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!?: a: Picrce. '!'!: V nv.i s iniirli t?> Franklin l'ierco but y. ' :!. . :r; it were, the Chief MagisIratet :i ,.< il initio!), now the private riti/. ; < /. lh>- 1'artv asperity fansi'vi ambition, and the : ..i pievaiiin;_ in the kind duritiij Li- brought down upon him ;?li.. -o " a- has never In-fore hern heaped upon \ i 'iv ideal ; but history will vindi Iiis i.:n..l to future generation? kYaiikiin 1'ietvo will be known and appreci sited, as tin; pure patriot, the virtuous ami hi'iie-t ,?l.?.ti sin;i]i. Elected to the lYesi?s n- v ! ; ! o::!y the party that nonunatcil him but by '.ho votes of thousands upon i hou-::: ! ? of those who had theretofore op posed the i.V-niorratio party, it was impossi I ! f" v ! ;::i fo overlook (lie claims that nil s-tjrti.!.:> ! upon liiin, f??r a recognition ol their int r*-^ .-stul their lights. Hut this is i:<>t n:!. i ''visions :md dissensions had pro vnikd tn::n nniitjj extent, previous to hi* r.< initiation. i:i the r.mks of his own party, all of whii-!i thtv-atened a dismemberment ?. !'i!. I:. the South, time were Southern ]J:_?hts i:;.- n. ;s?;?l I'nion, (compromise men, i:; the . : "i "West national democrats, t!i > w Si.> claimed to be so, but who \\i ivi! i'.T . !:iinW'd with free-soil senli :,i; ! i j iuiotts, but who still stood by the lK-minr ;<..n. and battled bravely for its ku;?C'-s:% i: wa* 11 :i-> state of thing* that i'ltib::; .. ! :1k-late 1 'resident when he went into c:.. Ib'iioethe appointment of a . v. !ii< ii smmwliat astonished tlio ? ?on i:s lir*t announcement. Wti J.uvi* . < r!i in it .Kilcrsou Davis, Southern Jii '!r- nv. .. tin; extreme South, and Mci'K-!! u !. the cxlivme West; tluthri?\ l!; I'nion democrat, and Mary, the <<! ! ' il:.: i/' And from the cabinet, tiniti'fl'.i ;i: :!io ih-|iartinents, extremes were iiijhK' in nvel. and mingle together, the policy ii!" i. -i-being to reconcile all Kictif-t.-1 'die democracy that they might v.-.itk !.: .;i<!y together for the good of the ]>> ; : . Mi l fur the advancement of the trrua: ' > :.n<l honor of the nation. Tlii? c : va-i-in of the late President, *;:eia: was 10 mm, uv views most patr'. i'io. ma.h uen-eired ;il. tlio outset of 1?i * ration, and cook'il I lie ardor of . liiutiy i had warmly advocated his election. !: v..., confidently pre?li?tc?.l that liis admini .n would prov? a failure. As oil nndw.v- :c . ?:iM i:o{ eomminiile. so said they oiiM i. tl.-i.i:tVria!s of which the cabinet .p - <!, unite, and, as a unit, act. To the < v] . :<>! .. (his distrust of the late Preside'.!'.' p il'-y. on the part of many of his tii.'ii U. wr.- weapon which they failed not to iisev>:;h cuiTtiv and address. Hut as time j l-a thini;-, >u has experience proved, that i". w;.s n ! absolutely necessary, in ofdertopivim.il.; the ureal interests of the country, upon ;iiI dcbafeable points affcetii.Lj .vr'i"V.n! claims and interests, the cabinet o!" a 1 'ro>ident should be a unit. No cue v.:!I pivtend toalRrm '.bat the great inteiosls <>f tlie nation have not boon promotvl bv ! *? -.:-*<!? lit Vioreo'sadministration. Nc oik- will attempt to ailinn that tlie honorol tho ::ai has not been maintained abroad No on will protein] lo affirm, that, in any depart n:'.i.t of the ( 'ovornmcnt, fidelity lias boon wanth:;;, or that corruption has exist cd in haini. toting the government Frank I'm l'ii.:v, therefore, retires enjoying a pop nlaritv which his opponents may well envv In the South, his praise is now in all men's mouth.', :it ! ::cl all whose good oj>inious arc worth y'r::\v. A::?1 while vilified and as sailed at bv the vile abolition crew who will surround him in his retiraey, lu will !> villained liv the gallant democracy of the no::!i, "who know no East, 110 West !! > \ortli. 1:0 ^onth," hut who will stand, as he I>:;s done, by our glorious constitution, until, with them, "time shall bo 110 more." A Presidential Levee. We extract from the "Washington Slat the following graphic sketch of a late reception at tiie White House. ;> 'I'm: Li:vf.i: Last Nicmit.?Great was it.,. ..1 4l.- I l.-i. I 1 It- e niuj.i'ii .n. l.h; iuwu last infill. j roi. Keid, in his late loctuivs on ventilation, told of the crush :it tin.- Wcllincton funeral, out of which people emerged looking as if thej had boon freshly washed and wrung. In this regard, tlio White House last night maj be said to have been a laundry on the most exteti.-ive Fcalc, though we imagine those operated upon will not find their washcrwoman's? bills materially reduced thereby. President lJuehanan of course had to gc throii'-'i a severe ordeal of hand-shnkinc from .sji-h a multitude, most of whom threw the :inj''.e?'.Vi-neKi of warm personal admiration inld the usual digital courtesies ? - - n ' The J'resident was, however, looking rejnarkahlo wo!, much l?ottor than we liavf .-L-cii him since his arrival in Washington, ami he remained in the reception room until so:ii ;v.!.at after the usual hour (10 o,clock) i v.;1,:. hawing, hp, indeed, the tid? of arrivals was at its fullest at tliis time. Marshal Hoover was ]>rescut performing his olii ;ial duties, aided bv Deputy Marsha rhillip*. In tllO COU\\'(\ of lllO rival rnnm vi?oo \fl?? Lane, the l'lvsiriont's niccc, who received visitor* with an case, grace and self-posses sion tint indicated her to be no novice in .such duties. Not a few impressible young men performed an extensive round *o "great cirelo sailing" through the series o room^ to iret another look a her swael r 'IV - . * - met', j o commissioner j^ihkc lell Me a \ gredable lask of making tlie presentation! to Miss Lain-. Ex-President Pierco was president, ant hold a levee, u& it wore, in tlie East room of friends and admirers, who preesed a round him to take him by the baud one< jnrtre. ' ?JlG rush continued without diminution ujf to'b'_-hour of closing, and then com tiiifeneed a general scramble for bats, shawl> and" overcoats. Profiting by past experi( , <jttco many of the. visitors seemed to have studied to procure for the occasion outei garments of tlie )ca<t possible value, M thtft^they stood a chance'of bettering them {. Aclv'es rather than losing by any exchange A tJfMl masquerade was the' consequence L.idjfls who hav4 shone in the ftanfc roflir iij all tjie radiance of dress and jewels, e tnercoibfrom the cloak room like Obidprfll lit from the ball?draped"-in the humbles habiliincuts, and their cavaliers, just now tfye pipk of fashion, looked as if starting out 011 a garoltibg Expedition. Those no I so' thoughtful wero of.rourso victimized b) ll/e loss of valuable gvuieuts. One stout "^tlcman wo saw setting (lik< Marlus over the ruins of Carthage) on a ?o fa, minus his hat, (all tl\e remaining haf! beiiiauiany. s^ps too srtiall,) with His hertt tlO'd itp in a yellow bandqtina. With,a >*tehv gaae^inJicating liigli resolve, he. row xffftT taTj^d.away hatles*, saying no word hiVt stftUHurig down leathpr anathemas m ho wnBccd/ . -S.? \V<- rvlvi?o fhc conscienccle? thief wlio stole our li:it :uul o vol coat to re, | 111111 them aiitl lake away tlio miserable rag and disreputable countrv-made hat lio sub: j stituted fo them. lie is known?or , | ought to be?confound him ! | THE INDEPENDENT PRESS I IS rUlll.l.-llED KVKHY FBII?AT MoltMNU IIV LEE & WILSON. ' W. A. LEE, Editor. | Individual*, like nations, fail in nothing which h y bol'lli/ attempt, when nutained by virtnon* I purpose, a if1 determined resolution.?Hkmiy Ci.ay. " Willing to praise, net not afraid to blame." Terms?Two Dollars a Year, in Advance. I A T?T> T I ITTT TT1 /i TT , i jtxxjxji-j y x i 11 in v>. xz. i j FRIDAY, - - - - MARCH 20, 1857. ! The friends of J A MRS 11. COB1J rospectful 1}' announce liim as a Candidate fur Sheriff at the next election. The Hon. J. P. Marshall. Wo publish below the communication of f.otnr Sahuhif announcing the name of the i Hon. .1. F. Marshall, as a candidate for Conj gross. The iiiiuoiinccinciit, we are sure will incut a hearty response from the numerous ' friends of the Colonol in other portions of tin; Congressional District, lie is at present on n temporary visit to Florida ami on his return will make llio proper acknowledgments : Nr.w M auklt, March 1C, 1857. Mr. Editor : In rosnoet for tho nf I 4 ? ? """ " J our lamented Representative, Hon. 1'. SBrooks, we have postponed to tlic present calling out Col. J. F. MARSHALL, to fill his plnco, in the C"ngrcss of our country. You will please announce Col. J. F. MARSH ALL n candidate for Representative in Con; gross. Hy so doing you will meet tlie desires of his many friends. Lowkr Sai.vda. We are requested to state that Rev. J. M. Chiles will preach at Friendship on the fifth Sunday in this month. Godey's Lady's Book. | Tin- April number of ibis popular magazine .! lias been rcecivcd; is handsomely illustrated ami presents its usual literary attractions. Terms $3 per annum ; with the /Visa $4. Advertisements. The attention of the lailies is especially invited to the advertisement of Messrs. Chambers 1 it Marshall : Read also the advertisement of Wm Alexander ; of the Southern Rights Dragoons and the Abbeville Light Infantry. The Cotton Planters1 Manual. The above is the title of an interesting publication, which we have received; being a eoinj pilatioii of facts on the culture of cotton ; its natural history chcmical analysis, trado con sumption A-c., by J. A. Turner, of Putnam Co. (la. Published 1?V Saxton A. (Jo., New York. The Julien Minstrels. i Wc were entertained n couple of evenings f during the Inst week by the performances of . this excellent troupe. The weather wns inclement ; but those who ventured out were i amply repaid. The burlesque songs were ad mil-able ; the delineations of negro character lifelike; and the performances of Old Joe Sweeney on the banjo, were executed with his peculiar grace and skill. We commend them ' to the patronage of nil lovers of good humor, : and the simple pathos of the Ethiopian Miti" strelsy. , | uaraen heeds. Messrs. Branch ?fc Allen request us to say that 1 they have ft full supply of Garden Seeds for , i snle, and though griin winter has not yet called ( J oft" his "ruftian blasts," we think every lover of early vegetables n>ny ran the risk of a "killing frost." The "Ides of March" ore past, and the ice-king lias certainly made havoc enough for one campaign. After rifling the orchard* of their sweets, and crushing the hopes for a twelvemonth of all lovers of "peach and honey," lie uced scarcely grudge us a few garden vegetables.?-Messrs. Branch Ji Allen j ?i -? 5 ' nuiv IIIW, uvnuvs ulllj^a ItllU UIIC III lt'illF, LUC latest mngnzinos, am] a fine supply of books r which thoy sell ftt Now York i?nd I'fiiljulcljdiin i retail prices. Errata. "\Yc committed two errors in publishing an article from the Due West Tehtcopt Inst week, which we ask the reader to correct. The first occurs near the middle of the arr ticle in describing the Wire bridge across Ningara river below the falls. It should read thus: "It is supported by four cnbtas made of f \ir t c t r>/1 w I ha !?/? ? * ' mm, one uiuiiiuujr or eacu Deing ten inchcf, nnd the number of wires In cach cable , being 8,G59. The total length of wire in the bridge is-1,000. nn<l the weight of the whole etructure is one million six hundred, and seven.ty-eight thousand 8even hundred and twenty, two pounds." The other error oecnrs in the last lino but one of the article. For 4555 , miles, read "1555 miles." I The Dallas -Clarendon Treaty. With the ratification of the treat}*, saya the i National Intelligencer, it is slated that the I Senate coupled certain amendments, which will be the subject of futuro negotiation either 1 in London or Washington. What their import is we, of course, have no means of know^ ing; but we understand generally that they ^ j are not of a natnre to authorize the anticipa- | non ui uiiy nnai uimenlty between two Governments animated by friendly sentiment*, as the two in question undoubtedly nnd sincerely . are. Indeed, the main object of this Treaty and the motive of its negotiation were to elu' c idatc some obscurity in former conventions ' ?r.A -11 - .tu.v.c u i tiiiicreuco 01 construction and nil misapprehension or misunderstanding in future in regard to Central American affairs. - The Masonic Female Collegiate Institute. < We would direct attention to the advertisement of the plan of ^endowment, by the saleof * Scholarships in this well known and floarish' ing Institution. The plan is similar to that 1 which has been adopted by many other institutions of the landytad commends itself to the * support of every 'friend of education. . ^ * places the Institution upon a permanent .basis f and jjrililat affording a continuing guarantee qj? ita standing and usefulness, enables it to>import the highest grade of Scholarship, jvith the least f cost Co (ba recipients. For a mere 'f^ttanee it f places the means of education within Wie reach . ! of all. A|^Twko havi children to ednoate are \ peculiarly* -Interested ; and those none may etttouo an aet'of^jaceful } by j>urcli asi n g* -Soli olarsliif^artd bc%to?viM it . upon jiome AJfaniiiifag fri?ri4. 'fb* Ifes^tttiion I f founder tb? direction of-the MasooteOrder | wli? hnvo U> mtka it irortby pf l t,ho pAtr?)i(i(5Jdf't>*?cC?mmuiiity, inseloottrtg *. i pleasant loe^^cnr^ ftWEeHag- '?>?*p<faotaflj aai j. of .' n >oe?n?pli?h?d itSjfjf mi Un meet w^rtlist jw > much deaervea. **-" W *. m ^ .,A& Negro Suffrage. Tlio New York legislature is considering n bill, so to amend the constitution as to confer the right of Mitfrngc upon free negroes. It lias already passed the Senate and was immediately consigned by the House, to the Committee of the whole, without reference to the Judiciary Committee. The following sensible remarks with reference to the measure we extract from the New York liny Hook : Here is a matter proposed from which all nuturally revolt, yet the "Republican" leaders, because they suppose it will mid some thirty or forty thousand votes to their party, seek to bring the disgrace of entire equality with lie- 1 fi'xv;.- me wmiv CKI7.CIIH (11 lIUSDimf, 1111(1 1 this, too, in the tlie very face of the fnct that ten years ago, "negro suffrage" was voted j down witli emphatic indignation. Let them, however, try it again, and we promise them a good fight. Tile people of this State, we appre hciid, will never disgrace themselves hv such a monstrosity as negro citizenship. If tliey do then let lis have negro .lodges, members of Congress Ac. Let our wives and daughter* tinge their rosy blood with the dark and sonty hues of Africa, and let the stream of pollution How on until wc nre but n louthsoino race of effeminate mongrels, for such is what negro suffrage" means. ' The Treaty with Mexico. Tlic Treaty lately coiicluileil with the Mexican Government, by Mr. Forsyth, has not yet been presented to the Senate for ratification. It seems to have created something of a sensation in the city of Mexico ami the British ami French ministers arc sai?l to have protested : against it. The Traihc <1'Union, n Mexican |>apcr contains an elaborate analysis of the treaty. It seems that there are five- treaties; the essence of the whole is however contained in the fifth, which provides as follows: The American Government lemls to Mexico $15000,000, at an interest of four percent, per annum. Out of this sum the United States is to pay the British debt of $1000,000, and retain $3000,000, for the satisfaction of the claims of the American citizens. The remaini?f? Mann nmi >? ?.? l?.? . ? -v w, , ... otiiaideration of which the latter obligates herself to abandon the 20 per cent, of custom house duties, now imposed on all imports and between the two countries, and transported on American or Mcxican vessels. Mexico, by this arrangement loses nothing, as she is authorized to place the 20 per cent, duty, abandoned in favor of the United States, to the debt of the latter, uiiJ to extinguish in this manner the capital and interest of the debt of $8000,000. The advantages occuring to the United Stntes arc set forth in the following ( paragraphs: < "The United States sacrifices $3,000,000 for the benefit of her commerce. This is the cn- 1 tire secrct. The treaty docs not, in truth, nro vide tlint the reduction of '20 percent, shall l>e | ' carried to tlic profit of the United State?, but ' the credit of tlie importer and exporter. The ' lutter then will he beneficiaries, but will not the United States eventually obtain n greater advantage ? That is the question. "It seem to us indubitable that, by means of 1 this premium (for it is nothing else) established by the United States on the mutual imports 1 and exports of the two republics, their com- 1 incrcial relations will largely increase; that the commercial marine of both nations will be 1 fostered, and that the products of Aiucricuu ' industry will enjoy a marked ndvnutnge over those of Europe in the Mexican markets. "It must be conceded that this is n grand and liberal conception ; the United State alone makes the sanrihce which is to inure to the hpnpfit, nf Ixttlt nnllnna < !!?/* W..V UU Hyp ( her merchants, hut commerce ; for it matters not what may he the nationality of the importer or exporter?whether Mexican, American or Chinese?he will he entitled to the premium, it he trades between the two countries by meaim of American or Mexican shipping." The Navy Department. The New York Journal of L'otmncrcc in reviewing the history of the Navy Department for the Inst four years, pays a high compliment to the ability with which Mr. Secretary Dobbin has discharged his arduous duties. Great im pruvciiiunis nave ucen ninue in the departments of ordnance and gunner}'; judicious measures hare be#n adopted for training seamen in the exercics of heavy ordnance, a gunnery practicc ship has been put in commission at Washington ; the superior utility of large shell-guns for first clnss vessels has been established, and it only remains to equip oar men of war with the latest improvements in small arms t? render this arm of the service eminently efficient It is to bo rogretted that the proposition of the Secretary, to construct additional miuujis ui war, ot ngni draught, wiitu auxiliary steam power, and winch might bo serviceable on shallow coasts, lias met with little legislative favor. We extract Uio concluding portion of the article: Perhaps the best features of Mr. Dobbin's administration of the Navy department has been his constant and unremitting care for seamen. The sj-stem of honorable discharges for good conduct* EiiC the law for increased pay of seamen, adopted by Congress under his recommendation,?the system of inspecting supplied more closely At flni several naval stations, according to the suggestions of the Chief of Bureau of Provisions and Clothing?that of manufacturing the medicines required for ship's use by our Navy Surgeons, under the advices of the Chief of the Medical Bureau?and tho careful steps which have been taken to have the companies of ship more comfortably berthed on board?each and all have bad a tendency to render the seamen of our Navy not only contented and healthy, but ever willing for the most perilous services. Not the least of the monuments with which Mr. Dobbin will leave his Secretaryship, are the raagnificcnt?"six frigates," and the government foundries at tho Navv yards of New York. Boston. Washington ai><1 Nnrf-ti* These will ever be associated with the recolloction of his efficient naval administratiou. It has been too frequently the case that new Secretary of the Navy, instead of taking up the service at the points of reform and proS tress at which their predecessors had arrived, mve preferred to begin anew and reconstruct i the entire work for which they are, of course responsible to the country. While we would not be obnoxious to the charge of making im- < pertinent suggestions we must express a hope that the successor of Mr. Dobbiu will commence where his predecessor has left off,?that the appreutice system, which has thus far worked so well and promises so mueti of substantial improvement, muy be encouragcd, and a few of the best of the youths thus appreciated by the government, annually admitted to the priv- i icgc wi io|p A<iB|>oii8 Acaaemy,?that the era* 1 ise* of o&raliipe of war may be limited to two instead of,,three years: Mid that they shall not be detained in service ou foreign statiou* oyer god'beyond the period of their enlistment i f /.eft assured fern) tlie statements of i^e /incoming President already expressed, ibntfte will.pot fail to ear* for Uie Navy astb? guardian ofour foreign commerce,'?and we trust tb^fc^e.new SeereUfry, whoever lie may > be, will <b must respects catry oat the work bo We^J^ogun by-his predecessor. i .1 EbfriQnacE.?Doro'a Gold Mioe, Abb?- .i IBiJ&fsWWs Sdoth Carolina' James .Dora, , Anniayll'e, Koralmw Distrio't, South Caroli- j Pi^eriA)i^t4ot, Sooth CW- J ^flV ! tf.c. . v 'i The Drod Scott Case. The decision of the Supreme Court in this j sofc, ha* been received by the Abolition |>reases j it the North, with tin outburst of mingled age and disappointment. The New York Tribune regards it ns entitled to ns much mortl weight as the "judgment of a majority of those congregated in any Washington Jim- ] room;" as a "dictum prescribed by the stump to the bench." The JiWiiiiit/ J'vst looks upon the decision as the result of a conspiracy of the most treasonable chnraeter, to which the Justices of the Supreme Court, and tiie leading members of tho new Administration are parlies. And the Uoston Chronicle and the Allan have violated common deceucy and decorum in the calumnious epithets which they have freely lavished upon tin? Supreme Judicial Tribunal of the lTnion. AVc of the South, oil the other hand, regard the decision as an exposition ,?f i1>.. ifik. ill,.<.* . ,,r it... Uiiii..iU ,.r f ? nml as a triumph of constitutional principle; whilst the moderate men of nil parties ami the great hotly of the people, while ac?|uiesec in it us an authoriative declaration, and as the settled law of Ihc land. The following extract contains a summary of the various ijuestion decided: 1. Negroes, whether slaves or free?that is, men of the American race?are not citizens of tlie l.'nited States by the Constitution. 2. The ordinance of 17X7 had no independent constitutional force or legal olfect subsequently to the aboption of the Constitution, and could not operate of itself to confer freedom or citizenship within the Northwest Territor on negroes not citizens by the constitution. 3. The provisions of that act of 1820, commonly called the Missouri Compromise, ill so far aS it lllldel'Lnul.- If! i.velll.l.i ?i.alnl'nn from and communicate freedom and citizenship to negroc* in the northern part of the Louisi ana cession, was a legislative net exceeding the powers of Congress, and of no legal effect to tliat end. In d elding these main points the Supreme Court determined also the following incidental points: 1. The expression "territory and other property" of the Union in the Constitution applies in terms only to such territory as the union po.~scscd at the time of the adoption of the Constitution. 2. Tthe rights of citizens of the United States emigrating into any Federal territory, and the power of the Federal Government there, depend on the general provisions of the Constitution which defines in this. as in all other respects, the prowers ?f Congress. ?. As Congress iluei not possess power itself to make enactments relative to tlic persons or property of citizens of the United States in Federal territory, other than such as the Constitution confers, so it cannot constitutionally delegate any such powers to a Territorial Government organized by it tinder the Constitution. 1. The legal condition of a slave in the State r?f Missouri is not aflfected hy the temporary tojutirii of such slave in any other State, but lmi his return his condition still depends on the laws of Missouri. The delivery of this Opinion occupied about two hours, and was listeud to with profound Attention, by a crowded court room: and, whether as a decision of the Supreme Court or of the constitutional arguments on whieli it stands, will work a powerful influence throughunt the Uuitcil States. lis conclusions were concurred in, we understand, by six of the Justices of the Court.?namely, Justices Taney, Wayne, Catron, Daniel, Oner and Campbell. Mr. Justice Nelson read an Opinion in which he did not enter into the constitutionality of the Missouri Compromise, but held, and on that ground nflirmed the judgment of the Court below, that a slave carried into a free State, whatever might be the laws of that State, remained a slave whenever returning to the State in which his owner resided. Mr. Justice Catron also delivered an Opiu ion, in which the freedom of the Northwest Territory was made to be the act of the State of Virginia, which was the original proprietor of tl..> nn,l -..J ?i Congress, hail the light to publish slavery there. He expressed himself in very decided terms against the constitutionality of the Missouri Compromise. We are informed tlint Opinions dissenting from the judgment of the Court will be delivered this morning at 11 o'clock by Justices MvLauc and Curtis. President Fiorce. Few administrations have been exposed to greater perils, or Lave encountered a larger amount of party abuse, than that of President ricrce ; 3*ct none nt its close lins secured to itself, more general respect and admiration. It has impressed itself upon the history of the country. Kvery question of foreign and domestic policy has heen boldly met, ami mostly of them satisfactorily settled. The Northeastern Fishery question ; the Enlistment question ; the Koszta affair; tli(5 Spanish difficulties, IiaVO nil been honorably und peacefully adjusted ; whilst tlio Central American difficulty, tho Privateering question, and the question of the Sound Dues are in a fair way of solution. These results, all Rpcak highly for the wisdom and firmness of the executive and his constitutional advisers. Tho same independent policy and fearless adherence to Constitutional principle, coupled who with calm foresight and wise forbearance have characterized the various measures of his domestic administration, and have seeurod the respect 01 men 01 an parlies. ilia personal popularity too secme to be nnbounded and he retires from office, with tho highest testimonials of public appreciation as well as of personal regard, ns is seen in tho late presentation of plate from the citizens of Savannah, the proposition to purchase for him a Southern home, and thetribnteof respect from the Common council of Washington. A Washington correspondent pays the following graceful tribute to his public character, and pergonal qualities: A Visit to tub Pkesidest.?On Friday evening last, I united with an immense press of human life to tender a parting publio respect to the Chief Executive Magistrate of the Union. I went in the spirit of great personal esteem and consideration, and with a congratulatory sentiment in my heart in view of his coming retirement from the fearful responsibilities, cares, and labors of that high and morally grand position. During four years. I had not been at the Whito House, though from no very definite', motive ; rnofltU-, I sunpose, from an indolent' habit of igolauoA, ana perhaps in eome measure to avoid tliat track wi ere tlio individual might bo imagined to oater for - some golden sheaf in the rich field of gubernative .patronage. . Though long a citizen of Washington, I had hud hilt, a A*M nuaino Innlr ? ?li? . indeed, I' Vigd, generally (peaking, felt mot ?afe in lh$ bejief that I knew him at all:?my impression might be of- some pother person. My visit, however, fiilly informed mo upon this point rfouijd at the Executive Maneion the distinguished individual reviving with varitod and wtfll jui^d attention arjdVqmhrk, thou sanaa.unon-j?K>usona? or bu leua* brings and fellow cHXSwwi there &Meug>lp<l ''-juSfar having been introduced by the Mar?ha) o?-the*l>i?ttf et, I retired aside re?p?<tfally to Hfeaarvwi the PreeIdeat i-^-hi* Kenera.r re^xect and rianwer, Lie contour, ana his expression of eoujfteiutpee ^Mam'of opinion that there i? toothing fa the numerous dnguereotypes I have ,Men of btat i that: fLoca *>ituri anything of justice. I wa?' sjp^Wmotisia^. and'lionor; -and JftH>ggh .all iJmim-i (hougbtcopld ba ptn^f4ffte:]!mi)r?? reaneea of ^at great dwtne<jt?<j affltfloD,-i|Hefc UiighgdM heavily ufK>%hia.heftrt ^J.ie^o(jjK?. umtfurided M It ?bert wa*-byWs?lffiblt ^Tdt*^^ a?g^iqW<>at>dyi^dW|rtMa^r : * y-| I rejoice. Mi paid* of <Ml rjep?#H ful personal sympathy, that ho is now about ! reaching the culniiiiutiiig point in tho administrative r.rdeal into wbiuh lie entered with, ! at once, so much modesty ami so much linn- I ' nes* of cknrAcU'i;?an ordeal always severe, ! | niul, 1 think, for tho hist four years unusually ! | trying to the best possible combinations of wisdom, happiness and moderation. History I . will ever speak of the triumphant results. May domestic happiness, and laurels ever I preen, be with our amiable fellow-citizen, i Franklin l'ierce; mid whilst we cordially hail ! , the rising sun, let us wave mi atreetionntc adieu | to the one that so gracefully sinks iu the loved ' west of our l'resideutial glory. Mktuopoi.ita*. Congressional. Washington, March 14.?The Senate Ji:is discharged the Committee on tho Judi| oiary from the further consideration of the i | VcllllVIUU CJI91'* I Comptroller Whittlesey lias signed. ; j Phillip Clayton, Second Auditor of the ! I Treasury, ami has been confirmed, Yin; IVtcr Washington. The following appointments have nUr? ' been made ami conlirnied by the Senate ; ; Medary and Anderson Governors of Mill- j nosota, and Washington Territories. Five senior commanders of the mivy to j be captains. Seven senior lieutamints to : i be commanders. All masters, with four ' i midshipmen, to be lieutenants. ; The only South Carolinian, Edward Middleton, to be commander. Washington, March 14. The Setiale has adjourned Sine die. Many appointments have been confirmed, among which are the following : W. E. i Venable, of Tenn., as Minister to Guatetnala ; 1''. A. Thornton, ofN.C., nsConsul to ! Aspin ; A. 1?. lt.nra. of Georiria. as l'uv- ! ! master in the Army ; C. (r. Baylie, as Consul to Manchester ; and Aimer l'rucl, of Michigan, as Consul to Honolulu. Mr. Disney, a member from Ohio, died to-day. NEWS ITEMS. Ni:\v Yokk, March 1G.?The IT. S. M. Steamship Georgia Law, W. L. Ileredon i Commander, has arrived from tin- Uilimii? bringing through a good number of passengers, with nearly ?1,000,000 in gold, and the mails which left San Francisco on the 20th February. Among the passengers on the (ieorge Law was Gen. Wool, U. S. A. The Sierra Nevada brought several hundred volunteers and recruits for Gen Walker. The news is not very interesting. The State Treasurer has been impeached for mis appropriation of the publio funds to the amount of?'250,000. An affray occurred at San Francisco be \f? n_i - n ? * < | mv.-i.-ii .nr. vvchiuii, a uaiiKer, ami :ur. King, Editor of the Bulletin, .1 brother nn<! j successor of James King, of William. The former was shot through the jaws, ami the latter, after cxaminatrou, was discharged. Large numbers of "Filibusters" have i gone to Sonora. Rhodes, banker at Sacramento, was one of the sureties on the official bond of the State Treasurer, and has been forced to suspend by the defalcation. A Phbsbntatios to tub Seckktauy ok j tub Navv.?A committee ofthe master 1 | workmen of Philadelphia Navy Yard have, ! on behalf of the corps of employers in that j establishment of which they are members, ! recently presented to Mr. Secretary Dob bin a magnificent, bonntifiilly nioiuitej | cauo, made of tbe white oak timber of the ! old frigate Constitution, and feiruled with a bolt from the same ship. The inscription upon its?"Presented to James C'. Dobbin by the Master Workmen of the Philadelphia Navy Yard.' Appropriate congratulations and remarks look place at the same time. Nbw York, March 14.?A letter in the Evening Post, from Omaha, Nebraska Ter 11 . . n f* ruurv, anys uiai a v^ommtuee oi vvniance lins been formed fc?r llie protection of squatter sovereignty against nhe Jumpers?that the streets are filled with armed citizens, awl adjacent towns had sent delegations offering assistance. Several .Tampers had already heen tried and forced to withdraw their claims. Donsvu.r.E, March 12.?Ex-Sorretnry Guthrie arrived here Inst evening and was welcomed with n salute of cannon and escorted with music ntld other demonstration I j of respect to Mozart I I-dl, where ho was welcomed by Clianc.cllol* Pertle in an eloquent speech, to which ho made an appropriate reply. Nkw Vokk, March 1G.?Intense excitement prevails at St. John's N. R, on ac count of late advices from England, that the Newfoundland fisheries aie to be transferred to Franco. A I 1 ? 1 1 " *m. <4uivi-?iiuii unn uucii urucruu to Jjllgland to protost against the step. Washington, March 10.?Lord Napier presented liis ercduntialsto-day, and was received by an appropriate speech from the President. Governor Geary, of Kansas, has forwarded his resignation. Washington, March 15.?The IIoiW If. TT ?- ... ;?ir. iiHrns, 01 /viaoama, is lyingdangerously ill. bore and is scarcely expected to survive. .... ?' Gen. Felix Houston, a patriot of the late Republic of Texas, and bolding a B.rigadior's commission under its government, died r& cently at Natchez, Miss., aged 67 year*, and was buried with distinguished honors. ? Government Clerks in WasduncitOn' ?-A letter from Washingson to 'the Now SlTork Tribune Brt^s : Tbo rule-announced by heads of departments to subordinates is that removal will not be) made without cause. Ileads of bureaus were.notified to communicatee!)!* 'determination, to relieve clerks from anxiety Prolific Wheat.?We learn from ifre Plaindealer, that Mr. 13a?r, of Stewart county. On., exhibited in Lumpkin last week", a tuft of wheat,-the protect of grain,. which had fitty-ninO heads and filled half a pint of olean wheat. Ho oalls it Marr, Prolific Wheat,? Columbus Sun March. ,MuRtrEB.?Closes, a negro belonging to Wjn. Whitehead, of N. Or. murperedll. A. Latham. in St. Stephens' parish recently. ( The Govern or offers a rcw#fd of $2t)0,00 for Mosea delivery into the jitf 1 - at' Charleston. ' ' Ukav*n tJpo* Earth.-*?A new Mor?.i\K>u (Jan.ee. which tf?kl?d the fancy of the jGentHesw much, has bcoQ introduced ii^O geWjle^ * te riT n r-jiiiimiiiifc ^ii^MljiuTigliiMLX Minister Napier. The New York Ilerald t^ives the following Jescription of iho per .1 appearance ami peculiarities of Lord Napier, the new Minister from England : As each of the visitors were introduced, liis lordship shook liitn cordially by the hand, saying, "I am happy to see you sir," ( and iit the conclusion of the speeches he I entered freely into conversation with those ! present. J lis personal appearance is far dilferent from what would be expected in a "line lord." lie is about live feet nine inches in height, and dresses with democratic plainness. JI is hair is black, strongly intermixed with grey, though he does not nppear to hoover thirty-live years of ago. His Wire, searching dark <-v< s form O ~ t" " '"V v"" spumous portion of l?is features. The expression of his lace is somewhat that of a thorough business mail, ami his manner, through slightly tinged with huulcur, is, nevertheless, <juitu cordial, lie is, in fact, a very democratic lord. lie dines at the table <T hole as a matter of preference, remarkitig that lie wishes to become acquainted with tl te people of this country. In conversation he is peculiar. I.ike a good diplomatist, as he has tlie reputation of being, lie listens more than he speaks, and always has questions to ask. lie has a sort hesitancy in speech seemingly caused by a desire to make a careful selection of language. His mind seems to have a practical turn, for lie spoke of securing a house at W 1 - .1 . . >v asiuimiou as soon as possum?, atut mentioned a desire to know the uiosl pleasant residence in summer. I In expressed his desire to present his credentials to the President as soon as possible. With an evident appreciation of the most difficult questions likely to arise dining his mission, Lord Napier was very impi'isilive as to the position of (General Walker in Central America, and ns to the probable result of his operations. lie expressed his appreciation of the humanity of Morgan Co., in refusing to carry more recruits to Walker and certain destruction. Lady Napier has already won the hearts of all who have had pleasure of her acquaintance. She is amiable and even afl'a ma in hit niiiiiiHT, ;i11<i cxeceum?iiy well fitted for an Ambassador's wife. She will remain with her olnldren in Baltimore until suitable accommodations can bo provided at Washington. Spartanburg and Union Railroad, Wc arc not in possession of tlic formal proceedings of llie special meeting of tliis roail, held on the 5th and Oili inst. From private, but reliable sources, we learn (hat a confession of judgement, for *200,000, was executed to 1 >avis Goudcloek, Ks?j., for the bcnclU of the creditors, with a stay until February, 1858. In the meantime, the President and Directors are authorized to use the assets of the Company?^117,000 m-ivnlo nniv.iiil iiitt-ilnw.i.lc .111.1 Silll noil J ~?i "~ ;,v-? subscription of the State in bonds of the (irceuvillc and Columbia lio;ul?to prosecute the work as far as possible. At the next session, application will be made to the LegUlature to endorsed the bonds uf the Company to the amount of *$7,500 per mile ?the money obtained on sueli endeavored bonds to be expended in iron and track-lying. ShouM tlie State lend her credit to the road, as a>ked, the confession to be null and void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue. We further learn that John Caldwell, Ksij., 1'iesidont of the South Carolina ltailroail, was present., taking an active suggestive part in the meeting, anil that nearly all their propositions were the result of his prectieal capacity. Mr. Caldwell urged and cheered the road forward, expressed entire confidence in the ultimate completion ot the work.?We hope his bright anticipations may be realized, and that the State will lend her aid to the road in the way desired. On completion, without doubt, the road will pay handsomely, and il would be a crying shame to sink ?800,000 in failure, where &200.000 or 4300.000 morn will p.xl^nil llw road to this point, pay a handsome income on the investment.?Spartan. The Profits of tho Slnvo Trade. The New York Ilearald has n habit, annoying enough to the psalm-singing, hypocritical anti-slavery philanthropists of New England, of diving to the bottom ot northern trade or trallic, and dragging to the surface unwelcome information. It made a plunge into the subject of the slave trade, not long since, and brought up an array of figures anything but complimentary to the honesty and sincerity of that class of worthies. it appears that about twelve slavers arc annually lilted out in New York, and the same number in 1 ioston and Baltimore, each. Those furnished by other northern ...:n i._:.? >i i.... r fUSlLO It III UlllJg 11IU I1VMMUUI ll|? IU lUlljr , OU that forty vessels, most ol' them from the nothcrn States, are annually engaged in the profitable business of carrying slaves from Africa to the WesL Indies and lirazil. Each of these vessels will transport GOO slaves, or the whole of thum, twenty four thousand. One sixth of these, orfour thousand, will bo smothered in the middle passage, leaving twenty thousand fit for market. The cost per head of these victims on the coast of Africa io nltniif & 1 r\ on/I I Its* n\rurrra nripo they are sold about $500. From these data, it may bo calculated that tlio annual profits cleared by tlio forty slaves will rcach the'enormous amount of $17,000,000?four fifths of which goes into the pockets of northern merchants. It is easy to imagine 'f tho question of JLhe abolition of slavery wero to bo voted on, jio persons would givo a heartier vote against it than those thriving tracfers who are in the habit of pretentiously prating, about ^he evils of slavery and tho inhumanity of the slave trade Aug Const. Encroachments oy the Atlantic.?The New Jersey geological report a^ovo tho At Iiintic is steadily, ana rather rapidly, encroaching upon the land on its coast. Atf Cape Island the surf lias eateiUnwardfull a mile since the Revolution. Along, the boy shoro at Cape May the Mareh wears away at the rale of a rod in two years.?one of the breaches upon the coast is mentioned as having moved inward one ibundred yards the last twenty:' years. It it also the od'io i on of the oldest olteervers, that llio tides rise higher, upon tho Eastern New Jersey uplands than for-merly\frs. A. i? well lenowu us one of thogp malignant? ChristiansAvlio, ns tlood says, "tjijnk they're "pious wlj$n thj^'re billiou*," and who furuiph tliuir highest evidence of religiotf by per^eUmlly iecomm?iatffng it to?olher peopJe,.a$ if it jp6r? an article they" wished tO 'di?.postf of>^OTri ko^pinj -*tt, front spoiling.?-Brown as avkedif ie didn't tuinlc"%<r^i<? ''^eply pious* -'Tus," said pfity I (foiiltf see any oottom t* Po$t. kj ft Ok*; . J. I v w, ~S .L tj? - ' ;.l . . Exi'KufTioNS.? Col. I'rt nionl is said to bo 01 >['I<>\ked in getting up a hsMorv <>t his expeditions of late year. We. an; not informed whether this iiieht'lcs his lalo expedition to tlx: WliitO House. i Ivt seems to have been snowed under on that memorable oeeasion, and to have just emerged from the drift, We trust he eoncs out a wiser, if not a better man, and that hereafter ho will ?'on(ine his explorations to the more familiar realms of science, instead of the i dubious paths of polities. Cotton riiow Alahama.? We learn that seventy-Jive bales of cotton from Marion country, Ala., are now in transit for this city over the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, ! the first shipment bv this route. Wo also | learn that there exists ?|uite a rivalry among i several planters in North Alabama as to who shall have the credit of 'ettin?* tho M I: " hiob vyviiun iv over imis rout* Mi in//Uis J Julie tin. ?? Among lli*'. |>asscngors by the steamship Isalml, from Havana, we notice the uaiiiu of.l.Y.dc Osma, Peruvian Minister at Washington. A Perfcct Cure, and no Mistake. Ftioui the I'Mi/or of !h-' .V. )*. Mirror, -\uff- 9.Alioiitfour weeks since, mi? <>f t!??; compositors of this olHce was sullV-ritig so badly from a eonsrh that, lie was uiialth: to sloeo nights, ami too weak to stand at. his ca-o. 1 heoame very ]>alc nn<l[thin, and trav" symptoms of falling a ' victim UM|ui?*k consumption. We rccomended to liim various medicines, wliieli had no elfeet. I Finally, we iraw him one Imtt.le of \V I STAR'S I mai.sam or wii.n ciir.unv. it, air.ir.i...i ' ! 11iin iinnie<liate relief, usi<l lie is now a well man, nml not the slightest syntloni of :i eougtit. J Tlic.su tire faets, ami farther partieiilars nmy ho | learneil at. litis otliee. We sottM n>iii that the j cough in tin: iiliove cuse wai aeeoiupanicd by | profuse spitting of liloo'I. None genuine unless Mgucd I. ULTTS on-" t lie wrapper. l>.vvts' I'.mn K11.1.1:1:.?I was attacke-l with*' j dysentery, an.l it soon l?-<-aiue very distn-ssingf I used this i:*f.li<-iiti- in-eoplir.ir to the directions, nitil was cured in thr lays. My wife was ai- ' so attacked with pain in the stomach, in corse([iti'tioe of eating too} soon after a tit. of side11" ness; she was relieved in a few minutes aftW takillL' tlli-i llleilieil.e. 'i'.i IKe 11. own she said sin: f. 1. tlio ivtnovo after she lm'dtaken if, as ?jnick as Von eould see a lump-'of sugar <ii-o!v.- in cnl.l water. My son washurrft so hadly tli'j skin was oil"; I applied the mediieine iinineilialely, and it took the fire out and' henh-d tin- wound in l.*? lime man 1 over saw inic healed before. One of my children fellovcii a chair and hruised its head wry ha 1, hut the I bruise was soon dispersed hy bathing in tliisj medicine. I will mention one ease more of itewcindeiTul ?IV?'et in curing a wound iutlietcd by 111V son's failing out of >loors ami cutting hini' self ba?l!y ; tin- j'iiin was soon rrliev<vl, :ui>1 tlic wound }i?-;?!*-.l by this medicine. In fact it ibthe best family nic.licinc I ev<T used for tliiv euro of colds coughs, and a number of o'JieV complaints incidents to the i.i::.:an family. 1T.UUY M. I'll''Kit AM, i'.ili Kivi:i*. j ?iA?iricrrrM. ' AnP.KVILl.K, March ! ??.? Cotton.?IJut life-' j tie ofiV-ritiir. Prices vary IVi-iii 11 to i:>els. j (??>!.I'MUIA, March 1;?.?Our eott?m mar* ket continues in the same !>ut. steady tju, aition which it has occupied f >r sometime prist. 1 The demand ye-tvr-liy was ijo.i.l at forfiier ; quotation of 1.} a c::J .; limit sales at lltj a 1 :t cents. CH AlMJ'STt>N", March K.?There was n vei'y general an ! a-tivc demand for cotton to lay, which resulted in the sale ol'uinvarJs of '2,700 hales. The market is said to have exhibited an increased degree of limine.-^ but prices were about tlic'saine as those of Saturday, viz: 11J a 13} cents. cmmgnrvhC ! The following persons have freight in the Depot at Abbeville:? f \r P.tHKiii T.\iwSi.lii A- Slf W T ^ Mnra I 1. ill J <- >< >, ,?i.u>.< ? .. 1 ('handlers it Marshall, 1C 11 W'ar.llaw, & Soil, lion 1) Jj Wanlliiw, Christian A Deal, II W I l.inv.njii, Branch ?fc Allen, .( ?t It ,1 White, JW | Thorna*. II S Kerr, .1 M l)avi?, Wm Calhoun, i (J IS Clinkseales TIioj Jackson, II A Jones, Miss ' Kate 1'iillon, .1 it N Kn.ix, Mrs K 1,l'arker, J A Wier, .1 It l >alton,'I' It.Stone, A (iilcs, Slager ?Is Livingston, I) J Jordan, Col .1 F Mar-hall.. P. 1!. SO.XIH.KY, Ag't. J?M*f Kfcuircd SIX DO/KM HOOP SXIRTg! All Sizes and Prices. CIIA.MUHKS <t .MARSHALL. March 18, 1S.V7. * Att U(io?! Abbeville Light Infantry !,! YOU will appear at your usual 1'imnlo. C round, on Saturday, Ilia -Kit A]>rW? armed an<l equipped as (he Constitution directs. Members will conic furnished with five bullets and powder. orderof L'apt. J. W.LIVINGSTON. j. i. t/w K.\ \y. o. N. B.?lJulleta cnn be found at tlic store of II. W. LftW8on. March 1H. 1857. 40-tf o&a imi ?r^? WILLIAiH ALEXANDER^ WOULD respectfully inform the citizens of tbe community that lie has located i.:...nAir !?.. t..?;Li:n<> A 1.. 1... 11iiiiacii til viiu uuiiuin^ j?iiih;uv uccujntu uy N. McEVOY, na u. bout anil slmo store, ono-ti door below tlie Marshall1 House, where he wflf be prepared to oxoente with neatness (kiid de-spateh all orders entrusted to him. March ltt, 1857. 4&tf> Special Aiiiiouiicciucnt *v To tho Ladies. ?{ ~\7"~'l7'rc are now read}' to exhibit the largp?t: t V and most attractivn assortmaut o? Dew Spring and Summer IB M .-B331?SB9 amongst them some Beautiful Paris "trimmed,-, SiUfe uud Crapo. Als^.a rich lot of Frbxch VLOWEIUJ, ROUCIH28v &G\to bo found ftt ? CHAMBERS ?fc M ATtSII ALL'S,. No. 1. Gramtto j. JEliAfS G\ISU 1 J^*WM?LOW*r March 18, 1857. ; 1 ? (* " ** Hezuj Quarters, 2d Regiment of Ca^lryv " Mii.i.way, March lit HMMF:" Attfiiitivii Dinpoons t- * PITRSUkNT to orders received frdJft LW>ti-~ tenftiit Cdi Mnrtin, Commanding ' ttw* 2d Regiment of Cuvalry,- an flection NviUr bow held on th% Kirat Saturday in Ap,iijrHtM?" fc?r Captain to Command tno SdmllOrtiu U! 'Dragoons. , * . ' *> Ccyaet Livingston, ^crg't White. valo DcBruhl will manage ?4.he * abed Initiation*By omler Liout. BffltUM : o ttflJnL b ' ' ' Gpmawaawft: i; i ^, \ , _ -At*. '.w -A ' - - - - - 1