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DEBATS 1 0to .eme time - i oe D - e% he reply of tile ia K entuiky rkarthest from FP ! , . '. .. Q ne (ri aks, whienl first lvaddOp~~ eI .ly niject now On comparing. with care't1e reply with the teniarks, I an at a loss.to determine whether ii is the mnost remarkable for its omiissions or mtis-stattements. Instead of leaving nota hair in the head. of my argu 4ents, as' the v Seatathreatened (to use - hivoot-ery dignified expression,) he has not even atttempted to answer at large, and not the least weighty portion; and of that which lie hIs, there is not one fairly stated, or fairly answered., I speak literally, and without expggeration, uqr would it be diil eult t o bstablish to the letter what I assert, if i could vreeprcile it.to myself to consum ae the time of the Senate in establishing a long oseies of negative propositions, in whiceb they gould ta'ke but little interest, however - impohqui. they may be regarded by the Senator and myself. To avoid so idle a consumption of the time, I propose to pre sent a few instances of his mis-tnatements, from which the rest may be inferred; and,. that I ay not be suspected of having se lected tim, I shall talkesthem in the order in which they sta nd in his rp . The Senate will recollect Pt Iwhen the Squator from Virginia farthest from me (Mr. Rives) introduced his substitute, lie accompanied it with the remark, that it was his first choice, and- the second choice of those wbo-are allied with.him on this oc casion. In noticing this remark, I stated, that if I might judge from appearances, whieb could.scarcely deceive one. the Sen ator nigh' :I've said, not only the second, - but, under existing circumstonces, it was their first choice,-and that, despairing of a bank for the present, they would support "his-substitute. Assuming this inference to be correct, I stated that the question was narrowed down, in fact, to the bill and stub stitute, of which one or the other must be selected. The Senator from Kentucky, in his reply, omitted- all these qualifications, and repre settled me-asmtiking the absolutr assertion that,.in the nature of thecase, there was no other alternative: but the lill or the substi tute, and thei dAtly pointed out two oth ers; to do nothhag, or adopt a national'bank, as if I could pusibly be ignorant ofwht - was so obviobs. -After lie had thus replied not to what I really said,'but his own mis statement of it; as if to make-compensatioz),. he proceefed in the hame. hreiath to confirm the truth oflthat l did iny by giving.is. slpport to tie substitute; which he'ealled a hal-way houserwhere hie could spend some pleasant hours. Nothing Is. more easy than to win-such victorier.* , lavingiitfrired, as. lias turfid out to be the fuct. that there ino ither alternative Cu presen 11, 1 b: nini ihabstitule, I next showel the etitj g b the o wohil be iqvolv . .ha VInltg, am fear1ng,6 'n'thie.ju's. ---a ;f he rem'aov:t of Oi deposites, de nounced a league ot 6ait banks, similar to thiat proposed to be revived by the substi tute. . After enlarging on this point, I re .uarked that, if I might be permitted to state mny opinion, the gentlemen had taken a .course unfortunwte for thenselves and the country; unfortunate for them, for let what would come they would be responsible. If the bill wvas lost, theirs would be the respont sibility; if the subastitute wvas carried, on thenm the responsibility would fall ; and, if nothing wvas done, they wvould be held re sponisible; and unfortunate for the country, because it had preventced- the detision of the question at the extra'session, wiich cotl not have failed toaput anm early termination .to the present commercial and pecuaniaryr embarrassment. This the Senator, in Is reply, meot by stating that 'lhad called on him and his friends to follow my lea'd, and thus 'regarding it, lhe made it the pretext of somte ill-nattured personal remarks, which I shall antice hereafter. I never dreamed of making such a call; anid what I saidl cannot lhe tortured, by the force of constrttion, to hear a mening having the least semblance to it. - A fer manking these ptreliminiary remarks, I took up) the substitutge, and showed that it 4 proposed to make a bargain with the banks. ithen stated the particulars and the condi tiotns of the proposed bargain; that its ob ject tras to enatale the hunks to pay their debts, ands -for that purpose it proposed to confer important prnvideges; to give them the use of the public funds from 'he time of dleposite to dlisbursement, atnd to have their notes received as cash in the dlues of Go v'ernmment. I then asked, if we hod a'righat to make sute~aha baragain? The Senator, leaving out all these particutlars, represent ed tme as sayinig that the Government had no right to mtake a bargain with the hanks; andI then undecrtakes to involve me in an in consistency, in sutiporting the bill because it proposes -to bargaitn with the banks for the use of their vantits, ns a place of safe keeping for the public mtoaney. as if there was a possible analogy hetwetn the two eases. Nothig is-mnre easy thtan to refaute -the most detnonstrative argument in this way. Urop an essential port of the pra maises, amid the-most irresistible conclusion of course foils. In the same summary anad easy mode of replyinig to mny, arguments, thte Sentator per verted my dlential that the government had a right to receive bank anotes uts cash, into the assertion that it had no right to receive any thing bt cash ; atnd theta accused me wvith inconsistency, because I voted at the extra session, for the bill authuorizinag the re eeipt of'Treasury tnoles in the dues of thie *Goveranmenat; as if any one ever doubted that it could receive its owtn aef, or aecu rities itt pay of its debats. Such are the mis-statemnents of the Senator, takena in their regular order, as they stanad itt his re ply, and they present a fair specimen of what he 'ehooses to contsider an answver to nay argument. There is not one less uta fairly stated', or tunfamirly met, than time in-' stances I htave cited. ** * * * B~ut, in so premeditated and indiserimi nato an attack, it cotuld not he expected fta y motives wotuld entirely escape, andl we ;.ceordingly fmud the Sentor very chairi tably Jeavitng it to timeo to disclose my mao i I t to ume to a A JIMUM12J4i? nag overi. 1, I itmtod, ,alat4dueddo I edn .0hrtyg I, - who ; a td sn3 i lay gr untd a isary di cully, . be h1td iti time to d3-elose my Thotive!. imputatlion sinks to the enih with the itwndIess charge onl which it rests. I slamp it with scorn in the dust. . I pick up the dart Vhich foil harmless at my feet. -1 hurl it baqk.- What the Senator charges on me unjustly, he has actually' done. le went over onl a memorable occasion, and did not leave it to time to disclose his motive. The Senator next tells us that I bore a character for stern fidelity, whicl he ae companied.with remarks implying that I had forfeited it by my course on the. present occasion. If he means by stein fidelity a devoted attachment to duty and pr Ieiple, which nothing can overcome, the character is.indeed a high one, and, I trust, not en. tirely unmcrited. I have, at least, the au thority of the Senator himself for saying that it belonged to me before the present occasion, and i' is, of course, incumbent on him to show that I have since forfeited it. Ile will find the task a lierculean one. It .would be.by'far more easy to show the op posite, that, instead of forfeiting I have strengthened my title to the character; in stead of abandoning any principles, I have firmly adhered to then, and int, too, tun der the most appalling difficulties. If I were to select an instance in the whole course of my life ott which, above all otht ers, to rest my claim to the charactet- which the Senator attributed to me, it would be this very one, which he has selected'to prove that I have forfeited it.- I acted with the full knowledge ofrhe difliculties I had to en counter,, and the responsibility I must incur. I saw a great and powerful party, probably the most powerful in the country, eagerly seizing upon the catnstrqphe whici had be fallen the currency, and the consequent em harrassmnents that foll6wed, to displace those in power, against whom they had been long cotendig. I saw that, to stand between them and their objects, I must necessarily incur their deep and lasting displeasure. I also saw that, to maintain the Administra tion in the position they had taken, to sepe rate the Government from the banks, I would draw down or me, with the excep tion of some of the S >uthern banks, the whole weight of that extensive, concentra ted and powerful interest-the tost tower ful by far of any in the whole community and thus . would'unit, ngainst me a com bination of political and monied influcuce almost irresistible. Nor ivas this all. I could not but see that however puro and dis inlorested my motives. and however consis tent my course-with all I had ever said or done, I -would be exposed to the very char es and aspersions which .I am now repel hng. The case with which they could be made, and the temptation to make them, I saw, were too great to be resisted hy the party, morality of the day, as groundless as I have 'demonstrated them to be. But there was another consequence that I could not but'foresee, far more painful to me than all others. I but too clearly saw, in so sudden and cQmplex a juncture, called on as I was to decide on my qurse intantly,.as it were, on the field brf*tiewihowutcosultation, or explainiug my- reasons, 1 would estrange for a time many of my political friends, who had passed through with me so many ti ials ,and difliculties, and for whom I feel a brother's love. But I saw before me the path of dity, and, though rugged and hedg ed on all sides with these and maty other difliculties, I did not hesitate a moment to take it. After I had made up my mind as to my coutrse, in a conversation with a friettd a bout the responsibility I would ttssutme, lhe remarked tha&tamy owtt State might desert mec. I replied' that it was not im possible but the result luau proved that I under e.sti mated the intelligettce and patriotistm of my virtuous and tnoble State. I ask heur pardoun for the distrust imp)lied in my atnswver, but I ask'wvith assuratnce thatit wvili be granted Ott the grouands I shall put~ it--that in being prepated to sacrifice her cotnfidence, as denar to meo as light and life, rather thhnn disobey, ott this greal question, the dictates of mny judigumett andI conscience, I provedl my'self worthy of being her represetntative. lBnt, if the Senator, itt attribunting to me stertn fidelity tmeant, not dev'orion to prin-. ciple. hut to party. and especially the p~arty of wvhich lieis so) promnntt a membeor, my answer is, that I never belonged to his par ty, or owed it any fidelity; junl of course could forfeit, in reference to it, no character for fidelity. 'It is true, ite acted itn concert againsut what we believed to be the tusuirpa tions of the Executive; and it is trute, that during the time, 1 saw much to'esteem in those wvith wrhom I acted, anud contracted friendly relations wvith many which I shall not-he the first to forget. It isnalsoutruethat a commnon party designationt was aphplied to the Opposition in the aggregate, not, how ever, with amy approbation; btut it is no less true than at was universally knowrn that it consisted of two distinct parties, dissimilar in priatciple and policy, except in relation to the object for which they had utnitedi; the National Republican party, and thme portioni of the State Rights party wvhich had sepa rated from thme Aulaministration,ont the ground that it had departed from the trie pripei. pIes of the original pmariy. That I belong edi exclusively to that detached portion,and to nteither the Op~position nor Administration party, I prove by my explicit declaration, conaiinedl in one of the extracts read froma toy speech on the currency in 1834. That the party generally, atnd the State which I represent in part,stood aloof front both of the parties, may be established from the fact that they refused to) mingle in the party and political contests of tihe day. Mly State withheld her electoral vote in two succes sive P'residenutial Eliectionis; and rathlier than to bestow it on eithaer thieSenator fromIKy., or the distinguished citizen wvhom hie op posed, in the first of those elections, she thtrew her vote on a patriotic citizeti of Vir giia,. since deceased, of her own politics, but whlo was tnt a candidate; and int the last, site refused to give it to thme wvorthvy Senator from Tennessee near me, (Judg~e White) though has principles atnd views of poliey approached so much nearer to hers than that of theo party to whuicht the Senator fromn Ketmucky belonigs. .But- suppose the fuct wvas otherwvise, and! that the twoe par ties had blendedl so as to form one, and that I owed to the Utnited party as much~l fidelity as I do( to that to wichii e xehtsivelhy he joinged. even nna tmt snatst,... n.c~ kC l ave contrdli aii not w no to robryj lace rlidtftoetty a cai'virtues, but I assigh to It .ise. con' flue it to atteru o eta si aaement, and to minor quiestIons'of policy. Bd that, on al.questions involving prinepalss or measures calculated to effect matrly the permagent interstof the country, I loot only to God eAd own"r. But the Senator did Qot confine his at tack to my conduct and inotives in refor-4 Once to the prtent gestion. ' In his eager. ness to weaken the eauate I support by do gtmyIng confidence in me, he made an iu discriminnte attack on my intellectualfia ulties, which lie character as ' itaphys ical, eccentric, too much of genIus, and too little common sense, of course wanting a sotinl and practical judgment. Mr. Presidtnt, according to my opinion. there is nothing of which fihco who are endowed with superior mental 'faculties. ought to be more-cautious tlan to fepmach those with their deficiency td whoni Provi dence has not-been so liberal.' The facuties of our mind are the immediaie gin of our Crcalor, for Whiih we are no farther re-' sponsible than for theii pioper cultivationti according to our opportunities, and their proper application to cebntrol and regulate our actionls. Thus thinking, I trust I shall' be the last to assume superiority on my part, or repreach any one with inferiority on his , but those who do not regard the rule, when' applied to others, cannot expect it to be ob served when 'applied to themselves. Thew critic must expect to be critized, and l who points out the faults of othel-s, to have his own pointed out. I cannot retort o6n The Senator the charge of being. neaphysical. I cannot accuse him of possessia the . powers of analysis and generalization, those higher faculties of lae mind (called metaphysical by those who do not possess them,) whicla decompose & re solve into their elements - the complex mnasses of ideas that exist in a world of mind as chemistry does the bodies thant surround as its %he material world ; and without which those deep and hidden causes which are in constant action nild producing such mighty changer its the condition of society. would operate unseen and undetected. The absence 6f these higher qualities ofthe mind is conspicuous throughout the whole course of the Setinator's liublic life. . To this it may be traced that ie prefers tie specious to the solid and the plausible to the. true. To thesme cause, comhi-ied with an Ir dent temperament, it is owing that we ever ind him mounted 6n some popular and fa_ vorite nioneqres which lie whips alogg, cheered by the shouts of the multitude, and never disimounts till lie has rode it downa Thus, at one time we find him inounted.en the protective system,which he rode down; at another, on- internal improvement., and now he is mounted on a hank, which will share the same fate, unless those who fe immediately interested shall stop him inwhs headlong career. It is the fault of hismi d, to seize on a few prominent and striking r. vantages and to pursue.them pagerly-%i out looking to consequences. Thus i .naseofshegagygystyg, b.a with the advantages otf manufa believing thitt high duties was *e prer mode of protecting them, lie I -shed Ir ward the system.without seeing that he wras enriching one portion of the country at the expense of the other; corrupting the one and alienatimag the other; and finally, dividing the community into two great hostile inter ests, which terminated in the overthrow of the system itself. So, now, he looks only to a uniform currency, and a hank as the means of securing it, wvithout once reflect ing how far the banking system has pro grossed, and the ditliculties that inmpedeo its farther progress; at bankinag aid polties tare riamng together to their mutual des truactioni; andl that the onaly possible mode of savinig his favorite system is to separate it from the Government. To the dlefects of tinderstanding, which the Setntor attributes to me, 1 make tao re p)1y. It is for others, and not for me, to deterniuine the portion of understandinag which it has'pleased the authonrof nmy being to bestow oin me. It is, however, fortunate for me; that the stanidard by which I shall bie judged, is not the false, prejudiced, and, as I have shown, unfounded opinlion which the Senator has expressed; bait my acts. They furnish materiadls, necithier 'few nor scanat, to form a just estimate of nay mental faculties. I have nowv been more than 26 years continuously ii the service of this Government, in various stations, and have taken part in almost all the great questions which have agitated this country during this long and import ant pea iod. Through-~ out the wvhole,l have never followed events, baut hnve taken my stanad in advance, open ly and freely avowing my o.pinions on all questions, andI leaving it to time and expe rience to condemn or approve my course. Thus acting,I have often and on grent ques tions, separated from those wit hwhoin I usually acted. and if I am really~so defec tiave in sound and practical judgment as the Senator represents, the proof, if to be found any where, must be foundl in such instan ces, or where i have acted on my sole re spoiisibaility. Now, I ask, in which of the mnany instances of the kinad is such proof to lie found? It is not amy intention to call to the recollection of the Senate all such; bit that you,, Senators may judge for your selves, it is in justice due to myself, that I should suggesh a fewv oft the most prominent, which at the time were regarded as the Senator now considers the presept; and then, as now, becnase wvhere duty is inavolv .ed I would not submit to party trammels. CoLttitA, APRIL 6. MIURDER.--Our town has aganbe h scene of deadly violence. A yong man nameid .Nazareth Allen, an apprentice to the carpenter's ,business, on Sunday last, in a fit of ioxieation, stabbed a nlegmo boy be honging, to Col. J. J. Chappell, wvith a dirk knuife, immediately through the heart. It dloes not appear from the evidenegiven before the inquest that the boy gave lain) any provocationi. Not the least' aggravating feature im this hiorridl transaction is, that the crnme was propetratedl on the Sabbaih, In frout of the Mt-mhaotist Caarch, andl during dJiviine service.-Timies i Gazette. The amount of specie in the Aliddlesex Batik, Mass., ns returned by its officers, is <.nc dollar and umnftu-three.s Oh! R ONbVE N. This Cop'.ntion - asseblednln t 6terdag .12 o'clock, in tihe P harmh. The Conveption was gy ;alling E'er Boye,Esq, of 0 t the. *0 , and tl appointnqti . W. ,#q., of gfsata, as: listy glhe 1' iir, the - henIvs ' I. ,to"elgaje om difere:it Stae ard register their names, iommeme ncg wit 'ortb Carolina, when one h~mdredamd htrty-fourdelfgates came rorwan. . When:e Ielegates hail all given in their namies. Gen. liDuffie rose ind nominated Thomas Butler King, of Glynn. as Presi dent of the Conviution, which nomination was unanimously agreed toiend a commit Iee was appointed to wait on Air. King and inform him of- heis nomniliation. On taking thechair,- Mr. K. made a nent and appro priate address, in which he explained the object of the convention, and the benefits to he derived from unanimity among. its mpmbers. After the Presfaent took his seat, N. W. Cocke, Esq. was appointed Secretary. The Convention being thus organized, Gen. Hayne of Charleston, rose and deli vcred a short address, and concluded by of fering the follon ing resolution: Resolved, That a committee of twenty one be appointed by the chair to consider and report oo*4he measures proper to be a dopted by the convention. On motion of Gen. bicDuffiv, the con vention then adjourned to 5 o'clock in the afternoon, so as to enable the President to appoint tie committee of twenty-one. FIVE PP'CLocK. The Convention met pursuant to adjourn ment. The President requested such delegates as hadarrived since the morning adjourt medt,-o come forward and register their names, The 'President then announced the oil lowiag gentlemen as composind the com mnittee of 21,.viz: Gen. I. Y. IJAYx,.Chairman. Gen J. Owen, Wilnington, NC., W. Dearing, Esq., Athens, Ga., Gen. George MeDuflie, Charleston, Men. Scott, blont gomery, Ala., Col. BIt. Lotig, Florida, Jos. Cunui.sq..Savannah, Col. jllan ding, Coluibin, 1. C , G. It. Lamar, Esq. Savannah, Col. A. P. Ilayne, Charleston, Col. d. o1. Cummng. A ugusta, lion. J. P. ing, do., A. AleDowall, Charleston, J. K. Douglass, Camden, Dr. R. Collins, AluconI, Ker Boyce, Charleston, W. W. Starke, liamjnurg, A. Black, Chaleston, Col..N. McGehee,}lilledgeville, E. J. Hale, Foy. etteville, N. C.. 1ion. P. Noble, Abbeville, -A moti6n was made -sad adopted,:allow ing the President the. isegIonary power of inereasing the committee, should other del egates arrive; whereupon, the President added the following gentle totho.above connttee, viz: J. T. Soutter, Esq. of Norfolk, Va., L. M. Wiley, Esq., Charleston, C. G. Mem minger, Esq.,do., A.Mitchell Esq. Darien. A-letter was then read from a committee appointed by the Mobile Board of Tiade 46r the purpose, approving of the object of tIle Convenion, which was ordered. to be Ker loyce, Eq., 41 Ohar0T&un, dmi handed in a citcular from the Charleston Banks, to be read for the information oftle Convention. The object of this circular is to get up a Bank Convention, in Charleston, in Ala next, to be composed of delegates from th le difli'rent banks in South Carolina, Georgia, and other States, to take into con sideratiots measures for the uimuhaneous resumption of specie paymients, should that mensunre be deemed expedient by them. The South Carolina Committee, appoin tcd at the last Convention to memorialize te Legislature of that State in relation to Li:mited Partnerships, tmadle theii- report through Alex. Black, Esq., whichi was read and ordered to be recorded. WEDNEsDAY, April 4th. The Convention met at 10 o'clock. Gen. Ilayne of Charleston, Chairtman of the Select Coimmnittee, rose and read in a clear and distinet mainner, the able'report, w-hich wvas listened to with breathless Si lence. After lie had finiishied reading the report, (which we hope to be able to lay be fore our readers in our next paper,) he re quested Col. Memmitnger to read the roe lutionis reported by the committee, whic'h, with some additions and amiendmenits made by the Conivemtion, were as follows, all of which were adopted. I. Resolved, That a direct trade is the n tural channel of commulnication between nations, wh-lich oler to each other the best market for their miutual productions; and that the intervention of a third party must operate as a tax upon the exchanges be tween them. 2. Resolved, That the Southern and South-western States of this union afford those staples with which are purchasedl nearly the wvhole foreign imports of the country; that they are te consunmers of a large portion of these imports, and oudht naturally themselves to furnish the channel through which she exchange is made; that ont no occasion- have their citizens been, found ineapable of maintaining themselves in fair competition with other sections; and that the diverstion of their tradeo from its natural channels, must have been brought about by the unequal actiotn of the federal government, or by the abstraction of our people towards oilier pursuits. 3. Resotted, That in the opinion of this Convention such a state of things shouild no longer continue; that the present condition of the commerci-rerLlations of the country, and the disruption of the existing channefr of trade, all'ord an opportunity of breaking down the trammels whlich have so long fet. sered our commerce, and of restoring to the Souith its natural advantages; and that it is imncumbent upon every tian, who has at heart the good of his counttry, to lend his best exertions to the promotion of these ob jeets and to establishi our trade upon a sound and permanent basis. 4. Resolved, Thsat this Convention is fully aware of the difficulties to be overcomte i~n te prosecution of their enterprise; bt no thitng dauntted thtereb~y, and fully relying up n the public spirit and zealous co-operation of their fellow citizens, they are determined to advance ivith untiring perseverence; and with that view, do earntestly recommend the adoption of the following mpasures. 1. That an effort should be nsiade to af ford to thme imnorters nm p......sera Sfs- $,;he spne-feilities wi -re, anil with this vic 11 * I' t at the banks in the IWmediately apply a portion ive -apitals to the purchase offoreign .e'xchange, and to the procure .nent ef credits or fMuds in Europe; -and thait they should afflord the use of, tie stine to the importing merthint upon a discount or collateral pledge of, fh good paper as lie may take from the " erclinns of the in terior. and that this accoinmodation be uf forded as well upon paper having more itan six imonths to run, as upon hamt having less; and that the Banki. s he interior co-ope rate by collecting n'd.. otitting the pro ceeds of such paper to the banks on ihe sea coast; that they maintain-the credit of their bills, tind keep down the exchanges by re de6nig their own paper at the seaports; anl that on the other band the honks in the Southern Atlantic ities make arrangetnts by which the notes of all of- them shall be a ar in each. 4 ,. That widh a Niew to the important subject ofequatlizing the exchanges between Southern and South-Western States and Territories, this Convention earnestly re conhinend to the various banks of the prin eipal cities of those 8tates, or such as may be conveniently locted, to receive the Bills of each other in their general business and to adopt such arrangements for settle ments, at short periods, as they nimay deem suitable and proper; the Banks against whom the ballanco should fall, to furnish funds for settling the same, or to pay an in terest of six per cent, from the period of settlement, and that a committee of give be appointed to take such measures as, in their judgment, will carry fully into el'ect the preceding recomamendations. 3. That the Merchants of the South and South West, be earnestly receomamended to give preference to the importers of their own markets, and they atTord them an op. portunity of fair competition with other sections, by making their first calls for pur chase at Southern and South-Western sea ports; and on the other hand, that the Merchants at the sea ports shall, forthwith, set about importing such stocks of goods, as will ensure, at fair rates, a supply to the demand from the mnerchants of the in terior. 4. That an earnest and united effort should he made to draw home the capital invested by the Solm in Banks and Coma panies abroad; and to employ the same, togetherwith siachI surplus capital as exists et h , n mercantile operations; and that with this view men of influence and char acter be earnestly invited to nfoi the ben fit of their example, by entering into Lim .ted Partnershaips-uuder the laws lately passed by the States of Virginia, S. Car olina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Florida. 5. That this Convention cannot but v:ew with deep r'gret, theneglect of all cotm mercial pursuits which bas -itherto prevail ed -among the youtlh of our country, and which has necessarily thrawn its most im pgrlant interests ibto tie haan-is of those :who by feeling and habit are led into com mercial connexions elsewhere. ' his Con vention, therefore, cannot too eliestly re commend the speedy adoption by all their felloW citizens of measuares io introduce thereby to establish a body of merchants whose very interest and feeling shall be cen tered in the country which has reared and sustain sthem. 5. Resolved. That this Convention is of opinion that the establishmient by manafac turers in foreign countries of agencies in the chief southern ports, for tihe smale of the "a rionts articles exported by theam to the U. States, would conduce to the restoration of the direct foreign trade of the South; and that similar establishmnents, for the sale of domestic articles would be very ac ceptable. Reaolced, That a commaittee of five be appointed to prepare an address to the peo ple of the Southern and South WVestern States, urging upon Ihem thme expediency of giving their hearty co-operationl, ini the accomllishmment of the- great ol'ject of this Convention. 7, Resolked, That when this Convention adjourns, it shall adjourn to meet in Anatns Ia on the 3rd Monday in Oct. next. & that a committee of correspondence be appointed, whmose dutly it shall be to take tihe proper measures to cnlist time feelings of time peo ple, and secure a cordia! co-operation on the part of the States Interested in tihe objects of ibis Convention, atnd to secnre a full representation from every part of those States, 8 Resolved, Thmat it is recommendedl to the members of thlis Convention, to assem ble the citizens of their counuics or districts, and place before them their plroceedings, and urge upon them the expediency of pro mhotimg thme measures recommended by this convention, amid particulariy of formaing Limited Partnerships, undier tihe baws pass ed by the Southmern States, as aforesaid. Whereas, the completion of tile lines con necting the Southern Atlantic cities wvithi the great valley of the Mississippi is the most prominent and elflcient measure to promote time useful and patriotic object which has cailed this Convention together, therefore 9, 'Resolred. That this d~onvention is deeply and solenmnly imnpressedl with the transcendant importance of tihe great works of Internal Improvement, which is intend ed to ellect this imnerconmmunication, andI most eiarnestly invoke time people of time South and South-wvestern States to bring all their energies and resources to hear up!m on this vital point, not doubting that such cirorts wril crown withm brilliant success the noble enterprise. 10 Resolved, That time members of this convention in recommending the aforesaid resolutions Iio their constituenmts, of tihe Southmern and Soumth-WVesternm States, wvill aff'ord to thmem thte most utmdoubted pledge of thmeir sitncerity, by adoptimng themi as a rule for their (awn condt, hereby declar img in time most solemn amanner, in time tem p1e of time Most High, that in all cormmer. cial dealings they will give preference to the Direct Importer, and zealously endeav or imn all cases, to carry out lime views and recommnendationms of this enpventinl. Previous to any qutestions being taken ont time resolutions, Col. Memminger rose and addressed the Convention at letngthm, in a very able specech, in which Itoutchedg om the effects of tine Tarnniff, the U. S. tanmk, tihe Deoposite Banks,anmd .Mr.WVriehtt's wnor. Iouse systerm, 1;ni iie o ?iieme. p'f tlhe seuIIh WoI ave been vnmsinid a Cefog h Ilmsper-1 mnd lope to be nle siqortly tga've it to our reaiders. - Resolution.,dge Ionimously a jted, rettarih m thanksothil Cehairnmun - r the comm liittee, nifd e'jf P~resideut mid Secretary of thle ConvektLI . fior theiab manner In which they laud dischargedi their various duties; to tihe iTruses of the Church for the use of their building, and to the ciii zens of Augusta for their hospitality. Af ter which It was moved and enrried, on mn1 lion of Kir BoyeepEsq., or Ciarlestona.thst the Ciarleston delegation have the pro ceedings of this couventiont printed and dis tributed under their supervisiun and at their expense. It was also resolved that imhe President appoint thieconmmiatee tinder time above resolutions at iisleisure. TiheConu vention then adjourned sine die. From the Sarannah Georgian, March 31. FIROMl .FLOlIDA. From a passengerin the steamer Wmn. Gaston, Capt. King, arrived at this port from Garcy's Ferryand St. Augustine, and from other sources, we learn the following: A letter frotw Tumpa, dated March 24th (last Saturday,) says--"Between five and six hundred indians and negroes ire on titir way to Tampa from Fort Jupiter, un der time escort of tie Tennessee voimters, and a portion of the 2d iegiment of Dra goons." Another letter confirms the above, aid ing that-"We have no other news by ex press. It i' stated M1ajor Loemis, of the 1st in fantry, had captured two Indian woamen, %%h1o say that Sam Jones had gone to tie south, and Alligator to the west, and that they were both willing to surrender if they were invited. Mtaj. L. had circumanaviga ted lake Oke-cio-bee in boats. On Saturday last, we are also informed, Capt. Hewson. in command.of 2companies of dragoois, arrived at Fort Melon. About three days' march form that fort, he states, that while erdssing a large cypress swamp, lie struck a trail of indians, pursued & over took them. They werein number 20;to 25 Capt. H. lost four of his men in the attack, and was wounded himself in the abdomen. but not dangerous. lie took four prisoners and killed, as is supposed, several of the Indians-the balance escaped. It is repor ted that Coacoochee or Wild Cat isone oE the prisomers. Te news of the capture of00 Indians, '&c.. by General Jesup, is said to be eon firmed by letters received at Fort Melon, which our informant left last Sunday, touch ing at Garey's Ferry on Wednesday. Sr. AUoUsTUN E,March 22. The War.-The President has promptly and nobly dischargd Iis duty to the coun Iry. Gen. Jesup's aid has -returned from - Washington, bearing the President's answer to the Commandingpeneral's MORAL TREA son against the iuhabitantsof Florida. The Goernment refuses to listen to any compro mise of the existing Treaty for the immedi ate and indiscrminate resewal of the Indi ans. Any other policy aust have depopu lated Florida. It-is but justice td concede the patriotism and'jfrmness o Ihe-President in our Indian relatioa. ' reenee "in the foot pof 4i entities him to the commiimdation anhdrati tude of every resident and friend of suffering Florida. The steam boat 'Charleston arrive ! on Tuesday from Indian river. We ;a very little from time Army. Gen. Jesup vas still at Jupiter River. waitimg the re turn of Lieuit. Linmnard from Washington. Lieut. Linnmard hiad arrived at Fort Pierce, amnd unmmediately proeeeded to Jupiter river, sonic (lays previously to time sailing of the Charleston. There had( been no inforama lion from the aramy at Ft. Pierce sinceLieut. By letters from Washington, we learn that Lieut. Linnnmr.l was the bearer of a Treaty, with the Semitmoles, ceding to them a portimon of the Territory, whmichm was semis on lay Gen. Jesup to be ratified as Wash We furthecr learn that h decided negative was given to thmis Treaty, and orders were given to Gen. Jesump to take possession of those Iidians wvhiech were reproesned to be in his power, with a hint that hie would be recalled, if lie allowed them to escapc. From the Charleston Mercury. The shape itn whichm time Treasury Bill has passed the Senate, is far frotm meet img the views which the penple of this State have expressed with such signal tun animaity ini favoumr of the Divorce of Banik aind State. Mr. Calhioutn has therefore represenited his State by voting against the Bill-and we trust that ini its presemnt shape it will not pass time hlosuse. Our rep resen tatives there wvill. we hope, refuse to vote for it. Is opens wide time door to execu tive corruption--amid for tihe most corrupt leagues with the money power-anid iu creases itmmensly time field of executive discretiont-to which, time Southmernm people have always been in principle opposed; atnd to which their representatives have professed violent opposition. Our people thmerefore will lie surprised to Amid any of their servants leagumeinig with time nationahe ror a measutre so Odiouis to our State.-. Somitim Carolinians have tried thmeir delega lion in Congress with genmerous delicacy, on time qluestin of time currency-leaving them uint ratmmnelledi save biy thme expression of Southi Carolina's trish. Th'iey expect soime retmurn. T'hey have a right to expect that neithier partizant nor personmal feelhngs will imazke any of them active and instrn mentzal in thwiarting her wvishes-even if they (d0 m~ake them backward in advainimg them. They wvere not senmt there to elevate or puit down men-to gratify or thtwart po hiticaml frienids or opp'onents-but to sustain time prinicipalesof t heir State. GENx. ScoTTr.-It is stated in thle New York E-xpress, thamt Gien. Scott has been ordered to time Chmeokene counatry, to take{ coummanid of time forces, consisting of six regiments of regulars, that are toi lbe stationed there to ensture time removal of Imudians with ouit disturmatnce. it woul'd seem that aller six ineff'eetnal attmpts t -obtain a commander for time Ex.. jiloring Squmadroni, the iseventhm ha~s atoengthm pirmovedl sumccesfui. Lietenant Wilkes has bmeeni pelecteditto conmmand it, and hasa*4 eente. thne opnointiemn.