Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, January 08, 1845, Image 2

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ttI&LATIVE ACTS. aN ACT irO AMEND' TUE ATTiCUMENI LAWs OF T HIS STA'IrE. T.-Be it enacted, by the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, now-met and sitting in General Assembly, und by the authoritqffhes.amc, That the - piir persons, tu whose hands, pos. +sessiou, custody, power, or control, any property.of an absent debtor shall be attached by service of a writ of foreign attachment, and who shall not, on oath. tlaim thesame as a creditor in possession, shallsurrender and give up the; same to the Sheriff by whom the said writ-shall be served, PgliIalla'ter into bond, with good and sufficient surety, to the said Sheritf, his successors in office or assigns, -for the loftoeibe ido'Ydlet, *o 1to waste'or eloign the said property so,attached and to reaner a iifiedsla thereoFon 6ath to the ,.ssiddberiff, and..tomake.due:.return to .-tho'esaiabverit .according to lawrand to surreinder-the, -propeny thus :attached, .apen-hereto reqdired by. law, or: by any C order of Cort, made in pursuance of the u 4ttachmeat. Lawos which. -bond -may be .assigneomthI',Plttiff il attachmeat, to be s?ed for'by him or his- assigns; and Judgnment satll berrendered according to the right of the'case. l1:Thbt'if the plaintiff-In attachment, Or any~person or persons -duly. authorized ;y the said plaintiff, will m'ake oath' that ,he. she, er'they. havejust cause- to believe, that. any'persons-have ia his, her or their posesion, custody, power, or -control, rttd summoned as garnishee or garnishees, bny property of any absent debtor, and that such persons -is, or are, about -to're move:all or any part ofsuch property -from and- bevond the limits 'of this State, -or to waste .or destroy the same, then -the Sheriff, or officer executing the process of -attachment, such affidavit being annexed to the said porcess, with an order to that effect, shaill and may cause the person, or persons having such property of the ab sent debtor in his, her, or their pos session, custody, power, or control to en ter into b'ond #ith good and sufficient se curity, in <leuble tre amount sued for, w.ith condition, thaV- the obligor shall make the'teturas 'herein before :required, and atrrenler eand- deliver -the .property of the absent 'debte't according -to law- which -bond may be assigned to the plaintif' in attachment, to be sued for by him -or his assktst.And judgment shall be 'rendered' according to the right of the case. ,U1.. That in case any garnishte Thafl seglector refuse to make the returs re quired of him by -law, -upon -motion being made in open Court, after at least two days notice thereof, to be served, perso nally upon the said garnishee, or in case of his, ter or their absence, to be posted on (ho Court Huuse door, judgment shall , be ,eatered ip against'. the said . garnishee, Vecordingto.he provisions of the Attach nient Law4 and the estate of the said gar. aisheeitall thereppon be-liable to execu ioin'.oniteusaid.judgment against him. I . . Thpt-the third section of the Act, dommoly - called the Attachment Act, ratified on tho twenty-ninth day of May, in the year.ifour Lord one thousand seven Ouindred and forty-four, be so amended, as that the moneys, goods, chattels, debts, and books ofaccount, therein mentioned. shall be paid and delivered into the hands dI the 'plaintiff, when he shall have enter ed 6nal judgient in the action, and that tle bond reguired by the said section shall be unodihe'd accordingly. V. Upon-t'he Return made to the Writ of Attachmnent, -either by the Sheriff or Garnishee, the-4Court of 'Cornmoon Pleas, di' any Law Judge at Chambers, may appoint one or mnoro .assignees, with full power and authotity to .receive and take .Iirm the Sheriff or Garpishee, all the mon eys, goods, chattels, debts and books-of' account, and- to take . possession of any lands, leasehold esta'es, hereditaments, or c1batel, real of the .abs'ent debtor, ehich may have been attached, and to have and receive the rents, issues and profits ~of the seid lands, hereditaments and chattels real; nud immediately upon such appointmetnt, all and singular-the said moneys, goods, chattels, debts, books of account,leasehold .ctates, hereditaments -and chattels real, shalbbe delivered to or put -into tIre pos session of the said assigaee or assignees, sofar ds tIme same mnay-Se-piacticable with due respect to- the rights of third persons : Provided howvever, that before any such' asyignee or assigntees shall Ihave authority tu-at-ii~aoy -he premises, 'heoer they 'shall-eniter. into .recoghizance before the b'ierk-of thie Court, wltirsuficient securi ty,gp.be approved by seid. Clerk.. in such sum.as shall'. be fixed by -the Court or , e foresid, with condition to reesite, htd, pay Ev'f and deliver the said men .egsg~oods..chattels, debts, abooks of ac couns, fankJ, leasehold estates, hettedita .nijs,~6htajtels real, tents, issues,a prounts; :andl all other motneys which ho or they ~y.receixe~as *assignees, as aforesaid,-in siutchmatner as may be .ordered by the Cdnrt. .: I.Thoesaid assign~ee or assignees shall Have full powe~r .en~aathority to sue'- for, recover~ and receive inithename of the ab seatdebtor, all mepeys due or to beicome tte ppoa.ay -bontd, .notes -or hooks of aecount, leases or other instruinent of -wri ling, which may be delivered tuor cume inio the possession of-the-said: assignee or as -signees, of and from all persons- from Avhohn~hdsaid bonds, notes or accounts, or htirdads aire dne erpayble, or whto ih&apjpekrb the said- bogas~ of account (&b in~debedtoiatieli abisso; deb tor, and al .~iy~tI~e ents, issues aad, profits of ~ J~ol iaeste,-hereditaments, orced.a alfdraigl--;'and s e att .power atstedanthority :to -a ' IiutithoT moey as hepor thjey hall 'vvve as due to the, said'.absenteslebtore; n~,~Ip i ~oJteifischtgge jAthe para gpe 1agtqtA!g absengdebht9r, -fo (tp-Etsue glijaeddqfior ~4pr acerpt for ~psebf.ll aegutia,,ands,*elciJgh .cg Vuse teixIand-oriool session according to the order -of the 'Court of Common . Plea; and shall be entitled,-as'a c6tpensation for their ,ser viees,'o- the same Commissions as are, .prescribed by the Act passed the twentieth. day of :December, i hefear 1828, for regulating assignments'of debtors. AN ACT TO PROVIDk FOR THE PUNISH MENT OF PERSONS DISTURBING THE PEACE OF TEIS STATE, IN RELATION TO SLAVES AND FREKE Pkst&ONS OF tCOrOR. 1. Be itenacted, by the Senate of House of Representaves, now met and sitting ii. General Assembly, and by authority of the same, That any persons who shall no his, her or their own behalf, or under color, or in virtue of any commission of authorit': from any State or ptbli, authority of any State in this-Uniota, or ofatiy foreign pow - er, come within the limits of tiis State, for the purpose or with intent to disturb; counteract, or hinder t the operation of such laws and regulations as tave been~6r shall be made by the publir authorities of this:tate, in .relationato slaves or free per sonsoefoolor, sach'person ori persons shall be.deemed guilty of.a higth misdemeanor, and shall be. committed for - trial to-the common gool of the district by any one of the Judgesof-ilhie-Courts of-La w or EqiYy or the Recorder-of the.City of Chailesten, unless.admitted to. bail by the esid Judge or.Recorder', and upon-convietiob thereof by anl Court of .tompetent jurisdictioni, shall. be osetenced to :banishment fromn the State,. and to such fine and imprison meat as. may be deemed fitting by the Court which shall havets'ied such offence '11. Tha any person within Ibis State who shaH at any timeaccept any commis sion or authority of any Stake in this Un oin,or from any foreign power, in relation to slaves or free persons of color, and who .shall commit any overt act with intent to disturb the peace br secturity of thie State, or with intent to-distor, tonteradtor hin der the operation of. the lawi or 'regOla -tons of ibe ;public authorities of this State, slade or-to be made in reltion to slaves or free persons of color, such pirson shall be deemed guilty of a misdomeanor, and upon due coovic-on thereof . before any competent Court, shall. be sentenced to pay. fur the first offence a fine not excee ding oneihousand dollars,-and to be impri soned not exceeding otte 'year:; and .ror the second offence, he shall be im prisoned for seven years, ard pay a fine of not4ess than one thousand dollars, or be banished from the State. as:the Court shall see fit. ;t1L. That the Governor for the time being, :hall require any person or persons who shall or may have come within the limits of tnis State. on his, her or their own behalf, or under color; or in virtue of atty commisiion or authority from any State or public authority of any State in this Union, or from an-y foreign power. having rolation to the laws oriregulations of this State on the subject of 'slaves or free persons of color, to depart 'from the limits of this Stn'e within forty-eight liours after such notice. and person shall there upon he hou-nd to depart ; and in 'ca'e of his neglector rcifaal so to depitrt, as afore said-, the said -person ihail be deernea guilty.of .a high misdemeanor, and 'shall be comImitteli by the -sante authority hereinheforestated.'for ritl-tothe 'ominn'n goal of the district, unless admitted inbail as hereihnbefore stated ; and -upon dltie cotiviction before any Court 6f7connpetent jurisdietion, shall be sentenced to be bin ished from the State, and to such fine-anti imprisonmertn as the Cou'rt shall think ex peien-t. IV. That atny person who shall be convieted a secoirt or any subse-quent time tnder the provisions of the first or thirdi see tionsof this Act, shall be imnprisonetd for a termn not less than sevetn years, and shall 'in addition therettbe banished from the State. V. That it shall be the duty of the'She iff~ of the district to see that any sentene of pnuishmettt he' duly-executed, and that the offender -be sent without the limits 6 the State ; atnd in case any. person so banished shall rctur-h wsithini this State. unless by unafoidable accident,j the Sha rilfthe district where she lmay be founti,. shall holhd him in close confimnement under the original sentence, until such ofl'endher shall enter into re-cognizanmce before the Clerkc of the Court, with sufficient sureties, to comply with-the terms of-the said sen .ence. and forever.toaremaini withotthe limiste-of -this.State. ..;. -L AN ACT TO RAIsE SUPPLtEs. 'FiR TH E YEAR cOSIMENCINo IN OC'rOBER, ON? TuOUsAND EIoHIT' HU.IDRED At'D FORtTY FOUR. Be ..ienacle?,4y the Senatenand Hduse. of- Represem~atives, now~ met and s.itting in Generai Assembdly, and by the nutihori ty of ihe samne. That a ta~x -foribe aunts. and in the snanoiier eeinafter mentioned shall -be raised and paid into the public Treaeury of this' State; for-he use and -ervice thereof, that is to say; thirty cents ~advaloremn on every hundred dollara ef-the, value of all lands granted zn thisState accoriliiig jo tho, existing classihlcation. hereibfore established; one half-cent per acre on~ all land lying on the Cat~awha Fa dian. boundary,.to be paid by eachgrantee or lessee oft said Indianr frands, until- other ises directed. by lawtflttyBye--cents per head o. oi Slaves. twd follari on-eah Pree t'egro,'Mulatto'add Musti'zoe, be tweeni the ages of fifteen, and f.fty; years, except sucli as iliall be clearly proved, to the, sauisfactiori of the Collector, .to be in capakIb, frott maimi, Or othtegpise, of oro viding a li-velihood. cwentyiSvp.-cens ad valorea on every hundred dollars of ih6 value of aflots,.lands and buildings, with in any city, village or borough, inclading all'lots or portipgs of land on which buil dings maya.be erected, in the immediate vicinity of any city. town or buroughitn this State~; sixty. cents, per hu'ndred dollars on fairarge, ernletyment, faculties and~pro . fessions, ( hether in the-profession oflaw th, profitalbo dlerivid fir.om. costs or suit, fedrother .-sources of ..professionaltin corne (opd,p the .amount of cortgressiong eciaved byjietgd'e Masters abdtlonjmmii. s ions Merchants. .[Clergymen, :Shool Imasters, Schotdniiresses, andl Mechanices siddf 6tfty'live -endts -upon every, Ihundr dlllrs-wo'rth of goods sta-emt a-nd mnerchandiW.&nbtacingil the t'icb of triae ;forie-l6heifor'ex'6hange, (the patduits of- hhie' Statea, and the unmadu futbntdd products- if anuf ~of thestitad ters o? Territdries 'thereof, #eeiedg) *est ad~ nprsnn ahnintseor- idj16o n articles of trade, gale. Liter or exchange or have in his her nr their possession, on the first'day-of January.inethe year ofour Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five, either on his her orltheirown borrow ed capital, or on accouar of any person or persons as agent, attormey -or consignee; fifty five cents upou every huiidred dollars wortti of -goods, wares add mierchaodize whatever, which any tIransient person or nohbresident iu this State, shall sell or ex pose for sale, in any house,~small, or public place; two thousand dollars fur the privi lege of opening or keeping any office for the sale of lottery ticket., or for the privi lege of selliog or offering for sale, any lot teiy than such as may be authorized by -his -State; ten dollars .er day for rep. resenting publicly, for gain and reward, any play. comedy tragedy, or farce, or other employnent of the stage or any part therein, or for exhibiting wai figures or othir shows of any kind wiaiever, to be jiaid into the hadds of the ClerksofCourts respectively, who shall. be. bound to pay the same into the public Treasury. AN ACT 'o - -rF CumrEtsA TIoN OF GRAND AND PLTIT'JURORS. 1 Be it enacted, by the Honorable the Senaie and, House of Representarive., now met and sirtinig-in General Absembly and by --the authorivy of-tbe same, Thai heteafrer- every Grand and Petit Juror, entitled to pay, shall. in addition m tb compensation now prouviied by la*, res ceive the further compeusatiou of ten'cents :per mile tir every mile he Is compelled tc travel in going and returning to and from the Court House and the place of his resi. dence, which amount shall be chargedbut ondo for each term of the Court'. AN XCT TO DECLARE THE "ALNING'-OF AN ACT PRESCaiBING THE: &ODE of FLECTING CLERKs.- HERIFFS, AN D OR DINARIES, PASsED 'ON iflE TWENTY F aIRST DAY OF DECEMBERAiNo Domi N1 ONE TiiOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AVtI TillRTY-NINE. W~hereas, ddabis have arisen aWto ibe nunber of days on which:the election of Clerk-s, Sheri's, and Ordiw'-ries shall be held; under an Act entitled "An Act pre scribing the mode of elidotirg Clerks, Sher ilfs, and Ordino ries," passed ont hetwenty first day of December, Anon otini on. thousand eight hundred and thirty nine: Be it enacted and declared, h'y the Set ate and House of Repieseutatives, now met and sittinog in General Assembly, and by the authority of the an'e, That the true intent and meaning of the said Act is, that the sail eleetion of Clerks. Sherif'i and Ordinaries, prescribed in the salet Act, shall be on one day tidly, rhich shall be the Monday that may be spenified agree ably to the first section of the said Act. Front the Charleston Observef. The aggregate number'of Ministers iti the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia is 113, of Licentiaties 25, and of Churchet 191, Two of tho Ministers are Presidents, and two Professors in Colleges-two Pro fessors in our Theological Seiniuary -fiv in the foreign field,-and six or sevei $others unale to preach in conseqience o1 adtitced age or bodily infirkpity. Orwhe Miisters and Licentiates-in it'is field there are nearly 130 who are physicall) able ic endure hardness as good soldiers of Jesut Christ, and perhaps as willing as an3 equal number of Ministers to spend and be spent in his service. But many of the chrches are -feeble. :consistinig only of fewmecmbers, end thiese-not able to sup port a Minister even Nberbtwo-at three of them are uniied. Th4 'codsetuence 'it that a nttmberof our Ministers are un~det the necessity of teaching, or of attending in part to sotme other avocation, that they may support themselves, and give, as they ar able. nearly or quite a gratu-i'tous ser vice to ihe'chui. 'The nuir of min isters in t he Synod is just the same as itl l837, Meanwhile- 17 of those who thec cotposed the Synod have died, 22 have been remnoved~ to other Sytiods and -15 are not-rrt in-cenrteetionr with our Syneod, a part oldon are-still I ibouring abtformner ly. within tbis field. Wiile-thereftore, the clerical members of-the Synod rem1niudthe same in nutmber as they did sevenu years ago, fifty-four have been added, cliefly il those whom deat.1 atnd other causes hbve removed. In this week of years the in reaseof our Churches has only been IR Ju-liciad heersi.-Some time -ago, s lave escaped from Ke'ntucky t6 Ohio. le was- pursued and overtaken. Sotme oa the Ohio abolitionists proposed to buy him. Hits master steeded to their -proposit and rook Ihei- -bond. ror $800J. Stise qently thie rascals refused, paymnehr,. al legttg that, iti ,the coante mplatiosn of thu laws of-Obto, they -had receieved no con. sideration. The case came* recently lbe fore the suprerhe co.urt of Chillicot he, and thie court decided thiat lle lenuckiami..aa entitled to his money.f The editor of th bolition papor at Cincinati calls thig; rerfkable decisioh," and is dreadiLl shocked at it~ :'ewards ej Enerprise.-' About a dozet years ago, tbe bro:bers Chambers. of Ed inb. Scotland, were -compositors in printing office; now they are' the proprie tore of oce of the largest. establishments o the kind in the world. Their ware-housei are so entensive that the bindery 'alon will accommodate -some .two hundred ant fifty -persons, the hiuildings are elever torie.in fheight,-heing situated on the aid' -6 a hill, Esclifibor is appropriateld toi particular hi-such of* the -business; the copostors' room, the press -rbnome thi stereotyping department, the binding . "'ishitng, and the editorial rooms. Th circulation of Chambers' Edhiurg Journa is nin-ty thousand weekly; thirteen-thou sand-of their-Cyclopedia.of -English Lite rature,and of thei- *Edu gationa'l.-Serie suve-'fifty. theusand. .The rtotal duamtit; op~d-- shuees -issued. -of ..their :severa ubtattis wqs. estimated -at about-savel mil ions annually. - Origin pf Fr-uits.--Olives came flron Greece;etrons fromt Medea;.cherries frotn the shores of the Prropontih; 11g. from Me. opotomia; chesnuts from Catanea in Asja peaches from Persta, oratiges.from Tyre platsfrorm hiSyft' tice frliWSici~ C~fiei~lo~ ~d Frsa.-.. From the Nashville Union. "We have not had one word of couver sation or consgltation in any way with Col. Polk about his Cabinet, or his prefe reuces between VMessrs. Wright and Cal houff. What we say. therefore, we say from our knowledge of the character of the man. He will not permit himself to be entangled in any scheme enunected with the succession. His sole aim will he to administrater the Govern:ent prospe rously for four years.. IHe .- ill leave the succession entirely to;; the people. In making up his cabinet, he wfl not have any regard to the question ofthe succession. He wilt not not take sides between Mensrs. .Calhoun aad Wright. He knows them hoth to be men of splendid abilities, of .sterling virtne; of sound domocracy, and of pure characters. But which. of them, or whether either of them, shall be his successor, he will leave to-the sovereign people, without, in the slightest degree. undertaking to influence their choice. If M r.-Calhoun should be retained in the -Caljn.-, we, therefore. u',der.ake .o assert that such retention %oid. in no degree. -indicate-the preference of Col. Polk for him over Mr. Wright. or any otherDemo erat. for the Presidency. Nor would Mr. Calhhu's withdrawbl from the Cabinet, and the-filling of his place by another, be susreptible of a construcion going to indi .caid Col. Polk's feelings or preferences. "Although we speak entirely upon our own reponsibility, nie think we know the President elect so. well that we cannot mis take his views. when we-asgert, jhat in 'mak'g his Cahinet, his selection - will be 'marle exclusivcly with ah eye to the suc cess of his own administratiom, and not in smntlest degree with an eye to helping any p ari'cula'r friend to be his successors. If ihere be Democrafic cliques, as we bfive seen stated, let tbeseoliqties learn at once that as snch they will never receive any countenance from'the President elect. His Democracy is of that stadp which looks to the prosperity of the whole party'and the entire country. He 6as seen the fatal cousequences )f division in our ranks, and his course will be taken w'vith an eye ,to harmony and union in oiir party. He will tratpermit the gelection of his Cahi net to bein any way connected with the successio. "The.position of the President elect -s, in many respects- ext-remely delicate ; but, knowing his promptness. his firmness, his p-rseverance, and his ardent putriotisi, n-a we do, we shall repose. withi perfect con fidence, in-the belief -that his ditfheulties will be dissiipaid ad he ineets them, and 'hat his administration will be eminently successful in securing the prosperity of the whole people, and in maintaining the high character uf the Governfient." A Novel Caie -The editir of the Lou isville Courier mentions -the case of a yonapg man nated Joseph D Tiqdfile. of Indiana, wh'o was burrq deaf and dumb. and who for the last eighteen months, has been. attending the -school ofRev. Robt. T. Anderson, in Christian co. Kertieky. He now prononuces quite disidretli. cati read intelligbly, and is c.tpahle of making any of his wants known without recoarse to the slate.., The editor adds:-"We have no dp'bt hut he will be enabled by further.applica tion to speak fluently. Mr. Anderson's school has beets in operation for eight or ten years, and during that time, he has taughta number of dumb persons tpen Notwitlhstamblmng his institorion is alnosi enitirely unknmown, except in the immei diate neighborhood in which it is lac2aed" -Strong Languge--The Iosidnt Atlas of Thursday in'eomnmnenting upon the, pros. pect of Annextation, houlds the ~fdllowinig language. .We mdct be readly to act-rpromtly, f'earlesslg. -''etT-etusm ly-when the time comnes ifrcome it ever ip9o3. M assachusetls cannum-she mutA5 not-a-she .will not submit to the atin'ern'tiott d'fTeias to these Unit el States.. -Let-thia ide be in pressedi firmly; odeIibly,- upon thec pub tlic minmd. This lUnior is a tnership of twenuty silt Stae.-N.> ne w .State .can, b'e adipit teA without the consent of all the old States. 'Massachusetts is satisfied with -tbb Untion as it st ands.. She intendi roahide by, atd bore t o and uphold it. The gratnd gatlary el the twenty -sirSiate-s is suiifiiently ehdu gentt to light her a-., in the path of glory; & honor and happiness She desires nih aruty from the "Lone Star"-hut is ivil. hing to let-that Star shine alone. . At the Annual Commun~ication ofT he Grand Lodge of Ancient Free Masons ol South Carolina.~ niekd t -Chiarle'ston, on :Friday, 27th sltstlis fdlowing Bretbiret Iwere installed,- Grand Officers for the en suing Masoki'c year: M. W. J~ B. Irving, M. D.. Grand .Mes ter. a. W. J. C. Norris, Deputy-Graud .1as teI r. - - - - IV. W. F. C. Barber,;Sentor Grand War den.' - V. -W. A. E. Miller , hier Grand Wah den. Hour - W. iH. HoouiGriiodTreasurer. W A. G. Mackey, M- .-,.Lfrand ~S retary. W. H.. S. Cohea, apd W. 8; Ja luI SSenior Grand.-Deacons..: : - W. Z. B. Oakes, and W. S.-Franhfofd Yuniordrand-Deacotis. . W. W- . Gatewvood, andaW-. W. W .Ruahadt- GrandI Stewards. - W. Wf. N. Eein,-Grand Nsstail W. T. R. Saiter, Grandl Poursuivant: Arodlier Samuel Seyle, Grand Tyler. CA-as. Mercury.- - Dethf eleran.of the. Pues;-'Uhi - venerable Moses Dawson,of Cincinnati while sitting talking with a frIend on-Mon day. evening, was 4ei'ed ,.with apopleizy and ins:--ntly expired. He was formitts yedru'eda'nedted with the press of ihat ci~y IChas: Puit. *AWarning for M .r a lubba4. The New Orleans Beletiin. anearenotibtity Mr. Hoar's expursi6a frio $ u Gbr6I na says -.LWe-traothbeieFons epipointed? fari similar purpose to this eity,. will, nt-ei tifdthei~teitoat whichms -to e apprehet, ( cte If-e attmpt. From the Correspondence of Claarleston Patrio. WASUiNoT.4. Dec. 26. Mr. Hdilmes, of' yotr 'city, o'ered othe following resolution wbih hw laid over forsone day-. - Resolved,.That it is the duty or, he U. S. to pay the claimants -nder "he Mexi can Commissioner. the several instilmesits which are due and withheld from said claieints, by the l-xicasi Governaent, or take eflicient -iteps-to compellpayment from Mexico. When the resolntion comes up, it will givd rise to a warm debate, a the. whole question of Mexican affairs will be invol ved. Mr. Belser moved to suspend the rules forthe -piurpose of going into Committee or the Whole on the -Texas resolutions. The motion faded, only 39 voting in the uffirmative. This cannot he considered as a test vote, the refusal to go into Com mittee arising frotn the general disposition to go into a heavy debate before the ter mination of the holidays. The Madisotian of the evening appears very, sanguine on the sulject. It says there is a rumor in the political circle, that the measure of an nexation will be carried in one 'of the Houses in a few day., and that it wiil pass I the othr. Ilouse on the 8th or January. . Righly Important fron Wnshington Prospects of an Inimediaft Annexation of Teras-beginaing of the Congressional Rotes.-We have received by the last mail some highly important latelligence from Washington, relative'to the annaation of Texas. It now seems to he very proba ble that the annexation will be cusum mated in both rIouses by joitit resolut1on in the course of next week. Accordit'g to our most authettie intelli gence,rhe joint resolution will inderiorate the two plans introduced by Weller. ol Ohid, and -ouglass, of illinois. This will be agreed upon by a majority of ite lower house having in view the prospeetive as sent bf the Senate. These two plans are briefly as follois: Weller's.avoids the divsiou of the territory into-'ree autl slavb sections, and also the question of boundary, both of which are to be left to cohrmissinners. Dduglass's plan is bsed upon the Leinisiasra Treaty 6f 1802, thus assuming that Texas was therm annexed to the United States, and that as thie inhabitants df that Reptiblic have ex pressed thei'r willfigness to.hecome re aun'exed, ther ought, in acordadice with th(at Treaty. to be admitted into this Union. It ,leo assumes,-that as Mexico, by a rev olmtion, -has become independeut of Spain. since the tieaty of .1819, by which Tetas was ceded to the Sriatiiards, and as Tbxas also, by revolmion;-his *ithdrawn henfelf from Meiced, shhrhis ihe same right wd'be come annexed td the iUnited States Mhat IMexico has to recognize the independence of Texae. . These views, thus embraced, ars also the iienis of deieral. Jackson and the President elect, and it is now pretty cer tain, from the indications at Washington, that in a few days they will pas both hones of Congress in joint resolutiod-N. Y. Herald ICoh~esponaent of the Balt. American.] WA&hIo-TOr, Dec.27_f4.4-.. Case of Dorr1-This morning anopm 'was given in the essepfThomas W.Door. vs. Rhode. island.' The. i.mourt de'ided that they have nA pwer to great. tIe hapeas corpus Prayed for by Mr. Dodr I through his Counsel. Mu/ne~turing in Nalchez, .iais.-The Natchei. Free Trader says that the 'cntton matnufatctory of whiebt it has frequently iefore -spoken, has lately fallen itt the hands or' Samuel T. McAlister, Esq, who is-adding to his buildings antI making valuiible imiprovements in the machinery, which will enable himto supply she whole country with coarse 'Negro clothing, bag inig, twine, candlo'wick,. -linseys. jeans, &c. . lHe is now mnanufactiig.an article of cottn hazaing out of-the rerudeeitosi-n such ns is altogether -unnkercitiabl~e wvhidht, for strenigth, weight attd dlurability, isi unsirissed by the very best Kentueiy~ hagging, Hie is also weaving, of the-same kind of cotion,. a very excellent aritile for cotton blags for pickers.-Chas. Patriet. NuVDad.-Thte editor of :the -Gn Gulf Advertiser is infourmed by silentle uan direet Trum Texas,.that Jehn .1 trrel, the notoriotia "Lalid Piate," It hot-dead, as has ieqn reported-througoi te newspapets 'ui.the.cohntry. The in. formantt states that. Murrel has ptsrehae a small from on the Sabine river in Texat is residing on,and cotltivating -it,.and -i consideredl to bes a reforme'J maes.-aN. 0 Picayade 23d uH.t Texas Laniid.The T~xan Oongresj 6f 1839.define .the boun-iaries of that.re bjhic to comprise- an extent of 3180C squremiles, or 203520.-acres.. O( -this amoudit there has bees gratnted- bytte Mexican governament priorttathe're*in. tion, and cuonhipned ~y Toisicsitfoop 53,211.367 acresi. Bnce~ that dd~hfraiot qT. sidepeptflence, 'the gcyernmhent .as - inted '5.597,358 acres, ,besides: omy ,939 acres as bountjinto the. soldiers 'ftite war.. 'To this is'to besaded ao~iasiu of iasj4 scrip to the amount of 1,500,004 aes-ami we have a:,total of 67,408,605 'cies disposed of. 'Fhi i would leave. balance of 158, flg,227 still unzapproprii ted.- - * F'ps in Beaufort A letter&from Baa ort (So. Ca k dated 20tru-b states thal he store of H.:Staweca, ,tr., in that plad was entirl destroeed by ,fre..otilatur day'nighi-is Efln 1hat *b.Widathe progressof a thefti ,tathing what e rsa w5.&Y ae be qu e. anarrow esaa an~etOCI3.fd i supposed dhave : amojtat of aiidtr$o ~ 1so~kq! TI e rate ei t prcetir I1f .Del Wabster ili whi dui' ti~ilt nd ynS~~4O ri'itrOIk EDGEFIELD C f WEDNESD AY. J aS Y 8. 1845.' I:I IVe loill clUg to the P illar? fthe i e.wpo our tibertes,andsfit mustfal, aessifW1fsi amidstthe Ruini." 07 Mr. BztuAMl FConr is' dill thorized to collect Notesand Accounts -dde this office, inthis and theadjoirn'i Distrits. We hope our friends will avail 1heimselves of so favorable an opportunity for liquidating the respective amounts. We ire regnested tosy thsat ie Re Cmt.Es has removed to Edgefield Cop i and desires his correspondents to addr accordingly. - We are -indebted to the Hduid- Buttfo'r various public.docnments. Tanksgiving Day.-According to the Proi - lamation of hr Excel0Aiknit - Thursday the ninth. is set apart Asia thanksgiving,- humiliation and - prayer, forall denominitien's of Christians, and all other er sons ofWhatever sect ur persuasion. 1-dartisemt of Teachers.-We call: the at. 4ntion of parents and guardians t'o theseveral' Sehool Advertisements of Male and Feniste Schools, which will'be-fonid in oui Piaper. Also, to the advertisement of Mr McCliistock. The distinguished reputation-of this gintleman, and hixsexcellentmoril character we hoj' il secure him a most li beral patronage' froin an enlightened public. Come on :twh your Hogs.-A drove, or two of,prinie 'Hos would bring a faitprice i nthis market. Make haste, Kentuckians, for the sea. son will soon -be over The Mayor of Charleston, in the name of the City Council and citizens, has invited Jaier K. Polk. President elect. to visit Charleston on his way to Washington; -and in. the event of his acceptance of the invitation, the City Council take all proper measures to receive and entertain him as the guest of ie City and the Neck. The'Ret.-Mr. Fairbanks and Miss Webster were recently placed on. trial at Lexington. Kentucky, for stealing slaves fron theit own- . - era. Yndependent Mait-A. Head. Agent at Char leston..advertises that an Independont .ail tll go b-y t.he ..Wimington ine for all the Northern cities, after the dirst-ofJanuary. S A. Holmes s-theAggent af Angusta, Ga. .ile Rev. Francis T. Torrey has recently been convicted in -Baltimore, of abducting er tain slaves. He has 'been sentenced to the Poditentiary. Alt pmuiishmcnt for such scouni dr'!s. hopeach .murder inihe nme of phi 'lanthiropy, atnd call' bLtealing negroes "spoiling" the Egyptians." On the-l9thz -of December last, ThomuasS 11ays of' Montgomery, Alabama, was eledted Jadge& the -County Court of-.Monigoiiner.y Coitytj 'bver'Benijamnin Bihb; (Whig) ineum bent.- -'he~vote stood for :blays-66, tin' Bibbs .61. Mfr. %fe~ys was one of the. Deniocratid Electoi .5Mr M1ay. is a native of Edalield: ODisricarend was very favorably knoeitA at this .plaea, where he once "resided. H1e has frr sevetal years been a citizen of Alabama, and wvas4 awyer of distinction aitI .a planter in that'inate ~ - - -7he-Ecghth of Janary.--Tliis'is a memora 'e day in thme anials of' our entry; Next to the fourth of Jualy,. 1276, when .ou6: fathc.es 'severed the bonds which united. us with the mother country, it will. be .rememberedin4 fu'ture time, asithe! propdeat day in our-nationaf history. Like the tinrrhrm lgfe ' three hundred- Eiirs gloriousy res~ myriadsof'.harbariass iho invaded the Gb.s eian soil, the combat fought on.thisdaygwS' 'forever be -sang in the-strain of the pbtdane~ commeri:tatednti hoaeaftledliistbriil 'Onathe eighth. of January,85eGeperal.Anl jiew Jackson, at the beNadofih~ierziani Iarmy. achieived -oved the::British 0oopq6 ithe imost-sitinal victory wih das wnlhbij if the late erar with Euianu. With nialiia.com Ipariv~ely raw ad undisciplined, this gallant soldier~ coiileey 'souted tile.fa famed -"in vineibe '. fores o eligton sshuJib.1ad triumphsied e e tie iinegionseflhapnnet on, the cozntieiotof Etroye. Eiill de iie baede-which--wae oeg ia-'bushdyG~tied Jackson saved leS dbrin afrottithe pb oee a licntius Bri ld bers d. Sou. thter fn prhnptheYofferyiofditver six~~ th.ichracter ofe imi . lo e iNsse wlNch-was-inade onthia miemora. 'aiuiiser -'Phgnow beddniih the dectepitude of yeasiland fsii~1a gnt. ihet byet Gee L~r d~y lherty throghout diw M~~' ~.~sh thisaOrph p he O a r har ulty olc