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. iscellaneouss Correspondence of th* Charcston Courier. WASUIOTON, May 0. The Senate did lut liule business yes "I. terday, and adjournid at un early hour. A number of petitions for the release of -William Lyon Mackenzie were presented Mr. Benton from the Committee on Mili tary Affairs, asked to be discharged from the further consideration of the resolution abolishing the Board of Vis'tors to West Point Academy, which was agreed to. Mlr. Benton also reported back the scheme for organizing the malitia, which was re commended by Mr. Poinsett, with the re commendation that it be printed, but with outea word of comment. The House was occupied the whole day in the consideration of the bill report ed from the Committee on Manufactures, to ensure-the more faithful collection of the duties on imports. Mr. Adams vindicated the objects and principles of the measure, and replied to some of the objections urged against it by Mr. Rheti. He differed from Mr. Rhett ar to the legal construction of the bill. Mr. Rhett alluded to the crude and loose frame of the bill, and insisted on the ne cessity of reccommending it to the com nittee on manufactureif for revision. Others contended that it should be discus sed and amended in committeo of the whole. Mr. Rhett withdrew the motion to strike out the enacted clause, and the debate was continued for some time, when Mr. Habersham, of Ga., remarked that the measure involved so many considera tions of law and expedency, that it was impssible to come to any conclusion upon it now, and, on this motion, the committee rose. The bill will probably be taken up again to day. It is admitted that the re venue laws require revision: but this bill in its present form, cannot pass. Mr. Forsyth, as you will see by his let ter in the Globe, does not wish to have his name "further mixed up" in the contest - for Vice Presidency. No friend of the Administration, he says truly, can hope for an election by the people, and an e lection, if attainable, in the other mode, would afford him no personal gratifica tion. Mr. Polk, and Mr. King of Ala. may for the same reasons, withdraw their .names, and leave the field to Col. John son, who has no disposition to retire from it, whatever may be the result. May 10. The Senate did not meet yesterday. The House was occupied with the con sideration of the bill to ensure the more faitbful collection of the revenue from customs. The debate which was contin ued in the committee of the whole, about six hours, was able, well tempered, and courteous, forming a strong contrast to mostof the discussions in the House, and showing that when party considerations are excluded, the House may be a very decent and orderly body. The chief subject of debate was the 9th section of the bill, and the amendment moved to it by Mr. Adams. The object both of the section and the substitute proposed for it, is to provide that in suits, against the col lector, for goods seized as fraudulently imported or entered, and which involve questions of duties, the evidence of irn porters and others, having an interest in the question, though not in the event of -the suit, shall not be received unless call ed for by the collector. This excludes the testimony of our merchants, however honest and respectable they may be, if they are engaged in importing the same article, the rate of duty on which is ques tion. The provissions was opposed by Mr. Rhett,.Mr. Hoffman, Mr. Sargeant mind others, as subversive of the common law and of individual rights, and it was supported by Mr. Adams, Mr. Lincoln, MrI. Vanderpool, and others as essential to prevent frauds. May 12. *The Globe of this morning, atnnounces the resignation of Amos Kendall, as Post Master General, to take eff'ect upon the appointment of his successor. Governor Marcy. of N. York, atnd Gen. Armstrong, of Tenn., are named for the office. Mr. Kendall declared his intention to resign, on account of his health, some time ago. By his card, in the Globe, you will see that he wrill remain, in this city, and exercise his pen as a joint editor of the Globe, dur ing the presidential canvass-that is, as long as the "Extra Globe" is to be pub lished. He will satisfy the world, he says, that no want of confidence in the Presi dent or his administration, hams determined hinm to prefer a private to a public station. Mr. Kendall was, perhaps, the most able and energetic member of the cabinet; and in the employment which he is about to resume, of a party editor, he has no equals. There are -rumors of more resignations. It is said that Mr. Woodbury and Mr. Forsyth are about :o resign, but I do not credit it. In the Senate, yesterday, it was stated by Mr. Norvell, that the President fins pardoned and released Willam Lyon Mc Kenzie, who was sentenced to fine and impi-isoutment for a -violation of the non tality laws.. The House was engaged all day in the diseussion of thspbill 't. insure-'the more fuitbful oollectiouof the revenue from ens. toms. The motion of Mr. Rhett to strike out the 9th section, a! amended, which, in all-suits' against the collector, excludes the testimony of "all persons having the same interest writh that of the party to the suit. in the question at issue," was rejected, and the bill was reportedl to thme House. Mr. Holmes, of S. Carolina, will speak odny, in opposion to the bill, There is a large majority in favor of passing the bill with -out further amendment. BALTIMORE Wate Cornvzuevor.-The Young Men's Whig Convention met on the morning of the 4th instant. A large pro eusson was formed of the delegates, pre vious to the organization of the body, erhiebc, aith splendid banners and a fine, bond of music, marched through the prin cipal streets of tbe city. Harrison and Tyler wecro..nominated unanimously; and aIler heariag eloquents "stunp orations" from. Messrs. Clay, Webster, "Preiiton, Leigh, Rives, Legare and others, the Con vention adjourned fo meet again at WanEh ington City on the 4th of March, 1841. Jfc.. nnba Jena. Awn Ile Canic .Jiural-Exra. PUBLIC MEETING. A meeting of a large- and respectable portion of the citizens of Kershaw District, was held on the 6th inst., in the Court House in Camden. On motion of Col. M'WILLF, J. M. DESAUSSUaE, was called to the Chair, and J. W. DomY appointed Secretary. The object of the meeting being explained by the Chair, Col. James Chesnut, Jun. moved that a Committee of 17 be appoint ed to prepare on Address and Resolutions for the consideration of the meeting. The Chair then appointed James Ches nut Jr. Lewis Patterson, Jas.W. Cantey, W. E. Johnson, Abram D. Jones, Wil liam Jesse Taylor, Samuel S. Taylor, James Tiller J. P. Dickinson, M. M. Levy, J. D. Murray, James C. Doby, William B. Fletcher. The Committee having retired, reported through their Chairman, Col. James Ches nut, Jun. the following Address and Reso lutions The dignity, as well as the responsibili. ties which are thrown upon the man who administers the Executive branch of the government ofSouth Carolina, render it proper and important that the people should know the merits, and approve the claims of all who may aspire to that high confidence and honor. Our late Representatise in Congress, the Honorable Joan P. RICHARDSON has been nominated in various sections, as one fit, in all cespects, to be invested with the trust and honors of the first office in the State. The nomination of Col. Richardson is the act of his old political opponents, and comes, professedly, in the spirit of com promise. As such. it has been met by those who numberhim among the distis guished in their 'ranks, possessing their confidence, and entitled to their support. It, appears however, from late indications, that the expections of a general and undi vided support alike from the former Nul lification and Union parties, is likely to prove delueive; and that the hopes enter tained in this regard, orratifying the bond or amity between them, by some act, in dicating sincerity and faith, and thereby procuring unity and strength in the con duct of the State Rights anid Independent Treasury Party, are in danger of being wholly disappointed. Therefore we, the citizens of Kershaw District, without re gard to the distinction of former party dif ferences, do unite to address our fellow citizens throughout the State, and ask. in the spirit of conciliation, that they will give a candid consideration to the reasons we will submit in favor of the election of Col. RicHAaDSON. We would support hint not only because of his firm adherence to those great prin ciples of constitutional construction and of security and reform, wlsich enter into the leading measures of our present Federal Administration-but also, in considera tion of his own merits, and the position he lately occupied in relation to those par ies, whose feuds so violently moved the animosities, and destroyed for a time, the harmony of our people. It lies not been forgotten, that when Messrs. Adams, Clay and Webser had by bargain and intrigue, insinuated theni selves into power, that all who were op posed to their federal principles, united to gether, and in 1827, formed a great State Rights party to resist the dangerous prece dent of that unholfleague, and to restore the government to its purity. They suc ceeded and placed general Jackson at the head of affairs; unfortunately, during his administration, discord scattered again the State Rights party, and one great ques tion growing out of our resistance ,to the tariff, split its members asunder in this State. Every good citizen recalls with pain, the memory of our internal differen ces, treating our commtumlties with deep convulsions and freternail bloodshed, Thts violent contest, begatn in 1828, was brought to a close in 1834. All who could claim an interest in the welfare of the State could not but rejoice at the restoration of peace and nion, and feel grateful to those whose wisdom, prudence and patriotism achieved this happy event.. To bring this about, no one acted a more conspicuous and efficient part than Col. Rscuanson. When, in 1834, a compromise seemed almost desperate, and the Union Party looking with certainty to the amendment of the Constitution containing the oath of allegiance, were prepared for ex tremit es; when their adversaries believing the crisis had arrived, and assumed an attitude of hostility, which left but a single step to brin them in dire collision, the influence of Col.., with that of a few of the lea ders of both parties, was actively and sue cessfully exerted to produce that accom modation, which resulted in the celebrated report of the Committee on Federal Reln tions, and which was adopted with almost perfect unanimity by both branches of the Legislature, on the 9th December, 1834. This was the olive branch of peace which restored a much needed quiet to our vexed and agitatedpeople When Mr. Van Bluren anxious to pro vide for the imperiouls wantS of the coun try, and to arrest the tide of evils, flowing from the copiotus fountains of those false notions of Government, against which he had continued an able and uncmpromis ing struggle, called an extra session of Congress, in 1837, the H on. J. C. Calhoun with the consumate wisdlom of a pro round Statesman and the high purposes of pure patriotism, took ground against mo dern Whigismn, wvith all its black train of Rlliesi and herregies, and caln uoeh Nulliffers and Union men, as holding a common creed in all essential particulars, rallied the dismembered party of 1827. They enlisted under the banner of their old doctrines, to do battle for the Consti rutionm and their country. None, among all parties, yielded more prompt. and effi cient service in that cause, than the Hon. 3. P. Richardsonl. . . While he was our Representatl~w in Congress his peculiar position and his good sense and address enabled him to render'important services. It behooves the rallied party of 1827 thmembers of the present Democratic State' Rights and Independent 'rreasury Party of S. Carolina, to endeavor to heal allldivissions and to unite every mian, of al parties' firmly in support of those great .mI eneral principles wvhich they profess to cherish. A fuir and propper oce.sion is now presented. The old Nulification and Union Parties of this State are not yet in perfect amalgamation. It is desira ble and important that they should be so -and to effect this, a candidate has been nominated from the ranks of the minority It should be born in mind that the com promise and reconciliation of the conflict ing parties were effected aslong since as'34 and to this time no office of high honor or emolument has been conferred by the Le gislature on any member of the former Union Party. The present gives a fair op portunity for testing whether the reconcil iation has been honest and sincere, or a hollowed deception amusing with promises which are intended to be performed. The fate of Cot. Richardson's election will prove, whether confidence in each other, the source of all party strength, shall stand as a bond of union and power, or be made to yield to the conviction in the minority, intended if possible, to debar them from a participation in the honors of the State. A candidate is presented to the choice of the State whose undoubted qualifica tions and peculiar position at present ren der him most fit to elicit its cocidence and piocure its sufferage. Col. Richardson, in his federal politics. is with the State and sound to the core. He is identified with the great Southern Anti--Bank and Independent Treasury party and holds the doctrines of the old State Rights Party of 1827. Through him ve would promote a reconciliation between the former Nulification and Union parties. Through him we proffer to the preient Democtatic Slate Rights and In dependent Treasury party of this State. -and union and strength which in now of the gratest moment, that we may present an unbroken front to the dangerous prin ciples of the parties, now at war with the administration, and whose allied forces are struggling to seize the reigns of the government. Therefore, he it 1. Resolvrd, That we, the citizens of Kersiaw District, without distinction of former parties,-but as Democratic State Rights and Independent-Treasury men, do hereby recommend our fellow citizen, the Hon. J. P. Richardson, of Sumter District. for the next Governor of this State 2. Resolved, That in sustaining this no mination, we are not only actuated by a proper regard for the qualifications, and services of Cul. Richardson, but a sincere desire to obliterate the recollection of all past feuds and differences-to preserve harmony, strength and union in the coun cils of the State to meet all future emer gencies of wrong and danger. Col. W. M'Willie and Capt. W. J. Taylor then address the meeting in sup fort of the address and resolutions, after which, they were unanimously adopted. On motion of J. P. Dickinson, Esq. it was. Resolved. That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Camden Jou nal. The meeting then adjourned. J. M. DESAUSSURE, Chairman. J. W. Domy, Secretary. From the Augusta Constitutionalist. We shall publish, as soon as we have room for them, the proceedings of the na tional convention which assembled at Baltimore on the 5th instant. Besides the resolutions adopted. in regard to the nomination of candidates for the Presiden cy and Vice Presidency, others wete adop teb, each separately and unanimously. These resolutions exhibited the opinion of the democracy of the union on the great and important topics of the day. No at tempt t concealment vas once thought of by the convention. At the same timie, and at Baltimnore also, a whiig convention assembled. Have any of the members dared to propose an exhibition of their principles ? Were resolutions adopted by which the people of the United States could be made acquainted with the policy they would pursue, if they succeeded in placing General Harrison in the presiden tial chair ? No. All the members confined themselves to the abuse of the- adminis ration, and to exclaim in their speeches, nothing but "change," and "reform," without explaining the nature of this "change" and this "reform." The following are the resolutions adop ted at the National Democratic. Conven . Resolved, That the federal govern ment is one of limited powers, derived solely from -the Constitution, and the grants of power shewn therein ought to be strictly construed by all the Departments and Agents of the government, and that it is expedient and dangerous to exercise doubtful constitutional powers. 2. Resolved, That the constitution does not onfer uponi the general government the power to commence, and carry ont a general system of internal improvements. 3. Resolved, That the consihitution does not confer authority .upon the Federal government, directly or indirectly, to as sme the debts of the several States, con tracted for local internal improvements, or other state purpose; nor would such as sumption be just, or expedient. 4. Resolred, That justice and sound policy forbid the Federal government to foster one branchof industry to the, det riment of another, or to cherish the inter ests of one portion to the injury of another portion of our common country,-thiat every citizen and every section of the ountry, has-a right to demand and insist upon an equality of rights and privileges and to a complete and ample protection of persons ad .property from domestic ouhene, or foreign aggression. 5. Resolved, That it is the duty of every Branch of the Government, to enforce and practice the most rigid economy in conducting our public affairs, and that no no more, revenmue ought to be raised, than is required to defray the necessary expenses of the Goverhmenlt. 6. Resolved. That Congress has not power to charter a National Bank,-that we believe sneh an institution, one of deadly hostility to the best interests of the ountry, dangerous to our Republican in stitutions and the liberties of the people, and calculated to place the business of the ountry within the control of a concentra ted money power, and above the laws and the will of the people. 7. Resolved, That Cotngress has no powv er...nder.the Constittitintn. to interfere thi or coutrol the domestic insi:ut0no3 of the several States, and that such States are the sole and proper judges of everj thing appertaining to th rir own affairs, not pro hibited by the Constitution-that all efforts of the Abolitionists or others, made to in duce Congress, to interfere with questions of slavery, or to take incipient steps in re lations thereto, are calculated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequen ces, and ihat all such efforts have -an ine vitable tendency to diminish the happiness of the people, and endanger the stability and permanence of the Union, and ought not to be countenanced by any friend to our political institutions. 8..Resolved, That the separation of the monies of Government from Banking institutions, is indispensable for the safety of the funds of the Government and the rights of the people. 9.Resolved, That the liberal principles embodied by Jefferson, in the Declaration of Independence. and sanctioned in the Constitution, which makes ours the land or liberty, and asylum of the oppressed of every nation, have ever been cardinal principles in the Democratic faith, and every attempt to abridge the present privi lege of becoming citizens, and the owners of soil among us, ought to be resisted with the same spirit which swept the alien and sedition laws from our Statute Book. From tha Pendleton Messenger. That the friends of a protective tariff and a consolidated government, should fall readily into the support of Gen. Har rison, the Whig candidate for the presiden cy, is not at all surprising. le is one of them, as they themselves say, we doubt not with truth; for he declared that Gener al Jackson deserved more from the coun try, for his proclamation against South Carolina, than for his victory at New Or leans. But that a State Rights man, a nullifier, should enter warmly into his support, appears straisge. The above declaration, made at the time, proves his positions then with regard to the rights of the States, and the following extract from a letter from Mr. Webster, the great cham pion of the proclamation and force bill, written recently, shows how lie is now regarded: "Friendly relations have existed between Gen. Harrison and myself for many years. Nothing has ever occured to interrupt these relations. On my return from Eu rope, late in December, I heard of his nomination by the HI arrisburg Convention and I took the earliest opportunity to de clare publicly, that I approved the nomi nation, and should join hartily with my fellow citizens in giving it support. Gen. Harrison has long been before the country, in war and in peace. The history of his life shows him to be a brave soldier, a patriotic citizen; and an honest man. It is is too late, quite too late,for detraction to do its office upon his reputation, either milita ry or civil. He has been selected by the general voice of those whose political principles agree with his own. to go to the head of the column, and, to bear up and advance the flag under which it is hoped those principles may be maintained and de fended." '-Daniel Webster, John Davis, Henry Clay, and their Whig compers in the Sen ate, are manfully sustaining the interests of the manufacturer, the farmer, the la borer, and warming the country, that the crisis is at hand in which we must decide whether we will succumb to the pauper systems of Europe, or go on, in the old American may, to still higher prosperity. Coincident with these demonstrations, we find that the revenue is unequal to the de mand upon the Treasury-and yet the Administration are robbing the States of he public lands-for issuing millions upon millions of Treasury n'otes-in fine, for any means of raising money, except by the odcpproved way of a T AaRtF. These are the signs of the times; and it is for these reasons we declare we are thrown back upon the ground on which the country stood in 1816. It is time then, that the people take this question in hand; and if they are hitching themselves wish in pau per millions of other lands, to the retinue of British manufacturers and British spec lators, let them sustain Van Biuren, Cal houn, Benton, and Buchanan, or, if they aim at a higher and more glorious destiny, then sustain the farmer of North Benid, who is identified with the best interests of the country, and who was in 1624, as he is now, for the protection of domestic in dustry. This question should be speedily settled by the people. and before she Pres idential election. Thes next President, whoever he is, cantot avoid this subject; and it is of the utmost importance, there fore, that the coalition be not permitted to tile so its best interests in this respect." W~ith regard to Gen. H arrison's opinions on another question of vital importance, we have no hiesitations in saying, that we do not believe lhe thiniks the constitution would warrant the abolition of slavery either ini the States or territories. Wte doubt if there are three men in Congress who do so think. lBut lie has declared his willingness to see the surplus revenue (when there was such a thing) appropria tedto the object of manuimission. Per hbps it is this wvhich makes him more ac ceptable so the abolitionists, than his op. posent, who is pledged to veto every bill interfering with slavery, ev'en in the Dis trict of Columbia. It is right that wes should hear their owvn language, for from that we can best judge them. The Phi lanthropist, the abolition organ in Ohio, published at General Harrison's door, op poses the seperate organization of its par y, and on she 17th of March last, spoke as fllows: "Have the Abolitionists not already reason to congratulate themselves on the concessions made to their influence, in the nomination orGeneral Harrison." Most assuredly they have. Who is there that can believe that Gen.Harrisan would have been the Whig candidate, hash it not been for Clay's Anti-Abolition speech in the U. 5, Senate last spring? 1.snot the Har risbur; nomnination a great A bolition vic tory, acqui red withbout a single direct efforl of ours? And was does this promise us i:1 future, if we only remain true to our first princi Ples." We have never been the ardent ad mnirers of~r.Van Buren, as a man or a politician. Sinco his election to the Pres. :,ec, lie h,2 in our oinionm, been bohl in taking his ground on leading measurcs of policy. He has doffed the non-com mittal. And it is but justice to say, that we know not of a single high tariff or abo lition press that advocates his re-election. The following extracts are from the two chief abolition papers, immediately after Harrison's nomination. From Garrisons Llbe'ator. NomINATION OF GEN. HARRIsor.-The National Whig Convention, assembled at Harrisburg on the 5th December, nomi nated William H. Harrison for the office of President of the United States. On the first and second ballot, the vote stood, for Henry Clay, .03; for Harrison, 94; for Scott, 57. On the third ballot. the vote was, for Harrison, 148;. for Clay, 90; for *Scott, 16. All the Slave States went for Clay. We regard this as another impor tant sign of the times-as a signal defeat of the slave-holding power in this country. Had it not been for Abolitionism, Henry Clay would undoubtedly have been nomi nated. We have faith to believe that 'no slave-holder will ever again be permitted to fill the Presidential ojce in this Republic. From the Emancipator, the organ of the Aboli tionists in New York. THE HARRISBURG CoNvENTIroN.-Well, the agony is over, and Henry Clay is laid upon the shelf. And no man of or dinary intelligence can doubt or deny that it is the anti-slavery feeling of the North which has done it, in connexion with his own ostentatious and infamous pro-slavery demonstrations in Congress. Praise to God for a great anti-slavery victory. A man of high talents, and of great distine tion, of long political services, and of boundless personal popularity, has been openly rejected for the Presidency of this great Republic, on account of his devo tion to slavery. Set up a monument of progress there. Let the winds tell the tale -let the slave-holders hear the news-let foreign nations hear it-let O'Connell hear it-let the slaves hear it-A slave-holder is incapacitated for the Presidency of the United States. The reign of slavocracy is hastening to a close. The reection of Henry Clay and the nomination of Wm. Henry Harrison, by the Whig Convention, taken in connection with all the circum stances, is one of the heaviest blows that the nonstor slaiery has received iu this country. THE PRESIDENTIAL QUESTIoN.-Not long since, a Harrison meeting was held in Charleston, which has brought out the friends of Mr. Van Buren's Administra tion in that City, in a way to overwhelm the feeble strength of the Harrison party. We shall probabily publish the proceedings of the meeting next week. From the claracter of the men, who took part in it, as well as the numerical strength which itdisplayed, there is evidently not the slightest hope for the Harrison faction to make an impression favorable to their cause in Charleston. This agitation of the Presidential question, in our State. by the few friends of the Ohio candidate, can do no good for them or their man; it can only stir up a little strife and contention. It is in our opinion, perfectly vain for them to expeet to form a Harrison party in S. Carplina. The people are too wise to be led offto the support of a man brought out exclusively by votes north of Mason's and Dixon's line a man who is the candidate of John Quincy Adams, Webster Clay, and the blue light Federalist; a man who was the supporter of old John Adam's Ad ministration; who is a Tariff man; an Internal Improvement man; and in fact identified with every measure hostile to the south, and with us upon no one great question. It is perfectly absurd to urge the claims of such a Candidate against those of an Administration, strong against the Abolitionists, against the Tariff, Inter nal Improvement, and other measures to which the South must forever be opposed; no, to ask the people to descard from their favor the present A dmtntstration, for such a cause as tha~t of Harrisons's is to ask them to destroy a friend and prefer an ein emy in his place. This cannot be done so long as they look with their own eyes, and reject the dictation and control of men seeking for office and power whose dis comfized and disappointed ambition would invoke the aid of the enemies of their State, and professed principles, to over throw, if possible, the men and measures which the people of South Carolina so jnst ly prefer.-Greenville Mountaineer, From the Soudh Carolinian. GREAT MEETING IN CHARLEsToN-It affords us, much pleasure to lay bcfore our readers to day the proceedings of the highly important and isppressive meetmng, which occurred in Charleston, on the 7th instant. The great con course ofpersons who attenided, the highly respectable and influential names associated with the proceedings. the harmony and una nimity exhibited between the two great parties of the State, and the general tone and spirit of the proceedings,: r highly. gratifying, and hnorable. to the consistency anad character of the State; and show what the little Preston and -Federal faction at home, and.their prompters and abetters abroad, have to expect froma rain ing the obnoxious patchwvork banner of Harri sonism in South Carolina, and attempting to carryout theo arrogant and insulting taunt of Mr. Clay, upon her faithful, beloved, and farm 1 trusted Senator. The Charleston Courier, though it declares its disapproval of the pro ceedings, says; " This meeting was a very numerous one, uniting men of both the old pnr ties which divided the State, and indicating that opposition to the present Administration, will scarcely be able to make headway, in either the Cit or State." General Harrison.-We observe that an at tempt is making in Charleston, to manufacture a samall quantity of public opinion, in opposi tion to the re-electin of Mir. Van Buiren to thes Presidency, and in favor of Gen. Harrison; but wve imaaine it nmst be an up hilt business. Whatever objections the people of South Car olina, or any portion of them, have to Mr. Van Buren, they are not of such a nature, as to in due them to support Gen. Harrison. He is not the man upon wvhom to rally even a respec tableopposition.- Camden Journal. A t the annual meeting of the Stockhol ders of the Bank of Camden, on the 4th inst.. the following gentlemen were re-elec ted Directors for the ensuing year, viz: W. M'Willie. W. Anderson, E. H. An derson, W. D. M'Downll, J. M. DeSauis sure. P. F. Villepigue, and John Work nan. At a subsequent meeting of the Directors, Maj. W. M'Willie, was uunim manti. rc-tnen cctc; Arsdnt-Journni. EDGEFIELD C.A1. -TauRSDAY, MAY 21, 1840. R 0e * * is received, but is excluded this week, for tihi want of room. We will publish it. in our next. On -Sunday the 17th -inst. a large con. gregation-assembled in the Baptist Church, at this place, in order to engage in Divine worship, and to pay-a tribute of respect to the memory of the late Gov.-Patrick Nd ble. Preparatory to the religious exercises of the day, the General Order of Gov. Henagan was read by the Rev, Wm. B. Johnson, Pastor of the Church, who alter the usual services, delivered an appropri ate discourse, touching upon the public character and private life of the illustrious deceased. The meeting was marked by a decorum and solemnity,well befitting the day and occasion. We regret to say, that the Chinch Begs have again made their appearance inEdge field. We have seen the ravages made in oat-fields, by these merciless depredators. It is scarcely necessary to call the at tention of our readers to the Address and Resolutions adopted by the State Rights Democratic meeting, which recently as sembled at Charleston. The State Rights principles embodied in them, are those of South Carolina. They must cominend themselves to the serious attention of all her citizens. One Resolution was adopted, which has given u8, and we doubt not, will give the majority of our reatlers, peculiar pleasure. It is the 5th, and reads as follows: " Resolved, That the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, our Senator in Congress; is entitled to the hearty confidence and support of his fellow citizens for the ability and zeal with which le has vindicated the principles of the South, and promoted the best interests of this State, and more especially for.the ability and eloquence with which, in his place in the Senate of the United Sta'es, unaided and alone, he has ye presented the feelings and principles of the Legislature of S. Carolina. * Yes, SouthCarolina yet trusts her great Statesman. Some in the State, and out of it, have doubted it. They have said, that South Carolina will desert the posi tion in which he has placed her. That bis influence over her people, is fast waning away. Never were they more deceived. Tis true, that some dissatisfied spirits love not Mr. Calhoun, and would fain pull him down from his high estate; but what are they to the overwhelming majority of his fellow-citizens, who have called him to his present elevated station, and who be lieve that he has not, and will not prove, false to the holy trust reposed in hishands ? Never did he stand higher in the conf dence and affections of the people. Of this, let his enemies be well assured, that they cannot sunder the bond, which binds him and his fellow-citizen 'ogether. Bugs and a bad Currency.-In a late number, the Carolina Planter complains of Chinch Bugs, Cut Worms, and other insects infesting the fields and gardens. In the same article, the editor speaks of the bad Currrency of our country. This last is probably the greatest evil, which he has mentioned. We have in circulation, depreciated hank bills, post notes, shin plasters. scrip, and we know not how many other kinds of currency, which is no money at all. Truly, this is the reign of the Bank Rag-ocracy ! ~Mississippi is now experiencing perhaps more than any other State, the terrible evils of ier vicious banking system. How long shall we es cape! Our own system is far from being perfect, hut we trust, that we shall never feel that wide-spread distress, which her banks have broug~ht upon that young and once flourishing State. The Mayor of Charleston, has issued a Proclamation, orderng that the Quaran tine laws, 1,e enforced from and after the 15th1 inst. We have received the first number of the " Political Reformer," published at Washington and Richmond, hy Theophi Ins Fisk, senior editor of the "Old Domin ion," a paper now ptublished at Ports mouth, Va. ~It.is forwarded to subscri bers, at the very low price of fifty cents, for a single copy. The editor advocatek the principles of Democracy, and we need. scarcely add, that he does so, in an able and efficient manner. The Bachelor's Butlon.-We have re ceived somne numbers of this facetious lit ie journal, and have laughed heartily while reading it.. It is edited by Joha Smith, and is published at Athens, Geo, Price $1 per year. Harrison and Tyler meetngf, at cerasu, S. C.-A large und respectable meeting of citizens of Cheratv, and the neighbor hood, assembled at that place on the 2nd inst. Col. D. S. Harleo presided as Chair man. Resolutions against the Sub-Treas ury, and in favor of Harrison and Tyler, for the Presidency and Vice Presidency, were adopted. A dreadful tornado swept ever Natchez, Miss. on the 7th inst. Great injury was done to the houses in the city, and many boats in port, were sunk. Several lives were lost. Conside-table damage wvas done t o the crops in the neighborheod.