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KKOWEE cor I! IKK. ROB'T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. TKRMS.?$1.50 per ornum, in advance. If payment bo delayed until after tlio expiration of the year, $2.00 For fix months, 7G cents, in ndvanoc. Advertlscmentsiniortod at f!i<> usual rates. PICKENS C. If., S. C.: Saturday Morning, December 26, 1857. ?a?" In order that nil hands connected with this Office may have ouo week's reoroation in tho fifty-two, no papor will bo issued on Saturday next. Thereafter, howover, tho usual regularity of publication will be observed Mr. E. II. Barton has boon appointed Posttn.it-tor at llouk Mountain, in thisdisMiuo n n 11.. : i Accident at Tunnel Hill. The second fatal accident occurred at Tun- j nol Hill on tho 17th instant. At Shaft No. \ 2, IIknry Kelly, a bankman, fell from the ! top of the shaft, and, in his dcscont, (the bucket ascending at.tho same time with James Collins) ho knocked him out, and both woro precipitated to tho bottom. Collins was instantly killed, and Kki.lt breathed but a few minutoa aftor being removed. Kkllv fell a distanco of about 0110 hundred aud ?ovontylive foot! Death of an Editor. The Charleston Mercury conies to us clothed in mourning for the death of J. Mii.ton Ci-aim', assistant editor of that journal, lie die*! sudi r?nlv in iltn r\*\ 1Ail? anoplexy. Mr. Olafp graduated at Yalo College with high distinction, lie had been connected with the Mercury about twenty yoars, and was one of its ablest and moat elegant writers. He was a native of Ohio, and deceased in his 48th year. Lightly rest the grateful Palmetto, which ho defended so zealously and ably, o'er the remains of her chivalric stranger-friend ! Public Documents. \r i>..~ > ? iiivBOia. JJUUVIiKS UUU vYXHI.EK Will IlCCCpl | our thanks for valuable legislative d;vumonts. , Wo are also indebted to Judr,e Evans and Bonator Dougi.as, of Illinois, ror Congressional fa\ ora. From Washington. In the Senate, on the 14th, Judge Butler's death was announced in feeling and eloquent remarks by Jinirco 10vans, who iutroducod the customary resolutions. Tlioy woro seconded by Messrs. Clay, Mason, Puoh nud Camkkon in appropriate torijML???*,-'J'*,,e ,oso' lutions woro uua?i -yiPloptcd ; when the -".rtmrncd. In tho House of Representatives, tho Speaker announced tho standing committees, which woro favorably received. T. L. Harris, of Illinois, is chairman of the committee on elections; J. Glancv Jones, of Pa., chairman ? u-e > *?i niu </uiiniiibi(!u ui wujrs ana moans; .joun Cochrane, of N. Y., chairman of thecommittco on commorcc ; W. It. W. Conn, of Ala., chairman of tho cominittco on pub'ic lands ; AVm. O. Goode, of Va., chairman of the committee on the Distriot of Columbia; Geo. S. Houston, of Ala., chairman of the committee on tho judiciary; John A. Quitman*, of Miss. chairman of tho committee on military affairs ; Thomas S. Bocock, of Va., chairman of the committee on naval affairs : Thomas L. Ci.incman, of N. 0., chairman of tho committoo on foreign relations; Alex. II. Stephen's, of Gu., chairman of the committee on territories. Of tho South Carolina delegation, W. W. Boycb is on tho committee on elections ; W. P. Miles, on commerce; John xi -a ' ? ' * ** r ? iucv^uKE.v, on puDiic lamih ; 31. J,. ISonham, on military affairs : L. M. Kbitt, chairman of tho committee on public buildings and grounds. In the committees of tho United States Senate, the namo of Senator IIamuond appears as fifth on the committee on naval affairs, and third on tho committee on the library. Tho p.. *? jiwiiiu ><i ucmiivi iHAJio npjjunro in uiiiurimwi of the committee on revolutionary claims, chairman of the committee on the audit and control of contingent expenses, and second on the committee or pa tnts aud patent office. In the House, the,?ei ?te resolutions of respect to the memory of ludgo Butmjr were received, and appropriately advocated hy Messrs. Bovcb, Stephens, of Ga., Harris, and Good',, when thoy wore unanimously adopted, and tlio House adjourned. In both houses on the loth, the death of C3 A. T? /> rr* ouu&wr uki.i., 01 ronnessee, was an noun cod. Eulogies were delivered, and tl c usual rcsoutions of respect adopted. Bills havo been introduced to establish a territorial government for Arizona, to aid tho Pacific railroad, and for tho admission of Kan&iis into the Union. The hill authorizing the issue of twenty million of treasury noted passed the Senate. Charges of fraud nnd corruption having been made against tho late Clerk of tho House, Mr. Cui.i.om, << committee has boon appointed by the Speaker to investigate the matter. Both houses are engaged in discussing tho Kansas question. Mr. I)ouoi.a.* r'is recoded Homcwhui from tho position taken on the President's message. lie deprecates the idea of fusing with the black republicans. Tho President is ably and warmly defended by Bouthorn, Northern and Western Sonators, ' and will have a good working majority in both houses, despito the efforts of his enemies or the treachery of pretemlod friends. Tub Hard Timeji at tub Noam.?Thesto ry of hard times may bo read in the long columns of advertiHOinents in tho New York papers of young men wanting work, and adding, "omployment more an object than salary ?nd girls wanting situations?"wages no ob?nVAt'i/lo/1 Mif?V ('An rtVvfnuA ft ft? *1- * J vvv? ' '"'VVI v..- j ?"V?IM (V MVUIU iUf UIO 1 wi*Ur*" J The Legislature Adjourned on Monday last, aftor a session of twenty-nine days. The list of acts, numbering fifty-seven, will be found elsewhere. ! Tho legislation of tho sessiou has boon mostly of a local nature. Tho most important law enacted is that concerning tho banks, which I we have made room for to-day. All tho resolutions and reports of commit- | ices on ivnnsns ana ieuerai reunions wore \ laid on tlio table, as they deserved to bo. We have " resolved" too much already, without it had produced more effective action. Tlio roports and resolutions on the revival of the slave trade were indefinitely postponed in both houses. Hereafter, when we have more time and space at our command, we shall examine and see what has been done by the present Leg- { wlnlnrn nlul rrirn Mirt aC a.,,. 1 ~i to"" v"v w?? gation to our readers. As usual, much business and some important measures wcro thrown overboard at the 1 close of the session, for want of time to properly consider and mature them. Perhaps ' the less done, however, the better for all con- ] ccrnou. I New Advertisements. Tho lioard of Trustoos of the Pendleton Mule Academy announco the opening of thic institution011 the 2d Monday in January next, undor tho charge of Mr. Stai.lworth, a competent teacher Dr. Qrerk i? offering somo .1 . !- I I- 1!-1_ O * ' ' ' ' ' 1 uu .mum' uruoics ior saio, on tno rtgnt Kind | , of termn The Governor has offered h rc- j ward for ('hanky, the nturdoror The ostato sales of Bowen and Powell will afford opportunities for making investments. Sec these and other advertisements in our columns this week. The President's Message. The conclusion of this admirable State paper will be found in our columns this week, l'resi lent Buchanan has meet every issue before tho country with a dignity and manliness, and tlis cussed them with an ability and fairness, that has extorted praise and admiration even from his enemies. His position upon the Kansas question will be endorsed by the South, as indeed will the message throughout. The remainder o( ' <> message appearing this week is especially commended in the attention of our readers. Wn nnn .l.nlAwO... ll.. .t V W|'j wv?vn *?i\i VVIIIIUV^IO UI Cili; ' i^IlllUUal Intelligencer," tho ablest opposition paper in tho country: "The Message?its Relation to the tanty Polemics of the Country.?The mejsiwf* of the President is written with a c;>vJ,,r soontiro and transparent, and j? " sp'rit of such down-right honesty ?r** rrf?n!<no8?, ns to have won tho fle?f honest men, and to have -rtrtefir and consolidated that confidence in its author which is so striking a feature in tho ??i:t:??i . -n ..... r.-iivtv?> Dtmiiin uL hi mi parisoi (no country nl tho present time. Whatever may he the differences existing between men, or the animosities which actuatc sections, parties, or factions towards each other, in the present angry and threatening crisis of the country, there is a sentiment reigning in 'lie popular heart throughout the Union, of confldonco in tho ability, wisdom, and earnest patriotism of James ISuclmnan. It, was this sentiment which uoitcd so many patriotic hearts of the North with the masses of the South in elevating him to the Presidency, one year ago; and (his all-pervading confidence of (lu: people in the personal integrity and ability of their President is now. Bay what wo may, one of great conservative eontimontu, which remain to preserve harmony between sections and hind , the Union together, in the present disturbed condition of atl'airs. " The message is worthy of the man holding this responsible relation to the politics of the i country, and so largely invested with the hopes , of the peonle and destining nf tim i.. I 18'P, tliin confidence in James Buchanan wau a | 1 jtontiment common to both the great sections of i tho confederacy, encouraging to a national ef- | fort, and guarantying the success of a common struggle on national principles. As ho stood then, a mediator of concord and harmony be- ! twoen tho'patriotic masses of the North and the South, bo, now, his message, in the earnest national spirit which it breathes, and in the policy of broad national justice and fairness which it recommends, furnishes a common platform?the only Common platform?on which the honest conservative men of all sections may rely with minor una success. "Tlio message, in its political doctrines, is but un amplification of the principles of the Dei'i.ioratic party of the Union, us enunciated at Cincinnati?of those vci\v principles on which the cause of the Union ami Constitution triumphed in the struggle of 18ofi; yet it is con- I ocived in a spirit of nationality so genuine and ! catholic, ami is couched in language so entirely j free from partisan acriimfny, bias and bigotry, | as Ui have drawn forth the commendations even I of the opposition upon its temper and spirit; j and commanded for its doctrines and recommendlllions lli? roanoM ' -* ,.??v ~. v .. u, UIU9U Huu3? uasem | it has not fiiicco6dod in extorting. "The perusal of its clear, calm anil dignified ! paragraphs leaves an impression of its author's sincerity and honesty which no partisan cynicism can resist ; and the reader who entertains an honest difference of opinion with the President on great measures of policy, is obliged to be very wary of yielding his assent to its position, or he will surrender it unconsciously in pel sing tho nu JHrtge. A vast lininher of the differences among men and pollticiana are verbal ; and it is an evidence of tho highest intel icuiuni iiDiiuy wnen the point? of dispute are I ho presented in a State paper as to dwarf out of sight all those of mere words, and to bring out in clear, bold lines, the few which are radical. This is one of the great merits of the message. Those who are forced to dissent from particular views of its author are all more or less emphatic in their approval of the residno; and the habit ual opponents of the political doctrines it sets forth, are surprised to find how few radical objections'hoy are able to urge to them, and how much their ingenuity is taxed to ronUt if? " It is not our purpose in tho present article to enter into thr various details of Uie message, but merely to express our general aj t dcifttion of ono of the ablest and most truly dignified Htato papers tbal have viQv emanated from the Presidential office. It will occupy tho same relation to the anury psirtv polemics of thn flivv which its author holds in tho fierce personal and political strifes which agitate the country." For Sale. Friend Stokes offers tho " Laurensville Herald" for sale, The puper is popular and well sustained; and, with pioper manageineut, will yield a handsome profit. Smam. Pox.?The funnlt pox is prevailing to quite a aeriouH extent in Now York. In tho uppor part of the city t.'oro aro tonanthoueoB with from twenty to thirty cases.? Tho coininisHioners of hoalth have called a I e^ociul mootiag with roferoucd to it. I Pennings and Clippings. I>ivinh Service.?Kov. W. G. Mullinnix will proach in tho Church, ut this place, on tho first Sabbath in January next. Earthquake.?Tho shock of an oarthquako was sensibly felt in Charleston, on. Saturday last, at 9 o'clock, a. u. A blight shock was also oxporionccd, in Columbia, at tho smno timo. No damage was done. Cotton.?Tho highest price that cotton is selling at in Charleston is 10$ cents por lb. Equity Couutof Appeals.?The only ca*o appealed upon from this district?K. A. Alexander vs. G. M. Roid, ct. als.?has boon continued, and will be heard in May next. Death ok Cob. Paiob.?Col. John Krics Paige, an officer in tho United States army in tho yoar 1312, Clerk of the Suprome Court of Now York in 1823, and a former Mayor of Albany, died at noon on tho 10th, at hia residence in >Sohonectady, Now York. V Tlicu Man.?Tho richest man in England is tho Marquis of Wostminetor. His property is estimated to bo worth $150,000. DOO. His annual income is $3,500,000. Ei.oi'un.?A young English woman, standing high in society at Nashville, Tenn., and uiarried at that, oloped last wcok with tho editor of a panor named Wontwortli. Tub Pork Trade.?Gross pork is selling nt 4A to 5 cents, in Louisville, Ky., and at Cincinnati tho samo. In Newberry, in this State, wo notice that it is selling at G conts, gross. Fatai. Accident.?Col. Wvnknnn. fJolmipl of one of the Pennsylvania regiments in tho Mexican war, was killed near Philadelphia, on the 12th, by tho accidental discharge of a gun in the hands of his servant. Til e Florida War MostEnded.?Wo learn from tho Tampa (Fla.) Peninsular that the sick Indian, "Tommy," recently captured by Captain Micklor and bis gallant command, died on the 5th instant, at Egmont Key.? This, together with the one killed, and tho ono they arc now after, whou killed, will make three of the red skins that have been disposed of since the commencement of the war. At tliin rate wo may look for tho close of the war about tho "crack of doom," bo it soon or lato. Strictdb.-~A young man by tho name of ,T?tiios IT. Wilcox, oommittod suicido in Augusta, Qa., on Wednesday night. Siiot IIimski.v.?In Atlanta, Ga., nn Englishman nnmn.l .T??w. WolUo. I.! If Thursday afternoon, by discharging a pistol in hits mouth. Double Tragedy.?In Columbus, (5a., on Monday night, James Garrard killed a woman by the name of,Susan Brown, and then stabbed himself in several places. It is said he cannot recover. Fire. On the 11th. tllfl enllr>nr(? huiMinfra I at Bothany, Broolco county, Vn., wore entirely destroyed by fire, together with the furniture, throe valuable libraries, extensive laboratories, chemical apparatus, and valuable papers. Double Suicide.?William F. Wightman* editor ol' tho Fayctteville (N. 0.) Carolinian, was found dead in his bed on the morning of the 10th instant. Tho Wilmington papers tl.nl ? I.ll? e " ' u.i.1,a |jn?niu ivnur lruni rsiyeiiovino states that Mr. Wightman and a young man named Elliott wore found dead in tho same room, and that they loft :i note to the offect that both had takon nitric acid. Tuk liib Turnip.?rAmon Lindsay has presented tho editor of the Edgefield Advertiser with a turnip weighing twelve pounds! Another Defalcation.?Tho New York Post nays: It in known in financial circles ?!...* tl.n ....... ,.f Afll\ I . ? ? " umu hid ouui .11 soni 10 a onnKing firm of this city by tho trca-sui-er of Alabama, to pay tho State debt, clue last January, wa>? by then: misapplied. Moke Forgeries at the East.?Forged paper to the amount of forty thousand dollars was discovered to be in possession of tho bunks yf Boston on Saturday last, and from h.ino-nr ti... ?~i? i.-j r> - *" 101uj5.-up.1uu mum largo amount has been discovered in that place also. Fast.?The highest speed ever madoon tho ocean was hy the clipper ship Flying Send, on the voyage to California?4C?0 miles in twenty-four hours?li) and one-sixth miles pur hour. Gk.v. Doxiiam.?Gen. M. L. Bonhani is the vjiij iiiiMuuur 01 uic o.mtn Carolina delega" tion, in Congress, who went into tho caucus | that nominated Col. Orr for Spoaker. lie aho- Id bo romembored lor hia diainteroated friendship and independence! Tiie Rascali.t Mormons.?Senator Gwin litis received lettora from California which mention tho prevalence, in that State, of a violent exciternont and desire to enlist for service against tho Mormons. Tt is also stated that the Saints have emissaries iuall parte of tho State, plotting mischief. Courtesies.?We learn from tho Carolina Timet that several distinguished gentleman of this State, among whom wero ex-Gov. J. II. Adams aud Win. (Jregg. Ksrj., met Hon. J. C. lirockonridgo, Vice President of tho United States, at Kingsville, on Tuesday, as ho passed that place on his way North. They eifllllUUMd o.mirJAfliftn vrith hin. a?/l -0 W V OM a vory agreeable impression from tho ii\twviow. Elecw?,?Wm, Ilill has been ra-elooteu Ordinary of Abbeville district,, by a majority of 23, over Mr. A. William#. Loss of Lirs and Property.?.The steam* er Col. Edwards wan burned on tho 9th inat. on Red Kivcr, together -with 1,000 bales of cotton. Twenty or more persona perishod in hor. Lkoamzbd.?Tho Lcgtelatum of Alabama and Georgia have legalized tho bank suspon flioAd tu tiiogo uutoa^ . ^ Tf ?# - JRur** -m.-.m "Statk Accounts."?The Carolina Spartan is giving some sturdy blows iu the right direction on this matter. Under tho proseni arrangement, printer's work is emphatically a "labor of love." We should be "in at the fight," friend Spartan, but dospair of success ontirely. Statutory legislation is the only remedy, fixing the matter for publication, at of courfcothc usual rates. On this "platform," you cau "count us in." Tub Mormon War.?The War Department is said to bo crowded with applioauts from every section of tho country for commissions in the army for Utah. A uuiuber of young men at Ilarrisburg, Pennsylvania, are ondeavoring to raise a company and t?ndor its scrvicos to fight "Brother Brigham." IIoMicinE.?Wo learnfroin tho Spartanburg Express that Gilbert Fleming has been arrested and lodged in jail for killing his brother-in-law, Geo. Pye, on the 9th instant. FilliHU8TKR3.?The steamship Mexico, which arrived at Now Orleans from Galvos ton, brought as passongers Cel. Waters ami fifty-tliroo others, who arc said to bo en route for Nicaragua. The next Governor.?Ool. J. II. Irby, of Laurens, is nominator as a candidate for Govornor of the State. lie would mako an able, and what wo should luivo, a practical Executive. CnAniTAHi.K.?Ex-Prosident Pierce, before he sailed for Madeira, had his carriage sold, and tho proceeds distributed among the poor. "I)ikd Poor !"?As if anybody could die rich, and in that act of dyiug, did riot lose the grasp upon titlo deed and bond, and go away a pauper, out of time ! No gold, 110 jewels, no lands or tenements. And yet men have been buried by charity's hand who did die rich; died worth a thousand thoughts of beauty, a thousand pleasant memories, a thousand lione.s l-natom! Auousta, Pec. 19.?Advices from Florida state that there have been more battlos with tho Indians. Captain Parkhill has been killed, and soyoral soldiers wounded. Fob Waljckk.-?A lar^o and enthusiastic mo*Ung was held in Mobile. A In.. hmtweck, to Hupport Wulkcr in his descent upon Nicaragua. ? 7~ jVJ *U) M 0 O ~K ll' ii ) N $ Ci.atton's Mills, S. 0., Doc. 20, 1857. Editor Courier: Tho subject of slavery, is one that has agitated tho minds of men in all ages, particularly when any system of slavery has provod itself to tho oxnerienco and practico of a people to bo wrong. Then lot us look among ourselves and sec if thorc be a specica of slavery among us that does not work well. We look around and wo discover that all is peaco and happiness. Tho master and his slave in the South are enjoying themsolvcc in pcaco and plenty. Weseeno ovil growing out of our system of slavery, | and never have wo seen a native of tho South bogging for a living 1 Thon sowing the smiles | of poacoand plenty in tho South, lot us turn to the North and see what the hired system of slavery is doing there, llark ! tho voico of the hired servants cry for broad ! While their masters say ; " Howl, O gate ; cry, 0 city; thou whole l'alostina, art dissolved; for there shall come from tho North a smoke, nnd nun* Hlirtll lin nlnnn !? ! !? I times." " What, shall w? answer tfio messengers of tho nation ? That the Lord hath founded '/ion, and the poor of his people ahull trust in it." Isa. 14, 31, 42, the last may bo the answer of tho South; but beforo I proceed any further I will give a definition of three words so that I may bo clearly understood, first, '"Zion, a sunny place or sunny mount. Zion is tho southernmost and highest 1.: 11 r I . ? inn uu wiuuii >)urusiiium sranas." uovol'a Iliblo Dictiontvry. "Manoipato to bind."? Webster's small Dictionary. "Slave, ouo mnncipnted to a muster." A slave then, is a person bound to a master, whether white or black, hired or sold.? Tho hired system of shivery oxists in the North where, at this time, tho greatest human distress prevails, for tho hired systoin oi slavery is wrong?wrong, frecauso in this system the master may discharge his slave at will, to starve if ho have no friends, or he unaided by charity. Thousands at this time | at the North are thus discharged. Their masters, owing to the money panic, cannot make I thoir labor profitable, and, in as much as thoy have no interost in tho porson of tho slave, have turned them off to no the best thoy can, if it be to starvo. So many being thus discharge, emancipated, and without work or breau, that they are frequently meeting in large bodies, uttering intlamalory speeches, ana deploring their fnto, while for years, tliern liave linnn nntira lun-n ?!.? 1 North, begging for a living! Then lot them turn thoir eyon to tho South, tho Zion of tho Union, for a pattern, whilo thoir fanatical abolitionist* exclaim ; "Thou, wholo Puiestina, art dissolved; for thero shall come frot" tho North a smoko, and nonoshall bo alone in bis appointed time." Then what shall tho South answer? "what shall one then answer the messengers of tho nation 1" " Ah ! hapny southerners, let ue answor them thus: "That tho Lord hatli founded Zion, .ind the poor of his people trust in it." "l'hut God haa mancipated the negro to him of tho South for the negroes progression, and tho nogro happily trusts in the mancipation." In tno South tho negro haa a true master; hut tho master of tho North turns out hia hiroling to starve, when hard timet come ; thoreforo, we can say with St. Paul of old ; "servants bo olxKlient to thorn that aro your masters acoording to the flosh." Kj)h. 0, 5. Aud tho servants of tho North may thus truly complain ; " masters, git? unto your aorvnnts tnat wbloh is just find Actual; knowing that yo also havo a tnastor in hoaven. Col. 4, >. If tb j masters of tho North do not know that they have a mastor in heaven, the abolitionist* thero know very woll, if they wouhl own it, that our negroes are better ofTthan iwtnrof thom. It seotns that in all agos it k.. t, ik. rt . in.fi. .V I una iji;ru uiu [W1IOT U1 Hie WOIH jnillMIWropint of all, to bind the lower racoe of man to the-higher <w slave* for their progression, m in their lowcUstagos they cannot w.oll taVo car* of themselves. Hence wo rcq slavery sanctioned aUhrough the Bible. But when yt. Paul wrote the above to the Colassion mas ters, I suppose that then, he novor dreamed that any ol tho Auglo-sajoa raco worUd Or y f * * ' tempt to make its own kin and notchb 1 children slaves, hirod servitude; for, ifhc I ! it is likely, he would have written thus: ; yo Northerners, who, in tho coming fut ; will, through fanaticism emancipate in ni a race needing your assistance, to ens! your own blood, novor turn those cquah ? iiuu IIIIUU w (YUU HH fjurvanw, 111 nani n nf? yo would not bo tumedoff by your lica' ly master on the great day of Judgment. But as I exnoot to publish a work 1 spring in which this subject will bo ?dve to again, I will close. Your friend andne bor, Craokr< FOR THK KBOWEE COUniKIl. Mr. Editor: Wo notice that "Oreo I dom" bus given vent to his sploc: in tho iasuo of tho " Walhnlla Bnnuor," in wha' doom a very unbecoming manner. And think it would be an infringement on tho nuy ot iiny gentleman to respond to nn f cle that contained a combination of low fl phranos, that would bo more in kcoping ^ a common street broil, in some of tlio markets in London, than it would wit newspaper controversy; and especially on " Female Education." But wo would to "Oreo Random" that your languago " Woll Hpoken. Advoeato of sin and shi Know by thy bleating that ignoranco is uamo." WaHinHn. 1857 "C.\PT.CnAw List of Acts. ACTS OHIO IN ATI NO IN THE SENATE J. An Act to provide for the furl muintcnancc of the peace of this Statt relation to duelling. 2. An Act to provide for the establ nienfc of a Noriunl School in this State. 8. An Act to provide for the adini tratiou of derelict estates. 4. An Act to inorea.se tlio nmnnnl, nf ollieial bond of tho Tax Collector of I ington. 5. An Act to doclnre tho tenure of on Sullivan's Island. (5. An Act to increase the number the Commissioners of Free Schools for 1 ington District. 7. An Act to extend tho powers of Commissioners of Free Schools of the ] ishes of St. Phillip and St. Michael. H. All A<-? tn ami-nil tho l:ior in rr>lm to grants for Catawba Indian lunds. 9. An Act to establish the bound lino between the Districts of Sumter Cbrondon. 10. An Act to afford aid in complel the Spartanburg and Union Railroad. 11. An Act to amend the law in relai to trading with slaves. 12. An Act to authorize the Un States to purchase a sufficient quantity land in the city of Colun.bia, for the e tion of n Post Otticc and a Court House 13. An Act to amend an Act to cs lish a llifle Jiattalion in the Parishes ol Phillip and St. Michael. 14. An Act to increase the penalty setting fire to the woods. 15. An Act to protect the owners of?. Oi>! tie. 10. An Act to incorporate Trustee! the llcidville High Sohools. 17. An Act to incorporate thePalmi Savings Institution iu the city of Char ton. 18. A Bill to amend the Constitutio the State so that the election distriol Olnremont shall hereafter be known designated by the namo of Sumter, and that the election district of Liberty s hereafter be known and designated by namo of Marion. A0T8 ORIGINATING TN THE HOUSE. 1. An Act to establish ocrtain roi bridges and ferries, and to renew cen charters heretofore granted. > A? A -i i- A- - - . zvn xvui/ iu muurponiie certain 80 ties, associations and companies, and to new and amend the ehartcrs of others. 8. An Act to incorporate the Ed Lumber and Timber Pond Company. 4. An Act for the suspension of ccrl sections of oortuin Acts, and for othor j poses. 5. An Aot to authorize tho issuo of bo or stock, for the purpose of continuing construction of tho New Stato House. . An Act to nunish wilful neglect misoonduot by railroad conductors and ^uiucia. 7. Au Aot to ra&ke malicious trcspu indictable. I 8. An Act to incorporate the South < i olina Copper Company. 9. An Aot for the reliof of prosecu and witnesses in criminal oases not cap 10. An Act to amend an Aot, enti "An Act to altor the law in relation to I n/itiAn .\f ??.! C. ?1 uvviuu ui nv?ui nuu iui uuiur purpose**, 11. An Act to provide for the sale certain lands belonging to the 8tate. 12. Au Act toinc rporatc the Oolun Ice Company. 18. An Act to renew and amend, charter of the town of Harnwcil. 14. Au Act to incorporate the Che and Coata Field Railroad Company imSc Carolina. 15. An Act to incorporate certain nrwuiQ anil nliniMtuKU uAn.A*!?- J : v* vtuiiMwiu UIIU BOUlv for the advancement of education, an renew and amend the charters of otl heretofore incorporated. 16. An Aot to incorporate certain to and villages and to rouew and amend tuin charters heretofore granted. 17. An Act to roncw and amend ohartor of Cokesbury School, at Cokesb in AM?ftv!llf? 18. An Act to incorporate tho lt< Lohu Association of Charleston. 19. An Act to incorporate the Sai and Sampll Cann) Company. 20. An Aot to regulate appeals in <3 arising under tho ordinances of tho < j Council of Charleston. 21. An Act to amend nn Aot onf? "Art Act for the remuneration of Potei George Pencil and of 8cotf " 22. An Aot to authorize the appc ment of an additional luagiatrato for iJ ewj Dwtriot, to rcaide at Tunnel Hill An Aob to incorporate ViokeneO HoiweCliurch. 2?. An Acti to, Charter the Port 21 Xiailroad Company. t. ? tm M or's J 25. An Act to alter and amend the law md, in relation to tho qualification of juror*. ! 26. An Act to incorporate the Cashier't) ,,rc' Valley Turnpike Company. Iai!? 27. An Act to incorporate the Sassafras s off I Turnpike Company. mos 28. An Act to amend tho charter of the ron- town of Summerville.. 29. An Act to incorporate tho " Inde!?X| pendent Gas Company of Columbia." | ? _ 30. An Act to incorporate tho village of Greenwood. 81. An Act to vest in tho City Council of Charleston tho fco simple of tho Guard tan- House lot. last 32. An Act to exempt managers of elcc two tion from the performance of ordinary miwo lit-iii duty. flijr. 3*5. An Act to repeal an Act, ontitlcd irti- "An Act to increase the amount of prop- ( u:ig erty exempt from levy and sale," ratified Tj.| tho t\xtceiu.i day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred ( and fifty-one. 1 11 84. An Act to iuoorpnrnto the Protcst0D0 nnt Episcopal Church Building Society of sny Suuth Carolina. is 85. An Act to exempt the J3enufovt 1 *rnc Heat Company from Regimental and Hntthy tallion Reviews. t ,, 36. An Act to vest the title of the Stalo -L-. in certain eschcated property in sundry persona therein mentioned. 37. An Act to dcclare and establish tho Jier military divisions of Sumter and Clarcndou in Districts. 38. An Act to raise supplies for the yenr ish- commencing in October, oue thousand e:ght hundred and fifty-sevetiv nis- 39. An Act to make appropriations for the year commencing in October, one thouthe sand eight hundred and fifty-seven. 'ox* An^ Aot ~~ m jo^ For the suspension of Certain fjections of ? s Certain Acta, and for other purposes. ()p 1. Bo it enacted by the Senate and House of Renresentatives now met and sit ,ux" ting in General Assembly, That the opcr^ ntion of the second heutiou of an Act* cntiK tied "An Act to provide against the suspenHion of specie payments by the Banks of this ^ State," ratified on tho 18th day of Dccein01 her, 1840, be, and the same is hereby su.c, . pended until the 1st day of January, 1859, aiijj on the express condition that no execution issued upon judgments already obtaiucd or hereafter.to bo obtainod by any of the non1M^ specie-paying baukg, shall bo enforced un mi su *11 duiik Milan resume specie payments: Provided, nevertheless, That each debtor ited a8a'n8t whom the banks may have obtained r 0f judgment and issued execution thereon, shall pay to the banks by whom they may " be so indebted, interest upon the whole amount of the judgment recovers}, at the expiration of every sixty days, from tho passage of this Apt, at the rate of seven per ^ ^or cent, per annum ; and any debtor neglecting or refusing so to do, shall be deprived ^ of the benefits of this Act: Provided, That if tho prorprty of the debtor bo sold under ( an exeout >n or executions of other creditors, the execution of tho bank shall beouf if.lnd fji fclin winin li?>n mwl n.iwiiinnt. nu j ? provided by law. es" 2. That tho operation of tho 6th section 11 of 1111 "^c^' ?^titled "An Act to reguluto 1 - the Planter's and Mechanic's Bank of South and ^aro''nu> ^1C UmoU Bank of Soulh Carolina, the Commercial Bank of Coluinbia, hall Carolina, and to incorporate tho JSxI change Bank of Columbia, the Farmer's 10 and bxchange Bank, the Peoplo's Bank of Charleston, the Bank of Newberry, tho Bank , of Chester, the Bank of Sumtervillo, tho * .H| Planter*b Bank of Fairfield, and the Western aln Bank of South Carolina, at Anderson," ratified on the l(>th dav of Deeeinber. 1852: cie" and nil clauses and sections of Acta rc-enaot10~ ing the provisions of the said section, and applying tho provisions thereof to all or any 18 0 of tho Banks of this State, incorporated since tho aforesaid Act, ho and tho samo < ,IU aro hereby suspended until the 1st day of )Ur" January, 1859. , 8. That from and after tho 1st day of 8 January, A. 1). 1860, if tho bank notes is"ne sued by any bank, and in oirculatiou or out k , of possession of tho bank, shall at any time ' %01 exceed, for more than thirty succcssivo ('n~ days, thrco times tlie amount of tho gold and silver coin snd bullion in possession of the bank as its property, and its banking house, such bank shall forfoit five hundred dollars tor each .uirt every successive day during which euch exoess shall continno, . .01,H to he rocovorcd by action of debt at the '. (j suit of the State j and in order that such excos.1, whon it exists may be apparent, it 10 shall ^e the duty of tho President and f Cashier of every bunk of issuo on Monday ! 0 of evory week, to tranflmitto the Comptrol,. ler General an account of tho amount of' 1 >m bank notes of such bank in circulation or , out of possession of the bank, on.oach antl: 10 every aay during the week ending on thonext Drecedint? 8aturda?- nnd nlnn nn on. ,iaV count of the amount of.^old and silver coins m 1 and bullion in tho possession of the bank, na it** own proi/erty, and aijfite banking . ' house, on oach and every day of tVe week ; which account shall bo certified jnjik [ ^ the oath of tho President and Gashier, ^ fcrft ken beforo and certified by any Magistral1# duly authorised t? administer oaths j, and wnfi any person swearing falsely to any such acoer" count shall bo deemed guilty of peijury,. ckliall Ka ? _ MIIW au?ii y?v auujuvv ?#.? u?i^> pr?*ilo AUU JJUll' h1 tics thereof; and the Comptroller Genoral ury? shall, at Joust once in every month, oollect . x the accounts of tho daily atnto of their oif3 dulation and Bpecie rendered by tho several! bankB of issue, in oor.formity herewith, and 10 publish the same, so collected) iu soino nowspapor, in the following form : ases n?:i_ - " ,,, vtruuiimuii nuu itpvuin 01 DOtiKS of issue In South Carolina, from tho day of , to the day of el?ht?oh Mod hundred and ___ r, of "~T^ain?"o? ffameuf^' m _ Bank _ _.B,ink_# ?.>v jmto. viir t n, npecifr. | Data. Olr'Vn Steele.. 'idkr And any Mink, tho officers thereof shall nojdoot to transmit to tho Comptroller Oonoart oral any suoh account as aforesaid, shall forfait one hundred dollars fot Ouch and ?Y?ry rtVf.i day during *hioh the samn shall l?o ncfrleo^ tea, to be reoovcrcd; by action of debt at tit* *ui* of tire Stata., . , i * : K % * i