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v-s. j * r' . * jjy Correspondence, of the Courier. Washington, March 5. > Tito House of Representatives is still engaged every day, and all day?not on the Apportionment Bill?not on the revenue and finances? not on the North? not on public defence?not on any system for maintaining the credit and character of the Government, or of relieving the public embarrassments?but on the paltry, . thread-bare and tattered subject of skinning a few clerks or pages or sweepers of the House. Sixty thousand dollars have been already spent in this debate, and the saving will not be a tvthe of that sum, even should the resolution be ever carried into effect with sincerity?which will never be. Mr. Holmes, of your city, made some cutting remarks on this cant of economy, yesterday; and he moved, in order to test the sincerity of members, to prohibit entirely the supply of stationary to members. The reformers were taken aback?they did . ot know what to do?it was amusing to witness their contortions. Finally, when the yeas and nays were demanded, they resolved, for consistency's sake, to swallow the pill, hoping that a majority would reject it. But the motion was adopted, 98 to 91. As 60on as it was found that it was adopted, there was great agitation among the retrenchment humbugs. They instantly took measures to rescind the vote, which they accomplished!! Nctcae of the reformers would pay for a ream of paper out of his own pocket, to save ike-Repnblic. But in regard to this small matter of stationary, the retrenchment resolution on the subject, though held up as a measure of reducing expenses, does, in fact, increase the expense of stationary, and this was announced to the House by Mr. Underwood; but thn House went for the humbug?not for the fact. So, in regard to the Post Office of tl.e House, which is entirely a convenience to the members ?for it saves them the expense of a box each, at the city Post Office?and the expense of two cents a letter for the penny post; but it costs the country eight thousand dollars. The ".notion to abolish it, was mooted m,u put down it took money out of members pockets. To day, again, in the course of the debate on the subject, it was proposed to reduce the pay and the mileage of members?but the proposition .was put down by acclamation. Nothing that touches the personal interests of the members can be restrained. After all, the great injury inflicted by this email game on the country consists in the shameful waste of time, and neglect of iinpor- i tant duties, which the House owes to the public. But what is the object of all this shameful abuse of public time, and of the trust reposed in Congress? It is to raise a little eclat for two or three members who are very weak in their i own districts, and wish to get back again to Congress. Ten to one they loose the game.? What must their constituents be, if such refor- | mere and reformation can conciliate them? i The Senate did not sit to-day. ; i WASHINGTON, March 8, 1824. 1 SENATE. | Memorials were presented by Mr. Tallmadge , from citizens of Philadelphia, in favor of the | passage of the Exchequer bill, by Buchanan < from W. B. McMurturie, who was appointed one , of the scientific corps of the Exploring Expedition, and afterwards dismissed. Mr. Bayard j thnt tn.morrow he would ask leave i . to firing in a bill to rapeal so much of the act of ] 1825 as prohibits naval officers being put on furlough without their consent Several Senators requested that military officers might be also influded. . Mr Berrien, from the Committee on the Judi- i ciary, reported a bill to provide further remedial ] justice in the Courts of the United States.? \ The bill exacts that neither of the Justices of j the Supreme Court, or a Judge of any District ( Court, shall have the power to grant tvits of ( habeas corpus in any case of prisoners in confine- ? merit or custody in virtue of any law of the t United States, or any one of them; and upon ( the return of the writ, the Justice or Judge shall c proceed to hear the cause, and if it shall appear r that the prisoner is entitled to his discharge it , bhall be granted forthwith; if not the prisoner ( .shall be remanded. From any decision of said ( Jus ice or Judge appeal may be taken to the Cir- ( cuit Court, and from that to the Supreme Court; a and until final judgment by rendered therein, v and after a final judgment of discharge, any pro- v ceedings against the prisoner in any State Court, v or by virtue of State authority s-'-,aU be deemed c null and void. " j The bill to authorize the Banks of the Dis- \ trict to deal in depreciated paper for one year, ( was then taken up, the question being on re- j committing the bill with instructions to inq.iire t whether the banks had not in two specified in- ? stances violated the law which they now propose t to have extended. Mr. Kerr addressed the fcTen- ] ate for about an hour and a half against the n.'O- t tion, and in favor of the immediate passage of J; the bill. He was followed in short, but most t effective speeches by Messrs. Wright, Buchan-1 j ah, Woodbury, Calhoun and Benton on the op- q posite side of the question. Mr. Bayard closed 0 the debate in reply, and the question being taken t on recommitment, it was decided in the negative e ?ayes 18, noes 25. A motion was then made g to postpone the bill until to-morrow, as it was s reported that the Baltimore banks would resume c to-day. This was also negatived by the same g vote, the majority all Whigs, the minority Dc- r _ mocrats. A motion was made by Mr. Bayard to L amend the bill, providing that the Banks should jnot pay out any thing but gold and silver, or ^ equivalent thereto after the Banks of Baltimore j and Richmond resumed payment. Mr. Walker c ? suggested a modification by using the disjunc- ^ tive "or" instead of the conjunctive "and."? t "This, after a good deal of wriggling was acced- r ed to, and the amendment was adopted. The ^ amendment was then ordered to be engrossed. A message was received from the President of the United States, in the following words: In my message of the 7th December, Isug- < jested to Congress the propriety, and in some < degree the necessity, of making proper provi- < siQj) by law, within the pale of the Constitution, J for the removal at thc?ir commencement, and at : the option of the pa/ti^s. of all such cases as t might arise in State courts, involving national i questions touching the faithful observance and ] int?roatio,'&! obligations of the i United States from such SU'te tribunal to thel Federal judiciary. I am urge I to repeat this |1 recommendation, by the recept o.c intelligence i upon which I rely, that a subjecto/ Great Britain. \ residing in Upper Canada, has beet." a.Tested up- j on a charge of connected with the expedition j fitted out by the Cannadian authorities, by which the "Caroline" was destroyed; and wiU', i x ail i probability be subjected to trial in the S.ate ' courts of New York. It is doubtful wheiher, In this state of things, should his discharge be ? demanded by the British Government, this Gov* I to. * Si Mr Js:? 1: ' T+ ' ' ^ ? ' :> S mi~ y " rV .' .... %\ ^S-^5225SS5HSHB^H5538HHHI^$^^H^SES ernnientis invested with any control over thel subject until the case shall have reached^ the court of final resort of the State of New York, and been decided in that court; and although such delay ought not in national point of view, to give cause to umbrage to Great Britain, yet 1._ L 1 j : -f ixot'.xn nig jjruiujn uiiu <iii?uiiji res^jenug uj junuuc iu foreign nations shoold be placed among our highest duties. I cannot therefore, in consideration of what properly becomes the United States, and in anticipation of any demand from a foreign Governmnt for the discharge of one of its subjects, forego the duty of repeating my recommendation to Congress, for the immediate adoption of some suitable legislat ives provision on this subject JOHN TYLER. March 8, 1842. Mr. Berrien said as the Committee on the Judiciary had reported a bill in accordance with the recommedations of the message, he would move, that it be laid on the table and printed, which was agreed to. The Senate then went into Executive session, and shortly afterwards adjourned HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House was engaged until 2 o,clock in receiving reports from the Committees. The appropriation bill was then taken up, and Mr. Wise spoke for some time in favor of his project for a National printing office. Mr. Fillmore then appealed to Messrs. Wise and G. Davis to withdraw their respective amendments on the subject of printing in order that the bill might be progressed with. Mr. Davis agreed to this, but Mr. Wise insisted that a proviso adopted at the instance of the Committee of Ways and Means, that the printing of thy Executive Departments should be given out by contract, should be also withdrew. Without coming to any determination on this matter, the subject was postponed untill to-morrow. A Message from the President of the United S ates was received, inviting the atton'.ion of Congress to an accompanying letter from the Secretary of the Treasury on the subject of the sfa.te of the Treasury, on which there were now Ir.rge demands, and a plan to relieve the existing difficulties. A motion was made to refer this ro the Committee of Ways and Means, which Mr. ,1/cKeon moved to amend by instructing the Committee to bring in a bill to repeal the Distribution act. This subject was also postpond until to-morrow. A message was then received of similar tenor to the one given in the Senate proceedings. Mr. Barnard said the Committee on the Judiciary had already reported on the subject, and as there was a necessity for prompt action, be moved to discharge the Committee of the whole from the further consideration of the hill, and if that motion'prevailed, he would then move that the bill be considered at an early day. , ilfr. Pickens opposed the motion of the gentlemen from New York, for in his view this bill was as worthy of consideration in Committee oi the Whole as any other measure that could be brought before them. It involved some of the most important principles of constitutional law, ind which bad divided the two great political parties of the country since the commencement jf the Government. lie was not prepared to go nto a discussion in the House of a bill involving * ; 1?J ?1? .i._ I such principles as tnis. 11 mvwveu nuiumy me criminal jurisdiction of the State of New York, but of every State in this Union. Ho hoped it would be discussed in Committee of the Whole, ind fully and fairly discussed. The motion, at the suggeation of jlfr. Cushing, was withdrawn, and the message was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. The House then adjonrned. Highly Important Decision?U. S. Bankrupt Law is. The Slate Insolvent Law.?A highly important legal decision touching the influence of he U. S. Bankrupt Law upon the Insolvent Law of this Slate, was made by the Judges of he Court of Common Pleas yester day. The SherifFbcing in doubt as to the operation of the jencral Bankrupt Law, recently gone into jpcration, upon the old Inslvoent law of he State, and how far he was justified in coninuing todescharge prisoners from custody up>n their Hiing the usual insolvent bonu in the! ?ffice of the Prothonotary of the Court of Conjnon Pleas, and wishing to clear himself, of all sersonal responsibility, in consultation with the J. S. District Attorney, took the necessary itcps to have the question decided by tho proper ribunal. That it might come before tJicnP m i tangible form, he refused to discharge an inrli- ' 'idual from custody who had, in conformance viththo act of Assembly for the relief of insol ent debtors, filed an insolvent bond in the office if the Prothonotary of the Court of Common Jleas, and sent him to prison. The prisoner t -f __ U ,.U1? fl,? vas urougm Ueiure nujiummc m-Mgco ui wv ^ourt of Common Pleas yesterday upon a labeas corpus, before whom, sitting in bank, the juestion was fully argued?the opposing couniel assuming that the United States law does, tpon Constitutiona1 principles, supercedes the aw Sf a State. The Court decided that he prisoner was entitled to his discharge, le having preiously given the bond required by lie Insolvent Law of this State, to appear at the iext Insolvent Court, to comply with the re[Ciireroent of said law. It was, moreover, the pi'.nion of the Court that Congress, in framing he General .Bankrupt Law, never contemplatd the annulment of the Insolvent Laws of the States, and that such an operation of it in Pennylvania would be fraught with the most serious onsequene'es. It would be extremely oppresive to the poor, and those whose estates are comiletely exhausted, inasmuch asiho proceedings in- der it are not only more complicated and e.\tcn-sive, but relief could only be ofFemd at one dace of sitting in the Eastern and Western udicial districts, of the State, instead ofincverv :ounty, as at present, so that insolvents would ie obliged to travel from the most remote parts if the State, to Philadelphia or Pittsburgh, for Aliof. at a ruinous and oppressive expense and J lelay.?Phil Daily Chron. IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON, j News arrived by the mail of Saturday, that >n Tuesday, the 1st instant, the Supreme' Hourt of the United States decided that the. laics ' if the Northern States giving trial by jury In our1 rugilive slaves, were unconstitutional. This is 1 most important decission, and will bring1 Aboli- j ;ionism into direct, legal conflict with the Union,; wd we trust it will then appear that when strip- i icd of all disguises, and all adventitious aid, ;hcy are but a beggarly party. The conduct of Mr. Adams and his tail (Mr. Giddings,) has already presented the same issue in a more popular shape, and we think it apparent that the great body of the Northern people are outraged at the petition to Congress to dissolve the Union. We may perhaps have cause to thank these demagogues for disclosing their object so soon, for it certain that the Northern Whig party just now feel remarkably awkward about the brotherhood of these incendiaries. . .Mr. Webster's letter to our Minister in Eag? - 1* " " ft- "r and touching the case of the case of" the Creole, sustaining as it does go explicitly and ably, the doctrines of the Southern statesman on thir i question, cannot fail to have' a considerable elJ feet, which iqdeed is already apparent; and we learn from a sourco entitled to full confidence, that it is understood in Washingtonthat the principles laid down in that Letter will be acknowledged and acted upon by the present British Administration^^ (PAaHPfflW 8 _ WEDNESDAY MOR.MNG, MARCH 16. 1 m. To Correspondents?"Another Tax Payer," in reply to "Tax Payer" in our last, ami the Proceedings of the meeting of the Kershaw Troop came in too late for insertion this week. They shall appear in our next. THE TEMPERANCE CACSE. A new interest has been created in our community in this great cause, which we trust, under the blessing of Divine Providence, will be productive of the happiest results. This interest has been excited by the lectures of Mr. J. F. Carey, a reformed drunkard of the Washington Society of Baltimore, who has, for four nights, laboured assiduously with us* in detailing the melancholy results of intemperance in his own case, and in that of others, which necessarily came under his observation while indulging in this pernicious aud destructive habitArguments and exhortations were drawn from j these cases, well calculated to induce, if any thing can, the intemperate to reform, and the sober and reflecting portion of the community; to lend (heir aid and countenance, in pushing forward this great moral reformation. Mr. Carey in the course of his lectures explained the principles of the Washington Society, and the pledge it. has adopted. The Washington Society abjures all denunciation, as well against the drunkard a%the dealer and distiller; these are to be convinced, if possible, of the r -L-;- ? ? ? on.i nrrsuaded. kindly and j error OI Uieir nay, rr.. ; affectionately, to abandon their course. The following is the pledge adopted by the Society of which Mr. Caret is a member, and which he offers for the adoption of those to whom he speaks:?"We whose names are hereunto annexed, desirous of forming a Society for our mutual benefit, and to guard against a pernic ous practice which is injurious to our health, standing, and families, do pledge ourselves, as gem lemon, not to drink any Spirituous or Malt Liquors, Wine or Cider." This pledge, it will be seen covers the whole ground, and proves to the world the honesty and sincerity of those who adopt it, and puts to silence the objections, oral least many of them, which arc urged against those pledges, which permit the use of Wine. Between thirty and forty have already signed this pledge in our com- < munity, and we earnestly hope and expect to ' see the number doubled in a very shor- time; there are many who ought to sign it for their own i safety, and there are many others who ought to do ' so, for the purpose of sustaining and supporting J the weak and the wavering. ( fCT The signers of the Washington Temper- < ance Pledge are requested to meet at the Sab- t hath School Room of the Methodist Church on 1 Saturday evening next, for the purpose of or- t ganizing a Society, electing officers &c. Any j person who may desire to sign it is also request- 1 ed .0 attend. .. 1 \ ' Ti.ijr New Potatoes.?Col. James C. Hail?, sent ^ us a few days since, a few Potatoes of the t growth of the present season. They were gen- i ? n?r ?;.,Q rif n hnn's eng. A' specimen f erai \y ui uio oi<<v vi %? ...? ^ ow can be seen at our office. - , r CP The gentleman who borrowed without per- c mission, four or five numbers of the Quarto *] Brother Jonathan from a desk in our office, < ' which happened to be unlocked, is requested to ^ return them if he has no further use for them. [ The Hon. J. J. Crittenden has been elected U. States Senator in place of the Hon. H. Clay t resigned. s Treasury Notes.?The amount of outstanding Treasury Notes, on the l6t inst. according to the official report of the Secretary of the Treasury, was $8,534,112 63. s The Bank Case.?The Court of Errors decided on the 9th inst. that the Bank of Charleston < had not forfeited its Charter by suspending spe- s cie payments in 1837. This decision is based, t (Says the Courier,) on the ground that even con. < cedinir such suspension to have been cause of ' < forfeiture, the legislature of the Stale had ree j leased the forfeiture, 1. By amending the charter of the Bank in 1839, and thereby recognizing it J as a subsisting legal corporation, after the allegd- J cd forfeiture. 2. By adopting the Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, in 1837, which t sanctioned the suspension of that year. The f Bank of Charleston did not suspend in 1839 and ( its charter is therefore safe, although it has re- f fused to accept the provisions of the anti-suspen- ' sion law of 1840. This decision, it will be per- j ceived, is also a complete protection to the coun- j try banks, none of which suspended in 1839, and I all of which, like the Bank of Charleston, rejected I the Act of 1840. Chancellor D. Johnson, President of the * Court, announced that the case against the Bank f of South Carolina wao ordered to be re-argued, j on the first day of the next session of the Court f of Errors, at Columbia, in November next, when ; in ..?,1 knfnMi n fnll Vion/?h. I tne case wouiu oe argucu uc?%??w u. ..... ?.., Judge Earle, and Chancellor J. Johnston, having 1 been precluded from sitting on the late argu- J ment, as stockholders iiTthe Bank of Charles-; < ton. r |t . , , , -V , ; . ; t> " v -wgjg" - </ -iV - v ||| V fyjp ? ? i.. - /*? The main question, whether suspension of *pecfe payments per se works a forfeiture of a bank charter at common la!w, is therefore still undecided; and the only Banks now concerned in it are the Bank of South-Carolina, and the State Bank, which latter institution has made an issue of fact for the Jury. Messrs. Chilton nre prepared to take Daguerreotype likenesses at their room ut Mr Starke's Hotel. As their stuy in Camden, is limited to the first of April those who wish to have their miniatures taken, would do well to avail themselves of the present opportunity. COMMUNICATED. .. * s The Exhibition under the superintendence of Mr. J. Morris,.with which our citizens have been favored for the last two evenings, hns given the highest sat. islaelion to all who have hud the pleasure of wit' m ssing their pnrlormanco. The comic powers are good, und the dancing of the ladies first rate. Tbe juvoniles perforin their parts handsomely. Master Billy is much of a genius. Op the whole, the exhibition is well calculated to please even the sober peoplo of Camden. Sec advertisement in another column. -* The friends of J. W. Doby nominate him forWarden at the next election. Rendezvous DeKalb Rifle Guards, ) March 12, 1842. \ AT a meeting of the company this d; jr, Lieut J. B. Kershaw, was unanimously elected Orator for the second Anniversary of the company on the 8th October next. W. B. JOHNSTON, 0. S. C -A* MUNICIPAL ELECTION. The following Ticket is nominated for Intendant and Wardens at the coming elections: For InlendanL?Capt M. M. LEVY. For Wardens.?W. J. Gerald, A. Burr, W. C. Workman, J. W. Doby. Communicated. <Having with regret understood that our present efficient Intendant John M. DeSaussure, will not serve if re-elected, you will pl&ase publish the following ticket for the support of the citizens, and oblige MANY VOTERS. For Intendant?JOHN WORKMAN. Wardens?James Dunlap, W. J.. Geraid* C. 11. Davis, E. W. Bonnet. For the Camden Journal. Mr. Editor: It is really amusing to 6ee with what labour Citizen lias endeavoured to reiule my assertions made in contradict.o.i to bis first communication?out Sir, however used he has oeen in making free with the books of council he ne.die.ess has haggled himself bcyoud retrieve, anu 1 snail now saddle upon mm the "palpable erroro' and leave hiui no loop hole by which to escape. Take his own statements, as industriously I gathered from record, and set down the towii l Lax as paid by the 1U residents of west DeKaib and you have 870 88 (52 88 more than he aumitied in his iirst bill) add amount of state tax about $185 exceeding my statement $5 88 and you nave $255 88. A pretty litle bye street, deserving to oe stopped up by gates at timer extreme, lis tells ub that Messrs. Lang tud liughsuii, who live on the opposite corners to iviessrs. iioby and Burr, are residents of some xtier part of the town, and thereiore cannot be received as DeKalb streeters?that Messrs. Yihepigue and iM'Kain's buildings are on Broad treei, while every one knows that the main enrauce to tneir dwellings are on DeKaJb, and hat tiieir Jots extend on this street, the former >00 met a .d t.ie latter 270, beingdecidediy. the argest portion of their property: so mucn lor DeKaib./-Now for the people?we^waut reform, mdreiormoi raeu we must have, or our town vill still lag on in that careless indifference so namiest tne past few years. It is not requisite or. one "portion of the community to array liemselves against the other' but that all should f mite ati3 place such men in office as will remedy he existing evil, and let the public know what lecomes' of that large amount of funds yearly :ccruing to die town. I regret that Citizen was so much worried and ,ut oi breath, alter his fight with Camden and fax Payer, that he could not answer the 'jibes >1 K:ng Camden' (lor I verily believe that yitize.'i stole die signature of Camden, and apu-nil i .0 the cowardly communication under the lead of "To my friends" in the Journal of die U inst Up then, reformers, to the task, and however he inpnwer party may resist, work together i md place such men in office as will advance raher than retard the interest of CAMDEN. VOLUNTEER TOASTS Drank at the celebration of the 15th Anniver- . mrv of the Camden Debating Club. Concluded from our last. By the President, (Maj. Smart.) The Hon. Chancellor Harper?A distinguished jurist? itrength, acuteness and brilliancy of intellect, liscrjmination, extensive and able research, nark, emphatically, all his decisions. They will toinpare favorably and proudly with any ever dcivered this or that side the Atlantic. No son of South Carolina is esteemed higher?none is nore dear to her. By the Vice President (J. II. Anderson.)? Ireland?May the, time speedily arrive, when he blessings which we enjoy as a nation be lers also. By Dr. A. DeLeon..Tbe Hon. J. M. DeSaus;ure, Intendant of the Town of Camden?the jrst appointed Orator of the Camden Debating ^ub, lie is justly estimated by this body, and IjC community in which he resides, and where jest known most esteemed. To which the Hon. Intendant replied, by a tew landsomo and very pertinent remarks, ocknowlcdg* ? .1 nnintimr out the utilitv of Ilg UK2 CWIII piiiin-.i v, | ^ itorary associations, arid concluded by offering the ollowing sentiment: By Maj. J. AI. DeSaussure: The Camden DejatingClub?Long life and brilliant success to it. To which the President (Mnj. Smart) replied in a luitable manner, and on the part of the club, and for limself, returned him his sincere acknowledgments or the benediction to tho club, expressed in bis toast, ndgavo the following toast: By the President (Maj. Smart.) Col. Joseph V. Woodward and Col. Maxcy. Gregg?Modest ind unassumiug, thoroughly educated and .yell ead in his profession each of these distinguisbjd young gentlemen is an honor to his native listrict. - F " . " . ' .' u - . J ... - ~ - ? '* ' - * ' SPa* . . -. .. - ^ * V ?l. * vfer r -** rf. -f I II II I -While the table was ringing -withj. cheers of the warmest approbation, Leslie McCandics*, ?fq. rose ?ud said, "Mr. President: there ilno compliment I would tako more pleasure in "responding tt> jhhn ono paid to Col. Maxcy Gregg. . From a long and intimatffe'ecquiiintance with hiin, begun at college, I have formed the highest opinion of his character.? With intellectual powers of the highest order, aridjlp such as ndtotrablj him for bis profession, ho- " unites a 'heart adorned with oil the virtues which arc attractive in human ^hatnre. v Allow mc to add to the sentiment which yon have just given, .that of a resolute, chivalroUS^spirit. To ^ay tliat be does, not fear an enemy. Would, be low commcnoauon. lie rears nouung under Heaven, but a base reputation. Ho concluded' by-giving the following sentiment: By Leslie McCandless, Esq. Tlie bertefif'of Debating Societies?As the fire? lies hidden in the veins of the flint until struck jjy the steel, so themost brilliant mental powers are not awakened until brought into collision with other minds. Mnj. McWilJie (Col. Woodward not boing present) tlien rose and. responded to the sentiment?stated | his gratification at the compliment paid bis friend, . and that he could vouch for the liigli"Trioral-nnd intellectual-qualities of that gentleman, and nolwith-. landing his retiring modesty, he was destined to become one among the most distinguished of Carolina's sons In roply-lo that part of the sentiment relating to Col. Maxcy Gregg, lie said, lie had hot the plea, suro of an intimate acquaintance with liim, (though he knew bis father well, and knew no better, and few abler men, )yct he knew enough of that young gonfleman to r sp^id to the sentiment os well astho compliment so handsomely paid him hy the accom- .* plished- ydung gentleman tfho bad just , taken his seat. . o By. E. W. Bonney. ThotyS.'Anderson Esq. ~A worthy son of an excellent-Sire. This was warmly received, with cheers and calls upon Mr. T. S. Anderson, who rtseand acknowledged his thanks, botlr for. the compliment and tho very flattering manner ItWas received by ths t"^nh; and alluded to the good feeling and tempered mirthfulness which marked the enlertuin^lint; expressed his gratification-in participating nritli tiicin in laudable pleasures of the fealivulrstnted his p|i-afiurq_,. at their not permitting. the winbiintroducod, to interfere with their intollectual feast;- made other re , .. ?? marks with jjiew to cncounge the'purpose of the body; and concluded with the.following Fcntitnent: By T. S. Anderson." The Camden Bela'ing CIuW-With8uchmaieriaI as.it is now composed o? 'it must continue to- be an honor to our district. ? By James R. M'KSfti. Our invited gues's i-VVe welcome them around oix?- fefetive board, and rejoice to see them with us; but-there is one regret connected vvitli thetr^rcsence. " That is, that we can rot hail them its fe! ow members. To which D. L. DeSaussuro, Esq.. (one of tho - . guests, responded in o happy and felicitous mannbri and remarked upon the object and benefit of literary club*; stated many interesting fucte rel.iting to the Camden Debating Club in its younger days, and exprtssedjitis gratification warmly, for its present flourishing state, and gavo the following sentiment: By D.L. DeSaussure, Esq. '.I give (said hi) the sentiment dropped from -he pulpit this evo ning, where we derive every moral precept worthy of being treasured up. Our.frincipal men? may they alfcbecome men of principle. I Th* President responded in a proper manner to Mr DcSaussure's compIimoRtury remarkj upon'the club, and gavo tho following: i '' By the President (Maj. Smart " William Bas kin Esq.?"The bravest of the brave."* %' mis was received vviin nun and repeated cheers, and Mr. William Baskin not being present, ins brother, CapL Josoph Baskin, rose and re pondedt o it in a few very appropriate remarks; and gave the following sentiment: ] r. ,'ABy CapL Joseph Baskin. May the present 3 and all the rising sons of America,fully appreciate the chivalrous and heroic deeds of their revolutionary ancestry. %'-V By T. E. Shannon. - Judge Huger?A South Carolina Senator; all a Roman was when Rome had a Senate, and that Senate was free. Roman greatness and southern chivalry. By W. M. Shannon, Esq.. Mr. J. B. Kershaw ?One whom I am proud to call ray friend; the worthyjscion of a noble stock; he bids fair to be' all that a Kershaw should be; a gentleman, a soldier and a scholar. This was received very warmly?none more sound Mr. Kershaw rose and said: Gentlemen, I have no doubt, attributed the flattening sentiment jnst ut. tered, to its proper source. Tbe friendship of the gentleman from- whom it proceeded. Were I all that my friend's compliment implies, I could only then equal him. This received the like very warm and cheering response of the whole table. By Dr. J. A. Young. Our municipal office ?The Honorable Intendant and Wardens of William Bnskio was a volunteer of the Kershaw company, commanded by the late Colonel John Chesnut, in the first Florida campaign. When in the heart of the enemy's country, 112 mile of Dade's massacre, his companions in arms were in imminent danger of starvation for want of certain orders left by Gen. Scott. The commander of the Battalion, Col. P. M. Butler dettrmincd to send an ex- ^ press for the orders, and rode up to Capt. Cbcsnut and said, "Capt. Chesnut, I wish to send an express to Fort King; hove you a man in your company I can depend on for that perilous service?" "Yes, Col. Butler," replied the brave and generous Capt. Chesnut, "I have many such men in my company, and here is one (pointing to William Buskin) who will ' dp it cheerfully and faithfully; ho is as brave a man " as any I have in my company; active and energetic, Ij and will do it as it should be done." Wm. Buskin was ,f on the mission. He made the trip (114 miles) return- 1 cd in safety, with the orders in his pocket, before any one in the camp thought ho had reached Fort King. Tlmt won for him what Ne/ won from Napoleon; | the enviable appellation of "th ebravest of the brave." I The day after he returned to camp, a large amount of money was mode up/and offered him as a reward for the noble act. He spptaed the money, and said to the donors, "I face danger for my country and . j not for money." That is chivalry?Carolina chivalry rSearch all story, ancient or modern, for its parallel. There is ^ but one. Hiiger and Bollmau's rescue of Lafayette from the dungeon of Oliuutz. Monty had nothing / to do with that?Lafuyctlo and their country had alfc , i 1 m