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prospects, or blighted the dcstinies of the10 South. - The tariff-f'28, while-it extended pro- a tection, and conferred bounties, at the ex- 6 pense of one section of the Union. for the I? benefit of another, still preserved more jusi r and wise discriminations,-operated more a =quall on the consumers. and accons- a plied at least one or the ligitimte ob- 2 joets of the Constitution, in supplying an adequate and liberal revenue. It derived a plausible pretext from the requirements of a national debt, and fonaded some claim a to favor in the eircemstances ard induce-. meats which had lcd to the early. and per- a haps premature development of the roan- a afecturing enterprieto of our country. It I operated when ourcurrency was compara tively sound. and our credit firm and ex panded, our produ,:e high. our industr re warded, and our prosperity in the Iood vide of success; and ir it hat converted all these evidences of happitess and improve ment. into scenes of desolation and diesor- I der, the results were perhaps then regarded as the inspiration of an erratic prophecy. rather than the sound convictioni of a wise atd well forated judgmeut. But now. while the Government owes odebst. nt bich its ordinary resources might not in is few years ezttnguis--nor, while the deep ani universal distress of the people de masads the lightest burdens-w bile laihur starves. industry gwr5s poor. our credit i- nt coifidence. and p.rotperty no abid :-:: -lace ationg u-snJ. in the violation of a solemn and well con-iidered cnmpro snise-b defence of all the admonitions of a dearly-bought experieneo-it is a mock ery of the spirit of equity it legislation. of respect for constitutional priuciple%. of all wat is sacred in obligations. to institute satch a system of political fraud, perfidy, and oppre0ss Under a just ecunnmicall admintiatration of ite Government. were the exigencieo of the Treasury to require it: in short, when , ver revenne is the object. I am stre I doi taut nagnify or exagcgerwe the spirit of patriotism in this State. when I assers that South Carolina would endetre all, and st'e tiliee all, to meet constitutional dendls upon her resources or liberaitty. But are bounty anid prorteiieo, legiti tastely a part of these consitattinal re quirerments! Is it needful tothe Treaisury. that the agriculture interests of South Car ulina, alosie shold pay, n4 a tribute to twenty factories in Kentucky. a tax ir the shape of duties on rope, t,4 in', and bag ging. equal to its annual contributions to 'tie cof'ers of our own State? It is neces sary to revenue, that coarse wllena and cotton goods of foreign mnnufacture. should he excluded ironm oar markets, by a duty which prohibits competition? 1,_ prohibi lion a reasonable mode of increasig reve nue. by means of imports? And yet this is the leading eharisteristic-the great, the prtmary, the directing object, of the late enactment of tariff duties. Thus, gentlemen. have our people and our State once more been subjected to a system of reacionus anti oppressive legis onovwjg ishage.rm erat legislatIon, are thus to bue violnted with. recklessness and impunity, stie Amner scan citiz~en has no better guara.nties for freedom, than the aer of a polisical autto craey. The form atnd tha.~aae of our in stItutions muSt be costly indeed to us. if liberty itself, and the pursuat of happiess,. are the only price, aantd the only sacrifice. at which they are to be matntainod. In the flrtn p-airintismn andI correct p'rin ciples of the D)emnocratic Patrty, we tuny doulbtless anticipate the co-operation of a faithful and ellicient ally S'rutgr~ling again: the corruptiona and abuses of Gov ernmetnt, in its longj couirse of error~ a".d injustice-the ahiuotes and exponents of at sounid curreney, and conomical expen ditures-ustningO the interests and the institutions of the $outh. againtt all the influences of hank demintiont. andl abolition fanatacism-we mtay jutl?y calculate on their unwavering veal. in acheiving this work of reformation. An-l whetn tha' next recurrence to the ballot-box shaall have purified our counsels-shetn the pbop..lZdr voice shall have spoken the dloo:n of ou~r misguidled rules-when republican prinici ples, regetnerated iu the deliberate and dlit piassionnte results of the ensuing eleeriotta. nhall have dispelled the deluniuasu itt the lnte Pr.esidential canvas,-dhen may we h-,pe thaat the South will again recnorI hetr rights. and the Constitution regain its vi;;or andl asendancy. It is indeed deep ly to be regretted, that the assent of a sin gle member of the Democratic Party should have accorded (even reluctanotly though it may htave beent) to a measure which they have denoutnced with so much ardor antd ability; which they had discus greed on principles admiting of n comtpro toise, and s bich no consideration of expe diency ought, or codld, overrule. What if the denmands of the GJovernment ere emergent: What if the Tesamury teas bank rupt~and our reulers clamorous end dissatis fied: Would anyr of these causes excuse or justify a premedtated violation of the Con atiution, or a wanton umposttou of unjust. oppressive, and ezorbitant taxes? It would have been better that the sources of onr revenue ball been dried up, our public improvements neglected our fortres aes dismantled, our army disbanded, our navy rotting in the docks, our officers clamorous for salaries, and even members of Congress unpaid, than that such a breach should have been made in the Con suitution. Time, and returning prosperi ty, will effect a cure ofalhhis diorder and derangement in our statistical economy; but a violation of equitabId principle., neither ages nor prosperity can repair; and wrong and violence done to the Con suitution, shake with the force of revolution. every pillar in the ptolitictal fabric, and desecrate the very sancteeries of the Tom pie of Liberty. Chesrishiug bepe, however, in the Justice I and wisutom of the American People costladingi~n tho pairiotism and purity of the dermoeratic party of the Union, and awaiting, for a reasoniable time, the slow .md tardy progress of legislative refo.rm ..4ssus sill rmembr, tht th man a afesy ant rearess reside n ?he ;orneiP b isources of the Stat uf-in the. pirt ad patriotism of our own people-is the rmness and winiot of our own comi. ieither our appeals to the justice and pat intism of the nation, onr invocation to p ur allies, nor an sa-icipited sympathy b nd co-operation of our Southern sister d tates, should be peraitted for a mnment P > weaken our efforts or our resolultioe to neet all the consequences and All the mergeneies of the contest. , It is due to le consistency or principles which this a sates has so emphaticaly asserted on C imilar and perhaps less aggraved occa- p inne; it is due to the allegiance which she a ins professed to the ConstitOiion; it is be itted the high station of trust and confi- 3 lence which you occupy. that the voice of sur People almost unanimously spoken Int he Resolutions of the last sesaion-with il it warnings sild invociations to our in atuated oppresstors-ahould bo strongly citerated ant! responded to, in tho meas ires and deliberations of the presnt Legis- a ure. Having reviewed som' of ite internal r ources of our btrength and pro,-potity. as iell as of our diaquietude and ytevances, rith on earnest endeavor to suggest the mra's of improvement and relief, it say not be now improper to direct your atton tien to some of those exteral causes aud relations, having sa influence no our hap- I pius, and the eonsequsences of which we ennnot be wholly istdilirets. Our sym pathies cannot but he deeply interested is the svocees-fil und patrintic struggle of a vung sister Repuhtlie to maintain its na tional existe:ce. Recent events would sem to indicate the approxmit tinn of a period when it may Ie necessary for the sthority of our (itivernment io be inter posed. to protect its own boorders and insti sutionle, nrinst the jornlidious aggressions Of an ambitinus aood unsevrnpiulous despot. Nor is it to be Prenumed, that eisher the interest or the moral .en'e of our citizens would pcrmit ''e seno he silent and disin terrsted aewctatort of the wrougs and op presinlns of a kisdifet pO"I'le, who have wonaud maintaiiied their right to inde pendence. Jy the achieveme-nis of success rul valour-by the results of a well-regt lated and nrg:saived finvernment--And by our formal reeornitito" of its established sovereignty and ineistasiona. Yet. should shiu holy aspiration for in dependence. igenerate into cmbitions schenmes of extended empire nud dominson, then will ithecome more consonant to a sense of justice. and the position of neu' trality % hichour government occupies, to repress, rather than to encourage the ardor of our youthful citizens, in embarking in such speculative enterpris for spoil, for coquest and for plunder. The patriot. ism w hich enlits under the standard of a foreign government to despoil another of its righis, its riches, or its territnrv, is dit ferent, far different. frum that which at tracts the generous ent the brave to assist an oplressed people. struggling for inde pendence. and d orvingto be fies. The ,... c wa~ngwa~rs niy for hoo or efeceanddebse hechvalrac epies foupepeinto an inordinate lust of the sensual fruits of victory. To respect she rights or all,* to form entangling allisuces ith none, is perhaps the wisest precept of the most virtuous andl venerated of Amer inn sages. A4@d while our principles and ut sense of justice most emphiatically in. culcasec the truth of thIis moral sentiment: a jealous regtardh for our instil utions should induce us must sactedly to conformt to, ass dic ates. in the ratinecation nfthe late treaty with Great Britain, we have just reason so con giatulate ourseclves on the amicahle, and I trust mutuilly advantageous adjustmnent of someas of those lung pendingc diuiculhties which have so eoften shreatetned so disturll aur relations with a governtment, wish a hose peopule andl freeo institutions our own sre so nearly assimilated, by laneunge, buy uterett nd by enimmer'e- It is not one of he least of the blessings af~ an enligh tud age. thai argumenit and reason have oimset entsirely sup-rseded the direful ne ce'iv and calamities of waur. In she muo rl c'de of nations, as well as of men, wroes can no longer be perpetratied wish ant finding a corrective, or an avenger, int the couvietions of an enlightened public aetiient. Justice and right aro now the true armour of defence, and the civic wreath of a sagacious and successful nego cinsor of an honorable peace, in the moral imsprvements of out age, have overshaw od the laurels and the trophies of the con quror. Armed in a righteous cause, the vigorous and patriotic energies of ocr Re tubic fear no adversary, decline no con test, andI are equal t2 any emergency. Bu it is tenfold more gratifying to receive she acknowledgements of her cquitable demands from the concessions of a gene. ros people, thin to come out of the boody contest so obtain them, Blushied-with the most triumphant victory. Whie. howev. an much has been aichiev. ed so allay the spirit of war and dissati..'actaon, arising onut of the border aggressions of a few aaless citizens, and the conttested jurisdiction if a barren territory, it is to be regretted that se little has been conceded to the protection and mcurity offloutheta property and institutions, ggainst the piratical sipsaiations and interfer tac of foreign functionaries. In this aspect, wd indeed for all practical purposes, is would ew that the guaransies ot the Constitution, to iotect those institutions, bars been atterly an aihilased from the unredeemed and ensumerat td pledges of the conufederacy, "to provide 'or tie common defence and general welfare." In the general terms of the Constitution, es abishing this department, its powers are but agey espresused; nor las our subsequent Is islation been 'very definitely illustrative of its aarticular duties.authority, and responsibilitics. [hat some, however. of the prerogatives of she eatnent have become sn practice unreason bldlisproportioned to its general powers, will eadihy be adanitted, when we refleet shat it ex roises an almost unlimited power of hegisla io over osur criminal code, byits absoluate and wrrstritd discretion of adnasiatering it. Nor sas its infuence in this respect been slighstlya me inconsiderably felt, since tho policy of oms of our sterner and more important sta ssts, have 'samsed with the character of every dministrato, and have eonen becomne in their .ectin. as an~table a the motives anid inul . lity of the humnian tnitcd a them. Sto niformity-of decision, so A stiee o in only prevail in executing as in ad- of inistering the law, when the ad rea- a mno, upon which they are fo ort 'expo- of I to public investigation. aI a high t andard of correctnes in I - tion ever of uattaino, bait by imposi nsible t sty of presenting for the j of the peo- c l. the racts, cirenmsrance, 'deratsons P1 pim which they ate based. 0 The numaronem and alm 'ble en- i agements of the depart neither a me or opportunity for the ofuch li1 duty, by tie personal e the Eie- t Ittive And the very li Inadenatej f rovision made for the n ' ce of b permanient Secretary. alike the pos-I ti ibility of expecting it from - And al et the witdom of our sister has in this p epct amply provided Ste ities. even Iit rhere the Executive is eiati ved fromntU lic laborons dities or the mai - In the litieral policy of a -State. the ti :xecutive Department is ith a bit- 11 eau othree perimaneut with libe- ti rat and coepetent salarie.e greatest p dvantage that can be de ti e small rl anua appropriation of our is the em- c layment of tue temporary bran asan- i mnsis. for the few weeks o messiol. If lie services of such an ol have ever ex- il ented, in omt piactice.hey0-4Zbon tines amid a latieA. they la.ve constitthLJ&np a agle ti iception to the general usag theI depart- ro nent, and (as iii the instance * able and a aefil asistance of the p intcunbent.) are been accorded by gene *i1011tives of a d ersonlal character, rather Li nise of offi :il al-liantion. The requiari*M of such amt i>icer malaY be better undet when we re- c lect. that a uaore intre= - could a scarcely he presented to th Ie. than -in an- a ntal siatemueat of the o tc the detart. ment-the ,tficers sppoited autority- t the instancs or interference the adutnis. r trationi of the lnw--and sant ad degree f crime subjected to its "aeV , to pardon. I r to punish. Such t reeort rqutred to be I inado to the legislature. and- 6 eans furuish- 1 ad by its liberality, would noTitly enable the Executive to preserve his eOWeW sistency. by I alfrding opportunities of re e to preced ing acts. but serve as lanmi for the warn ing or imitation of his suec Auu tooppiie ( the people of the mode in whZ-their laws are admimistered; of the amuoun dree of ' crimue perpetrated. and of th ey.a effira- I cy of thrir ciiminal jurispi . ru ng the conduct and motives eJ en. As it is, there issearcely adocnmeit. a'record. oran I archive in tIme departo-nt. tn +msd the rit of a ' precedent. a decision. or evo, a tradition to I eilighten the conneils. or direMt the policy, of succeeding administrations. In the conneaion of this depatment with the other Iranches of our State Governmnent, the infuence of a wis usage, and eamulnuas exam ples of courtesy upon the prt of each. have done more than the law, and thsontituio it ,eif. to estahlish their distinetive limits and boundaries As en instance of the aneertin limits of Ex ecutive jotrsdictinn. I woki sqr.-Tour atten tion to an Act pamsed at the lag session of the Legislature, in which the dismetion of this do. patment was wholly auperseded by ie action of your body. directing that imposed by the sentence of the Court on Pardmue. on a conviction of manslaughterbe appropriated to the benefit of the family of%* deceased. The remission of fnes and ties would eem to be exclusively the Condattu the Fveeitivo " _ " to provile,"at the same timt (or such disps itina: whether, .'in short. it was meant by tis exception, that a legislativeprovisioni of the pealtiesoerState ofl'einces, shOnld be anticcdcut or subseguent toma breach of did criminal law, I refer to your wisdom to determine. A profond respect for the proceedings of a co-ordiname branch of omnr State Government, as well as an entire accordanaca with the benevolent object they were designed in this instance to accom plihb were of course sufficient to prevent any naterference on my part todefeattbe provisions of the act. That neither time~ or event, may ever inter rpt the haramotnioms co-operation of all the branciesofoneir State Govremuent in prumnot ing the future, as effectmially as they have done the past weal of the Stste. I would nether presume to anumcipaete. nior offer ought but the most devoted S..J tervent wishes toavert. But it is certainly thme puat of patriotism, as well as of wisdom tom leave iso political right or prerog umtive to thue pemations of time, or chance, or neecdent Inaletermuine; nothing for the accenm itins af preceets to, increase, or the exam Ie of past enc roachments ta diminish; nothing mir the samnctionied errors of fallibile minds to pervert. or the venerated weakueus of thme hiu man heart to impair. Trho generaml powers of the department are of less imponrtamnce amid efficiency m te adlmn istrain of our State government than were originally intended by the framers of the Con stmittion. anti have gradually diminished under the inftluenacem of somne modiyig causes, is. i ihik, cnepicuomusly apparent. WVhsth:er the conservative chairacter which it was intended to preserve, and has hith-rmo sustained, to the people amid the Constitution, can in any de gree he safely and usefully dispensed with, is fr youmr jindgmeat, and theirs, to deteiminie. To enilarge itt. powers in some respects. part' nlarly in the appointment of State officers. tmd the supervision of onr road laws. amid sys tmi of public education, would utngnestionably a'ord ample opportunities for usefuilnesa and eticiency And to mnciese its responsibilities both to time Legislature and the people, by re quiriig an annual publialied record of allmis of ficial pceedinmgs, wonld at the same time esta blish the best guaranties for thesafe and discreet exercises of all its prerogatives. That the initerposition of the veto power might on mime future, but I hope distant occa sion, exereise a conservate influence upon the character of our laws, and bometimes pro snt a salutary ch-ck to hasty and indiscreet legislation. may reasonably beinferred from recent illustrarnons in the practice of the Fede rl government. as well as in tbe example of rnost of our sister States. In all of the State, onstitutions adopted or amended within the, recent experienace of the practical operatioti of our forms of government, die necemaity of in terposing sowto safe harrier to fhe encroach inents of a dominant anl irresponsible party egi.ltion, has wisely induced to the insertion a this salutary feature. In our State Constitution, based entirely ams is, mupoai a compromise of interests: so sue essfully illustrated in our representation in the1 senat, somietmem even praetieally exemphi ed in oumr legislation, (as in the divoion of the 'ree school faitd.) and moat obviously manifest si imi the modo ofelecting the Exeutive, would ol the protecting influence of an Executive ye o be consistently (trlfilling the purposes for, vhich this idjtusttasett ofpower and of interestS I was institutedi Divested of gail motives of interest, by die ear approach of the spiration of any oedicial rm, as well as my of~eial inaigibihty-dis Imarsed hr~reof y ses fperson l delicacy, aid confirmed in dhe conviction o nst of my predsorI would add my testi le to tie gn.ly am. U..e, nia c'iin insurate even with theordinary requireme tis the station. The inevitable influtence nfstuch anse may practically operate in the course time. to contine its aspiration to the ptilet,. deter the services or merit. and to pireseht the lice as aglittering prize to exhorblaat wealth. mniated by inordinate anhition. Nothilng n be more ati to an enality of rights nt ivilegeoo-ontteing can exact ia :n.re tptaequii is homage from popular inaitttttittsn i so ed oligafchy-nothmg can be more Sn.i did in people or prolfiigato in a government, than e mIserable policy olhartering the hounors of' eeonitry. for un1iaid services, and the sarri :e of private interest. It would lie mo e tohe. cause more frank and iomorable, it, protaetote em at once to the >gnnainy of a lItilic -ae. id the opeti scandal of a public market. '11e resent periid ofretaenchinent and ensanrr:ess ent is perhap!. woo unpropitious an iec-amSon. recommentatn increase of the lsecitive sal v; but, unwilling to avoid any respon-itoiity it may devolve opt moe. of making suggesions at I may deem promotive of the welfinre of e State. I take this. one of my latt oticial op Ortut.ities. to add my testimony. to the concur t declarations of all. I believe, of ily prede. !more, in favor of the prosp.:etivc policy or ch a measure. The term of two years ealy. acompanied by elligibility. has been found In the experience. id acknowledged by the cuanilor s.f all. to be so Phor fur usermsless-ton tenporary to per rt systemantic views of improvemehest-ail light operate on sone ocensions of great and erilous emergency. to exclude the State from eriving benefits from the services of her ablest id most efficient citizens. Bitt a few days iore, nw remain, fellow itizeme. to complete lte term tor which I was lecteit-who-it my official relatiron. toi the inte. re to ise chang,-i4 into the hiaiti.- ditief atioI voentims itst' onate citizen. If mett o ave in any resp-et tailedi in ststaitatnn It. dig. ity of the statist,: it eqauitalay ndomn.4tering i her laws; or in snggosting correct vww )r promotion: uae happiue, nud wlifare of tie Senple: thet hnve I been matost aign:lly di-p ointed inl the hopeas and aspiration whilch Itave onstituted the mnitives olny oflicial lifc. 'T' ireserve her w',e stid happy institutions tndi ninimhed tnd nnimpnired: to le.d her oiwatrd a the patih 'ma n:tietinal greatness and glory; to herish her rightie.her principles. and the vene ated cstots saif ousages ander which she la.n itained to so much honor and proeperity; ave been the objects of my taiceat'ing Vigilanimce td snlicitude-objects which wall Mill foliow ne in retirenent. inepiring the warnost wishes r her welfare. isccompanoyin'g every im:nie of hity. and strengthening every ohigatitati of al egnnce. as a citizen and a Carhinniaa. And het. intcontemplating the beneticienti siller. ision of a Divine P-. -r. so conspicnotly al strated in all the e%'.r- of her history. as well ip in the innumerable blenings of the past ad if late years, it if with a confident hop-, that I aow invoke its continned protection and ts lo, to inspire her counsel. and comlsuct her natitutions, in every stage of her progress. to attain all the attributes. the permanency. and be moral energies, of a great, as well as a free ind happy people. Nor with less confidence, do I repose my tpe in your zeal and exertions. gentlemen. to nlate the wisdom and patnottom of thcse who have preepeded you, in promoting the rue interest and enduring weal of your conisti Ments. If my wishes and invocations on ieht an oc. mion, may be rmitted to he expressed, with hoe solemnito the last admnnitn- -- JOHN P. RICH %RDSON. L EGESLAFEUR E. In Senate. Nov. 29. The President announced the Stan~ding Committesu ne follows : 1. On Privileges Et' Elections.-3Mcserg. Wceilie, Gregg, liiggints, DeTre~vili, and Evins. 2. On Federal Relations.-Mlessrs. All ton, Rhett, Clow ney atma Boozer. 3. On Finance andL Banks.-31esqrs. iiggins, Felder, Boye, Fickhing, & John 4. On 1the Judliciary--.-Messrs. Greef Nc Willie, ?loses, Dooxer. and ihr::aan. 5. On Accounis and Vacant Ojjices. %Iessrs. Donald Douglass, II. II. Thorn on, Walker and Scasionas. 6. On Claims and Grietvmnces. -Mtesrs. DeTreville, McKenuia, J. S. Mturray, and . R. Thonmson. 7. On the Militr and Pensions. ie.srs. Duchanan, Ilannia. Wilsoan. R ivo. tol Framptona. 8. On the College, Education and Ret -. riont.-Mlessrs. Allaton,. Cain, John D~ot. ;ln, and Rhiame. 9. On Incorporationsv and Engrtossed 4ts.-Messrs. Young. Jeter, Elfe, and [avid. 10. On Agriculture and Internal Im rormens.-Messrs. Gause, Johnson, hardl, antd W. 51. Morrnv. 11. On RoadIs and Buildings.-M1e-sro. Witherspoon, Goutadin, Grimuball. Palmer, atd Aiken. 12. On the Lunatie Asplum and Mledi at Accounts.-Mossrs. I ickling, Buford, anl Evitns. 13. On the Legislatire Library.--Messrs. 2rege, Rheit, anal MeWillie. Iouse of Representatiues. Nov. 29. The Speaker annouanced the followsing Sanding Committees : Committee on Privileges 4. Electios honas J. Pickens. J. D. Yates, N. Ri. PFaves, J. L. Munnintg. Geortae R. Dunba-r, I. C. Sullivan, M. L~. Bonhiam, I. Larti rite. I. Rt. Sparkmtan, C. HI. Grillin, W. 3. Black. ommittee of Wrays & M1eans.-C. 0. iemieer, F. WV. Davie, E. G. Palmer, FocI Smith, A. T. Darby, Albert Rheti. . P. Dickinson, John EnglIish, M1. P. Cmmittee on Federal Relations .-B. . Hunt, Edmund Rhett, C. G.SMenmmin er, P. WV. Davie, J. Chesnut. Jr., D. F. Famison, James E. H enry, WV. F. DeSaus ure, 3. M. Walker. Committee on the Judicia r.-F dvrard Frost, W. F. IDeSausare, \ . D. Porter, . C. Hay, G. B. Eck hard, A. D. Sims, ames Simon' J. W-. Blakenecy, P. Della orr. CommiUie on InternaL Improremen . ard Mfiddleton,Johnt Blake, J. S. itt :reaves, Gabril Gamnon, J. L. Mtanninag, . Quttlehum, W. M. Myers. E. P. Er in, J. 3. Wilson. Oonmitee on Claims.-T C .Perrin, .A. Ashby, John T. Broyles.Jnames Gra m, A. H ardin, T. HI. Gregorie, T. C. arson, J. G. Guignard. John Smiat. Committee on the Military.-Dl. F. Jo .:..n, I L.netigeu,. P. Onattheh->m., Wt. A. Ashy, U.. rTint, W. .,. BunleJ. A. Aishby. C . 1. (;rillin. WV. J. Whalei . Commnittee on Rous Hridges and Fer ries.-M. E. Carn. S. If Mortimer. J. S. Siigreaves, Daid Gavin, J. M. MlcElroy, Iletiry Smith, Charles Willians, George Miost% ell. J. I). Strother. Cmmii'tee on I'ub..Ic ::uildings.-W. J At-too. tieurv Arthur. 1icurv b.. mi. 0. Woodi ard, *I hot. AlcLure, IlI. J. Smith, James S. Rogers, John C. Mi:ler, J. B. Poyas. Commiltee on Incorpofaionls.-G. B. Ee.khard,. R. C. Griffin. W. B. Rowell. G. C. Gerddes. B. G. (YBryan, G. V. Pres-ly, J. M. Barton, JamesSheppard. J. Piickiey 11ler. Conmittee on Educat;on.-C. B. Nor throp, A. Ilibben. J, lauske. J. M. Wal ker. Jaies Sionous. J. Che-nut. Jr.. I. D. W ilNon, C. C. iov, J. I. Sparkin.. Committee on Accounts.-J. W. Bake nev, Edward Sebriu, W. W. Ancrum. I)ivid Gavin, Wiley ilurrisou.J. O. Nich tilU.0o, S. If. Murtimer, Juseph Dickson, Joshna P. [)awkinw. Commift re on E'olortd Population.-]. D. Wilson, J. B. Black, P. Della Torre, W. Irby, W. J. -Cook. W. If. Gist, R. W. Roper. Henry Davis. J. J. Wilson Cuwmittee on District Ofes Offic eers. -J. E. Heiry, J. Al. Walker, W. J. Rey nflds, Joseph A. Black. W. J. Whalov. R. T. Allison, W. 11. Gist, N. R. Eaves, Edward Sebring. Coinmiltee on Agriculturr.-R. W. Ro per. G. C. Geddeo. J. A All-tot, M. P. 3laves. A. J. Harvey, P. C. 1irimball, A. Ilardin. Jo-epti A. jolly. G. (;,,v m. 'onmiite on Urieraines.-J G. Brown, J41hn1 Blake-, Charics Williams, J. Shep pard. A. J. Harvey, Ilenry Siuiih, Rt-t. Cox, J. 1). Strother, G. Gott in. Committre on the Lunatic Asylum..-R. W. Seymour. B. G. O'Bryan. J. U Gu ig nard, J. If. King. G. W. Pres-ly, J. Shep pard. John English. J. 1. MlcElroy. I. Lartigue. Committee on Pensions.-5. P. Crock ett, Ileury Smith, Joseph A. Jolly. (. Woorlwdir, James Grahaim, Th ain., Mc Lure. J. 1). Yate... W. Irhv. J. B. Poyns. Committee on Public Printing.-F W. Davio, I. W. Seymour. W. Al. Myer-, W. D. Porter. Edmuud Rhett, J. P. Dick inson. J. M. Ranqor. Mledicl Cominitee.-J. I1. King. R. T. Allison. Thos. Lmlejwon, C. L.( gillarl, T. H. Gremgorie. W. I Coot;. J.sen Lor. Committee un V'acant ffi:cs. -William 1. Bull, W. W. Anicrum, J. (). Nicholson, Joel Sumith. W. J. Cook, J. C. Miller, A TI. Daroy. Committee on Engrossed A. ts.-Josepli A. Blaik. C. B. Grifito. C. B. Northrop Frtacis Sumter, S. H. Mortimer. Committer on the L.rgislatire Library. Albert Rheit. C. G. Mtemminger. J. A Ashby. Edward Frost, J. A. Alston. Cashier-C. C. Hay ; Deputy Cashie? -Francis Sumter. Mr. Speaker laid befosre 1,-e House fht ich was or !9. 1842. "SP9 t fi iI Senate ol With the highest regard, I am your obedient servan7. WILLIAM C. PRESTON. Mr R. C. Griffin pre-ented th- pr.i' tio. of. andry citizens of Edge~fasl Dis trict. prnlying tha' an :.ci be passedl auth .r iz.ing pesn who pra-tice medicine on. the Th'lompsonian system, to collect a rea sonahle comnpensmation for ser'ices render edl. Also, thle petition of sundry citizemi of~ Edgefteld, liarnwell, atnd Lexinigton. wjilh a similar prayer. which was referrec to the 5ledical Committee. Also, the pe tition or TIully F. Sullivan. atnd John 1C .McIonald, pirnyinag to bc rele.asnd ho.n debt ; which was referredl to the Commauit. tre on WVays .and Menns. Mr. A. Rhect tsubmittrd the" folown: Resoulution, wvhich was ordered to lie ron sideo cd immediately and agreed to: Ilrsalred, Thatt the Speaker appoint a S pecial Cotmmittee of ninre Members. (onc to be taken from eacho of the present Con gressional Districts of thoe Soate, and iin act jointly with a imilar Co omi toe of the sameo or less numiber from the Sen. te.) to ni haom ilhall be referredl all mantters relatine to 'the arrangenmetnt of the Statte into new~ Electoral Districts, under the late Appor. tionmnent Bill of Cong~res, and w sha!l report by Bill at the earliest period practi. cabtle. H-ouse of Representatirts. Nov. 30. The Speaker an-tounacedl the following genuleen of the Commnaituen undler the. resoolutiona siubmittedl sesterdlay by Mr. A. Rheat, to arrange the Con::resioonal Dis tricis of the Stce .3lessrs. A. Rhett, C. G. Meomminger, J. L. Manningr. TI. C. Perron, W. Irbye, A. D. Sims, . .'. DaU vie, T. J. Packeoti, and W.. F. DleSaus sure. Mr. John B. Black presentedl the Peti lion of sunolry estizen. of Ahheville Dis trict, praying the disconninuance of a Pub lic Road in said District; which was rec ferreod to the Cotmmittee on Roads, Bridget antd Ferries. Mr. R. C. Gritiin presented the petitior oif sundry cutizen' of Ed~gelield Dietrict, praying an alterat ion in the License law which was referred to tho committee on Griev~onces. A iso,. the petition of sundry citizens of Edge6eld, praying that so muell of the Newmarket Road a.. lie betweeti the Scott's Ferry and Five Notch Roads, be discontinued as a public highway: is hicht was referredn to the commuittee otn Roads. Bridges anid Ferrices. Mr. Yates submitted the following Re. solutions, wvhich were ordered for consid. erationi to-morrow. Resdlred. That the committee on the Judiciary be instructed to enqtuire andi re~ port on the exi'ediency of choisitng the Land Office. Resolred. That the committee on inter nnt lmprovemets be instructed to en qutire and report on the expediency of abolishing the oflice of Superintendetnt of Public Worki', and making sale of such of .the Public Works as ray be deemed ad visable : also, of placing the public roads under the control antd management of the Commuissioners of Road-s of tho several Parishes they re res pectively lie. On motion Mr. Hietnry, Resolred, '1 at the committee to nomi. nate n,k n:...,.... sall.nss:. of .i memibers. one to he take. fro:n each Con gressioual District in ilie Sait"s. and that said couamitter lie appmnnte,4 by Speaker. Air. Briowis tiubmtii'.gcd the Iolluwing Re solution, v% hich was ordered for consider ation to-itio row. Rewsored. That the committee oc the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of catab i-hio:: the County Court system, or to increase the jarisdic tion of magistrates in all civil matters, at least to the summary process jurisdiction., and that they report nec irdingly. aIr. Young l)hvis presented [ie Petition Of citizens of Pendleton District. praying an alteration in election-s, .ad that m'ana ::eis of elections may be c-mapen'ated 1hr ttwir services; which, was reteired to the committee on Privile;:-s andl Elections. Purnaint to notice, Air. Sims a.ked and obtained1 loave to itroducc a Bill to en etnin Real Estate to a certain extent from levy and sale undrr execution. and foar other lurpioses; which was read the first titne. and onered to be read the secoud timie to-norruw. In Senate. Dec. 1. Pursuant to notice. 31r. Ell'e introduced a Bill to establish nnd regulate the nflire of State Reporter; which received one read ing. and was relerred to the committee on tie Judiciary. Puruanut to antice. Mr. Grimball intro. duced ;I Bill to providle at whiti time per sipus s1hall woirk on Roads. Culti and Uria-. gee, in siis State : which recei.rd ane reading. and was ordered to be prin:el. and to le referred to the committee on Road. al Buillings. The President announced the followting geutlemen tte committee on the part of the Sciatie, to meet thae committee on the part of the liouse, on the subject of divid amg the Conogressional Districts. viz: 3lessrs. Felhler, Rh.t, Alston. McWil lic. Clonnoey, Evins, Donald. Doualass. Hliggiuts. ani J. DeTreville; anti a tmes .age %as isent to the P'ouse of Represen iative, tformssing that flouse of the ap pomilienitt. Mr. Rheit presented the petition of the Agrieultural Socicty of South Carolina, praymng a- Agnultural Survey of the State: referred to the sare comnitteo. The following Resoluiion. offered by Mr. Felder, was agreed to: Resolved, That the conmitteeon Agri culture ;.and Internal Improvements en. qutre and report as to the expediency of aloishing the Office of Supenatendent of Public 16sorks. and ilexpedient, to report a1 Bid to that ed'ect. House of R Iesent4ires. Dec. 1. Mr. Carn paesen:ed tie petition of M. Laborde. prayiag compensation for certain serv ices as Secretuy of State ; which was rclerred to the comitittee on Claims. Mr. R. C. Griffin presented the petition tf sundry citizens of Edgefield District, pray ing fur a new place of Election, which .%us referred to the committee on Privi ;eges and Elections. Mr. Aloert Rhett submitted the follow. it- Reseilutions, which were ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed: lst. Resolved. Tnat in the upinion of this Legislature, the fine imposed during the Lewr.wilsh (04t krnI*o. hbv Jlds all, of Louisiana upon General Andrew, Jackson, for an alledged contempt of Ju dicial authority, was tyrannical and un just, and puts an uanented stain on the reputatton of that distinguished citizen. 2nd. Resolved, That our Senators and Rte;resentatives an the National Councils, b.- itequesated to use their efiortsa with Con gess. t> haro inis hune refunded to Gene rid Jackson, with lull legal interest; not mnerely as a pecutntwry iudemnity, bat as a reparation justly due by the w~hole country. ;or his emntt services, to his wounded character aud feelings. Mr. R. C. G rillin subnmitted tihe follow iia f' "ulut'ot, n bich w as ordered fur c n.s deration to morrow : Res'lvud. Trhat bc commtiitee on Roa, Brige- . n.d Ferrtes enqtuire tnto the ex pedic:.cy of repeatin;; toae 21st section of an act , utti::ed. Ana Act to establisht cer t..in Roadd. Bridges anud Ferries" past at the last Ses-ion of the Legislature, and tha~t the snid commtittee also ettquire into 'he expe liettey of allow itng the Commis siatutrs on Road,. Bridges and Fetties p:i)m m na r n. ces-.ny expenditore during their r.gular tmectngs, anad report accor dingly. in .Senale, Dec. 2. The President lasid before the Senate, the Report of thae Comptroller General, tan the Cotntin;;ttit Accounts against the Lower Diyision of the Treasnr); referre~d tat the Comuatnttee on Accounts and Va canit Otlices. Pur-uant tao noice. 3Mr. Jetcr introdueced a UDl to) nher the tame or the sittings of the Courts of L aw for tate Sonth Western Circuit; which was read the lirst time, and was referred to the Cotmmitice on tlw Ju diciary, Also, A Bill to repeal the Girst section of an Act, entitled "A Act to extend the bounds ttf :he Jails of thte several Judicial Districts of this State;" which was road the firs; iime, anad was referred to the Comnmitteo on ithe Jutdiciary. Pursunnt to tiotice, Mir. J. E. David in troduced a Bill to exetmpt Real Estate, to a certain extent, from ferry and sale under execution, anal for oter purposes; which was reatdthe first time. anal was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary: Also, A Bill to alter the punishment for re tailinag contrary to Ian; which was rend the first time, andl was referred to the Committee on the Juzdiciary. FaIr. fluchantna., from the Committee to count the votes for Commissioners in Equity for certaina Districts, reported that the following persons1 were duly elected. K. Maurchtison. for Orangeburg; A. P. Aldinch, fair Baruwel!; D. Wallace, for Untion: E. J. Arthur, for Richaland; James tiemophill, for Chester; Iley Coleman, Williamsburg; J. WV. Coachman, George town; Henry A. Mletze, Lexington, J. H. ICriiwcell, Auderson. The President Iniid before the Senate, the Ananual Report of the President of the IBenk of the State of South Carolina; which was ordered to be printed, and was referred to the Committee on Finance and IBanks. Tho Presideant laid before the Senate * communication from the President of the ILouiavi lle, Cincinnati and Charleston Rail Road Company. inviting the Senate to take an excursion on the Rail Road, on atury the '!~ nec~mbc