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MISCELLANEOUS. From the Louisville Journal. THE SOUTHERN-METHODIST EPISCOPAL CONVENTION. TWELFTU DAY, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15. The convention met pursuant to ad joutr.sem, Bishop-Sonle in the chair. The Resolution of Dr. Smith was taken up;for furrer-consideratien, and supported i-n peeches 'by Mr. Pi te, of Tenn.; Mr. Cranch, of Ky., and several others. The resolution was finally passed. It is as foil : Re the Delegates of the several Annua C erences in the South and Southwe rn States, in the General Con ,ention assembled, That we cannot sauc tion the action of the late. general confer ence of the Methodist Episcopal Ohurch, on the subject of slavery, by remaining under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of this body, without deep and lasting injury to the interests of the church and the cont try ; we, therefore. hereby instruct the committee on organization rhat-if,-upon a careful examination of the whole subject they fnd -that there is no reasonable-ground to hope -that the Northern majority will recede from their position and give -some safe guaranty for the future security of our civil and ecclesiastical rights, -that they report in favor of a separation from the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the said geu eral conference. On the passage of the resohrtion, Bishop Soule observed that the vote was very remarkable for its unanimity. Methodist Con'ention.-In rhe -South ern Methodist Episcopal Convention at Louisvile, on Thursday las', Dr. Bascom, chairman of the committee on a separate organization, made his report on ,that subject. The report, which -occupied nearly two hours in the delivery of-rt, iis said to be a document of extraordinary ability. It concludes by recomnrenaing a distinct and separate organizatit, unter the title of "The Methodist 'Episcopal Church of the South." No action -was hdldon the report. 'FZnsT , May 16. The entvention-met pursuant to adjourn ment, Bjsbop-Soule-in the-chair. On motion of Mr. Bryant, the conven tion resolved itself into a committee of the whole for the purpose of resuming the unfinished business of yesterday, Rev. J. James in the chair. Aftter considering the report on Missions, particularly the locution of the Parent Mission, a large number of cities being named and their claims advocated, the vote was finally demanded. The first place nominated was Peters burg- The question to make that place the l1arent Missionary Station being put, only 18 rose in its favor. Louisville was next in order. For making this city the Parent Station, a large majority of the convention arose. The chair announced the vote to be in favor of constituting Louisville the Parent Station of Missions. Thespbints for two AsasiantTreasurers were then decided to be Charleston and New Orleans. The report was read as amended in committee of the whole. adopted, and on motion the committee rose and reported the same to the convention. Bistop Soule in the chair. On motion by Mr. Lee, thte report was laid on the table until the re port on organization shall have been dis posed of. SATRaDaY. May 17, 1845. Dr. Early moved to take up the report otn the organization. Agreed. The first resolution, whbich is in the fbI Slowing words. was thten considered;t Be it resolved, by the delegates of the several annual cou~erences of the Metbo dist Episcopal Church, in the slave hold ing States in general convent on assem bled, That it is right, expedient arnd tne cessary, to erect the atttual conferences represented itn this convention, into a dis tnct ecclesiastical connexion, separate from the jurisdiction of the general con ference of the Met hodist E pisco pal Chzurch as at present constituted; atnd, according lv, we, the delegates of'said atinal con ;ferentce, acting under the provisional plan of separation adoptetd by the general con ference of 1814,'do solemnly declare the jurisdiction hitherto exercised over said anntual conferences, by thte general confer ences of the Methodist Episcopal Church, entirely dissolt-ed; and they hereby are constitrd a separate ecclestasttcal con nexion, under the provisional plan of sep aration aforesaid, atid baced upon the disciple of the Methodist Episcopal Church, comnprehending te-dectriues-qad entire moral, ecclesiastical andeconrunical rules and -regulations of said .discipline, except onhy.iin -so'far as verbal alterations may be .tecessacy .to a distinct organiza tion, -snti to lbe known by the ttyle atnd title -crf-the ~Methodist Episcopal -Church .South. -Ott the question of adoption the ayes and noes wtere demianded- Decided in the atlirmative. The second resolution, as follows, was then considered : Resolved, That while we cannot abatt donqar compromise the principles of action upon which we proceed to a sepurate orgamizattioP ini dhe Soutb, nevertheless, cherishing a sincere desire to tmaintain christian union and .fraternal intercourse with the Church North, we shall always be ready, kindly and respectfully to enter tain, and duly -and carefully consider any propostion or plan, havin~g .for its object, the utiton of the two-great bodies, in the North and South, w~het her such .proposed unin be jurisdiciOntal or connexional. The yeas and nays were demanded on the adoption of' the resolution,.and decided in the affirmative Mr. Early .presented a -further report fr.om the committee on organlization, whicht is as follows: Resolved, That this Convention request the iBisbops presiding at the ensuing see Bitins of .the border conferences of the Methodist SEpiicopal Church, South, .to *incorporate .into the aforesaid conferences .anty soeleties-or stations~adjoining the line 4f division, prsosided such .societies or stations by a majoity of the members separation as adopted by the late general I conference, request such an arrangement. Resolved. That article second of third section, chapter first of the book of disci pline, be so altered and amended as to read as follows: The general conference shall meet on the first .day of May, in the year of our Lord 1846, in the town of .Petersburg, Virginia, and thenceforward in the-mouth of April or May, once in four years suc cessively, and in such place and on -such day as shall be fixed on by the preceding general conference, &c. Resolved further. That the first -answer in the same chapter he altered by-striking out the tweatgs one ar.d inserting fourteen. They were all adopted unanimously. The report prescribing rules for tbe -management and support of missions, and making Louisville the central station, was than adopted. ATaseROt 8.astjor'. -Con'ention nt-co,mmittee on finance reported that the pay of Bishops Soule and Andrew*jbe divided equally among the fifteen southern cotiferences. -Couven sion concurred. Rev. George F. Pierce, in ehalf afathe committee on education, made a report on durt subject, which gave a very satisfac story exhibit of the collegea;and academies of the south and west, under ,charge of ite Mlethodist Episcopal Church. .in 4onnexiouswith;this subject..was anioffer on the part of the trustees of Transylvania University to place it under the control of -the Methodist Episcopal iChurebi.South, which. at the suggestion of Dr. Bascom, ,was recommitted to thesatne committee. T.he report was accepted. 'Rev. Mr. Green. of theiTennesseecon 'frence, from the committee on .the book .concern, made a report on that subject. The report recommends to the couven ;tion to defer the locationldf a book cou 'cern'for the preser.t, that two agents le tem-ployed to oollect- subscriptions, &c., ,toward building of a book concern, stibject to the action of the next annual confer ence. lit was also, resolved to recommend tha 'Charleston, Richmond and Nashville Ad locates to the support of the church. It was also resolved to support in the interim, tim hook concerns of Cincinnati and New York. And then the convention adjourned to Mlonday morning, half past 8 o'clock. Thi Southern Methodist Episcopal Con vention.-This Convention, which had been in session in Louisville, Kentucky, sixteen days, adjourned sine die on the 19th inst. Resolutions were adopted pro vious to adjournment, appointing a 6m-. mittee to prepare,and publish a -history of the whole controversy w hich has caused the present division.- Letters were ad dressed to Bishops Soule; and Andrews, requesting them to unite with and become regular Constitutional Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, ac cording to the plan of separation. Bishop Soule tepliel that he felt himself bound to carry nutitheoollicial ,plan of Episcopal invitation. as agreed upon by the Bishop, in New York, untilathe meeting of the Southern Gener.l Conference, whcu- he would hold himself in readiness to accept their call. Bishop Andrew accepted the invitition at once, pledging himself, in Iumble dependence,;upon Divine grace, to use his best efforts to promote the cause of God, in the interesting and extensive field of labor assigned him. The reinainder of the session was occu pied in passing ihe usual resoluitiotns of thanks to the citizens of Louisville, n ith the exception) of passing a resolution allowing other Conferetnces to join the Southern Church by seniding delegates to the General Cotnvention which will meet in 18SA6.-Balt. Sun. T he Methodist E piscopal Conve,ton. The Sotunthern Methodist Episcopal Cotn vention at Louisville adjourned sine die on Monday last. Before the adjournment the report from the Committee providing for a separate organizatio:m previously adopt ed in parts, was taken up as a whole, and atdopted with but two dissenting votes. -Bishops Soule -and Andrew were, by a unanimous vnte, requested to-unite with and become -regular and 'constitutional bishtops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, uipon the-basis-of -the plan of separation adopted by the late General Conference. Tlo this resolution the Bish op's responded, notifying the Convention of their acceptance.Patritt. Gent. Jackson.-We are deeply pained. to learn, that -General Jackson has been attacked-bhy-dropsy. And he himself says, in -writing to a friend in this city, on the third-of May, "I am a 'blubber of water from-the-toes to the o.rown-of my head." ,From his occusional extremessufferings and debility, produeed by hemorrhage, we had feared that this alone would have occasion ,ed his -death, but, like the -man himself, even disease has taken an -extraordinary turn. His mind, however--is clear and un clouded,; and having "filled the measure of his country's glory," and inscribed his name otn the loftiest summit of renown, he is preptaredand willing to dispossess him self of ihe.honors of the earth, to inherit a neverfading.orown of glory in the skies. -U. S. Journal. (Q*We do not believo that the empiloy ment, in the public otfice, of mnen who have serued an apprenticeship to mechanical pursuits, has ever proved injurious to good government, provided they were honest and competent. Among the clerks in the Departments wecanpoint out mechanics from almost every branch of industry, and can designate more than twent~y :printers, wvho in many cases, are cqual, if-pot .u perior, to others ~who had tbe advantage of collegiate tuition. Let but encourage ment be givenmto the working youthof our .country, and djiuse amnong thsem knowl edge, snd it will not be long before,.in stead of .looking to preferment as san espe cial favor,.they will demand it as a due of politic'al equality. .Men were not b~orn to office, and it does .not .follovw, because a grandfather has grown grey .iu~place, his entire descendants should followv in his footsteps.-U. S. Journal. A proud look makes foul work in the finest To -rus FRIENDs OF TEMPrEaAC IN THE STATE OF Soc-r CiRotuIA. In pursuance of a vote of the State So. ciety. at its annual meeting in 'November last, fixing its assemblage!in Convention, during the approaching summer, at Pen dleton, the Executive Committee, this dlay, fixed the Wednesday after the first Monday -in August, the sixth day of the month, at 10 A. M., as the time of meet ing. [.therefore most ear equest, that the different Temperance Societies in the State, will, at their earl conyenience, meet and appoint delegWi io attend the said Convention. Each Society of and under 100 members will be entitled to .two delegates.: andSocieties above that num her, will be entitled to one .delegate for every additional hundred members. In selecting delegates. it is hoped that the President of each Society t-ill always be one delegate; and -it -is -especially desired, that every delegate appointed should at tend. The District Societies are each to be-represented by t.we delegates. All the oficers of the .State Society, inluding the Fxecutive-Cao mit tee, are ex-officio metm bers, and ae .earnestly requested to attend. This maeeting itis believed i's an itnpor tant.one, in every respect, We ourselves, ueed frequent itechanges of opinion, and good oflices to keep up that union in our ranks, which has -hitherto carried us thro' all ditiiculties. That there should be di ferencesof opinion amongst us as to the most efficient modes of act'oti, is to be ex pected: and perhaps it is best that it should be so. As long as the3 are kept within proper bounds, they may answer the val uable purpose of compelling each to ex amine more carefully the positions which he maintains. But the instant that any portion of the Temperance army sets-up their peculiar views as the Procrustean measure, to which all others shall con form, the unity of our ranks will -be.de stroyed, and we shall either prey upon one another, or be preyed upon by our enemies. In one thiig we can bo united,-ihe promo tion of Temperance by such means as to each of us may seem "est. Let therefore "Temperance" alone be our watch-%%ord ind hattle-cry. Between this, and our assembly. more than two months will intervene. Time is therefore ample to accomplish a great :deal. During the witter and spring months. Charleston and Columbia have been stead ily engaged in bearing down .upon the ranks of drunkenness. They have been coot inually cheered by the conquests which they have won. .in the country little was expected to be dune during the same sea son. But now, assummernd.leisure ap proach, friends and fellow"laborers of the country Districts of South Carolina, arouse yourselves, and, like the noble and true hearted sons of Laurens District dedicate yoursel.ves afresh to the work. A e them, let Temperance the proclaimed in every neighborhood: and then city, towns and country, together bring your trophies.to. the moetir.g at Pendleton, and there.tell us how many thousands -have been won for, and united to, the Temperance army, du rimg the past year. Each Society will be expected to send up an.accurate statement df itsmemtiers. Ilistiaguishing between male and female members. To our friends out of the State, I am au thorized to say. we would gladly be visi red by them. Delegates from the Geor gia.and North Carolina State Societies -ill be received wit ine;prnssible delight. The interchange between us itt that way, wtould be at tnce commenced by -setditng delegates on our part, to the-Georgia State Convention, were it not for the fact, that that body assemibles before our Convention can meet. Prcsdent J. B. O'NEA LL. Peietof the State Temnperancc Society. Ma~y24th, 1845. WVe untderstand that in the case of lien ry Shultz. et, all., v-s. Batnk State of Ga., et, al.,the p)reparatory steps to reinstatte the cause in the U S. District Court fum Georgie htave only been taken, and not bcen effected, as was ertroneously stated a few day's since-a hill for that purpose alone having been filed.-Courier. 'I he General Assemb~ly of the Presbyte r-ian Church at Cincinnati.-ltn the Cincin nati Ga::ctie of the 22nd inst., we have the action of this body on the question of slavery. They have-acted with a discre tion and moderation we were not prepared for. Thtey havo saved that Church front disunioii, and it may, have stayed the progress of contention among Chbristians. - Cousrier. Jeferson's Opinion--Iu his first annual message to-Conigress the illustrious Jeffer son took -decided ground agaitnst the doctrines now contended for by the "' Na - tives," -in regard to foreigners. Hlere 'is the extract: "I cannot omit recommnending a revisal of the laws on the subject of naturalizat tion. Considering -the ordinary chances of human life, a denial of-citizenship under a-residence of fourteen years is a denuial to.a~great proportion of those who.ask it, and -controls a policy pursued from their first settlemnent by many of these Status, and still believed of consequence to':their prosperity. Attd shall wve refuse~ the unhappy fugitives -from distress that hos pitality which the savages of the wilder ness extended to ouir 'fathers arriving in this land? Shall oppressed .bumatnity -find no asylum on the-globe ?'' The Green Mountains of Vermont are, according to te Vergennes paper, pretty extensively on fire, and -had on the 14th instant been burning for *more than a week. The Essex Mountain presented the appearance across the Lake of a solid columnof flame and smoke, and-the smoke and cintders filled the atmosphere for miles around- The .loss of-property had been very considerable, and was likely to ie much greater.--Courter. Professor Reynolds, of the Furman Institute, of South Casrolina,.and a gen tleman of distinguished ability, has been elected by the Board ~of Truereess to-the .Professorship of Theology -in .the hlercer -University, (Geo.) atndi-will, it is under stood, accept the .appointmenta.Courier. A hog that is bemircd, is never.easy till he has benured othere. FOREIGN NEWS. From the N. O. Picayune, May 24th. LATER FROM MEXICO. The U. S. brig Somers, Commander Gerry, arrived at Pensacola ons Monday night last, in seven days from Vera Cruz. A gentleman who has laid us under many obligations heretofore. has furnished us with an authentic abstract of the Mexican news up to the 10th inst. It will be seen that the intelligence,-that Capt. Elliott, the British Charge to Texas (who left Galveston some weeks ago as- he said for Charleston,) had it, fact gone secretly to Mexico-is confirmed. it will be seen also that our statement that the Texan Government had sent secret agents along with Capt. Elliot, to barter .thA Texan people for a valueless recognitien of inde pendence by Mexico, is also confirmed ; and that the account we published of Senor Canada's mission .to the United States was likewise correct. We make a iteral transcript-ion of such portions of the abstract furnished us, as may interest the public-assuring our readers that the most itplicit rebsance may be placed upon it : 'The bill allowing the Miuistor of For eign Alairs the power to negotiate a Treaty with Texas for her Independence. with the proviso that she shall not be an nexed to ;he Jinited States, passed the Mexican louse of Representatives on the 3d .inst.. by a vote of 41 for, to 13 against it,. after a stormy debate of three days. 1t was immediately sent to .the Senate, where it was believed it would he concur red in unanimously. A report to that effect reached Vera Cruz some days before I sailed, but the last snail, of -the .16th, brought no confirmatinn.of it. -Capt. Elliot, English Charge to Texas, had been in the city of -Meieco, several weeks, accompanied by a Mr. Smith, secret Agent firon the Government of Texas. They arrived from Galveoton on the 11th of April, in the British frigate Eurydice. lie had returned to Vera Cruz, und was waiting the action of the Senate upon this bill when I sailed. When the result was known, lie would return to Galveston witb it, in the same vessel. "Upon the 2nd of this tnonth Senor Canedo, formerly member of the Mexican Congress, took passage from. Vera Crsz in t.se American harque Euges:ie, liar New Ynra., upon a diplomatic mission from the Government of Mexico to that of the U. States; but his departure was not known until it was announced iu the morning newspa.pers of .the 10th inst." We proceed to snake further levies upon the abstract before us, and files of papers with which we have been furnished from the same source, in relation to the general news in Mexico. We are informed that Mexico is in a most distracted and unsettled condition. The.States of Tobaco and Puebla had already declared .in -fa-vnr of the .Federal Constitution, and a general meeting had been held in Vera Cruz a few days before the departure of the Somers, for that pur pose; but immediate active measures were suspeiiled at the request of the Gover nor, who appears to be popular with .all parties. Several arrests of military men, charged with revolutionary designs. had been made in different parts of the Republic, and its one instance a quanfity of arms ha-ve been taken. fromsn them. It-is thsought bsy a great many that the present Gov'er~nment catnnot salsains -itself much longer, and the idea of its declaring war agatnst the -Utnited States tteen ahtan doned by all sensible tmen-. Congress. to be sutre. hsas pas~ed a hsill to raise $3,000. 000. to prepare =for a w ar about to take place ; but we are informed that 'he opain tots is pretty general that thse .monsey canhnot be obtained, and that it was nrs designed for that paurpose. as they would not v'en'ure, tinder existing circutances, toi collect together any conasiderabsle niusm tber sof troops.. The present army of Mexico is said to consist of 21,000 saflicers and less than 20, 000 mren ! Sanita Antia tas still cotsfinied in the castle of Perote, bust no dousbt was enter toinedi that he would soon bem liberated, if he was ntot already free to depart at plea sure. The imspressions that lie ni ill again be reinstated in power is beoning tso be genserally sustainsed, and mnatny thsink that this will take place before thes expirations of six msosmihs. Trhe statement before us actounts for the msysterioaus aippearanee of~ thse Relamn pagos in our waters-as we supposse this is the vessel alluded to in the -folltowing extract : "Whets thse Eniglishi merchaints at Vera Cruz heard of Senor Caneslo's departure, they chtartered a schooner for New O.r heanis, which sailed mis the 10th inst. Tho followina evening we carme up with and passed. absout 3 o'clock, a vessel very miuct like -her, st;.tnditng upomn the satne coturse with us." Its regard to-the American squmadron at Vera Cruiz, we-have the ,followinig itsfor mation: *-rThe arrival of our squadrons at Vera 'Cruz created a great excitemnent, and also in the city osf Mexico, where st was repro sented to consist -of t wensty oine sail oh mren of wvar! Th'le unexpected presence of ths rquadron-had, -no doub ht, a salutary influ enice and possibly might have caused the mnissions, s's privately detertinsed upon, to the Unitedl States."' Fromt the N. 0. Jeffersonian. By yesterdlay's mail we received au thentic intelligesace front Vera Cruz, via Pensacnla, of a date as late sas the verbal news brought by the Relamtpatgo, fusrsish iug us with sotne .interestinsg atsd impor tant particulars in addition tos shat were obtaitned by that vessel. Our adlviecs from the Mexicasn capital are to the 3rdJ instant, somse days later than previrtnsly received by any but our-selves, and to Vera Cruz to the 8th. Th'le slatemnent we made upons the arrival of the Relampagos, that the M'uexieun Cotngress.had passed an act for the recognition of the indtepiendetnce of Texas, on condition thast the latter should reject our propossitiosn fsir anneXa lion, needed tnt the contirmation, it now receives. The bill passed the Hoisuse oh Representatives by a majority of 28. - nv~ini ees immerdiate transmitfd tc the Senate and promptly sanctioned by that body, it received the signature df he President, and became a lan. Despatch es, communicating this important move ment, were at once sent oil' to Texas- and the United States. From the N. 0. Picayune. May 25. LATER FROM TEXAS. The steamship New York, Captaiu % right, airived in our port last evening, in 33 hours from Galveston. She brought over sixty passengers, amongst whom were Gen. Sam. Houston, ex President of Texas, and lamily, who, it is said, are en route for the lermuage. The United btates squadron, under the command of Commodore K. F. Stockton, consisting of the steam frigate Princeton, Lieut. Com'g. E. R. Thompson. ship St. dlary's, Capt. Saunders. ship Saratoga, Cap t. Shubrick, and brig Purpose, Licut. Gom'di. W. E. liunt, have arrived and anchored oil Galveston. '1'The'rinceton, St. 31ary's and Porpoise arrived on the 12th inst. 15 days from Ilampton Roans. The Saratoga got in three days alier. The entire squadron made the passage by the -Hole tn the Wall" and Providence Charuel to the Gulf, and has made what is considered a very quick trip for this season of the year. There nut being a sufficient depth of water on the bar off Galveston harbor to admit the passage of the larger vessels, Commodore .Stockton on the 12th stiafted his broad penar.t from the Princeton.to the Porpoise, and .with that vessel crossed the bar-the 'Porpoise dranping .11 feet 9 inch ches, and there being 13 leet water in the channel. The wind being ahead at the tinte, she was-comnpelled to Make a "dead heat" up to the anchorage off the city where she is now lying. On her coming to anchor a national salute was fired, which was answered by .the Austi -1'exian sloop in ordinary.. The Porpoise is the largest nan of war, otber than l'exian vessels built expressly for that navigaiou, that has ever entered the harbor of Galveston. Tne Prinieeton, St. Mary's and Saratoga were left at ancnoi outside the bar. The most important intelligence frot] tue Rtepublic is conta.ied in the followig proclamation of 1 resideut Jones, Iruin whict it would seem that the Executive is cuttimg the wisdom teeth at last-ne use the word seem to denote that the doub, itch the previous course of President Jones had created has not been removed from ourtid : nor shuld any one relii ist intoa state of security and conlislence utui * it is finished." By the Pteiident of te Repubiic of Texas. A PRULAMA [ION. Whereas the people ol Texas have evinced a decided tish that prompt ant detinite action should be h.d upon the pro position fur Annexation, recently submutit ted by the Go.vernment of- the United States to -this government, and that' a Convention should be assembled for '.his purpose ; and W hereas it is competent for the people alone to decide finally upon the proptisi lion for Anuexatun,uJ " by drpuncs-u Cuuvention assemtbled," to adopt a Con stituiun with a view to the admission ol Texas as one of tu .Sta.es of the Ameri cau Uniou; and W Iereas no authority is given by the Constitutton of this Republic, to any branch of the Government, to call a Con ventiun and to change the organic lan, this heinig a right reserved to th~e peole themselves, and whtch they alone can ptropterly exercise. T1herefore be ii .known, that I, Anson Jouts, Presideint of the Rtepubite of 'Texas, deeirons of givinig dir.etion and elict to tie public n1ill, already sa' tulty expressed, do reco. tniend to tac citizetis of Te1xas, that an elecuon for "Deputies to a Con ventioun be held in the ditlerent cou.nties of the Repuiule, on Wednesday, the fourth day ol June next, upon1 the follow ing ais, viz. Eacht county in the .Re p~ubbic to elect one Deputy, irrespective oh the numiber oh vuits it contained at .tne last annual electiotns. Each county votogi at inat time tbrr~e hundred, an~d less tan six hundred to elect two Deputies. Eaclh county v'otitng at that time six hundred, and less thain nine hundred 'to elect three Deputes, and each county votiing at thai timie ninie hundred atnd upwar'ds, to elect four Deputies; which IBasts will give to the county of Austin, two; Bastrop, one'; Ilexar, i w.; Brazoria, two; Brazos, one; Bion e, one; Colorado. one; Fayette, two; Fanniun, twt;. Fort Hiend, .one; Goliad, one; Galveston, t wo; Gimzales, oite; Ha'r ris, three; 1harrison, three; Houston, two; Jackson, tine; Jaspe'r, one; Jefferson, one; Lamar, tati; Liberty, two; Matagorda, one; Mo0n'gomier.3, four; Milamt, one; Na cogdochies, ihree; Reni River. three; Ru bertaun, tn o; Rusk, one; Refugio, one; Sahine, one; San Augustine,tno; Shelby, two; San Patricio, one; T1ravis. one; V.ie I oria. one; and W ashintgton, three Diepu ties; and that the said Deputies so elected -do assemble in Gontvention at the city oi Austin, otn tihe "Fourti of July" next, li lie purpose.of conisudering~ the propositior for the atnnexa ion of -Texarto the Unitet Sin es, and ay other propiosition witict may be .tmado.concetning the unationialit: of the lRepublic, and should they4'odge i expedienit anid ptroper to adopt, provisioni ally, a Constitution to be submitted to the people for iheir raisfication, with a vien' to thte admiiission of Texas, as a State, inin te Ameirien Uniont, in accordance witi the terms of the ptroposition for Annexa tion, already subiited to this ,Goveru mnent by that of the United States. An< the entief justices oh the respective coon ties aforesaid will give d.,e notice of tb< said electionts. appoit a presiding office in the several preemtts, who will appoin the judges and clerks of~ said elections, an! htave the same connlucted according .10 ih< Constitutiotn and baws regulating elec tions, anti make due retrns thereof. In testimiony whereof I have caused the 'Great Seal of the republic to be herennti affixed. Done at Washington; thi (- fifth day of May, in the yea y of our Lord otte itousand oigh 'L. S. y hundred and forty five, and a l the inidependence of the Re ) "vti public, the tentht. By~ the President. E BElNEZER~ A LLEN, Attorney General and Acesine Secretary of Stnte. The Fourth of July-e day ..upbt which this Corvention is to assemble, is not one upon which the interests of Amer ica. ought to sulTer, and hence %e'atribute to the President more sincerity in his end -den conversion than ve.sboull otherwise do-but of tbis anon. EDGEFIELD C. H. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1845. "JWe will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of Our Liberties. and if it must fall,tee will per ish amidst the Ruins." The Westhr.-The weather kias quite doo1 for several days past, and we learn from 'our exchanges that frost has fallen in several pla ces. In consequence of the dryness of the eartih, vegetation has notsuffered moch fr'om it. The Court of Equity commenced.its session forthis District, on Monday the 2nd instant, Chancellor David Johnston presiding. We will endeavor in -our net, to ray before our readers an account of the proceeings-of the Mechanic's Washingtonian Society of this place. at its last meeting. ., The Publisher of the Anderson Gazette has again .commenced issuing his pnper. It is to be hoped, that a liberal public will give the Ga zette sufficient patronage to -prevent its sus pension or discontinuance a second iine. Governor Aiken.-The -Governor is suo at tending to the- military .setcptnments, ..which. ae required by law. Governor Hammond's Letters .on Slavery. Many of our renders will remember the able. letters of Governor Hammond on -Slavery, 'onmmon called the' Glascow Letter? -He has Mince written two more on the same subject io Thomas Clarkson, the great -Abolitionist in England,in reply to a pimphlet by -Clarkson, addressed to Governor Hammond. At the earnest solicitation of his friends, Governor H. has consented to the publication of these lei-. tors. Fpiscopal Bishop of Pennstjlvania.-After s considerable number-of iatlottings. the Euisco. pal Convention which assembled at Philadel ,phia,elected the Rov. Dr Alex'r Potter, Bishop of the Diocese of Philadelphia. The Bishop elected is represented as a gentleman in every, respect, worthy to fill .the high station, to which ho-w,-bre catted: According to the late census, the population of the City of Angnsts. Georgia, amounts to seven-thousand five .hundred and eleven pet sons. ReuLen ff. llitn ey.-Reuben M.. Whitney, lone known inthie political world, recently died at Wusihington City. 'Temperance Aldvocate.- Mr. Morgan, the pnhtinher of the Temperance A dvocate, and J. -G. Bon matn. the Editor, have made an arrange. ment by which Mr Bowvman afte~r the 1st of July willbhecome both, publisher and- editor of the paper. This arrangement was submitted to the Executive Committee, and received their unanimous sanction. Mr. Morgan will still :contitnue the Printter, tuoder a contract with Mr. -Bowmant. Dreadful Accident at the Camden Race C'ours.-The Charleston Patriot :of the.31st uIt. says . "Wec learn by a passenger who caine by the WVilmington Boat this timrning, that just as the great mace at Camden was abont to commence, it .was .reported that the Standl, eontaining hundred4 of persons, gave way, crushing several thousands of persons, and kill ing anstantly,as reported,tco Iundred-severely crippling hundreds more. From the confusion and dismay whieb ensnied from this terrible oa lamity, tho hoises were withdrawn and the race postponed."-'. column will be fopnd the Proclamation of An son Jones, President of Texas, recommending a Cotnvention of the people at A&usiin, on the 4th of July, for the .purpose of~conuidering the Annexation of Texas -to the -United States, and any orher proposition which-may 'be made concerninug the- nationality of the republic. The electiont of Depuities to this Convention . will be held the 4th of June. The Cong-ress of Texas will assemble on the 16th of June. ..We - believe that piublic opintion in Texas is deci,' dedly in favor of Annexation, though the pres et'rule-rs of the country are charge'd itid hiostlity to the measure .The charge agains President Jones is, of a very grave character. The people evidently distrust him. It-is be lieved, that lie is onder British and French iu fluence, and. it is alleged that he made. a bold I attempt to thwart the consummation of a unsiop between Texas anid tihe United States,- by sendinig an emissary to Mexico and soliciting an acknowledgement of the independence of Texas, provided Texas should reject. Annex. ation. The Proclamatiion wvhich he "bas put forth convoking a Convention 'of the~ people is thought to be merely a ruse on his part to deceive the people, as to his own echemesandf to retrieve his reputation, which is none o~fihae best. There has been evidently a deep -laid plan on the part of personages high in psstion Sin Texas to prevent annexation.. Towhat er. tent President Jones may beimplIcatedin it, is uncertain. But in spite of' all the efforts of ambitions, selfish politicians in ~ Texau anid - foreign emissaries, wve fli-miy believe, thiat,thme "lones star" will soon be added to the bright anixy of States wvhich comnpos our TUnion.