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eeeking a divorce. 1'he unfortunate per; titiosr setfdtih that he has for. some yeats been eolpefcd to support children not his. o*uidihat this is very hard. Hesai hes pinich fatigued, hdviudj;est neither, igitnor-day, anid- hopes the Douse 'will refund him the-amount of $1O0 it. has cost him to suppor.t the.spurioushildren. This Pe'tition coinvulsed.the louse with d:atr htefor'sorni-.ii lees. The Houle then it-t .info Committee and onsgeg the bil tiuthorizimg the transfer oTcettinU fupda in tbe Navy De partsinetso thatt works at the various, yards ,ays,eouttnuied. A lodg''debate: ensued, in which' the bill'wasopposed on th' ground that the specific yudis -heretofore appropriated for these :objects have been squandered. Without taking. ihe question, at a late hour; the Committee rose and the House adjourned, 31. Tan.31 atabe: Senate as usual;:a great uu mnher - of fetitioison the eubject of postage, were presented-and referred. - -Mr:i. Wight presented a joint resolution from the Legtslatu e of New York on the same sulject' };t " - Mr-. Crittenden, fio the Military Com - jaittee, in which had:been referred the me .jorial of Mr.-Peoington, asking an ap pipriation for his.f0ying machine, moved to be discharged from its considelation. Mr. C. said he could not.see what the mi itary coinmittee had- to-do witdflying. Their business was to-stand and fight. The same Committee reported back the papers relative to the trial, by Court Mar tial, of Lieutenant Buel, .with aayiew to their printing. It appears there are some extraordinary facts connected with this case. The resolution of Mr. Denton, calling on the State Department, as to v hether any slaves have escaped to the British do minions, since the Treaty of 1842 was adopted. After the disposaloflspme private and local business, the Senate went into an Executive Session. The result was the rejection of the nom ination of Mr. Spencer as Judge of the Supreme Court. 'The House was in session but a short time. The morning hour was occupied by Mr. Robertson in a speech against the 21st Rule. A great number of reports,. chiefly of a private character, were made from C.om mittees, after which the House adjourned, in order to give niembers at opportunity to attend the funeral,of Mrs. Reding. the wife of Mr. Reding, one of the members from, New Hampshire. She. died very suddenly. - Feb. 1. In the Senate this morning, numerous petitions were presented, asking a grant of land . fo .the completion of the Wabash and Erie Canal. This Canal, when cotm pleted. will be nearly .500 miles long, and will connect the waters of the Ohio with those of Lake Erie. Mr. Colquitt presented resolutions from the Legislature of Georgia, annulling the resolution passed by the last Legislature censuring Mr. Berrien, and refusing to re. cognize him as their representative. Mr. C. took oceasion to defend the course of the former Legislature, and argued that the preseot resolutions'gave praise to Mr. Berrien without giving the reasons. .Mr. Berrien replied with some warmth, dad Mr. Colquitt rejoined. The Senate, at a very early hour, went into an. Executive Session relative to cer *tain treaties. In -thie House, as usual, the report of the .Cownittee on the Rules was- debiated dui ritng the. morning -hour by Mr. Causlin, withont any question being taken. The bill explanatory of the treit y with the Chippewas, wvas taketi up anid passed. 'The bill authorizing certain transfers of uinexpended balances of the Navy Fund, for, the p.urpose of continuing the works at the various Navy Yards, was also passed. This has been one of the most uninter citing days of the session. Feb. 2. In the Senate this morning. Mr. Barrow. announced the death of the late Senator Porter, and after some eloquent remarks, moved the usual resolutions for wveering crape, etc. Mr. Beaten followed,, and 'in glowing language spoke of the high character of the deceased. The resolutions were theti adopted and the Senate immediately ad journed. -in the House, a resolution wan-'adopte1, diresting-ihe Naval Comm rittee to enquire into the expediency of employitng themnetn and'officers of the .Navy in clearing ott snags from rhe Mississippi and dthcr wves tern-waters. It is understood that there will be no opposition to such a movement, s it would involve but little additional ex pense. :The consideration ot the report or the Rules'was then resumed, the question still being~on :the motion to re-commit with instructions to-re-insert the 21st Rule. .'Mr. Geddings having the floor, spoke until the expiration of the morninighotur, ina most doleful strain against thetnotion. A message arriving from the Senate rel ative to the death of Mr. Porter, the House after bearing addresses from Messrs. Sli deli and Vance, also adjoui-ned. If iCongress continues to move at the saniinail'pface ii has during the last -week, there can be.uno chance of'an ad journment'in u ay -e. 'ihe, Senate was pot tnsession to-day. In the House speeches wre 'tuade by Mes srs.,Beier, iPayne and Hammet, denoun citig an articleairhich recently appeared in the 'Boston Atlas, 'elative to the fight be tween Messrs Weller and Shriver. The next business was the cosideration or the Report of the Committee on the. rules,' the question still being on the'rmotion to reinsert the 21st rule. ?Mtiammet had the floor, but as he wissiot 'ready to speak, a motion was mad'e to'postpone the further eonsideration of the mtatters il Tuesday. Thisjioposition caused a good deal of murmuring, finas.,teb as more than 20 members were anxious to give their views. Finally. however, the motioni prevailed. . It is said that the' 21st. rule' will not be passed upon until after the Maryland and other.elections.- ' '9 ttceoa the.Rules. wasL'aid on thp desk iWt pirning. It re tends -. sf. That the 21st Rulebeot stricken out.'- ~:., .. That if it is, a substitute be.adopted. Which provides;-that upon the presentation of-any abolijion petition, the question of reception shall be considered as raised, and without debite, laid on the table. 3d. That-if neither be adopted, the Rep resentatives of the slave States are advised to take no part in any proceedings what ever, relating to the subject of abolition. 4th. That in any event, they shall unite in a recommendation to their respective State Legislatures, and to their constitu ents of a Convention, or Conventions of the people of all the States of the Union, who will co-operate to consider anew the compromises and guarantees of the Con stitution. of the U. S.. on the subject of slavery, the domestic slave trade, aud of fugitive slaves, and to consider and adopt means to arrest and forever prevent the evils of the incendiary spirit of abolitiou ism. .The remainder of the day was devoted to the cousidleration of private bills.-. Among those considered was the bill for the relief of the Widows, and Orphans of those lost on hoard the U. S. schooner Gramrus. It was opposed on the ground that ibe passage of such a bill would es I tablish a dangerous precedent, and one at variance with the genius of the Constitu tion. Aaong those who spoke against it was Mr. Belser. Iii the course of his re marks he 'alluded to the case of a poor woman who died the other day'n ithin view of the Capitol. m:erely for the want of a blanket, to protect her from the cold. Congress he contended, was eqially hpund to render relief in such caces, more especially as the odious tariff act had .pla ced it beyond tle-means of multitudes of poor wretches to pturchnse the means of covering. Vnrious amendmients were pro posed to the. bill, but no final, action was had. The Supreme Court was crowded to excess to-day hy persons anxious to hear the argument in the great will ease of the heirs.of Girard. The trial will probably occupy many weeks. Feb. 5. in the Senate, as usual, memorials on the subject of postage. were presented by the score. Numerous memorials were also presented asking a remission of duty on Rail floid ,ron. Several mietnorials were presented from the principal seaports, praying the aboli tion of the office of Professor of Mathemat ics in the Navy, and the establishment of a Naval School. Mr. Hanegan presented joint resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, asserting in the most unqualified manner our right to the Oregon Territory; also recommending the immediate possession of it either by peaceable or other meatns. The house bill providing for'the trat fer of certain halenees of Naval Appropri ations so-that the works at the various Navy Yards mr y lie continued, was iaken up and referred. After the dispesal of some private and local business. the Senate once more re sumed the consideration of the resolutions proposing the indefinite poetponeient of Mr. Mrl)ufie's taritf bill. Mr. Evans having the floor, spoke for a couple of hours, in reply to the speech of Mr. McDonfie's last week. Without con cluding he gave way to a motion of ad journment. In the Hionse, the whole day wae devo ted to the reception of petitions. A groat mtny on the subtject of abolit ion were pre sentedl ant laid on the. table. Some' of these petitons were so cutnoingly wordedI that the Straker is ometitmes five nnit utef, in determiingrt whether they come within the rule. In this wvay several hour.s of the (lay are frequently consumed. As iniy of'them are. written in anm almost il h-eile hand, it is a venmtions as well ais at unprofitable buisiness. Mr. Ada~ms presenited the resolution of the present Leizisin ure of Mass;chusetts. proposinrg suich an amendment to the Con titution as shall cuit off the slave pla-tfl tion of the Siuth. lHe m'ved its coneidl eration nt this time, btt -the motion was negatived by a large majority. He next presci'ed memorials from Ne w York and Ohito, for the sene objoct, hut they were severally laid on the table. A great number of petitions on ohinost every stnbjecL were presented and referred. Mr. Levy madre another attempt io mn trodice his resnlutin rehative to an abro gation of that section of the Ashburtonm treaty which provideis ror the umutual sir retderof crimimals. H-o dhid nlot suece'-d. however, the Hlousa by a large majority refusing to suspend the rules. We haive had another stnow storm. Oh coirse the mails are all in confusion. iMISOEL A N EOUS, From the Svnah Republlican.: From Florida.--By the steamer Gas ton, Capt. Freelamnd, we have the Jackson ville Tropical Plant and the St. Augustine News, of the 3d ins-t. We are gladl to learn from the following article, iwhich we extract from the News, that the recent initcligencie of tihe Indians having killed sume whites near Pensacola, is without foundation. The News says: "We have recent in telligence in relation to a sup~posed assault f a party of Indians, consisting of twvo men, two women. and three children, upon the passengers of remall vessel, ran ashore tear tle Choctawatchee Bay, about 6ifty miles East of Pensacola. The belief is prevalet t'hat some dtliciulty occurred be e:-n the whites- and Indians, but- the .urders said to be comn nitted are without foundation. . It is not believed that there re Indians ini any number in that quaryer. Pascofer, wvith his band, who occupied that cuntr,nd wvas emigrated in the sum mer of 1842. named one fanmily as living not fr from Pensacola-the onlj tidirnts he knew or heard of in that section of country. 'Th ese occurrences should not ~larmour settlers, as the communication between'the inbabitants anad the indians Soutgive -every assurance of harmony and friendship. From Tampa Bay, we learn that Col. Belknap is in daily intercourse with the principal~Indians South, who come in and evince the most amicable reelings. Hal patter, with his band, ten unen, who oceu pjld. the couutry in s vicinty.o te -Bs tai Hatcbee:River. west .f-the Snwan ice, is.now in'in Sotith with his women and cbildren, satislild ,as he expressed. i himself, that he bad better be~ removed from-the numerous whites who were com ing so near his old haunts. and join his friends and relatives in tbe~duth. , Our citizens should 'have .no appreben sions, but cherish with these remnants of bandsa kindly feeling; when concentra ted South, they are more satisfactorily within our reach, either for peaco or war. P. S.-Since the above was in type, we learn that. letters.have been received from Col. Belknap,'commanding at Tampa, as late as the 29th ult. He says: Within the last two, months a number of Indians have come in at this post; they are gradu ally growing tamer; we encourage the most friendly intercourse with them meantime, not the. slightest act of hostility on their part, is to be apprehended." From the same paper, we extract the following paragraphs: The Weather.-Last Saturday and Sun day mornings were the coldest experien ced in this city for some time past-the thermometer, at 7 o'clock. being 21 and 27dekrees, in the open air' since, when, the temperature has gradually assumed its usual mildness. The thermometer yes terdlay morning at 7 o'clock. in an exposed cituation, stood 54 deg.; and at noon, at 70 deg. Seizure.-The sbcr. Hope, from N. Y.. with a portionof bet cargo, u ere seized by the Collector of this Port. on the 27th ult., and the Captain fined 8100.,for non-com pliance with the requisitions of the Reven ue Laws in filling out his Manifest. We would caution .all Captains of vessels hound to this port to be very precise in entering the dilTerent items of foreign growth and manufacture in the statement of their cargoes; thereby avoiding con siderable difficulty in discharging them here. ffarper's Pictorial Bible.-We had supposed that this publication had been prepared with so much taste and care, that it was altogether above objections its paper was so white, its type so clear and large, and its illuminations and pic tures so appropriate and neat. But we see by a card in the Newark Daily Adver tiser, that four gentlemen-clergymen we presume-lhave thought it their duty to publish a protest against this ilihie, as a tost injudicious and hurtful book. The grounds of this protest are somewhat pe culiar: "h the first place, we are decidedly op. posed to the growing disposition to accom pany the Sacred Scriptures with pictorial illustrations.' While' in some few cases ibis may afford clearer views of the ancient rites, or give more perfect - knowledge of the state of the arts of the age, it can se doin. if over, aid at all in giving clearer perceptions of truth, or enforcing its sacred claims., its tendencies to evil are too nu merous to mention in this place, obviously holding a natural and immediate affinity to the sickening usages of superstition and image worship. "But, in the second place, we are strong ly opposed to the present work, on ac count of the character of some of its pie tures, and as christian ministers, we feel bound to record our most decided objec tions to it, whatever may be its claim to excellence of mechanical execution. Ma ny of these pictures are revoltingly indel icnte, if not obscene, and coming as they to in immediate connection with the word of God, we feel bound to enter our solemn protest against its circulation; still more of these pictures, if not all that have yet apenred, aflir not the slightest aid to a mre correct understanding of the Scrip tures; atnd we have not been able to dlis cover niithier their great excellence as spe cimens of art. or the propriety of affixing thmr to passages of inspired truth, whero they arm fimnd" This dloenment is signed by E. Chee ver. A- 0. Edldy,. Win. Bradley, and H. N. Brisbane-N. Y. Even. Post, f[igtid Fire-Cime.-Shoemaker, who was lately hung at Zntnesville, for the mur dcr of his brother, before his execution mde a full confession of his gutilt. which has been published. He says that before he could br1ina himself to commit the deed, he hail frequent recourse to intoxicating jrink. He says: 1 w as reared, as was all of my family, by roy father, to the occnpation he himself f,loved-that of farming. I was always my own master-grow to manhood in ie'ploable ignorantce, having never re eive4f any educiation.-disregarded the Sabb;:m, andl rarely visited religiotus gath erings in my neighbtorhood, or elsewhere. f~r any purpose than that of indulging in the enmaflig of a wicked and utnrcgenerate spirit. Anid yet, notwithstanding all this, there were motments when my conscience wvhispered me, iin totnes that would make thetselves heard, of the exceeding wick edess of my course. But her impressionts were neither deep nor lasting, nor stayed me hut for a mere moment in my career. My Sabbaths were chiefly spent in traver sing the forests with my gun, searching for game-or at a tavertn p laying ball, and on such occasions, by nightfall, I and my associates, who hailed me as their leader, were generally ripe for the commission of any imtmoral o(Thnce. Anti at sttch times. too, I drank immoderately; always an occasional dlrinker, bit on occurrences like lthese. I drank deeply." The following are the last iiords of the confessor. Let it be read and remnemher "Let these, my last words, tell upon your hearts! Shun,.ohi shun, the in toxi cating draught as you would the whirl wind of ruin here, and the damnation of ml hereafter. For. be assured. it, arms and prepares a man to do the work of a fend. Farewell ! " Distresing Casuality.--Mr. Isaac Do bose was thrown from his horse on Satur day last, causing a wound on his forehead, I which terminated his existence in ahoti two hours. Mr.:;D. was a resident of Au tauga county-wvas known in the commu nity as an htonorable~ and honest citizen. This melancholy event bereaves a largei and ineresting familyof its natural protec- I tor and support, and the community of a ....l.a.be c..--.e.2a ee Press fGeera Jackson is.described by a r espindent oftihe'Plebeia', -wrtng from: he- Hermitage, n the f4Ib inst..asbeing a an exceedingly precarious state of health. 'he writer says "He is very feeble; appeiite poor, cough listressing, attended with severe par xysms on account of the painin his side. et times he suffers with a degree of tight tes about the chest, atte'ded with much lifficulty of respiration; at other times a more free expectoration greatly relieves aim. He thinks one of his lungs is near j gone; his.eye-sight has failed him very much; he can converse but a little at a ime, even when the most comfortable, has ad several hemorrhages of the lungs, aud is. frequently obliged to resort to bleeding ad cupping to prevent its returb. He has been gradually failing for the last year but more rapidly for the last seven months." Death of Major Rutledge.-'ibe Nash ville Banner announces the death of Major Henry M. Rutledge, the only son of the lion. Edward Rutledge, one of the signers >f the Declaration of Independence, and ormerly Govenornf South Carolina. Ma or Rutledge was bornin Charleston, South Carolina, in April 1774. At the age of wenty-tIwo, in 1797, he joined at Paris, general C. C. Piuckney, in the embassy tent to France, as his private Secretary, nd on his return to the United S:ates, in 1799, he received a commission as Major u the United States Army, and became lso the Aid'of General Pinckney. Major R.. removed to Tennessee in 1816. The Methodist Conrerenco will com nence its anual session in this town to day. Rev. Bishop Soule is expected to preside. Zany of the Rev. Clergy are here, and others are expected. Lust Sabbath was great day with us, and we hope the next vill be greater still. Several distinguished tratigers are expected to be present. %ong them. we mention Rev. Dr. Janes, inancial Secretary of the American hi. ile Society. Rev. Mr. Rtotizie of Virginia and Rev. Mr. Sanford of New York. Winyah Observer. The Freshet.-From every quarter we tear of disasters from the late freshet. The lanters-on the rivers and tributaries, have tad their cotton fields covered. and their tattle drowned by the flood. Bridges have seen swept. away to such an extent as to ender travelling on many important roads lmost inppnesible. The driver of the stage setween Montgomery and Tuscaloosa had i team of excellent horses drowned the >ther day, in attempting to cross the Mul )erry creek, near Mapleaville. Selma Free Press. The Poor of Faris.-Great distress pre rails among the humbler clapses of Paris, and so miserably denuded of funds are the very charitable institutions, that the may. >rs of twelve departments have made the most urgent appeals to the inhabitants of their respective districts, on behalf of no rower than seventy thousand persons, who are said to be destitute of bread, clothing and fire, A Rogue Caught.-A vagabond who hails trotn New York, and who has been loitering about Columbia for some time tack, named Jack Morris, was arrested by Officer Snowden, on Monday last, as the person who has been committing several urglaries here lately. Several of our merchants have been much annoyed for he last three months by having their loors forced and their tills robbed of the hange left in thema at night, and the of-. Ie of the worthy Clerk of the Court wes lso entered last tmonth, and rohhed of he 'ween fifteetn and thtrty dollars in change, ogether with the Seal of the Court, wvhich teing silver the rogue suposed to be val able, but utnfortunately for himz, it wat 'he tmeans of leading to his detection, as ie attempted to sell it. He is tnow safely lodged in jail, and we trust will have am pe justice done him.-Chtronicle. Murder.-On last Sunday morning, a segro boy named Charles, fourteen or tif :een years of age, deliberately shot his lrother, named Adonis, a man twenty sev. ir eight years of age, with it pistol loaded withb two halls, causing his death in a fews minutes. They had quarreled the day be rore. Whilst another brother was trying to take Charles, directly after the murder >us act, he shot at him likewise with a econd pistol, whicbhbe had concealed. bui ithout effect. Charles is in jail. The man killed 'belonged to Mr. P. K. Dickin son, as does the murderer. In investiga ting the ai~air, it wvas discov aredl that a number of small black boys shout town had pisstols in their possession. which they had been in the habit of sport g with. tiring at marks, &c., in retired )aces. They were purchased, they say, sd as is well ascertainted, frotm certain men in towvn, who it appears havo beetn in :he practice of sellitng fire arms to the slave populatin. Acainst these violators of the aw, and the disturbers of peace, a highly axcited feeling justly exists in the Cotmmu sity. So much so indeed, that one of the argest public meetings of the citizens we aver witnessed, convened yesterday at a 'ew hours notice, for the purpose of con tidering what measure bho~uld be taken to mforce the laws itn their utmost rigor, and o visit justice upon the oflenders. WiLmington Chronicle 7thinst. A Snperintendinzg Dog.-The following ppeared lately in a London newspaper: E very one will remnember the firemen's d o which for many years was a constant atten lant at a fire, let the distance be ever so lreat. Another instance, equally extraor linary, of the devotednsess of otno of the ca tine species to another occupation. may be laily witnessed in the neighborhood of the >rogh. The commissioners of pave Dents of the eastern division of South vark have a number of men constantly mployed in the parishes' of Bermondsey, St. John's, St. Thomas's, St. Olave's, &c., tand wherever they are, will be seen a trown terrier running about the works the~ tre engaged on, and never leaving till they eave. No one knows where he comes fromv whero he sleeps or where he obtains his 'ood, except what he gets from the men rhose strange companion he has thus beet 'or no less than eight years. He goes reg tlarly to the stone-yard near the Greetn ..:b railway, aout fie in the morning in summer Iu er a %nwaits till the e go to tligi w t e tsbold have aujssed. them in ltty. i rihc erbfds fver fi di itjIl rne it with them, nd .'thentl abisstatioueside tiie bar i:. No othblrdog dares appronch the spot, or a -biped .the clothes ofthe men.. When the labor is over, he goes away, but: no one ;knows where. As a matter of course, he is a great favorite among the men, and fromtMr. Hall, the superinten dent, having 0de his peculiarities known, he has becomemuch noticed. A Remarkable S'heep.-AMr. Daniel Sin elair, of Fredonia, Livingston county, N. Y., has a sheep in his possession sixteen years of age, which has never failei of shedding sixteen pounds of wool, and rais ing two lambs annually. The mother of this sheep was butchered in its sixteenth year, and yielded twenty pounds of tried tallow. - The above can be relied upon as a mat ter of fact, the worthy gentleman being a mail of undoubted veracity ; the relation of the circumstances I bad from him ver batim.-Rochester Democrat. EDGEFIELD C.14. \VEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1844. "WVe will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of our Liberts.and f it mnustfall, we will Perish amidst the Ruins." !7 Those who wish to withdraw their names from our list, are reminded, that in all cases we shall expect to receive the a.'mount due be fore we will erase their n iues. nnlees w" feel confident that it will be imposib'a to collect the money.-" A word to the wise is enough.' (17 We acknowledge the receipt of various Public Documents from the Hon. Geo. Mc. Dutfie, of the U. S. Senate, and the Hon. A Burt, and the Hon, R. B. Rhett,. of the House of Representatives. Arrest of Burns.-Tle N. 0. Bee says: " We understand that Robert Burns, who mur dered a gentleman in the city of Augusta, Ga., a short time since, and for whose apprehension a reward of $1500 was offered by the Mayor and citizens of Augusta, was arrested a few days since in the State of Tennessee. Burns passed thronah this city about two weekauiace; and only slipped through the clutches of the officers of the police by the skin of his teeth." Manufacturing in S.Carolina.-The Charles ton Courier of the 10th inst., says:-" We co pied into the Courier a short time since, fiom a paper, published in tie interior, a paragraph stating that an English companyhad purchased a large body of land, situated on the Savannah iver, above Augusta, with the intention of erecting a nanufactnring estiblishment upon a large scale. We had some doubts at the time of the correctness of the statement, but it is fully confirmed bye letter which we have since seen, from a gentleman of high standing in the upper part of thge State, who, in writing to his correspodent in this city, says-" I do not know whether I have before stated, that Mr. James Edward Calhoun hans sold his hinds in Abbeville District, to an English mannufactnr ing company, for $60,000-it is said they wield a capital of mianny millions, end are to remove a large portion ofiat to this country-so much for the tarifi.'' OJ7 Thne fotlowing extract from the Philadel phia correspondent, of the Charleston Courier. places dir. Van Buren's chance of being the noinee of the Baltimore Con vetion, rather in a donbtf.il attitude. " The address of M r. Calhoun lies created a deal of excitement among 'thne friends of Mr. Van Buren here, although~ it is .not public ly known. They profess to coinsider Mr Cal houn as having totally withdrawn from tine field. hut they are nevertheless sorely troubled for Mr. Van Buren. whose nonmination an tine li timre Convention, diespite the kn~own prefer ences of a majority of the Delegates for hint. is tnot noto considered to be so secure as mt was deemed to be some wsek's since. Threre are many causes to work ont this feeling, indepen dent of the stnuning .ef'ect of Mr. Calhonn's letter. Thne friends of Mr. Uass arc very aic ive, and mnany think that his prospects ate de cidedly hrighntening. The Native Americans. concerning whom so much lias been said iin New York, are silently. but actively at work, in endeavoing to give ann imposmng front end c tain stability to thesiselves. They too are a thorn in in the side of the Van Buren party here." STATE TEMPERANCE CONVENTION This bodly assembled on Tuesday the 6th inst., at thne Temperance Hell in tine City of Charleton. We extract thne following from its proceedings, which appeared in the Courier The Convention was organized by the Rev. Dr. Bachmian, one of its Vice Presidents, tak ing the Chair, its President. the Hon. John Belton O'Neall, being absent, from indisposi tion. Upon a 'call fronm the chair, Delegates from thirty-five Societies reported themselves. The Chairman then appointed a Committee to arrange business for the Convention; a Coin rnittee to uppoint Speakers; a Committee to take into constderation the State of the Tern. perance cause; and a Committee to report thne proceedings of the Convention and publish them for information. After which the Con vention adjourned until half past 3 P. Md. The Convention met pursuant to adjourn ment, when upon the call of the Chairman, Delegates from eight Societies. not previously represented,appeared and enrolled their names. The Chairman of the Committee appointed to prepare businesm' for thne Convention recom mended the following for their consideration 1. That an address be made tothe importer, of spirituous liquors. 2. The subject of the Temnperance Advoate. 3. The propriety of employing temperance lecturers to labor in the cause throtaghquit the 4. "S amen's memoral-abolish ig retailing of spiritous liquors in the U. $. Naval and 9ka rine sorlce. .5. Address to Military men 6.'Tb takn ineastires for a National Tempe 'ance Cpnientiou. The Coinmittee.appointed to procures~peak irs through their Chair manreporied irngress aindstated that speakers would-be obtaitied for their netinags. - The following resolution was sihmitted by the Rev. W..Bar well, aid onj4 iian ofMaj. Smart amended by - inispuing he following words," wholesale dealers in," was adopted, to wit:* Resolced, That a Committee, t' consjit of three members of. thisibody, be'appointed to prepare and submit an addresaiilo all. the :im porters of and wholesale dealersjn btioxiciting Liquors in the State, respectfull Iaaearnest ly requesting their co-operatiodith'lhose en gaged in the suppression ofInteuiperancpsby abandoning for importation aid-aale foir gene ral use, that which has proved and still -con tinues to prove a source of moral evil; human wretchedness, social disorder, and'civil:depres Sion. ..' The" Chairman appointed a Committee to carry the above resolution into efect, when the Convention adjourned untill t-morrow. February 7.-The, Convention me pursuant to adjournmnt.-The Hon. John Belton O' Neall, President of the State Temperance.So ciety took his seat as President of the Conven tion, and after the minutes of the preceeding day were read, upon the call of the Preident, Delegates* from four Societies, not.previously repre.tented.appeared and enrolled their-names, The Rev. Dr. Leland called the attention-of the Convention tothestibject of procuring suit able persons to deliver Temperance' Lectures throughout the State, whereupon, the following Resolution, offered by Maj. Smart,wasadopted. .Resolved, That a. Committee. 'of five be;ap pointed to take into consideration the proprietyv of procuring Temperance Lecturers to labor throughout the State, and also to recommend to the different local Societies the propriety of giving licenses. to snob of their members as they may deeo fit and proper persons to lecture on the subject of temperance. The President appointed"the Commitee, when The following Resolntion-offered by eLiut. Caste. was adopted: Rssolved, That this Convaritlon. highly'p prove the object contemplated in the.Seaman. Memorial to. Congress, on :the Spirit Ration, and would affectionately. recommend to- the individual members of this Convention, to add their signatures to that Memorial. For the want of room we are forced to omit the Memorial: which shall appear in our neat. On motion of Rev. Dr. Leland, the subject of a National Temperance Conventione'a. taken np. - And Major Magratb offered the followiag: resolutions, which were adopted. 1. Resolved, That a Committee of five' be now appointed by the Chair to prepare an ad dress to the friends of Temperance "through out the United States, recommendingthe pro-% priety of holding a National Temperance Con venton.at such a titue and place ar, shall be considered most proper. 2 Resoled. That the Executive Committee of the State Temperance Society be reqested to take measures to ascertain from the. friends of Temperance the most agreeable time and place. and to select proper delegates to the Convention as soon as The -time and placer of. meeting shall be determined.. 3. Resolved. That the .Executive Committee of the State Temperance Society be requested to adopt such measures as may be expedient.' to secure the co-operation of all 'the friends of T Temperance throughout the United States, in this great moral and national enterprise. , On motion of Mr. J. H. Taylor, the follow ing Resolution was adopted:. . Resolved, That a Committee of five be ap pointed. of which the. Preident of the Con vention shall be.Chairman, to prepare and.stb mit an Address to military men,.on the sub ject of permitting the use of intoxicating liquors on parade, &c.. The Convention took a recess until 3 o'cl'k. At the hour of three the Convention met, and upon the call of the President, Delegates from two Societies, hitherto unrepresented, appeared and enrolled their names. The folloning Resolution, offered by the Rev. Dr. Jo'mson, was adopted:' Resolved, That the next semi-annual meet iig of the State Temperance Convention be held at Edgefield Court House. and that the Exotive C ommnittee designate the time. The following Resoluiions were offered by Mr. C. Pressley, anid unanimously adopted: Resolvsed, That this convention do earnestly entreat all candidates for office in this Stats, to take into serious consideration the practice of treatiing at elections; and that they be re qested to abandon a practice so calculated to corrupt the fotuntainis of government, to make a drunken constituency and to convert the privilege of universal suffrage into -a uni versal curse. Resolved, That each member of this body brg the above resolution to the notice of the societies of each district, and that they be requested to bring the same to the notice of each dandidate for office. The following Resolution, offered bry the Rev. E. A. Bolles, was adopt.ed: Rsoved, That a committee of five, on the part of this Conventioni, be appoisnted to pre pare an Address to the Firemen of this State; against the use of spirituous liquors at their meetings. The following Resolution, offered by the Rev. Mr. Barnwoll, wvas adopted: Resolved, That a committee of Iiie be ap pointed to prepare an affectionate and res pectfl Address to the Ministers of the differ ent religious denominations in the State, ear nestly requesting their co-operation in attempt. ing to banish, as far as practicable, the .nua as an ordinary beverage of all iatoxicating liquors. The Convention then adjourned until to.: morrow. The Convention met pursuant to adjourn-. ment-af ter the readinig of the miinutes of the prceeding day, Delegates from two Sociatie. not before represented. appeared and enrolle4 their names, making in aall a .presentatin from firty Temperance Societies,a~nd the Stato - Temperance Society. The vanous C~ominit. muittes made their respective reports- iihich wre able and leongthy, one of which is annex ed, and the romainder will, be. published when convenient. After the usuaL rotes of thanks1 and thegeneral closing business of such bodies -the Convention adjourned *is das The Rbev. Mr. Barnwell, Cbairman ef tbie Committee appointed to prepare an Address to the Ministers of the Gospel er the di rent religious denominations throughout the State, submitted thefaki, loing report. which was adopted. :