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ab tho patros e ousi - a tletu tivate that or barmony, peace,and reconcilistion, which yourowm generots and laudabl efforts so much coatributed to produre; and of whlf&, we have already enjayed the rich and happy fruits, In the result of a wise legislation. an . ehl-and eqkable jedsprndence,. and an unhed aOausecessful support of thi eher ished rihts and true interests of the State. Forget that pssiles. prejudice, or tsis had em divided tboes, whose - s' and patriotism accord so well ose, sad let the rude and impious hand that wld p me ta tear open afresh these .which so much time and generous feeling have been expended to .staunchhand to ciestuise, be doomed by ,sa ..cra.o.r his country toam infamy anddegradation.ahich noradiance of char octet, or ofintellect. can eMr relume. With the most sincere, and ferveqt wishes, Geatlemee. for your happiness. and my.country'swelfarC with 4. gredsul and miduring sense of your kindness, to sol6'theV SY of my retirem' f.and the e i1 Ii dec ianig no I return sq t humble duties' bound by obligations of allegiance el strouger by gratitude. over nmy ifec tinus, than chains of adainant or of iron. could bind them. THE INAUGURATION, On Saturday lasi, our newly elected Governor. General James I. Hammond. (elected on Thursday last.) was inaugu rated, with the usual ceremonies appro priate to -the tcecasion. The door and gllerie of the House of Representatives were crowded with spectator*, comprising not only the beauty and fashion of. Co lumbia, but many of the most disting*Ish ed of our fellowicitizen from other por tons of the State. The inaugural addres uf General Hammond. which we have the plevinro of layiag before our readers be low, is a sound, sensible, well.writs document -brief, concise and direct. SouAt Caroliaidn. Gedeuar wof the Senate and Hou.e 0j In receiving at your hande. the first of. fice of thestate, I am deeply sensible how aneh I am indebted for it p your kind partiality: and while I tender you the liomage of ry sincere thaks, f approach the high station you have asstiged me. with tin embarrassment and difibIenee I have never felt before. To a zealous und coiientious discharge of its duties. I can venture. I believe. to pledge myself, land my hope I,. that by fulfilling this pledge.I shiall b* able to retain your con fidence, abd that of ynor constitnenss, though;inny be foun.1 wantina in those great abilities which are nout bestowed on all. The oath of oce, which I am about to take, prescribes to me the sopport of the Constitution of thin State and of the United Statesi Ya may rest asared , shall ever endeavor to support them, not More on accoft'f tjs solemn obligaion. than the sreer 10atertsa for built, and my profe*c'eaVictio5, that on their preser vation deplidsthe future welfare of the count 4Ourselves, and our posterity; fur, notwi ' ainding the present deplorable condition o both national leglslatie iwimd" seg 'the fierce conflicts $8~otitifa1-)Srties, who have here. is elsewhere, somnetimes forgouteen right. in the pursJat of power, it ennot he deniee7 that fur he half cnury during which we'have lived under the 'Federal Governient, our country has advanced more rajidly in population and improve meat, while busspeople have been more free from-publie burdens. more secure in private rights, more tranquil and more prosperous, than ny other country, or any other pe.,ple, of whom l:istory has left a record. We have therefore imuch reasoa to clintg'withi ardor and affection ta. insti tutions which, imperfeely admnissered, as tall institusions in the haud. of men muss he, have-nevertheless done and are capa ble of doing so much good. They na am this mnoment underpoing perhtaps se se verest ordeal to which they have boon yet submitted. Unexampl'd pence bad concen trated in its pursuits the intellect and en crgy of the civilized world. giving birth to inventious, devolving resources, and stinr itating enterprise beyond anything of which it hadl before entered into the imta gination to conceive. An incalculable, increase ini every bruchl of human pro. dujotion was the consequence. lmnienine commercial operations anud vast spe-cala tions followed, many oaf these wild and delusive, as might naturally be supposed. Prosperity begot condence. atnd confi dence credit, which, expatndig unti all real values were lostisight of. and every schemne of fititious promnisuss or ianagmrary profits was embrased. finally exploded; TVhe shoch was felt by every civilized na tion on the globe; and in all, the disaster was attributed. by the igporants and design iog, to the mischievous inflnuce nof the existing Government; as in time of pesti lence or fadine, Governmen't ie usually accused, by thbe same class.--, of voieoning the fountains, or destroying food. In the tirst frenay of the excitemeut here a total revolution in the administration of the F~ederal Government was efected. Bus the change brought no relief, and we are now in the midst of the deepest financial embarrassment, and the severest struggle of a counter revoltition. The whplecona try is full of individual distress: ffade lan guishes: capital is inactive, and properity ruinously depreciated. while the revenue of she Federal Government is inadequate so its expentses-its credit,. both foreign and dostit, is entirely annihilated, and its legislatiom weah, factnous, and net un *frieetly ln flagrant violation of the Constlitaos. Yet let as not for a moment doubt that our institutions will rise snperi or- to the trial Am ealightened and patri otic people will rally to their support, - dl industry, eecomy and time shall re amove every fiascial diffleulty, and the ballot box, or in dli. last resort, State In shall.resore the Constitmtion. orussyform.s, amid all she diaa tatsoftbe we can still look with Sto, the condidion of er own tate. JIssesd riths a Comstita tion, e eomprfiuse ha earina t buenc t ant gnalli cti sat Wea ana iur- a 'Scent perancn to everyfdepsrvuensof thbilGovementwe have .also a people who fi laijh moral toeo and general in formation, may umpare with any who I have ever fArmed a State. Wit b such a Constitution and suebr a people, we hae always held a high rank among our sister States, and itso happens that at this im portaut juncture, we are in a conditiuon which will enable as to odsain it fully. On all the leading political questions of I the day, we are, and for several years have 4 been as upited as it is possible for the same 1 nomber to be on- any suh'qp whatever; c while amid the wreeks of ind viigal, and I State, and Federal redit, South Careines I true to every engagementabe has made, I stands proudly forth without a blemish on I her public faith. Enjoying this high and enviable position. her destinies are for the I ime committed to our hands. A trust so 4 sacred and so honorable must be dischar- I god with fdelity and Briness. Wemust t be prepared at all times, and under all circumstances, and at whatever cost, fully a and promptly to maintain her principles and her integrity. To these ends, and to the support of the a best interesta of our common country, kI shall ardently devote my humble abilities, I and the influence of the official station you c have conferred upon tame. And relying r on yor co-operation-on our ample re sources-oD the spirit and intelligence of our people, and of the people of the whole I United States-and a'ouve all on the bles sing ofGa.d, I look forward with the most I perfect confidence that the institutious of our country, and the ipiluence and honor of oar State, will be tiumphantly sustain ed on every emergency that can arise. 'Fom as S&san (:Iainic,. LIST OF ACTS Passed at the Lats Ssimn of the Leisfatur. 1. An act to amend an act, entitled an i net for the better regulation of the inhabi- a taInts of Charleston Neck, and to amend i an act entitled an act for the better regn- 4 lation of the Commisioners of Cross- a Roads for Charleston Neck, passed 18th I December, 1840. 2 An let to re-quire the Commissioner in Equityfor Kershaw District to trans fer to the Commissioner In Equity for c Sumter District, all the records in his or- I ice pertaining to the latter District, prior to The establishment of a Court of Eqoity i iherefoir. 3. An act to arrange :he State into Dis tricts far the eeaction or Representatives I in the Congres of the United States and i for oaher porposes. 4. As act to amend an act entitled an j act to prevent the citizens of New York 1 from earrying away slaves or peneons held i to serviceha oflibis State. and to prevent i the escapsof persons charged with la i commission of any crimae, passod on the i 17th December, 1841. S. An aet to authorise n.l empower the i Commisioners of Pablie Buildings of the several districts to furnish necessary cloth ing for prisoners in the jails of their res pective districts. 6. An act to authorise the City Coutcil, of Charleston to elect an additional Re corder for the city of Charleston, and for other purposes. all ac- and clauses of a'ts in relati te Militia or thais Seats to one act, and alter and amend the same. 8. An act to establish ceertain Roads,1 Bridges, and Forries, and fur other purpo 9. An act to amend on ancttlod an act for for rebuilding the city of Charlcs- I too, and to aalsr and extend the time anad a terms for the re-paymentt of loans andee I by the Blauk of the drate of .Soucth Car- a olium, pursuant to the provistons nathe said act and of a subsequent act toi amnd thec same. 30. An act to ncnhorise the Sheriff of Georgtocn District to keep prisners in : a place of ensacody to lbe provadedl by the Coaaat,is'iners of Pubie Buildings, until c a new Jail shall be completed.i 11. An act to alter and amend? the 15thi setiona of ant not enrideda nas act toa reduce nil acts and clauses of acts in relation to the 1 Patrol of this state into one act, aud to al tr and emend the same. 12. Atn act to itncorpornte certain So cieies acnd Companies, and to renew andc amend certain clharters heretofore granted. 13. An act to legalize the acts of Geor;:e Q. Mcintosh, Commissioner in Equity for Kershaw District. 14. Au act to convert the Arsenal ati Columbia, anad the Csiidal and Magazine, in and near Charleston into Military I Schols. 1.5. An act to confirm in James Jarvey. FEaecutortof the list will and testament of I James Nicholson, the title taecertain lands ia this State. 16. Ana act to authorize the super-in tedent of Pubalic Works to sell certain I tracts of the Staite's land on the Wateree and Catawba rivers, 17. An act furchuer tor prevent the r tailing of spiritnoas lignors without a Ii eense. 18. Au act to permis James MclKenzie, an lie, to apply for admission to ptrae tie in che Courts of Law and Eguity ini tis State. 19. Au act to esempt dhe Beaufort Volunteer comnpany of artillery from re- i imental reviews, and for etbet purposes.i 20. An act to mike appropriattons for ie year commencing in October, 1842.i 21. An act to nite the South Carolina anal and Rail Road Company and the< Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston1 tail Road Company into one corpora-. ion. 22. A. act to anthorise copies of cer tain deeds, lease. and plnts deposited an the office of the Secretary of State, to be1 used in evidence iir the Certs of this I State. . -. 23. An a tairequire the.Commissioner in Equity for Darlipgto. District to trans for to the Commissione, in.Equity, for the. I Distrits of Chesterfield and MIarlbetougha, I all records in his offiee rtaining to the I latter districts, and for ohr purposes. - 25. An act togive to thme Ordinary, in I erin eses, the power to ay ever to an I administrator or .executor th proceeds of I the sale of real estate. 25. Ao act, to arvangi the Courts of Law of this State~rndInalalter the tioes .r ,ah itninejsf tsaa e a Apeals. Ind rrors, and also . II n eertain sDstretj ..4j 26. An act to 27. An aet tlalaan j p; 'ir. pg save of abrsenc froti . ) SCONGRES' '0, a& Car.pondeusf tei -Wasutaeg.x~ -. It must now be adm:a Prst, u th 6enate, as well as jp J . e iadi atious are that the BaO r- to b peedily and entirely rel -. rm. Wa eneiceded. to-day, by : -t. idin rends of the Act, in the : Mr lerrien and Mr. Tallmr aton lill, rep alin 'lila t , -9-":* rse . dayand= r. Berrie - - refe Once to te Cammite. - * Jciary vith a view to an inq" natur of the otjections to tp .l s at empt by those whop - 'p 1 remnv bose oblreuions. Mr. -:.re -twait sbal ourtey to those wbe e. d,6 of t" et required that obey t, italowel 1 offier such modifleati-; 41 ' migh ssibly reconcile thed - te to its euntionance. - !!eriel aw too distinctly, heat 4lion hat the act was to be d thi inly questien was, wt b epealed in a regular - -We lue ezatination. Mr. Berrion content - e wa o ale it the referene- dela; he repeal. lie made Jmo orious attack on the p no ac rbich had passed, a Ji nconstitional, cull an 3J., Mr. Denton, noreov 1at lil ijeoi of his bill was t. "]ra ion, ott piartofCongre .S i ionality of the act, w1. . ove a guide to Courts here :er 014 udges of the Federa Coti tould, he said, he 3us- *gnizinj iny certificate or ean ist1t1ut Ict, as a bar 8aainh1 .6 .Til *ourts ought to consi' -. Ae or is null. Air. ilenton: *r ' M-0tsCL hat the act was a mcr ah vri-ticates ralven unde te. Pa. ier. The bill wits rcerrm', u. ajda cit. otastauces which shut'w it i p a'iii lit Iurns proposedi by.1r. n A commussipation wai 4 *v!ed froon ne Secretary of he Na erxplainin t letters just eved roos -m. ear .show that our difficul with th meror e Morocco are yet adjus ed. A resolution was off'ered tering th oint rule r the two l us a as topre ret li refectrris s in re e m itol or clhng any wine ale, ciler, . as wel is ar-ent spirito. c ane ytt ard Aicrd rsolsinwa the redFepries altoge her. a hich passed by acclamstion. The Senate must coueur-i e altera ion of the rule and-dou ill do so 4o mseb for the reign of Sew e. From l N.Y.CsuinmriadAs 117thina kUTINY-EXTRAORI IA IY DE VELOPENEtME nriant in some particelars, bsfo etbheai encrol tenor-have since 'mern public hat soon after her departure om she AL ican coast a tmutiny broke ht. eaded bo 'assed SMidshtipmnau Speney who ha' Irawn off into his bad revolt lime forty 0 ify of the cre w. A similauinuier, in iluding the apprenticcs, rempined faithtfu o the officers, and arter a shprt but severi onflict she mutiny wero ovi wered cot put in irotns.4 A enart martil was h# the soms' light; Sir. Spenerr the gu ar and was er-at-armns were found guilt and seniten ed to death, dhlich seutencefras carriec ao excution tbe next Wo ng by bang rg at the yard arm. The plot or tho mutiners ' said to havn een tong in art angement a preparationt ndl their intent was to murd the officers eize the brig. whbich is a re* rkably fas. iler, thern cruize onl Sandy oek fur thi npture of one or more of *0 Liverpoo lackets, supposed to have ~resumts it pecic on board, and after thego pirasing A~r. Speucer, the leader gf the revolt was a Bont of tbe Ion. Seqesary of thi "ar J)epartment. Thte ag 'y of the fa her's feelitngs under tbis terable inilieo nguage would vainly eaeavor to ex -ress Another accoent says thb~t.a large pro portion of thte mnusiners were from ainoni he apprentices; andi that the two execu ed wits Spenicer were not'betty officer ut sailors. Thbis aceonas .sys that thi ilot was dliselosed by the tnater-at-rfa veto was solicited :o join in it. Immediately upon the arrival of tb hmers, we understand, the sutrviving mtu ieets were transferred to the North Car litna, uind is is to he premamed taia thre: ill hae broughat to trial. This much was wuitcetand puiblishe n the moruing edition of oar country pa ~er, and contain. an epitome only of th umors whtich reached our ears last even tg. We have speon.she satire mornita n vain attempts to obtais: informatiotn ( Smore tminute and reliable character tha s ordinarily found in the krst Boassag rE torts of startling eveisa. Captain Miacit mzie has been so circumspect in his cot rersatin that even his nearest relative a the city bad not heard a syllable upon ib ubject previous to his departore to vs ii family at Singt Sing last eveaing. keantime the morning papers have aive various accounts of the dreadful affai 'roms which we compile .the particulal ippearing the most authentic. The Somers is a flie sailor, has te ;uns and a crew of about twenty able mc td forty apprenatime boys, making wit he offleers, some seventy-Aire persons a oard. Tho conspiracy, is appears, ha een in preparation for sdme sia. TI somers, betng on her way home,,.it -wi own would, put inso.. LThtomas ft upplies. The design of the instneers WI o lay the exeution of their purpoi itil all these supplies .ha4 been laid it sd the ship s again ate. - All1 things beinag ready.. at a-aivef sil cal, the muteiners were to have a scufic in the furecastle in the night, while the captain and first lieutenant wer* ittleep r On the appearance of the latter to quel the disturbance, he was to be seized and thrown overboard. They were then ti murder the comimanderaud the ward-roon Sofficers, with the exception of the surgeur -who was to be kept for their own use and take possession of the vessel. The obligations they had entered inte were of the most desperate kind. The: b had sworn that they were tot afraid J I blood; that after the brig had been wa ; tered and was prepared for a cruise, the: would rise and kill every officer except th surgeon, who might be necessary for them that they would then proceed off the Hool of New York harbor. and capture th homeward bound packets, which they ex pected would contin large sums ofspe cie. Of the people on board the capturec y vessels they swore that not one should b left to tell tales-the remales to be subjec Sto the brutal lusts of the captors before be I ing put to <;eath. - On or about the 7th of December inst. the yjtole .plot-wdirel@Psed to Captair I Mae&e.ie bs^ -of te crew, who hat P refused4I-joe'iun'the mutiny. Spencer a the boatswain's mate. and the quartermas 3 , s immediaiely arrested, and pa r 'rM were found upon them disclosing the horrible purpose in full, and signed by a p large a number of the crew as would ena bled them to obtain the mastery ini a mo. L mentofsurprise. Indeed, the whole plat is said to have been in % riting. written, i part, in hieroglyphics, to prevent discove ry, and in the oath were the words-"Yoi swear that you have no fear of shedditt; .blood." After these horrible diserosures. a cour p martial was eld upon Spencer and thtu mo-, prominently connected with him. It is impossible to know how har the con. tamination had spread, though it had evi domtly spread to a most dangerous extent To crush it at all htazards wits indispensa ble. The court martial determined that noth ing short of the prompt execution of th ringleader would ensure the safety of th brig. Spencer and the two petty ofice: already nentioued were tlacreupon ordlerec to he hung at the yard artm as stated above Whether this execution was instanter, o not, we have not the means of saying, a the reports are confletitng. Ote of then states that the sentence wns pronnunccd it the evening. and carried into ecct the next mortimng. Another account states tha1t it took place forthwith-hat Spencer prayed for a shor delay that he might write a letter to hi father; but the request was refused-ti young mutiner being told that his intentiot htad been to murder his commander aqt officers without giving them a moment fo preparation. and that they now meted ou to him the fWte he had intended for them, It was a moment of fearful importance when tho diaclosuro was first made, and i was necessary to decide the question a mastery instantrr, and ite officers cotld not then know the exact strength of the mutineers. The captain immediately ordered al bands on deck, and ordered those of the inose arrayeu .unua.mes upon tue aor ward deck. wvithot doubt, supposing tha they would be followed by a great proper tion of the crew. Twenty-tivc of thteu Iremained loyal to their fla and commtan der, and thesie, with the officers, succeedec .after a conflict with thte mutineers, ,ccordl I in: to one oftlte accounts, in which sume of them were severely wrounded, in su Ipressing the revolt amd puttina all the moo titaces in i rons. The Somers sailedl fronm Li'>eria on th~ nighut of Nov. 11Ith, and (frtm St. Tbnnia on the nightt of thte 5th Dccettber. TIher I is reassm: tohelieve thant the coenspircce was formed befo they left thae Africa~ coast. :According to one of the pu'blishaed ru t ors. thte disclosure ot the plot took ptlac , pt this wise. Spen-er otTered his ptape a r roll of the conspairtators to theo master iot-arms to sign, who signed! it to qjuie I their sicieios, and thteta imtrediatcly re i ealed the farts to the cottander. Th momaent the conwjpirators ftoud that the: ,were discovered tey met in a body an went to the commnandert. dettmndinag th posse-.sion of t he shtip, and young Spence Ipresenatedl a pitoh tat hais head. All this was tat night, and the chief par of the crew were below, when the ollicer on deck, noat knowing thte extent of th conspiracy, immediately closed the htatche and kept tall confined n ho wecre below, un til thaos above, who were conspirator: had been secured and thteir ringleader triedl and executed. Spencer was uotly about nineteen yeat of age, and received hi~s warrant ss a miid shhipttan utt the 20th Noven:.ir last. Ltk .his brother, who figured in tte papers a ,largely fur his misconduet ,ome suonth ago. he htas been a sad fellow fromt his bty Itbrxx. We prebume tham official accounl .of this astountding affair will be speedil , given. whten more otf its particulars will b .spread before the pulic. Ii htas been tht far kept a secret here, we presume, in ot fder that it might not first reach the ear< Shis parents through the columns of tl1 .press. .The unhtappy young man was last sprin .attached to the B razilian squadron. ina , ing upon that station comimitted some o e fence fur which be was arrested and wool ,t doubtless have been cashiered, the affa . was compromised by sending him horm' undoier a pledge that upon his arrivali , the United States he would immediatel s resign. This pledge was not kept-ata being in commission, be was ordered n the Somers, on board which vessel h a brief and sad career has been ended und4 h the circumstances already related. a The mutineers were unfortunate in ha ding such a commander to rise upon e Commander Mackenzie. Though of ,. humaae and exemplary Christian chara r zer, there is not an officer in the service s more firmness of purpose, or greater ie: e ibility or decision. The promptness , his measores proved at once his coolne asil intrepidity ; and though the alternatii , ... dre-Malte s ampl as s......... We tremble at the tought of the frightful . scenes that would have ensued had the 1 conspiracy been successful. We can but regret the deep sympathy c we feel for his doubly bereaved parents, I Vnd his wide and most respectable circle of relatives. The mutiny on board the U. S. brig Somers.-The Washington Globe of Ion. day eveniug, contains the fyllowing ac. count or this extraordinary affair: "Mutiny on board the Somers-execution of iyoung bpencer, son of the Secretary *j Vf Ar.-Tho followiig statemient of the fa tal affair on boardhthe Somers i-e derived from the officer who cane express to Washington with no account of the trans action. .On Saturday last, an officer arrived (express) from ihe U. S. brig Simers. commander Slidell Mackenzie, lying n. New York. with despatches relating to a most awful occurrence which has taken place tin board that vessel. The Somers, it will he recollected, was manned chiefly with apprentice boys. nod sailed about three monihs ago for the coast of Africa. When on her return to thme United States, it became known to hlie commander that there was a conspiracy on ftot amoig the crew, headed by au oflicer, to rise o the ship, murder the captain and principal officers, except the surgeon, anu turn pi rates. The most energetic measures became necessary. milahipmuani Speucer and t wo of the petty officers were inmmediatcly ar rested, and inquiries set or foot to ascer tain the extent of the muiiuy. Investiga tion proved it to be to a mnost alarmivm extent. The captain calsed upon the ofli cers to express their opinion as to what ,measures the exigemncies of the case requir ed. After a formal iivoetigation, they gave it as their unanimous opinion that the safety of the ship and crew required thnt the ringleaders should fie put fo death; and, after giving them it short ilne 1ir preparacion, they were swung up at the t yard arm. Coflissionsofguilt were made j hy Spencer and one of thu men. arid he a justice of their sentence ackneowledged with their dying breath. In Spencer's I neckcloih %as foewi a poaper, written in cipher. detailing the whole plan. The crew was to rve at night in his (Spencer's) %etch, and' the mutiny to cilmrnence by a sham fight on the fiorecas tIe; ie wa's 1#0 Crolnduct them aft, as ifto re port them to the officer ofthe de k. They in turn, were to appear greatly excited; aid, as if eager each one to telI his ownI story, were to crowd round the officer, and, elapping their hands (in his mouth, throw him overboard. In the mean time, others were to go down, as if for the pur. l page of calling the captain and first lieu tenant, and stab them in their sleep. The q-rarrer deck guns, loaded witbgrape. were then to be pointed down the hiatcies,. and those who had not joined, shot down or brought to terms. They were then t" t r cruise oil New York f'r packet ships, isup ply themselves with wives from the pas. sengers. miurder i be ro- t, and rob and sink the prizes. that no traces might be left. Is is emnisosible to conceive a more trying and t awfully responsible situation thao than in, and othecrs giving it their countenance, a with reason to believe that a majority of the youths were impl~catcd; aind tnot know -hig how far thme plot had ext ended among .which called for the utmost decision amid energy. These circtutances-mlie stand. :ntt o'i Commatander Mat kenzie anid his officers in the r-crvic-thie fact that Lieut. Gansecvoeor', (the ordest ullicer on board. exceptz the Captain) was an ac qtaimtance acid friende uf young Spemncer und his famnily-alhl comiine to sho'w the rstrongest and most urgeint mecessity for the courrse pursued. Cromwell (tine of the young mnen hun::) -had been a pirate, anid ii.,theu-r a sila er : Doubtless it was the the~ infltuence of these r men. wyho were i-a Spetncer's watch, that -led this youthl t suchi anm extremniy. 111'n1 particuilars ofl the wh-lole caseS have -not yect trn npired. rThe foregt'ing are de rived from an athientic sotnree; hutlt, unn tit he c lhe futlly before the pibbme, we Swould requsts a suspension oh pubic opin rTme Globe remarks rta! "the ptrevail ing sentimenlt ir, the ciy, justifies the cot. t duct of the captain tof the Somers." fard Tis.-laj-r Noah hams hiithe Strue state of things im a late article in the -(Union. ,Hard Tunes.- I've got a turkey for ato- morrow ," said a rough looking laborinig tman to his comtpanion on Sac trday. "it sweighs eight piounds and cost mue half a -dollar." -Aud I have got," sauid his comn a panin~n, "f-mri pounds ocf "enisonl steaks, uwhich cost me tweo shitiings in Fu'ltonm immr I ket." Turkey and ve~nisonr steaks for two -tmen cnrrying in coal !W ham will the Ia s boritng classes of merry cld England say y to this-why an alderman would lock e them. both uap itt Trd~both fur merely talk s ing oftenjo.ying such luxuries-and yet tt ms -true. IThe man with the turkey, wh.2 looked e as if he could do honor to the imumorral hiird himself, no doubt, with sixpene g worth of boiled onir us-sixpenace worth of -brend,and sixpencae north of potatoes. Smade a splendlid meaal fur himself, wife, dI and four chmildren on Sundevy. the whole r exen of which was less 'than his earn ,' ings time dlay previont'. and they can all ma eat such a dinner ott Sundcay. The hard 7 imes do not reach this class. Some body di rmusmt dn th work, and if wages are low 0 provision are proportionabily low likewise. is I is those who have lost all by tspecuila rtionis, whose investcments in Blank Stocks, and similar securities are all mtelted away , ..-widows and orphans, who cannot work, us who are the snit'er,:rs, and entitled to a every sympathy. hlow relief is to be :extended to them, heaven knows; but f! they want it most.. Severe as the trial t. is. it must ho a lesson hereafter. P'lace no st confidence in imaginary prosperity-no us ver venture beyond your depth-live re within your mecans-thmnk of making a s.I living. nor a fortune-look aoh'ed-tuko are of the rainy day-be pruient-bo emperate-be lum.be. People now a lays. thiuk a silver dollar is as large as a art wheel. . EDGEFIELD C.11. WiEnrses AT. Ducut mEr. 28. 1842. We will ding to die Pillars of the Texepe of our Lbertes.and if it mistfail, we will Perish amidst the Ruins." ron iteYsIREST: JOHN C. CALHOUN. ;ot subject to the action of any Conveintion. FOR CONGRS9. Col. WHITFIELD RROO.KS. 6D' We call thi attention o rour readers to e Advertisetnent and remairks or the Ham. rg Journal. in our columns, on tise subject f the road leading to hlamburg and Augusta y 31r. Absalom Delaughter's Bridge. Executire Appointment.-Col. Beaufort T. Vatt.s. has beetn appointeIl private Secretary a His Excellency Gov. Hammond. Lqislatire Elections.-K. II. Speers, Esq., -ason Tuesday the 19th inst., after several alltings. elected State Reporter. and J. A. land, Esq., Suoperintendent of Pnblic Works. State Bank Directors.-The following get. lmen have been elected by the lAgislature. on >int ballot. President and Directors ofthe Batk f the State of South Carsiina: Prrschnt.-F. If. Elmore. Directors.-W, C. Dukes, W. St. Lawton, . Burger. R. Caldwell. H. T. McGee, C. T. Aowndes, J. S. Bowie, M. T. Mendenhall, A. 'Dona!d, D. C. Webb, G. N. Reynolds, Joia .~ Ash. Corernor of 1irginia.-James McDowell, .q., of Rockbridge. says the Richmond E*. sirer. was elected Governor of the Common ecalth, to come into otice on the 1st January text. U. S. Senator.-William H. Haywood,Jun., vas, o. ithe 2ln elected by the Legisla ie of North C$olina, Senator to Congress. Ohio.-On the 14th Inst., the lion. William en. was re-elected to re-preseit the State in ie U. S, Seiate for six i cars from the 4th of larch next. Conreticut -The New I aven Registersays: 'hat at the frll town ueetings in Connect.cut, ie Democrats have carried 71 towns, wich. ~- -,;#led to I I representatives; the whigS s, w1Ja elcst 83 representaivis; 15 - . fthus State lhave resolved, that they >t district it, for the choice of meambers iCongress.. Beare of Connzrfeits.-We were shown, e~tera~y, say s the Columbia Chroniele of the 1st inst.. a counterfeit One Dollar .Note on the Iranchi of the Bak of the State, at Columbia. 'he cigravitng is miserably executed, and ttld secarcely degeive any person acquainted rth genuine notes. The iattureS nflD. J. .leod. President. and Rt. H1. Goodwyn, 'i.iecr. are not written. but enigraved. It is aid a great itmnbier ofitheje counter feits are itn iri!ation in the upper p.:rt of the State. Gen. Jactuon al Dr. C'oopr.-T hie South trarliian, states. that the Legislature of this st~tate, pia.d Recsolurmions. recommtenintg that heL tine' jimp)owd by Judge 11ai1 upon,.General lac kson,. he ridunded to him by tihe Congress if the Untitedi S:ates with full legal interest ; and ham the tine anmpme~d on Dr. Cooper, under se Ali'en and Seditionm laws for a-libel on John dasi. whIi!rr l'mc~id.-nt of thme United States,, n refiumded to his heirs. w ithm full legal interest; md ejpssting~ our Senators and Repreenta ives to unec their efforts in the promotion of hese uhj.:ct, Presidential Nominatios.-The following Preamble anid Resolutions, offered in the hlotuse >f Representatifes on ,lie 19th inst-, by Col. Abert Rlhett, Chairman of the committee ap pointed for the pumrpos~e of nominating the Hon. ous C. Calhoun as a candidate for the Piesi dency. was considered and unanimol~~y agreed 1. by bioth branches of the Legislature: The peo'ple of Somuth Carolina have witnes ted wih igh griatiication, thme gowing dispo sition oftthe [Democratic Party throughout the Uniot. to call their emineit einrzeen. Jons C. CatLses, hi thei highecst office in the gilt of tho Ai~erinn people. They have been heretofore restrained fromn proposing hint as a candidate fir this d~stinction, by hig~h cooaiderstions ot eicacy. timd by the conhident belief that. ii pimte of temnporasry mnisconceptions, his worth and sevices would nlimisately enforce from his whole country a jmust appreciation and candid recogniio'n. [But th,-y are of opinionl the timeo isas nowv arrived. when justice to- themselves, nd to one who has sierved them so faithfully, steimande that they should put forth to the evrimd, aim expresonm of their unlimited confi ilence in his abtlities timd integuity, and prefer ..n~ce ofhim,. over all other men, for the office uf Cifilgistrate of the Union. The Ljiproaching election for President is Dne of momentous importance to the great anse of C'onstitutional Liberty. to . hieb this tte has long been conspicuously pledged. Our peopto kro p'rofonnidly solicitous as to the result, and believe that it vitally involves their intetests and decarest rights; anid this Legisla ture should shtink from an obvionis and imupet ative duty, and be guilty of disappointing and misrepresentinig their constituents, did it ad journ without giving direct and solemn ces. sioi to the untanimuons wish of thePop of South Cntolina. They look fowr ihsnun zetto to thetuiumuph of the Demoi~cratne Party. but they believe it as essetial to the ensuritg, as it Is to the valne of inch a triumph. that the ca,nein ouf tian Party shoutld be c!estly ier..