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if rasance Inowai -tgg v war, aot broughtl ".1o that our govern out Air, Webster prosecute the wa har ilso materially is even for withdrawit, ing on the war. Such c ment in great men.:m a sin e extraordiuary.-Phila. Pedger. GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE 0Sye -Honorab WOef the S, of the House of fepe ,G2tiCIEN :-Tbe represen the good people ofthe State, ycj tere to consider or and provide e r welfare. The "universal frame" is guy eied by immutable and unerring laws fhi same yesterday, to-day, and forever, S%-aid all is harmony.' But humanity is left in its blindness and feebleness, to provide for-its own changing and never satisfied necessities. I need scarcely remind you, that the law making power imposes on the law giver the highest responsibil.ities which individuals can incur indelation' tp their 'ellow man. -it involves notdnly'tho ob ligation of providing for the passing day but after generations have a claim upon you, to which you are bound to respond not that any thing that you may enact will he im:nutable, but that your enact ments may serve as guides and lights to those that may come after us. To me tic constitukion has imposed the humbler, but delicate duty, to give. you from time to timue, .'informhation of the- condition of the State," and to recommend to your '-con siderationsuch as I shall judge necessary or expeifient." And I shall enter upon this dity in the perfect confidence, that coming from all parts of the Stato, with full knowledge of the condition and wants .of your constituents, you will readily per cereV any omission and correct any error of my own. Perfection is not to be ex pected itn the works of man, and a few are found who are hardy enough to qestion even the wisdom of some of those laws which havebeeti .ordainod by almighty wisdom for the government of the mt ial world. It is not. then a matter of surprise, that still more complain of those which emanate from the hands of man. Some are governed by what might be character ised a perversity of thought, others are fromr defect of education incapable of rea soning aright, and a still more numerous class are benighted by their selfishness. Hiernce the clamor which is raised not only - here,.blt every where else where law, governs, about its delays and uncertain ties. To frame laws therefore, to meet the views of every individual, is not only imracticable; but any attempt to do so would be-productive of nothing but 'anar chy. - All jthat can be attained, is to pre serve thelld, and frame anew those best suited to'.rhe wants and necessities of the greatsaass eol the people. . .Tiiere is no one who is conversant with ourgueaeral Jaws, and has witnessed their effdet and.operation, but must admire and , pprove of their general fitness. Tile - Elish Cttmndt w, Tiunded on the 4tDr.Z. lrt!~ -Ar iws t ctt e tiets- ofur Legislature ad -by el andregtiots.jdtidicial decisions, and niouldedt' aiffrm suited to our peculiar cicutnicem, and thes geniusof our peo plii ithi great foundation of those rules y weltwe'are protected and secured in our-.lives, liberty, amnd property.- Trhey may he suscepitible of improvements, hut as a plrinciple of legislation, I would lay it down as a rule, that any attempt to change. Lhese great. land marks by legisla tion,' ought to-be done with great care and cirectnspection. A particular case may develope, apparent evil, but there is danger aIt in remedying that, others of greater rmagnttuiie will grow out of the remedy, end. long experience has persuaded me that ihe safer course is- the correction of it biy wvhat is sometimes stigmatized as Judi cial.Legislation, but not therefore the less safe or salutary. it is nor thme province of the Judge to make the law, but to apply the principal to the praciical concerns of life, and it is no cause of wonder that the wisest are some times mistaken in its ap plication, in some of the infinite variety of cases -that daily arise. These errors are developed by time, and the true correction is in the correct application of the well settled principle. :iThe great . beauty and * ~ excellence of the common law, ts tts wvon derful a-Japtation to all times. places, and circumstances. .1 do not mean that one common law would equally apply to all countries, but thatevery country in which right prevails, must have, so to express it, a common law of its own, possessing aim ilar properties, rounded on the usages and necessities of its citizens; it provides a remedy for every wrong, and it would be unwise to fetter it by arbitrary rules, the operation of which cantnot be foreseen, unless the evil admits of no other remedy. I have therefoare, nothintg to propose to you on this head. Nor does any import ant defects.in our statutary Ia w, effecting the rights of property, now occur to nie. Mankind readily accommodate themselvyes to any system of laws which are, founded on correct moramls, and are known and un derstood, and the same dangers and ditli culties present themselves in reforming and modifying the statuary laws as in the comtmon law. Neither ought to be han died without great caution and circums p)ection. If. evils do exist, they will be found'ouna careful exammauttion, not so much in the law's themselves, as in the machinery by which they are carried into effect., It is vain to expect their legitimate and s'cessful operation in the hands of unskifful artists, where the machinesry is defective, or the power employed is inisuf ficiernt ror the work to be performed. Oc casiobnal complaints against delays in the administration of justice hmas suggested these remarks, but when it is ktnown that they are heard throughout the world, ,whefever the laws are atdutnistered through the agency of Courts oh .Justice, it gives assurance that they arise rather -out-of tl.e necessity for caution and de liberation in met eing out..just ice, than in the yaried systems jhrogh which it is done. Notommtunzity wvfit or ought to be salisfaed with any system, wvhich does not sec'ure reasonable despatch in is adrminis tration, and if there be anfy defects in o own, they ought to be corrected. The mere machinery of the law does not affect 'private rights, and these may he- safely changed or modified to suit the exigencies e times. f the patience. diligence, zeal and y of the Law Judges and Chancellors e most of whom I have acted for ears, I can speak with confidencew ay them no conplimeut in saying tate in this Union is served itis en't wvithi more fidelity aind-a",j Y. y necessary.. de. Y t e found in the su - o;despatch the wit a cat:Jt n 1tifecgums pee. which is in g.e able 'to',,cor r Police. -A mongst t subjecis t your immediate at M ndI calling for radical reform, is ou r'Didct Police. That it is badly administi least in some departments, is univ a known and acknowledged, and I an-, . 6 suaded that if the defects in the system.i' itself, and the equally defective execution of it had been clearly seen and well ui derstood, a corrective would have been before a glied. The, -Commissioners of Roads, of t00Poor, and of Public Build inns, have discretionary, not to say utnlim ited power of taxauion over the citizens, and yet in cffect they are accountable only to themselves, not only as' to the fact. but for the manner Pf disbursing the fund and the uscii~tc wlich they are applied. The leading featare -of any remedy, ought to be to secure theprompt accoun-, ability oT all the fBoards or other agents, o an authority independent of theirown nd I would.jesptcifully reconmend, as vorthy at leasi of an experiment, the ap poina ment of a Court or Supervisors of the Police in each district, to be appointed iy the Executive with the advice of the Sonate, to consitt at least of one for each nemher of the llouse of Representatives, llowing at least one to each Parish lothed with all the powers of these sev6al 13ard of Commissioners, and with pAyer o appoint overseers of the roads, of tle 3oor, of public buildings, and of fr chools, in such numbers as they ta hink fit, to ba4 Ogo with the exosctio f the lawst e I for their respecti lepartments ~WW~the precincts to esigned to them. and to account to the udges or Super-ivors at regular periods, or the manner in which they -have dis hbarged their duties and disbursed any unds that may have been committed to hem. I submit, too, that the .Judges or upervisors should be ieqiiired to mea *rgaIa't lie Court- Houses of- thet ' is at least once in eve iireed hold their sesssions a. thorized to punish alP a overseers. The report )fhi S olicitore to the Legislature in De 830, will supply a useful ide in' iWing the details of such a ystem, .1altheir able arguments as to the ecessity radical reform of our District lice,8s '"edes, the necessity of vindi. ailig it h Tile proposed reform has t least th antage of securing ability ** .n independent 3lotled ' ' night he to he ur o owr exercise this power, it is ktown, are enerally not only ignorant of the princi es, but even the forms of law, and inca able of annalyzing and comparing facts. [ddependett of the humanity concerned n it, it has always struck me as a strange neongruity in our laws, that whilst th~e ife of a slave is put in jeopardy on a trial >efore such a tributnal; the slightest injury o his person entitles thre owner to resort ro the highcst tribunal in the State. if here he a class ol offences of which heyge capable, requiring a more snm nary mode of trial, mtake thtem an erzcep ion. It is believed tot), that the jurisdic iotn of contracts to a very litmited amonnt, f petty trespasses and mnisdemoetnors, nightbe safely confided to it, and would elieve the Superior Courts of a burthen, ahich unitmportant itn itself, is calculated o delay atnd obstruct mat ters of more con equence. Education.-I n t he increasing use fulness nd growing prosperity of the South Caro ia College, the State is reapitng the full rtits of the liberal patronage which she as heretofore bestowed upon thtat lnstttu ion. It ratnks tnow am ongst thre most tuse ul asylums of ierrtitng itn the Southern ortiotn of the Untiona, andt utnder its present -iso andi prud~ent and enaergetic governt nett, it thids f:tir to take the leaid of all. T1hre nutmber of students is now somte hitag like four-fold whtat it was a few ears ago, and thtis adldition would seem to ndicate the necessity of an atddition to the utber of Professors, atnd necessarily en ared accomoliaatns for the Students. Of our Free Schtool system I shall for. ear to stay any thing at present, as a corn nlittee of the llouse of Representatives were chtarged, at the last sessiont, with examinittg into it, with a view to its in-. rovemnrt, atnd it tmay be reasonably ex ectetd that thIey htave bestowedl upon it all the attention that so important a subject eserves; and that thtey will brinag together all the inrformattiotn that could Ite obtained. The systemn in its ptresenit fortn, as well as the manner itn which it is carried intto ell'ect is the very worst that can be conceived,and alls loudlly for imnprovemaent. But-as the starting point of any improrvemrent, I would suggest the absolute ntecessity of appoit-t ing a general Supervisor of the Schools, withIout whtich, it ts respectfully suibmitted, all nttempts at imoprovetment will be vain -without it, nothting like system, so ne essary to every etnterprise, can be attained -next to thtis, the mnost imnportatnt is the reans of obtaining competent instructors. Election of Electors of LPresident ad Vice Presidnt.-It will not escape your rotice, that bty the act of Congress, the first Monday itn November next, is fixed fr the election nf Electors faor President atd Vice Presidlent. For the last fity or sixty years, they have been elected by the Legislature, thre time appointed fur thre electiont heing withain tihe pteriod of its rgula'r atnnual sessirons, but tire time now hix'd is hreiween tire election of a newv Leisl~atre and the term prescrlied lay the Constitution for their assembh~lng. Ifl the Legislature udetero.a~e to exercise the power ahhetasclvcn, tie questionas will arise, 1st Wfth~re ynn hto thte n~wier to '' adjourn yourselves over not, 2d.. Whether you have authority to provide for the assetmrbli the newly elected members, and i d tiher, 3d. Whether the Executiveh hifudeir the Constitution, authority to con a them. I do not, myself, entertain a doubt on either of these questions.. At, memorn tile session of November, - specially called to provide against '7e ration of tie obnoxious tariF lads e United States, the newly elected ers were convened before the time ed by the Constituiton, by the proclai of Gov ernor Hamilon, upoq)I:th at least of t he Judges of the Oot ppeais, of which I was then a mein it ii a little remarkable ihat irreconii divided.as we were upon the poliftic aI tions that agitated the whble State,) J, without concert, came to the con a that the neYrly elected min ituted the rue Legislature, aiidi adv him'. The .oclusion at which I t ved, was niot without due diera' J helieve it has. been sanctioned oral pablic opinion. I ha'ie grtal tchariged myowb. IIt foldasipa' e'gislature has no autli~rft to adjg -(Yer'to a a time beyo nexe of mem' bers, and itiAk there ia tIe ,doubt that y*. have no author rescribe a timelktheir meewing. yihere is nothingto restrain yo- '~p escribing rules for its gover1ni a tract its course 6flegislation, anl -y subse quent Legislature. That u on is re olved by ihc familiar ru .-th an agent or representative cannor e aptioint ment ofa substitute, exteGd autlirity ifoder which he acts. Has the Executive the utlirity to con vene the newly to be electek members ? His power in this respectib i ed by the Constirution to "extraorditar, ecasions. Is this one of that character? Ijt may be aid that it is not, hecaus'etl: 'occasion is orcknown. Now, if the''paiage of the ct had been delayed umlil ater thinext ession of the Le'aislature4 Icein hardly uppose that even this objectin would be raised, and yet this Legislatub is as im' rotont to provide for theLoccsion, unless anging the mannerof'aip inting the as would be the indidual mem arch next, disjierset throughout ..ad the "occasion"js; the more 1i," as there is.anoher means >f4pr it, unless theLegislaln re shill se rovide ap,obh'. manner of ippointmeft e only arnaiive o give the to the people, T ent system well heretofore,MJ am upon osed to any cha ges, unless etical advantages are to . Thiscertinli has one enbers oL'the Legis [a racilitieso certaining he q nd claims . he candi lates . great mass of the people. nd are t erefore less liable to he imposed )n by the artful misrepresentatiins of do' uigning men. If you should' hink other ise, i't will be for you t eidetermine whether to elect themr by districts or a pneal ticket. It is. obvious' !al if the 'eneral t stem is adopt the up account of h reatem l Legislatir Jis appor iined gener ly amongst the districts on he basis of taxation and population, with ome concessions to the Parishes of tle ow country, on account of their peculist territorial divisions, the result of a com proniise betwveen the up and low countries with a view to establish something like a lalance of power, if by any possib'ility :on flict ing interests should arise-t he only value of a wrilten constitution beitng tc protect jlggteak against the strong. The principle~bf this compromise has generally ~overnedl in thme election of Senators tc Coqgress, by selecting one from each eci'o of the State, and good faith requires that it ould be carried out in the election af electors. Fe-leral Relations.-1 transmit herewith certain resolutions of the Legislature ol the State of Virginia, which I am re rjtested by the Governior of that State tr lay before you. They are directedl againsi that proviso of the bill then under con sideramion in Congress, appropriating mo ney to prosecnte the war or negotiate : peauce with the Republic of Mexico, usually calle'd :he Wilmot Proviso, and aflrirnm amongst others things, that the passage of thtat Proviso woul make "it thme duty of every slave-holding State, and of the itizenis thereof., as they value their -lear. est privileges, their sovereignty. their itt detpendlence, their right of property, t< take firm, utnited -and concerted action ir this emergency." I am also requtested to lay before you and herewith transmit, Cerlain rosolutiont of the Legislature of Connecticut. upot the same subject, approving and allirming the principles of the- Wilmnot Proviso. I have also received from the Governor o Rhode Island certain resolutions of tha Legislature of that State, of the same import, which I also herewith transmit These conflicting resolutions raisedl the question whether.Congress had or had no the constitutional right to prohibit slavery in the States admitted into the Utnior heretofore, and may be hereafter admittcd If the question wvas now to be agitated, fot the first time, one who is familiar with the history of our Government and hat studied our Cnstitution in the spir of itt original design, would he surprised that euch a question was ever raised. The S totes of which the Union was comnposet] at the adoption of the Constitution. wvere clearly intended to be placed on the footing of precise equality, and the framers ol that instrument would have been started at the idea that those afterwards to be ad mitted wvere to be regarded as unworthy of tho sacred privileges secured to the original States, the right to legislate for thetmselves, and that Congress might, by act. prescribe rules for their legislation. The argument in fawor of this proposition is based oin that pirovision of the Constitu tion wvhich declared that "Congress may admit other States into the Uaion"-that this in ternms, is a discreionary power, and Congress tnay therefore annex any condition that it thinks fit,and consegnent ly the righit to interdict slavery or involun' tary serr'itude. If this be admissible, thero is no limitation to the right. and ihorise Congres to rawe to itself all the powers of legislation for the new State, or so to fetter it with restrictions, as to leave. to them the mere shadow. The inpracticability of enforcing such a restriction in opposition to the interest and wishes of the citizens, is a strong, if not a conclusive argument against the soundness and correctness of the principle. If In diana, or any other of the States on which the restriction has been imposed, deter mined to tbrow it off and introduce slave ry, by what means would the Govern ment enforce it ? An army would find nothing to war against, and a law in vio lation to the constitutional right of the people and opposed to their wishes and iml ierest, would most necessarily prove who[ ly inoperative. The question is one of interest to us mainly as it affects the balance of power in the Government of the United States, that is even nowaRgainst us and the slave-hold ing States owe it to themselves and to pos terity to resist its increase by any possible means, as an open, undisguised and un constitutional oppression on the States hereafter to be admitted into the Union, and as destructive of that balance of poli tical power so necessary in a country like this to the healthful operations of the Gov ernment. The Missouri Question agitated this Union throughout iti whole extent, and it was hoped that the principle on which it was compromised had put it to rest for ever. But the non-slave-holding States, as ifimpatient for the strife, and eager for the contest, regardless of their constituti onal obligations and the compromise solemnly etered into, again revive it in the form of the Wilmot Proviso. But it has again been quieted by the rejection of the proviso by the Senate of the United States. It furnishes pregnant evidence, however, that they will never suffer any occasion to es9ape which will afford an opportunity of lighting up this fire brand. The interest and sympathies of the slave-holding States are in unison, and they require nothing but firmness, consert of measures, and unity of action, to command respect for their rights. It requires no spirit of prophecy to foretell that sooner or later we shall have to meet and finally decide this question, and we onght to prepare for it. I earnestly recommend to your consider ation the principles of the resolutions of the Legislature of Virginia, as a correct exposition of our rights, and as pointing out the proper priticiple of action, Connected with this subject, is another of deep interest to the slave-holding, par. ticularly the border States-'but the evil is felt throughout them all. I mean the pro tection given to our fugitive slaves in some places, as in Pennsylvania, under the color of law, and almost every where in the non-slave-holding States by a thoughtless, reckless fanaticism which wields a power greater even than the law -and is extended also to those that have been seduced or stolen from us, and to the seduceranid thief. - I am not aware of any means by which wye can v-rotect the- indi vidual rights of dur cidens .against the lawless combination of the citizets of ano .gf &-, but: Siatu-tes makea. it-a o nt th ese l' ani d fly to anorhei State, we have, under the Constitution a the United States, the right to demand ol the Executive of the Srate in which he has taken refuge, his arrest and delivery. The righthas been denied in some instan ces, and in others the culprits have beet even more securely protected by the powel to which I have before referred. The laws are impotent and direct force is pto iited by the Constitution. Is there nr remedy!? It may be ineffectual, but I sub mit to your consideration, whether a libera increase of the continigent futnd to be dis bursed by the Executive itn such way a he thinks fit to bring these ollenders to jus tice, would not be advisable. Mexico.-The wvar with Mexico is o deep atnd exciting interest to cvery portitot of the United States, and Sonth-Carolint participates largely in it. In its corn metcemnent. the ostensible object was tc repel the intrusion of the Mlexican army into the tetrritory acquired by the admissiot of Texas into the Union. Sittce then other causes have been reliedi ont as a jus tifcation for pushing the war into the hearl of the Miexican country, the most promi. nent of which was the nieglect of Alexict to pay a sum of tmoney stipulated for b3 treaty ; and that, under some circumstan ces, would accorditng to the laws ofrnations have been a jttstiiable cause of war, a: when having the means a State pertinacio. usly refused to pay ani ackntowledged de mand, but in the cottdition that Mlexicc thent was, torn to pieces by domestic dis sension and strife, subject to frequent re volutions, the people of the Utnited States would never have conusented to have made that alone the case of war against a Sistei Republic. We must then look back tt the intrusion upon our territory as ajus. tiication. [f an enemy assail tus, we are justiied by the laws of tnature, andl of nations, nol only to repel it, but so to disarm him, or tc put him intn a condition from which we oight reasonably suppose he 'vould cease to annoy us. Texas, standing alone, had driven Mexico out of the field, and actna war bet ween the had long ceased, and aftel the lessons which she had been so severel taught at Resaca de Ia Palma-Palo Alto, and Mlatamnras, it cnn htardty be supposed that she wottubl have been eager again tc try her strength with thearmns of the Utnited States, anid the honor and interest of the country would have been vindicated, by arresting the war then, at least utntil, in her folley atnd madness, she should renmew the contest. Tro "co-quer a peace," the war has been carried itnto the heart of the cuntry at otn immense cost of blood and treasure. Her armies have been swopi here us like grass before the reapers sythe. Hecr seaports, many of her cities, ad her great Capital are in our posses sion, and yet there is tno peace. WVe have tendered to her overtures intenderd as pacific, which have been indigna~ntly re jected, anti the tnatioin driven to desperation is lS onie man nrmedl against uts. When nnd how is this peace to be conqtueretl lf by the conquoest and perminent occupa tion of the country, it is worthy of the ,1osan s..le.,i conidorstion of the nen pie of the Unteed States TIAsn ern ee simple is woith in. dollars and he, cost of the conquest. Supl ods 1 quered, the diversity in our languaagi religion would be an inseparable obstadls to their corlial amalgamation with us, and until their rememberance of what they at least wvill assume to be -the wrongs we have done them, shall have passed away. a large army will be necessary to keep them in subjection. Apart from these difficulties, what benefit are we to derive from the conquest ? A conmunication between our North-Western possessions and the Paci6c Ocean is certuinly very desirable, but beyond this, we .ave already territory enough to satisfy the demauds ol our population for many getieration to come. We are in possession of her seaports,and I venture to suggest, as worthy of con sideration, whether we should incur anj odium, and whether we should not consult our interest and dignity by withdrawing our army from the interior of the country and throwing around a line of circu-ival lation which would cut her off from al communication with the rest of the world -is not as well calculatel to produce wha ought to he the desired result, as layin waste the country with the sword. and a a less expense of blood and treasure. I cannot dismiss the subject of this wal without some notice of our own Palmeti< Regiment-made up of some of the bes blood and choicest spirits of the State They have won for themselves, our corn mon country, and their native State, a measure of renown unsurpassed by any army in any age or country.-A brigh page is reserved for them in the history o this war, and then the battles of Contrera Churubusco, and Chapultepec shall bf reviewed by after ages, they will be fount to compare with the most brilliant achieve ments of ancient or modern times. Th( small remnant that remains of this gallan regiment is melancholy proof of thei courage and devotion. The splendor o its triumphs is reflected back on the State and she will not forget that it impose obligation, which she cannot forego. Th widows and children of the fallen ough not to be thrown off to depend on th( cautioas and measured charity of the Gen eral Government.; Let them be our pe culiar care. Nursed and sustained It those bound to them by the ties of kindret and comm-n sympathy. they will be ex empted from the chills and blightning in 0luence of dependance on strangers. *I ca summon to the aid of this suggestton n greater or more imposing influence tha the sentiment expressed by Brigadie General Shields, in a letter to me, at nouncing the fall of the lamented Colonc Pierce A1. Butler, at the battle of Churu husco, and applying the principal to th familips of all who have fallen in this cot test. In speaking of hin, be remark "pertmit me, Sir, to say in conclusion, tho I trust the gallant State, upon. which b death has shed pch lustre, will supply t place of guardian- and protector tobi widowed-family." DAVII JOHNJOI EDGEFIE&LD C. HI. WVED.NEmDAY, DECEa1sna 1, 18S2. lUjThe followitng named getlemen a Candidates for the Offic'es to be filled at -Elec tion to be held on the first Mlondaty in J uary next PoR CLERK-THOS. G. BA CON, FOR SHERtIFF-S[M EON CH RIISTIE, WVESLE~Y D3ODIE. Foa Onovin.-JOHN HILLL. W. G. COLEMfAN. OJT S. S. Tompkints, Esq.. bas been re-elec ed by the Legislaiture Commissioner in Equit fur this District. Governor Johnson's Messag.-We have ceived, through the politeness of our worti member, Dantiel Hollatnd, Esqr., a copy of ti Mlessage of his Excellencey Governor Johnsa to the Legislature of Sonth Carolina. It written with that ability which is so characte istic of' the author, and contains some very se sible suggestions which should he adopted. M allude patrticiularly to those upon the Distri Police, and Free Schools, which certainly nei some legislative action. His remarks abo Federal Relations are warmthy of the most cat ful consideration. H is suggestion with rega to thme fallen officers and soldiers of the Pahini to Regiment, must meet a respotnso in the hi som of all. WVe have inade copious extrad' buat believe that our readers will not find the oo long. Chanage of Waher.-The weather has fri gtently changed for thie last week or two. A ter the cold spell which we noticed. it becan much warmer, ard a rain fell on Wednesda last, and continued throuighomtt the day. Sinc then the temperature has been variable. C Saturday the thermotmeter, at sunrise stood 33, and it was quiite cold afterwards. On Tutesday morning, st sunrise, the the mometer stood at 27.3 degrees. & Weo have been permitted to make tI fellowing extract from a letter, written by gentleman of distinction, to Miajor B. 31. Bloc1 er, of this District, whose sor,, William Bntle Blocker, fell in the battle beforo the gates of tI City of Alexico. "Cor.oatn:A, 20 Nov. 1847. "v 3B DEAn Siii,-1 am sutre that you kno take a deep and prmied interest, in all th concerns the icondnect of your gallant son. E led the Edgefield Comnpaniy m'.to battle, asi commandier when lie lell, and thme intrepidlity his bearitng wvas such, as to command the al miration of all who witnessed it. lHe fell te head of his commend, and I have no donl received the honors of' an'officer iniho burii A Pensnts .-Acor.. t eggP rawford, thae aiTatrs principal kiji In the direction oT obeuhas nently snccessful. Nothis from the Treasury .within two support of the State Prison. bnt on ili con ry its tett profits have amounted to p~wards o. ten thousand dollars. Rail Road Statistics.-From a summary which we hnwa seen, it appears that from the yep 1830 to the present time, 1847, five thousand and forty miles orrail roads have beeh'complet ed in the United States, at an expense of one hundred and twenty-two millions five hundred. and twenty-five thousand dollars and a fraction over. This has been done in less than 17 yea'ts and is unprecedented in theworld. WCstCrn and Atlantic Rail Road.-Tn the re cein message to the Legislature of Georg1E Governor Crawford commended the road to the consideration orthat body. He saysjl4e doubts heretofore embarrassing this work of State enterprise, are merged in its great use fulness and national impurtance. The pO'bdie. tions ofthecountry through which it'iinihiive increased in quantity and valie. Virginia,Tin;_ iessee. and Alabama, in part, adopted it as ihe most convenient mode of reaching a-Son thee Atlantic port, with their productions, By i new commercial relations have been established: and social intercourse happly promoted. The navigation ofsome of the wester'n rivers hither.: to deemed difficult and almost impracie r has been proven by the energy and ent'erprise which have been awakened by this grf-t w6:k of internal transportation. Similar wonrscn . nunicating, or intended to cotmunice ite it. have been revived or started into existenpey Nor should it be overlooked, that it Is.an jme. portant and necessary J ink in the chain of in f ternal improvement, that is to connect the'Sonth ern Atlantic ports, with the middle vaflay ofhe Mississippi river. A space of less thn forty miles isthe part allotted to the State ofeorgia to complete. According to the M', outlay of $375,000 will compiete.ts and improve a previous expenditureofmore.3 than $500,000, that are now lying idle and .pe profitable.. The oad for a htindred rmils hiis been finished, and pnt in secessful'operafob It connects with the GeorgiaRai1Re ede ing to Auguta, and with the CentralRUhRfk, reaching to Savannah. Tennessee, a ti quest of GovernorC , has pro e and liberally extended the charter of 'Gog for the completion of the road withln te net twenty-six months. 6 According to his Excellency, the road1bial. ready yielded a cons iderable nett profit: a Sitalists in Charleston ha a perceived thalt t extension and coripl I ilr tis State o,&W Swould priove higll iaggeous to 'Cliip ton, and a considerable"portion of our Saite. Tiey.have been urge4riaid in its constructiti, and our readersare-ad , that deegaite. nt tng thegrei i* d counties of Ten thiso-haia-ofrailfroad i rinimt doubr; that tvhen fintshed,thse road wigl6t 'enhance tecofmeice of our State., DEATHS IN THE PALMETTO. BEG!. - &MENT. The N. 0. Delta, contains a list of deatiin h le G;eneral Hosptalrat the Castle of Perot, occupying nearly two columnms-of smal typ~e&i =ithat-pamper. We have carefnlly selected from re this mnelanchioly list the members of the Si . e regiment, which wvill be fonnd below.-Courwier. nJnne 12-Mlartin, Co. H, chronic 'diarkea. "14-I. Dent, Co. H-, chronic diarrhwa. " 1-D ray ton Gritiin, Co. L. do. Win. P., Botis, Co. E. ch dysentery. J. Williamsn, Co. D, do. J. Neeley. Co. G. do. "17-Walker, Co. K. chr. diarrhwa.. "18-Stephen Pervis, Co F. ch.dysentary - " 21-I. Dabbins, Co. 1. apoplexy. -J. Proctor, Co. D. chr.dys. "25-Brown. Co. A. chronic diarrh. . "27-L. R. Spann, Co. A. do,. T. L. Carr. Co. F. do. iR. Allen, Go. B. chron. dye. e- " 20-J. C. Dnibois, Co. A. ehron.-diarrh. y"30-H. H ilburni, Sr. Co. L. do. S.July 1-Win. H illburn, Jr. Co. L.. do.. .lJames Bentley. Co. K. do. "3.-Sgt H. MW. Ripley, Co F. chrn.dy a Joshua Alexander, Co. K. - "4-T. 3. Jones, Co. F. chron. diarrh. .David W. Corkle, Co. F. do. "5-W. R. Ferguson, Co B. chron. dys. eAlbert G. Mlorrow, Co. E.- do. do. at Newton Drummond. Co. A. do. do. d "7-Filhman, Co. D. chronic diarrhe t "10-Sam. Alexander, Co. F. do. do. "11-J. MW. Norwood, Co. E. do. do. e-.i Ford. Co. C. "do. dfo. rd " 12-H. Hnardwick. Co. B. do. do. tDavidl M. Cole, Co. L. rheumatism, 1 singhoff' Co. B. chiron. diarrli. "15-Wam. M'Bryiner, Co. F, rhetamatism "16--B. F. Berry, Co. C. int. fever* Wmn. E. Powell, Co. B. janndice. ", 17-\Vm. Robinson, Co. K. debility. I S-Jas. Goodale, Co. C. chronic; dys. "23-C. WV. H largrooves, Co. F. diari-. C. Armstrong, Co. L. dysenfary - "26-Corp. Win. Robertson, Co; C. dys. e Aug. 2-C. E. Mionday, Co. A. diarrh. y 5-Bradley, Co. K. dysontary. e "10--T. M. Leitch, Co. F. dysentary. "17-M. M'Clue, Co. F. yalvular of die n heart. tt "~ 24-L. Scomtt, Co. A. diarrhm. "25-H. Gibbons, Co. C. do. ." 26-Trhomias Kennedy, Co. F. diarrh. rOct. 5-B. Trillman, Co. D. do. "20-WVells, Co. E. do. in L EGISLATU R OF S. CA ROLINA. at This body met on Monday the 22nd.-. The Senate being called to order by its SPr--sident time Hon. Angus Patterson. The e House was called to order by its Clerk at 121M. Atnrum of the members having answered to thoir names, the Hon. WV. E. v, Colcock, Spmeaker took the Chair. tIn the Senate, Messrs. Witherspo~on and Moses were nppointed n committee to wvait e on his Excellency the Governor, who,.np " ontheir return, inaformned thme Senate that af the Governor would commnunicae his ies 1- sage on to-morrow at 12 MW., -. tt. After transacting some buuinesmnr a pti t - vate nature,- the Senate adjourned. tati1 ml to-morrowv 12 M. .: .-g - -- . 1n theaIManse,. coemmitte s appo nnint