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From the South Carolinian-Extra. ti COLUMBIA, Dec. 12, 1S40. THE INAUGURATION. This auspicious event, so indicative of political hainony and unity, and promotive of the strength and welfare of the State, and its character and influence at home and abroad-scaling as it does 'he bond of union and flriendship hetween the two late divisions of the Republican Party-took place at the on Thursday last and was attended by a large concourso of spectators; presenting one of the most brilliant assemblages of beauty, lash.

ion, talent, anid respectability, and ponitical character and influence, that we have ever seen in Columbia. The day was a most delightful one; the finest we had experrienced during the Session; seeming as though Heaven itself smiled upon the happy restoration of peace and harmony: and the ladies, whose smiles ate second only I to those of Ileaven, and whose presence adds the brightest, sweetest charm to such occasions-availed themselves of it in great numbers, and rendered large galle'ry a most beatiful anti brilliant scene. At one o'clock-both brancies of the General Assembly being present-i he Governor elect, the Hon. P. Richardson.

entered the lall, leaning on the arm of Gov. lenegan, an-l attended by the Committee appointed for that purpose -the 31enbers rising as lie entered-and took his seat in the Speaker's Chair. between the Hon. Angus Patterson, President of the Senate, and the Hon. D.

L. Wardlaw, Speaker of tho Ilouse On the AMembers takinig their seats, he rose, and in a nanly dignified, and impressive manner, united with a warmth and elo quetico of expressioi, strnimly indicative of the honest sincerity of-the sentiment uttered, lie delivered the following ADDhESS. With profittud grtitude for this distitnguishing evidence of the confidence -of the State; with deep atui anxious solicitude, I for the manner in which I may merit it; I and with a solmn determination to devote my best energies to her service-I appreach to asstnue the doilies and obligations of the high, and dignified station assigned Inc. Respect fol that high authority, to whose estimate of mv services, every feeling of doubt and diflidence on my part, must, on such an occasion defer; and a sense of patriotism. that knows no earthly obligation so high, as that of obedietice to the mandate of the State; bid me to cherish the hope, it actuates to the determination, of discharging then to her best weal anti interests.

Under any circumstances, and in any aspect of events, so high a diinction as that which has been conlerred, could not but be gratif'ing to the best feelings ot the ciiizen, anid the patriot. But whetn accompanied with I the high and honorable motives, which have so successfully conducted to the obliteration of all past ditTerences and divisions; and when it devolves on nue as the exPonent of this restored confidence nnd harmony; it cannot but immeasurably increase the sense of duty. and obligation, of which the dignity and importance of the station, must always impose. Happy indeed, is that existing state of i thins, when every shade of douht and i distrust is dispelled from the hearts and i countenances of our people: when all par- i ties are resolved into one general, and i more characteristic term of Carolinian: when the energies of the State have re- i sumed their full moral tone and vigor; when every citizen stands armed in thie same panoply of patriotism. to cherishi her interests, and defend her rights: and when, discarding forever all the cabalistie terms of party, wec may exclaim, in the spir-it, aind almost in the language, of Mr.

Jellerson. "we are all Nulhitiers, we all Utnion men." If there should be ought in my olmeial condtuct to obscure these gratifying felicitations for the futture, te shall I have most signally failed, in the highiest hopes. and the most ardent wishes, which I have cherishetd, in dedicating myself this day, to the setrvice of the State. Connected, by the most intimate political relations, with the great Federal UJnion, of which this State is one oif the sovereign and independent parties, it catnnot lie prestumetd, that any branch of ourt Stnte government, cottld ever lie insenisible to its action on the rights and iinterests of ottr citizens, or to the policy or priniciples, by wvhich its ineasures are influenced and directed. Butt perhaps, of all others, a duty at otce so important andI imtpernitive, devolves more peculiarly on that tdepartment, which I am now called to admtinister; and whose high provinice it is, to supet-vise the exectution ofthei laws, for- the weal and protcection of bothi Stmte antd citizen.

For- the manner in wichi I hope to dischiarge this obliention. I -hall look to the iltrious es amples of my predecesaors, amnd to the grcem pritnciples of the Republic-an pat -ty of'98andI '99; a nd which this State, ini all its controversies aiid strtiggles to prserve its c-onstitutionail rights, has so sticcessfutlly anid pre-eminently maiintained.Trhose advanttages, hieh her stern antI ardent patriotism may have been mainly itt achieving, in the saltitary reformnatiotns in the admutinistirationi of the Federail ment, so appily illust rated by the jticiotts meatsures, anid of sound policy, those into whose hands it is no0w comn miittedl -my tllfiarts shall be unremittingiy directed. to chertisht and Andi nlhatever success may have accrued to thme unieasing vigilance, and ittoxorablo with whtich she has asserted her rights, her priniciples, anti her sovereignty, no act ofntegligenee, or of concession, on my part, shall ever tarntish or abate. for us. and foi th- cause of Li herty, the Constittution, and the the triumphtant vindicatioti and ascendancy, for the last three years, of those great State Rights and Det'ocratic priticiples, 0 upon which a sound atdminisrtrationi of the Gov ritment cani only obtain, have left us now but littie more to perforim, than the0 mere ditty of preserving the advantages nlready over the advocates of Federal abtuse andh tsturpations.

Already has it abjured. uder the conduct and influence of the preset admtittitratioti, the th right of imposing exactions tipon the in- tI dustry anti products of otte section ofC the fl fr, benefit of anothe, anti th udiated the pernicious and unconstitu- 1n onal innovations upon the practice of the lovernment, of high Tariff duties, for ounty or protection. Already has it-ac- a nowledged the necessity of a rigid and i idicious economy in the administration of 9 le Public Revenue. Already has it i vowed, and evinced. a virtuous determiiiOn to reoUtce all alliance and conection with Banks, Corporaions, or spenlativo monopolies.

Already has it maiifested a laudable anti spirited opposition i the assunmptitin of State obligations I nd rebuked the temptation to incur a new qatinnal debt, the prolific cause of' most I if the immoralities and corruptions, either the conduct of men, or in the afTairs of jovernmeot. Already has it reclaimed naUy of the errors and corruptions of ofice, which the power and patronage of had recklessly tolerated or introluced. Already hts it atrayed all the ranclions authority of the Constituion. in defence and support of "Southern tstittions." The entire abolition of all liscriminating duetis for protection-a reluction of the Revente, to the actual and ecessary exigencies of the Governmentmd a more just and equal distribution oil' is bent fits, are among the few. bunt imorant objects, which remained to it to tehieil, in perfecting the salutary work of -eformation.

But if, in the resubls of the late Presilential catnvasa, these great prineiplee, so rdently cherished by the South so faith'lly. aInd so ably tnaitntaiied by the preent administration, are destined to be wverthrnwn if a change of tnen, tecessaily implies a change of measures if the ow inevitable stlecessiont of another poitical seemingly allied to the imacahle etnmies (if our domiestic instittiont combiting every element of oppoition to ottr prineiplcs rising upon their lownfall, anl winnig trophies and trijmnpls at the expense of Southern rights and interests if, in short, the political as ect of evetits may be regardel as hetokening the recurrence of all ihose disasIrons evils and ahtses. which have so long waged a desolating warfare of oppression, exaction, and irjnstice, upon the rights tiu- interests of the people of this State ten let us remember, that the great redeeming and conser'ative principle of redress and defence, remains and abides in trselves in the exercise and interposiion of all those means aid resources, so rnply provided in the Constittation, and mo expressly reserved to the States. Nor hall I be wanting in my duty, on such an icasion, to invoke the aid antid counsel of he Legislative Department of this Govrtnment. In such an event, I cannlot anicipa te that there would be one citizen in )Ur Siate, of liaever shade or distitciion mlf party, whose heart would be unmoved, whose arm would be unnerved to deend her and from those, perhaps nowc rost confident in te purity ani profesion.s of a succeeding administration, we nay reasonably expect the tmanifestatiou af zeal and ardor in resisting the aggresions it may pretmediame, in proportion to extent to which their patriotic are disalipointed and deceived.

If, therefore, our rights should over igain cease to ie respected, we are, I rtst, as willing, we tire competor, to redress iliem and while, the experience of the past, inculcates a lesson of warning, itd of rebnke, to the ambitious encroachnents of Federal power, it at tite same ime exetmplifies fite dangerous tendency which exists to perpetrate, and illustrates he rea'liness with which they may be repelled, by the evoked resotrccs of the Constitutioti, and thme Sovreignmty of tihe States. So far as dfepends on me, fellow-citizens, let ie asure you, thatt I trtmst to enjoy te roudl and happy consolation, of tranasmiitming as mumchi of thme rights, hmon, ititerests, or dlignity of thme State, as mtay be comittedf io thec care of this departmmient, mcotpromttitted and utnimpaired, by the aggressiotts of any power Ott eartht. The opinionts of a high public ftutictionmtry, entrusted wvith the conlidlence antI utority of the State, may not perhaps propetrly omitted, ati occason like his. Ott thmose great gntestions of' finance, 'voving as they do, tnt only the welfare nd character of thc nation, butt deeply fcting thte intrcst, of every class antd tncmber of society. Under the expressedl provisions of the Cnstitut ion, grantig thme powver of "coitiag money" to Congress itng thme ssuitng "of'bills of credlit" to thme States; tmd defining a 'legal t-tnder'" to consistI in 'gld and oinly catnnot but conide, dthata discretioni over this subject xwas not otnly intended to vested to that xtenat ina mthe Federal legislatture, but at.

he samte timea restric'tedl to thec powerc of -egultinimg the value omf that mediumr so pecifieally designiatedl iti thet Conttstittutiotn. Il'h mmnlitmitcd tuse of ant utnsoutnd, (andl soinmeti mes dlepreciaitedl) paper ndiumn, itt the receipits amid di'abumrsetments the Government, is not only to my view, ana obvious deviaition fromi Ime safe m.n alutary praincplesof the Constatution, tt has to a great extetit contributed to troduce a hose vicissittudes and disorders itn Ite enrrencey, which htave disasterouisly mbarrased the businmess amid prospects, of very portiont of the community. A teurn to tito safe. primitive, amid cotnetituinnaflmtpratice of thme Government, conemplated ini thme late act of Conagress, for eceiviing and disbiursitag the puhblic revene by reeponsible depo-itories, with am granal approximattion to a specie confidently hmopedI will (to nmuch to corect the derangemtent, wahih time inifluaence its ownm fiscal operations htad hitiherto ended so greatly to produice, aind resiture eanah, andI vigor, amid confidence, to the, itiated and demoralized condinioni of te redit system. Ott the montied intstitutions tis, and other Southmerns States, wvhoseI redi was rather depreciated, than enmancedt, bmy ime ttnjost and1 imorarl eff'ects this fintancial policy, it cannol butm exreise a maost salut ary influentc-great itn rporiotn to time extent of thme operations the Federal overnient, ini thme paper those mnore f'avoreud sectionas of time ttion, where the largest amoutnt of revemee was received and disbursedl.

Tie cheering prospee, herefore, which Sjudiciouas measure of reform opemns mo mj Shopes and prospects of ahe. Southm, can-t tt buit be conmmplamed by mthe people of Itions for so signal and cmicantan c- asion of "deliveranco andlibrty." th To every State in the Union it presents all laudable example, to be ipsitated, if not or i the mode, at least in the eflort to obtain co desirable an object, as that of procuring at sound and stable currency. And while the legitimate action of the fa i'ederal Government on this important re uhject is strictly and jndiciously limited ii the influence of its own fiscal operations, to completing the work or refornation so mtppily conmenced, the solemn duty on ihis, as well as every other memier of the Confederacy, to contemplate ndasures, necessary, not only for the pro. ection and-stability of their own- inelitu- ions, but for the greater security of the 0 against all the disastrous.conse.- ti iences of a licentious and profligate ihuse, of chartered privileges and mionop- 0 A zealous exercise of all powers and trerogatives which legitimately appertain any department-of State Government, naY always he regarded as the coneomi- a ant of a patriotic zeal in the public oil- a -er. I trust, therefore, that in tmy case, his branch of our Sinte Government, has a een committed to hands.

neither negli- tent nor relaxed. I am sure I should dii I ippnint vour rensonahie ail justxpeeta- ions, if'1 evinced any feeblenessof grasp, ofr purpose, in retainig or exercising he nuthorily which you have entrusted to me, to the full extentr of its constitutional P) vigor and efficiency. Nor shall any olicious interference of lExec'tive clemency or on tny p)art, interrupt a wise and ellicient administration of justice. I there-be any deects in our system of jurispriidence-if there ie errors in the law. or in the mdde if administering them-let- the consea inence devolve on those departments 6vlich are justly responsible.

My duty 0 shall e. to aoid .11 indiscreet interposiion of the authoriy with which y-ou have invested me, violative either of the ien- ion of the Legislature, the rights of the community, or the province of the judi- tiary. In the capacity'nssigned me. as Cornmander-in-chief of the Military forces of he State, I am far from being insensible to the highest trust confided, the important interests it is desim-ned to protect, or to the gallant and spirited material of which it is compo-zed. No people can be highly and chivalrouly patriotic, withtut a proper infusion of mtilitary ardor; and when the heart of the citizen ceases with the same desire to defend the liberties or his o1ntry, as actuated his ancestors to achieve them, he is no longer ivatchful or vigilant nf his rights, and becomes a livtless andil indifferent spectator of tyranny and oppresion.

As the influenco of munic and the line arts, wras said to have reclaimed snme of the nations of from a lapsed condition of igtorance aid barbarism, per. haps in our times, cultivation and im- provement of a martial prideaind military ardor, be regaided as equally wise nud efficacious, to prevent ai anud slothful patriotis-n. If war were tt) be totialy exterminated from the practice rnaions-if the disconls and-iferences of Governments were to he forever adjusted exchit-sI. hy tthn rta sih' and if the effect ot shis perpetual stato of peace was to enervate and impair that lofty patrioiism and elevated feeling which canl only appertain to a martial people, it would be doubtful how far its consequences would operate injuriously, or beneficently, on our destinies. But when, coimbined wiili these considerations of expedi.

ency, are added the strong reasons of necessity, iticitdent to a situation of danger to our State atid domestic rivalry atnd of amibitiun from our sister I States-and of aggressiont and encroachmnt frotm the Federal Governpent-the inducements on our part, to a well organized blilitia, arc irresistible and conclnsve. WVith thtese views, I need not reiterate ihtn zeal and satisfaction with which I shall engage in the performance of this braneh of toy ditties. It. is neither just not- trite, toa stuppose that militia, formnidaile as it has proen in all our experience If war, and itrregular and insutiordinate I nly in periods (If prdfound peace, cannot be rotughtt to that state of dutty, discipline, andl itmprovemnent, which it owes, by allegiance and fy interest, to the State, man to itself. Enumerating in its ranks, tome of the most itelligenit and efficient umffcers, that ever directed tihe valor of ay hodly of maetn, it is a sufliciet recom-.

inendation' of the syg.em, and intducement enough to preserve it, that it has been proluctive of such signal examples of science antd accomnplishmtaents. The cmparative pterfectin ho which it has attaedJ, nu ader ithe auspic-esof my predeces-. iors, justifies me in entertainitng the hope hat the most unremitting zeal anti efforts in my part, ad of the energetic officers by whom I atm destitned to he 'ill not he unavailing, in rendrerinig that iprovemet, tall that the pridle, antd all i hat the exigencies of the State may relture. Antd now, fellow citizens, if there be ught of dluty or of obligatiotn in the nliial character which I am about to as- i ume, with a sense of which I am most a leeply and solemnaly impressed, it is to that restored peace, harmony, a mtd confidence, wvhich has so successfully, ad I trust, so permtantently obtained anong the citizens of this 'State. Thtosea vho would weaken the strength und cin-r ry of the State, by dlistracting her counis wvith causeless and unprofitahle party a ickeringa and pr-oseriptiotns, are her wvorsi nil deadliest foes.

None but thte an susptect the motives of the itnnocent- 'd one bitt the craven ini danger, or the dlas- a ar itn war, can perpetrate hostilities in ece-none the conscience-stricken ni riinal, enn meditate the wish to. instiute a cold-blooded system of cruelty, reenge, anal proscriptiotn. Who is there mong us that would not defeind the rights ni fhie State, ngains5t Ancroachment or agression? Who is ihiere that meditates i to destruction of this blood-cemented Fnion? There arenalme here, I am sture: -no, not one! Conscious of the-purity i ou ownl purposes, let us suspect the ti otives of no man. Confidein in the rec- tude of our ownt course, let us enquire p' men were, but what they now; ql -e. Blessed-Gre the peace mnakes-, bc gn arh.

nndt blneerd in I i it. thrice blessed, and thriCe honored be ri ose. who bring all their prejudices, and si their errors, and all their wrongs, real imaginary, to sacrifice them on this st nsecrated altar of their country's weal id happiness. And now, sir, with an allegiepce, true. ithful, heartfelt, and ineffaceable.

I am ady, in the solemn form prescribed by a 0 Constitution, to dedicate my services 'the State. After taking the Oath of Office, which as administered by the Speaker, Gov. tCHARD5oN. accompanied by the Mem- rs of both Houses, proceeded to the enate Chamber, where the Commission I1 the Stte was presented to him-and ence to the front portico of the Capitol, here he formally proclaimed as Gov-nor and- Connander-in-Cltief, in and a ver the State of South Carolina. The excellent Address of Governor il ICHARDSON speaks for itself, and needs I a eulogy from us, to ensure it as cordial 1 rereplion among our people generally, I it has met with here-all apparently a ree-ting it with appr(obation; the imntedi- a ie fritnls of its respected author, most irdlially, as fully so far, the enerous confidence which selected him ir and elevated hin to the high station, nder circmnstances so honorable, and a istinguishing, alike to him and the peo- le: while many.

even of those who opDsed hint, generously declare that his ad ress amply justifies that confi.Jence, so 1 tr. and if fairly acted on, throughout his 4 dtniiistration, will make it all that can a reasonably hoped or desired-some or I em expressing their regret that they mis- I tkingly opposed him. 9 For our own part, we especially ap- I rove and admire the conciliatory lone old spirit'or the address, and the very roper cotnidence manifested in those of I ur party, agreeing with him it principle, -ho have opposed his election. That very few of them may have done so erhaps too zealously, if not sometimes idiscreetly, under their warm personal rg ard for one highly deserving it, and eil to inspire its generous en usiasm, is not at all surprising antd is a latter not to be dwelt on or remembered. 'heir defeat is neither a political or perrnal one, and their highly talented and rorthy candidale, no less regarded on our ide than theirs.

To botht him and thett, ve say, from the very booom of our heart, 'Let there he no more strife between )r we are brethren." Their principles are ut principles their party our party and1 heir hopes of he future, our hopes. There carcely ever was a itme when a cordial nion of our people was more important utd desirable and we feel assured that he friends of Governor RtCARDsoN will 11 warmly unite with its, and none more ordially than he himself, in obliterating il distracting distinctions or memories of he past or the present-everything that an militate against our being a united rople-one and indivisible-mergitg all nere considerations of men or party, ia a tble, patriotic devotion 'to principle, and he public good! Correspondence of the Charleston tourier. HIouse or jRv.PaEsENTArtVEs, Dec. 7. The House met pursuant to adjournnent.

Mr. Jamison, from the Military Cotonitec, made a report on a Bill to reduce i Acts and clauses of Acts in relation to he Militia of this State to one Act. and to lier and amend the same. Ordered for onsideration to-morrow. Mr.

Elfe gave tnot ice that on WVedneslay next, he will nsk leave to introduce a i11 to amend the Criminal Law in several articulars. Atnd Mr. Roper that on tonorrow he will ask leave to introduce a i1l to amend atn Act entitled "An Aet to ecnrc a lien to mechanics and hantdicraftsnen onl buildings constructed or thett, passed Decembter 1816. subtmitted a Resolution reuiring thte Jtudiciary Committee to inuire into the expediency of establishing he Coutnty Court systemt in this State.) rdered for cousideratiott to-maorrow. Pursuant to ntoticos given, Mir.

Eckhard ntrotducetd a Bill to constitnte as hlaagisraes certain public and tmunicipal otliers. Mr. Griffn a Bill to amend the 10th ectiott of the 1st article of the Constituion. Mr. Mliddleton a Bill to provitde for the ublication of the Acts of Assembly ittn to ptublic ntewspap)ers.

All read a first time, and ordered for a econd reading to-mtorrowv. Ins Dec. The Senate met pursuant to adjournent. Purstnant to ntotice givent. Mr.

Clowttey trduced a Bill to provide against the uspension of specie paymetnts by ithe attks of the State reatd a first time, or ered to be read a second time to-morrow. Mr. Gregg, frotm the Judiciary Commit-. submitted a report on a hill to prohibit arriages betweett white and free persons color; ordered for consideration to.torrow. The Senate resumed the special order of to dlay, wvhich wvas the report of thte Cotmittee on Privileges and Elections on the temorial of stundry electors of St Phtilip's ad St.

Michtatel's, protestittg against the aim of the Hon. her Boyce to a seat.Ir. Grogg restttted thte debate, atnd spoke tlength in support of the adoption of the port by thte committee, and as followed by Messrs. Rhctt, Verdier, Itt Jones, on the sameo side. Mr.

Do Treville moved to amendl the cond resolution reportetd by the commit- which is to sentd comtmissiotners to oxnine witnesses, which was agreedl r. Do Treville calletd for the yeas atnd 8 tys, and were yeas 29, nays uger voting in the affrmative. COLUMtBIA, Dcc. 8.e The question of jurisdictiotn itn the Se- te upont the poit of bribery anti corrup- )O is at lengith settled. Upon the opettg of the discnssiott to-day, Mr.

Gregg ade otte of his pratctical, tmathtemtatical of speeches, showitng bty actual de- nstration, the right of the Senate under a Act of 1721, to acr in all cases therein vidled for. Several other Settators took rt in the debate, pro and con. Thte esion being putt andl tho yeas antd nays ing called for by Col. Trevilie, resttited tre ntertain dieion by 29 ayes, 13 noes-a eommiaon will consequently issue, to take evi-nce in behalf of the Protestants, and al. i on the part of Mr.

Boyce. The ezamiWon will, as a matter of course, take a wsiderable time, and the denouement tanot transpire before the next session. In the House there has been a considerWle debate upon the anendment to the on the subject of duelling. I as occupied in listening in the Senate, nil therefore heard but little of it. Col.

lnimminger during the time I was there ras eloquent in favor of the amendmeor, rhich is intended as a still further check pon the pernicious habit of settling among honorable men by single ombat. COLuMBsu, Dec, 10. At one o'clock P. M. the Senate were nnounced and entered he Hall of the Reresentatives, and were accommodated by lie committee of arrangements of the louse, of which Col.

A'Kelvy ischairman. 7he extensive gallery was adorned with lie congregated -beauty" of the town. and therwise filled with anxious and enquiring pectators, The President of the Senate was seated the right of the Speaker. At twelve inutes pas one, the Governor.elect; acompanied by the late Lie-it. Governor, or cling Governor Hanagan.

was couducted Col. M'Kelvy and the committees to lie Speaker's desk-the House and Senite rising as lie passed before them. His Pxcellency then, handsomely forcibly, and loqujently, delivered his inaugural. a copy whicit I shall endeavor to procure for rou as early as practicable. The tone of hie address was such as became the occaion, high, liberal in all its parts-firm as egards'the future action of the state in her elations with the general government, and towards those who dillarel with he state on her presidenial question.

It vill prove highly acceptable to the demo -ratic party, whose candidate Governor iiehardsotn emphatically was-and by vhom he will he narmly sustained-and so doitg, they can give no jnsi olTence .) any one who has the heart and devo. ion of a Carolinian. Upon the whole, we have abundant reason to be satisfied ivith our Democratic Governor. His iehtit was at once dignifiled au-t srikiti. and could not but favorably impress the iumerons audieitce which atended the aaugural ceremony.

His Excellency closed by expressin. uis readiness to qalify under the Constitntion-t he Speaker then adniinistered the lath of ohlire. The President and Setate Ihen retired to their chamber, followed by lie Speaker and lembers of the HIuse Representatives-Col. M'Kelvy and Committees conducting his Excellency, the purpose of receiving from the hands ofr the President of the Senate his cottmmission-which heing delivered, tie Senate and flouse repaired to the Portico of the State liouse, and the Sheriff of the I)istrici, aried with the sword of State. proclaimed the election and qualification if John P.

Richanison as Governor and ComITander-in-Chief, in and over the State of South Carolina. Correspondence of the Sarannah Republiean. FLORIDA, Dec. 5th, 1840. only news I have of lhe progres of the Campaign, is the return Df Col.

Riley's command to their respecive posts, Forts King, Russeland Holmes. 'hey scouted to the South to within some 30 miles of Tampa and back-some of thei marching 259 miles withot even the sign of an Indian having been discovered. Tie country on the rou.e is represetmed ltterly worthless to a white populattion inud truly if we over are vietorions and possess otirselves of it. we shall have rcaoo to exclaim withi Byron-WVo to the cotnquering, not the cotiquered host." The dhautghter of that active leader Coao-chee, (Wild Cat) recently captured bty Lient. Sihley, is ntow here.

Site is an acivc little girl sotme 10 or 11 years of age, tmaed Chim-me-chatta, and sems to pos. toss all the inhumtanim of the trtte Itndiano. Shme says of a lit tle boy and fellowv captive everal years younger thatn herself, that 'shte dfoes ntot see why ho should be kept rlotng with them and fed, as lie cannot bring iinc knots to make a fire, or wvamer to htoil Sgopher-she should thitnk the Lieutenut ronld knock his brains out and leave him." We shall probably soon hear from the ithuer purties in the field, and wilt apprise orou of their success-or more probably, heir ant of success. Thme Northern Eastern lie it. John Courier states that the British o0mmissionlers anppointted to ruin the bounIary line bietween the American pnssesiotns of Great Britain and the Unitedi tates, have linish their labors for the preent seasont, hiavitng comipleted the sturvey if the due north line froin the river St.

olhn to the Beaver streamt, on the Metis. prom thtetnce the Commissioners proceed-. imp the St. Lawrence to River Guelle, rith the inteution of passihng up tbat river ini examitning the highlantds att its sources. Phey started itn last wveek in Octouber for hat ptrpose, but heavy antd conrtnued nowv storms forced them to relinquish their pjeratiuns.

Front thne river Guelle the ommttissiotners proceededh to Qutebee from bence, Lieut. Biroughtoni, R. one of' te Comnmissioners, wvent to York, his way to England. Mr. Feintherstonaugh, the yotunger, remaitns at Quebec for to presenit, makinig up the retturns and otmpleting thte plauns.

It Appears from the Woodlstock Time, tat the Atterican Commiissiotters have lso been active inu proseentinig their They have explotedl nearly the 'hole extetti of country hetween Woodtock atnd the St. Lawrence. whicht is re resenteid as most desolate and barren igion. Nothing bitt bogs, lakes anid marsh. with some broken amid irregufatr ridges fhighlands, covered with a stunted growuth moss clad trees, meet the eye aftetr Ieavtg the St.

Johni some fifleen ot twenty iles. The piarties that wvent tip the Kentbcek amid Pentobscot, have likewise re'rted, thus comupletinig the whole Amerimn survey, with tihe of' rutnniug Meridint by hwtar observautinas, tnow on unider the direction of Majer Graanm. "I will call again," as the man said who na hnuring for help. ruje EDGEFIELD C. H.

THURSDAY, DEV.EMBER 17, 1840. We s-nted in onr last week's paper, that Wo slumdi probably be able to present our readers with the President's Message this week. Is conmseqence ofa failure of the Northers Maik, we did not receive it untill iod ate for insertim. It will, however, appear at the earliest possible date. The weatrer during the past week, fia beed unusually mild and pieasmnt.

A slight rain feN on Saturday last, but was followed by a ceaf, serene sky on Sunday. which fis confinned ever sinne. We notice by nr i1ortfiern ptpers, that the weather has been very coK4 aut large qantities of snow have fallen. Owing to this inelement state of the weather, the mtails have been delayed, there being five Northern Mails due at Charlestnn on the 10th inst. The election for Governor and Lieutesati Governor of t.is State.

took place on Wedner. day, the 9th and resnited in the choice of Hon. JOHN P. RICHARDSON, and Hon. WM.

H. CLOWNEY. The vote stood thus: Governor. Richardson, 104 Hammond, 47 Scattering, 33 Lieut. Governor.

Clowney, 94 Fergnson, 51 Scattering. 16 Messieurs Adamt, Treadwell, Black, and Wade, the Whig Canidates, were re-elected on the inqt. without opposition, to represent Richland District in the Legislature. KEn BoycE, Esq. Senator from the District composed of St.

Philip and St. Michael, hasresigned his seat. The reasons be assigned that the favor given to tIhe investigating CAthmittee by the Legislature, would enable ise enemies to rake up all the filth of Charleston against him, and therefbre preferred to return the -estiun to his constituents. He will andoubtedly be re-elected. A Bill has been introdntc into the Alabama Legislature, to repeal the Act which prohibits the carrying of deadly weapons.

At the late annual meeting of the State Agricultural Society, the following gentlemen ee electei its oflicers for the'enseing year: President-W. B. Seabrook. Vice Pri-idents-Col. W.

Brooks, Col. W. K. Clowney, Col. J.

Gregg, Chun. B. F. Dunkin, Gen. J.

Gillespie. Corresponding Secretary-C. R. Carroll. Recording Secretory-Dr.

R. W. Gibbes. Anniversary Orator-Col. J.

1H. Hammond. Bank of Augusta, the 7it the following entlemen were elected Directops of the Bank of Augusta, for the enniumg year: Messrs. John Moore, A. Waterman, James Fraser, Wmn.

Cumminig, J. Bones James linrpecr, Samuel Clarke, James McDowvell, Robert A. Reid, Win. Shear, James WV. Davis, Thomas N.

Poullain, 0. E. Carmichael.A a recent meeting of the new Board, John Mokore, wvas re-elected President. Treaisury he amount of Treasury Notes, outstanding on the 1st instant, accortding to theo monthly statement, just published by the Seresary of the Treasury, is 54.433,823 38. A large portion of these tnotes lhear interest.

A Bill has beenm introdnced into the House by Mr. Mtiddleton, of Prince George's Parish, to provide for tihe publication of tihe Acts of Assemmbly, in the public newspapers," which wec cannot but hope will become a law'of the State. And although our readers may be disposed to charge sis with motives of selfishnesas, in advoc.mting the adoption ofenuch a Bill, yet we are firmly impreeed with a belief that tihe benefits arising from its adoption, appcetr evident to every reflectting person. As it has been heretofore, but a smell portionm of time citizensa in tho State. have any self.

acquiredl knowledge of the lauws undeF wvhich they live. The Acts of Asaembly are placed in the ianmds of a fewv only, whose situation, as public require a correct knowledge of the Statute Lawe, while the laboring portioni oi comnmunity nmust remain in ignorance, or depend npon thme chosen few," for what infs mnation their circumstances mnay nteed; thus the mmajorityv are deprived of tho privileges whsich belong to them, amnd no optportunity is them ofjnmdging for themselves. Mr. Fair, of Newbmerry, has initroduced into thme Homsc a Bill to after and amend' thmq 1st amid 2nd Seetions or dame 2ndI Article of thme Constituation of the State, so as to give the election of Governor to the people. Also a bill to give election of Electors ofPrestdent anid Vice President of the United States, to the people.

We are pleased te see the introductionm of such a bifl, as we have doubted, that this right beloniged to the peetle. This is the only S'ato ini the Union that das nosmflicienmt in the. virtue nf her to trust them wvith time election of Presdent andi Governtor. Anid although it may be thmat time present system does very well, ret we think it aight Se imiprovedl. Many ersons will vote for a candidate to the- Legislaare, fromt some regard or esteem, vwmichm thcy chterishm towards him, wile at the amiie timeC, they are aware that iai political are not ini exmet secordanice with th ei.