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P From the South Carolinian-Extra. ti COLUMBIA, Dec. 12, 1S40. ( THE INAUGURATION. This auspicious event, so indicative of political hainony and unity, and promo tive of the strength and welfare of the State, and its character and influence at home and abroad-scaling as it does 'he bond of union and flriendship hetween the two late divisions of the Republican Par ty-took place at the (,apitol, on Thursday last and was attended by a large con courso of spectators; presenting one of the most brilliant assemblages of beauty, lash. ion, talent, anid respectability, and poniti cal character and influence, that we have ever seen in Columbia. The day was a most delightful one; the finest we had ex perrienced during the Session; seeming as though Heaven itself smiled upon the hap py restoration of peace and harmony: and the ladies, whose smiles ate second only I to those of Ileaven, and whose presence adds the brightest, sweetest charm to such occasions-availed themselves of it in great numbers, and rendered !he large gal le'ry a most beatiful anti brilliant scene. At one o'clock-both brancies of the General Assembly being present-i he Governor elect, the Hon. Jol:n P. Rich ardson. entered the lall, leaning on the arm of Gov. lenegan, an-l attended by the Committee appointed for that purpose -the 31enbers rising as lie entered-and took his seat in the Speaker's Chair. be tween the Hon. Angus Patterson, Presi dent of the Senate, and the Hon. D. L. Wardlaw, Speaker of tho Ilouse On the AMembers takinig their seats, he rose, and in a nanly dignified, and impressive manner, united with a warmth and elo quetico of expressioi, strnimly indicative of the honest sincerity of-the sentiment ut tered, lie delivered the following INAUIUR\L ADDhESS. With profittud grtitude for this distitn guishing evidence of the confidence -of the State; with deep atui anxious solicitude, I for the manner in which I may merit it; I and with a solmn determination to devote my best energies to her service-I ap preach to asstnue the doilies and obligations of the high, and dignified station assigned Inc. Respect fol that high authority, to whose estimate of mv services, every feel ing of doubt and diflidence on my part, must, on such an occasion defer; and a sense of patriotism. that knows no earthly obligation so high, as that of obedietice to the mandate of the State; bid me to cher ish the hope, wl:ile it actuates to the de termination, of discharging then to her best weal anti interests. Under any cir cumstances, and in any aspect of events, so high a diinction as that which has been conlerred, could not but be gratif' ing to the best feelings ot the ciiizen, anid the patriot. But whetn accompanied with I the high and honorable motives, which have so successfully conducted to the ob literation of all past ditTerences and divi sions; and when it devolves on nue as the exPonent of this restored confidence nnd harmony; it cannot but immeasurably in crease the sense of duty. and obligation, of which the dignity and importance of the station, must always impose. Happy indeed, is that existing state of i thins, when every shade of douht and i distrust is dispelled from the hearts and i countenances of our people: when all par- i ties are resolved into one general, and i more characteristic term of Carolinian: when the energies of the State have re- i sumed their full moral tone and vigor; when every citizen stands armed in thie same panoply of patriotism. to cherishi her interests, and defend her rights: and when, discarding forever all the cabalistie terms of party, wec may exclaim, in the spir-it, aind almost in the language, of Mr. Jeller son. "we are all Nulhitiers, we .are all Utnion men." If there should be ought in my olmeial condtuct to obscure these gratifying felici tations for the futture, te shall I have most signally failed, in the highiest hopes. and the most ardent wishes, which I have cherishetd, in dedicating myself this day, to the setrvice of the State. Connected, by the most intimate politi cal relations, with the great Federal UJni on, of which this State is one oif the sover eign and independent parties, it catnnot lie prestumetd, that any branch of ourt Stnte government, cottld ever lie insenisible to its action on the rights and iinterests of ottr citizens, or to the policy or priniciples, by wvhich its ineasures are influenced and di rected. Butt perhaps, of all others, a duty at otce so important andI imtpernitive, de volves more peculiarly on that tdepart ment, which I am now called to admtinis ter; and whose high provinice it is, to su pet-vise the exectution ofthei laws, for- the weal and protcection of bothi Stmte antd citizen. For- the manner in wichi I hope to dis chiarge this obliention. I -hall look to the il trious es amples of my predecesaors, amnd to the grcem pritnciples of the Republic-an pat - -ty of'98andI '99; a nd which this State, ini all its controversies aiid strtiggles to pr serve its c-onstitutionail rights, has so stic cessfutlly anid pre-eminently maiintained. Trhose advanttages, n hieh her stern antI ar dent patriotism may have been mainly itt s:tnenital itt achieving, in the saltitary re formnatiotns in the admutinistirationi of the Federail ;iuvero ment, so h appily illust rated by the jticiotts meatsures, anid of sound policy, those into whose hands it is no0w comn miittedl -my tllfiarts shall be unremit tingiy directed. to chertisht and improve.-. Andi nlhatever success may have accrued to thme unieasing vigilance, and ittoxorablo Girmn;,os, with whtich she has asserted her rights, her priniciples, anti her sovereignty, no act ofntegligenee, or of concession, on my part, shall ever tarntish or abate. Ha~ppy for us. and foi th- cause of Li ~ herty, the Constittution, and the Country., the triumphtant vindicatioti and ascendan cy, for the last three years, of those great State Rights and Det'ocratic priticiples, 0 upon which a sound atdminisrtrationi of the C Gov ritment cani only obtain, have left us now but littie more to perforim, than the0 mere ditty of preserving the advantages nlready acquired,. over the advocates of Federal abtuse andh tsturpations. Already " has it abjured. uder the conduct and in fluence of the preset admtittitratioti, the th right of imposing exactions tipon the in- tI dustry anti products of otte section ofC the fl i....... fr, e benefit of anothe, - anti ,.. th udiated the pernicious and unconstitu- 1n onal innovations upon the practice of the c lovernment, of high Tariff duties, for ounty or protection. Already has it-ac- a nowledged the necessity of a rigid and i idicious economy in the administration of 9 le Public Revenue. Already has it i vowed, and evinced. a virtuous determi iiOn to reoUtce all alliance and con ection with Banks, Corporaions, or spe nlativo monopolies. Already has it ma iifested a laudable anti spirited opposition i o the assunmptitin of State obligations ; I nd rebuked the temptation to incur a new qatinnal debt, the prolific cause of' most I if the immoralities and corruptions, either n the conduct of men, or in the afTairs of jovernmeot. Already has it reclaimed naUy of the errors and corruptions of of ice, which the power and patronage of >arty had recklessly tolerated or intro luced. Already hts it atrayed all the ranclions and[ authority of the Constitu ion. in defence and support of "Southern tstittions." The entire abolition of all liscriminating duetis for protection-a re luction of the Revente, to the actual and ecessary exigencies of the Government md a more just and equal distribution oil' is bent fits, are among the few. bunt im orant objects, which remained to it to tehieil, in perfecting the salutary work of -eformation. But if, in the resubls of the late Presi lential catnvasa, these great prineiplee, so rdently cherished by the South ; so faith 'lly. aInd so ably tnaitntaiied by the pre ent administration, are destined to be wverthrnwn , if a change of tnen, tecessa ily implies a change of measures ; if the ow inevitable stlecessiont of another po itical :lynasty, seemingly allied to the im acahle etnmies (if our domiestic institt iont combiting every element of oppo ition to ottr prineiplcs ; rising upon their lownfall, anl winnig trophies and tri jmnpls at the expense of Southern rights and interests : if, in short, the political as ect of evetits may be regardel as heto kening the recurrence of all ihose disas Irons evils and ahtses. which have so long waged a desolating warfare of oppression, exaction, and irjnstice, upon the rights tiu- interests of the people of this State : ten let us remember, that the great re deeming and conser'ative principle of redress and defence, remains and abides in trselves ; in the exercise and interposi ion of all those means aid resources, so rnply provided in the Constittation, and mo expressly reserved to the States. Nor hall I be wanting in my duty, on such an icasion, to invoke the aid antid counsel of he Legislative Department of this Gov rtnment. In such an event, I cannlot an icipa te that there would be one citizen in )Ur Siate, of w liaever shade or distitciion mlf party, whose heart would be unmoved, r whose arm would be unnerved to de end her : and from those, perhaps nowc rost confident in te purity ani profes ion.s of a succeeding administration, we nay reasonably expect the tmanifestatiou af zeal and ardor in resisting the aggres ions it may pretmediame, in proportion to e extent to which their patriotic antici pat!ois are disalipointed and deceived. If, therefore, our rights should over igain cease to ie respected, we are, I rtst, as willing, a% we tire competor, to redress iliem ; and while, the experience of the past, inculcates a lesson of warning, itd of rebnke, to the ambitious encroach nents of Federal power, it at tite same ime exetmplifies fite dangerous tendency which exists to perpetrate, and illustrates he rea'liness with which they may be re pelled, by the evoked resotrccs of the Constitutioti, and thme Sovreignmty of tihe States. So far as dfepends on me, fellow-citizens, let ie asure you, thatt I trtmst to enjoy te roudl and happy consolation, of tranasmiit ming as mumchi of thme rights, hmon, ititer ests, or dlignity of thme State, as mtay be comittedf io thec care of this departmmient, mcotpromttitted and utnimpaired, by the aggressiotts of any power Ott eartht. The opinionts of a high public ftutictionm try, entrusted wvith the conlidlence antI utority of the State, may not perhaps > propetrly omitted, o ati occason like his. Ott thmose great gntestions of' finance, 'voving as they do, tnt only the welfare nd character of thc nation, butt deeply fcting thte intrcst, of every class antd tncmber of society. Under the expressedl provisions of the Cnstitut ion, grantig thme powver of "coiti ag money" to Congress ; pib~t~ itng thme ssuitng "of'bills of credlit" to thme States; tmd defining a 'legal t-tnder'" to consistI in 'gld and silver"' oinly ;I catnnot but con ide, dthata discretioni over this subject xwas not otnly intended to b~e vested to that xtenat ina mthe Federal legislatture, but at. he samte timea restric'tedl to thec powerc of -egultinimg the value omf that mediumr so pecifieally designiatedl iti thet Conttstittutiotn. Il'h mmnlitmitcd tuse of ant utnsoutnd, Iluettaa in;;, (andl soinmeti mes dlepreciaitedl) paper ndiumn, itt the receipits amid di'abumrsetments f the Government, is not only to my view, ana obvious deviaition fromi Ime safe m.n J alutary praincplesof the Constatution, tt has to a great extetit contributed to troduce a hose vicissittudes and disorders itn Ite enrrencey, which htave disasterouisly mbarrased the businmess amid prospects, of very portiont of the community. A te urn to tito safe. primitive, amid cotnetitu innaflmtpratice of thme Government, con emplated ini thme late act of Conagress, for eceiviing and disbiursitag the puhblic reve ne by reeponsible depo-itories, with am gra nal approximattion to a specie medium~it confidently hmopedI will (to nmuch to cor ect the derangemtent, wahih time inifluaence its ownm fiscal operations htad hitiherto ended so greatly to produice, aind resiture eanah, andI vigor, amid confidence, to the, itiated and demoralized condinioni of te redit system. Ott the montied intstitutions f tis, and other Southmerns States, wvhoseI redi was rather depreciated, than enm ancedt, bmy ime ttnjost and1 imorarl eff'ects f this fintancial policy, it cannol butm ex reise a maost salut ary influentc-great itn rporiotn to time extent of thme operations , the Federal overnient, ini thme paper those mnore f'avoreud sectionas of time ttion, where the largest amoutnt of reve mee was received and disbursedl. Tie cheering prospee, t herefore, which m Sjudiciouas measure of reform opemns mo mj Shopes and prospects of ahe. Southm, can-t m tt buit be conmmplamed by mthe people of ,a Itions for so signal and cmicantan c- b" asion of "deliveranco andlibrty." th To every State in the Union it presents all laudable example, to be ipsitated, if not or i the mode, at least in the eflort to obtain co o desirable an object, as that of procuring at sound and stable currency. And while the legitimate action of the fa i'ederal Government on this important re uhject is strictly and jndiciously limited h ii the influence of its own fiscal operations, to n completing the work or refornation so mtppily conmenced, the solemn duty de !olves on ihis, as well as every other mem ier of the Confederacy, to contemplate R ndasures, necessary, not only for the pro. b ection and-stability of their own- inelitu- S ions, but for the greater security of the 0 :itizen, against all the disastrous.conse.- ti iences of a licentious and profligate w ihuse, of chartered privileges and mionop- e >lies. 0 A zealous exercise of all powers and trerogatives which legitimately appertain R o any department-of State Government, n naY always he regarded as the coneomi- a ant of a patriotic zeal in the public oil- a -er. I trust, therefore, that in tmy case, his branch of our Sinte Government, has a een committed to hands. neither negli- C tent nor relaxed. I am sure I should dii I ippnint vour rensonahie ail justxpeeta- - ions, if'1 evinced any feeblenessof grasp, u r ofr purpose, in retainig or exercising d he nuthorily which you have entrusted to P me, to the full extentr of its constitutional P) vigor and efficiency. d Nor shall any olicious interference of lExec'tive clemency or di~creiion on tny b p)art, interrupt a wise and ellicient admin istration of justice. I t there-be any de ects in our system of jurispriidence-if there ie errors in the law. or in the mdde if administering them-let- the conse a inence devolve on those departments p 6vlich are justly responsible. My duty 0 shall e. to aoid .11 indiscreet interposi ion of the authoriy with which y-ou have invested me, violative either of the ien- p ion of the Legislature, the rights of the community, or the province of the judi- r tiary. In the capacity'nssigned me. as Corn mander-in-chief of the Military forces of he State, I am far from being insensible to the highest trust confided, the important interests it is desim-ned to protect, or to the gallant and spirited material of which it is compo-zed. No people can be highly and V chivalrouly patriotic, withtut a proper infusion of mtilitary ardor; and when the heart of the citizen ceases with the same desire to defend the liberties or his o1n try, as actuated his ancestors to achieve them, he is no longer ivatchful or vigilant nf his rights, and becomes a livtless andil in different spectator of tyranny and oppres ion. As the influenco of munic and the line arts, wras said to have reclaimed snme of the nations of antiquity,- from a lapsed condition of igtorance aid barbarism, per. haps in our times, [ie cultivation and im- C provement of a martial prideaind military ardor, m:ay be regaided as equally wise nud efficacious, to prevent ai negligent* anud slothful patriotis-n. If war were tt) be to tialy exterminated from the practice f rna ions-if the disconls and-iferences of Governments were to he forever adjusted r exchit-sI. hy tthn n rta sih' n'15n'atj*nn and if the effect ot shis perpetual stato of peace was to enervate and impair that r lofty patrioiism and elevated feeling which canl only appertain to a martial people, it would be doubtful how far its consequen ces would operate injuriously, or benefi cently, on our destinies. But when, coim bined wiili these considerations of expedi. ency, are added the strong reasons of ne cessity, iticitdent to a situation of danger to our State atid domestic institutions-.of rivalry atnd of amibitiun from our sister I States-and of aggressiont and encroach mnt frotm the Federal Governpent-the inducements on our part, to a well organ ized blilitia, arc irresistible and concln sve. WVith thtese views, I need not reiterate ihtn zeal and satisfaction with which I shall engage in the performance of this braneh of toy ditties. It. is neither just not- trite, toa stuppose that militia, formnida ile as it has proen in all our experience . If war, and itrregular and insutiordinate I nly in periods (If prdfound peace, cannot be rotughtt to that state of dutty, discip line, andl itmprovemnent, which it owes, by allegiance and b fy interest, to the State, man to itself. Enumerating in its ranks, tome of the most itelligenit and efficient umffcers, that ever directed tihe valor of ay hodly of maetn, it is a sufliciet recom-. inendation' of the syg.em, and intducement enough to preserve it, that it has been pro luctive of such signal examples of milita |y science antd accomnplishmtaents. The cmparative pterfectin ho which it has at taedJ, nu ader ithe auspic-esof my predeces-. iors, justifies me in entertainitng the hope ~ hat the most unremitting zeal anti efforts in my part, ad of the energetic officers by whom I atm destitned to he supported,d 'ill not he unavailing, in rendrerinig that iprovemet, tall that the pridle, antd all i hat the exigencies of the State may re lture. Antd now, fellow citizens, if there be ~ ught of dluty or of obligatiotn in the nli ial character which I am about to as- i ume, with a sense of which I am most a leeply and solemnaly impressed, it is to n ,tutivate- that restored peace, harmony, a mtd confidence, wvhich has so successfully, " ad I trust, so permtantently obtained a nong the citizens of this 'State. Thtosea vho would weaken the strength und cin-r ry of the State, by dlistracting her coun is wvith causeless and unprofitahle party a ickeringa and pr-oseriptiotns, are her wvorsi nil deadliest foes. None but thte guilty.,~ an susptect the motives of the itnnocent- 'd one bitt the craven ini danger, or the dlas- a ar itn war, can perpetrate hostilities in ece-none .hut the conscience-stricken ni riinal, enn meditate the wish to. insti ute a cold-blooded system of cruelty, re enge, anal proscriptiotn. Who is there mong us that would not defeind the rights ni fhie State, ngains5t Ancroachment or ag ression? Who is ihiere that meditates i to destruction of this blood-cemented ' Fnion? There arenalme here, I am sture: s: -no, not one! Conscious of the-purity i f ou ownl purposes, let us suspect the ti otives of no man. Confidein in the rec- p~ tude of our ownt course, let us enquire p' n,twhat men were, but what they now; ql -e. Blessed-Gre the peace mnakes-, bc .ase gn arh. nndt blneerd in heaven.. I i it. thrice blessed, and - thriCe honored be ri ose. who bring all their prejudices, and si their errors, and all their wrongs, real d imaginary, to sacrifice them on this st nsecrated altar of their country's weal n id happiness. c And now, sir, with an allegiepce, true. c ithful, heartfelt, and ineffaceable. I am ady, in the solemn form prescribed by a 0 Constitution, to dedicate my services C 'the State. v After taking the Oath of Office, which . as administered by the Speaker, Gov. v tCHARD5oN. accompanied by the Mem- v rs of both Houses, proceeded to the u enate Chamber, where the Commission I1 F the Stte was presented to him-and c ence to the front portico of the Capitol, here he .was formally proclaimed as Gov -nor and- Connander-in-Cltief, in and a ver the State of South Carolina. P The excellent Address of Governor il ICHARDSON speaks for itself, and needs I a eulogy from us, to ensure it as cordial 1 rereplion among our people generally, I it has met with here-all apparently a ree-ting it with appr(obation; the imntedi- a ie fritnls of its respected author, most irdlially, as fully .tustaining. so far, the ( enerous confidence which selected him t ir and elevated hin to the high station, c nder circmnstances so honorable, and a istinguishing, alike to him and the peo- t le: while many. even of those who op Dsed hint, generously declare that his ad F ress amply justifies that confi.Jence, so 1 tr. and if fairly acted on, throughout his 4 dtniiistration, will make it all that can c a reasonably hoped or desired-some or I em expressing their regret that they mis- I tkingly opposed him. 9 For our own part, we especially ap- I rove and admire the conciliatory lone v old spirit'or the address, and the very roper cotnidence manifested in those of I ur party, agreeing with him it principle, -ho have opposed his election. That >me very few of them may have done so erhaps too zealously, if not sometimes idiscreetly, under their warm personal rg ard for one highly deserving it, and eil calctain:ed to inspire its generous en usiasm, is not at all surprising ; antd is a latter not to be dwelt on or remembered. 'heir defeat is neither a political or per rnal one, and their highly talented and rorthy candidale, no less regarded on our ide than theirs. To botht him and thett, ve say, from the very booom of our heart, 'Let there he no more strife between us,| )r we are brethren." Their principles are ut principles ; their party our party and1 heir hopes of t he future, our hopes. There carcely ever was a itme when a cordial nion of our people was more important utd desirable ; and we feel assured that he friends of Governor RtCARDsoN will 11 warmly unite with its, and none more ordially than he himself, in obliterating il distracting distinctions or memories of he past or the present-everything that an militate against our being a united rople-one and indivisible-mergitg all nere considerations of men or party, ia a tble, patriotic devotion 'to principle, and he public good! Correspondence of the Charleston tourier. HIouse or jRv.PaEsENTArtVEs, Dec. 7. The House met pursuant to adjourn nent. Mr. Jamison, from the Military Coto nitec, made a report on a Bill to reduce i Acts and clauses of Acts in relation to he Militia of this State to one Act. and to lier and amend the same. Ordered for onsideration to-morrow. Mr. Elfe gave tnot ice that on WVednes lay next, he will nsk leave to introduce a i11 to amend the Criminal Law in several articulars. Atnd Mr. Roper that on to norrow he will ask leave to introduce a i1l to amend atn Act entitled "An Aet to ecnrc a lien to mechanics and hantdicrafts nen onl buildings constructed or ,tepaired y thett, passed Decembter 1816. ~Mr. Gri~in subtmitted a Resolution re uiring thte Jtudiciary Committee to in uire into the expediency of establishing he Coutnty Court systemt in this State. ) rdered for cousideratiott to-maorrow. Pursuant to ntoticos given, Mir. Eckhard ntrotducetd a Bill to constitnte as hlaagis raes certain public and tmunicipal otli ers. Mr. Griffn a Bill to amend the 10th ectiott of the 1st article of the Constitu ion. Mr. Mliddleton a Bill to provitde for the ublication of the Acts of Assembly ittn to ptublic ntewspap)ers. All read a first time, and ordered for a econd reading to-mtorrowv. Ins SeA-r.%T. Dec. 8.' The Senate met pursuant to adjourn ent. Purstnant to ntotice givent. Mr. Clowttey trduced a Bill to provide against the uspension of specie paymetnts by ithe attks of the State ; reatd a first time, or ered to be read a second time to-morrow. Mr. Gregg, frotm the Judiciary Commit-. e, submitted a report on a hill to prohibit arriages betweett white and free persons f color; ordered for consideration to. torrow. The Senate resumed the special order of to dlay, wvhich wvas the report of thte Cotm ittee on Privileges and Elections on the temorial of stundry electors of St Phtilip's ad St. Michtatel's, protestittg against the aim of the Hon. her Boyce to a seat. Ir. Grogg restttted thte debate, atnd spoke ~ tlength in support of the adoption of the port sub~mittedl by thte committee, and t as followed by Messrs. Rhctt, Verdier, C Itt Jones, on the sameo side. Mr. Do Treville moved to amendl the t cond resolution reportetd by the commit- " e, which is to sentd comtmissiotners to ox nine witnesses, which was agreedl to.- ' r. Do Treville calletd for the yeas atnd 8 tys, and were yeas 29, nays .13-Mr. P uger voting in the affrmative. r COLUMtBIA, Dcc. 8.e The question of jurisdictiotn itn the Se- ~ te upont the poit of bribery anti corrup- ? )O is at lengith settled. Upon the opett g of the discnssiott to-day, Mr. Gregg ~ ade otte of his pratctical, tmathtemtatical n r of speeches, showitng bty actual de- P nstration, the right of the Senate under C a Act of 1721, to acr in all cases therein t vidled for. Several other Settators took T rt in the debate, pro and con. Thte h esion being putt andl tho yeas antd nays ing called for by Col. Trevilie, resttited e ,-ightof tre Senan-,to e ntertain j,,- ,w dieion by 29 ayes, 13 noes-a eommia on will consequently issue, to take evi -nce in behalf of the Protestants, and al. i on the part of Mr. Boyce. The ezami Won will, as a matter of course, take a wsiderable time, and the denouement tanot transpire before the next session. In the House there has been a consider Wle debate upon the anendment to the :onstitutiot on the subject of duelling. I as occupied in listening in the Senate, nil therefore heard but little of it. Col. lnimminger during the time I was there ras eloquent in favor of the amendmeor, rhich is intended as a still further check pon the pernicious habit of settling dif :rences among honorable men by single ombat. COLuMBsu, Dec, 10. At one o'clock P. M. the Senate were nnounced and entered t he Hall of the Re resentatives, and were accommodated by lie committee of arrangements of the louse, of which Col. A'Kelvy ischairman. 7he extensive gallery was adorned with lie congregated -beauty" of the town. and therwise filled with anxious and enquiring pectators, The President of the Senate was seated n the right of the Speaker. At twelve inutes pas one, the Governor.elect; ac ompanied by the late Lie-it. Governor, or cling Governor Hanagan. was couducted y Col. M'Kelvy and the committees to lie Speaker's desk-the House and Sen ite rising as lie passed before them. His Pxcellency then, handsomely forcibly, and loqujently, delivered his inaugural. a copy f whicit I shall endeavor to procure for rou as early as practicable. The tone of hie address was such as became the occa ion, high, liberal in all its parts-firm as egards'the future action of the state in her elations with the general government, and !ourteous towards those who dillarel with he state on her presidenial question. It vill prove highly acceptable to the demo -ratic party, whose candidate Governor iiehardsotn emphatically was-and by vhom he will he narmly sustained-and n so doitg, they can give no jnsi olTence .) any one who has the heart and devo. ion of a Carolinian. Upon the whole, we have abundant reason to be satisfied ivith our Democratic Governor. His iehtit was at once dignifiled au-t srikiti. and could not but favorably impress the iumerons audieitce which atended the aaugural ceremony. His Excellency closed by expressin. uis readiness to qalify under the Consti tntion-t he Speaker then adniinistered the lath of ohlire. The President and Setate Ihen retired to their chamber, followed by lie Speaker and lembers of the HIuse f Representatives-Col. M'Kelvy and Committees conducting his Excellency, [br the purpose of receiving from the hands ofr the President of the Senate his cottmmission-which heing delivered, tie Senate and flouse repaired to the Portico of the State liouse, and the Sheriff of the I)istrici, aried with the sword of State. proclaimed the election and qualification if John P. Richanison as Governor and ComITander-in-Chief, in and over the State of South Carolina. Correspondence of the Sarannah Republiean. FLORIDA, Dec. 5th, 1840. Gentlemen.-Tie only news I have of lhe progres of the Campaign, is the return Df Col. Riley's command to their respec ive posts, Forts King, Russeland Holmes. 'hey scouted to the South to within some 30 miles of Tampa and back-some of thei marching 259 miles withot even the sign of an Indian having been discovered. Tie country on the rou.e is represetmed :s ltterly worthless to a white populattion t inud truly if we over are vietorions and possess otirselves of it. we shall have rca oo to exclaim withi Byron -WVo to the cotnquering, not the cotiquer ed host." The dhautghter of that active leader Coa o-chee, (Wild Cat) recently captured bty Lient. Sihley, is ntow here. Site is an ac ivc little girl sotme 10 or 11 years of age, tmaed Chim-me-chatta, and sems to pos. toss all the inhumtanim y of the trtte Itndiano. Shme says of a lit tle boy and fellowv captive everal years younger thatn herself, that 'shte dfoes ntot see why ho should be kept rlotng with them and fed, as lie cannot bring iinc knots to make a fire, or wvamer to htoil Sgopher-she should thitnk the Lieutenut ronld knock his brains out and leave him." We shall probably soon hear from the ithuer purties in the field, and wilt apprise orou of their success-or more probably, heir w ant of success. Thme Northern Eastern Boundary.-T lie it. John Courier states that the British o0mmissionlers anppointted to ruin the boun Iary line bietween the American pnsses iotns of Great Britain and the Unitedi tates, have linish their labors for the pre ent seasont, hiavitng comipleted the sturvey if the due north line froin the river St. olhn to the Beaver streamt, on the Metis. prom thtetnce the Commissioners proceed-. l imp the St. Lawrence to River Guelle, rith the inteution of passihng up tbat river ini examitning the highlantds att its sources. Phey started itn last wveek in Octouber for hat ptrpose, but heavy antd conrtnued nowv storms forced them to relinquish their pjeratiuns. Front thne river Guelle the ommttissiotners proceededh to Qutebee ; from bence, Lieut. Biroughtoni, R. E., one of' te Comnmissioners, wvent to New~ York, n his way to England. Mr. Feintherston augh, the yotunger, remaitns at Quebec for to presenit, makinig up the retturns and otmpleting thte plauns. It Appears from the Woodlstock Time, tat the Atterican Commiissiotters have lso been active inu proseentinig their re ~archecs. They have explotedl nearly the 'hole extetti of country hetween Wood tock atnd the St. Lawrence. whicht is re resenteid as n most desolate and barren igion. Nothing bitt bogs, lakes anid marsh. , with some broken amid irregufatr ridges fhighlands, covered with a stunted growuth r moss clad trees, meet the eye aftetr Ieav tg the St. Johni some fifleen ot twenty iles. The piarties that wvent tip the Ken tbcek amid Pentobscot, have likewise re 'rted, thus comupletinig the whole Ameri mn survey, with tihe exceptiot> of' rutnniug e Meridint by hwtar observautinas, tnow >ing on unider the direction of Majer Gra anm. "I will call again," as the man said who na hnuring for help. ruje R~lerttuier EDGEFIELD C. H. THURSDAY, DEV.EMBER 17, 1840. We s-nted in onr last week's paper, that Wo slumdi probably be able to present our readers with the President's Message this week. Is conmseqence ofa failure of the Northers Maik, we did not receive it untill iod ate for inser tim. It will, however, appear at the earliest possible date. The weatrer during the past week, fia beed unusually mild and pieasmnt. A slight rain feN on Saturday last, but was followed by a ceaf, serene sky on Sunday. which fis confinned ever sinne. We notice by nr i1ortfiern pt pers, that the weather has been very coK4 aut large qantities of snow have fallen. Owing to this inelement state of the weather, the mtails have been delayed, there being five Northern Mails due at Charlestnn on the 10th inst. The election for Governor - and Lieutesati Governor of t.is State. took place on Wedner. day, the 9th inst., and resnited in the choice of Hon. JOHN P. RICHARDSON, and Hon. WM. H. CLOWNEY. The vote stood thus: Governor. Richardson, 104 Hammond, 47 Scattering, 33 Lieut. Governor. Clowney, 94 Fergnson, 51 Scattering. 16 Messieurs Adamt, Treadwell, Black, and Wade, the Whig Canidates, were re-elected on the 9th* inqt. without opposition, to repre sent Richland District in the Legislature. . KEn BoycE, Esq. Senator from the District composed of St. Philip and St. Michael, hasre signed his seat. The reasons be assigned a*e, that the favor given to tIhe investigating CAth mittee by the Legislature, would enable ise enemies to rake up all the filth of Charleston against him, and therefbre preferred to return the q -estiun to his constituents. He will an doubtedly be re-elected. A Bill has been introdntc d into the Alabama Legislature, to repeal the Act which prohibits the carrying of deadly weapons. At the late annual meeting of the State Agricultural Society, the following gentle men s ee electei its oflicers for the'ense ing year: President-W. B. Seabrook. Vice Pri-idents-Col. W. Brooks, Col. W. K. Clowney, Col. J. Gregg, Chun. B. F. Dunkin, Gen. J. Gillespie. Corresponding Secretary-C. R. Car roll. Recording Secretory-Dr. R. W. Gibbes. Anniversary Orator-Col. J. 1H. Ham mond. Bank of Augusta, Ga.-.On the 7it inst., the following entlemen were elected Directops of the Bank of Augusta, for the enniumg year: Messrs. John Moore, A. Waterman, James Fraser, Wmn. Cumminig, J. Bones James linrpecr, Samuel Clarke, James McDowvell, Robert A. Reid, Win. Shear, James WV. Davis, Thomas N. Poullain, 0. E. Carmichael. A t a recent meeting of the new Board, John Mokore, Esq., wvas re-elected Presi dent. Treaisury Notes.-T he amount of Treas ury Notes, outstanding on the 1st instant, accortding to theo monthly statement, just published by the Seresary of the Treas ury, is 54.433,823 38. A large portion of these tnotes lhear interest. A Bill has beenm introdnced into the House by Mr. Mtiddleton, of Prince George's Parish, " to provide for tihe publication of tihe Acts of Assemmbly, in the public newspapers," which wec cannot but hope will become a law'of the State. And although our readers may be disposed to charge sis with motives of selfish nesas, in advoc.mting the adoption ofenuch a Bill, yet we are firmly impreeed with a belief that tihe benefits arising from its adoption, wvil~l ap pcetr evident to every reflectting person. As it has been heretofore, but a smell por tionm of time citizensa in tho State. have any self. acquiredl knowledge of the lauws undeF wvhich they live. The Acts of Asaembly are placed in the ianmds of a fewv only, whose situation, as public officer'., require a correct knowledge of the Statute Lawe, while the laboring portioni oi comnmunity nmust remain in ignorance, or de pend npon thme " chosen few," for what infs mnation their circumstances mnay nteed; thus the mmajorityv are deprived of tho privileges whsich belong to them, amnd no optportunity is oE~red them ofjnmdging for themselves. Mr. Fair, of Newbmerry, has initroduced into thme Homsc a Bill to after and amend' thmq 1st ' amid 2nd Seetions or dame 2ndI Article of thme Con stituation of the State, so as to give the election of Governor to the people. Also a bill to give election of Electors of Prestdent anid Vice President of the United States, to the people. We are pleased te see the introductionm of such a bifl, as we have ney :r doubted, that this right beloniged to the pee tle. This is the only S'ato ini the Union that das nosmflicienmt con,fidence in the. virtue nf her :itizens, to trust them wvith time election of Pres dent andi Governtor. Anid although it may be . argueod thmat time present system does very well, ret we think it aight Se imiprovedl. Many ersons will vote for a candidate to the- Legisla are, fromt some p~ersonal regard or esteem, vwmichm thcy chterishm towards him, wile at the amiie timeC, they are aware that iai political ,p.;iOn) are not ini exmet secordanice with th ei