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instances is not necessary. One may be Obuined throughout. A long cn .? nu ; alion ?sufti.tr.? When memtx.*rs of congress were first paid six JulUr3 a day, the saiaiy of the^-attorney general was *500 dollars a year. This salary has since been increa sed to three thousand dollars ; and the ex ecutive has, at the prtsent se^ion, found it accessary to wcomracml a sail further in-_ crease, a* essential to the public se.\?ce. If theduties of that officer have increased, so hare the duties of member* ot con= gress in at least an equal proportion ; and which of the two stations requires the greatest sacrifice of private pursuits may be easily discerned* At the time of passing the late act it was found, upon inquiry, that, from the or ganization ot ihe government to the com mencement of the thirteenth congress, ( 18 1 3) congress had, on an average of all the years, been in session one hundred and ending with the thirteenth congress (1813) it had been in session, on average, one hundred and. sixty-five days it) each year. An easy computation will shew, thai, sup posing congress, to sit hereafter as many days within 'he year as it has usually done heretofore, the present amount of compen sation, iucluding travel and attendance, will exceed the amount received for tra vel and attendance under the former law thirty-eight per centum* ? After the lapse of eight and twenty years, then, congress has. for the first time, increased the pay of its members. It has increased it about one third, and no more : although, within the same period, it ha* been called upon to raise, and has raised, the compensation of nearly all other officers of government in a far greater proportion. .This enactment of othrr compensations is not adverted to, for tbt purpose of show ing, that Congress has been as favorable to others as to itself, or that it has made it aelf the latest object of its own bounty. In neither case has it supposed itself to be bestowing bounty, or confering favor. It has sought only to make such provisions as the public interest demanded. But the circumstance is referred to, as furnishing evidence of the necessity, of the late law, by snowing that a similar necessity had been found to exist in other cases; and thai, by that law, congress had done noth ing for its own members which executive recommendation, and its own op.nion of propriety, with the general concurrence of public sentiment, had not compelled it to do at an earlier period, and in ample mea sure, for other officers ot government. The state legislatures, from the same necessity of complying with change of circumstances, have made corresponding changes in tkc salaries of the officers ot theii^overnn^mts ; and it may not be in- ! applicable to fffeCynt occurrences to remark, that the members of these FegTsIatures have, in almost every slate, increased, in rnany. doubled, in some, treebled, their own pay, during the period in the which compensation to members of congress has I regained at its original rate. As far, also, as?the committee can learn, this Increase pay to members of state legislatures has, in every instance, taken place in the same session in which it was voted * Objections have been made to the man ner of compensation, introduced by the law of the last session. It has been said to have created salaries. If, by this, it is intended that the law allows to every mem ber a defined and certain sum, without any deduction for absence or omission of duty, it is not a correct representation,? Such de ductions are provided for by the law, as completely as under the former mode. It has already beetv observed, that a differ ence of opinion has long existed on this point ; and it still exists. When the Uw of 1796 was passed, there were those who thought it advisable to change the mode then in practice, and to adopt the example of an annual allowance, which had been formerly set by every respectable state. , There have bten, and still are, those who are not without fear, that an augmentation of the daily pay, if it not in fact tend, in some cases, to the protraction of the ses sion, might produce an evil of equal mag nitude, hy subjecting the legislature to such an imputation* Nor is it at all true, that the inconveni- I ence of attending a session of Congress is always in proportion to its length. The season of the year in which the session is holden, may he as material as its duration* The length of the Journey to the seat of government is the same in both cases ? and both cases require an entire breaking off of all private engagements, and an exclu sive devotion to public business. It may he added, also, that while compensation w*% competed by the day, as the sessions would naturally be longest in times of war, the greatest expense would fall on the treasury when it could bear it with the least convenience. ^Thinking, however, that th? measure of augmenting the compen sation was itself a necessary one, and that the form, if not the best, was a fair sub* \ ject of experiment, the House did not 1 foibear to adupt it. from difference of opi? | t)i?n in regard to the manner. It passed ! the law in its present form in the hope '.hat ?'iOd wou.d result from the change of mode, aiul w ? t U the knowledge, that, if such shou.d not be the consequeiKie, the former mode could be easily, and, at any Jtime, attain adapted. ( to be concluded in our next ) A SYNOPSIS Of the Acta flawed by the Legislature of South Carolina , at iheir Late aea^ion^ -U Attract to aHt r and ttineml an ac^ef* titled >k an act to limit the term of service ot" certain otliceis who have heietufore held their offices during good behavior, and for oiher purposes therein mentioned, pas sed the 17ih Dec. 1 8 1 2, [Clerks of courts, and registers* masters -and commissioners in Kquityj who were in ofiv:e Dec. 17 1 8 1 2, and lield iheir offices curing good behavior, shall not be afi'ected by the a bove named act, but shall continue, to hold . tliuii utiinei in. iiie same manner if iua? act had uever been passed.] 4i. An act to authorise tlie president and di i ecioi s of tne Bank of the Stale of South Caiolina lo call to the paper medium, loan office bonds, and Lo establish a Branch Bank in Georgetown. [Sec. 1. President and Directors empowered tu require the treasurer of the lower division to call in and demand pay ment of such part of the bonds due to tne paper medium loan office, as they may think proper ; (provided thai not more than one-third annually of any bond shall be demanded ) Treasurer to give three months notice of the part requir ed to be called in ; and lo sell such lands as may be mortgaged in default of pay men'. Sec. 2, authorises President and Directors to e*tablishja Branch ai George town.] 3. An act to alter the 3d section of the 10th ariicle of the constitution of S. Caro lina, [so as to read thus ? 4i. The judge* shall, at such times and places as shall be prescribed by the act of the legislature, meet and sit for the pursose of hearing and . determining all motions which may be made for new trials, and in arrest of jt*d^ ment, and such points of law as may be submitted lo them."] 4. An act to relirvu the judges from the necessity of giving separate opinions in ap* peal cases, and to provide for the publica tion of such opinions lor the information of -the people, [t Ipininn* of the Appeal Couus to be written by one of the judges, and read at tiie time the decision is made, and signed by all the judges who concur therein, and then be deposited with the cleik or register* together wi:h such a re port of each case from the circuit judge, who tried the same as may be necessary to give information on the po?jU? decked. .-The said judges to select for publicati on^ ail important opinions, and direct the same to be transmitted every year to the ^ate printer, who. shaft publish the same the acts ol assembly.] 5. An act to alter the times lor holding the Courts of Common I'leas and General Sessions, in the Southern and south-eas tern circuit of this state, [viz ? at Edgefield on tiie first Monday in March and October, ami sit two weeks as heretofore ; at New berry on the third Monday in Marth and October ; at Columbia for Richland dis trict on the fourth Monday in March and October, and sit eight days ; at Granhy for Lexington district on Wednesday next, after the first Monday after the fourth Monday in Match and October, and sit four days ; and at Orangeburg on the se cond Monday after the fourth Monday in March qnd October, in each ^and every year, and sit six days. The distnc\ of ttarnwell shall he attached to and form a part of the southern circuit : The courts of common pleas and general sessions, of which said circuit shall sit at the times and p aces following, to wit : at Barnwell court house on the first Monday after the fourth Monday in March and October ; at Coosawhatchie for Heaufort district on the second Monday after the fourth Monday in March and October ; and at Jacksonbor ough for t olleton district on the third Monday after the fourth Monday In March and October in every year ; each of which said courts shall sit and be holden six days and no longer ; and all writs and other process of law, which shall have been made returnable to the said courts, accord ing to the laws heretofore in force, shall be legal and valid to all intents and purposes; and the persons bound thereby shall ^at tend on the days prescribed by this act for the sitting of said courts respectively. 6. An act to establish a rourt of equity for Sumter district, and for other purpo ses therein mentioned. (1 he district* of Chesterfield, Mulborough and Darlington united, shall form ' one equity district, to be called Cheraw district ; the dfatyiets of Lancaster and Kershaw one equity dis trict, called Camden district ; and Sumter one equity d strict, called Sumfer district. Hereafter, one of the jodftes of the court if* equity shall a((md and hold courts of equi ty ill said district, at the following times ; k The court of tquiy for Cheraw district, at Cheraw old court house on the second Monday in February and June ; for surr ter district at Sumter court house on ti e first Friday after the second Monday in i February and June ; for C annl n district at Kershaw court Irduse, on Uie first Wed nesday alter the third Monday in Feb ruary, and June in each year ; and that the papers appertaining or relating to cause* now depending ?n the courts of e qnity which have henlofore arisen in Sum ler dis.net, shall be transfered to the ofiice of i he commissioner in equisy for Sumter distiict) ?. T. An act to secure the javr Tigtus of~ mechanics, handicraftsmen, and for other pui poses therein mentioned. (Uvtscy mas ter mechanic. Sec. \vi?o shall erect. impi*>ve, or repair any buildtng whatsoever, shall have a ltgal lien upon the building, &c. so erected, Sec. fur the amount justly uiie him for the election of such building, btc. provided a memorandum or agreement ni writing in nature of a contract, be signed in j)i esence of one or mnie witnesses by parue*4o suck the^n-o prietor of the premises or some other per son lawfully authorised in by them, on which such building, impiovement, Sec. were creeled or done, which contract e>r agreement shall contain a particular ac count of the work to be done, tUe muteii als to be furnished and a general descrip tion of the said premises. Sc be recorded in the office of Register of MesneConvt vance for the distiict in which such building, Scc are erected, See- Provided that such lien * shall m no case be for a. greater sum than the just value whicn such building, kc. shall give to the lain Is upon which the same may be erected ; and provided also, that no such lien shall take effector commence bt fore the date of the recording of such contractor memorandum executed in the manner and form afotesaid ; nor shall such lien in any ca*e even continue or remain ol force fot a longer period than three years af er the date thereof. Nothing herein contained shall he construed to impair ai:y prior lien on such building so to be erect ed.) 8. An act providing a more expeditious mode of disposing of the cases on the (lockets of the constitutional courts in j Charleston and Columbia. [At the next rmeetingof the constitutional const in Co lumbia, at the conclusion of the spring circuits, the judges shaj, as soon as the criminal cases he disposed of, proceed to Char!eston, and sit there unt'l, the fi st July, unless the cases be ssorn r disposed ol. At the conclusion rf the fall circuits in November next, the judges shuli" sit at .Columbia until ali.the cases civil and crimi nal on that docket be disposed < f, and then ^pioceed to Charleston, and sit there until 1st March, unless all the cases on the con stitutional docket are sooner disposed of. 'Should the sitting of the constitutional court hereby directed, extend beyond the time fixed by for holding the court" of com J jpon preas for Charleston district, one of the judges is to hold that court as far as the same can be clone without interruption to the constitutional court. And until other wise ordered by law, the Constitutional j court shall meet in Columbia on the I ues- I day next after the conclusion of the cir-j cuits in every year, and thence proceed to ] Chatleston for the purpose of hearing and deciding appeal cases* &c.] 9. An act to make all militia officers of this state elective. ^Majors and brigadier generals to be elected by the commissioned officers iif their respective divisions-? any commissioned officer eligible to the oflv e of major general or brigadier. Colonels and majors to be el cted by all free white men in the regiment or battalion (except ing such as are attached to the cavalry 01 artillery.) Captains, lieutenants and en signs, to be elected by the privates in their respective companies. Whenever a va cancy takes place in the commission of lieutenant colonel, the major of the regi ment to he immediately commissioned lieu tenant colonel. Vacancies in volunteer corps of cavalry, artillery, and light infan try, to be filled from amongst themselves by the vote* of the individuals composing the same. Any vacancy which may hap pen while in actual service, to be filled by seniority. Commanding officers are au thorised to appoint sutlers to retail spirits, 8cc. to the men at their muster grounds ] 10. An act to make compensation to persons who shall nerve as common plea and p<*tit jurors and constables for ttyeir at tendance at courts. (Every p? rson who shall be drawn to serve, and shall attend st any court as a petit juror, shall receive for hi a services one dollar per day j ai d each constable one dollar: Provided that not more than five constables shall receive pay at any one court, except the courts at Charleston, where not more than nine shall receive pay. Immediately after the con clusion of each court, every juror and con stable shall prove on oath to the satisfac tion of the clerk of the court, the number of days he has served; and it shall be the duty of the clerk, at the conclusion of each court, to ftfiake out a roll of the petit jurors and constables that have attended such court, exhibiting the name, time of service, and amount due each juror and Constable* and the t?rm at which the service was per formed, and shall enter the same on tl e : mirutes of the term when >i.ch servi; si.ai be performer, ard t\\~W ? . to the compti'Oiler ucc.t tied copv of ti c same, andshul. furnish cac't v.; er a! d cu;w stable wiih a ccrii fcea'.e in iiic ioiiowm^ form ^tate ol South Caionn3. I, A i . cleik of the court of sessions and con nr. mi pie*s for district m the sxd M/t, tloceitily that attended .?> a |k-Ui juror (or actually served a> a constable as the case may be) lor said d.stiici clays at term, 7\. D.uiu: is enti tled to receive for the same dollars." i' ach of which ceililicatcs shall be signed by the cUrk. and cuvuiitiv^m il -by Uie presiding judge* and such cwi -id eate shall be payable at the treaMii) oi tho upper or lower division < *n dt ii.uul, an I shall be received by the tax collector m payment of state tax^s. i.uc?i of the ciets shall be entitled to receive from the state at each court for the services i?np - II. All act to increase the pension^ of certain persons* (bvei y pensioner of the revolutionary v\ar, upon producing a cei tiftcate of three justices of the peace or.. quo; uin, and of cue member of the k ^ lamre ?n the district, testifying the pen sioner to be of v^ood character, See. shall be entitl d to receive sixty dollars per an num.) 12 An act to enable parties to suits in the courts of law and equity in this state 10 take the examina'ion by commission of witnesses wlio arc ulxiut to leave the suite. l.> An act to authorise the honorable. Richard C?antt,one of the judges of com mon pleas and general sessions of the state, to leave the same for the lime theie in mentioned. 14. An act to confirm the tre?t\ betwreu the stale of South-Caroiina and the Che rokee Indians, relinquishing the title of the said nation of Cherokee Indians, to that part of then terri ory lying within the char tered limits of this state, for appointing commissioners to re survey and lay out the said lands, and for other purposes (herein mentioned. 15. An act to enable the assignees of judgments and decrees 10 brin^ suns in tluir own namti. 16. An act to establish certain roads, bridges and ferries, and for other purpose* therein mentioned. [ I'he put titular pro* vrsiwhs of this act witi be given hereafter.] 17. An act to raise supplies for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixteen* and for other purposes therein mentioned. ACTSJJi' A LOCAL NATUHK. I. An act to incorporate the Society Francaise in Charleston. 2 An act to vest in the incorporated vestry of the paiish St. Thomas, power lo dispose of a certain tract of land th'crc in mentioned. 3. An act lo establish and confirm the choster, and St. James', Goose-^ ret k> and for other purposes therein mentioned. 4. An act to vest certain property in Mary Ann Hooker. 5. An act to authorise Elias Horry, in temlant of Charleston, or his heirs or ex ecutots, to convey in fee simple to the United States of Americ*, two lots of* land in the village of Hampstead, as a site for a marine hospital. 6. An act more effectually to present the pernicious practise of framing. [To be published at length hereafter.] 7. An act to extend Pincknoy-street ip Charleston to Meeting-street. 8. An act to authorise the City Council of Charleston, with the consent of Con gress, to impose am! levy rduty on the tonnage of ships, vessels of the United States, arriving from foreign ports, for tlio maintenance ot a marine hospital, and for Other purposes. 9. Ah act to increase the number of justice* of ihe quorum and of the peace in the districts of Kdgefield, Sparianburgh, and other districts i herein mentioned. 10. An act to incorporate the Williams burgh Library Society, and otter societies therein mentioned. I I. An act to authorise a lottery for the jr relief of the late sufferers by fire at Pick* ^ enville. ? >? * - * 12 Anact to incorporate the Wlnyavr and Wando Canal Company, and farot)>er purposes therein mentioned. . ] 3. An act to enable and authorise 8er-> enus Mayer to msmumit and set free by hie last will and tesUnfcent, certain slares. The celebrated French General SavaH it, arrived at Salem 18th inst* in the ahip Jugutta, from Smyrna. Marshall Sava*y was formerly Mini ster of Police to Uonaparte? and after hia first abdication took great paina to obtain an audience and employment from Louia 18th. He and Lallamahd surrendered themselves to the Kngli^h with Bonaparte ?but were refused permission to follow him to St. Helena, and at their request were sent to Malta* According to the la?*t accounts from Portugal, the marriage of the Prii e sses ot that kingc'om, with thy King of Spain