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Advertisements not having the number of insert ons marked on them, will be continued until ordered out and charged accordingly. Al comaunictions. post paid ill be prompt - lyand strictly attended to. CONJfUNICATION. For the Advertiser, Mr. Ediir-It is with the greatest de gree of pleasure, I observe the preamble h and' articles of the Constitutiton of the h1 Medical Soeiety of Ed-tefield District, n pilllished in your valuable journal. c The gnud which must rebult from such c a Society, if pmrperly conducted, is at Once obvious. unt onl:- to ihe phvician, i but to the non-nedical. A Society. a which has lor its object. tlie stuslaining of i the dignity of the medical profession, and h to engetider a spirit If free and social in tercourse ntnon-g its iembers, and the in imp:-ovemetm of the nedical information h1 of the physician. theleb. opehaiing thro' Limi, to the relief of the various ramiutlica tions of society, is certaittly woiirily of le i ilg supported. Such a Society, Oie i Constitution of which. demwnding the| I tenibers at appointed tinies, ts lay bItefore 'I it written disserationsan verhal-expoii s tionas of-the most inportatni medical sub i jrcts. and..rcports of the cases which imn- q mediately cone n ithin their own ohbser- ii vation and-- treatment in ihe ditferent Io G CJities of-theDistrict, would nidoubtedFy tI tie a d eLrC6~ Q~ecproctl benefav it ete pjVsi1cie I itis case would not onl4'yVer t n pssessio 4 his own experience, but1 ii asS the experience of the Sotiety. Sih 0 a Society would have a tendency toes' n tablish a greater union in outr profssionil than now exists. -c -I am aware that the public are preju- tl diced against this Society; (but those n ho f are so prjndiced. are only a small mi i nlority.) This atrises from their not hai ing a. proper knowledge of the objects of d the Society. For tI I purpose of enliiht- -n ening the iinds of those who may forn I l erroneous notions in relhiion to the -.edI'I a cal Society of Edgefiuld District, I here i u I1n01 e the pr-amble of the Cositititiotin : -- Whereas n e, I purtion of the Ph, si- 1 % cians of Edg-efield Distriet. desirous to tse P our best endeavors to susiniit the dignity I of the medical profession. aid to adopt . such measures as may be best calculated 1 to forward the science, and engender a 'I spirit of free and siociaalintercourse amon ', its members ; and whereas we believe it I to be the dity as well as the interest of I each individual praciitioner, to avail hint- c self of every retisonable source of infor mnation ii the study, as well as the treat nient of diseases, and lsto to collect anid disseiniuate all important facis n hieb IImav - come under his observation, have resolved, I as the best inethod III attainig tliese treat 1 - ends in view, to formt ourselves iitno a' So ciety,: which shatll hte governedt tiy the idr 16ninj;Cutnstitution." The Constitui ion: ihllmws next, to whicht I refe~r the reader.< (Seie 44th nuamer of the Advertise.)- I And after having carefully examitned thme i prearnble attd articles oif the Coinstimion,c if any man sees any thing like extortio, or any thing other than whatt has a tena: dency togpromote nmedicanl science, he can not see af'ar off-he sees wronig--his vism iont is vitiatted. -I It may be ihat some practitioners are eterred fromn joininag this Society, from spsin that by so doitng, it wauld: be prejudicial touthem by abbhreviating their proctice. Trhi6 conaclusiona they aire l-d to, frotm Suipposing their patrons to lbe preju -diced against the Medical Sotciet.. But -now, sitncc the great objects of the Socet ty are exposed to public viewt, no tman, either medical or ton-medical. can see atiy thing in them prejudiciail to tihe p)ub 1ie good; but on -the either hand hightly beneficial woall classes. a To all such as object in this Socie yr be' catise it has for its cardinal aima, time sup port of the honor of the Mledicul:Pror fessionfatid the advancemnen: of muetlica[ seience, ahid mo engender a free atnd mdeil interefourse among its umetmbers. to such we say, -elet hinm alune," -let himn sneak witthe-,ratscah fox, and g'runat with the -Auittiu'-sie." TiVfef~ooks which are in the hands of ~eS~etary, are at all times open fort *snijrihe wvho - immediately tan join niuy'r-enrtited to all thte privileges oliethe origindil members. To such we Lid in dt heata lf hatl.: atlit this time, most respeetflli' suggstl,.members- of the Philos4nhin5 ca.e ptof Edgefield Village, the .pra' prie~o ~ arexing this -Society tb'iie -l'leseu Scity. As these 'Sobieties wrou~d i~~sarily. if separate, irfirinne .upoo epeb oJr'slaovince on certai*suhi jects. at. oude ell for them to be Medical Society; and that the regula tions (if this society be such, as to ad nit into the Philosophical depar ier not only physicians, but persons of al other professions or occtpations, wh< make any pretemion to science. I woulti also suggest that the rules of this Societ% be such that the members would be ex pected at appointed times, to deliver pun lic lectures on some philosophical or ned ical subject. to which tle community at large may be admitted graluitously, ex cept however, certain philosophical lee ile as might require a costly aparatus. and in that case the fee for admission should be as stnall as the society could possibly afford, and only with a view to pay Society for the expense of aparatlts. I'lTat the object of this Society, be not nly the improvenet of medical. but ilso of the difl'erent branches oif philoso ihical and ngricultural science. A AIM:Ixt R oF 'TH'E MIED. Soci.ry. MISCELLANEOIUS. From the Charleston Erening 1crs MR. CAMHOunos's M EMiPHIS SPFEFC1. The resolution of Mr. McCarthy covers round atmple enough to justify Mr. Cal outi in the doctrines he has advanced in is Metmphis speech, supposing that the ewspaper rerports of that speech to be ac urate. That resolution expresses the Dnstitutiinial ittcotnpelncy of Congress to take a )piripri;itions "fPr ittern aj i tilrove tents, for clearing out ivers, unless plainly lhsolutely necessary for the dejence of the ttion." We repeat that this resolution. as stolcient aupitude to cover all that Ir. Calhoun has affirmed. That gentl tan, in elucidatin of his opinions, which ad been mttisapprehendel by a iember omtI Illitnois, rose and said : "I wishi to he distinctly understood that ie power of ihe General Government lo anstruct roads, &c.. is limited to :1-c pur - nse of defence of the cotife-derated States. 'here is an error in the common under amling of tle words -Natioual power," geuieral welfare." The words are fre tientily miisipplied. There is tno --Na anal power,'' its applied to the General overutnent, beyond what is expres'ed in ie Constitution. We are; in our confed t-ion, a coflgrega ovni f. staivii&Sila e - -eigtn tates, amT or;that fea 'tire our sys hi depeiids Vihn you say 'n., ohject of'natonal importance, vou mean.i is 'ConstitIttuial im'portance. IT we had D constiuttion to bind ts in one compiact, tere would "not he what.is commonly ailed the "general %%elfare." Now these ings all C'Ome back' ott the one grand !arure, that we ire several uations c'n reiAted in one compact. Tihe Generaf Goverinctt cannot gramt plropriation- for loal purposes not con eeted wii nat ioal defetice. But the lItsisippi ri er atd irs navigile brantclies re peenliarly all object i iitin tie range f their constitutioual aid--It % asles sev ral oft itese sovereign Sintes-and in :hat 'iew It tmaHy traly be onttsidered as tmuch i itland sea as either th: Chesticake or )laware uhays. Local appropriatiians, it is true, cetle nen, atle alwas absed by what is com i tonly called "og roillig," ntl t le re ult thereof is to be seen in the fact. whic stated yesierday. that tle emire value of he works thus far completed by the G en ral Government in that ttutier at thte xpense of nteally sevenuice milions oif ollars.is now reduced to about a tnil;ion f dollars.' I take the !iterry. of iaking these re narks. that I may ttot he tr isutiderstood. Non% here it is aflirmed --twm the power It-t te general Igoveritmtenit to conistrtut ead s is Iimtnitedc in the ptarpoise 1 defence St he~ oei-derat edtat ti g."' This is pire isely thte ptroposi tion emblitaced in Mr. akcGarthty's resolutiott. 'Again,'' (stiys tr. C.,alhoaun.) "t he general goveranment urtut granit app1ropiattitons fair local Itutr im-s noct connected wvit hi national deft ne." l'his is extactly saying, in naegationr oh the oier of Congress, what Mi. McCarthy tas negratively avered. But Mr-.Calhoiun proceedls to explatin thy lie cotusiders the Nlississtppi river and its nvigabale brai ltes, peculiarly ant object wtithidi the scope atf the constitutional power of the gueera goverrnment. Beca use "it washes seve rab of these sovereigni btates--and in that tlicwt may L'e truly constdered as mnuch ani inland sea as either the Chesiaeake or Delaware hays. Now the tnly remainiuig que'stion, it asp pears to us, ts wrhat is the character of the imnprovement for whtii thae atid oaf the generail' gov' rnment may he itnvokcd 7 Dots it Tall withitn the class of thosc which arer eibraced at tany ratioinal setnse or mealtin" of the oi-d& "natiimal defence." rTedords of the conistitution are "coim inn d'efesce "' Niiona'l is t he etiui valent nf domnion n~ hen applied to States or com afttmed ? lIe hias ifverred ihat'theo MIs sissij pi- river.s-aaslit;;. several States, it 'included inthe ~objects of "niaironal de fchce." :Whethdcr it is, or tnot, is a gy tion- referringto aceuracym of descriplion ga not to constitutional authoiritij If thc Yaisslisitgi tsnt of ithe tim por tiiace ase ri tied tes it by Mr.'Calhioun-if its li-ee navy tgtu is nit'ithtin the scojie of contittu taiiiar piosier-it the potlic e aitd jurtsdictiir oi etit,'areit tmat ters at suchl commtaa finernt tii rtin thet'm wsithiti be super' it4'or autiorityforCpngral- then Mr Calliobn tassbeen only inaictT-te inilde scriplidn nod hia ipt uttered op1)inions in cofltict. wt'h4htifrceordeil sentiditents inu haverse. totns r annainiJ ilrc'air~iiiit proved. The classificatiou of Mr.. Ca houn is a,.arate. The Mississippi,-froL its importance, is as much an object of th legitimate action of Congress, as the mout of any of our streams, or the iudentatiot of any of our harbors or bays. "TERRIFIC HAV,0C." Sir,-Iu the Christian Witness, Oc I1844, is the follot ing insertion--'Ocea Havoc. By Lloyd's returns it appear that the aiiunt of' loss to Great Britai by shipwrecks, in the previous year, wa 610 ships. d2.000,000 of property. an .15,000." May not this havoc be asserted to muan' ignorance, tenerity, and folly, b) whic he is eisnared and taken? not .to defec tive naval architecture; in that, is th strictest supervisiou; not to delinquen navigators. Accredited commanders or brave. proficient. and skili'ul. in their pro lession ; but are ihey emiporate ! Alas how little has this beent suspecrud ! at how siften has intoxication been the ruling demon of the wreck! But .n hut, after all, is ocean havoc w hen viewed in justa-position with in teimperatnce havoc as a whole ? Let ut see. Ocean Haroc, Fact-42,000,000 anneal loss. Caise-Accidental contingencies. but chiefly moral inlatuation. Primary effects in lss of life 1500 no nually. about 4 daily. Secondary eflfects are, widows anti or phlans itn sorrow ; sympathy, ani honord ble succor. Inlemperance Ilavec. Fact--X5U,0U.000 aniul loss. - Cause -Moral infatuation, acd that tie petndent on she pleasurable indulgence of British Christians! Primary etlecis in lose of life and soul, 60,000 annually, 160 daily, 7 hourly. ' Secondary efei& ts are, diffauive misery, contagious depravity, degredatiotn, exedra tion, widows and orphtas in ico, abandon ment, and despair. - They are a nation void of counsel; neither is there any underutanding itn thetm. Oh, that titey were wise, that they un derstood' this, that they would consider their latter end."-Deut. xxxil. 28, 29.7 Bristol Herald. - Days icithout fights and Mrigts with oul Days.-Dr. Baird is delivering an interesting course of' lectures sat Harif.rt, Ct., of one of which tho Times has tle l'ollowing notice. There is niothis'g that strikes a stranger snore forcibly, ii he visits Sweden at the seasont of the yeasr when the days are lougest , than Ithe abtsence of ight. Dr. H. hud tin conception of it before his ar rival. lie arrived at Stockholm, from Gtthburg, 400 miles dibtait, in the morfnfing, and ina the alIternoon went to see sole Irtud-bud nut taken notes of time -and returned a:out nidnight; it was as I ght as it is here ialf an hour befisre sun dowi. You conld see distinctly. But all WIs quiet in the streels; it seemed as il tie tlhaittants ltsd gtite away, or were dead. No stigns of life-stores closed. The sic i tio Junes' goes down at Stockholm a litlie belure 10 o'clock. There is a ge'at illuttimiation all niglt, as the suit p.ses round tm earth suwards the norih poit, and the retracion of its rays is such tat yon can see t, read at snidnight. Dr. H read a letter in the furest nea Stockholm, tat ithoat arificial lightc. Ittere is a mountain tat tle head sfit ie Gulf ol' Bolinia, where ott 21st tit .utce, the sin does not go down at all. fiavellers go ip) there to see it. A steambout gtes up from Stockhcle for the p.urpocse of carrymtg thtose whlo are curious tat witnitess thit 5.henom etnott. 1t onsly oiccutrs otte mtght. T1he scan goles dlown tc Lne bursizoni you can see the whole fact of it, acid itn five insutes it begins teo rise As sthe North Cape, lot. 72 ciegrees, the sun does ntot no don at for several weeks lu Junse, st would he about 23 degreet above th.- htortzon at mnideight- PThe way thce ptetii le thIere ktntw it is idnigt, the3 see the suen begin so rise. The chansge: mt those hsigih latitudes, from sumtmer tc winter, tire so great that we can hav'e ut ccepttian of thetm at tall. Its te wintet time' sire sun disappears aind is not seet tfor six~ week-c. T1hen it comes anud showi its lace. A fterwards, it retmainis foa ten fifteen, oir twenty mitnutes, anid thean des censis. And finally, it does stat set at all but smakes alimost a circle rond thst heav, cis. Dr. Baird was asked ho~w theI mzasagtied tn regaird to hired personis, ant whlat they conasidlered a day ? HeI conhc nlot say, but scupposed they worked hy tht hour, anid twelve hours would he e.ntnaide red a day's work. Birds and anitmal sake thteir' aceuistomaed rest at theti'rasua liours. 'The Doctor did ncot know hov they learned ih tssme, bait they had, att gtorswhethier the sun goes down o o'c'lock, l'. .\., and' stay heeuntil thi sun ss well up in the niorning, and th 1ceople get intoc the habit of late rising. tat 'The tir-st mnorniing Dir. Baird awoke ii Scockholmt, lie was surprised to see th sun slhstts into Ihis routi. He lt66ked a h is waitch, and founid it was only 3 o'clocl atnd che next time he awoke, it was o'clock,- boa thsere were no- personsi the streets. Tnfe people are not in ib 4 tcuat-of rismng so sosOe The. Swedesi tihe cittes are tnot very industrious owi prutbably, to the'elimnatesi -An old Itard shlem eosre ir t~e s'ermon, ha noeever.got feligion. -.ur'i' 4 he- Apalachicola Ad a ase s a family With whom ih e ediioriint desired his attendance I atthe4M the remaihs of one 01 s irsndee d ers. Prompted by cu. ridsitylm'hxi the coffin was removed, when,1..x-10 e er astonishment of all preiea, the, was found with its face downwards the manner indicating a ncomnilete'fz in the position of the body. -Adde h,tiJs, as far as the hands could hive,.. hed, the lining of the coffiun wasto 'and wound into a knot' and'a do6sid 12'quantity of hair was strewed .it t. All these circum stances togdi -ith the singular and sudden mind bis (supposed) demise, left ecarcdly 'dow of doubt, that here wasapoiher i *ce of a too precipitous hastein consi to the grave the body of. those supp to be dead. Smeifr-the orida papers are advo cating a prop ' for the building of a railroad by the ate, to extend East and West from-one .emity of the State to the other;-at a posed expense of $2, 000,000-the tes part of which it is proposed to-h urnished in land from the fie. hundre ousatnd acres of United States iand sto litich Florida is entitled. The Pesacol 'inocrat thinks that this laud sho u~d fbe 'imediately located, and offered:for-ale the State on a credit of five-or six y .g and that the purcha sera of these Ia h could esily work out their price, by ' ug contracts on the ron.l, thus maks 'heexpense (in money) to ite Govern icomparatively small. A man by 'lh imeafFaulk, who was confined in tii il of Barbour county, charged withi rime of t urder,* inae hit escipeon i' lt of the 20th inst. Another. usia y. sentenced to the Penitentiary.1 Jail at the some time. It is said-thit1r fin behind them rtur ro five, or more th finest kind of ste.l saws, io'f th could be fitted. With these they sawe all the iron bars in their way. Tb isoners have not been retaken.-M y 'Adaertiser, 2,th 'Nel rirch bell r can now an igenilig 01cioitnehastie in Ohio, from a uggust,-ins an. English news paper. One -eighingfifty pounds, made ofsteel, will cost only about $30, and can be heard tw9 milaaor. more. The advan tages of this iniention are said to be two fold; first. it is so chieap that every church may have a bell .df a clear, brilliant and itusical tone; secondr it is so light, and being stationary, that even a slight helfry will Pustaii it. This newly invented bell is wrung by a-erank, and any boy can do it as well as a regular parish bellrineer. For aboutit $200 a -chime of seven bells can now be had. The South Carolina C. 4- R. R. Con. pany.-This Company During the last summer they hnve -erected very extensive Stores and Offices, all of brick, ad said to be entirely fire proof. These buildings are not only ornamental to our town. but of great public benefit, in securing the large amout of goods and merchandise titat must necessarily be detained fron ime to time at the depot This Compa ny certainly deserve the thatnks, as well as the patronage of the public, for the genera! good management of the busitess ,if the road, since the Presidency of Col. Gadsdent. It is, perhaps, not inore owing to his zeal and watchful care than to the very efficient corps of officers filling the ilf'erent deparimetnt under htim, that the aff'airs.of the Company are found in their present prospierous condition.-Bazmburg Republican. Native Lrmons.~-We were yesterday motrning.Jpresenlted with a couple of fine Lemons1 brought :from- Beeaufort, and shortly afterwards a-gentleman left wvith its one .still finer -n :nppearantce, taken from a tree. in his garden in Cannorbor ough, wvhich he states 'to us is literally loaded with fruit. .We should be pleased to see more-attention paid to the cultiva tion of Orange andrLemon rees. * ?Charleston Courier. A Newo fnhvention for making bricks las been planned by Mr. Samuel Lowry, of Southwark, which',it is estimated will rurn out 50,000 ins day, withtout -the aid of steam;". It consists of an incline plane, upon which run cara counecied by a rope that passes over a-.pully at one end of thte . plae. he cars, which conttain divisionsm or monlds the size -of the axtiede to be proinetied-, are filled wvithm the earth, and as one filled one passesdown, the empty one nmoves up, ite only . power required io move them hejng the weight. The cars in their descent pass under cutters placed at certain angles which throw off the top clay and rollers .which give the brick thi reqiuired sinoothaes,-Trte Sun. tMississippi' Against the World.-A Sldy in Marionacouty htasgiven birth ta 5 eight c'hildren, fouir pair or' twins in '42 0 '43,.'44'afnP45ix: girl. nnd boy., al e living and in "alerfect state o1 salubrity.. n. What is Texas- eve!!,, to Mississippi 7N Jackson Southecnto-. --lon. Edwardt:Everett has ednsented a to a. Presidene'yof H avurd University .itad.:,a141 chenmuid.,.-I bid. LEGISLATIVE. r Corresyondence of the Char. Mereury. COLUMBIA, Nov. 24, 1845. Agreeably to the Constitution bolt branches of the Legislatuie .convened in the Capitol -this day at 12 o'cl6Mk,. were organized and .proiedecki.;_i.h ness. Mr. Perry, of Green' esented i memorial of sundry citizeis . atDilArii for an extension of the cbira .r for a Ril Road to Greenville Cout: House. - A communication ws 'rec.i3ed from his Excellency, the Governor, stating that lie would communicate with botir'Houses on to-morrow at 12 o'clock. Mr. Hent), of Spartant l b.itted a series of resolution, inst'ridt'g1 IiJu diciary Committee to euquirei-ay* report on the expediency of so . ame iang the law as to make the offences of seduction and willful and malicious slander, pun ishable as a high misdemeanor. Com pelling the Chancellors to deliver and file their decrees within three mouths from the closing of the Circuits, upon which the causes may have been heard. Prohlbi ting by latw the Judges ofthleLaw Courts from charging the juries on matters of fact-and prohibiting by law the marriage of a white person with a free negro, and to declare all such marriages null and void, and the issue of any such marriage to be illegitimate. Nov. 25. Mr. Boyce presented the following peti lions. viz: The petition cf John Michel. Of Wagner and others, members of the City Guard in Charleston, praying a repeal of the law prohibiting then) from voting at the City election for Mayor and Aldermen. Of sundry citizens of Charleston, praying a repeal of the law passed in December 1844. entitled "Au Act to prevent the citizens of New York from carrying slaves or persors held to service out of the State, and to prevent the escape of per-. sons charged with the commission of any crime." Correspondence of the Courier. COLUMBIA, Nov. 26. -Te &&Hod--Se dadften the receptin of Reports from. the Com missiouers of Frei Schools, Petitions for various matters, and the Preseutments of Grand Juries, the hour for the election of Sentator for Congress being changed by a inessage from the Senate, from 2 o'clock to hall-past 12, proceeded to the said election. Mr. Calhoun received 125 votes, 130 being given. Among the presentments of Grand Juries, there was one from SuMier, pre. senting the Court of Equity, Grog Shops, and theexercise of the pardoning power of the Governor; recommending the eaectioai or a Penitentiary, amid that rhe Jurisdiction of Magistrates be increased to fifty dollars. Pursuant to notice given, Mr. Bauskem introduced a Bill, reqbiring tnat slave be tried at tie Court Houses of the district, in which olfetnces tmay be coimmiied, where those offeules' are punishable by death. Bills were introd'uced by Mr. Walker and Mir. Ilunt, to charter certain manu facturing companies, on the memorial of Robt. Marthi and others, with a caplital of $200,000-and Wi. Gregg and others, with a capimal of $400.000. A Bill authorizing the Governor to sub icribe to certain Rail-Roads, whenever coanpanies shall be formed for their construction, embracin; the points of Co inibia and Greenville, Camden and Cheraw, arid Edgelield and A iken, was real a first tiine. SENATE. The Senate amet at 11 o'clock, atnd bad hut a smallgqonntua of busianese to tran sact. A fter joininag the H ouse, in a ballot for the United States Senator. Nov. 27. In the (louse, yesterday, on motion of Mr. lieSaussure, .the various subjects suggested by the Message oh His Excel Icancy Governor Aiken, were el'erred to the~ appropriate Comnmitteesat hat part which related to the death of Gen. Jack son, ret'erred to a Special Commitaee, of which the Speaker appoinated the follow ing genatlemien, Messrs. Jas: M. WValker, Henry. Brootks, Bedon, Chteunut. Mr. Hunt introduced a Bill to incorpo rate the Ashley Manufacturing Company ina the State of South-Carolina. Mr. Jas. M. Waslker, a Bill to incor po-. rate the Graniteville Manufacturing Corn - pany; also a Bill to authorize subscrip rions inihelhalf of the State. to the Capital Stock of certain Rail Rloads. Correspbndentce of the Chmas. Courier. Nov. 28. HotisE OF REPREsENTATlvEs The House met at 12 o'chock. Pursuant '.o notice, Mr. Bausket intro duced a bill to prescribe the duties atnd re duce rhe'sa lary of the State Reporter. Among other provisioins; it niakes the term of office four years, redtuce the sala ry to $1500, one half of wvhich to be re served, sijould lie fail to. hrave his reports Irerady twelve months afaeribe M'ay ses'ion of'the Cooriof Appeals. Mr. Memminger gav'e ndtide, that he would introduce a bill to'abolish the pun. ishment of de~ath -for the offetices of for. gery and counterfeiting ; and a bill ~oal Itair thte praelice.in the Courts-of Equis , 'Reportsaweri sibiraitied by Mr. Hi~t, P floun the Commiit teei. the Jui tiary,OI inrelation to the pracaice of carryinged4 coaled deadly weapons-the Committe referred to their report on te saie. sb- . 1ject, which was unfavorable to any e V a lation, and which could! be fousd'amon the busidess of the last Legislature. Mr. De La Torre gave notice,-that he would introduce a bill to prevent ite Pro.. fessors of the South Carolina College fro leaving the State except in certain cases. . A resolution introduced yeste-day, au thorizing the Comptroller General.to selU ' the shares or the State in the cap tal - Stock of the Rail Road and Rail d Bank, whenever a par value- can be ob tained for them, was cousidered and agreed to. e r h .Mr. M'Carthy called up his Resolutions being the special order of the day, ati o'clock. He moved that the House rei ! solve itself into a committee of the wholet' for ihe discussion of the subject. Thet 0 was some opposition, and after several motions were made, some to defer the dein bate until Wednesday next. others'to tair then, on the table, and after some remars by Mr. Hunt and Mr.- Memmingerythe question recurred on taking up the-specia order, which being agreed to. Mr. M'Ca- - thy took the door. and in general terau expressed his disapprobation of -certain sentiments contained in a speech delivelu ed-by the Hon. John C. Calhoun, rea tive to tie doctrinessof the State on the suhject of Internal itmprovemeits by the Gen.ral Government. Mr. iemtninger 'made some generle remarks on the impolicy of even cousid. ering such Resolutions as were then be' fore the House, and after reiterating'his unshaken confidence in t'te politicalhin tegrity of Mr. Calhoun, moved. as a sub-'-'-, stitute ur'.1r. M'Cartb's. a Resolution. -j'' which in substance, went to sustai -thisb-L -' firm adherence of -South Carolina to sil-' her principles on internal lmproveteents.. Mr. Orr moved that.the Resolutions of Mr. M'Carthy be laid on the table,:coop. ling those of' M r., Northrop With thisast (as I understand;) %hen, Mr. T.- Walker.'-; 4 addressed the House in opposition to the a hole matter-as also did did Mr Phil Mr. Perrin was againstany action .the House .on the subject, aid-mo a postponemnpf oo t esou Oi this 'inotidb the yeas sa31 h deinanded; before they were taen , Hunt rose in his place, aid said,' -at . aithout expressing 'imself on' the fi g eral merits of the question,- .hei shioul 4 vote against all propositious irhich pro cluded -debate. The yeas and usi were . i taken, and are: yeas 77, nays 34. rip I do not consider this vote as a test at:.. all on the general merits of- the questiono From the remarks of the several speaketig - all whom were opposed to the Resolutiods. except Mr. M'Carthey I should jndge that, 7 A, even had Mr. Calhoun used the obnoxious: language imputed to him. (whichhow-' ever, was doubted,) still there was'time - enough yet left, to advise with him, or' censure him, when the fact shjuld be - G clei.ly established. This was, however, not so established, and action by the . [louse now was premature and uncalle&. for. As the question was changed fro' .. the merits or denerits of the Resolutiods, and recurred upon their postponement to" the 1st day of January next, there were those in the House who voted against' that motion, because it precluded debate. Hence the vote is by no means a declara- a lion of the sentiment of membere on the - matter. SENATE. The business of this body constated - principally of resolutions, with the usual petitions, repor's and tmmorials, most all . .*e - of which were of a private nature. - .''. ' The President laid before the Senate~ ~ ' letter from the President of the State Ag- - ricultural Society, in which he estimateV that six hundred and twenty. five Ihon-~ sand bushels of corn will lbe required to - supply the dell'eiengy oceasioned by the late drought. A'ecoinpauy $he- lestter '' ' were the following resolutions, 'whicelif with the letter, were immediately con s~dered and referred. -' Resolved. That application;in behaleof' ? this Sinciety lie madtto the Legislature to amend the Act of 1824, so as lo emnjo*et ~ the Commissioners of the Poor, at their' t a~ diseretion, to assess the people 'of -tah - respective dismicts and parishes 'for"tlle ensuinig year only, am- .a rate -not exceed ing sevenzty fiue per cent on the general taa r-, and that, that portion of amount so raibed, not needed by the poor, shall be appiepri .J ated to the use of the snfferer. by chetete' " drought, on good security being given'thas-' - - the sum borrow'ed, -shall be reiturnied. to the Commissiotiers in one year. .~ RoLme-1, That an applicution.'be also . " made to the Utgislatuire to empower the~ . corporate athoritjes of the eo'ns..azl -.th villages of this- S'tate, to regulate thes#1-ief ~' of grain.hIy weight or'othet-wide,' anid'd-to',' an:horize the,. opening- of the. Sattia'6- - . Matnntiin Turnpike for the free passage of' wagous comting into or -going 'froat nhi-tr -& 8mate for corn, until thme ist day of .Tul!e '- e Resoleedi Thai ,the Sooth 'Caro~ua' - Rail Road Company-lbe regnesteti tiel' ' increase. butm if posdiblo to fbwerst *ae e~transportation of corn and otherlgan ~ i 'Charleston to Colinbia and.U b, -utntil it is certaid. the sulti" ''4g.1' Couacilof' Charleston -Mb 'aad' t6 -~ ato effect inucb of ,be-t ~poiifv. ' ahe Act of 18 -as to seil