Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I uno Hollar nn<l FiTty Cents for one year's sub ncription when paid within throe months, Two dollars if pay men t is delayed to the close of the nubscription year. All subscriptions not clcArly limited, will be considered nn made for an indefinite time, and continued till a discontinuance is ordored and all arrearage* pai.l. AdvetUmnent* inserted at 75 ccntH per squnro , oT the first insertion, and 87 1-2 cts. for each continued insertion. Liberal deductions madu to those advertising by the year. tw All Communications should he addressed to the i'ublUtliors post paid. GOD'ri ACKlv IIV H. W. LOXli FELLOW. I liko Hint aucient Saxon phrase, which culls 11)0 burial ground God's Acre 1 It isju.it; It consecrates each grave within its walls, Ami breathes a benison o'ar the sleeping dust. God'a Aero! Yes, the blessed nnme imparts Comfort to those who in the grave have sown The seed tliat they had garnered in their hearts, Their bread of life?alas, iio more their own. Into its furrows shall wo nil be cast, In the sure faith thnt wo shall rUo again At tho great harvest, when the Archangel's blast Shall winnow, liko a fan, the chaff and grain. Then shall the good stand in immortal bloom, In the fuirirArdcn* of the second birth: Ami each bright blossom mingle its perfume With tliat of flowers which never blomcd on earth. With thy rude plow-slmrc, Death, luru up the sod, Ami spread the furrow for the seed wo sow; This is the field and Acre of our God, This is the place where human harvests grow ! M EOHAN IO'S SONG. The camp has had its day of song; The sword, th bayonet, the plume, Hiiro crowded out of rhy.n too long The Plow, the Anvil, un<l the Loom! Not upon our tented fields ./iro Freedom^ heroes bred alone; The trainings of tho workshop yields More heroes true than War has known! Who drives tho bolt, who simper the steel, . May, with a heart as valiant smite, As he who sees a foe in an reel Til hlnnd kfifnrn lii* hlnw ?f mif/liM The skill that conquers space and time, at That graces life, that lightens toil, May spring froin courage more sublime Thau that which makes a realm its spoil. Lot Iiftbcir, uvfin, look up and see, ilia c< .?ft uo pith of honor lacks; The 'soldkVs rjile yet shall be , Lug&hoQorad than the woodman's axe! " iet art bis own appointments prize, & Niir /litnm ftpil jmld itr nnf.U'iiril lu?ii/)it.w v'vv'" o" Can competiMftto worth that lies j'gl" tastes that breoil their own delight, ytudmay the time drawnonrer still Whafaneu thU m\cred truth shall heed, Thi -ht.iindAoni the will Must id I that raises mn.ii ]?roiecil! TIioiil'Ii 1 Id hold our calling low, us Hiiujjiii ji/ui-y jntiKo it gooti; Xnd wo fromSutli to truth should go -^| and d,null nr? ' Msg: Jk Auri Sricra Fatties.?-Tbp journals $of tfie country have., been fi|ldri of uh the ( ' !'( iili'ic'nics of a rich a Tow v ice in Louisiana. A . _/';ofthese ccccntrir whose morbid acouisitivpne?s fffl? mmlp. wealth. For clays and nights in succession, he has beon known to pursue his business without intermission, never s|eeping, unless whilst riding in his saddle. He chose his wife, as he would a farm, or a lot of cattle, : kjj nivivi iiioucuiiuu ui iitji" person, se- i lecting her from among ucr sisters, who were called to the door at his request, and married her without any 1 more oi ceremony than was necessa-! ry to complete a moneyed transac-1 tion, and conform to the laws of the State. Every thing with him was a, matter ot money and business, our-! suing these at the sacrifice of everything else; indeed, attaching 110 val-1 uc to anything which could not be measured by a pecuniary standard. The St. Louis Union of the lOth nit., states that Strawn was brought down the Illinois river the day he- 1 r ... - lore, a maniac in charge of some of his friends, who were trying to eon-1 I vey him to the. Lunatic Asylum at Columbus, Ohio. Ilis insanity was brought on by the terrible tasks to which every energy of his mind and body bad been subjected for years in the pursirl of wealth. In order to i duce him to travel in lllf*. ilirpnlinn nf f'/ilnmluio i?#it I.?-. ? violence, it hud been necessary, says the St. Louis paper, to deceive him I by the promise of great rewards for accojpp%iying his protectors, liven in this, his all-absorbing passion was predominant. Bonds to a large aj mount, with large penalties in case of breach of contract, were regularly execined, to secure him the compear sation agreed Upon, ft von before i leaving the boat, and with the apj pearance of a correct regard to business, he had the agreement read?reread it himself?and called the attention of the by-standers to see that : everything was correctly and explicitly understood. "And this," continues the print above quoted, "is the value of wealth! t i 1.1. * i urn:, iM-ruuii, great energy, every thing devoted to the utmost stretch to secure immense possessions and to enjoy nothing. Truly, after all, there are greater slaves than they who I come, and go, and labor at tho buil- , | ding of another, There arc those | who are p'orer than they who are i fed by the slow and unwilling hand i of charity, and there are none more to be pitied than those who how i down in adoration of their countless thousands, knowing neither comfort, pleasure, recreation or intellectual I enjoyment in aught besides their treaj sui-esP?N. Y. Post. It is stated th.it a Krdqral Grand Jury i in jxewi means ims inflicted uovrenor ijuitj man, of Mississippi, for aiding tho Into ex pedition against Cuba and that lie can be arrested hy United Stale-. marsli d, i j nd taken from tho <^ubernntional chair of ' Mississippi as a prisoner, to Now Orleans, t<> i b:* tried. If. would cup the climax of federal > ' justice and southern equality, for one mari slial of the United .suites lo arrest the Chief j magistrate of a southertvsfates at its scat of j government when another Federal marshal had found it inipractnble to arrested a run- ; away negro at the ?>e?t of government of i Massachusetts. What a glotious Union to ] I think of executing its process on white Governors, whilst aetied by black fugitives. Southern Press. , The editor o? iTlc Union talks of I the formation of a new party to pre- I i serve the Union, but is perplexeu for a name. He prefers the title of j 'Union and State Rights Society,1 but is not sure .hat 'Non-Intervention Society'' would not rbe betterAs the object of such a pnrty is to uphold the late measures oi Congress ?^ensures which destroy the Federative oiiaructer of the Government, which is essential to the Union as it was, and convert it into an elective propose jhat ihomfiv i pony uc CHnQU ' i lit' JUj??ptr? CTUOI "** Southern Press. Gobi in Georgia. A vvi i !? ( in the Florida Kepulmcan slates that gdld lit large <j11a;1111ios has^ fyfi^ta| ; th iu'.v articie.' Some two hun LISQB SLAT 0 VIS. Senate Chamber, ) December 10, 1850. $ A bill to provide a Registration of Births, Deaths and A/arriages, after j some dismission hv !\rn??r?. IXfm-c' oil Mazyack, Porter and Dudley^ was j laid on tlie table. Mr. Manna from committee on military and p< nsions, in relation to certain portions of Message No. 1, reported a bill to re-establish Brigade i uiu<niuuiHDUI< Mr. DeTreville gave notice of a bill to provide for election of mem-; hers to a Southern Congress, as recommended by tbe Nashville Convention. Mr. Porter presented to llie Senate a copy of tbe last speech of John C. Calhoun, in the U. S. Senate, neatly printed on black satin, and framed. iins pruseiH WilS II Olll JUS. \V . i\lcMillan of Cluu icblon who executed it, anil On motion of Mr. Manning a vote of thanks was returned him. The report of the Special Joint 1 Committee on so much of Message No. as relates to the publication of Mr. Calhoun's manuscript was taken up. On motion of Mr. Moses, the readin/? of the report was dispensed with, and thr* resolution.wore taken. Mr. ( 'annon regretted to state that he was compelled by principle and conviction to against the resolution, as a matter of precedent. Mr. Ilanna briefly replied and ar<ri ms) tlllll nn nnnl/1 4 I o""" "" 1 wulu ?n i-T i'1"" i ihe precedent as tho country might1 never hoast another CalhounMr. Marshall asked it' the sum of $10,000 was necessary ; he should prefer to stereotype $10,000 in cannon and muskets. Mr. Porter replied that the sum of $10,000 was absolutely necessary for an edition of 15,000 which was the lowest number of copies contempla* ted hy the committee. Many of the committee thought more necessary. Mr. (Trillin stated that many ol the committee thought the sum too small. It was adopted to insure unanimity. The sum could not he more appropriately expended. The resolutions and report were adopted. HOUSE OF REPRESENT AT' V ICS. At 1 o'clock the Mouse wonl into committee of the Whole, ami resumed the consideration of various resolutions referred to that committee, on the subject of our federal relations ivir. lviemminger addressed he comm:ttetJ*in a speech of two hours. 1 i< avowed his own plan, which will be found 111 the resolution offered by him belowMr. Vierdier followed by a few brief but animated and decided remarks in favor of "operation urging earnestly the policy and necessity of immediate action of some decisive character. The debate was adjourned and the committee rose to sit again at 1 p. m. on Wednesday, Mr. Leitner ot*Spartanburg having the floor. Mr. Memmmger offered the follow ing resolutions, which were referred to the committee of the Whol#, and ordered to be printed. Resolved, Thai; the proposal of the iNashvilie Convention tor the slaveholding States to meet in a Southern Congress, is accdfoted by South Carolina, and this General Assembly will forthwith provide for the appointment of deputies^io the same. TM.A-i /WV U- ifoin -4J- jL imi v*uvnv"" ??v' for tHb putyose of arming aiu* defending tli'e State. 3V 'Uiat a police system he esuibj iished to protect our people, bond and free, fron&the evil designs of NortheP$Xfi'ssanRS aN^iP?$8t8;t Mr. Anhmoro moved to take up a resolution fixing the adjournment on I'Viduy, 20th iost. Mr. Tucker moved to amend, by suWitutinpf Thursday, 10th. The aVnendmerit was loit, and tno original mptior was adopted^- iMH Wrdnehd^ Pec. 11. *\ JIWLi ? ?* s 1) 1l^ *!"""' era!, on tlie debt due by B. E.'i the Lndlom School kind; vvlrtdfSwns, n ,<i.-r-rr-rr-rny-r?r-r?irrW thoif qDices, whicji \$,'ere referred to | the committee on the judiciary. Air: SO, j The report of the Solicitor of the Soilthern circuit on district officers and their office, which was referred , to the same committee. j The House of Representatives sent, j to the Senate the following resolu- j tiotv. Resolved, Tlmt the present session of this General Assembly be ad-' jouvagU on Friday, the 20lhofthe pro^eiuinouth. 1f>e res jlutiun \vas concurred in, ! n - - .1 - i 1 uiiu whs orncreu 10 no returned to the House of Representatives: In the House of Representatives. ' December 10, 1850. Mr. 'President and Gentlemen of the Senate: This house concurs in the message of the Senate, proposing to go into a second ballot for Solicitor of the Western circuit to-morrow, at half past 12 o'clock. By order ol the House. Jas. Simons, Speaker. | Mr. Manning presented the favor able report of the committee on the College, education and religion, on the subject of indexing and arranging tiw. i I-.- ' ' utv/ pui/nv/ i U.") 1 IJIUl lll{? IU HivJ CO" loriial and revolutionary History of South Carolina; which was ordered lorlions'uleralion to-morrow. Mr. Buchanan presented the unfavorable report of the committee on finance anil hanks, on the petition of tl^e Polytechnic and Oalliopean So cietiesot the IState Military Academy, praying an appropriation for a hall; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow. The House of Representatives returned to the Senate the report of the special joint committee on the (iov- ' ernor s message, No. *2, in which it had concurred. Pursuant to notice, and with leave i of Senate, Mr. DeTreville introduced A bill to provide for the election of Members to a Southern Congress as recomnicnflo.fi liv tl>n Niiuiiviii? Copveiiiipn* The bill received the fii-a^eading. and was ordered to be prrrcft;d. 'l'ho S ir.ite proceeded to the general ord v of the day. A bill to incorporate the Swedish Iron nmmifactnring company was before ihe Senate on the second readlllif. which was pnnr?lnrlr>/l? tirlmn m> 11 io question of agreeing to 1 ho bill Mr. Marshall moved thai the bill lie placed in ilie general orders of the day lor to-morrow, and the same was ordered. The favorabh report of the com mittee on the military and pensions, on the petition of the La Fayette artillery, praying for a new battery, was agreed io. Ai halfpa.it 1*2 o'clock, the Senate, pursuant to messages interchanged, loinorl thi? I nl R<inm?rtiitoiuini. ina second ballot for Solicitor of the Western circuit. Messrs. Skipper mid Taylor were appointed the committee on the part of the Senate to count the ballots. At 15 minutes to 1 o'clock, message No. 5, and the last of his term of office, was communicated to the Senate by his e cellencv the trover I nor, and was read by "Mr. Seabrook. j On motion of Mr ^fflprshall, the I message was made tho special order of the day lor to-morrow at 1 o'clock p. m., and vyasordered to he printed.. Tlie Senate resumed the general I' Ti IV tuiui JJUjtiU" % VTTO J-I.WJf'Mi; eoUort ^manufacturing company, and La bill Iq increase tho number of magwwirates u? w?g$;strict of Marion, received 1 lie second reading, were agreixl, to, an? Werq ordered to be . sent To tne House ofUepresentatives, The report of the committee on the military and p^?.ion?, on the jpetition of thnXiPrrtinli nrlitlnrV. nrnvinor fiw | hew cannon,/reconnnortding that the Governor w authorised to furnish said company a suitable baitery from tho pieces now belonging to the State, Was agreed to. The Hourfe of Representatives sent to the Senate the following' mes augcrf* UL > d !^His^nr^r Mr. President and Gentlemen of the ii house proposes to^Synato !<> j jfo mio an^gr^OTi Tor itcpor TIjcIIOU ouBtjifjau tno lunuwiuf^ . in tho llfiofjo ofBcpfea'rsnthtivfis, v p 1850 ^ * * ' '" * n TTTi~iTf?~T m " This House proposes to Senate to I go into au election for Governor to- | morrow, at 1 o'clock; and immediately thereafter >nlo an election for j Lieutenant Governor. By order of j the //ouse: . James Simoxs, Speaker. The special order for to-morrow, at 1 o'clock, (the Governor's Message No. 5,) was discharged, and the iiiesJiufTt; was mauc ;ne special order lbr half-past I Si o'clock. The mes sage from the //ouse of Representatives, iu i^jp^nce to ihc election of1 Governor ana Lieutenant Governor was then concurred in, and a message was returned accordingly. Air. //anna, from the committee on (he military and nensions. submitinrl an unfavorable report on the petition of the Baptist Male School, and the citizens of Greenwood, Abbeville District, praying that a military depot for instruments ol war may be , established in that town under the , r i* ? 1 cirnrge 01 a unmeet number ol young men ot the Baptist Male School ; and The report of the same committee on the accounts of the lion. N. R. ftaves, late paymaster of the Palmetto Regiment, as to the disbursement of the sum of $075, heretofore reported to have been retained by him to meet outstanding claims ; j which were ordered for considcra- ! tion to-morrow. Mr. DeTreville presented the 1111- ! favorable report of llie committee on the judiciary, on A bill to establish a uniform day through the Stale for the election of clerk, sheriff, ordinary and tax collector. The report was ordered for consideration to-morrow, and the bill and report were ordered to be printed. Mr. Buchanan presented the favorable report of the committee on finance and banks, on a resolution from the 7/ouse of Representatives, providing for compensation to the delegates from this Slate in the Nash--111? VI I I ? 1 viuu ^onvenuon; wmcn was ordered for consideration to-morrow. Mr. Townsend, from the commit- j tee appointed on the part of the Senate to count 1 he votes for solicitor of] the western circuit, on the third ballot, reported that Jacob P. Keed had received a majority of votes cast, and was therefore duly elected solicitor of the wo. trrn circuit. The Senate; then adjourned. Thursday, Dec. 1"2. In the Senate only the usual routine of business was transacted, it we except the unsuccessful ballot ting had for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, and State Reporter. The committee on privileges and elections of the Senate reported on , the Williamsburg contested election,1 recommending that the matter again 1 \0 i /"v tltn ''v" /I ?... i/v ii/i^ucu iu mo IJUW|JIV; iiji LiuriMDii. The report will ho taken up in the Senate to-morrow. The Senate arc largely ahead of , the //ouse, for which they are compelled to wait, the latter consuming so much time in the discussion of proper measures to adopt for the defence of the South. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES* | j ne 7/ouse met at 1L o'clock. Petitions, memorials, &c. were presented, when the Speaker called upon the standing-Committeesjor reports, bjlls, and rcsolutipns, of which a number were presented. Mr. Cantey from the military committee; introduced a bill tOput tho State in a position of defence, and i for other purposes"I Ml. C. it itjli. /imiuuoit?, liuiii uie cuniumiee pn'claims, introduced a resolution to pHv witnesses m contested.^eloctions; wliioh was modified so as tto allow r.j>0 per day to all witi^gsses fov attendance, and 5 cents per mile, for travelling expenses, except these beJonging to the town tif Columbia*? T"..n?i 1 t i itjli. i uutter moviiu u resolution instructing the military committee to inquir? Jnto tho^fcxnediency of reporting a hill to <?$al>J^sh depots for arim&t certain po-ntsin the Siateras recommended by the Governor. Mr. ECeitt offered u resolution instructing the connnit|e$bn privileges and p.IpHInns tn rnnnrt nnnti <pedi?n$y of requiring tfid (fitstricts from which .contested elepyonj^ome to bear ihe expenses of investigation. Pursuant to messages, at'han-past tWelvfe O'clock the tvyo //puses proded to ballot for (Jovernor, I ,i Governor* anil fiittte^flfeporffp. Tho committer to count l!ic ballots for Governor reported that ! 111 M^.u.i'ravntec & f #.r.ok3 ?42 ? ** ?T HW^)nQn I" 20 ? 'n W. Bjtfruveil *& to" \ De'JVpvjJIo .. 3 ? u ]? ?y r iL*? ?. * *? 1 * -*? ? ^ Wt . 9 * >-'l M tab ? " ^-. ',~Asr>T~T r~g ~.TiTT'ir jTiHtf 'a i nag The coimniUeos to count the ballots for Lieutenant Governor apd the ballot for State Reporter, announced that there was 110 election. On motion, the House proceeded to the special order, being' sundry resolutions relating to our federal rcllltioiK. n liill lr* .ii'nviilo f.Ti> (Ko mil ing of a convention of the people of this State; and the report of thetsi&mmittee on vacant oftices on the vary in the United States Senate?Mr. Sullivan in the chair. Mr. Dargaii folding th? floor, proceeded to addro.SK lhn rnmmit He said: Accustomed as lie had been for several years to discharge the duties of an advocate, and to en/rage in the discussion of questions ol importance and general public interest, lie must confess he could not call to mind any occasion in his experience when he was more impressed with the magnitud ol the result^^involved, than on the one in whiclrne was i i i ? it* i iiuw iiuuui iu cuier. i:>ui nowever important, lie would ho recreant to Ins position vund fail in duty to his> constituents? if ho was deterred by any fears from the expression of his convictions, or contribute his mite towards bringin/r about the groat result which ail desired, vizSome Iivuouivoi >V|||UII) IU V1UW *Jl all admit to exist, will vindicate the honor of South Carolina, and secure her interests. Perhaps it might not he agreeable to the committee to listen to the recital of the wrongs under which we labor as a Stale and as a section. These had been depicted repeatedly, and in reference to them there was no contrariety of sentiment. If there was any one subject on which wo stand agreed, it was that our rights had been sacrificed under the government, of the Union, ;hhI wo were made subservient to the aims and purposes of the North. Instead of holding our rights under the federal constitution by virtue of the compact of union, we do so by tlir mere will and caprice of a controlling Northern majority. That was our practical position in the Unmil. Tho Pfiiwlil nlmn framnrl Kir ami* f;i1 hers?those, brave arjtl far-seeiiiff statesman of the Revolution?where was it? It has now become a masked battery, from behind which our rights are assailed. Instead of being the beautiful and symmetrical pro- ^ portioned creation when it came irom their hands?it had now becomc a foolid carcase?an object of scorn and loathing. The Union, which was once glorious for its justice and recollections, was now controlled by miserable politicians and demagogues?the loftiest flight of whose patriotism was the attainment of seffish purposes and vour over .U*o w and degradation. Was this true? or had he uttered a mere fragment of fancy? He gave utterance to the words of truth and soberness. lie thought these were the sentiments of all, until the occurrence of this de bate, lie differed with geutlomeu who still thought this a glorious Unr * ion. How was it glorious? Do gentlemen need to be informed of the manner in which it is controlled 1? Look at the Northern associations of abolitionists, and at the controlling* avahaioa . IiuiiiKjiii'i; iui;ty CA\;I UIOU IUI uiu uua" tmction of our rights. Jt ifc a Union which must be dissolved. Are we not denounced as l)QjjAJijf uo belter than highway robbers? Emi thovsublime philanthrppy of chilstiauty, which teaches a universal brotherhood, .has not escaped. Churched of long connection 1 L_r.- i.:>? 1i i 1 .i?T^ iiiivo ueun uiasoiveu 111 lunowsiup, and we now have tho Church North and the Church Soyth. There is no boirra union, no hartffony, no fellowi ship botweeri Vne two, ggcnQ&G. * If those tilings he found in the frreentrfce, whftt we >ye tcf^xpgcl in tho dry?what arSwo to look tor&i'omu polit icaLunion with thej)tesent goveinnientrwliioh is,preservedJ>nJy to carry out their views and puqioset? the comnlete destruction of ourinsti-, tut ion and our siibjngation- Its ctts! solutiofi ib lweegsury to the pvoserva1 tion ct M, riRS^T^fest^ (?ml tlcmen may differ^, trf the mode by ! which TO is tojje *n$fy ko.wl u,;il oaM)hnJimnm,' ,IM4Jr onrv* vy ait uiiiv/i ui/ *tv eftif ting it. Bujt ?& tyst cMc at last, jusUis coMaitilv aa|i)?sunjkhi^s theherfvonsc. /fft and esvery^no kftovvs tliat wc caiinot pflfcse$s?nnd enjoy our* rights tinder the constiuiliori-? therefore it mutt no dissolved# J | Nq^afl tojne moans by whiehjthi* . One. believed sopflfet.: M-l, .u* Si %% " J available-, anotbof il^Ro-oftCratiou ffi* A , ! , (iHivi'titio,lof V * the 1j??