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The President'* Message; Our lute exclmngcs pivblish- in- exiertmyi ttiePresident's able tncessge on Kansas nfTrtiiSi 11' is quite a lengthy anif efoberate document; presenting a clear view of the condit ion of partie? in the Ten itory.-the treasonable schemes of the Topeka conventionista, the legality of tl^e racas uics-To- form tlie Lecoinplon Constitution, and the right of Kansas to be admitted under it.? TL* ?nly point in the message to which the South enn cxcept, in the opinion expressed, that th rv fjtri'itnridl lem of tMe Constitution to the popular vote. A? ft tnen? question of policy, the message establishes the expediency of admitting Kansas. Its admission cannot afflict' the filial issue of the alaverj* question: The Constitution caa be changed at nny moment. But in dcfiance of constitutional prcccdont, to reject the application of Kunsiw, under the Lecoinptun Constitution. wonld lie au insult to the South i.l?? Trwro galling, from the fact that it would be rnti.rtly gmtnito>i9: Asa qucetloii of expediency, after the right j line trcvn maintained, it tuny be wise to reflect | Upon the benefits to Kansas ami to the whole i country which would result from its immediate J admission into the Union, as well ns the disasters which may follow its rejcctiou. Domestic peace will be the happy consequence of its admission, and that fine Territory, which lias hitherto been torn by dissensions, will rapidly inercase in population and wealth, niul speedily realize the blessings and the comforts which follow in the train of agricultural and median- j ical industry. The people will then be sovcr- | cign, and can regulate their own affairs in their own way. If a majority of them desire to abolish domestic slavery within the State, there is no other possible mode by which this can be effected so speedily as by prompt admission. The will of the majority is supreme and irresistible when expressed in an orderly and lawful manner. They enn make and unmake constitutions at pleasure. It would be absurd to say that they can impose fetters upon their own power which they cannot afterwards remove. If they aould do this they might tie their own hands for n hundred as well as for ten years. These are fundamental principles of American freedom, vnd ore re cognized, I believe, in some form or other, by every State constitution : and if Congress, in the act of admission, should think proper to recognize them, I can perceive no objection to such a course. This has been done emphatically in the constitution of Kansas. It de dares in the bill of lights that "nil political power is inherent in the people, and all free governments nre founded on their authority nnd instituted for their benefit, and therefore they l*avc nt all times an inalienable nnd indefensible right to alter, form , or abolish their form of government in such manner as they may tliink proper." The great State of New York is nt this moment governed under n constitution framed and established in direct opposition to the mode prescribed by the previous constitution. If therefore, the provision changing the Kansas constitution , after the year one thousand eight hundred nnd 6ixt.yfour, could by possibility be construed iuto a prohibition to make such a chungc previous to that period, this prohibition would be wholly unavailing. The legislature already elected may, nt its very first session, submit the question to a vote of the people whether they will or will not have a convention to nmend their 1 constitution, and adopt all necessary tueaus for | giving effect to the popular will. It 1ms been solemnly adjudged by the highest judiciul tribunal known to our laws, that slavery exists in Kansas by virtue of tho constitution of tlie United States. Kansas is, therefore, at this moment as much a slave State as Georgia or South Carolina. Without this the equality of the sovereign States composing the Union would be violated, and the the use and enjoyment of a territory acquired bv the common treasure Of all the States, would be close J against the people and the property of nearly lialf the members of the confederacy. Slavery can, therefore, never be prohibited in Kansas except by means of a constitutional provision, and in no other manner can this be obtained so promptly, if a majority the people desire it, n6 by admitting it into- the Union under its nresent constitution. On the other hand, should Congress reject ; the constitution, under the idea of nftbrding the disaffected in Kansas n third opportunity ofproh ibitin" slavery in the State, which they might have done twice before, if in the majority, no man con foretell the consequences. If Congress, for the sake of thos? men who refused to vote for delegate* to the convention, when the} might have excluded slavery from from the constitution, and who afterwards re fused to vote on the 21st December last, when they might, OBthey claim, have stricken slav try from the constitution, should now reject the State because slavery remains in the constitution, it is manifest that the agitation upon this dangerous subject will be renewed in u more alarming form that it has ever yet as Every pntriot in the country had indulged (lie hope that the Kansas and Nebraska act would put a final cud to the slavery agitation, at least in Congress, which had for more than twenty yenrs convulsed the country and endangered the Union. This act involved great and fundaniental|principlcs, and if fairly carpied into effect will settle the question. Should Cite agitation be again re\ived, should the people ?f llie sister Slates be again estranged from ench oilier with more thnu than thir former bitterness, this will arise from a cause, so far as the interests of Kansas nrc concerned, more triflini? and insio'nifipnrit. tlmn lm? ?t?f tlic elements of n great people into commotion. To the people of Kansas, the only practical difference between admission or rejoctien, depends simply u|>on the fact whether they can themselves more speedily, chance the present constitution if it does not accord with the will of the majority, or frame a second constitution to be submitted to Congress hereafter. Even iftliiswerea question of mere expediency, and not of right, the small difference of time, one way or other, is of not the least importnuce, when contrasted with the evils which must necessarily result to the whole country from o> revival of the slavery agitation. In considering this question, it should nev??b? forgotten,that,in proportion to its insignificance, let the decision be what it may bo far as it may affect the fey? thousands inhabitants of Kansas who have from the beginning resisted the constitution and the laws, for this very reason the rejection of the constitution will be to much th? more lcaenlv fait hv tli? n?nni? v ^ ? |'VW|?!V VI fourteen of the State* of this Union, where1 slavery is recognized mules the canstitution of the'United States. Was?ixoton Gossip.?The following cock ancPbull story from the Washington correspondence of the New Yosk Times, is a fair illustration of a large portion of the rumors set afloat from the Federal city : I am informed, on good authority, that one of the most distinguished of the Southern Senators remarked a few days since, to a- Senator ' * from a free State?in a conversation,; but not eonfidentially?that thai South bad no- interact in' Kansas, and <?csd nothing for it, bub that ? they wore ooovinced that the true interests of V?b North, and. South required a separation, and. tliey were detenpinea to bring it about. Ijun perfectly safjUfied, frem various considerations, fth?t a diasolntiuu of the Union, is t)H real ofcjpet aimed at under a cover of aeal for the Leceropton Constitution. Senator Ma-, soft's remark in debate yesterday,, re fore to the project. There is' a systematic plan of oper auoua mwcauy agre?a u|hid, to ue oirnea IliW) ope/etiM ?pon tlie rejection of Kansas. ?It is believed- that Maryland will go with thf South?if not at first, assoon ii a separation shall-be effected ; and hopes are entertained that, throoeh Mr* Baefeanaih'a infhienoe, ^Pennsylvania wHl also WbrOvght to jyin w? V Sooth, TbePresident is perfectly -aware of those movements* hot profMtea that by aiding r the Lecompton loovexoept be csa acquire an influence with tha disunion leaders which will fcn?bl?bito to fefeftMlfeirMheiBMi CoyoBKMnoxAU?WASUIXOTO*, IrbRM1* ft? Tilt) referred tb* Lecortipton Conetitation to tk* CoteaittW tfti Temtoriee bv a majority ofm. In th? Howe, Mr.Jjarri* amendmeat* ntettudljij eny report tbU-8?*ion, jt?i pceeeJ by a majority of four. ?* . ^ ;y.. '.. > THE INDEPENDENT PRESS i? rt'm.lirtiKto bvfcnt rniday morniko uy LBE A. WILSON. W. A. LEE. TMHo,. | Individnais, like nations, fail in nothing vhich i they boldly attempt, when sustained by virtuous | purpoKt, an^determined resolution,?IIknky Clat "Willing to praise, yd not afraid to blame." i Twn?-'Two Dollars a Year, in Advance. ABBEVILLE CJ. H. FRIDAY, FKl/lUJAKY" 12,1858. Court Oalandar. RETURN DAYS.?WESTERN CIRCUIT. Abbeville, . . Satnnlny, Feb'y 13. Anderson, Saturday, \Fcby20. l'ickens Saturday I'eb'y 27. CJreenvrlle, Saturday, March fi. Spartanburg, Saturday, March 18. 1 I-nurons. Snlin-<1..? \foml. on SITTINGS OF CO U ll T. Abbeville Monday, March I. 1 Anderson, Mnn<lnv, Mnrch 8. I'ickvns, . Monday, Mnrch Ifi. Greenville Monday, Mnrch 2VJ. Spartanburg Monday, March '29. Laurens, Monday, April 6' Notico to Subncribora. Upon consultation with our friends of the Abbeville Jianncr we have come to the following understanding: That after the 1st of April, next, we shall charge for all subscriptions, not paid within six months $2,50 and $3 00 if not paid within one year. The pressure of the Times has forced upon us the necessity of urging prompt navment unun our l'ntron*. Tlio amount due us for iiuhscription. are separately small, but in tlie aggregate swell to a large sum, and if not proutlly paid, subject in to great inconveniences. Our paymcfits are cash ; and we must require our friends to enable uh to meet them. Experience has also impressed us with the 1 propriety of charging for Obituary Notices which exceed a ccrtaiu length ; tmd we shall i henceforth charge for the excess over one 1 square, at the usual advertising rates. Senator from Edgefield. Mm. Gregg, Esq., is announced in the Edgefield Advertiur, us a candidate for the State , Senate from the District. Air. G. is an cminentlv practical representative, and would, no doubt do honor to the State a:.d his district, in the position to which he has been rccommcu- ( ded by his friends. * 1 Resumed Specie Payments. The banks of Philadelphia, on Wcdnesda\\ fnrmulltr manmA.l annni. ...J .vouuiwu opwvic |/.?J IUCIIU1, W IUJU1IV. previous announcement of their intention. ' They had been in suspension since tl?c Inst week 1 iu September, but for dome time tl.c suspension ' has been merely nominal. The resumption is ! now full find complete, and it is expected nil ' the banks iu Pennsylvania will immediately follow suit. ' High Price of Negroes. I The Edgefield Advertiher Buys "that at a sale in this immediate vicinity, not week ago, n i lot of 17 slaves sold at an average pricc of . $880.76. Of these two were nearly 50 years old, and six or seven under eight years. Two ! young women, without children, boKI fur 82.565, one bringiny ?2,350, tlio other $1,215. Boys and men sold at from $1,200 to $1,400. Three of these brought an aggregate price of *3,810." The Kansas Vote. The recent vote in Congress upon the reference of the President's Message, was understood to be n test vote upon the admission of j Kansas. In the Senate, the motion prevailed by a vote of 28 to 22, to refer the Message to the appropriate Committee on the TerritoriesBut in the House the vote wns to refer the Message to a Special Committee, by 115 to 111. which shows a majorty in that body in opposi tion to the admission. St. Valentine's Day. Our young readers need not be reminded that the 14th inst, is the day dedicated to St Vulentine. that "arch flamen of Cupid" aa Charles Lamb styles him. Its proximity has just nccurred to us, or we should have prepared something appropriate to the occasion. Suffice it to say, that its origin in lost in the mists of fable, and its connection with its patron Saint is a matter of antiquarian speculation,? that it has been long consruratcd to the God* des of love and her attendant graces, and to the promotion of the genial affections. Long may it be observed. Messrs. Jordan & McLauchlln. Vo would direct the attention of our readers to the card of the new firm of Messrs. Jordan <fc McLauchlin, Druggists, which appears in our present issue. The business character of these gentlemen, and the long oxpcricnce of one of the firm, is a quarnntee that they will spare uo pains to merit the patronage of the community. Give them a call. We also direct attention to the advertisements of H.S. Kerr, and O. T. Porchor, trustee ; to the notice of the Ordinary, to Administrators, Executors, and Trustees ; Sheriff sales Ac. The Cotton Market. The recent favorable advices from Europe have given renewed activity to our cotton market Under the stimulous of advancing prices the wagons for the past few days have been rolling in from the country, and our streets present the busy activity of a market town.? Buyers are disused to give the top of the market* and upwards of a thousand bales have changed hands. This will go far to relieve the monetary .pressure. The times at home and abroad, seem to be improving. The Banks of Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington hav^ just resumed specie payment; and the rates of interest in this country and Etirepe are becoming moderate again. It is perfectly futile to speculate as to the future prices of cotton : but we think no one should refuse th? present prices. Aocidkht to IUr. P. A. Mood?We regret that this esteemed gentleman met with a serious accident and narrow escape, bn ' Friday evening last. He igad attended a meeting in the eountry on thftt day, and, *u returning home, whenr alighting from the buggy to arrange portion otth* harness the hone became frightened am) reetife, aod kioked him, severely on the baek part of the head, knocking him senseles* to toe ground. He roived after a time, and found his way to the resideuce of Coi- R- B. B?i?? >>? ?1 ? ? >?! WJ wukiu j Mi was. kintt; int to ,tova, Hi* pulpit vu sapiiled en Babbatb la?t by Pvut J, P, Boye#. *W? <hop? that Ito will soon raoover, and reswo* his duties ?mong oEnterfyrU*. Washikgto*^February 8.?It app?ars from tha ofl|?UI sUtemant received at tUe Post Ot f do< D?partnu)ut tU*i tU? Mtu. for posBUgo*ttlat4a?8?4><fomtha Kaw York Post 0&?Cqy|tkpat?itar India* Daeambar laaJ* ia#l<>iwa lerftban ttaa r?M||>U for flia ft#, codingquarter. -Tba^um for poataga staraoa and stamped envelope sold, also shows' a <J?WMMof $l?,OO0. ' . V . >-. . # * '* * aauuauiMUu. f iiioinHMIMB The Sermon and Lecture. The Young Men's Cliristinu Association, of thin place, Imve been favored (Turing llic past week, with two very excellent discourse* from the lt?T. F. A. Mood, now residing nt Oreenville C. II. Tlje Sermon delivered on Sunday night, in tlie Methodist Church, was one of the most appropriate and finely eonceivcd efforts that it was ever our privilege to hear. Tlie text selected whp, "Add to voiir Faith. Virtue." nnd tlic Sermon was ?n nlile exposition, and enforcemont of the thoughts, embraced in those suggestive words. The speaker showed that activity and progress were inscribed upon the whole animate creation, and this he illustrated, by the researches of the geologist, the discoveries of the astronomer, the history of society, and the intfcllectun I development, of the individual. Man's moral nature presents no exception, and we are cither progressing in virtue, and holiness, or retrograding into vice. Hot all progress implies a point of departure, and a goal to which wc are hastening. The starting point, with the Christian, is faith. Indeed it lies at the basis of all rnornl improvement, intellectual advancement, or social proj?icss.? Ill spite of all the cavils of the infidel lie is bound to assume it as tlie very basis of his doubts; and he builds upon the very priuciples which he oppugns. From n well grounded faith, virtue (or courage as the speaker defined it,) ppriugs as a natural aiul legitimate result. This courage, lie distinguished from that fabc type; that mere ailimal cxeitement, which supports the duelist and warrior on the field of blood. It was rather a high moral purpose, grounded on virtuous principle which impelled one to do what was right in the face of public sentiment, and which braved the rack and the stake of the persecutor ; n courage which has been exhibited ill all ages of the church, as well by the delicate female, as by the sterner sex. The Serm*xi was characterized by a pervading unity and logieal coherence, which showed the fruits of high culture and intellectual discipline. At candle-light on Tuesday evening, Mr. Mood favored a large audience in the Court House, with a sketch of his reccnl travels in Europe. Ilis entertaining letters contributed to the Carolina 77mc? had prepared us for a very interesting lecture, and our expectations ncic 111*11 v Limn i l-uiizcu. i iic lecture occupied more than two hours in the deliver}*, nml presented iu nn ens}* conversational style, nil agreeable variety of personal incident, nml vivid description, enlivened by gleams of true humor. To liave entertained an audience so long, of itself, indicates no common talent as a Iccturer. IJy way of npology the lecturer jtnted that a familiarity with graver themes unfitted him for his present task, and lie felt somewhat at fa in his subject. This rcninrk uggestod the first topic of the lecture, and we were furnished with n humorous and graphic 'ketch of a sea voyage; were then transported to England, and were entertained with 11 dcscrip- j Lion of town and country ; then to France ; to ! Naples; to Rome; to Venice; over the Alpn and up the Rhine, bnek again to the sights and rounds of London. The Iccturer had with hiin nn amnio nortfolio. and we have no doubt linn accumulated material enough for a vcr}- inter- | Ostitis book of travels, lie is just the man, we think, to lullow in tlio track of other tourists an<l to lin<1 new material in a well gleaneil ] field. The Fracas at Washington. Referencc if made in our telegraphic despatches (says the Ch.irlcRton Mercury) to a collision between Col. Kcitt. and Mr. Grow, of Pennsylvania, in the House of Representatives. A friend, who was an eye witness, semis us an account of the affair, which we unnex. From this, it appears that Grow, who i* one of the uiost pestilent Abolitionists in Coni/rt^" wns not ouly out of place, but out of order, for the Rules of the House arc imperative that n member must be at His seat when he addresses tiie Speaker or the House. The following is the statement: "Washington. February 6.?At about two o'clock a. m. Gen. Quitman offered a proposition to disentangle the proceedings io the House. Mr. Grow, who was in one of the aisles in the Democratic side of the House, objected a little tartly, Mr. Keitt said to him : "Go on the other side of the House, to which you be long, if you want to object." Air. Grow answered : "I'll object where I please." Mr. Keitt then said : "Wait till I can come round and I'll take care of you." "Mr. Keitt went round audsaid to him : "You Abolition puppy, move loyour side of the House, and don't stay here." Mr. Grow raid: "I'll stay as | long as I please." Mr. Keitt then choked him for an instant. He then 6tarted olf, when Mr. Grow said : "You cnu't come from your plantation and crack the whip over me." Mr. Keitt turned back and said : "I'll choke yon again tor u>ai liinoieiiee," nn<l lie grasped liin throat a sccoud time. Gen. Davis, of Miss, then interfering, wrenched Mr. Keitt round to keep them apart, and pressing him against the corner of the table, Mr. .Keitt partially fell. Mr. Grow when Keitt was wrenched round to separate them, struck at Mr. Keitt, we think, hut did not reach him. Mr.. Barksdale, in interfering to separate them, was etruck and dealt a few heavy blows in return. The whole thing was sudden and over in n moment. There was not much excitement prevailing before or afterwards. This is a succinct statement of the whole affair, which will, doubtless, be greatly exaggerated by Black Republican prints. "The whole thing was extemporaneous. Washington News. The Washington correspondent of the, Carolinian furnishes the following items of intel ligence from the Seat of Government: Washingtoh, February 4< * Hie Speaker has just announced the following as the special committee on th? subject of a reduction of tho expenditures, the navigation laws and free trade : W. W. Boyce. of South Carolina ; J. A' Quitman, of Mississippi; It. P. Trinpe, of Georgia ; M. it. I). Garnett, of Virginia : Hichard Molt, of Ohio : J. It. Wallendyke, of New Jersey ; P. E. Spinner, of New York. The complexion of the committee it entirely satisfactory. It is to be hoped the com mittee will show up some Af tho many aj-artling vawhii^iiucovi hiv vruvoruiiieui), nuu present An array of fact* in favor of1 a gradual approach to free trnde. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims are abont to make a report id favor of paving a sum of moneyJto the descendant* of C?eneral?Kicliard Winn, from whom Winnsboro took its name. * 4 Hie House bavo now it their bar contumacious witness, by the name of Williamson, wjio insisU on.keetftng "shady" <"> t4ia sub: ject of the (aruPbribety of tbe )%?t Congress. He escepte to the jurisdiction of the J^ouse to compel him to testify, and persist* in holding bis peace. By-the-by, the investigation po far of the committee op ibis Urifl bribe. sub jww, mowi matuie nuie magioiaa ?oi MasnaokoMtu, N. P. Banks, borrowed, $7,000 ?from tbe man u?aet wing booM of Lawrence, Stone <fc Co. Tlii* m b singuUr ?ofu?idet>ce. Tbe imprefctieo iegofflflg ground that Kansas will he admitted.- Tbe President coosid rs it tbe great eyept ofbie }ife, and will ;?"t be defeated if it i# poes&le to command sooesM. ? < ChT ^hpuld refata *** ?* * '-""?? i> # ^ ** > ' V ' ' J? A Mississippi Senator. An interesting biographical sketch of tlie lion. Albert O. Rrown, the Senator in Congress c from the State of Mississippi, aj>penrs in a re- " cent number of Uarpcr'x Weekly, from which we 11 extract the following summitry of his intellect- 6 mil characteristics, principles an J position: 1 During the period of Mr. Hrown's service in 1 Congress questions have engaged iis cousidcra- f tion of which many were of high importuncc, anil some vitul to the prosperity and even peace ,] of th? Union. Among them may be tncnuoued f the Mexican War; the Territorial bills concern- , ing Oregon, Utah, Kansas, and Nebraska; the t admission of California as a State into the Uu- . inn; our disturbed relations with England And t | with S|>ain : the Homestead Rill : tin* Uivpr . and Harbor Hill; the Wilmot Proviso; nnii the Slavery question, in its various other forms of agitation. On these, and indeed on almost every important subject, besides his constant attention to the ordinary topics of legislation, Mr. lirown, ns Representative or us a Senator, has taken nn active and memorable part. As a debater, he is distinguished for fullness and accuracy of knowledge, for n close nnd vigorous logic, for felicity of illustration, for readiness in reply, and, above nlV, for fairness of reasoning. It has been remarked of him?what cannot, with justice, be said of tnnny orators? i that he never sneaks except when he has sonic thing to say, ami that whvll lie lias said it lie t ends liirt speech. In addressed to public meet- | iiigs, now so marked n department of popular t eloquence in many portions of the Union, it is , conceded that he has but. few superiors. j In politico. Senator Hrowii is n Democrnt of j the streightest sect, and is especially tenacious v of those liuiitutioiis of the Federal Constitllt.iou ?. which he regards as protecting the rights of 8 the South. Hut though u decided party man, t he is not n party bigot, and can look on gieat t national questions with a statesman's eye. Hecognizing in others the same right of indepen- i dent judgment which lie claims for himself, he t is toward tlicm liberal in conduct and courteous t I tn iimiiiu?;r t (him, an cuiiBtM^iviict', HI13 |)ITII?'I|>S | ns many personal friends among the opponent* i. as among tlic adherents of his own particular ( party. The high trusts which have been conti- N iled to him, almost from boyhood, prove his \ strong hold on the hearts of the people. En- | tering puhhc life at the early ago of twenty- n one years, he has continued in it ever since.? t The esteem en tertained for liitn by his friends \ and neighbors has made him a candidate for | almost every considerably oflice in the gift of i the State of Mississippi, and he has never once ? been defeated. Suelt a career, perhaps without c a parallel, indicates u popularity to which both , pride ami gratitude must forbid Senator Hrt>wn to he insensible. Iiut it has hcen obtained l>y , no arts of the demagogue, by no fawning solie- , tation, hy no unworthy compliance. It is "the t popularity- which follows, not that which is run | after." it is the natural reward of a life of | integrity and honor; of sincerity, innnliness, j and decision of character; of fidelity to duty, i and ability in its discharge ; of devotion to the | interests of constituents; of kind ofliees where t needed, ami of benevolcnce to nil men. j As this Senator is in the forty-fifth year of j his age, he limy ho expected, according to the t ordinary course of human life, to pass through ( many added ycAr?; and. ifso, a future yet tnore t brilliant than the past may be safely predieted for liiin. ' [trail be seen already that Senator Hrown is destined to take a prominent pari in the impor- , tunt controversy now pending in Congivss in 1 reference to the admission of Kansas; it would ' seem, from the newspapers, that the Adminis- ? | tration counts upon liiin as one of its most re1 liable leaders, lliough, as yet, lie lias rather ] held aloof from the front of the battle. We may be permitted to express the hope that Sen- i ator Brown will exorcise the influence which his charncter and his talents impart rather to i heal than embitter a controversy of which the t tii'onlp North nnd 1.,.? .#:!.. ?: 1 ' , i - i - ? ~ ?Mj n.WJ, I and whose prolongation enn be productive of | no possible benefit. And it is but uaturul tliut j the many admirers of this distinguished Missis I i sippinii should likewise entertain a wish to sec I hint slill furt her enhance his claims on the gralitude of his adopted Slute hy lending bis powerful aid to the party which Reeks the settlement of the financial difficulties which have seemed to east u shade ou the escutcheon of Mississippi. Political Equality in the UnionThe recent declaration of Senator Brown, of Mississinoi.It.hut the rcfiiinl of nuniM, in n.t. ! mit Kansas ns a slave State, accompanied by j the admission of Minnesota, ns a Free Stuto, < would by a signal for the <lis.solut.ion of the c Union, shows the deep feeling which exists in ' reference to the admission of new State*, and j the determination of the South to insist upon ] ite political equality in the Union. With re ference t<> this Issue the Washington correspondent of the Journal of Commerce thus writes. Washington. Tuesday, Feb. 2, 1858.?The 1 debate which sprung up in the Senate yester- < day upon a motion to proceed to the con*idera- , tiou of the bill for the admission of Minnesota, developed the deep feeling which exists iu that ' body on the subject of the admission of new States. It would show that some of the ' gravest and most considerate of the Southern 1 Senators have deliberately made up their minds ' that the South, as a section of the Union, should ' l,UU(. u<ni. !. it.. -.1?:?:? _r .i-- I .*? < V ovuiv *11 Viiu mtllllKJiUII HI uiu new States which are crowding into the Union. An ' equilibrium of power iu the Senate cannot be preserved unlets nil future applications for admission be denied. This is too palpable for any dispute. Recognizing this fuct, the Southern i iucu are the more jealous of such rights as they I possess, and iliey will insist that a State shall not be den.ed admission because of her toleration of slavery in ho Constitution. If they . yield this point, they become themselves participants in a policy that will exclude the South froui any advantage to be derived from the increase of the number of States. The South cannot hail with delight the admission of Minnesota, Oregon, aud a half u score of other non-slaveholdtng States when every State is to lie excluded, if she come with the taint of slave institutions. 1 The public mind of tlie South is Borely sensi- 1 live upon this subject, and the question presents n crisis more serious than lias ever yet occurred iu our brief and eventful history. The allusions made to the danger attending the existence of the Union, in cousequeuce of the sectional dispute thus arising, are not to be considered as " mere make-weights iu excited oratory," as they were designated by Mr. 0?it- 1 to mien. If the crisis should pass with no other harm than a flourish of rhetoric, we may 1 then believe that the Union is perpetual aud 1 invulnerable. An Incident at Washington.?The Washington correspondent of the Boston Post, writes the following amusing apple feat: I cannot help telling you a little incidont of Secretary Toucey's reception. One of the guests, a gentlemen, having a lady on His arm, took frouTthe table a large, flne apple probably, for the little ones at home, and his eoat sleeves being large} he secreted it in the sleevo of his right arm. Unfortunately he forgot the nivAiimafa a iuaf kf uoro mnmaitf I** .l.n-il^ not, for in making hia retiring bow he gave a flourish of-his arm and j>it?hed the apple almost in the Secretary's face I It4>ounded and rolled away till it lodged under some lady'a crinoline,, while tho poor gentleman looked as ' tnuan mortified and ajttonishfed an if had an. 1 cidentslly fire<$a bofob shell in the parlor.? ' Tbi? incident was too ludicrous for gravity, and 1 even the grive and .dignified Secretary was 1 forced iuto a broad smile, whiab.expanded Into I a grin all arotrnd. ibe parlor. Some wag scrmriWed Jto get the apple; and restored It to tlia dis-' ! com fitted gentleman, who then incontinently J took^iimsetf off* - ^ -? ? ? ! Dxaitcr TraDk with Euaoita.?The Southern Argus>noouncfes that th? mission of the lion. I Wr?. B. Preston, \p behalf of the Virginia and I "WW wteru -r^uruauv. umm i/wii ?u ivuhiui. or, Preston hat succeeded In ninlcing arrnngemeDJs wiUi tb? Pari? and'OrUasii It*ilro?d Company, j : to rfo four steamers between the ports of OrFranco; and Norfolk, Virginia. J Wamhxotok, February 8s??The Washington 1 % * * t- Ci-V - v, j.v. s . '?.& */ aii,- f..-,f - isaafti Holding on to Cotton?IM Effects. Tli? New York Dm/ Rook thus 8?ta forth the omtnerciul ernbarrassincnt^whioH Is produced n New York by tho failure of the Smith to 1 ueet ita obligations to Northern Houses; and * nggests the propriety, with the present iniiroved rotes of the great staple, of discharging he debt, and maintaining its high reputation or souudnesa and reliability: We have had occasion, within the past thirty Infn n'hlln rlimintf lin iiimptl l?i' InixiiipAn wifli I l large cluss of our leading wholesale houses, vlio arc engaged particularly in the southern rude, to learn something of tlte actual and jressing embarrassments of those mcrchats, inder the operations of non-payment on tlicinrt. of their southern friends, in consequence ?f the determination of the jiliinters to hold on o their cotton produce. Tin* stale of things, i inlt ss a iiiovciueiit is soon made by the Houih I oward a liquidation, will result in most serious j :unoi;(|U(;ilCt'9 n? ?? * vi j |h wiiim?viiv uihto ui <j?u j lorthcrn commercial community. The north in houses of New York, ill point, of solidity icijtiired l?y years of successful business iuterlohrso with the soundest niul enfest. portion of >ur whole Union, nre no doubt able, under orlinary eireuiustances, t ? stand up ns long I'llinst adverse " trade winds" us any comuier:inl body in the world ; but it must be remciitiercd by the South that all the northern houses hey buy from nre, by necessity, forced into a iurtherii credit trade also, to a greater or less sxteiit; and the present disastrous crisis, the levastutiug panic which swept with such fury ^iorth of Allison and Dixon's line particularly, ind left almost, a perfect wreck throughout its ] louice, obliged that portion of our business I louiiiiuuity who were so fortunate as to have a louthern trade connection, to rely entirely upon his anchor to hold them safe and sound from lie e tree Is of the gale. Hut cotton fell and continued to fall; pay iiciiui uue irom uii- nouui ili'l not come, and up | o tltc present moment have not arrived, and , lie reason, u good one in tlic mniii, but nt the resent peri??l a most unfortunate one, wnsthnt lie planters would not sell at present cotton [notations, and ns long as the great Southern taple does not move, the South sis a lioily are vilhout the mentis of liquidation. Cotton now ins otiee more an upward tendency, though wc ire well aware it has yet to gain <piitc an aiti- i ude to meet the desires of the planters; but ve would respectfully suggest to that backiono of southern credit, if it would not upon he whole be policy to sell as soon as possible ind sustain the character of the South, by dishari'illl' the ilelit. sin. I...I.I 111 mouths longer and produce tin: downfall of ! i large class of northern creditors, who liavc ! vailed long and are still waiting witli a full clianee and faith upon the determination of hose southern customers to maintain their litherto high reputation for soundness and reiability. The mere fuel, that the South can my, will not save their northern creditors from uiukruptey, if the time of payment is portioned to such a period as to produce the matu ity of millions of dollars worth of northern >aper, and nothing to meet it with hut " ex* jeetations.'' We make these suggestions in all raukucss, feeling that, the good sense of the :luss we appcnl to will give them a candid eon'idcratiou. rhe South Carolina Medical Association. At tlic mutual meeting of tlie South Carolina j Medical Association, held on the 3d instant, | lie following oflieers were elected for the en>uiug your : It. \V. Oibbes, M. 1)., of Kichlaud District, President. J. J. Wurdlaw, M. 1)., of Abbeville District, kTico President, 1'. <\ Gaillnrd, M. D., of Charleston District, Hce President. 11. \V. DeSaussuro, M. D., of Charleston Dis :ricl. Treasurer. W. I*. ltuvcnel, M. D., of Charleston Di? .riet. Hecorri iug Secretory. R M. Kob'-rtson, M.]).,of Charleston 3>is ,riet, Corresponding Sccrctary. li. Ucldinga, U. 1) , of Charleston District, 3rator. Jijemitioe CunimitUc?The olliccrd of tlie As- ! loeiution, and the following membero, viz: )i'i. J. Moultrie, S. II. Dickson, 10. Ilorlbcck, I. I'. Jervey aud .1. J. Chisolm. Delegates to the American Mcdionl Associa .urn, which meets in me uny <>i wnslinigtiu), | >. C., in May next?Dr. T. A. Dargan, of J>ar- ! ington District; Drs. T. G. l'rioleau, II. S. Jailey , J. D. Brim?, W. T. Wragg mul J. C. klcKewn, of Charleston District; Dr. John Hay, of Cclletuii District; Dr W II. Anderson >f Beaufort District; Dr. W. C. Miller, of ieorgetown District ; Dr. J. 1*. Barrett, of Abjeville District; Dr. J. 15. Bratton, of York Uistrict ; on<l Dr. Cleckley, of Orangeburg District.?Charleston Courier. The Cokesbury Conference Institute. We make the following cxtract from a communication in a recent number of the Smith rrn Christian Aduocate, gelling forth the claims )f tliis Institution, and paying a deserved tribute to the present Faculty : As Cokesbury is now ofheerod there is no ibler Hoard of Tuition, perhaps, in any similar luhool in the country ; and the former friends if Cokesbury should bo its last friends still? remembering that in befriending it, they are befriending themselves and their souls. The Kev. J3. B. Jones, Hector, end Instructor in civil Engineering, Mathematics und Physical Sciences, is a graduate of the Stnte Military School, and besides being highly qualified as a teacher?a tried teacher?is udmiruhly tilted for government. The Kev. James \Y. Whitman, Instructor in Greek and Latin Cln.oiicR, is a long tried and successful teacher; while Mr. rurpiii, as Instructor iu the English Depart muni, 11 us ins juuce iiunurauiy?n? ho Ims been Joint; for several years. The Christian and social qualities of these three gentlemen are not interior to their abilities as teachers. The Friends of education then ma}' rally to the support of this time-honored school, (for it has the tiuvuiiuige 01 a soiiiewnm. extended exisvenoe.j ussured that all is right, und that the object sought in sending their boys to an Academy cuii be secured here, to say the leiwt, as effectuully as elsewhere. The pamphlet gives us also a list of fortyeight ministers of the Gospel now living, who received their education, in part or in whole at this glorious old school. My heart thanked God on seeing this; and what good tuati will not be grateful for such a result t If we conld ascertain tl?a Iawvcpa flnH aimilnrlv in. debted to (Jokesbury, how the lists of professional men hailing from this school would be swollen I Parents who would educate your sone, comc send them to Cokesbury. The year begins on the first school day in February. If you can't get them there at that time, then, as soon af ter tliat as possible ! The TABrrr Cobruptiox Business.?Washington dispatches say that the Tariff Investigation Committee had a protrasted session on Saturday. Mr. Stone has now been before them for four days, and they have not got through with him yet. He testified that O. B. Matteaon, during the pendency of the Tariff bill, stated that it would take at least twenty-five thousand dollars to get tha^the bill through Congress; that Mattcson proceeded from Washington to Now York fur the purpose of making the arrangemint; bat he does hot state whether Mu ?teson receive the monqy. When asked by 8 member of th<. Committee .whether he had "loaned %ny money to members of Congress, he hesitate ! and quibbled, bnt Anally said* that he did not knink they had * right.to aak anoh a queftion. Pie Committee insisted upon an answer. He th'en stated that there had been some money loaned?l\pw much he did not know. Mr. Bank* brfJrowed seven thousand dollars; ani>lk& member, had borrowed som? which the took* of tlje yrapany showed had never been psia. iu? i 'omraiwee applied towe House for power to ?*re?t Air unwilling witness. t ?> Spanish Revkwi raoif Cob*.?Gen. Concha ?|ip*amtn be quite * successful financier. It !i ihll Ka ?U1 imim ?a flrv*{? *!?! ^"-*1' iha^aum of $?>000,000, part of which is Mie turpi us from 1851, revenues derived from thia vear's Uxes, flaw being, collected beforehand ??rtne?fy thfl bead, UX od negroes ww paid Jyery. six, mdntlu in idTM?; jtow the whole imst bofiHid ^bbjrrtonUi, Xhe amount Joviad in tlio slave# aud free ncgfocs is about $900, ? m " # # ? * , ../ a. - -A.J Horseback Riding versus Walking. N. I'. Willis, writing from "Idlewild" his pleasont.home on the hanks of tho Hudson, ' contributes a \Veekly epistle to the "Home Journnl'" glting hi hie lively gossipping style, his observations on life, literature, and philos- ns ophy. In ft recent letter he gives his own ox- cni perience of the benefit of hofacbaek eXrreise nnd I thus sums up its advantages or or tlnw? of walking : Cl, Medical books tell us. (us 1 have already quoted) that. pcdestriiinisni pulls upon iho.*e ?p| 'forces of the loins ami the spino which directly sustain tho brain ; and that it is the kind of ,|, mciuiurn, itn icn me wenrj' miellcclual laborer can least nfTord. Hut, besides the p| spni itig of tin. muscles of the back and the sp?- jy mil mnrrow, there nre other and loss tangible |j, "let-ups," which are still nmrc necessary fur (l mental relaxation, and t*? all of which pedes- ,j, truitiism is, to nay the least, very Unfavorable. V( First the min>l should be unhitched from the particular subject, of the burthen of which it is ,,, weary. Kceond, the will should be unpivot- '()| ed, so that it is no lonirei* called upon for eon- m ti1111 1 n(r..i? *1*1.:...i .i? - ? ? ?..?? w. Aim U| inv ncciiurj , vr nurruuiKJ* ^ ing objects, should be changed in siiflicie it.ly ^ quick succession to captivate nud employ the ( ; eye. Ami, fourth, tli?* aniinul sniritn should Iih . enlivened, by eonie nnturai, healthful, and cosy M] exhilaration. In tlic reading of the last paragraph the render nf course, lias been mentally running a ,j parallel between the two kinds of exercise. It s, is. in fact, a correct list, bolli of the disndvnn- e. tages of Wiilkiitij nml the ndvantngea of ritliii;/. . The loins and spine arc the portions of tin: j r frame least culled upon for exertion when a ,j man is oil horseback. The entire contrast of |-(i ???'ii\*u imu uet-u|i:iti<>u, w 1 tii uie iil*l ??i niuuiiL- ^ ing, changes as once the character and current of thoughts. As the horse does the work, and ^ his legs go on, whether they are remembered at every stop or not, it is no continued oxer u| cise of the ruler's will to keep moving. With t| four times as groat velocity , ami going four | s| times as far, the eye, during the ride, is an offorties# kaleidoscope, amusing the tired brain jj in spite of itself. Then who that lias ever tI rid<len suflieieiitly to identify himself with n horse?what man who can assume at will the t] consciousness of r. centaur?need he told of the jt exhilaration of feeling that is natural strength jt iiiiu swuiness lire ton (inios limitipiioti ; Ami I may (or imiv not, according to who is the render, just now,) he called imaginative for another value that I long ngo iliiKovvrvil ? in the possession of a horse?a value which p cannot ho realized liy riding in a carriage, or w by nny oilier conveyance than the daily be- b striding of the animal an<l so incorporating N him with the habitual consciousness of person- ' nl motion. I refer to the amount of' x/nire S which count it ii trt one'* occiiviinri/ of the j'ttrc of S the earth. To him who walks but two miles a h day nn>l baek again, the room he inhabits oil t< this planet, is an orbit with a radius of two C' miles. To him who rides five or ten inlies a If day and back again, it is an orbit with e a radius of five or ten miles. I insist upon it, j a that, the instinct of breadth 01- extent in a it man *? share of the world, and consequently, I in some degree, his sense of the dignity and e capacity of his existence, is in proport inn to a this difference in his personal habits. It may K help to excuse my second mention of this Cfjilestrain philosophy, if I suggest another und gra- ?? ver advantage in the same habit, viz :?the sup- j g ply it is to the failing strength ami activity of 11 nhl aye, and the 'invigorating countercheck I f< which it. maintains to that narrowing of the 1 n circle of life and that feeling of deserledness ! c< which comes with lessened converse and obser- I a vation. "The old ircutleuian's cob," 11s it is |u called?n stout, gentle and surefooted roadster a brought every morning to the door?is an es- tl sential portion of the daily consciousness mid si enjoyment of every venerable grandsire a- a inong the parks and manor-houses of l?ngland. The Charleston Editorial Corps. j The editor of tll#> Kilnr/lfltl AihwTita, f Trlirt has recently been luxuriating nmid tlin fcsiivi- tl ties of tlie (Juccn city, furnishes tlie following |,; graceful sketch of liia " brethren of the <|iiill." CI Mr. Voadon, i?f the Courier, the oldt-st mem- |e lier of the fraternity in our Slate, is still in y health and strength the equal of his juniors, ( and in energy and ability the superior of the ^ great bulk of his cotvinpomry seniors, from j? whatever quarter of the Union. Ilia powers of endurance are indeed astonishing, iiesides p, the constant, draw upon his mental and pity si- p, eal man, to supply the leading matter of a jj large daily paper, his practice at the bar is of a kind that requires the most laborious research and difficult preparation. Yet lie still looks, and feels, the veteran, confident in his uinvan inir powers, nod buoyant with the certainty of ei suceom>. The Courier if, pecuniarily, a mine of wealth to hiin urid his co-proprietors. Long T may it continue to increase in popularity itml affluence! On no one could such good fortune u' fall more worthily, than upon the genial, hos- ? pitable, and high toned gentleman, who now ~ presides at. the Courier'* editorial helm. Mr. Cardozo, of the Evening Xrtrx, is another aged and respcctcd habitue of the Charleston n press, and has been in his present business con- M motion for several yearn. The News is lurguly M indebted to his commercial information and ? general good taste for the interest which at tactics to its columns. Like his brother of the Courier, Mr. Cnrdozo in cheerful amid his labors, and cordial in his sociality. But it is tho able and accomplished editor-in-chief of the Eee- 1 ------ I.I... f ml....... I JllJiff i?C?7?,?\/VJ. tf bold and vigorous pen i* taking that paper also a on to success. lie is just the man to win liiu- r rels in this field of labor. With n style at onee fi terse and perspicuous, and will) a fuud of well a digested information upon political and fiuau- u cial subjects, lie is ever ready with liis opinions, s1 and with the reasons therefor. We believe his I' paper is firmly established in the good-wishes <1 of thousands of friends; nor have we a doubt d but that its oownrd career will be equal to the c highest expectations of its distinguisned editor 0 and proprietor. May bright years of happiness * and health and prosperity to thee and thine, "ray c old friend" John t" * t We had also the pleasure of seeing much of s Mr. Illicit, of the Mercury, who is staving at r tin* Mills' House where we stopped whilo c down.. C Later from Euro pa. * v New York, February 1.?The Ro3'al Mail t St'-anialiip Arabia, Capt. J. Stone, has arrived ? at this port, with Liverpool dates to the 23d I ult. One week's later advices had been received < from India. The uews, however, was unim porwni. _ Lord Elgin 1ms sent his ultimatum to the Chinese, lie allows theni ten dnya for consid- J eration. The Fronch Legislature had opened. Four j Italians, chiefs of the attempted assassination y of the Emperor, were to be tried in January, , There had been heavy failures at Marseilles, , including the firm of Duclos <fc Co. for ?300. ? ??0. , j All qualities of cotton hnd improved ?d. per ' - - ? - ?i- - 1. an Ann k.L. ID. Hie HaitSB Illl CIIU neon "CIO UI|VVV u?HHF, of whioh speculators took 15,500, and expor- i ters 4,000. leaving 47,500 bales of all desoriptions to the trade. Orleans fair was quoted at 7d ; Orleans middling at C 11-lCd. ; Mobile fair at 6jd. ; Mobile middling at 6f d. ! uplands fair at A 18-lfid.: uplands middling at ^ (4d. per lb. The soles on Friday wore 9,600 r JihIm tlin nmrL-ot clfuinfr nui?t On Kutiinlao 1. ? ? o 1 " ? . J "I the marketopoued firm ana active, and at j nooD tlie sales had reached 10,000 bales. Manchester advicea were favorable. There was a better demand, and holdors were domaoding t an advance. Breadstuff's were dull. Rich- ? ardson, Spence <fc Co. quote flour and wheat * quiet and declining, and red corn dull. Provif c were firm. Sugar was fl?ui at ttO advance of ? 6d. als. per owt. Coffee-was firio. Rice was heavy, and had declined. Naval stores were s firm. ~ Lojidon Market.?Money was easier. Consols were quoted ?t 95f ror money, and 96i on aecount The rates of interest in the Bank of ! England Were uuctanged? . Sutffcr had advan cea. uotie# wa? buoyant, and had advanced. ; At Ilftrr^ tret ordionira wa? quoted ?t 95f. ( Oopfn$uio*>!X , | WABnrNOToy, February 0.?Tho Iloimo had n stormy session yesterday, and tvontin'upd Altting all la?t night?the'subject of <leb*t<* being the reference the Preetdant'a 2ieM*gfc Nothing *ai Mco^pli.bpci 1 litm. Kqitt Ad . G rdw had** fight, in ?IM others partial hated. "TTiellouM Jdj<nira<?funtil Monday. President's Message. Washington, Feb. 2, Die message of t.?n? President upon Kansas airs is in type and amounts to four column*/ wi>b rent} to Congn-ss to-ilny. The Prniili'iit snys tlirtt n delusion prevails ti? the o??o?liti?Fti of parties in Kansas, and re' I'itulntcM tlie history of j?i?!?t nfFairs in the rritory.?lie soys that the Topeka Govern:nt is an usurpation, and tbnt it would liavtf en imixiixiMii r<>i> I li? mleil with more regularity tbair they *1 i<l_ i'? e formation ot tlie Lecompton Constitution, le Convention of .bine Inst was n propitious ument for the settlement of the difhties, but e TopekaiU-s suffered the election to go by ^ault, nnd hence they have no right to com' Bin. Hie Leeompton Convention win legal* constituted, and submitted the (question to ic people whether Kansas should be a free or slave stale. Tlie President believes that, un.-r the organic aet of I he Territory, tlie Condition Wnn Iround to submit this nil impormt <p?ostion to the people. It did so, nnd atin the TopeUoitcs defaulted. At the election rotfiei'M in j.mllnrt. . rfij... " * --- J, inii .-|/irib prevailed, id the Vote Wiis lnrge> The people of Km.' is have, therefore, in strict conformity to the ganic net, framed a constitution for a Stuto overnniunt, submitted the slavery question i the people, electcd officers, nud now nsk adlissioii into the Union Under the Constitution/ The President is decidedly in fator of the imisaion of the territory, uud tints terminally the Kansas question by localizing its d<rj ruetive influences. As a question of expedi' icy, even, he think*, Kansas should be nduiitd, inasmuch as it would restore quiet to the nion ami prosperity to the territory and to le people of Kansas. The only practical difrence between its admission and rejection is hut her they can more speedily change their resent Constitution or frame n second to hi! ibmiited to Congress. ll should never he for* utten that in proportion to the insignificance I" the slavery question, as nlfeetinti the fevf musninl inhabitants of Kansas, tlio fourteen live States will feel the rejection of the Conitution keenly. Kansas onec Admitted, anil i? excitement will become localized, and the oops will he withdrawn. The President conscientiously Wlieves that ie clouds now over Mm Union may be dispelid hv the admisson of Kansas, or darkened by s rejection. Minnesota ani> Kansas.?The turning point f the deliate which arose in the Senate on tins roposition to admit Kansas, was one which 'us apparently sectional, hut in reality had a asis in equality. It will not do, when the orth is acquiring political power so rapidly, > rest, the question of the admission of new tales on abstract principles of justice to the tales applying for admission. Minnesota may nve eViTV rii?li? t.? .li.i!-"!? !.-? > > -- - > ft territorial organization, having nil the unditions precedent, although she appears to ick some of the ordinary forms, lint she is hissed with those State# thnt. have entered into n informal league to exclude the South from share of the benefits of the Constitution.? f it is her fate to fall into this category, Sonthrn Senators cannot he lilamed for resisting her dmission, unless coupled with the admission of [ansns under the Lccompton Constitution. Why should Mr. Crittenden wish to walk in ther footsteps than those of Mr. Clay, his rent leader in the Whig faith? That. 3tatestail aided the coupling ol Maine and Missouri >r the privilege of admission. Maine would ot have heen admitted unless she hail been unjoined with Missouri. What W is expedient nd proper in 1 S*2??, cannot he impolitic and njiist in 183b. In fact, there is a more impertivo necessity now than fjrty years pinee. for ?e admission of t1mt policy which aims at pre rving the equality of the States in the Sentc.?jSoenimj N'-wk. S.\i> Sckxk in a Lkcti.'ri: Komi.?A coYresponentofthe Boston Christian Inquirer says : "The heat temperance lecture?I wouM say le most impressive ami heart-rending appeal I lielialf of solirii-tv lluil. Im4 n?v,*r n-ru.luxl inir irs?wrti liimle, n?>t long since, by a gcntlcmn who had boon selected to give the first eture of the season before several of our ?cstcrudyccuins. As his name is in nil the Syclopedins of American Literature," soincmiething creditable was expected ; but hold not spoken ten minutes before it was cvi>ut tliul he was sadly intoxicated, and tlio -csidcni of the society had to perform the linfu! duty of leading him from the stand, nniX ibiuiesing Uie insulted nudience." Dkatii ok an Agkd Citizen.?We arc informI that Mr. Kcnnoii Br'uzcalc, one of our oldest tizens", breathed his last on Monday, the first February, at his residence in this District, he deceased had reached the ripe age of one indrcd and six years, and diet! respected by 1 who knew him.?Anderson Carolinian. ~ CARRIED, I>y Rev. Colin Murchison, on the 2tHh Janury 1858, at the residence of Mnj. \V. XI. Bell, [r. Jamks M. Mmitin, of Abbeville 3. C. and liss 51 aiuaii Aihiams, of Buckingham Vn. DIED, In Abbeville District. S. C., January 17th. 358, Mrs. CATIIAKIXE C. BLACK, wife of . Ramsey lilnck, Esq, in the 3'2d year of her ge, leaving n husband, 6 interesting children, elation* and friend* to mourn her departure oin earth, ih tlie very prime oflife. She was II tliat was amiable ana lovely as a daughter, nfe, mother mid friend. For several years lie was a faitltful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She was punctual in uttenanceupou the means of grace, constant in tlio lisehai'ue of duty, zealous in promoting th>; nine or (jurist. nrni ami patent in trims una liffieulties. licr lust illness (Typhoid fever,) tra<i protneted nnd severe, (>nt her inind was itlm ns the smooth lake, nnd lior spirit meek ind patient as a lamb. The morning she died he called her husband, children and friends aouud her bed and took nn affectionate leavo if them all, assuring them that her trust in 'brist was strong and unwavering, and that ler prospect of immortality and eternal lifo efts b I'ightand full of hope, nnd begged them o meet her in heaven : then fell asleep in Jeus. Her sun has set like the morning star? ost in a most glorious day. C. M. , ciEia( The following persons have freight in the )epot at Abbeville :? Ben llothschild, SSheuer, W H Wilson, II A ones, J A It J White, ltev T A Hoyt, H II ^ardlaw & Son. Hon D L Wardlaw, N J Davis, McBryde, Judge Wnrdlaw, Gen B MoGownn, >r Harris, T C I'erriu, Wlter A Lytligoo, itym lcClellon, (ten AM Smith, J M i'erriu, IIS Lerr, J F Cell, G W Burton. ^ D.' R..SONDLKY, Ag't. MARKETS. _______________________________ ABBEVILLE C. H., February 12. 1858.? 'ottoh.?Our market has been very active duing the post week. Uu wards of 1,000 bales laving been sold at prioes ranging from 9 to 0| cents. Columbia, Feb. 101?Tlio cotton market hroughout the tfhole of yesterday was in n cry active and excited state, at a further adranee of a full 1c. ou the general ruling rates if the previous duy. About 800 balea wero old Mb 9 a ll?c. Ciiablkstox, Feb. 9.?Sale? of ootton to-day !, 8<>0 bales, at an advance of ^ to |c. Good uiddling to middling fair 11) to 12* Nkw Yohk, Fob. 9 Sales of cotton to-day 1,000 bales, at firm rites. August a, Feb 9.?The safes of cotton to-day n Augusta market amounted to 4000 bales,yat oil and Advftneiug rates. The Savannah marlet was quiet. , ii?i^ f. A Ll persons,having dartand# against tho EaA. tatea of Mrs, Jan? Bled, deceased, will \ ? ";<