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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. The gfeht length of tiiis document prevents us from spreading it entire, before our readers, and Ave have to content ourselves with extracting such portions of it as are of general interest. After a few congratnlatarv remarks on the present peaceful and prosperous state of our affairs, the President gives a detailed aci. A ? 1 ?, ||,? ].ltn count OI me projection <uiu ciniiii- ,,, W1V. Cuban expedition, and the action ot' the Government in relation to it, states that exertions are now being made for the release of the prisoners, and proceeds as follows: The governments of Great Britain and France have issued orders to their naval commanders on the West India station to prevent by force, if necessary, the landing of adventurers from any nation on the Island of Cuba with hostile intent. Trie copy of a memorandum of a conversation on this subject between the Charge d'Alfaires of her Biitannic majesty, and the acting Security of State, and ol a subsequent note of the former to the Department of State, are herewith submitted, together with a copy of a note of the Acting Secretary of State to the Minister of the French republic, and of the reply of the latter, on the same subject. These papers will acquaint you with the grounds of this interposition of the two leading commer> r- ?i ? : !. .1... cial powers 01 i^urope, ?uu ?iui m<. hensious, which this Government could not fail to entertain, that such interposition, it" carried into effect, n>ip;iit lead to abuses in derogation of the maritime rights of the Tinted States are founded on a firm, secure, and welldefinded basis; they stand upon the "round of National Independence and public law, and will be maintained in all their lull ami just extent * . The principle which this Government has heretofore solemnly announced it still adheres to, and will maintain under all circumstances and at all hazards. That principle is. that in every regularly documented merchant vessel, the crew who navigate it, and those on board of it, will find their protection in the Hag which is over (then). No American ship can be allowed to be visited or searched for the purpose of ascertaining the character of individuals on board, nor can there he allowed any watch by the vessels of any'foreign nation over American vessels on the coasts of the United States or the seas adjacent thereto. It will he seen by the last communication from the I5rir'C..,. ,v v /, ttiri n<?nfirtinpnt of State. II9U V/U?ti^ u aiiuato b</ . that be is authorised to assure the .Secretary of State that every care will he taken that, in cx.ecuting tiie preventive measures against au expedition which this Government itself lias denounced as not being entitled tothe protection of any government, no interference shall take place with the lawful commerce of any nation. Io addition to the correspondence on this subject, herewith submitted, official iuforuiation has been received at the Department of State, of assurances by the French Govern; ment that, in the orders given to the French naval forces, tliev were expressly instructed, in any operations they might engage in, to respect the flag of the United States where ever it might appear, and to commit no act oflio>. Jtility upon any vessel or armament under its protection. Ministers and consuls of foreign nations are the means and agents of communication between us and those nations, and it i* of the utmost importance that, while residing in the country, they sliold feel a perfect security so long as they faithfully discharge their respective duties and are guilty of no violation of our laws. This is the admitted law of nations, and no country has a deeper interest in maintain ing it than the I idled States. Our commerce enrnfwlc or or pivrr sea and visits every clime, aud our ministers ami consuls are appointed lo protect the interests of that commerce, as well as to guard the peace of the country and maintain the honor of its Hag lint how can tin y discharge these duties unless they he themselves protected; and, if protected, it must he by the laws of the country in which they reside And what is due to our own public functionaries residing in foreign nations is exactly the measure of what is due to the functionaries of othgovernuents residing here. As in war, the bearers of flags of truce are sacred, or else wars would be interminable, so in peace, embassadors, public ministers, and consuls, charged with friendly national intercourse, are objects of especial respect and protection, each according to the rights belonging to his rank and station. In view of these important principles, it is with deep mortification and regret 1 announce to you that, during the excitement growing out of the executions at Havana, the olKce of her Catholic majesty's consul at new Orleans was assailed by a mob, his property destroyed, the Spanish flag found in the oflice carried off and torn into pieces, and lie himself i u:o ....i I. KiUUCt'U IU ucc iui Ilia jivijvkih o?hv.j, he supposed to be in danger. <) i receiving intelligence of these events, I forth with directed the attorney of the United States residing at New Orleans to inquire into die facts and I heextent of the pecuniary loss sustained l?y tinconsul, with the intention of laying them before you, that you might make provision for such indemnity to him as a just regard lor the honor of the nation and the respect which is due to a friendly power might in your judgement, seem to require. The correspondence upon this subject between the Secretary of State and her Catholic majesty's minister plenipotentiary i; herewith transmitted. * * * By reference to the Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, it will be seen that the aggregate receipts fur the last fiscal year amounted to $52,312, 979 87 ; which, with the balance in the Treasury on the 1st July. 1850, gave, as the available means for the year, the sum ol $58,917,524 30. The total expenditures for the same period warn ftifl 17 On 87.8 (58. Total imports lor the year ending 30th of June J 851, were ... $215,725,99.: Of which there were in specie 1,5)07,901 The exports for the same period were .... $217,517,130 Of which there were of domestic products $178,540,555 Foreign goods re-exported ' - - - 9,738,695 Fpecio - - - 29,231,880 $217,517,130 .Since the 1st of December last, the pa meats in cash oil account of the public del exclusive of interest, have amounted to .3" t>01,456 50; which, however, includes t sum of ?3,242,460 paid under the 12th artie of the treaty with Mexico, and the further sn ol 82.591,213 45 ; being the amount ofa war to American citizens under the late treaty \vi Mexico, for which the issue of stock was a thorisod, but which was paid in cash from t Treasury The public debt on the20lh ultimo, exclusi j of (he stock authorised to be issued to Tex ! I?v the act of 9th .September, 1S50, was 86; | 560,395 26. The receipts for the next fiscal year are es mated at 851.NQ0,()(){), which, with the proli i hie unappropriated balance in the Treasury, i | the 30th June next, will give, us the probal j available means for that vear, the sum of 861 ! 258,73 4 09. It isas been! coined proper, in view of t large expenditures consequent upon the acqi silion of territory fiom .Mexico, that the es mates for the next fiscal year should be laid I fore Congress in such manner as to distiugui the expenditures so required from the olhmvi ordinary demands upon the Treasury. 'J'he total expenditures for tlie next fist j year are estimated at 8 l'-J,89*2,~99 19, which there is required for the ordinary pi po?es of the Ciovernment, other than those co sequent upon tlie nequisition of our new Ti rilaiies, and deducting the payments on a count of the public debt, the sum of 839,9 K 19S t?N ; and for the purposes connected diret ly or indirectly villi those Territories, and the fuilihiiont of the obligations of the Ciover ment, contracted in consequence of their a quMlion, the sum of 89,519,101 11. If the views of the Secretary of the Trensn in reference to the expenditures required 1 these Territories shall he met !?y correspond!! action on the part of Congress, and appropri tions made in accordance therewith, there u he an estimated unappropriated halanco in t Treasury on the 30th Juno, ] 853, of $20,301 443 00, wherewith to meet that portion of t! public debt due on the first July fullowin amounting to $0,"237,031 35, as well as ai appropriations which may bo made beyond tl estimates. The values of our domestic exports for t last fiscal year, as compared with those oft previous year, exhibit an increase of $-13,041 322. At first view this rendition of ourtra with foreign nations would seem to present t most flattering hopes of its future prosperil An examination of the details of our cxpor however, will show that the increased value our exports for the last fiscal year is to be fou: in the higi price of cotton which prevailed di ing tiio first half of that year, which price h since declined about one-half. The value of ourexpoits of breadstnfTs a provisions, which it was supposed the inccnti of a low tariff and large importations fro abroad would have greatly augmented, h fallen fiom 808,701,1)21, in 1847, to $20,05 373 in 1850, and to 821,1)18,653 in 1851, wi a strong 'probability, amounting almost to certainty, of a still further reduction in the ct rent year. The aggregate value of itico exported duri the last fiscal year, as compared with the pi vious year, also . xiii'iits a decrease amountii to 8400,017, which, with a decline in the v ues of the exports of tobacco for the same | riod. make an aggregate decrease in these t\ articles of 81,150,751 The policy which dictated a low rate of d ties on "oreigu merchandise, il was thought those who promoted and established it, woi tctiil t<> In'tietH nit1 tarming popui.unjii ui n country, l?.v increasing tlie* demand and raisi t!:e price of ngsiculturul products in forei market.';. 'i"lie foregoing facts, Iiowevcr, seem to sh< iiicontestibly tiiat no such result lias follow ! the adoption of this policy. On the central notwithstanding the repeal of the lestrieli corn laws in K.nglaiid, the foreign demand I the products of the American farmer has slea ly declined, since the short crops and con. (|uont famine in a portion of Kurojtc have be happily replaced by full crops and comparati | abundance of food. I It wiil be seen, bv reclining to the comm cial statistics '??r the pa.-t year, that (lie value ' our dome-tie expott.s has been increased in t single item of Taw cotton by 810,000,(100 01 i the value ol that export for the year preci ing. 'J'iiis i> not duo to any increased gene demand for that article, but to the short or j of the preceding year, which* created an i creased demand nod an augmented price j the crop of Inst year. Should the cotton ci now going forward to market he only equal nmmtitv to that of tlu> venr nreeeditiif. and Mild :it the present prices, then there wculd a falling oil'in the value of our exports lor I present fiscal year of at least 8 10,0!>t>,()t J compared with the amount exported for t I venr ending 80lii June, 1851. * * 1'lie exports of specie to liquidate our lorei debt during the past liiscal year have liven 208,1)71) over tiie amount of specie import ! The exports of specie (luring the iirst qua _ <if the present fiscal year have been 814,0; j <v27. Should specie continue to he export at this rate Ibr the remaining three quarters i this year, it will drain from our metallic ci reucy during the year ending 80th June, IS." the enormous amount of ?58,007,808. In the present prosperous condition of the i tional finances, it will become the duty of (a grcss to consider the best mode of paying I the public debt. If the present and anticipal ? surplus in the Treasury should not he absorb by appropriations o! an extraordinary char; p tcr, tlii~> aurjilus should be employed in su way,.and under such restrictions, as Congn I may enact, in extinguishing the outstandi debt of the nation. Iii my last annual message, to whirli 1 r i p. c llullv i i lcr, 1 stated briefly the reasons whi induced me to recommend a modification oft present taiifl", by converting the ad valorem 1 to a specific' duty, whenever the article impi U'd was of such a character as to permit, a jhnt such a discrimination should he mat in favor of the iudusltria pursuits of our o\ c nut in. as to encourage home producti without excluding foreign competition. y- The numerous frauds which continue to he Lit, practised upon the revenue, by false invoices 7,- and under valuations, constitute an unanswerhe able reason for adopting specific instead of ad :le valorem duties in all cases where the nature of mi the commodity does not forbid it. A striking ds illustration of those frauds will be exhibited in tii the Report of the Secretary of the treasury, "* | showing the custom house valuation of articles lie imported under a former law subject to specific duties, when there was no inducement to undervc . valuation, and the custom valuations of the same :l3 | articles; under the present system of ad valorem -.* duties, so greatly reduced as to leave no doubt | of the existence of the most flagrant abuses t?* under the existing laws. This practical eva* j .sion of the present law, combined with thelani" : guishing condition of some of the great interdo J ests of the country, caused by over importa3, j lions and consequent depressed prices, and with : the failure in obtaining a foreign market for our ho increasing surplus of breadstuff* and provisions, ''* has induced me again to recommend a modifih* cation of the of the existing tariff. ?o- Tiie report of the secrelary of the interior, -h which accompanies this communication, will ?e present a condensed statement of the spcratioiis of this important department of the Goveminent. ol j It will be seen that tnc sales of the public ,r* lands exceed those of the preceding year, and n* j that there is no reason to anticipate a still further 'r* I increase, notwithstanding the large donations c' which have been made to many of the States, and the iibernl grants to individuals as a reward y lor military services. This fact furnishes very 111 gratifying evidence of the growing wealth and "* j prosperity of our country. c* Suitable measures have been adopted for com; mencing tii". survey of the public lauds in Caliry fomia and Oregon. Surveying parties have "r | been organized, and some progress has been ;'o made in establishing the principal base and mer;l" idiaii lines. Hut further legislation and addi| tional appropriations will be necessary before y the proper subdivision can he made, and the '?* i general land system extended over those remote U) parts of our territory. * * * 'a? In my last annual communication to Con| gross I recommended the establishment of an lc' Agricultural Bureau, and I take this occasion again to invoke your favorable consideration of lie thesubjet. ae I Agriculture may justly be regarded as the [}>' great interest our people. Four-fifrhs of our active population are employed in the cultiva* 1,0 j ration of the soil, and tlie rapid expansion of Lv- our settlements over new territory is daily ad* | ding to the number of those engaged in that ?' i vocation. Justice and sound policy, therefore | alike require that the (lovernment should use lr* all the means authorized by the Constitution to as i promote the interests and welfare of that imporI taut class of onr fellow-ctizeus. And \ret it is 11(1 I m cimrttl*ir (' n't iti'if tlio man ii fa of urine vc ;iii(l commercial interests have engaged the at111 tenlion of Congress during a large portion of as ; ovcrv session, and our statutes abound in proI visions for their r/rotection and encouragement, fl i 11,1 little has yet been done directly for the advanee!l j ment of agriculture. It is time that this reproacli li? ?u.r legislation cliould l>o removed; and I sinceiVly hope that the present Congress [1S i will not close their labors without adopting rc* ' eflieient means to supply the omission of those '3 who have preceded them. :l'" i An Agricultural Bureau, charged with the duty of collecting and disseminating correct i?vo fotnvdion as to the liest modes of eultivatien, and of the most effectual means of preserving, and coloring l!ie fertility of the soil, and of 'fV procriiig ami distributing seeds and plants and other vegetable productions, with instructions uis j,, r,.nr;ird to the soil, climate, and treatment best "3 ' adapted to their growth, could not fail to be, ' 5" in the language ol Washington, in las last annual message to Congress, a "very cheap in,u' ; struineiit of immense national henelit." f,< | Regarding the act of Congrcssapjiroved 28th v' i September, 18;>l). granting bounty lands to perV sons who had been engaged in the military serp' vice of the country, as a great measure of na ; tioiml justice and munihcicnco, mi anxious desire lias been felt, by the officers entrusted with its 111 immediate execution, to give prompt effect to lu* provisions. All the means within their control were, therefore, brought into requisition 'o expepr"., dite the adjudication of claims, and 1 am gratii fied to be able to state that near one hundred I thoueand applications have been considered, 't'1 i ed, and about seventy thousand warrants issued | 1 within the short space of nine months. If ador; quale provisions bo made by law to carry into "l1 . (..fleet the recommendations of the Department, ,!l" it is confidently expectod that, before the close j of the next fiscal year, all who are entitled to ''P the benefits of the act will have received their i warrants. * * * * ',l' J It is deeply to lie regretted that in several 'JL> i instances ofiicers of the (iuvernmcnt, in at'u> tempting to execute the law for the return ol fugitives from labor, have been openly resisted, 'll' ! and their tflbrts frustrated ami defeated by * ' . 1 I i . i. .. .1. .. I. lawless ami Vioicm muiis; uiai in one tiisi- sutu p" j resistance resulted in the death of an cstimahie citizen, and in others serious injury ensued j to those olfiecrs and to individuals who were . 1 using their endeavors to sustain the laws. Proseditions liave been commenced against the al. i ledged offenders so far as they could he identilied, and are still (lending. 1 have regarded it [" as 11iv duty, in these cases, to give all aid le''? gaily in my power to the enforcement of the laws, and I shall continue to do so wherever ia- and win-never their execution may be resisted. "> i The act of Congress for the return of fugi oil lives from labor is one icqaired and demanded eil by the express words of the Constitution. "'c' The Constitution declares, "That no person ,c'* held to service or labor in one State, under l(:'' the laws thereof, escaping to another, shall, in 'ss consequence of any law or regulation therein, "r> he discharged from such servico or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to ? I 1. ? Iw> /Inn 'I'ltic *?mi L'b" Wlltlill SIIUII MTViru HNIJ ?'v * ??*.. * ii.? ^vr.. idi stitulional provision is equally binding upon the lie Legislative, the Executive, and Judicial departin incuts of the (Government, and upon every citii?r zen of the United States, ml Congress, however, must, from necessity, le, hist act upon the subject, by prescribing the ,vn proceedings necessary to ascertain that the on | person is a fugiti/e, and the menus to be used . for his restoration to the claimant. This was ! done by an act passed during the first term ot' f p< ; President Washington, which was amended ! th by that enacted by the last Congress, and it Si | now remains for the Executive and Judicial th ; Departments to take care that these laws be 1 faithfully executed. This injunction of the 1 ?t ! Constitution is as peremptory and as binding I }n I as any other; it stands exactly on the same j ?0 J foundation as that clause which provides for I (r ; the return of fugitives from justice, or that | c, which declares that no bill of attainder or ex te post facto law shall be passed, or that which provides for an equality of taxation, according tl i to the census, or the clause declaring that all :ll j duties shall be uniform throughout the United e] Stales, or the important provision tl' .t the trial g ol all crimes shall bo by jury. 'liiese several sj articles and clauses of the Constitution, all 0 resting on the same authority, must stand or f] tall together. Some objections have been ur- |;, gcd against the details of the act for the re- a I turn of fugitives from labor; but it is worthy of tl remark that the main opposition is aimed ]. I against the Constitution itself, and proceeds [j ; from persons and classes ol persons, many | of whom declare their wish to sec that Con- , 0 | stitution overturned, 'l'liey avow their hos- [ 0 j tility to any law which shall give full and prac tical cflect to this requirement of the Consti- ? tution, Fortunately, the number of these persons is comparatively small, and is believed j0 j to be daily diminishing, but the issue which ! they present is one which involves the supremu- p | cy and even the existence of the Constitution. Cases have heretofore arisen in which indi- |? | viduals have denied the binding authority of |J( I acts of Congress, and even .States have pro- tl ! posed to nullify such acts, upon the ground j that the Constitution was the supreme law of t| : the land, and that those acts of Congress were j repugnant to that instrument; but nullifh atiou q is now aimed, not so much against particular 1 laws as being inconsistent with the Conslituiion, L.( | as against the Constitution itself; and it is not' )r j to be disguised that a spirit exists and has been S( ' actively at work to rend asunder this Union, | which is our cherished inheritance from our w j revolutionary fathers. e In my last annual message I stated that I p I considered the series of measures which had pt j been adopted at the previous session; in reference to the agitati-m growing out of the territo- sj j rinland slavery questions,as a final settlement in n ! principle and substance of the dangerous and | ;l i nvciiimr snliioiUs whitdi thev embraced : and 1 i ol o ^ ' recomended adherence to the Adjustment es- L tabli&hcd by those measures, until time and ex- h pcrience should demonstrate the necessity of j further legislation to guard against evasion or ahusc. 1 was not iu 'uced to make this rccom- j ? mendation because 1 thought these measures | y perfect, for no human legislation can be perfect. Wide differences and jarring opinions can onlv be reconciled bv yielding something on all sides, and this result had been reached w after an angry conflict of many months, in j which one part of the country was arrayed i again-t another, and violent convulsion seemed Sl to be imminent. Looking at the interests of the whole country 1 felt it to he my duty to j seize upon this Compromise as the be.?t that 1 n could be obtained amid conflicting interests, j i and to insist upon it as a final settlement, to he ! j adhered to by all who value tiie peace and ; welfare of the country. A year has now I j-f elapsed since that recommendation was made, j j To that rccomendation I still adhere, and 1 con- j t( ! gratulate you and the country upon the general j a ! acquiescence in these measures of peace, which ! has been exhibited in all parts of the Republic, p I And not only is there this general acquiescence j in these measures, but the spirit of conciliation (j which lias been manifested in regard to them in all parts of the country, has removed doubts ! and uncertainties in ti e minds of thousands of e j good men concerning the durability of our ! popular institutions, and given renewed assu ! ranee that our Liberty and our Union may sub- j y sist together for the benefit of this and all sue- i i( i cceding generations. I .i MILLARD FILLMORE, j t, Washington, December 2, 1851. Legislative Proceedings j ft D;:ci:mbkh 2d. t | In the Senate, the report ol the committee on '!' 1 the Governor's message?covering the commit! nieation of the British Consul 011 the subject of colored seamen, was unanimously adopted and ordered to the House for concurrence. The special order, being a bill to fix the time . j of the meeting of the State Convention was j i then taken up in committee of the whole, Mr. ! Buchanan in the chair. The bill being read, w the committee rose and reported it to the Sen- ? ate without amendment, and recommended that 1 0 it do pass. The time fixed is the fourth Moil- f. I day of April next. , . The Senate proceeded to the general orders. I A bill to abolish Brigade Encampments was read a second time, and ordered to the House for concurrence. ii Sundry other matters were before the Senate, which will be published in the Journal to-inor- b ! row. ^ In the House, memorials, petitions, and re- \ ports occupied the morning hour. u On motion of Mr. Dargan, leave of absence i was granted to his colleague, Mr. Evins, on o account of sickness in his family. d Mr. Abram Jones offered a resolution to terminate the present session of the General As- o | senibly on the 18th inst.; ordered for consider- c i ation to-morrow. I a Mr. Haskell offered a series of resolutions, (those now known as the "platform" of the co- p operation party;) wlikli were made the special b order of the day for Thursday next at one ti o'clock. X, Mr. L. M. Keitt offered the following preamble and resolutions; which were made the tl special order of the day for Thursday next at one o'clock : | s< 1 Whereas in the recent elections held forde- b putiesto the Southern Congress, those opposed i to the separate secession of Sunlit Carolina j c< from the Union, in many districts of the State, ci not only declared before the people flirt they el are opposed to the submission of South Caro- ol Ima to the past wrongs inilicteu on tiiein uy the : Mi General Government, but actually proposed ei projects of resistance short of secession : i th I Resolved, therefore, That by the recent elec- I I tion for members to a Southern Congress, the j m ?ople of South Carolina did not determine at they are in favor of the submission of the Utte to the past wrongs inflicted on them by ie General Government. Resolved, That "No Submission" should ill be the watch-word of the State, (as it was the late election by many of those opposed i secession,) which should call together all the ue resistance men of all parties in patriotic A nn/irottil CJlVA fVio iMohfe ' op.iiiivn vv# ???w V..V I 'pHWj 11UIIUI, UUU III" grity of the State. Resolved, Tfiat all the wrongs inflicted on ie State by the General Government remain s they were when the legislature ordered the lection for a convention of the people of the tate, in their high sovereign capacity, to conder and determine for themselves what mode f redress in relation thereto it is expedient for icm to pursue ; and consistency in the Legiaiture, as well as that respect which should I ways be borne towards1 the people, require lat a day should be designated by the Legisiture for the assembling of the said Couvenon. On motion of Mr. R. F. Perry, the special ider, being a bill to provide for the election I rreskleiHial electors ry the people, was taen up, and the House resolved itself into comlittee of the whole?Mr. Williams in the chair. * Mr. Perry addressed the committee at some ngth in support of the bill. Mr. John I. Middleton briefly replied to Mr. erry. Mr. Ilutson next addressed the Chair not, i? said, to discuss the merits of this bill, for he elievod it beneath the dignity of the crisis irough which the State is passing. He rose I > offer a preamble and resolution, to the effec. lat the committee report to the House that ie bill do u >1 pass. At the suggestion of Mr. 'orre, the mover withdrew the preamble. After some further .desultory debate, the ommittee rose and made the following report, eing the resolution introduced by Mr. Huton: The Committee of the Whole House, to 'hieh was referred "a bill to provide for the lection of electors of President and Vice j 'resident of the United States in South Caro- , na by the oeople," beg leave to report. That they have had said matters under con- < ideration, and are of oppinion that it is inexedicnt at this time to agitate the State by any (tempt to change the present mode of electing lectors for President and Vice President of the inited States. They therefore recommend at the bill submitted do not pass." After some remarks by Mr. Tucker and Mr. ,. W. Thomson, the question was put, and on lotion ol Mr. B. F. Perry, the yeas and nays -ere ordered, and resulted as follows: Yeas?GO. NAYS?48. December, 2. As usual, on Commencement day, but little as dor.e in either branch of the Legistature. In the Senate, Hon. H. S. King, Senator oiii St. Paul's Paiish, appeared and took his eat. Senate then receded from business, and joind the procession to attend the College Con); leiiceineiit. At half-past cue the President resumed the hair, when ^ Mr. Adams introduced a hill to fix the time >r the meeting of the State Convention. Tho I ill received at first reading, and was committed i o a committee of the whole Senate to-morrow t 1 o'clock. Mr. Barnes, from the committee on the mil. arv and pensions, reported a bill to alwdish rig-ide encampments; which was read a first line, and ordered to a second reading to morr>w. Mr. DuTYcville introduced a bill to take the videuco of free negroes and slaves in certain ases, and lor other purposes. Among other proceedings, was a motion by Ir. Cam, instructing the committee on thecal>ge, education, and religion, to inquire into ic expendiency of erecting a new Chapel in ie College Campus; which was adopted. Mr. Carew presented a memorial from a laige umber of citizens, asking aid from the State jr the South Carolina Institute. < In the House, Mr. Crookshank presente<Tthe J etition of J. W. Cladwell. and others, prav- ; ig for an net of incorporation for the Florida team Packet Company. Mr Middleton, from the committee oil intern-. I improvements, to whom hail been referred le subject, reported i bill in favor of selling ie Rocky Mount Canal to Daniel McCullough. Reports from the committee on the judiciary ere read by .Mr Huut. We were pleased to bsorve that the committee reported favorably 1 II the bill to increase the amount of property S xcmpt from levy and sale, introduced by Mr. 1 'acker. Wo earnestly hope that it will receive j 10 favorable consideration of both Houses. j December 3. | In the Senate, the usual business of the morn- 1 ig hour was transacted. ^ In the House, the morning h on r was occupied y the presentation of petitions, memorials, , . * Mr. Ashmore, from committee on claims, j lade a large number of reports. The report of the committee of investigation i) the Branch of the Hank of the State at Camen was presented. Mr. Harrington, 011 the part of the minority f same committee, made a report, which re- -I ummended the discontinuance of the Branch t Camden, and an agency there be establishedThe special order, being a bill to define trie rinciples on which joint stock banks should e hereafter incorporated, and a bill to re-char r the Bank of the State, was called up by Ir. John 1. Middleton. 1 The House resolved itself into committee of le whole, Mr. Chesnut in the chair. .Mr. Middleton addressed the committee at ^ )ine length in support of the first mentioned ill. Considerable discussion was elicited in the ammiltco on the provisions of the bill, espoiallv 011 that which provides a forfeiture ot iiarter on the suspension. An amendment t Mr. Torre, making the bank suspending able to forfeit its charter, and giving the Gov nor some discretion in the mode of applying to penalty, was finally adopted. At this stage of the proceedings Mr. Owens oved that the comtnittee riso and