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* r : L" J?i. . ,,/ c ?- ,rr 1 ' 1,1 * I.I > ?.. . ?.m , iiy llOB't; a. thompson. pickens court HOl.'SK, S. (i saturday, march 10, 18C0. VOL. xi. no. 3-\ '.'..J ! 1 in \4.nmjm m mrt?i , ., . i?mmmmi" I^LlOTro Child of Sorrow. When the angfl bands of llenveii f (Juther round the throne nbpve, There (o hymn (lie anthems given l?y the tied of pence ami level (huo oh ! blighted child of sorrow, On the glories of the night, fi.i/c nti l pray that on the morrow Thou shall wing toward their light. llnrk ! a vocal strain of gladness Wanders from the evening sky, l)rivii!'i from the breast its sadness, l.ti' iniT imvi.iiiu o.*??u *?*? o ' J.ist ! the sound of kindred voices Seems to upon the ?ir, , l'or ilie heurt iu bli.?s rejoices, Of each happy spirit there. \ Child of sorrow! though lliy pillow Oil is stained with burning tears, Though like bark upon the billow Whore no isle of hope np|>t>ius; Still the scenes of toil mid silliness, Boon shall leave thy weeping eyes, When n port of joy anil fbidnoss Will t.or.uo ii.i. Poverty and cnvtldy sorrow, ("iun.ot hide tliu skies frolii thcc? Not l>3' nrniH tliaI victors follow, Oil11 thy spirit 1'eitored l>e. Watch the heavens', ohihi of sndncsH, View the (/lories of the night, Ponit shall colue the hour of yhnlness. When tlie soul filifill laste their lijiht. , Wauiai.I.A, i-YIK 21t 1800. I)( ?>' Courier: Ah the nuhjoct is now! r11if? fur ilT?? :* ..j . _v- ?i? iv.^iuu cij >? uv-tiiui 11 ; would he wise policy on the part of the tax- ! payers* of our district to submit to an addition- ! sd tax suflicient to pay the interest on district bonds to ho issued by the Commissioners of j roads for Fifty Thousand dollars as a future j subscription to the 151'ue llidjje Railroad. .Vs r a friend to the enterprise, as a friend to the j district, and taking a.^ I do a deep and abiding | interest, not alone in her present but future welfare, I do unhesitatingly say that this uiovc I is hiirhly commendable to the district, and specially worthy of our consideration and j unanimous support. 1 ;>tu fully aware that I :.l ?' i > . ... iik; mi'ii ui lil.\aiiyil e<)UH\S UOtnC lO tile llieSKiC <?f every man, and .should always be based on principles that will result in general good to flic community upon which it is imposed ? Such in tlio ease with the present tax. It, fellow citizens, is not to build another liaLcl's Tmcvr of a Slatr. Jf/titur upon which such *? <1 large amount, of our .State funds have been co unwisely spent, and at such an unpropitious time; to the contrary, it is to bd expended upon an enterprise which will benefit you ns well as your children. In this connexion let us see what is to lxs our loss ptovidcd this enterprise fails. All are aware (hat ciur State as well as private it)i dividuals, have subscribed and expended a large amount of money upon this undertaking which can never avail them anything ufdess it is completed. T? estimate the loss in the value of our lands, we need only refer to their ' increased value since the undertaking of this project. It is evident to the least observing that our lands luivo increased i'.i value from , f)0 to 150 per cent., and that there is now a j;ondy demand fortliem at this advanced price, whenjicfore there Was liftTc* or no inquiry even . . at the low (inures per acre. This advance is mainly attributable to the pvo?|>ett of speedy construction of this road. In addition to ibis, \ve are informed, and that too from the best 4 Authority, that if we do nof do sonietliim* ??nl that immediately, tli.tt 11 failure of this cherished scheme, with till its blighting effect# up on our lovely District, which is now blooming v in evory nook and corner with such prosperity, tis she has ever heretofore boon n tit ranger to, a.nst full uj?oi? m. It has ever bedi oonjectured, and that too by those .who tire fully posted in regard to the matter, that tliC ultimate result of n failure will be the transferring of the terminusthe road back to Anderson. It is argued, and truthfully too, that j a branch extending to I'eudletofi or \\rul)ialla, J whether built by individual or State subscrip- | . tion, would prove a burden, such as could not! bo borne. uur mends in the legislature have done , t.ll they cm.) for t!\c lluatl. Our friends in Charleston have noted with unpecedented libcrality, and we thii'k that in yielding to the proposition no Ay before us, readily and unanimously, that we shall do ourselves, lio wrong, hut only do our duty in which every frcoman i should glory. We could nny much in regard to what we are to gain by the completion of this road, but the unrivaled prosperity (if our | District, now spooks in langu;igo plainer and ' . more striking than Web&ter affords, perfect as lie is in his vocabulary of words. This is f Honiething which oatr now be seen in every ' portion of our District?it is not <1 matter that we rciiu 01. nut tne great auvantwsnrimng1 '%h us out of the prosecution and completion of thisenterprisea* now In tlieir infancy. Shall , we crush thoui now, Of sliull wo, by proper effort and attention, ourturo th~m on to nianJnxxJ, Ho'.nO of our friends hnvc been appro-! 1 jiOMttivo thnt provided we feuccecd iii parrying \ f ho propositioo now before uh, that wo may j V ^expend thi? Fifty Thonnnnd DoILm :uid tL t pwithout furthor and liberal State aid it will k Flip irretrievably lost to tho District, We tuko Sj n*K,ir'nK fil>?h, that tlioy arc bibor)$*ing under faW apprehension*, a? it will ho <ci! left entirely to Aha aiaorction of our CoiiiniiJi$ ' ptoneft of roada, whose prudence ijnd good I innnhgoinent, wiVh ttho light that they will J, have obtained on the mijbjcct before tho time j for action arrive*, w.o hnvC f^U confidence./ Th^v will have onlv to ttlcdtte themselves to I ' vour I^inlntivo AM^nbly through tlio Company or our llejrtVACiitativoB to flmt body, tliut wo will, _ forilh tho proper bkhuwuiocs from them, thnt ft sufficiency of fuhds will bo mo do w j nvailnblo by thorn t<J complcto this road to the line or to Clayton, G?i. Subi'ofibo Fifty Thousand Pol la re. We think that the position in Whiou nlfafi-M stand ? tj jv'.uia- Wo tUiuk tlut ourin coiiucxiOu with it is alike so. Wo boliove, further, that I nil that is nneoKsary to bring the tax-.payers of I our district up to wh.tt wo ehtoein their duty and nothing more, and what will ultimately > redound to their honor, wealth and prosperity 1 as a people, is to let them fully understand j what it is we ask at their hands. J cannot think that wo, the citizens of l'igkens Distric t, will fajl to do our duty in this ease. 1 shall at least confidently and reasonably hope for a different result. Yours truly, 1 >1 l.l.y uaulow. Jfr. l'j<h'tov; As John Brown and the MiiruuoniMs tiro imulo t ho principal topics of I discussion :it the present day, 1 will proceed, by your permission, to lay before the public I my views as to the best and safest way for the South to proceed in this great emergency : 1 am no political man?1 only judge the future by the past. That man who has been knocked down two or three times and still thinks all to be 11is friends, or thinks he has no enemy, must be very dull of perception, a very good natured man, and peculiarly constituted. Hut. such a man is no duller in m-r. i - 'I'"* (. option than tlie South is if she uoes not now *oe that she must act soon in swiie way f'/r herself or die. Wo r.ro tohl that every 'A _t must have an (derate er.uso. J would ash then \vh:11 is the cause of this seemingly, eter- ! nal ami everlasting agitation in this country. ' 1 suppose it is beotu.se tho Northern people i are so philanthropic that they cannot bear for ! sl.iverv to evi.vif. it i_< ?i? .....1 ' ' -- - "'J ' ~ f v i-v/ *?w? I1MIV? ifcli'l \J SIIWL'IV* I in<r it sin. They say that it should bo entirely , abolished. And there in no 11*0 lo tell these abolitionists thai slavery is per ?c no sin, for j it is iia-clcarus asnmbcutn that the Bible both tolerates and substantiates slavery, yet tlo-se lovers of the African race will not t;.ke this a.s authentic authority in behalf of the institution of slavery. 1 suppose they want higher authority. 15ut it is not my desire at the present time to enter info an argument to prove that slavery should exist and be perpetuated, for this has long since been done clearly and unmistakably, and is admitted by all, onlv i those who are determined to he wrong, or those i who are unacquainted with the institution as j it now ovists. Now if the institution of slave- j vy is right and lawful, the South must have ] heeu assailed wrongfully l?y a great ]?avtv at the North. If she has been wrongfully aysailed by the people of the North for years \ past, it is high time that she should betaking ; a firm and unyielding stand against Northern i aggressions fur the purpose of securing for ' l.'...i? *... .. ? iui.hii iiui uwii iiiiercsis, domestic peace ami | tranquility. It looks very much Ukc.thirty 1 or fnrty years experience might have Taught the Smith before this time that she need never 1 expect anything like equality from the hands | of the federal government. Vet a voico is i heard in the South crying Union, Union ! I when, in reality, there is no Union. The ' .North and South have hccomc two distinct j | people in sentiment, fooling and polities, and | should Lceoino distinct in every thing else, j Oil A wl?v *l?r? U.w. I ""j vuu ? uiiiu u?ir? uuuu rtu | grossly assidlcd mid intruded ou by the North, is, because a grout many men (members ?if Congress from the South) who have been | ehoscrf by the people to transact busines.s for ! tlioni/ have loved popularity and acted more ! fov their own interests than fur the inlofcstft 1 and domestic happiness aftdf prosperity of their j constituent at hume, and by so doing have broifght their country, in a great degree, into ; her piv.jont critical condition, and she must j now take her position and fearlessly maintain i if with fin* vword. if ftW'fVon-v tai/d. .succumb entirely, and say nrt move about it. Homo may say thai tho South is not strong enough to contend with her formidable adversary. If she is not strong enough now, she never will be so loug as she continues to rct| rogradc and tlo as she has been doing for souie I years past. Hut she is strong enough, and all she'lacks is the will to act and the courage to maintain her rights or die lighting for them. Look at the resources of the South. She has plus nine hundred thousand square miles of territory, twelve millions of inhabitants, about oi^iii minion* 01 wnuw, lour millions of slave*. | ontf million of lighting m?n, or men on tho muster-Tolls. Also, tho South is ft cofton grow-1 j in; country, which, in a grout degree, govern* all things. With such resources, with such advautngos as UiojtO, 1 say tho South need not fear the rosull of an Action with the Noilh. if one is necessary. Argument has been tried i^ng j enough and has been found to ho unavailing. Now let something ho substituted in tho place of argument, for instance, powder and I load. 1 think it is tho very thing needed, and 1 in a short time would work u wonderful change I in affairs. I believe that the safest and I test plan fot* tho Sotifh to adopt to sccurft for herself permaner t peace, is, to take htfr position $pd maintain it to the last estromity, and at any , vu?i. nuiuriijr, oiiuuid mo south present oire j suliil ?u<| iniiiiovftblo phiilnnx njpiinat her common enemy, .((or such llio North should he io| jtnrdod) I do not think thero would he nrucli | danger of n collision. AH that in neicsmry I novi* on the' part of the South, i.s prompt, *poedv, | fearless nml unshaken notion. Did the Aholitionint* ut tlio North hilt fee this pjiirit manjI ii- - " I iv*ii-u hum urminy among me Boutlicrn people, it would take more licnt|i than it did to hang I John ftwwn t<? drag tlio Almlitionists on .Southern soil lor the pnrposoot' lighting. It if true | thai pciWo is very d^.urnblo when it can ho had I on good terms, hut if it cannot ho had on good | and honorable forms, cither death or victory is far prcfornhlo to submission. .Any thing in tlio ' world beforo submission. But there is no danger of submission on tlio part of tho South if mIic will go to work ri^ht by throwing off hor .tioflt and contending with tho AbolitiOniM* without gloves on. Sho is as well prepared now to moot nov isnue prolmbly as she ever will bo. You.' fhf'bettot- now, in mv humble opinion, ..I.a ?Ill 1? Ol.-'l 1- ? VH>} v?nr nr*. cm" nun iiiiijku ftiul i ii on lift for pormiuiontly funtniniiii^ hornolf oml iiiNtitotions If alio only had the will to to It. Lot tho Boolh put on (bo holniotof Minerva, theaogU of Jupiter, trusting in <??xl uloHo "for i victory, who hold* tho dontinyof nutinns, cm piroii rikI kingdoms in hla own hftncln, and I upnof, tranquility, liajtpino?8 and prosperity will l)? tho rownrd of lier Ifthorn, and ?ho will bo ffrowhoJ In' tho ond with a triumphant anil glorious vlctofy, \ ^Kworno.v. f Wtte ic on!)- no&iHty.* Letter from Don. JTonhanv Washington City, Ful?. 124, 1800. . Pour Sir : Cnavoiduble circumstances lwe l>rcvont? :d my nlisworing sooner your letter asking my views an to tho Charleston Convention. This* must now be an answer to yours J ami to vthera making similar imjuivicu on t!iu same subject : It is known to my constituents that T favor, whilst 1 do nut nitre, the Stale bcin?* represented in the Clmrli-.-itdn Cniivuniiiin ? The Bystem '.Iocs uut Command my approbation as a mode of selecting a candidate. If it were a now question I should not advocate i?-3 inauguration. 'J'he congressional caucus system would at th*M day be better, as the nomination would bo made alone by the representatives of democratic constituencies. The fact that the democratic candidate (Mr Douglas not excepted, should lie be nominated) will, in the next election', probably not receive one of the ninety-one votes to be easi in the Klectoral Colleges by New England, New York, Michigan, lowa,and Wisconsin, makes it still more objectionable even with the long settled two-thirds rule as :i narl. of it? ni'.mni - A ? "'D /.ntion. Thiuking wo may still participate in their liberations, recent political cvenis make it, for various reasons, a matter of vast consequence that the State should be correctly roprescutcil in the Charleston Convention. Extraordinary efforts aie now being made to secure the nomination of Judge Douglas to the hijrh office. of President. And whilst there is no little of brag in the announcements made by partisan pressed of his strength before that body, 1 believe it is admitted that by aid of the votes lie will be able to get from the black republican St.itcs above mentioned, and others, Which will probably go against the deinoerUCic parfy in tbo election itself, be will go into tlic Convention witb a larger vote than any other candidate. l$ut let us analyze this vote. The one hftudrcd and twenty Southern vofetf and the seven votes of the I'acilic slope Judge Douglas cannot obtain, in the lirst instance, before the Convention ; so lhat it' he gels the .entire remaining Northern vote (which is very improablc") he will outer the Convention with one hundred and seventy-six votes. Ninety-one of these, as before stated, neither he nor any other democrat will probably get in the Electoral Colleges. Tljc remaining eighty-live rotes are from the doubtful States of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Minnesota, one-half of which, at least, win .support, t no republican candidate tor ! 'resident, imd tlio other luilf Would as koou, perhaps sooner, vote for a sound Sonthern democrat tlisin for J wlgo* Douglas himself; so that the probable available vote with which Judge Douglas will enter the Convention will not exceed forty-two. Laying aside the right of the South to have the candidate, the three last candidates of tin* party having been from tin; North, with what propriety can it be asked that the South shall accept .Judge Douglas as her candidate, when that South will have to furnish thvec-fourths of the votes in the h'l^etoral College# which are to secure his election ? If availability be the rule, Judge Douglas should not be the candidate. j This contest should be waged squarely upon tin: constitutional rights' of the South?no (. oniproiui.su of principle with friend or foe. If principle is to rule in the selection of n candidate, he can with no propriety be thrust upon Mic South. It i;J an rn.-tlt to the South to ask her to vote for him, for it implies thafc she will ?dl her principles for a false triumplf, of yield thcln through fear of her enemies. It is offering to force on her the humiliating alternative of accepting .Judge Douglas or a J Hack 1) 1 1! ? f i ' % * '?? ?' ixrjwuiioniT. lie ltas said He will be t he candidate of the" Democratic party '?n tlic Cincinnati platform, nn'd not otherwise.' His consfrncti'Vn of that platform is, that it recognizes his (focfrhic'bf splatter or popular sovereignty, by which the South would bo most effectually and forever deprived of any share in the ootn;:ioii Territories of the United States. If the South accepts him rts her candidate for President ondar such cireiunstanucs, she unquestionably endorses scatter feoYereigntiy. The distinguished Senator from li/dianrt,* Mr. Fitch, in his speech of the 2d insf , in the L'cn..io, prstCMtud litis luutt'jv ?.? its ii'tto I'ght: " If the South nominate the Sonatpr*allu iluU to I .Mr. I'oujrlas. J Willi his present views, the entire North will deem fir." net an expvorsion of willingness upon their part that (j'm views shall beconiQ the future settled policy uf the (iovenr.nent; the united North will act upon that policy, carry it out to the full, and no aid must be expected hy the South from any portion 'of tho North in any effort they may thereafter innke to prevent the progress of that policy to the end. When bv such net \. r f */ it establishes his policy, tho South, and the Senator from Illinois, [Mr. Douglas,] will have donu*fiorc to ? t||g ?n(i avowed s eine 4tf the Htqrtibnean party than any effort of thai party Could ha te atftio?the Hohome of surrounding tho Southern States with free territory, and -curving out their institution ; for under that polioy, Qrgamze a Torritory where you may, whether it he in Dakota of tho North, or Arizona of tho South, the bold, adventurous, nort-slaveh'oldiijg frontiersmen of tho West, whoso movables include no luxuries, whoso necessaries arc readily suprJ'.n.l ?? ! * - ..J ?..? UA.1-. ii11it wiu iillCj Will go IIITO IMC l'orritorv, poasdwi themselves of its iogishdufc, and exclude Southern property, wjiilo the owners of that property aro picking tip their] household goods and preparing their cha't. ls for romovul." Let tlio South claim the just lfic'nflfirc ftf her rights under the Constitution in that Convention. find accent, nnlhini/ !< ?? Wa ? - ,i - ? p* ? " " ~ v"" much butter sustain nuch measure* before tbo country, oven at tho North, thim such i?s concede nny portion of thoso constitutional right#. Tho friends wo llnvd at the North can better sustain thenisclvoj at heme on such a platform than on ono "aeotioaully unjust and unconstittttloual" 4 Tlld gallant State of Alitl tiiim has taken-a ! : high and pnJriolrio stand in defence of the ' [ rights of the South, and instructed her delegates to the Charleston- Convention to insist npon the protection, hy every department of I the Government, of the rights of the owners ' of slave property in the Territories; that the i same shall he part of the phitl'orm of that Con- . I volition before going into the nomination for ! j President nml V ice-President.; and upon the j | refusal of tho Convention to adopt, in sub- j stance, the Alabama platform, her delegates ; are instructed to withdraw therefrom. Sueh should be the portion of every Southern State; and if We ennnot secure the appointment to the Charleston Convention of i delegates who will sustain the movement of I Alabama, it will be far better that we should ' not be represented at all ! Very respectfully, yours, M. li'. HON II AM. J08F.ni AllNKY, Ks<j., Kdgelield, S. C. Tkaok in C11 aur.kston.?AVo are g'rati! lied to learn that the trade of Charleston this i .Si"inir is unite lieavv. The n?v ..f < >? j u'day, ?ovs; | " Trade I.as ;?t length fully opened in Charj leston, and lins nnule good headway. More I than fifty country merchants came in yester! day, by 0110 train from Augusta. Yesterday ! liioriiiiijr, the array of dry floods and otheV j I boxes on tlio pavements of Meetingand Haync- ! ! streets was unexampled in Charleston. It' j was a sight to gladden the eyes of all, and to | j shut the i. onths of croakers. Merchants i j ponerally :iu lot disposed to look for so exten- | I sivc aiui v;mou stocks in Charleston. They j | know that plain goods could ho bought here, I I but they find] that the selection at several of : I our leading houses is fullv equal to what they have been accustomed to seeing in .New York ' jobbing IioumJK. This evening, and uj< to | j the small hours past midnight, the lighted , j floors, from sidewalk to moling, showed how 1 I bury our heavy merchants are inhaling the j j goods they sold yesterday. ]f any citizen is ! I incredulous, let him take an .early stroll this j , morniny in the vicinity et' the Charleston j Hotel." TKItKIUI.V; (! IjNl'OWlU'lt ArrtDKNT. Til l> - 1 .. Iv I . ... i ii.miMM, i/eiaware county, .Now York, one day j last week, Mrs Xiincy (.'ounor and her daugh| tor Anna came near being burnt, to death by , an explosion of gunpowder. Mrs. two. I daughters ami a yon, were sitting in a room | ! together. One of the daughters, Anna, wish- i ing to make a mustard plaster, took a light, i and went into an adjoining room, and took I down, as she supposed, a tin can containing I mustard. A gentleman who had been using ! some powder for blasting, had put tlio can | containing powder whore the mustard usual- ' lv stood. This Miss Anna opened and pour' cd out before she disuoveivd what it was. A ! J spark from the candle dropped into it, when i I it exploded with a tOrriii.- uoise. The nnr- ! 1? sous rushed pi from the otner room ni>d found i Anna enveloped in smoke and flames. IIor . ! ui'ullier Caught her and rolled her up in a piece j of earpc*, which smothered the Haines. J?y 1 this time the. mother was on lire, and the son extinguished the flames in the .same way.? Anna's face and arm are seriously burned, and wil' bear the marks as long as she lives. The i mother \t'aa not seriously burned. ! TlIK SlIAKPKST Vet.?An old-fashioned. ! j innoeeiit looking countryman, some fifty years j | of age, wearing plain country clothes, and i who says liC lives in the backwoods, and sol- J | dom conios town, culled on officer Fuller , | yesterday niftming, with u statement something like the following : He had ootnc to ; the city <?n a little business, ami had about 8o00 in bills on soino of tho city banks, which ( he wanted i*> c !*ange for gold, but never hav- j in;.: boon in a bai>k, be neither know where j to find it or how to proceed to got the gold | from it when found; happening to meet a j good-looking, well choked man, he inquired i where the bank was, tellinir him for what I purpose IfG wanted to find it ; tlie man proposed to go and show him tin: hank, and as they walked on together, lie scenic;! so vevy j kind, the old man asked him to take the j money and change it ii^r him, which he, quite obligingly, consented to do, and took it. When they came in front of the Battle House, I he told the old man that was the bank, and j to wait a minute and he would step in and ! get the gold ft*v Iri'm. Tho old mnn waited, [ and as lie did not return, Stopped in nti th^ ! end of an hour, to look for him, ami not find- | 1 ii/g h?m iiA'itfircd and learned that he was at ! ! the Battle House, instead of a bank. The I [ police are on the alert for tho thief. We ! i luirdly 8iip|V)R0il M??bilo tforrtaiuod so bolil j nod accomplished n roj^u'c, or 'lift fcun'oitmf in^ country .so grcon and available a subject. ("Nubile Tribune. i Dkownkd Witjkii r Sinkino.--A singular ' death occurred at Cairo, on Wednesday, which j is without a nifvallel. A gentleman who was I a cabin passenger on the stijamer IMat'e \'ul- i Joy, full overboard. The life ln>at was imnte- I distely sent after him, and he was nick<><l nr> ! 1 . ""1 i after floating noiuu distalic'e, but was found to j be (load. 1 lo may possibly havo t<jcn stiiikco' \ with npojrtoxy, causing bint toRll overboard; I but tho jjriivailjug opinion is thitt he drowned without pinking, or at 1-vist without Kinking very fir, nft he went unuer one or two tunes, but only for a few necoml*. { /jOilixpilfri Qouiu'ir, I?)///. A ('iiini'.kb Xkwsij'.U'KU.?Tho Boston Traveller says : " Wo have received a copy of tho Pekin Gazette, tho organ of the government, issued daily, ond tho only paper in tho Chinese JangUage now published in that country for four httndred and fourteen millions of people. It is printed on rice paper cover. Kaoh page Contains twenty six lines, of seven characters each. In all there nro seven pages of four l inches cnch in widtfi and ten in bfearfth. lt? cntii'C content* would not fill a half column of tins Traveller. It i* n remarkable fact that thin paper wa# received via Japan and CJulifuinia. * * ? ft W * y the Senatorial Caucus The Democratic senatorial caucus met in Washington on Saturday, upwards ot' thirty Senators being present. Senator CJrecn, of .Missouri, reported from tlie special committee a scries of resolutions, seven in number, embodying the principles of those introduced into the Senate l>y Senator Davis, of Mississippi. Quite a protracted debate ensued, in wnicn a large number ot .Senators ]tartir-ipitted. Many Senaiovs were oppo.>cd to adopting any resolutions whate\vef, they might be considered as the platform for tlie 1 >01110cratic party. It was distinctly avowed by the friends of the resolutions that the only object was tn harmonize the conflicting views contained in tin; four or five sets of resolutions now under consideration in the Senate. They were finally adopted, and were placed in the hands of Senator Davis, who will report them to tho Senate. Mr. Douglas was present, and participated in the discussion, lie is understood to have dissented from the views contained in the resolutions. A spcuial despatch to the New York Times says: , Yesterday was an interesting day with political parties here. One party was arranging for the printing plunder, and the other was constructing a platform for the Charleston Convention. The Senatorial euiieus met at Tl o'clock, every Democratic Senator' bcini; present. Mil (Iroen, the Chairman of tho Sub-Committee, reported back Mr. Davis's resolutions, with tin; fourth resolution divided and the latter clause an independent resolution is altered so as to read thus : ltcx<ilrrrfy That whenever experience shall have shown the Ivxecutive and .1 -ulicial br.-.nchcs of the Government have not sutiioicnt power to issue adequate pVofeet'ron to s!;>ve property in the Territories, and whin tin; Territorial Legislature shall have tailed, or ; refused to jVt.-s .stvli laws as are necessary for that purpose, it will then become the duty of Congress to interpose and pass such laws as win ailonl tlic necessary protection. Theother resolutions were unanimously upproved, though several Senators thought il about as wise to adopt them, ns it would be to adopt a.resolution declaring that the World \ was made in six clays. They wore a series of generalities which no one could object to, j and. yet which seemed necessary for the ycruve ; consideration of the t'nited States S.enate.? ' The only point of dillerence was in the resolution '.riven above. This was opposed by | several Senators. (lav. [frown Virired that as the eonlinfjeney which the resolutions seemed to anticipate, , had already happened, Kansas had not only | failed to pass laws to protect slave property, I but had repealed those that had -been enac ted. | lie thought it insincere on the part of Sena- ! tors to propose duing a tiling* on ?hc happening of a particular event, when they well knew that very event had occurred. lie was Opposed to all such efforts at dodging the point, amf hoodwinking the ptvple'. Ho" there- : tore oftci'ed us .1 substitute the following: Rrsofccil, That expcrict.ce having shown j that the Constitution and the ( otnnion I jaw, ! unaided by statutory cnaetmenf.s, do not af- ; lord adequate and sufficient protection to slave j property; and some ot' tlio Territories having tailed, and others having reflsed to pass such enactment, it has become the' duty of Con- j gfes.? to interpose, and pass stVeh laws as will afford to slave property in the Territories that ; protection which is given to other kinds of property. ' . I This substitute received live votes. and (low ; Bibtvn gitVe' notice that whenever the resolu- , tions were moved in I lie .Senate, which it is . understood they will be to-morrow, by Sena- ! tor Davis, he should it gain move his resolution as a substitute. When the vote wan taken 0:1 the report of lite sub committee, svve- \ ral Senators refused to vote, but they were de-'i elaivil as adopted unanimously. They do net, howcvcA, dh.mgfc'in the slightest the previous position of the question before either the Senate or the country, and the people will ignore All Congressional efforts to foivstal the action at Charleston. Tirrc (Iamhi.ixo llr.i.t.s ok Washington.? A correspondent of the Hartford l'ost thus speaks of the gambling hell.-' of Wa diington : 'fl'a 1 i ? - - - - ? ' .ino IS JWll'f, DilV^ SUlIlTOll .-?* verelv by flu? scarcity of money hero,' and se- j Refill well-known establishments are reported as neaily bhi?krupt. There arc about forty of these " hell:*-," mostly on Pennsylvania avenue. Slipper iiiMcs are s< t nightly at all of tl.ein, good l'tro and choice wines attracting many, who afterwards are tempted to play.? < )f eMfr.W, ?lfe " bind? " lwn ^iVat chances ill ifa favor, or (he.>e establishments f-oufd not be supported, and this* is generally known. Hftt a fascination for the excitement, with a hope of a run of ?ood luck, prompts hundreds to hazard more or less. Strange stories are told of those afl'ict <1 with this sad mania of iiutul^inu: in one of the worst of vices. A prominent politician now here, when appointed minister to a for ergn' Court about tun year* sinc'O, actually lost lii.4 siiiti first <ju ti ter's flalar}' flic very day on which htf (now if frfm (In? treasury, uud had hard work t<i borrow money euoH'jjh to loavo tliecountry with. A i^onafor. more lucky, once won over eight thousand dollar* in :t fcintrlo nijrht; flwl similar tajex of i<i and lost* are told about men who occupy a hijrh position in political life. It is to he regretted that some legislation pan not be devised hy which these foul excrescences on life at the national utcfrovolis can be cat off. A TAl.RN"TEt? Aister iff n fenrned and hrr- 1 morons mini was xtndyinpr mrfnphysics. Pfizzlc'd by the nirt7.es of tl>e subject, she applied t<? him for definitions. " Brother," she asked, u what. is mind ?" Look in# from his book, ho wittily and OVtifiiVely replied, " No matter." Him pondorcd the anAfrer, nnd presently returning* nhujiskod. " Rut. brother. what in mattoif'/" nnd roooivcd thfr laeonio reply, "Nev-j cr mind" A Good Result from fCindncB* A Philadelphia pnper relates a touching and pretty incident which occurred in that vicinitv a .short time since, and which is worth repeating, in ovidvnue of tin; moral truthfulness of Chat familiar text-" cast thy bread ilpon the Water.-?, and thou .slialt receive it after muiiy days." The poor and the frail arc tempted t>n cverv : ) ' * 1 * Mm'. .M-f u wetK, not a (lay j?oes hy, that hundreds id' huiiuui beings d>? not hesitate at tin1 two putliH, tempted by poverty and no ecssity, to ehyoso tho wronjr, and not urged by the still ."iinM voiec within, to adhere to the rijjcli?. It is at uuch moments that kindness, sympathy and assistance arc all-powerful. rv.. K?. i*. . i.' ?... v miiv a icvr anys sniec, an' aged citizen of Philadelphia was Waited ripon by a stranger, who asked to have a few moments of conversation1 with him in privaf-. Tin; opportunity was oilered Wiflh great cheerfulness. Tho Western merchant -for such, in fact, ho wns -?was ushered into the parlor of tlie Philndelphian, when something like the. following conversation took place: " Vou seem to have forgotten me, Mr. TI ?" ' I have an indistinct recollection of having seen you before, and the tone of your voice is not unfamiliar; but beyond this my memory fails." " My name is Charles J5 , and twenty y.-*rs ago I was an inmate of a Philadelphia prison, of which von WeiW :t fivrmnnt. n 1 ?? ? nevilt'iit, a kind-hearted visitor." " 1 remember, 1 remember," said the other, brightening, smiling ami grasping the hand of the htmnjjnr; "you look ? ? well, have improved so jrreatly, that 1 hope, nay, 1 feel satisfied that all has gone right with you." \ f" i trembled in the eye of the other at so cordial and kind recognition ; his Voice failed for a moment?hut then rallying again iimnrfvnl.nl ?!! Ino * * ?l.? A* , . . X.. . ..y M ii >IIP OIVIJ. ill U1U il^C UL fifteen lie w a inflected orphan, and with line. natural talents, a cheerful disposition, and a good heart, he \va< thrown iuto the society of the vilo and dissolute, in one of the most wretched sections of Philadelphia county.? There, in connection with several other lands, equally dvi-eitedor misled, he committed, was arrested for, tried and convicted of petty theft. While in prison he was visited again by the I 'hiladelphia philanthropists.WhosUecccdod, not only in eradicating; the vicious views lie had imbibed, but in showing him tl>o f..llu r?f and the certainty of its punishment, and inspiring him with a dctotrniftati&n to act covrectly. the momon. ho shortld he released.? The \ hitor was satisfied with his sincerity, and trradually took a deep interest in his case.? At the expiration of his .sentence, he provided him with urea us, and having stated all llie tacts in a confidential manner to u friend in the West, obtained him a situation in flourishing city in that section of the I'nii n. 'I'lie youth was overwhelmed with gratitude.He had found a friend lor (he first time in his brief career. His eoWrso from that moment was onward. I le speedily Won the confidcuco of It is employer, (in whose death, ten years after lie succeeded to a hir<re share in his bus ill CSS. ' 1 am nn^," lie said, " AIV Qf|Uid partner in the reputable ami prosperous house of and Co., of ??-, aiul I have visited Philadelphia, not only on business, hut with tho object of .?e.ekin> o.Vt and rct unvinir my heartwarm iickiiowlcdjjreineiits to my eiirly, my ever eheriscd, my often remembered benefactor." The old merchant Wept Tfith joy at such a' reform, and acknowledged that, tliis single incident had repaid him for the hours and days and weeks lift had de\ofcd, always prayerfully, to the bleaved cause of kindness ami i.ri>si.i? reform. .Simplicity ok Dukss.?Prontive of tlio' l.< uisvill(' Journal, speaks thus to his readers : " 'I hose who think that in order to dross well it is neoessary to dress extravagantly and gaudily, make a great mistake.- Nothing so \vi:ll becomes the feminine beauty as simplicity. \\ c have seen many a remarkably line person fobbed of its fine, effect by being overdressed. Nothing is more uiihecivmi'njr than overloaded beauty. The simfiitify <d" the classic taste is seen in the old .statues and pictures, painted by men of very superior artistic ucuius. In Athens, the Indies were, not gaudily but simply f.rrayed, and w-i doubt whether any ladies excited more adniir.iti )ii ,S> also tli<H?*h!c oM Kotnnrt tunftons, avIiosd <5?j?orb forins^wero wofthy of tliem, Were ji 1 ways vow plainly dressed. Fashion often present.< the lino.*' <>t' the butterfly but fashion is not a classic goddcfs." Oi'i'oxitk/n Link.-?Solneshrevodand cntiM'j>rising individual has .started gii opposition line to tli* iiudt iltoiiihI railroad in the city of iMiv't. The scheme may bo culled ;i ftharitable one, having; for its object the rotur liingol' UioSe fugitive* slaves, who desire ii, t(> their masters. lie states that ho has uwdn siu h investigations tu Canada, especially Ohu(ham and other plaefcs where. Africans lH'ist congregate, to sat isfv him that large numlici.-i ot ?11im11 are nn\ipus and ready to return to their musters at the Sottlh if thoy only had 11... . < iii<- means, anuiie proposes to furnish tbcin with transportation tickets and to send tbem in company \\itli ntt agent, looking to theit owners tor remuneration for his benevolence, lie is said to bo a man of nerve and determination, jmd is posseted of tbe means to carry out bis project. AVK saw, yesterday, a counterfeit bill of twenty dollars on the bank of Hamburg, S. (\, which is calculated to doceivc the unwary. It is a fur simile of t\? genuine bill, and can only be detected by .. oaroful examination of tho signatures, which, it will bo discovered, arc photographed, and not written. The public should be 011 their guard. [jSVf vunnah AVl/ift. We gain streng>U by uuaumity. %