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BY J AMES GARDNER.
BY TELEGRAPH.
ARRIVAL
OF THE STEAMSHIP
ARABIA.
Cotton Advanced 1-ld.—La rare Sales.
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HEAVY FAILURES AT MARSEILLES.
New York, Feb. 7.—The British and North
American steamship Arabia, Capt. J. Stone, has
arrived with Liverpool dates to Saturday, Jan. 23.
General News.
A week's later intelligence had been received
from India, but there was nothing important in
the details received.
Lord Elgin had sent in his ultimatum, and al
lows the Chinese only ten days to determine upon
their acceptance of them.
The French legislature had convened.
Four Italian chiefs, for the attempted assassina
tion of the Emperor Napoleon* will be tried in
January.
There have been several heavy failures at Mar
seilles, including the house of Dpclos A Co., which
has failed for the sum of three hundred thousand
phunds sterling.
Commercial.
Liverpool, Jan. 23. —The sales of cotton for
the week ending the 21st of January, were 67,000
bales; of which speculators took 15,500, and ex
porters 4,000, leaving to the trade 47,500 bales.
All qualities had slightly improved, and an ad
vance of is reported. Fair and middling
grades had improved the most. The quotations
are, for
Fair Orleans 7d. j Mid. Orleans.. 6 11-16 d.
“ Mobile.... 6%d. “ Mobile 6%d.
** Upl’ds.6 13-16 d. | “ Uplands Gj^d.
The sales of cotton on Friday were 9,000 bales,
the market closing quiet.
Latent—Saturday Afternoon , Jan. 23.—The sales
of cotton to-day were 10,000 bales, and the mar
ket was firm and active.
Manchester Trad*. —The business in the manu
facturing districts was favorable, as the demand
for goods had increased, and holders were de
manding an advance in prices.
Haora Market. —Ties Ordinaire was quoted at
95 francs.
Liverpool General Market,— Rich a rdsoxA Spence
in their circular report a declining tendency in the
flour market, with light enquiry. Wheat quiet,
and all qualities, except common Red, had slightly
declined. Corn was dull. Provisions firm. Sugar
was firm, and had advanced Id. to Is. Rosin and
Turpentine firm.
London General Market. —Sugar opened at 6d.
to Is. advance, but the improvement was barely
maintained at the close. Coffee was buoyant at
2d. to Sd. advance.
. London Money Market— Money wr.s slightly
easier. The Bank of England had made no change
in its rates of discount, since the reduction to five
per cent. Consols for money 95%, and for account
95%. The bullion in the Bank of England had
*
for the information our readers,
the following chiton quotations by the steamship
Canada, which left Liverpool on Jannary the 16th,
or one week preceding the departure of the Am-
Mobile
“ Lpl-inds . { •* ..fill'd.
The I.ecom|iton Constitution Defeated.
Washington, Feb. B.—in the Senate to-duy the
President’s message and the irfcoinjiton Kansas
Constitution were referred to the Committee on
Territories, by a vote of twenty-eight to thirty
one.
In tho nousc, Mr. Harris' amendment to Mr.
Stephens’ resolution was adopted by a rote of one
hundred and fifteen to one hundred and eieren.
Mr. Harris’ resolution refers the message and
Constitution to a select committee of fifteen, with
power to send for persons and papers, thereby
precluding the possibility of a report this session.
No Collins Steamer Kent Saturday.
New York, Feb. B.— The steumship Atlantic has
been withdrawn from the Liverpool line for a short
time, and there will be no Coru.vs steamer leav
ing this city on next Saturday.
A Stormy Night in Congress.
Washington, Feb. 6, A. 11. -The House of Rep
resentatives adjourned at this morning siro’clock,
after an excited and stormy session all night. The
contest wason the adoption of the resolution offered
by Ur. Harris, of Illinois, the purport of which is,
that the message of the President and the Leeomp
ton Constitution be referred to a select committee
of thirteen, to be appointed by the Speaker, to in
quire into all facts, connected with said Constitu
tion, and the laws if any, under which the oon
•vention was held, and whether the provisions of
the law were complied with. Also, whether said
Constitution provides for a republican form of
government, and whether the population be sedi
ment for a representative in Congress under the
present ratio; and whether the Constitution is
satisfactory to the majority of the legal voters in
Kansas. Also, to ascertain the number of votes
cast sorts e Constitution; the places where cast
m each county; the census or registration under
which the election of delegates was held, and
whether the same was just and fair; and in com
pliance with law, with all other matter bearing
on the subject
The friends of the Lecompton Constitution en
deavored to take a vote in favor of the admission
of Kansas, before the adjournment of the House,
while those in favor of the passage of Mr. Harris’
resolution, endeavored to adjourn.
* About half past two o’clock last night a fight
took place between Honorables L. M. Keitt, of
South Carolina, and Gaefsba A. Grow, of Pennsyl
vania. Several blows passed, the crowd of mem
bers rushed to the scene, and there appeared, for
a time, that there were indications of “a free
fight."
Mr. Speaker Orr succeeded, in a few moments,
r ' in restoring order.
, '*■ The House finally agreed to adjourn by the pas
sage of a unanimously adopted resolution, that
| the matter in dispiitdrihould be the special order
§'• of the day for Monday—to which day the House
E', has adjourned.
Market Reports.
gfe-' ’ . Nbw Yoee, Feb. B.—Sales of Cotton to-day 1200
f ' - bales. The Arabia’s news caused an advance in
ofci'i prices us about M cent. Middling Uplands 11; J,
HR cents. Flour quiet, sales of B,oou barrels. Coi n
-heavy, sales 25,000 bushels; white 65 a 66, and
V yallow 64 a 66. New Orleans Molasses 29 a3O
cents. Turpentine heavy at 46 cents per gallon.
K Rosm firm *t«l ST a*l 4o per 310 pounds. Rice
firm.
Charleston, Feb. B. —Sales of Cotton to-day
;& 40W' bales, at prices ranging from 9to 12 cedis.
ffig-’. -The market advanced under the iulluence of tbe
steamer's accounts %to y, cent. .
From the yew York Herald, Feb. 4.
Additional by the Edinburg.
The screw steamship Edinburg, Capt. Gumming,
which left Glasgow on Sunday, 17th of January,
arrived at this port yesterday afternoon.
The news is one day later than that brought by
the Canada to Boston.
A telegraphic despatch from Holyhead, dated on
the morning of 16th ultimo, (Saturday,) says:
The Persia, with New York dates to the 6th inst..
was off Holyhead at nine A. M. She is expected
about four o’clock this afternoon.
The North Jtritish Mad of the 16th ult., in its
Glasgow Stock Exchange report, dated at half-past
three o’clock P. M., says: The market was gener
ally good, and a fair business transacted. Prices
much the same as yesterday. Guaranteed stocks
Tather higher.
A despatch from Paris, dated the evening of the
16th of January, announces that de Argout,
ex-Governor of the Bank of France, has just died.
Advices from Turin, dated on the evening of the
15th of January, says :
M. Rattigi has resigned the office of Minister of
the Interior of Sardinia.
A new Ministry has been formed at Madrid, a3
follows:
M. Isturitz, President of Foreign Affairs; Gen.
Espelata, War; Sanchez Ocana, Finances; Fer
nandez de la Hoz, Justice; Ventura Diaz, Interior;
Gen. General of Madrid.
A letter in the London Times of December 2d,
from Cawnpore camp, describes the retreat after
General Wyad ham’s defeat, and the panic in the
camp. Wyadham lost his camp, with five hundred
tents, the mess plate of six regiments; no end of
tents, saddlery, and harness in an unfinished state,
and private property valued at fifty thousand
pounds. So it is said. He left bis flank exposed,
and mode no provision for the safety of his camp.
The conduct of the sixty-fourth regiment was
admirable; they made a desperate charge. Major
Stepkng, Captains Murphey and Macrae were shot
death Captain Parsons was wounded. Brigadier
Wilson was shot, after exclaiming, “Now, boys,
you have them.” Two of our guns opened on the
regiment by mistake, whilst the enemy’s cavalry
charged them.
The decoration of the English Victoria Cross
has been conferred on Lieut. Crowe, 78th regiment;
Lieut. Havelock, 10th regiment, and privates
ilandcock and Purcell, Otn lancers, for acts of
bravery performed by them in India, which are
recorded in the London Gazette as reported in the
following words by the late Gen. Havelock, from
Cawnpore, on the 18th of August, 1857:
In the combat at Cawnpore, Lieut. Havelock
was my aid-de-camp. The 64th regiment had
been much under artillery fire, from which it had
severely suffered. The whole of the infantry were
lying down in line, w hen, perceiving that the ene
my had brought out the last reserved gun, a twen
ty-four pounder, and were rallying round it, l call
ed up the regiment to nee and advance. Without
any other word from me, Lieut. Havelock placed
himself on his horse, in front of the centre of the
64th, opposite the muzzle of the gun. Major Stir
ling, commanding the regiment, was in front, dis
mounted, but the lieutenant continued to move
steadily on in front of the regiment at a foot pace,
on his horse. The gnu discharged shot until the
troops were within a short distance, when they
tired grape. In went the corps, led by the lieuten
ant, who still steered steadily on the gun’s muzzle
until itjwas mastered by a rush of the 64th.
Gen. Grant, in a report, dated at Delhi on 2*2d of
June, 1857, says: Tlui guns, lam heppy to say,
were saved, but a wagrni of Major Scott’s battery
was blown up. 1 must not fail to mention the ex
cellent conduct of a Sowar of the Fourth irregular
cavalry and two men of the Ninth lancers, privates
Thomas Hancock and John Purcell, who, when
rny horse was shot down, remained by me through-
out. One of tliese men and the Sowar offered me
their horses, and I was dragged out by the Sow
ar s horse. Private Hancock was severely wound
ed, and private Purcell’s horse was killed under
him. The Sowar's name is Roopur Khan.
An older, dated at Horse Guards, London, on
•
tw*utl ilmf \V. K. luglis, of UU* r*rj'*4iws4,
be promoted to the rank of Major uenerat.TKr Fif?
enduring fortitude and pet-evering gallantry irt the
defense of the residency at Lucknow for eighty
seven days, against an overwhelming force of the
enemv.
A dispatch from Copenhagen, of the 14th Jan.,
says the sittings of the Supreme Council of the
Monarchy were opened to-day by the King.
By a Portuguese royal order, dated ou the Bth of
January at Lisbon, the ports of Rio de Janeiro,
Bahia and Pernambuco are declared free from dis
ease.
The English court came to London on the 15th
ultimo, from Windsor.
A Cabinet Council was held on the afternoon of
the 15th ultimo, in London.
Resumption* op Specie Payments.— The Phila
delphia Inquirer of the 3d inst., says:
“The banks of Philadelphia have virtually re
sumed specie payments. ho difficulty is experi
enced in obtaining gold and silver at any of them.
It is probable that a formal and general resumption
will be announced in the course of a day or two.
There is, indeed, no practical impediment in the
way, and the jmblic are fully prepared for such a
movement.”
The Baltimore American says :
“We learn from a well informed, though not,
perhaps, authoritative source, that the banks of
Baltimore are prepared to resume specie payments
in full, and that the consummation of this measisae
may be expected at any moment.”
Touch that Flt on the Right Bader's Ear.—
This was the motto of a well-koowu business man,
which he adopted at the commencement of his ca
reer, and who succeeded in a few years in build
ing himself np a splendid fortune. How do you
think he applied the motto in a business point of
view? Hear him in his own language:
“ Every one engaged in business, seeks to add
to his chances for success, by adopting such addi
tional means for his advancement as circumstances
may dictate. Many are disposed to try the merits
of advertising, and it is a most judicious choice.
Advertise freely, liberally and long, audits returns
will be four-told. Like seed sown in spring time,
it will bear fruit after many days, as its immediate
rewits. Spasmodic advertising is not the thing
to thoroughly test its virtues.”
War upon the Widows aud Orphans.
The anti-bank men, from the Hon. Joseph Brown,
down to Samuel Titus, Esq., in their crusade
against the banks, and in affected regard for the
interesta of the poor masses, may not know that
their efforts, if successful, will bring ruin upon
very many of the very class for whom tbe«7 are
so yearning with hypocritical compassion. Fur ex
ample, the State Bank has fifteen tbousaud shares
of stock, of which five thousand five hundred aud
thirty-fourEhares, (more than oue-ihird)are owned
as follows:
By seventy ladies, mostly widows, 2,338
“ Legatees of Estates, widows
“ and orphans, . 1,589
“ Academies, Free Schools <ic.,... 1,607
Total by this class. 5,534
Another large portion of the balance is owned
by men of smalt means, who have managed, by
industry and economy, to save a few hundred dol
lars which they have thus invested f >r safe keeping
and the lawful interest. Now, what is to become
of all this class, if the banks are hunted down by (he
pauic-makeraand mischief-makers? What could
the poor widow dr orphan do, when all their living
is taken from them by the breaking up of the in
stitutions in which thev have invested? We have
no doubt that nearly afl the banks have a similar
distribution of stock, and that much suffering
would be caused by any course which will force
these institutions into m hasty liquidation. We
say, then, let there be an end to the \yar upon the
banks, altar the War upon the widows and orphans,
alias the war upori the genera! credit and business
of ths whole country Georgia Otffaen, LU. 5.
The orator who carried away tm audience is af
fectionately and humanely requested bring
them back. * *
-A.TJ Q-TJ ST A, GKA.., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1858.1
From the Baltimore Sun. t
. Thirty-Fifth Congress—First Session*
Feb. 3.- -Senate.— Mr. Davis iif»t
traduced a bill for the relief of the officers ami sol- j
diers of the army who were stationed at Fort j
Kearnev, in Nebraska Territory, previous to March
I, 1853.
House bills were passed to alter the time of J
holding the United States courts in South Caroii-H
na, and for the payment of invalid and other pen-J
sions. i 4.
The unfinished business of yesterday was theft'
resumed.
Mr. Wilson offered an amendment to the motion
to refer the Kansas message to the committee on
territories, similar to that submitted yesterday by
Mr. Harris in the House.
Mr. Trumbull desired to call up a question of
privilege, being the report of a committee on the
judiciary en the contested seats of the sitting mem
bers from the State of Indiana.
Mr. Bayard objected to the consideration of that
subject now. He thought the Kansas question far -
more important, and it ought to be settled first, as
it involved considerations which might affect the
stability of the Union itself.
Mr Trumbull thought the reason assigned by
the Senators from Delaware was the best reason in
the world for settling the question of the right
of those gentlemen to the seats they now occupy.
If the Kansas question is so important as that
Senator represents it, the first tmngis to deter
mine who has a right to settle the quesuon ; and it
is so much the more necessary that it should be
settled by a Senate properly constituted, it had now
been a question pending for nearly a year os to
who had a right to seats; and in order to have an
understanding when it should be disposed of, he
moved to make that subject the special order for
to-morrow at 4 o’clock.
Mr. Bayard replied that if there were any other
gentlemen contesting the seats it would present a
different case; but these members have taken
their seats under regularly signed credential?,
which constituted prima facie evidence that they
were entitled to them. He also remarked that in
asmuch as they represented the public sentiment
of Indiana, they ought to retain their seats until
the Kansas question was disposed of, even if there j
should turn out to be irregularities in the inode off
their election.
Mr. Bright said that he was anxious to have this j
question disposed of as soon as possible. At first [
fie could hardly believe that the Senator from Mi- j
noia was in earnest in insisting that he and his .
colleague were not entitled to the seats they now j
occupied; but since that Senator had pressed the j
matter with such pertinacity, he was ready and j
anxious to meet the investigation demanded.
Mr. Brown said that if the design was to make i
this subject the special order for to morrow, to the '
exclusion of all other business, he should object
to it.
Mr. Hale argued that, as a question of privilege, \
the Senate was bound to consider and dispose of
it, for if a question of this kind could be post- |
poned by the action of the Senate, what advantage j
had a question of privilege over any other ques- j
tipn?
Mr. Trumbull withdrew his motion, but said
that he would renew it to-morrow morning. 1
Mr. Wilson made a speech strongly condemna
tory of the President’s positions, and spoke of the
Lecompton Constitution as a contemplated fraud
on the people of Kansas.
Mr. Brown made a speech endorsing the con
clusions arrived at by the President in his Kansas
message, and advocating the admission of Kansas ’
under the Lecompton Constitution. Adjourned.' i
House.— The sergeant-alarms informed the ,
.Speaker that pursuant to the order ' f the House. -
he had caused the arrest of J. D. Williamson, ami
had him now in custody 4 *
Mr. Stanton offered a resolution that Mr.
4ipi»*oa be arraigned before vhc bj~ the H-onsto,?
when The Speaker shall propose the foCowiigS
questions:
First—What excuse have yon for not
before the select committee in pursy
summons of the 27 th- .1 nonary 'i .
_ •
The
Mr. Stanton "then moved that Mr. Williamson
be remanded to the custody of the sergeafifest
arms, and that he have till to-morrow at U» o’clock
to make his answers. He said that this was
agreeable to the prisoner, with wpom he had a
conversation on the Subject.
The motion was agreed to.
Mr. Goode, from the committee <jr; the District
of Columbia, reported a bill for thejbetier regula
tion of elections in the District of Columbia; re
ferred to committee of the whole ofa the state of
the Union.
Mr. J. Glancy Jones, from tin? committee on
wavs and means, reported the aridf appropriation
bill.
Mr. Bocock, from the committed on naval affairs,
made a report from the majority <# said committee,
concluding with a resolution that the act of Com
modore Paulding in arresting pen. Walker and
his followers was not authorised ly the instructions
given him by the Nary Department. That while
the committee have no reason to believe that Com
modore Paulding act- d from airy improper motive
or intention, vet they regard it as a grave error,
which calls for the ’disapproval of the American
Congress.
Mr. Sherman, from the minority of the com
mittee, reported a substitute, to the effect that
Com. Paulding, in arresting Walker and his as
sociates and returning them to the United States,
acted w ithin the spirit of his instructions, and de
serves the approbation of bis country.
Mr. Seward remarked that he had his own
views on the subject, and would express them at
another time.
The reports were referred to the committee of
the whole on the state of the Union.
Mr. Savage, from the committee on invalid
pensions, repored a bill granting pensions to the
officers and soldiers of the war of 1612, and those
engaged in the Indian wars at that period. After
some debate on the subject of reference, it was
postponed*
Mr. Harris, of Illinois, from the committee on
elections, called up the report of the majority of
the committee against allowing Mr. Campbell
further time to take supplementary testimony in
the contested election case of Mrl Yallandigham
against Mr Campbell.
A long debate followed, but without concluding
the matter, the House adjourned.
Merchants’ ixn Plantes’ Bank. —At an election,
yesterday, the following gentlemen were chosen
Directors of this Bank for the ensuing year :
H. Roberta. John Boston, E. Molyneux, T. W.
Neely, J. W. Pearson, E. F. Wood, I. W. Morrell,
J. P. Screren, J. Murchison.
It will be seen from the notice in this morning’s
paper, that the bank has just declared a dividend
of three per cent, from the operations of the last
six months —■Savannah Republican, Feb. 6.
Memphis, Feb. 3.—The steamer Stephen Deca
tur, Captain Bailey, bound from New Orleans for
Cincinnati, struck the wreck of the sunken stea
mer A. L. Shotvrell, a few miles above Memphis,
on Sunday night, and sunk. The boat and cargo
are a total loss. Vo lives were lost. She left New
Orleans on the night of the 22d ult ~ her cargo con
sisting of ">75 tons of groceries, including 1,400
barrels of molasses and 150 hogsheads of sugar.
The loss of the boat and cargo is estimated at six
t\ thousand dollars.
Nifw Orleans, Feb. SL—A large fire occurred on
Suunay morniag, consuming the Magazine street
market and adjacent stores. Loss over til ty thou
sand dollars. Another tire took place this loom
ing on Canal street. The loss is mostly covered
by insurance.
Col. Frank Anderson and his party of fillibuaters
arrived here to-day from Key West, m custody of
tfce United States Marshal. They were released
on parole until morning. They all complaiu loud
ly of the UDjust treatment of Commodore Paulding
and Capt. Sands.
Gen. Walker has gone to Nashville.
Mien time is wasted by housekeepers in wiping
their dishes It properly washed and drajfoedin a
dry sink, with a doth spread on the bottom, they
ook better than when wiped, besides the ecouogiy
n saving time and labor.
MM* wors Venable and LeConte. h
i Ifc it Ferrv, Esq., of the Greenville (So. Ca.) »>
fv&fe*. ,n * recent letter to that paper from Co-
lutiibfy thus refers to these distinguished gentle-
nj9Mps| s
t “ Javxet’s Hotel, January 8,1858. S
'^ a 'l P* easare meeting Professor John h
• LeCoou- last evening, on his return from his lec- r
-turdjg;|?efore the Smithsonian Institute at Washing- r
lectures attracted great- crowds in L
VFwffiinj/u.n, and the sketches of them pnblished
j^Q UXilim'il Inte&jeneer are exceedingly inter- r
It is my purpose to give extracts from t
®ffl:atsome future day. Professor John LeConte t
a reputation for learning, ability, t
tlpjfcht and research in natural science, which t
him rank amongst the very foremost scien- r
tujcjqben of the United States. I had the pleasure t
Ogmcting, too, this morniug, Professor Venable,
ofHjjjrginia, and recently elected to fill the chair 1
of, .Jpathetnatics in the South Carolina Col- i
IfcglL* He is a most prepossessing gentleman, I
w : tl» v. well marked and noble head, fine face, and '
cftt#iianding person. I am sure be will be i
a gjfeat accession to the College. His reputa- i
a mathematician at the Virginia Uniyer- 1
is very high. When his nomination ]
bittyfe the Board of Trustees was pending,a letter
wk&Vead from Mr. Bledsoe, stating that instead of
Certifying for the science and attainments of
M-. Venable, it would be better for him (Mr.
Jfcyjhoe) to get a certificate/row Mr. Venable as
to hds own qualifications as a mathematician. I .
cnrftot here forbear mentioning another compli
tatCji paid Mr. Venable, which not only honors
hit>7but does high honor to the noble motives of <
ibe distinguished gentleman who said if. In a
It*# recently received from Major Hill, Professor -
of Mathematics in Davidson College, and former- <
ly *ogallant officer of the United States army in .
fttttco, he said that he had understood his name *
the Board of Trustees for the chair of j
but that we had done well in select- \
iug a much a/fcler man than himself, as he ad- j
muted Mr. Venable to be. j
Jd has been said in a high quarter that science,
< and mathematics especially, dwarfs the intellect! ]
I sure, after seeing the matrimonial selec- 1
'Hump of Professor Venable and the LeContes, that j
qjbfcnce has not dwarfed their sense of the beauti- {
j|u|and lovely in nature, or perverted their taste
| judgment in such matters. j
The Fracas m Washington.
]JQfbe Charleston Mercury of 6th instant, says:
ypV 4 Reference is made in onr telegraphic despatches }
bio a collision between Col. Keitt, and Mr. Grow, of
Jgfjjpifagyl vania, in the House of Representatives. A ,
& hind, who was an eve-witness, sends us an ac- ]
; count of the affair, which we annex. From this, .
lit appears thai Grow, who is one of the most pesti
,j lent Abolitionists in Congress, was not only out of
\ hss place, but out of order, -for the rules of the
'i tffmse are imperative that a member must be at
j id's seat when he addresses the Speaker or the
’tiSpusc. The following is the statement:
K* WA9BIKGTON, Feb. ♦>. —At about two o’clock, A.
I J!., Gen. Quitman offered a proposition to disen
tangle the proceedings in the House. Mr. Grow,
! jajUo was in one of the aisles on the Democratic side
r3f the House, objected a little tartly. Mr. Keitt
fv«id to him, “Go on the other side of the House,
Vft* which you belong, if you want to object.” Mr.
itbvw answered, “ 1 11 object where I pleuse.” Mr.
.vcitt then said, “ Wait till I can come round, and
|Vll rake care of you.’* Mr. Keitt went round and
to him, You Abolitionist puppy, move to
fcfiortr side of the House, and don’t stay here.” Mr.
i said. “ I’ll stay as long as l please.” Mr.
then choked him for an instant. v He then
oif, when Mr. Grow said, “You can’t
f ,(>rn xotiT plantation and crack the whip
XKr my.’' Mr. Keitt turned back and suid, “ I’ll
Dike yon again for that insolence,” anti he gra-j.-
*-jgA bis 'throat u second time. Gen. Davis, of Mis
■fetfsippi, then inierforing, wrenched Mr. Keitt
Bgfvqsu.fo keep them apart, and pressing him against
Hf'i ■ qhM| Mr. partially fell. Mr.
Hjtr.'iw.-’whfd Mr f Keitt was wrenched round tosepa-
Wr - Ur...**-
1 return. Then i iuu±. J ndd'-u -ind over in
• a moment. There was not much exertenifnt pre
: vailing before or afterwards. This la a succinct
statement of the whole affair, which will, doubt
j less, be jVTM% exaggerated bv Black Republican
prints. Ibe whole tiling was extemporaneous.
From the Baltimore Sun.
Thirty-Fifth Congress—First Session.
Washington, Feb. 4.—Senate.—Mr. Jones pre
sented the joint resolution of the legislature of lowa,
instructing the Senators and requesting the Rep
resentatives of that Stale to oppose the aduiisamn
of Kansas into the Union under the Lecompton
Constitution, for the reason that that instrument
has not been submitted to a fair and honest vote of
the people of the Territory; and requesting the
Senators from lowa to resign if they cannot obey
the foregoing instructions.
Mr. Jooe? said that he presented the resolutions
as a matter of respect to his State, and not be- .
cause he had the most remote idea of obeying the
instructions. He believed the people of Kansas
had ample opportunities of expressing their views ,
at the ballot box, and if they refused to do so it ■
was their own fault. His own uiind was made up
to vote for the admission of Kansas under the Le
compton Constitution, unless some stronger argu- ■
incuts could be made against it than any which he ,
had yet heard. The resolutions he presented were ■
adopted by a strict party vote, every member of j
the Democratic party in the legislature voting
against them. Although he was inclined to think
that a majority of the people of lowa might now i
endorse the resolutions, he believed that after a
thorough examination of the subject they would j
come to a different conclusion. For his own part, ,
he intended to do everything in his power to sus- i
tain the administration upon this question, believ- ,
ing that Kansas and Minnesota ought to be admit- j
t?d as twin sisters, in the same way as was done ]
with Florida and lowa.
On motion of Mr. Mason, a resolution was adopt- j
ed instructing the committee on foreign relations •
to inquire whether it is in contemplation of the ,
government of Turkey to send to this country an
officer of their navy with a view to obtain infor
mation concerning American improvements in na
val architecture, and to procure tne construction of
one or more vessels of war ir» some of the ship
yards of this country; and if so, to inquire what 1
testimonials ot respect should be made to the gov- !
erameut of Turkey by giving such officer an ap
propriate reception.
On motion by Mr. Stuart, a resolution was adopt- :
ed instructing the committee on printing to in
quire and report to the Senate what amount has
been paid annually during the last five years to '
each of the establishments of the city of Wash
ington, for printing and advertising of any kind
fur the United States, other than that ordered by (
either House of Congress, whether done by the
direction of any department or civil or military
officer thereof, and wheiher the same has been
paid under the provisions of existing laws; and
also, to inquire whether any amendments in the
existing laws are necessary in order to secure
proper economy in the expenses of the govern
ment for these objects, and report by bill or other
wise.
Mr. Brown resumed his remarks from yesterday,
arguing generally in favor of the Lecompton Con
stitution, and calling up Mr. Douglas and Mr.
Stuart in response to the reference made to the.r
positions.
Mr. Wilson reviewed the frauds of the elec
tions held in Kansas, sharply replying to Mr.
Brown, and uenyiug the charge of sectionalism in !
the Republican party. }
Mr. Green defended the people of Missouri from
Mr. Wilson’s strictures, and said he wanted facts, 1
not mere assertions.
Mr. Wilson responded that he had proof for all j
that he had said.
Sharp shooting continued until a late hour,
when ftually the Senate adjourned till Monday. |
House.— The Speaker announced the appoint- 1
ment of Messrs. Boyce. Quitman, Trippe, Garpett,
Mott, Worteudkye, and Spinner, as the select com- ~
rntitee to consider the navigation laws of the v
United States, the reduction of the expenditures of
the Government, and the existing duties on im-‘ h
ports, and the expediency of a gradual repeal of ti
all duties on imports, and a resort exclusively to
internal taxation, as proposed by Mr. Boyce’s reso
lution.
The Sergeant-at-arms brought into the House
Mr. J. D. Williamson, of New York, when,in pur
suance of a previous order of the House, the
Speaker propounded to him the questions why he
had failed to appear before the select (tariff cor
ruption) committee, to answer such questions as
might be propounded to him ; and further, whether
he was now prepared to answer?
A reply, in writing, from Mr. Williamson was
read, stating that he was unier bonds not to leave
the State of New York, and that it was his inten
tion to test, by an appeal to the court, the right
to arrest him, and denying that there was any au
thority under the Constitution to compel him to
reveal private transactions with which he was en
trusted.
A discussion followed as to what coarse should
be pursued under the circumstances. Several were
in favor of immediatelv sending him to jail until
he should purge himself of contempt, while others
were in favor of giving him further time. Finally
a resolution was adopted authorising Mr. William
son to withdraw and amend his answer, and that
he be allowed until to-morrow morning for that
purpose, meanwhile to be held in custody.
The House entered upon a long discussion on
the proposition to grant Mr. Campbell, of Ohio,
further time to take testimony in the contested
election case froin that State.
Without coming to a conclusion the House ad
journed.
Washington, Feb. s.—The Senate was not in
session to-day.
House.— On motion of Mr. Quitman, a resolution
was adopted calling on the President to communi
cate the number of soldiers engaged in the late
war with Great Britain, and the Indian wars of the
same period. Also, a statement showing the prox
imate estimate of the expenditures in extending
to them the benefits of the revolutionary pension
laws. This information is desired, preliminary to
action on the bill pending for that purpose.
The House resumed the consideration of the
resolution reported from the committee on elec
tions against giving Mr. Campbell, the sitting
member, further time to take testimony in the
Ohio contested election case.
The question was taken on the amendment, re
ported from the majority of the committee, that
Mr. Campbell, the sitting member, and Mr. Val
landigham, the contestant, be allowed the fur
ther-time of forty days to take supplementary tes
timony. It was decided in the negative—yeas 106,
nays 113.
The resolution of the majority of the committee
was then adopted—yeas 114, nays H>l—that it is
inexpedient to grant further time to take testimony
as for by the sitting member.
The Speakei laid before the House the following
letter from J. D. Williamson, which was addressed
to him:
“Sir: In answer to the question propounded to
rae by the House, I would respectfully state that
when the subpoena was served upon me summon
ing me before your committee, 1 consented to ap
pear, and prepared to do so; but being under
heavy bonds iu New York not to leave the jail lim
its ot that city, I called upon the sheriff and told
him I had been summoned to appear before the
committee, and desired that my bonds should not
be forfeited during my absence. He replied that if
l left the city voluntarily my bonds would be for-
felted, and my pledges of faith broken ; but if my j
attendance was competed, it was his opinion, as 1
well as that of mv attorney, that ray bail would |
not suffer loss. (Jpon this advice 1 acted, suppos
• ing that it was right; aod never knowing or in
‘ teuding to commit any.contempt to your houora
-1 ble body. I would have cheerfully and without
J hesitation have appeared before the committee,
' aud answered all ttre questions put to me touching
tlie investigation they were pursuing, had it not
£ been for the rest rig ma thrown around rae in Xew
• York. I now hold ymysell m readiness to answer
ull such proper *s the committee may
• put to »M
: Mr. tou jar K*t ZKL *rrr. wcr Ban promptly
~ t WBSW»
1 f biili* 011 * ir ’ "hamsoq was discharged from ens
-1 j Mr. 11 urils, Pf-Wiwh>j > ,fi B < Siriifi»a *.
' J riding for a select committee to inquire
I into the facts attending the adoption of the Le- ]
" | cotnpton Constitution. lie moved the previous j
1 j question, with a view of bringing the House to a
| vote on the various propositions u> refer the Presi
dent’s Kansas message.
J The Democrats commenced the parliamentary
fight to prevent action by making motions to ad
journ, etc.
The question was finally decided negatively— ,
by yeas and nays—there being considerable con
fusion, and good humor prevalent.
Eleven o’clock, P. M.—The House is still in ses- 1
sion, engaged in the parliamentary contest of call- j
ing the yeas and nays on motion to adjourn, etc. *
There is every prospect of the session lasting till 1
daylight.
Conflagration in Rome, Georgia. 1
The Rome Courier says : We have taken some ‘
pains to learn the amounts lost by different firms '
and individuals at the tire in this place.
Xo inventories have as yet been taken, and the 1
following statements are consequently liable to be *
inaccurate. v
For the most part we have followed the judg- c
ment of the loosers themselves, which is probably
in some cases over estimated, for.their goods are v
yet to some extent scattered.
Loss. Ins’ce.
R. S. Norton A Son, on buildings.sl,soo SI,OOO
On goods.. 2,500 adequate
Lampkin A Myers 2,500 none
Turnley A Baker 3,000 none
A. P. Neeld 200 none
Frank Wafll 700 none
Drs. Gregory A Wooten 500 none
Henry A Smith 2,000 none
N. J. Omberg 1,000 none
S. Jonas 1,500 adequate
D. J. Sanders A Bro 7,000 1,500
Barret A Todd 6,500 5,500
Morris Kohn 2,000 adequate
Wm. Hughes 1,000 adequate
Geo. H. Burnett 700 none
Mason A Riley (Southerner) 1,200 none
The ladies especially deserve the praise for the
great assistance they rendered on this occasion.
Many of them showed n>ore self-possession than
some of the men, and with them, to think, will
and to do followed in such rapid succession, that
they saved much property that otherwise would
have been lost. Many of the servants acted well,
and we are informed that Harry Cooley won new
laurels by his intrepidity and exertions.
We deeply sympathise with all the sufferers and
especially the proprietors of the Southerner & Ad
vertiser. Though little of their printing materials
were destroyed, vet much type were pied, and oth
er things injured by the hasty removal.
Items.
It is estimated by the Journal qf Commerce , that
there are now eight hundred and six thousand
barrels of flour on hand in New York city.
Two inches of snow fell at Richmond and Peters
burg, Virginia, on Thursday morning, but it soon
melted.
Scarlet fever is said to be very prevalent and
somewhat fatal in Harford county, Maryland.
The banks at Wilmington, Delaware, resumed
payment of specie on their notes on Thursday last.
A bill preventing the marriage of first cousins
has passed the Keutucky legislature.
At Senator Dwuglas’ late ball in Washington,
several of the exclusives, it is said, had small hoops
in the bottoms of the legs of their pantaloons.
They were made of steel, aud gave the pants a very
pretty set around tiie boot.
The statue of John Adams, intended for Mount
Auburn Cemetery, at Boston, was lately lost at sea,
by' the wreck of the ship Oxford.
Gen. Quitman is to deliver the annual address
before the Palmetto Association of Columbia, S.
C., in May next.
The first forty miles of the Norfolk and Peters
burg railroad was formally opened for travel last
week.
Hon. Dudley Mann's Atlantic steam-ferry bill
has passed both branches of the Virginia legisla
ture.
VOIt. 37-3STO. 7.
from 0)4 Sew York Evening Pori, Hit. 4.
I.ater from Havana. jfc - jr
The United State* mail steamship Cahawha, J..
D. Bullock, commauder, from Near Orleans via
Havana, arrived thi* morning, having left tbe
latter place on the 80th alt,
Gen. D. Antonio Bcpez de Santa Anna has
written a manifesto, dated in Turbaco, New Gran
ada, which we find in the Havana J'Hero deia Ma
rina, of the 20th ult., in relation to the charge*
which Gen. Pillow has preferred, that money wa*
employed by Gen. Scott to bribe tbe Mexican spat*
mander and authorities.
These statements of General Pillow are denied '
with the usual vehemence and verbosity of the
Mexican hero. The “infamous calumnv’ 'is level
led with all the lengthy and high-sounding adjec
tives with which he is so familiar. “Who,” says
lie, “knowing my position in Mexico, the fortune
whichl possessed, and the elevationof my charac
ter, can imagine me capable of such base humilia
tion as having listened to so infamous a propor
tion as is indicated in the statements of General
Pillow? And who, knowing, as all do know, the
abhorrence which I felt, for the enemies of my
country—an abhorrence which led me to fight tbe
aggressor to the last, can believe I ever stooped to
such a degradation? And even had I been a
wretch so destitute of honor and dead to tbe senti
ments ot virtue, and determined to commit so great
acrime, do the advantages ol this bargain, into
which General Pillow asserta I entered, bear any
proportion to the aacrifice it would have coat?
***** « • * ,
No! the paltry sum he mentions falsifies the as
sertion.”
The Mexican hero refers to Gen. Scott’s deniaf
of Pillow’s statements, and says that bis own un
shaken integrity—his refusal to betray tbe inter
ests of his country, which should have awakened
for him only admiration and respect, only render
ed him odious to bands of bis countrymen? who
conspired against him, and endeavored to take
from him that power he would not prostitute to
mercenary uses. He gives a brief history of these
conspiracies, and ends with a general denial pf
Pillow’s calumnies, and all other reports ever cir
culated to his discredit
At Havana business was rather dull. The Opera
company would close about the loth, when they •
intended going in the Isabel to Charleston. ’
On the night of the 29th, the extensive machine
works.’saw mill, Ac., of I.ambden A Co., were des
troyed by fire. The loss will be about twenty
thousand dollars. This is the most extensive eoti
flagratinn known in Havana for many year*.' .
The las! accounts of the Wabash 'and Commo
dore Paulding were that the was at Key West.
On the afternoon of the 29th, an English bark,
bound from Havana to Mataozas, went ashore a
few miles from the Morn, and was totally lost.
The captain and male were drowned. .
—, /* i’ . 1
From the Cfiarle*ton Courier t Ftb. 8. '
The See of Charleston.—We announced, tnv
T!r.-.r*il;iv the selection of theiftt*
I*. N. Lynch, D. I>, to fill the Episcopal See*jpc*~
ted by the death of the late Bishop Kcyaaro. I)r.
Lynch waa then absent on a visit of consecration
to a uewly erected church in Edgefield,S. C., and
other official calls. H© has since returned, and
received the credentials and testimonials of »P
--uoiutment, which awaited him in thia city.
At the High Mass iu the. Cathedral, on vester
day, he announced to the congregation that r.e had
received letters from the A|<jhibishop of Baitioiflve,
! informing him of his selection to till the vacant
of ihis Diocese, au<4«arue«tlv requested the
prayers of his brethren* to beseech the Almighty
' dispose# of events to endow him with the graces
necessary fitly to discharge the 1 sponsible duties
. of his new position. A special tneetmg of the
r Vestry of the Chuich was held subsequently, and
that body, on motion of Dr. BaiUnger, tenqejped
’ their congratulatiuns to the Rt. Rev, geotlegwui
\ on his appointureot. 7l*ie » i
s . in appropriate terms, stmng, la the course oFSID
r address, that he had grown up in Charleston, and
7 had no hopes, inici
f.-rover eouzuM and her people; The
- Vestry SUo adopted a resulutki&io uoite with tLe
' 8 in a ropiest
everv where expressed tlesu« of cire-* > . i;
vm add a burg tf>uc tltfwfabes of alt in this
■ • •l h ? t . u J r Mf£ h
, of" hi* li.itv S -
many yeaßin tba useful rind hbfiolai , u iHaiAiat£*'
..f episcopil funrtionhjTO ttripertad bv Li.ifießgw
eifi/ens of other ilonommationg as •.. •• §H
be beloved and venerated by hi» own fltiUH^'
The W. B. Catholic Miscellany, of this city, (hue
announces the appointment:
The !<se of Cfiarlesttm—Ovr Alee Bit/tsp. -We
have this week a word of good tidings, a measrige
of joy to ell onr readers, especially the Cstbafiejof
the two Carolinas. The long-widowed geo pf
Charleston has again received a llishop and else*
Pastor in the person of one, on whom till the liojies
and expectations of her children have been long
centered. As we write, we have before usa letter,
the superscription of which is in the well known
handwriting of Archbp. Kenrtck, addressed to tbo
“ Rt. Rev. P. X. Lynch, D. D., Bishop elect of
Charleston.” It doubtless contains the necessary
documents from Rome: though it lies unopened
in consequence of the absence of the Rt. Rev. *
tleinan, who is at present iu Augusta or Edgefield,,
where be went to lay the corner stone of the new
church on Monday last.
The cruel restraints of official position alone pre
vent us from speaking of this appointment in the
words that the impulse of our own heart dictates,
and that the general sentiment of the community.
Catholic and Protestant, would seem justly to re-.
quire. It is enough to say, that in common with,
all, we await with ardent hope and anxiety the
hour of his return, and acceptance of the dignitv
to which he has been called by the Holy See, with
the approbation of the American hierarchy, and
the concurrent favorable sentiment of all the clergy
and laity of the diocese of Charleston.
Paixful Incident.— We are deeply pained to re
cord the fact that our esteemed townsman. Dr,
Benjamin McKenzie, committed suicide last night,
by severing the femoral artery with a razor. The
deceased was a highly intelligent man, of uni
form, exemplary character, strictly correct and
conscientious in all his dealings, commanding the
regard and esteem of all who knew him. His
melancholy and untimely death will bring pain to
many hearts, and be felt by oar whole community
He had been in feeble health for some time*and
for several days previous to, his death had beeu
laboring under a painful consciousness of ap
proaching mental derangement He spoke of the r ‘
fact the aay before his death, and remarked to a
gentleman with whom he was conversing, that he yrc
greatly preferred death to insanity. He retired /
last night about nine o’clock. At some time dur
ing the night he went to a wardrobe in hia room
and took out his razor and seve i*d the'leraoral
artery, thus availing himself of his scientific
knowledge to make a wound which would certain
ly and speedily terminate bis sufferings upon
earth. Those in the adjoining rooms were not
awakened, and it was not until thss morn|ng that
bis death was known. His lifeless b%*iy .was
found lying upon the floor, and the fatal razor oa<
a chair by bis side. The loss of a good man. .Is.
deeply felt under any circumstances, but thftfdaar
event will east a gloom over our who{|> *£omaltmi <
ly.—TullaJ&ja Kej.orter, 4'A insi.
fcrßOi‘«A.\ ioLLY. —Ao eminent Feemsia statist)'
cian states that, the land and naval tiroes of the
European armies number two mi!lio§;*ighthun
dred thousand found, picked nteh, ip the prune of
their productive strength ; the annual outlay re- .
qnired to keep up these armies and the«uAn»i«t' 'f
War is over four hundred njirtion dollars, not in
cluding the value of land or bundings oocnpled
bv fortifications, arsenals, hospitals fo«rodri«V “ ’
schools, Ac., moderately estimated *! three feiittoa iM
eight hundred million ;tin which, *€ four ' '
per cent, interest, ihe yearly expense is oiore than,:
oce hundred and fifty million dollar* To this add
the value of the labor which these men would ' *
productively perform, which amounts to more
than one hundred and fifty-six million dollar*, and ' '
we have an annual war expense paid by Eumneai-p. j
producers of nearly eight hundred million doiiaM*
St. Lotus, Feb. s.—Tue commissioners appoint \
ed by the Kansas legislature to take testimony rsr :
lative to the election frauds sre’now in seseir
Leavenworth. t - iJlfjjjß