is succeeded by the deep, loud, rolling thunder, that seems to shake both sea and sky; the sea begins to run mountains high and you would think every one that came along, with its foaming caskade ofa perpendicular fall of 10 or 12 feet of water, coining "and rushing right for the vessel, would be certain to engulf her perhaps lor ever, but nor oui^praft, like a duck, mounts every wave scorning to be controlled by tho angry elements aropnd her. We remained in this uosition for three day8, from die 4th till die 7th Dec., at 12 M. got the sun. Int. 49 51 long. 57 05> had droits some 2Q miles to the N.JE., made sai) at l.'o'clock P. M. Lay down soudi to cloar the Fau&iand Islands. Passed in about 30 miles to die eastward .of of them, Sat 8th Dee.. Iat. 56 09 long. 66 16. Dec. 12th, 11 o'clock, A. M. steering W. S. W. a strong 7 not breeze, the 2d mate .is sent aloft to look out for land; hark, he sings out from the mast head, the welcome cry of Land Ho? right ahead?at 12 M. the perpetual snow capped peaks of that memorable place, and name, that is a terror to all sailors, loomed up and could be seen from the main deck, .30 miles ahead. (Cape Horn.) And now I would that my pen were able to do justice to the soene.-r As you approach the different mountain peaks looming higher and higher with their hoary kni'lo niinmul wilt, llOPnMlinl BTiniVS thft "ttCCU. "l""J r~*i :? ? mulation of ages, together with their rugged and weather beaten appearance below the liue of snow, presents a spectacle of grandeur and sublimity, that pens much more able than mine, would fail to do justice to. I therefore will not attempt it, and as nothing of further interest has occurred since our rounding the Cape. I will leave a small corner in which to putin a word after going into Valparaiso, as we intend to do after water and a fresh supply of Provisions.? Tho Tarquina, our craft, is a magnificent sea boat, none better, in all respects; we have passed every tiling that we have come up with yet, some 25 or 30 sail. I consider myself the most lucky dog in the world in my selection, and will here say that, in even' respect, with regard to a sea voyage, I havo been most agreeably disappointed?and am disposed to come,to the conclusion that a great deal of the hardships nnd hmrhears of a sea vovacre, are Sailors' yarns, ~~0 - . * . W # Jl; each vicing with the other in telling the longest yam. I have yet seen nothing that would prevent me from going to sea as soon as anywhere else, if my business or interest calls uie?apd have at no time felt the least alarm for my safety. An experienced Captain, prudent and cautious, always ready to meet the storms by taking in sail at the right time?together with a No. 1 vessel, are powerful auxiliaries to quiet one's nerves in a storm. More from VnIpariso> W. S. LEMMOND. Valparaiso, Saturday night Dec. 291849. Messrs. Editors?As I promised to finish at this place, 1 now proceed to do so. We let ? > it-! A. loose our anchor in this uaroour uns uiuuuuuu, nt four o'clock; we are now snug enough, after being tossed on the waves of the mighty deep for the last ninety four days. We made the land yesterday morning at eight o'elock, 18 miles below this place, and had to beat up against head winds and calms pretty much all day?took a tow-boat a 3 p. m. to-day, and were towed into anchorage as above-stated.? Aud what do you suppose our tow-boat was ? Now, I suppose you think a fino steamer, or some other such craft, but no; it was a good sized yawl or whale-boat, rowed by four natives (Indians.) Well, here we are, safely moored uuder the balmy skies of the Italy of the Aroercan. continent, Chili. Now who do you think J v m ^ - . ,.i. . . .11 ii*i I found bene, would you -have thought that I would h*$? found acquaintances in Valparaiso ? it is even so?A. S. and A. G. Tryon. The Julias Pringle came in here yesterday about 4 o'clock P. M., 24 hours ahead of wefl. I was just in the act of stepping in Js boat to go oil' to her, when Albert and Augustite cam# along side of our vessel in their boat : Yoitmay imagine that our meeting was anything else but hostile. - They have encoun terfed- a great many head winds and gales?were 10 days getting through the Straits of Magelarr. Albert and Augustus look remarkably.say tiidy think they will have had enough of salt water by the time tboy get to San FroifcLsco at any rate, i? the capacity ofa?Horat--<Tb?y: expect to sail from here on Tuesday, 1st, January, 1850, we will probably sail the sa*rje day meomprfw. This is the first place we have pot into ftteo we sailed from New York-. The Jujiasprifigle stopped four or five days at Rio Janeiro." J, have not yet been on shore but intend tojpfk^gs* morrow. Tins is a fine bnrbor, and, to me, a singular looking town, as the iamb. atfaloajj this coast make up very abrupt and blaff frtwii the water's edge, looming up into high mountains. The appearance of the City, therefore,, looks as though the houses were .setonafljtfftop. of the other, up the side of the mountain.- r r%s s? As I have already written qurte s long^aaifiterestiug letter, and as it is getting late, 12 <? clock, I will bring my commuaicatioa to a promising to let you bear from uie?gWDt^?W all my friends, when I-arrive in ^promised land and find something of intererfto write. - i < ' Mvfwafr&rr *?"* - .1 . . . Vv' ; J JKi'' EJilorul Correspondence of I ho ChaHeotoq Jlomnfi^ i W.vniKOTox, April 3,1860. In my last I expressed the hope that the South would viudicate the practical statesman, ship of Mr. Calhomv by .Consummating the principles which he.so earnestly aud unceasingly proclaimed. Tills would be by far the ? highest tribute that could possibly be paid to his memory?a tribute far. more acceptable to the spirit of. thp niigfyty dead, than the enthusimt'c inrom'bans on the virtues which ?o eminently adorned his character. Politicians have been industrious in iocalcuhdingjjlpjt jpj|te ion, that the political position of the Sooth, ??.! ?fC?*U U Um iiiiii ui uuuiu \>iu?/tiua in yoiwpywif. uw 6xed by Mr?Galboa?,'with a ri fi cation of an uochaatened an>brtlo?H^^wfi?t he really did not enjoy the fuft sympathy of lending men in the State, who jet Were oWajpSd to follow him, because no one- had a j^omUvu sufficiently commanding to oppose hi?y3^w who have been led to adopt roch an opinion, will naturally expect, now Mr. Calhoun is dead, some relaxation in doctrines:iuidIt to maintain the ppsktop^ to show to the world, that the docteteet we have so longadvocated were fodiuferi on the indestructible basb of truth. tmi c o to the country mid the egntion, I^knou', intend to addrw? ae tow^t shoulffloli think proper *j?e? tanot tattotr of iukewnrmness or hesftwwjr-" with the na shouldfiiret institute mob |hug much on this fri orde^Mtttbe sh When occasion demand# it they^he^^nl I trom, and Uiat too in a spirit worthy of the cause I and die people they reptesefit, J. E. C. I The Chinese posseasaosilver coinage of their I own. Spanish and United States dollars sup. I oftofounces. ' ' I I