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I.KGISLATIVR SUMM VRY. IIOISE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Monday, Dec. 3. The House mot pursuant to adjournment at haif-past 9, a. m. Mr. Jok" presented the memorial of certain citizens of RdjJefiehL praying the Stale to instruct her proxies in the Railroad Company to procure a suspension of operations on the Sal) bath day. Mr. Tuppsr presented tfte memorial or sun dry citizens of Charleston District, praying a changfe in the License Laws of this State; as. also, the memorial of sundry citizens of Charleston. with a similar prayer. The following hill was read the first time : By Mr. H tiger. A bill to prohibit the collection of demands against the Students of S. Carolina College. Mr. McAllily submitted the following resoldlions, which were orJered for consideration the next day: Resolved. That it bo referred to the Cornraittee on Ways and Means to inquire into%the expediency of imposing a lax on property not now subject to taxation. Resolved, That it be referred to the Committee on-Education to inquire into the expediency of increasing the annual appropriation of Kree Schools to sixty thousand dollars. And that ? said Committed also inquire into the expediency and practicability of distributing the said fund according 1o the. number of poor scholars, as now ascertained by the returns of the differ ItniKtj r.f ??ntmniccinn?r? of Kree Schools. ! Mr. J. Reid read a bill the first time, to give jurisdiction to Magistrates for the trial of tres passes on personal property, where the damages do not exceed twenty dollars, and for other pur. poses. 1 Mr. Yancey gave notice of a bill to regulate < the toll to be taken at the several grist mills throughout the State. I Mr. G. McWitherspoon gave notice of a bill to amend the law in relation to the time of counting the votes for District Officers. Mr. J. Harleslon Read, jr., gave notice o! a bill to impose additional restrictions upon ail as- i emblagps o! slaves and free persons of color t for religions worship. Mr. Bauknighi's bill to amend the 71st sec \ tion of an act entitled an art to reduce all acts s and clauses pf acts in relation to the militia of t this State to one act, and to alter and amend the same, passed on the 17th December, 1841, was ! read a first time. i Mr. Simons'* bill to prevent the marital rights s of the husband from attaching in case of the s estate ot married women, was read the first e time. <i Also, Mr. Simon's.bill to require the Sheriffs i ' of the several Districts of this State to make an <; nnnnnnl runnrl nt f*?>rl?ir? nrisonnra in their ( custody, was read the first time. t The House adjourned at 4 o'clock. i ?. o SENATE. Tuesday, December 4. ? Mr. Moses gave notice that he would to-mor. t row ask leave to introduce a bill to protect the s people of South Carolina from abolition docu r ments, circulated through the United States ' c mail. I * Mr. Manning presented two petitions from j I citizens of Clarendon* one to prevent railroad t operations on the Sabbath ; the other for an s additional magistrate in Clarendon. s Mr. Moses reported from the Judiciary Com- a mittee favorably on a bill to prevent obstructructionslo fish on Lynch'* Creek. t Mr. Caldwell, after notice, introduced a bill J c to charter the Bank of Newberry, which was v read a first time and referred. i Mr. Wilson from the Joint Committee to in- I Tesligate the affairs of the Branch Bank at a Camden, reported the management of that I Branch a* good, and if there has been any mis. n management, they were unable to detect it. y Mr. Mazyck, from the special committee on r so much of the Governor's Message as relates h to the Bank of the State and the public debt, i p reported by bill, which was read, and moved as . e the special order for Friday. s Mr. Moses strenuously opposed the day named, v as too early for adequate preparation for discussion by4he friends of either side. He moved a Tuesday as the day. tl Mr. Felder advocated Friday as remote d enough; and remarked with severity upon the It practice of keeping from the two Houses for h important reports, which are so necessary the tl the information of members. a Mr. iranna?if not out of order?hoped the fi motion of Mr. Moses would prevail. He was willing to stav hpre to Jnnuarv. if that were no. cessary to a full discussion of this subject". 1 The question being taken on postponing to Tuesday, it was decided in the negative, by yeas and navs, as follows: yeas. 20 ; nays, 24. f It was then made the order of the day "for A Friday, at 2 o'clock. Mr. Hanna, from the special joint committee, l1 also made a minority report, in the nature of a s protest, which concluded with a series of reso. a lutions, affirming it as unwise and inexpedient <> to wind up the Bank. - a Mr. Wilson moved that the report be printed, ti with tbe same number of extra copies as or- n dered on the other reports, and that it be made p tbe special order for Friday, at 2 o'clock. u Mr* Memmingcr Iroin the special joint Com- l< mittee to whom had heen referred so much of the Government, reported a bill to provide for r he approaching expiration of the Bank char* C ter. v The following abstract we copy from the Co- u lumbia.Telegraph. The bill provides for the election of a Presi. d dent and four directors, the latter to receive a I' salary of one thousand dollars per annum each, b No new loans fo be made, salaried officers to j be reduced, if expedient, and agencies to be j substituted for the present branches. Indul- h gence to be granted not to exceed ten years, n with interest and portion of principal payable .l annually, and a source of the Bank when col- ii lected, to be applied to the extinction of the debt ot the State. e Mr. J. P. Heed, of Pendleton, on behalf of the Ii minority of the special joint committee, present- n ed a counter report, which was opposed to the a scheme recommended by the majority, for the C following ground*, in substance : 1st. The minority object to the plan proposed s on account of the constitution of the committee, a three Districts in one portion the State having c nearly the whole power in that committee. a 2d. The committee had been appoin'ed to procure information, and not merely to ratify d preconceived opinions, or prearranged opinions r of any member, as had been done by the major, li ity in this ca?e. c The minority object generally to the scheme, c or any plan with similar object : s 1st. Because public opinion would be lore- ii stalled bv such action now, the will of the peer h pie not having been expressed. v 2d. Because the Bank has answered gener L ally the pu. poses of its creation ; as a fiscal li . . V y public find-:, economically -and xaP'lv, furnish* "I ing a chock on "private banks, stock jobbers, * shavers, and usurers," in diminishing the amount " of direct taxation, in giving credit to tin*. Statu abroad, and thus "enabling her to re-build ' ' Charleston when in ashes." j _ 3d. Tliev. believe the Bank now to be in n ; sound wholesome, and prosperous state. 4th. Because, allowing that the public will > j. and policy demanded such a separation orI>ank i ^ and Slate, the present crisis renders the attempt at this time "unwise, impolitic, and dangerous,' as it would necessarily "disorganize onr linan- j cos, impair onr credit, produce discord and dis. j sensions among our citizens," and thus leave j the State "naked to her enemies." j l'] ijth Because (he liquidation of the Bank now jal would involve a violation ol the faith of the ; l'i Sta'eas pledged to her foreign creditors. The Committe conclude by specifying some a'1 objection to the particular plan of the majority, ^ the principal gronuds of which objections are : | he 1st, The number ol salaried officers resi. I dents of one city?Charleston. i ^ 2.1. The proposed concentration of all the j resources of the Bank at Chaileston. | cr 21. The substitution of single agents for the j rtrui>/*K^i itnw mvinrr tr> ,nn? ni.in the. OOWer of! passing on the credit and fortune of the debtors ofiliese Branches. 4th. The limitation of loans proposed, as oreating a monopoly in Ihvor of the few who ! p' own State stocks; and finally, that the scheme I provides no disposition for the surplus funds of i the Stale, afterpayment of the public debt. The [ F' Committee recommended th" adoption of a se. ; th riesof reiblutions embracing the views we have ; let indicated. Pn For the iuf>rmntion of our readers, we publish the report of Mr. Memminger, on behalf nf the majority* of the Special Committee of the , |at House, on so much of Message No. 1 as relates i '1*1 o the Bank of the State : ! an A BII.L , pi; To provide for the approaching expiration of. the Bank Charter. Whereas, the General Assembly bath deternined that it is inexpedient to renew the charer of the Bank of the State of South Carolina ; ; \nd whereas, such determination renders it ' j.,, vise and prudent that the affairs of the Bank t;f* hotiid be p'aeed in a state of preparation for jl8 he nnnroachtn?r end of its existence : ! ,i? "n I Sec. 1. lie it enacted by the Senate and ' C|M :luuse of Representatives, now mot and sitting atll n General Assembly, That instead of the pre- J .A,|, ent number of Presidents ami Directors of the aid Rank and its Branches, there shall be I _Q, lected by the General Assembly, as heretofore, ; we President and four Directors, who shall go dtt nto office at the expiration of the present term fro ii the President and Directors of the Bank at |j, Charleston; and the President shall receive wa he same salary as heretofore ; and each of the [irr directors shall receive a salary from the Bank I if one thousand dollars. I ( Sec. 2. The new Board of Directors shall ! |)0| rder and conduct the business and nffiirs of n lie Bank as heretofore, excepting that they j c(o hall make no new loans of money; they shall : cu educe accordingly the number of salaried offi. ' fou ers at the Bank and its Branches ; and may ] ( tAistitute an agent, one or more, in place ol the ; {ranches, taking pare to require ample securi- j y wherever tund* are entrusted ; and giving 1 | uch iiotice ns they may think reasonable to } w)) uch officers as may be dispensed with, to en- ; a)(| ble them loqfind other employments. Sec. 3. The Board of Directors shall collect , .. he business paper, together with ali bills of ex- I (jn hange, and they shall apply tluesaine, together , vith the cash assets, stocks, and oilier convert- , ^ Ides of the Bank, to'meet the engagements of ^ he Bank and of the State, as they may accrue"; i _.l . . -II _.l J..I I 8at IIU its IU ill I IVIIIIW unil* HUH HI I His IJtllllV, ?lie j ioard are authorized to extend I he time of pay. lur rjent to any debtor desiring it, to a term of! ears not exceeding ten ; provided ample seen, j ^ itv he taken for the payment of the debt and I ' ?gnl interest, (the interest annually,) and the i , rincipul by not less than equal instalments, in ! ach year, of such extended term ; aud in case ^ ^ uch security be not given, the debt shall forth I u, vilh be collected in due course of law. Sec. 4. The Board of Directors shall apply i c?r ny funds which may remain in their hands, to j " be purchase and extinguishment ol the foreign ! ' obi of the State, whenever the same may be ! lon ad at or under par; and if the same cannot be i c'1" ad, then they shall invest the said funds, for I lm) be lime, upon the security of slrxrks of this State, it,,n nd shall apply to the General Assembly for ! irllier directions in the premises. sir ant A BILL an< To protect the people of the. Si die from inrendi' unt any publications through the U. S. Mail. Be it enacted bv the Senate and Home of "lv lepresentafives now met and sitting in General cnc tsseinbly, and by authority of the same. That 11,1 om and after tire passing of this act if any lo bxdmaRter within the State of South Carolina '',e liall knowingly deliver to any person or persons Hls' ny written or printed paper, pictwrc, drawing, 1,10 r engraving, calculated to disturb the peace P"4 nd harmony of the people of this State in rein- cor on to the slave population thereof, such Post- co' taster shall on conviction by indictment he irn- a,,( risoned for a term not exceeding twelve months |nn ud pay a fine riot exceeding one thousand'del- hcu irs. "ho The above bill was presented by Mr. Moses, l',:i ead the first time yesterday and referred to the l'':' Jommittee on Federal Relations. It is not a hue . hit too strong for the purpose intended, and ^0 fe hope liiat it may be adopted. f,!" If it does bring on any collision with the Fe- "'h V . eral Government, the fault will not he ours, for "iv abearance with us has long since ceased to hla e a virtue.?Col. Telegraph. 1 " 1 des Two Regiments, one of Cavalry commanded , C(" y Col. Ancrum, and one of Infantry, corn- j w0 minded bv Col. Anderson, including the I"!viurr ! Prni trtillc.ry, were reviewed by the Governor yes- j'?" erday at (he usual parade ground. 1 Pr'! A portion of his Stall' were out in full feathir, and presented a fine appearance. After a |to' lard drill the Governor addressed the Kegi- j per nents briefly, but in a spirited manner, as did J"1 dso Major General Buchanan, and Generals Pcr )vvens and Chandler. XVl All of these gentlemen alluded most irnpres- P,;r ively to the trying times possibly near at hand < ,nd impressed on these citizen soldiers the ne. the essity of being both resolute and ready to meet ' Bmt ,nd repel any threatened danger. ! inc Col* IC. M. Seabrook delivered to Col. Glad. f<?r fii, vviifi a few well-chosen and appropriate daj emarks, the splendid sword procured for him CU iv the Governor, in behalf of the State, as a re. pro ognition of his services in Mexico. On re-' lim civing it Col. Gladden responded in his usual ! Th oldierlike manner, pledging liiinsell to preserve t it. t among his choicest possessions, am) to hold j limself at all times ready to draw it in the ser- I wli ice of his country. oor Competent judges who witnessed the cvolu- tlio ions of the soldiery, pronounced them to hove, j me y^reditablo both to the officers and men.?lb. i mu n?mb??we? mnm |lCAM!)E.N JOURNAL Wednesday Morning, December 12, IRl'J. W. TIIUKLOW CASTON, EDITOR. .DEATII OK COL. CHAPMAN LEVI'. Col, Ciiadum Lew, formerly of this place died a s residence in A lain county, .Misa. on llic 19t)i ult. 'ler a very short illness. Wu have received an obitu y notice, which shall appear next week. BANK OF THE STATE. Wo publish on our first page, n part of the Report q e majority of the Joint Social Commitlc, appointee the last session of the Legislature to examine int< c attuirw oi inc lJ.inK 01 me mate. mo minornj ivc also rnudon report, which we will publish assoor i it comes to hand, The letter of Baring, Brolho" . Co., alluded to in the Governor's IV]encage, i found on our first page. As the Bank question is tho cngrossin/"topic of the ly, we shall publish such documents"** both sides ol e question, as they are received^/* will aid our road, s in forming correct opinions <*i the subject. CONGRESS. This body met o?' the 3d in?t., and tip to our Inst Iviccs, the House of Representatives had not been or. inized, twenty two ineffectual bnllolings having taken uce. ll probnblo however, that an organization was ef. stcd on Monday, as the democrats in caucus, on iday night, had resolved to abandon tho candidate ey had adopted (Hon Ilowcl Cobb, of Georgia,) and ivc each member fiec to vole as thoy might ace apcr. LATE FROM EUROPE. Too steamer Europa arrived at Boston on Monday it bringing advices from Livcrpo 1 to the 23d ull.? le cotton market httd been quiet for the whole week. d a decline ol 1 4d on American coiion nnai.iKcn ice. The sales of the week amounted to 21,430 les. Editorial Correspondence of the Journal. Columbia, Saturday Dec. 8. The Coltcge Commencement came off'on last Monp, and tho Chapel was crowded as usual to suffoca. n. It is astonishing that the Legislature, among all appropriations to the College, has not provided for i cnljigcmcnt of the Hall, wlicro these public oxercs arc conducted. It is u badly constructed room, i wholly inadequate to accommodate the visitor* io crowd in to partake of these annual festivals. . Sunonlon, who delivered the Salutatory Address, vc general satisfaction, as also did Mr. Glover, who ivorod the Valedictory. Among many excellent ndisses of the gmdustes, the effort of J. VV. Carlisle, in Kershaw Districl, deserves par^ulur inrntion. s subject, " Tho Fascinations of Military Glory." s well considered, and his reflections juat and up. ipriutc. He showed that the man of learning, the H, the philosopher, was often neglected and unre. rded, while tho military chieftain was flattered and tiered, not unfrcqucntly to the great delrimonl of igrcssivo civilization and social advancement. Hit ar, strong voice, easy tnannar, and the mode of dis ising Ins subject, engaged tho attention of his nuineis auditory. The fechle liculih of President Proston L short the B iccalaureatc Addroas, much to the dispuintmcnl of those present. However, the few re. rks lie made were most appropriate. In these crititimcs, lie gave over to the Slate, ho said, men, in mi she could conffdc, filled, he believed, to discharge y all the important duties of citizenship. In taking ve of the class, he exhorted them to cling to Caroa?to stand by their Stale, " right or wrong,"?and dor all circumstances to * do right and tell the lit " This is a safe rule of conduct, and worthy of .otod udhnrencc. Notwithstanding that this is the gest class ever grudualod, we lonrn considerable dis i\-.: ii.? i ?r lM<iUtiuil u.imm aimiujj njc i anu itii ikuci.i wi i Legislature, from tiic small number of students llial nod out in tlio procession. Certainly the procession s a poor affair, and we believe Hie Board of Trns. a liavo taken measures to prevent a similar occurce for the future. Phis week an immense amount of business has been ved out for the Legislature?enough to coiisunio ly three months in constant labor. Vlr. Boykin presented on Monday tlio f'elition of the igregalion of the Pine Tree Presbyterian Church, of rshaw, for incorporation. ilr. Yancey lor Edgefield, Mr. Mitchell for Charles, and Mr. Boykin, liave been engaged in framing triors for Plank Roads. The first two, having been tight up bv petition, have been read for the first 10. Tito Statutes of New York, found in the libra, belonging to tiro Legislature, afforded every noccsy information, and their features will prove liberal 1 satisfactory. The more the subject 19 investigated, 1 the muro information is obtained, the more zealous i thoroughly convinced of lite utility of the plan do advocate* become. The Kershaw delegation arc ing the subject every attention, but their couslilu:y have thrown thorn bick n little by not bringing iho subject by way of petition. Tlioy were forced introduco it by bill, whick places it lower down on Calendar. It was at first contemplated to ask aaance from tlio Slate to the amount of two-fifths of slock, such as she has heretofore granted to Turnes, but tlio Charleston and Edgefield delegates have icludcd that the stock will prove so profitable to their istitucncy that tliey have stricken out that feature, I Kershaw will be forced to follow tlicm. 'I be opinis strongly entertained by many who are and have II investigating the subject, that if a Plank Road uld be constructed even alongside of a Railroad, t its dividends would ho decidedly morn profitable n those of the Railroad, through any section of the k country, as has been abundantly proven in New rk. The only difficulty now remaining as to the nt...i? ..nrr.,nit., 58 of loll should he adopted, and what classes of inill 11 <iIs nhould he exempted from paying toll, and nks arc left to bo filled up upon further deliberation, the citizens of Cnindt^ have any peculiar notions or ires relative to these points, they would do well to nmunicatc them to their Delegates forthwith, for know they would be gladly rcceivud. Col. Iluoy, n Lancaster has been here, and stales it us his opin, that his District will heartily aid in the enter<e. He and Mr. Mtissey arc members of the Steam iv Mill Company, and from them we tire authorized lay that plank and sills can he procured at 70 cents 100 feet. Tho estimate heretofore published in the irnal placed the cost of the Koud at about Si 1300 mile, allowing for plank 00 cunts per 100 feet. i are now suic lhu< it cannot cost more than #1(100 mile. j. McWitlierspoon litis introduced n bill to rogulute counting out of votes given for certain District of:rs. The object is to remove what is now a great onvenience in many Districts, where I lie voles given members (d* the Legislature tire counted out on one r, and other voles given at thesamo time, for Sheriff, rks, iV,c., counted out on another day. The Hill vides that when tin so elections occur at the same ic, llio voles urn lo ho counted out on tlio same day. c move is a good one, and llio Legislature will adopt V very interesting and spirited discussion sprang up en the Judiciary Committee reported a hill to inflict por.sl punishment upon the second commission of ofl'enoe of selling liquor to slaves. Various amend, ills were proposed, and many were adopted. On lion of Mr. Adams, all free persons of color were ?B???gone? i ?a?waw w?? ? | Hunted with slaves, nnd on mtition of Mr. McAllifey 1 I the word "second" whs stricken out, so that the hill l should rend tliut corporal puiiisliuieiil he inflicted for the first off.-ncR. From the interest taken in the dis/f enssion, it was manifest that every section of tin!jjjfc | ? felt that some more stringent law should he 0/^^ j ; rescue that instilutior^wliich unprincipled arc f''H I ^ | destroying tiy their nefarious and disa^^'f"' traffic. | TTlic House will pass tho bill by a1tnnjority. Its fate in tho Senate i.i,not yet asj^^inod. Tlic.o are very many new^d important subjects introduccd this session, our space will prevent us from noticing. On ever, struck us as peculiarly proper, reported the Committee on Education ; which is, thut*^0 thousand dollars be placed in llio ' I hands of )JA Governor for the purpose of preparing '' miilabk'fext books for our Common Schools. Foley's 1 i Philosophy and Goodrich's and Peter Parley's 'J/jcogrnphics should be taken out of tho hands of South-' ! crn youth, or their objectionable chapters and para. 1 j graphs be erased. These things arc greater grievances | than most men imagine, and should bo looked into. ,| Kershaw District came within 21, in the number of i her population, of gaining a new member of the legislature. The contest Jay between Kershaw and St. John's Colleton, and it was a close one, tho question being which had the largest fraction, If the Parish j had the largest, it, would retain its number of members, I an.! if trnrclinw it titjp wnilM min n mnmUr'. In footing up St. John's had 2609, and Kershaw 2569, being lass by 20. It was a liltlo mortifying lo be so near an increase of representation and lose it. The changes to be inado are not many, each section of the Stale retaining its former strength. St. Phillips and St. Michael's Parish, and Prince William each gajn one member, and St. John's Berkley and St. Luke each lose one. In the Districts tho loss and gniu is about tho same. Fuirfiold and Union each loso one, ami Darlington and Williamsburg each gain one. j The Committee on the Judiciary have reported I against the presentment that came up from Lancaster I District, relative to Sheriff's sales, and the right of tho debtor to redeem his land one year after the sale. The commit Ice to whom was referred the present, mcnt of the Grand Jury of Kershaw, relative to railroad ! | travelling on tho Sabbath, have asked to be discharged from Its further consideration. Tho License Laws and the Ponitcntinry system have net yet been taken up. The Bank Question, as expected, has brcoi o the leading topic of dist'Uiwion. The champions of Uic Bank and the Ami-Bank mcrl are fully engaged in the " war of words," and the strong intellects of both Houses are fuiily enlisted in the contest. It will he remembered that, that portion of the Governor's Message recommending that the Bank, should bo put in a stale of liquidation, w^s referred to a special joint committee. Mr. Muzyck, being Chairman of the Senate Committee and .Mr. Mcuimiugcr of that of the House, When their Reports came in, they vtre ordered for consideration on Friday. They were call, ed up at the lime appointed when Mr. Mcmminger in the House, explained the plan proposed to wind up the Bunk?to put it under the direction of a President, and four Commissioners, to issue no new loans, and give the debtors ten years longer tj pay, if they secured their debt; by undoubted sureties. His speech was cloar, able and mast argumentative. Mr. Reed, from Abbeville, responded, in a lengthy vindication of H e Bank, that it had benefitted the people?relieved them from taxation?it was emphatically the people's hank? the present unpropitious to clasing it up?the condition of our Federal Relations too agitated and doubtful to disturb and distract the people?the plan proposed by the committee was sprung upon llio House, and the people had not been consulted. Tlio debate was postponed until one o'clock to-day, when Mr. Adums spoke in favor of the Report, and Mr. Preston against it.? Both these gentlemen eminently sustained their repu tat ion as forcible speakers ami ready and powerful ilehatants, Mr. Owens, of Barnwell, has the floor for , Monday, one o'clock, when the debute will be renewed. Mr. Mazvick spoke yesterday in the Senate in favor of the Report, and Mr. Biack to day against it, Space is not sufficient to attempt ovon a synopsis of their , arguments. Suffice it to say, that from the crowded , slate of the lobbies, filled to overflowing by ladies and gentlemen, nil eager to hear, and from the cancel at- , tendon paid to the speakers by the members, the deep. ; est interest is being fell in tbo question, and every | person coming lo conclusions, ilifihriiig, of course, as , wide as the various argument* adduced. It scorns lo he generally admitted, that the file of the flunk is seal- ( c<l, and the chief' enquiiy is, what mode is the lust to adopt in winding it up. Notwithstanding the absorbing character of the Bank question, the Legislature is not forgetful of the vital ^ interest* of the South, in connexion with Northern ( aggression. Two legislative caucuses have boon , ' held, the second one last night, in which was odnp. | ted nnd recommended a mode by which the State will ho represented in the Nashville Convention to be held in June next. The plan is for this l?ody to ap|>oi?t four delegates, two of them alternates, to represent ( 'the Stale at large, and for the people of each Congrcn. | ionul District to meet aliout the first of May, to select ] two, one of thein as alternate, so that the number sent ( will equal the representation in Congress. The world | knows where Sooth Ctrolina is tube found when the i crisis comes, nnd tlie sentiment universally exprcs- j sed Item is, that Ihu lime of discussion has passed, and for the future, action, action, is the watchword. Professor Brumby delivers his inaugural address in ll)0 Legislative Hall lo night?subject, "Geology." 1 . To the Editor of the Journal: By request of .Mr, Whitney I send you rim following for re publication?I moreover have received a loiter from .Mr. Whitney, in which I he declares |hat Ito has no other route in con- J ternplntinn than that most favorable lo comJ merre and tbnt is fi>n*ih|i: upon his plan which i in brief is, I believe, as follows ;?Thai the , Federal Governmant shall set apart 30 miles of | I the public lands on each side of the route where j it i? so to be found and if not to be Ibund on ( ; euch side of lite rottle, elsewhere of lite public domain, out of the proceeds o| the. sale of which ' he proposes to build a Railway to lite Pacific j from some point in the Foiled Slates, and lobe- ( come the owner of the surplus land deducting | j whatever may l?c necessary to keep the road : in repairs for ten years, should the lolls he in! sufficient to meet the expense lor that pnrpos**, ( he having paid lite Government 10 cenls per ' | acre for all llie land included within the sixty 1 I miles. 1 i Mr. Whitney proposes to build the first ten 1 miles of the road out of his own funds, the cost ' | of which ho estimates at UWUXilt dollars ami j 1 grants tlm Covornmont tho privilege of slopping J.' ! him at anv lime afterwards during the progress I ' nftlin work. :Mr. \\ liifuov is not to hoonmn lite owner of ' | any land unlii nlierthe road is cotnplolorl. lie says tlint sliould we recognise, in the !> j Federal Covernment a right to litiild lite road | ! with money, by glancing over the map, any one j j j will readily conclude that a majority ol ('on- ) ; gross will locale the road even further North j ' i than the route in wliieli his road is feasible.? J I bore submit for public consideration an opin- j ' ! ion expressed to tne ahout a week since, by , I C'apt. Wilks, who possesses a world of theo- j i rcticaland practical knowledge : He says the I * farther North the road tons the hotter it is for | 1 the city of Charleston.?that the produce of the j .South Would not tend north, but would pass down j r the water courses and rail ways In Charles- i i Ion, ih'< healthiest and most commodious outlet; J < _J_ " "J' "LJ - 11 " ? that sho/^">? road run tar South, atll (he p (JurpVftAo il would pass on the road diie( UlRtward to Asia and Eastward to Euro 6nd Charleston l>rin?^ helow the line of C? titeroo, would then be rut off from the mass Sou'liorn trade. Some of the objections mi to Mr. Whitney's scheme are, that tie can execute the road through a wilderness ofsa ges?That the road wouid not run in a dir lion to unite California and the States?T there is a moral objection to investing a sin individual with so much consequence and pi er?and that the compensation in land, wh he requires for building the road, is too grt I look upon the project of building a Railv to the Pacif as one of tremendous iinportan --One which in its political as well as ci inercia) bearing*, is without a parallel in history of government, yet, sliange to tell, all Congress has been at work upon it Ibr a num of years, theqniblie mind o'l our State has tal hut little interest in it, so little indeed that g eral ignorance prevails in regaid to what been done on this great subject. Altlio' e pires of land teeming with gold and silver i diamonds and emeralds are about to be vo away the most oft he people of South Carol are not even idle spectators, is it nut time I we should wake up before the majesty of I sublime project and give it the interest wh it commands? J. F. G. Mittao From the Nashville American, Nov. 9. Mr. Whitney's Railroad Address.?! Whitney addressed a crowded audienco in Keprestaiive Hail, by invitation of that be on Wednesday evening. We took copious nr ol the address, hut find that we will not hi leiwure to wiite then^ out as we could wish ? therefore as we cannot do justice to the addt we will not attempt a detailed account. The speaker was introduced to the Iio and the audience, by Col. L. C. Haynes. alluded to his visit to this city, two yeajs a when he addressed them from the same sia He had explained then the plan of his raiir and he wishes to know their pleasure now He IV*it like he was acting with litem, and t Tennessean; that 21 Slate Legislatures had amiited and approved his plan, that the five sessions of Congress bad investigated i sanctioned it, but on account of other excit and inipoit^it questions that it had not been on ioot. lie referred to large maps ol" wot Id, in lull view ol the house, and shot that our country was the centre oft he geogra icaJ, political and and meicantile world; that lay in the great belt embracing five tenths of wealth and population of the globe; that Chi containing more than one half ol the Wor population, and the great source ol weulll Nations, was the obj. ci of National enlerpi and that ail her treasures could bo secured opening a Railway across this couniry < commanding tbe whole lllobe. From the m before him, he pointed out tike superior udv lajjc of a Railroad over a Ship Canal across Isthmus, and proved most conclusively, by tual measurement, that tbe present rouu sailing was 2~>->3 miles shorter from Loudoi the iiasl, thau tlnough a Canal. His ar incut in liivor ol his route fiotn Lake Michi; to the Pacific, over any other route was in coucluMve, and we think no one left the H without being convinced that the road ought start from Pi nine du Chien. We have even space to give even an abstract of the r soiling, 'l'he plan of constructing the r? was iuily laid out, and is briefly as follows lie proposes that Congress grant him a bell land sily miles wide. And from the procei ol the sales of the lands will build the road, Constructing tike first ten miles, at his own c be will sell onehulf of the lands for the next l But let Mr. Whitney stretch his iron pathw across our continent and place the steam ho upon it am a few years will *iuke the ( World our tributaries. Let the thunder ol I steam car awaken the mountains ol'lhc a and we command the world. Mr. Whitnej no visionary, he supports his piaq with ari merit mid tacts and employs reason in bis vocacy ol the design, and we are fully cornred th.it it is the only practicable method which the road can be completed) Beware of Counterfeits.?We ha leen a counterfeit Ten Dollar Bill, purporti to have been issued by the Bank ol Chariest! ^ '? ' ? Willi SI J< Kj? IffllJU tl I r I iowii if Mil ? ,.H i>ill of (lie same denomination. the lollowi discrepancies arc. apparent, 'i'he vignette is unlike that of the true bill in many pariii lars. Among the most prominent in the ht on the ielt, it being much larger, with inver face. There is a head on the right of the rj rious bill, the genuine has none, and the ct ire figure is strikingly difierent. On one c I he "Ten" is printed, and on the other ther? but one 10 in figrues; whereas in the genui issue, the denomination is in figures, withi any printed number in letters. The signatures are very well executed, a without close examination would be likely Jeceivo.?Mercury. POSITION OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Some of our papers have been in the ct ;tant habit, lor 6ome time past, of playing i part of political termagants towards South C olina. if some should have indiscreetly ct ueeted the namo of Mr. Calhoun and the Pr idoncy with the southern convention, straig way these papers, in order to deceive and < lode the people, declare that the only obj he people ofSouth Carolina have in view is make a great noise over the slavery question get .Mr. Calhoun elected President. Th reverence is for him, not for southern rigl Impending danger is not thought of at all. Calhoun's election is the great aim of all th hopes. Never was there a more glaring scheme deception and political gambling than is tl whibited. We have no idea that .Mr. Gallic s thinking of the Presidency. So far as sou rn rights are concerned, we have no doubt s determined to maintain the post of duly. \ lonor him for it. We call the friends of l moth our friends, and the enemies of thesoi air enemies in this great crisis of her diflicu ind danger. Wo rejoice to know that the sot uis her Calhouns, her iWnngoms, her Her mis and others, who defend her rights, a ding to her honor with unswerving devotit Some of the sons of the South talk of devoti ' ? " ?.... ? ,I ini.iirril v. C i Mil ;u:i will u ft'ij w??n ?? HKI ,IM. p--;is the bold, open, straight forward son wl ike the statesman, I In* philosopher, and t aire citizen, JuIiii ( . Calhoun, exhibits alwi i spotless integrity in delonco of his own hit Such a mail, whether Whig or or Uetnocr ,ve do not give up at a lime like this to Sot Jnrol'na alone. No. we claim him for I ivhole South, and though greatly villified, :laiin him lor the Union. We do sincerely declare, that we l ave ilong been charmed with the commingled fir less, modelation, and modesty which nave be Jisplayed by the papers and people of So to- Carolina.# \Ve liave closely watched their :tly movement.*: >pe, They are not anxious to lead.?They are <nj. willing to follow the lead of others, to get into i of the ranks, and aid in a subordinate capacity, ide j in any and every movement, which hat for not! j's object, the defence of the just rights of the va" South. t* *8' 1 ec This attack upon the people of S. Carolina, hat looks bad tb say tho least of it. We hope it g'? is not done to cover over the infidelity and ,w* treachery of those who make it. It i* strange, h'" that South Carolina should be so much abased at. j*or her noble Southern stand. We admire her "?y I gallant spirit, her determined integrity, her erce* ident desire to meet with her sisters, not to die>m* tatp to, but to consult with them; not to elaiin 'he the |pad, but to offer her service in the common h?' cause and tne path of duty, her Augusta (Geo.) Republic. ten 111 i en. I rpup np iviDDnirpwpwr jiiu nuu ur i *! i i\\j w CiiTi mjjli J ^as One of the i?mt importunt discoveries ofthe age* in !ni" ameliorating the condition of thin large class of aaflfer* ll>(] | ing humanity, Corixumplives, is Dr. Wiatur'aBeUnin e of Wild Chorry. Whul tiine established and const. 'Ilfl crates, whul experience adopts and confirms, what all men in nll'pluccs unite in saying is good and valuable, 18 is so, no doubt. A popularity of lhia|eori fijsa in society its roots so deep and strong, that time cannot * destroy it' The success which has Attended this ma. dicinc for several year* past, fms overcome the prvja. ^ dices of all resprctoble and sensible men, and the arti. ' ^ J cle has taken it stand among the first-claaa of discoveries , and blessings of the age; and when resorted to in season crsdicntcs the disease for which il is recommended* Dr. A. IJ. Mucahoir, of Tarborr^ N? C., writes a# aV0 . t: nnder dale of Ke'ornary 11, 1846, that ho has used Dr. Wiaturs^s Balsmn of Wild Cherry, io hi* praetiew the last eighteen month*, and consider ait the beat pea. usQ pa ration of the kind he ever saw, and Ifnowa of new so deserving the public patronage. None genuino unless signed I BUTTS, ?n the wrap, nil'. per' S"I<J ^un,(Jen by JAMES R. MeKAf$;at iricJ wl,0'lisa'0 ^y M. COHEN & Co., Ctortetfo* and . by Droggists generally throughout the Slater. 18 a Uver Complaint of i*m> eWu. CJ" arise from the same cause whirh.prerfoee''"tfovar sad 'Ust ague," and arc cured with the same certainly by Dr ai,(l Osgood'* India Cholugogue. Even after the Liver has | become much enlarged nud tender opon pressure, ilia Li I if I lit . - . . A r~* in a law weeks restored to us nut era I size, soreness and pain in the side relic red, with such general iiuprov* Aet^ mcnt n? denotes returning health. I''1" The above highly valuable preparation maybs found we at the stnre uf J. It. .McKAIN, Agent for lire proprietor. "a? Pec. 12, 1819. 50 [4tJ Id'a. I It of This world is indeed a world .of pain, disease and ride death, and were it not for tho improvements constantly l>y taking place in the medical science, which lend to mil iDiligile thoso suffering, life would almost cease to b# aps a Messing. ill* That class of our citizens who are suffering with tin; Weak Docks, Rheumatism, Gout &c. should lonae no UC- time in making use of the celebrated Jew David.*, ?a of Hebrew Plaster." whic'f e literally sweeping Ihok I to class of diseases from the hind, ff'l' For pale by J. R. McKAlX, f"nmdan. rilll lo<l M A R KIE P?On the 28th tilt., I?jr th?? R**. [all \v, F. 'Biasing! on, Mr. Alfred Bknxktt, of 1 '? Lancaster, to Mi-s Margaret Hoktox, of Ker? n,,t show. ea- ???? ?1? ? Jil(l CONSIGNEES PER RML RO\D McPowall A: (J., J. Rope, G. A., H. B. A* ' S. S. William*. S. Ac Withers, Fl. P?fe, R. FDavidson, Spruit Ac A., Mend At R.. K. W. ? Bonney, J S. FIart. Rock. Manufacturing C". 0s' Brem At A.. A. E. Allen,-8. Benson. T. P? t,n* Siler, J. McEwen. T. Bunnell, J. S. M., 8'a>' Reid At Go., J. R. McKain. H. L. Ac Son, rse Austin Ac P., R. B. Carson, S. Reid Ac Co. J. Mayer, J. W, \ mhro.se, W. A, Ac Co. E- C? 11,0 Crier, J. P>. Mickl*-, A. M. R. K., W. C. e*' Workman, Rogers Ac Son, M. B: Ac S. H. H. ''s S., G. Cross, Planters' Hotel, E.. Lonegnn, H. ?"* A. McCutcheon, James Hill. J. Crow, T. K. a'*' Cureton. Winchester Ac SM 11. H? A Mn**| Ac Co. J. W. Ac W. B. Twinr, G. McCutcheon, 'J J. P. C. Massey, B.A.Junes, Mrs. NyVrom, A. B. Brevard, L. C. A damson, VV. McCotch. eon. E. Ac A. T., C Fiinn, D. W. OnoUp,J. LVii J. Porter, S. J. Dnhose, T., W. Huey, H. C. , eg Wellhaiisen, F. Ac S. Bruminett, A. W. Bui*, J. P. Henderson, S. P. Mnssey, ft. Boykin, J. ine Brown, J. Sanders, J. B. F. Boone, J. Com* ng mander, J. Adams, S. Miller, J. A. Hasseltine* s is J. Crockett, J. W., J. McCnddon, D. King Ac iu- Son, Copman, J. E. Adams, S. E. Caper*, S. sad B. Emmons. led ?????? CAMDtN PRICES CURRENTBncglnij. per yd. IS to . I^ird, lb 8 to ]f? ; is Bale Hope lb to 1*2 l.?*a<l, lb to T ! Bacon. lb C>1 to 7 Molan.?e?. pall 31 to -to I Bui tor, ib 12 to 18 Mnckarcl, bhl 8 to 12 HUl Bramlr. gall '28 to 35 iNtiilH. lb 6 to 8 Bccawax, lb IS to 2*2 !()atv, sheaf. cwt . .V> f i Beef. lb 4 to fi Peas, bushel 50 llcl Cheese, lb 12 15 I Potatoes, sweet. bit 37 to Cotton, lb 8! to 91' Irish hu 75 Corn. bushel 40 to lire, bushel 75 to 87 Flour. bhl f! to Ot Bice. bushel 3 to 4 Fmhler, cwt 50 to 75 Sntjar, lb 7 ta T4 Ili'los. tlry lb 8 to 9 Stilt, sack 11 Iron. lb 5 to IB shot. four Tl in- I'inte. bbl 2 to 2}jToliacco, lb 10 to 75 L leather, sole, lb 18 to21 Wheat, bush 90 ino iir" Charlesrox, Dec. 10,1849 ^ ,n" COTTON.?The Uplatul market on Sntnr. L'8* rlny continued in a depressed state, and without , any regular demand; the vales looted about 1000 bales at extremes from 0 7-8 to 10 916; Fair 1 ct 10 1.2, Selections in favor of the buyers. ' New York, Dec. 8. ]r The Cotton market has been quiet to day, llsi clositicr at 11 3-8 for Fair Uplands and 11 3-4 jr for Fair Orleans. The Rales ot the week pj^ amount to 6300. New Orleans, Dec. 8. The sales of Cotton yesterday amounted y\ 4500 bales, at full prices. The sales f the, veefc^ 1,18 j amount to 33.000 bales, the largest in amount, lljn ' this season. The receipts are 49,000. bales be. i hind those at this period last year. lit) _ _ ? ?m ^ A Favorable Opportunity |(^ Is now otFereil to those wtio wish to obtain nest . . Daguerreotype likenesses of themselves or their. ? i friends. . Rooms in tho Odd Fellows' Hall. Call and ex^ ''* I amine for yourselves. S. T. CORLKY. no on Attorney at Law and Solicitor in Equity, '*l! Having located ai I.mcnxtcrviilc. oflerp his professional lio, i services to the citizens of I,aneaxter. and adjoining dish,, irirts. Oct 10?Sip iys Ljuv Notice. ,d- PAW KINS & STKWART ,i!' Il.tve formed a copartnership for the practice.of 1 i Law in Lancaster District. T. N. HAWKINS, wo H. O. P. STEWART. Office of tl e latter at Lancastorville, S. C. ajj Nov. 21. 47 4t ""> E. W. BOSKEY "on ! Will continue to act as Agent for persons transut'' j acting business in either of the Banks in Cantdcn