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TWO -DOLLA RS In atdvance, Two Dollars ddFifty Cen at the expiration of six months, .6r ThireDallrs at the end of tihe year. No'paper dist-ontinued until all arrearages 4("Are Pill; uinless at the option of the Proprifitor. Ad'vertisements Inverted tit SEVENTY - C ent per square, (i2 linies or less,) for il'firsti and. alf that sum for each subseqlue -g;The'number of insertions to onal dvrtsmet or tlicy will untl rdeed t a beds otn E DOLLA l ew ingle Qugertieetri theytiv be Is . s snge erte I a ea e n~ r o mmier i ons Aet i r. u t l o d r d t o b e ig n t y r Sin h" U to e OLL 41, O DOLAR it I dane Twotoia e!tr ritnbMf. e the fxratn on stis n-t, T ural M an o- 8e4 cfro y. Br wer mntakea the optract ob -,e andwet hich wmeres winere- at ertis.) InelrWibs.er. meh numersor inseresti to oI ha Otimaer th ry a eb perits~ ~~~ respctin m Ou ee h bdgfwichisfat fien ileavei t Fr arde, Mto ae dyebcomfrte ee as andi twihs we ng the eraroa 1 'hi houe acsr de rsth le>ts imk B thmerthe riverinser.on 1rrislto th e sat he aster n 'idos ook setowar tyhue re also t t river ith t sodeepen b ait ca Sint in str y 3t , i4ast fr ivho pow e aceh e oict o goin otheiers land l beiad ut Thie hisoof whichange iso cnsera-i bl erimack. But then the rivr soon trs to the save sd t practicl gndows look toward the river also. rt the river has so deepened it ed cha ioI in-*this stretch of it, i: t. e last .'$' 0s th emi6 ee i w Wti upsreahing it or going back tthe higher lands behind us. The ,sepof this change is of' considcera Atre ars. e have observed it practical and know something of the theory the phenoenmon; btt 1 doubt whetr pthe world will ever be benefited Stherby my learning or my observa "Tion ihi .s reppct:.. M 0hitg o at tile cast windows rit this moment, (2 p in.,) oith a beau tiful sun just breaking out, my eye sweeps a rich and lcvel field of one huMdred acres. At the end of it, a tirid dfa mile off, I see plain marble brave-stons, designating the places the;rtrepose my father, ny mother, iny' brother Joseph, and my sisters Mehitable, Abigail and Sarah; good Scripture names, inherited fromn their Puritan ancestors. 'My fauther ! Ebenezer Webster! torn -at Kingston, in the lower part of the State, in 1730-the hanidsomecst itnan I 'e ver saw, except mny brother E ztskiel, who appeared to me, and so does.he now seem to me, the very fin st lluman form that ever I laid eyes di. I sat him itr &is coffin-a white forehead tied check-44, complex as egiglt heavonly-.lightt-Bt. where &M 6Ting he gra t- cfosed upon him, as it has in all uigjybrotheris au-d sisters. We shall soon be all together. But this is melancholy-and I leave it. Dear, dear kindred blood, how I love you ali. 'This fair field is betbre inc-I could see a lamb on any part of it, I have plonghed it, and ratked it, and ho ed it, but I never miowed it. Some how, I could never' learn to hang a syethe! I had not wit enough. My brother Joe used to say that myv thth er sent me to college in order to make me equal to the rest of the children! 'Of a hot day in July-it mast * have been one of' the last year's of Wtashington's admin istrationt, I was making hay with my father just where 1 now see a remaining clhu tree, ahout the' middle of the afternoon. Th'le H~on. Abiel Foster, M. C., who lived in Canterbury, six miles off, called it * the house, and camne into the fields to see my father. I-e was a wvorthy nian, college learned, and had been a ministii, but wats not a per-son of' anty considerable natural power-s. My father was his friend and sulpprter. lIe talked a while in the field, and wont on his way. When lhe was gone, my father called mc to him. and we sat down beneath the eln tree, on a hay-cock. ie said, My son, that is a worthy man-lie is a ammber of Congress-he g es to P'hiladelphia, and gets six dollars a day, while I toil hero. It is because he had an eduta tion, which I never lad. If I had had his early educatio~n, I should have been in Philadelphia in is lace. I came near it; as it was.--ut I missed it', andiitw 1 imust work here.' 'My dedY f'ather,' said I, 'you shall no' work.-Brother and I will wvork fior you, and wear our hands out, and you shall rest;' and I remenmber to have cried; and I cry now at the recolleec. tion.--'My ebild,' said lhe, 'it is of no importance to) me; I nowt live lbut for my children; I could not give your el der brother the adv'antamgs of' knowl edge, but I can do sometinig Ifor you. Exert yourself--impr-ove y'ourI oppor tuntis--ean-lar-nd when I aim gone you will not, need to go through the hardships which I hnave un dergone, and which have made me an old man before rry time.' 'The next May hie took me to Exe ter, to the Philips Exeter Academy placed ine undel- the tuition of' its ex delleiit ptedeptor, Dr'. Blenjamnin Abj bott, still living. 'My father died in A pril, 180tI. I neither left him, nor forsook him. My opening an office at Butse >wan was that I-might be near' him. I closed his eyes in this very house, lie died at sixty-seven years of age-after a- life * of exertion, toil, and exposure--a pri vate soldier, an oflicer-, a legislator, a < judge-.-every thing t hat mtan could lbe, to whom learning never luad disclose'd < her 'ample page.' - y-firt' speeh at the b~ar wtas t made whean he was on th-~ h~ench -heic I never heard moe atS'( seo tjii. 'Ho had iiiini .whpit Ire~le~t.td diave been 't~hu chlracter~o o~~t&j old Puritan H a eep, .gious, but not 46'ur orn te orry good-humored, facetious-shigyh "0" en in his age, with a conta 1ous - teeth all as white as alabaste T( soft, playfil, and yet hn in him that he seeined rowed or from a liol. rown; a D trown it was ulness, good- B humor a nposed his most ruly, your frieiit, AM L W jsrRR HIMN T. GREENil ITOR. VC dt Our Principles. A There is 4"ne Votnt on which there can be no to dircrsty of Op*ijim in th fotth among those' ed who are true to her, or w have inade up their minds not to be slaves; that is if we should be tu forced to ehoose between resistance andsubmissien we should take resistance at all hazards."- U CA.HoUN. w " To do that, cancert of action must be necessa ry, not to save the Union, for it would then be C too late, but to save ourselves. 7Thus in my view, concert as the one thing needful.."--CA.noU N. " What is the remedy ? I answer secession, b. unuted secession of the slaneholding States, or a large unumber oJ hem. Nothing else will be w'ise- M nothing else u-a be practicable."-Cun xv As. r, g.y" Communications intended for the Banner imust be handed ill o Or before Saturday morning, and those th favoring us with advertizements will * please let us have them at least by B 8 o'clock on Monday. C w WE publish a communication from d " BEAVER DAM" in this issue. The _ writer is a young gentleman of good education and puts forth his ideas in. .S correct and appropriate language. We " hope he.will frequently favor us with P( communications from his pen. s The Legislatuire. d. The Extra Session of the Legisla- K ture adjourned sine die on Tuesday o last. It did no business further than in to oppoint Electors, and elect officers. ti Col. SnMoxs was re-elected Speaker of i the House, JollN S. Ricir.apsoN, Jr., ai Reading Clerk, T. W. DINKINs, Mes- je senger. R' 1. W. ALLSTON was re- re elected President of the Senate. Two ti Messages were received from his Ex- ej cellency the Governor. No. 1. was o; communicated to the House on Mon- di day, giving the object for which the ti Legislature had been called together- T On Monday night a caucus was held ti 'consi-sting' of the members of 'tI H Houses, and resolutions were passed te expressing the sense of the meeting. at It was resolved that the vote of South e Carolina in the election of President '. anid Vice President of the United aii States, should be given to FRANKLIN ll PIERuCE, of N. HT., for President. and at WVILI.IAM U. KINo, of Ala., for Vice ti Presidentt. We were mucht gratified 1] to see so general a concurrence in the ei determination of the caucns. Mr. in ~IUnsoN proposed the names of TnoL-p, 01 of Georgia and QrrmkN.r, of Mssisp- th pi, but after some fiery rdinarks ftinm at the same gentleman, tlie propotitioi was rejected. We have publishled the ntames of the Electors elsewhere, and only state here that C. G. MEMMINGER was mppointed for the State at large, and General JAMEs H1. ADAMS was elected from the Third Congressional District. Ont Tuesday a second Mos. . sage was received from thte Governor antnonneintg (oflicially the dentIS ofr hENRY CLAY and D)ANJEL, WEBSTER, ' and in response to the Message somnet ye ry atpprIopriate resolutions were o5f "ered by J1. IzAunD MronuTroN, and tiu umiatonsly passed by the House. tri Thntr ended the Extra dessiom of U 1852, and we trust this will be the last b Extra that ever will assemble in South 'arolinta for the purpose of casting the Electoral vote. Blefore the next Presi- r dential elections, we beli'eve the people t of this State like the people of all thte (ithier States will be permitted1 by law a o0 -lect their ownt Electors, at least wep hope so. rot Presidenutial Electorsu. Inl For the State at large, C. G. Mom- do ning-r, of Charleston. ct 1st Congressional District, the Hion. li JabrIiel Catnnon;uf S partanburg. 2d Congressional D)istrict, the Honu. ny~ 1. P. Brockman, of Greenville, bii 3d Congressional District, thme Hlon. a. amles 1I. Adames, of Ilicland. 4t~h Congressional District, the Hion. x R. F. W. Allstn, of Prince George, Vmnyah. nlo 5th Congr-essional Distriet, the lHon, tin 1. Foster Marshall, of Abbeville. Co 6th Congressional District, the Hion. fo ~V.D. Porter, of St. Phillip's anid-St. Iliehael's.. cot 7tht Congr-essional nistri'et, the lion. f. E. Cartn, of St. Bartholomrw's.. ex DeaitI. of Dar. JMatdeualaII. pr It is witht felings oif sincere regret, eer iat we chronicle, this morning, t he pr enth of Dr.. M '. . MendenhallI, wl i -h wie rielancholy event occurred itn this city, su~ i Tnesday evening, occasioined by) aar evere attack of cottntry fbver, con-a acted at Camden, in this State, whicht gnl >wn lhe vis.ited a few days sincO e ihr !i pnt~~rl of being pesenLt utt the eor- I / . tor Baner.. you me, t gbx0n wt ofa ch come-off . I l''II i'vlle in this ~ istrie T a publie meeting of n shoj v vision, and the Division g ith the citizsens generally, e here In their strength ; the meet- l g .wag opened by prayer from the V 3v.-Mr. HuNT, (a son.) Tne W. P., V r. RoGEns, then with a few appro late remarks introduced the Rev. r.. MConoQuDALB, the first speaker, a io done himself and the cause *he ad- t icates great credit, he did not leave a e Rumocrat an inch of gro. d to t md upon, and by convincing irresist- c le and overwhelinIg argu'buit in- a raperced with strring anecdote prov to the l(rg4 66Wi before him that a whole business, trade, traffie, and e in and about the good ereter is not c iat it is crarked tip to be. Ie con. ded amidst the hearty cheerings of r assembled multitudes. Long may d live the advocate of the glorious t use. Next came Mr. JonN S. Rlicu- C tDSoN, Jr., (also a son) and I assure >1, sir, that I never heard a more elo lent and beautiful address fall from e lips of man. MR. IICHARDBON is young man and is preparing for the ir, and bids fair to be one of South lrolina's brightest ornaments, and one mo no doubt, in time, the State will. light to honior. Mr. A. M. KENNIEDY from Caniden, e G. W. P., of South Carolina next oke, and his speech showed that he is not only in the right place and a ,rfectly at home, but that the whole ul of the man was ir. the cause-a few ore such men in our State and the iys of the dynasty's of the Old Anarch ing are numbered. And lastly came ir esteemed friend Mr. T. J. WA IN, Ex-Sheriff of Kershaw District e very expression of whose counte mnee not only indicates good humo- I d generosity, but a noble soul with he gave the last broadside to the treating squadron of Old Alky, (and e whole meeting was occasionally tertained and delighted by the Bish ville Temperance Brass Band, that scourses sweet music.) The crowd en adjourned to the Pie Nic Dinner ible, and I do wish sir, you had been ere, the table groaned beneath the lesto inesloie I We have o4 1 n seen Public Dinners in-thq country Political meetings and other gath ings, but this sir, surpassed then all. hle peculiar nice way the whole was ranged and put up, told plainly and unmistakeable terms, tniat the fiiir d beautiful hand of woman had been crec; -in fact sir, they got up this inner, and they were present to cer by their snmiles this whole meet g (heaven bless them.) The Bish ville meeting to us will be among. e greenest spots oni memories waste: oasis in the desert of lifb. SPECTATOR. Sumnterville, Nov. 3, 1852. For thes Sumier Banner. t Or' Taxes. t Mn. Enivon: As experience hais oven that 1111 govermnents whatever [ ny be their peculiar features or uder i mat names soever they may be called, tl rjnire money to keep their political r< icehinery in mfotion, or in other words al m.peeunirry resonrees are indispen- t~ bile to their vcry existence. the (ques. t< ni naturally arises, who should con. t< bumub tW the support of governnmt? n The following propositioni, wi'l JI'i nk few will deny, alppears to me, to d the propar answer, viz: Tihat all ti 10 enjoy the blessings and advanita- p s of good government, should con- p bute to itupr a The revenue required forn the Gener- ti Goveruent is raised upon this hi neipule, but it is not so in this State; hi 1 as it is now evident, that we must hii nain part and parcel of thme Union, tI spite of all our clamor and bragga. d 20o, it certalinly becomes the good zen and prudent legislator to turn re attention to tihe reformation of ma- w of our old laws and customs, not in ndly following in tihe tracks of our m :estors, but wisely profiting by their >erince and endeavor to render our mm State laws a miodel of perfectioins t losing sight however, at the same hi ec, of our rights under the Federal di nstitution; nor be blind to abuses ol mo what quarter soever they may* rre.tl )ur State taxes are levied almost y lIusively up~on property, andl if the 1~ position I have laid down be true, Ie In tainly those who have no taxable Ic perty, or profbssion, should like- to oi conitribuIte a portionl towairds thme T1I p~ort of that governlment that throws fe and them its protecting power, kO dling lifei, limrb, and health, and dI ishimg mljis one1411 them-, iln mature erton, u4 tbA ax should piald by evelry ea ho Is nttled to tat inestimable privilege of freeen, ie rghs of ufrage. Thore is injus. oe i. the prtneiple' which Is at pres. mt noted upon In that State, that a tan b p~use he owns no "property, or learnid' profession," should be ex mpt from contributing one cent to the tipport of that government, under rhich he lives, and which government rould "avenge him upon his advor. riry" wfio should dare to molest him i any way; though said adversary hould casb his 'thousands - into the reasury of the State, and he, none; nd yet I rejoice that such Is the case, liat the poorest citizen is under the special care and protection of State overeignty, and I hope the tinio nrgay ever come, when it will be otherwise. lhe pr6ceedings of opr Court4 prove D th' most carcless observer that our ode of justice'ls no respecter persons, ut that. the rich and the poor, alike osort. thither- for protection or re ress, 4id ihat the rich -ainot oppress he poo"ivikt iiqipiinity,.that the man f propiy' and: the mi iilessi 'ate quals under our 'Well-organized iusti utions; and yet the man of property r "profession," supports the ponder us burden of government, while he rho, has health and strength and per. aps learning and capacity to realize andsomtely from his individual exer. ion is exempt from any taxation at all. A few fatniliar examples may serve D illustrate my views and position aore clearly. Ilere-is myoneighbor, a man with a mall tract of land and one or more egroes, some.pged or decrepit per. taps, and he 6ontributes annually so nuch adyvalorem for his land and so nuch per head for his negroes, whether hey benefit him or not. Of course hat is all right; On the other hand here is an overseer, a schoolmaster,.a lerk in a store, publrc officers and em loyers in ibmraI, whose income may le hundreds or thousands as the case nay be and may livrin comfort, per aps afiluence, and enjoy all the bless ngs of a wll-regulated government, id yet they never pay one cent into he state treasury,-never called upon o offer up one dime of their incomes ipon the alters of their State, which ecures proection to all and the rights fsufrage to all; but the man who *ns'an Ze"0grraCres-of land a .n roes or negroes, no matter whether his properMi1@J~ L for not, or e meprop rty, ie must pay his taxes, or his roperty is s5ld for him, and yet he njoys no higher privileges than those ~ho pay notlidn With perhaps the sim le one of being elegible to a scat in lie legislature. My proposition is that the legisla tire should, in passing the bill 'to raise uplies', insert a clause of the follow. ig purport vi, that 'every tree white tan' hetweent the ages of twenty one0 tnd fifty who is enttitled tro vote ihr epresentatives itt the legislature and ivory free wvhite man' not a citizen of his State who shall have resided in hie State six months previom tos the line ofecollecting taxes, shall pay a oill-tax of-- (not less I would say ian the tax levied upon a slavc), with sis proaiso, that any man who shazll afuse to pay . his po01-tax and whoi tuall be returned " nulla bona," into e0 Sheriff's Office upont an exction (collect said tax, shall bie inelligible vote for any District oflicer, or for embers of either branch of the Leg. lature, or of Congress, or for P~resi Onil Eectrs, (provided the elee ofEleetbrs lbt. given to tihe peo le), and proaided fuirtAd t'hte any nor man who shall upon oath before Magistrate or the Tax-Collector, say at he feels himself too poor to pay s tax, lhe shall be exempt from ty g the sanme, but lhe shall also be itnel ;ible to vote as above nmentioned, on e sa me piritnciple hat paupers are mnied thte right of suffrage.. And I close thtis commtunication by pt~iz:th proposition I set out ihi:That all who enjoy the bless ga and1( advantages of good govern. ent should contribute to its support. BEAVER DAM. CoUNTy~nFEiT Bit,:..--Tih Edlitor of o Augustau, Ga., Chronidle d, &utinel as beeni shown a counterfeit twentty 'llar bill, ont 'thme Bank of the Stat~e 'South Carolina,' which is so well ecuted as to deceive most persotms >t familiar with thme genuine issues of mat Banik. It is payable to James~ htiton, att Charleston, dated May 4th. 52, anid signed M. A. Moore, Cash. 'and R. H. Goodwytn, President. the cenitre of the engravinw, on the *t hand end, is the head oflVashming t itad on right hand end LaFaiytt. 1e vignette in the centre at top is a nabe figure seated ont some bales :>king at a ship ion her left ini the stance. Indeed, thte vignmette antd d ornamtents are the same as used the oid couterfteit twenty dollar used insted'ol pronue, The-Legislature ocqvened yester day, at 1 mI. iThe roll of the S0te was called by t e Olork,.aid, onm o, tion of Mr. ,DoTreville, Houn. F . , Moses, Senator from Claremont, was called to the Chair. The Senators'elet were then quali. fled, and the Senate then proceeded to the election of President, when the Hon. R. F. W. Allston 'was unani mously elected. A committee was ap pointed to conduct the President to the Chair, and on taking his seat, he addressed the Senate as folloWs: I accept, with lively sensibility, the honor which you have conferred anew, by appointing nie to the Chair of this honorable body. I will construe this evidence of your favorable regard into an earnest of future support 'in the die charge of t&ii Ititis devolvitg upon me , shall be my constant aim and cha deanir to perform those duties faith fully, inipartially and firmly, to the best of Iriy ability. If in doing so I fall short of your expectations, let the failure be ascribed not to my will, but rather to infirmity inseparable from my nature. You will adopt a system of rules for the government of the Senate. Those rules it will be my study to under. stand, in order to apply them ; as it will doubtless be the pleasure of every member to become familiar with, and to abide by them. Let us not disp-nse with forms as useless. The observance of them is as necessary to the proipt, accurate and agreeable despatch of business as it is to the grateful intercourse and gentle courtesies of society. Gentlemen, I trust we meet with minds willing to unite in counsel, and harmonize in action for the common weal; intent to develop more fully the resources of the State; to promote the education and training of her youth; to secure the industry and wealth of her people; to cultivate all the elements of moral power and prosperous hlappi. ness. Let there be cherished amongst win no latent spark of bitterness, which may blaze up at some unpropitious moment, and imar the promise of our peaceful progress. Two years ago Ole wAlls of thi chamber were clad in mourning fir tl< death of our lamented Calhoun. Re cently both of his distinguished com. peers have passed away, wi.o constitu -ted, with him,so remarkable a trio in the Federal council-individually greal in influence, in intellectual achieve ment, in intimate association with the history of their country. From their school of politics, differ ing widely, as we do, yet te person al feelinigs which that difterence may have engendered we can lay down oi she giV06 where they *sleep, 'end '46 reverence to their genius-rndering the homane of. our' 'respect for thyst eienit lii- 0" risiihiesimvhieh they possessed,- and which have so of ten called forth, in confliet, the highes powers di' oar own cherhshed states men. We are absrnt proceeding to th< business of the sessions. May that Almsighty power from whom all good counsels do proceed,.watch over and guide our deliberations, control and mould ouir action, for the hoior And welflure of the State. W. E. Martin, esq., was elected Clerk, anid J. T. Gosodwyn Reading Clerk. The other officers were re elected.* On motion of Mr. Adann1 Messrs Johnston & Uk*vis weie sleted pini ters to thse S'enate Asl the eXtra 8ssionl On moction of Mr. Carn, a commit tee wase appointed to wanit on Ihis Ex. cellency thme Guvernor, ansd infibrm himi that the Senmate was organized amnd wecre ready to receive any comn munmications which lie umight think prou per to make to that body. Shortly aifter, the following miessage wats read by Beaufort T. Watts, Esqj. Secretary : ExECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, olumnbia, Nov. 1, l852. Gentlemeatn of the Senatse and Hlouse oef Repr esentatives: I have deemed it my duty to call you together on this occasion, to ensa ible die State to east its vote for Elee tors of President ansd Vice President of tho United States. Somec doubts have beens entertained ansd expressed as to the consstitutionaal poiwer of the Governor to call the Le gishatuire together for the purpose allis dled, to. Th~e Constit ution authorizes the Governos to convene the Legis lature opm extraordinsary occasions.. It has been seriously mooted, whether this is an extraordinary occasion, as the Le'gislatusre wvere aware of the con tingency that would happen, and ought to have provided for it. This may be thme case, but it is evidenit that no pro vision wass made, -and that thme State would lose its vote in case I wvere to nseglect or refuse to call you together. I think that any doubt which may have ariseni on the subject has ino real fousndations in truth, it seems to me that the clear nmaning of the Consti tution is that the Governior should heave p~ower to convene the Legislature to transact any business for the good o; the Commonwealth, which could not be transeted at its regulae sessiops. Acting udder the belief of' the correet ness of this construction, I have called you together. I am sustainsed in the p)ropriety of this course bj~ the prec lent set by that able jurist, Ex-.Gov arno~r Johnson. The Act of Congress requsiring the votes for Electors to beo east on the lame day throughout the United States vaus passed Januaery 2, .846, and Go rernor Johnson conivened thme Legissa urc on the first hIonmday of Novems. on. more extraoriary an his I think-lam"sIe 'sustabied in the ",ourse I have pursued by thsehsi of thef LegislatiroItself,--fo had any doubts been entertained by it as to the power of the G.oyrnorto convene it flapurpose liketbind6faiIre to make other provisionsforeasting the vote of-the_ State, woldinvolvea neglect of duty fo0, flagrant- even to suppose them eSpale o I herewith transmit to you".a report from the Secretary of the Interior, which shows that by the Sevnth. COen sus our State-will lose a member to Congress. This will involve the ne cessity of re-districting the State. Whether you will perform this duty now, or at your regular session, is' a matter for your own consideration aud discretion. On, subject*of general in. tercst to our State, I will address you at your regular session. J. H. MEANS. On motion of Mr.Witherspoon.a com mittee of eight was appointed to meet a joint committee of the House to nominate Electors of President and Vice President of the United States. The House not yet being fully organ ized, the Senate took a recess until 6 o'clock, p. m. In the [louse, I1on. James Simons was elected Speaker without opposi tion, and T. W. Glover, Esq., Clerk. Several ballots for other officers were had up to three o'clock, but with out any other election. On taking the Chair, Mr. Speaker Simons addressed the Ilouse as fol lows: Gentlemen of the Houtse of Represen tatives : For the renewed evidence of your consideration and kindness in -again elevating me to the distinguished posi. tion of presiding over the deliberations of this House, receive the assurances of my grateful acknowledgements. A round this seat are clustered ninny prourd recollections of patriotism, genins, and virtue; nor has it been more distinguished by these than by. the courtesy, impartiality and firmness with which its grave and responsible duties have been discharge:d.. These latter qualities I shall hope to emulate, nor do I believe otherwise than that they.will be. responded to. on your part, by 'the order, dignity,'and deco rum, which have always eminently characterized this body. It is by the observance of these reciprocal obliga tions that the burdens of legislation are lightened, and the best interest of our several constituetreies, And the State at .large, ate cared for and sub served. I cannot allow this opportunity to pass without congratulating you oi the restoration of concord and fratern al sentiments throughout the limits of the State, aid, earnestly to hope that unanimitystid kind fieling wiil-charae terize your deliberations, and Ie jums )ressed upon any legislation which you nmay deceisiitit piopdr to iittite. Imploring the Divine blessing on your labors, I nIow commiend ygni to the prosecution 'of the l'nifiess of this body. "y Telegraph freuVd ie Southemn Standand . The Pre'sidenatial Election. Returns from Georgia as fut as hio'rd fronu MidoN, Nov. 3. The following are the nett majorities for PiReEc and KING in thle Counties that have been beard fromn: Bald w'm 11, Butts 400, Calhoun 140, Cobb 231, Crevford 275', De~zalb 500, Fayette 317, Gordon 300, IHenry 84, llouston 270, .Jones 157, L~incoh:a 02, hfarierr Ng0 Pike 277, Pauldinig 30, Putnam 30, Stewart 1b'i. Walker 400, Whitlield 380, Wilkinson 398, Warren 112. In lRichmuond County there is a clear D~emoratie majority of 30 over all. The vote is as fbllows: PiERoE and Krso 620, Scoi-rr 425, WEasTma 146, Tuga loo Ticket 8. in Ellinughamn Counuty CaITTEKNDE.N obtained 93 votes, PIEIaCE 61, and Sco-rr 18. Three pirecinets of Colubia Coun ty give PmEnCE and KIuo 74 majority, anid partial ret m:ns tromn Crawford give them 275, and fi-om Social Circles, 5 m ajority. Th'le returns from Bulloch, Brvan, Glynn, Lisierty and hieintosh, aire im per'fect, but all that hav'e been received are largely favorable to PizmacE and KINo. C'ass county, it is said, will give PIEncE andi KINa a larger majority than any of the others. Sco-rr and GaAnAM have 142 ma jority in Taliaferro county; and partial returns also give themt a majority of 159 in Covington, and 238 in Greens boro'. TinE COLMBIrA BRmoE.--One of the direetors of the Bridge Conmpany has infom med us that the roeairs now being made on the Bridge, per contract, wvill rarely stop travel or transportation more tihan a few .hours at a time. In deed a specification in the contract pro hibits the contractor fronm closing the bridge beyond a certain nunmber of hours together, the company being de sirous to cause as little interruption to trade or travel as possible. The bridgeo, wve learn, was niot eloiuied longer than two or throo hours on Monday, and the reason assigned for not giving public notice-a reason by the way which has great force-wvaq, that. per-spns bringing produce to Co lumbia might be deteired fromi d oinlg so by an apprehension (if delay, which will not take place. WVe are assured that everything in the power (of the comfpainy will be done to avoid any serious Interruption, and that tihe conm tractor has instrucetions, to tihat effect. Caoiin44t nt 41,~ te no DmWS. 0ore, as vocateas of ndepeod", i )n subseqqant .peo the government;; i 1nor1 recenti eonthem) !i ble objects of admirai They are no m-ore. TI But how little Is thero. .o and good, which an C.a 2 country they yet live, live forever, They live perpetuatthe 6renlenb on earth;; in the- recorded their own great .adtions; spring of their ihtelleet; engraved lines of public in the respect and homhage ofjA6 They ive in their exawpl,'aassl live, emphatically, and lli"11 the influence which their forts, their prineiol eN.,d: now exerise on the a"luirs oF not only in their 6wn ountr - throughout the Ciilizd wrafd superior and commandingA:hun.' l''t. tellect, a truly great man, he1 vouchsafes so rare a gift,is ot porary flame, burning britgbht while and then expiring, gving to returning darkness. t. is.,rat spark of fervent heat, as weliias. *di. ant light, with power to eniiri &i7 common mass of human md that when it glimmers in itsV cay, and, and finally goes out id& no night 'follows, but- it fet t world all light, all on fisi frOJthIir potent contact of its own spir con died; but the human understands ing, roused by the touch .6f,fi raculous wand, to a peeption of~he true philosophy, and the just -1 inquiring after truth, has kept ont; course, successfully and glori6i'. Newton died; yet the counses i spheres are st ill known, and thy yet Imlove on, in the orbits which he and described 'for them in the of space. TIm' I\XBUN GAP RAILROA 'OFront a corresporndence, publis46d in t Ashville N.ewe, it appears thAtfk a qoru.mo has been circulated that the passag&4ig the Savannah river at Augusta by tt d South-Cairolina Railrvoad Conp*iy would cause an abandoinct:ofthi6 great project. Mr. Gourdin, the Presiden~jor Blue Ridge Railroad Cnpi~i to Mr. Thomas: 'Referring to the postscript of letter, I would repeat the assra made to you nt Anderson-ithnt passage of the 8avannas river a,'1 gusta, by the South-Carolina Ral' Company, does not-' in theismahil s! # degree take away. front the' n tir the Blue iidge-Railroad, the Rahllun Gap) or in eny manf 7 dimnish the interest whieh the PeHs of Charleston or the Southi,~roat Railr..d Com&pany have in ts struction. Suchi are the ticof le ry director in that Compan) an oeeption.1 'The JEnginieers of the SoutC~1 na Rlailroad Companty ev er li adjournment of the'Cornention ti. derson, have been c-ngag4in the~~ add that Mr.~ Lythgoe, (the ehl )or* ports that then Stump House Mons the only formiidable obstacm',card passed by a grade of 53: feetto'tah mile, in a distance of some 10iniesr 'Now thuis settles the questih'diif-a as the po~sibility of the rouse or th practicability of the contry Is d6# cerned. The grade at- Aiken onli Sonth-Carolina Rail Road,' fog ie miles is 53 feet to the mlle. On~ Springneld, Massachusetts ws there are so ne 5 miles with ga of 83 feet to the mile; and oar Nashville and Chattanooga Roalter are4 3-4 miles in one place, and234 mles in another, with a grade s feet to the mile.' learn from the London coepifn of the New York Commna tha from the highlands of Scotlaudwo~p the destitution ot the Celtic race i4 attained a point of chronic faismne, ng less than twelve hundred personsitr been shipped since June,. by4- he imstrumsentality of a society/ foma London for the purpos . Jisthis; case, the repugnenc .of ,h to leave their henm erom arranging that the - ~~~a~d take place not on1~i t~trmjt the numbers es and all age~5 ~ Su~tt6 rand grandmh*4t' et: ly born inG ifA.J pan whom the r.as" eu' to place gonfdnn - see~j ceach ship, arid the wholp experktn was conduceled more in the Ge fashsion than has been attempted - my other occasion. KosguUTH AND huUNOARY.--..j~eI~ tnn Conmmonwealth, in notlig t~ . sharge that Kossuth is living at dit ease in London, on the moeyI'ge For the Hungarian MauseJ 'imetc. rnakes the following a imen' aspiresunmed to be eorreek~ eWotak ethis opporgniay ng, from positive knowledget$&g ~he *90,000 or *100,000; which K iuth collected in this etantry, hafd i dollar crossed the Atlantie with hai~ lie expended it ini this contry infnr. .-haisg and making inttons of 'ar, my the manufacture of' which he. gw minployiment to a large innier~~~ lestituite countrymecn. lie haaUr nonths nearly a huundred of them-in >h'yed in mtaking eart ridges al~i~. lIe cxpcntd it niko in carryi, n