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I. . ' .* % Jb ^ + CIRCULAR. in CHAULE*LON, ?Ont Is?, 15 r?. tli To the President and Members tf the several \v Bible Sncictis in the Si tie of So. Ca. s; Gentlemen.?The times is near when if. will at be the duty of the ISvec'J'ivo Committee of the bt Bible Convention, to report to the adjourned meeting to be liel! at Coiiitnbia, during the first a: wee!c of the approaching sossio i of the l.ojisl i- ! ture, the proceedings of the year, in reference to <1 the ends proposed, via: The supplying, and A keeping supplied, with the Holy Bible, every a: t Siato. willing to re- in reauiii" IUUIMUU., ... ceive it. ' hi Almost every District in the State" wa- f<? :?:;], ni by our report of November last, t<? have a Bible ISociet}', anil some of tliem mere than one.? e! Several have since been established; so that the di organization is ample lor in<jf an object, in which has enlistcaed or received so general an of interest. , a! The Convention of November last, recom- ch TTieniled to the several Societies two principal ob- pe jects: N 1. To carry on the work of immediate supply, by furnishing every destitute individual within of their respective spheres, n:ul not merely every ce family; and by extending the supply to children, dii suggesting the Free Schools, and sunday Schools, or as affording convenient channels and proper sub- foi jects for this branch of the supply; and. tli: 2. To facilitate the distribution and sale of M Bibles and Testaments, by the establishment of Depositories and Agencies, at convenient points, lie in the several Districts. un We have now to solicit the favor of a com- th< munication from your Society, if possible, by tlx the loth October, ensuing, informing us what tio measures have been adoped for carrying out 50 these recommendations within your District, and Tl what success has attended your euoris; w mi any , ,u other facts or suggestion, in reference to the oh- no ject, which you uiay deem interesting. ' cu The Convention is to meet a' Columbia, on ty Thursday, the 1st day of December next, (the sib day fixed by its own resolution,) at which, we sui hope your Society will be represented by Dele- pre gates, in accordance with the request of the qui Convention in their 9th Resolution. I lac We take the liberty of adding, that the sums ue, - thus far placed at the disposal of the Executive pre Committee during the present year, have fallen be short of their engagements. We would, there- of fore, suggest, that such collections, as Churches 1 1 in your neighborhood may be induced to make, der or such^means as can be spared by the several ces societies* from the supply of their own Districts, cer would, however small, be advantageously applied ton to the general expcnces, which the Committee sin have incurred in promotion of the common ob- mu ject. x> * cor Your obedient servants. dec & ' Daniel Raven el, Chm'n., as W. H. Carnwell, pul Thomas Smyth, on Wiliiam W.Whight.man. var J. B. Whitridge, ' the i- William Riley, er i Henry W. Peron.neac, est Executivo.Committee. | ant j the THE TARIFF. j cro A tariff cannot be protective in the whig sense 1 -of the term without being prohibitory. In fact, j no other tariff would meet the object, because it I would not operate to the exclusion of foreign To fabrics and give home manufactures the exclu-1 i sive_controle of the market. A high protective car . ? .oi niinp. hncausn nnr tariO, tnereiore cannoi create ?. iv.~..?, _ , ?,.ths additional price added to the foreign manu- iin; facture by-<be duties and freight, will render its ly ( cost higher than the goods made at home. No is I merchant will import articles into a market where is i he is underbid by the operation of legislation, and am consequently the receipts of the cuoioms must obJ diminish just in proportion to the use of the products of our own manutactures. At the same time also that the people inust be called upon to make up in some other way the deficiency in the ' revenue to meet the current expenses of govern- ter ment, they are compelled to pay to the home oui manufacturer the difference between the price tic at which he can afford to make the articles of lan consumption and that at which they con be made ho< abroad! The consumer is therefore taxed for not V "protection per se." The government reaps no wli P benefit, because no one is fool-hardy enough to pei attempt competition under such positive disad- as vantages. The manufacturer alone is benefitted, in because his monopoly enables him to fix his own lan price upon his products. Were the protection Co permitted only so far as to place foreign and do- 20 mestic goods in our market upon an equality,hv tan * affixing such a duty as would counterbalance the W difference in the cost of labor and machinery ]in< here and abroad, the command of prices and the era sale would depend upon the superiority of the is i work. This would be holding out an induce- am ' * 1 oiioiiro llm tip; JllCIiC to lnuusir^ rtliu llltvuuui., ...... production of well made poods, while, upon the coi other hand, the certainty of a prompt sale would Jol ^ render the manufacturer careless and indilFcrant. coi '-ii-Mr. Iftglis, in his work, "The Tyrol," speaking gr< /."p'Gfthe tariff of Austria, says: "Every kind of in ' merchandize is exposed for sale at the fairs. All grc ** - the goods are Austrian; no manufactures, of oth- goi ?r nations are admitted, and the protective sys- ? tem is fully acted upon. I enquired the prices an of the articles which were expo, ed, and found mi that good broad cloths, but no means equal to the tin west of England cloth, or the cloth manufactured an in the Netherlands, cost eight florins a yard; and an calicoes, very inferior to the English, both in E; quality and color, to s*y nothing of taste, were ten at least one half dearer. Other articles were w! proportionately dear; especially every kind of pr cutlery which, I need scarcely say, were of a ve- in ry inferior quality." In Spain, where the due II ties are prohibitory, vast quantities of foreign or goods are offered for sale, which have been intro- fn auced by smuggling, and marked with the tit stamps of the native manufacturers. The rc- to venue is thus robbed and the people are robbed, th since the foreign merchandize is sold at home at T prices, to avoid the suspicion of their having been tr illicitly introduced into Lite market, It is there- fc fore palpable enough, that the people may be ex-1 pi cessively taxed, under a high tariff, for the arli- 11 cles of necessary consumption, and yet the go- p] vernment not be supplied by it with the amount required for its support. Taxation is the same, whether its proceeds go into government or into b< the pockets of a privileged class. ir Aatckez Free Trader. J j s From the Naw York IlcrclJ. j tl *" The Banks of Virginia have resinned success-; s fully, as a matter of course. It was only for the ; a people to will that bankers like all those individ- j uals engaged in other business, should pay thcinJE debts and honor their paper at presentation or i 'J cease to do business, and the thing was done.? 'J Look back at the hundreds of mercantile firms that suspended in 18137. Suppose that those s houses had undertaken to.continue to issue their j: notes of hand and never pcy them when present- c ed; how long would theirVusUmiers have sub- \ mitted to the operation! Mot a day. Vet their t w oveinents affected only the small circle or leir individual correspondents. The banks hose issues have usurped the place of the con- J itutioaal currcncv, ali'ect the whole community ' home and is credit abroad, and yet they have j ?; !! toierntcd in their disgraceful conduct. Alabama is n c.v the only point of dishonor, | id the d.fricullios that exist there, depend cnr 'y nj >:i ?!:e will of the people. At the latest. | ires tiio prospect had a little improved. The1 i iham.t river has been in line navigable order, :! co'ton of t.he new crop is finding its way to j arket. iliii drawers avail themselves of the j gh rates of exchange by entering the cotton i arfcet as purchasers, and draw against the' liptaenl. lintes for hills and specie had denied Iro!.i .'5 to 5 per cent., the tendency is still iwnwanis, and the great staple reaching the j arket will further accelerate the approximation ' Alabama funds to the specie standard. Art n- j operations in hank checks 011 New York .*37; 1 locks on Now Orleans 3a a 37; specie 35 a 37 r cent, premium. Sterling hills, fJO days 45; ew Vork CO day bills oo a 35 per cent. prom. During tlie ?easnn which lias passed, the bills the Slate Hank ami branches have boe:i reivedattheir lace or nominal value, notwitlistari(itr their progressive depreciation from a specie corresponding advance in the payments made exchange, in that medium. In relation to is the circular of Messrs. Hull and Files, erchants of Mobile, remarks as follows:? "Will such be the case hereafter? We be ve it is generally admitted that it cannot bp, less the banks resume specie payments, and ) legislature adopt such measures in regard to :m as will create and sustain a sound circulan. The depreciation in the currency is now to GO per cent., and daily becoming worse.? le public have evidently lost confidence in Can that confidence be restored and the tes of those banks be made again to cirlate freely as the representative of properat even 10 per cent, discount, were it pos- j le to improve them so much without a rcmption of specie payments. Even if this be icticable, might not its expediency well be , jstioned, as it would still leave us a currency king the primary ingredient of stability in valand of course requiring that all transactions .dicatcd upon its reception in payment, should taxed with increased profits to cover the risks , fluctuation?" i, [t is a singular fact, however, that while tin-!, 'the use of this depreciated currency, the pri- j i of some articles oi consumption rise 1137 per it. above the value in specie, the price of cot- 1, i docs not advance but in comparatively a , all degree, thereby putting the planters so j ch directly out of pocket. That euch will , itinuc to be the state of things under an irre- ' imablc currency, there can be no doubt; and | we have, in the table of .comparative prices j dished yesterday, sho.vn that the planters pay j an average more than double the pro rata ad- ( ice on their supplies than they receive for , ir cotton, it is evident that they, above all oth classes in the community, are directly inter- . cd in having a sound redeeinatde circulation, j 1 if that is not furnished, in promptly adopting ( specie standard of value /or the sale of their ps*- ; jl From the St. Avgu*iine Xeics. NEW YORK, AUGUST 14th, 18-12. the Editor of the Sr. Augustine New*: I Sir:?I take the liberty of inquiring what land , i he bought for in your neighborhood, in small , eels, situated in a healthy location and partly , iroved? As also what distance the laud late- ( granted to actual settlers, by act of Congress, t rpm St. Augustine; and if the healthiest part in the sca-board or interior of Florida? An t iwer to this as soon as convenient, will much | ige quite a number of mechanics, WILLIAM K. TOMLY. No. 511 Grand-street, N. York. ( ? I i We reply with pleasure to the foregoing let- ] , and are happy to furnish any information in ( r power to enterprising and industrious set-j rs. We answer to the first query: that the', ,d is generally light and poor in the neighbor- | >d of St. Augustine, and such as settlers would ] :be likely to select for agricultural purposes, ( die they can obtain at Government price (1,25 < acre) as fine land as any in tlie world. Such , :? ....1.1 ir. Ian/I mil tip ii.'ld ut thisnrico with a few miles of our city. 2:idlv; tlie ne.ircst , id to St. Augustine on which the late lav of ngress has-authorized settlements, is about | miles: Tlie line runs from the mouth of Ma- | izas,20 miles south of St. Au?ustine, due , est to the Suwannee river. South of this j e the settlements are authorized. 3rd] v; gen- | illy speaking, no part of the United States t more healthy than the sca-eoast of Florida, | :1 no new country in the United States is so | allhy as Florida generally. The district of miry in the interior lying between the St. , ins and the Suwannee rivers, called Alachua tuly, is certainly the garden ol Florida, and a at portion ol this rich country is included wilhthc boundary authorized by the late act ol Con?ss to be settled. The land is line, the water ad?the woods abound with deer and turkeys the streams with lisli, and it is, compared with y other new country, very healthy. The cliUe is tine, and the range tor cattle so excellent it any number may be raised without expense d with little care. Indeed it is our opinion, d we believe it to be the general opinion, that ist Florida presents the best Held in the world r the poor inai:?we mean thy small proprietor lio has some means to begin upon. lie can oduce every thing withi In nisei I, and if lie is dustrious can work every day in the year! e has no care lor the winter, ciilier lor himself his stock, lie never sees snow, and seldom j enough to destroy his green vegetables in ' e depth ol winter, 'i'lic best time lor emigrants leave Mew-York for Florida, would lo Irom e 1st of November to the 1st ol January.? hey could join together and charter a vessel to ansporl themselves, families, provisions and el- f cts, to St. Augustine, which is a convenient >int whence to move to any pari of the country., y coining at tins season, they could prepare lo lant their crops in March. Northern Morality?Lei Northern humanity e shaded with a dark pall, until their vices and' nperiections are w iped away, w hich aredegraing to the finer feelings ol human nature?let1 outhcrn inhumanity, so long preached up by iese philanthropists!, now rest in peace while uch barbarious shows are exhibited at tiie North, s will be found in the following extract: A prize combat came off, about tiU miles from Jew. York, up the Hudson, a few days since.? "'lie combatants were Christopher Lilly and ;hornas McCoy, and the p?rse $>-U0. Six steamboats were chartered to convey pagi engers to the bloody scene, and about 1,500 lasseugers repaired to see these gladiators bruise cell other to death in a civilized land. - There '.eie 110 rounds between these men. Alier ho last round; time was then called on the 120lii * ifr- - **$?'w round, but McCoy not appearing, Lilly was declared the victor, ami jumping up inside the ring, he bounded over the ropes, amid the cheers and huzzas of a large portion of the assemblage.? The fight lasted 2 hours and 41 minutes; both weighing about 1.37 pounds, and nearly of one age,?23 years. McCoy died a short time after tiie occurrence ended. lteally reform is abroad, but such reform as the heart sickens at.?/Iamburg Journal. Major Noah, of the New York Union, earnestly recommends to the friends of Mr. Tyler, not lo vote for the Whig- candidates, Messrs. Bradish and Furman, because their "success would bo the triumph of the old Federal party, for although it would bo called a Whig victory, yet like all the victories of the Whigs, the power and the influence would be in the hands of the old Federalists. On the score, therefore, of principle alone, the friends of the general Ad. ministration cannot vote for Messrs. Bradish and Furman." He also recommends to the Tyler men to vote for Messrs. Bouck and Dickinson (fur Governor, and Lieut Governor,) because "they arc of the old Democratic school." So far they assimilate in politics with the President, who is of the same school Moreover, they approve of all his cardinal measures; in this they are in advance nfiheojher two candidates, who are opposed to those measures." Adopted Citizens! look at This.?The adherents of Governor King of Rhode Island, (known as the Charter or Algerine Whig party,) who have it all their own way in the convention now assembled at Newport to frame a convention, propose to regulate the right of suffrage in this wise. We ask the attention of our adopted citizens to the facts, that they may know how to estimate the blarney with which they are always approached by the Whigs just before an election. These Rhode Island Whigs propose to make a distinction between naturalized and native citizens at the'polls. That is, to give the native citizen, if a white man, the right to vote, though he may not own a dollar of property; hut the naturalized citizen is not to be allowed to vote, unless lie owns a freehold of the vrlue of .$134. And, as if to make the distinction still more odious, the white naturalized citizen, is put. on the ?amc footing, in this respect, with the blacks, who are allowed to vote if possessed of this $134property qualification! Mir onradonted citizens to this Whig proposition to place them on a par at the polls with the blacks? To place the naturalized whites n the exercise of the great right of suffrage, a jrade below the native whiles} Albany Argus. WHAT MEANS ALL THIS! "At this quiet time when there is, compara.ivcly, no general excitement of a political cltaricter throughout the country, (save the pressng of Ileury Clay for the Presidency,) with what i trumpet voice do the people speak! The Democratic party now rally upon the same prinjiples thru they advocated and defended in 1840 ?we have taken nothing back?we relinquish; I, nor parted with a jot of our faith. Firm as a ock we are standing to our principles, where hckson. Van Buren, ami Polk stood in 1840. I'h?re we inte.ul to stand; and when the proper hue arrives to make nominations for the Presilencv, the democracy will unfurl a banner that s as sure to float over the capitol in triumph at lie next Presidential election, as that the dis:inguishcd candidates who may be nominated shall live to the day of the contest." The above is the conclusion of an article in he Nashville (Tenn.) Union, in which article lie editor informs us that the revolution in 1811 ?the first, fruits of the sober second thought of ha people who h id been cheated and humbugg;d out of their rights as freemen, was an increase n favor of democracy in ten States only, of one Kindred and twenty-four thousand seven hunlred and sixty-three votes. This is indeed cheering intelligence, taken in connexion with the fact which the editor calls :o our inind, that as individuals or as a party, we Iiave made no concessions, mat we stanu upon the same broad and immutable basis of truth, arc loing battle for the same holy cause, and advo:ating the same principles which we were in j 18-10: avc! the same which the great apostle of | democracy advocated, and which the hero of the Hermitage was ready to defend with his best blood, and which, thank heaven, does not want for brave and fearless champions, even in these tlegenerate days; champions whose devotion to its truths make them ever ready to bare their bosoms in its defence or spend their best exertions in maintaining and carrying out its glorious principles. We believe with our contemporary that we shall see the graceful folds of the banner of democracy triumphantly waving over the dome of the capitol in 18-15, and that all tlie "buyers and sellers" of corruption, profligacy, coon skins and hard cider, will be "ihrust out of the temple" of republicanism, as pollutors of its J .11 I -- I firm Fiicreci IlilllS. JUL; I (ieiliuricii? i tui'iiu uiim uuu united, let them march forward shoulderto shoulder, keeping their eyes steadily fixed on the ore.it land mark of republicanism?"The greatest liberty to the greatest number,"?and they will find themselves marching salely and surely to victory, and they will have for their reward the proud satisfaction of seeing this glorious republie redeemed from federal misrule, and corrupt and ambitious demagogues thrust out of high places to make room for honest and capable n Hti. JSucls, fellow democrats, is the prospect before us; lotus not shrink from the labor, when the promise of the harvest, is so abundant. I\'ew Orleans Je.(fersunian. A Fihst Spree.?"Never was drunk but once in my life," said a chap once in my hearing, "never mean to be again. The street seemed to be very steep, and 1 lifted my legs at every step as if I was getting up stairs.?Several cart wheels were making convolutions in my brain, and at one time 1 fancied my head was a large t.n\ mji aim lurnmg Coi&LMisiinicm, me lames 01 which 1 was keeping in motion with my own tee:. I couldn't conceive what was the reason the town had turned into such an enormous hill; and what made it worse was that it seemed all the time growing higher and threatened to pitch over on me?Stop, 6top, thought 1, and I'll head this old hill yet, or, at least, it shan't head ine.? So I turned around to go down and get at the bottom?hut hang me if the town didn't turi | round with me heading me all the time, and pre [senting the high blutl' in front of me. Well ; sure enough, the ground soon Hew up and strucl J me in the forehead ; and as soon as the stars cleared away, I commenced climbing witli m; hands and knees. The next, thing 1 saw win a big brick htuse coming full split around th corner! and I believe it ran right over me, 1 don' remember any more!"?Picayune. The London Dispatch says that the Whig when in office,reduced taxation about 8,000,000 ; ?AiaO>I3Sl3 I TOSESDII J10RMSC, OCTOBER 3, 1341 Agricultural Society. THERE will be a meeting of the VVateree Agricultural Society, at Swift Creek, on Thursday the 13th inst. at 10 o'clock, A. M.? A punctual attendance ot the members is re: quested. J. BOYKIN, Sec'ry. Washington Temperance Society. THE regular semi-monthly meeting of this Society will be held at Davis's Hall, on Saturday evening next, at 7? o'clock. The friends of the cause are invited to attend. i (CTOur town, for a week past, has presented a much more cheering aspect for our business men, than has been usual at so early a period in the season The merchants (although they do not advertise,) are daily receiving their supplies of fall and winter goods, and are prepared to accommodate the wants of their customers to the fullest extent Our planters, too, are making rapid progress in getting their cotton out, and a'considerable quality is daily making its appearance in our market, for which as high prices are given, as are paid in any of our inland towns. The supply of goods on hand is as large as at any former season, and our merchants are determined to do business on the most liberal terms. Our country friends may, therefore, rely upon finding as favorable a market in Camden, as well | for the sale of produce, as the purchase of goods, as elsewhere. ; i * _ j We understand the Steamer Kershaw will be ready to commence her regular trips from Charleston to this place, about the 15th instHEALTH OF CAMDEN. Our town continues remarkably healthy; there are but few, if any, existing cases of fever, and no new case has occurred for some time past; and nearly all have readily yielded to medical treatment. The weather is delightfully pleasant,' and favorable to the continuance of that health, with which we have been so abundantly blessed, I throughout the summer. | By the arrival of the British Queen at New York, we have dates from Liverpool, six days later than those previously received. The cotton market was dull, and prices had declined from ^ to J-d per pound. J. C Colt has been sentenced by Judge Kent, to be hung on Friday, the 18th November, for the murder of Samuel Adams, in September 1841. D*Wc would invite the attention of our country friends to the advertisements of Messrs. II. Levy and E. W. Bonnet, which will be found in our columns. We have always observed that those who advertise liberally, give the best bargains. ( ! (ETWeJiaye nothing to say in reply to the artiplp in flip Tact dnrulinian. It is a mere reitcr ation of the editor's former statements', written, no doubt, to gratify a desire for having the last word. Our tile is at his service?or, if he will let us know the subject of the letter which leftj the impression on his mind, we will re-publish' it. We have denied the charge of the editor, and as we arc not in the habit of making assertions ,1 which we know to be incorrect, we will afford) him every facility in our power, to establish it. Texas Invaded.?Accounts from Texas of the 24th ult. state that a party of 11300 Mexicans under Gen. Wolf, surprised and took possession of San Antonio with about fifty white inhabitants. The President had issued his proclamation call ing on the people to turn out and punish the aggression. This intelligence, which is unquestionably authenticated, proves that Santa Anna was serious in his threat to attempt to subduej the young giant i For the Camden Journal. Caside.v, Oct. 3*d 1842 Agreeable to previous appointment an adjourned ??f ?li? nf" KVrsliuw District con-; Mil Ull'lg ...W ? , voried this day for the purpose of hearing the reports j of the different committees appointed at the former ' meeting, with regard to constructing a R.iil road from this place to Gadsden, his Honor Jno. Workman in the chair and R L. Wilson acting as Secretary. Col. Mc Willie, chairman of the committee to en'respond with the Raleigit.'G ston, Louisville and Charleston Rail road companies, made a Report, by reading several communications from the Presidents of the different compmics, and concluded by some general remarks, and proposed that a committee be appointed to meet the stock holders of the Charleston Kail road company on the 22d next month, to con. fer with them on the subject generally, which was seconded by Mr. J. McEwcn. The committee appointed to correspond with the Planters of the surrounding Districts, were not ready to report. Mr Shannon, from tho committee to correspond , with tho Lancaster and Kershaw commissioners of l roads was rot prepared to report. I M ij. McWillic then urged the propriety of sending " delegates to meet the stock holders in Charleston on ! the 22d Nov. next, to satisfy themselves of the 1 probable profits that would ariso from the construction of a Rail road from this place to Gadsden, and t concluded by an cblo argument in its favor, which 5 was unanimously adopted. f ! Col. Taylor, from the Committee to correspond s i with the commissioners of roads for Kershaw and e 1 Riehlund Districts, reported unfavorably, as the 1 commissioners did not agree in the matter, but mo. ved that a committee be appointed to confer spes cially with the commissioners and endeavor to se/ cure co-operation. The chair appointed Col. W. J. ft' - .. -v . n ? Taylor, J. C. Doby, and L. L. Whltakor Esqrs. on that committee. The ehair then nppofnted the following gentlemen as delegates t<> meet the stock holders of the Charleston Louisville and Cincinutli Rail road company in Charleston viz: C. J Shannon, Jas. McEwtn, Col. 'J W. J. Taylor, W. Kennedy, and E. W. Bonney. .' On motion the meeting adjourned. JOHN WORKMAN Chairman. R. L. Wilson, Sec'ry. For the Camden Journal. V * The following resolutions, communicated to th? Commander-in-Chief, and expressive of the regret and sympathy of the officers of the 24lh Regiment,- : for the loss of their piomising, ardent, patriotic, andintelligent younlr officer, ean not bnt find a melancholy and painful response in the heart/ and the re-collections of his numerous and admiring cotn-pntriols. Those among us who have had the opportunity of witnessing his services and deportment oif occasions similar to that on which wo are now aiascinbled, can not but remember the illustrdtioitt of" an amiable and estimable character in the modest merit of youth, with."11 its hopes, ardor and energytempered with a wisdom, prudence and stability sol-- { dorn equalled by the experience of maturer age. As a man his character attracted the esteem, the confidence, and the admiration of all who knew I him. As an officer, he combined courage with attain, nients?precision with promptitude?the highest and most honorable aspirations in his profession, withthe most exemplary deference to supeiior rank. Tlio Commander-in-Chief, in expressing his ap-- '" yrprecision of the chur -cter and qualifications of Col. W. M M dler, feels constrained to acknowledge that, \ in all his experience of the military proficiency of our numerous and gifted officers, ho hos never seen tlioin surp ssed in any ono of the same rank and ex- y ' pcriencc in his profession. ifi.--"/ Deeply lamenting the deprivation to this community and to this Brigade, of such a man and such an officer. (Ie takes-this occasion of offering his , condolence and sympathy to his bereaved friends and mourning brother officers; and hereby directs * the Commandant of the Camp, to institute at Deep rarauc lo-morrow evening sucn lunerai onsequics ax may suitably express the high respect of the 5th Brigade for the virtue and usefulness which he practised in life. Camp Cook, Sept. 22, 1842, At a meeting of the officers of the 44th Regiment S. C. M- Lieut. Col. L. H. Dinkins was called to > the chair, and Lieut. John Watson appointed secretary. Lieut. Garden offered the following preamble and resolutions which w re unanimously adopted: Whereas, relentless Death has visited our ranks, and stricken down from his high ?minencj,- our rnuch-cstcemed and much-lamented; late conmander, Col. William L. Miller, we deem it not only a mournful privilege, but a duty, to record a tribute to his exalted worth. To us, the officers of tics 44ih Regiment, to the command of which he was promo-* ted by our unanimous vote, and unqualified approba tion, his sad fate cannot lie too deeply deplored.? Though young in years, he was matured in the discharge of all the duties incident to bis office. His excellence and g.>lhuu Ix-nring as an oflW* ?nd asotdior, his kind deportment, his unflinching discharge of every duty and his moral worth all combined, endear him to us. Therefore. Resolved, That in the death of onr late commnn. der, Col, William M. Milier, wo have been deprived of a most efficient officer and kind friond." Resolrcd, - That li'.s sudden and unexpected death has filled our hearts with sadness, and that we cherish his memory with affectionate regard. Resolved, That the State of Soulli Carolina has sustained in him the loss of an excellent offiocr and a zcmIous promoter or mo uucrvouj 01 me minim service. , Resolved, That in testimony of our regard for hia exalted worth, we will wear the usual badge of mourning, during the present Encampment. Resolved, That we tender our sympathies to hia bereaved family, and that in assurance thereof, a copy of these proceedings be furnished to them. Resolved, That these proceedings be published in the newspapers of the day. [Capt. Caleb Williams then off-red the following resolutions us an amendment, which were also, unani ly adopted]? . Be it further Revolted. That we, the officers of tin -14th Regiment will assemh'e at the store of Col. William Nettles, on the 6th of October, at 10 o'< lock t A.M. in lull uniform, for tho purpose of marching to the grave of our deceased ci.mmander, and paying the last honors to his memory. ? Resolved, That Col. L. FI. Dinkins be requested to take command of the officers so assembled, and conduct the funeral honors according to military us go. Resolved, That Lieut. Garden bo requested to deliver tin address on the same day, suited to the melancholy occasion. Resolved, That a copy of these proceedings be furnished to his excellency, the commander-in-chief. L. K. DINKIN3, Chairman. Joun Watson, See'y. For the Camden Journal. Camp Cook, ?3J Sept. 1842. After parudc was dismissed, the offictreof the 20th Regiment, South Carolina JN1 ilitia, assembled trgether for ti c purpose of testifying their lespect for Col. T. Vv. Hucy commundor of the Cnrnp, Col. Jome? E. Reinsert, wup called to (lie Chair and Lieut. CoJ. Samuel R Chandler, requested to act as Secretary, The object of the meeting being explained, Major > ./' [ John C. Rhunie offered ti e following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted: Resolved. That we the officers of the 20th Regiment South Carolina Militia, do cordially tender our thanks and respect to Col. T. W. IJuoy, for his officcr.Iike conduct, gcntlemnny deportment?and the republican, impaitiul feeling manifested towards all the officers during tho whole encampment: Resolved, That notwithstanding we difsent from Col ifllt-y'S opinions in rem nun iu ui merits, lie possesses our entire confidence as an offi. eer, republican and gentleman. Resolved, Thai in offering this testimony of res. pect, we intend r.o disparagement to the rest of the j gallant and distinguished officers of the camp. Resolved, That in our opinion n suitable und permanent parade ground, ought to be selected, and purchased either by the State or Brigade; as gr?4| * % .