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SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE.
Report of the Joint Committee of Fede
ral Relation* on so much of the Gov
[ emor's Message us relates to the Insti
tution of Domestic Slavery, and the In
cendiary proceedings of the Abolition
ists in the Non-Slaveholding States.
Mr. Hamilton-oC the Senate, from
the Committee of Federal Relations,
submitted the following Report:
The Joint Committee of Federal Re
lations, to whom was referred so much
of His Excellency the Governor’s Mes
sage, as relates to the Institution of Do
mestic Slavery, and the Incendiary pro
teedihgs of the Abolitionists in the*Non-
Slaveholding States, beg leave to Report:
That they have given to this subject
the deep ami anxious consideration which
both from its intrinsic importance, and
from the profound and patriotic reflec
tions of the Executive, it so obviously
demands.
They desire to respond in terms of
the most emphatic concurrence and ap
probation to (he view, which his Excel
lency is pleased to present of the mild
and patriarchal character of the Institu
tion of Domestic Slavery in the South
ern States, its influence on national
character and civil liberty, and the na
turc of those obligations, resulting from
our constitutional compact, and the prin
ciples of international law, upon which
our (enure to this species of property, so
inviolably rests.
The present condition of the slave ques
tion in the Slates of this confederacy,
presents one of the most extraordinary
spectacles which, your committee will
venture to assert, has ever challenged the
notice of the civilized world. W’e see
sovereign states, united by a common
league, in about one half ol which states,
the institution of Slavery not only exists,
but its legal existence is solemnly recog
nized and guaranteed by their compact
of union. Yet in the luce of this com
pact, and the clear and distinct admis
sion, that the non~s|avcho!ding Stales
have not the slightest right, either consti
tutionally or otherwise, to interfere with
this institution, the most incendiary asso
ciations arc tolerated or permitted to ex
ist within (heir limits, the object and ends
of which not only strike at the prosperity
and happinessol eleven Stales in the con
federacy, but at their very social exis
tence.
Painful as it maybe, it is impossible to
disguise (he fact, that this is a condition
of tilings which cannot, in (he long run,
be permitted to exist. Every wise in
stinct of self-preservation forbids it. Let
it be admitted, that the three millions of
free white inhabitants in the slave-hold
ing States are amply competent to hold
in secure and pacific subjection the two
millions id slaves, which, by the inscru
table dispensations of Providence, have
been placed under our dominion. Let
it be admitted, that, by reason of an effi
cient police and judicious internal legis
lation, wo may render abortive the de
signs o( (lie fanatic and incendiary with
in our own limits, and that the torrent of
pamphlets and tracts which the Abolition
presses ot the North are pouring forth
with an inexhaustible copiousness, in ar
rested the moment it reaches our fron
tier. Arc we to wait until our enemies
nave tnmr up, xrr me gimjr.,, , (
sentalions and falsehoods, a boil 'y of pub
he opinion against us, which it would be
almost impossible to resist, without sepa
rating ourselves from the social system
of the rest of the civilized world? Or
are we to sit down content, because from
our own vigilance and courage the torch
of the incendiary and the dagger of (lie
midnight assassin may never he applied f
This is impossible. No people can live
in a state of perpetual excitement ami ap
prehension, although real danger may he
long deferred. Such a condition ofi (he
public mind is destructive of all social
happiness, and consequently must prove
* essentially injurious to the prosperity of
a community that has the weakness to
suffer under a perpetual panic. This
would be true, if the causes of this ex
citement proceeded from the external
hostility of a foreign nation. But how
infinitely interesting and momentous the
consideration becomes, when they flow
from the acts and doings of citizens of
States, with whom we are not only in
amity, but to whom we are bound by the
strongest bonds of a common union,
which was framed to promote the happi
ness, peace, security, and protection of
all.
We have, therefore, a claim on the Go
vernments of the non-slttvcholding States,
not only moral and social, but of indis
pensible constitutional obligation, that
THIS NUISANCE SHAM, RE ABATED. They
not only owe it to us, but they owe it to
themselves, to that Union,at whose shrine
they have so often offered up (he highest
pledges, by which man can plight his
temporal faith.
lour Committee would be inclined to
recommend to this Legislature to make
an explicit demand on the non-slavcholtl
ing States, for the passage of penal laws
by their Legislatures, providing for the
punishment of the incendiaries within
their limits, who are engaged in an atro
cious conspiracy against our right of pro
perty and life. Rut a cordial confidence,
a fraternal feeling, and the comity which
belongs to our social & political relations,
forbid us for one moment to doubt, that
every effort will be made by the Slates t >
whom this appeal its referable, to meet,
not only our just expectations on this
subject, but every emergency which be
longs to this crisis of public peril. In
deed, when we remember the strong de
monstrations of public opinion, which
were presented at various gratifying pub
lic meetings, which were held during the
last summer throughout the non-s!avc
holding States, denouncing as anti social
and unconstitul l oual the proceedings ol
the fanatics and incendiaries j when wo
remember, too, the avowal, universally
made,by the public press, in those States,
that a vast and overwhelming majority ol'
their people, viewed such proceedings
with horror and detestation, we cannot
but believe that every rational expecta
tion, which the slaveholding States can
cherish on this vital question, will be
cheerfully met and responded to by those
on whom we have such inviolable claims.
We concur entirely in the view which
our own Executive takes of the grounds,
on which our right to demand the enact
meutofsuch conservative legislation rests.
Apart from all those obligations, re
sulting from the constitutional compact,
which unites these States, and which
make it the imperative duly of one mem-
ber of this confederacy, not to allow its
citizens to plot against the peace, proper
ty and happiness of another member,
there is no principle of international law
better established, than that even among
foreign nations,such atrocious abuses are
not to be tolerated, except at the peril of
that high and ultimate penalty, by which
a brave and free people vindicate their
rights.
Your committee arc aware, that it has
been said, that no legislation can be adap
ted to arrest the proceedings of the Aboli
tionists by (lie noo-slaveholding States,
without violating the great principle ol
the liberty of the press. We consider
that this objection ri-btson no just founda
tion. '1 here is certainly some difference
between the*freedom of discussion, and
ihe liberty to deluge a friendly and co
terminous State with seditious and incen
diary Tracts, Pamphlets, and Pictorial
representations, calculated to excite a
portion of its population to revolt, rapine,
and bloodshed. We would lain believe,
that the Northern liberty of the Press,
would never be construed into a liberty,
to lay the South mashes. Under a law
honestly passed to meet this crime a
gainst society, and treason against the.
union, the whole circumstances of the
case, and the quo aniiuo of the offender
might be left to a jury to determine like
any other criminal issue, and if we are
, to believe in thc-conditiou of public opin
ion, as recently exhibited in must of-the
. lion-slaveholding States, we are far from
thinking that such legislation would be a
r mere dead letter.
I South Carolina will not anticipate the
. crisis, which must be presented by a relu
, sal on the part of the non slaveholiling
, slates to accord to us the protection of
such legislation, or such other means, as
’ they may select fur the suppression of
the evils of which we complain, for she
( will not doubt the good faith and amity
. of her sister states. She desires to live
. in peace and harmony in (his Union, In
, the assertion of her rights and in prefer
. ing her claims to be secure in the enjoy
j meat of her property, under (he compact,
. she desires to act in entire concert with
_ those Slates, whose interests are identi
, cal with her own. She is, however, pre
, pared to do her duty to herself and pos
. lerily, under all and every possible con
. juncture of circumstances.
In conclusion, your committee, desi
i, rousof making a matter of record, both
, of our rights, and the assertion of the
> the just expectation that they will ha re
. spotted by those, who are united with us
I in (he bonds of common union, beg leave
f to oiler the following Resolutions, for the
. adoption of both branches of the Legis-
I latum
, I. Resolved, That the formation of the
. Abolition Societies, and the acts and do
, iugs of certain Fanatics, calling them-
L selves Abolitionists, in (he non-slave
holding States of this confederacy, are
in direct violation of the obligations of
the compact of union, dissocial, and in
cendiary in the extreme.
2. lit solved, That no State, having a
, just regard (or her own peace and secn
i lily, cun acquiesce in a state of things bv
. which our conspiracies are endangered
. within the limits of a friendly Stale, n
s idled to her bv the bonds ol a common
.league of political Association, without
either surremkTing or comproinumg ml-i
0 most essential rights.
IJ. Resolved, That the Legislature of
n South Carolina, having every confidence
i- in the justice and friendship of the non
n slave holding Stales, announces to her
I, co-states her confident expectation, and
e she earnestly requests that the govern
s monls ol these Stales will promptly and
e effectually suppress all those associations
within their respective limits, purporting
e to be Abolition Societies, and that they
0 will make it highly penal to print, pub
-1 lish and distribute newspapers, pamph
. lets, tracts, and pie (oral representations,
C calculated and having an obvious tcnilen
, cy to excite the slaves of the Southern
j States to insurrection and revolt.
4. Resolved, That regarding the Do-
I mestic Slavery of the Southern States as
, a subject exclusively within the control
, of each of the said Slates, we sba'l con
i s ider every interference, bv any other
f ‘ s 'j'do, or the General Government, as a
i direct and unlawful interference, to be
. resisted at once, and under every possi
ble circumstance.
5. Resolved, In order that a salutary
f negative may be put on the mischievous
and unfounded assumption of some of
. the Abolitionists—the non slave holding
, Stales are requested to disclaim by lc
. gislativc declaration, all right, cither on
I the part of themselves or the government
f »t’ die United States, to interfere in any
, manner with domestic slavery, either in
, the States, or in the territories where it
exists.
j 0. lies,deed, That we should consider
the abolition of slavery in the District of
» Columbia, as a violation of the rights of
. the citizens of that District, derived
from the implied conditions on which
f that Ferritory was ceded to (he General
. Government, and as an usurpation to be
i : 't once resisted as nothing more than the
. commencement ot a scheme of much
. more extensive and flagrant injustice.
, 7. Resolved, I'hat the Legislature of
, South Carolina, regards with decided ap
t j probation, the measures of security a
t dopted by the Post Ollice Department of
, the United States in relation to the
, transmission of Incendiary Tracts. Rut
5 if this highly essential and protective
- policy, he counteracted bv Congress,
. and the United Stales Mail’ becomes a
. vehicle for the transmission of the mis,.
, chievons documents, with which it was
. recently freighted, "e, in this continffen
. cy, expect that the Chief Magistrate of
. our State, will forthwith call the Le<ns-
I hiture together, that timely measures
• may be taken to prevent its traversion
our Territory.
8. Resolved, That the Governor be re
quested to transmit a copy of this Report
■ and Resolutions to the Execqfive of the
several States, that they may be laid be
fore their respective Legislatures.
[N. B. This Report, and Resolutions
have been adopted unanimously.]
Shad-Just in time for Christmas. —A shad,
. the first of the si-anon, was sold in our market
yesterday for one dollar. —Savannah Georgian,
Solti inst.
7ae Baptist Association of South Carolina
have addressed a memorial lo the Legislature of
(hat State, in which they ahlv maintain the pro
priety of domestic slavery, amt strongly con
demn the measures and views of lire abolitionists.
—Federal Union.
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From the Charleston » Mercury.
OFFICE SOUTH CAROLINA CANAL AND
BAIL ROAD COMPANY.
The public see aware that the trans
portation of the Mails by the South Caro
lina Canal and Rail Road Company,
ceased on the Ist inst. In the measures
of which this has been tire result, the
Board of Directors were not unmindful,
either of the inconvenience that might be
felt by the community, or of tbeir lespon
sibility to public opinion, for tire correct
ness of fheir conduct. Believing, how
ever, that they have pursued the course
that doty required, they felt no necessi
ty to vindicate themselves on the one part,
or disposition to inculpate the Post Of
fice Department on the other. But the
Post Master of Augusta, having furnish
ed the Editor of the Constitutionalist with
two letters front the Post Office Depart
ment, w hich form but a part of the Docu
ments relating to the case, the publication
; of which, is therefore calculated to give
: an imperfect idea of the points involved
in the controversy, it is deemed expe
’ tiient to lay before the public all the pa
pers and facts connected with it.
In January last, Mr. McLean, as A
■ gent of the Post Office Department, en
tered into a Contract with this Company
for the transportation of the Mails upon
the line of the Rail Road, of which the
; following is a copy :
Stale of South Carolina.
This agreement, entered into this twen
-1 ty-third clay of January, one thousand
1 eight hundred and thirty-five, between
the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road
; Company on the one part, and John .Mc-
Lean for himself, and as Agent of the
? General Post Office Department of the
United States of America, on the second
j. part, wilnesseth, that the said South
Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company
will transport the Mails between Char
leston and Hamburg and Hamburg and
• Charleston, from (he thirtieth day of Sep
-1 (ember to first day of July in each year,
for four years from the first day of Janua
ry, one thousand eight hundred and thir
’ ty-five, every day, Sundays excepted,
1 and from the first day of July to the thir
tieth day of September in each year as a
loresaid, three times a week, Sundays
excepted, also Mails to be delivered at
Inabet’s, Braocliville, Midway, Black
ville and Aiken, and the salt! Mails to be
delivered by the said Post Office Depart-
J ment at the said places for Charleston, at
“ the established hours throughout the line
ol Hoad—the hours of departure being
’ from Charleston and Hamburg at six, A.
M. Also, the Mail between Aiken and
Hamburg and Hamburg and Aiken, dai
ly, throughout the year, for four years as
aforesaid, by which the great Northern
L Mail is transported ; to leave Hamburg
at ten o’clock. A. M. and return to Ham
burg by five o’clock, P. M.
L ' And (he said John McLean, for him
' sell and as Agent of (he General Post
Office Department of the United States of
America, as aforesaid, does thereby bind
himself, bis Heirs, Executors, Adininis
-1 trators, or Assigns, as also the said" De
partment and its Successors, that for and
' iu consideration of the services herein
belore recited to bo performed, that the
said General Post Ollice Department ol
the United Stales of America, shall pay
l{ or cause to be paid to the said South
Carolina cmnar and nan mm company,
their Successors, or certain Attorney or
Assigns, the sum of ten thousand dollars
e per annum, from the first day of January.
one thousand eight hundred and thirty
-1 five, payable quarterly. And the said
John McLean, for himself and as Agent
' aforesaid, does hereby agree that (he South
1 Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company
’ shall not be held liable for, or bechargea
’ hie with any penalties or forfeitures which
may be demanded from, or charged to
them, lor any delays arising from acci
- dents or unavoidable failures in the deli
• veriesof the Mails as herein before nam
ed, And that the suit! Mails so to he
1 transported on the said Rail Road, shall
be delivered at (he direct Depositories in
Charleston and Hamburg, at the proper
I cost and expense of the said John Mc-
Lean, for himselfand as Agent aforesaid,
• at or before six o’clock, A. M., and at
the intermediate stations, at such hours
1 as shall conform to (lie rules of the said
Company ; and that they also shall be re
ceived by the proper Agents of the Post
Office Department at the points of deli
very aforesaid.
’ And also that all letters from the Offi
cers o I the Rail Road Company in Char
- lesion, marked “on Rail Road Service,”
addressed to the Agents of the Company
1 on the line and to Hamburg} ami also
' letters from the Agents ol the Company
to each other on the line, and from the
1 Agents at Hamburg and along the line to
1 the Officers in Charleston, and marked
“ Rail Road Service,” shall be carried
‘ free by the conductors of the cars. The
j. times ot arrival to be in accordance with
the printed list hereto attached. (Someth
JOHN RAVENEL. Pres’t, L?S.
Per Jos. Johnson, Attornev.
JOHN MM,KAN, L. S.
for himself, and Agent for the Post-
Office Department.
1 Signed anti sealed in presence of
, (Signed) J NO. T. ROBERTSON,
Fins contract was executed in dupli
• cate; one was transmitted by Mr. M’Lcan
' to the Post Master General, and the o
-1 (her retained at this office.
‘ The Mails were accordingly transfer
t red to the Company. On the 20lh April,
1833, the following letter was received
. from C. K. Gardner, Assistant Post-Mas
-1 ter General.
Post Office Department,?
’ Southern Division— 13th Feb'y, 1835, $
j, John Havener, Esq. President S. 0.
Canal and R. Road Company:
Sir—The memorandum of an agree
’ ment for a contract between the S. C. C.
- & R. R. Com’y, (transmitted bv J. M’-
Lean, Esq.) and the Post Office Depart
ment, has received the approbation of the
i Post Master General, and blank con
- tracts, in die usual form, have accord
ingly been sent on by Mr. M’Lean for
the Company to execute, (ortho trans
s portation of the Mail on Route 22ri, in
cluding the extra daily mail between Au
gusta and Aiken.
, I'he schedule as originally agreed on
t for that extra Mail is presented in the
, contract as the original; but for the pre
sent an arrangement has been adopted,
which it is presumed will be acceptable
' to the Company, viz; to leave Augusta
1 daily to 10 A, M., arrive at Aiken bv 12
’ noon, leave Aiken at 12 noon, and return
to Augusta by 2P. M. You will please
give instructions to have the schedule a
dopted as early as practicable, as the o- J
ther routes have been arranged tocorres- n
pond. It is understood that the Compa- I
ny will compensate Mr. M’Lean fcir ser- I'
vices rendered between Augusta and d
Charleston, from Ist January, 1335, to t
the time the Mail was placed upon the p
Rail Road ; and the pay to the Rail Road v
will commence Ist January, 1835. v
Very respectfully, &c. I
C. K. GARDNER,
Assistant Post-Master General. ( t
At a meeting of the Board held on the j r
2Sih April, the blank contracts above j)
mentioned were read and referred to a j •
Committee; on the Ist May that Com- s
mil tee reported. 5
When it was “ Resolved , That the
contract sent on by the Post Master Gen- ‘
oral be returned, anil a contract in accor
dance with the original one, entered into
w ith Mr. M’Lean, on the part of the De
partment, be signed and sent on.” I
And in accordance with the foregoing
resolution, a transcript of the contract be
tween Mr. M’Lean and this Company,
was duly executed, and with the printed (
contract sent on for signature, forwarded 1
with the following letter.
OFFICE 55. C. C. & R. R. COM’Y. ?
Charleston, May 01 h, 1835. 5
C. K. Gardner, Assistant Post Master
General, at Washington.
Sir—Your letter dated 13th Feb’y last,
post marked 24tb April, was received 6n
. <lie 20th ult., and on the 24th Mr. M’-
1 Lean handed the blank contracts, therein
, alluded to. The same having been sub-
I initted to the direction, I am instructed
. to return them, as not in accordance with
. the contracts made with Mr. M’Lean, as
, agent of the General Post Ollice Depart
ment, and to say that they must adhere
, to the original contract, copies of which,
. signed, are herewith enclosed.
The alteration to leave Augusta, at 10
I A. M. ami arrive by 12, noon, at Aiken
, —leave Aiken at 12, noon, and arrive at
Augusta by 2 P. M., will conform to our
( established hours, and tho agent of Trans
. portation has been notified to adopt it
forthwith.
Very respectfully, your ob’t. serv’t.
JOHN RAVENEL, President.
- Although Mr. Gardner styles the con
t tract entered into by Mr. M’Lean, « A
. memorandum of an agreement for a con
. tract,” it was not so considered by the
, Company. It was clearly a contract, not
t an agreement for a contract. It is com
, plele in itself, looking to no farther or
, more formal act oif the part of the Com
’ puny. But, notwithstanding this view,
1 the printed form, was returned unexecu
. ted, because in toe opinion of the Board,
j, it did not accord with the original con
, tract. The details of which had been
v discussed and adjusted with much care.
To the above letter of 9lh May, no re
ply was received. Our objection to .the
. execution of (he printed form was plain-
I ly anil respectfully stated. No attempt
C was made to answer the objection by
j showing the accordance of the oltl and the
. new articles, nor was the execution then
. again asked. The Company continued
I In caryy the Mails, and the whole con
, duct ot the Department implied an ac
. quiescence in the view expressed in tiie
I above mentioned letter,
yr No communication, was made by the
I, Department until the 24th July. A let
tvi of- that date was received the latter
r uud of July, enquiring into the causes of
s a failure to deliver the Mails in due time
—and in (ho interval between (ho sth
June and tho 22tl of Oct. several letters
I on (he same subject were addressed by
l the President ol the Company to the De
i partment. Notwithstanding this cor
. respondence, no allusion was made to the
. insufficiency of the existing contract un
, til the 29th of October.
, On the 22tl Oct. (lie following letter
was addressed to the Department.
OFFICE S. C. C. AND R. R. CO. ?
Charleston, 22(/ Oct. 5
• ToC. Iv. Gardner, Esq.
1 Assistant P, M. Gen.
i Sir—l am sorry to inform you that the
• Mail of Ihe 19th inst. from Hamburg to
Aiken, tailed in consequence of the
, breaking of a steam pipe of the Locomo
tive. It arrived a few minutes after time,
i and was at the foot of the plain when the
stage left Aiken.
The Mail from (lie North did not ar
rive at Aiken until 1 o’clock, P. M. con
sequently was not forwarded to Hamburg
until the afternoon.
Having received payment for the first
quarterly only, say to Ist April last—
-1 permit me to request payment for the six
months, due on the Ist inst. Your alien
, (ion as soon as may be convenient, will
oblige your obedient servant,
‘ JOHN RAVENEL, President.
» On the 4th Nov. the following reply
was received.
Post Office Department. ?
Division of Accounts—Oct. 29, 1835. $
To John Ravenel, Esq.
Charleston, S. ('.
Sir—So much ofyourletterofthe 22d
inst. addressed loC. K. Gardner, as re
lates to pay for transporting the Mail, lias
been referred to me. In reply, 1 haye to
stale that you have not yet executed your
obligation or contract; and, it is the ex
press order of the Post Master General
that payments shall not be made when
i the contracts arc not yet executed. Very
respectfully your obedient servant,
ROBERT*JOHNSTON, Accountant.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors,
, held on the Tth Nov. the above letter was
read, when it was resolved, “That tin* '
Post Office Department be informed, that 1
a contract having been made and execn- 1
ted between this Company and J. Me- ;
Lean as Agent of (he Department, and
. j subsequently confirmed by the Post Mas <
| ter General by letter dated 13th Februa- 1
rv, 1835, and all duties therein umlerta- ■
• j ken having been fully performed—they I
j must repeal the application for payment !
j a,l| l should it not be complied with, 1
■j tliat the transportation of the Mail, will l
[he discontinued after Ist dav of Dec.
• ■ next.”
'] Q' l ’' le 9th November, this resolution
was communicated in the following letter: t
OFFICE S. C. C. AN D R. IL CO,)
Charleston, oth Nov. 1835. C P
I o C. K. Gardner, F.sq. '
Assistant P. M. Gen. Washington. °
* !r —At a meeting of the Board of I)i- J,
rectors ot this Company, held on (he Till r
inst. the letter of Robert Johnston, ac- a
countant, in reply to my application for
payment, was submitted—when, after a
■ due deliberation, it «as resolved, “That 11
(he Post Office Department be informed, n
that a Contract having been made, and' p
executed, between this Company and t<
mu i ■ i ■ . .->n.luum-frarg-.-. > *
John M’Lcan, as Agent of the Depart- »
ment, and subsequently confirmed by the ci
Fust Master General, by letter of 13th li
Feb. 18S5. And all duties therein un- *'
dertaken having been fully performed, *,
they must repeat their application for i,
payment; and should it not be complied n
with, that the transportation of the Mails si
will be discontinued after the Ist day of »
December next. 0
Permit me to add, that to the form of
the obligation required by the Depart- ‘
ment, we make no objection, and that it v
would have been substituted for the es- s.
isting agreement, when sent on to us n
sometime ago, had it-been filled up in c
strict conformity with it.
With great respect, lam your ob’l 0
serv’t, ' t
J. RAVENED, President. f
To this letter Mr. Kendall replied as
follows: «
Post Office Df.partment, ? v
Southern Division, Nov. 18th, 1835.5 r
Sir —The Senior Assistant Postmaster 1
General has just laid before me your let- j
ter of the 9th inst., and the papers which t
belong to the case. ,
You inform me that “ at a Meeting of
the Board of Directors of this Company
(South Carolina Canal and Rail Road
Company) held on the 7th inst., the let
ter ot Robert Johnston, Accountant, in (
reply to my (your) application was sub- (
milted, when after due deliberation, it <
was resolved that the Post Office Dc- '
parlmentbe informed, that a contract 1
having been made and executed between
this Company and John McLean, as A
gent of the Department, and subsequent
ly confirmed by the Assistant Post Mas
ter General by letter dated 13th Februa
ry, 1835, and all duties therein underta
ken, having been fully performed, they 1
must repeat their application for pay- i
ment; and should it not be complied 1
with, that the transportation of the Mail
will be discontinued after the first De- ,
cembcr next.”
The letter of Mr. Johnston was predi
cated on a general instruction, having no
special reference to your Company. Isut
as it is the duty of the Postmaster Gen
oral to see that all contractors execute
the contracts in the manner prescribed
by law ; your Company standing in that
relation to the Department, could not be
made an exception—on reference to the
paper sent by you to the Department as
a contract, and the letter of the Assist
ant Post Master General which your
Company allege “confirmed” it, 1 find
that (he former is not such a contract as
the Post Master General could lawfully
accept; and that the latter, though am
biguous in some of its expressions, car
ried with it, in the form ot a contract,
drawn up at the Department and for
warded to you for execution, evidence
not to be mistaken, (hat the form sent by
you was not accepted. This your Com -
pany declined to execute, and there is
consequently no written contract be
tween the parties.
Doubtless a frank and mutual inter
change of opinion and facts might have
led to the execution of a contract which
would have been acceptable to both par
ties, and at the same time in conformity
with the requisitions of law; but for
any negotiation on the subject, your
Company have given no time, by their
peremptory notice, that unless their own
views be recognized and their claims
paid forthwith, they will cease to carry
the Mails on the first of next month.
I am sensible, that the discontinuance
of the transportation of the Mails upon
jour Road will produce some public in
convenience, and much complaint; yet
a prospect of that sort, will not induce
me to do, or to sanction what in my con
science, I believe to be contrary to law as
well as all true policy.
Directions will accordingly be given
to the Post Masters at Charleston and
Augusta, as well as the intermediate
points, to deliver no Mails to your Com
pany for transportation after the last day
of the present month.
Very respectfully, your ob’t serv’t.
(Signed) AMOS KENDAL.
John Ravexel, Esq.
President S. 0. C. and R. R. Comp’ny.
On the 2Gtb this letter was submitted to
•he Direction, when it was resolved,
“That (he Board regard the letter of
Mr. Kendall as putting an end to the
obligations supposed to have resulted,
from the contract entered into between
this Company and Mr. McLean, as agent
of the Post Office Department. And
the Company having fulfilled the same
un its part in good faith. The President
be requested to renew Ids demand for
payment of the amount due.
On the 27th, the above resolution was
communicated in the following letter.
Offices. C. C. and R.R. Co. ?
Charleston, Nov. 9,7 th, 1835. 5
Amos Kendall, Esq. P. Master General.
Sir —Your letter of the 18(h instant
came duly to hand, and at a Meeting of .
the Board of Directors held last night, it
was submitted and considered. In re
ply, 1 am instructed to communicate the i
following resolution.
Resolved, “That the Board regard the 1
letter of Mr. Kendall, as putting an end
to the obligations supposed to have re- '
suited from the contract entered into ,
between this Company and Mr. Mc-
Lean as agent of the Post Oilue De- .
parlment. And that the Company hav- 1
ing fulfilled the same on its part in good :
faith, the President be requested to re- 1
new his demand for payment of the ,
amount due. * ,
Agreeably with the now mutual un- <
derstiinding between the Department and
this Company, the transportation of the
Mails will be discontinued on the Ist !
December next, when in pursuance of ,
the above resolution, application will be ,
made for the amount due. Very res- t
pcctfully, vour ob’t. serv’t,
JOHN RAVEXEL, President. -
c
The Now York Sunday Morning News speaks t
thus ot* Governor McDuffie’s Message. r
The name of Mr. McDuffie is deservedly a r
great authority on all questions of high political t
importance. His eminent services in the councils
of the nation—his unquestioned talents—his thoro’ l
experience of, and acquaintance with, the charac- 1
ter and condition of the Southern States, added r
to his unsuspected integrity, entitle his opinions
to the most serious and respectful attention. The
document before ns does equal honor to the head
and heart of this able and eloquent man. A por
tion of it is directed to the line of conduct tube 1
pursued in retaliop to the wanton, officious, and 1
incendiary proceedings of certain societies and I
persons in non-slaveholding states ; and the sys- tl
tom which he enjoins, while it indicates the a
soundest policy, and evinces great political saga
city and foresight, is at the same time strictly jus- ,
tillable, and teems with interest and anxiety far
the continued protection and happiness of the
slave. Indeed, as a dissertation on the present
and future pros[>ects of the South, and on the
best means of promoting its security and perma
nence, every sentence of this admirable paper
should he carefully reflected upon. It will dis- *
seminate among the people of the north a species ’
of knowledge of which they were sadly in want — 1
it will awaken a Watchful attention to the itnpor- *
tanco of the slave-holding states, and the progress
of events in them, and will, vve trust, oxerciso a '
power over the conduct of the abolitionists, so '
salutary and effectual, as to make it more conso
nant with the honor, dignity and virtue of our
common country*
The Steamboat Cherokee. —We yesterday
omitted to state that the Cherokee has ptoceedcd
to Charleston, having received little or no damage
from going ashore near Bulls Cut.— Savannah
Georgian, 25 1 h instant.
The Charleston Courier of Wednesday last,
say s,—Two young bears, about eight months old,
which had been taken in St. Thomas’ Parish, 20
miles only from this city, six months since, were
offered for sale yesterday at the Exchange. It is
rather extraordinary, we think, but such is the
fact, that this animal is to bo found in considera
ble numbers, within so short a distance of town.
PUBLIC SAMS.
W r ILL Be sold at the Plantation of the sub
scriber, three miles and a half above Au
gusta, (Westover,)on the first Thursday in Janu
ary next, all the farming stock, provisions and
utensils on said farm ; consisting of corn, fodder,
oats, live stock of all kinds, and various imple
ments of husbandry.—Terms made known on the
day of sale.
AUGUSTUS B. LONGSTREBT.
Dec 22 td 24
NOTICE
To Stock Sir overs.
mi HE subscribers having made arrangements
J|_ with Mr. D. A. Sayre, of Lexington,
Kentucky, are now ready to furnish Checks
at short sight, on that place, in sums to suit ap
plicants.
ALLENS & PADDOCK.
dj” United Stales Notes usually for sale, or
will be supplied at a few days notice.
Nov. 4 10
“ , Mii Si Si
SEW GOODS
AT .I. P. SEIZE, & <:»>«.
ASSORTED No’h. colored Taffeta Rib
bons,
Belt Ribbons,
Boys’ SpittalfieUl Handkerchiefs,
Splendid Drapery Muslins,
Canton Flannels,
Italian Lutstring, (Mateoni’s best,)
Russia Diaper,
Double and single foundation Muslin,
Lamb’s Wool and Worsted white and colored \
Hose,
Ladies’ and Gentlemens’ colored and white cotton
and lambs wool Hose,
Sewing Silk Shawls,
38 inch black Italian Cravats',
Gum Elastic Garters,
Patent Pins, very fine plated Hooks and Eyes,
Long Lawn,
Thread Lace Inserting,
Grass Linen,
Super super black Gro de Swiss,
Super French and English Merino Cloths,
Fine and super Welch Flannel,
3-4 Merino Circassians,
7-4 Barnsley Linen Table Diaper (a good and
cheap article for common use,)
Very rich Chintz Prints,
Furniture Dimity,
White and brown cotton J Hose,
A good assortment of Corded Skirts,
Oil Cloth,
Knight Sheeting,
Cotton and flaxen O-snaburgs,
Russia Sheetings,
Extra super Irish Linen, for Shirts, Collars, and
Bosoms,
8-4 and 10-4 Irish Table Diaper,
Garment Dimity,
Cloth Table, and Piano Covers,
Lace needle worked Cansoos and Capos,
Black Silk and Worsted Blond Edgings,
Super black Italian Crape,
Gauze Cap Ribbons,
Gentlemen’s white and black Silk Gloves,
Black Love Veils,
While cotton Pocket Hdkfs. with colored borders,
Misses slate cotton Hose,
Poult Do Sole,
Extra tine French Prints,
Scotch Dowlas, &c. &c.
Dec 25 ts 25
SCO’i'TSBOROiJCiH
FJEofIME IJVSTITSITE.
TP}! HE above institution, recently under the
|a_ management of Dr. Robert C. Brown, has
been purchased by the subscribers, and its exer
cises will bo resumed under their direction, on
Monday, the 11th January, 1836.
We assure the public, that all our labors and
exertions will be directed to the promotion of fe
male education. No pains will bo spared to pro
cure the ablest assistants, and the fullest supply
of school apparatus. In proportion as the num
ber of our pupils increase, there will be a teacher
for each class in the school.—The plan of educa
tion will be the same as that in the best regulated
Colleges for males, in our country, and similar
institutions for females in continental Europe.
There will be four classes or departments, viz:
—the Propaiatory, Third, Second, and First: and
when a pupil enters the third, she will require
three years to graduate. Every pupil who grad
uates at our institution, will have to go through a
rigid examination, before a board of literary gen
tlemen, when, if she exhibit sufficient attainments,
she will receive an appropriate testimonial, bear
ing the seal of the Institution.
Pupils will be received at any time, and for any
length of time, and will be charged but for the
period they shall have remained with us. Every
branch of education will be taught which can
constitute a well educated and domestic woman.
There will he hut one examination in a year, and
then, only the Senior Class will be examined
unless there be a special request to examine the
others.
Two afternoons in every week will bo devoted
to needle work.
Every Saturday evening, all the pupils will as
semble for the practice of sacred vocal music—
and on the first Saturday of every month, such
assemblies will be open to the friends of the In
stitution.
Mr. Victor Lataste will have the exclusive con
trol of the Musical department. This gontlcmah’s
qualifications are too well known to call fur any
comment.
The Principal has had an experience of eleven
years os a teacher in this State and South Caro
lina—during which time ho has not only turned
his whole attention to his vocation, through- the
means of books, but has improved many opportu
nities of visiting the most popular institutions in
the above Stales.
Our terms will be as low as wo can possibly
afford. Board can be obtained in the Borough
at §lO per month—and those who may board in
the family of the Principal, will have the strict
est attention paid to their deportment, dress,
manners, .Sec. Parents will be furnished with
monthly reports of the literary tiansactious of
the Institute.
As the number of our boarders will be limited,
those wishing to place their children with us, will
please address us by letter, before the commence
ment of the term.
I.UCIEN LATASTE, Principal.
VICTOR LATASTE.
Dec. 23 stw 21
(£/- The Federal Union, Augusta Chronicle, (
C natilutionalisl, Athens Banner, Southern (
Whig, Macon Messenger, Telegraph, Columbus i
Enquirer, and Alabama Journal, will each, give i
the above five weekly insertions, and send their
accounts without delay to the Principal.
ABSTRACT OF AN ACT
TO INCORPORATE ii ESTABLISH A
15 Ai\ K,
IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG.
Section Ist. Be it enacted by the Honorable
the Senate and House of Representatives, now
met and sitting in General Assembly, and by
the authority of the same, That, in order to es
tablish a Bank in the Town of Hamburg, the
following persons he, and they are hereby appoint
ed Commissioners to receive subscriptions at the
several places hereafter mentioned. ’At Ham
burg, Henry Shultz, W. W. Starke, Oliver Simp
son; at Charleston, Charles T. Lowndes, Robert
Martin, John C. Holcombe; at Columbia, O. T.
Snowden, John Bryce, J. J. Gracy ; at Edgefield,
Whitfield Brooks, James Jones, Nathan L. Grif
fin ; at Barnwell, Barnet Ht Brown, M. D. Ma
her, and James E. Robertson ; at Abbeville, David
L. Wardlaw, W. C. Black, and Armstead Burt;
at Anderson, J. P. Benson, C. Orr, and E. Webb;
at Pickens, Win. L. Keith, Silas Kicksey, and
John Burdinc; at Greenville, W. Choice, R.
Thurston, F. F. Beattie; at Laurens, T. F.‘
Jones, John Garlington, and W. Hill; at New
berry, V. J. Harrington, Robert Stewart, M. W.
Gracy; and the said Commissioners, or a majori
ty, at each of the said places, shall on the first
Monday in February next, and the day following;'
open subscriptions from the hours of 10 A. M;
until 2 o’clock P. M. on each day, in the above
places, respectively, for the purpose of raising
the sum of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars.
Sec. 3d. That in case of a greater sum that?
Throe Hundred Thousand Dollars be subscribed,
the Commissioners above named, at Hamburg,'
shall in apportioning said shares, give preference
to the subscriptions of the first day, and in no
instance reduce any subscriptions below Five
Shares, unless they cannot otherwise sufficiently
reduce the amount subscribed, -
That the Capital Slock of said Bank, shall be
divided into Six Thousand Shares, of Fifty Dol
lars each share, that T wclve dollars and fifty cents
in Specie, shall be paid on each share, at the
lime of subscribing; and that Twelve dollars and
1 fifty cents, also in specie, being the second in
i stalmcnt, be paid on the first Monday in March
i next; and that Twelve dollars and fifty cents, also
■ in specie, being the third instalment, be paid on
the first Monday in November next; and that
Twelve dollars and fifty cents, also in specie,
■ being the fourth and last instalment, bo paid
on the first Monday in December next, and
all shares on which the payment due shall not
he punctually made on the days above mentioned,
shall be forfeited with whatever may have been
paid thereupon.'
Sec. 14. That the said Bank shall not issue
any Bills or Notes for the payment of money,
nor commence discounting until one half of its
Capital Stock, in specie, shall be deposited in its
Vaults, nor until a bonus of Seven Thousand
Five Hundred Dollars shall bo paid into the
Treasury of the State, whereupon, the said Bank,
shall be, and the same is hereby declared to be
exempted from the payment of all Taxes during
the time it is hereby incorporated, being twenty
years, ending the first day of January, one thou
sand eight hundred and fifty six.
i Sec. 22d. And the said Corporation are hereby
authorized to increase their capital to a sum not
1 exceeding Five Hundred Thousand Dollars.
Sec. 25th. And be it further enacted, That
the President, Directors and Officers of said Bank
shall be citizens and residents of the State of
South Carolina.
HENRY SHULTZ,
WYATT W. STARKE,
OLIVER SIMPSON,
Commissioners for the Town of Hamburg.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
At a General Assembjy, begun to be holdcn aif
. Columbia, in and for the Stale of South Caroli
na, on the fourth Monday in November, in the
year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred
and thirty five, and thence continued by divers
adjournments to the ninoleelh day of December,
in the same year.
In the Senate House, the nineteenth day of
December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand
eight hundred and thirty five, and in the sixtieth
year ol the Sovereignty and Independence of tho
1 United States of America.
HENRY DBAS,
President of the Senate.
PATRICK NOBLE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,?'
Tuesday, December \bth. y
A BILL, to incorporate a Bank at Hamburg,
was read a second time, and on the question of
sending the Bill to the Senate, the Yeas and Nays
’ were called for and were as follow:
Yeas—Hon. Patrick Noble, Speaker, Aiken,
Arnold, Barton, Barry, Berry, Bealin, Beatty,
Black, Boyd, Bookter, Boozer, Broyles, Brooks,
A. Burt, Butler, Buford, Burgess, Caldwell,
Carson, Coughman, Coachman, M. Cohen, Cobh,
Crawford, Cunningham, Deloach, Duncan, Da
vis, Dogan, Dubose, Earle, Fergason, Goode,
Graves, Greaves, Gavin, t Herbert, Irby, Jeffries,
Jeter, Jones, Kern, King, Laurens, Levy, Lyles,
3 Longworth, Love, Maher, Massey, Mackay,Max
s well, Mays, McCall, Middleton, Montgomery,
, Moore, Myers, Pearson, Picket, Pinckney, Powc,
j Robcrds, Robinson, Sams, Sheridan, Shelton,
Sledc, Strohcckcr, Sims, Tompkins, D. L. Ward
-1 law, b. H. Wardlaw, Watson, Westmoreland,
. Woodard, Williams, Yates—79.
ISais—Messrs. Adams, Axon, Boyd, Colcock,
I F- Dunkin, Davie, E. H. Edwards, J. D. Ed
. wards, Ellerbe, Finley, Frost, H. Gordinc, T. L.
r Gourdine, Harrison, Hager, McCord, Murdough,
. Minlzing, Northrop. Potts, Randell, Rose, Wig
] fall—24.
r I hereby certify the above to be a correct ex
tract from the Journals of the House.
; JAMES 8. MILES,
| Clerk of the House of Representatives.
j I hereby certify, that James 8. Miles is Clerk
. of the House ot Representatives of S. Carolina
i PATRICK NOBLE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
SENATE,
Wednesday, December 16.
A BILL, to incorporate a Bank at Hamburg,
was taken up, and on reading the Bill a third
time, the Yeas and Nays were called, and were
as follows:
Yeas—Hon. H. Dcas, President, Alston, Ashe,
Bauskctt, Black, Bryan, Coughman, DeTrevillc,
Dubose, Dugan, Deuant, Irvin, Evans, Ficklin,
Gregg, Goodwin, Henigan, Jenkins, Rogar, Law
ton, Martin, Montgomery, Patterson, Peay, Rice,
Richardson, Silgravcs, Stone, Weston, White,
Whilncr, and Wilson—32.
Nats—Messrs. R. F. W. Allston, Davis,
Frampton, Glover, Higgins, Simpson, and Wal
ker—7.
I hereby certify tho above to be a Correct ex-'
tract from the Journals of the Senate.
JACOB WARLEY,
Clerk of the Senate.
I hereby certify that Jacob Warlcy is Clerk of
the Senate, of the State of South Carolina.
HENRY DBAS,
President of the Senate.
SECRETARY’S OFFICE, ?
Columbia, 19th December, 1835. 5
I do hereby certify, that the two sheets of pa
per hereunto annexed, contains a true copy of
the original Act of Assembly of the State of
feouth Carolina, passed on the 19th day of De
cember, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hun
dred and thirty five, entitled an “Act to establish
and incorporate a Bank in the Town of Ham
burg, deposited in the office of the Secretary of
■ tate, at Columbia, taken, examined and certified
B. H. SAXON.
_ Secretary of State.
Dec 30 " 26
&dminisiralor’s Notice.
ALL persons having demands against the
Estate of Joseph Barnes, late of Columbia
County, deceased, arc requested to hand them in,
duly attested, agreeably to law ; and those indebt
ed to said Estate, are desired to make immediate
payment.
GABRIEL JONES, Adm’r.
Dec. 29, 1835 6lw 26