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From th South Caoinnun. State aid, Mussus. EDIroRs: This subject is begin. ning to excite the .serious attention- of out people, and will likely engross no little of the -time of the.approachiug session of our legislature. It is a subject the practical ,'iperatign of which is attended with some dimculties; and therefore it has been rather avoided by our legislators heretofore. But the time has eome tchen it should be met and finally dis posed of. The policy of the. State should. he cleatly defined arid settled in regard to it. Indeed, it would seem as if the approach ing Legislature will be compelled to that task, as it will probably be pressed upo'n their attention in such a manner as not to be staved off any longer. TIere are some things in which it appears -manifestly the duty of the State to aid its citizens, even indaivi uy. For instance, in the establishmtent of houses, and-making other provision for the maintenance of the poor'; asylunm for the insane, blmid, dear bnd dumb; schools and colleges for the diffusion of knowledge amongst all classes. Then, again, the :ate is justified in aid ing.the more fortnnate and less dependant classes of her citiens in a more general way. In clearing out rivers and harbors; by erect ing forts, arsenals, military schools, &c., &c., for the common p:otection and defence. On the propriety of the State aiding *these and similar objects of private and -public benefit, there is little, if arty, division of sentiment. But in regard to those enterprises, though of a public nature, where the benefits inure to individuals or associations directly, whilst the community at large enjoys only an inci dental advantage, as for instance railroads, canals, turnpikes, &c., the propriety of State aid has been seriously questioned. . The State has, however, already extended aid to several such enterprises, and conse quently Others will feel justified in applying to it for like assistance hereafter, and no doubt several will do so at the coming ses sion of the Legislature. That body will then have either to comply with the requests of these new applicants or reject them. The State will have either to stop all such appropriations or go forward. If she goes forward in the unmethodical manner she has done heretofore, she may involve her finances in great difficulty, un less she should -discriniiate between the appli mants for her aid, and that .would be odious, leading to sectional jealousies and suspicions of .favoritism. But if she stops, she cannot stand still, but must retrograde. What, then, should be done. I would say let the State "go farward." Let her aid all those enterprises of a public charac ter the tendency and effects of which are to aflbrd employmnent to her laboring classes; to diffuse information of a practical nature amongst her citizens, and vastly to advance the agricultural, mechanical, and commer Cial interests. whilst at the same time pro. moting the welfare of the whole people, and the dignity and stability of the State. There are three modes in which this aid could be extended. First by donation, see ondly by loan, and thirdly by co-operation. Tie first two modes are so objectionable that I shall not discuss them; but, it is thought the third, as I shall attempt to state it, would not be offensive to the most scru pulous. By co-operation it is meant that the State should become a partner or co stockholde-r in such enterprises-rail-rad especially-as they are at presenut ot' great est general utility, but upon such conditions as shall be safe to her, arid yet advanfageouis to them. Such conditions as these: First, let the State subscribe for a certain propor tion (say two-fifths) of the stock estimated as necessary to the completion of any road within her borders, to be paid whenever the individual subscribers htave actually paid up or put upon the work the other three-fifths. Secondly, let the State's stock be pre fe-red; or, in other wvords, let the road guaranty an interest of 7 per cent. per an num, to be paid to the State from the nett prnfits for a term of (say ten) years. . In the third and last place, let the indi vidual stock be held liable for the paynments of such dividend, arid the State he author ized to sell the same wvhenever her dividends are not regularly panid up. Some of the advantages of this plan would be, that no parties wvould ask aid of the State who, were not wilting to risk their ewn. money in .the .success :of their. favorite enterprise, and* ldso to lose it, if need- be, in saving .the .Staite barelhess. Again, the State wvou'.d then have a fixed rule to govern tier action in regard to all future applications for aid -a rule safe f r her, and with which the people of no section could quarreh, as i's working for or aguinst them wcould depewl entirely upou iheir own public spirit and willingness to help them selves.. Again: It would encourage and foster many public improvements which otherwise would not be undertaken ; for public spirited individuals woeld then feel that they might, expect not only the assistance, but also the countenance and favor of the State, which is a great matter in efforts of that kind. The State wvould thus assist her people in the march of public improvement, and at the same time increase het- own sources of 1 revenue-thereby raising herself to a higher position of prosperity anrd independence. Aud lastly, by settling -a vexed and vexa tions question, it would enable progressive and liberal minded members of 'the Legis!a ture to lend their influence to these great, and nowv almost indispensable, public works without the apprehension of being met and beaten at the next election by carping and . .rrowv ninrded demagogues. TIhe aid thus recommended, and for which the might vote,j could not be charged upon them as " a gift of the people's money to a cornpany of reckless adventurers," nor would it be " a loan of the people's money to art insolvent corporation that could never pay it back againi;" but it would be simply a safe in restment of a part of the State's revenue, which would return her a good interest as long as shte might choose to continue it, ard for wvhiich she could realize par v'alue whenever sheo might think proper to dispose! of it; and the " people" in the meantime be none the worse off, but alE the better. I sincerely hope, Mr. Editor, that this, or some better scheme may be adopted by our Legislature, at its corning session, by which the State cart consistently extend her aid to th many important enterprises in which her citens have engaged-enterprnses which s~e oughzt to aid and must aid or they wil be abandoned, niever to be revived again. ..I have said the State ought to aid, and ~e jnstified in saying so; for if ever there was a government en earth that shotuld aid her citizens, and that munificently', in what over tends to their prosperity, that govern rient is South Carolina. For if ever there w-as a people who~ cherished a devotion to a State-equalled only by that of a datughter to her mlother--lauding her virtues and ex esing tier errors, and watchiing her honor with unsleeping jealously-it is the people of Sonu1. Caro.lina. And yet many of these patriotic people, discouraged by the tardiness and narrowtiess with which the State has ts her hand to the great waists of agrictilture, connerce and education, hWt- removed with 'their wealth and enterprise to nmore promiing regions. . Many others still cling to their sterile fields which, for. want of proper market facilities, yield then a poor return for the " sweat of their face," and they cannot lcare. because a noble ancestry, in defetnce of their beloved-State, once watered these fields with blood, and their hones now moulder lienseath this sterile but sacred soil ! And shall such a people be tdiven frotn these hallowed, though dilapiated homes of theirs, leaving all they prize of ancestral valor and renown in the hands of strangers, and all because of tlie- short-sighted policy of a State to whose honor,.dignity and glory they are as ardently devoted as were their patriot fathers of revolutionary fame! I ask, shall this be? God forbid! Forbid it, ye wiho h:ave the welfaro of this people and the prosperity and honor of the State committed to your hands. DRAY TON. November 20, 1854. Lffy %hvertisfro. ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. EDGEPIELD, S. C. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1854. To Priasters. A ooo Compositor can obtiin a permanent situ tion by imm--diate application at this Office. Declined. WE are authorized to withdraw the name of JoinN W. SMITH from the race for Ordinary of Edgefield District. Mr. SsTa's reason is, that he intends re oving West. Rev. DAvro BoDio also declines running, his Churches being unwilling to give him up. The Governor's Ifessage. WE occupy a large space this week with the admi rable Message of Gov. Join L. MANNING. Every one nust arise from its perusal wil thue conviction that he has read a State paper of high merit. It is lsuid. foar fible, piactical and tasteful thronghout. Upoin the several questions of the lanks, Free -Schools, Itaun Gap Rail Road, the College and Citadel Academies, nd the propriety of Southern unanimity, we believe his Excellency speaks the min of S iuti -Carlinsa. His opinions, its regard to every subject upon which Isis duty leads him to touch, are advanced with a cour tesy, and a deference to the judgment of ot Ieris, char acteristic at all times -of the true gentleman and con scientious officer. We commend ithe .Mssage ts gene ral attention. The "Boll Ringers." Tut Managar of this Company informs us by mail hat they will exhibi in this place within a week or wo. Owing to the uncertain duration of oilier en gements, the precise night or isights cannot be fixed ipon. Due notice will be givesn by bills. Of tle nerits f this band we can say nothing, having never heard hIem. They were in Columbia last week, and we card several persons there speak admiringly of a ertain wood-and-straw instrument they have along. y the bye, we may as. well -give' the name of this in trument inadvance, so that onr little boys maty learn o pronounce it-in due time. k is " The Tronduen-. aephilipinoirosiamomento !" Oar Railroad.. As stated lost week,one hundred and fifty thousand lullars are secured upon our subscription books at this ace for the New Market and Aiken connection ria Edgfecld C. 11. (We always italicize the "ia dgefield C. IT." because that to us is the very jist of lhe whtole matter.) By a letter jstst receivesd fromt a ~riend at New Market, ('whicha, by thse wnsy, shutlu ave coame to hud more thsan a week ago.) we learn hat fifteen thaosansd dollars was suscribesd there at heir mee-ting in November. Ilow much motre hsas >een suabscribed since, we htave been unsable to dis rover. It us beleived that entough may be obtainesd to 'ave the charter. If not, an .extensin of time will be uked from the Legislature.- Butt ids extending thea ime is not what we want. We watnt thte road com-. nenced as soon as possible. AndI we htope all in erested in thsis project, whtether.ins Edgefield, Ab >ville or Chsarleston, will- ree to it that the requtisite smount of stock be taken in thec next two-.weeks. Delay cats do no good. Promptitusde may gain - a Ahots year, whicha is ~a great dleal its Railroad pro. ress. We are glad to bear thsat thse spirit is getting el tup along tihe line. Ins thte name of comimoni stene et us strike wh Iite the irons is hot. . Ansothter year tos ot eoffin, and who knows whsether we may noat all et down below zero again, never msore to rice. It oes seem to us that it is a amatte~r of great importane save this chtarter noto, so thsat no exte-nsions may be eded. To thouse gentlemen in Columbia whso repre ent us in thsis matter we wouild etmphatically say, ush it tiirough imqpediately if~it, be possible. Give tot sleep to yosur eyes nor slumber..to .yor eye-lids un-s i the pegsuare set arid the Rtoad:.rcndered. certain, - Thse .cepted time is noto. - - .... *Otate'Aid. Wv copy itis week ass article. whlichs appeared ome day sago in thse Soautht CarolisiaN, upsst the sash ect of the State's aisding our seve:ral Rasilroad enter rises. Althtoughs opsposesd to ithe priniple of State id in alt susch cases, yet, as it mius! lbe giren, we hsave reen htoping to see some plan suggestesd by whichs thse ood of the tchole State and the su./bty of the pcolaIn nc woul be ses-ured. Thte artleuof" DtaAvrro' omes nsearer satisfyinsg outr sru psles tans ansythsing we ave titus far mtet wvith. Hlappensing to knoaw the uthor of this piece to be ans intelligent, sagacious and .nd practical finaancier, and withal a gendleman ol sigh worth, we are dtisposedt not ontly to laced hits suig estions oturself hut to recommend thtem to thte care ul attention of our L~egistators. Withsout some such-t &ctual safeguards as lae proposes, we thoisd atsy ampeing withs our common resources, for thse ash rancemnt of local Railroad schtemes that may or miay tot succeed, to be little short of madlness. But, uster iflciently stringent checks, it may possibly be thsat se interests of te State at large would be greatly >romoted by sucha assistant-e, and nsobodly hurt. There is however one Road no0w before thse State, regard to whichs the tmost liberal policy recotnsilea e witha common prudlencer is certainly dlemasndes--we nean thse Rtabun Gap Railroad. Thsis tmighst perhsaps e put upon different grouand from arty othser 1amusl sow in contempiations amonsagst us. Because, it is to e the great artery thtat is to pour out ns pots sitr whoile aeole the rich produce o'f thse Great iterissr sof ostr ountry. It is to make Charleston a n-shte city. nnd mr State the most prosperouas of thse iti States. 'S is to cover onr lanad withs fatnsess und so niihsrdl fardsi is of the highest importance to the tshumbes-t anda nost remote corners of our c-ommonnweasltht. No mait er whcre it enters the State, provided it thecsee eks r sea-port by the most sdirec-t rute, vast advrasnages nist accrtae to our people, advauttnges so imp~ort~as: ,nd so general thsat they wotuhs seem to wvarranst our .sgilature ina fusteriing thsis Road absove alt tither loads. The Clerk of tho Houso. - Col. Sr.oAs, of Penidletosn. psresentt Cht-rk of the louse, stands very hsigh amossng Isis friends ansd ac-. ~uaitances as a man of Csine paris. lle is certainsly very agreeable gentlemnan. Thec case niih wthieb defeated Maj. DIaN of Spartatnhutrg, seemsed tos u irprise many outsiders no little, unttil thtey fotiud ou1 n their own fancies) thtat it was cte Rahunit Gap aroject which electesd SLO.o s.Maj. IJxAN was oppsrs ed to the State aiding thtis enterprise--Cot. Si.OAN avored ip with heart and soul. If thtis were reially a est of the popularity of that measura. wye shlai re oice indeed at the result. Bust wve do not so regardt s. S.o's is ntaiterally a popular masn, besdes bsinsg meuliarly qualified in every respect to lilt the siflire. i was seeking. And this Is thie true secret of his ticcs. We see Maj. Dv.. s's name nnsnosnneud ins Ihe prva, to fill thle vacanacy its the Spartanhussrg lgationi csts-ionedss by the deaith of Mr C .u inem.5.. e hope theo people sof ihast IUlstrict will ele-ct hims tsot soppsi ti isia.I wouiild hss but a in*nite.1rein mtent to one of thu-ir rut-t wsrlthy and- -ef~iint feh Colt:mbia and Tho Legislature. WE have just returned from otir Staie Capital, where we saw the South Carolina Legislature for 1854 and 1855 assemble, organize and proceed to business. The live days of our sojourn in Ciolumbia passed ofi on wiungs of p!easure. The greoiing of old friends and aciptaintaces, the introduction to new ones, the ritroispetive views called up and talked over with the trner. (the prosfective ones suggested by the lat ter, lthe tandering through old college scenes, the strolling" ito amd out of eertain once-familiar haunt. up-tou n," the stopping now and then by moonlight to lsen to the i- ell rememibered rush of Congaree's dashing waters, the occasional enjoyment of good things around some social board, the genial gathering together at night around some cheerful fireside, all these cirenmstances, and many more, conspired (as is always our experience) to make Cuhimbia feel more like home to us than any place on eardi outside of Edgefield. Of course we took up lodgings at the United States IHotel. Every body else friom Edgefield did so. It's a habit we all havo, and one likely to continue so long-as A. M. HIU-T remains it's Proprietor and Conductor. HuNT always manages to give one a good room, with a comfortable bed in it and ex cellent servants to wait upon him. He always gives his boarders too the best that can be fouttnd in the market and an abundance of it. His viands are de cently cooked and served op in cleanly style. We do not say that the other Columbia hotels are inferior to his in any respect. They are well spoken ofiby those who visit thenm. The Congaree Ilouse, the American Ilarrison's and Shiver's are all nicely kept. What we proposed to assert was that HUNs'S house is good enough. Tliere is one thing though in connection with them all whihh is kicked against wsith considera ble impatience-we mean that tall charge of two dot lars and a half per diem ! Natny speak of it its being very nearly akin to extortion. But really, when it in consid-red that these Legislative occasions reqjire the sudden conversion of a mere town hotel into a regular metropolitan aiTair, and when it is remember ed that to do this involves the necessity of vastly in creased expenses nsith only a three weeks opportunity of clearing those expenses and realizing something handsome on the back of them-when it is imsrne in mind moreover that for these three weeks of high charges, every one about the Ifotels, from the Land lord down to the ostler, is almost sleeplessly engaged to promi-te the comfort and convenience of guests n lien we recollect too that the hutchers, and poultry vedil.ers, and butter-dealers, and deer-killers, and pa stry-co. ks, and corn-sellers, et omnc id genus, take this occasion to demand of landlords the highest pos sible prices for what they have to di-pose of, may we not conclude that "extortion" is a harsher term than is here called for ? Let it not he understood though itiat we wish entircy to excuse this unusual charge. The tu-o dollars might do; hut that other half is a little too digiing. Landlords may find out sooner or later that it is no advantage to them to rqueeze the letnoi so clse. When they shall see the number of visi:ors during the session greatly diminished, and the lentIth of % isits considerably shortened, and Columbia falling gradually below lte notch of popularity she has hith-rio enjoyed, it may ie tih it the dog in the fable, grasping at the shadow and losing the reality, will I occur to them as illustrative of their own insagacity. Fhe fact is, this overcharge (amiing oilier things) has given birth alre:ady to the idea of removing the Seat If Government from Colinumiia to Charleston, and when we li-ft last week the matter was talked about in varios circles as a desideratum. We do not sop pose that it will lie carried out; but it might he well for Columbia and her citizens ito use all dne precas tion, in smtall as well as large ihmgs, to avoid such a consummat ion. The prosperity of Columbia, seems upon the in crease. The several railroads which come together there have bronght along with them advantages and profits, tipon the siretngii of which the beautiful town is rising iiiio ite ctheiea blne of a new existence. Ier main street is admirably filled up with all man ner of business esiallishmtents, from loud-smelling gro cery shops to imagnificent dry-goods stores. At night, dIuring the seu'Sion. n it-n every place is lighted up, it really looks like a little B- iroadway." hut especial. ly ioes old~ iithardson shine out at eleven o'clock itn hte morninie. otn a birigiht,,imny iday, when Carolinta's beatuty tind fashion are cnaged in the execution of hose va ri ius necessary aunt unnteressary little jobs, till of wvhiich come niter the generic- head of " shop ping." There flashes ahontg a lovely belle to call on tier milliner fur a biagatielle she htas ordered the day before, n ithn ieih to make her killing eyes yet more nrtderonts. A itd htere comes a gallant of some twen ty-three sumtmers, as hianidsomie as A pollo already bit seeking to become attre so by siimdry appliances of his tailor's 'kill. (The belle antd th beau may meset atnd mate b~efiore ithe witer is -over-who knows 1) See over the way that bevy (if joyous girls who have come diwnt to see their brothers graduate. AntI the ild psaterfailt is itn iowii toto, aiti perhaps the kind, goodl moth-r. (bless t lie itame.) to say nthinig of maiden aunts, btewitchIing cousins antd the like. Oldl hachuel i'rs partiehntarly are ahsvays plenitiful on promenade duin tg tie session, inatnetiverintg if at length they may lie so lucky as to cttchi a wife. A few strike it-but miost of ihem (poor feltowsa) make some abominable blunider and fail. Then there are venertable Chan cellors, and learnied Jiiges, andl ttdented Legslatoru, passing to antd frt. All thtese, mixed up wiith. the rab ble at large, really give a Carnival-like appearance to Coliuibia's ilhiroutghfare ott a clear and settled De enitier diay. Si miay it stil hte ini years yet to come! Our I .eiislatutre, this tirm, is conmposedl of many ol antd many -e miembhers. TEhe piroport ion of ncw membesrs is ratther lairtter thtan usual. lin the cutstoma. ry style. swe tmay ciwi-rve t nt they are a tine looking btody-no timeanintg therebhy tiny allusiion to the per sonal giood husks of mitmbihers ,1hot their ciilleciive ap pearaicc. Tli sit itn tii gallery if the hlottsc aitd m iake a genal survey of it-e sce-ne he1i0w. line wouilid he very a,-t to remark. "' well, that is certauinly a tnos respi-ciahble aissembldge.'' [ipn scaunning it more clise ly, h~olies' eye" t least mti.:ht dletert tt very hantdsome Rep. here atwh thisre. a fe-w de-cidtedly ugly one-sand a large nuimber tneitier tim haundsonte itor too ugly, bug just about~ rw'Iur. Somne bald heads aight be descried, a fesw very hiushy ones, andl a large number neither Itoo bald noir too hutshy but just aboutright. So too of the itetllects wit bin those heads-ome bril liant minds are there, a fewe very orinary onecs. and a large nutm her neither too birighi tar tot stutpidl butjust about right. As a gencral rule. our lionses iof liepresentatives htave ranked with anty Repiresentative biodies on eartht. Trhe courtesy and decorum of mne-mbers is usutally only sutr passed biy the skiill antd trbanity of the piresidling ofli cer. An admtirabtle trtit too of our Legislastures has been, thti the- ohid m--n:htsrs were ever readhy to assist anid lelp n inhe new---thie new, ever wilting to lend a pirettr dlegree oif respect and deferenice to the old. 'UThese remat~rks are cirtainlhy appilicabmle to several late Soth Caroulinia Legi'lattures. That they nuil prove egnialIly trite of the present, scarcely admtits of doubt. Of the aiiity. piromptness andi dignity of M1r- Speak er SJtoSs. the people of South Cairolina are already aware-. Of the talenuts, energy and worth of nmany timlmberu nlhi have hieretofuire served upon thte floor of lie htiuse. i le State is full y engnizanit. Of the foirtht cingta actingsi andi doitngs (if outr fre'sh represenita tie-s, high hopes tire enmtertainied in diflerent qutarters. D~uriung titr brh-f s:ay at the Cttpital, we- were mineh erailied by thie facit 1that m iembuers geerahly were imn telb-h byi a ihi-sire to lacei South Caroliniants tpon thes samte biruad andut stifi. roundt of uittyt and close broither hioed w itihih fir so manyut hong ye-ar< dhisting~ui'thed its as a peoph-l. So faur a' tnr mttn.u of iobservaitionm enmabled mus to judtge. thtere- was a dlispisition amngtt gentlemuen fritai eve-ry patrt if :he Smtt- to fostesr tunanimtitiy of sen tment andl feeilinig in regardl to our ed-eral reltationts. -The wtchwltoird seemtedh to patss a rountd bty commuon consent-" I'iuion ttt home aginmst all who shall dare tmilest us fr-om tabrotad." If we are not mistaken in this politic-at d iagnosis. thuere is ground to hope that thewsoutndt nhiichthiestrutggleif 1851 opened amongst iuswill sion he' hetih-i. TLhtat ii may be so, shioitld be thes earnest ns ishi of every patriot in the State. The signs if thie ilmhs are- tio dtange-rous now to admit of our induiingtm idissentsionts atmontg outrselves in regaird to the miidie ant tmanniuer oif auvertimie thie storm. Rath er hi-t its couel itgethier, like, brethrent as we are, andl un(iii upontt sotm-- colmmon schemtie fur mu~r common satfetV. lust us avouid sits-l locatl disputes andl disenms sionis as are I lk-dy iii weakuen our rauikr. Let a spirit of --i-ihiatiun. f.a ir. e-tni!idl at a msutrna ntimonis cotncil itu;..u. dir- i: th.li-liberauiins osf iur f~gletit~re, am leant un'ui' -.-i :1 :n aetIr:d i heuepe atnd he~aring io ;hat rly-:t!;te cltl-i which dayt by diay rise-s hhwke~lur car our .un: r hoiiuriz-us. We (owe this to ,ur-is-:s. or un~try and iisterity. Thse Iloni. R. I'. .twv . N. .. it t!..., i -,a (lie shter dar as President of the Senate, alluded t6 ths duty in mtriking terms; and we could but believe as we looked arnund upon that assemblage of age, experience, prudence and patriotism, that his eloquent remarks met a most hear, ty response from every South Carolina Senator. Prices of Real Estate. Om Monday Iasi, Saluda pine lands (somewhat im. proved) brought in this market from 5 to 14 dollars pet acre. Dark Corner oaky-woods (said to be of fine quality) rated at. harely $5. While Beach Island swamp land reached the extraordinary notch of sixty dollars per acre. And this we put against the whole up.country. The Chester Standard will fiid thh harder to get over than our " Amazons." Who Will be our Governor I Tars question has been put to us a dozen times perhaps within a day or two. And we have invaria. bly answered, "(,eneral ADAMS." The impression isq so far as we learn, that there will he no oaposition tc him, or no very determit.ed and dangerous opposition at all events. We are glad of it. The General will make a gallant and a popular Governor. Iii-s practi cal abih:y will make him too a very useful Governor. His erest mein and lofty earrige will mark him besides as the most dashing Governor we have hsd since the term of the chivalric BUTLERI. The Winnsboro Reg. inter, in an article of very high tone, deprecates the further advancement of either Gen. ADAMS or Col. PRESTON, upon the ground that they prostituted the right of suffrage in their late canvass. We have look. ed upon all this thing with as much abhorrence as has our brot-her of the Rcgister. But true charity teaches us to forgive the faults of our feltowmen when there is any shadow of excuse for them. Now it is very probably true that the melancholy degradantion, of that portion of the Richland population who sold their votes, was a state of things nhich neither Gen. ADAMS nor Col. PaRs-orN created. They found it existant and the custom (of buying votes publicly) existant also. To be sure, it was one of those customs " more honored in the breach than the observance." But they being " to the manor born" had not thought proper ao to regard it. And now to cut them offsud denly, withogi warning, wilh all their sine upon their heads, " unhousel'd, disappointed, unanel'd," would seem to he a rather inveterate sort of aw postfacto proceeding. Besides, if to "purge the. garner" is what we should he after, the business might become ap inconveniently general round of decapitation. For undue influences to secure votes, one wazy or another, are as common now-a-days as pig tracks. And what difference does it make whether it be done by buying votes openly or purloining them secretly If any thing, the lesser faault is to bay them ipently. Nevertheless, we abominate either course. Still, we think General ADAMs would make an excellent Governor. Huguenot Dinner. Wz see a communication in a late number of the Abbeville Banner, giving an account of a dinner not long aince had among the descendants of that band of HIuguenots who fled from European persecution in 1764 to find at length a hnme, on Carolina soil, tn what is now called Abeville District. The occasion must have been an interesting one, calling up as it did the sad yet dear reminiscences of ancestral sulyerings anfi ancestral fortitude. Our fellow citizen, WN. C. MontAGNE Eqr., (a son of one oi these Iugienot faali. lies) delivered an address appropriate tai the day, (if which the Banner's correspondent speaks in high terms. It strikes us as being a peculiarly pious and beautiful tribute, this assembling togettier of grand children and great-grand t-hil ren to commenorate the flight of their ancestors from European tyranny and their settlement in these free American wilds. Ila. tred of oppression in every form is ever charteristic of the Huguenot. Would that we had more of the stock than we have! Condensed Items. t:'7Tus Newberry Seniel, of the23th tilt. says: Court adjoured here.on Satitrdy. morning last. In the trial of the State vs. Dr.-..,.L Ganter, for killing (Simon) a slave of. Jesse E. Spurry,!deceaspd, lae was acquitted. 07 Tate largest newspaper lo ever known ini thaia counatry, recently taook lhace m aston. Mr. Gleaseon ai,:pnsed of his iinterest in, Gleason's P'icto'rial anal the Flag of oaur Uanion, for the tounid suon of' two haund red thousand tdollars. - g:g'Soa sacreligious rugue1>rdke ianto the Caiho. lic Church at Oxforal, N. Y., the other night, and after domng considlerable damage to the property thereiin carried offuhe silver pit, a vessel cased with gohal, for containing the blessed sacrament. gg William, a negro belonginag to Mr. Weaver, of New Orleans, has been tried, found gauilty, and sentenced to the penitentiary for fouar years, for bur glariasusly entering a house and enscoiusing himaself ini the bed of two young ladies whaile they were asleep. gg Tutu year 1854 began on Sunday and wihj end on Sunday, thus hawing fifty three Sundays. Jan nary, April, July, October and Decamber had live Sundlays. Such an array of Sundays, it is said, will naos occaur again until 1832. A would he Prophet, in the far West, said lately, in one of Ihis sermons, that he " was sent to redheem thie world and all things therein." Upon hea ring this, a native pulled out. two live dollar hills on a broken bank, and requested him to fork over the specie for them. g7' Tn: people of Columbus, Ga., are raising a subscription of $3000, to be tofferedl to the Ex-:cuative ICommnnittee of the Southern Central Agricultural So. ciety, as a honus, proviided thecy will haild the Annaual Fair of the Society in Columbus anext year. yfy A aoeuan loa'king indlividual recently entered a large clothing warehouse, at Detroit, anal remarked that lie wishaed to look aroaud and see wh:e the mosi valaiable goods were stored, as he intctede to breals in anal carry some of them ofy that taight. The clerk humarored the joke anal permitted haim to look arouni, but the next morniaag they discovered t hat hae hail been as goof as Isis word. IIe carriad off $700 worth of goods, and robbed the Cashiers dra wer aof $750. g.' IN consequence of the dleclination of Governor Reidl, of North Carolinaa, (be being elected tao the U, S. Senate,) says the Witmiangton flerald, the dasties oi thec State Ese'entive will devolve upon Warren Wits. slow, Esq., President of the Senate. g g UNaoruts'rcArao.--Kissinsg a pretty girl down South, a young gentleman asked her: : " What makes yonueso sweet !" "Oh," shle repliedl, an utter innocence, "' my fathser is a sugar planter." 27 Tat,' defalcation of Ex-Collector Ruissell, oa Clevelanad, Ohio, amnns to over $1 14.000). lis rail. beries commenced withi the first qauarter lie wa. in oftce. lie has property amounting to some $90,000, which has been attached. $7 A letter from Great Salt TLake City, of a lates date says:-" The wheat crap has been abundanst thae present harvest, though holders are anot very anxliosa to sell, thsere being a prospect of high prices. Wheait is now selling at $2 per bushel." gg Some city poet hsas worked ou t the fuollowinsg elegant specimen of litersaure and rhyme: Oh ! Sally, tis my chief dealight TIoa gaime upoin yaour eyares brite M'y luv faar you hy~ gosh cirpasses The love I fele fo'r rumn anal lasses. Et " N~ECEssiTY knows no law." Well necessi~ ty is like a great many lawyers. g~g IT is harder to avoid censusre than to gain ap plauise ;for thias may be done bsy one great or wase :ac tions an an age. But to escape censusrae. a man musast pass his whole life withtout saying or doing onie foolish thing. g' Wcosex, when thsey talk of " a good figure' most mean the figure 8 for that is the figure must paul ledl in at the middle. ri" SAn once a purse proud man, just gettiang into his carriage with his wife anda dauighiter flauiitinag it velvet arnd furs, to a poor labo'rer who was shoavel. hing coal into Isis vault " Joe, if you had not drank raum, you mighat have now been ridinig in your carriage." "True enouisgh," was the reply--" anal if yoas hadl not sa'll rum, anid temptedl me and others a adriank iail bcomne idrunikards, I woiulad." t y?" Wnir is letter U a moust iincertauin letter fl Be cause it is alwsys ainidoUhut. Why is the ketter E~ a imost hazy nndh extravaganii letter! llecanste it i. always itn haEd and' never out ''l Legislative Proceedings. - 0 S3ENATE. CLU1BA,TuESDAy, Nov. 28,1854. In the Senate to-dry after the presentation of various petitions, menorials, notices of bill4 &c., the hiessagtie of his Excellency Gov. Man ning wasi read. The tsnal number or copies were ordered to be printed, nnd the Senate ad journed. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATTVES. At 12 o'clock, the Hon,-e wasi called to order. The Speaker tlking the Chair, called for. the presentation of petitions, int-inorials, &c., from the several Di.,triets and Puri.,hes, when sundry members presented papers fron sundry personi. Message No. I from -his Excellency the Gov ernor, was received and read. The document is a lengthy nie, replete wi sound doctriine, and abounds in the etarns:s 4 the manner in which all ntfters contained ithrr-ii treated. On motion 2000 copies wore ,,r - to be printed, and that it be the order of the day for to-morrow, at. I o'clock. Ver'y many nod-is wtere given for the intro duction of Aills. sundrv P;--entments of Grand Juri,-s, one reiti:e, t lthe slave trade ; several on ti- wearing of ceii-aled wea;pons,and others, of public import:mue, all which will be severally noted, when theyare presented for consideration. Mr. rucker, from Spartanhurg, nnounced the decease of Dr. A. G. Campbell, member elect fromn that district, in n speech replete with deep feeling, with beantiful referenevs to the charac. ter oif hi deceased fellow member and friend, mn with atn iitonation of voice, which evidenced hi, own bereavement, as well Its that o the Hoinorable Biody to which lie had been elected. He moved the 'usnal resolutions of respe-ct on stelh occasions, which were passed accordingly. C. i. DL Lorme was elected Door Keeper, and the House adjourned to 12 o'clock to-morrow. SE NATE. ' WEDNESDAY, Nov. 29, In this Branch, the business is mostly prepa. ratory and hence somewhat uninteresting. The President announced the following stand inog Committees of the Senats. Pririleges and Elections.-Mesrs. Porter, McAliley, Mo-es, azvek, Dudley. Federal Relafons.-lessrs. Chesnut, Witherspoon, Porter, Pretaton. Allen, Irhy. Finance and Banks.-Mesars. Buchanan, Mazyck, Morderni, Cannoin, Preston. Judiciry.-Messrs. Mouse, Blakeny, Porter, Ches nlut. Arrounts and Vacant Oficrs.-Messrs. Brockman, Grim.ette, Fislinrne, nod Scott. Claims and Grievances.-Messrs. Dudley, Wilson, Williams, Watson. Military and Pensions.-Messrs. Marshall, Allen, Stinter. Colage and Education.-Messrs. Townsend, Bar -ker, 3cAliley, Ingram. In'"orporation and Engrossed Acts.-Messrs. Irby, Boozer, Hlibben, Pickens. Agricullure and Internal Improvements.--Messrs. Drayton, Hartlee. Barnes, Barton. Roads and Buildings.--Messrs. Witherspoon, Zim nierinan, Rith, Moorman. Lunatic Asylum and Mediral Accounts.-Messrs. P;ilier, 1asell, Zimmerman, uarker, Hartlee, Ingram, Scitt. Commerce and the Merhanic Arts.-Mesprs. Carn, Givi, Brownlee. Legislatae Library.-Mer-srs. Preston, Townsend, ButI. After the presentation of .sundry reports, me tnorials, &c., 31r. Mu:izyck, purtuant to ntitlce, in troduced a bill to repeal the usury iaws and alto a bill to atnend the charter of the Bank of the State of South Caroliin. Mr. Cannon, 11 bill to imend an net to provide for '(he inspection of' flour; Mr. Zimmerman, a bill to alter the sittings of the Courts of law on the Eartern Circuit; Mr. Preston, a bill to incorporate- Columbia Fe. male College. Mr. Mostes presented the petition of the Sons of Temperance, Division Nis. 12, for tn aet of incorporation. Referred to the Committee on Incorporations. Also the petition of sundry itizens of 6niner District. lrayiig for an in erease in the ltYnient of witilesses .anid (of Peti jtror's atlenditi courts of' justice; also a peti. tion rroi siiiidry citizens;, pray inr for the reical of il ancnt for peniiing at e-i tatin riond, nadt for cotmpensalitin for pais.,iin thirouih tieir landn also a mnemorialI fromn sunodry citizens for the es taibfi-,hmeitn t of a br:tichi of' lie Bank of thie Stnite at Stuterville;' alts thle returtns of Ite Comiiisioniers of Free Schools fur Sumter District for 1854. Mir. Porter presented the memorials of the Firemen'., Chairi a ble Association of Charlestoin ; of the Gratniteville Coiipainy in respiet to Hotrsie Creek ; atnd of the Northeastern Railroad Corn pany for permissioni to enuter Chairleston: which wer'e respectfully referred to the approprilite commi~tees. Various thelir pet itions. &c., of a ltin charneu ter wete renid, anid the St'n.ite, onl motionl of' ar. Brocktman, theii adjourned. IHOUSE OF REl'RE.SENTAT1VES. The Ilitn-e nssenabled at I2 mi. Th'fe Clerk ceilled the rol . andti the proceedings tf vester,layv were r- :d and, :fpprov'ed at. Sev'eril n'ditionni ma - h-: appeared, and af '1The Stainding C'omm i'.tte- wen- theni ainnoutne ed by the Speaker. viz: Privileges and 1: . trwns --.'a rs. John Cunning hama. Andtrew F. I ., I.+, R. R. !ly!":tn. .M. Daniiz kr. P. C. Kirk. .1. '1. t ros.,o:,. ('. A. 'Thlornwelt, W. S. M'ihley. J. I). Po'..t. I. Kerh! wi. A. C. Spain. Walits and Men '-. . :.i-r. i. t. 3Middteton, Gteo. A Tlrenth'tim. C. P. -,;: .m, T. M. Waginer, F. D. Rich anrtson. It. F. Pern y. J1. II. Reed. jr., A. hI. Boyktin, J. W. Hal:rrisoni. Fed.erul Reclations.-M~,.srs. Etwa rt Mc'Cradty, Wade ltaimponm. ir., WmVi. P,.31,- te. S. 31. Wilkes, G. D. I'Tlitlan, i.. W. (Charles, Johnir .Cuiiningham, B. F. Kileure'. A. M1. I.rwry. It. It. lotvsttn, W. .1. 'htw'oni. II. II. WVilson, C. A. * jTirnwell. 8. Mcrowan. W. C. D.esussure, Wi. B. Internal fIproermnts.-Mesers. It. F. Perry, G. Aiide.rni L. O'tBryani. I.. lIetth. W. IH. Ilenderson, J. 3I urry Ws. I Iiniariiet'n, (C. irhy, WY. P. Gtilt. P. T. Ilammonid. WV. M1. Branion, L.. J. Jones, J. H1. Military.-Messrs. S. MIcG..wan, J. C. Btlum, J. M1. C rosion, W. G. I)eSantssuare, E. B. Bryan, S. M1. Wiilkes, J. W. Miller, WV. C. Moragnue, W. D. DeSans Roads Rrikesa and Ferries.-Messrs. 1. W. Hlarri snii A. I. Moo~re. W. II. Roiwellt, .J. I. Ambler, B. Z. lierndoin, 1. 11. Rice, P. M1. hlutter, J. W. Miller, D. It. Elli. P'd,/ie Buildings.-Messrs. WV. S. Muiltins, J. C. Hope. W. A. Mooneyi,, J. A. Me-t', L Rabb, A. I Me lKnighttt, 1.. lurlheek, R. Hea-tyv, J. Wilbon. JIcorporatos.-3essrs. J. \V. Tiaeker, Jo~nah B Perry. A.t I. Spaim. Johnmi Siegling, jr., B. J. Whtaley, 1. C. Kint. II. I1. Rice, J. K. Tobtiei, Ed. Nobhle. ELuatin. -31e,-srs. t'. P. Sullivnn, 3. W. Tuc;ker, iia.mnn W. 1. Haiile'y. K. B. 11ry'an, Thos. Y. Silm A, eounts.-Mesirs. U. lD. Methon. J. Charles Blumi. A McQ ieen, E. M. Whiting. W. S. Grestiman, Jithn Fx.!!W. I. Dorn. A. W. Co~rdles. T. B. Havnesswoarth. Col'ored Po.plvaio.-31-Nemr.. 3. 1ItarIleuti Read, jr., .ithn Sie-gling", jr.. Joseph L). Pope. W. S. Gret-tamn, Jltrrll S.andehrs, 31. J. Kirk, W. D). Steele, J. V. Trim mie1r. B. J. Whaley. D~i'IrictI Ojirr atnd OtIires.--essrs. G. WV. Wit -iam-, W.~ S. Mullin's, \V'. I. I te-nder-un, G. WI. Lant irmi 1 .1 W. Wt'i itheirsptoomn. Jnit. T1.Q eencl, J. D. Bland in, . R.I tHryce. tD. It. Eilis.. Agrrien/trc.-M1e-srs. P. E. Duincan, J. Ftox, A. F. Le-n is, . lpps. P. 31. Bttiaer, WV. P. Me Btee, D. Bus,i I . an-lIters . . . Rtinphi. tHwesr-. 3J. W .-eeples. J. E. 'mTobiin, W. It. Roweltl. Luatict Assqil/nm.-Messrs. WV. I n aption. jr.. . II.. Carike. A. I. Mm,,norr 1. L Ilart. WV. tI. ilarringion. W.S Mebley, WV. 31. Bratton, HI. V. T1oomner, 1. K. iltiin Pcaision.-3Ies-rs. A. S. Wallace. 3. C. Unmpe, WV. ). D)eSianssnre, W. I. tDtrii. 1. W. Landriin, Rt. Mnt.o jr., W.* I. steele, TI. It. Ilayneswortht J. C. Waley. Pullie Printinag.--Messrs. F. D. Richiaridson, C. D. Mltoi. L. O'Bryan, S. WA. Wiihe-rspon, 3. B. Ker Me-dic~aL Commitre...-Messr.. J. 'W. Hearst, WV. M1. B.iiey, Rt. I. Hart, It. F. Kilgore, W. C. Cauthen, H1. V. Toomier, 3. A. Mec-lts. I ucunt Oflices.-Messrs. 0. M. Danizter, George tal W. A. Mootney, L.. .1. Joneis. Fumrossed Adt,.-M-ss'r,. Jteinh Ht. Perry, H. C. Kin At ex. .ti-Qeen, WV. Grahiam, Rt. Monro, jr. L-.'is/ntsire Li/,raryil.--Messr'. A. It. lHovkin, HI. HI. l rke. F. Nbile, Wi. Grahiam, (. Di. Tibnan. Caster.-Thits. Y. tiunens, jr., Thei -Speakel~r -iihmittt-ldith reptort. of the Com~-ptrotiler Genteral , whi-ti wvas re-ferred to the P et a it-n, &.c., being in iorde-r. a antuher were prsent..dt, whtich were~ teferred to apptlropriate conuilleets.ta r-ue lrtath ''iaeen eurring in the resonution ndopted by the louse vesterday,-setting apart Satuarday, the 9th of December ne.t, ns a dany f lumiliation nid prr.yer. :rid tiat they had ppointed Messrs. Bar ker, Vitherspoon and 'Zimmeraian as a con Iittee Io nel conjointly with the Flouse Commit. tee in making all necessnry arrenr-ments. Pursuant to notice given on yesterday, nnme rous hills were introdneed, among ihem -being at bill to divide Pendleton into tno elmetion dis trieiti. 'This bill having passed both HMaises or tht. ist Legislature, it was read ile fird4 time, ad, on motion, was referred to the Committee nf the Whole. and made the specival Order of the iay at half part one o'cleck on Friday next. Mr. Harrison introduced "a bill authorizinu the rormation of the Savannah River R:ai:r(Jd Com. panv. Read the first time. Onl motion or W. G. DeSaissure, the motion tn refer the bill providing flor thae election of !lecttors by the State wat reconsidered, and tie ilt referred to tle Counmittee ont Federal Rela ion as. Mr. B. F. Perry, pnrwa-int to notice, introdan -d a bill to give ile electin Of electort for Presi ient and Vice President to .the people. Read :he first time nnd referred to the Committee on Feleraf Redatians. Oia motion of Mr. Hampton tle House .d ourned. SENATE. TuIaSDAY, Nov. 30.. In this branch their was anaich business done, )ll all as yet- is iaa its preparatory state. - We >bserve anong other nowices that ir. Wason presented tle taemori;al Of the atockholders of the. Elgefield al t'healti Plank Road Company far ameanment of their :arter. Referred to tle Committee on Ineor iorations; also a pe:ition for tho ren-wal of the :harter of the town of HIanburg. Referred. to be1 samne committee. Mr. Johnson gave notice that lae would to. norrow, witla lenve of the Senite. introdnee at )ill to afford legisl.ative aid to the Clarlest6n and Savannah Railroad Company. Pabruant to notice, Mr. Moses introdnced bills o alter the duies. of .ordinaries iaa t akiag Admin. stration bonds, and to punish assauts with con wa:eed weapons. Read for the first tine, reifer red to the Judiciary Coannittee, and ordered to be printed. Str. Porter, on the part of tle' Conmmanitee on Priviletges and Elections on the tnemIoiriat Or I iadryeitizens of Priice Willianis and undrv .itizenaA of Edgefield, Owetiing ie seats Of the siiting nemabers faor the said p.rishes noad dis. trits, reporaed that tlac commitee recommended iendiaag for personis ad paiper. Mr. Marshall gave notice that ie would to iinrrow ask leave to iaajrnlei 'bill 'i amend the charter of Savannah Valley Rii-ei- Railruad :ompanv,'unad for otther.purposes. Mr. Picki-ns gave ":ic that.1 .lae vould to orroiw :ak. .hard of. ihe. Seaivfe' to jniroduce a bilt to divivitie PnAdtcton ianto two election dis triet<. . Afrer many other petit ions &c., were present !d, and reli-rei to the ditlierent Caineitee-, the Senate adjourated atail to-anorrow 12 o'eoek. HOUSE OF REP'RESENTATIVES. The moriing lou:ars wa< expentded iaa the pre ientalion of peitaon. ;IeCtats. Pursuant lo ni: ice, Ir. Tucker iatrodaeed a Aill fOr tle re-orstidizatioin a aid impriovement o ie Common Sbclieoo -yvatItem aif Som I C,ryiln i. Read tile tirst time .na*referri'd to .tlel"ommuait ce on Edetiamta; also a bill to alter and 'amend Ihe law regrulating the j urisdiltioat of Magistrat es. Read the first tinle, and on motion, was ordered to be p'indd;nmde tht- speeial order of ite cia at 1 o'clock on Ticdny tex'. Mr. leKaightgave noti!e thait tominnrrow het would ask leave ta introdnce a bill autharizing he removal or tle Ctio. tat Cia) nrston. Mr. Clarke offered tihe fatllowing resuiltion: Reso/red, That the Comiiritt.e aua !lat iili!ary be in.,tructed to iaaquire intO the expediery f :lteritg and amemniatg tile iaitin iaw ina the't:l. lowing respects. to wit: The di-banding ofI uuililiila compaies, :id erqnmlizi:angr ill lit ft eacha i volunteer ecomapinyt, witha th pa jrivilegeu ofln smaller numbetr-of-mara eon-stitutiatgr a ccmInny, 'a a samaller anumbelKr aof comupaneies a battaliata nr regitaeatt ; the :altblishing of thaat eiannse itn thle nilitnaa ltaw copelling ev, ry tman aof a cert aiat 'age unader peat t to performn maili: inat y. and iasertinag a elnna,, leavinga it aoptioatl 'lith htim Ii her tat discharge the duny, or pay' a tatx anatn lly foir his exeiin-iatinid tax tea be- received ly the enpahin aof the volunatteer coman y ahdong-'ia.~ ig toi tlahetet int whtich hte resaides; anad ~apra priated tao the suappartof hit comrptay, :Iand ait thcy htave lenave iio repuort- byha terie Immtriediate contsiderationa bteinag maovead, thae re-to Iutiona ivas laid ton thte table. "Mr. Satliivana intraidneed a bill griving thle aetee tio oft Electors of P're.sident, antd Vice Presi (ent to the people. A amessage was receivead fromat the' Sentate, Iro pie.,ing to the Housel- tei go itno i lectin fair Register of 3I esati Cainveyance tear Chtarlestont Digtriact I tillmorroaw at I a'clack. Oanataa mot oft NI r. Siegliung, the amessage was tail cn te tatble. On nmotiutn of' Mr. Sieglinug, thte ilonse uad. jourated. SENATE. FIAmY D EC. 1, 1854 A fter rendinig the joural, NI r. WVatston preseat e.d seeveral aanemorials. and peatitioans ; atlso, ltir. tint to notiel asked letave to ittriadneea a bil t t aenad ant aett enatitled ala aet to reaew the. elmar. tr oft certatin oowns~m vaitl lage.' pass*ed D~eema ber, 1 85:3, which rcaived iits irst reaiding~ anal ws~ ref erred tt the Commlitit ee~ in taieiiriir itians. . Mr. Piorter. paars.o:mi to noatice, atal withI leave ft the Seaiate. lo intane d a bill1 tao anthoriiz.e th. State to :afl~rd nidl to thte Blue Ri'e Railroiad. wihih received its first readiing~, an. wtas referred tat the Comm atitt c ea in Finance :anad Banks, antd orderedi ta be. plrinted. A Ntessc-age wvas receivedl fraom' Ilis Execellencyv tie Go veranor, containingr an itiat ioni fraim iie TPrtees oft thec South Ctaaliina Ccollege, ivi ting thei Senate tao at tenid thle College Conuanence ment: naad also cove.rinlg a conmmuaientiona from the Go' ernor of Gemaria, inl resplet tat thle boundry between the States of Souath Caroli na nnd Oeirgia. Mr. Chesaat, moved thtat so.muchi~l of His Excellenev the Gaivernor's niessaige tas related to the inaviltationt of the Tlrutstees of thIe South Cartalinla College to at tenda the College Coat menement be refaerred to thle Comitiaitee oni thec College, Edntaalin and Religiaoanandl sat mnaeh rof it as're.lates tea the commnintaaction of the Governoir of Gaeorgia oat lie baoundthary lines betweeni Soth I Carolitna, aind Geoargin hie refer reed to theii Commaiittee on Federal Rebittions. Sotion :agreed toa. Mr. B. . ..lhaason, of St. Hlelenta, reported a Bill granting taid to thte Chtarlestont and Savrannah Raioad.-t Mr. WV. D. Porter, of Charleston, from the Comamitee of Priviieges arid Eleetiaons, .asked peri.iein to senid fair per:oas anid papers ia thle Prince WVilhiam tad Edgetield coattested ehectitan ass. Saime othier biusinests of ani special intlerest Iaviig beent tratnsaeted, te Se~nate adjoutraed. HOUSE OF RI: PRESENTA TIV ES. The Hasuse atssembilled at 1:3 mt. Th'ie rail. was etnlied. :and tia <ilaram ittlaing pres. en!, thte paeaker caltled the tlionase ato oirder. and irdered ye.-iterday's proiceedinags to bie read. The iournatl wvi a approvedi of. . M~lr. Noblle ptresent<-~d lae mlemaori:cl of the Trustees of Erskinte Caillege prayiang taid fromt he State. Referred. A message wats received from thec Senate pro posiag to go into tain electioan for Comamis-iaaners ii .qtuity for Colleton, A bbeville anad Lexington listricts, inmmediately tier the elet iota fair Reg ister of Mesane Conveyatnce for Chtarleston dis trict ; laid oan the table. Mr. Hlamptan presented the petitiont of Natney Palmer, prayinag that her namite bet paIteed on theo pension list; referred to the Commraittee Oil Penr sions. Mr. Miudleton, from tile Commtittee ofC Ways imd Metait<, miade nn0 untavoirabhae report oin thle aetitiin oaf 'Thomaas C. Welvin, of Abin-e, e tprvig to lie :alloiwed tol hawk :ad 1eddle it thaat iltridt, witot paving the n--nni tax. MIr. McGowatn tmored to take lup tha message received frtn the Seathe propasinlg to go i n .... .e....,an fatr Comiimi.-ioners iin Eaptit fur Districts, nnd that a message of concurrence be sent ; so ordered. Mr. McCrady, from the Committee on Federal Relations, made a report on sundry bill, autho. rizing I he election of El-clors by the people, and begged lene to le discharged from further con. sideration thereof; and moved that thg whoe matter be referred to the House in Comm.te of.thte Whole, and be made the .aperifrderaf the day for Thursday next au 9'elocik. Adopted. -A message of coneurrence was retnaed by the ZSenate, proposing to fill the several vacant otfices before menioned. The special order for to day at 11 o'clock being a bill to alter the Constitutiohof thUitate so a1s to divide Pendleton into two election dia. triets-was then called for and taken np. The lHouse resolved itself into a Committee of -s Whole, Mr. Williams in the Chair. Mr. Wilkes advocated nt some length the merits of the bill ; showed in a lucid .ianer the great necessity of its passnge, placing it upon the grounds of justice to.vardstheeoverdignspf that large and highly intelligent distrit. M r. Dantzler said that he would vetof.rhe bill, and as he represented one of the parti6%e hefelt it to be a duty inetunbentupon him-to'es. plain the rensons which had iuddiedamn to do so. lie also wished to repel the many.clarges whicls had so often been preferred nguinst ilie present system of parish representation by members on this floor and elsewnere. Mr. Dantzler theii went into a lengthy and elaborate argpment in defence of lte present parish representation. Mr. Middleton moved !hat the committeenew rise and report the bill to the House withoit. Snenidmen t. Bef'ore taking the vote. Mr. B. F. Perry rode and ably replied to Mr. D:nizler. Mr. nantzler briefly rejoined. 31r. Tillmin said th:iat, in na much as lie was a new mneiser, lie felt extremely reluctant to oe enpy the timc of the lIouse; but na some asser tions had been made by gentlemen which had not beei replied to, he felt it his duty. to do so. Mlembers were much mistaken whenthey.assert ed that Pendleton would be the only district in this State that wonld ask for a .divimioa,, Edge. field and Barnwell would be knocking at. the door at the next session of the Legislatnreiat ing not only for a judicial, but a. political divi sion. Several members from his district, togeth er with himself. are pledged to vote for this divi sion in his district and they were filly determiitnld to demind the'divisiiin as an aet of jnstice. The Committee then rose, and reliorted the bill to thil liuse with.out amendment, and re. commended that the bill be iassed. A second realing was th-n called for. Mr. Ambler moved a call of the Ilottie,- and the docrkeeper was ordered to summon .the absentees. The vote was taken by ve-ira and nays, nnd resulted as fillows. Yeas 94nys22. The bill was ordered to be sent to the Senate. The Cominitee appointed to counL-the vl.it for Commisioners inl Eqnity,, report that-Pal m.-r ins been elee'ed to th-it office for Colleton District; R. A. Thompson for Pickens Dktritet; 1-. A. Meelze for Lexington District; and Parker for Abbi-vile District; J. A. Keith was elected Register of Mesne Conveyance for Char leston District. LATER FROK EUEOPE. A RRIVA L OF THE STE AMSHIP AFRICA-3 NrW Yonx. Nov. 29.. Tic Ir'tli ::ii North A mierienn Royal Mali Stem'iship Africa, Capt::in arrison, has nrrivcd at her warf in .lersey City froim Liverpool, %hieah port she left on the I8th instant. CoxxanCru. IA-rri.io.aoxsce.-The CirculWvef Messrs:. Milligan, Lanpriere and Co. of. the''17th instant reports that Cotton was quiet. and prices favored buyers. The snk-s during the week elding the 17th instant comprised 39.000 bales, of which Speculators took 2001) and Exportem 4000 bales, leaving 33,000 ba!es of all deyeriptionn to the trade. Fair Orieans was qnuited at- 5t1, -Middling Orleans. 5:l; Far Uplands Gd, and Middling' Uplands'at: spit. The .iv rrol rendastnff Ma'ket. Western C:mn! Flour was worti 43s n'-d Ohio ~46s per bb! or r nts in$. -. -Y ltlow Uarn wSa goat(edit uts,.anA W hitie 46s per 4S0 lbs. Gear-:sAL f. -rrar.uotExcE.-Thie siege of Sebasto pot is progtressinig slowly. Alt the Mail steamers have been taken by 11:e British Government to transport instantly reinforce mtents to the Crimea ;the.r. f..re no nmtil stcaner ni:1 leave Liverpool for Amerien until the 29th, the Niagara havineii been taken off tihe Ha!ifax rounte N eihuingr really later of imlport:iee hid been re civedl-ina Liverpool since the departure of the Baltic 0n tile 15ih inst. The tield, tighting befoare Sebastopol had tempo rarily cen,ed. D)ispatchies. both Russain and British, say that thle siege is progressing recu'arvy, and that prepara tions alre making for an nasault. Roth parties w-ant reinforcemnents. The Rnossians begin to w~ant ammunition. rThe Allies have beeni reduced by battle and di. ease to 50.0001 men. .The winter was setting in severely. The wenther jn the Rlack t'en had br-en sto-my, and two Turkish friamtes had been wrecked'. The great Ilospital at Sebastopol, containing 2C'G wounded, had beetn burned by the shells of thme A I'ie.* A Ilurge Frenchi loan is spoken of. H Y MEN I AL. SI~ars, n te 2thNovember, by Rev. David Boudie, Mr. .lori Nixox and Aliss E:.!zAssETH Bus sEY, til of thlis I )i-trict. MAR9.1ED, on the 28th ult., by Rev. S. P. Getren, . Mr. v~vrr L. l!oL.M~s atnd Mrs. MAnY E. EsA, all of this District. N ARiED, by the annme on, the 30th nIt.,' Mr. Lue~us H A-rclt, of A ugusta. Ga., and MissGEosoz ANN V. MATS, of this District. *I NA Ratl D, on Sunday. the 19th Ult., by Ifey. W. Bodie., Mr. Vixeon BtL. UsoE and Miss EU.ZA Bzaar, a~l of Eudgefield D)istrict. D~iao, at his residenice in this Distriet, on the2&h Nov., Mr. DErszv eUsEr, SF., in'the.88thi ycae or his age. I Ie had been a citizen of Edlgefield flar perhaps all hi~s lie. To say all the good that might be said of him,. would ie supertluous. lIe lived uprightly, aiid erntly re~epeeted liv aill who knewv him. He. was foir 5i) vents a consistent member of the Unaptist Church : sei-ved tmny years as deacon of thme Grove Church.' The Church has truly lost a patern and a guide, that will be felt by nill; fur though his onut, ward man perished, the inner men -was renewed day by dlay. and is now as a ripe shteave g'athered in the hlenvenly enrn, r. H~e leaves childre-n, many grand children, with numecrous relations and triends to mourn their hesa, .S. P. G. gg The Alnihama Unaptist will .please copy. Correspondence of the Adve'rtiser. HIA.\URlG, Dec. 2. Corro.-The transactions of the past week in this article have been to a greater extent than of any) previoius week of this season. And notwith standing the daily unfavorable advices from our sea.. port markets, prices continued faim, with a good de mni~td, up to Thursday, when the market became less aetive and prices drooped, dealers havhng, re fused to operate at foarmer rates, consequently agood portion of the receipts went in Store, on anont of Planters. Sales to-day shiow a decline in pricesot the week previous, of * a j eta., with a downtard tendency, and from present prospects we have noth lng upon which to prcdeente the hope of a reactioh in prices soon. We quote prices nominally 64 a.8i ets. . I N~otice. I3'LE Stockholders in, the Edgefleld & Cheatham Plank liondl are hereby notified thatthe furtht - and last instalnent of twenty-five per cent.- on-their