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.(Concnded fivoth LcFirst Page.) the State can belpledged to any, course incon sistnt wth its true. interests, amon v which, andtheohead of which, I admit willgaktikun tarnished honor. Pledges of a Stite, like thus of aninidividual, must be to itself pr to others. Pledges. of the last kind must be invaribl performed. however disadvantageous or impo 'tic,.~ness they involvie o g*ilt. Pledge. of die State to.itelfhowv.erire very dilTrent. They can never.meaiimoregbanl is always re q.ied.inde ,nda litf. npledge;-that she s. ac it iidOtil. firmn-esa and consisten 'r~ngt(6 the circuimstances of the time cassaowhef she is cilled to act.,Ir theierash or unwise will it he urgd "bound to. act? The tjuestion will .aayg.pledge or nopledge. what is wise, whatrpedient,,sunlessai be dishonorable. Wh'epths ple-dg ii i tithird person, sure lyitsamint ltr r uable to do a thing whici is unwipe, ras ne dient, and perhas destraictive (of tlis i el ct which the pledge ws infe'nded t a nce to ones self is no niore than. gtviuc abCily to it, if it be wise and proper,.ai3d':,hbudfble, not to execute it shows weaknet ty, and theieforefit is dreu e On the other hand it would display wea nosk or obstinacy to do what was unwise, rashor disonorable, because one had pledg'ed hunseif to do so. It therefre-seems to me, that the question before us is entirely free frons aiy embarrassment of pledg'ei's. But there seems to be a difference between the pledge of an in dividual and that of a State by its representa tives The pledge of these cannot involve the free deliberations of future functionaries, where there is no third party concerned.. If the pledge be wise and proper, it is the duly of the cuccessors to redeem it, but surely not otherwise. The question them seems to me as free as if no pledge had ever been made; and is, ought the State to resist, and what shall be the mode and time of that resistance? Much has been said about a leader, you will be much better without one, such a leader may be a fit instrument to dictate the movements of - faction but nut those of a people or a notion. Resitaihee, to be effective and reputable, must not be demagogical, bit national. It is paltry and feeble, in this great question, affecting so many States, to talk of a leader., The nation must move. and you must have many leaders. No ppople prepared for a great achievetment will ever wati leaders. you toant a due prepara tion of the nainal mind and spirit for a great movement, you want also a settled principle and a determinate object of action. whicti no individ ual should be permitted to dictate. The peo. ple. acting implicitly uider the dictates of a leader, debase themselves, resemble a mob, and exclde from their ranks all the sober, deliber ntc, steady, good sense of the community which cannot be expected to follow the author itative dictates of a leader. The principle and object of action should he estnblished by the people themselves. (who should inotsurreinder the character of thinking beings.) by the ad vice and assistance of the leading men in their respective States. If the .Staes unite, this will he lone in a Convention of the Stales, and if the act separitely, by their Legislattires. When principle and object of action shall be thus established it will be natiohal atid you will have leaders enough. and they will be fit and appropriate leaders embratciatg till the good sense, talent, and character of the country. The Congress which declared the Ind,-pen. dence of the United States was not governed by a leader. The Congress whicli declared the late war against Great Britain was not gov erned by a leader. But these acts were brought about by leading men who knewj'nd spoke the will of their Constituents. The last' incidental rciraridtance ve-hich I shall notice, is tli-servile adulation v.-hich is paid to the .Union, at a tite it would L:: natu ral, and, I think, just to feel reseitful. It does, indeed -.eiciteiny special wonder tosee South vrn men bowing before the idol and shouting Hosannas to it as if it were in the act of show ering blessing upon us. These are, I confesr, a music hateful to my ear. I could as much respect the spirit of a man who had fallen un der tho had of an adversary and who should choose that n.oament to culogize his virtues, his hutmantitv and his benevolence. I blamte no just respect to the Union. I have loved the Unuieon as mitch as any man in it. I still respect it and wish to preserve it, hbut it is not in my heart. while my country is smarting tunder its lash, to hour otut me devotions to it. I should conisider it a mroral defilement. In a tnation it is a signt of a dark anid feeble mind anid a pusil lnnimous sp~irit. No man with such a spirit can duly love his nearer and dearer institutions; nto man with snob at spirit will be ready to resist the wrongs done to them. Reflect on the purpose of a good and benficient Goverrnmont. Such a Govern ment is frequently described by figures. sigfi cant of benefits received and love returned, wvhicht our hearts rather thatn our minds suggest and which are therefore more emnphtatically just-it is ealled a parental protector and a kind nursing mother. Now name a sing~le blessing of ich a Governtnent thnat you enjoy. Does it nmake you (thu South) great, does it enshrine you in honor, does it mak~e you rich and pros peiruis, does it secure your property, does it protect the peace of your slumbers, does it shield you from the fantatic incendiary or dhoes it not hold tip his torch and entlivenm its flame, and, invite him to. apply it :to your mnost coin bustable materiali Name, if you cani one sin gle benefit of a good fid beneficial Goevernt ment which yout enjoy unider it. 'Thanks to a sturdy nature we still live and breathe- in spite of its intflictionts. Even this wve owve to our neg lected and forsaken State Institutions. Bit your assailants~inlliyou plainly ilhat even this. the bare breath oflife,~aishithey have heft ini you, you e-njcy merej under a short reprieve, unitil their plans are readyfor the execution of that doom of desolatinn -and ruin whic~h they have pronounced ag ainst yon and whlich they arel nastening oni with all their zeal anid power. In the Halls of -Legislation they are already permitted to tell you,.that your presence there 'is a pollution of their' pharsaical purity; and at e you,. - proud ..freemen, .(do syou not so call yourselves?.sith what truth I aihall not decide.) hntpbijt~isoicititheir forlorn embrace? : Stire ly,1 may sayglefus have no mord of this ser vile alhtigi. f the Unini,. while it is what you (n-ot enjoy;)>but sutfer (in the contrary, ex~aieI freely and fearlessly its value and the dange'rs with whlich it treptens you as well as thie sutff'ermng which it already inificts. -Despise the clamors raised against you as eniemuies ot the Union. IIt is false,- absolutely false, that you are ilheenemies of it, in its truth and in irs purl. ty, and it were baset and cowardly tnt to he the enemies oh its' abuses. As it is prac-tically ad min.i'keied. calt it by what namte you pleatse, it is a-gross and olpressiwe tyranny ant much the worse becatuse it isamuauy headed. ."A pop-. ular tyrantny is moresterrable and debasing than the tyranny of a monarch; in its appetites metre inappeaseable and gross, anid in its-duration wore lasiing. It never dies. The gloomy ex panse of timte wIch it-covers is never irradia ted by a Trrajan or an Anitoninnta. There as ani eternal dutration of its vicious qualities snd its raaius reign." That there are mnatty amnong us that can ponur out this crouching adulation, I nauht hainent and I cant pity the mistaken de votioni -But the Southern man whot can join -our assailats bittertly anid accrimoniously in the shiiieous cry of our enmity to the Union, for the purpose of weakeniing the resolution and paralyzing thieeffo6rts ofris own country rnen inmjresistance to'its'abiuses. am obiged to thinskjutstly~ sh~renble with thisandst unnatural feelings, with a hideius wa'atofi patriotism, the laws-do not toen,-tle public sorn will not allow to go unpunished. V Finally, I say, do no riphior sud'den act;,wait loiger. There are some favorable signs in the political.heavens. There are, I think, hopes. thatyour grievances will be redressed by con stituational and peaceable means, and the dan gers of the Union averted., The Democratic party see how piofitless and dehasing it is to serve men instead. of priniciples. I think it may be predicted (the darkest hour usually precedes the dawn) that before very .long, per haps the coming year, there will be a reaction iwhich will establish the Democratic party in its ancient power nnd purity, and unite in.a fitith ful and fraternal band, cemened by their best feelings all the members of that great Conser vative body, throughout. the Uiion,'.whether North South or West. The ineongruons and unpatriotic combinations of Whigism cannot long cohere. The sacrifice of Texa-,if nothing else, must make it odious to all the sound part of the nation, and particularly to the South and West. They cannot, they will not forgive it. The'commencement of this re-action will .pro hably be more or less advanced or retarded by the result of the ensuing presidential election in whiich.instead-of being luke-warkn,the whole ISouth and West should put forth their Whole seal and strength. - But-this hope is not a reason, why the reme dlial movements of the South should not com nence, at-farthest with the close of the present yeat, when the turmoil of all the elecdons will be over. You o uht'by sober, regtular and de. liberate steg pj termine 'the general princi. pIes of yotur'astion; to organize the means of union and' fice'among this States; which Ioueht now toaisiiioland afterwards keep up. as log as their obriii'n and danger. last, an armour of difenci-prji"rd for coitingencies. I do not. ofcourse, man an array of physical force, but a moral-armoir under which they may be ready speedilyte- act, with unon and concert, as circumstfanceinay require. I have already adverted to the .subject of Texas. The rejection of the Treaty of Annex ation. I regard as a measuie (if not of wicked. ness) or'egregious folly, eibrificin! interests of -reat value and importi the whole Union, but particularly to the SM' and West; and more especially in connexion.with the claimnof Great Britain, which I ferids well founded in the free navigation of the'Miscissippi. and, as a consequence. perhaps of its ti-ibutaries. This right if it exist will give herticontrolled access to your territories and carry, alike, her commer cial agents and emiss, ries of abolition through the midst of your towns and plantations into the very heart of Texas, all which would have been averted forever by the ratification of the Tret ty of Annexation. But -when we look, thro' -h the vista of futurity, at the advantages to c merce. to navigation, to manufactures, to agri culture, and above all, to the national security and power and greatness which would neces saril have resulted from the acquisition, we can lardly estimate the immense value of the boon, not tous.~alone, but to the whole Union. which was providentially put in our power and which we haye wantonly thrown away. But the evils of the ir'jection of the Treaty do not end with its diiect effects The time of the ne *otintion was eminently propitious and the iresidenit deseives and will yet, and speedily rective the abundant thanks of the cotitry, for the promptness, wisdom and patriotism with which-he seized and improved it. . In the lan guageof an able Senator (Mr. Buchanan of Pa.) whose speech ought to occupy the columns of every patriotic poress in the country. 1 H ad the Treaty been ratified by the Senate. had the uion between the Republics been completed. the subject would have passed away without producing a ripple upon the surface of public opinion throughout the world " But excited and emboldened by the rejection of the Treaty, you nlready behold the tw" greitest powers of Enrope, obtrusively passing theirjust politicial linits, taking footing upan a portion of the contineni so appropriated, that except in a hos tile spirit. according to national usages. they were forbidden to interpose. and projecting their schemes of intrigue. as if you were in the heart of Eturop e. They have cromsed the Ru bicon. England has alread3 had her Enissa ries in Texas. Cuba will next be seized, un der some pretext or other, as at fair field for abo lition. She will then command the Gulf and the M ississippi. To speak of no other dan ger. wvhat will then be the condition of New Orleans. without which the wholto West could not breathe, or, if at all, like an ashmnatic pa tient ? Thus we see laid o pen the clear sighted and patriotic wisdom of this glorimna union of Whig manuifacturers and abolitionists,by whiche the Treaty of A nnexation was rejected. Even this is ncot nll, or the worst evil of the rejectione of this wise and excellh-ni trcaty. Should Santa Anna he able\which God forbid. though we know not what foreigni intrigtues and foreign ftunds may enable him to do,) to conqnet Texas. what a spectaale wvill be presented ten the eyesof theArer-ican pe-ople. A people ol your own blood, who, worn out by batroarous desultory invasion and war, as brethren, threw themselves into your armas, seught yotur frater nal embhrace aind entreated your protection, which by all the ties of natture of honor, and of interest, you should have granted thmem. will be slaughtered before your eyes. atnd their no ble country, which ought already to have been yours. ruined und desolated.. We know from the chlaracter andI past history of their assailant, that they will reeive tno mercy. no quarter. The bloody Amipudia, (so uch so as to be ut terlv out oef the pale of civilization)thte gazettes iieTormn ti, has beeti pitt at the head or the army of inivasion. People of the South, people of the West, nay. people of the whole Unmted States. ef yotur morals be those of Christianity, if you be not utterly bereft of the *-nntutral totuch" of humnan heings, with wvhat feelinegs most you think of the abominable intrigues and cembinations in your eiwn cotnneils, which will have brought on this bloody anidbarharotns trncg edy Th pepleof Texas have been alan derusl caled"vagabonds and outlaws" You know this to he utterly false. We all know, their slanderers kncow that. with very few exceptions, which will characterize all new settlements, a better and hraver people noter were the ptioneers of the Aiiglo Saxone blooed and fame. Far from beitng vagabonds and outlaws, there never was a new settleme t on this continsent, which. for theit ntmnbers, em bodied as mutch comfoartahle indepueidence, not to speak of wealth. tho' there-are among them wealth~y meon, as much worth' uf characteir. as much imnprovementand intuelligenece, and above all, as much energetic 4 nterprise and genter ous bravery. ' The hattle of Sda Jacinato-would be a proud distinction for any nation, and. still meure the conduct and bearatng of the victors, afte: their triumph. The civilization of any country would be illustrated and adorned by .it. With the blood of the Ulamostill reekcing from the ground. instead of a mnerciless retujliation upon the Mex can tyrant and his tiiserable.follows era, the sof toning influenece of civilization ont the -horrors of war was niever more conspicuous.. Future times will scarcely ,credit the notorious fact, that under asuch hora ible provocationu, not a hair of their heads was touched.- that thiey were treated with kindness and httmanity while-prisoners, and permitted unharmed to return to their country and h'omes. And shall these brave send benevolent men perish andet thee hanods oLthe bloody tyi-ant whose life they spared, when for feited by all the hawsoof God and man.* Atyf rant who heas-no more claim to thaeirubmission thanc -Carolinaihas tei~afatof Georgia :Texas is by national law an'd right ias free of Mexico as Mexico 15afstUiited 8tates iShte was never subject to any ;pqw ~ut that of'Spaiine Under that she wvash ;pe sindependent of Mexico.t 'Sie united asia~ndependent sovie. But-where:is that.Republic- nowT Is sdie lator, (we should say.urp r ated pople, Texas not ,included, ha 11c ?7 An;if he, Were, asan. independerit'soeigl meinber of ths corifedcration, she'was no longer bound than the duration of her will and plea. sure.1 Aisvereign itate can be longer bound by any comispart power. He may, indeed, make war upon her, and so may any tyrant upon any free State, but on no other ground of nations1 law than he could on the United States or any other sovereign State. We have talked of pirchasing his right to Texas, but he has no right of which he-can dis pose. We might have bought his unfounded pretensions, to make the- acquisition peaceable, but no more. How idle then has been all the iathos of our parisaical brethren about the in vasion of the rights of Mexico by the Treaty of Annexation. But I ask again, shall these brave and generous men perish under the hands of the monigrel breed of Mexico ? Two-thirds of them are the children of the-great West. The benignant sun ofour own dear South shone on the birth of the other; and will 'the people of these regions stated by, fold their armhs. and with cold blood, behold the massacre ! for such it would be, if they be vanquished ? Forbid ii humanity. forhid it honor! let t he holy tiea of kindred blood forbid it ' But it may be asked, what can be done? The Union has abandoned them. I humbly su-gest that the powpr is in dubitable. The will only is wanting. It is very plain what can he done and what oughi to bo done. There is nothing in the Constitution of the Union to forbid the States loanidg them money. They want nothinz else. Aid them liberaliy in this way and volunteers enoggh will he found to unite with them, to furnish other fields of San Jacinto, on which "ihe lone star" shall-aguin shine in triumph. if this suggestion shall be thought worthy of adoption, and- I cannot doubt that it is, there is no time to be lost. Let.active and able-men, of the South and West, who feel interested in the cause, communientc the each other, as;soon as possible, particularly on the mode of approach' ing the Legislative bodies of the States, and in arranging details. Can it.be doubted, that if propeily brought before the people, (I mean through the Legislative bodies,) theywill res pond like men and brethren to this sacred call? it is an occasiot. on which they should stretch a point and be liberal. It is an occasion of life and death to fellow beings and kindrid blood. It is an occasion of the utmost national interest, independent of.the claims ofhumanity. There is no depending interest of the Uiited States of huLf as much importance as the prevention of the subjugation of Texas. It is a country abso lately essential to our security and interest, and it must sooner or later become a part of onr ution at whatever cost By this aid-you will bind the people of Texas to you foi ever. Let the threatened invasion be repelled by your aid, and you need aflerwards entertain no fears of foreign intrigue. The union with Texas will be consummated in the very act of this brother. ly assistatnce. You will run -no risk, if the in vasion be-thus repelled, of the reimbursement of your pecniary advances. Let her inde pendence and peace be thus secured, and your claims will speedily be converted into stock of the United States. If it shall be said, and it will probably be so said, to defeat this benevo lent measure, that this invasion is only an im potent threat-all will rejoice if it be true ; but the rule of war is to deem every thing that is possible, to be probable, and here the event deprecated is not only porsible, but much more tian probable. Be therefore not deterred, by aniy such suggestiou, from the good work. Let the aid be nitorded under regulations of pru deuce which shall make it applicable only on the ciontintgency of its being necessary, and which shall secure its due application. . The money ne-ed not be drawn from your treasuries, which may not-be. supplied, but may be raised otn stocks aunthorized by the respective States. Men of the South and West. if there be politi cal differences betweeti you, lay themlown for a ionient, at the shrine orpatriotism anhd human ity,and do this great service to the interest ol your country. and atthe saine time prevent this awfil sacrifice of your own kiidred ;which. should it happen, your -hearts will bleed to be hold, and which your consciences will ever af terwards reproach you for having suffered. It has not been without some hesitation and reluctance, that I have at all entored into this discussion. I considered my day of activity at bv-gone, atid was reposing in the most absolutei retirement, in which I desired to remain forithe rest .of my life, when the incidenit mentionied in the beginuinig of this paper drew from me, as an act of civility. a short expression of my opinions; and I should hqve said no more, but for thme misconiception of my views on a point on which I am most axious not to be misun-. derstood. But beinag about to correct this ern or, anud feelinig as strongly and indignantly as any can do the oppression, disgrace and danger which my country suffers, although nto one is modre sensible of the, little importance of my opinions ail counmsel' than Ilam. I have felt it to be the ditty of a citizen, 'In my part, to throw theni into the mass of deliberation on the subject of the great crisis which hangs so aw fully over us. Besides I have always had an utter abhorrenice to Oppression, by wvhatever hatids it mtay he inflicted. It is now a third of a century since, when in the prime of life, with some share of popular favor, amid ambitious of more. I did not hesitate then to hazard all that [ possessedl and all that I htoped for, in defend an h-rg tid initerests of that people who are now the oppressors of my owni immediate -country and who Itreatent daily not onl~y its prosperity but -its social peace. I held up, with a few tioble associates, the flag of theit ..allaint but then unpopular little navy; I vindi cated their glorious commercial enterprise; an enterprise. which whlile it enriched them made no one poor; and I defended (not waithoutt suc cess) their peculiar rights against, what I con sidered, -the hand of rapacity and unjust power, though it was the hand of- the political men wilth whonm I was associated.. It would ill becomte me then, I though', to close my life by declining to offer my courisel, for what is was worth. atid to raise my voice in the assertion of the tights and reprobation of the wronigs of -'my own, my aative land." LANGDON CHEVES. tHumbold; Mtante-Brun; Poinsett's Notes, A ppeindix. project of'a Gonstitution;&Mr. Buch anant's Speech. IlVattel-p. 59. Dr. ELBERT BLAN~D, W JOULD respectfully inform-the citizens WVof Edgefield .C. H., and its vicinity, thai lie has. opened an office in the honse for metly occupied by John S. Jeter-ass a Iaw office, where he catn be found at all times, exce pt when attending professional business. H-e will attend to any business in the line of his profession, and he pee by care and attention to receive and deserve ashare of public patron age. M1ay 22 tf .17 Cheese. 3 . BOXEh3 and 5 casks prime Goshes C H EE, rich and mild. Pr saie by H. A. KENRICK. Hamburg, Aug 24. Stis 31 SFRESH supply of danay,Sagar Plumnbs AKisses, &c., coastantlyon hand. Brazil Nuts Ena ish Walnuts, Alatonds Figs, Rat li'ds;&c;.. ....' . ~--;'W~'t H. A. KENRICK. State of Suth Carolina. ABBEVILLE DISTRICT.' 1iNEQUJITYK Jaiies Taggart. Ex'or. Bill fr Apporimn Aaron' Lomax, et al. 0 N motion of Mr. Perrin,complitinant's So licitor: Ordered, that the Commissioner give three months notice, in the' Abbeville Banner, and such other paper is he may deem proper, to all the creditors of Moses Taggart, late Ordinary of Abbeville District, now dec'd., as well as those having demands for motneys received by him as Ordinary as aforesaid, as his individual creditors, at the time of his death. whose demands- have not been ftilly and pro. perly' paid by his Executor, to come in before the said Commissioner, and prove their de. mands; and that such dif them as shall not come in and prove their demands. on, or before a'peremptory day, to be fixed by the Commi sioner. which day shull be at least thies months -from the publication of the iaid notice,'siall be excluded from the benefits of this Decree.. [Signed] WM. HARPER In pursuance of the said Decrretal Order I appoint Friday, the first day of November next, on, or befoi e which, the creditors as afore said will appdar before me, and prove their demands. H. A. JONES, c. E. A. D. Comm'rs, Office, 19 June, 1844. July 3 3m 23 State of South Carolina. EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. IN-THE COMMON PLEAS. ALBERT CHEATHAM, who has been ff arrested, and is now confincd within the boundmof the Jail of Edgefield District by virtue of u capias ad satisfaciendum, at the ansit of John B. Holmes and Butler Williams, having filed his petition. with a schedule on oath, of his whole estate and effects, with the purpose ofobtaining the benefit of the Acts ofthe Gen eral Assembly, commonly culled the Insolvent Debtors Acts.. Public notice is hereby given, that the peti tion of the said Talbert Cheatham will lie heard and considered in the Court of Common Pleas for Edgefield District,at Edgefield Court House on the 9th day of October next, or on such -other day as the Court my order, during the term, commencing on the first Mlonday in October next, at said place; and all the creditors of said Talbert Cheatham are hereby summisoned per. 3onally, or by attorney, then and there in said Court, to show cause, if any they can. why the benefit of the Acts aforesaid should tinot be granted to the said Talbert Cheatham, upon his executing the assignment required b3 the Actsaroresaid. THOS. G. BACON, c. c. P. Clerk's Office, June 18, 1844. June 19 3m 21 State of South ('arolina. EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. IN THE COMMON PLEAS. BENJAMIN F. JONES. who has been arrested, and is now confined within the bounds of the Jail of Edpefield District. by vir tue of two Writs of Capas ad Satislaciendum. at the suits of Charles J. Glover, and 3ans field Hollingsworth, heaving filed his petition with a schedule, on oath, of his whole estate and effects, with the purpose of obtaining the benefitof the Acts of the General Assembly, commonly called the Inolvent Debtors Acts. Public notice is hereby given. That the peti tion of the said Benjamin F. Jones will be heard and considered in the Court of Common Pleas for Edgefield District, at Edgefield C. House, on the ninth day of October next or on such other day as the Court may order, during the teran, commencing on the first Monday in October next, at said place; and all the credi tors of the said Benjamin F. Joies. are hereby mummoned personally or by attorney. then and there, irn said Court, to shew cause, if any they can, why the benefit of the Acts aforesaid shonld not be granted to the said Benjamin F. Jones. upon his executing the assignment re qiired by the Acts aforesaid. THOS- G. BACON, c. c P. E. D. Clerk's O.fie, *July 1, 1843.S 3m 23 State of South (arolinla. EDGEFIELD DISTRItCT. IN THE COMMON PLEAS. A BRAH AM WV. ROACH, who is now in the custody of the Sheriff of Edgei.id District, by virtue of the surrender of his bail,at the suit of L. Trapman, having filed his ; etitio'n with a schednle, on oath, of his whole estate and effects, with the purpose or obtaituing the betnefits of Lhe Acts of the General Assembly, commonly called the Insolvent Debtors Acts. Pttblic notice is hereby given, Thatthe peti tion of the said Abraham W. Roach will be heard and considered in the Court of Common Pleas for Edgefield District, at Edgefield Court H ouse, on the ninith day of October next, or on such other day as the Court mny ot der, during the ternm, commencing ott the first Monday ini ctober next, at said place; and all 'he credi tors oh the said A braham WV. Roach. are hereby summoned personially or by attorney. then and there, in siid Court. to shiew rause, if any they can, why the benefit or u le Acts afoi esnid.should nit be granted to the said A braham W. Roach. upon his executing the assignment required by the Acts aforesaid. THOS. G. BACON, o. c.P. E D. Clerk's ffgicc July 5, 1844. :'tm 24 State of South Carolina. EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. IN THE COMMON PLEAS. ICH ARD H ANKINSON, wvho has been. arrested, and is now confined within the bounds of the Jail of Edgefield District, by vir tue of a Writ of Capias ad Respondendtui, at the suit of Jasper Gibbs. hiavinig this day filed his petition, with a schedule, on oath. 01' his whole estate and effects, with the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the Acts of the (zenersl Assemby 'of the said State, commonly called the Inso vent Debtors Acts. Public Notice is hereby given, to the'said Jasper Gibbs, and all other suitg creditors, and others~ interested, that the petition of the said Richard Hanikinson will be heard and cnsid ered ia the Court of Common,1"leas for Edge; fiekul District, at Edgefieldl Court House, on Thursday the tenthiday of Octaiher next, or on such other day thereanter, as the Churt may order, during tbe term,-coimencing Ott the first' Monday of October -next at said place; and all the creditor, of the said Richard Hankinison,' are hereby summoned, personally, or by attbr ney, then and there in said Court, to shew cause, if 'any they can, why the benefit of the. Actiaforesaud should 'not begpranted to the said Richard Hl'ankinson,'upon his complyitng with the requisitions of the law in such case'mad6 and provided.: THOS..G. BACON, c. c. s. Clerk's O.gie, July.9 1844. July 10'33~ 24 INotice. A LE Persons inidebted to. the Estate of the. ilate Samnel F. A. Mc6Doiwell, deceased arrequested to make immediate payment, and alperudneshaving-demands agaist the-esite of uaid dceased arereqeueited to' preserntt hein duly attestd; withijn~the time prescribied - bf" aw. ANERMcGAINE, Adm'r. ine Slate or s.Cairojilm. I'. Al &.t a.Getieral -Asem'ly begun aid.holden at Columbia on ihe roirth"Monlay-in No.vem ber. in the year tl' our Lord ond ithodspud eight hundred and foiy-'three,: and, from thence continued b divers adjonrnmnlts to the 19th day of December in the same year. d Bill to alter and amend the first secdwn of the third article of the Constitution. B E it enacted, _by the Seente ancd Hlousce j "of Representaties. now inei at!i sitting in General Assembiv. that- th'e first'se'tion of the third article eir. the Constitution be altered nd'amended to-read as follows:-- The'judi.. -ial power shall be vested in such superiorand onferior Courts of Law and Equity. as the Le pAlture shall from time to time direct and es tablish;" the judges of each hereater to be :lected shall hold theircomucissionsdnring good behaviour notill they have attained the age of tixty-five years, bnt no longer;- and the Judges :r the Superior Ctourts shall at stated times re -eive a compensation for their dervices whilc ciall neither b,: increased nor diminishe dur. ing their'continnacce in 6'ffice'; but they shall receive no fees of perquisites fil.office, nor hold ny other effice of pruefit or trust under this State. le United States or any other power." [n the Senate House, the nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Loerd one thou sand eight hundred and forty-three. We certify that the above bill has heen read dur. ing tice present Seesion three times in the House of Represeniatives, and three times ini Ahe Senate, and v s agreed to b% two thirds of oth Branches of the whoile representation. ANGUS PAT'ERt8DM' Speaker of the Houit--of- resentative President of the Senate. SrcRETARY'S OFFICE, Colmbia. 6th June. 1844. I do hereby certify the loregoing to lie a true and lite:al copy of a Bill entitled - A Bill to al ter and amelci the first section of the third ar ticle of the Constitution." Pcssed on the nine teenth day of December, in the vear of our Lord one thousand eight hundrei and' forty three, and now in this office Given inder my htand and the seal of the State the day and yeat above written. WMI. F. ARTHUR, Dep. Sec'ry. ofrState. IN' TrE Housc oF REPRtEsENTATIVEs, December 17. 144. Resolved, That the Clerks of the Senate and House of Representatives. do cause the Bill. passed by this General Assembly. entitled " A Bill to alter and amend the first secticon of the thirl article of-the Constitution."to be publisht id three months previous to the next General Elections for members of the General'Assem. ly. agreeably to the provisions of the Consti. Ltion. Resolved, That the House do agree to the Resontion. Ordered that it be sent-to the Senate for con-, :urrence. By order, T. W. G LOLER. c s. it. IN THE SENATE, December 19, 1843.. Resolved, That the Senate do -concur:tn the Resolution. Ordered. That it be returned to the House of Representatives. By order. WM. E. MA RTIN, c. s. July 10 4m 24 State' of Sonth-Carolina. EXECUTIVE DEPA1RTMENT, Cecoata. 9th Septzecnier, 1844. By his Excellency J MES 'H. IIAM MOND, Governior and Commacntder-in-Chciel icc and over the State of Sonth Carohnta. WT H EREEA$, it becmcces aell Chcristianc tna tiocns to acknowledge, at stated periods, their depiendence sin Alnighty God; to express their gratitude for His past mercies..and hcum bly aicdudevoutly to implore His blesscinug for the futtre. Now, therefore I. JAuRRS H. HAMMOND. Go vernor oif the State oef South Cacr.linc'. do- in coforcmity wich the esta blishled ~tnsage oif .tis 8tate, appoinit the FI RST T HUl(SDAY IN OCTOBE R N EXT. to be obiserved as a day of Thakgivicig. Hicmiliatioin ancd -Prcnyer, and invite acid exhocrt our c'itizencs oh call deniomina, ions to asseemble .at their respective plaeces of Weshipi, to offer u p their devotions to .God. the Creator.nand his, sona Jesuis Christ; tite Redemer o the world Given untde'r my han iti. and the seal of thte it inCuoliubia, this ninth day of Septerniber to the year of onir:Lord one thiousandu eight..hop. dred end focrty-foiur. and in. the usixtf.ninth year cof American Indce pendeue -an By the Governior: - . .. da. JA.dIES H, HMM Nh ROT. Q -Pracexx~, Seceegtff ,. ~" Sept.]2 -3t a . * CO ntLOBA, .0thc S 4~ ~LLlpersons havin~gin theieo~i .'belongincg to the Stats oM owp c military purponses. are herebfi ward thcem, as early as piossibeitt A~ii at Columnbiacir Chcarleston. T 6t f ns portations will be pacid hithe' alejt and thce at ms rec.-ived wi Bonds-of chose byi4hmthylis '~1 By order of the Comuma 'c; To:he Managers of -to~ N eibedience to/the tio, ii bhy the H onora ble Acc:U ejrsonr~ Presi dent of the Senate,~-Ye~bdeuhtef goi'ct herby' required, after-'dai Wiii~ieiietidi* wihslict regard to alL .1ist:.~f tE Costittiont acid laws of fa ~ ton'nced inyourduhty.ndbsprern ' 'ulhee 'tioc for a miember ofzhe-Sec tr tle:Ditict o Egefield, tn serwern th fild Y :termfoy' which'thi'isaid'Jdliii a~eio tedJto-serve ;-the pollaifo abe at'hedriotiplacesi ofel~e Ss ,Distrit, on the Second M1 ttjer next and the day folowin ~ r5re pective place~onafe'etonl~ Is for tthe:sverllfteel5lis$ fiedcrt House~ntththethi onti he votes, and declarelliie eheetin& 1 A ninst 21 t te. 34 elleI it s riYeof sutdidr rtsifnFkier dkietas-to me-directed l-Wtll grOlce 6eU at gdefieldI*,ourt HIse othe 1is Moidayurid. Tesday tu.- ien n . the following ruperty t ''t'i Wiire H lossy Mosptzrnd5 A an in ,g6V~ist'4-hetihdo 111 s i s;- le ndrWIed pxil Dety or I.-r knuw:ea tile dtact a j'uirtnidfo IariefsorMalic jtsonvl Dr Rihard T..ims ahd a r ExectorsufCaspers a But ter, the tiract of land wrhi hetitteI? dnei lives sdjoining landsr-of Mtil'ge!Ghr and ot hers. - - Executors of C. Nail vskillia Ia three negroes. BpnPaisynd 'Wy W.. W. Hitch, Ad'r. andiies1 R.. R. Hunter, oni Wagondi zirieo SAlexander Shargtonu-ahdioller% vU Lewis Mui-rah; aiIrae; of --lesnd"enttmn i . die hundred .aeresimtiredle i djosni Iaids of A. Shairpon: T. B. .priy ldla4 othera. -Also. two: Hrses. Brannon & Autdersni,v.Trsceq Kim'dp brell, oine-negro'man by the~ name -f Nace~ The Stats vi.lehit Mo ;-n tra~rd latndcontiaining three- hbiidd r bdidit'de y live acres, more or less ajungdan Abter Perriti, Hn g-M Qtiarles ora ih - - Brannon &' Andersonj-a~ vs n .i'. - ner, the iiterest of the-defenil of land containing *.one lion ad' ftfy" hcres. motre or -less - "nsidi Arthur Lowan 4: W.W .A~Irkev s i you 'ae,- t io tracts-of linil ,Ofe ret& - -t-niaining oniehufdre d n4d fillyis more or less, knwn-6s-the B/njauliiii1 tract, on ihe road fra m: Coluibia- A gust a,'adjoining lan'ds oil Villims s&s Sarah Gregory. -d Lewo other tract, cltaiin g.' IN forty -acres. more orless, It. of land given by Bienjiinin New, adjotining lands of 1Il, 'f nie Lewis Holmes.'anad Mrs' lutry.:lym .on or near the-road froa Luttstt A-iken'e ied on as the ptdperly of Jirrot Wise Terms. casvr ? H. BOULWARErs a S. 0 Sept. 14 - Y virtue ot su iedy ,sts ofF cias, I will prceto sel at field Court House, on the Fir4 rMon anid Tuesd ay it Octolberiiext, i f7 ' ing property - Martha J. Seibles dnd others, vs Make Lamar, one nogro.woman. Maiabli Luther Roll, N. L..Grillin and , vs. Charles Lasitar, he alov-fi grooman, Variah J. V64ne "&. i h it I"dbthes - J. Wosen ~& SI -I Edwar t Butler, theli's rc ilde a ant in the tract of land j Iihe t Ier.lived at the time of his deaiii"onta ing two, hundred anid firifkyacresmi6 or less, idji6ining lands"of Hadry iha Wiley B unrliant and others Leroy H: Mund i and s oa.H y andi Jaies Evans atrcef -landi. t ingti'ne hunde aid eighi y ades %-ie 9r' less,' djoining of lid "or Th ma W. top aind'ott'ers Brannon& Anderson vs Chits Price, - tlie tract oolard Wberethe'defeat rives contaisiing. two hi dre' acres, tcre -or les', adjoing of lands'ofD DM~ r anil othiers. , The St ate vs. Samniel i fWillitmi C.: Willi:ins and Moody"Harris i h-m and Colt. the propirig oi die efida1 Moody Harris. John Rt. Dow' Edd oihirs vs3ohn~O K H emmonrd,. one tnegro buyg1ithid name of Prince. ' Lewisi Sample at Wehs Chay -s. Elias Watson, oo . kgoidr bthe'nume of Lile)3. .'.. Patriek Li e o s.-M .-Gen:rty, they tract of lands whif% he defendaict lives, edtntainingr t weh{ two neres, rr Wressa adjoining lands-o -F. O'CLonndr ando'th~. ers. - -Bladi Iin Warrick and ,thers, vshi sephi ley th'eltract of land whei'elliee deef'.li7ves contatiting- sixty fouir acres, moe'or:Ies. adjoininn lanuds if Abnah/A b.~ ne3%ad'hbers. 'Alsooni- Horse. - -Jan'- -Terry; Cormissioner. and oth rs~vs. Lewis Ellzey, a tract of lic otn tajing foisr hundred :acres, more ork less; ijoinltg Ilands of- Eltzaberhl Cartera A. Rarnbatand orhers;' --m" tBmrannon & Anderson,, vs.William H am n, te traddif jajid iv116te thie defendant. stec oteainiog-one hunidred and eighteen ae~s more or les..adjoining ~landedoi Nanc5 Flintcariothers. - Bthnjsetnit -Oniz, - vs.:.Wilson: W.~Cra n and Moody Hitis; the tiaet ola idlis~. he efendiyWilsor' W Crain.lites, cq:thing onejhindret acres,-mtore or lesjg ahj iti'n a antie unI Josepjh BtoltonAiOseh H arrist and -others-s -' & M ' : 4 a John .Chappeli's. DavidhRngerugtiefO tract if lad whieres-thieilef~oNfl a ontaininlt'n'e hd'drid' ad (pter' mite r less. E'dhigftd Morise and ottiers.. - .D Terms, cash. -:: -e a u H B0ULWAR1.5.tE.-D.bt d Sept jJ, - Sus? i 3nA -"1 - Mon ay n .October nexiqihi. 6.loningr properly, ta-the followuing ucalmeatt#~ Plunkeir & Siiipsont-vs:Henry Bice, ne.Horse. ~and~erabd-Bridle.'-. Terms, car Sep 18~eUWj ~ ~ids/5 -- 73 g 2 ti 50 34 - we oI utndrywarits ~~aei~as' I i proce dl.toasel*lga. d CoortA H e~, noihe First Motdagenn 3'esdayc ri Octcilter ne:a efloig rldasa John N.Olvet:andI: other,0 vT2 D. Joittn, otnio ngro'oihar ijy the hanib-d of' Jdlit,-one'1xrae, sadfdle and ihfidle,,ono aniall wagon; and'~ 66-aul'ei~reT h - ITterms, cash. ., . eg , o -f. BOWLLW4RElsa aD-' *Sopt.:,z a81503 35mru HonenkrDe gatesparthieensuing electon