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Till LINWmi LiSIUfiil Published every Wedues lay Morning M.v ?V. . C U 1ST 3>T O R S ! SlHTOIt ASl? I'UOIMtlKIOK. T K K M S: it I'lvKnci*, f'J.oo jk' llir expiration hi Six Months, - - A i toe t'lul of the Your, u.'J'J ?. ( M ADYKUT1SKM F.NTS Will he iiwcitnl .it tin- following low rates: One square 'vnl Itl litu s nr less) one inset lion, VI ; or, it continued, 7."> cents lor the lir.-t in- . korliuu, ami .V> cents lor en eh salt, rqilent inser ion. t *r See Fourth I'nge tin ileiliietions ; 11 or of standing mil crti.-i litems. The number ol insertions must be written on san advertisement, in- tlioy will l>e niM'ittil till ordered out and charged accordingly. The President's Message. \Va?H1X(1T()X, 1 >c?. 8 ?'I lit" UltSSHgO of J1 u lvxceileJicy, J.Allies ilucnnnati, the IVetcdent of llie United Simes, v <0 lead lo Cuii^rcDS lo-;i v. The PidsiJe.it says that t!io tiiiM.eiai history ol the last lori v years is oi.e of extravagant expansions ill business, followed by ruinous contractions. With reference lo the Government works, lie is tie ter mined that, while liolic of the useful svoiks now in progress shall be suspended new ones not already commenced, shall be postponed, provided ii can he doiio with I ?jui iiijuiy iu iue country. those nocos Mtn lor deft nee, lie says shall proceed a> l)n>urr!? HO financial eriss had occurred.? ?' ... I lie recommends llie passage of a uniform i bankrupt law applicable lo all llm batikititi institutions throughout the baited j States* lie savs that our relations with foreign , govcti.uu tils ate upon the whole m a aatislactory condition, but that it has been ( our nnslotttttio almost aiway.s to have ' ?oine irritating, ii not dangerous question will. Great Britain. lie discu-ses the .Central America question, olj ciing to | England's interpretation of ll.e Clay'on ; llulwer treaty , and sava that as tins tr*aty is understood in senses directly I opposite, the wisest course would he to i abrogate it and commence anew-. Over tures for the adjust men I of lite question huvejeceutlv been made by the British j .Government, in a friendly spirit which I the President cordially reoiinoeales. but 1 as to whether this renewed cll'-rt will iesuit it) success, he is not yet ptepaiod to | express nn opini >n. With all other governments, excepting j Spain, our relations are peaceful. (jutia | gos upon our flag, by thai power, remain I unacknowledged ami unredressed. It is tilts President's intention to rend out a > new Minister with special instruction* up- I on all questions now pending between | the two governitulit*, and with the deter i initiation (o li.rvo them speedily atitl am- ' icahly adjusted. Itelati-Vu to China the -President says i that, while our Mmister has been in-true- ! ted to occupy a nettwal position at Canton he will nevertheless cooperate with the i Pritish and French Ministers in all peace l"u! measures, to secure, by treaty stipula tions, the just concessions to connneice ; which China cannot he permitted to with hold. The difficulties with New Grenada arc | believed lt? b? in a fair train of settlement, j iu a manner just and honorable to boili i parties. The President says lis u the j Isthmus of Panama is tin- gtcit Inghw iV j between the Atlantic ttnl the Pa<- lie, over wliicls a large portion of the commerec of the United >tates i> destine I to pn?s. The United States are more deeply interested than any other nation in preserving the | freedom and sec-nriy of all communications across this Isthmus; and lie, therefore, ! recommends to Congress the passage of an , fcCt authorizing the President, in ease of necessity, to ratry into effect ibis giiarau te?? of neutrality, and a ho similar legisla lion for the securitv of anv other routes across tho Isthmus in which wo may ac ottire an interest be tn??tv Tliis President condemn*, how< vcr, all ! lawless expeditions filled oui in (lie I'm ed Stales against the independent repiih , lies <>n this conl'iienl. lie th'tik* nothing is better calculated to retard <>nr si end) | ' progress, or impair oar character as a J 1 nation, tlinil tin* toioration of Midi enter | < prises in violation of the la v of nations, j and comtnet. is the w hole subject to tin* | ; Serious consideration of Congress, retom I ] mending tlm adoption of such measures ' , as may he effectual in restraining our i citizens from committing such outrages. The President says thai the Kansas Constitutional Convention was not bound ! by the terms of the Kansas Nebraska Act t to submit any other portion of the Con I | stitution to no election of the people, ex ( cept that which relates to the domestic institutionsot the new State. The election | upon that part of the Constitution winch appertains to slavery, will be held under legitimate authority, and if any portion ot 1 the inhabitants refuse to vole,a for op j portundy to do so having hfleii presented, . ihnl will he their own voluntary act, and , they alone will ho responsible for the con j sequences. Am to affairs in Utah, the President say* thitl tins is the ti at instance of a re , hellion which has ever existed in our tcr riiories, ?nd that humanity itself requires that it shall be put down in such a man ' iter that it will be the last. In order to do ; this it will he necessary to raise lour additional regiments. As recommends the establishment of a territorial government for Ari/.?>nia. The subject <?f the Pacific ltiii It "id is commended to the friendly consideration of Congress, Especial attention (stalled to the roooin- j nieridation of the Socrotary of the N .vv ! , in favour of the construction of ten small | g? comment steamers. The above are all the leadmg points of | m the measage. In conclusion, the Presi dont says that he has deliberately netir mined to approve no bill passed by Con- 1 gross which he has not examined, and ' ibere'ere recommends to both Houses to ' allow I.nil sufficient time for lli.s |urjs,so I pre* lou^MpQ^fUrnuictit. a * \ - . MKKL* <T lj ?v I>iU(rr. LAWtASTERVILLE. S C. WKUNKSDAY MOKNlN<i, PEC., ICifa, IKi7. Money! Money!! Money Mf < >s\ ii!y to the stiiiijjeney of the times f?>r the last few moilthi, .tc have refrained front enl'mir upon <?nr patrons tor money, at. tliunph. dni'i.o the lime nlluileil to, wc liave not reci i\eil one fourtli that is r.ecinsary foi ottr cnri.'iit expense*. < >nr demands are (generally small ami of but little consequence to the debtor, but collectively, they constitute the means ot sustaining our business. We hope litis intimation of our wants will be sullieient for those who arc in arrears upon our books. We do not wish to bo hard at a season like the present ami will he content with a part of what is due iik in c?ory case. We have a good many names upon our books ? limn of ample means too?who have paid us nothiug since we have been in this business. This we doubt not is unintentional neglect, and We trust tiiai this notice will have the effect of nrresting their attention. Those of our subscribers in other states .who wish to continue their subscriptions, must pay np arrearages and renew. We will send no papers out of the State unless to parlies whom we know to be prompt and responsible We will lYom lime to time send bills to those in arrears. None, however, need wait to be served with tliein. Aii Oiiginal StoryWe believe that our renners will share villi us ilie pleasure it affords us in being enabled to announce to I hern, that we arc hi possession of an original story designed for our eolumns next Week. They -will read it at an appropriate season?Christmas. Santa Clans, then makes his annual visits, being an impo.taut character. Our juvenile remh-is will especially be delighted with it,_:ind all both, old and yo.ung, will ?i.j"? n. "? is ii< hi mi' |'?-fi > ( ?>ne w hose ( iiternry abilities are of ll o tirst ojjdcr and who i? kiio.vn to our readers by this soubriquet of "Bob White,*'ulum, John W.Cooke i ^ The Largest Yet. Yesterday w< r* ?:i*: from our esteem- J e.l fiienil, .M. <'. Ili-.itb, ftsij , :i turnip that I We believe will beat etiyt liing of (ho sort ' that lias I presente.d to any editor ill tile , S:ate--ifi fact the la test 1111 tiifi In I|im State is ours. It wiigiis 73 lbs., and measures thirty inches it: i renin IVrence. To fiiend Heath we return thanks and hereby obligate ourfclf to give a pull' to as m.iiy more as he will set.d. Musical Concert. The lovers of good illllsic will be pleased to see '.bat a grand eoneerl will be given lu-re on Wednesday veiling, the 3Jth lust. See notice of llie -tains in another column. Kings Mountain Military School. We iJireit attention to .in advertisement | i?t this excellent school published in our |i?. i per to-day. Alan to n notice of ilic sah? of the estate i nt'the late Sum'l I! Maintiiond. Also see various other notices of sales and hiring* in this paper. Exchanges. Graham's .Magazine and the Home .Magazine lor January have each been r? ceived l'nev are admirable specimen* of vvliat those xeelleiil per.odienls viill be through the I otuiug year. Now is the time lo subscribe itnd to make up clubs. For Graham, sin. g'c. eopy ."J.'t; too copies ?5 ; three copies ' jff! ; six copies $10; twelve copies f JO.? I For il< in e Meg.Zinc. single copy .*;J; four ( topics $5. Hojs. The owner of the drove of lings mention d in our last, commenced lose.il at 7J; hut finding it dull sales he ngiced to take ;he market price to hi- determined hereafter. | Another drove eame in on Monday, and j lliey nre being sold at bj. It seems to he | the impression here that moro droves will vonto in, slid that the pi ice will be lower. I fur York and Chester exchanges say that they had been offering at each of those places ut 7, with strong indications of a decline. The Paliuettoes in Mexico. Those of our readers why have followed up tins interesting li.story as it has appeared in our columns, will lind that it increases in interest as it proceeds. The Hurt iving members of that valir.nt but Ill-fated regiment, wo should think, would peruse it with the htu'tesl interest. We will continue to pith. Itsh one or more numbers each week until the wnolu is complete. The Carolina Timea. This paper luia tailed to reach us for several weeks. Were the Carolinian and the Light, to both of which we are indebted f?r their iLuly issue?, to s<rvc us ji> the suae any, we ?honid be put to s<-ri<>ns inconve. tieuuf in furnishing our read era with nevri >001 the Capitol. Of tliia. however, we enertain no fcara To the former wo are nainly indebted for the i<enisluiive reports 'urtiislu d our readers Its liberality,as well ta sterling worm, is bey ond question. Magistrate's .Court. A Magistrate's Co mi was held in tinWild Cut section on Friday and Saturday last, at the house or W. 1*. lNyler, uingis.Irate. Two slave*. Hen and Sike*. the property i f Jereip.iah Kunnerburk, ?d" Cheatertii Id. were the defendants. The indictment contained jiuverul count*: the,-first .for an , alienee under the Act <>f 1740. agaimst the ' witl'ull and maiieioio turning <?f the pro* dtiee of lite country?corn, wheat. &e., &,<;. j the penalty for which under tjiutstatute, is death without lieoetit of elcrirv. The .see. olid count was tor trespass,?tin* third for j I misdemeanors r|f divers kinds. Theupine! diatc cause of the indictment was the burning of (m o M. Funderburk's gin house, on ! the night of the HHh of S^eptciuber last. j Suspicion re Med upon these negr< es from j certain vague threats and rumors that had ; been traced to them. The evidence, how.- | e.er was not surtlcient to convict them on- j tier the Act of 1740, but tl cv were convicted under the tltird count of the indistmcnt, ' 1\>r high misdemeanor, aud were sentenced I by the comt to receive two hundred lashes I each, H? bo adiniliisteicd on tiio bare back I ' with hickory switches?fifty lushes on the I seemid Saturday inst., and fifty lashes each, j on the second Saturday of each month for j the three next succeeding months; and the j negroes to be imprisoned all this time, or elsu their owner to give bond for their appearance in this Distjiet on the second Sat* , urday of each month until the sentence was Co innlete. The 11 in I t xrilt'd eorndderable interest.! Miij. J. I). W'tlic w as engaged oil llic ]>:i r t j ot lliu Stall*, iiiul J. Williiuin*, Kmj., for ilu> ' defence. The trial occupied twu days. ; The examination of the witnesses took up ! li e first day, and sotne were examined t?n I I Saturday iii>?r:iiuy. At 10 g'.elock the speeches comineiieed. J. Wii^ic.w*, Ksq , 1 spoke for about two hours, and Maj. Wy- j lie's speech occupied aliouI three hours, j The jury retired and returned in alio it one j hour with the verdict as above reported. I The .Magi-Irate then pronounced the seli| tettee and the Court adjourned. Tile ne[ grocs received their first w Lipping iuime j .liutely. South Carolina Legislature Our readeiu will liud elsewhere in this issue a condensed nummary of the business of General consequence, that has reached usdone by our State Legislature, commencing iii me pumi vvuere we I II oil last week. The bill for repealing llie law* against usury, as passed in the Somite by a small majority, will be found on our first page.? As this law is constantly evade 1 by llaiikiug Corporations, and frequently b> mdivid mils, and thus bat puitiatlv proteeting the borrower, it m ould seem that its repeal, under the eire'iinstauees, is no more than rigut and pro; or ; thereby placing all individuals 1 and corporations upon the sanio looting, and allowing money, as well as everything | , els?, to he> k its own worth. The inlinedi ite effects of a hill like this, however, in I . I a tune of tinmieial pressure, may operate on- | favorably, as money loaned .at 7 per eont. i-> likely to be ailed in, to be put out upon 1 higher rates. ? i The consideration of the majority report I of the Committee favoring (Jov. Adams' I views in reference to the slave trade, it will be si imi, has been indefinitely postponed by j the Senate. This, we think, was wi-e?j Our Legislature was but wasting time in < mooting such a proposition at this period j Their h sviiig done so, and so seriously, is : . considered in other quarters a capital joke 1 , ()ur Senator, Mr. Withcrspoon, voted for j I its indefinite postponement. t * It is thought that the bid for the repeal of ' tiic usury laws will not pass the House. j j Washington Items. Congress was organized on .Monday, the t 7;ii inst, by the election of Mr. Fitzpalrick, | * of Alabama, as 1'renident j>ru Inn, of the | Senate ; I Ion. J b.f )rr, of this State, Speak- J t er of ihu I louse ; Mr. Allen, of Illinois,! t Clerk ; Mr Cluusky. of Georgia, Postmaster t to Congress. j ' 'I his triumph of Mr. Orr is such that lie, j , with his numerous friends, and the whole i Palmetto State, may well he proud of.? > 1 Never, perhaps, during the history of our country has this distingui-hed honor been , so spontaneously tendered as in the present ! ( instance. He had previously been unani- i uKiuaiy iiumillilli'U Mir 11)1! OlllCe OI JSpeaKer by llu' great Democratic Party. Mr Orr, it is well known, in pccii iarly lilted for tlio , position ; Ids ubili-ics an a presiding officer i h.ivo been tested mo e than onre and being ' a strict constructionist of tlie Constitution, , the South, and the people 61" every section who venerate this instrument, will haii with pleasure this choice of the National Ah- j seinhly. The 11?>n. H A. I)onglns, of Illinois, dis- | #cnts from that position of the President's , Message in relation to the Kansas Constitu- | tiotial Convention. An exciting debate oc- ! curve I on I he 9th,' upon this point, between Senator^ >uuglas and Senator [ligler (Dem.) of Pennsylvania. The House of Ileprosentativcs has elected St e. dm an, the Democratic candidate, printer. Sianton has been removed from his office ,.f / e ? vi v 1/1 ivanx.i.i. ( "Due West." \ A '* Son of lauicaster" in a commnnics- i | lion to ua some tittle since, mentioned thai the contemplated r..ilro.it] from Wilmington 1 to Charlotte ivould p..sain the neighborhood of " Due Weal," or such was our under* . standing of the sentence. The Editor of i the Due \Ve*t '1'elescttpe notices th;a, and ia ' Concerned to know it thers ia ready a Due J VVeat m the Old Ninth State, lie say?; , It thee a Duo Wo?t,due East from this! i If not then the above railroad mooting ia to i be in-our town. I art the enterprising citi- ' Zona of "Old Kip" and |'?t Dee eons on. I Due West will receive them with open * doors. t The President's MessageWe giv? elsewhere in our paper a brief synopsis of the President's Message as it i una received in Charleston and Columbia in the form of n telegraphic-dispatch. Since that was pgl,\n type wo havereceived the Message in .full, but we linjl it entirely too lengthy for our columns without excluding from litem .every thing else. We, however, annex some important extracts. The lending subjects upon which the Message treats, is that of the present financial condition of the country, and the utVairs of Kansas.? The former, he conceit ?*s to tie the result of the almost unlimited power given to the Ibmks by the Mutes, which povvci they have taken advantage of and by extravagant expansions have brought '.he present distress upon the country. He says that in the recent report made hy the Treasury Department ou the condition ol the i tank a throughout the different Slates, according to returns dated nearest to January, the aggro gaic umum 01 actual specie in their vaults is #515,349,838, of their circulation #314, "778,822, and of their deposites $23u,35J,352. Thus it appears that these hanks,in the aggregate have considerably less than one dollar in seven of (.'old and silver compared with their eircu'ntion and deposites. it was palpable, the efo'e, that the very lir>t pressure must drive them to suspcusiig), and deprive (lie people of a eunvertilde curreuey with all its disastrous consequence*. To the formation of a National p.uik, which has been urged as a proper ro.uedy for the evils vvhieh now afliict the country, he is opposed, and gives his reason* ?t .more length, lie says that we uiust mainly rely upon the patriotism and wisdom of the Slates for the prevention and redress of the evil, lie gives it. however, ns his opinion that Congress possesses the power to pass a uniform bankrupt law applicable to all banking institutions throughout the United Stales, and he sliougly recommends its e.x. islcnce. This would make it the irreversible organic law of each bank's existence, mat a suspension of specie payinents shall produce its civil death. The instinct of gplf-prcservation would then compel it U> perform its duties in such a manner us to escape the penalty and preserve its life. The President's remarks upon Kansas matters ha\e been looked lorwnid to willi greater interest than anything ris-.and tual p..I .ion o! the ilessagc v. c submit to our j tenders entire as loll own : It is unnecessary to state in detail (be al- ! arming condition of ihc 1 < rnlory of Kunxii' i at the lime ot my inauguration. The opposing parties l.ien stoo t m hostile array ' against eaeli other, and anv accident ini^hl ' n..ve relighted the ll ones ot civil war. Ite- i mdes, at tins critical iiioiueiit, Kansas was I left viiihoiit a governor b; tlit* resignation j ot tiov. tieary. On the I'Jtli February previous, the terii- ' tonal legislature had passed a law proviii- J ing lot toe electlyh id delegares on tlie ilind .Monday of June to :: convention to meet on tlie nrsl .N^otidu. of September, for the purpose of framing a convolution pre para lory to admission into liic Union. 'J Ins law w..it in the main fair and just; and it is to be regretted that all the ijiialiiieii electors Had not registered themselves and v oled under its pi ox isimiH. At tin* liuie of tin* election for delegates, an extensive organization cxisttd hi the lYr.ilory, v\ I use avowed object it was, il need he. to llilt iloxxli I lie laxci..! ......... - I - |i."VIII..H-IH ( l?_> 1 r?"?-. a mi !< establish a ?\?-rut of | their own under the so called Topcka conitilotio:.. '1 iu- |nT.-^!it attached t>* this rei?.|ulioiiary org iiiw.ilioti abstained from la king any pail in the election. The in-1 <*t tin* teriilorinl legislature had mulled to provide lor submitting to tin- I |it-o|ilo tliu constitution wl.it-li might Im I frni.tttl l>, the comenlioii ; ami m the exci- ! It-il stale "I public Icoling throughout K illtat :>u apprehension fxionnit11) prevailed .iiat .1 design existed to force h|ion tlicti) a ] :o;iitil..tio i in relation to slat ore i gainst i In ir mil In this ctiicigeiicy it became my I lutv, as it was my ungues Unliable right, 1 i.iving in ticw too union ol all good ciu- | tens in support of tho icrritori.il laws, to j xpress an opinion on the true construction j >f the provisions concerning slavery con- | .lined in llic orgiuic act of Congress of the 1 loth May, 1'Sj-l. Congress declared it to ie "the triii* intent ami meaning of this act lot io legislate slavery into any Territory , r {Slate, nor to exclude ii therefrom, but 1 .o leave llie people thereof perfectly free to 1 Will and regulate their domestic institu- j ions in tlicir own way." Under it Kansas, j when admitted as u Stale," was to "lie re- I'ivcd into the Union, with or without j tluvery as their eonsiituitioii may prescribe it the time ol their admission " L>nl Congresa mean by this language iiial the t elegates elected to frame a run- | itilution should have authoiily finally to lecidu ihe question of aluvery, nr did they llleiid bv leatinc |t. to the lu-nlile tlni; tlie 1 people ?f Kansa* themselves should decide Lhm question by ? direct vole? Oil this mihj-cl I I bud neyer cnUiriiiinid a teriiitiM tio'ibl, uiid tliere To re, in inv in?:ruclions to Governor W'a'ker of the iSMih Al. reh 1.1*1, I merely said lliirt when "u cunslitu- i lion shall be submitted to the people of tno , Territory, they must be protected in lite ex- j erei-e of Iheit right of voting lor or ag iiusl ! that instrument, and the fair expression ol the popuutr will must not be interrupted by fraud or violence. In expressing this opinion It mum far from j mv intention to interfere with the decision #1" I In* people of K441 *..s,either for or ngatnsi rluvrry. From Ibis 1 hi.ve ulways carefully ibstaiued. Intrusted m ilh the duty of Inking 'Cute lli.it the isms be fnilh'.ully executed,' my only desire was tlint the people of Kansas should furnish to Congress the evidence required by the organic act, whether for or j igainsi slavery ; mid in litis munner smooth , Iheir passage into the Union- In emerging < roiij me coroliiion of territorial dependence J ulo thai of a sovereign Stats, it mam their { July in my opinion, to make known their | will by their vote* of the majority, on the iirect question whether this important do- j i) eat it! inMiitution should or uliouhl not con* I tonlinue to exist. Indeed, thin was ttie on- | y possible mode in wh'eh their will could ; be authentically ascertained. The election of delegate* to a convention I nust necessarily take place in Si puratp dis* I Lricts. From this cause u may readily hap- ' ?en, as has often been the case, that a maiori'ty of the people of a Siat? or Territory are on <;ne side of a question, whilst a majority of the representatives froui the ieveral districts tnio w hitsh it is divided may >e upon the other aide. This arises from the fact that in some districts d legatee nay be elected by email majorities, w hilst n others those of different sentiments may eceive majorities sufficiently great not on* y to overcome the votes given for the forn?r, but to leave large majority of the he whole people In direct opposition to a a I majority of the delegate*. Decides, our c history proven that jiillucncejj may be brought to bear on the representatives xuf- t tieientlv powerful to induce him lo.disre t gard the wll of his constituents. The # trntli is, that no authentic and satisfactory m?i(ic exists of ascertaining the will of a * 1 majority ot the people of any State or Ter- t ritbry on qn important i\tid exciting,question t I like that of slavery in J\ans:ur, except by I | leaving it to a direr t vote. Mow wise, then, 1 was it for Congress, to pass over nil the subordinate and intermediate agencies, and 1 proceed directly to the source of all.lcgiti- ' mate pov cr under our institution* ! ? How vain would any other principle I prove in practice. This may be illustrated bv the case of Kansas. Should she Ire ad- 1 miller' iplo the Union, with n constitution 1 either maintaining or abolishing slavery, I i against the sentiment .of the people, this 1 could have no other effect than to continue 1 and to exasperate the existing agitation dnr- ' ing the brief period required to make the ' constitution conform to the irresistible will of the majority. The friends apd supporters of the Nebraska and Kansas net, when struggling on n recent occasion to #uslain its wise provis ions before the great tribunal of the Amor! ican .people, never dillered about its true meaning on this subject. Kvcrv where ( throughout the ,Union, they publicly pled! geil ttieir faith and their honor, that they would cheerfully submit the question of slavery to the decision of the bon i fair people of Kansas, without any restriction or qualification whatever. All welc cordially united upon the great doctrine of popular sovereignty, which is the vital principle of | otir tree institutions. Had it then been insinuated Troin anv quarter, that it would be a sullieient eonipdanee with the requisitions of the organic law for the members of a convention, thereafter to lie elected, to withhold the question of slavery from the peo I pie. and to substitute their own wjll for lhat.of a.legally ascertained majority of all ! their constituents, this would have been inS slant I v rejected Kvcr* where they remainI od true to the resolution adopted on a celebrated occasion, recogiii/.ing the right of I the lit onle of nil tin, '1',-rritm!.*?ii.i.liotin.r Kansas and Nebraska?acting through tlic * ' l?-i?nlty Ami fairly expressed * it! of a ma- 4 ! jority of actual residents, and whenever the 1 | iiiiiiiIht of their inhabitants justifies it, to I i form a constitution, with or without slavery 1 and l>e admitted into the Union upon term* ' j of perfect equality wiih tlic other States." The convention to frame u constitution for Kansas, nut on the lirst .Monday of Sepj tent her last. They were called together by I virtue of an act of t'?e territorial legialn 1 ' tore, v* iiosi lawful existence haU been lee* j ' ognised by (ainLrew in different torins and , by different enactments. A l.irg<* propor- j ! lion of the citizens of Kansasdid not think proper* to legister their nao.es and to vote " al the < lection for dc'egales; hot an oppor* . a. . i : . v. |. i.. ..a- _.r { % ( * 111 v ??? utf una iitts '' * ?? u?'t*n iiiioiu cd, their refusal to avail themselves of their right, could in no manner tilled the legality ot the convention. c Ti-is convention proceeded to frame a ? constitution for Kansas, and finally adjourned on the 7th day of November. Itot little dillicultv occurred in the convention, except on the subjict of slaVcrv. The truth c is that the general provisions of our recent c State constitutions aro so similar?and, I : may add, mi excellent, that the difference hetweci, them is not essential. Under the earlier practice of the government, no con* 4 dilution framed by the convention of a Tcr I rilory preparatory to its admission into the j{ Union as a State had been submitted to the people. I trust, how ever, the example set 1 h. the last Congress, requiring that the :l constitution of Minnesota "should be sub \ Iii I li a nnnravol ?>?%.4 ?!-. . -*' ?? - / - i ? ...w.i "i hiv i people ol (h?* proposed St.ili*," in it \ Ik* 1 I lowed on future i^v.iiiuni. I took it for grunted tliat ihi* convention of Kansas would act in nccoidunce will, this example, founded, an it in, on correct principle* ; and hence my instruction* to (invert.or \\ alkcr, in favor ot submitting the constitution to tin- people, were expressed in general and unquutiiied U" mi. In the Kaunas-Nebraska net. however, t this requirement, as applicable to the w hole . constitution, had not been inserted, and the ^ convention were not bound by its terms to submit any other portion of the instrument to nn eleelion. except that which relates to " the domestic instilutiori*' ol' slavery. This l will he rendered clear by n simple reference , to its language. It was "not to legislate | slavery into any Territory or State, nor to | exclude it therefrom, but to leave the pco- ' pic thereof perfectly free to form and regit- i late tiieir domestic institutions in their own | way." According to the plain constructions <d I lie sentence, trie words "domestic institutions" have a direct, as ll.cy have an ,1 appropriate reference to slavery. "Domes, Ii tic institutions" are limited to the family.? r 'i'lie relation between master and nla\t* and | a few others are "domestic institutions," and are entirely distinct front institutions 1 of a political character Uesid.-s, tlierc w as no question then before Congress, nor in- t deed has there since been nnv serious ques- . lion before the people of Kansas or the country, except lluil which relates to the "domestic institution" of slavery. ' 'r.... -r. j ?j - I' ? ..v uivri .hi rtcuru mm ?m? , v j?ry debute, finally determined, by n nuijori- | ty of only two, to subn it (lie question of la?ery to the people, though at the last, ; . forty-three of the fifty delegates pracnl > 1 iiitixcd their ?ignnlures to the constitution. ? A large majority of the convention were j j in tavor of cstubli-hing alavery in Kansas. 1 r They accordingly inserted an article in H>e constitution for this purpose similar in form to those which hnd been adopted by other " territorial conventions. In the schedule, however, providing for i'ie transition from a territorial to toe o?>k* government. the question has been fairly and explicitly referred to the people, whether they will have a constitution "with or without slavery."? It declares that, before the constitution adopted by the convention "shall be went to Congress for ndinission into the Union as a btale," nu election shall he held to de- H cide this question, at which all the while male inhabitants of the Territory above the age of are entitled to vote. They are 1 to vote by ballot ; and "the ballots cast at r as id election shall be endorsed 'constitution 1 witii slavery,' and 'constitution with no v slavery.' " If there be a majority in favor f of the "constitution with slavery," then it | is to be transm.ltcd to Congress by the e president of the convention in its original form. If, on the contrary, there shall be a " iiihj rily in favor of the constitution with r no slavery," "inen the article providing for slavery shall be stricken from the consiitu- t in in h?? II.- --?:-i .t! - - ?. ?i |)irniurni vi mm convention,;" and it ix expressly declared that M no slave- u ry at,.ill exist jn the S*tnt? of Kansas, except M that the right of property in alaves now in the Territory ?l)ali in no manner be inter- fered ?? ith ; and in that event it is made his duty to have the connlilultOQ thus rati- 0 tied transmitted to theCongreaa of the United Slate* for the admission of the Stale in- 'I to the Union. a At this election every riliicn will have an opportunity to express hia opinion by hi* rt vote "w'.ethsr Kansas shall be received into m the Union with or without tlaviry," and thus this exciting question uisy be peacefully settled in the very mode required by the 0 organic law. The election wiit be held un- Cl der legitimate authority, and if soy portion if the inhubi t.urts tfhnll refuse lo vote, n fair ipportuiuly to do sothaving barn jtresented, his will be their own voluntary nut, nnd hey alone will be responsible for the coulequcnoen. Whether Katisas shall be * iVeo or a ihivo Stale must eventually, under eome auhor.tv, be decided by an election; and the ' luestion can never be inure clearly or disinutly presented to the people than it m at he present moment, Should this opportnlily be rejected, she may be involved for rear? in discord, ami possibly in civil war. >cfore she can again make up the issue now to fortunately tendered, and again reach the mint sbe Iiiyr already attained. Kansas has for soiqe years occupied too nucli ?d" the public attention. It is high iine this shou|d be directed to far more imtorlant objects. When once admitted into be Unijn, whether with pr without slavev, the excitcmept .beyond her own limits will speedily*puss 'away, and slpj will then ur wic nrsi huh' oe tett an sue .ought to ihvc been long since, tomanngo her own dlairs in her own >vay. If iter constitution >ii the subject uf slavery, or on any other nibjoct, be displeasing to a majority of tl\e U'oplc, no human power can preveiU .tlnwu roin changing it within a very brief period. Under these circumstance*, it may well be | )U"8liot>cd wJjuthcr the peace and quiet of I he whole country arc hot of greater iinjortauce than the mere tempomry triumph | >f either of th? political p .rties in Kansas. Should the constitution without slavery lie adopted by the votes of the majority, the iolita of propelty in slaves n iw in the teritory are reserved. The number of these s v*yy email ; but if it were greater the t jirovision would be equally just and r. nsonible. These slaves were bruugibl into lie Territory unduV the constitution of theUnited States, and ate now the piopcr'y of heir masters. This point lias at length ireeii ti/i.illy deeided by the highest judicial ribtimd of the country?and this upon the ilain principle that when n confederacy of iQVcreign Stales acquire a new* territory at heir joint expense, both equality and justice leni.uid that the citi/.cns of one and all of Iicni shall have llie right t? tnk? into it j whatsoever is recognised as properly hy the ; 'omnton eou->titutio(i. To have summarily j roiitisen'cd tlio propeity in slaves already | n the Territory, would have been an net ofj {loss injtiNliee, and contrary ? > tin* practice j if the older States of the Union which itivc abolished slavery. Fatxoi Regulations. A respected citizen and a tax payer claims ; i place in our paper lor the following. T ic J attrition of the Town Council (as in ailiwer to tiie inquiry, we state that we have j recti informed nod believe that there is such i body in cxUlv' tr) is directed to it. Mil. KniToR.?Have wc any Ctninrii! If. o, w hy is it no patrol, is detailed for doty I )nr village is tilled every night and espe- I ially on Sundays with negroes, who are j iwr.re that it is unnecessary to have their ' iwool's permit, as tliejr eon pass without | ut or permit. It is to he Imped that Couiiil will see that the laws he faithfully e x e ! uted, atid that owners of slaves, especially it the neighborhood of the village, he canious in giving their servants permission to 1 Uil our town Unlimited license will.(if it ' ias not already,) lead to drunkenness,thicV- j ng ?nd kindred vices. Friends, for t!ie sake j if your own interest, the good of the slave, I nd our community generally, I beseech on, he more cautious iu pot milling your j i< groes to visit Lancaster, j Fur the l?edger. Sad Occurrence. Mn. Editor.?An an instance which oe urred a few dnys ainco, in the neighborlood <>f the Ilctliel Hia^>tf Church in Sum ; er District, may he of internal to sonic of j our readers, I derm it not improper to give oil n few lilies concerning the same: (In Monday, the 3oth of November hwU, is the Hev. J. (). H. Parg.in returned from ! hecliiireh above mentioned to the residence if A neighbor, and wan alighting from his >Uggy, by soino misslcp he fall, thereby 'mettiring his thigh so badly an to render 1 t entirely motionless. He wan immediate* y taken into the house, and surgical assist | nee procured as soon as possible. At last J ( count* three physicians Were attending lint, under whose direction ho wan ripidly j ocovering. It is hoped that he will soon ?e nliic to tuke the pastoral charge of hin lunch again. Mr. Pargan is from Darlington, but at the ' ime of this sad incident wan Assisting at a uotrscted meeting in the ncignborhood vhere it happened, and was the instrument ii God's hand* of converting many souls to Christ. This is indeed a sad occurrence, happen* i ng, as it aid, in the eery midst of n revival ii which a goodly number of pcrsoi* were ddi d to the church, and several others had rofenscd religion nud were only waitiug to eceive the Ordinance of baptism. Sumter, S. (J., Dec. 3d 185*7. [Condensedfrom the South Carolinian.] L^gislatore of Sosth C&rcii&a. TLK.hoav, Dkckmukk 8. SEN ATE. The Senate met at 1*2 in, pursuuut to ; idjournment. 1 tie House of Representatives sent to lie Senate me following bill*, which had eceived three readings ill the House of t?-presents lives and two in the Senate, to m ; A I .11 to vest in the City Council of /harleston, the fee simple of the (iuard louse lot ; a hill to exempt managers ol lections from the iierlonnaucfc of ordinary mlitia duiy ; the bills received the third eadmg, and it was ru.oived that the bills i lo pass; that the titles thereof be changed; hat they he called Acts. A bill providing for a Code of the Slat i'.e Law of South Carolina, and i??r prep ration of a Code of 1'rsctice. Mr Cam preaeuled the petition of J as iuiipsoii, praying lo be paid the amount ( certain j try tickets stolen from him. The report of the Spec.al Committee on lie Message of <rov Adams, in 185<), relli* e to the slave trade. Mr l'almer moved that ilia miw?? ??.l a*olu',tor)? be indefinitely jHm(>ohud ; liich wh? agreed to. Mr Towijaeud offered lite following res lution, which ?u ordered for iinmediaU [>n?ideraliuo, and waa agreed to ; JRrtolvtd, That the ConmiiaeioDer o llie New State House l>e requested t? lay before the Senate, as soon as posai bhv, h statement of: 1st, Tlie whole number of persons employed by 'him on sRid building duibqj ||>e current year. "2d, T4?e twines and HftUries of each ofHver or Hgent having charge of the various parts of the work, from the chief architect down to the lowvust agent or idlKer. Jhl, What -are tire -duties of each, and the number -of IouhIs under tlmir supervision, with the daily wages paid to tbeae b.rnds. 4 It, And, rf |>? *clKa44?, tire wot4c actually done by each oilicer, and by lire gang nuilcr hint. HOUSE OF EETIIESENTATIVES. At the hour to which the IJou.sc was adjourned, the Clerk called the toli. I lie Senate Kent to the iI?yu*o k resoiu* tiuii to distribute the historical sketches of South Carolina, by Win J Ktvers. Mr J D Pope olio led some resolution* in reference to the Hank* in this State, which were made the special order of the day (or this day, at 2 o'clock p in, in Committee tf the whole House. On iqplhm of Mr Memminger, the House proceeded IP the consideration of sundry resolution .m relation to banks; also, a bill to regulate and limit the issue of bank notes; a bill to auihpnze .baiiks in tliia State, in all cases; and a 'lull it? refund and remit die penalties recently incurred by tlie H'ver.d hanks pf;thuState which h?\\;c suspended specie pay meats, and for o>lher pniposes, were made the Special Order for to-morrow, at 9 o'clock: p in. \> KUN'l.SDAY, 1 'Kt'KMDKU SENATE. The Senate met hi 12 in, piir?uniil to adjournment. ?, Mr Moses, from tlie Committee .on t!/>v Judiciary, to which had been referred <i*o munK'iai uf the <Ctty Council of Charleston, in relHtion to the killing of game at improper seasons, -reported a imff lojrrovide lor tlie bet er protection ol game; the bill received the first rending and was ordered for ;t second reading. II .-use of ll"L>tc*eiiiHtive* va-nt to ti?s Senate, h bill to alter and amend the J7.li Section of an Act, entitled 'An Act for the (natter ordering ai.il governing lie plot*, and oilier slave*, in this province, p.i->cd the lU li d.?w of M vy, A l> 17 10.' A bill to provide for (be administration of uerelect estate*, retcived the second lending, w.is agreed to, and was ordered to be itC'if to tt.c il-'UwC of Ib'prcjciittt* lives. I lie Senate proceeded to the (lelirral Oidurs ol the day, a bill (from tnu lloti-o ol ICe'.reseiitalive-) to alter the lavv in roInliou to l.ist wills and test allien is, and for oilier purposes, was, on mot ion'of Mr Al- . le-n, ordered to be on the table. ll< >USK OF LEl'UKSLN lATlYKS At tbe hour let which tlie House wm adjourned, tin- Clerk called the r<>||. l ire Senate r?-iur'ned to '.lie House the following HClS Mini hli's : All Act to exempt Managers ol K t enons from tlie performance of ordinary militia Jmy. An Act to vest hi tin; City Council of Onirics ton the Ice simple of the (iti'trd House lot. An Act to iiii'iirjKitAle I'rusice* >1 tl.o Ketdville High Scn??ol. A I' ll (o in CfrllStf till! IIII III I er ol the Colli III issluUcrB ' of f ree Schools, lor Lexington l>i-irict ? A lull to amend the law hi relation to jjiaiiu tor CiilH"lii linliaii Lin<U. A toil to establish the laitllalary line helWCCII ihn Ihstnus of Suinter ami Clarendon. A ( 1 to lhcor|?ora ? the l'a.itn-Uo Saving* Institution, hi the cit) ??l Cliiirlntuu. Uu motion o| Mr llttan, iLo llxtiiu poocceded to the consideration of the roport ol the Special Committee on so much ol Message No 1 of ln? Lxcelleucy, as rotates to slavery ami the slave trade, ar.d the iiiuiuril} report of the same Committee oil the same subject. 1 he icjK.rls ami resolutions were ordered to lie on the table, ami i O'JO copies were ordered to be printed. Till KMiAY, Idr.CKMDlvH 10. SENATE. The Senate met Ml 12 in. 1 ne ll .use of Kepre-enlaiivos sent to liie Senate for concurrence m resolution in relation to hawkers arid pediers. 1 lie lloufce of Jtepreseniatives tent to t lie Sell Hie h int?s.?o? in relation to I lie appointment of a Specinl Committee to inquire in o the condition of the archives ot llio Siato and whether It be sale lor lliein to remain where the;* now are, hi d if not, to report what arrangements can be made for them until the completion of the New State House, and requesting the appointment of a similar coniiuittee on the pail of the Senate; which was concurred in. The unfavorable report of the Committee on a bill to amend the law in relation to confessions of Judgments, was ordered to lie on the tcWr, and the bill was ordered for a second reading, and having beon read, was not agreed to ; and it was consequently rejected. jS-'V 1 he House of lUqircsenlalives retuftrra to the Senate -n A.-i i" ?... ..v? W HUtMVI IJiiited State* to purchase a suflMeol . piartity ol land in the city of Columbia Tor the erection of a l'oat OfHce and a Court House, and it ? m committed to the Committee on Incorporations and Kngrosaed Acta. Mr Porter offered the following reaotu lion, which was agreed to and ordered to ) ? sent to the House of Representatives for concurrence. JitsoUtti by the General Atsernbly, Tha l 2,600 copies of the report of the majority and minority of the Special Coinniitteee of the two Houses on eo much of Central Adams' Message as relates to the Slave Trade, be primed tor general distribution. Friday, LUccmbkr 11. SENATE. The following resolution was agreed to: A resolution in relation to proof to be bureafter required in cases of post mortem summations. A bill to repeal an Act; entitled en Act to increase the amount of property exempt from levy and sale; ratified 16th day of December, A. D. 1651, received