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CONOvESSIONAL NEWS. From the Correspondence of Charleston Patriot. WASINGTON, Jan. 1. Neither branch of Congress is in session. to-da.~ rThe Abdlitionists ha-ve signified their intention of holding a Convention, in this city, on the 1st of March, provided 200 persons in the various States, will agree to attend. They intend to apply for the use ef-the Rail of the House of Represen tatives. I am afraid they will get disap pointed. They contend that as the Coloi sation and Temperance Societies have had it they also are eintitled to it. Apart from this, considering the great excitement which universally prevails here on the Abolition question. I think the assem blage of a large massof Abolitionists, wotd got pass off without bloodshed. At all events it will be a very hatardous move ment, and orie which the authorities of the city, if they cav, ought to prevent. WAssrITON, Jan. 3. Last night the Democratic memb'ers held a caucus on the Texas question, the result of which was the determination to discuss in the House all the various plaus sab mitted. This morning, therefore, on motion of Mr. Ingersoll the House went into Com mittee of the Whole and took up the an nexation resolutions reported some time ago from the Committee on Foreign Af fairs. They provide that the annexation shall be based on the treaty of April last. Mr. C. J. Ingersoll took the floor and Inade an eloquent speech in bupport of the 1measure. After condensing the main ar guments in its favor, lie showed that there is no danger to be apprehended from so large an increase of Territory So far from that. at addition of even 40 States to the Union, will place it on a firmer foun dation than with the old thirteeti States. As for the question of slavery, it was his firm belief that annexation will diminish and finally destroy slavery altogether. With regard to what oiber nations might say it was none of their businets. If we were bound to consult the wishes of Eng land as to what we would do, we were also bound to consult every other country, how ever small and insignificant. After fur ther remarks. he said he was prod to : from high vfmcial authority, that in case of re-annexation there will no danger of a rupture between its and Mexico. T -re were the sinews of war " money" which would go a great way towards healing any ill feeling, (laughter,) And with regard to a rupture with Great Britain iii case of annexation, he was authorized to say that there is every.reason to believe that tn vnpture will ensue. The re-aniexation of Teias, therefore, would be a peaceable measure. All that was necessary to do was to.secnre harmony among ourselves. The annexation instead of b'-ing i measure of war, would be emphatically, a imeasure of peace. Mr. Bolser followed. When he concluded the Committee rose. Mr. Tibbatts introduced his hill which provides for the annexation ef Texas as n Sovereign State. He also introduced his joint resolution fbr the protection of Texas until such time as the question of annexa tion shall have been settled. They wero referred to the Committee of the Whole, after which the louse adjourned. - VAsaiI sGOT , Jan. 7. Mr. Niles, pursuant to notice, introduc ed hisjoint resolution for the Annexatin of Texas. I: pro~vtdes for the admission of it as ai State. &c. After the presentation of resolutions in favor of the Aunexation of Tiexas, firm the Legislature of New H'amnpshire, the House went into Committee atnd resumtedl the consideration of that question. Mr. Yancey having the floor made an eloquent speech, full uof fire and poetry. in favor of the measure atid in reply to th* remarks of Mr. Clingman. On the latter he was remarkably severe. During his speech yesterday, Mr. C. had referred, with some warmth, to the forgery in the N. C. Legislature. This Mr. Y. condemned in strong language and contende~d that Mr. C., who was here to defend his Staite when -attacked. ought to have been the hist man to attack it, and blaht its chararter heforet the world. H~e compared him to H1am, the son of Noah, who took delight in ex posing his father's wickedness, and who was cursed! for his crime. Having dispos ed of this 4ranch of the subject. Mr. Y. proceeded to .discuss the general merits of the question. His speech was decidtedly one of the most masterly specimens of nier vdus eloquence ever heard upon thte flor. When he concludedl he received the warm - est congratulations fromn the friends of Texas.. Messrs. Baily and Stetson, continued the debate until the Commrtittee rose. Mr. Houston, front the Committee on Territories, reported a bill for the atdmis siotn of Florida and Iowa inito the Union, At was read twice and committed. ,The .proposition of Mr. Rhett to take first the vote on the abstract question of Annexation finds great favor, inasmuch as * nany-who are bound to go for the abstract question will excuse themselves for voting ag~ainst it under ehelter of some of the de tails. As Mr. Rheit justly observed, let them say .' yes " or " no"'- on the main proposition, after which it will be' a'very easy matter to arranige the details. I think it is very evident that no prttposition, based o'n the treaty of A pril last, will find favor. The desire appears to be tot separate the 5luestion from all~connexion with the pre sent administrationi. The newiiwhich arrived this afternoon (fthe formal banishment of Santa Anna has created quite a strong sensation among thiorriends of Annexation. Wasniio roN, Jan. 8. In the House, the first business was a huotion by Mr. Adams to giama:the use of ihe H all to -Robert Owen for- the purpose -of lecturing on the improvement of human society. 'Mr. Hiammet opposed the motion, -on the ground that it would be establishing a :badl precedent, and more especially as there are more commodions buildings ini the city, in addition to this, the granting .of the use of the'Hall appeared to be an indirect sanction of tiiloetrines of a lee lurer, however wid and 'fanciful they ,might be.. 2Finally the whole subject was laid -on Abolitionists tvho intend to plead prece dent in the request for the use of the Hall on ithe first of March. Mr. Droomgoole introduced a bill for the admission of Texas as a State, on the sante principle which governed Congress in the admission of Kentucky and Vermont. the latter of which, previous to its admission % as clearly beyond the limits of the Union. It provides that the Annexation shall take place on the 4th of July. 1845. It was read twice and committed. This is the eigh t proposition now pending. A fer the disposal of several unimportant matters, the consideration of the Texas question %ias again resumed in Committee of the Whole. New Orleans, Dec. 13. LATER FROM TEXAS By the arrival yesterday of the schooner Wm. Bryan we -ire in poswemsinn of Gal veston dates up to the 25th inst. To Capt. Goss we are indebted for a copy of the -News-of the 24th. The steamship John .1icKim arrived a; Galveston on the 23d inst., atid was to sail for this place on the 28th. By- the News we lear" that the Caron kawas have been committina depredations in Victoria county. They recently mur dered Capt John R. Kemper, -a trch res pected citizen, and afterwards burnt his house %lown-. His wife-, children and mother-it-law escaped to the woods and got of These Caroukawas are the rein. nant OfT tribe that have long inlested Southern Texas, as they would have long since been punished and driven otl'but from motives of humanity. The La Grange InteHigencergives the account of an engagement with a party of Lipan Indians by the citizens of Seguin. Two of the Indians were killed. They had stolen some property the night before which was all retaken.-Picayune. AFFAIRs OF MEXico A forther perusal ufour file- of Mexican papers, received on Sarurday last, gives us little to add to our intelligence of Sun dlay-in fact we do not discover an item of importance omitted. A few words, how ever, in relation to the course pursued by the Congress in bringing about the revo lution. - The formal protest of the Senate -of Mexico against the tyranny of Santa An na is a document written with dignity and perfect calmness. We have before siated that it was signed by every Senator save four. The protest contains six distintt grounds of opposition to the dictator and m favor of a change of rule First, that .' nta Anna had manifested, most one quivocally, a design of suppressing the tatiiotnl representation and the organic bases to which the nation had sworn. Second, that lie designed to esta!.lih a go vernment of arl-itrary rule: Third, that he had adopted despotic measures against the civil authorities of the Department or Qteretarn: Fourih, that lie had been ille gally invesisd with miHtary authority : Fifth, that he had decreed against the lawful assembliog of the Senate: Lastly the Senators protest against eve-ry at of exec'itive power which may attack or rend] it attack, the rights, guaranies and filer. ties of Mexicans. The unanes of thirty of the Senators are igned to this document. The protest of the Chamber of Depu ties is in a somewhat different form, but coie-ived in nearly tlic same spirit. Both houses are reslute in their expressed de termitnation to resist any nilitary or other arbimary rtufe. The eudidor of El Siglo Diez y Nzeee always a ca'ltt diguified andi literal jotur natl. and whieb htas sufferedi much fromr the persecotions of the ty rant; describes in - re-entry of the Chamber of Deputies into their own assemb'ly room frunt thu Coti vecnt of Satn Fratncisco as of the tm-srt . thtusiastic dlescrip'iotn. The metmbers were preceded by an imimense concourse of all classes, who c-heeited vociferoujsly and ap peatred half frantic withjoy at theirrelease fromn tyratnny atnd misrule. .Multit nde-s of the young men of the higher orders had taken up arms, determined to resist any acts hy which the Dictator or his frietnds may strive to regamt their power and as etidancy. Now that the Constit-utional Govetn mietnt once more has the reigtts of power itt its hanids, we trust t hat a liberal spirit may preside in its cottnsels and that all pt-oper elemnen-cy tmay be shotwn. We inctterely hope that Jose Antonio Navarro, on'e of the Commissioners of the ill fated Satma Fe expeditron may be set at liberty. IHe is now~ advantedt ini life, and a cripple, and for three years has been immoured wituuio the walls of the ioalhsome Acordadr, or else in the Castle of San Juano de Ulna. anad all to gratify the personni1 spite of Satn ta -Anna He was alw ays a liberalist, and to release htn wvotld be an ac-t which would redoumnd greatly to the credit of the new rulers of Mexico. One effe-ct of the downfall of Santa An na will be to restore to the Republic many of her most gifteid and liberail sons-tmen who have been prescribed by the Dictator from the fear that thteir incorruptible hon esty would prevent the hutmerois vile speculations in wthich-he has been engaged. as well as obstruct hitm, in the attabintren1 of-the-t supreme power his ambition has sit lotag coveted. We might mention, among other -narhes, that of Comez Farias who has for some irns -resided in this city; and scattered over the world,- in addition to the thiousatnds of honest, talented antd deser ring men wviihin the contfines of Mexico whot have been kept in the back ground. thtere are many others wvhose influence arid whose counsels would go far towards giving a -sound, a healthy and a liberal tone to the future government of the Re public.-Ibid. Guano.-Capt. Town, of bark Convoy. at this port. statesi that he was informed by an Etnglish Captain at St. Helena, who had just arrived fronm the Island of Ichatboe that itn theit processofloading-with Guano they had exhutned a human body, sup posed from the great depth at which it was found, to have been in that situation for two or three centuries; -it wvas-it a state of high preservation, 1ihe flesh and finger nails in a perfect state. They have sue ceeded ini getting down to the rock on which the island appears to have been formed. .The Guano will all shortly disappear before tho industrious muariner-N. Y. Cour. &Eng. 4thinst. From the Columbia, S. C., Daily Herald. SoUr CaIsoLINA ANNUAL t'ONFERENCE OT THE M. E '..iuiacu. Th vonntal session of this body of min isters, wnich commenced in t'is town ol Wednesday. 25t! tilt., closed on Tuirs day evening las. There were nearly on hundred ministers in attendance, and w< understand great harmony prevailod thro' out. Three of their number had died du. ring the year. A number of young mtfl were admitted into the Min-stry. Tbc amount raised for rissiounary purposes withiti the Conference distrier.~during Ihr pIst year, was upwards of 14,500. rTh< missions under the especial care of this Conference, are those to the colored popit. lation generally in the low country. In this department of their work. 800) are reported as church nemhers. Front the Reports made at this session of the Cot ference, the mcr ership generally amtni to upwards of $2,000 white(s, and 30.00( colored, principally in this State, and i part of North Carolina. which forms the S. C. Conference. These returns shon an increase of 2000 sirce the rneeting o the last annial Conference. The venera ble Bishop SoOLE presided ai the petin of the session, and was assisted hv Bishop ANDRFW, in the discharge of the arduous duties necessary. to be perforine(l. t the clnse or the session. and previotiq to delivering to tle ministers their apoint ments to their respecti ve fields of labor h'm the ensuing year. Bishop Soule addresser them iii a very feeling anti inpressive man ner. ie said they were about to close oin of the most peaceful rnd harmotiions ses sions of Conference ie had ever aietided -that he was about to take his leave oi them, and in doing so. fi- felt as iltotgh ie was taking his final leave of his brre iren.-uld age and its attendatit infirni. ties reminded hin tlat his race was al most run. To his brethren, whotn lie non addrerssed, he said he felt a Atrong attach ment. fron th-e tine he cane amones them : hre had received notliing btt kind ness from their bnds.-hat it rwas in his heart to live and to die with 'hem.-ani returned thetm most sincerely his thanks for their kindness and Christian courlesy : ihat wheti er'he should come and see Ihen. or be absent,he should rejoice toheriar the) continted " steadfais, itnmmovable, alway: abounding in the w'ork of the Lord." lie said he was now abont in announce to them their respeerive fields of labor.-tha it was a work of no ordinary inoment, the responsibility contnected with it, wn: great,.hut he felt satisfied he had done thi test he could ; yet he could not say he fel fully satisfied.-some of the apupointment ie could wish wero different-some of t bretlirea wita families might he seit where it would he diffirult to obtain su ppnrt while some would find their fields of laho leasant. oiters would ind themstelves dif feretitly situated : but lie had acted for thi best ; no one had received an appointen with a view to alirt him: had he acie otherwise, he should be condemnned at thi bar of his consience,-he should he con denned at the tribunal of his God : it (he coitniued) whatever might he the tri als in the way-whatever afflictions mittgh befall them, the reward of heaven wouh more than compensate tletn for all. Hi exhorted the ministers to go forward wti renewed vigor and zeal In their great work anti to press onward until they shotld ret iii that city which liaith foundationq, whos hilder anti maker is God. The following Resolutins, introdicet by Rev. Dr. Capers, wer- read and ndopt ed at the close of the session. atnd oin mnn tion of Rev. Whbitefonrd Stiithi, directe< to -he puhihishedl itt tho. papers of thie town in view of the kitid and gratelul circum sta ces which have attendled the presen Session of outr Conferenice in this litwn, I Resolved, That we che'ri.<h a livel: sense of outr obligations tto our very kimi anti Christian friends and brethren oif thi comm-:nity, for the gentertus tilfection anm hosptitality with wvhtich we have been en tertained among them. 2. Resulved, Thtat it aff'ortds us grea satisfaction to learnt, that ont the ottcasio, of 'he session of the Synod of the Preshy terian Church. recently ini this nown,. thu-i ministry fiavored our church and ctogre gation with their labors on te Sabbati day. 3 Resolved, That we iender' otur siticer thanks to our Christ ian brethiren uf thte Pi es bynerian, Baptisr atnt Luttheratt Churches for the tise of their ptulpits otn Satbhath last 4 Resolved. Tlhat we tender our miot cordial thanks to the Loidge oif the Orde of inlependent Old Fellows. for the us oif thteir very commodious Halll Ior on Ctonference Sessiotts. 5. Resolved. That the fuoregning nesrdkt tions be reand frrm ihn, pulpit of this chure on Sabbath mortting next. Appointment of the S. I.. Conference. CHARLE5'TON DISTRICT. Ron'-r. J Boytn, P. E. WV. Capers, Stuperintedent of' Missionst the people of color, in the. Geotrgia, Ala bama andI South Carolina Cronferencer (C2halston-W. M. Wight man. Editor S C. Advocate. Cumnberland-Samt'l. W C a pers. Trinity-Theophdu, Hutggins. Bethet-Claudiosa H. Pritehard. ISt James-David Derrick. IBlackle-dwamp-Henry Hass, Williami TI Catpers. Walterboro-Alexius M. Forsuer, Jas. F Smith. Orangeburg-ChurchwelI A. Crrowell. Cypress-Thos. E. Leatdbetter. Samue Mc. Gren. Cooper River-Jphio A. Ptorter. MISSIONS. Savannah Rivet-Daniel D. Cox, 30, WVarnock Edisto Island-Jehose & Fenwick Chas Wilsom. Beaufot-Wmi. C. Kirkl" nd. Pon Pon-PauI A. M. Williams. Pocotaligo- Antdre w,. J. G reen. Comnbakee and Ashepoo-J ohn R. Coburn Rth't. P. Franiks. Cooper Rivrr-Abh'm. Nettles. COKF.SBURY DISTRICT. HUGH A. C. WM.nea, P. E Cokesbury Circuii-Nichtolas Talley, HI Mi. Mood. Edg'efield-Allen MlcCorquodale, Juo. W Pendleton-Geo. W. Moore. reenmille .Ctntin-....amea W. Wighemats Greenzsille Circuit-Alezan. W. Walker,! Hilliardl J.'Glenn. Union--fra S. Potter. Wm C. Clarke. Laurens--Wilis S. Halom. Newbe y-SanT'l. I)uuwodv. Archinald Pickens --Martin Eady. Paris Mountain-Lewis M. Little. COLUMBIA DISTRICT. CHAS. I ETTS, P. E. Columbia Station-Jos. H. Wheeler, W. ( Connor. Columbia Circuit-Daniel G. McDaniel, Jno. M Carlisle. Barnwell-Abel M. Chrietzherg, Peter W. McDaniet. Aicen and Hfamburg-D. J. Simmons. Winnsboro'-Pey ton G. Bowmau, John, TIarant. Lancaster-Wesley L. Pegues. Camden- m. P. Mluzon. Darlington-Jackey M. Bradley, Ch;arles ''aylor.I Santee-Wm. J. Jacksoo, Jou. R. Picket. MISSIONS. Manchester-To be supplied. Congaree--Sam'l. Townsend, John C. McDanirl. I Wateree-James W. Wellborn, William Smith. Pedee-ro be supplied WILMINGTON DISTRIGT. WHITEFOORD SMITH. P. E. Wilmington-Wim. Martin. Smithlille-David-W. Seale, Stephen 11. Miller. nwawyboro'-Hugh E. Ogborn, Thomas V. Farrow. Bladen-Sampson D. Laney, II. A. Bass. Georgetown-Win Crook. Black River-James H. Chaidler, Abra ham P. Avant. .Marion-Colin' Murchison, Wm.-C. Pat- I terson. MISSIONS. Santee-Cornelius McLeod. William 11. Flemming. Black River and ee Dee-C. S. Walker. Waccamaw Crek-Jno. A. M innick, Wm. Carsou. Sampit-Stafford P. Taylor. Cape Fear-Morgan C. rTorretitne. CHERAW DISTRICT. JAIES STACY. P. E. Cheraw-Albert M. Shipp. FayeUrville-Henry Ii. Durant. Rockingham-M'ichael Ribbins, Robert .1. Linehiuse. Chesterfeld-J oo. Watts. Wadesboro'-Samuel Leard, Wm..Bar rmnger. Conord-J no. 1. Zitmmerman. Dan'\. M. Donald. .'entre-John McMackin. Mongomery-Newton Goudelock, Sacnh L. Shufurd. Deep River-Manasseh M. Michan, Robi. 8 Ledbetter. Camberand-Joseph Pai-rLr. Pleasant Groe-Edward S. King. LINCOLNTON DISTRICT. WHATCUAT A. GA5IEWELkL, P. E. Charlotte Station-Thos. S. Dnniel. Chariotte Circuit-Lewis Scarborough. Lincolnton-Alfred H. Richardson, So6. W. Daves. Yorkille-Marcus A. McKibben. iSpartanbarg--loiOd En.glish, W. M. Ler. futherfordlon-Wrm. A. McSwain. Shelby--m. M Kerr. Catatba-Miles Pucket. Morganton-Thos. W Postell. I Lenoir-Simpson Jones. M EXICO. Mexico has again heen ihe seat of an other revolution-bloodless. however. Santa Anna had been proclaimed D~icia tor, and all seemed togo on well, bul a bout 'midday the troops barracked in the Accordiada Saint Francie, and the citadel Ipronountcedl against Santa Annta and Canalizo. At the head of the movemne- I w ias General Doni Jose J. Herera., Presi dent of the Council, who addressed a proclamation to the tity. calling on it to - sustaiin him The whole Congress immediately threw itself tntu the arms or Herrera. whoti itm mediately took possession of the Naional palace without bloodshed. The Congress conitinaued its sessions permanent.-Thte Ex Mintister, fled. Can abizo is itt ;rres' at htis own house. An attempt was made to destroy the statue of Santa Anna in the vestibule of the Th'eatre, and the people wished td break the bronze one in the market place. but were prevented by the authorities. On the next night General- Herrera had it pri rvately removed. The new authorities maintained plerfect quiet. The Chambers were occupied in devi sing means toi remedy the itnealculatble-in jury t he country has suffered.. The principle town., and, indeed all the country, have pronounced againtte Santa Anna, who, tithb a small force, was att Queresaro. Santa Anna has but little chance of overcomitng thtis movement, and tt was uncertain whether he would at'empt to -escape or deliver himselfup. :fa hase that he is taken prisoner; the people will probably demand his executlion. as they deem his liberty dangerous. to the public hatety. . .* - At -the lattst days from Vera Cruz(Dec. 12th) affairs stood .thus: The Detpartmients of Sonora. Sinaloa, Jalisco. Z acatecas and *Agutaseabentes wvere tn a stale of revolutions and in mii tary possession of Gen Paredes. -Gpn Santa Anna (with Coriazar) had military possession of the departments Guantijuato and Qiteretaro. Santa Annas Preasidet ad inleinm. Canalizo, and his Ministers weie itmpris oned in Mexico, Congress had re assem bled, and a temporary constitutional Gov erment was installed there composed as follows, viz: '? General Jose Joaquim de Herrera. Pres ident. of -the Council of Goverutnent, charged tempgrarily with the supreme ex ecutive authority. D Luis Cournea Cnevos, Minister of Foreign Relations. State and Police. D. Mariano Rtva Palacios. Minister of Justice, Public Itistruction and Industry. .ID. Pedso J. RCcheverria, Minister of Fi tance. D. Pedro Garcia Cotnde, Minister of War. nAfnd it was already known that the De parihbnia of Puobla and of Vera Cruz ha (laied- theirarhminn to the nrovis sional Goveinment, and there is no doubt: that most of the other Departments will also support the ;ongress. Meanwhile Santa Anna is constitutional President of the Republic, but unconsti tttiu* nally in command of the troops etn ployed a.gninst Pareles. The new Min ister of War has ordered him to give up his command. Reports were current at Vera Cruz that a part of his troops had proelaimed him Dictator, that another part tual declared against him; bu' upon this point no 'nfor mation in authentic form had reached the public ear. If any ,ufficient portion of troops ad heres to him, to enable him to continue the war, still he is surrounded by dillicul ties, being in the very heart A til:e republic with Jalisco and its coueurrent depart ments to the Pacific against him oat the one hand and Mexico with its coucurrent de pariments to the Golf against him. He may recover himself by some new turn in the wheel of Fortune, and resumo his place as the constitutional President prorielario of the Republic, hut this is hat dly probable, as the pnblic setisiment is almost unanimous against him, in nearly all tho departments. It seems more likely that he will have to yield to the storm, and if not deprived of his life, he may escape to the United States by a sudden narch on Ttampico. or to South Amterica by way of the Pacific. A letter was received in New York by the Eugeia stating that Santa Anna has 16.OO Irnoops at his command; and Paredes but 1500 that are to he relied on, and that Satia Alina. at the end -of thirty days. %- ill be fully re instated. There is also a letter from 'Mr. Rejon m reply to Gov. Shan unit; that will, it is said, canse considerable talk Its conwtens are now being trans lated. From the Cheraw Ga:ettc. COT TON. Every thing connected with the subject of the rise ir fa-ll in the price of Cotton is at this moment of great :nd peculiar inter est. Tie illowing letter is from a highly esteemed correspondent. but having been received just on the eve) of our departure friom homie w.- lay it before our readers without rootment. The receipts of Cotion in the shipping ports, up to nur laesu datcs, was 795.2-22 bales. against 703.915 to the same period IHst year. M:iking an increase or91 307 bales in ie receipts of the present year over the last. M y Dent Sir: My object in writing you a few words now, h:i-. t to respect fully dir-et your atention. ;iil that of your readers, to the ubject ol Colton. antI I dr-p a very tiv hints with the hope that somen her nore comtpe.tent :lan myself. May investigate the subject more fully, and give the 'result to the public. First. then. permit tme to direct ynur at. tentlon to tthe tailes itt the Charleston Courier, from which you will learn that the receipts at the different ports in the U. States up to this time, do not after all the noise ahut a large cr)op, greatly exceed those 41f last seuison-afu,-r balancing the stock on hand 1st Sep:. '43 and Ist Sept. '44, the excess beintg greatly in favor of the seasout Ar '43 atd having or course to he subs:racted from the difference in re ceipts. Secondly, to the fart. that planters inis year nave rushed their Cotton upon the marhset more precipitately than ever he -;t -and when thuis is contsidlered. in con nectiont with the fac't chat pickitng cotmnen cedl at least a month earlier thtan usual. anud the seatson throughout beitng fine, the crop was gathered much eaurlier thanm ever tbe fore, it mtay account for the excess that now gluts afi thte markets, foreign and domendCit-, Thirdly,. as a mat ter of course, thiere is tnot at great deal more Ctninthe no coun try, 'tm of 'he seaports, say probabily less ultan otne-fourtb of the crop... Fourthly, that the stock in Liverpool, altogh latrge, does nt grealig exceed the stock at the corresponding period losm year. And Fifithly, That the price now isjust one honndred per centt. lower than that of lust year. Fromu all these importatnteonsiderationts, I shoutld unhesitatingly, advise every otne that canint the up-coutnrya.panters antd tmerchtants, to "hl on" a while, the price most, under any clienstances, soor get better, anid if all would pursue tbis co)urae, the improvement might be considerable. Non, I am not one of those, who are always ptredicting het-ter priceh, and hold ng on. wviutt condescendhing t, give iea sis. My reasons, are hinted .a bove, in part. anud many othier simtilar considera-. tiotns mighb tte added. stichtas a high rate of exchange between this country and Entglaend, ittehnding a large .trade and re quiring cotton or specie to go forward freely, a htetahby and ex'ensive trade in Europe ;ind th~is rounutry, especially in. Cotton goods, and lass, thouught not least important of'all. -plenty or' money, at low .rates of interest to facilliate any speculamions that such a state o.f thinags might excite. if any of the above hints with any thing else thtei may ocetur to you, should induce you tm write aou edit.'rial upon thai stubject, 1 shall be obliged. Oilher papers might eithter copy, or imitate the article, and catusestpeculation 10 'printg up, or Cotton holders to relieve the present glutted mat ket -by either withdrawing or withholding their stock for ihe present.. I acknowedget I am interested in givinig these viewasbut I submit to your better judgment, if there -is ntot foiee in them. Dist-ressing and Fatal Occurrence. Yesterdly afternoon, Metween,. two and three o'clock, an Omnibus, with four htor ses, returi'ng A'om the Rail Road Depot. in abtruptly turning the corner of Society and King ats., came in contaet wvith Albert Wson of J. B. Duval, Tinner. an intel ligent and..promnising child, .aged about 6 years-the leading horses knocking hira down, and the wheels of the heavy vehi cle itself passing over thte'headof the child crushing and mangling it int a mnost hors. rible manner. Life wag extinct int'a few moments after the occurrence.- Chailes ton Conrier.. EDGEFIELD C. ti - W.EDNIESDAY. JANUARY 15. 1845. Ve will cling to the Pillars of the Terpleeof our Libertes.andtfit mustfallwwe will Peris amidsithe Ruins."! 97T Mr. B~iaxmx F. CoJtLEY is dul) an thouized to collect Notes and Accounts due this ofire, in this and the adjominig Districts. We hope our friends will avail themselves of so livorable an opportunity for liquidating their, respective amounts. Acts of the Legislature.-In our last we pub lished several acts passed by the- Legislature, at its recent session. We have continued the publication in this number. We will spread 1,efore our readers, all the acts of the least i. pottance passed by the Assembly This we do without fee or any other rewaid. but an. ap proving conscience. Some years since, we said sumt-thing about the. propriety of comr pensation being givet to a he-e era of the State. for the publication of the Legislat1iveen actuients But our suggestion was not heeded and it is still at the discretion of publishers of newspapers in South. Carolina, whether they ever spread before a vast majority of the peo. ple, the cts passed by their Representatives. Comparatively very few . persons 'now ever read the Acts of Assembly, -as they are pub lished in a small numiber of papers. The ar gaments which we advanced some years since, in favor of publishing the Acts in all the pa. pers in the State. we will not reiterate. They musr be obvious to all. As th e case now stands, the people- must necessarily be ignor an-t.of many laws which they are bound to obey under a heavy pe ally. It is for our Legislature to apply the remedy. South Carolina College.-The Trustees of this Institution have postponed tfe election of- a Proliessor to the chair of Greek Literature, until next fall. Illinois -James Semple, Democrat, is elec. ted a Sgntor of the United States. by the Le gislatume of Ilinois, in the place of Sainuel M3efgberts, deceased. Korth Carolina.--The Hon. Won. A. Gra. hmn was inaugurated Governor of North Car olinia, on the first instant. Maryland.-Colouel Pratt was inaugurated Governo; of that State. on the first instant. John A. Stnarr, Eti., has retired hlom the editorial control of the Charleston Mercury, thongh lie remains as publisher. It will bere-. ater be condueted by J. i. Clapp, who has been assistanst editor for some time past. New York.-The flon. Silas Wright has beetn inaugurated Governor of New York. Treasury Notes.-'he amount of Treasury no tee ouIMtanding on the Girst instant, is one maillion eighit hunadred and ninety-two thousand sixty four dollars and seventeen cents. - Mr. Ceashing our Minister to China, having 'succeeded in negotiating a tiesty with the Chinese Government; has returned to the Uni ted States A Post Office has been established at Coo sawvhatchie. in this State, and P. J. Besselen, Esq , appointed Post Muster. We have received the first number of the "Columbis Daily Commercial Herald," pub lishmed biy I. C. hiorgan, at Columbia, S. C. The typographical appearance of the paper is very nem't. It will 'be neutral in politics. and wvill be strictly a journal of news. Mir. blor gain has for some years, been known to the public as the publisher of the Temperance Ad. vbcate. We subjoin the inaugural of the ed tor. To the Merchans and L itizensagenerall of Columb i a. The Subscriber, entertaining the belief that a daily newspaper will be be useful to the eit izens of Columbia. since the - recent mail' ar rangement, to convey via.- Columbia the 'great Southern Mail, has issued this sheet, ab asape cimene of a -Dailiy Paper, iunader the, cognomen of'. The C'olumbia Daily Commaercial Herald." It will matintain a nentral ground in polities,. anid its principal aim will be to distribute-im portant news, of every descriptioni, li-otn all quairters of the globe. It will bet-devoted to the ierests of the Town and State, and iden tu'ed altogether with Southern principles. Every transaction -'which may take place, in which.the readers of the -Herald may be par ticuilarly or aemotely interested, will be faith fully chromecled, whether of Politics, Com. mterce Agriculture, or Poreign or Domestic Intelligence. Partictular attention will be given to the slate of the markets, the cusrent value of Bank Notes, thfe -ires o'Bnk1ock itud Bills of Exchange. nib well as all other matters of in terest to. the commercial ,portion of the comn mumisty. - Such a paper,Jt no doubt will be e~enceded, is needed in Columbiagand wilh p rove valua ble in distributing commercial and other ,news, which; by the -present mail.:arrangemesnt,will be received over niglmr,..and: distributed early every morning. . . The subscription praice oft the Herald will be Fifty Cents per .month, payable at the expira tion uf eacht month. Tis arrsmet. will enable thet Publisher to bear the expbnhe of the .publication, without involving himself.ia a pe cuntary poinit of view. Itiagresumed thatn2o one, who may wish to patrsu easa paper - in Columbia, will object to .this plan, or cona sider thechargesteo hig'h. - The object being oe to' .ascertain whether the citizesmwill encourage the estahbbshment of a cheap Daily Paper in the town, merchants and others who are disposed to further the en terprise, by subscription or advertisiingpatron age, will pleasensuignify-thgir intention to the Publisher, without'further solicitation The.Daily Herald wili tisent to-unbscribprs not residents o( tbh' Town, athe ratee7 6 per annum, pyable half yeay in advance.~ I..C MORQA.f