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Tnooes For. TE 5 BEAT OF WAR.--Ti U; 8, tinsport ship Missieippi, which was towed downthe bay on Tuesday morning, from Fort' McHenry, had on board Capt. Schaffer, 1st Liuet. Cochran, 2d - ieuts. Griffiths and MUilloy, With 72 non-comrnis uioned officers and private's of Maryland and District of Columbia regiment of volunteers, 02 recruits for .the 11th U. S. Infantry, and 80 for the regiment of voltlgure. At Fort Monroe she wilI fake on board company M, 4th artillery, 114 non-commissioned officeers and men, Lieut- Garland, commanding; 2 recruits of 11th infantry, aud 28 of regimern of voltigepre, Lieuts. Otey. voltigeurs; coin iuanding recruits, arid Capt. Smead, 4th ar tillery, commanding officer of the 'whole de tachment of troops, comprising 308 men and 7 officers. This .ine ship of about 60) tons, besides the above complimnnt of men, takes out a large amount of forage in her hold. It is due to the U. States Quartermaster here, Captain Hill, to add that the chartering of the vessel, the arrangemenp for the men, the purchase of her lading, antthe entire sinbar cation, were eccomplished in one week. In July between 400 and 500 troops, raised in this vicinity, were embarked for Fort Mc Henry for the seat of war; in September, about 200; now more than 300, inciuding about 140 from Fort Monroe; while, in the same-time, upwards of 100 have been sent to New York and there embarked; so that we may indulge the patriotic satisfaction (if ha ving sent, within the last three months, niore than one thousand troops. of the best inateri al, to sustain our xallant army in Mexic o. Bultimore A rg us. MAJOR TwIGGs-DFATH1 OF FATHER AND Ros.-Only two weeks have gone by since we were called upon to announce the death of George Decatur Twiggs, a young man of rare worth and intelligence, and the only and beloved son of Major Twiggs, of the United States Marine corps. Yesiorday the painful duty devolved upon us to of recording the death of the father, Major Twiggs himself, who fell while discharging his duty as an of ticer of the army, and battling in the cause of the nation. Thus father and son have both fallen on the battle fields of Mexico, the death of the one followed by that of the other wi:hin a few days. 'rho Major, his son and the other branches of his highly respec ted family came to this city to reside about four years ago. The mother and daughters are still here at our navy yard. The Major and Lieutenant left Philadelphia in June last for Vera Cruz, with the Marines under Col. Watson's command to join General Scott's army in Mexico. The Major marched from Vera Cruz under General l'ierce, and arrived in safety at the seat of war. The son fol lowed soon after, with Major -Lally's coin muand, and fell in a skirmish with the guer rillas.-Philadelphia Iaquirer. Couon Crop.----From the circular for Europe of the N. 0. Commercial Times, the following estimate of the cotton crop is extracted: "With regard to the crop the weather during the past three weeks has been of a character to ensure a most abundant yield in this section of the country. Not'only have we had an entire exemption from rain but the temperature has been so gen ial that the second growth has ripened and the plant may now almost be considered beyond the influence of a frost. The planters are still so busily engaged in picking, that the arrivals have cone for. ward slowly compared with other large crop seasons, but there can no longer he a question that the total receipts at this port will vie with those of any preceding year. To the eastward, the prospects have likewise matteriailly improved, of of which you will be more fuliv advised th rough your correspondents els'ewhere---. so that weC have no longer any hesitation in settling on an estimate of' 2,2000fl,(00t bales for ihe entire crop 'of the United States." Thme Chicaego Democrat remammrks ans $ollows: "Thie Presidlener~ ait the close of Mr. Polk's term will have hbee'n ini North ern hands ihr twelve andl Southern hands for nearly forty years. Of 27 Supreme Court Judges, appointed since I17i9, 11 from the North and 16 from the South; Attorney Generals 5 from the North anid 14 fromi the South; 11) Speakers of the H~ouse of Representative~s from the North, 21 from the South; 16 Presidents of the Senate pro temn., fr'om the North 61 'from the North 6J from the South; and 5.1 Northern to 8b Southern Foreign bMinis ters. So of Justices Cabuinct, Nav'al und Military ofliccrs throughout." A DECsmO.-lt was recently decided by the Gibson Circuit Court, in Inaliana, that an advertisement for the ap~prehension of a run away slave is sufficient authority for any one to arrest him in a free, State, and take him to his master. The person who arrests the slave is presumed to be thme agent of the owner, and the latter has the right, either in person or by authorized agents, to seize upon his slave and take hinm. A RIVEn MuxsTER.-Co~ntracts have been made for the building of a steamer to run on the H-udson, four hundred feet long. Tlhme calculation is, that she will run to Albany and back daily, or in twelve or thirteen hours. The Hendrik Hudson is, we belive, the long est hbo. hitherto built. She is 330 feet long Childhood is like a mirror catching and reflecting images from airountd it. lRe member that ta:i imipious or profane though uttered by a parent's lip amy operate upl. on the youmng heairt like a careless spray of water thrown unponi polished steel, stain ing it with rust which no anler-scou ring van efhiace. QugenD Victoria.-A corre'spIondent of' the Courier des lEtats Unais, says:---The rumor guima cdence in circles of the highest authority, of the symptomis of' in sanity having been decidedly manii fested by her nmajesty'. Thelm well known liabili ty of her famnily to this cruel malady strengthens the probability of this report. betters from Cork assert that nine thou. agd persons in that district alone have been saved from death hy starvation by the timely succor brought out by thne U. S SUMTERVILL S- C. - 1Urbrtbaq, @ctober 27, 1847. AGENT8 FOR TIHE'BANNER: Messrs. WUrTE, & Co. Suruterville, S. C. T. W. PEGUEs, Esq., Camden, S. C. OUR PIAPER. As we stated in our last, this number be gins No. 1. Vol..2, Sumter Banner.' We al so stated that asan e.rperiment our paper had proved successful. The Pro'prietd& thoukht thatihe saw an opening for a weekly pappr in the District, but doubtful of success. and with limited means and a small subscription list, h3 ventured the efi'ort doubtfully. The patronage received has -induced a desire to increase the size of the paper and he hopes thereby to increase its popularity and -useful ness. This would require the purchase of a new Press and additional type, the cost of which would not fall short of $400 or 8500. This outlay, under present circumstances might endanger the existance of the paper, whilst it would certainly curtail its profits more than 50 per cent. With a view of rendering it easy for every reading man in the District to subscribe and to make it an object to do so, the Proprietor has reduced the price, (as will be seen by re ference to the terms,) and if a corresponding increase of patronage is received, the paper will be enlarged. With grateful acknowledgments f or the liberality hitherto shewn, "The Banner" is cast to the breeze for the second year, with the buoyant holies of youth-and its best wishes for the. continued prosperity of its patrons. TIE COURT, Of Conunon Pleas and General Sessions for Sumnter District, began its sittings on Monday, 1st. inst., his Honor Judge JosIAn J. EVANS, presiding. The business on the Dockets cannot be disposed of in six lays. Notwithstanding an Extra Court held by Judge WaIJLAW in Jui ly last, there still remain on the Issue Docket 74 old cases-and at the lowest calculation 50 new ones will be added. There is a heavy Docket preparing for the criminal side of the Court. On the Traverse Docket are 14 old cases, two for assault with intent to kill; other Indictments for a like offence have ben given out by the Solicitor. Two cases for murder against the unifortu nate Reuben S. Stark, who paid the debt of nature, by hanging, itn July last, are still n that Docket-and the Solicitor has under consideration two new cases of a like nature. Independently of these, there a-re numerous cases of a milder character for libel, assaults, batteries, negro trading, bastardy, larceny, &c.&c. The Judge seems determined to miake an impression on the business inl the Court, but we fear that its accumulation will prove too hard for him. No Extra Court can be order ed between this and the Sprig Term;- the unfinished business of the present Term must tiod its wav, with the new business, to the same Docket at the next Te'rmn-:,u Extra Court in Ju ly or Aumgust will Ibe thle ret-uhl. The experimnent of a Teirmi of two weeks has cleared the D~ockets at Co!umbIia--whyv niot give two weeks to Sumter, at least until the busintess itl intishied. T/'Irer wreeks oif couirt have prolved iniitiien~tt for severail veatrs past-thle businecss of te I)ist rici demnans Iou:r. Cannmot our Sentoirs and til tpre'senta t ives d'eVise., int their wvisdome, some~t le,.-ltion scuitable to ou.r condijtioni! The~ next sos. sicin of t he !.egndatu. re will :t! '.rI ai tit occat sicon for the t rial. rThe p~roceeditigs ot the mecetmog of the Biar in to-dlay's piaper int relation to the death of the dist inguishted Jutdge, whtose namte is at the head of this article, containt further endleices of the high esteem in whichl lie wats held. The expressed oiion oft thle entire Bar throughout the State is, thait Chncellor Il.iu PEn was oneo ot the best of Judmckes, ats well as a mtost excellenit man. Thecre is abuntdatt internal evidentce in the pubbmlshed procee.1 ings oif the various meetitogs that~t thte opin ion expressed is the opinion euraine':I. .-nd very justly. South Carolina, small as sihe is, his beenm prolifie of great mien ; but their nmnbter lhas been dlecreaised lby the deatht of II att'en. In accordance- with the third resolution, af ter the opiening of the (ciurt yestertay imor ninig, the H on. 1'. J. .Mo st.s pretedttct thle proceediings to his !I onor the presidlinig J iulge together with an aippropriate atddress. Judge EvaSs respondedcjt birietly btut forci bly, grantitng the tmotion atid expressing htis hight regard for Judicge Iflimtrten, whtomt hte had long known, not ontly itt boyhoodl, bitt in tm turer years and int ol tge. f'ITTON. Since our last, thtere have becen not further acdvic-es from Eurcope, bitt in 'htarlestcon the state cof the mnarket is glcooimy. The cdec-linec in that mtarket sintce the late newvs, " is fullv 1 3-4 a 2 Cenits per lb."---the hightest riuota being 9 cts. In New York, (says thte corresponidett Charleston Courier,) October 2,. theo trains actions added tip 2000 bales ntearly all for ex port tc France andl the Medliteraean--....rate being in favor of the buyer. Tlhere are few buyers for manufacturing, atnd no appearatce of speculatiotn. To'p of the mtarket hi 3--1 cts. October 26th, (says samte,) the cottntmar kot is still in favor of thte buyer, atnd the mar. kot is freely supliedoi at the contcessioris de. mandled. Tho sales cii t hat clay were 100(1 bab's ttost le for then ......,......, .t . ic e bi little or no inquiRYfor QGreat Britain and n ppeculative otion. We siil.thkinlthis thiheavy darknpsa be fore the breialj of -day.h Te.troitbled water musnt sooner or later becomne still,.the ruanut f"e.t'urer and ispculator againut htlieir bari on the Jeep. LYOURGUS. 'Ae following Aiticle'--copied frpm' the Charleston Mctioyffets obr warmest ap probation.. SouthD (aroiiia with*'her wonted liberality appropriated $2,Ofort'e purpos of'9e'Cring to her iment, such attentioi and comfort ap cdin 'life imperatively de man.ded. This'slhe dt when her-Regunen was first enlistid, dnd all her sons in ful health arid: 1igor. Now. hat the Regimen has been mowed down by death from the die eases of the clinlate and the deadly mnissille ofthe enemy, what course could be pursue< more worthy of herself, and what act woult be regarded by posterity as more- worthy c praise and exultation than that proposed b; -LYcURGLSg. The names of the 'olicers of th( Palnetto Regiment. will live in history ant song, whilst noble deeds continue to be ap preciated. Give to them and the privates common monument. Let Carolina's sons il future ages read in gilded letters before lie capital the names of her immortal sons. 'I'he Palmetto Rfimne.-Again our de voted regiment has met the enemy, and agail poured out its blxd in torrents. Where al have sull'ered heavily, it has the sad yet prou distinct ion of haing sufibred most. Of th moist - who survived unhurt the dreadful fiek of Cturubusco,.imore than half have beer stricken down at .hapiltepec. Every fieh oflicer-nearly every commissioned officer has been killed or wounded. This heroit corstancy they knew .was expected of thei at home; and the'aOhs of Carolina rever disap poit her. Goliantly imnd gloriously hav those she sent tt Mexico performed their du. tv. She m'ust ilotbe imnindful of her owr They have been prodigal of lie; she nmst h generous (if her love, her honor, and her trea sure. The families of all, the living and th dead, whose circumstances require it, inus he provided for. . If the State may not gran large pensione, let no man who is a man aM a Carolinian stand back. The wives an children, the widows aid orphans, of I he brav men who have illustrated our chivalry, ar kindred to us all, anid eititled to share ou last dollar. Is there one who will not be prou to own them, and to acknowledge their rights Bit thse State must do her part. Let he at once tike the proper measures to brin hoime fronm Mexico, at the expense of the pub lie treasury, tle retmains of her slain, and de liver thnfr theirirespect ive families.' It i her sacred, her pamnttal duty, to do this. Sh muet do more: her intrepid sons who hav fallenm in battle-have left to her, as their com mn1112 mother, -the fame of their deeds an inemories: It i a noble legacy, and mnust b preserved forever.--Let a marble monumei he erected in front of the State House, 0i which the mune and.:- rank of each, and tih .day and spot ou1which lie fell shall be engrav ed, that in all *tigie t-o come they may b known. Thius gill jit only her heroic deai be honored. but her youth in every generatior going up there to read the immortal, reister shall be filled with the inspiring hope ol pac ing their own names upon it.-Lv:cuLus. MASSACIIUS'TTS. Alas ! how the Mighty have fallen ! Tb people of Massaciusetts trere once patriotic they were then poor, they are now rich.. They. have growvn rich at the expense of th hiEmplel of the South. They sold its thei .slaves, put our mooney into their pockets then turnied their attention to mnanufactumrin Co.'tton, Tlarifu, Rebellion and TIreason. slr..Jetlhrson says,"Cultivators of the earti are thme motst valuable citizens. They ar< ihie miost vigorous, the most. independen~t, tht imost virtuous, aind they are tied to their coun try, amid wedded to its liberty and interests b; i le miost laisting bionds."' In Coumparing thi seafrimng anid nyainfacuring claisses, he say, I 1 find the -former thme muost valuable citizen: I emsideir the class of artinleers as the pa nders.. rice and the- iru rments bywh)uick:Jhe liherties pf cuntury (are genecrally ovrerturnrid." If the,upir ito the people of Massachusetts is to b gathered from her Press-from her conveni tione, and from ilie declarations of her leadin, cit izens--then weigh her " in the scales ( Justice."' aind she " will be found rranting int paitriotism*; shte will be found the pande vj tie, and a fit instrunment for the destrut tin of the liberty of the country. "Treason against the UT. States shall con sist only inlevyintg war against them, or adhe ring to their enmies, gii ing them aid anm roumfort'-Daniel Webster in his Sprintgfiel spechl said. "''The character of the wit against Alexico is vicious ; it is a wvar pretexts." lie says, Taylor's army invade Alexican territory, that scas Nt chaimied b, our Congres~s, andl declares the war was con: iimnced by us. " It is a war in which Mlexi co has the griecanuce, and u-c strike the fira blow. Shne hasthe promninant complaint, am tu- commtenced hostilities"-lieo congratui lates hiiiselfin having oppoased his own goi ernmenton, in cr-ery step taken amgauinst her en emny.. Would not such a man raise a " l JLiglm/for thme benetit of the enemtiy ! does hi not give them " aid and comfort"! I [is oppos titn to his' own goverinmet is openly avowe, anii active,hle is iiot a neutral,is lie not) an adh, rent of the oneumy ; is he nt~ aI'raitor ! Sul poseo Webster- wvithi the army ini Mex ico, tall ing and act ing i like manner-Scott wotil sorm create a firm of " Riley and Webister, or hantng him hight as I Iayiman. Webistor's Deril is slave representatimi "I never have, I tnever shall, I never wi vote for anyv farther annexation to this countr; with a slave representation upon it or ini Muich has been said of late concernming t h Wd'imot proviso. The sentiment it emubra ces is a just one," are his emphalntic word.. Th'lis specech was made before the Whi IConvention of Massahluiset., Mr. AsiA manw, presiig. Mir. P..lfrey, M. C. propose [a r'>olution deel'riorg that the whigs of taW 4 state 'ouldgie ther dupbrtto no Candid ate* for Presldent..and Vice Preulint who was not opposed to any farther extension of i slavery.--This resolution .was laid on the ta ble, it is true,.but " the'God-like Daniel" was nominated for President-his treasonable de clarations and rotten political faith being thus end~rsed by the whigs of Massachusetts. The tr.uth is, the Press-the leading men --and th mass of people of Massachusetts seem to be lunatic-yet there "is method in their midness"'-they are far "more knaves than fools." They spdak the same languaie'. embrace the' sanii-doctrines and propose onA, rule of- conduct. They hav" reached. the height. of political icibuinesa--tley begin to fester and to stink-in the nostrils ofoll lovers' of law and order. The cradle of Iiberty has become the "hot-bed" of all sorts of political absurdities, monstrosities and treasons. In stead of rocking herself into a quiet in her o'd r age,she has lashed herself into a fury--she re sembles an infuriated bull rushing headlong toward aprecipice. She rsembles the "roar ing Lion going about seeking whom he may devour,"-like a madmnan resolved on self destruction, she seeks the destruction of all within her reach. As a specimen of the Massachussetts press, we give place to the following deli cious morceau of which the " Boston Her. aid "is the reputed father "Ascertain whether there are any, and I how many, colored citizens of Massachusetts, unjustly detained in South Carolina, or who have been sold from the prisons of that paltry state into bondage. If there be any victim's then proceed! to reprisals, since neither the laws of the Union nor the General Govern inent afford us any redress. Authorize the three-fifths rule to citizens of South Carolina found within our borders; seize them at-liar. vard University, -at the Tremont House, wherever they can be found; three for every two citizens of Massachusetts who are detain ed in, or have been sold from South Carolina; and if the number be odd, take iwofor the last, one. Empower him to shut them up, and t treat them precisely as our free negroes t are treated in Charleston-to cntiscate I South Carolina property, and to blockade I Sou:h Caroli na ports. We should soon bring the guilty oligarchy to reason. We are strong, she is weak--she is poor, we are rich. r We have an able bodied population of nearly a million; she barely two hundred thousand." rr 'The Charleston Courier again brings us news fromA Mexico. The James L. Day, - sailed from Vera Cruz on the 19th tit., and ar rived at New Orleans, on the 23d Do. On the 25: Sept. Gen. Santa Anna sum muoned Col. Childs surrender the American forces under his command at Puebla. Here are "the Demand and Refusal." t Comwnnications beftieen Gen. Santa Anna and Childs. at Puebla. IFADQARTEns-MEXicAN Aamr. - I have taken possession of this city with the army under my command, for the purpse I of operating upon the several poirits f6Riid, and occupied by your Excellencr, and also with the view of liberating its inhabitants front the domination of the forces of the Uni ted States from whon they have already suff cred too much. But before commencing any operations of a military character, I have con sidered it my duty to act in obed.ence to the I impulses of humanity, and consequently re - quest that your Excellency will please evacu . ate thts city wihim a certain and peremptory space of tim ae, it becing known to you at the -s:unse tunme that you can depart with all the honors of war, either to form a junction wvithI ,Gen. Scott, or the forces of your country at P'erote, according as it best suits your plea sure. But shotuld this courteous request of mine he unheeded by your Excellency, then, althouttgh to mue it is a painful alternative, I shall connunence to assault yottr positions, be cause there exists in the vicintity of your Ex cellencp, an army of 8,O00fi mnen w~hio are de termtined that the rights of their nation shall be maintained and respectedl. God and liberty, headqtuarters in 'Puebla, September '25th, 1847. ANTONIO L.OPE'4 DE SANTA ANNA. To Setnor Colonel ID. Thomas Childs, comn m anuder of the United States army situated u in Loreto. I IEADQUARTERS, CITY OF P1!:EBLA, MEXIc'o, September '25th, 1847. To hisa Excellency D). Antonio Lopez dec San ta A nna, General-lin Chief ,4 the Mexrican i Army in front of the oky : ,Sir-I had thme honor of receiving, at 2 o'clock this afternoon, your Excellency's let r ter of this date. Int it you were pleased to - notify me of the fact that you had taken pos session of this city, for the purpose, as you de clare, of restoring to the full enjoyment of their liberty its citizens who have hitherto suffered so much from the United States ar i my. You likewise were pleased to offer cer :1 tamn stiplulations to this garrison, provided rthat it would, wvithtin a fixedl timte, abandon the pointt of dlefence which it now occupies. f With iregard to the assertion of your Excel Ilency, which implies that the inhtabitants of P luebmla have beent tmaltreated by the United States troops, I wholly deny it. Ont the con trary, I assure you thtat the property and the privileges of all Ihave been mnainttai nedl, and Irespectetd with the greatest scrupulousness, indeed, so mutch so has it been done, that its p larallel cannot be fotund itn the annals of war. And I wotuld most willingly leave it to the - most intelligent and impartial portion of the - pop~ulationa of the city to decide, from whicht e of the two contending parties they have re a ceived the most injuiry andr molestation ;whe thor it is front their oivni countrymen or the - troops of thme Utuited'States. I WiVth regard to that particular part of your - Excellency's letter which demnands the sur .render, wvithinu a fixed time, of all the positions tnow occupied by the tr'oops under my comn -mand, I can only say itt reply, that having Ibeeni htntored with the duty of gtuarding anE protectim~ them, it is eqtually my greatest wish an? p-tramnount obligation to preserve them to the last ; and I am fully satisfied that I shall bo abale to defend them suiccessfully, Imiasmuch as I havo at my disposal all the re, sottrces essential to its lull and complete ac complishmtuent. With considerations in the highest degree respectful, I have the honor to be your most - obedient servant. TilOMAS CILDS, Col. U. S.Army, Civil and M1ilitary Governor. - September '27th at 6 P'. Mf.--The Mexicans I op~enedl a heavy cannonade upon thte Ameri t cans from three points. T'lu conidimesntn was returbed of course-Iuebla r n .considerable damage September 2&h- "SA"TA AxA ti the system of cotton bales, and on that day and the next, there was considerable fSr-ig W!e have no account of the damage done on eI er side. September 30th.--Arco Iris says: '"To. day 'partial tranquility reigns in the city Now and then can be heard the report of a cannon and the exilosion of some grenad thrown in the direction of San Juan del io,. in the, rear of whose church General REA.' last 'night concludped a battery, with which 'he 'inteids to ,op.90 upon $n Ji'-(thae American position.) -"-Our soldiers (the Mexicans,) are coma. plaining very much, and say that they are ready to die of hunger, not hving receivedi any thing in the shape of provisionsfr sonle. considerable time." "The greatest enthusiasm, against the Americans prevails thimglesfti the entire city." We are now left in he- dak till Oct. 2d Same paper saye: "'Sinee SANTA ANNA's drirrture the cannonading has totally slack ened ol'" What become of the cotton bag fort, and the ''army of R,000 men who are de termnined that therighlts-of their nation shouldy be maintained and respected !', Why, the cotton bales were burned up-and SANTA AN. x.v on the 1st October sallied outref Pieblo,. at the head of 2000 cavalryand Infantry and three pieces of artilleryrintending to attack General Lavz then on his maroH to Perote. But all the Braggart''s men except- 180 hus-. sars of his personal guasds- pronoUncedl against him, aledging that they were firmly. convinced that their further.continuance at the disposal and' under the odlew of the ex President would only be followed'~by their' complete sacrifice; and that withal, their country would not derive the slightest bene fit. They denounced him as a trator, incom-. petent, unskilful and of course unworthy of command. SANTA A.;A was ordered by his govern. ment to Queretaro, but he reftised and star ted for Oaxaca, and the Mexicans themselves say he is making his way to Guatemala, for the purpose of leaving the Republic of Mex ico forever. October 15th.-General CranL-!NG disarmed. 65 men of the Massachusetts Regiment for mutiny and insubordination, detaclied them from the Regiment and ordered them to the Castle of San Juan de Ulloa " for such duty as may be performed by soldiers, who are found unworthy to carry arms, and are a disgrace and a neusance to the army.". A . goodly repast and a here's reward awaiteach of those 65 scoundrels, upon his arrival inold Massachusetts, "There she stands-look at -her for yourself." This is the brst occasion of the kind in the Mexican war. - Gen. I.ane with his command was at Pe. rote on the 4th Oct. Capt. Truett with 200 mounted volunteers and Capt. Armstrong, with 160, went out of Vera Cruz Oct 13th, by order of GeIL Patte:. son to scour the country and rid it of the gur. rilla parties. The two parties were success ful in killing considerable numbers of the enemy and in re-takiug arms &c. Gen. P'. highly approved of the proceedings of Copt. T. and A. Tribute of Respect. At a meteting of the Bar of Sumter Dii trict and the several Officers of the Courts, hold otn the 26th October, for the purpose of expressing their sense of the public loss oc casioned by the death of Chancellor WVM IIARPERn, the lIon. F. J. MosEs was called tou the Chair, and E. M. ANDERsoN', Esq., reques ted to act as Secretary'.. On assuming the Chtair, Col. Moses made a few pertinent ie marks, sketching briefly the prominent points in the htistory of the lamented Chancellor, and concluded by saying that if ever a public man in South Carolina died without enemies,, that man was Chancellor HJaarga. The following resolution was then adop ted: Resolrnd, That a Committee of five be ap pointed to draft suitable Resolutions in rela-. tion to the sad intelligence of the death of Chancellor HIARPER. The following gentlemen were a ppointed of the Commnittee: A. C. Spin, Es. CoL J. B. Miller, WVm. Haynsworth, Esq., S. Magrant, Esq., J1. S. G. Richardson, Esq. 'I he Committee after retiring a few mo ments, submiitted the followving Report: TJhe Committee, appointed "to draft suita ble Resolutions in relation to the sad intelli gence of the death of Chancellor WVu. Hai PR.n" submit the following Rerport: We htave received the intelligene af ano ther atilicting dispensation of I'rvidence, in thevtemoval of the Hion. Wu Haarmsu, fromn the sphere of his useful labors. W~e cannot forego the occasion to mingle our voice with that of the Bar throuightout the State in ex pressions of sorrow at the unwelcomne, yet ttot unlooked-for event, anid to declare our high regard for his character as a man-and a citien, as well as for his integrity and learn ing as a Judge. - -' .o Simplicity of manners, purity and kindness of heart, were Chancellor HARPER's charac teristics as a man. Vigor of intellect, close analysis, patient investigation, IIptht of' re search, extensive learning, iippartirlhty :and incorrutption h's characteristics as a Jurast. Chanicollor HIARPIEn was regardedi as a learned and upright Judge not only by tho Bair of this State, but his decisions on resed questionsm of lawv, have given him distinction heyond its limit, and have secured for him the first rank amongst learned anid uptight Thervoi created by the loss of such a man cannot be easily filled, an-l his death mutst be regarded as a pubi.c calamity. Therefore Resiohd, That in the death of Chancellor WILuIuM HARrERt, the State has -sustained the loss of one of her noblest, :puret and most distinguismhed publict servants, and one of her best and wisest citizens. Reolm e. T'hat whilst we know6or cond,.