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DESCRIPTION OF THE AFRICAN POTATOE, j READ BEFORE TIIE BARNWELL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. The Yam Massicot, or Potato of St. ! Domingo, and supposed to be a native.of Africa, is raised in the garden of Mr. John Michel, of Charleston, from cuttings of the fruit. It does not produce in the earth, but grows upon a vine which runs upon trees to the height of twenty or thirty feet. Each vine bears, more or less numerously, from twenty to thirty potatoes of the kind here shown. Many of them are twice or thrice the size of these, while j others are smaller, The vine is rich and j luxuriant; the fruit issues from the several ; joints, probably, for 10 inches apart. The i leaf, which seems to grow also at the joints, j - ii*i? i _ I is large and beatituily sriapca line uij?.an. ; The plant readily grows in the open air, and, it is thought, would be particularly fruitful in a warm, sandy region like Harnwell, if planted with a southern open exposure, against woods upon the North. The woods would serve for the vine to i run upon, which, in the garden of Mr. ; Michel, is planted within a foot of the tree which supports its fruit. This potato is described as being superior in flavor to the '* Irish potato. It is not sweet. It is cooked in the same way with all other potatoes ?may be boiled, baked or roasted, and when cooked is said to be of a bright i Gamboge colour. From the South Carolimai t'xtra. INAUGURATION OF GOV. RICIIARLSON. At one o'clock?both branches of tho General Assembly being present?the Governor elect, the Hon. John I\ j Richakdson, entered the Hall, leaning r?n fhr? arm fif (iflV. Hk nag an. and at. tended by the Coramitte appointed for that purpose?*he Members rising as he entered?and took his seat in the Speaker's Cnair, between the Hon. Angus Patter-on, President of the Senate, and the Hon. I). L. Waralaw, Speaker of the House. On the Members taking their seats, he rose, and in a manly, dignified, and impressive manner, united with a warmth and eloquence cf expression, strongly indica- ! tiveof the honest sincerity of the sentiments utterrad, he delivered the following. inaugural addr.es?. With profound gratitude for this distinguishing evidence of the confidence , of the Siate: with deep and anxious solici- I t ide, for the manner in which I may merit j it: and with a solemn determination to devote my best euergies to. her service?I approach to assume the duties and obliga- : ** ?-X* k <m1\ n ?<] /linrm hn/1 oto f W\!l j F.OHS Ul IIIU lllgil, auu ui|j!iiiH/U oiuiiwn aligned mo. Respect for that high authority, to > . . " i whose estimate of my services, every feel-; :ng of doubt and diflidcTcc on my part, , must, on such au occasion defer; and a sense of patriotism, that knows no earthly obligation so high, as that of obedience : to the mandate of the State; bid me to cherish the hope, while it actuates to the do term mat ion, of discharging them to her best weal and interests. Under any j circumstances, and in any aspect of events, so high a distinction as that which has been conferred, could not but be gratifying to the best feelings of the citi zcn, and the patriot. But when accom- I panied with the high and honorable motive.?, which have so successfully conduced to the obliteration of all past differences and divisions; and when it devolves on me as tlx* exponent of this restored confidence and iiariuonv, it cannot but immeasurably increase the sense of j duty, and obligation, which the dignity and importance of tiie station, must j always impose. Happy indeed, is that existing state of things, when every shade of doubt and distrust is dispelled from the hearts and countenances of our people: when all parties are resolved into one general, and more characteristic term of Carolinian: when the energies of the State have resumed their full moral tone and vigor: I when every citizen stands armed in the same panoply of patriotism, to cherish her interests, and defend her rights: and when, discarding forever all the cabalistic terms of party, we may exclaim, in the spirit and almost in the language, of Mr. Jefferson, "we are all Nullitiers, we are all Union men." IF their should he ought in my official conduct to obscure these gratifying felicitations for the future, then shall I have most signally failed, in the highest hopes, and the most ardent wishes, which I have | cherished, in dedicating myself this day, 1 to the service of the State. Connected, by the most intimate political relations, with the great Federal Union, of which this Slate is one of the sovereign and independent parties, it cannot be presumed, that any branch of our State government, could ever be insensible to its action on the rights and interests of our citizens, or to the policy or principles, by which its measures are inUuenced and directed. Cut perhaps, of all others, a duty at once so important and imperative, devolves more peculiarly on that department of our State government, which I am now called to administer; and . whose high province it ic, to supervise the execution of the laws, for the weal and protection of both State and j citizen. For the manner in which I lope to discharge this obligation, I shall lock to the illustinus examples of my predecesrors, and to the great principles of the Republican party of '98 and '99; and this State, in all its controversies rtrugglcs to preserve it? ^nn^titiitions^raciiaiH / a! rights, has so#successful!y and pre-emi-! w nenlly maintained. Those advantages, e; which iier stem and ardent patriotism i tli may have been mainly instrumental in j r achieving, in the salutary reformations in C7 * i | the administration of the Federal govern- | . inent, so happtty illustrated by tbe judi- ! cious measures, and of sound policy, ; . tliose into whose hands it is now commit- i j ted?mv (dibits si tall he unremittingly '. i*i i I ai directed, to eheri.su and improve. And j ^ whatever success may have accrued to ' p, the unceasing vigilance, and inexorable t! firmness, with which slie has asserted her ei rights, her principles, and her sovereignty oj no act of negligence, or of concession, t? on my part, shall ever tarnish or abate. I Happily for us, and lur ihe cause of \)] Liberty, the Constitution, and the Coun- c< ; | try, the triumphant vindication and as cendency, for the last three years, ot" j al great State Rightsand Democratic prin- J ciples, upon which a sound aJininistra- I , tion of the Covernment can onlv obtain,' i " CI1 have left us now but iittle more to perform j, than the in-Te duty of preserving the ad- ! v vantages already acquired, over the alvo- j ci rates of Federal abuses and usurpations, j ti Already has it ahiurod, under the conduct j u " " ... . I andinfluenccof the present administration e the right of imposing exactions upon the i h O 4 C i industry and products of one section of the ! Union,for tlie benefit ofunotherjand ropu- ' lr diatcd the pernicious .and unconstitutional 01 innovations upon the practice of the Gov- ^ emmentjof highTaritfduties,for bountvjor . protection. Already lias it acknowledged the necessity of a rigid and judicious economy in the administration of the Pub. e] lie Revenue. Already has it avowed, and ( y evinced, a virtuous determination to re- : p nouncc a!! alliance and connection with j c, Banks, Corporations, or speculative moil- a opolies. Already has it manifested a lan- j ^ dable and spirited opposition to ihcassump- i tion of State obligations; and rebuked a the temptation to incur a new National I debt, the prolific cause of most of the im- 1 s( moralities and corruptions, either in the sc conduct of men, or in the affairs of Gov- ! eminent. Already has it reclaimed ma- ! j; ny of the errors and corruptions of office, ; S( which the power and patronage of party, (( had reckless tolerated or introduced. A!- jr ready has it arrayed all the sanctions and j, authority of the Constitution, in defence v and support of Southern Institutions'" n The entire abolition of all discriminating p] duties for protection?a reduction of the jj Revenue, to the actual and necessary cxigencies of the Government?and a more (j just and equal distribution of its benefits, are among ihe few, hut important objects, |}1 which remained to it to achieve, in per- jc fccting the salutary work of reformation. But if, in the results of the late Presi- p, dential canvass, these great principles, so lf ardently cherished bv the South ; so faith- n. fully, and so ably maintained by the present administration, are destined to be ov- i j erthrown ; if a change of men necessarily : j, implies a change of measures ; if the now C) inevitable succession of another political r{ dynasty, seemingly allied to the implaca- v ble enemies of our domestic institutions; 'c, combining every element of opposition to p, our principles ; rising upon their downfall, jj and winning trophies and triumphs at the (( expense of Southern rights and interests: I 0| if, in short, tlie political aspect of events , may be regarded as betokening the recur- j p renccof all those disastrous evils and a- | p. buses, which have so long waged a deso- Ir ' :? luting wariare 01 oppression, iMtiiun,?um (j, injustice, upon l he rights and ink tests of i ,| thepcdle of this State : then let us rcmem- 0 ber, that the groat redee niig and con- ; ^ scrvativc principle of redress and defence j u remains and abides in ourselves; in t lie j s] exercise and interposition of all those means and resources, so amply provided ' in the Constitution, and so expressly re- : fj served to tho States. Nor shall 1 be want- r .. . j O' iing in mv duty, on such an occasion, to a Invoke the aid and counsel, of the Legisative Department of this Government. ,r In such ail event, I cannot anticipate,^] that there would he one citizen in our j S?ate, of whatever shade or distinction ; jj of party, whose heart would be unmoved. 1 ? or whose arm would he unerved to defend ; c, her : and from those, perhaps now nmst J c confident in the purity and professions of ; j, oii/>A?uulm(T o.liiiinulrntliili U'O IliaV fCU- ! <1 U OUV>V>V/\'UUI^ UMIIUIIIOUUUW,,, ? w | |J sonablv expect the nanift-station of a zeal s. and ardour in resisting the aggressions it ; may premeditate, in proportion to the ex- j c] tent to which their patriotic anticipations, j] are disappointed and deceived. : a If, therefore, our rights should ever a- 1 0j gain cease to be respected, we are, I trust, j t} as willing, as we arc competent, to redress j s, them ; and while the experience of the I jr past, inculcates a lesson of warning, and ! js of rebuke, 1o the ambitious encroachments a of Federal power, it at the same time ex- J n cmplifiesthc dangerous tendency which |A exists lo perpetrate and illustrates the rea- ^ diness with which they may be repelled, M by the evoked resources of the C'onstitut- J p tion and the Sovereignty of the States. I (j So fur as depends on me, fellow citizens, j j?( let me assure you, that I trust to enjoy |'0 the proud and happy consolation, of trans- j p( iniftin'r ns mnrh nf flip vio-hls. liminur in. '"O ' ~~ "r> ' --- I II terests, or dignity of the State, as may bo j p( committed to the carc of this department, j j)( uncomproinitted and unimpaired by the j Cl aggressions of any power on earlh. ; 0 The opinions of a high public function- j M ary, entrusted with the confidence and au- 0 lliorify of the State, may not perhaps be j o: properly omitted, on an occasion like this, J g, on those great questions of finance involv- , a ingasthey do, not only the welfare and : a character of the nation, but deeply aflcc- j| ting the interest, of every class and mem-1 nber of secicly, . ny Under the expressed provisions of the j Constitution, granting the power of "coin- 1 ^ ing money"to Congress; prohibiting the j sj issuing " of bills of credit" to the States ; | ^ and defining a " legal tender" to consist in ! n "gold and silver" only; 1 cannot but eon- : ],] Hudo, that a discretion over this subject 1 as not only intended to be vested to that ol dentin the Federal Legislature, but at ir ie same time restricted to the power of bi igulating the value of that medium so ai ecilically designated in the Constitution, g he unlimited use of an unsound, fluctuate tc ig, (and sometimes depreciated) paper ol lediuii, in the receipts and disbursements c< F the Government, is not only to my b< low, an obvious deviation from the safe ai nd salutary principles of the Constitution, n at has to a great extent contributed to di roduee those vicissitudes and disorders in sc ie currency, which have, disasterously p< nbarrassed the business and prospects, e< Fe very portion of the community. Are- jii lrn to the safe, primitive, and constitu- tl on?! practice of the Government, contein- rr latcd in the late act of Congress, for re- w civing and disbursing the public revenue n . . 1 y responsible depositories, with a gradual pi pproxiiu&tion to a specie medium; it is j tl oniideutly hoped will do much to correct j ie derangement, which the influence of 01 s own fiscal operations had hii'icrto ten- I c! od so greatly to pro luc \ and restore w cabh, and vigor, and confidence, to the ai iiiated and demoralized condition of the tl redit system. On the nionied institu- di ons of this, and other Southern States, tr hose credit was rather depreciated, than ci ahancod. by the unjust and immoral cf- w icts of this financial policy, it cannot but S xercise a most salutary intlucncc?great c; 1 proportion to the extent of the operations a: f the Federal Government, in the paper li f those more favored sections of the p< 'nion. where the largest amount of revc- hi n # ue was received and disbursed. ir The cheering prospects, |therefore ? hich this judicious measure of reform op- j al is to the hopes aid prospects of the c< outh, cannot but be contemplated by the a! eople of this State, with the most sincere u: nngraluiations for so signal and import- S nt an occasion of" deliverance and liber- si di To every State in the Union it presents n laudable example, to be imitated if not o i the mode, at least in the effort to obtain n ) desirable obicct, as that of procuring a 01 mud and stable currency. n And while the legitimate action of the s< 'edcral Government on this important c; jbject is strictly and judiciously limited b > tine influence of its own fiscal operations, b i completing the work of reformation so n apjiily commenced, the solemn duty dc- r olvcs on this, as well as every other a lember of the Confederacy, to contemlate measures, necessasy, not only for fj ic protection and stability of their own r< istitutions, hut for the greater security of C ic citizen, against all the disastrous con- tl que nces of a licentious and profligate, a11 e, of chartered privileges and monopol- ai ? . fj A zealous exorcise of all powers and rerogatives which legitimately appertain S( > any department of State Government, 0| iay always be regarded as the concomi- m int of a patriotic zeal in the public officer, ir trust, therefore, that in my case, this ranch of our State Government, has been Dinmittcd to hands, neither negligent nor daxed. I am sure I should disappoint c< '-1 ~ ' ? 1 nv?A(>ltninii<i. if! d our reasonauie unuju^i . nnccd any feebleness of grasp, or of tl urpose, in retaining or exercising theau- h lority which you have entrusted to me, A ) the full extent of its constitutional vig- a r, and efficiency. tl Nor shall any officious interference of p ixecutivc clemency or discretion on my It irf, interrupt a wise and efficient ad- tj linistration of justice. If there be anv cfects in our syst mi of jurisprudence?if ^ lore he errors in the law, or in the mode . f administering them?let the conse- 1 nonce divolvc 011 those departments hich are justly responsihlc. My duly lall be, Jo avoid an indiscreet inlerposion of the authority with which you have h nested me, violative either of tlie intcn- a on of the Legislature, the rights of the tl omniunity, or the province of the judici- s< ry. h In the capacity assigned me, as Com- c lander-in chief of the Military faces of a ic State. I am far from being insensible 3 the high trust confided, the important iterest it is designed to protect, or to the allant and spirited material of which it is omposed. No people can he highly and ^ hivalrously patriotic, without a proper ]fusion of military ardour; and when Ci ie heart of the citizen ceases with the u tma'desire to defend the liberties of his n ou .trv. as a t.iated his ancestors to a- tl hievelhem, lie is no longer watchful or vig- c ant of his rights, and becomes a listless a rid indifferent spectator of tyranny and tl ppression. As the influence of music and q ie fine arts, was said to have reclaimed 5 >mo of the nations of anliquidity, from a ^ ipsed conditionofignorance and barbar- ^ ;m. perhaps in our limes, the cultivation nd improvement ofa martial pride and 0 liliiary ardour, may be regarded as equal- ~ j wise an 1 efficacious, ta prevent a negligent and slothful patriotism. If war 0 ere to be totally exterminated from the v racticc of rations?if the discords and I a iflvronccs of (iovernmcnts were to be ! i,( ircvrr adjusted or excluded by the arts a f negotiation?and if the effect of this per- ji etna} state of peace was to enervate and tl npair that lofty patriotism and elevated a ?elingcan only appertain to a martial v coplc?it would be doubtful how far its a resequences would operate injuriously, ^ r beneficently, on our destinies. But o hen combined with these considerations fexpedirnri/t are added the strong reasons f necessity, incident to a situation ofdancr to our State institutions?of rivalry nd of ambition from our sister Stales? Sl nd of aggresion and encroachment from w ic federal Government?the inducelents on our part, to a well organized rr liiilia, are irresistable and conclusive. w With these views, I need not reiterate ft le zeal and satisfaction with which I o; mil engage in the performance of this ranch of my duties. It is neither just or true, to suppose that militia, formida- ai as it ha* proven in all our experience e: F war, and irregular and subordinate only i periods of profound peace, cannot be rought to that state of duty, discipline, u nd improvement which it owes, by alle- ? iance and by interest, to the Slate, a'nd ^ > itself. Enumerating in its ranks, some t< f the most intelligent and efficient offi- b Drs, that ever directed the valour of any v ody of men, it is a sufficient rccoinmendtion of the system, and inducement eough to preserve, it, that it lias been proactive of such signal examples of military jience and accomplishments. The comirative perfection to which it has attain- ( 1, under the auspices of my predecessors. v istificsme in entertaining the hope, that s le most unremitting zeal and cfibrts on iv part, and of the energetic officers by horn I am destined to bo supported, will ot be unavailing, in rendering that imrovement, all that the pride, and all that ie exigences of the State may require. . And now. fellow cirizens if there be * light of duty or of obligation in the official haracter which 1 am about to assume, s ith a sense of which I am most deeply 1 *i i 1 J x I nd solemnly impressed, u is 10 cultivate lat restored peace, harmony, and confi- c ence, which has so successfully, and I t ust, so permanently obtained among the c itizens of this State. Those who would ? eaken the strength an energy of the t tatc, by distracting her councils with s nisei ess and unprofitable party bickerings nd proscriptions, are her worst and deadest foes. None but the guilty, can sttssct the motives of the innocent?none ut the craven in danger, or the dastard i (i i war, can perpetrate hostilities in peace -none but the conscicnce-stricken crim- 11 I, can meditate the wish to institute a ^ ald-blooded system of crue'tv, revenge, * nd proscription. Who is there among r s that would not defend the rights of the c tate, against encroachment or aggrcs- r on? Who is there that meditates the a estruction of this blood-cemented?no, v ot one ! Conscious of the purity of our ( wn purposes, let us suspect the motives of s o man. Confident in the rectitude of t ji own course, let us enquire not what len were, hut what they now are. Biased are the peace makers?blessed on j irth, and blessed in Heaven?but thrice J lesscd, and thrice honored he those, who 2 ring ?// their prejudices, and all their er- * 5rs, and all their wrongs, real or imnginay, to sacrifice them on this consecrated Iter of their country's weal and happiness, j And now, sir, with an allegiance, true, t lithful, heartfelt, and ineffaceable, I am f jady in the solem form prescribed by the ^ lonstitution, to dedicate my services to t le State. After taking the Oath of Oifi -e, which was ilministercd by the Speaker. Gov. Ricjiakd- ( -f l.*l i Hi, accompanied by tno Menioers oi uom 1 louses, proceeded to the Senate Chamber, i here the Commission ot the Sia'e was pre- ( mted to him?and thence to the front portico fthe Capitol, where he was formally prnclailed as Governor and Commander in-Ciiief, ? i and over the State of South Carolina. 1 From Mexico. J The New Orleans Bulletin of Nov. 30 ? ontains a letter from a correspondent ( ated, Malumorus Oct. 31, which states tat officers of the Federal army which ' ad been defeated in March, viz. Canalcs, loiano, and Cardenas came on to Tex- j s, and after ineffectual attemps to enlist j ne Government of that country in an ex- ' edition against Mexico, prevailed upon lore than 100 Texians to accompany, hem promising land,money &c. as a com- , ensation. After reaching the hanks of the , Lio Grand, they learned that the revolu- , Ion in the capitol had proved a fiilur. ;and nowingthat if they returned to Texas . ley could not fulfil the engagements lerc contracted, they pushed on to Viciria, and there agreed with the Mexican i utlioritics to betray into their hands all le Texans, upon the condition that them- ? lives and their Mexican followers should ; * pardone;!. The result as commimi- j ared to the editor of the Bulletin by ( Mr. I)wyer, a traveller from M:\ico is irnished l>y tiie Bulletin as follows: , Mr. Dwycr learned, and has no doubt ^ f the correctness of the information, that j hen tlie Texians became convinced of ^ ic intentions and treachery of the Mexi- ( r?n<a. ?! pv retired bv tllOIllSC lveS <0 a ailed enclosure in the vicinity, deter- t lined to face the worst. At this time . le citizens of the place, considering the ontcst at an end, opened their houses nd shops and gave the soldiers whatever ] icy wished to cat or drink. The conse- ? uence was, that the bulk of them got l eastly drunk; and in this situation they } -ere ordered by their commanders to atlck the outlaws, (as the Texians were jrmed.) The battle commenced about j P. M. and lasted near 0 hours. The j 'cxiang were well protected from the tire f the assaillants?and were moreover rcll armed and abundantly supplied with ( mmunition. The result was that tlie jnorant and intoxicated cowards who j ssailed them, incapable of inflicting inlry, were slaughtered on all hands. At J lis juncture, the beseiged sallied forth nd captured three peices of artillery, hich thev turned upon the the enemy, i nd mowed them down like grass. More f lan FOUR HUNDRED of the trencher- t lis foes were'eft lifeless on the ground ^ n that night, by this small branch of the t .nglo Saxon race. t The-Texians, having cleared the field, f jpplied themselves with apparel (of hich they were mnch in want) and other xuls of victory, and commenced their r larch homeward, and pursued their way c ithout molestation?having lost only ) air companions killed in the fight, and * ne who died from disease. r ? ? Many of the light houses in England, v re owned by private corporations, who r vact a tax on all vessels that pass them, j? Terncsbe Silk Society.?Tlii# Society it'Jd its annual meeting last month. when a rge and splelndid exhibition of.raw and inan" factured silk was had, being *the fruits of Aicrican Industry. A reel, and five yards of ilk cioth, wove on the common loom, attrac?d much attention, and were prononnced to e superior articles. A number of premiums rere awarded, most ofwbieh were taken. CHERAW GAZETTE. WEDNESDAY, DECE\I HER 16.*' Col. John P. Richardson was elected Tovernor of this Slate, on the !)th. The ote stood Richardson 103, Hammond 47; cattering 13. Win. K.^CIowney was elected L:cutcnnt Governor. The Rev. J. H. Thorn well has been Icctcd by the trustees of the S. C. Col*ge, Professor of Sacred Literature and 'liaplain, in plape of Rev. Dr. Elliot, reigned. We have a letter from our Columbia . . . j orrespondent wincn was nor reccivcu m ime for this week. The Legislature is xpected to adjourn on Friday night or Saturday morning. An attempt to raise lie State taxes failed, as did the bill to uppress duelling. TIIE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. Owing to a severe snow storm, in the icighborhood of Washington and north >f it, which caused a detention of many iiembcrs of Congress on their way to the Capitol, there was not a quorum of the louse of Representatives till Tuesday, tor of the Senate till Wednesday. Of ourse the message of the President was lot delivered till Thursday. It would till have reached us in time for this veck's paper had there been no deention of the mail. Hat owing, wc upposc, to obstructions f oin the snow, he Washington papers due on Sunday light did not come to hand till Mondav light, and as our paper is printed on Tuesday this was too late to set up so long in article in time. We will insert it next veck. In the mean time, we give a brief ibstract of its contents. The message, after an expression of gratitude to an overruling Providence for he continued blessings of health, peace md plenty, reviews our foreign relations vhich are entirely pacific. In regard to lie pending negotiation with Great Hritliti on the boundary question, the Presilent looks " with entire confidence to a irompt and satisfactory termination" of t. The next subject noticed is the conlition of the finances. "The present lound condilifion of them" says the Pre;ident " and the success with which emmrrassmcnts in regard to them, at times ipparcntly insurmountable have been arn mnttnrn of rnn<'ratllkltl0n. J 1 IV-UIUV Ut t V?V . W _ O Die message then enters upon a defence >f the policy of his administration on this subject. It alludes to the embarrassment mused to the Government by the bank suspensions of 1837 which are ascribed o excessive banking; but no cause of his excessive banking itself is named.? rite decrease of revenue by reductions mder the act of 1833, and the expenses )f the Indian department, are rcfcrcd to ind the resolution and firmness with vhich the government exacted and paid specie are commended. A national debt s deprecated; one objection to which -is lie tendency of it to concentrate public securities in (he coders of foreigners; vhich the Prestdent thinks furnishes these oreigncrs a pretext for scrutinizing and noddling in ourdomcstic affairs.?A large surplus revenue is depricatcd. The estimates of appropriations it is said have )een annually reduced since the President :ame into power; and causes arc in opc ation to justify a further reduction?such is death of military pensioners, a prosperive removal of Indians, completion of pub. ic building-, &c. The available balance to be] in the Treasury, January 1st, istimated at $1,500,300. The sub-trcnairy scheme with its specie provision is icxt commended, from the experience of i few months. A national bank is defecated, and a confinement of public cxjenditures to objects plainly within the ncaning of the constitution advocated. Plie sub-treasury is again refcred to and ccommended, which the President thinks viil produce many of the advantages expected but never realized from a bank. \n extended catalogue is given oi wnai lie Government has done without a .rank as proof that it gets along very veil. The derangement of the currency d * s not included in the catalogue. The ex?rcise of doubtful powers by the government is condemned in strongand decided anguage. The message concludes with o o o i summary view of the different Departnents; the War, Navy, Port Office, &c. Ix Congfess little has yet been done. 3n the first day, of the session with a juorum, Mr. Adams moved a resolution o repeal the standing rule of the house vhich excludes abolition petitions. On he next day, the resolution was laid on he table, (there probably to sleep) ayes >3, r.ays 08. The Senate of Georgia have passed esolutions denying to Congress the pow;r chartering a U. S. Bank. A protest vas signed by 38 of the members, afiirmng a National Bank to he a necessary ind proper means to be used by the Covncnt in collecting and disbursing the re-enuc, whilst it would at the same time egulate the currency and equalize the 'xchanges. The Legislature of Georgia have elected John M. Berrix U. S. Senator, in ^ place of Gov. Lumpkin, 153 to 117. Another Defaulting Sub-Treasurer. The lete Post Master of New Orleans ha9 pushed off for Texas, a defaulter to the Treasury. Tiie committee on Elections in the State Senate, having made a report recommending that testimony be taken in Charleston by commission, on the petition % to vacate the seat of Ker Boyce, for alleged corruption in the elections, and the, Senate having concurred in the report, Mr. Boyce resigned his seat, and refered( the question again to the people. Accident. Whilst Gen. Waddy Thompson was walking between the rails before tbecarson the Petersburg Railroad, on his way to Washington, he was knocked down by the front car, and the whole train passed over him; hut falling between the rails he was not seriously injured. The'passengers had got out to walk whilst' the train had stopped on account of oh- * struction from sleet or snow on the tracksThe former Whig candidates were elected in Richland without opposition au 1 took their seals. Tiie Legislature of Virginia seem3 likely to postpone the election of U. S. SenaLT-t ?Ml I it. - il_;_ J lor again, wnicu win ue me mira iime.? At the two last Sessions the Legislature was divided into three parties, Democrats, Whigs, and Ccnservath e , neither of them ^ a majority, and they could make no election. Now the Whigs have a majority in the House but the Senate being equally divided has tied on the question of going into the election. If none of the Demo. crats should not get sick or die, the State will according to present appearances, be another year without its full representation at Wasington. The Log Cabin.?A series of the Log Cabin Advocate, has been commenced with the above tide. It is published weekly in New York city, at 81,50 per annum for a single copy; 84 for five copies, and 810 for ten copies. Editors Correspondence. House of Representatives. Columbia Dec. 3d. 1840. The events of this dav, have not been J 7 marked by any thing, of sufficient interest to make either of them, the subject of particular notice. An act to open fish sluices in the various rivers of the state, may, perhaps, promise us as much benefit as any other. This provision, I 11 ? i. 1. b.Jt. fit** Vo v\Irnn OAH. Will IIIDSI uui iinw me v v^>i. trivances, at tlic mouth of Pee Dec, which have for a few years past, been the subject of so nuiclr complaint. This is a matter, in which wc are all deeply interested, and should this bill, which has received a second reading, be approved by the Senate, there is no doubt, it will remove al! the obstructions, of which we have heretofore complained. The greati erpart of the day, was consumed in read- ^ ing reports from committees, and referring bills &c. Dec. 4 ih. We have been engaged to day in dL?cussing a proposod amendment to the constitution, which contemplated an entire prohibition, of acts of incorporation?for, in effect it provided, that each individual ofthc company, should he jointly and severally liable, for the debts of the corporation. The hill had been referred to the judiciary committee, which reported upon it unfavorably. The friends of the amendment, claimed for it, that it should be ma le the special order of the day, 1 011 Tuesday next. This was resisted, on the ground, that discussion at this scss-on was unnecessary, as the amendment ' * ' 1 ?-J iky. y.y.ny.1.' could not dc incorporated imu mc tuuoii* tution, until another election should be held, and the sense of the people taken 1 npon the subject. By others it wasconi tended, that the principles embraced in the amendment were of the utmost im porlance, and were worthy of a discus, sion now, though it might occupy the j whole of this session, and the next.? I .Much was said, about the impolicy, of ' granting to a company, privileges which | were rcfu ed to individuals, and whilst I the latter are compelled to meet their liai bilities to the utmost farthing, that the former, arc privileged to Contract any J debt to any amount, without being rcspon| siblc except to a limited extent. Ascon' nected with this subject, we heard much. ' said about banks, their effects upon the community, and different opinions expressed, as to whether they were benefit; or curses. It was contended, that if the amendment was adopted, the effect of it would be to destroy all banks within the State, and this would impose upon us, the ^ necessity of using the bills of other States * thus giving to banking institutions not our own, those profits and advantages, which we would deny to ourselves. That it was altogether out of the question, to think of driving out all paper currency from the state, unless the other Statesof the Union, would combine in their action upon this subject?and, that as it was improbably they would unite in carrying out tiic project, it was useless for South Carolina to step foremost in an exterprize, j where the disadvantages were certain,