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Thirty-First Congress?1st Session. Correspondence of the Charleston News. Washington, Aug. 18. In the House, the Speaker presented a letter from Mr. Conrad, tendering his resignation as a member. His first act in assuming the duties of Secretary of War was to discharge Mr. Anderson, tiio chief clerk. It was the intention of the latter to have resigned on the first of next month, but the new Secretary anticipated him. The House again went into Committee of the Whole on the Civil and Diplomatic Appropriation bill, speeches being limited to five minutes. The question was still on the first section of the bill which provides that hereafter the mile%age of members shall he computed according to the mail route; also, that members residing east of the Rockv Mountains shall receive only 81,000 mileage for each session, and those re"'"^i M/vitiO-iinc iwit more tllftll WWV5 ">?,??. . W ? 82,000; likewise that no Senator .shall receive mileage for any session of that body if called within' thirty days rfler the adjournment of both branches of Congress, unless the travel for which such mileage is charged, has been actually nerfnrmed. 1 m Alctianghey thought this proposed reforni wys all right, only it ought to have been commenced earlier. Mr. Toombs replied that it never was too late to attempt the removal of an evil. ' Messrs. Filch and Mead spoke in favor of the direct route. They thought a member might travel very well on a road which was good enough to admit of the transportation of the rn.tH.3v Mr. Stanton of Tennessee, moved to amend hy inserting "the usually travelled route," hut it was rejected?Ayes 40, Nays 78. Mr. Feathecston alluded to the practice of "pairing oil'," and argued that the pay of mem.. bers so doing ought to be deducted. He denounced it as a great evil demanding immediate correction. Mr. Woodward replied that he would be willing to leave the matter to their constituents. Mr. Carter followed, and denounced the practice as an abomination. Mr. Vinton spoke against all amendments, and in favor of prompt action on the bilL Finally the amendments to the first clause were relented, and the second clause of the bill was taken up. * it appropriates 8197,749 for stationary, fuel, printing and other contingent expenses of the House. On motion of Mr. Holmes, an amendment appropriating 2,000 was agreed to for carrying into effect the act of 1848, providing for the exchange of hooks, etc., with foreign countries under the plan of M. Vattemare. The residue of the day was consumed by a diy but somewhat ill-natured discussion on the elause providing for the furnishing of the usual books for members. The consideration of the bill will be resumed on Monday, and it will - have precedc-uee of all other business until disposed of. This does not include any appropriation for the pav of members, a separate bill being required for ihat purpose. ?Senate fravmir adiourned to Mondav. many of the members of that body have ed themselves of the opportunity to leave the city. . - ' Mr. Bayly's declaration that the Committee on Ways and .Means will report against any modification of the tariff, has excited a great deal of indignation among the Pennsylvania members. They complain that after all the fine promises of Mr. Bayly and his friends, the industria linterests of the North are to be treated with cold contempt. In the present state of affairs no one professes to form any idea as to the adjournment of Congress. Many think it cannot be before 1st of October. v, vri\7ijiuiHjnnT ui uirvuuncr. Washington, Aug. 18. The House made no progress yesterday, in the civil and diplomatic bills. There is very little disposition to transact any business. The proceedings of the Committee of the Whole, are frequently interrupted by the want of a quorum. The territorial bills cannot be taken upon Monday. According to present appearances, they are likely to lie on the Speaker's table for a week or two. I have some doubt whether they will pass in their present form, if at all. The Southern members will, certainly not vote for the Texan boundary bill, till the bills establishing territorial governments shall pass. Should they do this, it is probable that the Northern members would next pass the California hill, and leave the territories as they are. Iiut this ditiiculty can be obviated by combining the territorial bills with the bill for the adjustment of the Texan boundary. 1 learned yesterday, that several Southern conservative democratic members have determined to propose this course?and among them are .Mr. Speaker Cobb and Mr. Linn Boyd. When the Texan bill is taken up, the Sj>enker can, by arrangement, recognize a member who will move the New Mexico bill as an amendment; and another who will move to amend the amendment by adding the Ctuh Bill. Any intended motion for adding the Wilmot Proviso may be thus cut off. The three hills, thus conjoined, may possibly pass, and go hack to the Senate where, if it pass at all, it will be by a very close vote. Ii is stated that Massachusetts has increased her population since 1840, by two hundred and fifty thousand, and that all the Eastern States have increased in population. The reason is obvious. Employment became more diversified every year, and labor more divided, and emigration to the grain-growing districts of the \\ est is very much checked. At the same time, crime has in the same proportion increased. In the annual address of Go". Briggs and of the Mayor of Boston, the "alarming increase of crime is mentioned, and it is added, that, "at the rate with which violence and crime has recently increased, our jails, however capacious, will he scarcely adequate to the necessary requirements of society. The Secretary of the Board of Education says, 1 "what we call civilization and progress have in- 1 creased temptation a thousand fold?in this 1 country, ten thousand fold;" that, among us, all that is base and depraved in the human heart has such full liberty, and wide compass, and hot 1 stimulus to action, as have never been known I before; that wickedness, not less than virtue has its steam engines and its power presses and its lightning telegraphs," and he adds that "those external restraints of reverence for authority and dread of religious guides and of penal codes, are now lifted off. It must be seen that the tendency of these things is towards an arbitrary system of government. Mr. Fillmore transacts business at the White House during the day, and then retires to a private residence on the heights of Georgetown, not being willing to hazard his health by sleeping in the vicinity of malaria. Gen. Scott has taken the Demenon house as his residence, for the term of tho present administration. I am not sure that he does not expect to remove thence into the White House. Extent and Resources of Tex as.?Should Texas sell, or otherwise dispose of Santa l'e, territory remaining in her possession would still be sufficient to build up a powerful empire.? Her domain, even with this diminution, would be probably as extensive lis France or Germany, the most powerful nations of continental Europe. It would not be like Russia, a vast extent of barren wastes, which owing either to the intense frigidity of the climate, or the sterile nature of the soil, must ever remain unproductive and valueless. From the Sabine to the Rio Grande, there would probably be found a greater extent of fertile and arable land, than in any other portion of the world of the same extent In no other portion of the* United States, or perhaps the world, can so many natural advantages be found combined. In point of health, the purity and salubrity of the climate, especially in Western Texas, are without parallel in so southern a portion of latitude. The absence in many portions of Texas of that dense forest growth which covers the greater portion of the older States, contributes materially to its salubrity. There is but little decaying vegetation to taint the atmosphere with its poisonous effluvia, and the rays of the sun unobstructed prevent that constant humidity which is observed in the oldjjr Stales. It is superfluous to speak of the richness and fertility of the soil throughout its whole extent, or the bounteous crops which rewaril the labors of the agriculturist. The mill-, oral resources of Texas are great, though hitherto undeveloped and scarcely known. Numerous beds of coal are known to exist, which, on examination, will probably prove to be extensive. .\.s a grazing country, it has no equal on the continent. Its facilities for manufactures are equal to those of any other Stale iu the Union. She is destined to become the most wealthy, populous and powerful member of the American Union unless# she adopis ilie suicidal policy of division, the course which we hope she will not adopt; it would cripple Imr.-I'Vngth and divide her resource?. lYoni a conviction iiial ii would not accord with the iic?t iuierests of Texas, we should feel ourselves compelled t" oppose any measure having for its object a division of Che State.?Sail Antonio Ledger. Facts not to be Denied.?It is a fact, that Texas was despoiled of none of her Territorial rights against Mexico by the act of her annexation to the United States. It is a fact, that after the battle of San Jacinto in l&fti, die President of Mexico made a treaty with Texas, acknowledging the Rio Grande fiom its month to its source, as her western j boundary?that this TreaU was ratified by the 1 Mexican Commander-in-Chief Filiaola, who re-1 Ceived the qtihl pro quo. It is a fact, that to the Treaty of Gandalupe Hidalgo, negotiated bv the Mexican and American commissioners in 1848, was attached a map on which New Mexico is placed west of | the luo Grande. It is a fact that the United States ackiiow I- 1 edged the independence of Texas with the J boundary set forth in her statute, which is in J conformity with the Santa Anna Treaty of. 1830. It is a fact, that the joint resolutions of annexation, passed by the American Congress in i 1845 admitted, that Texas extended North oi l 30 30 tor beyond that latitude they expressly ! shited, that slavery should be excluded in the formation of new States. It is a fact, that the capital of what is now erroneously called New Mexico, Santa Fe, lies ! South of 30 30, and as much belongs to 1 exas as SanaiiLoiiio, or there is no virtue in the compact entered into bv the Congress of the United Suites and the Legislature of Texas by which Texas was added to the constellation of American States. it is a fact that the acts of Mexico east of the Rio Grande led to what is termed the "Mexican war/' It is a fact, that by the annexation resolutions, Texas gave only io the President of the Coifed Suites and two-thirds of the Senate, the power to settle her disputed boundary with Mexico: It is a fact, that President Polk and his Cabinet believed Llial "the claims of Texas to all the territory claimed by her east of the Rio Grande were well founded." It is a fact, thai these are "fixed" facts and would never have been brought into question, had it not heen for die Free Soiiers, their aid-; ers ami abetters m pulitic.il i*u?|uity. JS'usUvillc Union. Letters from Washington state that the negotiation upon the embarrassing question on the claims against Portugal have been transferred to that city, and it is thought they will spcedly terminate in an amicable adjustment of the difficulty. They are now going 011 satisfactorily to Senor De Figanere, and will bo decided probably withiu a fortnight, unless Mr. Webster, on a fuller examination of the latest despatches from Mr. Clay, shall think it necessary to suspend the correspondence until after his arrival. The Nashville Union of the Oth instant, says: A drove of tnules from Kentucky passed through this city 011 yestorday in the direction ' of South Carolina. The "invasion" has com- 1 menced. i Br.oon.?The circulating blood of an ordi- . nary man is 28 pounds; the brain weighs 3 1-2 lbs. The skeleton weighs about 14 pounds. ? TMM JTOTBffAIL. CAMDEN. S. C. FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23,1850. Wm. C. ('aston, Esq. is General Agent for the Journal. The First Bale. A bale of new cotton from the plantation of Mr. Henry Scarborough, of Sumter District, was sold in this place to B. W. Chambers on Wednesday last, at 12$c. We understand that a bale from the plantation of Dr. Dennis, of the same District, was sold on Monday at Bishopville at 13 cents. A Mistake Corrected. We stated in our last, on the authority of Tele graphic Despatches in several of our exchanges, that the Texas boundary bill had been passed by the House of Representatives. Up to our latent dates the House had taken no action on the bill. The mistake originated with the Washington correspondent of the Baltimore papers, who intended to express the opinion that the bill would be passed by fifty majority. We are indebted to the Hon. A. P. Butler for a copy of his speech on the Compromise Bill, delivered in the Seriate, on the 9th of July, 1850 Southern Rights Association;. We perceive that a Meeting is called for to-morrow in Columbia to organize a SoutHfern Rights Association. The call is signed by a number of the most influential and respectable citizens, and will doubtless be fully responded to by the people. We have such unanimity in this State that the entire body politic may be considered an organifno fhn tnmnnri nf ^ nil Hi oi*n 17 irrlifc ZttUUII IU1 mc* cu^j/ui b ui uvuuiciu JLvigmo< Hon. Jefferson Davis. In view of the difficulties which surround the country at this moment, and the possible contingencies which may ore long occur, there is no public man who occupies a more exalted position, than Senator Davis, of Mississippi. Covered with the laurels of military glorv most honorably won, he entered upon a new arena, whore talents of a different order were required /or distinction. .Ml were iuit-resiod in the gallant and hightoncd soldier, and though conlideiu that his manly virtues would bear him up to a position of honor, lew could hope, that, as a statesman, he would rival the honorable eminence, won in the field of arms. Yet, in an incredibly brief space of time, lie has achieved in wo oouaie. as a souuo .-taiesman, uh accomplished oialcr, it devoted [.a I riot and faithful Representative, a nioiv undy!ng lame, than his sword had ca?\i d nut for him. Whatever may happen, we risk nothing in predicting that his high qiiiliiics will become household words, wherever Honor is esteemed and Justice respected.? If the injustice of blind majorities will drive its to a siqiarate establishment. to maintain our Liberties, such men as Jefferson Davis will rank in future ages with the Patriot Sages and Heroes of History. Grateful indeed is the thought that he is not alone in his glory, hut one oJ a brilliant galaxy which now adorns the minority in both Houses of Congress. . We have been led into these remarks by his last "solemn appeal" to the Senate, which concludes with this feeling paragraph : "Senators,countrymen, brelhren?by these and by other appellations, if there be others more endearing and impressive than these, I call upon you to pause in the course, which, pressed by an intemperate zeal, you are pur-uing, and warn you, lest blinded by the lust for-ecfionnl dominion, you plunge into an abyss in wlnclt will be buried f>rever, the glorious memories of the past and the equally glorious hopes of the future, ami the immeasurable happiness of our common country. Jt is not as one \viu> tnreatens, r.or a> one who im:ttares for collision with hisenemi *. but a.-ot.e who las a right to invoke your fraternal tooling. ami to guard you ngain.?t an error, which will equally bear on us both; as one who Int.-. .-hated your hopes ami your happiness, and is about to share your misfortunes, if misfortune.- hi tiill us; it - as an American cili/en that 1 speak io an American Senate?it is in thischarartei lliat I have ventured to warn you; it is with this feeling that I make my last solemn appeal." Treachery. There is a deliberate attempt at Washington, among the enemies of the South, to excite prejudice again.-t our common cause, by charging the the whole array of opposition to injustice and oppression, to South Carolina lltrni.-m. a- they are pleased to e.\press it. Not r< tii cling that in thu.attempting to degrade the gallant spirits throughout the South, to the position of imbecile instruments in the hand* of others, they excite no oilier feelings than of scorn and contempt, in those whom they thus degrade, in ordci to disaffecl.? The state slander, that Gen. Wallace was an Amha.?ador from the pure-minded and ingenuous Calhoun, to the Mississippi convention, is among the basest of these attempts, and deserves to ho classed with the Lopez humbug of the Baltimore Sun. Though promptly branded with falsehood by Gen. Wallace, it is now revived in the dark insinuations of Senator Houston. This has called forth from Mr. Wallace, a letter which shows evidently, that lie intends to set it at rest forever, or at least to make his mark on the man who mayhave the temerity to repeat the insinuation. Cotton in the British Colonies. It seems that some of the people of England are not satisfied at the many abortive attempts alrea dy made to introduce me culture ot cotton into |, the British possessions. Williner and Smith's i European Times gives the proceedings of a late i meeting at Manchester, the object of which was I to promote the growth o: cotton in the West 1 Indies. The feeling of the meeting, says the 1 Times, appeared to bo general general, that from 1 their West India possessions, sufficient cotton ' might bo obtained for the wants of the country, , for the present and in all future years, provided , the requisite labor andec the nessary stimulus i were given to its cultivation. ] To obtain the requisite labor, Great Britain will 1 first have to modify her notions of philanthropy? | % repeal her laws of emancipation?re-enslave her free.negroes, and put Jhem under the right kind of masters, (thereby incalculably bettering their condition:)?she will then have the only kind of labor that can produce cotton. Until she operates with slave labor no matter how well adapted to the growth of cotton her soil might be, all the "stimulus" she can afford in the shape of pounds, shillings and pence .will not enable her to cultivate it successfully. Later from Europe. The mail steamer Europa arrived at Halifax on Monday night last from Liverpool, bringing advices one week later. The cotton market was quiet; prices had receded ?d since the sailing of the Niagara. The week's sales amounted to 59,000 bales. The stock of American cotton on hand n<?A r\r\r\ L_l ! a. Cl/~>0 r\nr\ .4 i!M . was 2uu,uuu uaius agciinsi zuo,uuu at uic ?ciiuc unitlast year. An advance of 3f had taken place in the Havre market The Southern Press perpetrates the following: "We do not sec that Mr. Clay, in his Northern tour, iski?ing as heretofore, the crowds of women that flocked to see him. We suppose he is sick of Omni-bussing. * For the. Journal. WHAT SHALL WE DO? The situation of the South is becoming each day more alarming. We have seen one bill after another, providing for the protection of our rights defeated in tbo Senate; wo have seen the President in an official document threatening us with the sword, unless we shall basely yield our territory to Northern avarirc and fnntcti elm. We have heard our host and most patriotic citizens branded with the name of" traitors," and threatened with " a traitor's death? the gibbet"?yet the South remains almost inactive, and seems to await the final blow ere she will endeavor to rouse herself from her inactivity. Our fathers fought not because they really suffered from the tyranny of England, but because their freedom appeared in the hands of another. The "South burns with injuries inflicted on her in a most tyrannical manner, yet she is inactive! Let her beware, lest like Rip Van Winkle, that when she wakes from her dreams she shall find her strength has departed; her muskets ruined with rust, and hor powder spoilt by exposure to the weather. What have we to expect from the Congress now assembled, or from any subsequent session? Justice? "I, for my single self, would just as soon " expect mercy from the devil," as justice from men led on by avarice and fanaticism; from men void of every sense of honor and patriotism ; from men ready at any moment to reject religion itself, if it conflicts with their revolutionary ideas. If it will not he voluntarily yielded to us, it will be impossible for us there to obtain it. Our Representatives, with the exception of Clay and Fonle, have done nil thai men could do, but they arc in the minority, and instead of benefiting, by their endeavors to secure our rights, have rather, in fact, injured us. The North sees our weahqess in that quarter, and hurries ou to new aggressions. If we wish to preserve inviolate, lhosc privileges lor which our forefathers bled; if we wish to maintain our positions as free and sovereign States, and not to be degraded to the condition ol colonies, mere apjicmlagos, to the North* we must have recourso to some other expedient than the legitimate actum of Congress. Legitimate action of' Congress, Jitl I say ? When has that hodv acted in accordance with the powers delegated to it, both by the Constitution and the Articles of Confederation? The C'onstitutution provides for the equal protection of ail l>rnj)i rty owned by the citizens of the United Mtatcs. Congress has not only endeavored to nullify this provision, bui also to render it illegal for the South to carry her property into the territories of the U. Stales. V\ iiii regard to Oregon, the Wihnot proviso has been engrafted in the bill providing lor its government. California, with her mixed population of Indians, Noirrocs. Asiatics and Europeans, has patched tin athijif! she dares call a Constitution, and abolitionists aro now clamoiiug at the door of Congloss lbr her admission into the Union. Does any one think lor a moment, that this demand will be rejected? The Articles of Con fed ration savs: "So Stale shall bo deprived of territory for the benefit of iho United States."? Has not the territory of a Southern Slate been seized upon by federal odiccrs? And have not the mnjoiity in Congress endeavored to justify this act? Then let me repeat it?it is not to Congress we should look for protection! Nonintercourse is our only hope. Let us keep our cotton from Northern manufacturers?let our Representatives refuse to grant supplies io the Government, and then, if justice is not given to us, let us divide the Union, and having thrown away the scabbard, preserve the line of 36-.30, or perish in the attempt. It would be disgraceful to the memory of our fathers to live in an Union where we are not equals. V OH OA t JUiUVi For the Journal. Mrsers. EdiJors: liy reference to the "South- , eru Press" of the 1-lth inst., it will l?e seen that j among the Senators who voted lor the ad in is- . sion of California, were Messrs. Denton, Hell of ( Tenn.; Houston, of Texas; Spruance, of Del.; < Underwood, of Kentucky, and Wales, also of Delaware; now these men have lent their aid in violating the Constitution of their country, which they, in taking their seats in the Senate, ; swore to maintain and uphold; in this they ( have proved themselves traitors to the States 4.1..- - A I 1 -1 -I.. ... uilj represem, none violence 10 incir own ? consciences, for in violating that Constitution, ( lliev have perjured their souls; hut what they J i lid do, was dune openly?their votes have gone j out, and the country and the world will know t their positions in the Senate. The vote stood, ( for the Hill, thirty-lour; against the Kill, eigh- t teen ; had the above named gentlemen voted as : the Constitution of the Union, and their duty to < their respective States recpiired them to vote, r the ayes would have been only twenty-eight instead of thirty four; and now a question arises which shows that there are more Dodges than r the gentlemen of Iowa and Wisconsin, in the r Senate. Where were Messrs. Borland of Ar- r kansas, Downs of La., Pearce of Md., and more k than all where were Messrs. Matigum aud Had- I a;er of our neighboring State North Carolina ? 1 Why were they not in their place when such an important crisis was at hana ? There are sins of omission as well as of Commission, and for the first tliey must render a good excuse or suffer the penalty. The late election in N. C.- we think would have been some guide lor her Senators to go by; Manlv's party deserted him only when he deserted his eountry. " Principia * non homines" was their motto, and nobly did they sustain it; they love their country, but they also regard their sacred honor?and fo^ such sentiments all men must honor them!? Among the missing was the celebrated M. C. (Maniifiu'liirer of < 'ompromises,) of Kentucky; 'tw as weil ne was not in his seat, for if he had been, hi* destiny would have been fulfilled and. .llie mantle of Benedict Arnold would have fallen at last ujioii the shoulders of his illustrio.us successor ; liis colleague however stood in his shoes, and is entitled to at least one half of the ignominy. Mr. Husk is a |?atiiot and a faithful Senator, and we wish him better company tiiun Sam. Houston ; hut Sam's term expire* in lSi>3.Texas we hope, will then send some one in hisplace who knows her interests and his own duly better than Sam does. If It. B. Kheti was-a traitor, Messrs. Bell, Benton, Houston, Sprusauce, Underwood and Wales, have robbed; him* of his title in the very Senate chamber wlie'rei hi* treason was so severely deprecated. Mr;J*'?M?te is a patent Weathercock, lie opposed the Bill because instructed, and then op|?osea fclio Brotest, "oh! consistency thou art a jewel," but thou art not It) the possession of H. S. Footel From the Northern members we could expectnothing more than this. Mr. Dickinson's'1 am . J I .1' ?J_ . I I '.L L _ tlT* , la tlld many nait ojwfcii in wtiicii Jie says, ?? ? highest motive of liic representative to diacliwg? liis important tnists with fidelity; aud if I hav<?, I;..-- *i..? . m miiii- 111111ccuuicu uiu <t ppM'UUUUii u? the Democratic party of the Empire City, I shall feel assured lliatl have uol been unmindful of the obligations which rested upon me as a representative of this great State aod great Commercial emporium of the Uniot^" to the contrary notwithstanding. I admire Mr. Dickinson's devotion to his party and his State, but they will not reconcile his conscience when he rollects that in voting for the admission of California, he violated the Constitution of the Union which, as a Senator, he has sworn to observe. Perhaps I am trespassing on your space and \our readers' patience, but 1 cannot close these remarks, imperfect as they are, without some :llili<sii)il to oiii'n(?oi<li.iit<il 1'i-auiilnnt fl liu-ii>amIo of the wise man, " Wlien the righteous are la authority the people rejoice, hut when the wicked lioar rule the people mourn," are |>eOnluti?y applicable to bimat this time; it is to be eil that the brief authority with which -he Jhaa been accidentally clothed will make him cut such antics before high heaven as will-make the angels weep, in conclusion 1 would suggest to the citizens o. Bienville the necessity of hunting up Mr. Downs, he needs another call to hie duty. Yours, &c. A True Socthron^ Camden, Aug. 20, 1850. ?? i * *'4 Distressing Casuaiity.?It is our melan* choly duty to tecOr^Sio death by drowning, on Tuesday last, of an-interesting little daugh tor, aged about five years of Col. 0. L. McKay, of Georgetown, wlrose -suhuih*. residence i9 near Bomiettsvillo. VVe mrie >'tuml- the deceased with some otlHOS .chilJVeir, and two or three grown servants, >vere retaining from the village, and that iii crossing tiie bridge slie stumbled aud fell into the /water, and immediately sunk to rise no more. The bereaved l'?thcr and other gentlemen were at- die spot di-. roctly after, the accident occurred, and made every possiblfe effort-to recover Uie body but in vain. It was however, rpcovei-ed (lie next day, being found a considerable distance below where it disappeared.?'Ckcraw Gazette. Mm - ATrrrible Ta.utEur,?A Daughter Murdered by her Father.?An awful tragedy occurred at Philadclp' a, Hancock county, Indiana, on tlie evening of Thursday, the 8th inst. The circumstances of the case are these: A man by the name of Thomas-Kennedy has for years resided in Hancock- -county,*wko, with his family have beeu considered disreputable members of society. A difficulty had" existed, between Kennedy and his wife for sSme llino past. This difficulty had increased to such aa extent that the authorities had been compelled In interlero in order to protect his w^'o from personal violence, and the whole"lanaity-rfrOai ejectment. About a month since, Kennray tvav brought before a justice, charged by his w ife u irlt (hreatening to kill her, and he wa& bound over in the sum of $100 to keep the peace. On Thursday night Kennedy had been d.i.ikm!? freelvf and. after niakiutr a <rreat dis tuiounce in the neighborhood of Philadelphia, repaired to his fann, situated a short distaflWt1'iom the town. Ahiwrmidmgbt the neighborhood was alarmed by die discharge of fire arttis aiul die cry of unurder; and the terrible announcement was made that Kennedy had blown out lii.> daughter's brains. Medical aid was ot no use, i'or the brains of the young woman were blown completely out of the skull, and she ceased to exist. It is supposed Kennedy, in hi> madness, had assaulted his wile and family, ami in doing so, destroyed the life of his best child. The unfoi tunate man ts in good circumstances. He was arrested on Friday nioruing. Cincinnati Dispatch. uol. iibnton.?'l lio St JLouis Union on he 31 inst. contains the following despatch, under late of Wasington August 1: " Reports-from Missouri say the whigs, the lofts and the nullifiers have united to carry theSections in Missouri, and oxpect to succeed., if so, it was the first wish of Benton's friends lerc to run hira for the Presidency, but that lie efused; the plan is now to make him S|>eaker )fthe House of Representatives, where he will lo more good for the country than in the Senite, and for this purposo to cloct him to Con jrcss from tho St Louis district. lie does not. efuso tins." Nick Reading.?A hnmkin, who had hor. owed a diclionnry lo read, returned it after ho ;ol through, with the rerimrk, that 'it wa? wer. y nice reading, hut it somehow changed the ,ul?jt?nt werry <?fien.'' It was his sister who bought 1 he first ic3 cream sho tasted was "a eelle tctched with the frost."