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J 1 ! L-■■ -Jl-U . ■---■*»<£* —— SB* j. (M ccklii (*r o nit it lit io na list BY J AMES GARDNER. BY TELEGRAPH. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP ARABIA. Cotton Advanced 1-ld.—La rare Sales. K 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