'Vvr? '* ** . ; ; ;.-\ -V . ^ j ^^ ^ | j| ~ ^ ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ wm:. h. thimmikr ?mUA to ?ur friends to reach customers. Job work of all kiuds promptly executed. IManks, Law and Kquity, continually on hand, fer printed to order. WMEKMMS MtiSSAUE. Gentlemen of the Senate ami House of R-:j>re*cntativcx : Nothing h;is transpired, since your recent Hjttrrt Session, that requires any special notice. The past year lias been remarkable for the unprecedented health with which our citizens' have been blessed; and, although the crop, both of ctoton and grain is again a short one, yet with a wise economy, very little, if any, breadstuff's wi!! : have to be importod from other Suites, auu cotton crop will, in all probability, unable the plawter to rooet his ordinary liabil' ities by bringing a fair and remunerative ? " %rtctv For.^these floors, and particularly rot oar good health, we should always boar in vnind the source from whence they come, .and with grateful hearts and earnest voices,! rfend up to the throne ol' grace our sincere thanks lor such rich blessings, so liberally | bestowed upon us. And while wc appoint , days of humiliation m.d prayer, and invoke I each other to observe them, let us not for- | get that we, too, should cull upon tied to! sustain us in this crisis of our country's history, and give us the wis loin to plan and the energy to perfect our own, and to contribute to the deliverance of the South. v In providing for the "Improvement of the I'orfc of Charleston, and the dredging in the Bench or Malfit Channel;" the Legislature made an appropriation of $3U,U0U, ?>ut lor Homo reason, the report naming Commissioners to super; n ten 1 'the work, and agreed to in both Jlouaos, was mislaid, nud as it was evidently the intention of the Legislature to liavo the work carried on, having appropriated funds for the purpose, I took tlio responsibility of appointing Commissioners to superintend the work, and selected those that were named in the report, of the Committee of the House of Representatives. Catawba Indians.?In my last annual message, 1 recommended (hat n small up propriution be made to pay the traveling expenses of two or three of th# head men. of the Catawbas, who desired to go on ft visit to examine the Chocttw country, and report to the tribe ou their return, hoping that a favorable report might induce them all to remove West. In this expectation, I have not been disappointed. The appropriation ot five hundred dollars, in consequence of the excitement and pressure of ? ^ business at the lost session, not being placed in a condition to he drawn from the treasury by the Indian Agent, it becomes necessary for mo to advance the money out of tho contingent fund ot the Executive 1 ?epartinent, and Mr. l>. .J. lliee, Indian Agent, accompanied by Allan and John Harris, two of the chiefs, started on the .ltith duly last, to visit and examine the Xhoctaw country,and returned on the iZitth August. I'nfbrctmately, Allan Ilarris died Soon after his arrival at his destination; "but*" n??twithstanding this great calamity, .Johu Harris was so pleased with the country, and tho reception he mot with, that he determined to remain, anil has written such a flattering letter to his tribo, depicting the great advantages to he derive I from a re inoval-to that country, and this account has been so fully indorsed and confirmed by the Indian Agent, that forty-seven out of , the lifty-fivo of the Indians living in '.lie nation in this State, have agreed tor move, u^d have signed a petition tu Gov. 15. Ijcflnro and the Choctaw Council, praying for admission into the Choctaw nation. The i uuiimi inei on me ist .Monday in ' tctoher last, and although no information lias 1k*cii received by uie of thoir decision, yet. from the opinion of the Indian Agent, derived from frequent conversations with the lead ing men, there is no reasonable douht but tlicir application has been favorably received by the Council, and citizenship grunted to thctn on favorable terms, considering the advantages that will ho enjoyed by the almost extinct Catav. ha tribe The Congress of the Cnited States made an appropriation of five thousand dollars in the year In.m, to remove the Catawba Indians; hut, as it was not called for, it lapsed into the general treasury in duly, l*o7, and cannot be iLsed without a re-appropriation by Congress. My recommendation at the last session that an application bo made to Congress for a tO-?pprOJ>riatb>n, must. bo now u withdrawn, and we must 1 -ok to l^out h tJtirolina alone to funiisli tit.1 uvim-. "r wholr removal With this stateuieut. ol facta, the matter is lett to your disorotin, und you can best judgO whether funds can bo now spired to effect so desirable an object. Statk fjkobftoi^t.?Oscar M. biebor has, on the second uf April last, tendered to mo his resignation as State (Jeologist Although a* the last session oJ' the l.egislature the offiee was continued for tin- currout year, and Mr. Licber appointed to till it, yet the appropriation for his salary and expenses wn stricken IVoin fho upproprii tion hill, and he hud no a tentative hut to resign, or serve the State gratuitously. Upon consultation with me, I ml vised Mr i-idober not to resign until ho had completed tlio last report, that it might, together with thorn* previously published, embrace ..f .i - ? - a- * * ' * ? atitit-urjiiift concern ill s every il? in# ol ^ importance which hud boon observed or effected during tho four yeir.s of hi* service. He lias alio prepared a i^loisui) und index for the form report*, without which t their value would he greatly lessened. Th en months has been ncc saury to perfect the report, index, &e., arid 1 recommend that ho be paid fur said services in proportion to his salary. Direct Trade.?There can be no Uifforeneo ot opinion on the great importauce of establishing direct tra le between Cburles* ton and Liverpool, or any other conn try with which wo can oxchnngc commodities, lu the Union, it was important and necessary to our commercial prosperity to divert a part of the commerce of the world Irotn Now York and other Northern cities to the city of Charleston, aud. thus build up a great commercial emporium, with ability to supply our own and the merchants of the neighboring States, with a cheap and well tilled market; from which in turn, they could supply their customers in the interior towns and villages. In view ot the secession of South Carolina from* the Union, it becomes doubly important, and absolutely necessary, that j we niusi nuvouircoi irauo wna nurope aim [the continent; and iisa lar^e amount of i Capital is necessary, and there will ho some j risk In the beginning ol" such an enterprise, [ I would recommend that the Legislature sh mid to some extent foster and encourage such enterprises by taking upon themselves a nart of the losses !)::;? mijrht follow the effort to est ibiish direct trade. Sotno enterprising citizens of Charleston propose u? establish a line of steam 1'ropollors between j Charleston and Liverpool, and ask the State 1 i to guaranteo an interest ol live nur ecut 1 per annum upon the capital invested in the i 1 steamers, as lon^ as they sh.ijl continue in j the service. 1 his septus f?> iUo t > be a very i ! fair and reasonable proposition. It cannot jtossibly lie a speculation on the part of its ! projectors, because in no event will they ; receive iuor than five per cent., and at thin | time at a much higher rate of interest. If j tlie enterprise sliould turn out to he profit- j able, the State will have nothing to pay. j and the certainty that the parties will rcal! ize live per cent, under any circumstances, j will certainly not prevent them from u-in r _re t exertions t make a larger ?1 ivi I > ud The benefits arc not confine 1 to the city of Charleston alone: everything that facilitates cotnmerco and cheapens merchandise will heticlit alike all parties of the State, i and should meet with general encouragemcnt. If it is feared that these steamers may be continued in the service after aP hope of profit lias ceased, and a perp lu il tax thus entailed upon the State, provision may be made for discontinuing them in a given "time, or some other safeguards may in the wisdom of the Legislature ho thrown around the enterprise, so as to prevent any unnecessary and useless expenditure of public money. Tut Lunatic Asylum.?Ti.is Institution. under tho excellent management of Dr-l'urLcr and tho Regents, has realized than enld leave been expected, ?.r even hoped for from its founders; and the curative results of the present year surpass ! the success of former years, and compare ' favorably with the reports of the best In- j sine.Hospitals in other States. No aeei dent has occurred since your lest lue-ding , and no epidemic disease has, to any extent, visited the asylum. At the beginning of, the year there were liM patients, GO have beon received since, making the nurb.r! under treatment -Go; of whom b7 h ive been j sent home cured, 8 removed, and L'f> ' I c rrcMjMiii'U n<*f\ with the more revision of Jiii Chief. He shtulil al*> hayo ? clerk or <110.1, leaving 11??. Ui tlio-e who died, a 1 :irtruld respectfully surest, that humanity and goo i policy dictate that the aecomm si ition.* should he further increased, until r "nil -lough is prepared (or at least all se\cs ..nd colors in our own State. j i South Carolina, in v iew of the bright ea-1 reer of greatness an 1 glory that awaits her, should not he inditfercnt or insensible to tlifc sufferings of the huniblast ol hor ehildren, h tt extend her maternal h md to lessen and alleviate their stiff -rings. Tub Laws.?In looking forward to the separate nationality of South Carolina, many changes will have to ho made in existing laws, a part of which, you n i doubt, I will lie directed to do, by an ordinance of the Convention of the peuplo soon to as! soluble; but it may not be improper to brine; i to your notice the importance ul a |?eoily j ]iostul arrangement., to supply tlic one unj dor the control of the Federal (ioveruraent. ' L am uthorized to say, that the i'o-tmi-| tor at (.'halrcjston, II*?n. AI Ire 1 (iu^cr, than i wham a purer patriot never lived, will, as ' soon os the State resumes her sovereignty I by nn ordinance ol her Convention, sever ' his connection with the Federal tiovoruj ntent, tuid objy any call the Sr.at' in ty ! make upon him for h s services. This j movement together w.th the re.-.gnat :<>n of all other pesuna tors, ivill enable the , State to act without embarrassment, in os1 f.tbli-hing for herself post tl arrangement-, t As a temporary expedient, an an <..._! miont migh be made with the Adams lixpress C int[iaiiy. to oarry tl.e mails, until a post il 1 arrangement ol a perm.m. ??t character couhi j be established, the details of whieli, mu-t. to some extent, depen 1 upon the aelioti of , other Southern States. The duties of the . ; altd Ije sh nil I at all tint \s be ace v-siMe to ' the people wh ? may have ollintul business ! to transact with itini. .My exp. ii-nee sat isties me, that i' will require all tnu time | of tho Kxecutivo, witli -nctli h< lpasm .y 'm I given him by a so. ivtary and i ! rk, todis i charge the responsible duties that will dc, voire on him in the new posit i >n, a- t'hief j of an Imlcpciidcnf State; and I therefore recommend that the salary of the ' Jovemor be increased; that he be furnished with a hoiiso and furniture, and be i ijuircd to re' side in the town of Columbia; also, that the salary of his private Sc 'ivtary be in, creased, to cnabh liiui tooonimi'id the ncrvioos, not only of a mere scribe, h it of an intelligent, active, and educated gentle-j man, who will bocnpablo of cuiiductiiigany copyist to do the copying tlint u>ay bo no-' ocsaary, ami such other (lottos *s may be required of him. There aceius to bo no longer an}' reason why tho State should have two Treasuries, j It requires two sots of officers to do what I one could ruadil} and easily pcrtprin; and Columbia is now so acoossiLlo from all parts of the State, no inconvenience could possibly arise Irotu uniting the Treasuries there. The Treasurer should also be re : quired to reside iu Columbia; and not depend upon a deputy to discharge the duties of tho office. The practice now is, to elect j u Treasurer with a salary sufficient to ma-| ble Itiin to employ a competent deputy, and still save money for liiini<'lf. The responsible duties of the office are not performed by the one chosen 1>) the li? gisl .ture on account of his fitness and jialittcatinns, but by a Ulan chosen by the Treasurer, and responsible to him alone; and although the Treasuror himself is responsible tn tlie Log-1 islature for the faithful performance of the duties of his olfieo, yet the mischief don j by the deputy may b" irremediable, tliel State suffer, and the officer be ruined. The law prohibiting m isters from per- | mitsingubgro s to I.:r s!i-own time, and make ennt.aui , should l?.? ?u amended. an I such penalties attached to its violation, (ha! no one would venture fotfisr'gsr 1 it. Without suggesting th? partioular p malty, I would reeomuientl that both the owner of tho slave and the pirtv that hires liiui tuber, slioul 1 be punish- I by line or -nipris onni uit; according to the luitiy :f in era gruvating circumstances that attend the j ease. Some inconvenience will n > doubt arise from such an enactui nt, a?'l it may he necessary to inako sonic exceptional C.is-'s; for instance, the CXpre or implied contract with a Maek port -r carry your trunk, or carpet bag, or go on a|i rrand ; but tbi' may be done, ami y? t mu b > i result from the general law on the ::1 ?i It not ui.frequently happen.- ?!:: * e slave mechanics hire white men to work under their direetion, and for their benefit, end thus instead of exercising a control over that ?la.-s of population, some arc placed under obligation- to them. This state of things should not be permitted: there must be a distinction be ween the races, asuiarkcd as their dill'rent colors, it must be distill -tly and universally und irstood that the white is the govt ruing race, without an exception, and wi'hout re gar 1 t> disparity of intellect, merit or acqtii meats. The general recognition by the citizens of South Carolina of their allegiance to the State, and that obedience to the federal tJovcrninent ceases as soon as the State withdraws from the I nion and asserts her sovereignty, satisfies me that he will have no traitor, in her limits; but a wise precaution can result in no harm, an J inny be the means of advertising our people, that if any of them should lie s>i forcetfiil <>f ilieir it11 to their sovereign, aiul so reckless of It r displeasure as t > disregard her ordinance-, or obey any other commands th in those ol tlie constituted authorities ofthe State, they will he dealt with as traitors and punished accordingly. In view, therefore, of such a contingency, some legislation may he neee-s try in uior > particularly defining treason to the State, and affixing the proper punishment for the offence. S null Carolina mint insist upon the implicit o!> lience of all her citizens, both native and naturalized, an I no one can be permitted to put his individual construe!ion upon the relation he hears to the Stat ol hi-, hivth or adoption. The obligation of the eiti.: ns of South Carolina to obey the laws of the Federal Government was created by the act of the State i nicrinp; the I'niou under the compact entered into by thesowreign ] irtios to it, and it-follows that upon the w ithdrawal of the State, the obligation is no longer binding The sooe-don of a State cannot, in the proper use of the term, he culled a revolutionary movement. It itruo there will to some extent he a change of governor ut, such as di solving a e impact hot wee u sovereigns in which it w.ustipulated that the oi i/.ens or subjects ot each State or nation should perform e r..:in duties, which, before the agreein ill of the high contracting par.i . they were n it re quired to p norm, or abstain from the e\creiso of certain right , which lhc\ have prcriously enjoyed; but this di-sohiliou ol a compact does not imply rebellion, which, if successful, is revolution, an I w hich it unsuccessful, mibjects the citizen- to punishment for committing treason Why are we at this moment < trz -u- ?t'tb I n't. ! Slut.'*? Because South I'ar.diii i in ln-r sov eroiirn capacity made us po, by a compact entered into with tlie* other States, which, whoii united, were called the 1'nited States, anil it follows that when tli.' ] nvor th it ordered us to obey the < iuvenitm nt of the I niied States, an 1 which alone li.cl the t i _ ht to create tint rel itt >nship. ramus' , us trolli that obligation ly withdrawing Jrotii the league, our obe li nee is no longer due to tb it t iovc. iiinem, and ou. ulh .. i aiivc the State as our lawful sovcreiau is unquestionable at'. >1 tt hvt led The iiitroduelion of slaves from other States which tuny not h- conic lneiubcrs of th Southern fjnfedi r.iey, and nirtieularly the bor lor States, diotil I be rohibited by J legislative cnnctilnn:, .Old by thi mean they wol be bronchi to si that tin o" -at? U depends upon a withdrawal Ironi their rit emits, ntnl an union with their friends and ita'ural alii -s. It they should continue their union with the uoti davchol liii" St itcs, let thcin keep their sluv- property in their own borders, and the only alternative lef. tin in will be en11 ipition by their own act, or by the action of th ir confederate . We ail not consent t> relieve t hetn from their emharrn.-siii: i list i tut em, by peiniitliupj tin in I i reali/ the money val it'* lor tin ir sla\i - by sellingthem to us,ami thiir- projiarc them without any I?ss of property, to accommodate themselves to the Northern tree soil idea. Kut should they unite their destiny with us and luvoun stars in thi* Southern gjilaxy?inrinhoM o| :i ^reat southern < 'ouf? <1 ration?wcwilln ( rive Hi. in with upon anus an I m i . au-i astln give!iiifj. Should then <1 m :t rappriVi -|, | their borders*, or an enemy, open or disgui- J bed, make war upon theiu, there is not a . doubt but a living rampart of freemen, j Irom the Atlantic to the Gulf of Mexico, I would line their borders and beat back the invaders. To dispense with the necessity, us ! jiineli as may be possible, of resorting to J lynch law and illegal executions, in pun- i ishing offenders r.guinst the peace ofaoeio- | ty and tlic safety of our citizens, 1 would I i suggest the enactment ol a law, punishing _..... :i i -.. - i- *' ' -? ? 1 r>i4iuuitii 11 v UIIU II nui WllR UCcltll, i any person that circulates inoondiary documents, avows himselfan abolitionist, or in any way attempts to create insubordination or insurrection among the slaves. It *01110 act ot this kind is not passed, the people, I goaded to 111 adni'ss by tile frequent attempts j io disturb their quiet and jestmy their 1 property and live-, will not under excite uieiit, lie very careful in measuring the , punishment tliey inlliet, and is to lie (eared , that the inn " ut may sutler with the gtiil' ty, uilti seems of violence fni'I blood shed too frequently occur. With the knowledge that there is a law to reach the e:is?"s the legal tribunals of the State will bo tir t J appealed to and in most eas >s their docis j'jn will he satisfactory to lit pi oplo, in ule, as it will be un !- - yutli an i v.ith time for reflection and examination. There are many other ante.1 iiucnts to the 1 laws that suggt -t t liem-eivcs to my mind ; j stieh as r> piirihg a whit" m m to reside at all times on any plantation, with mt re ga: 1 to lb nuiiib . ol n ni ls?a change io the road law -, itn. >sing a tax n the place I days w rk?the r? p I of the l '-nry Law 1V0. , ?fcc., but tli s-? are coni|iuritivcly iiiiimp :sut, in view ol the now oer1 lain a -lion of the 0011 vent n:i to meet, , which wi.l in you the construe! ion : of a govci nni nit suitable *to the now order of tlun ;s, Willi its mmifi callous. ? 'l b.- resolution - ol the iis adopted itnani| mously, < x press n g the opinion they should ' immediately meet together in eoorcrt tocas- : urcs for united action, v.e soon after the i a11 tin i in Convention, and as te> dele iteJ ' ad heen appointed hy I h latum, 1 did u t feel auth >r'./.?*! to ;u ike an appointment without to !?ud l)< .?n a general a ;r e incut of th outhcrn ?v : it to inert. Had such her ii t >ise, < w ?u!d cither have convened t! Legislature t l\ Arthur, K-(, of j I Hi m, wv iMiijil y. 1 f i do the work, and ! 1 am pleased to say. it h is been done in | a very oredita' !e and isfaetory maimer. Much more labor wa? n< < > -ary than the I mere " recur. 1 in/' the e ?rr -non b nee. It r?' piir ' the road in an 1 rereading of all the paj i rs. and tlu exeroi-e of a correct julaeiuMi! in th'- arrangement, not only chronologically, but with reference to the ; noce-sarv e mnection of the whole volume. ; The h""k has been tuitlv and durably 1 l> eind, ami \. ill for vears to c?>rne he n book of lefueii- , n >t mdv {<0 tlio descendants joftluis,- tli it dispelled the delusion of tin North, that the < hi . i'r of S . ifh < hiroliua , would not light, but for th whole of our ( people, who claim a bare ot the 'ghn\ | tlicy .! ihovid for their country, :m>l \visl? to iinitut< their rxanij lo. I rue >111111 u>" made t?> J compensate the r >mj>li< r tor his work. AiiotJi. r r 'lutioti which |>i? ! tioncral W-etnhiv iin itiiaion-lv, 1 (U>-tm:tho 4 Governor t?> | :?mro a suit ihie - v ir 1 an i pri si tit it tu('apt. .V <1 to, and tin- .-Wor 1 d -irrned fhr ('apt. Kviins is a ?\v in the l!\ utive office, ready 1??r pr ? ntation, an 1 would have hooti 1 irwardi 1 to hiiu. hut f>>r the su_'oes, tiou ?>f 1 ii^ triiii'ls, t!i i* t- s >ii as South , Carolina severed her connection with the I > li ral t Government. !i> would resign his commission nn I repair to ber standard to to recv've the o'.vor-l in > ?n, mil wie'.d it in >h t. ur i>i i.is n.itivi .date. (>en Wiiiiauis, of N ivb rry, was employed hy ia > i i c uupiie tin- Nl i i::i and I'alrol law- >:'t!i Stat . utid r a resolution >>t the Lst --ioii, an 1 trlu work, heinir done i i a -:i> .sfac'.ory tiruiiior, I vcroin mend that lo he ai I f>>r In? services. * I" U e >lut\ impose 1 nth* (i>>\ crt>">r, tin ler a resolution in relati >ti t>> tlie survey* and r-ti1 1 it ? l>\ Maj. M'-('i!'i, fir the (Greenville hi I Krcnch I'r 1 I It.iiir > 11 ('0:11: .my, have l?ti ? ouitihe I with hy the niipoi'.tnient n| ,1. S. I* irpiw, II-| . one ot the (' tninissioncrs, \%ho-? duty it w is. in consort with tour other tier 1- :ipp>?intel, -.is prescribed in inr iv-iM t i. i i in | i re hi i rri nrC Up ill f Iio accuracy of tho sitrvoyii n 1 Mtamiite* iiiri 1 I'iv.fr !i I Iron I I> ii r<>il N.iV I I S#?*-*. I'iiI* lilt' r Hl-tl'ljclioii til' ;i II i?lr?ii'.? ul the nu'iiibcrs oi'rli \v > 11 ?n By the )11? elm i ? ! the I :i nlr.i.- iii the form of'a ro .hit in. ! Irivi ;ij?p->ii?i I two niorchanlH.ii: ! :w wli .il h. . I i> I Charles ton, who w'th i h< !'i - (rut , , the t'himWr i ol i'Hutu rr, i i.->, iL111 ,i commit* on; who aii- in>frii.'t I to iitrpiircaaja-errtiiiii what HI".* I r IH ill I'llr. rati nt' VI li n l't^r, 'htOka.O, ?t ir.ifTe, w i ;hin.', tor tlio pTtol'l Mi'irh h ton, and they ure dirocted to report to your > bodies at the present evasion. t For a detailed account of the finances of t the State, you arc refered to tho reports of c the Comptroller General aud the President t; of the lJ.uik of the State. ? The conditon nnd resources of the South Carolina Hanks and ot tho whole South, jj hear a very favoral lo comparison with the ( Northern Hunks. A northern writer puts a down the abrogate amount of specie iu u the Northern Hanks $ 17,^70,750 ; Circu- r I etr^nn/iu uur .-Mate- >iioni?t unite tor that j>ur- ( pose. We should not lie dependent on the . North, or a Ion ian country, lor our wvap- | oiis of do ft nee, lest 111 the liour of need 1 the supply >< ay bo willih Id fr >m us. >!. jvir II S Kipley, a cituen of South tuali-l lit. projiof?i> Lj establish an Ariuory Ibrtho ^otith, in t leoraiti, Alnbuina or South Car-j uiina, accordiu_r as m iy ire ityreed on hy ! those states All he asks is, that each of) tin- three States iiuuicd should ctai'ract ; with him for fifty thousand dollars* worth ! ot arm- :mn:t illy, for five years, and extend ' their patronage |',,r a short period thcreaf- , t: r ; the arm.- I'urni-hed to he. iijt toa-taiid.11 I model, to 1 ? determined upon and do- 1 ii\ i re 1 at prices lived by Competent author- 1 ity, and to he -ubjecl t > tin- j.roper luilita- I ry inspection, in parts, by State officers, j those of each State to inspect the arms for that State. This would Le preferable to having an Armory, and would preclude the j necessity ofhurdeniiij* each State with an extensive establishment, dependent upon it for in uiT_p,ment hy salaried officers, and j would iv juiro mt'nxpeu lituro by the State j until its value would be received. There seems to he nothing in the propo- ' -ition hut what is lair and reasonable, and it the State determines to keep up her sup- ] plj of arms, it cannot he hotter done than i , by the plan proposed. Copies of letters tio'.uthe tinventors of (ieor^ia and Ala-j buna, t ? .Map Kipley, wire bent to nio. Thc> approve of the proposition, and pmni i-?t aw9. In the Southern Hanks, Specie, 8->5,- t 1133,77"} ; Circulation, 851,033,017 ; Uc- r p isits, 857,231,171). .Showing th.it while J tin* circulation and deposi h of the North- j crn Hanks arc seven times greater than < tin* specie iu tluir vaults, the circulation j ami deposit- ul the Southern Hanks uro ? only three times as much us their specie, and t their circulation alone ouiy one and a half . the amount of their specie. , All the hanks in the State, jnd^iuo ( from their reports, arc 'n a safe and sound i | coiiui!'"iH, and prepared to meet all their 1, liabilities promptly; unless some comiuer- j j oi.il crisis takes place, which may for a | time Tipple thoir resources and make it f, diil.vult lor them to meet all their ettytligc* 1 meats. It wasprojKwed at the lixtrn Ses- ( sioii to raiyu four hundred thousand del- , ' . l?y issuing State bonds, to arm the j Stan- and prepare her defence, but f r , want of time, no decision was tna'le on the proposition, iu the mean titne, however, ami with meat promptness, the Hank of ' Charleston, through its President, tele- . graphed to tne that it would take one liuudr 1 thousan 1 dollars' worth of the bonds ' ol the State at par; and since then a forum! resolution of it , hoard has been sent 1 | in- to th sum ir.-et. This act of patriot I ie duty, on the p-.rt of the lit. k of Charles-' { 1 tu n i 's yoe.r highest commendation, | ' an 1 -'jv ;m 1; v am pie of love to the State I ' and devotion to h r cnit-e. worthy of "en- 1 eral imit.ition. Tim lucre": 1 m< y chunjrer" I ' would calculate the value ?>1 the investment j an I pros] o ot " till ; but the patriot sees nothing but the necessities of his staie, and | hastens to pour out his treasures to relieve them. Mauink SI'U io:, < 1 F Charlkstox? "ii- cli 10! was inaugurated on the Kith 'lyv. l^o.i. and commenced operations with sixteen pupils, which has since 1 increased to forty-three, with many more applicant-, th in ouii he received andaccomui dated. The j upils are not confined to 1 Charle.-tun ; hut com-.* from Ki^etield, Heau- ! fort, Harnwell, Hichl md, I lorry and tVileton. '1 l.c Hoard of Trustees report that their health has been irood. only one death t having occurred, an 1 that one shortly after eouiie z on ho ir r. stationed in Charleston harbjr, in ar tb battery, lu>l snrinjr, ami was not only :;Tatiiiod, but delighted ut the prospee* oi making useful citizens an be ealh <1 into the service of the Siato in her e mini -r *;al marine, or in in inning and coliimaudiu" her vessels of war. Southern seamen are anions tlie ?;rcat | want-" ol the South, and especially at this j ' eiritcal time, trained as these youths are, not only in uianty nautical pursuits, but in the us 1 ??f eatinoii and aviu tin* State may with confidence look to them for aid in her hour of danger. \f the last session of the Legislature, tlm sum of five thousand dollars was appropriated towards th." support of this naval selio.il. and as events crowd upon ns, making i more important eve y .-lie .t A v \UM.>!tY,?The separation of tbe S nitlorii Stales from the North, will 'cave the S .utherii States, to a preat extent, without the feeilities of (naiiufact uriir.; arms, for . tin' want >t Armories; and it w ill, there1'..;. h<" important lor each individual Statu to i!?li->h an arm ?rv, or that two, three tauth Carolina biud h^rxolf to take fifty hotisand dollars' worth of auus touu Uy, or five years, from Miy Ripley, upon the :ooditi'>nH mentioned al ore, and that a negotiation ho opened between the three >tatoa to settle on the aitc tor tbo Aiuory. New State Caimtoi..?This building B progressing with much rapidity, conaidring the mutorialof which it ia eotupoaed, ind tho labor necessary to complete such itt elegant and durable structure. It> generally eoucedod that it will compare iivorubly with any edifice of the kind iu lie L'uited States or Kurope, and reflects i;r:yit credit upon the architect. the comui*?'oner und aft concerned. Tho Cnly regret is that it may be necessary to suspend )peratioris, and husband all our resources or t'ie defence of the State. No one repr<*ts uiore than I do. that such necessity way arise; but we must make everything rive way to the paramount consideration, md reconcile ourselves as best we can to he delay. The Ijegislaturc should not nake any large appropriations, except for irms and material of war, until there is n "u 11 recognition of our rights out of the Tuion, and no longer any pressing necessity to arm. If the ws it was thought the number agreeing to meet was too small to effect the desired object, by producing that moral effect which Would mn|Uo-toiiiab)v have resulted from a general meeting of the Smtvs inter nncoi tlii? resolutions adopted by \ irginiu in rcsjionse to tho invitation of .South Carolina and Mississippi to meet in conference, expresses the opinion, that " \ irginiu does not yet distrust the capacity of the Southern States, l.y a wise and fi; in exercise of their rese rved powers, to protect the rights and lifwrties of the people, and to preserve the Federal In ion," and for this pnr|>osc she desires the i(con< ?.-/ . . ( o h'mi" of the Southern States ; but she t?dds uthat cfTieient co-operation will I hi more safely obtained by such direcl | l.egislntivo action of the t>iurot Statu af may he necessary and prop-'r, thno through the agency of an as^niidago which ear 1 exercise no legitimate power eioupt to de : bate and advise." Thus we. see that although Virginia had strong hopes at that time ot preserving tht Federal I'nion, she was unwilling to re sort to any othor way of effecting tho oh i ji'et than b.y the m^'cutc acfi'on of end : Sf.t' , which wouM hnv<- the effect of pro duoitig the couchrii'iif action or all tin State* interested. If therefore Virginia t: right, as to tho l>ost tno lo of repressiiiv w rongs and obtaining tho concurrent aetioi I o."other Status, it follows that the scpar Ate action of each W the beet, method of " 1 getting co-operation or coooertod aotion of "I the other States in any movement, and it j would therefore be wise in f^ooth Carolina, ib imitation of Virginia, to decline a ropruceotatior) in " ai.y assemblage wbieh can exercise no legitimate power except to debate and advise,' and in ho ametubktte whatever, untie by the odinanoe of Convention she hag seceded from a Union * whieh alio onco acceded to, and whioh has . ,i proved a curse instead of a blessing. v The effort of South Carolina to assemble the Southern States, in the hope that the' North might be induced to pause and rotrace their stops by an earnest and unanimous prut. st agai'jst the course pursued by them, and a noti'!nation thatunfeasa change ofpoiicy took place, the South would be Com lulled to take the redress of hor grievances in ln-r own liai.d-, failed on account of the refusal of Virginia to join in the movement; although her borders had becfl recently iuvaded and her cititcns murdered in cold blood by a baud of abolitionist instigated to the deed by the teachings of % tncu of control ling influence in the North. All hope, therefore, of concerted action by a Southern Convention being lost, there is but one course left for South Carolina to pursue, consistently with her honor, inter cti. uiiu niicljti ?nu imn is to iook neitiicr to the i ight nor to the left, but go straight lorward to the consumution of her purpose. It is t- o l?te now to receive propoe-it ons for a conference ; and the State would be wanting in self-respect, after having deliberately decided on her course, to entertain any proposition looking to a continuance in the present Union. We can get no better or safer guarantee thau the present Constitution, and that has proved impotent to protect us against the fanaticism pf the North. The institution of slavery must be under the exclusive control of thuse directly interested in its preservation, and not left tea the mercy of those that believe it to be their duty to destroy it The tono of the Northern press lias greatly changed since the unanimous and determined action ot South Carolina. Heretofore, it was supposed by our enemies that we were divided and distracted at hotnc, and that, in consequence of our divisions, the scenes of 1851 would be re-enacted,and the State would finally acquiesce in Black Republican rule,or ot best, that soineth'ng less than secession would be adopted, and our energies exhausted, in fruitless expedients and unavaU n; threats. Now that the unwclcoiuo conviction forces Itself upon them that " we have couulod the cost, uud find nothing so intolerable as voluntary slavery," and that wc nre not to be deterred from the assertion and maintenance of our rights by the th-cats of Federal bayonets, or the unmeaning and senseless display of Wide Awake processions, formidable only to the capitalist and conservatives of their own section, they begin to change their tone, and appeal to as. rather af suo pliant* than as conquerors, to save a Union from which they have reaped a rich harvest of profit and honor, and the South has only known by its exactions. They have boon deaf to the voice of reason and consanguinity ; they have disregarded the counsels of their wisest and best citizens. Their Nerocs, in the person of Reward, Sumner, and others, had been fiddling while the Constitution had been trampled under foot, and a higher law inaugurated in its stead ; in accordance with their treasonable advice and teaching, nud by the crowning act ot electing a Black Republican President to carry out their long cheri&hoddesignsa.'ainstthe peace and prosperity of the South they have declared open war against us. What oourse, then, is left for the Southern States to pursue for the maintenance of their rights and the security of their property, hut & separation from such onen and undisguised enemies nnd the establishment of a Southern Confederacy with every element of greatness and every moans of defense necessary to protect tlieni from any enemy and command the respect and admiration of the world? It is gratifying to know that in the contemplated movement South Carolina has strong assurances that ?he will not stand alone; that if the l.uie star we must have, it will be for * short season, when the *tar after star wilL be added, and the Southern banner "present to the heaven the bright constellation that adorus it." There is no reasonable doubt but that Georgia, Alahau a,Mississippi, Florida,Texas, and Arkansas will immediately follow, and that the other Southern States will event aally complete the galaxy. It was not to Le expected that they would move before South Carolina; not on account of any want of patriotism and determination to resist aggression and insult, not h>nwm tllPV U ro i ii C\rrnii v* ??n ir rr?fiiC4j W | low* prepared to defend them; but on, aooonut ot the national ]>artiOH, so lately striving for victory in the presidential canvass; in which contest there would natural arise distrust r.nd jealously of each other, and a aer mhlc for ascendancy. Now that the Presidential election is over, and an onei my of their section is chosen to rule over > them, we find sill parties becoming united i against the comtuoo enemy, and prepared * '1 to forget their past divisions, and unite in deforce of their altars and fireside*. > There is no longer any jealousy on th? I part of other resistant States towards South t Carolina; on the contrary, they all urge her *! by every consideration o| duty and patrioCi ism to lead the van to this nobfo struggle t lor > ur vi.iutud rights. What a subiirao - moral spertaole is presented to the wocJd b v our beloved State; small ir? territory, with 1 a comparatively apame population and without, uuich nnlitu'y training, yet relying . upon the justice of her cause, and the approving Muilo *4 Heaven,she is (to*.among i t ho foremost to sever her connection with the - Federal tjovormuent, and to accept the sonl* , sorjuoneeA that may fallow her decision. I - i will not outer into an elaborate *rrnm?Bt : I to prove I fee ri^ht of n Sfcito peaoenbly to i | ?o6*