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REPORT. 1 The Special Committee to whom was referred ' the Message of his excellency, the Governor, ? transmitted communications received by him < from George B. Mathew, Esq.; her Britan? - f nic Majesty's Consul tonne ouum m nunu ( . and South Carolina relative to tlie law of It this State, to prevent free negroes and other I persons of color from entering into it, have 1 had the same under consideration, and ask c leave respectfully to submit the following s Report: 1: The grounds of complaint suggested by her s Majesty's Consul, against the law in question, i are substantially as follows: i 1st That it takes frotn under the protection \ of the British flag, and imprisons in the coin- c raon jails until the vessels in which they come i are ready to depart: a class of her Majesty's e subjects entering into the ports of South Ca- 1 rolina under the security of the treaty of commerce between her Majesty and the United * States, in pursuit of lawful commerce or in dis- I tress, thereby violating one of the provisions 01 ? the treaty, which is the supreme law of the r .."land. f 2d. That it bears with peculiar hardship and | inequality upon her Majesty's West India Col- [ onies, which mainly depend for their supplies s ol lumber, provisions and other material articles, j upon their trade with the United States, which s is carried on in small vessels, chiefly manned I by colored crews, aud for which the ports of r North and South Carolina are especially suit- c able. t 3d. That it conflicts with the general prin- i ciple of international law, that police or municipal regulations, co-existent with treaties slmuld ( extend to foreigners the same restrictions, and ( 110 more, which are applied to natives, or sub- ( jects of the same class or calling. r The first article of the treaty declares, that, j "There shall be between the territories of tin* ? United Stotes of America, and all the territo- t ries of her Britannic Majesty, in Kurope, a re- | r ciprocal liberty of commerce. The inhabitants i j of the two countries respectively shall have ( liberty, freely and securely, to come with their t ships and cargoes to all sucli places, ports and ( rivers, in the territories aforesaid, to which 1 other foreigners are permitted to come, and to ? remain and reside in any part of the said terri- ( tones respectively; also to hire and occupy L 1 flip the nurposes of J r nouses nnu waic-unucvc, , their commerce; and generally the merchants 11 and traders of each nation respectively shall ' ( enjoy the most complete protection and securi- I f . ty for their commerce, hut subject always to the 1 \ laws and statutes of the avo countries respec- I tively." t This is, no doubt, the provision of the treaty r with which our law is supposed to he at vnri- l a ance. ! 1 Such general language as is here used has j J never been, nor can it be, justly understood to c deprive the contracting parties of the light to ? exclude, from their respective territories, any $ class of persons who might he burdensome to c the public, or dangerous to the health or to the c peace, good order and security of the commu- o nity. Laws to provide against the ingress of v persons laboring under contagious or infectious c diseases, or coming from places where such c diseases prevail, and laws for the exclusion of } foreign paupers and convicts, and persons of s vicious character, are almost universal and ire e not deemed inconsistent with the most liberal treaties of reciprocal commerce. Our law c against the entrance of free persons of color n into the State falls strictly within the principle |j of these exceptions. Of the degree of neces- t sity for the enactment of such laws, and their x fitness for the purposes for which they were in- i *?i? . tended, each government musi juuyu mi v In this as in all other matters concerning the j execution of treaties, the contracting parties t are bound to the observance of good faith. If, i under the pretext of excluding a dangerous ,? class of persons, one party should exclude a ( material portion of the subjects of the other, j usually employed in commerce and navigation, t so as seriously to obstruct or embarrass tiie in- r lercourse which the treaty was intended to ( sanction and secure, this would be a fraud up- f on the treaty, and might justly bo complained r of as such. But no such objection can be made , c to the law in question. It is certainly very far I i from being unreasonable or surprising that free * persons of color, coming from abroad into this s State, should be deemed a dangerous ciass of persons, and dealt with accordingly. And they , s ronstituto so inconsiderable a portion of the I c ?ubject3 of the British empire, that their exclu- j r sion cannot occasion any serious inconvenience I s to the commerce carried on in British vessels ( with the ports of Sout'i Carolina. Nor can it | t ? i . .l._ : be said, with a due regaru m me |nn|in oi-uov t of the words, that persons of this class, coming ( into our ports in British vessels, are taken from ?. under the protection of the British Hag. On | the high seas, which are common to all nations,1 j and not subject to the jurisdiction of any one, z a ship and the persons on board of her are tin- ! , der the protection of the nation to which she , { belongs, and the national flag is the emblem of; { this protecting power. But there is 110 princi- ( pie of international law which carries the aj \ thority of one nation represented by its flag ( within the territorial limits of another. Foreign t ships and their crews in the ports of South (.'a- | rolina are, therefore, not under the protection t of their own national flag, but subject to the , , authority and under the protection of our laws. | To so much of the communications of her , Majesty's Consul as relates to the British West i , India Colonies in particular, it is a suflicieut | answer that they are not embraced in the trea- j , ty with which our law is supposed to conflict; | < or the treaty urovides only for a reciprocal | ? liberty of commerce "between the territories | of the United States ol America and all the tcr- , ritorics of her Britannic Majesty in Europe." | The complaint that British subjects or the < class to which the law in rpiestion relates, are i put upon a different footing from persons of , the same class, natives and subjects of this ( State, is entirely without foundation, and could | only have arisen from inattention to the pro ( visions of the law. In truth, all free colored ; < persons of the negro race, whether foreigners ! i or natives, and whether they come in foreign ; or domestic vessels, are subjected to precisely , | the same rules ; so that a freo person of color, ( born and brought up in this State, and only ^ < ately resident litre, coming in a vessel owned >y citizens of the State, would receive the ;arne treatment as if he were a native subject >f Great Britain, and came in a British vessel. If the prevention of free persons of color rom entering into this State operates in any legree as an impediment to the commerce of 3iitish vessels with our ports, it can only be ly very slightly diminishing the number of :ompetitors for employment in the service of uch vessels, and thereby proportionally eninncing the cost of the service. But as the ante prohibition extends to all other vessels, ts effect must be the srme upon our whole inport and export trade. A thorough analysis vculd therefore probaly show that the whole, ?r nearly the whole, of the burden, whatever t may be, is borne by ourselves. But at all vents it cannot be questioned that we bear at east an equal share of it. The law which we are invited to surrender, vas originally introduced soon after the deection and suppression of an insurrectionary novement, devised and set on foot by n free legro who had been for some time in tiie habit if leaving the State, and returning to it at ilcasure, and whose fruquerit excursions were iroved to be connected with his bloody deigns. The law has existed for nearly thirty rears, and during that time no similar conipiraey has occurred. IIow far it has contrinited to this result we cannot pretend to estimate. But we know that the experience of >ur predecessors led them to adopt it, and here is ceriaiuly nothing in our experience to nduce us to abandon it. It was originally enacted and has been con inued solely and exclusively with a view to >nr own internal order and security, and withnit the remotest intention to trespass upon the ights or obstruct the commerce of any other >eople. If it has served in any degree to pre ;erve the peace and welfare of the State, it is rertainly of great importance to us, and ought iot to be abandoned on account of any slight nconvenience it may occasion to others. Inleed, there is too much reason to believe that he murmurs and complaints against it which :ome to us from abroad are prompted much ess by inconveniences actually felt than by a ipirit of unfriendliness to our institutions. The sommitlee are vary far from intending to im >ute any such spirit to her Majesty's Governnent, or the gentlcmau who represents them lere. They are undoubtedly actuated by no >ther motive than an honorable zeal to watch >ver and protect the rights of British subjects vh?rever they are supposed to be infringed, iut it may be safely assumed that such over!) ures as the one now under consideration are mt made by the Executwo Government unless it the instance of other persons brought to >ear upon them through the usual channels. Vnd when one member of the popular branch if the British Legislature is seen actively engaged in the work of exciting the people of ome of the States, with which we are politially connected, against our property and so ial order, it cannot be deemed extravagant ir offensive to surmise that there may be indiiduals in that body quite capable of cndeaviring to make the Government of their own ountry subservient to tho num. I....-tile deslrns. sor is it at all improbable that such movements tioulJ be instigated and encouraged by our nemies 011 th.'n ride cf the Atlantic. It is now lor ic first time that the opinion >f .Mr. Wirt, w'lie attorney General of the lilited States, tiled by her Majesty's Consnl, tas been brought to the view of the Leg Ma ure. In 1S21 it was with the correspondence vhicli led to it communicated by Mr. John Q. Mams, then Secretary of State, to the GovTiior of this State, who laid it before the Lcgslature; and they then, after mature coiMderuion, expressly dissented from and repudiated t. That opinion proceeds entirely upon the issumption that by delegating to the Federal jovernment the power to regulate commerce ind to make treaties, the several States divested homselves of the right to exclude from their espective territories such persons as might he leemed dangerous to the security and wel are of their people. It appears to the Com nittee that such an interpretation of the Fed* (ral compact is not demanded by its purposes mr justified by its terms, and is utterly inconistent with the safety and even the distinct iovereignty of the State. Tliis view of the Constitution is strongly upported by the o|iinion of the Chief justice >f th? United States judicially in a cause which eceived the fullest consideration, and expresied in the following unequivocal language: "1 liink it very clear, both upon principle and he authority of adjudged caSes, that the several States have a riglit to remove from among heir people, and to prevent from entering the state, any person or class or description of lersons, whom it may deem dangerous or inurious to the interest* and welfare of its eiti:ens; and that the State has tl e exclusive ightto determine in its sound discretion whether the danger does or does not exist, free from lie control of the (lencra! (iovernnicnt." "No reatvoract of Congress has been produced, vhich gives, or attempts to give, to all aliens he right to land in a State.''"I cannot believe hat it was ever intended to vest in Congress iv llic iri>nr>r:il ivnril^ in iiJ iIiiill In till' rorrnlil. y ,,,v o%,,> " " r> ion of commerce this overwhelming power >ver the States; for if the treaty stipulation heore rcfcred to can receive the construction riven to it in the argument, and has that commanding power claimed for it over the States, Jien the emancipated slaves of the West Inlies have at (his hour the absolute right to reside in, hire houses, and trade throughout the Southern States, in spite of any State law to :he contrary, inevitably producing the most so* -ions discontent, and ultimately leading to the nost painful consequences. It will hardly be said that such a power was granted to the lieneral Government in the confidence that it would not he abused. The Statesmen of that lay were too wise and too well read in the lessons of history, and of their own times, to confer unnecessary authority under sucli delusion, And I cannot imagine any power more unnecessary to the General Government, and it the same time more dangerous and full of Tlic Committee submit for the consideration af the Senate the following resolutions: Resolved, That in the opinion of this Legis lature the law of this State to prevent free negroes and other persons of color from entering into the same, does not conflict with the treaty of commerce between Great Britan and the United States, nor with the Constitution of the United States, nor any law made in pursuance thereof. Resolved, That it is inexpedient to repeal or alter the said law. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor, he requested, in communicating the foregoing resolutions to her Britanic Majesty' Government, through her Consul, to assure them that the law to which exception has been taken was passed and is maintained in no spirit of ; unfriendliness to the British nation, nor from j ; any desire to embarrass their commerce, or to i offend their just pride but because it is deemed : important to the internal peace and security of . the state; and also to assur? them, in responce , to the intimation, that our adherance to the [ obnoxious regulation may lead to heavier imposition upon the importation of our products ! into the liritish dominions; that the people of: this State are firmly attached to the principles \ of free trade, and' fully appreciate the proem- f inent importance of an unrestricted commerce with t-l'ie subjects of her liritanic .Majesty. I3ut ; highly as they value this most important | branch of their trade, they value still more i highly the exercise of their own untrammelled i j judgement in the selection of the necessary j and proper means for securing their own safe- j t ty and welfare, not inconsistent with a clue I { regard to the rights of others. If they are i i - II J . _ I I t .. _ _ :\ | I conipciicii io cnoose uetween a commercial in terest, unci an essential attribute of indepen dent sovereign}*, they will unhesitatingly prefer the latter; and they believe that their choice will command the appiobalion and sympathy ol the Government and people of Great Britain. . A. MAZVC'K, Chairman. LIST OF ACTS AN ^RESOLUTIONS. Passed by the General Assembly of Son'h Callrolina, al I he Session of 1S51. LJsT OK ACTS IX TUB SKNATK. 1. An act to permit Cunningham II. S. Me-1 l.enaghan and George Ilopkinson, aliens, t-> j apply for admission to practice in the courts of I law and equity in this State. 2. An art to fix the time for the meeting of ! the Convention elected under the authority of , an act entitled 'fan act to provide for the ap- j ! pointment of deputies to a Southern Congress, , | and to call a convention of the people of this | : State," passed in the year of our Lord one j thousand eight hundred and fifty. 3. An act to charter the Pendleton Railroad I Company. '1 An act to abolish brigade encampments. 5. An act to incorporate the Florida Steam i Packet Company. G. An act to incorporate the Calhoun Loan i | and Building Association. 7. An act to incorporate the Charleston ! I Building and Loan Association. 8. An act to empower the Town Council of the town of Cheraw to sell or otherwise dispose ! : of certain streets and parts of streets in said . town. i). An act to incorporate certain societies. and companits, ami to renew and namn.t cvr ; ; tain charters heroic fore granted. 10. An act to provide for the grant ofn'cip-1 rocal privileges 10 citizens ol ooiitu l arolina , I and of Georgia in relation to the building of I bridges over the Savannah river. 11. An act to vest the right ami title of the j State in ami to certain escheated property in ' ! certain persons therein named. ! 1*2. An act to incorporate the Northeastern | : Railroad Company. 13. An act to amend the charter of tiie South i Carolina Annual Conference. 11. An act to uunthorize and empower the Commissioners ol Cross Roads of Charleston ! Neck to cancel and deliver up to the Washing* i ton Fire Kngiue Company a certain note and ' mortgage held by them against the said comj pany. 13. An act to vest in the South Carolina Railroad Company the title to certain lots in , the town of Columbia. 10. An act to provide by law for the compensation of physicians for post mortem examinations. 17. An act to amend the law in relation to managers ol elections. j 18. An act to establish and incorporate a ! ; bank in the town of Wiuushoro. | ID. An act to authorize and empower the I Commissioners ol Cross Roads ol Charleston Neck to deliver up to the .Marion Fire Knginc Company a certain bond and mortgage. LIST or ACTS I.\ TIII: iiousk 20. An act to increase the amount of propj erty exempt from levy and sale. 21. An act to authorize the formation of a volunteer company of artillery within the limits i ol the Independent (lattaliou. 22" An act to amend an act for the abolition ; of the l ights of primogeniture, and for giving ; 1 an eipiitaiile distribution ot the real estates of j intestates, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 23. An art to alter and amend the law in relation to the operation ol benefit of clergy. 2<. An act to raise supplies for the year com- j meneing in Oc.oher, one thousand eight bun- j died and fifty one. 23. An act to make appropriations for the year commencing in October, one thousand eight hundred and fifty one. 21$. And act to establish certain roads, bridg; es and ferries, and to amend the law in rein* | tiou to commissioners of roads in certain par-1 ticulars. 27. An act to incorporate the South Carolina building and Loan Association. 28. An act to incorporate the W hite Water Falls Turnpike Company. 23. An act to alter and amend the charter of the King's .Mountain Rail Road Company. 30. An act to incorporate the Charleston Floating Dry Dock and Marine Railway Company. 31. An act to suspend the election of inemj hers of Congress from this State, until the number of Representatives to which this State shall he eutitlud under the last census shall he as i VA-' lilllM 'l# 3vi. An act to divide Heat Company No. 7, | attache^ to the lOtlie /Regiment of Infantry of tl South Carolina Militia into two Companies, and t; for other purposes. 33. An act to incorporate the Wofford College. a 34 An act to punish placing obstructions on Railroad tracks and for other purposes. 35. An act to afford aid in constructing the v King's Mountain Railroad. a 30. An act to alter the times for holding the Courts of General Sessions and Common Pleas e of the Districts of Barnwell, Beaufort, Colleton, s Charleston and Orangeburg. 1 37. An act to amend the charter of the vil- r lage of Abbeville. i 38. An act to alter and amend the 11th section of an act entitled an act to incorporate certain societies and companies, and to receive | and amend certain charters heretofore granted, \ 1 .I nn.l f i J _ pasRiu on me yum 01 uecemner, in ine year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty. . A bill to alter and amend the Constitution so j as to change the name of the el^gtion District of Saxe Cotha to that of Lexington, and to ex- ( tend the boundaries to its present judicial lim- ' its. ' , 1 ??? ?? .... . I i CAMDEN, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19,1851. | J " ? ? ?????? , Our Market. j < The cotton market li.is been active since our 1 I Inst, with nil ailvsitiiv? in nrir.ps. Wp mmtn a! fi : I to 84; 1 (k7~T!i<? first instalment to be paid on shares in the Plank road is 81 instead of 5 f.s hereto , ore advertised. ^ I Juvenile Concert. It will be seen by an advertisement in another column, that the large ami interesting Singing Class, under the direction of .Mr. Kemmerer, will give a Concert in the Temperance iiaj^ on Tuesday Evening, Dec. 23d. All who wish to witness over a hundred well trained singers unite in singing 30 new and interesting | pieces, will do well to I e present. <Fire and Loss of Life. We learn that the (Jin House of Mr. John J ( Thompson, of Beaver Cieek, in this District, with , twenty bales of cotton was destroyed by fire on ^ Monday last, and that a negro boy employed in ' , the Gin House was burned to death. The origin ( of the fire as far as we can learn, was accidental, j ( and was occasioned either by sparks from a , a fire near the gin house, or token into the packing room in the boy's clothing and communicated j to the loose notion. We regret this unfortunate ! visitation which lias caused me mss ot nuttian u?e as well as property. A lesson is taught us that too much care cannot be taken in keeping this useful as well as destructive clement within bounds. Death of Dr. Edwin Dargan. We I arn tint Dr. Edwin Dargan died very ?t luo ivsiUeiice lii Partington District, j ' 0:1 the morning of the 11th insi. The night pre- ; vious he complained of not feeling very well, at j the time of going to bed, About 12 o'clock, lie experienced great pain in his head, and a me.? scnger was despatched for a physician, but before medical aid could he obtained he expired. Dr. Dargnn was a gentleman highly esteemed by a large eirclej cf friends and acquaintances. His death will be severely felt, and universally deplored bv the community in which he lived, a ?-'s fdl and worthy citizen. IIow forcibly are we taught daily, nay, almost hourly, the sad, hut t certain lesson that "in the midst of life we are in death." We are so often called upon to part with those we love. Recently in our own Dis-1 triet, we have had to mourn the death of many good citizens, who have been gathered to the ( graves of their fathers, and have journeyed to that j , bourne from \vh none have ever yet returned. Democratic Review. In our last we acknowledged only the reception of the December nunriherfTuc usual matters of interest, r s tained in this valuable Magazine, eacli month, are worth the attention of all readers, whether of the Democratic or any other school of ; politics. As a political organ, we do not acknowl- j edge its teachings as our guide. Whi'.-t we may ' , commend its miscellaneous reading matter and j the statistical information which it frequently I j contains, there is much against which we must ] protest. It is a thorough I'nion organ, and the'* time and talents of its able Editor, are largely en-, ' gaged in the service of the glorious Union (/).? 1 This perhaps may not he considered so much of ' an objection after all, for we have in our own Legislative Halls, men of the same stamp?in our 1 own sunny South?at our very doors, the same | political teachings. I low strange would it seem ( then, for a Northern paper, to advocate our cause, ( when such a large majority of our own are against 1 us. Wo of course have allusion to the South ( generally, and not Carolina only. In the present 1 number there is a capital review of "The IRstory 1 < of Duelling, etc.;" a work issued by the London j Dress, theauthor of which is J. (I. Millingeu, M. D. j F. R. S. This unchristian practice is placed, we j j think.upon its proper footing when regarded as; s a .Moral Criminality" and " Wouderlul Absurdity." The Reviewer thinks it may be traced to the barbarism o! our (iernianic origin. t lias boon in vain that law, whether proceeding 1 \ I'roni despotic thrones or popular parliaments, has j decreed against it the last and worst terrors of I punishment which it can attach to the highest op crimes against nature and society?stamping it on almost evert statute hook as murder. It has been in vain that the universal reason of ^ men has ""pronounced against it, in every other ^ mod" of expression hut that ol action, as a had, jhloody, and brutal : arbarism. All in vain! There ' j it has stood, uudestroyed, unharmed?a great j j pervading, practical tact?a living and strong re- i ality. smiling at the superficial and frothy impo- } fence of their attempts to put it down. Much as j J we may suppose a big black rock, in the midst of I ( :ie waves, to smile in contempt upon all the yesy fury with which they have been for centuries j&M ashing its base. SBm Would that good institution- among men were s tenacious of their existence, against the surounding pressure of bad influences, as rice versa 9| re see it of the bad, thus vainly assailed by all th fin rrayed antagonism of right, reason and religion." A portrait of the Hon. Wm. H. Polk, embellish- |9fl is the present number, with a short biographical ketch of his life. He is a brother of the late flfl 'resident, and Charge (T Affairs to Naples, com- WM nencing with the latter part of Mr. Tyler's ad- KS ninistration. Caravajal's Position.?The Houston Teiejraph says that at the last accounts, Caravajal 39 lad resumed offensive operations, and had pushid his outposts near Matamoras. He had stationid detachments on'all the great roads leading from Matamoras, and thus prevents any goods from Deing sent to the interior. Gen. Avalos had revived a few reinforcemeuts, but was unable or afraid to act on the offensive. Caravajal holds possession of Reynosa, Camargo, Mier, and all the towns on the Rio Grande .below Laredo. Benefits of Railroads.?Six years ago the place where Atlanta, Georgia, is now standing ivas an unbroken wilderness. Now there is a :ity of four thousand inhabitants. All,this is attributable to the Georgia Railroads, and what Rail * roads have done for Atlanta, a svstem of Plank j roads might accomplish for Camden. The Compromise.?A convention of all per- a ~ons opposed to the Compromise measures is to H be held in Illinois on the 22d of January, tonomi nate a ticket for State Officers. ^ At a .Discount.?A Memphis (Tenn.) paper states that South Carolina bank notes, of which I a large portion of their circulating mediuir. is composed, are at a discount of one per cent., and 1 from the large quantity among them and the distance of the place of redemption, they would not \ be surprised at a further decline. Important Movement.?Tho New York Times pub'ishes a letter which states that the large body of emigrants who recently left California for J the Sandwich Islands intend establishing a Re- 1 publican Government there. To this end a con- _ nitution had been formed in San Francisco pri- ^ ai to their departure, containing a clause providing for the introduction of slavery. The Times I pays its correspondent is a gentleman of experience and judgment;?an old Californian, mingling in and possessing'the confidence of the conkmunities of San Francisco, as well as Sacramen to, and likely to be in the confidence of parties to the movement in question. ? ? TIIE S. CAROLINA CONFERENCE Of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which mot at Georgetown, S. C. on the 10th instant, Bishop Andrews presiding, have made the fol- M lowing appointments for the ensuing year: ^ Cn wt.uston Dtstiuot?C. Beits, P. E. Charleston?W. M. Wightnian Editor South* ern Christian Advocate; Charles Taylor and Benjamin .Tonkins, Missionaries to China, Cumberland, Whitefoord Smith; Trinity, W. A. McSwain; Bethel, C. II. P.itc'uard; St. James, J. R. Pickett, Black Swamp- A. M. Chrietzberg, E.J.Pennington. Savannah River Mission?C. McLeod, W. A. Clark. Walterboro'?P. G. Bowman, A?P. Martin. Combahee & Ashepoo?J. R. Cohurn, A. H. Hannon. Bound O Mission?P. A. M. Williams. Okatec Mission?to he supplied. Orangeburg?W. H. Flemming, O. A. Darby. Barnwell W. Crook, F. A. Mood. Cypress?W. P. Mouzon, W. B. Curry. Graniteville& Aiken?H. M. Mood. ? t\ ?ir ri i i t roil l'on Mission?w. ^. ivirKiana. Cooper River?M.L. Banks, J. D. W. Crook. Cooper River Mission?D. J. Simmons. Beaufort & Prince Williams Mission?G. VV. Moore, W. Ilutto. Edisto, Ichossec & Fen wick Mission?Charles Wilson, II. A.Bass. St. Andrew's Mission?To be supplied. Jokksninty District?SamuklJ Leard.P. E. Cokeshury?R. J. Boyd, one to be supplied. Edgefield?S. II. Browne, G. W. Joy. Pendleton ? A. B. McGillvray, A II. Lester. Pickens?II. Ervin. Cedar Rock ? A. I,. Smith. [ireenville?C. O. Lamotte. [Jrcenville Circuit?Samuel Townsend. 1'nion ? W. A. Gamewell, one to bo supplied. Laurens?A. W. Walker. Sow berry?C. Murchison, W. E. Boone. Mount Tryon Mission?D. I). Byers. ["okesbury School?J. W. Wjghtman. uolumkia District?S. W. Cai'brs, P. E. doliiiubia?Washington street, II. A. C. Walker; Marion street, J. T. Wightinan. dungaree Mission?Nicholas 1 alley. Lexington?J. W. J. Harris, J. T. lvilgo. Jolninbia Ct. E. A. Johnson. Wimishoro'?Wm. Martin, R. P. Franks. "" 'm Lancaster? D. W. Seale. Jainden ? II. C. Parsons. \ )ailington?J. II. Porter, O. A. Chreitzberg. bnnterville? A. M. Foster, iuintcrville Circuit?A. McCorquodale, W. M. Mood ?antee?J. W. North. Vateree Mission?D. G. McDaniel, A.J. Cauthen. "pper Santec Mission?A. P. Avant. >t. Matthews Mission?Williamson Smith, (i koroktown District?D. Dkrrkck, P. E. icorgetown?James Stacy, lanteo Mission?Ono to be supplied, W. M. I iOO. zonwayboro'?Joseph Parker. Hack River?W. C. Clarke. Hack Mingo Mission?Frederick Rush. Mack River and Pee Dee Mission?Wm. Carson, \V. W. Jones larion? M. A. McKibben, D. McDonald, iennettsville?J. H. Zimmerman. 'heraw --Thomas Mitchell.