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thrt it would rest h to support the sami man in sink -.ws, as well as health, it goo1 nr hiseasons, to nurture him whet young :o support him .when old. and a all tun's to furnish him with good food comfortable raiment, and safe mediea assistance, and to Ho likewise for the fee hie and Hccrepid of his family. It is tin doubtedly the t une, so far as the ngrieul turi?f, on!v, is concerned But what i; done hy him for Ins negro slaves, mn he done to some extent by the conununi ty at large, for the equally helpless fr*t laborer. Poor laws and alms giving ahif frem 'he agricultural to the other classes the harden of keeping him alive, nn< supporting his lamilv. when his service are not needed, or he is unable to rende them, and it isor.lv inasmuch as he i: worse lodged, clothed, and fed, than th< negro slave, or is cut off by starvation o disease, before he has ceased to he nbl< to work, that the cost of his labor, is ii reality less than that of the slave, (fo ih community at large.) Let the phiinn thropists of other countries, enjoy the ad vantages of such economy as this, an< thank God that they are not as othe m?n are, we are content to follow the ex ample of the ancient patriarchs?to up hold the institutions regulated bv th< inspired lawgiver of the Old, and neithe almlished or condemned, by the immacu late Author of the New Testament; wel pleased to pay a higher price for ou la bor, if it goes to prolong the life, or in Crease the comforts of that invaluahh class, which has existed, and is destinec f A ovist in all i ? . J Mr vV ail ll 11109 mill l/1?Ulllllf^ WII*IM lot it in, literally 44 to earn their bread by the sweat of their brow." Your committee cannot conclude these desultory and incomplete remarks, with out adding, that with every care and at tention, in the cultivation of cotton, aftei the adoption of every improvement, ant Using the utmost economy in every ar rangement, there is no planter in our sec tion, if there be any in the S'ate, whf can make the legal interest c? 7 per cent per annum., on his investments, bv plant irigcottton. at present prices. There art very few of them, on our best lands, whr can realize this much, at 10 cents per lb nett, and not many who can doit at cents. If prices do not improve, most ol us will be compelled to abandon cotton. If they fall lower, it will be difficult to say who ran plant, in this section, at least, A very few years more, will decide out fate. It will he tiie part of wisdom to gr on, and endeavor to perfect the art ol planting, that we may he able, if it i? possible, to compete with richer soils, ant more congenial climes; but it would br fnllv, if we did not, at the same time look an und us,* to see what our country is capable of yielding, and encouragr liberally, every effort, to develope our re sources, diversify our productions, and introduce new sIodIcs. I J. H. Hammond, Chairman. fm'l- -i state legislature. in sknatr. Tuesday, Nov. 23d. Mr. Boyce from Charleston, was sworn and took his scat. The election of Mr. B. was contested at the last session for alleged bribery and other corruption He thereupon resign ed, was again a candidate, and was elected. A t the tune of beif g sworn he made a speech in reply to the charges made purest him last winter. Mr. linger, of Charleston. offered .1 hill (which viii he found in another column) to ai a:i t the appointment of anv person to receive the State's share of the .. ? . c i.. ft: i- 1 p tc ec :s me puuuc m n.s Tb:: ."'< .! <*r p;?Tt o| two daVS WCfe eonst'ined !?v ,M? >sra. Quash. Mc Willie and Hu?kr in delivering speeches in favor of the bill and in most virulent abuse of Congress for attempting, as was alleged to brine the staffs bv offer ins to distribute money anions them. The only speaker against the bill was Mr. Vefdikb from one of the parishes. The hill parsed the Senate on the 80th Nov., thft- being only four votes against it. >1r Felrler submitted a Resolution, requiring the Committee on Internal Improveiuents to report the best plan of <iisposing of the Public Works of this State, *nd the Superintendence thereof, so that the State he discharged from all further A. C - I oxpense on account of inesame. JVor. 24. Mr. Aiken submitted a Res. olution requiring the committee on Edti. ration to report as to the expediency of the State's subscribing two thousand dollar# for Strum's History of South Carolina, for distribution among the Free Schools ; which was considered and ad<>p. ted. Mr. linger presented a Memorial of atindrv citizens of Charleston, praving for an extension of the time for the pavment of Instalments under the Fire Loan : Referred to the committee on Finance and Banks. JVor. 26th. Col. F J Moses. Senator elect from Claremont, appeared and took his seat. Pursuant to notice, Mr. Folder introduced a Bill to prohibit the Public Officers of this State from receiving in payment of Public Dues, the Bills of all such Rank* of this State, as have neglected ot refused to comply with the terms and pro. visions of an A-t passed in December, I94U, en'iuefl "An act to provide against the suspension of specie Payments bv the Banks of th.s State which was reed thf first time, and referred to the committee <->n Finance and Banks, and ordered to he printed. JY00. 27th. Mr. Rnett, from tin com mittee on Internal Improvements and Ag nculture, submitted a Report on so mucl of the Governor's Message No. 1, as re lates to an Agricultural and Geologirn Survev of this State, recommending thf adoption of resolutions authorizing tht Governor to appoint a proper person tc make such surveys: Ordered fur conside 5 ration on Monday next, and to be printed, a 1 Pursuant to notice, Mr. Hagood intro- ti i duced a bill to alter the Constitution, so rr t as to divide Pendleton into two election u , Districts; which was read the first time, d< . referred to the committee on the Judicia. ry, and ordered to be printed. o! Mr. Gregg presented the Petition of . the State Agricultural Society, proving o s for legislative encouragement: Referred tl t to ihe committee on Internal Improve- ft ments and Ag: (culture. n ?. Dec. Tiie Sena e then proceed ;d to g i the general orders of the day, and took up ti . lor consideration, the report of the Com- n I mitteeon Agriculture and Internal Im- a s prnvements on so much of (he Governor s a r Message No. 1, as relates to the Geologic. r? s ?l and Agricultural Survey of the Sffcte, o: ? recommending the appointment of a suit- tl r ble person to make such survey, with a S b salary of $3 000 and that the Governor tl i he specially charged with the selection of C ?. such person to execute the same. t< Mr. Verdior moved to postpone the . further consideration of the report to the fr I 1st day of January next, which question f( r the Yeas and Nays were demanded, or. dered, and taken as follows: Yeas 19, tl . Navs 20. So the further consideration p b of the report was not postponed. On the p r question of agreeing to the report the t< . Yeas and Navs wereagain demanded, or- tl I dered, and ;aken as follows: Yeas 19, w Navs 21. ISo the report was not agreed ti . to and consequently rejected. ti 3 Dec. 2.?A bill to alter and amend an I j act, entitled an act to authorize the Prcsi- it ? dent and Directors of the L. C. & C. R. r R. Company to increase the rates of B transportation on the Charleston and si ; Hamburg Road, and to grant certain lots p . in the town of Columbia, passed 19ih z< . Dec. 1838, was laid on the table. Ad- h r journed. pi I Messsage No. 2 was received from ai His Excellency the Governor, transmit- ? - ting a report in relation to the banks jv i which had lefiised to accept of the net to ai . provide against the suspension of specie tl - payments by the hanks of this State d:c., ? ? house op representatives. a! ) Nov. 23rZ.?VI r. Blakenev presented ft the Petition of the Cheraw Bridgr Com- ci \ j pany, for a new Charter Referred to the h< f J Committee on Roads. v< Nov. 24/A. Mr. Dudly gave notice ri r j that to-morrow, he will ask leave to in. i r>:11_ _i. i .: _rL_ u:__ o , ; imuuce a r?jo ??? auer lime 01 running i i? r j Courts in the Northern Circuit. fc >{ Mr. Magrath, pursuant to notice, in. te fl troduced a Bill to repeal so much of th ; cj i| Act passed in 1831, entitled An Act con. a\ I cerning the Bank of the State of South e/ Carolina, as makes provision, for taking e< , of Oaths of secrecy, bv the Presi- si dent, Directors and officers, of the said di ! Bank, and its Branches: And Mr. Sims, in pursuant to.notice, introduced a Bill to tl I exempt real estate from levy and sale, and for other purposes : All read the first re time, and ordered for a second reading 111 to-morrow. in Mr. Mcmminger presented the Memo, ei morial of citizens of Charleston, for an o extension of the time of payment of debts S contracted under the Fire Loan Act: Re. ly (erred to the Coinmitte of Ways and nr Means: fl Mr. Hagood gave notice that he will, a to-morrow, ask leave to introduce a Bill ir to alter the Constitution, so as to divide Pendleton into two Election Districts. nr Mr. Dudley, of Marlborough olfered a fi resolution proposing to institute proceed- ti ings for the purpose of removing Judge pi Gantt from the Bench; nnd Mr. Rhett ti gave notice that he would move so to ir amend the resolution as to include all judges who render themselves incompe- t? tent hy intemperance. tS Pursuant to notice, the following Bills In were introduced, read a first time, and p< ordered for a second reading to-morrow: m By Mr. W.J Alston, to niter and amend i the 2nd Section of the 9th Article of the tl Constitution of this State: Bv Mr. H. tl Smith, to repeal "An Act to amend an ni Act concerning .Hawkers," passed in m 1835. 'By Mr. Bellinger to repeat " An Act to provide Weights and Measures in w each District," passed in 1840: And hy qi Mr. Riiett, to amend the Constitution, in re relation to grafting Charters of Incorpor- st] alion ; arid to prevent the citizens of New L r York from carrying Slaves out of this Stale; and to prevent the escape of per- tit sons charged with the Commission of any In Crime. er Pursuant to notice given, the following e<: hills were introduced, read the first time, and ordered for a second reading on w Monday next: By Mr. Cothran, a hill to m alter and amend the 1st Section of the te 3d Article of the constitution : By Mr. pc Brown, a hill to alter and amend the law ro in relation to Bail: Atid by Mr. Chiles, th a hill to amend the constitution so as to suppress duelling. ti< Mr. Diidb v <>n leave granted, with, th Arc* 11/ ttlO P CiOnllltlAr* t n rolotinn Tn/I.rn PI I UH/'? ! *> HVOUUUIUil lii IVIUIUJII IW <J lUi^t 1 ' Gantt. hi jVoj*. 26^. Pursuant to notice, the to following bills were introduced, rend the cr i first time, and ordered for a second rend- ' B | ing to-morrow: By Mr. Porter, n bill to j la i alter and amend the law in relation to the 1 ta : duties of garnishees : By Mr. Middh'ton. ! th a hill to provide for the publication of the \ fn acts of Assembly in tin? public NVwspa- | B , | pers: By .Mr. Ferguson, a hill to legalize ar , I the acts of certain officers heretofore a p. ! c< 11 nointod : Bv Mr. Kunhnrdt. a hill tnjrive ! to j interest on open aemunteand u ?liquid ?'e,! ! st J demands; and a l>ill to alt?r the law in j > criminal rases : By Mr. Bellinger, ? bill * > to suspend the election of members of ( C Congress fiom this S.nte : Bv Mr. Sy- | ar . i rnour, a bill to alter the law in civil cases, j . 1 and for other purposes: By Mr. Jaini-son, | d? i; a hill to repeal the 1st, 21, and 3d Sections th . j of " An,act to alter and amend the Mili ' P I tia laws of this State, and for other pur- 1 ai ? poses;" By Mr. Myers, a bill to reduce all ni ? acts and clauses of acts in relation to the I ol > powers and duties of the Commissioners J ei . of roads, into onu act, and to make sundry I mendmcntsi And by Mr. Black, a bill i prevent the emancipation of slaves by leans of Wills, Deed*, or other Settle, icnts, intended to take effect after the eo .h of the owners. [. The House agreed, to a report in favor f a new jail for Georgetown District. Bills to alter and amend the 2d Section f the 9;h Article of the Constitution of lis State ; to repeal an Act concerning lawkers and Pedlars, passed in 1835, nd to al:er the Cons' button in relation ranting Charter* of IncorporAtiin, were ik jn up for a second reading and refer. ?d to the Committee of Ways and Means Bill to repeal an Act lo provide ^Weights nd Measures in each District, was refers ;d to the Committee on District,. ffi;es and officers; And a Bill to prevent ie citizens of New York- from carvin?r laves out of this State, and to prevent | le escape of persons charged with the j lommission of any crhne, was referred; ) ihe Judiciary Committee. Nov. 27'th?Mr. Carrol, submitted the dlowing Resolutions, which were ordered >r consideration to-morrow. Resolved, That when th? States en. U9ted the Federal Government with the owers of declaring war And making ecce, of regulating commerce, and injrnational intercourse, they did sio under ie solemn assurance, that these powers miild be exercised, not only in vindica. ng the Federal honor, but for the protec01 of each and every State in this frion from foreign aggression, direct or lciirect, open or disguised. Resolved, That the conduct of Great Intain, in detaining and searching our lips on fhe high seas, during a time of [ ace?her refusal to indemnify our citi. ens for th"ir slave property, oast nway y perils of the sea on her West India rovinces, and there emancipated? her rrogant interference in the Ami-stud case i - ier approval of the conduct of '/ier sub. 1 clwho violated our neutrality, hv an . rrn??d invasion of the territory of one of ie sovereign State* of this confederacy ! -ind her tardiness to come to n peace- ' adjustment of the North Eastern ' mindarv. manifestly show <>n h? r part J ther a reckless disregard for the Federal ! ! aior, or a deliberate intention to pro. j >ke, by a series of aggressions, the dis . iption of our friendly relations. Resolved, That the practice of Great ; ritsin, detaining and searching our ships j >r slaves, on the high seas, and her dc. irmination to emancipate th^m when ist away within her territories, without charily, or ? special convention to thai fret, if not at once rebuked and arrest. 1. will grrm to a precedent, by which le and other nations may hereafter, tin. nr the samo false nretences, attempt to iterrupt the. commerce in slaves between us and other S ates in this confederacy. Resolved) That our Senators and Repisentatives in Congress, he requested to rge, through the Federal Executive, an nrnediate demand on tho.British Gov* nment, for indemnification or restitution f the property of citizens of the United tates, wrongfully destroyed or detained y her authority, and a prompt adjustlent with her of all the differences that ireaten the peace of the two countries, nd the rights of the slave-holding States i particular. fllov. 29lh, Mr Koper, from the tornlittee on Agriculture, onso much of ih?? overnor's Message as relates toAgricul. ire, made a report, with Resolutions, roviding for an agricultural survey of ic State: Ordered for consideration to. mrrovv, and to he printed. Mr. Sims, from the judiciary Commit, e made a minority Report in favor of ie passage of a Rill 1o exempt Real Es. ite from lew and sale, and for other irposes: Ordered for considetation tomrrow, and to he printed. On motion Mr. Tradewell, the use of ie Representatives flail wa9 granted to ie State Temperance Sority, for its Anivcrsary Meeting, on Thursday evening avf l/.l I Mr. Singleton submitted a Resolution, hich was considered and agreed to, reliring the Committe on Education to port as to the propriety of th > State's j ibscribing to the second edition of nek wood's Geography. Mr. R. C. Griffin submitted a Resoln >n, requiring the Committee on Internal nprovements to report as to the expediicy of selling the Public Works: OrderI for consideration to-morrow. Mr. Middleton submitted a Resolution, hich was ordered for consideration tool row, requiring the Committee on Inrnal Improvements to report on the exidiency of constructing two Turnpike ads, nm* from York to Columbia, and c other from Greenville to Columbia. Rills were introduced, pursuant to no :e, rend the first time, and ordered for e second rending to-morrow: Bv Mr. riillips, to convert the Arsenal at Columa into a Military School: Bv Mr Rhe.'t. irnvnnl (ho iiitorrmrpvin(T nf ivkilo nml ' /lV>f 1 III ?||W >>111 ? hij; ?n ?w Hill' n if'i dored people. and for other purposes : v Mr. Singleton, to amend the road vvs in rertain particulars. and a Rid to . v certain free persons of color, cal'im* I icnvs Ives Gvpsies, or Egyptians nr' ; r o'her nurpn^e.s therein men'ionc1: i v Mr. FoMer. to allow mileage to Grand id Relit jurors in addition to .'he present | unpen sat ion : And l?v Mr. .Tiu 1 Sm:!li. i incorporate the fVikeshmv Fenial'* In- i it ife of A ti'ievdle. Xtr 3()7i ? Mr Adams suhmi'fe 1 R >. ! dtifio'is of eo'^d-dcn'M* on the d- a!h of enoral Harrison, whi-h were ng-eed to, id sent to the Senate f??r coneiirrence. Pnrsaianf to notiee. Bills were intro.lu | iced, read the first time, and ordered f"r . ie seeond reading to-morrow ; Rv Mr. ' hillins, to give the elect inn of Governor id Lieutenant Governor to (he tieople ; a I hv Mr. Speers, further tn regulate the ffiee of the Comptroller and theTre snrr-S. Resolutions of enquiry, at to the ejpe- [ diencv of selling the Public Works; and i ns to the expediency of constructing ! Turnpike Roads, from Yorkvillo dtc. to Columbia, were f greed to. A Bill to exempt Real Estate from levy and sale, and for other pur pases, accompanied by the Report of the minority of the Judicary Committee on the said Bill, win taken up for a second rending: Mr. Myers moved that it be postponed inrlefi. I nitely : aod the yeas andynays being de! mantled, they were ordered and taken, as follows.?Yeas 42 ; Nays 66. So the motion for postponement was lost; aod a question on postponing it till Friday next, was decided in the affir- 1 mative j Columbia, Dec. 1. The monotony of ordinary business loutinc was agreeably interrupted yesterday, (Tuesday) by a discussion on Col. Hunt's brll to extend the Jail Bounds to i the limits of the Judicial District. This i bill is in essence the same with the one | introduced by Mr. Porter' last session but which did not pass. Col. Hunt made a ( few remarks on the policy and propriety ! of the proposed change. Mr. Rhett sus. I tained Col. Hunt's views. Mr. Dudley, s from 3farlboro\ in a speech of some length, opposed the bill. He conceived that a creditor had rights as well as a f debtor, and that frequently the only mean9 1 to compel pnyment was nmnrceration. i Mr. W D Porter mnde his maiden ( speech in reply to Mr. Dudley, and advo. cated the policy, the justice, humanity | and expediency of the hill. Mr. B F I Perry, of Greenville, followed on the op. i positeside and repeated the arguments of Mr. Dudley with an interspersion of anec. dotes more or less to the pomt, and a ' degree of ridiculf as to the eminent hardship of a few days imprisonment. In reply to his remarks and in vindication of f his hill, Col. Hunt took the floor and oc. ( copied the Hoimc for some time with a | speech of great ibiility and force. The I question was called for immediately upon j r tile conclusion of Col Hunt's remarks, and carried in the affirmative, do the s bill was ordered to the Senate for concur. t rcnce. Dec. 1. Mr. Roper, from the commit- I tec on Agriculture, made a report on the petition of (he State Agricultural Socie- ! ty. / h Mr. Dudley gave notice, that to-morrow t ho will n*k leave to introduce a hid to change the time of holding Courts in tne third Equity Circuit, and to make altera- t tions in the sameA Bill relative to an Act of Congress, ( passed on the 4 h day of September, eighteen hundred and forty-one. entitled . li i _ 4 .1 I. /I, a/* Art AU f? iwc inn vj the Sales of the Public Lands, and! to grant Pre-emption rights." W/tcrpa.f, in the aforesaid Act, Con- 1 gross have undertaken, after providing 1 for certain claims and expenses, to divide the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the twenty-six States of the t Union, and the District of Columbia, and j the Territories of Wisonsin, Iowa, and Florida, according to their respective federal representative population, as nscer- j tainod by the last census, to he applied by the Legislature of the said States, to such 1 purposes as the said Legislatures may ' direct. I And, wherein, there is no warrant for , this proceeding ho the Constitution of the U, States, and from the history of the Government could not have been one of the j purposes for which it was formed: And . wheras, if the Federal GovernmMtf has the right to subsidise all theS'atm. it has , the right to subsidise one or more; and if , the States can he induced to take subsi- 4 dies from the Federal Government, they may be taught to take them from other I Governments. And, whereas, the Federal Government j cannot justify this proceeding, from the j * excess in their Treasury, as they cotein- j ' poraneously increased the taxes, and pas- s sed an Act for borrowing twelve millions I of dollars: And whereas, it is best to confine the Federal Government within the limits prescribed in the Constitution, and 1 to leave the States to manage their own t affairs in their own way. y Be, inhere fore enacted, Bv the Senate 4J V # * t and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by ^ the authority of the same, That no person shall be appointed to receive any part of the said subsidy, for this Stato. : I Tribute to President Barnwell.? Extract from the proceedings of the Board of Trustees of South Carolina College, ( 24th Nov.. 1841: < The Honorable A. P. Butler submitted . the following Resolutions : Resolved, That the loss of Mr. Barn- a well's services produces in this Board deep ret;ret. and great anxiety. Resolved. That his conduct as Prosi. J dent of the College, has been eminently h successful, and conducive to the prosperi. a ly of the institution, and has been appro, j ved hy an enlightened public opinion. Resolved. That the repu'ation of such a ri mail, is k just source < f n*u!?* ' . 'h oo<- ; a pie of S??uti; ('?roitr. ?. i.;<i it s ir; a rnuWtiii.>tciM * * i' !r<*r!s in# j College, is < aici?i;<?od to exeri a w-efn influence over i's ?Ics:im. On morion (.} the ifoi-nriihlc .Judjjr j i Cvjps, it was (Jrdered Tiiat the R? s- In- t|> icns be unanimous')/ u.Ioy.'t I. ;,, On ni'iti.m of Mi. M Cord. Ordered, i That tin R solutions be published, and a j copy thrr- (?r furnished so Mr. Barnwell, |n by the Puiiden'of the Board. ( n The New Jersey State Prison has cl i- j u ring the p^t year been made to realize j a profit of$4000 and thai too with but c lftl convicts; a ~ l> ADVEKTISINO. ^ Herri's a good idea on the subject of advertising: "If a dealer has an article a of which he wishes to iwke a quick return 1 and consequently is willing to sell at a small profit, he is sure to advertise it; but if he means to make a large profit out of his customers, he is generally sly about it. Men and women who have their eye-teeth cut, wiil never deal at a store where they do not advertise." Remember that when you come to town, reader. i I I iSi -j CflERAW GAZETTE. WEDNESDAY, December 8,1841. The Committe on agriculture reported to the Senate on the 1st, inst, againist a geological survey of the State; But in favor of an Agricultural survey.. Mr. Verdicr, a foreigner from one of the little Parishes among the low country swamps, moved to postpone the report till January; which motion failed by a majority of only one; the vote standing 19 to 20. The question was then taken on agreeing to :he report, and lost by a vote of 10 to 21. Sad the report been in favor a telescopic mrvey of the moon it would have been much more ant to mnpf with farn. frnm ? ? -(? " " I??VI fl VIII ;ither branch of the Legislature of South i Jarolinn; that in, if past history is any i ndex to the present character of that bo. 'y- . Alexander M. McIvkr, Esq. of this town, has been elected Solicitor of the Northern circuit, in place of Mr. Weth;rs, who declined a re-election. The Hon. I) L Wardlaw has been Iccted Judge of the courts of Law in dace of Judge (iantt resigned; and Mr* ^oleock of Prince William Parish has icon elected Speaker ??f the l!ou*e of Rep. : vscntatives in place"of Mr. Wardlaw. Col. F J Moses has been elected State icnator from Olaremont county- in Sum- | cr district, in place of the Hon. James i Snglish, deceased. It is rumored that the Hon. S H Butler s about to resign bin seat in Congress and I cniove to the Sooth West* I Tlie proceedings of the State Agricultural Society, we ahall copy next week. ( The Military Committee of the House ?f Representatives have reported on the >nrl of the Governor's Message refered o litem, and earnestly recommend the estonilion of Brigade Encampments, and he passage of a bill reported by a Comnission to the Legislature, in 1839, mod lying the militia laws. The mmnr that Senator Clay, of Xen- 1 uckv, was about to resign turns out to ^ lave been untruo. , Mrs. Rives, the lady ol the Hon. Wm. ' dtvEg. of Virginia, has published a book, inder the title of Souviners 'of a Ren | irnr.e in Europe : by a Lady of Virginia. ( [t is well spoken of by those who have I ead it. Wm. Laval has been elected by the : egislature Comptroller General, and B. ft. Carroll Treasurer of the Lower Di. rision. i S'ovelty in thk agricultural link. We see advertised in Columbia, "bul i' -i ?? vu/v O LIH-LSC. I The train of cars from Philadelphia * o Baltimore was thrown off the track, f lear Wilmington, on the 1st inst. by 1 entitling which were laid across the road i >y sotne murderous villian. t ( As the fool dtktii.?A Doctor and i lawyer, of Johnsenburg Ky., hoih got- t ing into a love scrape with the same lady s igreed to settle the matter hy shootingai | iach other with rifles, at a distance of 12 t ?aces; which they did,and w ere both killed. t The Montgomery (Ala) Journal con radicts the report that the Hon. Dixon t I. Lewis is dead. , j j A correspondent ot the Charleston Courier states that Gen, J. H. Hammond, | ?ol VV. M. McWillik and the Hon. F. i Y. Pickens, are spoken of, in Columbia, j r s candidates for (he office of Governor. ( The hill introduced into the Senate by y udgc Huger,and parsed by that body, will v e found in another column. It is rather 8 curious specimen of legislation. Pro- r ibilorv enactments are designed com- 0 . 1 innlv to restrain or to act upon indiv.!, t U, F*tins in v (.--if.n! ' the b.i! become . f I:* iv) is ti? M^r.?.d lo restrain trie so/if* h eisfn Siivu- of Scuiii aroiin.i in.ru noting I p n a specified case. Suppose the said | " Mvereigu State should take it into her j v cad to act in 'he premises* not withstand- ; , ig iMo aforesaid prohibitory legislation, -hat is Hio ptMialty ? Would she render s ersoll' liable to line 7?or to imprison- s lent? Wiio is to try the case, and h ward and execute the punishment ? e The able lawyers and statesmen who n coupi'.d so much of the time of the Sen. / tc in discussing the merits of the bill, we resume explained all this, and honorable? (: enators. when they return home, will he tl hie to explain it to their constituents.? p 'he prominent 'delators and actors in the. ^ I matter were Union men. Do they utterly repudiate all degree* of state sovereign^ ty, and have they convinced the Senate, that a State, like a petty corporation or a private criminal, is subject to arrangement before judicial tribunals for infractions of statutory enactments ? Tko Cra mnr nf #K? Kill A ilw IKIIIIU. VI ?l*v Mill WVUW IV lltfQ I made the very notable discovery, that "if the Federal Government has the right to subsidise all the States, it has the right to subsidise one or more ?that ia, the whole includes the several parts. VVe cannot but feel somewhat aurpriiied at the very serious apprehension entertained by Honorable Senators that the "highminded chivalrous little State of South Carolina" is in market, ready to be subsidised by bribes from the "Federal Government" or any "other Governments?" Do Senators feel themselves, and believe their constituents to be tub* sidiseablel Or is their jealousy only for the purity of other States? Three Senators voted against the bill on its passage, viz: Messrs. Gnuse. Hagood and Verdier. Mr. Murdock, who was absent, afterwards asked and obtained leave to record his vote against it. Mississippi bonds.?Unusual interest is fell in the result of the late state election in Mississippi, because one of thw questions on which the election turned was, whether the state would pay or repudiate her own bonds. And the party opposed to paying them has sue. reeded hy a majority of several 4) thousand votes. This most disgraceful* und dishonest refusal of a single state,. by her popular vote, to pay her just debts iias very materially affected the credit of the state*, and will inflict a severeblow upon the character of the country , i broad. Many holders of other ttfalfr docks arc alarmed, and anxietto to soil, while dealers in stocks are afraid' of them. The consequence if a depreciav tjon in their value. To what extent State Stocks generally will ultimately ho affected Uv the occurrence is yet uncertain. State debts are mere debts-of honor. They cannot l>e rceoveredl by suit at law, like debts against individuals and corporations. If states choone to re ft we payment, there is no compulsory process hy which it can he enforced^ .Every state in the Union has hitherto scrupulously and honorably fulfilled .ts. pccuniary engagement. Mississippi is the first :o fail. Wnicli will l>e the first to.follow the base example, or whether any will I*-?ll/?ur entnntnu In Ka ennn IUIR/TT llf ICIMIIfll n U' IT. 9WII? Like most- swindlers, lite anti-lwndfiaycrs in Mississippi set up pretexts in justification of their dishonesty. They illrge frauds in the execution und sale of the bonds; which, they say, justify lusal to pay them. The facts, so far as wt have been able to collect them from the iiflferenr publications on the subject which have fallen under our notice, are ns follows. Tile Legislature of Mississippi passed in art in. 1837 incorporating the Union Bank of Mississippi. This net authorized1 bonds of the state to be issued to the ^ imount of ten millions of dollars, p-ivnhle T in current money of the United States, it.snch place as might be named in the indorsement on the bonds severally ? Hie honds wore fo be delivered to the Bank, and the Bank was empowered to <ell thcin at par, and at an interest not wceeding five per cent per annum, pay. ible half yearly. The money to l?e realZed from the honds was to he paid into he Bank, for the purpose, we suppose, of instituting its capital, though that fact s not mentioned in the statements before is. Nor is it materinl, inasmuch as it ik Mated tiiat according to tUc act of the Le. * islaUire the money was to be pawl into he Bank. The bonds weveduly executed md passed over to the Bank by the Go'A* ;rnor of the Slate, for the purpose of beng sold. The amount of $5,000,000 of he bonds was sold by the Bank, in Au. just 1838, to Nicholas Biddlk, then President of the U. S. Bank of Pennsylvania; the bonds and interest made payable at the agency of said Bank in London, n Sterling money of Great Britain, at the ate of four shillings and six pence to the lollnr; the purchase money payable in five qual instalments, the last in less than a rear after the date of sale. The money i as all paid into the Union Bank of Mi* issippi, according to contract, and as cquired by the law authorising the.sale f the bonds. The bonds are now held n Europe, and are guaranteed by the Jnion B.ink of Mississippi and the (J. S. Sink of Pa. But both those securities ave fa led, and the State, who is the rmcipal, refuses to pay; so that the oljers of the bonds are likely to lose the A rh'ole amount. * Since the late election in Mississippi, Jovernor McNuft of that S:ate, the leader f tho "anfi-bonu" party has published a taiement in the Richmond Knquirer, ettinc forth the grounds on which he and n ~ is party object to the State's paying ither the interest or princip;>l of the mncy which she borrowed. For the ransnction was really and literally nothng more or has than borrowing money. 1 The first reason assigned by the iovernor against paying the money is hat in the sale of the bonds they are nude ayable "in Sterling money of Great Ir.tain," and not "in current money of 1