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? ? imh ! mimmmHL* . Speech of Hon J D Ashmoro, chixci.i i>::i>. u II j ooinpl iliis of t!io dsil.iy ot* tlio H<m*e to 'ti'to'i his pi'.?t> ).sitio:i to clcot a Speaker In* a plurality voto. l?uf, sir, it i? n<>t . < > much ?'i3 ?l?! iy whif'i ln< f ?k'*i* pi ic > 11oi""^ that tlio irC'ltln l) ill ol)i '("'.s t.K :is if !s t!w t liliii'n nt' IiIj piirpjij t ? a U publioau Sji'tk.T. It' wo ii ivo b.wi t ml;, till' irvtitli: nan lets 1??* in a hurry. It was only ?oin?? four or flvcVl.iys a ft or t'lis session ro hiiu'iicv?I, that tin' ICOO tiiMi id nil I'd In 1 ln> p.Mp'i-itiuii t<) cloot by a plurality vnti;. At tlio same time Mr. Sticr.ii hi *!i mI ivcivi. il t!i?' lu-Iu-t voto f??r S:>'a!c r; titi<I l?.-lV?i"?; dial time, it 1 mistake not. t!t <;oj)il',? i; in h:ul voted tor Mr. ,.*Iiert:l l!l. Wits it Hot. thet'elulV, tllDobjuet Ilftllis plurality tutv to elect Mr. olniiniOi ! Was it not i inject til' the ucittlcman from l'onn6vivan ia to elect lii:n ' At;?i \v; s not til it liis <ii.?titii t object wSul Itu yit professed lobe h i)c;n<*urat. ntiil mit tijiiui tliis side ol tlie House.' Did not every mint lietv .it tlmt time hmnf wli.it was lii^ i bji'et That it was to b ti'av tin' I'I'luMcrai.'v into the hands of tlto I Is-j nOu "Mi.-. auM tlu-rcl v elect .Mr. Micnnn:i, or, hi (I' l.mit ot tliut, ti> svcui'o liia own *.! (.i:.>u " I'n.m that n?>ii t. .-'r, lot IDC s:ddrct-s to t!"N 11m.v .lie < ; two (. ntisiiK-r.it ions. I liavc \ t (.1 |?fT.-i-i -litly Mr. Hlit-mian i'io:n till.' C? Hi lilt IICt'UM lit lit' tilt' M'-siull. I have lone .-'i because 1 e<>iul<'lnll the d'ljrtuas |>P>fr il t)V 11i:11 as a lu|nitil:c:i!i, ami because ! t. .. ...... .'-,.,1 ?.. ?!.? ...ii ...i.:. i. i. ... 1 i . -"V ;1 provoked l>v t1 v ll'.'pub!i'Mii party, }>!'.?! wliii li ;it this time, I regret to s:iv. i* ihrt'ntcninjr the stability of our frtv institutions. I have voted air iinst him because he is an ind user ? t' th" I l.-lper book, and because, ho has n it }>.- (! tlio niiiniiii"-h to avow or (i s i vow the sentiments of that book. I ltavo voted auainst ]ii n t -r :?U th< r Mson.s; \ t, sir, ho is lar K -s objectionable, in my estimation, than t!.': mend . IVomi IV nn-ylvaiii i. | ('lapping of ban - i>n tin* Doiuocrjtie bonobes, and up I tin u e and hisses in the ralleru's.J lie never can <;ct lity Vole." 1 come to one point further, and I un .1 Mr. Mc(Mornand only tlic other day introdueins a resolution in favor of ae<|uirini; tin1 Island id' ('u'oa as slave territory: and L understood from him that it' that rich island can be seen red lo the I "nitcd States, cither by purchase or by 01 >n? I nest, or in ::ny other manner, he wmild he witling to vote for its incorporation into the 1 nioo as a State with its existing in.-titutiuii. 1 v'v',1 not r.tten t.t to read his record on t!ii> ([lie*!i< i) - in lvirurU to which he i.s < harmed :.s bi-ing uiim uikI by the pupcr tlmt 1 have :'l bided t< ; hut I will, with the permi*suin ?.?!' (lie !Ious >, incorporate it in in) published 10liiiirha. I lint], in a speech of his delivered in this iron- , in tl.o <.'o'?itiiittcc of tlie W hole on tin* President's Message, Junnirv ]!>, 1M>. ai'u-r sp .'akin j o ' 111 ' critical mid portentous times" tluit, surrounded "the cher >iie.l principles of nomocracy," mid the administration it' Mi*. Polls, became boldly to its defence, and thus i'Xpr< -si d himself: ' Tito liiandamu.-i and distriovtti>-n nets still bh tte.d the statute-book; the f|U? ; lion oi' tiie policy atui power ?>i' tlsis (lovernnieiit to eniCin schemes of internal improveiiMMit iv>lii lined t'? bo settled; the black t vi'V to be iepl;i .' ii by :\ iwenu tiiiil'; the eonst i. iitiott.il Ti vi.-ury 1.1 be restored; and the graduation prineipl.', if po.-siblo, eti^ralud upon toe present la;. I sy-i.i u; in short, a thorough Work oi'iv;'*>r:n n;i>.i restoration cludlm^ed our best effort?."' 'iv. t!.: . .. r ? it AT i ! i I I IUI"> i .ui liKII I'HI .ill". >! > U'l'IKlIKl ti'ilVO his host ilio-N; a ml ait< r :i brief history ofthi! roiir-.; pursu ?d by i\\.->hlenl J.n k^xii in votov iriou^ i 11 I'iiai improvement schemes, ho iurtli'T say- : " Such, Mr. Chairman, is a brief oulline of the history of internal improvements by this tinVi mine n t, "iinl such lias lain Mr. Polk's course [vetoing them] upon t'iit subject. AVho n -w shall reproach lii.ii for i voachinir a llllW mid iintrii'il tlumrvV \\ I... .. .... ol.. !l < ond min him fur cxereisinir, ?i?iin^r to tito dicit.'iterf of Ins eon-eicnee, an uixpie.stioriahl e >istituMoi1| p >wer?tor viM."in<; <m" or two 1 1!-. 111o lilies of which profess.1'! \vli.it wis falsi i ill I)y their enactments; wliie'j unit til, i i m'-tf s'i'i! and corrupt conjur.rtio:i, (Ireat \,V>on Hole, Little So.lus Hay, lln-j; Island chanivl, and the like nomenclature, with the li.ivrhty Mississippi li<l ??rc.it lakes; which would hive taken t'n>..i the Trei.ury in time of war, perhaps million* of money, and thereby less:"i a| th? ability of l!ie (lovermiicnl to fee 1 mi I clothe ourarnies, and m lintain their hii - in t li 1 !i !<I; which won hi have Teated a national I :'?f />/ < tfiii't,' and (hereby, pi-rhap-, a national bank;thna leading ultimately to the corruption an 1 consolidation of our system ot (io\ eminent, and coiiscjuently to levp (lisai '( I. too, sdr, voted against these hills, for wliieh I liavo also been ahu>ed) hut witli no other effect than to eonjjrni mc in a uvirhv-s ami I t:111 til ?lis'rl>nri?t? < rttiy duly. I voted against a certain resolution declaratory of the power of Congress over (lie subject of internal improvements, which was adopted here!?. f"\v <! ivs n<ro. 1 vt.t'd against tli it re>i>lution for many rrnsnns; and anions other-;, b e I thought it was thrust upon tiro 11 * tii - out of time and propriety; because the previous (jucstion was asked upon it hofore ii was read at the Clerk's des'v. wldch \va-? ordtM'ed hv t!ie con.billed vote of the Federal side of the Hou>C, thus eu((* ^ (fall de L?;:t<\ consideration Mr. Bn dlio: d. And amendment; and to bring the Democratic poty into trouble. 31 r. ,M<Olcnvtnd. Yes. sir; s*ml amendment. I voted ajr linst it, because it appeared t > b'i irtfully drawn up, s-? as to afford a constitutional Nil notion to profit Mo bills nlreidy vetoed, or which may If reft*-r d -serve to be velod; and b nus \ too, I thought I discovered a covcrt blow in it, nimod at the i'rox*dent, as wis proved to b: true, b* ihe declaration made immediately upon TJrA'jViosaL'e of the resolution, tliat ' :i bill would be founded upon it wliicli would be passed over the 1'rcfddeiit'H head." Such is the pjTiitlcm: us record in regard to the question of internal improvements?i record whicli places him by the side of Andrew Jackson and James K. l'olk. i \. * ? ~-p < 111 i n*? .-niliik; HI r<*;iTi*noc to i ;io distribution between the. Hl.itcs of the pr>eoods of the s ilt's of l!i<; publi : Kinds, nfter id1111jinif to the veto of <iener.il Jackson, which defeated the measure, and rendered it inoperative. until IS 11, when it w.is exhumed from tlio jjtuva by ;i " l<Vl.-ral Con^rbsn," Mr. McClcrna'nd says : " XraditioM tolls ih that distribution, and that other abort lived and exoerablo shape, the bankrupt law, came forth as twin and dependent ollspiing of the same adulterous pironta^C. Th.'y came fo.rtli as the ibrmidafde shapes th.it spring from the brain of Lucifer to puard the pffitefl of Hell : M .T|?, ono ?coin<;iJ woman lo the wnist, and fqir; Juii ?(> ?<><I foul in man} a sunl.v fol I, \*r?t I A eerpcat nrmMJ ??* ,V -.'T^ .-l-,' f ' Willi inir'n' sl'n; nb?'if !i<" ni'Ml? r >tinl : A cv of li??t iioiHiiU ir'vor c.? i> ill . Ij irkv<t Willi wi'lts njrb^ro.wi iiioiiiIh. lull lou l, nrtft rmiR \ liiilcoiu ju' il : ?'"t. when Miry list, woul I c:-eej>, FT uu^lit iU?li r')p<l their noiso, in to lur w >uil>, An I kennel there.' Sit !i wns the image of llt.it frightful iiior il prodigy, the bmkrupt law, with its foul ami double feature* of voluntary ?ud Involuntary bankruptcy, which mocked at. tho faith of contracts, and allot'tled a sanctuary for netr lifty thnuuiid debt n\s agiiust tho denim.I of their h mot civilitors ; the enormi tv of which soon brought npon its authors the ni'.'t'ssily of repcalino; it? of co'ntniiting a sort of political ii" t'.mticiilo. Tlio otliov shape, | If slinpe it niiplit > e raited. that shape lintl none, lii^titi^ttislicil in member. joint or limb: Or " ili.-l:inee might In- cullcl. that >liailn\v seemed. | * Wlmt seemed his bend The likeness <d" a kingly crown had on.'" "This, sir. was the lil:eti?ss of distribution, with its shadowy and conditional opera- j tion to dispense the proceeds of the sties of tin; public lands anion-.- the States, when tin* | revenue Iroin imports, taxed ;i certain nmxi- : iiiiun rate of duti. s, should prove sulVieient to tiiC ( i OVC\ il 111iit. 1 add nmcli wore, Mr. Chidrmmi, oil this put of the irentleman'.s orthodoxy as I n DoMiocnit, but t'orbutr, and proceed to read 1 Wi tMiosaid on the subject of the tariff". lie' savs : "The oppressive ami unjust tarift* of IS 12, ' enacted 1?y a Federal Congress, was in lull operation when Mr. Polk came to the Presidency ; and, like all other enactments found- j Oil in ihi' interests *.>! favored class.s, w.-s i . . i III it.- ? < I | ' I i IIV. Jill.? Ill live hundred thousand innnulnrtiims, v.ith nil thoir ii> 11 u. !>*.* ? of c; nitnl, Imsines*, ami !:-*st?ot:iti<<n, vu?.tain"il it with unitv of w com- j liion interest. and tlie activity of one will.? j Clad i:i } tit itiid tinseled with fi>'d. they CuiromUd for the retention of a profit f fifty, ( i o 1 ii ml i*i * 11 mill niio 1, ii ii.I i-.i.l fir.,. . .. cent per annum up<>n est]>it:il, auaitist more than fnur million agriculturalists, artisans, nml 11avi?_r itors. whose only object was to obtain a fair reward fur l;ib?>r. Tlio contest was for a long time doubtful. Once tawdry 1 we-.lt!i overcome honest toil ; but justice ami the democracy of tin nbers finally triumphed, i and the black t..rilV of IS 12 was replaced by the tarill'if 1 S-lt?. Happy, gluriou> result ! tlio emancipation of labor from the bands of capital ; a second declaration of independence! The grand and instructive event should ever stand as a light and guide for the future. Whatever, sir, may be the policy of other nations, that of the l.'nitcd States consists preeminently in free tin tie. Experience imt only bears testimony t?? lb.is great truth, but tied himself has stamped it with an omnipotent hand in the everlasting features of the cauntiy?in its vast extent, its diversities of soil and climate. its sunerior ad.otiitinii ti? I - I tho produ lion ??{' liiv.idstuH's and entton. i'.c rivtt staples tor feeding and clothing mankind, whieli, in our hands. um.st ovtiitindly so.urc us tho control nf tho commerco and exchanges ot the world." fn tlio measures of tlio repeal of tlio <-l>lack tariiV," and tho sapporlrof lYeo trido ' priu' eijiles. i iind the distinjjnisli. il member [ Mr. Mut'lortiaod] stihdinjj liy the side, in support 1 o1* James i\. I'olk and his administration ; ami \oliri;^ with Mr. (Vdhoun and all the pr' at s' ite.snicii of the Sout.li to sustain int: ct the print-:pies of the Constitution, liy w-jy of suininiiiir up and closing his speech on tho potiey of .Mr. 1'oik's ad.iiini-^t'i'.iiioii, le . r\i. m 2 ii i> L-ur. .111:1 lernamt | vys : ' Y sir; :ill tliis, nml more. T?a- fo^on achieved under the attspici s of Mr. Polk's :id:iiinistr::(ion ; upon which we, his friends, tender y< it. hi- opponents, tin! is.-no olhred 1?V frre?t principles. Will you nie< t these issues ! We fhnlh njjceyou to meet them. If you are Mill tor a ntliomil h.iik. a restrictive tarifl', <1 is11 ihuti >11, schemes of intern; 1 improvement, > ' n!hi inoniiii of I'cihT.-dism ; if y 11 would ,-ti!l pur n a policy wliich must unavi id .hiy make the rich richer tiinl tlie poor poorer; which must dangerously strengthen this < ioverniiient lit the expense of the St lie ar. l the people, s y so. 1 ><i not skulk behind a military chi>:!tain. or seek to . i. ;.,m . ... i.. . I ... '. - . : oiiivhi yiuiariM"? uy a icuipnrary CXClielllCIH or prejudice ; w!?i?-I?, when passed away. must leave you sunk still il. cper in tin' lain- of your polluted sins. Yes, sir; under Mr. Folk's administration the column to Democracy has been completed. 1 >;ts *d upon truth, cro*viU'd witii vi< tory, inscribed wirii equal riirlit.s, Cue trade, cheap lands, constitutional Treasury, lifted money, ami the onward march of liberty, it will ever st md an imperishable iimniii.er.t of the fame of its architect and the ylory of the Itcpublie." I now proceed, Mr. Chnirmnu, to quote a few passages frosii the speech of the jrentle man from Illinois [Mr. Mel 'lornaml. | deliv eri'il in tlifi Coinmiitoo of tho Whole, on the Dili Jim", D ts, touohini; tho Wilmct Proviso. A ft or rol'errinj; to that frontlcman, ami the pornieionsehnraeterof tho proviso, h'-says: "Nor docs tlii* gentleman [Mr. WilmotJ dosurvc anv ureal credit for tho originality of this expedient; fur it is a part of tho tradition of this prov.-o tint it was t'io p >liIrlMtiu ufl?r?v!inr of i /...!? .I #?f i <- ; <v" I"""11'" contents win), after projecting: or j?rc*|?:irintr it, phiced it, in the. hands of one of their , number, n'.io became iijjcnt as well as conspirator, and moved it in the House of l!cprcsontati ves. Other men uii-ri.1 have done the same lonj; before, but they would not rashly and needlessly cndinpe.r the pence of ?he country. Jeff. rson h:.d s.iid there was one question, above all other*, which n11?_'!>tthreaten d iHirer to the Union?that wns shiveI'v'?which, w'iioii nnr-A s.)ivrr>! ?-/-n>l<l nv<.!i.i tie same alarms and commotions as the sound of a fire-hell i;i the nijjht time in a populous city ; ami prudent, p triotie men, entertainin<r the same opinion, forhore, religiously forbore, to njritate it?to fire this magazine of discord and danger. It was reserved for the tr"iitIonian from I'ennsylvanir. to disregard all (lies; admonitions and considerations, and to sijina)i/.e his notoriety by an act emulated, if in! cqu dh fi, i-v t?f 'lie ineendiarv of tliQ I'lphe.si hi temple." A<r tin he says of Mr. Wilmot : " lie has roused Mociional jealousies, and provoked sectional recriminations; he has opposed the motive of interest, and the instimt ol self-preservation to the charities of religion ;i 11 (1 M"iit i monf ... . ....... ..v w. III n?r ninvnini peace and concord into strit'o i.?<1 hatred." I And n<r?iin ho [Mr. MeClcritand] fftiya : " I proclaim it. sir, tliitfc this proviso is a falsehood and a fraud, and that it deserves to hr> scouted nrd scoffed by every orderly and discreet citizen. Vet it is tiro author of tliis proviso who sets himself a? an expounder of tlio Constitution. the enemy of slavery, the ehampion of humanity, ft political censor, and a moral reformer. Yes. sir, it is he, who insolently n&sumos to impeach the lidelity of Northern members to their constituent# *, and to denouneo a common Fctticmont of all tix) conccrniyg our Tonitorii# is i a erowninir .vet oft "cachet y to Northern intcre.st.s and Northern rights. wliittli would strike a chill upon tin: hearts of the ircemeu of this | land. Yes, sir, it is he who, while his rockj loss notations nru sundering the very bund" . that hind these States together in concord and unity, cries out tres^oii against others, 1 fcrgetting .altogi ther his own demerits, and 1 !. ?* !-1 .i- . . i - ; ii nun mi t m mm. uic umi wnieii Ijc lias loig^U ' fur others nmy, aye, will recoil upon his own devoted head." Su.jli, sir, is the public VCCord of John A. McClei'tmnd 011 tlic <|tientioii of State Itiyhts, lii:i!id.iinii.s iirls, distribution nets, the black ' tiiriIVof 181^, the W*iliin?t j?r??vi^??, Hickman's treason t<> tlu"! Pcinoevntic party, and the acquisition (if Cubit. If he entertains the doetrinc of " S'j\i I tier Sovcrriinit.v." i Imvn y?'t seen it on tlio rocord ; nor luivc I heard olio syllable from Mr. Mot'lerhand which could load mo to believe that he docs 80. 11 o regards it, as I am informed, as a strictly and )>iu'< ly judicial question, and will abide hy tlic adjudication of' it l>y the constitutional authorities of the country. If ho duos, how- j ever, entertain views different from mine on that subject, I repudiate them now\ as 1 repudiated them then. I commit myself to no mi nsures or r?nli?*v of t.ln> oi>n?lr>>.?>.<> ? tor what tluir clniractcr may now bo, ur have ever been. 1 illicit <ro on, sir, and show the orthodoxy of the iVmoericy of the <:'Ont!en;an from Illinois hy nunc copious extracts from his record, hut it is unnecessary. Such is- ?he n>an for whom T voted io preside over this i louse, and to organize (lie cominittees who arc to shape its lejjiihition for two years, llis rcconl is, in my judgment as <r<iod as .Tair.es K. folk's, and far better ,1, M . 1J... ' ii.~ . ...... uui II.>11.Ill VIII 1.H- larui qucsuotl the next must ilit to the interests of the Soulh. alter the question of slavery. Nav, I think his record is Wetter oti that point too, than that of the distinguished ami ps'triotie j.:etdh;ti>aii who is at the head of the Government. for the purpose of placing the vie ws < f Mr. 15uehanau in juxtaposition with those of Mr. Met'lernand, 1 will read a few remarks made hy Mr. lUichnnan in the Senate of the I'nited States on the S'th of .!one, 1S44 : "Alter mature reflection, I liow believe , that the acquisition of Texas will he tlie menus of limitiuir. not enlar^inc. i!n> dominion I of slavery. Ill the jrovernment. of the world, Providence genendly produces great changes ; l?V gradual means. Then- is nothing rash in the councils of the Almighty. May nut. then, ( tin* acquisition of Texas lie the tiiO: lis of draw- j ing the sla\es far to the South, to a climate more congenial to their nature; and may they j lint finally pass oft into Mexico, and thrre | ?11imi: 11 witii a race where no prejudice exists ; against their color * "Texas will open an outlet, and slavery itself; may thus finally pass the Del Norte, and he i lost in Mexico." Xm such sentiment w is over heard from Mr. , M<:( l- rnam! ; and yet the paper to which I have alluded was swift in its advocacy of the i election of Mr. I>i:chanan after his humiliation ' for the I residem y, and litis been one of his most clamorous supporters. wiiv wum IIHIIC. Ml, ii.s HI UK' Him IV OS (II IIIV vote. It was uiviii iii <rin..rl faith, with the, earnest desire <1 tlol'ojiIinvr tin* K< ] ulican can- ; did.ite, and will) no Ulterior purpose of I'rc- J sideut ni.-iliii;w', or anyt hinir else. IS*t? j ? ? r<?f inino hero shall arraign nty niotivis, or cull | thorn in <|iu\-t><ni. Were my peer or e<|u;.l to ilu mi, i should an.- wi r him w ith a umnosyl- | 1; hie. Sir. tlo.t vote was cast wit the oiitiro ' Pcmoerittic party of the hYutli except IbUr? | exclusive of n.y colleagues, who, I repeat, do j not claim to he within its or^aui'/ntion?ntid ! Stands on the record with those of Pel aware, ! Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, (IcorjJa, \i : 'i " * ' .mijuuiM.uiia, i t'.\;:s, iMis.'tiUi'l, Arl\!ins;ts, '1 iiiiossco iuhI Kentucky. J, sir, j s1k.11 nut i-ou.sid<T nrysolt' in bad coiiijnuv so ! 11_C its 1 ;sni o:-i .tod in any eiinso'. j.?.1 i 1 ic:iI, sori.il ui- nioi'.il, wish t!io di>tin<!iii*!i('U j^eiiI!? .!??-ti who i?t'i-u|>v st*.its iij) ?ii tiiis l'.txir, ;md in tin-Dtlior t'lnl ? !' t ho ('nji tnl. ; s tin; rqiivsoiit.-itivt < ol' iliu.'c <rd!ni;t .^i ttcs 1 ii.u.m b.' permitted lien* to s-iy tbat I hi;\o, hiiti-c tlisit vote w. s rt'wived ihe 4 congiatulatimiH of neatly every out; of 11??* members, besides 111;i11y of tin? Sen tors, of those i in 11 i i St it <8, for bavinjr done so. Of tlii- votes ol' my col leagues I It ve not one word to say, but to express tlio bope and t lie belief that they were [wtnit.il )n- tin- >, tr.h hij^b, honorable, i;< 1 patriotic purposes tbat governed my own. I thought tlicn that they were iiii.-t.ila n in the policy tiny :><1< ]?tc? 1, iinil I think so i:o\v. I am responsible t" my ooiisiitm nts alone for my vote,ami to them 1 will i'i odor a lull end Satisfactory account; and I I;now tint they will sustain me, Tlic press lias already done so, with u united voice; and it lias bi'C.n as L?rcallnl to inv Icclinirs as it has bron jri'iicrous and in it. > 1 I'f ir nut the shafts of disappointed ambition til1 im:ddrncd f*:inati<-isiii, win -flier tli 3' Cnme from Southern ultraist.s or Northern jibolitiullij-tS. One W(ir?l mr.re, sir, ami 1 linve done. My appointment to i !i clndrirtcnship of :i com-' n.ittee -a lucre nominal position, it is true, . but still a distinction?have iilso been severe- 1 ly criticised. The position was conferred upon me without any ajrenry of mine, directly or indirectly, and w. s received by niewith as much surpries, and perhaps nur/e. than by anv other ni>r-iin< I nvtn?#.li-?1 it nfin? (Ik! netivit opposition 1 had shown to the election of the Speaker; mid 1 iim little known hy those who MtMiose nie capable, for one moment. of seeking any favor from those in authority. Mr. Sherman, My impression is, that ni gentleman of the minority is usually ('h= iri imi of the Committee on Mileage. Mr. Hanks, in the Thirty Fourth Congress, named Mr. Snead, of'l'entiessee, as thechairman, and Mr. Urooks, of South Carolina, was ou the i committee. M- A ul, ....... ?? < . ? .... ^i.Tuuiurc. r'ppoinimoni as cimirtn.ni of t!ic (-011)111*1 ttcc \v.i>i no', only unsought, but undoftiioil. Uutthe presiding otlicer of this House bad tho ri?c)it- to place mo on a commit tee wherever his inclination or. judgment dictated, and it will homy pleasure t?> discharge the duties or the position with whatever of ability I possess, and to wear the | honors, if thcro he any attached to it, I | trust, with becoming modesty and dignity. A single sentence, Mr. Chairman, a* to ntv nroxciil iiAulri?>D I V.*.* #!?/* < ?* /? ? J , v, ?... IMV Statu Rights Democracy of clie South?nod every VOl" I havo cast hero haw bfien with that p iny?ropudi itin<r ull factious nml opposing : 11 eliqueH. I stand by and iitdor.se the position of the OnvoHior of my Stale In liix rocciit letter to tho Governor of Maryland in explanation 'fif thfl net ion of tho South Carolina Legislature in rcpard to the proposed conference of Southern Stater*. I ^tnrid by the unaniinons action of the Lcpi&laturu of my State, who rcooinmendcd thut oonferenco; wi/A my grfnkrt reffeef 1* that st h?e $?j?' k tg-iy Vim-rtrrv.?,- nwi * rnim** war* fcnli*(1, or, in my ju<l?rincnt, will provo an ; iibortioii, in co?M<|iit'n<(- ol the ultrai.siu of ;? sunill ininorily in (lieSouth. ; lr-\o ;-i Y. The Bettor Thought. Tin* hotlor 1 I.oukI 1 liow oil in uny" WIioii \ "hi Mill i ns-ion lirul 111 v breast, I ? -1 -I. - ? aim VIIWVI! mo I 111 It UCVI0IIH W?JS. I'ids't llion my wandering Mops urrcst, Ami w liisju'i-jiciiily in my viir Tiiino nnjrel ii??%vs:?jro iranght with love; Clivi-k lor tin1 time my mail eaivir. Ami moll the heart naught else could inovo ! Thine was iinstcrnnnd harsh rehiike : No Irieml s advice." .?o true, so cold; No message wise, such as in book, Or hy the lonelier on is told? V> hich. iiuvii.i- | viImivdm iiiiu'iV, fi;!!". And lilies. |iei'li.i|>s. wiili hollow sound, I>111 ne'er the wanderer recalls? iJnt ne'e;-Millicts the healing wound. I Tliv voico wns genlle. winning, mild j Tliy words I.il<t liim ilion well IVuui above, Like ilmse with whieli tin* wavwunl child l< wooed by u fond mother * love ; Or like n strilin ol music sienliiig Aeross the enlin mid moonlight <ens. >'? ilio'll Illo'MS iilo he'll I III sii'ilil'ISt Iccliitg, Ami wakes its inmo.-t limliionic.i. Sweet was 111y presence, welcome guest; An I I, resjion.-ive to thy cull, Aivse, nml It'll within my brenst A (lower t III I ni.nle llie letters lull From ol)' my lung eiitlirnlleil soul. Ami wove, us with i? magic spell, i ..-.i ! ? ? ' ' "" ? rui Ol liopos (ll.lt till might vol 1)'! well. r.ul till, tliuit wcrt :m injured guc.?t ; Jlow soon de]>iuio<l, mm.ii lorgol, Wore all the liojies of coining iit-t 'I'll;il clustered lotiml tlic belter thought? Tiiu tinder j.'rii ts, the li;iu resolves, The yearning:* alter boiler ? Like irausi Mil xitiiIii which ilu.solvcs, Ami leuvi'S no liaccs ol its ruvs ! Vot i <loi:j>!iiv not: through tlie night That lung li >< reigned with tyrant sway. K in now I see the opening light? The harbinger ol' coming ihty. To lleavru I now direct my | rayer: (), Uod id Luvv. loisakc me not ! ( rant that my waywardness may ne'er Quench the returning Lictter 1'huughl! The Politician. IIV Itolll.lir .lOf-ftl.t.VN. Observe tin1 .smiling I'hcc he wears; How pleasantly lie talks? Of foreign ami <>l lioine n Hairs, Mis glib tongue never balks. The w11 ami wisdom ol the Ureeks, The majesty of Home ; Scetn Idemied in him a> bespeaks ill l-hiropu ami ol home. How much he loves the Commonwealth! Mow ardently tie* ires ller faun*. prosperity and health! The patriotic tires Are ever ready from hie month To burst in da?>.linir bla/.e? Ivor Kasi. nor \\e*t. nor Nc rth, nor South, i ii is holiest purpose swuvr. I A iirciit iiutn,<loiit>lless?one whoso worth j i ro eminently Mantis, A noble pyramid on earth? The pruise ot distant lands. 0, stopnl dupe to outward show! No p:i(iiyt lie. nor .saye. Hut politician, hsii-e and low, \\ ho struts upon the staye. 11>h Iienrt is rotlon tolhocovo, llis tongue a living lie ; His patriotism, sell -no more? \ I hint* tit soli mill litiv lli.s liviiiii. a shallow. iniuMy pool, A brwilinjt iivsi iK-iu-o : IIis lisiiiil, the ro:nlv. j limit tool, lis j.oicon lo difpcnM'. (jinl help ilie I'iti<m ! Can such smfF Sim nn: I lie common weal ? Willi jasl ahilit.v ciinugh 'I'd lliittn*. 'io ami sw-il! House. freemen ! t.bioii^h the I allot box, Ssm-c|i oil Mn- lnul (Ijuj^vnec-? Till statesmen, pure ninl urfhotiox, Their memory eti'iro. l'o.smo.N i \ iSI.I.i.IMX(J.? It is betI ;I- It. go to sleep on llic riv.lil nitlo, for thou the stomach is v<-ry milch in tlu position of :i bottle turned upside do\vn, and tin' contents arc ; i<lcii in |>.i>siii?r out 1 >y gr;;\it; tion. It one goes to sleep on tlic left side, the operation of emptying tlte stomach of its contents is more lil;edrMving water from n well. After going to sleep kt tlie bodv take its ow.i position. If yon sleep on your back, e?pic. iUy soon after a heavy meal, the weight of the digestive organs, and that of the food, resting mi the great vein Of the body, near the hail; bono, compresses it, and arrests the flow of blood snore ' r h.-y. If the arrest is parli.il, the j shop is disturbed, and there arc unplasint; dreams. If (ho meal has been recent or hearty, the arrest is more decided, and the various sensations, ?\ieh as falling over a prec- i ipiee, or the pursuit of a wild be: st, or other impeiidinir danger, ami tin? desperate effort to tret rid of it. arouses us : that sen.Is on tin stagnating blood, mid wo awake in :i fright, , or trembling, or perspiratifni, or feelings of i exhaustion, aceoi'dilig to the decree of stag- ' nation, inld the lejigth or strength of the of- ! fort made to escape the danger. JC;>tin?j :i large, or what is called "a hearty meal." lielore going to l?i d. should always be avoided ; it is the frequent cause. of nightmare, and sometime* the causc of sudden death. What Aiiifin Him.?Tho last number of! the Knh hrriot f. rr baS it good HUecdote of il man wlio rarely fa ''d to j.r<> to bod intoxicated and disturb hia wife the whole nf^ht.? Upon lii.s being charged by a friend tin t he never went to bed sober, lie indignantly do- j niod tho charge, and gave the incidentsyf oue particular ni?ht in proof. " l'rdty mioii after I got into bad, my wife said, " why, husband, tfbat is the matter with you? You net strangel . ' " There's nothing the matter with me, said 1, nothing nt all." " I'm wire there is, said she, you don't net natural at all. Shan't I got up midget somcI liini? fiir t.-<>ii ' n * I "Ami site got lip. limited a cnmllo nnd tonic t?? 1 iic b';daido to look at mo, shading tho with lit r h,iiid." " I knew there wis HOinothing strangO about youi h ii< 1 she, you arc Rubor !" " NoW, thin is a fa(!t, :iu?l my wife will swear to it, so don'tyou sl imlor ino any inoro, by 8-iyinsr that I haven't boon to bod sober in six months, 'oausQ I have." +- - 'I Thk Tonouk*?A wliitc fur on tho touguo | attend* atiuiplo fever and inflnnintion. Yel-1 luwiMnnoi mo longuo jitioiirt.4 a derangement of tlie liv<jr, pnd i? common to billions and tvphu? fovcrs. A tongue. vividly red on tlio tip and edyo, pud down the centro, or ovor the whole surface, attends inflamntion of tho mucous membrane ot tlie bowels. A white velvet tongue attends mental disease*. A totiguc at the lips, becoming brown, dry mi.d glazed, attends typhus state. The description# | might ho extended infinitely, t kirSy in all the proper nnd obliquities of mptital and moral condition. Tho tongue ip n meat exptcssivc as well as unruly member1 [Miit+tijic 4f*<r?WU Tub LastP>'\ki; Story Extant.?Aj late number of tin; St. .Joseph ( MO.) Ua/.cttC I contains the following, wliicli nifty he act down . an the greatest of the snake stones. A party of men from St. Joseph, Mo., I while out hunting in That vicinity, heard one j of their d );?s howl and then a groWl, a short ! distance in a thicket, and on running thither they found Ifiid in tlio coils of a huge serpent. They so>11 killed tlie snake, which measured i over thirty feet in lentil. The poor dog was 1 so Itidly crushed (lift they had to shoot him [ to put him out of his misery. The above from the Iliiuuibal Messenger, of Saturday last, is correct su far 'i;j it goes. The snake is undoubtedly the one that escaped from Mabie's Manauerie list summer in Kansas It measured, instead of tliiitv feet, folly-two feet three and a lialf inches in Kn-ili, ;md was twenty-seven inches in eircuuileteuco around tlio largcnt p;:vt uf the body. If was kil!< 1 on the 1st instmif hv Mr ClilV <uiil nili. rrs of this city. The eric#of Mr, CiiiV s dojr first attracted liis attent'on, and brought him | him to the spot. and having iiolhinjr with liiiu i hut :i double barreled shot pun loaded with bird shot, he discharged both loads tit his snalcesl.ip, but without effecting much, aiiu which only caused the snake to tighten its folds upon the poor dojj. About thin timo M"vei'id othe.rsof tiio hu:itii:<r party came up, 1 hut Mr. 'Jill* claimed the privilege of 1< i 11 i i?tr ttie snake, ami t:?kinir tin* rii{o from the hands ) of one of his friends, fired. The h ill enter- ' cd the left <yo of the reptile and passed * tiironjrli ilu! brrtin. WIioii the ball entered i the snake's brain. it instantly uncoiled from s thedoj; ami raised its head the full length of 1 the hodv?over forty feet. Those who wit- 1 nessed the de'fit si nicies of the snake, speak 1 v of I hem as heilijr frightful. It liist coiled it- , self up in a heap nbnut the size of a lioirs- : head, lushed the jxroii?i<l and its body with its j tail, and as it swayed its bloody and manuled \ head, liist tonne side and then t'> the other, the party invulunt tvily turned away from the ! scene so awful to look upon. The skin of the ' snake is now heimr stalled, and will he on ex- t nu>;ii<m in a tow days ;it the u X''ou111:ii!i of i Hoses." Tin: Xkw Au'/ne Hxim.oration.?lb-.! I. 1. I I.iynas, Snr;:euii of the Kane Arctic 10 x- ' pcditinu hopes to he roiitly fur a start in the I month of >1 ny next, for another voyajre to tin* * North l'oh). Dr. IJ ny lies lias already raised tlic 810,000, one half of (lii> necessary sum, ( from the {icnerous contributions of his personal friends, and hopes to seemc tlie rest j from tin- liberal public at, larjje. To assist. Iiini in this endeavor, the (ico^raphieal ami Statistical Society of New York have ,'ippoin- ' ted a ci m nittcc ol loadiup: merchants and other well-known citizens (amonjr thoin Henry' fJrinnell) and there is reason to hope that the appeal will nut he made in vain. The spei i :. i- i v v:i 11 oujcei in I'I'. 11 ay lll'S S propoSCtl OX tioii is- to determine ; t once and forever the I rjuestioli of iiii open I'olarsea, which Iiieuten- } nut Morton saw, ami 11 to existence of which v< would seem to lit! established 1 v :< variety of 1 eircum.st iniial evidenco. 'J'iiis so.i Dr. llav- v lies hopes to reach by maluncc the principal s portion of the trip on dopr sledj^os?vehicles 1 by which ho nnd his associ ites rode over .1 thousand miles on the previous expedition. Pl'.ATil OF TI1K. OI.MKST Pi! I NT Kit IN TI1K I NloN.?We regret to announce to d 'Y, Says j the llartford Press of the Oth. t-lio death of of Col Suiiucl (Jreen, in the. 0.2d year.of his ' iijre. lie had for some time licen extremely feeble, and his death was not unexpected, fit{?? % Ity himself or liis friends. 11 died at J the resitlcnce of his sa>n, l>r <i. S. ({recti, in | this city, sit half past 1- this noon. Cul. n (in o > was tho oldest printer in this State ; 1 i' possibly in tho I'nion?ami wis Ioiij^ and ac- ' lively connected with the newspaper press in ' * Connecticut.' c Vr.jtv Consistent.?A very fastidious subscriber sent us word the other day to stop ' his papir, because, forsooth, we had express- 'J td tlio opinion that tho l>!ue Kidirc llailrond would eventually b.' built, and that, in the ' present aspect of things, the sooner the Let- | ter. A day oj' two since we saw liiiu with a eatpy a if Harper's Weekly in liis hand, and asked hi in if lie was a subscriber. He replied r that lie was. Coiuineiit is unnecessary.? " When men pay Northern abolitionists to , 1 abuse them, there is no tellinjr what they will ' ovcniu iii^'submit to.?{?rrmrillc luutrrpriV\ Tin; l'itcsii>::nt oftiI;; Tknnksski: Si:n* ' ATK.?The Nashville I'nioti states that a din" patch Im<.1 litv ii received in that city from Mr' Newman. (who recently resigned t!>c Speak" , or-hip of the To nes-e Senate, to investigate | certain ruaior.- of forgery with which lie had i been chaigod.) d.ited Washington city, I'Vh. I -| 20th, stating that no charges had been fuimd against hiui by the Department. ^>oi(thcra (*wtf<t<nn. j " Onch on a time," an Irishman hjsd aj? negr'j wcie*fi<;hting, and while grappling with ! each other, tlie Irishman cxclaimed. " Von 1>I u-lv rased. cry enough. I 'll fiuhttill I die." i J " So II T boss," sung uut (lie darkey. " 1 i? 1- ! | ways doeu." j I " Is it possible, miss, tint you do not | know the liiimc of son.c of your best friend*'?" j , " Cert'inily?1 don't even know what my own niiiy bo a your from now." A you mi lady who had lost or nnsl.iid Iter ; beau, was advised to bang up her fiddle. j$he i siid tlio yd vice did great violence to her heart ; strings. - | f ' Why ore you like a crazy nmn. my dc:ir," , "J asked a fond wife of her husband? " (iivc j it up." Then placing heraelf 6!osor to liitn, | nnd pnliih^ on one of hur Sweetest smiles, she ? Haid, " Heonuso I inn your other self, nnd you j arc now brsu/f yoursrlj'.'' ( il II . ! ! IlKllllllj I Pio'xons?In Knuity. 0 M | v? > Potiilon for Uuljot. | .T I Brown, et. nln. ) i IT iM>Kll nnonler t>f the Cogrt of RqnUy. in 1 ) this t iise. nil the ?i cditotf* <>f .John I. Drown 1 ni'0*rc<|iiireil to prove thoir dpinnnds legally htv 1 f-TO mo oil or bqf.uo Mondtiv tjio 1 Ith dny of ' Miiy next, or th??v will thorfbv ho liarre*]. i * jtolt't. A thompson, c.r. im>. I1 (Jum'rt Offirn. Fch 7. lN(iO 8in 1 . i. v __ i Lost, ON' Timrsdny 20th December lust, a smnll red ] feather I'ockot Itopk, containing moihc money, th? following 'ott'S, nml otlicr pnpe*n. to wit: On Inmen (looi'gn tc Co. for A. Dentoh for $55, ' on <1#hn M Hidden for $2o, nnd ono on I). Ihihntge for $17. TImn person* nro requeMcd not to pay t|ie*o Nut as to nify ono l>ut myself. My mime iu ' uiho in (ho book. Any information in. relation thevctu will bo UiuAklully received. JDAKiKL iu^eV, , .Tnn._2,jPfiO . 2i{ __ ' tf Ulfnro A *TT\ HAX3V W4* nx^l/ X94&JUA lLt/l$K ROlT(il!T AT JPAIK TRICKS hy J. i;. N: HMrcir. T?n Xnnl, J?n i, IM %>-\& I -<* . m. 'T 1 iwJIriiii *^"*' " 'MM ' inari i>,^ OR BEN VILLE MARBLE YAlvS rjlIlH subscriber has ??n luind and is eoiiftantJl ly receiving a large and varied i.,-Murt uii-nt uf \ American and Italian Mnrfclo, Tit which lie would call the attention of (hot-em L Winl of II Miiifnhlii M mill innnl r i* m<?vis ti?? *?. ..? wlipro repose tlic remains of their departed rel* I niivert tiii<I friends. Can in;: ?nd Itflleiing of nil kiii'ls neatly ami prompilv exeeuted. Jjejy-l'urtioulur attention paid to orders l>\ mail I AMI'S M. A LI. F.N. Oroenville IF., 8. F< h '.'2 .".1-tf N. II. He refers to 1 > ( W'esllielil. Oo\ver.(*ox, MurkIv Co.. lM. M II llai'e, W II Watson, Ksrj.. C.,1 I > I l.ko. K M, K a v. K.-n. J. W. .NollIt IH, .lit. J. W. |lAI>UIHOK. /.. C. I'll LI. IA II. N01W riAlUMSON & 1TLUA.M, AUorueys nt Liuv, A N !> .S F.! i.'! T') 1'. -S I N I 'O f 1 T V. atteml promptly to nil tuignivBa Wiuft^d II in their euro. .Mu. I'lj.ma.m can a'.wuys be round in I Ik* ('Hire. OKIICK AT 1MCKKXS C. II., fc. V. Sept. ? '. I860 ! ,f Rags ' Ra^s! \YTEwnnt to buv ?5.000 pounds CLKAX >1 hagS. ' | ,T. n. t:. SLOAN A CO. IV.-lVMn. .T.ilV I. tf I Alicock'n Porous Plastcis i \iU'' tiio must useful articles of the Itiml yet in* I r.uluced to thf public. Tliey are entirely, ile isunt ; t]iey do not roll up in heaps: tlic.v d?? not idhere to your linen; they only adhere to tiio il<ili. and tliey are pleasant. huc.-Mlrfe tliey life }!e\hie. and move with every motion. Tliey are the | >esl streiig*lulling plaster, tiest pain reliever, an.I ), in admirable piaster lor nl;in diseases, especially J until of the skin, (lichen.) and all unsightly dis:oloViitimis. which they Mirely cine. In ailVictions of the kidneys, their use over th?? II ..I III.. .... I....,, I.. I iviili iIk? best results; nsk for it hill of 'aliieciioiiy, iiul examine cases of euro for yourselves. WJIOOIMXU COIV.II. (Jaytca, IIini>s('o., Mi-.. T. .Ui.ciiok & Co ?(lent !oiWu->-Please seiiil mo mother six dozen of your Porous Plasters. Thev ireio great demand here for Whooping; Cough.? I'hey net like a charm. I could hnve ful l two In/..-ii tiiis week. if I li:i<l lirtil them, Send as soon - I x- possible, arid oblige yours, respectfully. Jxu. I Wii,i.i\jis, Postmaster. I,A.MM HACK. T Ai.T.cortl & Co.. No. 'J'-M Can ll Street. Now fork. Nov. 2 *>, I si;,').?Gentlemen?1 lately sufered severely from a weakness in toy back, occasioned by sn.l.leitly exerting myself. Having heard ,'our Plasters much'recommended for cases of tlii-t ximl. I procured one, Anil the result was all that I roil!.I desire. A single 'plaster cored mo in a week. Vours respect folly. .1. (!. I.itifsus, Proprietor of ISraoilreth llou-e. R?.?y"5>oKl by W. S. & 0. P. WILLIAMS. I'lllO STATtt of SOHTII CAllOIilNA, is- r.Qrir??ricKKNs. John Daniels & wile ) vs V liill for Partition, Sic. Klir.aboth ollins, ct.nl. ) IT appearing in i!i_v pal isfoction t lint the hcirs-nt law ?>l' Silas Collins. deetMNed, (names and nuin>er unknown) del'emhllils iu (< i? case, reside he*<tn< 1 (lie limits of litis Stale: On motion of Utr c llaiMen. complainants' Solicitors. ii is ordered hat tlio siiil absent defendants <lo appear in this ouii, and |>lead. answer or demur to lite said bill, viiltin three months front i his dale, or their eoneni 10 the same will he taken as confessed by nil irder jiro conJrxxo. "KOll'T. A. THOMPSON. c.i:.r.r>. Pro. 24.* 8ftU 22 Mm CUJ3 STATU OF SOUTH c'AKOUNA, I'ICK KNS ? IN OKDINAUY. Icoso I> )\vcm, Adm'r, ) ,, .... .. , t ( IVtitmii ! ?r mini setr ,, ,,, , .1 f tlement ami deetee. i. II. islnek ami others ) I'L' appmirin;* to inv satisfaction that tho heirsat-iaw .,r Kiiza Crane, (names and number inknown) ami James II. Blaek. defendants in his eo*e. reside without the limits i.f thii- State: t is oidered. therefore, that these ah<ent defendnits do severally appear in the Ordinary's nl5iei?, it Pickens C->nrt IIoum\ mi Friday t!ie l.'J'ii lay <>(' A pril next, t <? show cause. if any they Ciin. vhv a final settlement t>( the Kstii',> f John T. Hack, deceived, should nut he 11 rdq^tnd a do:ree entered according! v. w p ' itor riAMiip ??. ii. in Mivv/.'i nrj, if.l' lf. Jnwt I. 1S<W 23 __ 3iiu rilK STATK OK SOUTll CAROLINA, IMOKESU? IS OIUUXAUY. f 11 Clyde and wile 1 vs J- Petition for Partition. Augusta Havton. ) IT ?|?)>oarin?r to my satisfaction t lint Au<ju?tn Itiirton. one nf tiio defendants ill this eside without tluv limits ofc this Siate : It is irderod. therefore, that she do rier-'omilly anpe:. r o tho Ordinary's ofliee. at Picker <' II.-. oi ii imlav the iiiil day of April next ti olije.'t to he iliv'ipionnr sail) of tiie Real K?t, o of Builv \ ll.irtoM. ileeeiisoi], or herconsent hi-reto will 10 entered of reeord. W. E. IIOUOtfBK, o r t>. Tin Irt 1 <Jl\r? >-. *... L'llK ST'ATB 01? SOUTH CAROLINA, IN Oil IUX A U Y*?VICUI'.NS. < fereiniah (.'lev claml. Atlin'r f?r fi,|jnl I'lrnn; Cleveland & other., j -?"lei.ici.t &Uccr4? , IT appearing t<< my satisfaction thftt Tlmmnn Cknt'himl. (iihs.i)i Uix and wiffl Nancy nml kliirtin 11. I. loiicv ninl wife t? iani, defendant* ii tliq nhnvc Hlntcil 0*?V, reside without the lintt?ihi>? S'ate; It is ordered. therefore. that hoy tl<> severally appoar in I he Onlilatv. at l'iAnnH Ot'iiit f.nirili tloiiiley in .March next, fo shew cause, if any hoy can, why a final settlement of the o>t?r; oV imtjnmin Clov'elniul. -!nmi.i nut t<o kiJ, and a ilocioo iqiulo onoonlingTv. \V. K. IIOLOUM'llK. o.i-.o. Dpc 23. 1R.">0 12 .1m. nik statu south ( auoi.iNA, i'u'xenfl?in ouimxakt. Ifnnnnh Clayton. Kx'trix, 1 Alex. Algoo.l, Kx'ojr, | I'dilion fov final setvs. f llcnita^. >tophen ft. Clayton & other? ! *,/ IT tijiju-nrinji tor my .Miti.slVulIon ll nl S-'i.-; ii?n 0. Clayton. Nnilinnicl ' iirrin nml wife MitrjcAvit, iixl J oil n T. Iiyto'i, (lotcn'liiiiisin this etM9?f l*ciltlo without the limit)' of ihix Stain r. Ifti^wUiW^il. herefore. Hint lliose nhcciii il*l? raTtfntf'??rr jttrfrnfy nppenrin the Court ot OrdiltMK'i?i . II.. on Monilav lln? SIDlJi ilav of Vhm *?il in.l.. ? :nu?o, it' uuy llioy can, why it ftniilJWi|WW?f of tic cslnio of Jolm lu,\t?n. Ipi'i-ii-pi); hIioiiM not l>o insu U?. uml a docrcc tlu-reou Accoftliitgly poloimoctl " > t w. k. HOf.com pe, o.vjj?. ' Jan. 2"?. 20 *8w? ^iP^l In Equity?Pickcns. ntT.MtOlANH. 'IVuM^ch, Commiilwk rfml Jlios# Ij who Iiivo projiorly uii'lcr ihc iloyvi' of hip Court, itro'%C(|iilri)il to file their Anii|inl Helurit.H in my OiTiuo on or buforo Monday It?c T-4lh H lny of M;?y next, net?ii|j? forth' on o.uli lite vuluo BH if life KmntC'S committed to tlfojr cure. exhibiting muniment* of title. Mil* of wile. nnd ruoftipKt ?f money irom nil Hoiirco* belonging thereto. Vouohurs for all payment** ovt ?/Uxf'h(voxliibito<l boforo credits can l>n nlbnvo<l. No lltjtufri* cftn bp re~ ueived on |>u^>lio (U?? unlet** prbperlv nlude out. I'lio .tilminiMiMtor*. Ktculors Mid f>ureti?? of nny of tlio purlins ubovo deidgnfdcd. who' tnny br> [lead, nre required -by b?w to tnflke r?htrnfl fov iboir infPKttitei. tefrtfttot*. or principal*. TIiofo 4H fniitnp to contply herewith will be ruled n? tbo law miuiren. * U&ifi HOH'T. A. THOMWOM. o.i.m, Fob %. IfttiO *2ft 8m pj|fr 3. H. VOIGHT, Tin, CopiVrmmllli Jt RIIII iHahcr, >Y AMtAIJiA. S. C.. WU>t give Hh i ( Httiiiuioii to till b)inlne?ft rptmatod to lii* car#. Turniit the mo?t retiAOuithta, itto U, IWW if , 9