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treran, (lie tir^t which waa fought in the ! t| Va'loy of Mexico?the critical event up - 1 on \\ Iticli depended tho fortunes of the j American Flag, and the fate of the army, i Kt Nothing could have heen more boldly designed, or more skillfully executed, than ' S( this brilliant blow dealt so effectively upon the enemy at the break of day. j ^ The Stale Agricultural Society is dis- 0 pensing much information and encourage- ,S( incut ainongbt farmers, whose domestic t, habits are not favorable to aggregation, ' ^ and who, tberefoie, are always bt-nefuied j p by the stimulus of agricultural exhibitions. ' p lhstiicl societies have l>een organized, and | Fails held at many places, in preparation [ ? for the great annual meciiugof the State |c, Society. The Fair just closed exhibited | u stock of all kinds, implements of liusban I w dry, fruits and grain ot superior order; v besides very uumarous specimens of ingenious liaudiwoik, many of which aie s, hut recently developed. The assemblage p of substantial population was very great, | ,, among win in premiums w ere distributed I p to n large amount. The Executive Com I C( mittee will pubhsh, in the course ot the j .f winte r, a volume ol proceedings, in w hich f will be found a programme of the agriiul H tuial schools in Franco. ! a Finance and Banks.?The report of ,j the Coinptrolcr General will explain the L| condition of ihe finances. The permanent j ? debt of the Slate, including one million ' tifty one thousand four hundred and (\ twenty two 00 100 dollars (%l,051,422, |? 09-100) United Stales surplus revenue on (| deposit, amounts to tour million four htm s, dred and fortv four thousand nno Inm.li.xl I i and rixty five 05-100 dollars (*4,4-14 105 05-100,) three fourths of which sum is in t, vested in railways and in the erection of g the New State Capitol. The sink:ng fund ,, now amounts to ?1.843 803 37 100, v which, in my opinion, should he invested t jn State stocks or bonds. Of the stock H signed under the Act of 1850 by the (iov r ernor and the Comptroller General, for building the New State Capitol, ninety t wo certificates have been issued, equal j to two hundred and fifty thousand dollars v (?250,000.) the remainder hare been (] cancelled and left in the hands of the Treasurer of the Lower Division. Of the ?; stock authorized by the Act of 1857, for- ? ty six certificates have been issued, equal f to three hundred thousand dollars,(?300, 1 000 ) ttie remainder have been cancelled v ami left in the hands of the Treasurer of t}ie Lower Division. The material struc ture itself is advancing with sure and tea a( tunable progress, so as to exhib't the fine n proportions of the basement story. The si public archives have not been removed, tl however, the order for tneir removal no' fi having been made by the two Houses. 1 11 beg leave to refer to the Governor's Nlessage No. 3, of last year, touching this sub ^ jeet. On the books of the If ranch Hank of the State at Columbia, there is a bah t, koco of ?1,050 00 at credit of the fund o fur the relief of tlie widows and orphans I of the Palmetto liegiineut, which I think ' may well he intrusted for disbursement to " the discretion of the Palmetto Association. \ As to the banks, trust'tig to the experi j, en:? and superior wisdom of members, I t will not occupy you with any suggestions I, 4 my own, farlhet than to ask for the re' o peal of the usury laws, and to recommend " stability and as little legislation as posi ? sihle. I would willingly diminish the ? number of banks when existing charters j expire. Ilut, having once chartered a bank upon a basis ensuring due respousu ti bilily, I would trust its Hoard of Directors h iv ?! ?> /?ge Hi" monopoly npi ii ilie recogi I t< nized principles of banking, ami the gov - 1 ft t-rning course of business, interfering not 11 by temporary laws, harsh restrictions ami M penalties, believing, as 1 Jo, that the | great security to the community lor the l( faithful management of a hank is to he found in the character of the persona by c whom it is ft J miniature 1. n 'I ij^ Law.?Referring to the terms of * my message of I a.si year, I take leave * again to recommend the revision aid ' Codification of the criminal law, and its i v aineuciment, so as to provide for the pun v ishmeut of breaches of trust and the em y bczzlemeol of funds. 'J'l>? district offices jj if re genet ally in good order, ami kept (or t the most part in airy Hpaalments of well ' located court houses. There are one or 1 two exceptions as to the location or m m * per of budding the court house, which I j doubt not the Solicitors will retptiie the ? C nninissiouers of Public RuijJiiigs to rec d tify as far as may ho practicable. As c little time as may ha should he allowed u to elapse before tbe defects are remedied. I( Some of tbe public records are now ex- s posed to in a m age from damp and moulJ. 1 The iucubeiits of those ofti.es I have uni- <i (oriuiy found to he intelligent and obli> ? giug citizens, in inauy of the Clerk's v otlices thete are lying in thg way pome, t! r.uis copies of the Acts and Resolutions o! !> the General A*^?M.'bly ftci uinula.ing from year lo year. Jl wjukJ he well to have ? these ami liereaf or all surplus copies of i tl>e Acts and Resolutions distributed m *[( the month of January, anntiaTy, to tlie u several Boards of Ris'rict Commissioners, i, iheCtpiains of Reot Companies, and otli tl er citizens, in the discretion of the Clerk * wild tbe Sheriffs; each recicieiil being re- a quired only lo register his name in a book 81 kept for that purpose by the Clerk. The J til m many districts has been removed to ^ it distance from the court house. 1 deem ^ jl wise lo require, where this is the case, uioat the Sheriff provide a covered on* p veyauce for the prisoners whom duly ub- lr liges him to pass to ami from the hail of a? i P I justice, escape* nave been more frequent rt (he pa*t year I linn I ain willing to euu> V jjierate. The officers hi charge are resi ponaibb for escapes, hut i think each jail ?t mIioiiIiI he furnished with a wail around it |? lor the double purpura of security ami ex st ,e?cis?<>f the prisoners. d< Laws are enacted for the general wol fare and benefit of society. Kggnded in reason am!f&nnnou sense, they are simp ed by experience. Ti?* penal law iy Irani' Aid especially for the protection of (he jj co.jiinunitty by punishing individual crim, u| body, offenders against the peace apd y( gicah^rder of society?-therehy holding pj uiflHll such as mai he tempted to fob tli Jiw^heijr *x onji benevolent and ^ 1 ' -'.'if-/ ^^HhU1'1" regarding Ht (SBtfRtlt h>r its uj innate " for ?h? nuuni y ^jH^j^^^^mmilpj^pPKfshiiMUit the i-njaj/i'tn'. fjjhb^pbx'iinics hi commii. v( ""1 P'O'iihincrit n, !??MwP^jPPBrTt seemed to me, upn^ I N ie representation of reliable citizens in le vicinage, there were sufficient grounds >r such interposition. In a verv few in> ances, full par<!ons have heen granted >r the want of facilities for scpoiate :ui?l niitai v confiiietuent. Al Charleston ami loiutiibia?the points at which your luurt <if Appeals assent hies, or al some ne salubrious locality, accessible at all jasons of the year? such facilities ought .? he provided as soon as the state of the reasury will permit, not in substitution, tit iii aid of ihe law prescribing capital I uiiishiiient in certain cases. It is much to be. regielted that under a j vstem of sound laws, with incumbents f reputed worth and character in execi ti* e, judicial and police officers, and < itli citizens soliciting office as soon as acant, it should he deemed necessary i any part of the Slate to enforce and jstain law hv means of clubs and vig> ant committees. If it be odious to ail1 liuister the law, let no officer be up. ointed for this purpose. If it be ne. L*ssary for a faithful officer lo apohn ise to the public whenever he does his uty, the law will become a mockery, ml a mere pretence of justice, the officer rediculous and expensive pageant. On er in society, peace and good understnn, ir>IT among neighbors, is best attained bv dherence to law on the part of all per ans, and is preserved by faithful and ef. cietit officers Policy demands certainly f puuLliment, and for the !ir>t offence liis may prevent the occurrc-tico of the econd. In the inaiiagement of cbaiilai !e and trust funds, I suggest that the fli cers of the Court be enjoined by law ) require loans to be secured by mortage of real estate instead ofpei-onal sure* y, or to invest in stocks of this State. 1 rill also venture to suggest that admiuisrators, trustees and guardians, should not se, in their business transactions, the unds entrusted to their keeping. Sep* rate and distinct accounts kept with ijiial accuracy and care, will ultimately >e more satisfactory to both guardian a d raid, and more productive of safe prece* lents. Federal Relations.?Herewith 1 transait resolutions from the Legislatures of ertain States of the Confederacy. Those ruin New York and New Jersey relate to lie Lighthouse Hoard, and to certain pro j isions foi the relief of persons and proper- I f shipwrecked on the coast ; those from j 'exits, expressing sonliuicuts of cum...on | ilcrcst to our citizens, will cou.iiiund j'our j Ucntion ; tliosc from New Kugland doounce, as usual, our system of domestic Invert*, together with the hitc decision of 10 United States Supreme Court This pecicK of agitation, sectional and dLorgunling, proceeds from persons who seetu to o incapable of entertaining just seutuncnts j wards their neighbors, the people of the outhern States. True liberty e??u-ists in .c will ami the p.iwer to perforin our duty . Gud and to our neighbor. Ilis service is tily perfect freedom. The members of a I .* ...1. . . ? .? ? .i-^ni iiurc niiu can inusreso * e, <lvscer..le lie nnine of freedom, and prevert its mean ig. lly harboring such feelings towards heir neighbors who sanction and cherish Urican slavery as a domestic institution, iherited f'om their fathers, they expose ficinselves to tlie iiii|>iitntioii ol being faith ss to the Constitution, frotu the preamble f which they quote. The resolutions do ot merit a response on yo'ir part. One f the expedients of party to aequire influ% nee in their part'eular districts, is to mis. present the opinions and aims of other istriets." The faithful and dhfnguMied Hepresen* itivo of your Sixth Cuiigtes.sional District as opportunely reproduced and ably stue*l, the argument for free trade, and against pioteetive tariff. I trust thai the argulenl now recognized in all civilised Europe nil not have lost iu power in America, ombatUid though it may be by organized ilerests hostile to its progress, whieli kqow >o well how to acquire influence at the cat of Government. There can be no ? x use based upon the exigencies of governlent for even raising the sonic of imposts, o long as the States hold on deposit a large urn of money at the credit ot the United ttatea Treasury. The Inp.-iw of time has orved to show how tine, how prophetic, vere the words ot warning, uttered by our lise and far seeing statesmen near thirty ears ago. The last words ol their distinguished leader, addressed to the Senate of he United States, still ring in our cars? hey eiinuot lie forgotten by thoughtful men Jorlh and South. Eight year* have p issed ince he spoke. W? are not stronger Tela ively now than then. Indeed, we can no onger point to the equilibrium in the Scii... ...i.:..u . i . * .L . iv irini.li ruuii ouumiru, utongn in n coniiion just now of quiet prosperity and of omparutive harmony, wliicli may endure ntil un election for President mid Vice I'run lent. This election, every fourth year, eeins destined to be the all-uh-orbing lop% upon which unhappily is said to depend verytliing, even the integrity of (ho Union* .'o operate upon it elleetively,parties become ntionul-?irresponsible conventions nre conoked, and so poweiful is their org initiation lint no citizen is likely to be recognized as living a claim to Federal honors or dbrincion, unless he attach himself to one or the thcr national party. It is true, the party f the Dein >crsvy boing now in power, is isiitii d in uniting its pa- l* in combination, i> resist the opposition w liich ha* combined gainst it. itnt bear with me while i again brow out the caution that this condition of Idngs is not favorable to the rights of the titer, lends insensibly fo consolidation, nd to the introduction of foreign influences i> fatal to Republican Government. Fatal specially would it he in our Federative .epublie, which, like the solar system, is reserved in equipoise and harmoneous sneticenl operation by the reciprocal intlu ! ice of its integral interests. Tht undue repondernnce of one or njore tends to Henny tin- equilibrium of the whole, nod eon. nnently its existence. All the parts arc mpnnwliln for this, mm Well the weaker for ielding without n struggle, as the stronger >r arrogating too inneh inlluenee and pow- i r. Unfortunately. there are too few per. out, comparatively apeaking, who aoeni to a alive to the policy of the Sta'.o*f or to he osible that upon their individual conduct ptnds, in some decree, responsibility for s success. There urc Southern men of wealth, nubtless, who expend the most of their irplu* profits in Northern investments and hjocta of pleasure, it lias been estimated iat some torly millions of dollars of Southn income has been disbursed in a single sar North of the l'olomse. Ajutt regard i our owu interests would seem to require lat our surplus income he laid out in nqthern securities, in improving the hoineead, reclaiming and draining waste lauds, litis ating grounds, and pushing railways ast and VVest between the Atlantic und i issiasippi, and still Westward to tlio I'4lio. Three indium* of surplus protits in sled ill an aqueduct from (lie river Sane to Charleston, along the line of the ortheuaern Railroad, wou'd go far to pro ted the commercial emporium of the Statu na from Hit* fearful pestilence which too oficn za inftcls her streets. When this forty mil u| lions of money is added to the still larger ta sum, that of the greater portion of the Fed- en eral revenue, under the ordinary operation lis oI the Government?one main cause of the af thrift and promise of Northern cities, villa- si; gi? and country is made manifest. Fur bo it from me to object to the wide-spread lien- a ciits of mutual intercourse, and the perpet- di rial interchange of goon ollieers between sa the people of every sot lion of our country; w but the unequal intercourse is noticeable as T tending to blind with prosperity the one m Section to the elements of its true, interest, at and to render the other loo arbitary and di provincial!)* dependent. Let us not shut tl' our eyes against thu truth, but uniting in S harmony with each other diligently, and in ta faith, perform the duty that lies nearest to vi us. la:t us contribute what we can, collee- V lively and individually, towards the power S of the State, by its improvement in know!- F I edge, in agriculture,and ttie useful arts, in I si I internal commcicc with the West, by rail- in [ way and public roads, as well as fostering s, | a direct export and import trade. Above le all, let us cultivate those moral virtues, si those industrious and domestic habits.which le render our beloved State an agreeable and 0 happy boiue to her people, and these more gi independent?at the same time that all ftcr s< Federal obligations are scrupulously ob- si served. cl in the latter part of (the 27th) August a ci vessel was sent into the harbor of Charles- cl ton, a prize, with three hundred and six na- t' live Africans on board, having been, on the c: 21st of the same month, captured by the ti I .'ailed States schooner I)oiphin otf the e: coast of Cuba. Thirty eight ilied after coming into port up to the 20th of Sep b< tcmbcr, when the remainder were shipped pi on hoard the United States steam frigate N Niagara, and have been sent to Africa in it charge of a Government agent?the Colo- ol ni/.ation Society having agreed.for one hun? fu dred and tifty dollars each, as I understand, tl to take charge of them for two years.? ai Many have since died at sea up to the 22d in ultimo, at which date we have accounts of cl the Niagara at St. Vincents. li No instance, perhaps, could have better tr served to present, ui strong relief, the devo- A lion to law ami order of the people of Car- tc olinn. The ollieers of the Government pi were not molested in the discharge of what ui they deemed their duly. 1 cannot omit, ti However, in bringing Hie facta to your view, ti to express my regret at their uicurrence, ti wliicli produced unwonted exuitetneiil in a I" quiet community, by tlie exhibition ol' u ei specie* of trallie long since ahandoticd in li< the United State*. If there be nny treaty gi which sanctions such interference with the In commerce of (lie inhabitant* ol Cuba, such < I treat) h.u been framed in disregard of the fr Hound advice of Washington?not **to en- a tangle our pe.ice and prosperity in the toil* et of Koropenn nmbiliom, or interest or cap- lo rice"?teer clear of permanent nlliunce tli with any portion of the foreign world"? el and ought l > be abrogated. Oneo within is uur port, it was humane to land the suffer- pi ing prisoner* in order t?? release tlietn from et tiieir cramped deck, and to care for them. They were well cared for until trnnsfcrcd at on board the Niagara, where also they re at eeived every proper attention Hut the pro- T priety of thus diverting the vessel, with it* el c&rgo, from it* destined channel, and thrust- pi ing it under the notice of our people, is ??| what may bv questioned | trust that u ti like ease may not again occur within our t< border*. ni The laws of Congress, by authority of ui which the officer* were govurued, I hope " will be revised and amended. It i* enough ti that the gallant navy of the United State* It be charged with preventing the slave trade tl between the coast of Africa and our own It | shores, under the sanction of the Constitu- o lion. It i* our policy to let foreign nations A regulate their own affairs, and enforce their b own police. di Education ?The fund be?|ticnthed bv > j Alexander Downer, deceased, for the sop- b | port of a school in Kdgetield District, ex- d I eeeds twenty lliousaiid dollar* ($20,000). ' 11 | The accounts are settled annually before I d 1 the Commissioner in Kquity of Edgefcld, ! tl I and the provident care of the Chancellors "I of t|ie Court of Kquity, is especially invok- h I ed by the liberal testator?tliey, doubtless. t! will be faithlul in guarding the sacred trust c< Not having been able to vi?it the school, | in ' commend it earnestly to the intelligent no- s| lice ol tiie dulygutioii of Kdgetield. I may | ^ be permit led t.? makn the like appeal to | ti the Abbeville delegation, for the l)e l<n j o i llowe school in their district- Some por- I o tion of the land devised for the support of I n this school Ii;ih 1x5en sold, by leave of the u Legislature, vvhieh I think ought t j be re < hi stored in order to preserve entire the tcrri- ! ni tory, as it was originally left and intended ! i by the testator?which seems well adapted i C for a sheep-walk. Connected with n prop ir os tion to the last General Assembly to j S send a pupil to one ? f the Agricultural j C Schools of Frunee, I received from the civil ! pi attention of tne Minister d'Agriculture et | d'lnstrtiction, a programme of the said tl school', showing the course of instruction ?i and tiie cost. This programme, of which ! tl I fiirniihcd a translation to the President of | p; the State Agricultural Society in January | b last, was accompanied by a graceful tender i tl from tbe Minister of France of bis best of- j g lices towards a son of Sontb Carolina, who | p should be recommended by tho Governor , h, The school supported by the Heresford | tl | bounty, seems to be flourishing. The fund st is well managed. j '< Academies arid high schools have been j " multiplied witbin i\ few years, in tbe seve- . |> ml <JI<Jtfiet?? speejatly for the education of ! girls, upon whoso moral and mental, as well U as physical development, depend so much ! C the future welfare of society. Sustained tl generally by^aeutarian inllnenees, they sup > b ply extensively that liberal culture nnd dis- ? cipline, by means of which the minds ot w ingenious youth are strengthened and pre- | n pared for the active duties of life. Under | the w holesome influence of intelligent nnd r< more devoted Commissioners, increased , b usefulness has been realized from the funds ( o nnoroDriatcd for tho simoon of Frne ! o School*, To insure the fullest succc*?, ci the schools must be considered free in the at best smse of I lie word, for the admission K I of the children of any citizen. I cannot *1 j omil to invoke for this precious charge of the Stale, the devoted personal attention of * ntrtortnOtllKW in nil Ult districts. 'I'he *J improved system of instruction wh'eh is u' sueoes-.fully pursued under the direction of n the llolf.l of St. IMiillip's and St. .Michael's ai is worthy of your patronage and of gene d( ral emulation. In order to ntford to every *f part of the State an opportunity to witness T its success and di*uu*s its merits, the teach V era throughout the commonwealth were in- si viled by me to assemble in Charleston, in di the tir.si week of June, and examine for at themselves its practical operation. I am at happy to have it in my power to bring to v< the notice of all persons engaged in teach- m jnjj Carroll's "Catechism of United States ar IJiatoiy." a small work of great value to fr schools, prepared by one of our fellow-citi- lij Zens, himself an experienced teacher. A Normal School was authorized by the Inst B Central Assembly, to be established in the Ir city of Charleston. Its success has been b* seccrvd by the liberal subscription* of in? yc dividual* and societies. I trust thnt your be Honorable lh>dy will not fail, before its ti- w 1 adjournment, to provide for the orgini- Vnti lion of another Normal School in tlio | C()U per or middle portion of the Stale. Cor- | | in generous citizens of Charleston have 0f | iiniucnced a subscription, also, for estab- vcv thing and maintaining a Marine School ] loat in their harbor. This benevolent do 'J'f, gn is worthy of encouragement- ! a d The South Carolina College?Is in np| flourishing condition Its uoinbers were ma niinislied last March, by an act of neces- ovt ,rv discipline on tlie pail of the Faculty, | hich has exercised a salutary influence? en] he greater portion of the joung gentle- U1jt on who were affected by Its operation, ?|| v again in their seats, pursuing the stucs of their class. I recommended that . te Trustees be authorized to p'ace a _ cholaiship at the service of the Charlesin College, iff Kr-kine College in Abbelie, the Furman College in Greenville, the ( /ofl'ord College, and M John's O!lege in parti.nburg, and Mount Zion College in I airfield. 1 hope that these flourishing in- | itillions of learning will he invited, and be \ dueed to keep one student of their own , lection always at the South Carolina Colge, free of any charge for tuition, to be ibject, however, to the usual examination | y the Faculty and to all the College laws, ur system of Collegiate education lias rown up as suggested by the wauls of , cietv, and is worthy of tiie harmonious ( ipport of all its component parts. In tho tanging circle of years, new questions j ntinually arise and new shades of opinion i itange the face of parties. Hut there ore | ipies which never lose their interest, be- I ruse they are connected w ith the foundaon of society. Such is the cause of cduition. The time will never couio when it ean 9 considered n matter of indifference how ublie education is to be conducted.? or is it necessary to enlarge here on its nportancu, for it most be said,to the honor < f the country, that opposition to education ! lids no suppoil among our people?even , n tey who have missed the opportunities of | quiring it themselves are laudably bent, j ol only on securing its benefits to their | | lildren, hut on promoting the general dif- i tsion of iL There i-s nothing which eon- ( ? ibutes so much to the elevation of the 1 nierican character; nothing which proves ] strangers the sopciiority claimed for our ' int> rogressive and growing country, as the nnniinity with which the cause of edncaon is everywhere embraced by all desert p. oiis of our people Therefore, any insetivc to llio support of education may well of i> spared. Hut it is important that its true ,)n; ids should l>e often preset'led to thu pub- i , .. 1 .' . | cot ; eye; tor, as Ireo lunurriinent is the | eat glory of the human rnee, the eduea l l'? mi of the people is the appropriate means is I f raising mankind to the proper rank of , the eeinen?but to educate the people implies | t system that comprehends the wholesoci- I y. 'I'here was, in the darkest times, a I l*lu' timed few?nor wus it their fault that , icy made arrangements on the basis oi ex- ; 1 usion?for to force l.beral systems of leg- i t,j lalion upon tliu ignorant is a total misap- j ication of power, leuding to nothing but i ' *C infusicn' and anaichy. I Pre The Mouth Carolina Cullegu is a school 1 Hi! iapted to the wants of professional men, ; id those who make a business of st udy.? 1 o those w ho, by circumstances or by ''OI loiec, arc led to embrace the callings of u radical character, the Military Academies pen a door in on excellent education, par- | > eularly udiipl^l to their situation, w liilc i > the thoughtful and studious youth, w ttose j linds are directed to the noble task i f pro lOting and defending the cause of religion j I te establishments founded by detiomina- i '] ? onal societies olfur peculiar ad vantage*.? ( : is *>otto be supposed that all w ho tini-li | M" leir education at the S >uth Carolina Col, ' c<" ige, or at the Charleston College, will turn tin ul professional men ; nor that the Citadel , wa .cudeuiy will bo exclusively employed in j (iir ringing out engineers and nrlizaiis, nor ilie j enoininational institutions in educating ' ' " oung men for llio ministry ; but their com i ined operation, if harmonious, w ill bo to j N0 ill use a large mid high and beneficent oil- | cation <>f the public mind, and to spread a egree of light and know ledge beyond any- j ling that could be effected by a single in- j ? *"? titulion Let not any friend of education del iok with coldness or jealousy on any of ; < icse establishments, nor belb vo that they >uId, w ilti advantage, be merged into one ^r( not her, or that any one of them could lie | pared without detriment to the public | Dri lor ought the expense which is entailed on i0 ic Stale by tho patronage of a high degree j f education to be regarded w itli feeiings f repugnance. Tlu-re could not be a more n'" lurlif)ing confession of inferiority than for s to admit that we are incapable of hiis- r(.a lining a College for the diffusion of the j n? io?t liberal studies. I recommend Unit the Truitoci of the ' an* olh'Kit he authorized to appropriate the ; < >n radii g which formerly enclosed the | Into House, to the purpose of enclosing the j u I lege Chapel, which needs some such j < rotection. 'J'he Report of the Rourd of Visitors of j w,c ie Military Academies, and of the Cointnie i r'" oners of the Asylum for Deaf Mutes and ly ?? Ulind, will bo submitted us soon as pre- [ i,^, ared. The Governor is, tx-oficin, a niein- j ^ it of both these Hoards About to resign 1 us grateful duty to my successor. I take 'nft real pleasure in testifying how ably, iin- j ine nrtially and faithfully, the nffiurs of bolti ; or ave been conducted Honorable alike to 1 ^(j ic mind and heart of the State, these indilutions sre destined to exercise a sen sile icHience, morally and inlelleclu illy, port the industrial employment! ot the I oople. | Located in a healthy part of Spaitnnbu-g ] , Hstrict, upon tftatu lands which the 1 ' oinmissioners will be allowed to regulnle. 1 . ' ic Cedar Spring Asylum will eventually j ' ecome the centre of a thriving population f villagers, made up of its Veres, among ,f hour may Ire found some of the best arid tost ingenoua nrtizans in the country. The value of the Citadel Academy is al- j mdy sufficiently known to be appreciated y you all. I cannot close, however, with- . ut earnestly recommending that an appro- ! riation be made for constructing more effiifut and thorough drains for the premise* ad for the covering mid completion of the last wing, according to tiie plan which in 11 be adopted by the Hoard of Visitors. thb lukatio asylum ? I have visited ' ith much gratification. The ord<T and , stem which pervades the establishment re very satisfactory, f Jtrger grounds are ceded for the planting of trees and shrubs, ] id for the free midvaried movements of 8|_ ?u)c*ticutc?1 animals, in all which the in ine become, by degrees deeply intermitd. H1" he street between the two buildings, "d1 feat and Kast, is sllll open. The Regents Ma loqld tie instructed to clo.ie this without ! \jr M). Resides economizing spice, it will | Ford more varied exercise and greuter j f'" curity to the patient, at less cost for ?ur- ( 'illance to the institution The suggestions prr ado by the report of the Supcrintendnnt ] e worthy of consideration, p. (H-ceding ^ on) u benevolent heart, enlarged and enjhtened by experience. ro11 The Repoit ut the Registrar of Marriages, ing irtbs and Deaths, is herewith transmitted. regular though the returne be, tnny will i come less and less so if they lie required tar by year; and the Registration Act ",,r >ing amended, as suggested by experience, dct ill greatly contribute towards the preaer- ,n,| on of those statistics so valuable to oui ntry and to medical science, lerewith transmit the interesting re |?ori lie. Geological and Metallurgical Sur. or of the State for the past year, have been induced to recommend thai ursine, tlie 25th instant he set apart ni ay of Thanksgiving nftd Prayer. This lointmcnt. I trust, wilt not interrupt teriallv, tlio business of the Legislature r which you exercise entire control, invoke upon your joint counsels tin ightemnenl and blessing of that Al fhty Power, without whose countenance our labors for the public welfare woult fruillcss uiK't vain. It. p. vv. allston. l)f ICriUjin. I, AN CASTER VILLE, 8 C. BDNRSDAY MORNING, DEC. I, 1868 Parkier'4 Address.?We oiler the Isd one Venr for the best Carrier's Address be banded in by '20th December. wr t he absence of tho Editor this weel Columbia v.ill we trust excuse the laid editorial in this issue. Our columns s ever, it will be seen, is well filled \\ ili cresting original and selected matter. Legislature. We gi ve to day some of the proceeding the Legislating. As yet they are veij interesting ; and are therefore, and ii sequence of the crowded state of ou umns excluded. A great deal of work icing cut out. As tlit- session progressei proceedings will become matter of inter to ihe whole State ; mid then we shal leavoi to jmst our readers fully. r'lnk. Potatoes. ? We have been favor by Mr. J. it. Moblev, with n present o eediiiglv hue potatoes, grown upon hit mi sea in the neighborhood of Plc.isau 1 They are ahead of anything we havi n up this way, thue weighing It ...i. Advertisements. Several now ndv^rtixHiiifnU are inivitw this numlit r, to which we call the alien n <>f till interested. I'lirtieulaHy see the notice of Craig & vlor. They have a full Mock of al ts of poods "usually kept iu an up inlry store and they propose to nel in cheap. They also n?k in a modes! y that those persons who are Indebted several years shall I'njuidatc their dehls y the boys, men . you pot their goodi I ch<iif). and you have made good crops pay up. John Taylor and S. II. Taylor, Adm'n the estate of Andrew Taylor, notify tin ditors of their intestute to present llici mauds in the legal way. See the card of Watson A, Lyon The\ ?pose to give instructions in surveying SI. II. Craig. Adin'r of thu estate of llupl iiflin, (dei'd.) calls upon those imiebtei pa) up, or be sued. Ye \\ ho are inter ed take notice : you have had a libera i long Indulgence. All ye who are in want of a homestead d the advertisement of I)r J \V. Ford has I his of land for sale, ('all on liin I examine the premises, a?J grt a /uiryn J raw the till* tlenh. Ladies Home MagazineThe Home Magazine is on our table r.m ?? ? ".?/ <1.111 IV IO Uiir WI mc Will I c dicula published, ei|weully fur the f.uni fireside. lUi illustration* arc ricli an? inlifiil, has u charming variety nf nrlirlr* Hi in prose nnd poetry, ruid it* eenern ;h moral tone cannot be too highly com tided. lie terms are low? a year two copies for $3 ; four copies for Idress I". 8. Arthur Sl Co., 3*33, Wulnu reel, Philadelphia. S, C. Cvllkok.?The South Carulmtai rs : Siftce Monday lest, the Faculty of th< lUth Carolina College has been engage* the annual examination. The flellowinj i the lionoia and appointments in lh aduntin? Clues : Fiml Honor?|5. II. Ruist. Second Honor?Grtmke Klicit. First Appointment?A C Moore. Second Appointment ? C (j I'inckney. Third Appo'ntiuciit?T F Gadsden. Fourth Appointment?Isaac Hayne. Fiftn Appoinliucnt?W \V laioara. Sixth Appointment?M Glover. a a *... . l? u/-?i "Ofvimi -r? ' mine?. Uighth Appointment?K II I'errin. The entire cIms, numbering forty four are pleased to stale, lias graduated. 'Kor the Unouttr Ledger.] NtwgARsviLLF. Ku., Nov 16th I8M Dear I.khm.r?Thi* morning ono weel cr, I left the land of my birth tor th iny plain* of Florida, and thank* t< Iid" and hi* hack arrived safely at th nsion House in C'amdrt, and 1 niuol d Kobin*on the justice to *ay, that h re us the best coffee that I have tastei ee I left?in truth there is a general irn ivement jn hi* house ; ho spured no pain tn?ku us comfortable while with him nn< n accompanied u* to King*vill? on hit ite to the Fair; he was very kind in *ee ourselve* and baggage *nfo aboard, fo gu*la. Jn Wednesday morning, we hud lb* p'en 0 of toning a beautifnl frost,which ex tun 1 a* far south aa Fernandiua leaving hii pros* upon the tender vegetation. On fears of the yellow fever were bauished.? Nothing of importance happened until w< 1 reached Augusta, where we stopped tw< hours nt tho Planter's Hotel for dinner oi t the lirnt class. On our route to Savannal 1 we passed the smoking ruins of 3 eottor cars that had been destroyed by fire will their cargo ; the conductor halted tive mln utes for the passengers to see the wreck ? but it was 8 o'clock at night and we couW ' not tell how much damage was done to tin j road. At 9t o'clock Wednesday night, w< landed at Savannah, where we reinnine< until 9 o'clock Friday morning. We hai not been in the city obove 3 hours be Ion we heard the ulurm tells and the cry of (ire Our fears were heightened from the fuel that our room was so situated that w< could i.ot see tiie fire, nor could we hea from any one where the fire originated, un til next morning, when I walked down t< the liver and saw the smoking ashes of i large steam mill and the keel of n lnrg< ship, the "Fannie Fosdiek." She was fron New Orleans and enme to (his port in dis tress, she had just been repaired, and wa taken from the dock that morning. Tin bottom sank about 10 o'clock Tliiirsdn; morning. The loss is estimated ut $45,0<H) You are probably as well acquainted wit I Savannah ns you are with laincaster, bu your readers have no idea how great a citi tl is is. ller shipping interest is exten.-ivi and commerce flourishes to a high figure There are some very fine edifices and mon , uinents lo re, but a large portion of the eitj would be bettered by a liitlo brushisli up Population 23,000. The steniner St. John's was reported rea dy for Fernaud'na. 9 o'clock Friday morn i"g, and being greatly refreshed bv oil stay at Savannah we went aboard of thi remarkable boat lor Fernandina Fin. I as) ( lemn'kable, because she was blown up oiici and ship-wreeked as often and eaeli linn she was repaired, great improvements weri added, so tliat now, she is a lirsl ciusi stan ^ iner. I tiling a more beautiful day neve ^ shone, than Fiiday I2lh. The sky was ?c t rene and clear, (jie atmosphere was (ruiti and the ocean as smooth as a mirror ; no r a soul on board complained of sea sickness but all moved along rejoicing in security.? Your bumble servant amused himself In , shooting at the forty thousand ducks i.ru sea lurkies that throng the ocean. I slio a porpoise in order to see the others elias< him ; it is a characteristic ot ihi> slmngt j. fiih to ehnse the wounded entirely out o their range. We reached Fern iiclina Sat ur.lay morning at 8 o'clock. liming inadt tlie trip t'roii) Savannah in 23 bonis. I'er 5 nandina i-> situated on Amelia I-.lain! and i laid will for a large city which will he real ized before long. The rail road from lliii point to ( 'ed.tr Key* i* half done ^73 miles ^ and the work still progresses. The roac runs through an unsettled eoniitry, there, fore I cannot ?a> ninth nliout it, only it ii Very level. The deepest cut ic or.ly It i feet, nnd the highest ircalloiio more. Tin tirade is 25 leel in a mile and ll.is dots no , oeenr often. At Starke we look stage lo Nt-w nansTille and arrived here at 11 1*. M I Saturday. I am pleased w ith the counlr nnd think I shall like the people. Sea Is land Cotton n"d no other is planted here it grows 10 nnd 12 IVet high without guana ' bolls to the top of (he stnlk ami cOinmandi 5 cents in the seed and 23 picked and pack ed. We in Carolina think that lings can not be raised here, but it. is a mistake,then r are now, before mv window, walking in tin streets hogs that will Weigh 200 Ihs, bu ' the Weather is so variable that pork is soini times lost. 1 saw herds of cattle in tin J woods, but milk is scarcer In re than a home, because in the winter the calves an | turned out with the cows to gel their livin| in the woods- I shall write again Yours, EXILE. Cotulented from the South t ur Umum i Legislature of South Carol) na Monday, November 22, 1858. SENATE, i The Senate met at 12 o'clock in. ilnti. J Foster Marshall was called l< . | the Chair, for the purpose of organizing, j 1 The foiiowring Senators appeared, pre I seined tli?ir credential*, and were dnl; qualified : CIihs. Albion, jr., J. l>unc*i Alien, J. W. lilakeiiey, hi. lirownlw, E 15. Hryan, Gnliriel Camion, Olin M Dan ? j u'er, K. W. Eickhug. I. K. Furnan, Wadi -j Hampton, James U Irliy, Clmt. Irby,11 t I I). Lesensi e, 11 J. Manning, 8. J. Mont , gomery, F J. Mu?w, Lewis O'ltryan, Kd I inutul Kliell, J. T. Sessions, Flam Shur] ii and 15. 11. Wilson. Upon llie roll Ueing called, thirty thie ; Senator* answered io their names, j 1 1 he fseim'e tlien procesnbd to ballot fo j President. There being thirty three men e . lie re present, seventeen were necessary t i m choice. The ballot being counted, tli | lion. James Chestnut, having receixnj I the unanimous vote, was declared elected On motion of ilon. K- J. Mum?, th I Senate proceeded to ballot for ofliceri when the following gentleiuaii, havluj received the unanimous vote, were decla> e l elected : W. K. Martin, Clerk. Mi troodwvn were then iwum into otllce Mr. A. I) Gaillard wan elected Met * i denser, and Mr. J. I). <?.*?!I?r?l Dmi B keeper. On motion of Hon. V. J. Mium, a in?e . sage ?enl lo the ilou*a of K?|jrM?ii '.stives, lo inform thein ibst tlie Ki-nai was organized niuI prepared for business. " On motion <>f IIuii. V. J. Muse*. il wn 9 Httolvnl, I'liHt a commute* be appoin 6 led 10 Hot conjointly with a committee *| o pointed t?y the House, for til* purpose t e Appointing a printer for iba permanen if work. On motion of Hon. O. Cannon, a com , tnillue of two was appointed lo wait npo j lb* Governor, and inform him that th Aeiiate was organu-jd and prepared fu business. On motion of Hon. W. D. I'orter, th r rules for the government of the Senate a its lastsossiou, were adopted for the go? * eminent of this l>ody for the present sea ion. The Senate then adjourned until 1 r o'clock tomorrow. HOUSE OF I Kl'RKSENTATIVES. 3 The House met at 12 in. 3 Mr. S. McGowau, of Abbeville. was call' ed to the Chair, when J. T. Sloan, Clerk i of the late House, called ihe House hy i Election Distiicts, and the lollowing geni tlemen presented their credentials, were . sworn and took their seats : ****** I The return of the majority of the man^ agers of election of Darlington District, was then read, as was also the return of L* the majority of said managers, and, ' On inotiou of Mr. Yeadon, Mr. J. H Nor* wood was sworn and took his seat. B A quroin of members being present, the i. House proceeded to the election of a Spea , ker to preside over its delilerations and 0 on the examination of the ballots, it apr peared that Mr. James Simons, a lb-pro -sentative from St. Phillips and St. Mich . nets, received ninety-nine votes, which ^ was a majority of the ballots casts and was elected. Whereupon, Mr. James L Simons was conducted to the Chair by 1 Messrs. Whiting, lloylston and Ingiis, a * committee appointed for that purpose, " and addressed the House asfotlowes: b CkNTLKMKN OK tuk llol'sk ok Uk|-|<E8KNTAT1VK8 ; I would be insensible to i. the ordinary feelings of humanity, if 1 ^ were not agita'ed bv the liveliest cmoI tions of gratitude to you, for your dislinguished consideration. In being again elevated to this eminent dignity, it would be an atlcclalion not to acknowledge that * I recognized the evidence of the combine confidence of the State. I have been ' long a member of this Umi.-e, and ihe ' greater part of the time I have rat in this Chair. In the very prime and vigor of . my life I have piesided over this body, . mih! have given my abilities, whatever r they may be, and my best services to the s commonwealth, but I have been aipj.lv riitvuul l.r llui Ifuliurnail l> nf tins I I . C , , ,wj ?if? ? *' Mir ?MMI?r Ul k Ueiin'sentRtiveH, and ) take this public oc1 casino to make the acknowledgement. l' It forms no purl of my duty, ?n<l I L' have never indulged in undei inking to in dieate (roin this place any opinion as to r tlie general policy, political or otherwise, by which this Assembly should shape f legislative conduit. There has been a t larger infusion of new members into your l>ody than 1 have ever known before in my exja rience ? and it will not,, therefore, he regarded as iiregular or uupeitiiicni if ^ under these circumstances, I si on Id venture in a verv general way t<? suggest that 1 the wisdom and experience m a legislator '* is ui.I aiipiired ill a single dav, inr bv 4 any accident of intution. Stare decisis '. * f a wise rule, ami is but a synonym for m - Iclhgeut conservatism. Let use beseech y mi to cultiv ale harmony in your delibe ? rations, ami unitv in \our action. V mi s will thus preserve |?eace at Injun* and insure your strength and respec'abi ity a. broad? for what you want in numerical and territorial strength, you must make up hy ability, charade.* end concentration. Fur ihu many grave sudj-cts uhout which vou will necessarily be concerned this session, you will have oocstnnllv re) curriug occasions to acknowledge the v-dB ue <>f these suggestions, t Looking to you, therefore, gentleman, r to preserve the dignity and decorum of this Asseinbiy, ami to aid inu in the ardu . oiis and complicated duties to this station 1 have now the honor to commend vou to the despalvh of the business of the ' country. A message was received from the Sen1 ate by their Cletk, informing the llouso " that a .plotam of the memlwrs of the Sen* ate had met and elected Mr James Chest* a nut, Jr.. I'lesid'-nt; Mr. W. E. M irtin, i* Cierk ; Mr. A. I), (inolwyn, Heading I Clerk; J. I). GaiMard, Messenger; and A. e 1> Gaillard, l> >or keeper; and was ready f*T business. ( The House lia!1olte*l for Clerk. Mr. Metmoinger offered the following 1 resolutions, which were agreed to : ? Jiesolced, That the rules adopted for i'.s government by the House of Representatives of the last General Assembly, be adopted as the rules of this II use. lie sol vedy That a printed copy of the same, with the ether documents appended thereto, as printed bv the said House, be delivered to each memlavr of the House. The House proceeded to ballot for Rendu.g Ch'ik. Mr. J. 1*. Adams, from the committee 1 to count ballots for Clerk, reporter that Mr. John T. Sloan had received one hundred and five voles, the whole number cast. i1 Whereupon the Speaker announced Mr. '* J. T. Sloan, as elected Clerk, and administered to him the constitutional oath ol c ofltce * On motion of Mr. J. Harimton jr., h message *m Bent In the Senate, informing that l>otiy that a quorum of lb* P House tiMtl assembled, I)lid elected lion. J mum Simons. Speaker, and Jobn T. 0 Sloan, Clerk, and was randy to proceed to business. r 1 On motion of Mr. A. J. Green, it was " ordered tbnt a comiuitiee be appointed to " wmt ui?on bis Kxcelency tne Governor, * snd inform bini that a quorum of ibe If House bnd assembled, and was teady to ' receive any communication a liich he may * Im pleased to make. Whereupon, the h Speaker appointed Mes?rs. Green, lilandK iri(i end Urooks of the committee. The lloaso proceeded to a ballot for r* Messenger. Mr. Green, from the committee appoin led to wait on bis Kxcellettcy, th? Governor, reported that they had discharged the dntv asaiirned to them, and that his '* i Es.e'lencj would communicate with (he r i lloune lo morrow, Ml 1 o'clock p. in. * i'iie House proceeded to ballot for Door keeper. * < hi motion of Mr. Klliotll, it was or" dered liiat when the House adjourns, it shallj.t md adjourned lo ireel to morrow, at 19 o'clock in. <t ?Ml Grand Lodok or Ancient Fkkk Ma* i- sons or S. C.?The annual comiminicaii lion of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free e M aeons of South Carolina closed in iliit r citv on the ISili mat. The following are the elected and the appointed officers for e the ensuing twelve months, it M.\ W.\ Henry Duist, of Char'e*lon, r Grand Master. 1 U.\ W.*, 11. H. Campbell, of Laurens, Deputy Grand Master. 2 V.\ W.*. A Rainsaj, of Edgefield, Senior Grand Wardea.