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"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,
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. ?. .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,
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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 !
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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
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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'
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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 ? :?!>
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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.
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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
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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.
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.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
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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