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\ MEETING AT ORANGEBURG. Pursuant to a call, a meeting of the citizens of Orange hurg District was held this day, 6th inst., in the Court House, which was well filled on the occasion. On motion of Capt. Jacob Stroman, Hon. S. Glover was called to the Chair, and Drs. T. A. Elliott and J. .W. Taylor appointed Secretaries. The^Chairtnan then made sonic brief remarks stating the object of the meeting. Gen. D. F. Jamison then rose and moved -An. aonointment of a Committee of Twenty to take into consideration the continued agitation by Congress of the question of slavery, whereupon the following Committee was ap .pointed:?Gen. D. F. Jamison, Capt. Jacob Stroman. Capt. Donald Rowe, Capt. P. S. Jenflings. Major D. J. Rumph, Col. W. L. Lewis, ^ Capt. Murray Robison, Dr. W. S. Rowe, J. B. M'Michael, John H. Felder. Dr. J. D. Rumph, Col. A. Ott, J. J. Wannaniaker. Thos. Oliver, Capt. Lewis Felder, Major D. S. Dannelly, Capt. O. M. Dantzler, Capt. D. Houser, J. J. Andrews, Dr. Benjamin Lewis, Henry Ellis, L. E. Cooner, Dr. J. H. Morgan, Capt. L. E. D. Bowman, Capt. V. D. V. Jamison. During the absence of the Committee, Capt. T. B. Whaley addressed the meeting; after which, lbe Committee through their Chair, man, Gen. Jamison, made the following report: The Cotnmitteee appointed to take into consideration the continued agitation by Congress W of the question of slavery, what checks can be interposed to prevent such attacks upon the character and institutions of the South; and if ; that cannot be prevented, to declare what -iind they are now prepared to take on this most important subject, beg leave to submit the fid lowing Report and the accompanying Resolutions: The ?inra has arrived when the slareholding States of this confederacy must take decided ac.tion upon the continued attacks of the North gainst their domestic institutions, or submit in ailence to that humilating proposition in the nninions of mankind that longer acquiescence mutt inevitably reduce them. Forlwaranre is . often a virtue with nations as with individuals, but when it involves the loss of position or character in either, it is base, dishonorable sub. mission. If the South will permit the Constitution to bo trampled under foot?if she is willing to become a fixed minority, used only to assist in registering edicts for a jealous, hostile and unjust majority, who admit no rule to govern but their own wills, and no measure bat the keenest conception of their own interest, it is best that it should be known to us at once, and that we should endoav ir to accommodate ourselves, as well as we tnay. to a state of things so degrading. That such will be the inevitable result of longer submission to the incessant attacks on our characters and institutions, your Committee for a moment doubt, unless the South shall take firm and concerted action to prevent it. The agitation of the subject of slavery commenced in the fanatical murmurings of a few scattered abolitionists, to whom it was a long time confined; but now it has swelled into a torrent of popular opinion at the North; it has invaded the fireside and the Church, the press and the balls of Legislation ; it has seized upon the deliberations of Congress, and at this moment is sapping the foundations, and about to overthrow the Surest political structure that the ingenuity of man has ever devised. The overt efforts of abolitionism were confined fot a long period to annoying applications to Congress, uuder color of the pretended right of petition?it has since directed the whole weight of its malign influence agaiust the an* nexation of Texas, and had well nigh cost lo the country the loss of that important province; but emboldened by success and the inaction of tbe South, in an unjust and selfish spirit of national agrarian ism. it would now appropriate the whole public domain. It might well have been supposed that the undisturbed possession of the whole of Oregon Territory would have satisfied the non-slavebolding States. This they now bold, by the incorporation of the Ordinance of 17S7 into the bill of the last session for establishing a territorial government for Oregon. That provision, however, was not sustained by tbem from any apprehension that the territory could ever be settled from the States of the South, but it was intended as a gratuitous insult to the Southern people, and a malignant and unjustifiable attack upon the in agitation of slavery. The boundary between the slaveholdiug and non-slavebolding States was supposed to be fixed by a solemn compact on the two sections known as the Missouri Compromise, and the fine of 36 deg. 30 min. North latitude was a. dopted as the limit between tbem. Whatever may be the opinions of your Committee as to (be propriety of this compact, and of the concessions made by the South to preserve the Union, they would not now he willing to see it disturbed, a* it has been *anctioned by time and long acquiescence; hut beyond that, they would not eoncede one inch, should it shntterthis con federacy into thirty fragments. It i? this further concession that we are now called upon to make. Indeed, no new line has ever been hinted at. We are called upon to give up the whole pub. lie domain to the fanatical craving* of abolit ion. Urn and the unholy lust of political power. A territory, acquired by the whole country for the use of all, where treasure has been squandered like chaff and Southern blood has been poured out like water, is sought be appropriated by one seetion, because the other chose to adhere to au institution, held not only under the guar, antees of the constitution that brought this con* federacy into existence hut under the higher sanction ot Heaven. Should we quietly fold our hands under this assumption on the part of the non> siareholdinir States, the fate of the South is sealed, the institution of slavery is gone, and its existence will be but a Question ?' (|mR? Are tbe Southern people prepared for such a base abandonment of their natural, social and political rights? Your Committee hope not? they believe it not. What, then, shall be the remedy? Your Commitee are unwilling to an. ticipate what will be the result of the combined wisdom and joint acticn ofthe Southern portion of the confederacy on this question; but as an initiatory step to a concert of action on the part ofthe people ofSouth Carolina, they respectfully recommend for the adoption of this meeting tbe following Resolutions: Resolved, 1 si. That the continued agitation of the question of slavery by the people of the non-slaveholding States, by their Legislatures, and by their Representatives in Congress, exhibits not only a want of national courtesy, which should always exist between kindred States, but is a palpable violation of good faith towards the slave-holding States, who adopted tbe present Constitution "in order to forin a P- _ a WT _ f 91 MPirv jienuci union. Resolved, 2d. Thai while we acquiesce in adopting the boundary between the slave-holding and non-slave-holding States, known as the Missouri compromise line, we will not submit to any fur'her restriction upon the rights of any Southern man to carry his property and his in stitutions into territory acquired by Southern treasure and by Southern blood. Resolved, 3rd. That should the Wjlmot Pro. viso, or any similar instruction, be applied bj Congress to the territories of the United States south of 36 degrees. 30 minutes North latitude we recommend to our Representative in Con. gress, as the decided opinion of this portion o his district, to leave his seat in that body anc return home. Resolved, 4th. That we respectfully auggesl to both Houses of the. Legislature of South Carolina to adopt a similar recommendation a; to our Senators in Congress, from this State. Resolved, 5th. That upon the return home o our Senators and Representatives in Congress the Legislature of South-Carolina should bf forthwith assembled, to adopt such measures a! as the exigency may demand. Resolved, 6th. That a copy of the foregoing Report and Resolutions be transmitted by tht Chairman of this meeting to our Representa tive in Congress, and that copies of the saitu be laid before both bodies of the Legislature o South.Carolina. After a few remarks by the Chairman of the Committee, the Report and Resolutions wen seconded by Capt. V. D. V. Jamison, who wai followed by Capt. O. M. Dantzler. The. Resolutions were then submitted seria tim, and together with the Report, were unani tnously adopted. On motion of Capt. Jamison, it was orderet that copies of the proceedings of this meeting be sent to the Charleston Courier and Mercury and the South-Carolinian, with a request lha they should be published. S. GLOVER, Chairman. J. W. Taylor, ) c . T. A. Eu-iott, \ secrelanmFrom the Columbia Telegraph. MEETING IN FAIRFIELD. November 6, 9 p. m. Dear Sir: I hasten to give you the rcsul of the Fairfield Southern safety movement.? *4 1 n a,! macf rpqnppfahlf AI 14 n>( limuf, unr ui mo uiuo meetings in point of numbers and intelligence 1 have ever seen, assembled in the Court (louse at Winnsboro'. After the usual preliminarily had been gone through, a Preamble and Reso lutions, expressive of the sense of the meeting on the grave subjects which had cal'ed therr together, was reported by the committee o twenfi'-one appointed for the purpose. At these Resolutions wIM soon be furnished for the press, it is unnecessary to notice them, furthei than to say they embody the tritfl Soulherr spirit. The Resolutions were opposed bj Messrs. Rutland and Buchanan, two pro.Tdsinr young lawyers, as premature and not indicating the proper course of action. They were re plied to by Gen. Means, in one of the most elo. quenl and convincing arguments I have cvei listened to. He was ably sustained by Messrs, McCall, Black, and Elliott, Upon the fina passage of the resolutions, there was but Iwr dissenting voices out of the immense crowi there assembled. It is but just to the two gen tlemen opposing the resolutions to state thai they avowed their readiness, when the propel time came, to go as far as any one in defence of our rights and our institutions. So too of the two gentlemen who voted against the. fina l 1..,!? ti'a ^;fr?r n< passage vi mc icnuiuuuuN. ?? v M lo time and the mode of action, hut there car he no difference among us as to the extent o: the wrong. You, my dear fir, know how despondent have been upon this subject. I will desponr no longer. I have never seen so much enthu siasm at any meeting upon any si hjoct as this The people, the unpurchased people, wen there in their strength, showing by their inter est in the proceedings, their unalterable deter niination to stand by the Constitution, and thei rights under that Constitution. It would havi cheered your drooping spirits to have been then and witness the harmony between Democrat and Whigs, Cass men and anti-Cuss men, Tay lor men, all sacrificing their prejudices an< political defTorences upon the altar of the publii good. Let this sprit psrva.de all sections o the South, and she will yet be regenerated am disenthralled. The spirit which animuted t glorious ancestry Btill nestles in the bosoms n our people. It is "not dead, but sleepeth."? Let but Virginia or the Old North State o Georgia, whose gallant sons once threw dowi the gauntlet ofdefiancc to the insolence ofpowe and stayed the strong arm of the Fedora' Gov eminent, but lead off in his matter, and my lifi upon it, South Carolina will be there. In i great cause like this, the "post of honor is: private station." We covet no other. A pat riot who fight* for his country, fights as brave I; in the ranks as at the head of a division. Ye should our co-Slates of the South (ail us in th< hour of utmost?need?ahull we tamely submi to an act of damnable injustice and wrong, he cause we may stand alone? God forbid. W< ask the co operation of our suffering allies; we ask them to lead offin the contest?will the; doit? Who can doubt it? A common sense u injury will bring about a common struggle, am the Constitution will yet be preserved, am the rights of (be South maintained. Yours, A Democrat. Gallantry of an American Whaleman ?A citizen of New.Bedford furnishes th< Washington Union with the following recon of the gallantry of the officers und crew of ai American Whaler: You have recorded in your columns repeatei instance* of American valor and hardihood ex hibited during the late war. But a few day since, you noticed the affair of San Jose, ii Lower California- About the same time, tin whale ship Magnolin, Capt. B. Simmons, be longing to Charles W. Morgan, Usq., of thi city, arrived in port with a full cargo. Th< incidents connected with her voyage along tin California coast possesses so much interest, dis play the energy, promtitude, and courage of hi American character, together with the patriotii spirit of our seamen, to such a degree, that up on becoming acquainted with them, I resolvei to communicate them to your paper. As the Magnolia was proceeding down tin coast, at a considerable distance from San Jose 9he was hailed by two cr three launches, o small vessels, full of people* Upon approach ing nearer, Capt. Simmons discovered that on< of them contained the alcalde of San Jose, win with others of the best families of the town, hat taken refuge on board these boats. They in formed him that there had been an insurrectim against (he United Slutes authority, ami thn the Califbrniarts had pillaged the town aw committed numberless outrages, and were ther besieging the priest's house, which was lIk strongest in the place, and was occupied as r fort by the Americans. It was commanded bj Lieut. Haywood, and defended by only tvvenlj five men. The alcalde further stated that thor< had been much firing during the day nod nigh previous, and he knew he must have nearly ex hausted their ammunition, and must surrcndei speedily unless immediate assistance was ren dored. Capt. Simmons, upon consultation will t) V I* ?11 llTTT'rf^lft1 '*T*P-HEfWTTinT*^nT*?*** i his officers, resolved to run in at once to the as* sistance of the beseiged. As he stood in for an chorage, when within about three miles, he r saw the Californians ranged upon a hill, back , from the shore. All the men in the launches , were taken on board ship, and as many men as . possible placed upon the houses, and in conf spicnons positions, to convey the impression of 1 a vessel.of.war. As the Magnolia rounded to a gun was fired, her sails furled, and her anI ehor dropped about a half mile from the shore. . A large number ol persons were skulking about ? obtaining a precarious subsistance in the bushes which skirted the shore, and protecting their f lives against the insurgents. , They cast anchor a little be fore sundown, ! and sent off a boat as near the shore a< their - . r j. _cr 5 safety seemed to allow. An maian swam uu t h rmifrh the surf to the boat, which had been sent r in reply to his halloo. He brought a message ; Iroin Lieut. Haywood, telling him not to land . except with strong force. This satisfied Capf. * Simmons that his ruse had deceived both f Americans and Caliornians, and that they both deemed bis ship a vessel of war. That night ; he put all his arms in order, and made evcry? thing ready for landing the next day. On the 3 morning succeeding, he manned five boats, and proceeded to effect a landing, leaving three of them lying near the shore as a sort of reserve - to fall back upon in case of emergency. The Captain was convinced that if anything was i j done success fully with his small force, it must I r be done during the continuance of the dccop. I , lion, which had evidently been communicated i t to the insurgents. Taking with hint eleven picked men well armed with guns and pistols, Capt. Simmons led off into this (to him) tinknown country, beset with an enraged and reckless enemy, his men following him in single file. The road lay through a thicket of shrub growth for some two miles, when they emerged towards the town. The enemv had withdrawn beyond the hill, and as they approached the t | fort, a guard came out to meet them. Until - that mompnt it was believed in the fort that a ? I vessel of war had come to their relief. They , | were henrtily greeted on their arrival, and 3 ' found the occupants of the fort out of lead, exi ! cept a few balls and only two or three pounds - j of powder left for their small arms. A little i bread only remained for tho use of the womm i ! and children in the fortification, who had sought f refuge from the excesses of their countrymen. 3 The continual firing night and day for sever! al diys had completely exhausted the brave J r little band which was then defending itself| i against a largely superior force. That night ' lor thejfirst time, they enjoyed 6ome undisturbed r A letter had bepn sent peroral days previous ly lor assistance, but was intercepted without thi knowledge of Lieut. Haywood. It would therefore seem that if Americans ever surron. dered that small company of marines must have I surrendered before assistance would have been > furnished by a war-vessel. Upon ascertaining i what was mos-t needed by the garrison, Capt Simmons returned to the .Magnolia, took all his t fine powder, some GO or 70 pounds of lead, inr eluding his deep sea lead, and all the bread i which was wanted at the fort, and with the as" sistance of the marines, conveyed it to the fori. I The Magnolian's deck meanwhile was covers ered with men and women who had flocked off ) from the shrub wood on the shore, where they f had been skulking for shelter. The Captain with his accustomed generosity, 'had given out I word that they could find refuge on board his 1 ship. The next morning after this, a ship was discovered passing in the. offing. Captain Sim2 mons sent ofTa boat to him to urge him to come in if possible, and lie alongside; if not, then to send him all his fine powder. The ship prov. r ed to be the Edwards, of new Bedford, Capt. 1 Barker, who could not go by an American 2 flag, in danger, He came in and cast anchor s alongside. They then put all their fire arms i in order, and some of them landed once or I twice. On the 3d day they took all their dis. I posable force. 55 men. armed them with about t 30 muskets and carbines, nnd the rest with I whale lancers, (a most formidable wenpon,) i and boarding-knives, and so marched up to the 'f town. All this was done to assure the people - of protection and safety, and to induce them to r return to the town. The whole company went i through with military exercises in their sight r The people gradually came back into the town, --.i .l__ .L j anil men lip* n uaicmrn iniuin-u >> > .. .......... a i Hut the people besought Lieut H. to detain the i J ships a few days for their security. The pe\ tilion was enclosed to Simmons, seconded hy the request ot the officers in command, that y they should remain until assistance, then ext pected should arrive. Although their policies a were vitiated, and the underwriters discharged, t hy their national spirit and humanity, 'here was not a moment's hesitation, hut the two masters a at once acceded to the petition. They lay s there seven or eight days, until the arrival ol a p store ship from .Mazallan with supplies, in ref spouse to a despatch sent alter the Magnolia's J arrival. The nest day they put to sea. J Such assistances of patriotic spirit and prompt military relief, on the part of our merchantmen, ought to he recorded. They deserve the no. tice of the department, for the encouragement . of a similar spirit of enterprise. ! Yours, &c. J 1 A New Remedy for Diseases.?The Paris , correspondent of the Courrier des F.tats Unin " 'i ~r _ nas me louowmg account ui ? nc?v >n,u?ui ui s Medicine :? 1 If the art of healing has made, little progress J since Hippocrates, who liveil twenty-three cen turies since, it must be attributed to the olistis nacy of nature, but it is not at all the limit of s the doctors, who in all times have accomplished s prodigies of imagination in opening new paths by which to reach the end of knowledge. Our ! epoch, more than any other has been fruitful : in original systems in the medical domain. Germany hits sent lis a new one which is called J [sopnthy. Isopailiy consists in applying to the diseased organ the same organ borrowed from j an animal in full health. Examples will ion, der the definition mcro clear. If the disease r is on the lungs, the lungs of a sheep are placed . on the. breast of the patient ; if it is the liver 3 or heart which snfTers, they place on the dis> eased part a heart or liver of an ox; if the I hearing is nflected, Jsopathy makesyou a night - cap trimmed with the curs of a calf! I This may at first seem singular, and yet t nothing is more real than this system I It lias j 1 bren much talked about?fame has seized upon i ! it, the learned discuss it, the academies exam- I 3 I ine it, numerous experiments of it have been I i made in Germany, and as there is always 1 found in Paris, in all professions, a crowd of r ambitious men who hold themselves upon the ? watch for discoveries, with the hope of making, ? I... l.- !.< nf naur cvciomc. a fnrliino which ! . they have not been able to realize by the old r | methods, we number already several Paris - I doctors, who have hnstened to prociaim theml J selves Isopathists, THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. I Wednesday Morning, November 15, 1848. ' WILLIAM B. JOHNSTON. EDITOR. ] Agricultural Fair. The eighth Annual Fair of the Wateree Agri- 1 cultural Society will take place at Swift Creek on 1 '.Thursday, the lOth instant, at ten o'clock, me public are respectfully invited to attend. LIST OF PREMIUMS TO BE AWARDFD. , 1. A silver rup of the value of ten dollars, for he greatest quantity of cotton. 2. A silver cup of the same value, for the greatest quantity corn. 3. A siver cup of the same value, for the greatest quantity of potatoes. 4. A silver cup of the same value, for the greatest quantity of peas. 5. A silver cup of the same value, for the most meat, 6. A silver enp of the same value, for the most domestic cloth. 7. A silver cup of the same value for the best milch cow and calf. 8. A silver cup of the same value, for the best two year old colt. 9. Two sweepstake prizes, each of the value often dollars. J. BOYKIN, Secretary. Onr lUarket. Cotton continues to come in pretty freely, though prices have declined ? since our last. We now quote 4 to 4$ cents. We notice no change in other ?:rticles. Cmnr.ESTos, Nov. 13. Cotton.?The transactions on Salnrday last reach* cd 1,000 bales nt cxlremcs^&ging from 4 3 8 to 51 2c. The bulk of the sales were made at 5 1 4 and 5 3 8c. Wc liave no change to notice in priccR.?Courier. Steamer DcKalb. This favorite boat has resumed her regular trips on our river. In consequent e of the almost unprecedented drought during the fall, she has been prevented from commencing earlier. We learn that shippers now may rely on the utmost promptness and despatch being used in the transportation ot cotton and merchandise. The Extra Pay to Volnuteer9. We are requested to state for the benefit of the Members of Company C. Palmetto Regiment, that Paymaster, Robert Sthanoe, Jr , will be in Cam den on or about next Monday 2Uth mst. j 1 is stay will be limited to a few days, so that those inter. ested, should be here if possible at that time. The Result. The following States are certain for Taylor, New York, Perinsylv ir.ia, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana and Tennessee, making in all 163 electoral votes, being 17 more than necessary to elect. We will probably be able to give the official vote in some of the States next week. The Presidential Election. We write more in sorrow than in anger when we record the election of General Taylor to the Presidency. We regret the result, believing that the Administration of the Government on Democratic principles, is more beneficial to the whole j coun'ry, and more conducive to the safety and prosperity of the Southern States, than the measures of a Whig Administration. Thus much for our opinion. We are thoroughly republican in feeling and principle, and therefore bow in submission to the will of the majority ; but we cannot overlook the fact, that General Taylor's military renown alone, has elevated him to this high and important trust, for his most ardent admirers and warmest supporters did not choo.-e their position, from any faith in his abilities as a statesman. We sympathise with the old hero?he goes into the office personally beloved by the American people, and with a name and reputation untarnished ; if he leaves it with the same halo of glory around him, he will have accomplishcc more than the most of his predecessors. We sincerely wish. | that he may prove a wise and patriotic Chief Maj gistrate, and that he may call around him those ! men. whose experience and abilities, and devotion I to the Union, may guide the ship of State, through ' the breakers of fanaticism which threaten her destruction. With regard to the Vice President, Mr. Fillmore, the less said about him the better. Southern Whigs in voting for him, knew that they were supporting an avowed abolitionist, a man unfriendly to their institutions; upon them therefore, rests the responsibility of any mischief that may result from his election. We trust however, that he will be more conservative in his official acts, than his past public life would lead lis to anticipate. Raised to the second office in the nation, and standing in this relation to the ichnle American people, he may wisely consider that sectional prejudices should be laid aside, and that whatever share he may have in the Administration of the Government it must be administered for the good of the whole. As a party triumph, the Whigs cannot claim this result. The American people are democratic by a vast majority, and by whatever means a Whig Administration m.iy occasionally pet into power, there is republican leaven enough amongst the people, to correct the abuses which their unwise and impolitic legislation may produce. The Safety of the South. We are glad the excitement of the Presidential Election is over. The people of the Southern States have now much more important matters to claim their attention, and we earnestly hope, there will be no delay in a thorough organization, for the protection of their rights and interests. We do not desire to agitate unnecessary, we do not wish to stir up sectional strife, nor do we wish that South Carolina should, by any rash or impulsive action, render herself ridiculous, but we do hope to see complete unanimity amongst the slaveholding States, in the defence of rights and interests, precious alike to all. It is a mortifying fact, that her Sister States regard any movement of SouthCarolina, with gi eat suspicion, and from the experience of the past, are apt to come to the conclusion, that any measure, in which she takes the ini tiative, miiFt partake or me nature oi uisorganization or nullification, and are consequently unwilling to follow lier ; but uf on this "paramount issue" we cannot perceive how they can keep aloof from any feasible plan of defence, against the increasing aggressions of the North. The issue has to be met, and it would worse than folly for us to divide, with regard to the mode, manner or time, in which it should be met. The settlement of these questions, must be strictly and entirely unanimous, and to accomplish this desired end, we have plied our pen, in urging upon the people a Southern Convention. To this it must come at last?such a Convention must be held, for in no other way can we possibly see any chance of obtaining unanimity and concert of action. We therefore urge our brethren of the press, to stir up j the people to action; the time for talking or threat sning ia paat; we muat lay down our platforni i 11! 3 1 ? -..J ?? #? ?? XT??.? kavn ( jroaujy ana openiy, auu oay iu vui nvuucih|< jrethren, "thus far and no farther." We believe ve have yet the power to say this, but we cannot 1 lave it much longer, if we quietly submit to future ' ;ncroachmcnts, or appear satisfied whilst these ?ncroachmeuts are gathering strength and popular support. tCT A careful calculation makes the number of men who have been removed from Parir, since the 22nd June, to be 58,000, being a full fourth of the adult male population. The Extra Session. The Legislature of this State, convened on Monday 5th inst., fi r the pnrpose of casting the Electoral vote of the State on the following day. This is the first, and we trust, will be the last occasion, on which they will be specially convened for that purpose, the people ought to have and must have the privilege of voting directly for presidential electors, When the Legislature was organized and the fact made known to the Governor, ihe following Message was received from that officer. GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. Executive Department, ) Columbia, 6th.Nov. 1849. \ To the Honorable the Speaker and Members of the House of Represent iticcs. Gentlemen: The promptness with which you have assembled bore out of the ordinary term of your regular Annual Session, gives assurance that you will enter upon the duty confided to vnu by your constituents in a spirit suited to the importance and dignity of the occasion. For the agency I have had in calling you together, 1 do not feel called on to offer any apology, although :t may have subjected many of you to inconvenience. Nothing but an imperative sense of duty could have impelled me to such a measure." The Constitution of the United Stales authorizes any Slate in the Union to appoint in such manner as the Legislature thereof, may direct a number of Electors of President and Vice President of the United Stales equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which such State may be entitled in the Congress of the United States; and provides that the time of choosing the Electors and the day on which they shall give their voles which shall be the same throughout the United States, shall be determined by Congress. As the Law stood prior to 1945, the Electors to which this State was entitled were appointed by joint ballot of Senate and House of Representatives on I lie Tuesday preceding the first Wednesday in December in every fourth year sttcceding the last election of President and Vice President; and this manner of appointment has been used Irom the time of the ndop. tion of the Federal Constitution down to the present day. Rut by an act of Congress, passed in January, one thousand eight hundred and forty.five, the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the year in which they are to lie appointed is imperatively set apart as the day on which they are to be appointed, for every State in the Union. To-morrow is that day, and to enable you to discharge that duty was the object of asking your attendance here ; and in this I pray you mav lie riirectefl iiv unerring wisdom. ' DAVID JOHNSON. After the rending of the Message, and the usual order for printing having-been agreed to. Mr. Memmingcr offered the following resolutions : Resolved, That the appointment of Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, for the term to commence on the fourth day of March next, be made by ballot of the Legislature of this Stale, in the Hall of the House of Representatives, at 12 o'clock, Meridian, to morrow, the 7th instant; being the day appointed for that purpose by ihe Act of Congress, approved the 23d of January. 164-r>. Resolved, That a Message be sent tr? the Senate asking their concurrence in the foregoing Resolution. The Resolution and Message were accordingly sent to the Senate, asking their concurrence. The following Resolution, submitted by Mr. Memminger, was considered and agreed to, and ordered to be sent to the Senate for concurrence : Resolved, That the present Session of the Legislature, be adjourned on Tuesday the 7th instant. Mr. J. P. Reed offered the following Resolution, which lie stated was offered on behalf of the Pendleton delegation, and embodied their views. The resolution was ordered to lie on (he (able. Resolved, That South Carolina cannot, con. sistently with her long cherished principles and a due regard lo her dearest rights, vote for either Gen. Cass or Gen. Taylor, for President of the United States; and that it is expedient that her electoral vote he cast for some third person of sound Southern Democratic principles and incorruptible integrity. On Tuesday the Senate attended and joined the House in a ballot for Electors, wnich resulted as follows : For Cass and Butler 129 votej, cast for the following Electors: For I he State at large. Col. B. F. Perry,, Col. Thomas Lehre. ' For Congressional Districts. 1. Hon. N. R. Fares. 2. Hon. Alexander Evins, 3. Hon. John L. Manning, 4. lion. W. J. Hannn, 5. Hon. Patrick Calhoun Caldwell, 6. James B. Campbell, Esq., 7. Hon. Benjamin G. Allston. For Taylor and Butler 27 votes, cast for the following genuemen : I Henry A. DeSaussure, Henry W. Conner, F. N. Garvin, Wm. Woodberry, Philip Tidyman. Wm. Gilmore Simms, Andrew F. Lewis, J. Harlpslon Read, Sr., Janres E. David. For Blank, 8 votes. Both Houses adjourned after having thus harmoniously and almost unanimously, given the vote of the Stale for Cass and Butler. Tiie present position of the Country.? On Monday Inst,the Court not having business prepared for the day adjourned at 11 o'clock and convened again at 1 o'clock. Col. A. D. Sims, our immediate representalive in Congress occupied the intermediate time in addressino the audience, He took the great democratic platform laid down by the Baltimore Convention in 184^. as reiterated in 1848, and, to many proved conclusively that in sustaining the resolution then adopted, was the HOPE of the south and the perpetuity of the Union. He toojt a rapid review of tbp claims of Cass "! ' -ir i naiiiMum-mm?mm* ir Taylor tp (he Presidential chair?and en. ie ivored to prove that (be South could only ha vue to herself tn sustaining the former. Ha took also a review of the Presidents who had been in office since the establishment of (be Government, and scanned with a masterly re. collection the prominent actsofeach admmistra. lion. His great aim appeared to he to eonvincn his constituents that it was the part ofdoly and patriotism to honor the man North or South of the democracy who brained the constitution, and the guarantees under it, as eipounded l?jr the Baltimore Convention, and though the Northern Whigs, as a body, were against if, yet we had a fraction nfthe old slate rights dear, ocrats of the North who were froe patriots aod were ardently dcroted to the Union. In illu*. trating this he gave a most interestingd-scripof the scene in the Senate Chamber in 1846, on the casting vote of Gborgk M. Dallas, in assessing the present Tariff?! For that tote Mr. DallaR was burnt in effigy in his own State; hut in all the South he was applauded as a pat. riot and a statesman, and a sound democrat. He administered a wholesome rebuke to that party in the Slate who are trying to form a nectinual or geographical political party and shewed conclusively that if they succeeded they would only do so on the ruin of our unrivailed govern, inent. . . Wc think it time the press and the public men of our Stale should speak owl plainly.on ihe dangerous tendency'ofsueh Resolution* as have parsed large public meetings recent^Jifild in this Stale. We are not prepared to calculate the value of the Union. Nor barAjre for. gotten the trying scenes front 1828 to '32. In that contest South Carolina was placed in a position which is now condemned by those whomade it. We shall resist any and all attempts to put this State in snch a place again, and "we ardently hop? all who value the great blessings we rnjoy will unite with us in resisting .such movements.?Georgetown Observer. From the Charleston Courier of Friday. LATER FROM EUROPE. Last evening, we receiver! the news of the arrival of the British steamer America at-New York, having left Liverpool on the 28th nft. TIip dispatch announcing her arrival gavo us the following synopsis of the FOREIGN POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE. France.?The new French Cabinet has sustained a defeat in the Assembly. On what question is not named. /V decree has been issued thaC the election of President by the people shall take place on tenth of December. " The contest for this high station will lie a most exciting one. and the future political po. sit ion of France, will depend greatly on the re. suit. Lamartine is said to have trade tba declaration that he will he a candidate. Enoland.?The cholera is said to make l*tt slow progress in England, and those attached are hut lightly affected, and easily coved. The London Money markpt was firm. Consols quoted at 85 3-8 to 85 5-8. Ireland.?Smith O'Brien, McManvs and O'Donoghle are to lie forthwith transported for life. Berlin.?'This Capital is still the aeene of strife and rint, and nothing especial bad occur ? - * -? * '. a - - rt* t - . _ red 10 nring ;ine arsjomien siaie 01 anairs in a crisis. I VnsxxA.?The Austrian population had come to the resolution of holding oat to the hut, at j Vienna, although provisions were beginning l?> he quite scarce, and difficult to iieobtasoied. N? engagements had yet taken place. Spaix.?The King and Queen ofSpain ha?l made up their quarrels. THE MARKETS. Some lime aftrr the reeeption of the political news, a despatch giving us the accounts ofth+ market reached us. Cottox.?The market was in a depressed slate, and hut a moderate demand existed, throughout the week previous to the sailing of the America. Exporters, however, continued to opprate to a fair extent. AII description* of Cotton had declined oneeighth of a penny since the sailing of the Hi- ' hernia, and sales were freely made at this re* duction. The market was somewhat firmer on theday the America railed, with some improvement. The sales ofthe^week'amountedto 28^000 hales. Brkadstcffs.?The market for breadstuff* depressed oil account of the large arrivals.? Western Canal Flour quoted at 30s.; Philadelphia and flaltimore at 24s. fid; Corn continues j<!*fiHi^.d*mand at 34 to 35s 6J. The decline in Flour is one shilling and six penre; and three J shillings^pcr bushel on Wheat with a small demand. Rice.?Xo alteration in price since acconnts 1 ppr last steamer. Pork.?This article advanced ?wo shilling* per barrel. ,'f *1 I)IICI)?In Chesterfield District, in October last Mr. Jkssf. Williams aged about 40 years. Sometime previous to his death be sa* the ne* cessitv of an interest in the blood of Christ, and afier faithful and continued wrestling in prayer, received the promised blessing, and attaching himself to the Church, enjoyed the comforts of religion in an eminent degree. When death approached, he met him as a Iriend, for the " love of God had cast out all lear." a NVISTAR'S BALSAM. | Certificate from the Principal of the FredonU (N. Y.) Seminary. Freuonia, July 17th, 1846. Dr. Solli W. Fowle,?Dear Sir:?Feeling, I dry under obligations to the friend who urged ode try Wi?., tar's Balsam, in spite of my hostility to theendlese nr riety of remedies claiming ijifellibilily, 1 cannot justly refuse to comply with your request to furnish eUta. ? merit of its effects. From tny youth I have been subject to lung cou^. pi.lints and during the last leu years 1 have been ur.^ der the necessity of using the otmoet caution to avoid that most ungracious customer, "a cough.*' )n Febro* nry Inst I took cold, a cough rat in, atid although slight T in tho beginning, I made use of the simple remedies. wlucli I always keep for thai purpose. These foiling, I resorted to others, many of which base hare gained cclobrity, but my cougli increased in violenoe, and a 4 pain in the side and right lobe of tlio lungs set ip, which soon became rorv distressing and at intarvafo wore attended with oppressive stiicturcs on the tang*, During this time I expectorated frcly, but lljc mucya raised from the lungs indicated a disease deeply seated, Two or three physicians very kindly sent qo their medicines, which have been very efficient in curing coughs, but lliey failed to roach my ease, and { began. to be somewhat uneasy. In the latter pert, of Aptil I left homo, intending to travel a while and if powible escape, by that menna, from present danger. When | reached Buffalo I had taken an additional cold, and my cough was considerably aggravated. A friend there advised me to try the Balsam of Wild Cherry, but I told him I had swallowed medicine enough. Well, sir, I coughed out llial.daj and the Right following, and tlio next day my friend urpd roe again lot?y "Dr. Wialar." und at 3, T. J w?a willing to try *ny Uiiug^ M , . J