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Wednesday, Dee. i22, BSA7.
|E|*We are requested to state that tin re
will be preaching in t.J?e Methodist Chureh,
in this place, on next Sabbath, by the lie v.
Mr Gatnewell.
"Murder Will Out."
We learn that one of the negroes now in
prison at this pl:ice, under suspicion of murdering
his master, Mr. L. WiJeman, has
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curiit-ssuu loinciact. lie says he alone io
the guilty one, and that he was unaided.
IHccting of tlac Doctors.
By reference to a noiice found in this paper.
it will be seen that the Doctors contemplate
holding a meeting on Sale Day
n ;xt at this place, in order to adopt some
measures towards elevating the standard
of their profession. We regard this as
praiseworthy and ii is a step which should
have been taken years ago. The requsitior.s
in nearly all the Medical Colleges
throughout the United States are so trifling,
that any man now, educated or uneducated,
with but little reading and a smattering of
the profession can procure a licen.se to practice.
Consequently, the profession has Income
crowded, and men have almost ceased
to respect not only the profession but the
name of Doctor.
If there is any class of men who should
be learned and most thoroughly acquainted
with thoir nrnfixssinn nov? tn J
Iiv.iip iU ITIIHICVCIO UJ
the Gospel, it is the Doctors of our land.
The responsibilities resting upon them are
very great; into their hands the sick and
aftlicted trust themselves, relying upon their
skill for relief. And surely that mar* is
not to be envied in feelings, if he has any,
who from want of a proper attention to his
profession mistakes the disease of his patient,
and bv administering a wrono- dos*.
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hasten his death ; and yet we doubt not
thai nunureus ui &uuli insltiricos have occurred.
Instead of being required to read
medicine for two years, six shouid be the
shortest time in which any student should
be granted a license.
Go on Doctors, elevate the standard of
your profession ; in this you will be sustained
by the general voice of the people.
Then may you hope to see the thousand
nostrums which arc ruining the constitu- !
tions of our fellows, with quacks and impostors
driven from amongst us.
Award of fremitim*).
We have had described to us a very interesting
scene which took place in Greenwood
on Friday last at the Female Academy,
under the control of the Baptist denomination,
conducted with much sUill and
success by Professors Nicholas and his
Lady. It was on the occasion of a distribution
of premiums of considerable value
given by the Principal to the first and second
best compositions in each of the first
two classes. We understand the compositions
which were rend to the company were
highly creditable to their respective writers
The distribution was made by the llev.
James M. Oiiiues who addressed the Pupils
in a few but happily adapted remarks.
YVe are pleased to learn that the prospects
of this Academy for the ensuing year are
quite nattering. The attention of the public
is invited to the advertisement of this
school in to-day's paper.
Tlic Legislature.
Adjourned on Friday last. Nothing; of
very great importance has been done by
^ this body this session. The bill asking appropriations
for the several Rail Road projects
was lost. The Resolution giving
Chancellor Harper's family 3,500 was fina1I?v
anjf pu,C3CCl.
Latest From Mexico.
The news from Mexico is interesting and
highly important if true. The first rumor is
that Santa Anna is in the field again with
an army of 18,000 men threatening to dissolve
the Congress now in session at Q,ueretaro;
and that Gen. Worth wi?h a strong
force had been sent to protect .it in its deliberations.
This however is not to be relied
upon, for it is believed that Santa Anna
fea* not at this time m< re than 200 men at
Tits command.
Oen. Ajiaya was eleetcd President on the
11-th ult, his present term of office extends
ml/itoihe 8th of January next. It is said
mmBaamamammmmmmmmmmmaKmammmmjmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmamm i
lie is in favor of p^aee, also the whole nc'.'
ministration. Coiumisdioucis were sent to
the city of Mexico to re-op on negotiations
with Mr. Trist, hut before their arrival, his
powers had been revoked and they were
consequently referred by Gen. Scoit to the
' General Government at \Va.-hin?iton.
It is stated also, that Gen. Worth, and ,
Pillow and Lt Col. Duncan hail been arrest- j
ed by com.nan 1 of (Jen. Soo't in eou >equ;Mi- j
<;e of some I 'tte.s falling into his hand.i re- ;
<i : i
u'.tuiiy iijiuu liis ciMiacmr.
dca. Sliicltl*.
This distinguished loader of our Regi-'
merit has al lu<t arrived in o:jr State and j
met wish a hrarty recepiiuii from our ci:i- j
/.ens. I.t Columbia he was the lion of the j
day, whilst he remained and o very attention j
was paid hiin by tin: yood citr/ensofthat place j
Hi; is now in Charleston on hi.? way t> Wa- j
shing;on. ^
I'toui
We h avc nolhing that would interest our
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.... .. nit: uiusi important ;
item is, the appointment of Committees?, !
those of the Senate are much the same as : .! !
the last Ses?io:i but in the House a conside-'
rable change has been made. Wo shall i
lo >k for th news from Washington with ;
some anxiety as thi.? will l>e an important
session. ? / i
From the Senate Journal December 10, 1817. '
RECEPTION OF GEN. SHIELDS j
IN TIIF. SKN.VTK CIIAMtlKR.
At the hour of half-past eleven o'clock, j
IIis Excellency, the Governor, attended by i
hia suite, and the committee oi arran<?pmet?f<e
^ ? O ~J j
was announced at the bar of the House, j
Mr. Buchanan, chairman of the committee ;
on the part of the Senate, advanced with j
Hrigadier-Goneral Shields up the aisle j
fronting the President's desk, and addressed j
the President as follows :
Mr. President?The committee of the ;
Senate appointed for *he occasion, have the |
honor of introducing to the Senate, the j
guesl of the State, Brigadier-Gen. Shields. !
The brave, the gallant, the humane and the !
victorious General?the commander of the i
special friend and guardian of South Caro- j
lina's own Palmetto Regiment.
To which the President responded, as j
follows:
General?In the natne and on behalf of
the body over whose deliberations I have
lhf> hnnnr In nroji/la T - -- -
j,.v-jhjsi jjicci yim as ilie |
guest of the Stale?and respectfully invite !
you, *vnh 1???? F.*rid)eney; to a seat in this I
chamber.
At the announcement of Gen'l. Shields,
the hoaitol theCorolinian "lows with quick, i
generous emotion. Thought wings her i
way to distant battle-fields, where glory and
renown have been won by a gallant army :
for a confiding country. The rough inci- :
dents, and brilliant f.'U?s of those stirring '
scenes in which you have so largely parti- ,
oijMted, rise irresistibly and vividly to the j
mind. At Cerro (ionlo, where the bold
impetuous llarm-y scaled the rocky steep,
and carried the heights by storm at Coot re- 1
ras, where was exhibited the rare virtue of!
a Brigadier General waiving rank, and !
ctt ?r>or. ?c!t u ?? a U ?. 1,1 ' 1
n .. ..icuj uniri^ tl?'J WCli-lUSa [MUHS Ol
his junior?at Churubusco, where the chi- !
valsyofour people, and the prowess of
American arms were illustrated in a re- j
maskable manner, and where the lamented ;
lluiler fell; in thege last engagements?'
in the nearer approaches to Mexico?under
the walls?within the gates of the city? '
you witnessed the conduct ainJ courage, the j
dt;v;?ti'?n an 1 death of the brave and valued i
sons of Carolina. You shared with their 1
dmsjor.*, privations and triumphs.
Welcome to the hospitalities of their
mother country ! Welcome to the Earths
ofthose, whose brothers aril friends you
have marshalled in War?have defeated j
in council! \Velcoino to the grateful hearts j
of those, whose son^, brothers arrJ frien Is ;
have, under your watchful care,been nu.se.l
when wounded and bl- edinj*?been soothed
comf.trted when dying?been cherished
and solaced when droopinir under
influence of disease and hardship, in a foreign
lan^, far, far from home! Be one of
us! The Senate of South Carolina once
more offers you a hearty welcome !
General Shields responded warmly and
eloquently to the address expressing hie
grateful sense of the honors he had received
among the people of South Carolina.
General Shields and IIis Excellency, the
Governor, then accepted the seats provided !
for llvnm ?!?/> ^ ' 1,L ^
w? .u<.in uiiu me uu.'MiirHs oi me senate was
suspended for one hour, during which time
the members of the Senate, and the citizens
who thronged the Senate Chamber on the
occasion, were presented and paid their respects
to General Shields.
From the House Journal, December 16,1847.
IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES.
General Shie ds accompanied by His
Excellency the Governor, and tho Joint
Committee of both House appointed to make
arrangements for his reception, entered the
Hall of the House, and was introduced by
Mr. Jamison Chairman of ih?
?. ...W
of this House ; when the Speaker rose and 1
said: r
General?I have the honor, in behalf of |
this branch of this General Assembly, to ,
express to you the great gratification we ,
feel in becoming personally acquainted with
one who is already 60 favorably known to 1
us by xeputation, and it now endeared to us I
by tin; i inteiestinpf associations.
hi their name L tender you a cordial
welcome to South Carolina, and by their j
authority I invite you to a seat on the floor
of this House.
To which General Shields replied:?
Mr. Speaker?It affords me much pleas
are to mulct* the acquaintance of the representatives
ot till* ni?n?i!i? nt
- i I ' -
The association to which you have alluded,
sir, are as dear to m<* as they can he to
(lii.s honorably body, and I shall ever regard
ii as anions the. most fortunate events of my i
life, that I have heen brought into fellowship
with the citi/ms of a rotate so distinguished
as South Carolina.
I let 1 nio.-i sensibly the generous manner
in which 1 have been received in your (Ja- I
pital, and inacccpiing a seat on the floor j
ol the House. permit me to return to the
body over which you preside, my prolound
aclcno\vIe<lg<mo:.t for the compliment best
j we J ou
From I/in Simt/t Carolinian.
\\ e have bc:*n tavored with tho (nlInwirifT
" '"o
Kxtract froi:i a letter written by an officer
in tin; llegul ir service, to a gentleman of
this State, which will be read with great
interest.
' There were many instances of personal
valor and heroism displayed in these bloody j
battles, and among your acquaintances I I
must mention the name of* ired Simkins,
a member ot' the Edge hi id Company.
Ho h;is acted nobly throughout and has
won the praise of the. Regiment On the
evening before the battle of Chapultepec,
while the enemy's batteries and ours were
at pretty hot work, an order was issued that
a storming party, to consist of two hiindr...t
and fifty men, should be formed. It was
thought thai the fight would he desperate,
and lhat death would be the fate of those
who were ahead. When the South Carolina
Regiment was called on to furnish its
men, (which was seven,) there seemed to
be some slight commotion in the ranks
But it was only momentary; for almost
immediately Eld red Simkins stepped forward,
followed by R. Watson oft he Abbeville
Company, declaring that they were
ready to go wherever they were told. The
remaining five were not long in following
their example.
The next morning the firing of our batteries
ceased which was the signal for the
storming party to advance. Their march
wis directed to the batterv at the h:i?n ??' I
the hill, and the intervening ground was
a plain covered wilh small bushes, the tops
of which being cut off, the protection afforded
was very slight. They advanced over
this plain Air a considerable distance, amid
the fire of cannon and musketry, without
discharging a single gun. As they drew
nearer, the fire became so extremely severe, j
and so many were shot down, that the j
slightest possible wavering began to be per- j
ceplible. It was at this time that the coin- |
mander ordered a charge, and, tinning to j
the South Carolinians, said?" conic on my j
Palmetto boys, it is on yon 1 depend." i
With these words, the charge became general,
and then it was that all the Palmettos
fell except Si in kins. He was in the thick
est oi the tight and among the first to scale
the walls. When I reached {he Castle, lie
was about the tirst man 1 saw. He had a
bottle of liquor in one hand, which he said
he had taken from a Mexican soldier
"and that he was now in search of Dick
Watson to <*ive him a drink." Watson had
been wounded in the charge. As soon as
he had found Dick and give him the liquor,
he hurried ofi'to join the Regiment which
was then on its march towards the Garita.
During the whole of the last fi^ht he was j
alwa s where t lie re was the greatest danger, |
.lii-i v^;t()i<nn ues^ausure informed ine that, j
after the entire Regiment h:?d retired from
within the (*arita, he. remained behind at- |
tempting to tic up the wounds of Blocker
and o-hers belonging to his company. He
has since been promoted from the ranks."
A Washington letter in the Philadelphia
Inquirer s*av^:?The Pn>?i(Un? Anna,
? , -w lit. VIUV3 IlUt
recommend, in lih? Message, the establishment
of a mission to Rome, but 1 learned
that it will hereafter be proposed. Mr.
\Viek!iffe has been recalled lrom Turin,
and thus, some five Charges are to be aj>poiuted.
Mr. Trist will, it is supposed,have
either Romt>, Naples or Turin Mr. Waddell,
of New York, is, I learn, very strongly
recommended for one of the vacanocs.
CoNDiTfoN op the Free Blacks in the
Northern Cities. The Philadelphia
Bulletin makes the following statement:?
During the month of November the Coroner
held 44 inniiA^? */! ?>'? -n
_ ?|?,.v o.iu ?? news, 111 ail
66, anil being an average of over twoday !
Most of these were in the wretched hovels
of Moyamensing, occupied by the deprnded
blacks who have died of disease generated
by their squalid mode of life?from the
want of medical attention and proper nourishment,
and from intemperance, exposure,
and neglect.
Th is is the condition of comfort and happiness
to which the fanatical philanthropists
of the North would elevate the Blacks of
the Southern States I
A Cuaious SoninTv.? A r*-~
?. III WIN*
cinnati, called the "Last Man," held its
anniversary meeting in that city on
Wednesday, the 17th ult. It was organised
sixteen years ago, and but four of its
members now survive, which remoent metMo
new member? were taken in after organization,
and the Society continues annually
to meet as long a? one survive*
JFrom the Columbia Com. lie rail.
COLUMBIA, DEC. 13.
sisrswn:.
Mr. Manning submitted a communication
from Messrs. A. T. Burnley, Johnson
Co., of New-Origins, asking to bo robin
(led tho sum of $7 040,33, furnished the
1'almetto Regiment, as an out-lit on their
way to Mexico.
Messrs. Manning, Buehannan and Manna,
were appointed a Committee on tlie part <
of the Senate, to join a similar Committee J
to be appointed on the part of the House to j
( investigate and report of tho same.
The following hill were read the second
time to the ! I nse :
A hiil to confirm .). S Bird, a naturalized J
I citizen, a title to aecrtain lot of land in tho :
city of Charleston.
A hiil to alter the law in relation to IVla
giMrate's Executions, arid the duty ofSher- I
ill's as to Executions in their nlTiens
A Hill t'> amend tUu charter of the Charleston
Insurance and Trust Company, uml
also to aint ml <in Art entitled {\m Act to reduce
the capital of the Charleston Insur- 1
ance and Trust Company," passe.I 10th day
of December 1843.
A bill to establish a uniform day throughout
the State lor the election of Clerk, ^henil',
Ordinary, and Tax Collector.
A Bill to incrersc the powers of the Com
i naissioners of Cross Roads for (.Charleston
I Nock.
I A Bill to divide Beat Company No 3 Upper
Batallion, 15th Regiment South C. Mi
I ilia.
I A Rill tn :i iV?o FT Ci i.. -
.vu i II v O . k7( UJ jMUtlMSU
a piece of land in this State for the erection
of u Light House.
A Bill to incorporate the Charleston Sugar
Refining Company.
A Bill to provide tor the election of Electors
of President and Vice President of the
IJ. S., was read the 3d time and rejected?
Yeas 10, Nays 10.
The following Bills were also taken up
for the '2d reading and rejected :
A Bill to amend the sixth Section of an
Act entitled and Act for the belter regulation
and government of free negroes and
persons of color, and for other purposes, ratified'2
Id Dec. 1S2*2.
A Bill to require the Sheriffs of the several
districts ol" this State to make annual reports
of certain prisoners in their cu?toily.
A Bill to provide for ilie regsitry ol Marriages,
Births and deaths throughout the
Slate.
iiousk or nr:iMt!:sKNTAT?\ri:s.
The tallowing Resolutions wore submitted
by Mr. D.iSaussure, froin the Committee
on Foreign Resolutions:
1. D e it Itrsolced It// the Senate and House
ofR'-p resentatines of the Stale, of Smith Carolina,
voir: met and sitting in General Assembly,
That the Government of the U. States
has no control, (iireetiy or imiirectiy, meuiatelly
or immediately, over the control, it
transcends the limits of its legitimate iiinctions
by destroying the internal organization
of the sovereignties who created it.
2. Ile.soi.ced, That ail territory which may
be acquired by the arms of the United States
or yie.ded by treaty with any foreign power
belonging to the several States of the Union
as their joint and common property, in
whieh each and all have equal rights ; and i
that the enactments by the Federal Govern- ]
ment of any law, which should directly, or |
by its effects, prevent the citizens of any j
State from emigrating with their property
of whatever description into such territo y,
would make a discrimination unwarranted
by and in violation of the Constitution, and
the right* ol the State, from which such citizens
emigrated, and in derogation of that
perfect equality that belongs to the several
States as members of this Union, and would
tend directly to subvert the Union itself.
3. Resolved, That if in disregard alike of
the spirit and principle of the Act ofCongress,
on the admission of the State of Missouri
Compromise, and of every consideration
of justice, of constitutional right and of
fraternal feeling, the fearful, issue shall be
forced upon the country, which must result
from the adoption and attempted enforcement
of the proviso ^foresaid, as an Act of
the General Government, the people of S.
Carolina can have no difficulty in choosing I
between the only alternative that will then
remain, ofabject submission to aggression
and outrage on the one hand, or determined
resistence on the other, at all hazards, and
to the last extremity.
4. Resolved, That this General Assembly
holds it to be the duty of every man, in every
section of the Confederacy, if the Union
is dear to him, to oppose the passage of any
1 C. 1- ? - -
iuw, lur wnuiever purpose, Dy which territory
to be acquired may be subject to a restriction.
5. Resolved, That the passage of the above
mentioned Proviso makes it the duty
of every slave-holding State, and of all the
citizens thereof, as the value their dearest
privileges, their sovereignty, their independence,
and their rights of property, to.take
firm, united, and conserted action in this
emergency.
The House proceeded to the special order
of the day, which was a Bill givingthe election
of Electors of President and Vive President
of the United States to the people,
and various other measures in relation (here
w,?auer aisscussion a JbJill, offered by Mr.
Davie to provide for the appointment of Electors
of President and Vice Presidentofthe
United States, by the people of South Carolina,
was read the second time, agreed to,
and ordered to the Senate. *Yeas 64, Nays
54.
The Bill offered by Mr. Memminffer on '
the same subject was next discussed, and
with ull matters relating thereto, was laid
upon the table. Ye is 70, Nay? 46.
LATEST FROM MEXICO.
From the New Orleans Picayune, 13/A inst.
Iinporrant News!
The sclir. Portia. Cant. \V:ik omn n nr.
rived here 011 Sunday afternoon, having
sailed from Vera Cruz on ihe 13th inst.
The news by this arrival is very important.
and first of all, the story about Santa
Anna's being at the head of 18,01)0 men,
and threatening and overawing Congress,
an ! the despatch of Gen. Worth to Querela
ro to protect Congress?all turns out to
be mere moonshine; no more authentic
than (Jen. Scott's famous entry into Mexico
in the middle of July last. A gentleman
thoroughly conversant with Mexican affairs,
who came passenger on the Portia,
j assures us from the best information he
eon 1.1 obtain, he is satisfied that in place of
being in command of eighteen thousand
men, Santa Anna has not eighteen hundred,
nor even a hundred and eighty followers.
Gen. A nay a was elected President of
Mexico on the 11th inst. He has once be.
fore been Provisional President. I lis pre1
sent term of office extends only to the 8th
oi January next. He is known to be in favor
of peace. The whole administration is
in favor of an honorable peace, and one of
iis first acts was to despatch a commission
' to the city of Mexico to re-open negotia!
lions with Mr. Trist. It is presumed they
j were referred to our Government at Waslii
ington.
j The next most important intelligence by
| this arrival is the reported arrest of Gen.
! Worth, Gen. Pillow and Lieut. Col. Dunj
can, by Gen Scott. The verbal report is
i that letters written by these gentleman re}
fleeting upon the commander in-chief have
j fallen into his possession, upon which he
| arrested the in. Letters from the city of
j Mexico of the 24th November make im
mention ol the3c arrests,
A resolution of A Senor Zuliata, to crect
the city of Mexico into an independent state
during the occupation by the American army,
which was rejected by the Congress,
has made another proposition that the fed!
end compactshould be broken and the union
destroyed, which was rejected at once.
The Governors of the States are still in
session at Querelaro, and have proposed two
questions to the Government, to which they
demand clear and peremptory replies.
1st. In what character they havo been
cmIIimI taqesher. and will the Government
submit to their decision.
2d. Will the Government make known,
Willi clpiirilllCJ ?>W( lV.%r<l?n???
j - i.v.n.- miu uuimiica.^ lilt JJI u^rillllmi>
of its policy with regard lo peace or
war.
The Government bad auswered these
two question* by staling that they had been
called together solely for the purpose of
throwing light upon the subject, that the
Ciciieiiil would be able :n eo*ne
manner to surrender its powers, and that it
was more inclined te open or continue ne*
foliations of pcace than to prosecute ?ho>
war.
There is no news as yet as to the dissolution
of Congress. It is suid that President
Anaya has written to Gen. Itancon and se|
veral other influential persons, requesting
them tn repair to Queretaro and confer with
them as to what ston^ he should take in the
present crisis.
: On the Sth iust., thiily-six waggons bej
longing to merchants m Mexico and Puebla,
lelt the latter place with a lot of tobacco,
dry goods and brandy, destined for this city.
On reaching San Martin, Gens. Rea and
Torrejon, in command of the guerrilla
i forces there, made a descent uponjjthc wagj
gons, captured them and started off for
I Qneretaro via Tlascala. Information was
conveyed to Gen. Lane at Puebla, who
started after them with a force of infantry
and the cavalry command of Capt. Roberts.
When thev reached Tlasnnlsi ih^v
the enemy there and Capt. R.. who had
been sent to the rear of the town, seeing a
movement to run off the train, eharged upon
the guerrillas, completely routed them, killed
seventeen, and taking thirteen officers
prisoners. In the meantime a portion of
the wagons which had been taken a mile
from the city by a party of the enemy,were
set on fire and six destroyed, before the infantry
came up, who rescued the remainder.
! Santa Anna has assumed the command
i* . > ? .
i oi tne army in u.tjaca. He avows his determination
to oppose any negotiation for
peace with the American forces occupyi .g
any portion of the Mexican territory.
Gen. Patterson's division left Jalapa on
the 23th ult. Before leaving he hung, on
the 23d, two American teamsters, for having
killed a Mexican boy 12 years old, and
two Mexican officers, who were taken pri?- oners
commanding guerrillas, without hav?
ing been exchanged.
YET LATER.
The steamship Virginia, Capt. Tucker,
has just arrived from Vera Crua, having
left on the 7th inst. , lk
The large train under command of Gen.
Dutler has nearlv all left. The number of
men accompanying it is estimated at 8,000.
Gen. Scott will soon have from 25,000 to
30,000 men. > v
The Arco Iris of the 2d inst,, says the
Mexican Commissioners retired at once to
Qucretaro upon learning that Mr. Trist bad
no power to treat. <_
Antidote to Arsenic.?M. Bussy, of
the Paris Academy of Sciences, pays that
magnesia, slightly calcined, or still beUer in
a gelatinous state* in an antidote to ftrsenic.
He says that, when administered within a
nAl?lA/l ill ^ . -i. ? -
ypuilUU ?HC| laHIIIU UI IUU JK)]SOnf H