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 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>? ?1 ? ? >?! WJ wukiu j Mi was. kintt; int to ,tova, Hi* pulpit vu sapiiled en Babbatb la?t by Pvut J, P, Boye#. *W? iwa lerftban ttaa r?M||>U for flia ft#, codingquarter. -Tba^um for poataga staraoa and stamped envelope sold, also shows' a -. . # * '* * 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 anai liinoieiiee," nn 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 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 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(. uit?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 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 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 ; onlk& 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 ridl 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 !X , | WABnrNOToy, February 0.?Tho Iloimo had n stormy session yesterday, and tvontin'upd Altting all la?t night?the'subject of 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 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 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,) trant 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 \ ? ";<