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ptrceived, and an exchan;;* rtrj-j: j'.cd by ne-r!/ a'. the bUitS. Tne Digest pr?par cu Uy Juage lot-V-iid^ t/det^ yoti: a ready . moeie ol furnishing such laws as have been # enacted, prior to us publication. I'hosc subsequently enacted qan be also conveni ently procured. Two events have occurred, during the present year, which reqnred a resort to military foice. A tew runaway negroes, concealing themselves in the swamp and marshes contiguous 4o C >m o-ihee and Ashepoo rivet 6. not having been interrupt ed in their petty plundering* for a lonj^ time, formed toe nucleus, round which, ali the illdispos^d and audacious near them gathered, until at length, their robberies became too serious to be suffered with im punity. Attempts were then made to dis perse them, which, either Lout insuffici ency of numbers, or bad :\i rang^ir/crrr served by their failute on'y to encourage a wanton >l^tnirUoa 4>f ? prope-f-t-v . ? Tlu tr force now became alarming, not less from its numbers, than from the arms and awu nition with wlrch it w?is supplied. The peculiar situation of the w iole of that por tion of our coast, rendered access to tnem difficult, whilu the numerous creeks a id water conises through the marshes and round th * islands, furnished them easy op portunities to p'under, not only the plants ers in open day, but the inland coasting trade also, without leaving a truce of their movements, by which they couhl be pur sued. There was but. one more sffcee, to a *>tate of things, altogether intolerable T to prevent which, I ft It it my duty to use the public f/it? and the public money. I therefore ordec^H ? irokxiel. now Major General Win. Yotingblood, to take the ne ces>ary measures for suppressing them, and author-Wed him to incur the customary expencev-of such an expedition. This was immediately executed. By a judici ous employment of^lhe mili ia under his command, he either cap1 ured, or destin ed. the Whole body. As the amount of the eXpences authorised, has not yet been ascertained, and of course not paid, I ask of the legislature to ptit at the disposal of my successor, a sum adequate to redeem my promise. ? The other event happened in the neighbourhood of Camden, ft ap pt iU'H that a scheme for organizing insur rection among the slaves, had been for years^ contempla'ed by a few desperate cha racers there. They had nearly matured their plans, when a communication ol thtm was made, m the latter part of June last, to a faithful servant, "belonging to a gentleman in that neighbourhood. By him I was immediately advised of the plot, whereupon I directed one of my Aids, l.ieut. Colonel James Chesnut, to adopt such a course as would lead, not only to a hitisfactory knowledge of their whole project, but to its effectual prevention. His measures corresponded \Vith my con fidence. They were as successful as they vtrre judicious. Through ????tru ment ality of the good servant alluded to, he car ried on a counter plot, by which he was enabled to procure ample testimony to con vict the principles, without resorting to the evidence of the servant Who made the disclosure, and to seizts upon all who Were implicated, befttie the slightest suspicion oft heir guilt was entertained by any one, except tho?e engaged With h m to prevent if They were immedia'ely delivered up to the'Civtt^'authority , and haVe been all punished efceept one, wi.om the court par doned* However certain of failure every such project must ultimately prove* from the circumstances in which we now tiuri out selves placed, it can scarcely be doubled, that but for the loyalty of tbe servant men tioned, that much injury would have been sustained, prior to the final destruction of those* wh<K ho rashly, plunged themselves into ruin. If he has *nvcd the hfe of a sin gle person, or the house of one individual from fire, for massacre and conflagration were both embraced in the project, his services to the public are so important as to lorm a strong claim on your generosity, lie has always supported a good character, and been for a course of years intrusted with the care of a great port ion* of his master's property. All that his master can do, to better his situation, without proclaiming his case to the neighbourhood, from which he is restrained by a promise has been al ready done. Short of his freedom, his re ward will not be ample, and this is more becoming the legislature, than any other. is name and every circumstance connect ed with his ewe will he fully communica ted, t<S any committee of your body, should they be required lor the purpose of provi ding for his freedom. These incidents admonish us to a t:nreful revisal of our patrol system. Perhaps the agents selected for its execution are pro per ; but the responsibility under which they act, is believed to be inadequate to a jnst administration of it. If the duties to be pei formed by these agents, are to be considered of a military ftattire wholly, as by some they have been, no evil could result from recjnirihg superior officers to ?uperintend thtlr execution; if of a civil character, the tid of the courts of law might be *u cessfully resorted to, by add iiii^ an additional clause to the oath admin istered to Lhe grand jurat*. ? Tlx.?e cVcutv together Wilh the occurrence ol Boxi)'* insurrection in Virginia, induced certain enquiiusof the attorney general ; his let let ih reply, marked 12, is laid before you lor your consideration. It is nut possible, that youi deliberations oil these aubjtcii can be concluded belore that remoi seless, merciless italic which brings among us _s aves cl all descriptions front other states. and winch is a reproach to our morals, and an outrage to our feelings shall press on you for conecr.on. It is time the course of ceasless cup d?ty, alike regardless ot coun try u n v I consequences should be arrested, high time, that our streets and highways should i?e Ireed f?om the crouds ol suffer ing vie- tims, that are constantly dragged -tirrotrgti them, to avarice. The lights of hu.nantty ? a wise policy ? the prayers of liu; just, l. 11 tequufethat the dci.Khiiui avo cations of domestic hie, should be no Ion* gei defiled by the presence of convicts and malefactors. The time has passed, when all our feel ings were excited in relation to militia drafts by the general government. We then saw the e fticietic v ol our institutions paral ized ; the public order threatened; " ihe veil of the temple*' ? ol the constitution vent in twain" ? Yet the redeeming spir it of the people, w.tiiout disorder or com motion, patiently struggled through the difficulty# The period has now come, ?L^wlu-n wc can ckdiberately, and without pas-. I siSnand prejudice, review the progress of events, touching this interesting subject, and decide, whether it be not necessary by timely j rovKun, to guard against simi lar occurrences in luttire. It can scarcely be denied) that, a power ought to l)c lodg ed somewhere, competent to cull out the physical forcc of the nation, lor national emeigencics. liowever inexpedient and dangerous it would be to strip the state govermeut of .di>o?hoiity over the m litia, and ve t it exclusively in the general gov ernient, it can be neither to give to th's last, complete power over it, for the speci fic puiposes enumerated in the constitu tion. Such a power appears to he a neces sary attribute of sovereignty, and essenti* al io i'ts prese' vation. Whet her, rmlitia drafts were improperly withheld or not, by some of the siate^. cluriug the late war, is not necessary now to discuss ; it is suffici ent. for a 1 good purposes, that we know Contests concerning the exercise of au thority over them during a slate of war, have arisen and may again occur, not onlv in relation to the constitutional right to call for them, but also, as to the sphere in which they may be employed. Such an evil ought to be removed. "This is not an aTi'a i v involving party considerations at all ? it is the great business of the nation. to provide lor the nation's safely. What ever may be the political character of con gress, it otight to have full power u to provide for the calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions"? to de fend the sacred soil of their country, with out the possibility of its being eluded by que rilous reasons or factious arguments. I therefore recommended an amendment of the constitution of the United St..tes on this subject, to your most serious deliberation. You l.ave agam assembled, fellow citi zens, under the most propitious political c?rc umstances.-? The peacfc of the nation undistuihed, its character elevated and re vered abroad ? the empire of the laws per fect ?.t home ? blessed ^itha goverment, in st tilted by the p ople. and administered for their foenifir, which like, the atmosphere pervades every thing, ye!, is no where felt ? secured alike in the full exercise of our religious and our civil rights? enjoying ail the happim ss 44* legal liberty ? -the poor educated ? the educated hap;>y---the peoyle virtuous and every where industrious, proa perous and conteitted. That such a rich stream of blessings should be poured out to us, at a time when all the nations of the earth with whom we have intercourse, arc made to eat the bread of bitterness and sorrow, call for the most grateful and ear nest thanksgivings to the great Author of every good. Under Mich circumstances, you have come up to the appointed house of the people, with none but dispositions faithfully to do the work of them who sent you, in which may yf>u be so enlightened, with i4 that wisdom which is from above" that all your acts may advance your per sonal character and the public good. DAVll) R. WILLIAMS* HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7 uc*fhy} A member 26. The following resouhion was considered and agreed to, viz. Resolved, that in fu ture the chair dispense with the reading of petitions,, except in those cases where ft member may request it, and assign his reasons for doing s. A message No 1 was received from his Excellency the Governor* 500 copies of which, together with certain documents relative to Cherokee lands, accompanying the same, were ordered to be printed. II 'rdt:csdays A 'ovemle CT. Mr. John L. \V ilsoo, pursuant to notice ^ivcn^ uUiodticed a b?.i-xo abolish- the court ol equity, establish a court of supreme an appelate jurisdiction, and for other pm poses, which was rtrad a first time, ?nd ic-s ferred to the jndiciary committee. M.. Lance, pursuant ?to nonce given, introduced a hill to amend an act enticed an act to afford landlords, or lessots, an exp<2>diUous and summary mode of gaining rtipnsfti sMnn (mm tenants oi- lessee**. v. Ik? sltall hold over alter the determination of their leases ; which was read a first time and referred to the committee on the judi ciary. Mr. Wilson, pursuant to notice, intro duced a bill to authoiise a sale of the pub lic lands to which the Indian title has been extinguished ; to call in one third of the paper medium loan office bonds, anopsia- ^ blish a branch Bank at Georgetown, which L wa* read a st ft mi rr ferred to ttie l committee of ways and means. A message was ordered to be sent to the Senate proposing to proceed on Friday and Saturday next to the election o f vtni public cfTiceis to be tlected during the present sessicn, exci pt governor, lieuten an -governoi , senator in congress, and elec tors of pt tsicknt and "vice-president ; and informing that they had appointed Messrs Spann, Sitiiui.% Savage, Kowell, Harper and Rhodes a lommitte tojjoin a commit tee ot the Senate, to repot t what ofticts are vacant, and also ptoposing to proceed on Wednesday next to the election of gov ernor and lieutenant-governor, senator in congress, and electors of president and jjvice-president. A message, No. 2, was received from the governor, accompanied by the comp troller's report and exhibits ; referred 10 the committee of ways and means, with instructions to hate such of the said ex hibits punted as they might deem neces sary. The following resolution, submitted by Mr. Mitchell, was oidered for considera tion to-morrow, viz. u Kesovied, that it is expedient to establish a Penitentiary in this Slate " xhurxday^ Aovebrr 28. A message was received from the Sen |-ate informing that \heyrhad ap|H>irtx*d cer tain gentlemen a committee to enquire in to the expediency of establishing a Peni tentiary in tins State ; requesting tt at a committee mi^ht be appointed on the part of this House ; whereepon a committee was appointed to confer with the commit tee pt the Senate mi that subject. Mr. Hayne, agreeably to notice, called up the bill to alter |he 3d section _ut' the 10th article of the constitution ; which, after an animated and interesting debate >yas read a first time and ordered to two readings UHimrmw. batvnLiy^^Kovrmlicr $0. . The committee appointed' to comit out the votes for Attorney-Cieneral of the State, reported that John S. Richardson had a majority of votes, who was accord ingly declared duly elected. Mr. Hayne submited the following re solution, which was considered and agreed to : ? rt Resolved, That the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, be authorised to appoint a suitable peisyn as Librarian of the Legis tatme, who shall give constant attendance at the Library Room, during the sessions of the Legislature, to furnish books to the membeis, Sic. and that the librarian re ceive a com pensat ion of a&tOO per annum." A committee appointed to count the l>al Iots for tax collectors, reported lhat the following persons had a majority of votes : For Cltramont, James Caldwell?Claren don, Stephen Ross? -Orange, Jacob Rick enbatker ? Salem, W. Wilson ? Laurens, John H+tch ? Marlboro^ -C harle* St rot her v* ? ^ - - - " ? ?Edgefield. John Key? FyirfieHU James Bealy? Pendleton, Jas. Dou? het? Spartan burg, Thos. Poole ? Abbeville, W. H. Caldwell, ? St. Peters and St. Michael, S. Burger ? Marion, Richard Godfrey ? St. Lukes,? Hugenon ? York, R. Davidson. Whereupon the above persons were de clared duly elected tax collectors for their respective districts. The committee appointed to count the votes for Comptroller Gen. reported that rt^preHWfcll had a majority of votes ; who was decltred duly elected. Columbia, December 3. COMMENCEMKNT The Commencement of the South-Car olina College took place on Monday the 2d inst* At atom ten in the morning, the procession formed in the College campus and pioceedcd to the Governor's House* where it was joined by the Trustees; whence it proceeded to the Capitol, and re ceived the addition of the members of both branches of the Legislature* who had pre viously adjourned for the osc.asion, From the Capitol the whole procession moved to the College Chappel, where a brilliand as semblage of ladies had already convened. The exercises of the day were opened with a prayer by the President ? Then followed I* Salutatory Addresses in l^atin and an Oration in English on the utility of Ma th?rr at'; r.l S/c .. c, hy Henry Gibhes* An < ) i vi i v lit- 1 c. u> a I Sy; tcin ? by rvamrG. t> .rkcc. 3. Depute on this uues lion ? -? U Inch is the mi.'s,; desirable char acter. Uir Sv hoUa, the lUro. or the Fati i ot l.v Sumticl 1). Gcuidin, Lewis H. l!ollt?way and Fheodorc Uoimiiu. 4. An Oiat:en on Duelling, Lv Anhur j. Att lhat'on on Literary I ntei p? ise, by Wro. S. Wilson. 6. Discu.-.s on 'if the compai itivc advantages of tin. siudy of His tory and V hemisti y ? MUuny, by Ja7nes~ H. lrby anil David Campbell; Chemis tiy, by James IFiblxn and Jas. Faris. 7. An tfr ration on Despotism, by Win. S. Campbell. 8. An Oration un ilie influ ence of Education on the su.bili-y ol the Govermenc of the United States, by Charles I. M' Donald. The decree of A. B. was then confered on the following .young Gentlemen, all ui iinrm ol the college : Wade Anderson, ti . Hukfc r, JTJ^eptfV. TTevan 7 Jol\ T T "WT Bird, John Blake, Edward C. Bievard, Aithur Buiv, Jamrs Campbell, Wm. S. ? Campbell, Mitchell Cook, llenry Deas, James Patis, Pattick II. Foikcr, George L. Ford, btmpson Foster, Henry A. Gib bers, Samuel Gourdin, Ttnolore Gourdin, James Ilibben, 1/cuis Holloway, Win. lr by, eld ward D. C . Jenkins, Charles I. Mr Douald John J Mauger, Kichard F. Simp son, John F Thomas, Thomas W. Tho rn ts, l)av:d L. Warldlaw, John N. Wil liams. \Viiiiam S. Wilson* The degree of Master o/c rts% was con fereci on the following graduates of the College, viz J e pt ha Dyson, Kobcrt Means, K chard Mann.ng, Benjamin T. Flmoie. John B. O.neat, John (i. Brown, Bay lies J. liarle, David K. Means, W m. A. Bull, Arthur U. 0,Hara, Wyatt Stark: and Mr, Hene Godard a graduate of the University of Nanu, wai admitted ad cun - dim. President Maxcy then deliverd to the , Graduates an elegant, appropriate and tru ly classical ail chess, and the exercises were closed by 9. An Oration on the benefits which men of Genius and Learning ror.fer upon Society, with the Valedictory Ad dresses, by David L. Wardlaw. Lrom Niks' Weekly Register. CHANCE or HABITS. It was well Observed in a laic British pa per that a fapitFchange was quietly taking place in Ametica [i. e. the United Stales] as to the use ami consumption of British manufactures and the writer went on to slate the probability that, in a very little time, the present great market for their goods would be lost to ihcrm ? &c* ? I~huve mislaid the article, and quote from memory on y ; but such was the suhstauce of hit remarks* ? - " ?' ~ thousand, perhaps of our own people are fully sensible ? but the change is taking place, and will take pla<e, notwithstanding the present nufxtrjiciul appearance of things is so much against it. The imporwtion of British j?ood is yet enormous, and they arc selling at prices insufficient to p?y co?ts and charges? the. pound sterling of the i r# voice is often, it is sa.d, / airly sold for the pound curency at A ew-Yorl' ; and all, or neat !y all, of our large manufacturing esta blishments have more or less, suspended ? , business.* But the s ate of the" fit st can not last ? there must be an end ? to these vast sacrifices ; and the other has but little affect, indeed, in a national or general view ; though it is a deeply interesting subject, and one which excites the best feeling of the patriot* M Inane Hrigga, who, perhaps, under stood the matter as well is any man in the United States, in his admirable and inval uable essay. laid before the Committee of commerce and manufactures^ at the list session of Congress, and Inserted ip^clie IXth volume of th*^A(||feXI.Y Keoistkh, page 289. &c. gave it as hfif Opinion * that if a reasonable encouragement were afford ed, we might assume as a fair average t>f ' the whole of the present year (ISIS) 600, OOO spindles operating on cotton." The piobability, however, | is, lrom many cau ses needless to recapitulate, that not more than half that number ever were Actually operating on cotton in the U. States, at any one time ; but it is difficult to conjecture the number now ? many of the :tTon* having nearly stopped Work, new ones have commenced busine! The following estimate was handed to me at my requett, by a gentleman of great 1 respectability ai*l much experience m cot-*? ton manufacture, and may be relied on fof our present purpose /?Hr Supposes that No* 1 2, of spun cotton, is the average num ber wove in the United States* and saya that 1000 spindles will spin 1750 hanks ill a day, equal to 146 lbs. [No* 13] which 146 lbs. of yarn will make 440 yards of cloth, and give employment to about 50 looms. These are the data on which life pro- ^ ? Lhirflij tho-e on the ?ra- board. The let* ?er , but more numerous work*y in the interior # hove gun* on about am u*uult and have al?a extensively increased .