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Correspondence of the Lancaster Ledger. New York, November *28, 18.>7. D?ir Ledger :?In this City our only Bows at present consists of minders, robboric*, suicides, ami so on through the b'nek catalogue of crime ; and great excitement r.boiit the Mayor's election. The former, oodoub would not be very interesting to the majority of your readers; and as that view agrees w ith uiy owe tastes, 1 w'll leave the details of the numerous erin.es that disgrace our city, to the columns of the ejty press, devoted to local and police intelligence. In the latter subject (the mayoralty.) your reafleistnay feel some interest.because, it involves a ina t -rof moment to the whole oountry ; to wit: the Itiumph or defeat of tl... I.I ...tr - t.U... ? w , fiscal year amount to tifiy mid one thiid 1 million* of dollais, including thirteen hikJm^ n hull-million* h?r the Naj, fourteen f.?^? I lie Army, and three mid a half milium* i for Postal Ji'livii'Di'V, S The spill i* widening between the President and Governor Walker. Oil Khi n.m ul-A fair* the Northern Democratic member*, il|j i i< generally conceded, will an-tnin thc^an?a* Convention views of the Adiiiinisir.t- lion. Account* from St. Loui* stale that a free I roil meeting vvn* held on the lUlh. Keso lulioli* Were adopted denouncing the lac coniptnn Constitution, repudiat'idg the upproucliiug election, nod a Vigilance Cone ! mitten. Washington, December 4.?The Pre*, dent'* Mchange will be mnt in advance 01.1 | to the papers of New York, Philudulptti and Richmond. The lloiote will prob.iblj | organize on Monday. South Carolina Legislature A* might have been anticipated from tin , renult of the first and second balloting* M I United States Senator, published in our U-j. (Jen. J. II. ilainmoad was on the third ! lot elected to that distinguished position A report of that day's proceedings, (Mut | day 30lh uli.,) giving the ballot in full in > be found on our tirat page. Col. Che*nuf I name was withdrawn, mid Mr. linmmaii was elected by u majority of votes ovi Col. Pickens, nnd I'd majority over nl This is the most extraordinary election ? modern times; a w orthy imitation of lb | golden days of iho Republic, when oftk | sought tho man and not the man the offle ! Is i- .t.eaJ iL-a 11-- * I ? m iiinru iiim hir. immmunu lias si^nin<a , hi* willingnrM to acet-pl the piaee no IhA . leringly tendered. Hi* election ??no I have given general satisfaction through tiV Suta ; occurring aa It did io the face or hid positive declination, indicates plainly U v general preference of the people. He n man that Uie'State may well be proud of. The proceedings of Tuesday and Wedn? day, wo give etsewIters in a condensed fori It will be seen that the most important ' ter under consideration, is the subjecT euspeoded Banhe and Bank reform, l *ral preventive measures have been posed. Among tha rest, is one to reJr lite Banks to Uie issuing of bills of Utc d '1 poptoaltuo of |90 and o< sr. This is ? r * 1 I iiutlsville; Alexander MtUuwan, Abbeville; ' F. M. .Melver, CTcinvv ; T, II. Muse, linrn- . > j wctil ; \V. W. Seller*. Marion ; C. I'. Tow uJ selld, IK-nueltstiiie ; J. \V. Wallace, Ben- k ] hvt'.sv illc ; Julin I). Wylie, Lancaster. Washington Items. ^1 I The item* beluu under dale Washington i Dec. 2d, we gutliei from thr? Columbia ! Carolinian ami Charleston Mercury of Sat| urday l.ol: "The member* of the two llon-.es of Congress are ll.?C>itig in from all q arte.*.'*. There is 110 doiihl ?>t tlie election ol Col. J 1. Orr, of South Carolina, as Fpeuh.r of ^ the lliiun'. For (lie Clerkship, the contest 1 * likely to l?e el use between Robinson mid t * Allen. Senator Douglas mid the President had, I to-day, a fud interchange ol opinions in n .| gard to ntfairs ill Kansas, and the pulley to\ be pursued, b it without eoiieurrenee. ? loJ^B p .rlcd, however, oil uiuiv.ihlc terms.- Ii uuoerslood that Mr. Douglass will inlr.ii rtuee a bill into Congress, at an early period in the session, f>#r a Constitutional Convention in Kansas. 'I'lu. <2.o ..r.,.......t ..^?t... r... .1 muuuvivU VW tUw AIA1 * T!?e following gentlemen were on Wednesday tluth ult., admitted to practice law in this State: Ihunlin Beat tic, (>ri?cn\lite ; Josialt Bcdoii, Columbia; U.K. Hi ice, Fair- i tic-Id ; U. S. Burnett, Charleston ; M.C. Butler, Fdgctield ; Jiih. M. Du\ in, (Jntndcn ; Robert 11. Drciiiuiu, At bc\ illc; David R. Duocan, Spartanburg; J. B. Krwin Yorkville ; A v A. L. Kvan-, Marion; Cli-o, M. Pairlee, Marion ; C. (jurliiiglon. Noircns ; F. M.Urccn, Barnwell ; S. U. (Jiiflin, KdgcKeld ; \V. K. Keels, Williamsburg; Win.-Kennedy, Cain- i den ; S. W. Mellon. Yorkville; W. B. I Wett?, \ orkville; W. F. Miley, Beaufort ; II. K. .Moure, Yorkiillc; M. M., Morrison, .Marlboro ; Rob'l W. Tompkins, Kdgeiicld ; Benj. 1"'. Wliitncr, Anderson. . 'I'lic following gentlemen wore on Tuos-^ day, Dec. 1st, admitted to practice in the four'.a of Kquity in litis .Stale : J T. Belliea, M.aion ; \Y. 1. Del'an. Cam. j den ; A. F. I'M wards, Spartanburg; J. M. Id ford, Spartanburg ; S. J. (iille?pie, Marl buro ; 11. F. (iralimn, Marion; W. F. By I lay iiMWorlti, Sumter; J. II. Hudson. Ben visitor*, hi tncir report, suggest 10 tne la-gislulure the expediency of inakin<f an appropriation for the purpose of making this ad- II dition. Those schools are rising in popu- Uu lar favor, being admirably adapted to the ' wants of the people at large, and to obviate the ticoossity pf malting distinctions, the legislature must furnish the relief lecomuiend. rd by the Board. We give below the appointments from this and the surrounding Districts ; Lancaster.?A. M. Perry, Benj. Cltburne. Chester.?W. 1'. McClure, J. CJ. Barber. ^ York.?C. L Booty, li. M. Orchard. ('hesicrfielJ.?J. t'. Mc<'nliinao, J. R. Evans, T. Malloy, J. C. Patrick. Kmhuw.?J. J. Workman, James Ilaile, I a-wis Clyburno, A il n,01 A/I t n V, rt a.M u We require an appropriation of at least $300,000 for the next year, to enable us to employ thirty more atomic otter* nod ttx-ra bricklayers on lh? yurd, a/id particularly we require .it least twenty uiore (rood drillera at the Granby quarry. The wrought M iron joints for the arch ribbed lloora will * T also have to be obtained during the next * year." Cadet Appointments for 1857. We learn from our Columbia exchanges that 138 appointments have been made to the State Military Academies, and tint a considerable number, both of pay and Stalo applicants, failed to receive appointments in consequence of tlio want of additional quarters at the Arsenal. The Board of Komi- idea rimy bo had of (ho progress uf the work, by tbe concluding remarks ol this Architect, as follows; ? I would observe that wo snail not be able to complete the whole of the basement story during the present > ear, on account of the inadequacy of the amount of funds appropriated and the consequent shortness of hands in various departments, making it impossible to work op lo our full capacity of progress in tbe execution of the build* Im. ? New State House. We have been favored *? ith ihe report of Gen. Jonee, tho Commissioner, and that of Mr. Niernsee, the Architect of the new State House, now in progress of construction. Getl. Jones sponWs in high terms of Mr. Niern see's ubilt'ien as an Architect, nlludcs to his high reputation gained elsewhere, hy other works of n substantial nature, quite aulhcietit, he conceives, to do aw.ty with any distrust which ntny have been felt in respect to his professional abilities. Mr. Niernsee, in his report, sums tip the total amount of disbursements, chargeable to llie new Slate House, up to 31st September, 1857, w hiclt utakes in round figures *451.391 49. Of the hands employed, there were, on the 1st October, one hundred and one stone cutters, sixty-seven black Isborera on the yards, and ninety at the quarry. Whole number of hands, at that date, black and white, were three hundred and seven. lite ln*\ lor tiic killing of Jan. Gibson, on last Pride v. Never have we seen linlf no % many people here an were drawn tugethei thai day. Nearly one half of lliciu wan negroes, and there were a few of the fair sex who turned out to witness the exeention. We ca.ll't approve the prompting which causes woman, lovely angelic wo. man, *o lie a witness of mieii horrid spectnele*. Russell's Magazine. Punctual to the tiral of tne month, appears this Mnifiitine for Deeeinher. Thin tiuinher deserves all the praise that we may ha\? bestowed upon the previous ones, Russell presents lens flourish ami show than the Northern Periodicals hut at the some time it is more purely intellectual and select, nndaas it is n p irl of its design to btii'd upa Southern Literature, fortius reusoo, especially, should it lie encouraged. W* are frequently engaged by our subscribers to order Northern Magazines. Will unt some of these try Russell! Wc vcntuie that no one of ordinary capacities can read Russell for a year without feeling benefitted to a degree, in comparison with which, the price of subscription is utterly insignificant. v>iii> Ht" Mini, ni? DUl having heeil uttered. "l*l?? bnlan *e of the land* were sold tuui at what wfiii-il to be fair pr'i'vi. The house and lot in tlii* ViWage brought f$7t)0; purchased by Francis K. Druminctle. Crowded Out. A communication received at a lute hour, in rt'fiii'tK'c to the small pox in Wadcsboro, Iijik boon crowded out. Out iuformniit mates that it is only in otic* family and the proper measures have been taken to eonline it there. No ease bad yet proven fatal, and it was presumed thai the Worst had passed. The head of the fatuity caught the disease whilst on a trip North. Our correspondent hi lieves that persons, by In* kin" proper precautions, may \tr.it or pans through Wadcsboro with peifeet impunity Ixccuuon of Carter Woody T. Carter, says the Chester Staitilm tl, suffered llie extreme nenallv of I Hogs. A drove of hogsnru i-xpefti'd at this place i to-day, (Tuesday) and will Imj offered, we | understand, Ht 8 cents. The indications ' are that not many w ill he sold at that figure. I We learn from our up-country exchanges | that they have been offering ill the District* above at from to 1) cents:pairing through, however, in every inntauce. the people not being willing to buy tr. any extent at audi ; high figures. They rightly conclude that hog meat ahould conte down ton level with everything eUe. Sales day. A goo I number of persons were in alien- ' dance on .Monday, and pleasant int? rcoursc ( and good humor seemed to he indulged in, notwithstanding the tightness of the times slid the well grounded apprehensions prevalent that We have not yet seen the worst. The Commissioner's sales were the only ones of consequence. The Waxhaw tract of t-he estate of the late Dr <i. I. Masse) LAND ASTER VILLE, S. C. WKDNERDAY MOUSING, 1)KC., ?th, 1857. ! _______________________________ Fr?nkhn Academy. We direct our render* to ? notice of this t Institution. Ciood Sihools is whut our' District needs, and all efforts to build them j up slioi Id he encouraged and sustained.? i ' ?* Mr. McCormick is known liere to bean ex- j cclleiit teacher, and lie in thoroughly qualified to carry out all that is promised ill the I notice from the Trustees. AI tart M Shipp, Professor University of I North Carolina. Next Conference to be held in Charleston, S C ljt l'fiii(fr. YI irk till* Sialism?* > A Darby, ' Yorkvill- Circuit?L Wood. Shelhy Circuit ? K VV Thompson. Lincsslnton Circuit?'J S Krvin, one to bo | supplied. I Catawba Cireuit?J I'mtk? r. 1 Smith .Mountain Mission?To bo supplied, i Jscn/nr Circuit?F Smith. Mar#anion Circuit?Ct VV leey. | Johns Riirr Mission?To be supplied. McDowell Circuit?J S FeUon. Rutherford Circuit? A Krsin, A R lUnoiek. Columbus Circuit?-M A Ce.iuelly. VV M Wiyl'iiiMii, President VVufTbrd College. Wtyleford Smith, Professor Woffoid Colleg... Charles Taylor, President Spartanburg Female College. Joseph Cro**, Professor Spartanburg Feluule College. IIM Mood, President Davenport Female College. II II Durant, Agent Spartanbsrg Foaoalo . 1 Col logo. I I f - .. Jocassee Mission?*|'o be nii|tpli?*d. Pickens Circuit?J It (ilensou WalhaUa Mission?J A Ziminfrmnn. Cokrshury School?ii B JoiivtfJ W VN i^btman. CHARI/)TTB DISTRICT?S h Browse ! I' B. Char left' Station?K J Mtvntrdie. Charlotte Circuit?L M latilo, J {< McGrcK"r Concord Circuit?John WntlH. Albemarle Circuit?J VV I'ueit, Wnd'$boro station?F M Kennedy. Wadrshoro Circuit?At A M;Kibbt-nf R II 1'fgUeH. Cheraw Station?I. A Johnson. Chesterfirtd Circuit?K J Pennington. Camden Station?II C I'lrttm*. Waierec Mission?J I. Shu ford, E A I a-- j ntond. Lancaster Circuit?J W Cfidcr. Calaubm Mission A J Cniilhen. Mouroe^.ircuit?I. Scarborough, J W Abcr on thy. T R WaUh, President Carolina Fctnalo ; I Cullfge. SIIEI.RV DISTRICT?J W Kkliy, 1* E. Spartanburg Station?W C Kirk land. Spartanburfi Circuit?U (J J on en, A W l Walker, Supernumerary. ; Pacolet Circuit?SJ Hill. Hroad Ituer Mission?To be supplied. . u.i^n/ur^ ? iMUli?1 .1 4?I II llil.ilin, 1/ j A O 'burn. Illttrki illt- Circuit?\ H trplu n*, Itarmrcil (Circuit?K A Price. A iA> m?\V K li'ioim. (iranitrcillc Mission?W W Mood. Isxington Circuit ? Martin Faddy, one to t lie MOM. # V\*in Martin. Agent for Columbia Female Jo lege S. Tint lou-ml, Agent for the Traet So- 1 ciet v. COKKSBt'RY DIS I RIOT?R. J. Rovo, I*. K. C.okcubury Circuit?J W North. Abbentlr < iiA-i/it?Colin Mnreliiaon, A N j Well*. /lii'lrriwi Circuit ? R I' Frank*, W S ItlUck. | .Vinrty Six Circuit?W li laiwion. liutlcr ('ircuit ?''i'lioin * S Daniel. C.dffrjicld Circuit?J It Pickett. Acu-hcrry Circuit?'1' Itayaor, \V VV tiralialll Acwbtrry Station ? (' Method. /'niou Circuit ? W A McHwain, II I) Moor*. Ttgrr and tlnorte Minion?J Finger. hour n* Circuit?J A Mood V A iSharjiC. CruniiUr Station?F A Mood. (Srr.enriUe ('ircuit ?J S Connor. \ VV U'-ll, II uceainnic .Mt.sxn.ri?.1 A Minnick. Upp<~r Waccatna/p Mission?G K Antlrews, Mui'mi Station ? A G Sui v, Marion Circuit ? S Junes. F M Morgan, Him k Hirer MissionY L I 'eglies, to j lie. slip lilack Mi a ./a Mission?William Car j S? II, I.iinchburij f'irriiit?J II UnliiiiKon, Hennettseille Circuit ? 1* K Iv is tier, J M [ (.'line, Soririy JHll Mission ? A MiCnrijtinilslo, lJarlinijton Circuit ? G \V McCreigton, ; .1 W M"rrxv, J Marty Chapel Mission ? rol.t MMA DISIUICT, W E Game wki.1^ r. 1%. Col am hi a? Washington Street?C 11 ( 1 'rilriiard, Columbia?Conjurer Mission? Niclii las Tultev. Columbia ? Marion Street?A II lister, Columbia Circuit?1)1) Bvarx, It uhlan,I Cork Mission ? A L Smith, Cairfield Circuit ? J M lirndtev, iriimi/wrfi Circuit?Manning Brown. Chesterfield Circuit ? Milca I'ucketl, Suinhr Station?J A l'nrter. Siimfrr Circuit ? lt<>n 1 Knglinh, Siintce Circuit?J T Dubo*-, I f) (? Santrr .Mission?A I* Av nnt, I J.i.r.r / I> A VI VA .111 . . 1\ . /'on /'on M*sston?w A Ularke. <1 -kijtoo .1/inmoh ? I* Hush. Combohce Missions?M L Hanks, E (i ' (iaurt. A/lrmlolt' Circuit?W?n Cri* lihick Sicum/t Circuit ? L M I?"ainer.\V . C 1\>??T. />' /u ft'ton Mission?S Lrnrri, Surrmai h /i'ivcr Mission?J I) W J Crook, Riclu?rtl 1 J'riiicc II'H/iom'.i Mission?W llulto, /irontort Mission??l K Dohurn, K\/isto oud Jthossce Mission?C Wilson, CWHMJKTOWN DISTRICT?A. M. j CnniKTiiRitr.. I'. K. Gcori/clown Station? I > J Simmons, S nn/'it ,1 fission?T. Mitchell, Son he Mission ? A II Harmon, C K \\ i^ijiiis, lilac/- Ilicer and Pee l)ce Missions?J \Y Miller, A .1 Evans, Conicoyhorn' Circuit ? O A Clireitzberg, \V, 15 Onr?i??, South Carolina ConferenceTlio South Carolina Conference of the M. K.Church, South, adjourned Thursday ' evening, December 3<i, after a session of ' nine days. The following U a list of the appointment* f->r the ensuing year. CHARLESTON DISTRICT? W. J'. Mousox, 1', E. ' Charleston? Catnhcrfpiul -Jamoj Stacy, " Trinity ? J T VVightuiai. " ? Tic the/, \V II Fleming. " . Hit J anus?VV A Heininingw a v. Coo/sr Jiircr Circuit?W \Y June?, W J EKiippe. Cooper Riser A fission?Ct. W Moore,one to be sup. Cooper Circuit?Daliiel May. St Andrew's Mission?To be supplied. St George's and St foul's Mission?A NCities. St (Ivory's Circuit ? J T Ki'go, Bamberg Circuit?II A U Walker, Wulterhoro Circuit?1) \\ Scale, one to be sup. _ *U*p?MI<ted h:illk*. Mr.8. J. lY?p? followed. Ho wa* in favour uf calling upon the banks for the ! 5 per cvnI, ilue the State lor suspension. j 1'lie main lent urea of the b,ll offered by \ the Chairman ot t lie Way a and Means, j he endorsed. Why Cunt you Marry? Vou ilia) tell us you are noi sufficient ly good looking, that the family of the young lady won't consent, that your fa ther or your mother or grandmother, or some other relative object*. It's all fudge ! ami you know it as well a* we do. The truth i* vou hav'ul t|:e cash Yon wan*, the mean* to liegin life with?atuf tf by a*.lucky hit you could get it, ypu would jump at the chance. The chance is within your reach by sending ten, live or two and a half dollars to 8. Swan A Co.. Atlanta tieorgia, for a whole, half, or quarter of a ticket, and gain a price in one of'.heir lotteries which are drawn every Saturday through the year. Do tin* and get married a* aoon as you choose.?.N. Y. 8cy. Coy. VVe underaUinil thus South Carolina Hunk hills are selling at 'J per rent pre. iniuui above those of North Carolina, in Charlotte, Nhelbyville and perhaps other point* of the guod Old North State ?! ('Kfrlrfton Mercury. ii. >, me 10 [i in?t., it it < I inserting lours ilitv, 1 7ill iu*t . uni> nyrteil In, :*11 J order l'iI In tie bent In lint 11.nine uf Iweprcs.-iila livesd'op concurrence. 110USK ()K ItEl'KKSEX VAT IVES. The ll ohm: inel nl 1 'J til. Mr. Sijliivaii, Imm ilie Committee on Education, iiiii.le.au 'infuvorahh-fiepoil mi n bill to te organize lliu Smith Carolina Col lege. The IIou*e then proceeded in tlie coi: j c,deration of the General (Iriliim, when lite tnli lo equ tiize the commissions nl ; fax Collector* ?\n* taken up; when, on morion nl Mr. Mcmimiiger, the led ami proposed amendment!, \n-.e recoil)milled Lo the W it.* mill The hill lo repeal an Act, oniitled an j Act to uiererse the amount of properlj exempt I'roui levy and sale, packed the second reading and was ordered lo be sent lo the Senate. The lohowing btlit* were ordered lo lie , upon the table ; A hill to regulate the leuce lawn. i*dl to regal,the dlstrihu lion of the Kiee School hind. The deba'e on the hunk* ?r< resumed. Xlr. T. Y. Simmons, Jr., argued at ' m ine length m favour of the policy of releavmg the banks ; as it was no fault of theirs that the crisis come on. He also argued in favour of allowing the hanks , the privilege of paying out the hills of air :\ it. ^>>iiii- mi |iti? ?i llio lollow i ing r<-?o ll it*11 ; which wan Jig iced to. J if sol rnl, i hat a committee he a|>|iuiiit I cil by this l? iv lu tioiiiiiiale a Piesidcnl itiul'l hrectors of l lie:' 1 ( * it U of the Stale ut : Soiilli Carolina, mul thai a message be I sent to tl-e House of lb-present Htivt a, ask | iitu iliat body lo appoit.t a similar con.- ' mince. Messrs A U Johnson, J !> I'reston, G 1 Mi.O Wiilierspoon, (J Cainioll, A C tiar ! linglon, and \V 1> Porter wei? unpointed 1 the e iiiiniil.ee. 1 he following bills received the second | reading, were agtecd t", and were ordered to he sent '.o the 11 ni-e ot I! -prescnta j lives} a bid to exempt Maiiagris ot V^leo- I lion Ir?tin the performance of ordinary j ini111in ?Jtil\ ; a hill to amend the law in | relation to Uailng with slaves. '11m fa-| vorable report of the Committee oil Mill j inn and Pensions on the petition ol lie J ihany Gay, mother id John M Guv, one I ??l the survivors ot ihe P.iliueito liegi ! tueiit, tor a pension. A resolution foi the adj iirntueiit id (he ' General As*?lllb!\ tint it if, OH H I'ldaV, ttie i 13 li mst., at 2 p in preciselv, hung I Iteeii lirnt amended l?v striking out Kii i nc ncuaie mci hi i i; m., pursuant to : adjournment. *1*1 irt IV 11<?w:nrj l?ills wore p:?ss???I over and ordered i? I|>r:ii*?*?l : 1 lie !louse I bill, exempting Managers ot lC.ei umisTrom ; lite pet formative o(? oidit nrv iniliti.i tlutv ; J a lull to make owners ot bogs liable for damages done by tliein t<> cultivated ! crops ; a bill to nmke owners ol dogs lia J ble lor killing slieep; a bill to encourage | tbe raising ol slieej>, go a Us and iiog? in j tbis State. A bill lo protect die on tiers of neat eat tie; and a bul to increase tbe peiialtx ot selling lire to tbe woods, teeeived tbe third ' reading; and i' was r>-Milve(l ttiat die lulls do f???s ; dial the titles thereof be changed i that tliev be eabeil Aets. Fltmw, 1 Mio.it 4. SKN A I K. T!ie Senate met at 12 in. I I _ t I 1 I - ? - 1 ' '' message ut Ins Kxcelleiiuv, the Governor, as referred to the repeal of the usutvluw* and also upon the memorial of I lie Oh'.l lt-s Ion Chamber of Comnnreo, pia\in<r ley ltd at ion up >n the same laws. Abo, re purled a lull to punish piolessional oHtnino 1 by whipping* Mr. I la in pi on, Iron) the Spe elal Joint | Committee on the new State Capitol, re ported a bill to authorize the issue ofj bunds on stocks to provide means for the | const ruction of the new State Capitol, Mr. Meniiiiiti>.er, from the Ways atul j Means, anions other paper*, reported it I bill to provide for the appointment of a ; commission to devise a new scheme for ' the c'assiticauou of luxation of ie;vl es? i late. The Special Order was called up, when ' Mr. Greo|? completed his argument. Messrs. Wltaley, (i toll terry and .McCar > ter followed, hut wo are compelled to tie t fer the publication ol them. The tlebate , will be resumed to-day. Tin ksuay, Dec knurr 3. SENA IK. 'ci . o . ? ? . . ' lite presentation of petitions, accounts, EC. The Speaker calle<l for' reports of i standing Committers, when Mr. Veadon, j from llie Committee on privilege* and i Kieclions, reported a i?i'l to provide for 1 the election of Slate < Ulcers hy the <Iene- 1 rnl Assembly, ly rii><# voce; read the first | time. Also a hill to provide for the eleelion oi clerks and oidtuaiiea in this Slate; road lite first time. Mr. DeSaussttro, from the Judiciary Conitiii'tec, reported on so minh of the I oilier purpose*. was ordered to lie on llie tlie table, anil the bill was ortlerei! lor a second reading, an<l lite reading having been concluded, llie bill was agreed to, ! and was ordered to be aunt to the House of 11 preaentntirea. Tite unfavorable report of tbe Committee on Roads anJ Buildings, on a bill to provide compensation for Commissioners of Roads, ^Bridges and Ferries, and for other pur pons*; and the bill was ordered for a second reading, and tlio r*ading having been concluded, on the question of agreeing to tbe bill, it passed in the ne.'Ative, and lbs bill wan, therefore, re jecled. IIOU^E OF REPRESENTATIVES. The (louse met at 12 in. The Clerk read the minutes of yesterday. The morning hour was consumed in 3 A * . I..1W.? I , LT.IUXBIR "Z. SENATM The Sor.ato inet Hi 12 m.t pursuant to ' adjoriiinent. Mr. Mi-Caw jjavo notice that on to | morrow he will auk leave to introduce a toil to amend I lie law in relation to grants tor Catawba Indian lands. The unfavorable report of the CommitI tee on Finance and Hanks, on a bill to j repeal the law* against tiatirv. ami for j lice the second resolution, width held < that'tlie paying mil |.y 111h <>tli?-r hanks ! of the hanks Hi'*'. *.i< 1 of their , uwii notes, was h violation of flie taw, as , I the effort whs the issue of a depreciated I euiret.cv. , | , Mr. ..Metintiiiioer's speech (which was a | j lone one) was listened to witii deep inter . | I est, aiel we re^iei our inability to lay it j 1 in fuil before our readers. 11<? u<lvoCatCi] j a reduction of the bank*, a in I thai thev , I si.o.ihl not he permitted to ismo notes for i , I more than one fourth their capital and , | that four;It to he secured by Stale or city Lhoiuis; if they wished to expand, thev j f should he Compelled to deposit in bullion j dollar for dollar, for every one tuey wish | ; ed to send out. Mr. tireojf commence I his reply in op J I position to me r isolation, hut had noli, | concluded when the committee rose. I U'^VC. ?? - j suspend, but it was intended to limit and restrict the batik* so as to prevent llioin , from profiling by a suspension. j Mr. Meumiiiioer then proceeded to give f a li;siory of the banks generally. A j I company of Jilt-ii by subscription get tip! | a capital of a million of dollars, procure j a charter, and isoie iio'cs. They had a j | |nfrfeci right to loan out their capital, but { si soon as all the capital will loaned out, j and thcv issued "promises to pay,'" these ! j notes were not "capital* but "credits." The hanks are aliowod to charge six | I per ce.it. lor those exchange* ot credits, so j long as they woti'd redeem com.but when ; ! they ri'tnse.l to do that, they should not j | profit l>\ micIi suspension, and to secure I I tins end the act ??l 1640 was passed.? I I he just method would ha to make ilie i j batiks pav the lice per cent, to the lull I ho.dor, hul (lie dd)i' iilt\ would be to lind ; tlieif, as money was continually ill circu: latloli , the Slate, theiefnre lerplifed llielll | I lo p it the fit ? per ee it. into me treasury. i t Tiic act was ju?t and protier, and should j be enforced. Mr Metiiiiiinger then proceeded to no j*??rl of machinery, prices were depress J ' ?.'il i:s Knrope. Mud the South would lose i nearly fcdO 000.000 by these suspensions. > Wl'o liaii forged these chains upon u< ? ' W ho were (o blame lor nil this might v in | ! jurv ? Ii wms done by the hank* in New i ! York. They suspended tor a particular | ; purpose, and slil! kept that purpose up, ' i n-r there is more io>ld at present in New I ! York than had t>eer> tor several veais.? ' lie would not say that the banks of this I State had been Concerned with these New | York banks in bringing about this state I of tilings, l?ut thev were so connected! with them in business t'uin>uclions that when the former fell, ours went with them j i Did any ??ne wish to see ll c hanks of this i Slate to le dependant 'ipon the New York hanksf fur one, lie wished torestnet ) and liini> ttiein so as to en*uie a secure I and stable currency, j before the a? t of 1840 was passed, the ! banks when they suspended foileitei their | charters, but llie Legislature eolisiileietl : this an inadequate remedy, Mud therefore ".he act of 1840 was passed. That act | . mippunvU lliai OaliKs wuithl lieter I'fllHIlV. Tlit* hanks I..id refused to redeem their issues wiili cum. anil now the Kiate insist ill that ilie penalty should lit- paid. Could il be said that iliere with no uvils ' arising from a suspension ? Aside from i tin* political evils, there were moral evils, ; w hich cause us to shudder when we j thought of tiictn. The hunks I mil issued promises to pay, . w hich the) refused afterwards to red--em. ami should they not he made to sutler for not fulfill ng their obligations I Should wo s<?\ to tlie hanks that they whre justi , liable in such proceedings, we might with j the same consistency say the same to our merchants and other tradesmen, that tliev were justifiable in refusing to fulfill their : obligations. These suspensions produced groat evils i ! upon the people ol the South. The prices j ! of cotton and nee were fixed in foreign | countries. Before the suspensions, these articles (nought fail |iiices, hut af?er. h\ a ' bauds. The State bad passed laws, and I now calls for the execution of those laws. < Tin* first resolution, wbicli was ns fob ] lows : ' Thai the issue of notes as currency i is a privilege granted to the banks upon I the implied condition tbat tbey will ro . deem stub notes with coin, at (be pleasure of tlie bolder ; tbat tbe failure to peifoiiu ibis condition justly forfeits tbe privilege, i and sboiibl deprive tbe banks ol tbe pro 1 ! tits arising fioin sucb isst.es; that tlie Act i in rel.itloii i?) suS|?eiisit n >t specie pav* i i niei.ts simply c- nieiiipbtles siicli privation | in tlie form of a penally < f five per cent j j ()'T annum upon the circiiialion of eacli ( suspeixled b oik, and tlu* State sbonld in insist upon payment of tbe same, so long 1 as lite banks shall continue to refuse pay I ment in specie,' states tltal tbe issue of ! bank notes as a currency was a privilege j | grallied to banks by ihe Legislature, up j ion cerla ill imjibed conditions; (bat tbey j I should redeem such note with coin at tbe I 1 pleasure of the bolder, and in case of Suit' | lire to do this they incurred a preset ibed j { I. .. I oiuiiiiii now before ilie committee. There j Scarcely any one no isolated hh not ; lO llHVM VtlllH COlinUClion Willi liMIlk* or [ b ink ?hia*'tof?; lie at kiiowled^ed dial In*, ! Willi oilier nenilcinen, were ill a hank, at;d tlmi lie ?as a director of one of Hits | suspended hanks. lie wmi not r?s?|M>ni?i ! t?Ue lur the Action of thai bank for resolv i uiif to suspend? as lie whh absent ; hut I knowing lh.it (lie uenticiiluii who had the ' hnnk in charge were fjeiiilcuien of strict 1 integrity, and would never have consent i*d to suspend unless they thought it would be lor the public good, lie was not so ssiro hut he would have coincide J willi lienj bad he been present, lie felt etn harrassed, for nlnu lie would have to s iy would infringe souiewliat upoii the action of the b inks; but lie, and every member of this House, were lieie in a public cmpnciiy, clothed wit It ilie soveieignty of the fStnle, aud 'twas our J my to see. that the Slate hiitl-r?d no detriment from our ! eruu?e ilio coinp-nsa ion ot Juror*; :i hill I to prevent, tlie saic ul' iiitukii'ating iliink hy iiim-ranl irurtiTs; u lull to amend the luw I in lehitinn to MluiirtV. lloL'SE OF ULCriiESENTATIVES. T >e Lluiinti met ill 1 J in. I lie Specal Order ? certain resolutions : ie ilino t<> the batiks?whh calietl up, , alien Mr Meininingersalt! iIihi he had no l'>iiiit bit that every nniiiher would feel sniiiiiwimt embarrassed alien ended upon i o give Ins opinion upyji dm bill and res ! lo this session, under the rn lo ol'Seiiate, vii: A bill to jToect the ihhiiti of neat | ?* .tt; a bill to ..nieitl the Constitution of | the S t -, so that the Jj.?*? ti< ?! idslrict oi * la eiuoiii sli.ill hcrcalter be kn ?\vn i.n.l desio.iii.ed t)V Hie lu'tiie of Sumter ; a bill to I itit rv ? .' tlte penalty lor setting? tire to the I woods. The oil s Were res?peetiv? ly ordered lor a t.iinl reading to-morrow, mill lo be printed. The following bil!? were Merit to the Senate by t'o* t loose of Representatives. with h | received lite It rat reading and Were referred ; lo lire Committee on ilie Jodieinrv : A bill ! to amend an Act entitled an Act pre*eribtfi?j Iiie mode ot eleo'Mjf C'erks, Sherid* ami < )rdin..rie*?, ratified on t ie twenty tirsi dav I ot Decent ner. in tbe tear id' our l?*.rd one I ttiou-niid eight hundred and thirty nine; a | bill to alter and amend tlte I . w in relation I to the ?jit.little.ilion of Jurors ; a b'1 [ C ./iJ : I from the Smith Ciiritlinian.] Legislature of SouL.li Carolina. Tri:sn.\v, Dcckmiikh 1. 1 . SENATE. Tlie Senate met nt rim. ? I Tin* Clerk road tlie journal ot the pro; I eee<iin of yesterday. Pursuant In notice, and with leave of the Senai?% .Mr Wanner introduced a liill to suspend ilio opor.iiion ?d the second section of > 'An Ael to piov.de against tin- suspension I j of upecie |>a\niont* by t!i?* hanks of this ! State,' paired in the year of our laird one : thousand eight hiuidred ai d forty and for ' til Iter purpose'-. ' I Mr Cam presented the unfavorable report of tlie eoor nit lee on Rouda and ISuild i 'js, on a o il lo provide compensation lor , Illllll Hs'uitKr* O. R ' ids, bridge* and Ferries. and lor olln r purposes. Mi Marshall presented ilie favorable report i f tin' < 'oiniiiiilee on .Miiiiary and Pen 1 >ioiM. or; the lloii-te I ill exempting Mann L'e * of hleeii-ni from the performance of J ordinarv iiiiliiia duly. The II iu>e of Representative* set* to the Sena.e the following hills, \\ hieh had ! leeeived two readings in the Senate at the j *e-sn n ot 18.06 at.d were eoiitimied over i u' clem. n ih ;iii easy matter 1?>r nur leg* ! iduture to work I In? gold or blow oft" the j elm If. Then let ii* have the law i its jm. 1 rily ; we ni.iy be bettered by having aeon: d.nsed form ; a great m my eases of fool, i ish litigation might be avoided, the peaee j ill' our citizens might be less often molest* e<l. and the mass of the people better in* I formed. ' I 'J'lie present session, we sincerely hope, I will carry out the suggestions of the Kxeeutive and Judieiarv, and appoint an able and j ifll -ieiit committee to discharge tliis duty j at ilie next term. .Mr. Kditor, with pleasure I see that "a | son of laiucastcr ** lias established himself | in W'adesbnro' where lie will administer the I veritable stall* of life, in addition to liis pills ai d pi.lister. I am deeply indebted to I Iiiiii fur bis notice of m\ fugitive scribbling and hope to cherish a brotherly feeling towards bini as long as he bails "a sou ol Lancaster," where I also claim parentage and u domicile. * C ASTON. Ifcincnster. S. C., Dec 1st, 1857. ..... m, uiiuM lit i-s a mciuucr oj iiij liar, or otherwise experienced in the "glorious u icerlainti -s of the law/' Our common ci.izens cannot answer the plainest enquiry respecting the law4 while in North Carolina every in.it) is a law) or and politician, yet the practice is as good there as it is here, and the gentlemen of the bar tire art highly respected as any wheie else. In that S ate, live or six months close application prepares n young luan for tne practice, while fifteen or eighteen are reqoirca here, and oftent.ines then he is only confused. I The revised code of North Carolina, (which I have read.) is contained in one. book, with marginal references in the reported cases, decided in purview t f the statute where siteh responses ate found. If I our laws were in two or three volumes, we might hope to obtain a tolerable knowledge of the rules of conduct presented for our observance. We do not lite in the bloody d >vs of Caligula ; we claim to be enlighu cued, and on what do we base the claim? i on lotting the geld, hut is in the ore; that 1 we have the grain, hut it is mingled with tins marble toe of St. l'eter because we can rend an rl write, while our neighbors, less lor uuate than ourselves, are forbidden to touch the Ilolv Scriptures. Ail we ask for is a total expunging of the repealed Statutes, or. rather, a compendium of the existing laws. Toe legislature has partly removed a great ileal of trouble, by issuing the pitml, uilitia, free school, and a few other laws, in pamphlet form, but much yet remains to be done. \N eie a member of that honorable b uly to witness .some of our elections he would conclude that something ought to be ' do no. In the ouestion of being eligible to a vote, no one can say positively what the i .. ....I? i... : - iure, ai the prem-ntsi;anion, will act pfinpu ly in remedying the evil, bv panning n l.?w to reilnce the countless number ol' bool<'? to one not larger than n common IJible. 'i wo volumes at most, as large as Minna's liisiory of .^onllj Carolina v.til eonuin every principle of law requisite to form a coiiiplcle system of jurisprudence. Why not let uihuM thoilnyauf Alchemy, wlom pedant* and pedagogues lunde in\ story tnu palladium of their sorceries,are gone. No longer do we desire the "bouelil of clergy," as understood by tho originators of the term ; Nor do w e, iu this country, wish to lie honored with ' the" privilege of kissing slfc. . ___ ? ?......i.? uciuic our regiment, while la-re on n military visit, spoke of the boiden imposed upon our magistrates and otlu-r otllcers, in const rjueace of their being no regular code of law. And Judge O'Ne.-til, in his charge to the Grand Jury at the Inst tern), suggested to tlmt body the necessity of a revision of the law, and exhibited to them the porplcxi* ty nnd lithor v\ hub accompanies a search for any disputed point. lie further said thai the lawyers scarcely knew what was lair, because it was a task to pore over volume alter volume to find aomo prim- pie or other, wi.ieli one regards as valid while the other believes it to bo obsolete, or that it " ought to be." The Grand Jury, in'.heir leport. touched this matter, and we hope that the l^egisla row n little to in ret his current r.v, iiim-s.? ]t would bo well enough lor the eounti v it lio were a! way 9 a little hard run for change. An overflowing treasury is a euise to us. and our wisest statesmen have so far failed to find u remedy for it. It is so short a lime after tint idhalrsorbIng election, that there is no news afloat ? l'eople think of nothing else,? talk of nothing else, but the defeat of Wood for the Mayoralty. I may mention here though that the Democrats were successful in every Other particular. M WII ATTAN. For the Ledger. The Codification of the Statute Laws of South Carolina. Mil. Editor:?It is a matter of regret that our statute law is in sueli u confused condition ns it now presents itself to the student and practitioner. His Excellency, t # * Gov. Allston. ill his nonarP- - the ceremonies were long, but inuresting. At tlie close tlie Moyor deiifercd lite funeral oiation?an appropriate liibuie to lite memory of the illustrious Wotth. MANHATTAN. New Yokk, Dec. 3, i8u7. Dear Ledger:?I it in tio propliet. IVrHwuu vruUtrlH HOT tl.a .1' s ( r <>| . .e>\ t o 1. I never foil sorer of my thing, litau 1 i.i?l thai ho would oeul Ti.tuan , 0 l it lorticu Out oilierv, inc. Day before yesterday >>ai the dtty of election, fci.d ?re,.v vv..s .lie c.\ciioiiieul The belting i,iu ig'i, an.! riv<.rof bad liquor were t.u?eit down by lite lice and indepcndei t voters. The Mayor Wood tlitit was, has fallen inL< bad order with certain rrsj*rt'iblc v< ./-/ .?, aud some Democrats are disaffected toward? hill), aud hence his defeat. There is a great falling off in the receipt.' of the customs tit this, and indeed at all the ports. Undo fSam has Itatl an til.un. daucc_of money lor several months past, hut has been veiy liberal with it in paying his own debts before they became diic. If the falling oil' in the receipts I have spoken ? I should continue, our uncle may find himscll hard up before long ; and bu forced to hi.r bread riots liave ceased, and quiet, so far as clamor for bread is concerned, prevails in the s'reets. Wc arc ut tbo beginning of bet tcr times. The funeral obseques an J inauguration of the monument of Major CJeii. Wiili.nu J. \V? rtb, on the '23th of November, was nti imposing pageant. The day itself was an auspicious one; the aiinivcr.?an of the evacuation of New Vorli by the Jlriiish, and near about tiie last act of tbc Revolution. The day was li lie, elear nod bracing. No belter day either for its associations, or state of the Weather eould have been selected by our citizens for this act of gratitude to the lamented Worth. The citizens, the militari and various societies turned out in procession. At the lining of the foundational' the monument ..... ...... i^.i.uinuii I'.iiiv. e?i iim miiuipii you need have 110 di ubt The democrats are up and doing. The grentcsj. ciiliiu*i.iMii prevails at public Hirelings, and on the streets. Mayor Wood, will be re-elected by at least, a majority of 15.000. Tieman, the candidate of lite blacks, is, or rather was a democrat, but lias snlVcred himself to be seduced into becoming their candid tie. lie is a weak ambitious man, as his conduct allows. '1 lie blacks hnvo taken bin., imping to run lit in as a democrat, but the sly sneak, ing gnu.e wout win. Fci nundo Wood will beat liitn however; and Ticimm ,v\i I find himself like the tr. itor Arnold, despised by all parties. Speaking of mayoralities! Have you seen the official vote of this State on the 3d ult. 1 It win 18.351 ; making a net gain of something over 00.000, since the late, presidential election. \yill that do for this time 1 The times are still easier ; and money is more plenty, and seekiug investment. Tin