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'I'. were dup fite a oil < o:g tl t~ ~ ~ ~~ s emt':o f~;:r ojipts at aiet, ': :,tt t oein of the State., bt he was ua because it would )eo ho four population, inst 1 ica, 'insurrection. uq.ate9 o r.ple in military ne a n ion of soldiers. N'thought two military for this State. Ile ;aC tiqunecessary in .the " nagoncvc. ~' Tiouteort'i N. ti5a tose Sbt'rtiitg .building ieLdaranbui tnrion, and 'Ohe thought tihe matter 1t bq_-h jpoprly brought up. le iould be perfected and tvas brought tip for the ac O' E' C advid ted the amendment. 'ojiped h---he thouglhtit would pssajof the. bill.- After on, the question upon t Has taken by ayes and >pdx .tilted, in yoau 35 and nays sti the amendment was rejected. stlob rc urring on the original bill, opted.. t ballot this morning, for United Senator. tofill the vacancy occa at tIibdonth of Mr. CAIlnous, re tit ,a$ ;flloWi RHETT 56; IIANMSronD 7'. HSTN.UT 15; WooD sToN 2; ItIcuAuDsos 2; Blank oo having the required majority, - aolection; and there will be a tot for the same officer to-mor L oclock. A message was re fro lis" Excellency, Gov. MEANS, ;? , tt b mmnu ticntiun from the Bri i n , some. mnqdification of n 1 mh me ment of Jtransmittng the cor Governor SEA. anti with .eference eitot hat portion e ee the; imprison orel eamenu ' ferred, on a special c We of nine, from' tib':Charleston and Iatians, 'witli leave to sit t dagis lature;.and W;c ta e dth'correspon. crenferea to the.roops in as ref Fred to the Committee elati6Ii ,'Crck, the bill prviding for a call S1e ni 'of eopeo of-this Is'tlheiial order for that m ,E; i was made to discharge r the purpose of taking Snotion to re-consider the K"t iht upon:a bill 'to elect l~v' t~o a Soutperu Congress, and * ylas*lst. ;The motio' discharge, d Y' e f- ayes; --nays 57. o'. Th ' tTIl9 L eour ing n the bill, Mr. N sthb desired that those h ll~I " uld have, the wraon:>ihy tt t'lethought the Le ~ atirefa y comp etent to elect those ~','d ~beismand he thoug ht a Convention be srved for our Iinal action. And he would move a special order pirovid-. iig tb~t tihe bill for calling a Convention .f the people, he postioned until the next sesision of the Legislature. .Mr. Sullivan was opposed to this propo wittm.' He thoughmt thme adoption oflit would be equiivalent to submission. *Mr. Hunt was opposed to thme measumre, and mr.adea an able argument in snpport of hmis position. Hie proceeded to give ai brief ouitline of the relations subsisting tbetween tlip North and the South, and said that he was in favor of no messure which looked to aere temoporary settleunenit of thme gnes tion?3eIl thought thle only way to settle tie quofrol, was by dissolving thme connec tmen.* .With regard to the i emedy proposed, lhe thonght the Legislature hmad no power Io *elect delegates, but shonld be electedl by a - Convention of thme people of this State. lie thought~ thle' Southern States woulnd ultimately be with us; but lhe did not wish timose who mnet them ini Such Congress to b~e *- anmislied biy constitutional restrictionms, but tigebe clothmed with full power anid athority. lie thought a Sonithernm Conifiad $ erat~y would he formed, and m hat i4 whiat heo deqnited. Hle was in favor of a Conivenition 'ofh p~oIeople. 4 ~~ AicCrady followed, :and aidi lie did Sno icome hero instructed to vote for any par *tidulag measures. lie camui to e~nsult. l Ie again proceeded to discuss fully, thme righit ntd powvercof the Legislatures to elect de. gates to the So)uthernm Congress. lie thought the Convention shouldl assembile 4 onily to ratify thie acts of thie Southern Comm. -+gress. Mr. B. J1. Johnston next addressed the House, anid advocated the Cooventioni Bi. Mr. Afemaminge: replied, aind went over t he ame ground covered in his last speech. Beveral other gentlemen adldressedl the llousehfater which thme question was takeni b y ayes and nayr, aind thme moition to post pane.wyas lost--ayes 48, ntays 74. Varous amendtients wvero offered, but lost; andi efter much a- d various voting on these, thme * question being takeni on agreinig to the hdi, it was lost-syes 75, nays 412. TIwo, tirds being requireud to pass the b'il, and that nui ber of, votes not being obtamined, the *only measure lookiung to prsn actioni by thl.Stdte has thus becn defeated. f use1a ~wrof Representatives did a a ~ oireawork i estorday, an anmendment of yq. A'yor to l1iy a tax of t1la pur 4oent. of tho interest on all sumWs at inte restSand also .m "Bill to provide for the ~iection of deputies - to a Sonthern Con-. jw.end for callinig a convention of thme ~ ill profidues that four doepnuties shall bp'eied on joint ballot of the~ legislature, and thoeshall be elected in each Congress ionlIdistict by the people, and on time se cnd 3*6nd4y of October next. Tisv *Illfix the number at 18, double ~~tienber of our representatives at Wash. - iton. Members of the Conivention are * tieMlected on the seconid Monday in Feb ruary;the Convor tion to be called toge ter byproclamaft) fthie Governor, 0n ' e Ijpening of certIh'contin gencies, or * tf~tla904~ 1e flcd by tIf s*ilature at l0t 4isthmeion. * Tr~. Senat~e ha~s dea ' elof the reugn ande~hive plo# tbJj House a soh etim lto 30 weebch wen-. aldfulunuint* 0_ h temn .Da. n ! y vas n1 , :C esi Garnt. af n.t: lep r.H~ in'g~ar, iftHa 8onb Huskel r y r ran, S.'ni;E. ak ui ,C~k "Male slin,-pk(r.C qijteni ICrrno,c Daran son 'i~VIvu~ .Wwo3lns :Oar.rF' t Hutson, Ingnm, Irby 1 enktikin Jennings, Jertinuu A. G. lhnsonA J, K i, Kinard, Kansler, Iwtoita,eltnor, .o3 yr ylcIa, McAliley, "4cCaw, cMcCar. dyn. tiiqld feElWed BiCQOwen, Me. -JouenF E. dP:'ad neJp da , Kaitt 'W. Kewn. bianigult,'Miaro," rtin, bean. minger, J. IL Middleott;N. R. Middleton, Moore, Mloorman' Montgoinery, Myers, Nelson, Owens, Patterson, J. 'b. Perry, Pops P'openheim, Preston, J. H. Road,'. P. Reed, lichardson. A. Robertson, W. R. Robertson, Rowell, Seabrook, Sinkler, E. P. Smith, J. Smith, Sullivan, Summer, Tay for, Thomson, Torre, Tucker, Vance. Ver dier, Wagner. Waters, Whitefield, Wig fall, D. J. Wilkinson, Williams, Wright, and the Speaker. Nays-Barton, Brnckman, P. F. Dun can, Grissette, J. B. Heyward, Lesesne, Mitchell, 13. F. Perry, Philips, Wever, and J. W. Wilkinson.--'Telegraph,- of 191h December. Convention Bi1l The followirg is the bill vhich has pass ed our General Assembly, there being but twelve votes against it in the House, and three in 1tho Senate: A bill to provide for the appointment of deputies to a Southern congress, and to call a convention of the people of this State. Whereas, the Convention of the slave holding States lately assembled at Nash ville, have recommended to the said States to meet in Congress or Convention, to he held at such time and place as the States desiring to be represented may designate; to be composed of double the number of their Senators and Representatives in the Congress of the United States, entrusted with full power and authority to deliberate, with the view and intention of arresting further aggressions, and if possible. of res toring the constitutional rights of the South, and if not, to recommend some provision for their future safety and independence. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, 'That eighteen dep uties shall be appointed in the manner hereinafter provided, who are hereby au thorized, as deputies 4ronm the State, to meet such hteputies as may be appointed and authrized by any other slavelhohling State in Congress or Convention as above recom mended, and to join with them in discuss ing and devising such measures, as in their opinion may be adequate to obtain the ob. jects proposed by the said Convention at Nashville, and in reporting such measures to the said several slaveholding States, as when agreed to and fully contirmed by them, or any of them, will effectually pro vide for the sane. Sec. 11. Four of the said deputies shall be elected by joint ballot of the General Assembly at its present session, ad the qualified voters in each Congressional Dis trict; and the said Manageirs shall there upon advert lie and hold such elections, and tiiakeudIke retut thera to the Governor. &e. IV. That the Governor shaill duly coinisiorn all the sail deput ics, so to be elected by the Genieral Asscembly and by lie people; ami shallI, in conacert wvith the Governiors or oilier proper ait horit ies of other States ja ining in sueh Congress, ap. polint thle time anid pilace of meting, anl give due notice thereof; and any of the dleptities on t he part ot t his State.i, o nay attend at sueh t iame anad place, shll have full power to rep~reseint the State', as here in before prescribedl. N.t.V. An rd bet it fatrt her enactedea he' the authority afobresaidl, That at Coniventiion oaf the peropa le tf the State aof Soi,thI ( 'aroala is hecreby orai naea to lie acsembledl in thle Itown of Coliiumibia, as haereinafter parovialed, Ifor the purpose, in the Iirst la(ce, of taik ing. into conasiaderat ion lie piroceedmiags anad re cosmnuendlation of a Conigress of thae shave holing~ States, it thea samie slall meet andi be lield4: antd for the~ further pu rpose of takig ino cosideau t the general we. States, anid thearrenipin eto i take care thai the Ctaommnwealdth of SouthI Cairalina shlsl snife~r no dletriimenat. Xae. VI. And lbe it (narihwr enacted by the ant horiy afo~resai , Thlat tin thle secon'da aonday int Febmruary inexl, anad on the diay failloawin g, I le amianagaers of e'lecitins for thlie several Diistricts ini thais St ate shanlI, after giviang pIthhe no it ice, as ini casc.* of elect? ion fir Meimbhers oaf IteI Legislaturea, opaen thle p)olls auInihhl elecMtionis ini iliri re.spetct set Di-tricts fo'r ID)elegate. toa the ah Coid(invenu lain, in ail respaects in the sameit inthimert andl at t he s:i :ne pla--es, ais ele':: ta ,n are inow condnecitedl faor .\Ia'mber's oI ithe I *a'r islature. Aind all pearsonsl ai ho are gahtifedl iad enitit ledl, by the Caansttutomn anad I iv we f thi~s State, to v'te' ifar .\haemiLers 1.f the le'g islat ure, saa ill e qal Itied a nd etit led~ t voate for saiad 1)elegates.' toa s~ ColU nvent on; ail ini case of any vaecancy atccaritng bay death I, resaiganaan.n remaoval frnn thle St at', tar reinsail to, .arve, of any' per'soni eh-tedia a h)elegate' to t he ConiaventIiona, thea prenimte ollicer of ih la said Convenilati shll issueit his wrna it ianizinag andi~ regoaringc the~ mani. agrers of ele'ct ioni thestircts in whIch sch Iia. cane'y maay hiave: ociarread, alter givmaj dhae inoti'ce thetreof,, to na poll i al anid hohil an electtionu to lill sne'h vaca'ne-:, as mi rases iar the electioni of .\hlembear. gal t he L.'gish iztora' Xec. VI. Andl he it further eniacteda hiv lie auathoarity afoaresatid, Tlhat' ac vt'ecttion ahstric't thrinighoaut 1the State sall bIIo cot teal to elect. & sendt to thle said Canivenitaain, a aiumaiber of dielegaltes ealn to thle wvholea unmiaher of Seanaars anil liepreosentat ive's whiicha .uneh D strict is now enutlead to sendia to the L egislmatu re; anad thle dlecagates ita thae said Convi enmt iona shall ble eni t ld to the samte fraedomi ofi arrest iai gimag to) return ng frtoma, anda whlilst. ini at tendaaince o~an sad Coaaveantion, ais is extenided' to the .'nmbers ot the Legislaliare. Sec. VIII. And lao it further enaacte~d hv thae anthority aforeaaidi, Th'at all inree white ale citizeans oif this Sta.'te, of thte ci e of' twventy-oaae yearis anda i fupwtads, shllI be eligile toa a seat ini scaidl Coanventicon. XSe. IX'. Andi lae it fuartherr onireld lay the ail hority aftoresaidl, TChat th IaGoiavernorn be and is hierneby recgnestedl, f rthiwithI, a fter tho passatge of thIais Act, toa coaniinaniicate an anthentic coply of the sc:aana tao that Ixec a tives oif each of' the slavehoihiing Slates aof the Unaiona, iad to itrge o n thIle caid authorities, in, such inanner' as lae mnay cleem best, the aleisire of thle State ofC Soutiah Caro lina thaat the said slar'chioldinig Sitaes dao send, dttly commaaissionead, dhepuaties, to aneet thjo degnuties hereian p~rovided to be erected, mljbr lgthatot' ,qpevcriit any]oflh1;" re t'e o of this General 4i saiuly the-c nuhcture of a Southern Con gress, conitemplated ii the'purpose of this Act, shall have happened: Providotl, Thit in case the Govornor.shall not assemble the :cohvention alt grio to the next session . of flthi Ibegslat ir,y tia Genoral 1on sbly, shall, by a mjorit y of votes, lix the time fur the mnebtingof said Conventioin. List of Aots. Of the General Assembly of South Caro lina, at its session of 1850O: An act to incorporate the Watereo nanu farturing conpany.. An act to incorporate the South Carolina ,institute, for the pronotion ofinechanical arts. An att to iiicai'posnte the South Carolina Atlantic steam navigation Company. An ant to provent betting on elections. An act to provide for the defence of the State, An act to charter and incorporate the Columbia insurance company, of the town of Coluinthia. An act to afibrd slid in constructing the Colleton railroad. An act to afford aid in constructing the Spartanburg'railroad. An act to aflrd.aid in constructing the King's Mountain. railroad. An act to confirm to olhn J. Moore a grant of land, whie by mistake was issued in the name of:.1irIn Moore. An act to logitinize certain children of Athens Tucker, and to change their our. An act to amend the charter of the Charleston gas coma ny. An act to amend an act passed on the 18th December, 181), entitled "anl act to ascertain and devise the powers, duties and liabilities of m-isters, registers aul commis. sinners in equity, and to provide for the or ganization and regulation uf their respective offices." An act to incorporate the new Charleston water company. An act to provide for payment of the in. stalments due on the shares held by the State in the South Carolina railroad com pany. An act to incorporate Furman's univer sity. An act to incorporate the Village of Tottiess. An- act to restore duo compensation to the tax collector of St. Phillips and St. Michaelis. An act to require the clocks of common pleas and general sessions, to index the journals of their respective courts. Anact to-ainend the charter of the town of Hanburg. An act to incorporate th0 Swedish iron inaitufacturing co:npany. ' An act to asnonmd the charter of the Granitville mnanufacturing coimpany. An act to Incorporate the Hamburg paper mill company. An act to provide for an inspector of flour for Charleston. - An act to provide for the appointment of deputies t' a Sout hern Congress, and to call a convention of the poaple of the State An act to incorporate the coanmorcial insurance company. A". act to e.tablish certtain roadIs, brldge , and ferries. - . - - An act 1o incorporate certain scfieties aru mcomipan iest, an md 14) ri*\e and ainendmu certain ebarteri here:ofomre gra itedl. An fnet toi raise snpphie' for theii year coin omnc inz O )tober, 1 50. AnT act tj mmake a ppropiriat ions for tihe year cenoniing(ii~ October, 1t550. --I havre jtist returnedi f~ roti one of t~s larghe't anud inii'st iii Igiifict as1L1 mbl.ieIiIjges ever courm enmsi in ihi : eyiv at N-itronal, ililil, on thme occaion ofi ithei'i hst C cnmeert ofi Jenniy famiudy; te membiier of tht C i .aiinet, ad Mir. Chav, were pre -ent byv mvit-itionr, with3 ai iniembter of 'thle r Senatoters, t'.ereirn .\ilm iaters, &S~c. ThIe i ill, cotiningl :1,5(u) SeaitS, wasi compl.-t.'y tilled, the' ticketls foir whiiai .ol at %i7 6* andil *t I, atcuordi tg to loc am io.m 1mn t~he his 3mnrm Jennyv samnmg *'(:asta Jyva,'" fronm Norm, w ih great ile,, i oow--d by thme "IFimno Sonu.,"' winch~ em1iie epiite a1 inrir In1 the second~ p *rt lie Ii rst sangu the I Iirdl Se-, andi the' turninmer in whmich it was reciv ed dleie s desc'ription. TheIC1 i~ nhencie no-nland airation. Shet. also samn. I e!Swe ii.u'te.'' ini her own sweft Thie "(Gr-e :ig to1 A m'ric:a" was wvell re ceived, an.l the, "IX ih Sirng" cl!os.ed the enj omnts o thim eveninig. There'~ wasi hnt onelt exrse il nit hiri.a-tie adtmiration~ thrn~ivat-st mnm-b so that te ru-lh form wdil b~e imine-uise. it e : u singingr was con~lsuleredi admiiraht!a; andthl pe'';croraine oft hei' aiiehistrai, ass.ml by> thme Germtmania I-ixcellenit ordri i' w ii nrotaiied Ilthrnm. onas iiiit :h'.-ays h' lii the ae whenm A.'i ( 'lay, We~ st'r and itn teteed the hail, they' were' re-evaed wEItdtil ti I itlmhusi. as'.w e-hu'rs. .\l is I in'! :and her ste will visit .\lontti \'enrnot tto-norrow, ia the .ste.iuer ('ollver, denms Ibrtoun, ii inr,.: wd hry het opi.eledfr the ri-il p'erlorrimnt', with \.\.is i-benpotj~rt ;ii .mi I xcel:.tnt coeitpany. .r. I roiti ;oldriisseiia o verfliowing' aniiienie, th.Iis- er .mier, tat Tempijerantce 31al1, ie ia i m it h-evp andi elf-I ire mani ner.-('er It' i!nnoi n .1o. - Is ai' - 30 -\ ti-en TI a:, r' I ieu F, Ni.-\W.\e f I \-N, let.- 17, HI' w lm art, m!Hii at WitfttrI's l ia'.l thais eve'mij.n tao', 'eicime .Ienny~ I jud ii!ni her re'tirna fromt alli exttrslte Al \liit ~erniiei she was ptre'enati'ed' wim i l allI.i3lip andi otiher itelrestl og! rehr.-. ofthe lii.re'at taind gootd whvii!si vow nteg thet !rave. .-eiAdnraIl esjide iilaa th10 tluort sttta ii yinii'nt ofi aill in Aladiem.elb-cJe itd is spt'iiitm~linte even. inug w-ith Ii'rshbott lFdhn' o antd latiily, at the Wh.to I ios, by speciaI iivtitnon, and oxp'Jresses high gratihii:it ion at. the4 reception anda hotspita bi lo 'iilnhens slhe hais alIreamdy omet wiuh at ithec caital oftt the nation). To-tni.minrrow iihe will visit thet i')onso (if permitingi, limo Genteral Post O)llico andma '4tetmtl'hlieno. MTR: B1NE1iiC :a erjlei So. Ca; WED8E$DAY, DEWMBER 25, 1850. 'L0 lG. clcardson, Editor. -V" estas. A. WHITE & Co., are Agontie r the Banner in Sumtervlle. . Charleston Market. . CHARLESTON, Dec. 21-0 p. m. i Thin transactions in cotton to-day amount i in the aggregate to one thousand four hun !red bales, at 11 1-2 12 1-2c At closo of business. prices are very firm-middling and lower qid fles are, indeed, rather in favor e if holders We congratulate our readers on the passage of Acts, by our Legislature, for the calling of a convention, for the appointment of delegates to a Southern Congress, and for procuring arms for d defence, should we have occasion to use them. We have never witnes.eed such evidences of r mortification and discontent, as when the news reached us, of the loss, in the house of Represen. I tailves, of the lill Ihnm the Senate, for the call of e a convention. We began to fear, that South Carolina too, had "lost the breced of noble blood." That the spirit which animated our ancestors, in the revolution, had fumed out in 4th of July orations, in bottle-inspired bravadoes t and hectoring resolutiona-and, that like brag garts, when the ocaasion came for the exereie o of the courage and patriotism we affected, we s were about to shrink from the trial and succumb e to the ryranny, fraud and oppression we had d been so loudly denouncing. But, thanks to the Bober second thought of our representatives, and thin known almost unanimgous sentiments of their constituent., to whom they were accounta hie, this disgrace is saved us, and we can again lift up our heads, and say we were bonk to be free, anid, that we will he free, or die for it. The unanimity, with which these acts were fi nally passed.sin ground ofspecial gratulation. It is proof, that, although differing as to details, our lepresentative s, like their constituents, are unanimous in their determination to resist op. presmion, and, that, let others do as they may, South C-rolina will resist. Gov. Floyd's Message. Gov. FLVI) hans communicated an extra mes sage to the Legislature of Virginia, in which , he 'niemnly avers, that if the Fugitive Slave Law i be repealed, pr is not carried out in all of its pro- ' visions, or ifagitation is again renewed in Con gress, upon the subject of slavery, tinat it will re sult in a dissolution of the Union. After commenting upon the action of the Legislatures of Vermont and Indiana, the one of which annuls and the other confirms that act. he proceeds to nike the following novel proposition; That the General Assembly of Virginia do re commend to the people of the several States, that compose the Union, to elect delegates to a convention, to be held at'sone central point, with the view of deciding this one question-.. shall ngitation cease, or shall the Union be dis solved I This proposition, coming, n It does, from so high a source, is entitled to all due respect, and, , yet, we cawot hut r rd it as preposterous. inW si paIee, it comes too ate Good and' perfect reasons already exist why this Union should be be dis'solved ; and there ini no ntecessi ty, now, for the creationc of oilier,, which would be ih! cs ere we to bid our allies by new treaties, only ton be broken, when it shall suit their conve nience. We want no more broken1 wil, or violated fiths. If thcy do not consid er that venerabnle compnet of their father,, the contitution, as hindiing upo~n them, they wvould Mnearcely regard one of thceir own makinag in that light. No ! Thne spoiler has already been here, ind! let usn not now treat with hmt for thne quiet possessio 0o f tine poonr remnant that he ihas I,-f un,--rathner let us wrest fronm his ruthless hands his ill-gotten wealthn. In thme scecondi place, it is impracticable. Agi lation is toa be attributned no tine fanatitam oft Ihe 1rople of tine No'rthn. ande tnt to that ofa fewo con !empnj~itiie deag~fneus-the. ansertionm of uhmnisn. deon p'rints, to tine contrary, notwithnstandling.-.. 'l'hose, whome are termend thne leadlers of Northnen wmenime'nt, are- bnrane aiway, despiite their everyj igibra, bcy tihe th of pubnilic 'piniont amnd hnave no r-ntol inj its niarectioenn. 80n powlerfuilly leas this ide set aea;inst tine South,, that we may look in I emain for its chhit. Th'lis faci is e vidernced by thne re-unit of tine latte el'ections at tihe North, where, ine-n, whon. were dlipso.d tnn lbe just to tihe Southn I :nii nh were menlimnedl to show some mespect, at' least, for tihe QCnstituntion, hnave been either com-. pelle-d to comae out mocre' strongly ian favor of I thnolinion,, icr te yield thneir places to oilier, of a -rn peop'ile. ni In, hanve becomne wieded~e to the hope f estingnishnng .clave-ry in line United States, to rednsemnt to' Ihave thinneivese represented in tis Icn c-ntio n,i where but thne one or the other al L'ernnaive is pire.sented to thnemn-eternal silence, i cr dhisunnicn? Thie-y believe-and, indeed our; nets, hnr-tuofcre, havee heen hut too well calcula-. te t enncgc thatn hnelief-thnat the extimnctione C 1)f silaiery biy no mnean ivolve, tine inecessity or e'linng tihe n'nn. Few nnf thne states, northn of Sln.ai annu liitocn'u line, if any, are willing to cnnk.echicite of e-ithnr alternative.C heat, ev emn ere anmajoriy eef them, to make .o grc-ant a dmnncotratcin of self dcei, as to wind di~eegates n'o euch a Conven'-tiocn, whoIn shneol pic-dig thinnr se-veral staes t, ant etermnab ilence 'Ipon tine subjct; iwhat i-, io ibe donne withn those State. '' whieb -tonainicloof? A re ni eit. rejeli tinema and form a unnion iwitha thcied tr F' c-n weir- thecy alil repnresentedt, whlatt uadanmntie-s c-uin hen g.i'.en uns, thnat they woinid keep. thneir part eof thn'ecompct, in whibch wo ecuhii iee aniy de-gree of reinunneet lie rce-onimne-nnds thnat every State in tine Union bce re-prese'ntedn tinte Coenvention. Whlat bust nt".iecicniel Sunthnermn men hnate thnero, to vote in ilchui'p r ei-tioen. cinch wie steep agitatjin? Tine Sount hc lhas. ait h-aut no sin "'of tis cocmplne ioitni to inei'-r feir. I eev. eiov n evindently mneans wveli 'ncd hit. intentions tene ci idlesntly paitrioetic; but hnc rid eeeliy behindn tine aege. ueechn a suggestion conih hnai -enne very we-li twenty years ago. Buit, itnw, ni.eiof tine Soth hnave- tbut few rights j eft ans, acel let un moat hnazaini their loss, by a eonger Iicnen ws ith a (Governmaent, whnosei ner foer uas, is hnke that, whlichn tine beta hoars toe le. prey ian his embnlraece. lIs tim~ sever thnese tooi >ainng licnkc! ILet in idisseolio tisi "glorious t Unioan" intio the ieementc theat compi~io it! Ixet lhe Scetilat teegethcer Its thney ounght amnd form a 'IoIncl, wbrone- obiject u~nd s.ecopo shai tbe thne sc -urity ofC tine righns ofC tine respe'ctive States-in tradi of tine pcrincniple undneer wich we are nouw over.I'nede "thant they nmay take whio have the sower and~c thney may keepa who can."' ~ - -*.--e ---.. SoTnrus Co~eectc:as.-On joint ballot i at Inth linse of tihe Gene,-al Assettnbly nst eveinig. thne fotlwing grenthiimon; wnra ' - President. CHAR E;M.FURMANai Directors. Tios. Lxtras, JAS. L. GANTT, P. M. CouEEN, 8. L. Gr.ovua, E. CARSON, J. P. DEVEAUx, R. G. STONE, E. W. MATxws, Gxo. RoamaTOt, ,--, - W. C. Dus, LGro. I wrAT). CONGRESSIONAL.-On Monday last, in he House, Mr. Burt of South Carolina, noved a joint resolution, providing that otico be given to Great Britain of its be. ng the intention of the United States to erminate the existing treaty, agreed upon n 1842, which provides. for tle suppression f the slavetrade. a previous notification f such intention being required before the xpiration of the treaty. The resolution vas referred the to committee on naval ffhire. We find little of interest, other vise, in the proceedings. We give, on our first page, the-inaugural ad. res of His Excellency, Gov. MaNS. Our readers will remember, that he was the uthor of that eloquent and soul-stirring appeal, ide almost two years ago, by the citizens of airfield, to those of her sister districts, v'hich xercised so potent an infhionce in arousing the coplc of South Carolina to a sense of their angers, and to a determination to resist the en. roachments upon their rights. The address before us breathes, throughout, sat same spirit of devotion to the cause of the bush, ani of indignation, in the contemplation, f her wrongs; and it is characterized by the ame chasteness of diction, beauty of style and levation of sentiment, which so eminently dis. inguished the address of 49. While we are free to confess, that all of thm entlemen, whose names were used in connexi. n with the Chief Magistracy, are men of talents nd ability; we are yet confident, that the Lrgis, iture of S. C. could have made choice of no mon it and proper person to fill that oflice, timan Gen, ral John I[. Means, the high-tonod gentlemen, lie ripe scholar, the brave and chivalric sol. ier. OUR LEGISLATTRE.-From an examina, ion of the roll of our House of Representa. ives, we find the following items: 01 th< nembers of the House, (124.) there are lawyers 43; Physicians 10: Planters 68; derchants 3-Total 124. We may re nark that many of thoan reported as lawyers ir physicians, are also planters, andl tha overal gentlemen of the llouse are physic ans, in addition to those reported. For tim menetit of our lady readers, we should likt o inform them how many members arc narried, according to the tenor of a resolu ion, as ofTered at an early day of the ses ion, but we are unablo to do so at pre ent,--Tel. Correspondeance of tihe Conrice W.strNTot, Dec. 17. The assent of Texas, to the proposals relativs o boundaries, was communicated to Congre. resterday, by the President. The hill for tha re. luction of rates of postago ami the New Yoria dint Bill. were rwade special orders of thu louse. Air. IRentne brmught in his Hill for thb onstrnction ofa National Highway to the Pa. Iflie, and contended that it was practicable a veil as inportant. I have supposed that the old Stetes wont' nako their claim for share of the lands widcl hey so prpIhaels l - . r .'. $tsee, 0 ite'EE' in unntiese-smti charttesli oroffeetl oall chrIstendom. "'I'usnot sutrtsed there. im, at the propoition of Mr. Itleade, of tirgin ai, to divide the public lands among the States ccording to their population, reserving the uminm ral landis for the (overnimnt, and twenmty per entof time pro'eedls of sales for tihe cxtinenmon ol lie public debt. Thme States are, by this project n be providedi with a fimid for time purposes of inm ernal improveracist and education, hut not to bi estricted In their aijpicationi to these objects rhme Western States wilt resist any project o. his sort. Thley wishm to encourage rapid me ttle nentn of time land.., by making thmem free a) ali ictual settders, wihetheir citizens or aliens inmtnd ng to hmecome citizen. Not a word wais said in Congress yesterday is elationi to time disturing qmusion. The Georgia Resolutions. The following rosolutionsa are atnnexed te ihe report puresented to theo Georgia Con 'entmon to thme commmittee of thirty-thmree it the head of thiis counmmtttce it will be 'ecollectedl. was time Hon. C J. Jenkins~ vhomn Mr. Edmimore complimented with ar fl~er of the oflice of Secretary of thme Iater er, whiemn by some fatality nto person seem. d to want it. VTe whole report and reso utionzs bear uanmistakeabiou evidce. that lie writer aimed to be as sumbmissively non easistenit as possible, but was at the Mamma inm explosed to intluaence and~ pressure is lie other direction. Weo let time resoluitiom peak lfar themmselves, however: Tlo time end theretore, that time position o his State many be clearly appremeded by~ ecr confecderates. of time Sontth and of the~ sorthu, and thmat sihe may be0 blameless of al utuire consegntences lie it resolved by thme p.ople of Georgii n Convent ion assemblled, 1st. Tihat wei soldi the American Union, seconmda-ry m im. >ortanmce only to the righmts and prmip~lle, was dlesigned to perpetnuate. Tlhamt psas suiociatonms, prese tnt frtuition, amid futt ur. rospnects will bmnd tis to it so long as i ontumies to be the safeguanrd of those righte mdt praiciples. Secondly, That if the thirteen originia arties to tihe comntract, bordleingj thme At. antic in a narrow belt, whmile their separate nterests were in embryo, thmeir rtual enidencies searcely developedl, their rero. utlinsary triaas andh trimumphis, stall greena is niemnory, foundmii Unmiont itsmpos ible wihot 'otmprommise, the i hirty onme of timis dlay, mmay vell yield soamewhmat, its thme conthect sat opm. mi amid posl icy, to prneserve that Uniion wivici as extemnded time swayv of reptibhcani gov rnmmenitt.over a vast waldeniess, to anmstheim ceats, anad proiportioally advt aced theni ivihziations amnd anatiomnal greatnmess. Ti'ardly, TIhat ini this spirit, time State 01 ;eorgiai has umat urely cotasidered thme action *f Coungress emubracmng a series of mneastures ar thme admission of California inito thet Jnimni, time organmizationi of lerritorial Gov. riuments for Utah and New Mexico, the stablishmentm of a bioundlary between the' atter amnd time State (ot TIex'ae, the suippres ion of time slave tradte in thme Dust rct of :oumsbia, ands thme extradlitioni of' fugvitv lav em, amid (connected with the.mu) the re. ectionm of propositionis to exclude slaverj rosinth~e iMexicani territories anmd to abolisi tm time lbstrict of Coihnin; and wmnist Ihe does nmot wholly approve, wdsl abide oy L as a perimnent adjujastanemmt oh thais see. inal cmi.trove.rsy. F~ourthmly, Th'lat time State of Georgia, in lie jsidgamenit of time Conveintion, will and 'mght tso resist, evenm (asm a last resort,) toi lisrutptioni of every tie whsich binsds lier te lie Union, any future act of Contgress, holishming slavery ini the 1)istrict of Coltm. ia. without the consent amid petition of the lave owners thereof, or any act aboiishing lavery in pilaces witin the slaveholding1 it atos, purchasod by limo Unuited ttes, fo he erectiom) of forts, magazinee, arsenals locIk varda. navy ynrl am1d othm. like mu. t- rad t !! refusal to saute l a ; t ; hereafter apply rg; b of slavery theteln; or- , emot, the introduction or slaves 1n, the of.Utah and Mexico, or in ai act alt or materially modifying tbp laws ttow a force for the recovery' of fuigtive se es. r Fifthly, '['hat it is the deiiberst Opinion' of this Convention, that upon the faithful execution of the Fugitive Slave Bill by the proper authorities depends the preservation of our much loved Union.-Tekgrpph. MissIsStIPt REsoLuTJON.-.Ih t tin -. ted States Senate, on Tuesday last, the fol. lowing action was had on these resolutions . Mr Foote rose to present to the Senate the resolutions of censure passed upon his course in the Senate at the last session, by the legislature of Mississippi. He re marked that the legislature thus con deining him. was composed of high.minded and honorable men; but he believed that they had entirely misunderstood the senti.. ments of the people of Mississippi, as he thought the elect ions of the next fall would very conclusively show. - The Chair. What motion does the Sen ator make. . Mr. Foote. No motion, sir. The rose. lutions were sent. to me to present to the Senate. I have done so. The Senate may do with them what they think proper. My colleague tnay make any motion he pleases. Mr. Jeffrson Davis moved that the reso lution be read and printed, and they were read accordingly, and ordored to be prin. ted.- T. CounsE. or Vinom1.-The editors of. that sterling paper, the Lynchbnrg Repub. lican, in referring to the future course of Virginia, thus strikes the nail on the head: We are opposed, however, to any more resolutions upon this subject, unless bond and security be' given that they will beexe ted when adopted. The Legislature has sworn enoutgh in Flamlers, and should now act, or forevor afterwards hold its peace. Tie nn:se. able polhcy of adopting "patriotic" resolutions just to back out fruin them when the emergency which they are l:esigned to meet arises, is as disgraceful to'n State as a similar blustering policy would be in an iri dividuil and has done more to prostrate the' cause of the South, than allother causes comnbined.-P8ss strong non intercourse re solves if you please-do any thing to arrest, if possible the tide of Northern aggression now threatening us with ruin-but for mercy sake do not ake Virginia say the fourth time that if so and so and so be done, she will do so and so at all hazards! No more platforms, gentlemen, to be broken through when pressure comes. (Conust~srtwicE oF TE TELEGRAPH. My predictismos, contained in my last corn. munication. in reference to the actions of the Governor and the Legislature of this State, have een vrerifiod, and, in their acts, my tmonst sanguine anticipations have been realized. Our chivalrous Governor did certainly to. comm ind, :amd 'ur l s"gislature have as cer tainv adopted the policy of calling a 'con vention of the State, with plen'ry powers of. action in defence of Southern rights. But your heart has long since been gladdened with this plorious news. It is now 'some what stale; but you will nevertheless permit mhe by way of somie praise, to speak of thnew marks of patriotism of my. adopted State. The' peeple of south Carolina have 6 ea 1o -lowd to-Misssip 's moyeents willjo litle anxiety, and per haps with some forebodingrs of dismaiy. The muehnoise of :1 the nmssion prsss with the traitor's F'oode treading the path of the fresoilers, has served doubtless to weaken your faith in, andi to bilast your htopes of the ultimate faith. tmulness oft the St ate. ButlIam glad to beable to a~sure you anid your readers, that Mis r issippni has now ejfectually taken her posi fimn. She has east the die; she desires not the character of "leader" in defence of Southern rightl., but sho dons desire to stand side by side with South Carolina, and such othier Southerni States as imay resolve to maintain thecir posit on as free and indopend The elect ion of delegates to the conven. tion is to be hoidetn on the first Monday in .September. F'romn aow until that day, the contest w'I o#'rtainly he heated and excit ,ing betiwe the Southern rights party snd the submti.~ on party of the State---for, that there tare . such parties fully organirzed in the State, is beayontd denial. But in that conItest, ailthouighi it waxes warm and grows . sever, the re-:istnc-e party, with the gallant . Ibi nd the chivalrous Qtuitmnan as their . c-impions, have noting to fear. The issue w ill be, toadie up, in short---Resistance to un c onsdtittinal and~ unjust legislatioa by the tederal Igove rionen1t, with avowed secession as its ulimuatum otn thne one hand, and dins grancefutl submiission to the will of a majori ty of Cotngressi on the othier. Let me as. sure you, .Mr. Editor, that Mississippi wil! never adopt te latter policy. To imainitain the initioni which this State has now so assu.med. it may cost her gal hmtt sons', as it were. "great dmops of bleed;" tbut it is bettn'r to bleed for our rights thatn to be crowtned with the shiamne and evils con seqtnt upj on submuission. Vnitp youvill hiereafter place Mississippi alongrsid( ot South Carolitna; and that you w ~ill. by~ way of e'ncorgement to the other Stts fthe South, by thtir and manly dis cusson. howthat secession, by one, two or all the 'Sites aiggrievedl, itt the event that ful utc is lontger withheld from its by orNoirthnertn assonciates, is onr only legiti miii nid suces4ful remedy, and that its adopionwil bepeneelui ini the end. I may a ~ttempt,; occ:taniolly, to aidl yon in thte taWs--TnsTN TEt.EGRtAPHt. I'. S.--- mtight remoark;, as otne of the most rare orutrrences ofn thne age in this climate, thait tte titmbhrs of' the torest are at this hour .'otnstattly faing, trout the weight of the ice, with which it is ladl'n, it havmng sleeted r *with grneat r~atdity for thoe Iast 24 hnonrs. I have never seetn the earth's surface harder f'rozen, event itt the mtost dreary days of win. ter. IAT'T:Mon E, Dec. 20. Washhintgion tDec. 20. 11,35 P-~ M.--Char'n. 11. 35m~ P. MI. A rrircal of the hervke.-The steamer (Cheroke'c, anrnved at New-York to-day, from Chan~rges. birmtginig two weeks later intelli genice from (Cah forntia. $I1,00,000 in gold aind one htundired anti sixty passetnger. The Chonlera was prevailiing to an alarm extent at nm F'rancisco and '.he surro mg iit on, seven out ot eight cases proving tatal, mthe disea'e, htowe ver, wvas slightly A tire occ'urredl at San Frane'sco, which detroyed;un thte l'azhe liotel, the G;alena liueadtwe!v'e other buildings. The loss is est unated ant foirty thousand dollars. llnm:-tmess w~as genterally dull, owing to the ptrevalone oft the' cholera. lireadstull's and 1 Groceries dochnomg. Money was wvorth 4 per ceit ntur mnonth. Gold dust Nas valued at $lt6 per onne. Th'le California mail had n tot reached Charges wvhen the Cheroke. Ileft.. INo tidittgs of the Afrira.--Courier. 4 -*1 f~ i r c . ri 7' f BW 103 @m. .: fa orbl '.t h COTTN'VND wtor gsa~ Thae '{ lane soai ALTI -a i. 'anf foandW ral ian hae' osingsu.e& The stmmittroe o brokers now fel adsy t y a 3A ':abiles ft dateh from Liverpool to the 7t it..ne baein, of week later than the dates 1 the At. We hasten to traais3yota an nbia ictJ Ih intelligence: porsect.n wo;ult n trea porea world, havre 1nd apI rig. tpr cotycn, Theogamuge of urke s no eai 8dth. asle of Aewe mott lowler n .,figgaik of which shater oo 1,0 entrtalned on all lands of a a1 ment, althouflh both sides ar aill their da'ninn-of war,&c. - larnd ad other pewereonthe c.nt'pn e The Ppaiexcitement is subwdling04". Politicral NsateIigene. AAINSAs.--.Th. emesoerbio im"sbers of the eiature have faid upon the fourth Mi payoflAilnextas the tme and Llo asa ithou ac ofholding the tState Convention to nominas an ndadiate ror Con. greas - Micaron A--At the ieent eletion the new State Constitutlorf was' ddopted by.a large majorhybut the "equal suffrge ; pTonewa ee by a vote orabout 1ar to one.* - MAsusr...The leislatuem will on the 30th inat., and 11 have the election * of a U. S. Senator, in place of Colonel. Bentonewhose term -expia aaontdh..Ath.oCt March. The, assion wil roably a short one. : ob F ms.o .ra-n the Legslaturenno has been given . of all to give the electin of, judges Waeuypeopde; ahpo,.pf a billefhang ing the C.nututaon, ions In 'al ie Cin - iBters of the Gospel to had1 any, office under it. .. - . Onto.--tThe Ieglatu re - assiemhbla at Colnmbus on Abe 9d. At last accounts the Senate had passed two days. in fluctdw ef forts to ,olect a presiding 'fcer'. In' the (douse, after *'u days flbrf, Mr. Morse i frbe soil. democrat, wits. elected to tboi chair. . .- -.. IxtDArA..The couititutional convention has agreed to, inserts aacetinRy in the, sew, Constltutionsproviding for "lheneseatae ax-, oiption,' by exemnpiiug a rcenable acont of property frpr:- s eizure or - nale Ijir. she' payment of any d bltenftbr' initrcaie . :t has also adopotd t aeeioi orividing tmt "the'sal and p6rsona) property of.. :Womonna whether owned beforeinafrage for after wards, acqulted by purchase or gift. (other; than from the h 4bnd in fnaud of is cr .. di ors,) devise, o~e. et hallbd = : 'R mains ec law.". Boch 1e $ It was known from the Goter'or, Mes-. uage that the operations of t he Betti iaa been very succeesful during the finahela1 year ending the 30th of Septenmber last,-, though that document barely ,stated the amount of the protits without commen The Deport of the President and Directors has simce been irguteived. and we should ~ lay it ent're before our r-eaders if we were not so much pressed for room. The entire profits for the year amount to the sum of 8364,931,88. Bot of this sum, about *96.. 000 has been derived from arrears of intere est, and would prop..-rly be added to ithe pmfts f pstyears. The sumo of $269,-. 82M9ils stricts the income of the year,. and if the bamilk bcharged with the aggre g ate or its capital, the "Sinking Fundr' and the "Fire Loan,'' it is more than 7 per cent intereat in all these funds, doubtfdl -ad supposed bad debt. about SIO00AK0Oinore. This is certainly a favorable exhibit, and ' especially a subject of congratutation at a lime when the State has need of an over flowing treasury to meet exp'nses that it concern. alike her honor and her safe ty to incur. There are inconvenience.,, as we are re.. mirgded by the Report, in having an excel-, lentt credit. The position of the Ala-nk ha. been such for seine time pst, that it has been an object with the Borto inveit portions of its means in the outstanding debt of the State, and firom this time for. ward it would probably he in its power rapidly to extinguish the whole of that debt. But the creditor. will not he paid..'l* Bank has parleyed and proposed,:and eo e tiated, but they are as obdurate as Shyloc and insist upon having their bond instead of the money for which it was gisen. N6~ and then some poor wretcr z' citught in the trap of -mischance, a.a. : brought to terms, but this is a rare event, and in, gen-. eral the slightest hint of a man being on the look-out for South Carolina Bunk, sends them all into holes and corner. There seems no remedy for the evil. It ia probable indeed that a default. in the payr.. ment of a half year's dividend, or a resol' tion in the legislature squinting at repU " atien might lead to "transactions ;'' these are experiments that also ha . inconvenience. and it is perhaps q wvell to "bear the ills we have,')" In the meantime the profit. -oft will accumulate, if not otherwise of. The President proposes that a sum be paid in~to the treasury 'annus aid of expenditures of the State, and t.. the Bank should devote a part of the fu necessairly accumulated to meet the prin~ cipal of the Stat. debr, in such secure loans, to Railroad. and similiar, enterprixea, as shall make it~ useful and) at te sama timo be available when it shall bo needed. The final settlement of this question of surplus profits, is not likely to be made wihu ulconsideration. Pne'the comla' year the State will almost csrtainly :hare. occasion for all the assistance tho ealk cans aflord out of its profits, and the 'ae. cumnulat ions" can be disposed of when WILL bhoiet to th lnw.(W',i hirs day 10th January 195, for tepf, j4orh~ s~orow the laIk as Scapy Whorose kl6* Dee. 25th, 1830 9 g