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NEw UNITED STATES sTrAsKs.-Tbe United
States steam-frigste saranac, nov lying nj the
navy yard, Portsmouth, New Hsmpshire,) is
nearly ready for sea. Her length, from stem 10
stern, 10 2i4 feet inches length between perpen
dicolsrs 2i0 feet length Of keel, 203 feet breadth
Of beam, 81 feet; depth OF bold, % feet inches
She IL built Of live oak, in thorough and workman
like manner, and IL said 10 be beautiful specimen
OF naval architecture Her armament consists of two
long pivot guns Of eight-inch calibre, weighing
II $50 lbs each, and four brcsdside guns Of eight
inch calbre, weighing 62s9 lbe. each. She is FUR
nished with two inclined engines Of ss0 horse pow
err each cylinders 50 inches diameter feet stroke
air pumps 43l inches diameter, 20 inches stroke /:
connecting rod IS feet long, 81 inches diameter at
the neck water wheel shafts, Is feet long; Jour.
nsls 1859 inches diameter, 1s inches long WEIGHING
5000 lbs. each centre shaft, 10 feet inches long
weighing 5000 lbs; crsnks, wrought iron, weigh
ing 500 lbs each. Tho engine frames are built
Of wrought iron plates three eighths Of an inch
thick rvcted together. with angle iron 10 form the
corners. The diameter Of the water-whecls IL %
feet, width feet, with double buckets. The
boilers (three) are Of copper, double return hues
n feet long 10 wide, feet high and have IS square
feet Of CRATE surface. The weight Of the boilers Is
1896 lbs. The cost Of the engines and boilers is
s2400o0.
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Dissolution or THE UNIoS.-Some fanatics have
presented petition 10 the Legislature Of Mss-a-
ohusets, praying IL 70 call convention Of the pco-
pie for the purpose Of adopting measures for Sc
ceding from the Union, for which they assign VA.
rious reasons and among them, that the slave pop
ulation Of the South 10 represented the floor Of
Congres-tbst IL is dseraceful for frcemcn 10 have
any partnership with slave-owncrs-that slaves cs-
Gaping 10 the free States can be demanded back by
their masters; and other equally wcighty and sen
siblc reasons. Now, would propose 10 those
gentry very simple and easy mode by which fh<,
can sever all conne1ion with shareholders or slave
States and that s BY each and all Of them seeding
individually from the Union, and taking their car.
cases "sorDe where beyond the sea-" 10 Italy, or
Austria, or Turkey, or Russia, any other sfa-
vored land," where they win neither sec black
face nor hear Of their "wrongs," and where, par
ticulariy in the t~o latter countries, tbcy will have
full employment for all their sympsthies and all
their escrtons 70 smcliorate the condition Of ,cAf>
slaves, ten times more numerous and suffering ten
times the hardships Of their "colored bedren" OF
the United States. We should really be pleased 70
vote on the question OF seeding from the
Union submitted 10 thc freemen Of Massachusetts,
for the mere purpose Of showing what miserable
handful Of such fanatics really exists among them
lNep Orleans BuIisfin
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WASHINGTON:
FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 8. 1850.
Congress.

In the Senate, yesterday, Mr.. HALE pre-
scented several petitions on the subject Of
slavery, the motion to receive all of which
was laid on the table. He also presented
a petition praying the peaceful dissolu-
ton of the Union, and pending the motion
to receive it, Mr.. HUNTER delivered the
obituary of the Hon. ALEXANDER NEW
MAN, Representative elect from Virginia,
and then the Senate adjourned.
The House Of Representatives. had under
consideration the joint resolution from the
Senate limiting the appropriation for the
collection of the revenue for the present
fiscal year, the debate upon which is to
close to-day at two o'clock.
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THr WtBuSeToS EUTrnPEASs.-This band,
consisting OF young men from Washington city.
were TO give their first entertainment at the Me.
lodeon, in Cincinnati, Monday evening last.
The Gareff>, Of Wheeling, Va, where they las,
exhibited, thus speaks Of them:
"Tbeir comical extravsgsnzas are laughable
enough, but are by no means the most attractive
features Of their entertainments. Their claims 10
popular favor must mainly rest upon their musical
abilities, independent Of their burlesque csricatures
The quintette on FIVE flutes is a performance Of
more than ordinary beauty and skill, while their
execution Of the Grave Of Washington, and other
fine musical compositions, can scarcely be sur
passed
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vEsEzuELA. The New York Commercial AdUer-
tiser, in publishing the news from Venezuela via
Curacao, which appeared under our telegraphic
head yesterday, confirms the opinion we then ex-
pressed by the following remarks
'.For the iftieth time have again TO caution
readers that not the least faith should be given
TO any opinion or assertion relating TO Venezuela
matters that comes from Curacao"
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Mr.. 6TANLY moved that the House adjourn.
The motion was agreed to. and, At four O'Clock,
The House adjourned.

The f,,,oxs;r~ ,.,s~- 80. a., $1,000,
under the rr,a.s f~pS'' "''e' '~y' P'ss'soo
Nv M. RINc,HAM. a n .c;. A..
shs stsss ~. a Improvement o. NORTH BLACK Lake
Also. the netition ~ cs,t.,.. 90 vs.s.,. -, 49,.
upper iakcs. for the ess b,;sbat snb. ~ We
or The soutR side ~ ~ ss;s - -
AI.o The net;t;o ~ ;.;. ~ 49, ILL.,.
The renea of An act ~ C"r.s = 1919. ~ -
William Woodworth nsssrt q sho , Is,a; :.
a.h;.sa - P~'S"S W. Sor ~ P'aaa'he
Nv M MORTON. The ,s.;,,o, 20 ...;.... 20
psssrrea 20 Re C ~ ~ - ~. ~ 49,
IA post Road 'e S''o On ~ o1nces
Rv Mr.. (sOODENOW. The net;s,on ~ n rr,,-
og nd tw,,,sv- scve othe. Ps ;s;s - T e "
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

The several standing committees were called, and
large number Of reports were made and appro-
pristcly referred; among them bill, by Mr.. isos
from the Committee for The District Of Columbia, 20
renew and continue the charter Of the Potomac In
surance Company Of Georgetown.
Mr.. BAYLY submitted resolution, which was
adopted, terminating the debate ON the resolution
limiting the expenses for the collection Of customs,
70 morrow, at two O'Clock.
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1t is certainly benefit to the country that in the
present crisis Of its affairs have for Presi-
dent with the character and under the circum-
stances of General Taylor. If ever an individual
was destined by Providence for a particular EXT
gency, that man is our present Chief Magistrate.
Of feelings and character. There are no precon-
ceived opinions in his mind respecting the abstract
nature and object of government to which, IKE Cal
houn, he would feel himself bound obstinately "a
adhere. He has no long cherished theories in favor
of any peculiar measures Of which he has been the
exponent, and which he must think that consist
ency demands he should carry into operation. He
therefore administer the Government free from
the trammes Of prejudice.
mon sense view of things, he will see measures
which will escape the glance Of the farseeing states
man. and will at once perceive their adaptation "a
the present existing circumstances Of the nation.
He IL, above all, energetic man. The whole his
tory Of the individual shows that calm, COOL in
domtabe. persevering energy is his peculiar trait
With these characteristics, he s admirably fitted
for the actual exigency in which he is placed. He
will watch events with honest desire for the right
with practical appreciation of the best time and
the best means for Interference, with calm deter
mination to wait until that time does arrive, and
with an energetic promptness, at once, TO avail
himself of the means which Providence has placed
in his hands, which the esteem of his follow citizens
has collected around him. AS southerner, he will
know where the South is wrong and where the
North ia really trcspassing upon her rights. As a
lover of the institutions of his country he will know
when 10 defend and in what manner. As one ac-
customed to command, he will know how revolt and
rebellion are to be encountered. As devotedly at
tached to the Union, he will, to his idea, il
it must fall to pieces, perish with it.
Hartford Co,uant.
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lspiASA SENATORS IssTRucTED.-A few days
previous TO the adjournment Of the legislature, the
following joint resolution passed that body, and
will be, IN few days, transmitted TO Senators
and Representatives in Congress.
SrcrioN 4. DE ~ resolved By the General AsscnbIy
Of the State qf indiana, That our Senators in Con-
gress be instructed, and our Representatives re-
qucstcd, 20 cast their votes and exert their nu
ence, az TO have Migrated upon any law that may
be passed for the organization Of the territory re-
Gently acquired from Mexico, a provision forever
excluding from such territory slavery and involun-
tary servitodc, otherwise than in the punishment
of crimes, whereof the party has been duly con-
victed.
SEC. 2. Be Il further resolped, That his cxcellency
the governor be requested 10 forward 20 each OF our
Senators and Representatives In Congress- copies Of
this joint resolution at his earliest convenience
Mcssrs. Whitcomb and Bright call themselves
Democrats, and profess 10 believe in the doctrine Of
obey or resign.
Letters from Washington, received during the
session Of the legislature say that these gentlemen
were using all their influence with their special
friends here 10 prevent the passage Of any rcsou-
tons Of instruction on the subject OF slavery In
this effort they have failed and they, although sym
pathizing with the South, must vote foe the exten-
SION Of the ordinance Of 1857, or resign They love
office too well 10 cboose the latter alternative; and
therefore, will vote for Il.
This will 20 hard with them, and especially with
Mr. Bright, ss he h, probably, the only Senator
from free State that IL a stakeholder.
His time IL out next winter, and whether the Dem
ocrat or Wings have the legislature, Il In pretty
generally understood that he will have permission
70 remain AT home.
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the chairman of the committee, we are
persuaded that the late Secretary Of the
Treasury is of the opinion that Mr.. MER-
EDITH requires for the public service, un-
der existing laws, every dollar that he has
asked; and that he looks upon the with
holding of the supplies as the work of
miserable faction.
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THussDAr, February 7. 1850.

AhUkspAf, rep'u oiy - 1850
Willard Powers Fillmore esq, OF New York, and
William T. Joynes, esq, Of Virgins, werc admit,
ted attorneys and councillors of this court
Nos. so, 80. Henry Shsdtz ct al, oPps'tants, vs.
TIE Bank Of Georgia ct al.-The argument of these
cases was continued by Mr.. Sergeant for the APP
pellees, and by Messrs. Butler and Thompson for
the appellants.
Adjourned till tomorrow at II O'Clock.
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FRon HAvASAs-By the arrival here yesterday
Of the brig p. soult Captain Smith, From Havana
the 23d instant, have received flee of the acsfa
OF that port 70 date Of her departure.
That paper announces that on the occasion of a
visit lately paid by the captain general 70 Matsn-
zss, he was grsciously pleased 70 give permission
TO the inhabitants 70 organize another phil-hsrmo-
mic society, In room OF the one Suppressed some
time ago, through want Of royalty.
Mons. verdalIe, the eronsut, who used 10 ascend
in balloon in the States, heels upward, N now In
Havana, astonishing tho natives by bis intrepid as
oent.--N. o. Pic, 30h sdf.
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THE Nsv MEucxS."-we have received Tn,
first number ola Newspaper under the above title,
printed in English and Spanish, at Santa re, New
MEXICO. We shall publish some extracts from q
To- rnorrow
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We republish on our outside page an
article from the Union of Sunday, Febru-
airy Sd, at the request of correspondent.
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DosATToS.-R. Hoe 4 Co., Of New York, immc-
diately on hearing Of the explosion at A. Taylor q
Co.'S establishment, cent Ia donation Of 800 10 re.
leve the sufferers
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COLLECTION OF THE REvENUE.-The necessity
which the Secretary Of the Treasury is under Of
dismissing 80 many revenue officers at our various
ports, whom the public service continues to require
the usual number, has arisen from course OF
legislation which was intended, we may presume,
TO promote economy.
But wise economy docs not act until it knows
what it u about. To say that certain service
shall not cost more than certain fixed sum, with
out ascertanng whether the work can be done for
the proposed amount, is to risk injury to the SER
vice which may cause more loss than twenty times
the amount Of the reduction. Such would be the
conduct of a farmer, who, having determined upon
the sum which he would pay for cutting and stor-
ing his wheat, might lose half his harvest because
he had formed his estimate ignorantly and per-
sisted in ii stubbornly.
To say that 30 much and no more shall be award
cd for the expenses of collecting the revenue may
be measure Of economy not, Just according to
ed. To make judicious reduction Of expenditures,
when reduction 10 really called for, il would be
proper, beforehand, TO institute an investigation to
see where q useless limb a rotten bough could be
Topped off, Very different is the course Of striking
an indiscriminate axe upon sound branches, wound
ing the tree instead of pruning it,
II the late Secretary Of the Treasury, who recon-
mended the measure fixing a maximum Of COM
pensation for the collection Of the revenue, had
himself tested its suficiency, which he might have
done without need OF a special law, his recommen-
dalton might have taken shape more in accordance
with the requirements Of the public service, and
more likely TO subeerve the ends Of Just economy.
The inadequacy of the sum fixed, in view of the
duties 10 be rendered, is manifest and palpable;
this hap hazard sort of ampuiation are turnea out
Of employment at the most Indictment season of
the year, and when IL Is most difficult 10 obtain
new occupatons.-Ban. Aneiean.
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mcrcisl men In his district that, II men Of proper
stamp paid better. Il would rnise them above
a bride. Such protection every honest merchant
was entitled to-tbst his ncighbor should pay the
same duties that he pays, and not be cheated by
Mr.. w. repeated that the whole matter cf oollcc-
ton oftbc revenue goes 10 the interest Of the Gov
eminent, and the interest Of every American inn
porter; And yet on question. the utmost reach Of
which IL but six months stranger would think that
II was a question reaching 20 tbc end of Govern
ment. He hoped that the gentleman from Virginia
(Mr. BAyLv) would try his hand at economy. But
that gentleman exhibited poor real now that his
party is out OF power. u was generally found that
the outs make estimates Of rctrenchments which
they were unwilling 10 sanction while in. Should
we, at moment when the revenue Ne likely 10 be
greater from customs than heretofore, leopard the
collection, and emberrsss commerce, and the Urea
sury Department, 10 save two or three hundred
thousand dollarsl But he desired that this amount
would be saved. II would be like cheap roof 10
your house, costing more In the end. He had seen
by the papers thstthere wss a little spirit of insur-
rection IN New York-perhsps Il u contagious.
The merchants threaten, against all law and gov
eminent, that II you will not furnish appraisers
and inspectors, that they may land their goods,
they will land them in spite Of you In conclusion,
he expressed the hope that the sum the Secretary Of
the Treasury asks Tor win be granted, and bercsf
ter economical reductions can Be- made.
Mr.. THOMPSON, Of Mississippi. obtained the
floor, but yielded Il, for few moments, to
az TO the policy on which the limitation bill was
passed, said that he would give the Secretary what
necessary for the collection Of the customs for
the last half OF the present fiscal year.
The committee rose, when
Mr.. BAYLY moved 10 reconsider the vote by
which the resolution 10 close debate tomorrow al
two o'clock was passed, and moved TO lay this mo.
ton on the table.
The question was taken, and decided in the sfir-
NATIVE.
Mr.. scHENCK moved that the House again go
into committee,
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examination of the message of Mr.. Polk
and the Presidents message Of yesterday
to prove the position, He asserted the
right ofTexas, by tie treaty even with
Mexico, to the whole of the territory in
dispute between Texas and New Mexico.
The President recommends non-inter-
yention in his message, as well, upon the
slavery question as upon the New Mexi-
can boundary question; but he abandons
that doctrine as soon as New Mexco
forms aState constitution He denied
the right to give jurisdiction to the Su-
preme Court over the subject of the dis
puted territory. There was no right in
the Supreme Court to take jurisdiction
unless by the consent of Texas; nor could
the Federal Government exercise the
right to create new State out of any
portion of the territory claimed by Texas.
He cited early authorities to establish the
boundaries as claimed by Texas to the
territory in dispute
lie said that upon the subject of the
slavery question, Texas would stand
where the whole South would stand
which would be for her constitutional
rights in their broadest extent.
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CONGRESS.

Our readers will find in cur columns the con.
cluding part of Mr. Cass's speech on the consti-
tutionality of the Wilmot Proviso. Mr.. G. has
shown throughout the whole of his speech
which is regarded as mastery effort, that he
is sound to the core on the all important aues-
ton
We ALEC publish an abstract of the speech OF
Mr.. Clingman, of North Carolina, on the admis-
sion of California. He takes strong Southern
ground, and shows the benefits the South would
derive from q dissolution of the Uaion
Also, an abstract of the speech of Mr.. How
ard of Texas, in defence Of the South-he is
justly severe on the President for the sly inter
ference in the affairs of California, which has
lately been brought to light through the Mes
sage and other documents. Texas will stand
by the South.
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THAT NEW ROAD.

The Commissioners appointed to lay
out new road from this place to Pen
dleton, had fixed on last Tuesday as the
day for commencing their Investigations,
but they all "camc up missing" except
Gen. Garvin. We have heard of no ex-
cuse for the disappointment-hopc they
all have a good one, and that they will
agree on some early day to carry into eff
feet this much desired improvement.
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x Cow EE co URIER
Saturday, Feb. q, 1850.

With view of accommodating our Sub
scribcrs who live at distance, the following
gentlemen are authorized and requested to
act as agents i'll receiving and forwarding Sub
sonptions to the KEowEE COURIER, viz:
MAJ. w. S. GRrsHAN at West Union.
EDWARD HuGnEs, Esq, Horse Shoe.
L. p. WERNER, Esq. " Bachelors Retreat
NJ f, MITCHELL, Esq. " PickpnsviIle.
j. +. HAGoeD, " Twelve Nile.
L. j. WEBB, for Anderson District
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FREE SCHOOLS.

The Board of Free Schools metat this place
on Monday last, and transacted the usual bust.
ness before that body. Having barely a quo
rum of the Commissioners present, Messrs. s.
Kirksey and E. r. Doyl were requested to aid
in the examination of Teachers. OF the forty
applicants, II were passed in the lst and 90
in the 2nd class. They located forty schools
and allowed 7public scholars to each. Teach
ers of the ast class are allowed $500 per free
scholar per annum, and those Of the 2nd class
are allowed 5000 per free scholar per annum
The result is that $50 children of the poor will
have an opportunity ofgoing to school this wear
at cost of ST. ,S34 to the State for our Dishl act
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s2,alo,soe.sl int. $l24, ,oo7. .o5

Now we ask the Messenger to steady bis
nerves, and coolly calculate the interest on
these several sums at the given rate, and see II
the aggregate S1248O7e6 is not precisely cor.
rect. Hence, then, it is plain that dhe head
and front of this offence originates from typo-
graphical error, and not, rs the Messenger mod
eSty insnuatcs, from the insincerity and misrcp
rcsentation of the EditC..o of the Courier. Any
boy who can multiply l,o22,2eo.so by viii
see Immediately that the result should be 81,
l1S,4a instead of 3l,li8,49, which we are sat.
isfied the Messenger must confess arises from
IAN error in the type Besides we have exam
mod our manuscript and find tho fig IRE in the
original to be a s insteadof 8. What noise
has been raised about a neIe thadow. We
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MYSTERY.

A suspicious mind might readily infer TINT
the modern Washington has some great or ig-
noble purpose in rev, which he fears to reveal
to the dull comprehension of his constituents
One mail brings the intallig, 80" that the Presi-
dent has issued a proclamation dismissing Don
Carlos, the Spanish Consul. The next mail an
nounces the fact, that the proclamation bears
date the 4th, but was not exposed to the vui-
gar eye until the l6th;-that it was not then
published in the official journal at Washington,
but tirelre days after he signed it, it is ushered
into thelight by authority in the columns of
the administration paper at New Orleans. This
is mystery which can only be explained by!
officials. Only few days before it was signed
member of the Senate had offered resolutions
calling for all the correspondence, papers, &c,
in the Rey case, which, mall probability, sug>
gested to the administration the necessity Of
Immediate aSti2n, a5id accordingly the paper
came forth full grown. and Judging from our in
formation Don Carlos must have had q secret
copy served on him Immediately, For he had
takenpassage for home before the proclamation
was seen In New Orleans. OF this transaction
the True Delta says, ais the Government of
this great country compelled to sneak into pa
pers, far distant from the scat ofits power, the
fulminations Of its willi Is it possible-can it
be- that any state necessity exists, for the steal
thy and suspicious proceedings accompanying
the advent Of this most strange state paper,
the embodiment of most lame and impotent
conclusioni o, zacharyl Zacharyl quae demen
tiae eepit tel
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have said this much in vindication of ourselves
from the attack ofthe Messenger We regret
having had to say so much, and assure our
friend, that nothing but the most serious neccs-
sity can induce us to resume the contest
AS to the Messengers correspondent 'R'
when he learns to refine bis language and to
use such phraseology as is in repute among
gentlemen, and shows himself free from the
sback.es of the Bank, we may undertake to an
swer him.