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PROM TUB MOUNTAINEER. a PUBLIC MEETING. 1 On the n^M.uiduy in August last, a meeting ( *v< $ ?: the Court House lor the purpose of tiki-u into consideration the propriety of giving ^ the ewtrioM of Presidential Electors, and Goveri:- j, or uf the State, dhfectly to tins people. ?A Com- j mim-i* of ht Jcen was appointed to prepare a He- t ?j 3|9 port and KoaoiutioAa to be submitted to a meeting r ? ! S?li; df\V V* -inhcr. 1 lu moec??*f mice with the proceedings above re- l (erred to, a meeting was held on Sale-day last, c when Josiali Kulgore, Esq. was called to the Chair i (tilts Chairman of the previous meeting not being t present) ami J. Choice, Esq. appointed Secretary. , Alter llie organization of the meeting, the follow- t ing Report was submitted by Dr. O. B. Irvine, (Chairman of the Committee of 15) which was ad- , vocated insjseechos of some length by Dr. Irvine, j Maj. Perry, Capt. Brooks, and opposed by Dr. ( Crook, after which it was adopted : REPORT. > The Committee to whom was referred the Res- 1 olutions of the meeting of the citizens of Greenville ] District, held in the Court House on Sale-day in 1 August last, have taken every opportunity to meet I together and to consult upon them, and they beg leave to offer the following Report, viz : The Committee have first exumincd the Consti- ' tution of the United States where it prercril>es *h<- ( mode of appointing the President. flic following is the language of the instrument on the subject: That "mcMWi i to ahull appoint, in sncli mnnwr I ?u the Legislatures thereof may direct, a number : of Elector* oquul to tlic whole mnnberef Senators Representative* to '-Inch the State may f >< entitled in the Cong* ess," Sec. Sec. This language si'enii'd to the Committee to be plain, susceptible of but one construction, as to the powers conferred upon the Legislatures. The Legislatures were appointed by the Constitution simply the agencies, mo far only, as to direct the manner in which the Hectors, should be appointed by the State. A brief analysis of the wording of that clause will conclusively show this. Its words are these : ' "Each Slate shall appoint a number of Electors," &c. &c.; "The Legislatures thereof may direct the manner." There is surely a difference between the doing an act oneself, and the directing others how hey msy do it. It'it hat! intended the Leg- ' isiuieres to appoint the Electors themselves, it w?.. J huve said so ; its language would have been . n o . , imp- rative, as it is in all instances in which a pow- ' er "-conferred. ^appose, ror Instance, thar the Constitution Viml 1 int; *sted to the Governor of the State instead of the Legislature, this agency or directing the manner in which the State shall appoint the Electors, and the Governor, instead of doing so, had tuken upon himself the appointmont of the Electors.? AVould the people have submitted to it for a moment ? So palpable an encroachment upon popular suffrage would not have been attempted l?y an individual ; but where is the difference, in principle, between the usurpation of power by a single nidi vidual, and the same act l?v an organized body of individuals, such as the Legislature of the State 1 The Committee, in every light in which they have viewed tiie subject, confidently assert that the Legislature of South Carolina, by retaining in tKoie ?1 * " ' uv.ii m 111 iiic election ot the .Electors lor I President, have disobeved the Constitution of the ' 5 United States. They have misapplied a trust, simply, that was i onride ?the to. and have thereby withheld ffotn die people a high prerogative i thju wfr* Ojt"sf clearly con tarred .jjpon them. By i\ f , the net that iheV von -n.!y sc.i JhorititWlo dimrt -he manner iti which others should doit, tKoy ive, to that extent, disfranchised the people; legislated them out of the suffrage for tl" . yhe-t <i.'u,:. r krnwn to the Constitution of the 1 "lli'e,! n.ltfo Jcotn die argument; or further comment on this it ranch of the subject referred to them, wholly unnecessary. They contemplate the subject with surprise, astonishment and regret ; that the people of South Carolina, so republican in feeling, so intelligent, and so watchful of all encroachments upon their political rights and privileges, should so long have acquiesced in so plum and so palpable a usurpation of their suffrage, a suffrage, loo, above all others regarded most dear to a freeman?that suffrage, too, which, on repeated occasions lias been so profligately abused, under the control of the Legislature or rather, the politicians of South Carolina. The Committee here would have gladly passed over in silence those former acts of the Legislature, but they belong now to the history of the State, and they arc referred to only as history?"philosophy teaching by example," and as a warning to the future. How often has the Legislature of South Carolina repeated that most disorganizing of till precedents, that of bestowing this hi^li suffrage of the ' o O State upon men who, at flit) time, were not cantlidates for the ollice, scarcely known to the peo pie at all, hut who happened, tit the time to he the mere ephemeral favorites of the dominant party of the State; and thus, in repeated instances, the dearest right ever wrung from the hand of tyranny ?that high prerogative for which the patriots and statesmen of *?G and 'c>3 toiled and counselled, lias boon withheld from the people of South Carolina, and prodigally wasted l?y her politicians, to he hestowed on their party favorites. The Committee trust that so dangerous and so capricious an abuse of the elective franchise will never again he tolerated in South Carolina. And from this part of her political history the Committee are almost led to distrust the wisdom and the policy, i?*? tlu; first inttCilutioif cf iILsW.T.1 bodies, tor CiKK\CctTtivc appointments, more especially that for President of the United States, in place of a direct vote by the people themselves. The history of every Presidential election, not only in South Carolina, but il>'? ? ^ 1 ....... me v? huiu country, lunusnes out loo many evidences to strengthen such distrust?all our experience in Presidential nominations and Presidential canvasses, has shown that every step through the invention of electoral bodies, of whatever name, whether of Congressional Caucuses, National Conventions, or State Electors, all, all, are hut so many steps, over which to multiply the chances lor defeating the will of the people. Political agents intrusted with the suffrages of the people are never lacking in pretexts to substitute their own, in place of the people's choice, when it has suited their own interests or promoted the schemes and views of their own party. Ifadinitteil that flu; people are capable of self government, which a half century's experiment has not yet con- , tradicted, why are the people not allowed to be- , com#; their own constituency ? Why the creation of an intermediate constituency 1 why this body of Electors, much less, as in South Carolina, first a body of Legislative Electors and then, through | them, a body of State Electors, all professedly to ( vote for the people, instead of the simple, honest , democratic vote, by the people themselves t < The Committee are brought, by their invesf'gn- I tinns, to but one conclusion. It is this : that the i Legislature of South Carolina, in retaining in their own hod v, the control of the Electors for the Pros- t ident and N ice President of the TTnifed States, | have violated the Constitution, arid in repeated in- t stances, have abused a hicrh and important suf- v frage, be!- "gi:ig, a . it ha.: of right. #> the people, p I .nd therefore should, at the first session of the next .legislature, be restored to thetu. The Committee proceed, next, to consider the Governor's election. By the Constitution of South Carolina the elecion of the Governor has been vested in the Lcgilature. Will the people admit that this was, in he first instance, wise or proper! The Kxecuive, in organizing the State was intended a sepaate and distinct branch of the dhmc Government. Gut here, he is dependent on ai*thcr branch of ho same Government, the Legislature. They llect lllin ; thev ri?irnlnl?liiji aiilarics nf tl.o'.r xiill I w J Vrc the |>eo|)le prepared to admit that his election is insafc in their hands ? Has lie a patronage, by vhich to control, or in any way influence his clccion amongst them 1 None whatever. It would seem, then, that consistency, if not the rerv wisest considerations of State policy, called or a transfer of this suflerage. Tliis, above all jthers, should be under the control of the people, l'hey are the only legitimate consistency ; vested ' n any other body is anti-democratic, and violative if the principles upon which our State Government >vas professedly established. All our political nslitutions professed to lie republican?the people, the acknowledged source of all power?their GSovcrnmcnt, a system of agencies?their agents to he directly responsible to them! Rut, in South Carolina, what a departure from these boastpd fundamental principles J The highest officer Known in their Constitution is not appointed by the people. The chief Execute of their State !?y the manner ofhis becomes, virtually, n creature ofa'. ? .nuiicli of their State (jovemmsnt, removed antl protected, in his responsibilities and sense of official duties to the people, by an intervening body of electors," the Legislature ! To account for these inconsistencies, lit the origin of our political institutions, is not difficult when we reflect jliut it was common then to regard them all as so many eaywtwew/.*. untried <mi uncertain in their stability and duration ; and hencelhe framers of all the first Slate Constitutions, acting in distrust of the wisdom and discretion of ihe people, to a very great extent disfranchised ihein, and heaped upon the Legislature a patronage and an influence over the appointments, that was threatening to the rights and liberties of the people ; ami to remedy these first and palpable errors in tlie distribution of the elective franchise, nearly every one of older States of the first thirteen, have been reforming their Constitutions rind restoring the right of suff rage back to the people. Ami further, not one of the new States, in I he formation of their Constitutions have attempted to withhold from the people the appointment of the Governor by direct vote. It becomes a subject of enquiry, why it is that South Carolina should be so fur behind in the work of democratic teforin. While nearly all the States of the first Union have been remodeling tbeirConslitutions and extending the elective franchise upon the true democratic busis, and making themselves ftractico/li/ republican, she remains nearly where she was in the experimental days of our republican institutions, so slow is the change of political opinion among her citizens. And but lately has her people been permitted to elect some of the subordinate officers, such as the Sheriff's of the Districts, the Clerks of the Courts, the Tux Collectprs, &c. Occ.; and in relation to these elections loo, the opinion was but lately prevalent that the people were incapable of making even these, judiciously. But are the people not awakening to their vights and duties and interests ? "Will they stop .r and be content with these small elections, when die great suff rage for the cbeit Executive officer of their Stole ? <m * *Wi*i I It is again ask?a; r1 J r f r5: n i'iii' ?j; uw '-natr oui ?owiy, and with i: stealthy hamf. thmfc mino<* ttr.'d comparatively 'insignificant appointment*, when the election of the highest ami most responsible officer of the Stale is withhold frotn thein, invested as he in. Uy the Constitution, with some of the highest powers ami duties compatible with the l ights and liberties of the people 1 A bare enumeration of bis constitutional prerogatives and duties will demonstrate the importance of his appointment hy the people, viz : That of reprieving and pardoning the citizen after conviction of his life?he is the Commander-inChief of the armies and navies and militia of the State?the chief executive officer of the State, presiding over one of the great departments of the State lioverninent?whose duty it is to see that the laws are faithfully executed?to recommend to the Legislature the great measures of policy they should pursue, and the laws they should enact? with power to convene and adjourn that body under certain circumstances. These, then, are his powers and duties under the Constitutions; and will it be conceded, that with nil these powers and duties and influences, operating so directly upon the people, that his appointment was more wisely vested in the Legislature? Are they prepared to admit that it is not safe under their own control ? The Committee entertain a very different opinion. They believe that the opinions and wishes of the great mass of the people of South Carolina are now in favor of reforming this suffrage, and that a general expression of opinion, a united action on their part, is all that is requisite to effect it. The Committee would here close the subject, but they arc aware of the fact that there are onm." i.. .1 1 - -> .......j ....... .^11..13 mruuunowi me country oppose*! to any reform whatever, but, at the same time, entertaining among themselves very discrepant ami conflicting opinions in regard to the whole matter, one opposing all constitutional reform, on the ground that Constitutions are too sacred, too timehonored and hallowed to he sacrdeged by the meddlesome bands of the people ; "better to bear," they tay, "the evils we have, than fly to these we know not of." JVo/i mr tangerc, is their maxim. While another argues that a Governor's duties in South Carolina are so limited and unimportant that his ofHce is a mere sinecure, and why trouble the people with his election, which, us they .allege, it is so demoralizing and so distracting to Unpeople to multiply the number of elections among thetn. These are afraid of ultra democracy?that tint people will not stop at the Governor's election, hut will demand all the others?that a pure, unmixed Democracy, a political licentiousness, will he the consequence of such indulgence to the peo* p!e. Hut these are all exploded doctrines. Time hns refuted them, and the Committee will not argue them. Hut there is one objection which the Committee will notice as more formidable than the rest, because of its more general prevalence. It is asserted that any reforms of the elective?franchise are unnecessary, because, under the right <;/ wie people possess the power to control these appointments, if they choose to exercise it. This is their argument. " The people," they my, "elect their members to the Legislature; they have the right to instruct their members; the member, so instructed, is l>oun<l, as their representative, to obey the instructions ; and so they mjoy all the rights and benefits of sufl'rage, ns "idly and effectually as if they were to vote di ectly themselves." Now, in the opinion of the Committee, this is he argument that has quieted the minds of the icople of South Carolina ever since the organizaion of their State Government. It has been vielded by the politiciann, to conceal from the icople the practical operations of the elective i franchise, and to delude and defraud them out of one of their highest political Privileges. But it is all false and delusive ; a# fdtse in practice, as ia theory it is specious and plausible. Every voter in the State will recognise what is the fact, in relation to the Governors election, that, at the time of the State Legislative eloctfons, there is never a candidate known to them to* the oflce of Governor. How, then, is it possibA or practicable for them to instruct, whep-sjbro have no available cundidute in whoso lavortVrey can instruct? They are compelled, from this very circumstance, to make their elections to the legislature, regardless of any individual preferences; the candidate for the Legislature may have fbr thte Governor's appointment their candidates, then give no pledges to the people. The people can give no instructions to the members, nor do they ever ask any pledges; and the first that they are permitted to know of the Governor's election, they learn it from the ballotings for that office, among the proceedings of the Legislature. No one will deny bnt that the Legislature maketheir own choice of the Governor, untrammelled qy their pledges, or any instructions hy the people But admitting that it were practicable for the | ?ople to instruct, docs it follow that the Legislatuie is the most safe and suitable body through whiph to make that appointment J The Committee think not. The Legislature and Executive are both equal. They are both equal departments of the same Government. | Their lunctrons and duties qietifically ei foment? I the one lCxpoiitivf, the other Legislat \-e; the 'creative electoral, cqntrof^pver both raiding in j the people, in tl.oii pr'tWIry ca| icifiesN where I alone it can be tnainttmcd in its ip'v and Republican simplicity, Our State Goverwyi nt is Orfranixed into three distinct departments, Legislative, Executive, and Judicial, each endov ed with separate and specified powers. And i their declaration of rights, many of the States 'declare that these shall he Jorerrr kept ?? ?*? :;. d distinct from each other." But in Soi h Carolina, they are not separate and distinct?the Executive is appointed l?v tlie Legislature./ The Executive in South ill .1 1? > i3 wiuLuiaiij liL-jicnucm inr irs existence upon the Legislature. The one is effectually merged into the othek Now if the Legislature may go on to absorb the Legislative department of the State Government, may it not the other ? Is the Judicial now safe under its encroachments? Is the tenure of the Judges left quiet? Is there no danger tba: the Judiciary may sink under their curtailment: ? Where, then, will h? the guaranties for the liberties of the people, who all the departments of' the Statu Government are i centred in the Legisliture ? The work of een- ' tra!i?att?n, so much cveadcd by Republicans, is then completed, and thl people are left, as they ever have been, in all instances of usurpation, the name, only, of their Government, while they are living under a Legislative despotism. May it not be so now ? Is thatbulv not now essentially omnipotent?omnipotent} through the extent and influences of its appointing patronage ? It is fash ionahlc for politicians'to fall into paroxysms of dread of such monsters as Executive power ami Executive patronage. But there are no such monsters to bo dreaded, us Legislative powers and Legislative patronage? Is one tyrant more to be dreaded than one hundred and sixty-nine ? But neither of them are monsters nor tyrants, nor to be dreaded, when the appointing patronage is held and controlled by tbo people. " the C'-mmittec close'the! "Report, they w !' e'urn onco more o the argument ui the right r srructioir, as this, by mufly, is regarded 11$ iIn; 'i:i-..efl>c]f?nt gear in'ae ofpopular suffrage, j -4tv! vi 01. wUioft tl - - * -tlv.. ?. " -11 t , ? VSf " T" -IT - ' "" reform. - 1 Admit, then, for. tjw; sake of drgufecnt, that nil the candidates, for It be offices of President and V?ee President of if ?S., and f.?r Governor of the Stare, were t nov- .l *5 the pen; !r before their ! elections to tiio iiuili Legislature, the Committee can easily demonstrate the fnct, that not even then, is it practicable for Ihcm to attain their full suffrage for all these difercnt appointments. It becomes so, from the vkry diversified character of the functions and dulcs of the members of tlie Legislature?there bang no kind of congruity in the functions of lawmaking, and the selecting those high officers; itlis made their duty to appoint. It is most cwdeut that it would rarely ever happen, that theflgreut mass of the voters of the State could find fa the same set of candidates for the Legislature, fitness and qualifications for a Legislator, whoso views and preferences for all those appointments vould coincide with their own. Every voter who witild vole upon principle, and aiin to secure his full suffrage, would meet with this difficulty. He vvtrtJW be forced by this very circumstance, to give up some one of his own preferences, to secure another that he might deem of higher importance. The Committee therefore conclude by repenting, in pan, the language of one of the Resolutions: "That this mode of elections in South Carolina is incompatible with the rights of suffrage; that it has operated, and must, from the nature of the system, continue so to operate, as to deprive the people of their ownunhiussed choice of some one of their liigldy responsible officers of the Genera. or Slate Guv eminent, and therefore ought to la* < :ni o< d." After the Report had been read, discussed and , 1 M t .11 -J <* V < - -jr., r i i itj oiierca win following Jtesobition, which was parsed by an almost unanimous von- of tin; mooting ;< Therefore Jiexvfrtl, Tltnt this address bo published in the Greerville Mountaineer, and that copies of it be presetted to each l?ra; < h of our Legislature by the in (Mi be rs of the House and tlie Senator from this-DlflHict, and thai they l?e requested to do all tlicy can to effect tbo object of the same. J. K.ILGOIIK, Cliiurman. , J. Choicf, Secretary. 1 j_? SOTJTH CAROLINA, Spartanburg District* in tiik court of ordinary. ['arhnnt Rici :.i I .vu'e uad otters, \ Appiicuuls. f Summons in vs. > l'urtitiou. I'.luabetli Ikniuir and otlu m, t rii'fendants. J JT appearing to my Hntixfictinn that I'.lizatxMh Rnuiar, ? ............. in.iiiiir, cpcncer 11 unar. Matilda Dolour, widow of Armst<-<l Itosuir, Sr. deceased, Caroline Dom.ir, Irvin lloninr, Mary Bomur and Surah Donuir, children of the said \nii?t?'d Honor, Sr., drteiuril, defendants in tliia rune, reside from and without the limits of this Statu. It in therefore ordered that they do ap|>enr and object to the division or sale of the real estate ot Arinsted Domar, sr., deceased, on or before the third Monday in ! November next, or their consent to the same will he taken | pro con/ftto as to thctn. a R. BOWDKN, o. s. p. Ordinary's Office, August 28, J844. 36-3m l asli Tor iVegroet*. rpilK Subscriber wishes to purchase*a large number of Ji- Negroes, for which liberal 'prices will he (mid, and in C'nali. OOV'AN MILL?. August 7, 1844. 33-9t A. J. W. LAND?Tailor. rpilK Subscriber respectfully infornis his friends and -I- the public generally, thot ho has opened ft Tau.or's Shop, in Woflford's buildings, Up Stairs, over J. H. Well's Store ; where, by strict attention to business, ho solicits a share of public patronage. August?, 1841, 33-ly / f J * DRUGS & MEDICINES. 1 THE Subscriber ban just received from New York, a general assortment of Drug*, Medicines, Faints, I>ye Stufli, ?Scc., consisting of most of tbe articles usually called for in that Hue. Miysieians and others will be supplied with Medicines, doc., at the lowest Cash prices. WILLIAM B. 8EAY. Spartanburg, March 13, 1844. . ly JAYNE'S IIAIlt TONIC?For sale by ly WM. B. 8EAY. JAYNK'8 EXFKCTOKANT?For sale l>y ml3 ly WM. B. SEAY BAILEY'S SHAVING CREAM?For sale by ly \VM. H. SEAY. TAYLOR'S BALSAM OF LIVERWORT?For sale by ly WM? B. SEAY. OI.BRIDGES BALM OF COLUMBIA?A preparation for the hair, for mh by WM. B. SKAY. ly CASTOR OIL, Sweet Oil, Spirits of Turpentine, Oil of Spike, Black Varnish, Copal Varnish, Oil Vitroil, Cologne Water, Rose Water, Lemon Syrtip, Balaam Copnivu, for salo by WM. B. SF.AY. ly LAUDANUM, Paregoric, Cinnamon, l'epporniint. Lemon, Bergnmot, Nitre, llartahorn, Curminative, Bute man's Drops, Godfrey's Cordial, &c. See. for wile by ly WM. B. SKAY. COPPERAS, Madder, Logwood, Cain Wood, Red Sanders, Rod Lend, Dry White Lead, Chrome Green, Chrome Yellow, Vermillion, Prussian Blue, Litharge, S|minish Brown, Sp. Whiting, Yellow Ochre, Putty, Glue, &c. 4*c., for sulu by WILLIAM B. SEAY. ly CONFECTIONARY. AGonernl Assortment of Caudica. Raisins, and Scgnrs, for cnlu by WM. B. SKAY. ly WATCHES ! \V ATCiySS!! ~ A Few very line Gold and Silver Lover Watches, and plain Watches ; Keys, Rings, d-r., which would bo old extremely low for ('ash. or good Notes on short time, for sale hy WILLIAM B. SEAY. ly l\ DEAFNESS. ^ DR. McNAIR'S ACOUSTIC OIL.?Those deaf from infancy, often receive, in .11 moat miraculous manner, their hearing, w hen they least expect it, hy some trifling accident or event, which shows them how easily they might have much sooner had their hearing, and saved themselves and their f: lends the ??niii <>f nuiMri. 'ilia; in n loud touo with nit pleasure, or of being neglected Mild shunned, to nvoid lhat distress which in felt mutually by the douf person and his hearers. How sacred a duty, therefore, it is. that wo use all necessary mount to remove .-ti- li an ullliction, uiul enj<?-- the social qualities implant. d in our natures. All deaf persons should use this Oil?For side by WILLIAM II. SI"AY. Spartanburg, May 13, 184-1. lv KOLTMSTOC ICS V E RMIFUCi E. THIS Remedy for worms is one of the most extraordinary ever used ; it effectually erndicutes worms of nil sorts, from children ami adults?For sale hv m!3 ly WILLIAM B. SEAY. HAY'S I.IN1MF.NT?No fiction, certain euro for the l'iles?l-'or sale by m 13 ly - Wm. 11. SEAY. DR. S. IIEWES Nerveand Hone Liniment, Indian vegetable Elixir, for the cure of Rheumatism?For salt m 15 ly by Win. II. SEAY. DR. Sl'OIIN'S Headache remedy, a certain cure foi the sick headache, either nervous or bilious?Foi nil5 ly side by Win. II. SEAY. ("4 ON.N EL'S I'AIN EXTRACTOR?An effectual and in stuntaneoiis antidote to fire, in all cases of burns ant scalds?for sale by Win. H. SEAY. mloly ROACH vV BED BUG BANE?forsalo by m 15 ly WM. B. SEAY. French corn plaster?fors.de by m 15 ly W.NL B. SEAY. POUND CHLORINE ToOTII WASH?For sal. . ,,j iim. i?. or.Ai. inlb-ly OHiKNTAIi WATtK Or COl-ll, * bcAutifiU lotion nnd a perfectly Mtfo wash for the complexion?Foi ale by WM. B. SKAY. ral5-ly KOLMSTOCK'8nt'OMPOL'ND Fluid extract of Saraa parilla, for rale by WM. II. SKAY. ml5-ly SUl'KRIOK ORRIS TOOTH I'ASTK?For nolo by ml.Vly WM. B. SKAY. ITALIAN DKNTIST8 Coiii|niiiu(I Orris Tooth Wash? for wile by WM. B. SKAY. ml.Y-ly DU. LIN'S Celestial Balm of Cliinn?For wile bv hi 15-1 y WM. B. HE AY. PATENT MACIIINK SrUKAl) Stren(<tlieiiiup l'lus tern?for wile by WM. B. SKAY. inl5-ly The above invaluable Medicines tire for sale by Win. B Seny, Spartanburg, C. II.; Crenshaw A Ailiekx, York villa; Bromley Harris & Co. Chester: .1. Me.Master Wiiineshoro*; .1. S. Swindler, Newberry; Win. Itiibe Laurens. Spnrtanburfr C. II., May 15,1811. 1 v JUST RKCKIVKI)? Muriatic Aeid, Aeetic Arid, Tartaric Acid. Kochelle Salts, Aipia Fortis, Atpia Amoiiin. Wine of Colehieiiui, iMur Aiuoiiia. Bole Armenia. Sweet Sp. Nitre, Balsam Tola, Ceunndc Balsam. Cotworve of Rose*, (itnn Ciiuijihor, Ilyde. 1'otash. Quinine tie Sulphate, Lunar Caustic. Corrosive Sublimate, Red l'recipitnte, fiuin (iuiac. Crotou Oil. I'ulve. Arsenic, Oil lU'riruuiot. Oil Lavender, Oil Orange, Oil Ngjhfrns. Liquorieo Hall. II >ttcn Stone, Scotch Snuff. McAbov Snu 11'. Sliavitv. Sonp. ToiletSoap. Wafers per oy., Turpentine Soap. C route Yellow, Lamp i.litrk. * Tugfilirr with iiiuuv other articles, for wile by WM. H. SF.AY. Spartanburg, May 2f?, 181 -I. ly /.V EQVITW STATU OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Spartanburg IMstricl. 11. F Hates .{ others, 1 vs. ^ llill of l'artition, & Mark Croekcr ami Wife nml others. y IX obedience to an order of the Court r.f Chancery, ii this ease, will lie sold at Spartanburg Court House, oi Sales Day in November next, tin- realty of Anthony Hate* deceased, as exhibited by plutts I. 2 and 3. -Lot No. ' encloses ?60 ai l ce, and is honuiled by lauds ?l'T. I'urket J. King, and A. Ilarinond. Lot No. 2, comprises 123 acres and bounded by lands of .1. Gore nml others. Lot No. 3 contain'ml.' 07 acres; and bounded by lands of II. F. llate and others. All the above Heal Kstate will be sold iu twi equal annual instalments, with interest from date, ex ccpt the costs of the proceedings, which is required t be paid down,?also that the purchaser give bonds am good security, together with a mortgage of the premises t secure the purchase money. T. O.Y. VKRNON, c. x. s xi Sent. 1 1. 1.144 I.V EQ1JITW HpnrtmiburK District, South Carolina. R. T. Sims and wife and other* 1 Kill for the parti tio v?. > of laud. Dr. Samuel Snoddy. ) IT appearing to inv cat infliction that the defendant Di Samuel Suoddy reside* from and without the liniita t this State, on motion of lleury X- Dean Cnmpluiimiit^ftt Iicitors it is ordered thut he tin appear within three month from the publication of this rule aud plead answer or dc mur to this hill or the same will he taken pro eon/e??o. T. O. 1', VKRNON, c. c. s. i>. Commissioners Offico, July 10th 1844. 29-3m state of South Carolina, Spartanburg District. IN THE COURT OF ORDINARY. WittfAM Parius, Applicant, } vs. f Snmmont in LAiuroRD CARTnr.i.L and I Partition, others, defcnehint*. / IT appearing to mv sntiafartion that Nimrnd Cantrell Abraham ('autre 11, Cale*b Cantre-11, and Inane Forth* fotir of the* defendants in this case, reside freim anel witli exit the; limit* of this State*. It is the*re!fe?rc oreleroel, thn the*y do appear anel object to thee eliviaion e?r mile* of tlx re*nl estate of Mary Cantrell, dece-nse-el, e>n or leefore the 20th day of September nc?t, or thoir consent will be fak on pro eonfesso. n. nownr.N, o. s. n. Juno ID, 10 11. 26-3m I THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. At a general mooting begun and holden at Columbia on tbe fourth Monday in November, in the year of our Lord one thouaaud eight hundred and forty-three, and from thonce continued by diverse adjournments to tho nineteenth day of December in the Mine year. A Bill to alter and amend the first section of the Consti* tutioa. Be it enacted by tbe Senate and Home of Repreientafive* now met and tilting in General Attembty, That the first section of the third article of the Constitution be altered and amended to read as follows : "The judicial power shall bo vested in such superior and inferior Courts of Law and Equity, M the Legislature ahull frmn timo to time direct awl establish the judges of each lioroafter to be elected shall hold their commissions during good behavior, until they have attained the age of sixty-five years, but no longer ; "and the Judgea of the Superior Courts shall ut stated times receive n compensation Air their services which shall neither be increased or diminished during their contiuuaniro in otlicc; but they shall receive no fees or jierqtiisites of oflico, nor hold nny other office of profit or trust under this State, tlie United Stutcs, or any other power." In theSenato House, tho nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three. Wo certify that the above bill has been read during the present session, three times iu tho llonse of Representatives, und three times in the Senate, titid was agreed to by two-thirds of both brunches of the whole reprcsenta lion. ANGUS PATTERSON, Speaker of the House of Rep. W. F. COLCOCK, President of the Senate. Skciiktaut's OFrtce, ) Columbia, Julio (i, 1844. J T do hereby certify the foregoing to ho n true and literal copy of a Bill entitled " A Bill to niter and amend the first section of the third article of the Constitution. " Passed on the l!?th day of December, in the year of our Lord on? thousand eight hundred mid forty-tlueo, und now in thia m office. Given under my hand ami tho seal of the Stnte, the day and year above written. WM. F. ARTHUR, Dep. Sec. of Stato, In tiik Hovse or Representatives > December 1G. 1R13. J Resolved, That tlie Clerk9 of the Senate nml House of Representatives ?k> cause the bill passed by this General Assembly, entitled, "A Bill to alter atjd amend the first section of tlie tliird article of the Constitution," to be pub* fished three months previous to the next general election for members of the Goncrul Assembly, agreeably to tbo provision* of the Constitution. Resolved, That the House do agree to the resolution, 1 Oidered. that it bo sent to the Seuatc for concurrence, ' lly order. T. W. GLOVER, c. h. a. In Henate, 1 , December ID, 1843. ( 1 Resolved that the Senate do concur in the resolution. ' Oidered that it be returned to the House of Rep. by order. WM. MARTIN, c. a. %-#' The following i?npcrs will ropy tho above onco a week till the second Monday in October, commencing tho 1st July: South Carolinian, Columbia; Journnl, Camden; Observer, Georgetown; Gazette, Cheraw; Mountaineer, Greenville; Spartan, Spartanburg; Advertiser, Edgefield; ' banner, Abbeville; Messenger, I'endleton; Gazette, An' derson; fanner's Miscelluny, Yorkville. July 3, 1(544. 28-lot Viibtt Notice. ALL jiersons indebted to me by book account, are reipiested to settle tho same with Jesse Mason, or E. C* Leitner. lisii. To avoid putting my debtors to cost, I have | employed Air. Mason, at a considerable expense, who boa been travelling for several weeks past, and trying to col^fc lect my accounts ; but thnt plan having frilcd. 1 now r for the last time, those who do not pay off their ncconnt* soon, will have to pay cost. My situation compels me t? collect my del.!.:. * JAS. J. VERNON. ' i MANSION HOUSE. mnr q..i.? 1? - ?? ? f 4 . _ fuiiN nuvr nun again iukcii cillirgC OI niK well JL known I Intel, in Spartanburg Village, which will !> carried on under his own control mid direction, by part of . bin own family, in plain, decent style, nnd will accnnimodate travellers una hoarders at the regular Country Tavern price*. StiM'k driver* who muy jmss through said village, niul choose to give liiin a call, will be ncconimn. 5 dated with suitable lot* for'feeding stock, Corn nud fod? del* aold them a* cheap a* can be atlordcd, and all waggon. era will be furnished wilb a lot foi tlirir waggon*, and ? alielter for their horaea, except at public tiinea, free of r cliorge. b. c. tool*. Spartanburg, Mnrcb 00, 18-1 -I. ?13? IIore Cheap <?oo<l?. (JUST RECEIVE]) THIS DAY,J r | ll'SCAN, Slruw, Lawn, nnd Wilton Bonnets, Wilton A Hoods, of every quality and shape. Alan, Georgia Nankeen, Ginghams, stale and mixed I lore, eilk Velvet, . worsted Sierge, Dimity Collars, India Rubber, Mitts, Id'k. and fancy, Parasols, inonrning l'rints, \ ictoria Plaids, (a beautiful article for children's wear,) also a few bugs Cof. - fee, (10 lbs perfl.) All of the above elirnp for Cttuh. k AI.IItKI) TOLLKSON. may 8?00 ly S. 15. DEAN, A T T () R X E V A T L A W . : w II. . I'll A ("TICK in Paulding. Cass. Cherokee. ' T Forsyth, Lunikin, Union. Gihuure, Murray, CliutogH, Floyd, Dado, and Walker Counties. ?RESIDENCE? Chatooga Co., Georgia. March fi, 1041. ly S. Ilobo *V IS. ('. Ivcitncr, ATTOIINKVS AT LAW AND SOLICITORS IN EQUITY. HAVE formed n Co-partnership in ilie practice of their Profession, and will attend to any business entrusted to tliein in the Courts of Law and Equity for Spartanburg, Union, Laurens and Greenville. Office at Spartanburg, 1st door Last of the Conrt House. January 17 th, 18 14.?4? II i:\KY A DEA\, ATTORNEYS AT LAW \ SOLICITORS IN EQUITY, (Spartanburg C. II.) THE. undersigned will practice in co-partnership in I.?w and Equity for the District of Spartanburg, and will attend the Courts for Union, Laurens, and Greenville.? Their Clients may be ussured of the same prompt uttention they have ever bestowed on business for the fast twenty vears. Thev may be found at the oilioe lately occupied c by Henry & Bubo. .IAS. EDWD. HENRY, H.J. DEAN. (1 Rpnrtatdinrg, February 7, 1844. !1 W. C. BENNETT, Dentibt, } T1 KSII)KN('I) ut I lirum Mili lioll'a?pcifoims all ope' JLA> rations iu Dentistry. i' Artificial Teeth inserted, from one, to a full set, plugg \ j ing, cleansing, and extracting carious Trctli. Particular n attention |>ai<l to regulation of Children's Teeth. ^ y Spartanburg, January 1, 1844. 3m \ \ [l Tj^ II. LEGO ho? been commissioned by the Executive \ ? .I to net ns n Magistrate, to fill the vnflsncy occasioned ' by the promotion of ft. Bowdcu, Esq. to the cflica of Or- * dinars. MAIL ARRANGEMENT, \ COE^r HOUSE, 8. C. J " CoinMail arrives every Saturday and > departs Tuesday >f rives night and Friday s ^^^B^^^^^^P^tVcdncHday night and Sunday Greenville and Southern, arrives Wednesday and Saturday, 5 P. M. Greenville and Southern, departs Thursday and Sunday, 8 A. M. * , Lincoluton, N. C. arrive* Wednnndny and Sntuiduy, 7 P.M. " " departeThursday & Sunday, 6 A. M. * Yorkville, 8. C., arrives Wednesday, 7 P. M. " " departs Thursday, 5 A. M. Union C. H., 8. C., arrives Tuesday, 4 P. M. '? " departs Monday, 6 A.M. Laurens C.H. via Woodruff, arrives Tuesday, 10 M. " " " departs Saturday, 2 P. M. Laurens C. H. via Pooleaville, arrives Tuesday, 12 a} night. I " " " departs Monday, 4 WlT 111! Limestone, N. C. via Poolesvillc, arrives Saturday, 6 P. ' ^ " " " departs Wednesday,6a. n. t The Mail will be closed in future, at 7 o'clock, P. JiL. n persons wishing to Mail Letters will please deliver,them b before that time, or they will remain in the I'ost Office ? nntil the next Mail leaves. This Hole will be stric^y ad to. herred to. <i. W. II. LEGO, P. M. Febrnary 1st, 1811. ^ t