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0 ^ (fij |j 'j^| J ^ 'TO THINK (l\VN SKl.F m: TUUK, AN1) IT JIl'ST FOl.I.OW, ,\S TlIK ^^ ^ ^ "' - 'J^;_____^ . "BY ROB'T. A THOMPSON. PICKENS COURT IIOLSH, S. C. SATURDAY, JANUARY ?1> lf>G?). ? 1 i?' Ji'i i*| i ammmtmmi A Voice from Hoavcu. I shine in the light of God, Ilia likeuoM stumps my brow, Through (he shadow ofdeath my feet have trod . An>l 1 reign in glory now. No breaking heart is here, No keen :inil thrilling pain, No wasted check, where tho frequent tear Jliitli rolled and left its stain. * 1 have found the joy of Heaven, i ..?. .... . - > . ?. .mi uno 01 ino angel unmi, To my head a crown is given, And a harp is in my hand; 1 have learned the song they sing Whom . us linth made IVcc, And tho glorious li 111m ol' Heaven still ring With uiy new-born melody. No sin, no grief, no pain ; Safe in my happy home ; My fears arc lied, my doubt all slain My hour of triumph come. Oh ! friends of my mortal years, The trusted and tho true, ? * * - miiMiig mill 111 mo Vttlc ol'te:? I wait to wclvomo you. Do I forgetoh, no ! For memory's golden clmin Shall bind my heart to the hearts below, Till they meet and touch nguiu. Knch link is strong and bright, And love's electric tbimo Flows freely tlown like ft river of l>/ht, To the udd t'rom whence it came. Do you mount when another star Shines out in the glittering sky? l?o you weep when the voice of war A nil the rago of conflict die? Then why ilo your tears roll down And your hearts be sorely riven. For another gem in 1'ic Saviour's crown And another soul in Heaven ? * IPOLQTJOA'L, ~ Virginia. AVo find in the Richmond papers of Monday the first message of liov. Letcher. It is entirely devoted to Federal affairs and the excitement now abroad in the country. After alluding to these, and referring to tl><; offensive laws passed by many of the lions' e holding States, and the other causes which have brought the Union into peril, he ! l..o .... <*-m . wuviuucn on tUllUWrt i In this deplorable condition of tilings, with iill (he evils incident to a dissolution of the I'nion prominently before us, the inquiry I presents itself?what can be done to avert the i danger? The Supreme Court cannot settle | this question of construction, becauyo it is not recognized by the parties us an arbiter.? This has been but too palpably manifested in the utter repudiation of the J)rcd Scott decision by the Ucpubliean party. The onl3' mode, therefore, of remedying the evil that occurs to me, under the Constitution, is provide}! in the lifth article thereof. Summon a Convention of all the States, that a full and free conforunce may be had between the Representatives of the people, elected for this purpose, and thus ascertain whether tiui question in controversy cannot be settled upon sonic basis naturally satisfactory to both sections. It' such a convention shall assemble ami,! fvor free and lull consultation and comparison of opinions, they shall find that the differences between the slave holding and non-slavcliolding States are irreconcilable, let them consider the question of a peaceable separation and the adjustment of all questions relating to the disposition of the common prop erty between the two sections. If they can )? ? riW'AO/tiliwl 1.?f ilwin* ...II.. 4 lb- 1 - * ? w .VVWVIIVVI IVU lUUill MUJIIMi II1U I IT 11 IS 1111(1 give them such sanctions as will render thcni uffcutivo.' 1 suggest, therefuro, that yon adopt resolutions in favor of the call of such a Convention, and appeal to the Legislatures of the several States to unite in the application proposed to be made to Congress, in pursuance of the provisions of the article aforesaid. If the non-slave holding States shall fail or refuse to unite in the application, such failure or refusal will furnish conclusive evidence of a determination on their part to keep up the limitation, ami to continue their aggrewrioios npgii .us. If the Convention shall meet, and the question cannot be satisfactorily adjusted, it will furnish evidence equally conclusive of l\*o\r T.. * ' ...... I.I ITILIICI f.YUIIb IIIC people of tlie South will clearly understand what they tire to expect in the futuro. It will, doubtless, be objected to this suggestion tlmt it looks to disunion. Grant it if you pleaoo Is not the danger of disunion imminent no\ and is not tho public mind, North and South, deeply agitated by tho apprehension that the days of tho Union are numbered? DiMiininn ?ni?nhr>? nr? iliAnrilM of the day in deliberative bodies, State and National, and the press teoms with the samo matter, editorial, communicated and selected. Southern Legislatures arc employed iu considering tho best modes of protecting tho honor and rights of their .Stales, and are making provision for arming niwi4iscijiiii)iug the militia with sole reference to their protection and defence, cither in or out of the Unmu. Every HfMi sees and feels that dangers arc impending over us, and that disunion is not only a possible but a lijiihly probable event, and at ?r> distant day. When those tilings fire so, surely tho Country can look upon disunion from the stand point which I occupy. If men cannot calmly loqk upon it nt tins di?tanco, they ought to eciiso the utterance of disunion sentiments, and permit the pnblio mind to settle down, preparatory to submission, on tho part of tho South. J (i I so suggest, that n commission, to oonsist of two of our most intelligent, dssoreot nod experienced statesmen shall ho appointed whose duty it sliiill be to visit tlio [|Cgi.slntuivH of those Htates which hove prisscd laws to obstruct the execution of the Fugitive Slavo net, hnd insist, in tho nftmo of Virginia, upon their unconditional repeal. In support of tlie suggestion of tlio nppointincnt'of n^coramission, ft proecjent is to be found in the history of our own State, in the appointment of the distinguished Benjamin Wntkins Leigh, who Wiiii commissioned to visit the JiCgislatUfo i of South Carolina, at the time of the contro' * * Versy between that State ami tho Federal j (lOVernment. Tho existence of the I'nion i was then greatly imperiled, and the action of' Virginia exerted a most happy influence, in bringing about a settlement that averted the danger and restored pcacc to the country.? That crisis in public affairs was almost at, | serious and alarming as the present. This controversy has now readied ft point which demands a speedy settlement, it' the I'nion is to be saved from dissolution. If tlie aggressions to which we have been stibjoctcd for so many ^cars, arc to be repeated, if mutual distrust and suspicion arc to continue, and if the election of a sectional Republican candidate to the Presidency in 1800, is to be superadded, it is useless to attempt to conceal the fact, that in the present temper of the Southern people, it cannot be, and will not be submitted to. The " irrcprissiblc conffiet" doctrine, announced and advocated by the ablest and ivost distinguished leader of the Republicin party, is an open declaration of war against the institution of African slavery, wherever it exists, and 1 would be disloyal to Virginia and the South, if I did not declare, that the election of such a man, entertaining such sentiments and advocating such doctrines, ought to be resisted by the slaveholding States. The idea of permitting such a man to have th<> mintrnl nnrl .lir.w.iJr... of tlio Army ami Navy of the T'nited States, and the appointment of high judicial and Kxcoutivo otficers, postmasters included, cannot bo entertained by the South for a moment. 1 am now, and have ever been, a friend to the 1'nion of the States. L appreciate its value, ardently desire its preservation, and would not rashly hazard its existence. I have presented these views in the earnest 1 that tl.'? Northern miiwl mnv - J ? "'""n1" ,,J reflection, and that the conservatism ot' that section may be aroused and stimulated to immediate action, it will require prompt and decided action on their part, if mutual conlidence shall be revived, and distrust and suspicion shall be banished from amongst us, A wise, prudent, and considerate course may save the I'nion, in the hour of its peril. To j this end, 1 am prepared to do all that honor, i duty and patriotism enjoins upon me. { Whether the I'nion shall survive or perish, it is, nevertheless, your duty to place the State in such a condition that she will be prepared at all times, and upon the shortest notice, to protict her honor, defend her rights, and maintain her institution? against all assaults of her enemies. .With this view, 1 recommend a careful revision of the militia laws; and, in this connection, F suggest that munitions of war be procured and provisions made for the organization of an efficient military staff. It would be well, also, to specify in the law, the number of aids to which tlie Governor is entitled, and designate their Vank. I cordialiy approve the bill herewith I sent, for the organization of a brigade of | minute men, prepared by a gentleman remarkI I.I . V - 1 *- ?? * " uni ior ins mieingonco, military knowledge and cxpcrience. And, finally,.1 commend the Virginia Military Institute to your favorable consideration, and urge that liberal appropriations be made for enlarging the building and extending the sphere of its usefulness. .By your legislation encourage a spirit of independence amongst the people; foster direct trade, manufactures and the mechanic arts "by all legitimate modes. Our internal improvements should be pushed forward to Completion as rapidly as the means of the State will warrant, as aids to direct trade and State independence. Tho laws of the State shall be faithfully executed, her rights defended, her institutions maintained, and her honor scrupulously guarded and protected. My only object is so to discharge my duty ns to secure the conlideucc and win tho respect and approbation of my fellow citizens of Virginia. I will be found ready, therefore, to co-operate in all measures calculated to develop? her unbounded resources end promote the prosperity and the hapitilU>UQ /\F liov nnnwlrt Respectfully, John Letciiku. Sound Sentiments.?The Inst Democratic Standard, published in Concord, New Hampshire, says: '* But holding meetings, uttering patriotic scntimeuts, and expressing devotion to the Union in words merely, is of but little account. If men go to those meetings, resolve and speak in favor of the Union,'and then go and vote the Republican ticket, tbey can expect nothing else but to be treated as hypocrites and false pretenders to a patriotism they do not possess. Suoh was the ease with many who attended the Into Boston Union meeting. They went to Faneuil Hall, heard Mr. Everett's patriotic and eloquent speech, avowed themselves friendly to the Union, and vote J fcr Lincoln, the Republican candidate V..- If - . ll.Jfc. 1? s ? i ? * ? ?' 1UI A'H.ryiii , llllin [U UCUUIWI1IJJ IO 1110 WOl'lll, that their attachment to their party, and their real Abolitionism, wore stronger than their regard for the Union. *' Wo can assure such men, that such acts will not win for them the credit of being patriot*. Words will not answer. Acts must follow professions of devotion to tho Union. This Union cannot bo saved if the Itcpuhlioan party is not put down. And that great work is to be done by votes. The ballot-box is now ami. we iu;iv sav. nt all timm*. nn<l milv J V- " preserver pf tho Union. If the Union cannot be saved by the ballot-box it cannot bo by bayoneU." Pit vmcat. Economy.?A cotomporary aoys, If kite poor homo bus any lovtors for you, Dover buy what you don't need. Before you pay three cents for a jowtdinrp, hco if you can't mnko'jfiHt tin pIoMAlit a noise by whistling, for Huoh nutufo furniyhes tho machinery. And before you pay seven dollars for a figured vest, yonng uiau, find out whether ydur lady would nnt l\rt !imf nu rtlft ^ */i liftA liAM th ? ""A vu fc/\| junv CIO ^l?\t l\l JUU 111 a pinill UliC that co?t half the money. Tf ?hc wouldn't, lct'hor crack her own walnuts am! buy her own olotln. Om vice is mora expensive than ten virtues. I V . i Dircot Trade in Charleston- ! The remarks of our eo temporaries, as n 1 whole, have been very complimentary to the canl lately issued by the Charleston jobbing merchants. A sound patriotism and discrim- J mating judgment lias pervaded all the m ticcs that have met our eye. An earnest desire seems to be sincerely entertained to sustain the merchants of Charleston in their endeavors to iilaeeour Oupen Citv in l??n 1 * ? J station fs :i leading seaport of the world.? But wo detect, in sonic, indicationsof an idea that 110 direct importations arc made in Charlesion, and that better terms can be obtained of jobbers in New York. To combat this error, and in some degree to convey more accurate information, we propose a few words. At the outset let us premise, that to no great extent do jobbers, in any market, import the goods they sell. And the retailer who buys his stock in New Yc'k, thinking that he is buying of the importer, grossly deceives himself. Importing is a business of itself, which completely absorbs the capital ordinarily commanded by mercantile firms.? The importer sells by the ease to the jobber, and the jobber, by the piece or pieces, to the | retailer, who sells to the consumer by the pattorn or quantity desired. Such is the division 1 <11* imuh>rn tvnilo 'I'lxi aimnli ^^ . .. v<i<wv> .1 Iiv i-iui|tiV( VJUVOUUH | f IIL , to tlio interior retailer is, A\"ill you sustain the Charleston jobber or will you sustain the New York jobber, who arc equal competitors for your custom'{ The Charleston and New York bber alike purchase of the importer, who is mainly an agent in New York ot' foreign or domestic manufacturers. The manufacturer, no nnttcr what his goods may bo, sends them to Wow York for a market, through a local agent in , that city, and he will send thorn to Charleston . in uiu JMiiiiu iiuiimur, u usumcient tiiaricet lor goods be created hero. For the very reason that there are no manufacturer's agents in I Charleston, our jobbers import nioro often than j the New York jobbers, who can obtain any | desired article, by sending a few streets or j blocks ? Here are no largo stocks, exclusive to certain departments of trades, sold only by the bale, case, or other measures of bulk.? We seleet at random the following direct importations of last Thursday, in evidence of | the variety of such importations made at this P?rt: . . l'er ship Caroline, arrived from Liverpool,; December 20. ?Salt, to .James Wolsmun ; I bark Ncthcrland, arrived from Rotterdam, I Hay, to C. O. White; ship Othello, from Liverpool, Hardware, to Williams it I'riro : ( Coal, to John Schnicrle; Mdse, to A. A: K. j 1>. ' McKonzic; Kavthenwarc, Potatoes, Out i Meal, to J. lioncs; Jium ami Wino, to Kli; nick, Wickenberg & Co.; Ale, to Uevencl & (Jo. ; Cotton Thread, to J. S. 1'. Hovcnel ; Nails, Hardware, Chains, to Courtney, Ti;nnentA: Co.; Saddlery, to Love and Wiengesj l'ots, (Jump Ovens, Covers, Chimney Backs, I to 31. Ogilvie; Iron, to S. N. Hart & Co. ; i Hardware, to Graveley & l'ringlc; Iron L'ots, Camp Ovens, Covers, Buiscuit Ovens, Skillets, iSpiders, Hardware, Holloware, Ovel Iron, Sheet Iron and liar Iron, to .J. K. Adger Co.; Hardware, to Hyde, (irctrir & l>av: Mdse, and Hardware, (o llyatt, McBurney & Co.; Bottled Ale, to it. B. Chapman ; JOarthcnwarc, to Webb & Sage; U;iij^x, to It. T. Walker; Hardware, Chains, Nails, Pans, to : II. F. Strohccker; Mdse, toCrane, Boylston | & Co.; Stationery and 15ooks, to Courdin, .Mattillessen & Co. ; Bagging, to .1. Frnser ?fc Co.; Mdse, to (1. A. Trenholn); Machinery, to S. C. Railroad Co ; Earthenware, to Brown & I'alnia : Herrings and W hisky, to Cibbs ?Sr Co.; Mdse, to Johnston, (.'rows A: Brawley ; Hardware, to W. 11. .Morton. A large class of goods, in common nsc : throughout the South, are of Northern m?n| ufacturc whose depots are located in New j York, as lor example; clothing, boots and , shoes, hats, and tho thousand-and-one small i conveniences of every day 11 to. I.urge amounts of capital are there devoted to their manufacture, and so long nsthe interior retailer at the South will sell such goods, there will exist establishments iu Charleston for their supply. Charleston merchants are like merchants everywhere, they will keep what people will buy and it is perfectly, utterly idle to expect any different condition. The. pertinent suggestion to nil is, shall n leading market be built up in Charleston?? Shall our jobbers double their business and manifold their numbers ? When they do, importing houses, agents of foreign and domestic manufactures, will be established here, and bounded warehouses will rise on Kast. Hay.? Foreign manufacturers have no intrinsic interest in New York. They will establish a branch of their houses in Charleston whenever the market will warrant. Trado is sensitive?it gravitates, and always will. Markets crcato merchants, but merchants do not create markets. The question, then simply rocurs upon? how shall our jobbing-houses be sustained and strengthened ? Manifestly only by interior merchants seeking a market here. This cannot bo done in si day or a season ; but the commencement may be made at any time.*? The extent of country, naturally seeking a SUimlv lliavl.'l't. llfiriV in In rim Iiiwin.rl. nn.l ? :?!> I I V 1 WMV^M ,,I,M * enough to create nil the trade that Charleston can ootid act. Should thin trado concent ra to hero?should our jobbers lind their stocks readily exhausted?the manufactories will directly establish agencies here, and-wo shall possess an original market limited only by the amount and extent of its custom. Our , haibor is amnio, nilfl nil nriirinnl ? i j o vide liborally by natnro.? Charleston Mcrcvr An old man picked up half a dollar in the street. "Old man, that's mine," said a keen looking rascal. " J)id yours liavo a hole in it?" asked tho old gentleman. "Yen," replied the other smartly. " Then it is not thine, replied tho old gentleman, " thee must leafn to Ho a little sharper next time." ? " That's a flamo of tnino," as tho bellows said to the fire. < . ? * r Acts of the Lngisluturo. 1 An Act further to provide for a Code of the ( Statute I<:i\v of South Carolina. T ]}r i't cimrfcd by the Senate and House ! . of .Representatives, now met and sitting in ( (leneral Assembly, and bv the authority of ( the same, That in ' of the provisions for a , code, made at the In.-1 session, the following provisions he now made, to wit : j A Oovninissioner shall annually, during the ( pleasure of the Legislature, ho eleeted by joint hallot of the two Houses) of the (leneral Assembly, wliose duiv it shall be to nrrtviro ' fur the consideration of tho Legislature, mu-Ii 1 a c: do of Statute Laws sis, if enacted, n>i?ht j in connection v.*till (Ik; portions of tin; C'>innion Jjjr.v (lint would bo left unaltered, coiu'itutc the whole body of law in this State, j 11. In the preparation of t!ie code, order, | brevity of expression, consistent with perspicuity, and adherence to what is established where the reasons for charge arc not deei.- ivo, J shall lie fiovomiiiir principles; but at the dis- ; 1 evetion of tlio ('oumiissioncr, regulated by i these principles, repeals and alterations of ex- . isung law, ami additions to it, may bo introj dlieed, 80 that there iiinv be presented a scheme of what tlio law should Ik\ j Til. When any portion of proposed 1 w has been written for the code, notes and rrf, cronees shall be added to it, showing if the ex- I isting law has been preserved unchanged, or j changed only in expression ; where tho existing law is to bo foil mi ; if change in sub! stance has1 been mad >, showing what tho ( change id, and the reasons which induced it; j an 1 in every instance referring to the cases , which have been adjudged in the Courts of , this State, explanatory of the law as it is, and I as it may be proposed. iV. Once, or ol'toner, at the discretion of , the (.'onimi.vsioncr, in every year, nt least one | month before the meeting of the Legislature, j there shall be printed at least two hundred I and fifty copies of such portions of tho code i as lnav have been nroiiiireil wii'i enli-.l-ln . I * I *" * HI" dcxcs,nu'J such remarks, explanations andsn?*, gaslions ii may seem proper to Ilio Commis- i sioner. Of these copies, the (,'onnnivsionrr ! may distribu' 1 fifty at. his will, and the re. mninder shall be for the nso of the members , j of the r.'^islntnre, to be sent or deposited, as inny be ordered by joint resolution. I V. Atari early day in every session, the' | Commissioner shall report to the Ijcuislaturo j all that, ha;-bei n printed, as before mentioned. > and also his views concernin?? what has been done, and what remains to be accomplished, | of l lif* wm'l; f-oiiiniil li il <> ! ! >> i (ho ] 1 in .'til l method adopt>d by I nil. upon nil of which such notion as shall seem proper to (ho Legislature may ho token. ! VI. Kor his person-.il services, (lie Co:nniis- ' , sinner shall receive five thousanl dollars a i I year, to he paid quarterly, lie shall be at i liberty to appoint, t wo or move assistants, who ' ' in the whole shall receive a sum not exoeod1 in^ four thousand dollars a year; he shall lix 1 the compensation of each assistant by contract, ; j hut not so as to allow to any one of them more j i (b?n two thousand dollars a year; upon his | draft, the compensation thus fixed shall be 1 paid quart .ly, and. at every session of the , I (legislature, he shall report tho nanus of his | aFsistnntn/rnd the compensation allowed for , j the past year. The expenses of printing, stai tionory and postage necessary for the work, I certified by the ('iiuimissioncr, .shall all be j>;ii<I out of the public Treasury, under an appro! priation to he made at the uoxt session alter | they have been so certified. VII. The Commissioner, and bis assistants under his order, shall, for prosecution of their I work, have full access to the 1 jOgislafivc I libra ry, and to the public archives, during the session of the Legislature and during the recesses; also, with permission of the Judges, | i? .I... i: t :? - ! ii.. r\ ' - - ? 1 ' 1 ' I in tn'" uMiiincH in ni? v iiiiiis oi i\ppc:n, sunt, : with perndwsion of the Trustees, lu the l.ihrui vy of 1 lie South Carolina College. The Cont: inissionor shall moreover have liberty to take four copies of the Statutes at Large, with continuation* of such parts thereof an may ho ; I found in any of the public depositories; and j to buy, at the public expanse (not exceeding : live hundred dollars,) one or two copies <if I Tvott's Laws,Orinikc's l'ublb* l/iws, Ibvvard's Digest, .Tames' Digest, and su? h Code*, digests, Statutes and liepot'ts of ('oinmi-'siouers made in otlieV Sf-itr-4 :infl fmmf I'inu m-j t>r> n><i? I I dcciu useful in hi* work, and cannot find in | any of the libraries above mentioned, all of, I which (except (ho Statutes of (hi.; State, that ' may ho cut up in the preparation of the work,) idiall belong to tho State, and when the work is ended, bo deposited iu the Legislative Li-j br.ny. V 11T. Ail ihe notes, memoranda, material and papers, that the late I'dmund Uellinuor, Ksnuire, Commisioner appointed bv the Court | of I'liTors under tho Art of the hist session, | left as the result of his labor anil research, un| tier the appointment that he received in May ! lrtfit, (not including printed hooks,") shall bo ' subject to the use and disposal of the Commissioner to bo elected under this Act, so soon as I the compensation allowed for the sorvic.es of the said Kdmund MeUinger, Ks-juire, shall ! have been paid according to the Art which ! i 'he Legislature may pass in that behalf. ' An Act to require and regulate the grantinc* of licenses to itinerant Salesmen ami trav- 1 oiling Agents. I. />7 it rnurtrtl by the Senatr and House 1 of Representatives, now mot and sitting in I General Assembly, and l?y the authority of! j the same, That hereafter it shall not be law- : j fill for i.ny petty chapman, itinerant salesman, | i travelling agent, or other persons, not having | any permanent and established place of busij uoss, ami stock of goods within this Stnt* , out of which the tax may bo levied, to carry on | trudo and make contracts for sales, by means j of samples or pnttct >s, or otherwise, without! i f- .A -? ~ r * i _ n% urfit |iruuunug irum uiiu ui incj j rcasurers, as herein provided, ft license to carry on sncli trado as intinerant salesman. And in caso any such person shall, contrary to the provi?ious of this Act, no carry on trade, or make I contracts fur the .'-ale of any poods, wares and merchandize, and delivery of the same within the State, without lirst procuring Mich license, lie shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, snd upon conviction thereof, he shall be liable to pay a fine of not more than two thousand dollars, and upon default of such payment, lie shall bo imprisoned for not more than six months. i]L That upon application to the Treasurer of the I'pper and Lower I division by any such person, setting out his name and place of residence, the description of his trade, and the nature of the merchandize which lie nronoses to soil, accompanied with :i recommendation from two citizens of the State, stating that he is a lit itikI proper person to receive such license, it shall he the duty of the Treasurer to ?cr??it. him a license, specifying the nature nf the trade which he is permitted to carry on, upon his giving a bond with two sufficient sureties, freeholders within the Slate, i:i the penal sum of three thousand dollars, condiilitinned that he will malce a true return to the Tax Collector of the district in which the same may he made, showing the amount of lax to ho paid hv him for one year from the i. i: i ' Ml mu ll intii.T, aim will jwysucil amount :;s soon as it may bcoonic due1 ; and that ho will not in any way infringe or interfero with tin: laws or regulations of the State, or of any municipal authority, made for the government of slaves and free persons of color ; and he shall pay the sum of twenty-live dollars for the use oi' the State, to the Treasurer for such license, which shall he trood for one year only, and also a lee of live dollars to the. Treasurer. 111. That if th " information shall he given to any Magistrate of the. Uistrict, or it shall he brought to his knowledge that any sueli person is canying on trade, or making eontracts for sales contrary to the provisions of this Act, it shall be his d ily to institute proceedings, and to take nil necessary steps for the trial and conviction of such person, and npoii conviction the informer shall bo entitled to halt" 1110 lines which may bo imposed upon such person. IV. That in caso nny such poison, after riving such bond and obtaining such license., shall not comply with the conditions of the same, cithor in not returning his sales and paying the tax for which lie may be liable, or in anv other ruirtinnlnr vli-.lt I. > II..1.1.. t.. be sued in iin action of ??oV?t in the 11:11110 of tho Treasurer ; and it shall ho the duty of the Tax Collector to institute proceedings on the said bond, iind it' it appear that the said person shall not have complied with all the conditions of the said bond, judgment shall be recovered for the full amount of the ponV. That it sli '1 he the duty of the Treasurers to keep a record of nil the licenses so granted, with the applications upon which they were granted, and tho names of the persons who have recommended the applicant. An Act to make owners of Dogs liable for Sheep killed by them. ]. /? it ru<xcl<-(( by the Senate and IIousc of Representatives, now met and sitting in (ieneral Assembly, and by the authority of the same. That from and after the mssinir of this Art, (ho owner of any dog, or person having in his care or keeping any dog, or person upon whose premises any dog may ho kept by his or her slave, shall be liable to pay the party injured, double the value of all sheep that may be killed or injured by such dog, to be recovered by action of trespass on the case, at the suit of the pot}' injured, in any court having competent jurisdiction. J I. That in all actions brought for the recovery of damages, under the provisions of this Act, the recovery of two dollars shall in all eases carry full costs. III. That an annual tax of one dollar be, and is hereby, imposed upon every dog kept l.y a slave, to be paid by the owner of sueh slave; and it shall be tho duty of every owner of tueh slave or slaves to make r.nuuaily a return to the Tax Collector of his or her district, at iiie time of making his or her general tax return, ot every <logso kept by his or her slave or slaves ; or failing so to do, such owner shall be liable to a fine of two dollars for each and every duo; so kept and not returned, tn be recovered by execution, as in other cases of default in making tax returns. IV. That an annual tax of two dollars he, and is her.-by, imposed upon ever)' dose kept by any free negro, or other free person of color, and it shall he the duly of every such free negro, or free person of color, to mako annually a return to the Tax Collector of his or her District, at the time of milking his or her general tax return, of every dog so kept by him or her; or failing so to do, lit! or she shall be fined in the .mm of three dollars, to be collected by c.-rocution, as in other eases of default in making tux returns. An Act lo provide for compensation in daniag-.'x to the families of persons killed by the fault of others. I. !lr it omctrif by the Senate and TFouso of Representatives, now inet and sitting in (rchend Assembly, and by the authority of the sumo, That whenever, after the paksing of this Act, the death of a person shall he caused by tlie wrongful act, neglect or default of another, and the act, neglect or default is such as would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, then and in every such ca.se, the person or / MrhAr1.! inn wlwt u'Miild Imvo Knun li-ililn 1T do;!t!i l><ul not ensued, shall he liable to nu action fov damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, although the death shall have been caused under such circumKlnnr-ra mnkA ft.1io L-iilinir in 1m\c ii fulnnu I f. That every such action shall be for the benefit of the wife, husband, parent and children of the person whose death shall have been so caused, aud shall be brought by, or in the name of the Executor or Administrator of such person, and in every such action, the jury may give such damages as they may think proportioned to the injury resu't'ing from such II I " V death, to tin? parties respectively lor whom, ami lor whoso' benefit such action shall bo |>rou;;ht, and the amount so recovered shall bo divided anions the before mentioned parties in :-?*.u-.Ii sliar < as they would liavo been cntitI"d to if the deceased had died intestate, and the amount roeoviu <1 had been personal asset ??i his or In r <. '..te : IVociitcd, That ill | I ti actions brought under tins Act, the Kxcc, utoror Administrator, riaintifis in the action, shall be li;d)',r to i osts, in case tliere be a verdict for the lYfrndaut, or non-suit, or discontinuance,"< "l of the iroods, olinttels and lands of the Test tor or Intestate if any, nnd if itono, then < wt ul' the proper ^oods and chattels df sueh llxceu'or and Administrator : and J'rtiiiitrif, /'itri/trr, 'J'hat the notion bo ; brought within two years from the death of such person. !!!. That the provisions of this Act shall n>t apply to any ease, where the person iujjured Iks for such injury brought notion, which hr.s proceeded to trial. nnd final judg- ' incnt, before his or her dentil. An Art (o amend an Act, entitled <l An Act' , to alter end amend the Law in relation to the. (nullification of .Jurors." nit Hind mi F ~^ twenty-fust ilny of December, ig tho'Your of our Lord one thousand eight hundred mid fifty seven. 1. IJr it t nnrtnlby tin; Senate and ITouhO of Representatives, now met and sitting jrt 1 (leneral Assembly, and hy the authority of tho same, That an Act, entitled " An Act to alter and amend the Law in relation to tho qualification of .Jurors," rati lied on tho twenty-first day of December, in tho year of our Lord 0110 thousand ei<rht hundred and fifty-seven, be80 amended as to read as follows: That every person not. heretofore exempted by law from serving on .I nrics, who mny ho entitled by . the ConMitution <>!' tliis State to vote lor members of the St'i". Legislature, and who shall have ] hi id tin: oar preceding tho sitting <*?4^--. the Conrt at which a new Jury li*t sliall bo made, a t .n of any amount whatever for prop-' erty held in hi^ own right, shall be liable to servo a? a Grand or I'ctit and Pleas Juror. An Act to niter tl'.e I<aw in relation to tho Commissions of Guard'uuis, Kxeeutors and Administrators. I. /!< it rnarfrd by the Senate and llouso of Representatives, now met or.d sitting in (leileral Assembly, and by the authority of the^unc, That when nnv guardian of an inv. ? . - . - .nit uum nm:r receiving tiny ot tnc tuntls ot' his or hor ward, tho estate of such deeoaficd guardian shall bo allowed cominiwions for pay- ^ ing ovor, a.< well as for receiving) the funds of mich ward remaining in the hands of such guardian at tho time of his or her dci{J}j^--w /VnruJ </, The payny*.i' 6Vtf juvwhj' to tho ward, and tint to another truardian. II. That when any 'Qxivutor or administra* tor "lies, alter having nettled the estate of the '* testator or inte.-iate, except paying over fcfro >">< legacies or shares of the legatees or distribuj tees, the r.'lato of such executor or administrator shall be allowed commissions for paying over sueh legacies or distributive shares, unwell as for rec;n\inir them. ! -?? An Act t > punish attempt;', to poison. I. ]! it rii'n:f:il by tho Senate ami lloiisfl of 1 Ueprosentntivos. now met ami sitting in General < A <-ombly, ami by the authority of tbo pame^ That whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously administer to. or ra?<c to ho taken, by any per- ' s.m, any poison or.otherdestructive thing with intent t<> kill sudi porson.Ofcry such offender, an<l evo,v person e^itnsr:lin<i. niditig or abetting such ollondcr. >h:dl be irniltv of ftdoiiv. ami tinon cdiivi.-iioi) thernof, altall suffer (loath,' without* benctit of o I orgy. Tub Onaut.kijton Convkntiox.?Attention is invited to tho o.ioununio; lion of "A ! Voter" in relation to tii:: Charleston Conven- . tion. Our correspondent, is a citizen every i wry identified with our people and who hjid served that people repeatedly in Important trusts. It wiil he seeu that ho urges with fchh candor of a patriot the policy of havingSouUi"* C ntlina represented in thor Convention. And wiii't man amongst us will say nav'( Cpon what grounds will he s.vy | nay ? How can wa refuse to <ro into th.< >, Charleston Convention with Florida, (li) Virginia, (2,) .North Carolina, ( >.) Maryland, \ (4.) T< nnesaee, (.'>,) Kentucky, (i>,) Alabama, I ; (7.) Georgia, (tf,) Mississippi, (<!,) IiOuisir.no, J (10.) Arkansas, (II,) Missouri, (12,) and f 'iVXilS. ( 1 Jill XI:sV<? \? .-V ^ *' v * %%\%y . '* w',v nVl,wlHlV T . utripe, m??cl tho great, majority of them f:*r more deeply iiitcrcsiotl in slavo institution* and their eventual triumph than we of South Carolina ! All these great slavo States going into that Convention. They have can^""*"*^ vassrd the whole ground and have determined that it if important to the vital interests of the slavo territory that wo go into that (Jon-, ^ ^ j volition. And go we will. Tho South will . h.% there?in Charleston ; Virginia will bo . ' there-fin Charleston ; Tonuenseo will he thenv c-.C* ?in Charleston; Alabama will be there-?in i * luu'ii'smn ; t icor^ia will ho there?in Charles- > \ ten ; Arkansas will bo there?in Charleston : \ Florida will bo there?in Crarlcston ; Missouri will b > there?in Charleston ; Mississippt will bo there?in Charleston ; end Texn&and "k the vest will be there?in Charleston. And the true, real, heart-felt Northern ftnd Northwestern friends of Virginia, and Fl.ividn, ami Tennessee, and Kentucky, and Maryland, and I Alabama, and (Joovjj'ia, and Mississippi, and ! i ...iv *" 1 joiu>ma, nun .Miiiii i;umiinn, nml Texas, and . "j Arkansas, and tho rest will bo thorc to coun-. I t, for the b->st into.vsts of our cominou country^*How South Carolina dim stay awny from (Convention with any show of propriety, is ditfi- / * cult of comprehension. We cordially unito with "A Voter" in recommending a iViNtvlc^j-t&ji j mooting, and respectfully propose aaletjjiy i;?March for that purpose. , .: fewJlH r j i j fflum Foirn hundred yc.-irs have elapsed wiiwin?a^i invention of printing, yet books -ire not .Jul.' ciroulntion all over tbo globe; whiki U&H|?vtfl of tohncoo became universal witl.in