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. . T Ja,^^1 jj^| |^| j ^ 1^1' ^ ^ ~ *| 'T^j'"^ DEVOTED TO MTBRATPBB, THE AETS, SCIENCE, AGRICUITUHE, SEWS, POLITICS, &C., &C. TERMS--?ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM,] "I?et it be Instilled into the Heart!) of your Childron that tho Liberty A the Pros* In tho Palladium of all your Rights."?Junius. [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. VOLUME 3?XO. 52. ABBEVILLE C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MOUMXO, MAY 2. 1850. "WHOLE NUMBKK 150. THE IWDEPENDEMT PHKSS FUBLISIIEO WEEKLY, AT AnilEVILLK, S. C., AT ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, HAS a circulation of nearly one thousand in Abbeville District, ami is constant ly increasing. Ita circulation in this State is about fourteen hundred, and its entire list of subscribers numbers over sixteen hundred. It 'is therefore offered to the mercantile and busi- j ness community generally ?s the beat advertising medium iu the up-country of South Carolina. KATES OK ADVERTISING. 1 square 3 months ? 4 00 1 square tt months c 00 1 square 12 months 10 00 2 squares 3 months <5 00 U squares 0 months 10 00 2 squaies 12 months 15 Oh j Jl squares a months 8 on j 3 squares 0 months 12 (Ml j :3 squares 12 months 20 on 4 squares 3 months 10 00 4 squares 6 months 15 00 4 squares 12 months - 25 00 6 squares 3 months 15 no I? squares 0 months 20 00 ! 6 squares 12 months 30 Oo! [jS* Advertisements inserted for a shorter period than three months will he charged 75 cents per square (12 lines or less) for first, insertion and 37^ per square for each continuance. ZW Any one advertising bv minimi or semi-1 annual contract can change his advertisement monthly, if lie desires. t?T Subscribers to the paper who do not i pay their subscriptions within me year win be i ehargod $1 50. [April-JO, 1853 j DRY 600DS. SPRING IMPORTATIONS, 185 6. Miller ?t warrex, Opposite oiuW Hotel, Augusta, (Ja., nrc receiving their usual choice variety of SPRINCJ DllKSS FABRICS, embracing "the best makers <>f French and English productions, among which are? Rich Printed French Jaconets and Organdies; ! Rich ' Flounced Bareges ami Organdies; j Rich 41 American and English Lawns; Rich " French LSrilliants ami Cambrics ; ' Rich " Bareges and Tissues ; Bluff, Blue aud Pink, Plain Brilliants, new article. Silks ! Assorted Colors Flounced Silk Dresses ; Rich Plaid and Striped Taffeta Silks ; Rich Moire Antique, 'foulard and China Silks; duck Taffeta and (iro de Rhine l?o. Mourning Gouds ! Plain and Striped Grenadines and Bareges ; Black Flounced Grenadine and Barege Drosses; Superior Summer Bombazines and Challies ; Black Jaconets, Organdies and Marquise ; Black Eng. Crapes, Love Veils and Handkerchiefs. - i. 4?!. 1..? 1?? . e n 1 In addition to iuib um^ imv <>i we Itnve u cnmpletv .stuck of (.'alieoes, Ginghams, Linen Goods*, Furniture Faints, Embroideries nn<l Laces, Hosiery mi?l Gloves, l'laiit and Embroidered Crape Shawls. A large lot of Mantillas, in great variety of styles. "Pantaloon Stuffs, Bleached and Brown Goods. White and Striped Osnuburgs, of various brands. Our friends and customers arc respect fully invited to examine tlie largest stock of Spring and Summer GOODS that we have ever had. Particular attention paid to filling orders. Augusta, Gh., April 18, 1850 00-lf Fresh Arrivals! FRESH GROCERIES Hardware, &c., &c.. &c. I AGAIN nek attention of Planters and Housekeepers to iny additional supplies of Java nnd Mocoa COFFEE, Coffee AL'GAK, MOLASSES, Rich; SALT, FISH, do. Irish Potatoes, Still lower?below cost?cheap enough for j * * * *111 -1 .4 TIIIDTV n A \> I table use. 1 iiuvej tun uuum tium *?,i?.?ltELS, which I atn determined to close out. A New Supply Paint*, Oil*, Turpentine, Burning Fluid, Puttv, and Window Olus?, French and Aiaerican. 0. K, Rectified, Rye and Kngle WIlf.SKEY, which I wish to close out imincdiutcly at a little above co?t for cash. HardwareHoes of every variety, from 20 to 85 cts? and Mill lower per uor. Hand fiuws, Vices, Anvil*,! .Smiths' Tonu#, Bellows, Pitch Forks, Shovels, .Spade?, and Nails ol* every No., from 3 to 40 penny. CHAINS?Log, Lock, Fifth and drawing. Also, to Young and Old, There is an Application inadetocome forward before summer and supply yourselves with "Wooden and Cane-seated HOCKING C.'IIAIRAf, and any other kiud you may war.t, us I have a few left, and will sell at cost for cash. Guns. TIC you want Guns that will blioot and kill ?nv?r 100 Yards, call on 1L S. Kebk and he will i show you a few of them. Tobocco and Cigars. TTobncco of every quality, from 15 cL?. to $l;00,p?r lb. Cigars, many brands. Jkll>of '4lio above articles, and ninny otlier*, anoy-be found at the Grocery <S't?rc of :% II. B. KERft, Ap,l % '48 tf] No. 5 Brick ltaugc. STATIONERY. 1 rpUK Undersigned lias opened a BOOK JL STORK, iu Newberry, where h" keeps coostantl^un hand a floe assortment o. Religious, Miscellaneous and School HOOKS. (Orders from a distance will be filled nt the aliartest notice. W. J. DUFF1E. Kew-feenry <J. II. [Jan 25 38-ly Flour. JJBlA FLOUR on consignment. zv r-z, ?alw8 Saclu, 190 lbs., Extra Family Flonr, for sale by ' II. A.KKRR. April % 1856. 48 tf T SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY! GUANO AIN'T ANYTHING COMPARED TO IT! SUBSOIL PLOWING IS NO USE ! Cotton Sceil n Perfect Nuisancel CLOTHING THE ONLY REMEDY!! ' w mzm :w sps 9 indefatigable District ami Village .1. Clothing Man, l>y close observation am] hanl study, lias learned several new features in the art of improving and adorning the Masculine portion of the human family. He's been clrtm to New York, took lew on? under scientific men, and has made himself so familiar with all the hcauties, duties, liabilities, advantages and responsibilities of the human weatherdioarding department that just as soon as he lays liis eyes on a man, he knows what he hn-ks*?whether it is food or raiment, lie is just the same to mankind that spring is to vegetation. Country merchants would do well io eoino in and take a few lessons?charges modcrate for single scholar?classes taken at reduced rates. If it is food iiin/ raiment, he takes him in, covers, weather-hoards and floors him, and then sends him ovel to his friend, 11. S. Kerr, or down to I.omax Cobb's, where in a fe\? minutes, after the patient has realised the reviving, healthful iitilucnccof the externiil nn. plication, tlicy will commence the inside work ?ceiling, lathing, plastering mid securing, ami then start liini home. And it is no wonder, alter taking sonic of I.otnax Jk Cobb's or 11. S. Kerr's in'ard tilling (which is substantial, no Hijuid)thcii allowing l.voxs to give them what's culled the surface polish, that men's wives don't know them when they go home; the liltle hoys ami girls run ami hide, thinking some city folks have come to their pa's houses, young ladies commence fixing up to entertain their new beaux, and young men brush their heads, look dignified and start to receive the A few men of rather ordinary appearance, who liavc thrown themselves entirely into l.voiis' hands, know t.lie advantages to bo derived from a suit of his Clothes ; it has married them into rich families, given them .1 standing far beyond their expectations, and been the means of pitching them as high up asphifty-phour pliorty in th" scale of upperteiidoin respectability. ] There are now in the city of Abbeville, . Churches, 2 Academics, 1 Singing School, a j great many Dry Goods Stores, 21'rinl ing < Xliccs, j U Wholesale (Jrocery Houses, 2 -Icwoilcr*' Ks 1 tablishmeiits, a Thespian Corps. .Masonic and ! Odd Fellows' Lodge, Dancing Class, llippro- i drome, 2 Carriage and Buygy Manufactories, 1 Hotels, several Boarding Houses, 1 Drug Store, (Jin Factory, nnd a Steam Saw Mill, 2 \ Harness, nnd several Boot and Shoe Shops, Tin Manufactory, It Tailors' Establishments, Cabi- i net. Carpenters' nnd Blacksmiths' Shops, :$ Refreshment Saloons, and 2 Livery Stables, and it will not do for a gentleman to make a bad I appcarance at any 01 uicse places; it injures . their business. Lvoss keeps Clothing suitable for n'l the above naiiieil places, a vocations and occupations, and because In: has a big trade and; a Inive Stock, lie don't intend to ask prices! that are unreasonable. J.yoss" stock of Leghorn an<l SI raw llats, is complete, lie keeps line l'oeket Knives, linzors, ' Oil and Fluid Lamps, Fiddles, I'iddle Strings! and Fiddle Rosin, manufactured expressly for; this trade. Flutes, Patent Door Fasteners, In-' tcrcst Tables, the most convenient thing of the! kind now in use?every body ought to have) one?Hankers' Cases, l*5ill ISooks, pocket and : Meiuoraudum Hooks, Knvelopes, Letter l'nper,; the largest stock ever brought to this market? . New Yorkers complain of a scarcity since we purchased?Steel Pons, so many that there is an anticipated advance on steel, I'ort Mommies enough t<> hide all the motley in the District, Combs, Hair Drushes, Nail and Tooth Brushes, ; enough to open a whole sale brush and comb hou;e, and if Cedar Pencils rise, Lyons has not I 'cm sure?a whole ease of Blacking, Needles, | any ipiantity, and low by retail, Trieonhcrous, : Kathairion, Cologne, llair Oil, HandkerchiefI Extracts and iweet smelling ttntl', Needle and Thimble Case?, Lanterns, liturgy Whips, Valis- ] ef.two or three Ilorscs, and so many other i things that it would take us a whole day to! look them tip and name thcinover, all of which j npp fonili* for hh<1 c.?l^ ??f !.** 1 tier Store in the Marshall House. AbbcvilleC.H., April 16, I860. 50 tf ?M. STRAUSS, ! C 0KESI5U It Y , IS SO Ml'CH Engaged in selling nrul boxing i out hi* NEW STOCK OFSl'KING AXI)] SUMMER GOODS, purchased in New York, ! Philadelphia, Italtimorc and Charleston, tlint' he has not the time to specify anil detail. Every one snys?ami what every one says must he so?that it is the Cheapest, Finest end tint Stock brought to Ookesbury. < 'onsisting of Prints, Jaconet, Muslins, ItOIJKS, Organdies, ItltlJJ.l ANTES, Ginghams; Dareges, Tissues, Labaradors, CJIALLY, IIA- i KAIJOI T SATINE; MARAHOUT 11ASSALE, CRAl'E MAEETZ,' CAISK MKXIGAX A; The above new (roods in all colors, as well in Mourning *lylc. LINEN GOODS. MANTALKTS. and MANTILLAS, Ribbon?, Collars, Sleeves and Trimmings. BONNETS AND HATS. For GENTS, BOYS and YOUTH, Goods of everv variety, viz: Cottonadc, (Jiut'iis, Drop d'Ete, Cnslimaretf, <fcc. Also, READY-MADE CLOTHING, . 1 Boot?, Slippers, Gniters and Children's Shoe?. IIATS AND CAPS, Besides his full stoek iu HARD WAKE, GROCEIiy, CROCKERY, and | STATIONERY AND SCHOOL HOOKS. Mv fltoclr IN now r?nmr>1 ota Sn nil itii mcnts. Thaukful for tfie patronage heretofore given to me, I hope that the present stock, elected with great care and under the bctt advantage*, "will be the strongest inducement to my old friends and customers. New ones come and indge for yourselves, and rest a&iarcd you can buy as cheap from me as any where else, besides a large and beautiful assortment to select from. M. STRAUSS. Cokesbury, April 7, 1850 49tf HATS! HATS! JUST opened A large Stock of MEN'S SUMMER HATS, BOY'S and INFANTS do. at CHAMBER'S & MARRHAJLKJ. -4pril 5 #8 sw MISCELLANY. Judge Butler and bis Accusers. j It is sought to be made fasliionablo ii ; South Carolina just at this time to arraigi i our esteemed Senator, lion. A. 1'. Butler j for inconsistency of conduct and impuriti 1 n?' Tl^M^ 4l -..--I ? . J'VSIUU nil.- niuuiuil illlilUKS O ' tlic Evening Ni urx and Cliarleston Mercury : pliillipics jiave latterly been fulminate* j against him from Columbia and from Un ; iouville. One or two other minor ma , chines liave caught nj> tlie javelins hurlei j by their bettor grown models, with the vaii 'desire to bring down the towering eagl< | from his pride of place. It is gratifying t< see that these efforts have fallen in tlieii | incipiency and are likely, if they product any elloct whatever, to recoil upon thos* ! ivlm ; What lias been the political crime o ! Senator lJutler ? i No question seriously implicating cithei ' the honor or the interests of his State hai here demanded that ho should speak ou j with the authority of a leader and a guiile I The policy of going into the Cincinnat | Convention is to be argued, and has beei argued, as a matter of propriety anil gooi i sense. No issue is necessarily involved ii ' it that should call forth from our congress iinjii windings oi porn ;it nand. It is ac companicd by no dangers from without noi symptoms of revolution within. It is : | peaceful measure of State policy, threaten ! ing neither our happiness nor our reputa j tiou. And as such we liold it to be one o | those matters upon which it would be well ! t??r the | topic to decide f< themselves. Tli< ! lieail and front then of Judge ttutler's^of ! fending has been that, while leaving his high-minded and intelligent constituency to adopt such action in the premises a; their patriotism might suggest, he has ycl vcinureii nuvice lor lite purpose <?l impart inir t?> any delegation South Carolina ma\ send to Cincinnati as much responsibility as can l>u given to it hy tlie judgment ami influence of our most experienced citizens Where is his dereliction of duty liere'i where his inconsistency ? Judge I hitler lias not from the first given encouragement tt . .v|Mvm.m.itiuii iii 11112 iji'tuoci'iiuc convention. Aiul still he lias regarded it as out of those things from which lie might with out impropriety stand in some measure aloof, at least to the extent of refraining from any uncalled for ollicial prolinuria iiK'Uto against the views of a largo, and res pectable portion of his people. In private lie has .-poken his sentiments candidly upon this subject. lietbrc lenviiifr fur Wnsliinr*. O "o toii iii November last we lieanl linn tliii? express himself. And we doubt not, if lie hail been properly called upon, that hi.1 views would have been readily given through the press at any time. If some o! his fellow-citizens choose now to regard hi? omission to push his opinions on this rpies lion betore the people of South Carolin.i (asked or unasked) in the light of a heinous delinquency, a far greater number of them, we are sure, will approve his discretion ami sustain his course. Some men there are in South Carolina who arc continually croakinrr hImhiI. iIip. full ini* olV of good principles and good manners in our State; and yet, when occasion prompts them, they can exhibit evidences of as rapid declension as the rest. It has been a custom amongst us, call it "time honored" if ye like, to revcrcnce age and integrity, especially when connected witli long and laborious public services. And yet for slight cause, it is now attempted tc impugn the motives of as noble and disin terested a heart as ever beat for the I101101 and weal of the Palmetto State; and this, too, when the individual is one whose lift; and strength have been well-nigh exhausted in the employment of that State. The demonstration needs uo comment. We make no charge of unworthy intentions upon those who have thought it right thus to assault our Senator. They arc gentlemen, above all trickery and dishon est)*. Hut, unwittingly, they are inflicting upon an old servant a grievous wound?n wound of the spirit, which might perliap? go further towards bowing his gray hair? into the grave than all the toils of man) years. And wo call upon them, by every motive of l'nimetto fellowship nnil Pal metto generosity, to desist their ill timed attacks.?Edgefield. Advertiser. | 15i.uk Ridok Raii.uoad.?Judgo Frosl left this place on yesterday morning, after <1 stay of one week. During the week, oui usually quiet town has presented quite r scene of bustle. All the sub-contractors t\v nnnrlir c/\ liatrA Kaah 1?a?a C.-*? ? ? v. %/ mj I?MIU UWH IICI U IVi HIU |JlirpU5t of renewing their contracts with tlio Coin pnny, and we learn that all have done bo with the exception of one or two who wen deemed to bo wholly irresponsible for anj contract they might make, and entirely un able for the want of sufficient means t< complete the work, had they received tin contracts asked for. Public confidence seems to be established on a firmer basis ' *? tru&t-thatthc work will now proc r? " ydi rpjSMity. Judgo Frost manifest gr&u^seal ii$&e dischnrgo of liia duties a President* *?od tlio able Chief Engineer Moj. Gwynn,"gr>e8 to work as if ho designe< having the road completed in the shortes possible spaco of time. Anderson True Carolinian. vsrW : ' ' v > >' Matters ^Washington. Washington, April 10.?In the IIo .-<* of Representatives to day, two of SoMh 1 Carolina's talented representatives delivei admirable speeeheP.-Avhich were listened , with marked attention, as is always r case when they risfj to address the Hot f Colonel Keitt spoke in reply to Mr. Stntit , of Ohio, who arraigned tlie adiniuistrat 1 on tlie ground of the passage of the K - sas bill. Your readers doubtless know t - Mr. Stanton was skinned. Colonel K 1 was even more severe upon the Hli\ek i: publicans to-day than lie was when hem JI Ins famous speech a few days ago. 'IT >: were apparently alarmed. They altemp' i-1 to get up a laugh, but that business \ ;isoon ended. His retort had the effect .'<in:iKUig JlK-in sinu into tneir seats. I said, in ellect, ihut from the exhibition f | lore liini, the most elleelive argument i--r, them would be made by clowns in the it: .. r Col. Keitt accepted the Kansas issue, as . ? Democracy would accept it, and proser t mail, lie believed and lioped, who stf ' . firmly upon it, and who was identified w i it; and upon this issue lie would sweep : i country, and restore peace and harnio 1 bv throwing the agitators out of pul i i life. Tim 1 >t:ick lieitnblienns li.ive been 1 - torly complaining all day of llie sarcaf - and jnst denunciations of lite gallant a r eloquent South Carolinian. lie showi (hem neither quarter nor mercy, but utte - confounded and demolished them. (. - Keitt thinks it of the first importance f nominate men at (Cincinnati, who are i I ; only identified with the Kansas-Ncbras ; bill, but who arc the most bitterly abn.s - by the Abolitionists in consequence; ai > after long observation here and many iut views with members of Congress and ol i ers from the South, I feel warranted I I saying that this preference is common - ' till! iicoiih* of thi? Ki ill thorn <Jnvoltohlii I I ? ".... .Slates. | If this i<lcu of Col. Keitt and of t I whole South he adopted hy our Xatioi . Convention a death blow will be struck ! agitators and the traitors who keep it u > The bitterness of tho Abolitionists kno* 110 bounds. In every place, public and p j vate, they denounce the true men of the Nor' j and West who have .stood by tlie rights our section and the Constitution of tl j country, and especially the President, Gc Cushing (who is one of tile truest Stat i IJights men in the Union) and Judge I >ouf | las. 'I'hey deny them the commonest hi ! inanities?they are, according to thcin, t} i j rants, dough faces and incarnate devil; j Now, the question for us of the South an 11 the Constitutional men of the free StaU i j to answer is, sh.\ll *.?nr action gratify tlies ; j Abolitionists and betray the true men wli . i i have never faltered in the battle for ou :! equality and peace? Let the conservera . :; lives everywhere answer through their del J ... ? / | egates at Cincinnati! ? 11 The oilier speech to which I referred in ; i | the opening of this letter was that deliver, oil in the Huiise by Col. Preston S. lirooks, i a gallant soldier of the Mexican war, upon the occasion of ottering a bill granting a t pension for life to a widow who sent her husband and three sons to battle, under the speaker's command. It was a truly eloi quent and beautiful nppcal for the poor i widow, winch tho ILouso responded to by ? passing the bill and increasing the amount to twenty dollars per month. I Col. Drooksis considered the handsomest i man in the House, as well as ono of the I most eloquent and intluentiul. This is the ) first time this season that he has occupied the floor, and all, especially tho new tnem bers, were anxious to hear him. None were , disappointed. lie fully sustained his repu> it- ? ?? -- -? > liiuuu u? mi uuiu uvumcr hiiu nu eiO(|iieni I orator, mid the reputation of tlio State i which glories in her l'inckneyp, her Lown 1< s, her Cheves, ami towering above the age in which ho lived?the illustrious Calhoun. The fervid patriotism of the soldier orator, ! who led the husband and sons of the patri otic widow, fell, in clear full tones of music, ; most gratefully upon the hearts of all pai triots present, and caused even many of the ni-.i- i? 1 ? - i* . .? mncK iicpuuiicaiis 10 icrget, tor a moment, > their traitorous fanaticism. I am happy ' to bear testimony to the applause which fol" lowed the remarks of the gallant soldier, and hope to hear Irim, at no distant day, I in a set Bpeech. Well may noble old South Carolina be proud of her noble son. vorresjionaence uailtmore lirpvbltcon. i "Docroil, Kin you tell mc what's tlio * matter with my child's nose ? ho keeps a i pick in' of it." , ''Yes innrn); it's probably an irritation > of the gastric mucus membrane comtnuni eating a sympathetic titillation to tlie epi , uittiiuiii oi ioe Bcnnoerian !' ) "Tlinr, now, that's just what I told lk-cky ; ' she 'lowed it was worrnms!" > Scicide.?We learn tlwt n valuable ne3 gro man belonging to Col. J. W. Duokett, i bangod himself yesterday. It is thought , he committed tho act rather than be sent to . Arkansas, where Col. Dtiukett has a plants ntion.?Newberry Mirror. t Ouuoov is taking measures to be admit1 ted into the'Union. It is stated that lite t population now amounts to fifty thousand, with "tnord wealth than any other community of fifty thousand people ou the globe." . u t. f'e ] ?'i til Hicr< " tli Hi en f. 1)1 llil w [.? r, ll< V it 11 ' o v " L - ri i i. N I . I r I \ ! i t t f I I ! Correspondence of Charleston Standard.) ' M Messrs. Editors : I am no professional! Mess letter writer, nor am I dependant on the j piont ciniloc nf IiAHAWiKIa CnnnliMta ?? 1> - ' 1- ? ? ? WIIII.VW w? UVIIUKIUIU UVIKHVI9 VI UU|IIVM.'IIIH* liurc lives for my social or pecuniary status. 11 briny pen this letter to pny a just tribute to the * fide i Hon. Preston S. Brooks, of your State.' stam] lie made a speech in the Houso to-day,! Kans which for real eloquence, if eloquence is to I grov< be judged by its effects, lias not been equal-1 early led for many a day. Ilis subject was limn- j rich ble and small, but lie aroused in every heart tory. mo ueepesi csnotion. i * The Chnirmnn of tlio Coimnitteo of Pen-! HeBt sions reported a bill this morning giving to! press Mrs. Tilman a pension of eight dollars perjance, month, for life. When it find been twice' petus read instead of referring it to the Commit-1 owls tee of the whole House, which is the uni-' grcgi versal rule, Mr. TJroobs rose and asked that: the h the bill might be put upon its passage, and j Terri proceeded to state tho merits of the bill. I M< The story was short, but never was a story j men better told?never did a bounty pass the dress. House after its recital less grudgingly. Mrs. j tions Tilman, of Edgefield, S. C., was a widow;'just Iter husband and tlirco of lier sons perished j Terri in the Mexican war; they were all she J their could give, and when the grave closed over, busin them, a paralytic son and small daughter j Unfo were the only survivors of this fearful har-1 out I vest of death. Never did Buffering humanity find a more j eloquent pleader than in Mr. Itrookson this occasion. I can say truly that while he j : was speaking "tears fell from eyes unused j s'?ce to weep." lie concluded his eloquent ap- j Mass k.> ??.? .1-- I #!?? |/v?m v/j iKMUg iiao J iuu^u lU |>1UV) 111(3 mil *"w without the usual referenco to the Commit- v tee of the whole House. Mr. Mace, of Indiana, immediately sought the floor and 11 moved to amend the bill by increasing the cinto pension from eight to twenty dollars per battl< month. The ques^pu traa taken, the amend- estnb ment was adopted. nt?d the bill passed, as amended, with sdirogly a dissenting voice. II The good woman Had only asked the inuci usunl pension of #8 per month?the Com- idle ' mittee liml recommended the same. Mr. usele Brooks hnd asked for no more, and yet so mngical was; the influence of his touching Pi eloquence, that a stranger, operated upon itself by the generous impulses of his heart, *y f? moved to increase H more than an liundred may fold, and tho House, io the genial glow of a commendable magnanimity, voted it. I T1 have been a dose observer of Congreseiohol n lav proceedings for many years, and never be- undc ... v J:v r have I witncsned such tangible evidenco o jtower of real clouueuce on the IIouhc. u is no parallel for Mr. Brook's triumph p. parliamentary history of the country, is constituents may well cherish such iresentative. His subject was narrow o silence of his auditory, and the votes s comnocrs are th? nmnf* r>f lmw ?<.ll uidled if. o liavc a rumor this evening that Walkis been defeated in Costa Kiea, but it pcd ihat it is unfounded. IIkniiy. [Kroin tin; Kd^clielJ Advertiser.] u: Art ok I.istbnino.?We have had y treatises on tbe art of speaking : wo , some on the art of listening. It is vs necessary to talk ; but to listen is u-t a duty. Has not nature, by giving vo ears and but one mouth, taught us we ought to talk le.-s and listen more? ke but listen," *said a celebrated <Jre ot to listen, or to listen with a want of ition, is an offense against society. I Chesterfield told his son that he had vn a man knocked down for a less grave icc than that of not listening to a person addressed him. otliing certainly is more acceptable and sing than the art <>f listening. An old , it is said, left a large legacy to one was not his relation, Itecausc lie had ys had the complaisance to listen to (Miner : iry tne olloct ot it in your daitercourse. It will always tell in your r. liltEVlTAS. Iieiiiistocli's (n tlic Spm tiui Kiiryl?iii?les. lT a large assemblage ??f citizens at lee, England, a few weeks ago, the , "The l'residcut ami people of the cd Slates," was given and received with "clous applause. It. was otleied by Mr. .er, n young meint>er of Parliament, has visited this country, and is acnted with the peoitlu and our institu i. lie accompanied the sentiment in legant speech highl}- eulogistic of tlie ed Suites, and expressive of an earnest e for tlic maintenance of tiie most :lly relations between tliem and Eii1. During the excitement, some week;; about the Enlistment and Central rican questions, the opinion was fretly advanced that the fiery articles of .ondon Times were, by no means, the lents of pubic sentiment iti England. WO liavit still ?Hi-' _ ...... ? I'.wi VI 'IIIU of tliis opinion in the fact that a largo or of addresses have l>cen pro pa red o inhabitants of large towns and cities eat Britain to towns and cities in this ry, deprecating a war and disavowing 11 pa thy with the menacing and inso?ne of a portion of -the English press. Charleston Standard. ,\j. ItuFoito, of Ala., (wo learn from rs. Ilester and lielcliar, his ndvanco icrs, who are now in this place,) will ho nbout the loth or 20th inst. I(o ;s with liim about seven hundred bona Southern emigrants; men of lliu right p, who coine to till the fertile plains of >ns; men who have left the orange >a of the South, the palmetto shades of boyhood, to seek new homes in tho and fertile domains of Kansas Terrirotn our acquaintance with Messrs. er and lJelcher, wo are favorably "imed, and if they are samples of tbo bal, the Southern cause will gain an hni on their arrival, which will startle the and bats of Abolitionism which conlte at Lawrence, and only end when Fist Abolitionist shall have left Kansas tory. issrs. Ilestor mid Belcher arc young of tine education and gentlemanly nd, and possess all tiie requisite qnalificafor liardy, trusty pioneers, attd arc bucIi men as are wanted in Kmkk tory. They liavo our best wishes Tor success, and wo well know that the ess men of Westport will atfon] Maj. rd every possible facility for carrying Missouri liurdcr Times. nxo Out.?The State of Maine (Whig) : "We saw the statement a few days in a reliahlo anti-Nebraska paper in achusetta that, regret it hs thev might, eeling of opposition* to the frcbra^Va vns tlvinrr out. io anniversary of the battle of San .Tais to Iks eel ob rated at (>a)vastou. This e, fought on the 21st of April, 1836, lislietf the independence of Texas. 0 that waits for an op|>ortunity to do 1 at once, may breathe out. his life in wishes, and regret, in tho last hour, his as intentions, and barren zeal. r-r-^r,-ttt' ride is seldom, delicate?it will please ' with very mean advantages; and en ?? u... ?u uui no uwn urn wneil II * be compared with flic misery of others." ?- - . o. .It to Legislature of Alabama has passed v prohibiting gambling on steamboats, ir heavy penalties.