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Donestie .News. CONGRESSIONAL. *rm . Co(rrespondewce of ta Charleston Cour. WASHINGTON. Jan. 26. The Senate is not in session to-day. The House, to-day is. busy in passing those private bills, as to which there is no dispute. All bills which give rise to de bate are passed over. Even, if the reading of the report accompanying the bill be oalled for, it kills the bill for thiq session. About two hundred private bills will prob ably be passed and sent to the other House; but these are not one third of the whole riumber on the calendar. Congress will take no steps, at this sess;on, for the estab lishment of a Board of Commissioners to settle Claims. Thisis the last private bill to-dRy. Mr. Cambrelieng and Mr. Howard notfied the Hous that every succeeding Friday and Saturdav, till the end of the Session. would necessarily be devoted to the pub lic business' which is in a state of forward De. From the Globe WAsHINGToN, Jan. 28. In the Senate, to day, upwards of one hundred and fifty bills were received from the House of Representatives, and were referred to appropria-e committees. The afternoon was principally occupied by Mr. Davis in reply to Mr. Benton's re marks in favor of the repeal of the duty on salt, to which Mr. Benton rejoined; and after a short Executive session, the Senate adjourned. In the House of Representatives, no bu siness of importance was trauacted. The whole day was occupied in the presenta tion of resolutions. SENATE. January 29. The Senate, to-day was principally oc eupied in discussing the moution of Mr. Benton, for leai-e to introduce a bill fIor abolishing the duty on salt. Mr. Williams, from Maine who was entitled to the floor, addresssd the Senate at length, and with much ability, in opposition to the object of the bill, though he intimated his inten tion of voting for its introduction, that it rnight be referred to, an appropriate cot mittee for the purpose of inquiry. Mr. W. was followed in the debate by Mestrs. Benton, Davis, Buchanan, Niles. and Ruggles. The Senate adjourned without taking the question or granting leave. H. OF REPRESENTATIVES. January 29. Mr. Cambreleng, from the committee of Ways and Means, reporiod a bill ma king appropriations for preventing and suppressing Indian hostilities for the year 1839. Also. with an amendment, Senate bill supplementary to the act establishing the 3Mint- of the United States. The bill, on Mr. C's. motion, was or dered to be efigrossed for a third reading to-morrow. Mr. C. stated that, in the report he sub mitted a few days ago on toe state of the finances, there was contained a document furnished by the Indian department, con taining a statement which was correct; but .there was a note appended to it which was incorrect, and did injustice to two inem bers of the House [Messrs. Everett and Bell,] and he was instructed by the com mittee of Wa3s and Means, to move that that part of the report be corrected, by striking therefrom the passage referred to. Mr. Evierett explained his course oan the Cherokee question to show that the note referred to had done him two fold injustice, though he was not very solicitous about it. Mr Biddle moved to commit the me tion-so that the report might be amended in other particulars; especially in reference to that part of it witich reviewed the pen sion system, and gent on to reply to the argument of the report on this and other subjects Mr. Cambrelengitmade a brief explana tion ia reply. A Mr. Pickenas expr ed his gratification that the gentlema-rom Pennsylania had coule out thus earJ in opposition to the principles of this geport--a document to which Mr. P. gavezis most cornhal and bearty support. H'eoiced that the corn mittee afWays nnUIeans had thrown out such a ddemen d would to God that an issue could be ii~e upon it hefore the people of this eousntry antd he took that occasesa to say, that le yparty act tupon the principles of thi ret, andi they may always r-ely upon i en and un qualj~edI support: no. iniatta where they -came from, wheder~ from e North, dhe South or the middle section of this countr-y.. It is a seport, said Mr. ?., congeniaI to thte sptrzt an genius of our institz' nn, and purely republican in all its soe. ents and propositions; and lie desired te the test vote upon the motion of the -sentlemian from Pennsylvanta, and hope hat vote would be understood as a vote which was to range parties upon the quei' s touch -ed upon in that report. The-gentleman from Penn ania had oondenmned the reference to ariff'in the re port. In this, Mr. P. th - t the corn muittee had acted wisely;, was there a gutleman upon that floor, there a tyro in pelities, who did not kno at, at this very moment, parties w mizingin ts country with a view t the crisis which woul- come on in , when the oompromise act wotuld es They all knew it. and the commit honestly and judiciously in meetin question in advance. Why, the.me~ s of this very Caongress,remote......d seem to he, will have an im ring on it. Ex haust your -. vote away all the public moos rofligate schemnes of appropnet u will be compelled to -ssu notes or to borrow mo ney. *. hat must inevitably follow! You m nerease your taxes on imports; st raise the tariif. The gentleman eensylvania -has at tacked the prin :pies of the report upon these points; he -as indicated his course; he hae even quo ~ ted the title to the first act passed under te -Federal Constitution, to proVe that protection to manufactures was .coeval arith our Government, &c; but yet, for sooth, the gentleman protests against his committing himself uon this point.- He play quote the titles to all your first acts to pI.v ib chn stitntinnnlity of your tariler. bat yone quotations would fail to conye him, [Mr. Pickens.] They would fail to show that they were congenial with the Grat principles of the Constitution. Yet. he would not discuss these pointsat present; he would only say that he should rejoice to shiver a lance with the gentleman, on these subjects, at the proper time; he was proud to say that he should have to meet in this conflict the shield of even a Knight Templar. The principles of this report, added Mr. P. are the principles of reform and re trenchment which seem to be the popuhr doctrines of the day. Now he wanted to to see who are the gentlemen prepared to do their lip service to the goddess of relorm,and bow down and worship,in their hearts, profligacy and recklessness of ex penditure. Vote appropriations, said he, as you have done heretofore, with an ut ter disregard to the condition of the Tres surv, and you will be compelled to issue Treasury notes or borrow money. He repeated. in conclusion, that he desired to see parties ranged under the principles of that report. It was a noble document, and the party which took its stand upon it. would risk much at first, but would tri umph in the end. We were now about to take a new latitude and departure, and he desired to see the oilier side come out. Mr. P. rejoiced that the gentleman had made his motion, and again expressed a hope that it would be considered as a test question. The orders of the day were then pro ceeded to. IN SENATE. January 29. Mr. Benton presented the petition of Mary Helena America Vespucci, ayoung lady of Florence, descendant of the cele brated Americus Vespuccius, one of the renowned na igators of the 15th century, and whose name this continent bears. Thia petition, said Mr. Benton. states the reason which has induced. or rather con strained, this young lady to leave her coun try, and seek an asylum in the U. States; it also states her reasons for making the re quests which the petition contains for the rig.hts ofcitizenship and a grant of land. lie would pass the petition to the table, and ask that it might be read by the Sec retary. [The petition was then read by the See retary. Mr. Thompson submitted the following joint resolution, which. under the rules,lies over, and was ordered to he printed: Resolved. by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America. in Congress assembled, That the notes of sound Specie paying banks shall hereafter be received in payment of the duesof the Government, under such regu lations and restrictions as may be prescri bed by Congress. Resolved, That the public funds shall hereafter be deposited with batks owned in whole or in part by the States where situated, and that where none such exist, with such corporated banks as the Sec. retary of the Treasury may select; Provi ded, That when deposited with private in corporated banks, the funds of the Govern metm are not to be used in the discounts or other business of such banks; and that the Secretary of the Treasury, be author, ized to coitract with said banks for 'a stipulated compensation for the safe-keep ing, transfer, and disbursement of the pub lic monevs. On motion of Mr. Benton, the Senate proceeded to the consideration of the leave .asked by him, to introduce a hill to re peal the duty on salt,and the fishing boun ties and allowances dlependant thereon. A debate then ensued, in which Messrs. Williams of Maine, Benton, Davis, Buch anan, Niles, awl Ruggles took part. Mr. Rugglcs moved to lay the whole subject 00 the table; which motion was negatived-yeas 12, nays 24. The Senate then adjourned. WVAsHENGTON, Jan 30. In the Senate, to-day. after the trans action of mormning business. Mr. Ruggles addressed the Senate in opposition to mime motion of Mr. Benton for leave to intro duce a bill to repeal thme duty on salt. The debate was continued by Messrs. South ard, Benton, Williams of Maine, Calhoun. and Norvell; and the question.being taken on granting leave, was decided in the af firmnative, yeas 20, nays 19, and the bill was referred to thme Committee on Finance. Two bills for the relief of the Alabama, Florida and Georgia Rail Road Comnpa ny, and a joint resolutin directing the manner in wvhich certain laws of the Dis tinet shall be executed, were ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. The House again wvent into committee of -the Whole on so mnuch of the President's Message as was uudispose-i of. Mr. Crn ry concluded his very able speech. in reply principally to Mr. Bell. He was followed by Mr. Clark, the Conservative of New York, who threw off' all restraint, and fully entered the lists with th Opposition in denouncing the Administration. Ho admitted the alliance of the Conservatives with the Whig party-that they thought alike,and were in duty bound to act in con cert, to overthrow the present party in power. The mnask was so far thrown or, as to call from Mr. Mason of Virginia a disclaimer, as to the intentionsof the Con servative part y of the Souih.. Mr. Thomp son obtainmed the floor, and on his motion the Committee rose. The Hlouse, on motion of Mr. Cambre leng, againi went into comtnittee on the appropriation bills; and, after some time spent thereon, reportegd liye to the House, which were severally ordered to be'en grosed.-Globe. Fsron thme Cornsepondece of the Southerns Patri. SENATE.] WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. Mr. Southuard presented a memorial, asking the abolition of slavery in the Dis trict or Columbia, and moved its reference to a Setect Comimittee, with instructions to consider and report thereon. Mr. Spence, moved that the memorial be laid on the table, which motion was a greed) to,. The decided stand, which the Senate has taken on this exciting subject, bas had the effect of sending all memorials of that c nature to the House wvhere Mr. Adams tak es care that ticy shall make some A resolution was adopted, directing the Committee on the Library to take meas ures for a proper disposition of the Madi son papers, purchased from Mrs. Madison, last ear. Mr. Crittenden. offered a resolution, calling upon the Secretary of the Treasury for a statement of the expenses of Govern ment from 1817 to the present year, which after some brief remarks from Mr. Benton. was agreed to. The general Appropriation Bills from the House for the payment of the Army, Navy, Indian and Pension Appropriations, were taken up and severally referred to ap propriate Committees. The bill for regulating the trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes was then considered and after some debate of no in terest, was read a third time and passed. From the South Carlinitaa. Tuz SWAnTWOUT DEFALCATIoNt.-The people of S'. C. will read with pleasure the following brief but spirited and high toned remarks of the Hon. F. W. Pickens, on the Resolution of Mr..Wise, to appoint a Committee of investigation into the de falcation of Saml. Swartwout. They are characteristic of the man-a true hearted, chivalric, and faithful Representativeof a generous, high hearted, anad'confiding peo ple-and admirably in contrastwith the mean and telfish evasions, doublings and twistiugs of the miserable hacks and thralls of party: Mr. Pickens inquired of the Chair whe ther it was a rule of the House. as lately established.that the election by vica voce ap plied to committees of the House. The Chair replied in the negative. It applied to officersof the Ihouse alone. I am in favor (said Mr. P.) of the most un limited and unrestricted investigation that the case demands. M% only objection is to a chaige in the mode of choosing com mittees. It is the established practice of of the House for the Chairto appoint them. The reapon of this, I suppose hab been to enable the House to act with energy and decision. It is impossible, in practice, to bring so numerons a body to act, other wise, with any decision. Eqpecially is this the case in the short session. Yet, al though I am opposed to the resolution of the gentleman from Virginia, on principles ofexpe-iiency and policy, and though I be lieve the difficulty of the inquiry to be so great that it cannot be gotten through with this session, yet I will vote for thetresolu tion because gentlemen who are clamorous for an investigaiton wish the resolution to pass in that form. I will give them 'all they ask. Let them probe corruption to the very bottom. I will not shield the guilty I *ill hold up defaulters to the sun in the heavens, and let the flies blow on them, and let the world gaze'at the corrnption that covers them. The gentlemen shall have justice done, so far as my vote can go. I should not nogy trouble the House, had I not been referred to by several gen tlemen, who have been tip. Whlat! do gentlemen suppose that, because I choose to support an Administration because it supports the principles of the Constitution, my mouth is to be shut when corruption is to be exposed? If they do, they have greatly mistaken me. Neither the smiles' of party favor, nor the pitiful denunciations of party malignity, shall deter me from treading the path of honor and virtue. I do believe that there has existed most shameful corruption in the country. Take your committee, and go and search is out, and purge the country from such a con tamination. But, when you attribute this defalcation and that defalcation.to this or that pecnliar system of managing the pnblic finiaices, I enter my protest againtst all stuch deduc tions. A s well mnicht you at tempt to make God responsible for smn, because he'has breathed life into human beings. No, sir; what-ver gentlemen may charge upob the sub-Treasury sche'me, I believe that nmuch of this robbery is chargeable on the legis lation of this body. You have thi-own millions upon millions into keeping of the Treasury, antd human natture is not aliays able to withstand the force of tempta'tion. I did not vote forthese measures. in,1835 the House voted to place three millions, in one gross sum, in the bands of the Ex ecutive, to be disposed of, at his discre tion, in the public service, without speci. fyitng a single object to wnich it should be applied. Thank God no man can say that I sustained such proceedings. .The gentleman has quoted Shakespeare. I will say to him "Thou canst not say I did. it." I will sot screen any man from in vestigation. I go for the strictest r'espOtn Aibility of every otficer of Governeot to ibis House. 'I'hose principles have al wrays goverzed mae;:and no remptation shall seduce me to depart from them. Let no one suppose I shall abandon them for party considerations.. I scorn it. I will express my sentiments here with she most perfect fredom. No party ties shall bind mie down to questions of corruption. Take your committee. You shalthsve my vote. rake it. But still I believe the thing will prove a failure. I desire that the exam nation he full and prompt. I should think that a committee, if appointed by the Chair, ought to have upon it,a majority of' those who are heartily in favor of the -in guiry. But gentlemen desire another amode of raising the committee, and they shall have it. As to the poor miserable arty tactics about whether the defaulter as .been a Whig, or a Conservative, or riend of the Administration, it is to mne s matter of .he slightest interest. I would tot turn on mny heel to seve tile President iimself, if he is just ly chargeable. Again, [ say, tacke my vote. A Post Office has been established at Rtocky Mount, Fairfield District. SE C., mnd Thos, F. Barkley E'aq., appointed Post b~aster. James M. Yonng, Esq., has been a p tointed Post Master, at Lauremas C. H., N~illiam A. Bull,' Esq. at Gowdeyville, Jnion District; Elliot S. E.'Chambers, at lurricane, Spartanburg District; and Win. 3. Fleming, Esq. at Lubbub, Pickens Dis riet, S. C.. Deat~a in Boston-There were 1920 eaths in Boston during the year 1836, vhich, for a population of over 80,000, hows a remarkable state of heahtb to have revailert SECUILIY OF THE PUBLIC MONEY. We give the following synopsis of the bill, introduced by Mr. Wright on the 30th ult. in the Senate, to secure the publie money in the hands of public officers. Globe. The general provisions of this bill are 1. That the collectors at Boston, N. York, Philadelphia. Baltimore and Charleston, shall make weekly returns of all their monetary and bond transactions to the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Treasu rer of the United States, and to the First Comptroller. 2. That the Collectors at the other ports shall make such returns monthly. 3. That these returns shall be regularly checked by the naval officer, or, where there is no naval officer, by the surveyor of the port. 4. That the naval officer at each of the ports specially mentioned above, shall, at least so far as concerns the correct keeping of accounts, be an efficient check on the collector. 5. That the district attorneys at Boston, N. YorifgPhiladelphia,Baltimore.Charles ton, and New Orleans, shall make exact and specific returns of all bonds and mone tary transacttons in which they may be engaged, to the Secretary of the Treasury, the Treasurer of the United States, the First Comptroller, and the collector of the port at wbich they reside. 6. That the other district attorneys shall make such returns monthly, to the Secre tary of the Treasury, the Treasurer of the United States, and the First Comptroller. 7. That the marshals of these eight dis tricts shall make exact ani specific weeki) statements of all processes and monetary transactions in which they may be enga ged on account of ihe United States, to the Secretary of the Treasury, the Tress rer of the United States, the First Comp-. troller, and the District Attorney of their district. 8. That the marshals of the other dis tricts shall make such returns monthly, to the Secretary of the Treasury, the Treasurerof the United States, and the First Comptroller. 9. That the receivers at the.land offices shall make weekly returns of all receipts and payments (descending to particulars in cases of payments) to the Secretary of the Treasury, the Treasurer of the United States, the Comtnissionerof the General Land Office, and the registers of their res pective land offices. 10. TKt the register of each land of fice shall make weekly returns to the Se cretary of the Treasury of the United States. the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and the receiver of his own land Office, of all lands sold. - 11. That the clerkof each district shall make specific and exact returns of all their >monetary transactinns,once a month,to the district judge, the Solicitor of the Treasu ry, the Treasurer of the United States, and the Secretary of the Treasury. 12. That all other officers or agents of the UnitedStates employed in the disburse inent of the public money, shall make ex act and specific returns, once a month, to the Secretary of theTreasury, the Treasu rer of the United States, and that Comp troller at whose offices the account of the disbursing officer is finally to he settled. 13. That the officers to whom the re turne shall be made, shall immediately, on the receipt of them, compare them with othei returns in their office, to test their accuracy, and in case of the discovery of any discrepancy, give information of the same to the Secretary ofthe Treasury. 14, That the discovery of any thing cal-. culated to cast suspicion on the integrity of any collecting or disbursing officer, shall be forthwith commaunicated by the Secre tary of the Tlreasury to the President of the United States. 15 That the quarterly accounts of the collectors, and other officers required to r port quarterly, shall be made up wIthin 30) days of the close of each quarter; and that the non-reception of such an account with in one week after the time usually occulpi ed by the mail in passinig from the place where the officer residles, shall be primafa cie evidence of dlelinquency. and a balance standing against him in the hooks of the Depart ment, or apparent defalcation, shall he forthwith reported for prosecution, and the fadl of his delinquency.shall be commu nicated by the head of the Department to the President of the United States. 16. That the quarterly accounts received at the Department shall be audited within one month after they are received, and if balance is dtue by any officer, an account shall be rendergg to him thereof; and in case he shall not promptly -discharge the same, he shall be forthwith reported by the Secretary of the United States as ade fautl ter. 17. That the naval officers and survey ors, or either of them, where there is but one appointed, shall make quarterly ex aminations (atnd oftner if directed by the Secretary of the Treasury) of the bionds, money, accounts, &c. of the collectors: and that registers shall make similar exanmina tion of the money, accounts, &c. of ithe receivers. 18. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall have authority to direct the district at torney or marshal to examine the money and accounts of any receiving or disbur sing officer: and when the money in the hands of such officer usually exeeeds three fourths of the amount of his official bond, such examinations shall not be made less frequently than once a year. 19. That, until otherwise ordered by Congress. a Cotmmittee of the House of Representatives shall, under such limita tions as the House may prescribe, examine the money, accoutnts, &c. of all collecting and dIisbursing~ officers, atnd report the re sult to both Houses, & all cases of defaults they may discover to .the President. 20. That additional bonds be given by officers or agents, employed in collecting, keeping; or disbursing the public money, when such bonds shall be required by the Secretary of the Treasury, wvith the ap probation of the President. 21. That if ay person employed in dollecting, keeping, or disbursing the pub lic money shall make false returns of the lame, or shall~lend public money, or use it For his private purposes, he shall, on con riction thereof, be sentenced to imprison ment for a term of not less than three, nor more than five years, and to a fine equal to the amount of the false return o~f the mooney embezzled 22. That no- ctor, naval ofileer, sur veyor, appraiser,i pector receiver of pub lic moneys for lan s, register of a land of fice, or any depsy, assistant, clerk or other person, emprnyed by or under them, shall receive any present. or fee for any official duty perforied by them, under the penalty of imprisinment for not more than twelve montti nor less than three months, and of a fite equal to three times the value of the moiey received. 23. That the Secretary shall prescribe in what manner thej books and accounts shall be kept, and tie returns made, so as to preserve uniformniy in the same. ELEGANT EXTATr.-The taste of the House of Representatives runs altogether upon the gigantesgyu in rhetoric. Since the days of Encelaous, famed for lying rather uneasily unde4 the smoking caverns of Etnua, the world lbs heard nothing so awful as the convulsiie throes of that re markable triad of pariots, Wise, Menefee and Prentiss, labormn under the everlast ing pressure of the mbastir- mountains. Thse interesting pro gies are exhibited al most daily for the pa ime of the epicurean deities of the capitol.a Ind what sport they afford, may be judge from the following select gambol of Mrf Prentiss in his great speech on the Defah tion Committee. It will be observed tha the force of the ex tract rests upon threl main figures, to wit, bogs, bowieknives aud the devil. I could not but adriire (said Mr. Pren tiss.) the humanity did generous feeling which brought to the iescue the honorable gentleman from Net Hampshire, (Mr. Cushman.) For ouc in his life he laid aside the sling and pebble of the Previous Question; that weapo which he wields with such deadly skill hich no mortal'ar gument may resist; wi which he has so often smote. even upo the very forehead, the vaunting Philistin f debate; this he laid aside and essayed he armour of Saul. Cased in denial and haudishing assertion he boldly stood forth f battle-aye, sir, and when it waxed to warm, and safety consisted only in retre even as Eneas "did from the walls jf Troy, upon his shoulders the old Anch pes bear," so with pious care did the holorable gentleman convey from the field Ili hapless secretary. In rapid flight. like Sati n voyaging thro' chaos. half flying and alf walking, he bore him across the Se ionian bog of his official correspondence that documentary morass, that. bottomls-s uagmire of ignor ance, negligence and s pidity. Honor to whom honi is due. While the party have stood ag st at the astoun ding array of facts; whi even the gallant gentleman from Maryla (Mr. Thomas) has hung out the Whit Flag and half begged for'quarter-the entleman from New Hampshire ha tak the front rank and borne the biuiit of the fight. For sha or shame! Whe is Achilles? Wh Agamemnon?-4Where is Ajax, that Nestor should be coJpelled to buckle on the unwonted armor?-Mercury. From take & Times. FLORIDA JEFFEsoNI . REPUBLICAN AIEETIN,-At a meetin f a number of Democratic Repuhlican itizens of Flori da, consisting of several biembers of the Constitutional Conventic , and other Citi zens, held. at the. Hotel of Capt.. H. F. Simmons, in the City o St. Josepb, on Saturday evening, Jan ry .'11th, 1839. Walker Anderson, Esq% of Escambia, was called to the chair, pnd Colonel A bram Bellamy, of Jellitson, Edwin T Jencke,, Esq. of St.Joho'), and Major Ga briel J. Floyd, of Calhoino, were chosen Vice Presidents, :anil Dr. E. R. Gibson, of St. Joseph, and Buackinglyim Smith, Esq , of St. Augustine, Secrets-ies. Mlr. James D. Westcog, Jr., of Leon, addressed the meeting anil offered . the following resolutions, wj ich were also, spoken to by Getn. Leip4 Read, of Leon, Judge McCants, and Ca . J. N. Partridge, of Jetferson, David Lery, Esq., of St. John's and Dr. Gibson, lof Calhoun, and others, and after free di ussion and inter. change of opinions were unanimously a dopted, viz: Resolved, That we beve the existence otf Political Parties; orgi ized upon prin ciple, and the action of which is governed and regulated by regardfor the public wel fare, so far from being eleterious, is salu tary in its elects, an in a Republican Government is absolu ly necessary for its purity and conserva n. Resolved, That we eprecate the per sonal excitements, not riginating in prin ciple, which have her fore characterized the political contests it Florida, and hail as a bright omen of :e future political prosperity of our State he manifest disin clitnation of a large pit ion of our fellow citizens, to sullfer our utuare elections to depend upon such gro nds. Resolved, That w regard this as a p roper crimi at whicl those citizens of Florida, who truly pross the Jeffeirsonian Republican faith, anE to be frienda'of State Rights, should ~ite their eflorts to produce union of senti tent, and concert of action, and that organ~i tion, so necessary in all political contes4 to 'ensure the trn umph of correct prince les. Resolved, That aing the cardinal principles of Democraj, we hold that it is the duty of a free lple, to require of of those who are can dates for political station, a full, unaml uous, and public declaration iof their o 'nions, views, and principles on all sub'lz t public interest. Resolved, That e didates should be selected, soley on acce at of their political principles, ability, a~ integrity, and that the support of repub ans, should he with held from any aspir t, who evades ma king a full avowal of is sentimuents; whose political tenet, are bot certainly known. and whose pretensios are placed on other grounds. Resolved, That wb regard the leading measures of the pres nt General Adminis tration. and partica rly those stupported by that distinguished rtateman of theSouth, whose life of useful olaand devoted pa triamtism has created a deep debt of grati tude from his countrymen, as entitled to the undivided and adenti support of the whole Republican Party of the. South. Resolved, That te recent attempts of a fanatical and incejdiary faction in the Congress of the United States, to interfere with the domestic itititutions of the South, call for unceasing vigilance on our part, and decided action, exhibiiing a fixed de termination not to snfi'nr stish lnerfareoc. Resolvied, That we'have ;t1 eu ed wit pleasure, the recent action in the House of Representatives of the United States, inducing the determination of the friends of the present administration, from all sec. tions of the Union, to preserve inviolable the National compact, from-the polluting hand of abolition incendiarism. Resolved, That for the promotion of Republican principles, and that hereafter, less of personal feeling and personal preja dice, may influence our elections, it is proper and expedient, that a committee or committees be appointed in each county, to correspond with each othereand cause an interchange of political opinions, that a central committee of correspondence he. appointed in Leon county. and that a cean mittee be appointed to draft an address to the Democratic Republicans of Florida, in relation to the various political topics seqqiring, discussion and action; and itwas further resolved, that, the President and. Vice-Presidents, appoint said committhes, and cause these resolutions -to be published in all the Demodratic newspapers of Flori. tia. The thanks of the meeting were then by resolution tendered to the officers, and the meeting then adjourned. WALKER ANDERSON, Pres't. A BELLAMY,' E. T. JENCKES, V. Presidents, G. J. FLOYD, EDWARD B. (JzsoN, Secretaries. BucasNGoAX SMrTH, SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. The number of Students is .160, as fo! lows; Resident Graduates, 2. Seniors, 26, Juniors, 44, Sophomores, 67, and Fresh men, 23-all, except 7. of this Statie. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. His Excellency Governor -Noble. - Lieutenant Governor B. K. Henagen. Hon.A. Patterson, President ofthe Sea. ate. Hon. D. L. Wardlaw, Speaker of the House. Chancellors Dunkin, J Johnston, D.-John son. Harper. Judges, A. P. Butler. J. B. O'Neal, R. Gantt, J. J Evans, B. J. Earle, J. S. Richardson. Messrs. A. Blandingi-D. J. McCord, T. T. Player. J. Hamilton, R. Y. Ha yne, J.- L. Petigru, Geo. McDuffie, T. J. Weth era, J. N. Whitner, M. Laborde, Jos. E. Jenkins, W. F, Desaussure, James Gregg, R. W. Barnwell, W. Hampton, Drs. E H. Anderson, C. G. Memnuager, .Thomas Smith, W. F. Colcock, David H.. Means. Alester Garden, Secretary. FACULTY. Robert W. Barnwell. President, and Professor of Moral and Political Philoso. ev.J. fH. Thornwell. Professor of Le -gio, Rhetoric and Metaphysics. Thomas.S. Twiss, Professor of Maths. niatics. Mechanical Philosophy and As. tronomv. Rev, Stephen Elliott, Professor of Sa. cred Literature and theEvidetices of Chris tianity. I. William Stuart, Professor -of Greek and Roman Literature. William H. Elleti, M2 D, Professr of Chemistr'y,: Misferalogy and-Geoloy. Francis Lieber, L. L, D. Professor'O History and Political Economy. - Williain H. Ellet, Secretary of the Faculty. t- .W.,. -Goa.-E.-ames.- A.- S., -Tajr.in bMath, ematies. Chas. P. Pelham, A.B., Tutor in Greek and Latin. Thomas Park, Treasurer and Librarian. James Fuller, Marshall. Course of studies, Admissio0, $&c. A Candidate for admission mnst satis~y the F'acul ty by written testimonials, that he suistatins a good moral character. In ordinatry cases, the certificate must be signed by his last instructor. If (somea nother College, his -standing in that Col. lege must be shown to have been good at . the time of his leaving it. The stated times for examination, are, the first week in October, and the week before com mencement; but in cases of urgent neces sity, applicants may be examined at any other limes diuritng the year.' Persons admitted to advanced standing. in addition :o the requisites for admission to the Freshman class, must be prepared . for an examination in the stuadies pursued by the class which they destre to enter, or in others eqluivalent to. them. For admission into the FRESHMAN CLASS. A Candidate is required to fhave an ae curate knowledge of the English, Latin, and Greek Grammars, inclnding Prosody; to have studied Morse's, Worcester's or Woodhridge's Geography, and- Ancient Genetrnphy, and to he well acquainted with Arithmetic, including Fractions, and the Extraction of Roots; to have read the - whole of Sallust; the~ whole of Virgil; Cicero's Select Orations, consisting of four agaitnst Cataline, pro lege ManLia, pro Archia poeta, pro Multone, and the Jirat Philippic: Latin Composition, or .Mair's Introduction; Jacob's Greek Reader, Xen. ophon's Cyropedia, four books; 'and the first Book of H omer. STUDIES OF FRESHMAN YEAR.A :Adams' Roman Antiquities; the wholo of Horace; Xenophon's Amabasis, six books; Homer, ten books; Bourdlon's Al. gebra ; Legeadre's Gdometry ; Tytler's; History. SOPHOMORE CLASS. Tacifus, including the five books of his History. Germany and Life of Agricola, Jnvenal, six satirts; Graca Majora, 1st volume; Plane and Spherical Trigonoame iry; Davies Mensurationi and Surveying; History; Whatley's Logic; Heoat, Light9' and Electricity, as taught in the Library of Useful Knowledge; Whatley's Rhetorie. JUNIOR CLASS. Cicero die Oratore: Juvenal, four sati res; Graeca Majora, continued; Demos thenes; Davie's Analytical Geomet; ;De scriptive Geometry: Perspective.-D' feren. tint and Integral Calculus; History; Che mistry; Elements of Criticism; Moral Phi. losophy: Sacred Literature and Eviden. ces of Christiapity. SENIOR CLASS.. International Law; Select Latin; Greek.. Dramatists; Mechanical Philosophy and* Astronomy; History; Political Egonomny; Metaphysics; Chemistry; Geology,- and . Mineralogy: Sacred Literature and Evi - dences of Christianity. There shall be three daiit:e;itanoee