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' a?HIMI IIJIIIIHl ThR IUnK t>T the State. and t8b ftth' lie Expbnditurb.?The Committee on Wayr and Means, to whom wa* referred a r. solutioq of inquiry a* to the aid which the Bank of iha State may furnish the Stale in her anticipated difficulties have reported to the House of Represetitntives, through their Chairman, C. G. Memminger, Esq., that they have conferred with the President of the Bank, and are informed Iiv him, that the Bank i? prepared t<> advance the sum of two hundred thuiuad dollars, called fir as the last installment on the stock of the State in South Carolina Rail/oad Company; and that besides this sum, the Bank could provide the State with two hundred thousand dol lam more in the course of the current year, to twist in her measures of defence ; and that if it were deemed necessary by the State to call for a loan, of the amouut recommended by the Committee to be loaned to the "Atlantic Steam r,/wnttnnii '' fVwt flu*ilr rmilrt nluo till L/iiiiii i wuiu u>*~" make arrangements lo loan to the Company the one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars proposed. This last sum, however, the. Batik, say* the report, would prefer not to advance, no less deemed necessary to ttie interest and welpropriation of 330,000 to he at the discretion of the Executive in case of necessity. There is no probability that this last stun will be called for during the year. To meet I hi* exp-ndi. lure the Committee propose an increase of. 30 percent on the taxes, by which will he realized 8150,000: the bonus on the re charter of the Bank. $84, 000; dividends on railroad stork,J $80,000,-?in all, $264,000; leaving lint 8^6. 000 unprovided tor, the grater pari of which us J -I _ ? I 1.1. t it I f _? vp sum nimvr, ik noi iikpijt 10 oe raiieu lor nil ring the year. VVe trust tliai this proposal to sup ply the Treasury by additional taxation, wiii not fare of the Stale, more especially as one hundred and seventy.six thoimne dollars of the pub lie debt most lie provided for in January, 1852. U<MM il U seen that the extraordinary expenditure proposed fur the present year involves no serious difficulty. Tbe Committee of Ways and Means, in their report aecompanyng Ibe bills to raise supplies and to make ap propriatians for the year, propose to provide fur an extraordinary etpenditude of 9350.00(1, as r recommended bv tbe Military Committee, viz: 9150 .000 f.?r ordnance, munitions, <kc. and 9150,000 for small arms; and a CDiitingpn aplie discredited merely because it is possible' to escape it. With the avail* of the extra'laV the $200,000 proposed to the advanced by, the hank.wouldbearr.pl)'sufficient to meet the above deficit and to furnish the loan to, the "Atlairt.ii; * 8tream Navigation Company." and thus all the great step* of preparation will hate been taken ! without crippling any of the rew>orce*v Mi whose healthful condition will depend thp p'on efr of the Slate to sii*tpin herself in following year*. To beoin well, is the best, assurance of ending well.?Charleston Mercury. All parent* and Guardian* should remember that on Monday the 6;h<lay of January next, according to circular advertisement, the Caro Una Female Colledoe, located at Mineral Spring. . ftl tkio Ai.ltnfeW ton I1 A. w una wuii'i %*-? iiMirn t?uuo??? rough, will .h* -open lor. the rocppionn'' of pupil*. We bespeak fi?r this Culledge a goodly number of pupil*, feeling assured from our knowledge ol (he faculty, that it will l>e found to hear n favorable comparison with any tike establish neat in tfat Country, lite feiouae is fine, the situation naturally beautiful. and is process ?.f being made artificially so, and the health of.h?? part of the country cannot h?? disputed. Let very parent and guardian look to this. dj Wadesborough Argus. Tap Indians in Fuoatoi.?-Tho following letter lias been addressed to the Governor of Florida by the special Indian Agent: t.kdi r.lr ........ m..- n i oka nwi vn ?) > t*\J miS/lj 11UV, ?fj lUl'V7? Sir: I have the honor to inform you that I am acting under the instructions of the War Dec tartment, as agent for the Florida Indians, I tin juui that it ia my duty to do all iu my power to keep them quiet and within their limits, until they consent to accept the litaral terms offered to induce tbem to emigrate peaceably, or until the general government decides on their forcible expulsion. AH but a party of about twenty warriors? ; outlaws under Echo-Emathla-chopko?are, ' and hare been, within their limits, and I hope i that this party will be found within the limits I or captnred before long, by the chiefs and head j tf iL. _ I *^ - ? ? " * ^ men. ? ?ie wnito ony, stolen Irani wr. Sumner's in August lust, was taken by Indians this party took him : and the head chief has prom- { laed to do his utmost to deliver them up as prisoners, whenever we are satisfied that they took or killed the hoy. I am now engaged in col- i lecting testimony in relation to this subject. j It affords n;o pleasure to say, that the pi inciril chiefs arc anxious to avoid a war, and tiiat am not without hopes that they will remove to the West, under the liberal offers of the gorernment. I shall not fail to communicate to your Excellency any intelligence on this subject which pay be of sufficient interest. With great consideration, your very obedi- 1 ant servant, John C. Casky. 1 ? The Fugitive Slave bill of 1792 was drafted ( by George Cabot, of Massachusetts, in No* I vember, and it was passed by the Senate on ted. the 18th of January, unanimously, fourteen ^ members from free and thirteen from Slave poit States voting for it. The House Committee, ^ Theodore Sedgwick and Sheerjaskub Bourne, S. ( of Massachusetts, and Alexander White, of Virginia, reported the bill to that body, by C which it was passed, on the 5th of February, jn tl without discussion. Eight free States were the represented by 31 votes, six slave States by Coir 34 votes; free State majority 7. The bill re- clip ceived 48 yeas to 7 nays. Massachusetts gave Si>n fjje&stolnay. This record shows that free edit< States passed the first Fugitive Slave bill. The " tone passed in 1850 is almost the ssine thing. nnd ??? opin There is said to be some little contention than going on at present between the Home and dpm War Departments. The Indian bureau belongs p, 0li to the former, and retains a place in the build- for c tug of tlie latter. The War Department has rash intueH some complaints, but the Home Depart- of 01 meat has not yet seen fit to change its location, his si fiuneral Scott, has taken too matter into con- of st juration, and has written e. letter on tk? sub- wou! jert tt> tW Setrfe&ry oT Maine Department, -such IIJI rnr-nryT^w-v^^-L-^^p^^ CONFERENCE OF THe.cBTOCti. Tb?>So6th Carolina Al Conference of tte Jfctthoaist Episcopal (L s^utj,j jjfch. op P^e'?-presiding, cloBedty b?rmoniona and gleaaant session at Won tbe28d instant. The following aiAjppoiotments of the Preachers for the ensu..ar>; rn.vRLiisTojr nis^ C. Betts, Presiding,. Cbarleston?Cumberland?* Gamcwell. do- Trinity?W Ajwain. do Bethel?C H Iford. do St. James?Jo^piekett. Black Swamp?A >1 Crietzbr j pjeni. ming. Savannah River Mission ? M ;nbs. Walterboro?P A M Williams^y Jones. Coinbahee and Ashepoo Miss.j r Coburn, D May. Oaketie Mission?1fosepli Warm Orangeburg--W Crook, W W ^ Bnrinvcll?P G Rfiwnvm TP*. ~ ?? > - -'T, tr W Moore, Superannuated Graniteville atui Aiktn?II M Mo Cypress?J VV Kelly, F A Mood. Poo Pen mission?VVC Kirkland.u, Cooper River?E L F.ing, VV Hut Cooper River mission?T E Ledbe\ Beaofort and Prince William mu^_c McLcod, C O Lauiotte. Jenussee and Feriwjok Ijand?C VV, jj A Bass. . , \ : St. Andrews mission?T* be supplier Editor of the Southern Cfristian Advcg.. Wm M Wightman,' Missionaries to China--.C ?aylor and 1D. kins. COKF.SBUHY DISTUOT S. Leard, PresidingElder. Cokesbiiry?A W Walker, C A Crov A P Avant f \ Edgefield?S II Brown, one o be suppli' Pendleton?A B MeGilvary, Si Dunwoot Pickens?J Fiuirer. n?f- 14 ? w ^ " rans .rjountaw?U tliilitrd. \ Greenville Station -A M Fo?t?x Greenville Circnit?S M Green,W H Han nond. Union?R J Boyd, G W Ivv. \ Laurens-?S Townsend, J W Millr. Newberry?C Morchison, E Penrijgton. Mount Try op AflsMon?'J N Boue'ell. COLUMBIA DISTRICT. S. W^Cnper?, Presiding Elde Colnmhiit: Washington street (Wch? Vhitefo'rd Smith. Marion street Church'?J Li Mitchell)"Coitgnree mission?Win Martin. T.ov?m#*nn T^ri-nnlr T ITllrrnrA 1 ? Columbia Circuit-:-J W J Harris. Winnsboro?McCoitpiodnlo, J MenVrfie Lancaster?JoTin A Porter. Camden?H C Parsons, Dailiiigtdfi^-W ET Fleming,'D VV Seal. '* Sumterviile?N Talley, J North. Sumter?H Spain. Wateree mission?D G McDaniel, A J C& jen. J St Mathews?Williamson Smith. GEOtlOBTOWN ntSTOU'.T. . ,TR Walsls, Presiding Elder. Georgetown?Jatnes Sti. y. San tee Mission?S P Taylor. Comvnyboro?J Parker, J P House Black River Circuit?S Jones, W M Lee. Black Mingo?A Nettle?. Black River and Pee Dee Mission?M Ea; r, L A Johnson. Marion?M McKihben, W A Clark. Heiinettsvilk'?J M Bradley. Cheraw Station?J T Wjghtman. Clieraw Mission?W J Jackson. Chesterfield ? W C Clark,one to he snppliei Wadesboro?C S Walker, W E Boon. Albemarle?VV S Ilalton. Wuccamaw Mission ? J A Miniok, A P Mai i. Snmpit?W Carson. Society Hill Mission?J A Mood. Ll.NCOLNTON DISTHICT, II II Dur.mt, Presiding Elder. Charlotte?A (J Stacy. Charlotte Circuit?D .1 Simmons, J VV Talk r. > Pleasant Grove?VV C Patterson. Concord?S D Lauey. Lincointon?J II Zimmerman. Spartanburg Station?W P Mouzou. Spartanburg Circuit?VI P.uketf, Rutherford?P F Kistler, C'rttawha?L Scarborough. Shelby?0 A Chrietzbcig. Morgantnn?J L Shufoid. McDowell?II1' Franks. Lenoir?D McDonald, i'orkville?L M Little. wi hi t voton di-tkict. W Jlarrinirer, Presiding Elder. Wilmington: Brick Church--W G Connr. Bladen?J H Robinson. I) liters, nvetteville Statio i?J II Wheeler, ayetteville Circuit?A 1 i-vin. Rockingham?W L Pegties. Montgomery?\ L Smith, A M Rush. Jape Fear Mission?-J T Munds. lugh E Ogborn and W Barnes, SuperanuaV T Capers and D D Cox, loft without ap? llments, in consequence of ill health. ^ ?'ext Conference to he held at Georgetown, 1 ,oiv"uiik8nct> oprkcii.? we are not nlone be o|)inion we expressed the other day of speech of Col. Cliesnut. Among some unendfltory notices of this fine effort, wo the following. Tlio eorrospondnt of thee rtan, a member of tlio lionse and one of the ors of 'he paper, says : .Mr. Chesnut is speaking ably, logically, eloquently. I ant delighted. ,My own k?:.? L;I?. iwua ai? nciii^; uruvvicu ? itu inure <uillliy I have the presumption tn claim. Hu is onstrating the certainty, at least the high lability, of the Union of all the staple States ?ur common purpose; and deprecating any or precipitate separate action on the part ir State. He speaks still, and rises wiht ubjeet, we hear the unmistakable evidences atesmanship. I am prnud of such men? [d that wo had moro Fuch ? many more Stoong us. baa dwell a noldo spcwb," - - ?. w *4-^m.-UF..!??.y.u '"!B.1. .'T.? im; The correspondent of tbe/0reenvillo Mountaineer salt; ; .. " Many / able and splendid speeches, have been mada- since tbia discussion oomnwnced. And it is but justice to say that the younger members of the Legislature have far outstripped the older and more experienced. Col. James Chestiat, Jr., made one of the most statesmanlike and substantial arguments that have yet been heard."?CnroJini'tn. mmmmmmmammmmmmea?mmmmmmmmmmmmmm TJEE JOTOHAIL, CAMDEN. S. C. TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1850. ^T"\Ve certainly owe an apology to our worthy Council for rathei insinuating a blame upon tVipm in nnr rplafixrp tr? flip micmcnutrpmnnt i at the Depot. We knew that it was in the town j limit?, and thought, consequently, that they had | particular supervision over it. It is however, under the immediate control of the officers of the I Company, and the accident was owing to the neg- j ligence of one who was hired to watch ahoutthe ' Depot. Wo are also pleased to learn that the watchman was removed and a more attentive one supplied. We would blame 110 one wrongfuily. Our motto is,''honor to whom honor is due," ar.d in this instance, no blame to the honorable council. Our acknowledgements are due to onr friends and patrons for the kindness and patronage bestowed upon us in our enterprise; as we are now entering upon the duties of another year, we earnestly hope that these kindly relations may continue and be abundantly multiplied. We promised in our preparatory enitorial one year rgo, to do our part towards making the relationship then assumed mutually" pleasant and agreeable; we ftp-nil! rf;r>jat vtm u ill pnrlf-nvnr tntrr /if nnr frianfta -o- r ? ,w *; v-"will excuse a slight innovation upon grammatical propriety) to do our duty, upon the (feme terms Miat were then proposed, provided that we hadhe right sort of kelp; this is fair and will ot course ucgest itself to each of our friends, and we hope ill be manifested towards us in the right vay ; f of which will be duly appreciated and thank- i J !y acknowledged by us as the publics obligfed C> 3 obedient servants.; . 5 The Closing Year. , welre months with all the varied and multiP'l events of hutnarr life.-have passed since our ' \ 'nAuction to tlie public through the medium of l'10amden Journal; and whether in our Edito- , rial|)0rs as calrrrrs iOr their literary tastes we ljav\r0ved good purveyors cr not, we are incomjont to judge. The verdict is with our pa- t Iron? Jio are to condemn or approve ^s best 6uits their Mination and judgment?of one thing however n.vre certain, that according to circum- I stances,have endeavored to do the best we ^ ^ could: id after all this is doing considerable, as much abnst as any and the best of us can do; for ( rfoon the hex! his ciroumseance allows. '^i|vc!!,?ei? nobly, nnce.s roitld no more." Under Vj best and most favorable circumstanes the Gloria! life is not :he most desirable: , ?ose who'pagine it an easj task have OL'Iy to bke the lAl to satisfy themselves upon this point ~n the fireplace, ^ '"Thar tiinr who wills to plow, nf_.. i . i . kiu?i I'lfuiv crawi upon ni? Knce?, And H* ihe hand that K?auhim; lr if lie ihrp nttempt u> walk, W niark that others rlinlked, And rrir;# to all that meets Inn." j fi^ifocting he agreeable in a multitude of oth' or w^ijive will the devil* ott pi and never dun any bu\_R|| tiis would do very well if provided ^ always, p ennfy pet what we wanted without money r.i withait Price. Not jet having learn- t cd this j7Tys opeiavdi, we have not come down to our work'{hp pwcess of humility as the forego- ^ ing lines ir^nte. knowing that with certain individuals it i\ffiCuIt? 2 thinrp to suit them. IJ'U n nt iterfret cm*. For r!yj ,|?.7 Mvrnr 1he was cheese " '' nr,vSon?d tlisinnc them," Kor "?y F.ilimrinl wight Ho" n?y |f, dobnt what i* right, And let1?rumblecrumble." m ' 3 rar.eii to the Old Year. ( j 1850 is pom !yj another year has been added ( | to the past! an^jih its joys anfl sorrows, its |j j griefs and its ]>l\ires, it is gone! Who would j, j have it hack 1 I i\ many to-night, "ere slumber's j, chain has bound tm," will reflect or the inridents of! 850? I Iflthe pleasures of the year will rise in onr memo* an{j like the mountain's a summits dazzling iiie sun-light, loom along our J travelled pathway, a.then across its brightness } will flit a shade of sorv> as memory lingers over 1 the erave nf ?nme rli-ai?1_*_ j i kT ' , ---a nope, now win v come the spirit of some }jnfr smile that met us oil the lace of beauty, and f^ed an orbit around our hearts?But alas! 'tis bn]ie prelude to a sigh of ^ Badness, which the cold Mitios of nctual life pro- j voked. 1850! IIow mom&U|S jn the death of the j great and good! 'Tis enoi, to say?Calhoun ! The dying year?why it about to become a s part of eternity. Soon it w be laid in the grave .-yard of time, and its silent tost post up its ne- ( counts as evidence against il? who were actors, ti Can you cancel yours? H* often might yoti v have advertised during 185 "Lost, a goldptt ^ hour, decked with sixty goidt minutes; tio re- v ward is offered, as it can neve>e recovered."? How many have vou made ha.v dnmmr o v ? "? **"??? It is something worth all the treses ot the earth 8 to bo happy, and sometimes a Vy easy thing to c confer that priceless treasure, 'ho has been a miser with his smiles? A smilo the troubled heart is like a sunbpam to the marhr whose path ' across the stormy wave has been > days wrap- * pp.d in clouds of gloom. Who feels\at the world ^ has not hoen bottered by his having red through " 1850? 1851 is just before you, for tprovement p ?welcome it by renewed efforts to baman?and C before its close, link your name with^e destiny a of the human family for good. g \ c Tho South Carolina Oonfareuc, o Tho action of this body at its session, Wch has h cloCfe'd* ebotte that thby aft r?ght\jpon th6 K V \ MfcBfH'.l1. UWIHI.HWig HW'W.IH.HHU.IIIIIAJWI.IWIIHIJI'IIW1 slavery qites'ticp. Resolptions were offered-' by Whitefoofd' Smith and were unanimously passed, condemnatory of the late action'of the General Conference of the M. E. Courch South, held in ^syfast in St Louis, in refusing to expuigate the Ninth section or slavery clause '<rora the Book of Discipline, and also for the printing of a new edition for the uee of the South Carolina Conference with this obnoxious and outrageous article left out. Not a word was said in justification of the General Conference in this action of "higher law," which with other pow.ers they have arbitrarily assumed demonstrate tothe world that they are independent of and superior to the luw of the land. We intend to publish the Resolutions offereJ by Dr. Smith as soon as soon as we obtain a copy, or nr. nnnr* n.- ? iL - fit . 1 V dc suuij uc wiry prar hi nit) organ oi uie cnurcn. Reflections at the "Grave of the Year." Several years ago we found these lines published by request in the Charleston Courier, taken "from some ephemeral publication." We admire them very much, and think they are not inappropriate on this occasion, as to-morrow will dawn ou THE GRAVE OF THE YEAR. Be composed every toil and each turbulent motion, That encircles the heart in life's tteacherous snares, And the hour that invites to the calm of devotion, Undisturbed by regrets, unencumbered with cares. How cheerless the late blooming face of creation, Weary time seems to pause in his rapid career,. And fatigued with the work of his own desolation. Looks around with a smile on the Grave of the Year. Hark! the wind whistles rudely, the shadows are closing, That enwrap his broad path in the mantle of night; While pleasure's gay sons are in quiet reposing, Undismayed at the wrecks that have numbered his flight. From von Tpmple were Fashion's bright tapers ar" lighted, Her votaries in crowds, decked with garlands appear; And as yet their warm hopes by no spectres affrighted. Assemble to dance round ths Grave of the Yeiir. Oh! I hate the stale cup that the idlers have tasted, :When I think of the illsof life's comfortless day, how tne flowers or my cniianood tneir verdure , have wasted, And the; fricnds'of my youth have been stolen away. Ihey think not how useless the warmest endeavor To recall the kind momenta eeglected when near. When the hour that oblivion has cancelled forever, Are interred by her hand in the Grave of the Year. Since the last solemn reign of this day of reflection, What throngs have relinquished life's perishing breath, [low many have shed the'last tear of dejection, And closed the dim eye in the darkness of death.1 [low many have sudden their pilgrimage ended, Beneath the low pall that envelopes the bier, 3r to death's lonesoma valley have gently descended And made their cold beds with the Grave of the Year Tie the Year th'at so late, with new beauties declosing, Rose bright on the happy, the careless and gay, tVho now u? their pillows of dust are reposing "Where the sod presses damp on their bosoms of clay. rhen talk not of bliss?while our smiles are expiring, Disappointment still drowns it in misery's tear; leflpct and be wise, for the day is retiring, And lo-morrow will dawn on the Grave of the Year., i'et awhile and no seasons around us will flourish, But silence for each her dark mansion prepare, iVhere Beauty no longer her roses shall nourish, Nor the lily o'erepread the wan cheek of despair; tJut the eye shall with lustre unladed be brightened When it wakes to true bliss in yon orient spherp, 3y sunbeams in splendour immortal enlightened. Which no more shall go down on the Grave of the Year. Fata! Accident. We regret exceedingly 10 learn that a serious icaident happened on the Charlotte and Southj Carolina Rail Road.at Elkins Mill, 10 miles from roluntbia, and the 24th inst., by which several ives were lost and a number of persons seriously njured. From the Fairfield Herald of the 25th i nst. tr? lparn the lollnwinfr farts rplatinrr tn thp ! ;illed and injured: "The following is a statement of the killed ind wonnded as far as we could ascertain. Gidson, Agent of the Co., killed. I child of Mr. H. Powell, killed. ^ negro girl the property of a Mr. Lj'les.kilJ'd.! Jen. Win. A. Owens, said to he seriously injured, and compelled to return to Columbia.: S. G. Palmer, Sr., President of the Company, severely injured. Jen. Owens' son, seriously injured. . R. Shurley, seriously injured. . Leitner, seriously injured. Several lady passengers were piore or less i cratched and bruised, hut not seriously. Great praise is due Mr. P. P. Chambers, oft Columbia, and Mr. J. E. Dunlap, of York Dis-1 rict, passengers, who at the risk of their lives,' I'ith the assistance of others, aided in rescuing i mm a watery grave several of the passengers, i'Iio would otherwise have perished. The following Cards we find in the Telegraph f the '25th inst., from the President and Cheif Eninecr ot the Road, giving a statement of the ciru instances relating to tho unfortunate accident on le 24th inet. Accident, on the Charlotte and South Carolina 1 lail Road. ?It is clue to the public that a brief ! ccount of the accident which happened on I lis rnad to-day, should he given, in order that ie various rumors which have been set afloat in ?gard to it may be corrected, and for that pur? i oso the following facts are briefly submitted: | >ur passenger train left the Columbia depot I . it II fit A .1.. t i me usual nour, wiui some iweniy passen- < ers, among whom was myself, and had pro- I eeded about ten miles without any appearance ' f derangement- The engine and baggage par ' ad entered a few paces on the trestle at EJ1. I toa1 mill; and tbti p^ssbnger car wqp jort about I xjtfi.M mimnn i in ,ii ii Renter when it wng discovered, from the coo6taot thumping of the wheels on the crosstiee, that they had gotten off the track. The train proceeded a distance of aboutl50 feet, and the engine had just come to a halt, when two of the i ends of the crossties gave way, and precipitated the passenger car alone from an elevation of thirty feet, into the pond. The car fell bottom upwards and slantwise, thus enabling the passengers to get out-through the windows, All the passengers were-more , or less bruised, and Gen, Owens sustained & dislocatfon of his arm and a tolerably severe cut on his forehead - medical aid was promptly afforded by Drs. ToLind and Gibbes, and all of the passengers who escaped from the car were pronounced altogether out of danger. Upon examination it was ascertained that Mr. Nicholas Gibson, Depot agent at Winnshoro; an infant of Mr. and Mrs. Powell, and a servant girl of Mr. Lyles were killed by the accident, and were supposed to have come to their deaths, the two former by violent contusions and tho latter by drowningUpon an investigation of the cause which led to the. accident, it was ascertained that tire break-block to the front wheel of the hind truck had been detached, from some unknown cause, and lodged in front of the wheel on the iron rail, and was the cause of the car being thrown. from the track. These are the facts as noticed during the progress of the accident and subsequent to it. The trestle received no. injury whatever, and two trains passed immediately over it. Ed. G. PaljIeb, Pres'L In addition to the above, 1 deem it my duty to state, that the cars were examined this morning, before leaving the depot, and all were in good order. The engine was in charge of an experienced and careful person, and was going very slowly at the time?was stopped as soon as it was discovered that the wheels were off the track; but too late to avoid the accident I cannot allow the occasion to pass without expressing mv thanks to Messrs. 'Poland and Gibbi-s, for their promptness in repairing to the"; place as soon as sent for, and for their efficient aid to the sirffcrers; also, to Mr. and Mrs. Elkins who cheerfully rendered every aid in their power. W. M. Stockton, Chief Eng. Columbia, Dec. 24th, 1850. j + Got. Means' Message to the legislature is ^ perfect specimen of Sophomore oratory; full of flights and tropes, and political commdruras, and breathing hatred to the Union from the first line to the 1 ist. It has not, however, produced the least effect here on anybody. It is under-, stood bore by letters from Charleston and Columbia, that the President's letter to Gov. Seabrook has put the Governor rather in p. qutand try; And that if be does not feef ashamed of hi3 proceedings, he is at least aware that he has been tnado to play a very ridiculous part: This is what the redoutable Hessian (X) says relative to South Carolina. Any thing pertaining to State Rights is a conundrum to him, and one that he has "given up", long ago. But we presurne that Governor Means' message had full as much effect there, as X's "stupid heroics" have here. But who are those letter writers to ?*hom you refer, llr.X? We ask, requesting an answer, which if we do not get, will force us to suppose, that, like the most of your lucubrations, they are the despicable and meanly infamous originations of your own servile pen. For the Journal. THE CONVENTION". This body will hold our honor, liberties, lives and fortunes in their hands. The crisis in which it will meet the vast responsibilities involved in its action, demand all the wisdom, caution, couraae and firmness that South Carolina can bring to this great council. In order that Kershaw may act her part :u. << . 1?? witu uigiuij' ?uu uuiiuy in iuis grriu argument, we nominate the following gentlemen, viz: Hon. Thos. J. Wethers, Major John Cantey, and Thos. hang, Esq. 'Phis ticket will comhine the elements desired; high talent, large experience, deep and abiding interest in the great issuer with courage and firmness equal to the crisis. HARMONY. Fur the Journal. Messrs. Editors: John Cantey. Thos. Lang and L. J. Patterson are respectfully suggested to the people of Kershaw District as fit and proper persons to represent them in the State Convention ; they are men who wi:l not waste their energy in talking, bat they are men who will act. LYNCHES CREEK. For the Journal' STATE CONVENTION. Messrs. Editors: Without any desire to fore, stall public opinion, we venture to suggest as suitable delegates from this District, our es. teemed fellow citizens, Capt. Thomas Lang, Mai. John Cantey, and Col. L. J. Patterson. CAMDEN. * Thr Fugitive Slave Case.?Xew York Dec. 27, P. M.?The case of Long, the alledired fugitive slave, was brought up for trial this morning, and postponed until the afternoon for further testimony. During the evening session a colored man came upon the stand, and testified he saw Long in New York at the time Dr. Parker 'swore he saw him in Virginia. The rn-gro, on being cross examiued, flatly contradicted himself and his evidence was rendered wo;thless. The court adjourned until Saturday, to allow time to execute a habeas corpus. [ ' 9 Cold Weather in Texas.?We learn from the Houston Telegraph of the 13th inst. that the. effect* of the late cold weather indicate more, injury in all parts of Texas than has resulted, from frost tor ten or fifteen years pe*t. The hardy vegetables that usually grow throughout . 1. 1 II I _ J __ winter, nave neanv ail oeen ue?in??ru, aitu orange trees three or foqr years old, that wprn partially sheltered, have been cnt down to the ground. Swppt potatoes that bad been boused and protocted by straw severai inches thick, bnvo been frozen. The cane (that was protected in the u?unl manner, is found in many in. nances nearly ruined. The sugar crop will lrotiably be diminished to a considerable extent . ?y tWs'dtuVfc. iftfrpold was ib fntfeqt* on ' \ i