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THE LEGISLATuRE

Lie Legislative proceedings 60 far present II,
matters Of much general interest-bcinp chief,
occupied with the reception Of Petitions md
Memorials. and the Reports of the various Con,
mittees. Various important measures will com
up for discussion during the present and tn,
coming Week. Among others Bills introduced
, into the Sennte, sec tint Col! J. +. Marshal
has introduced a Bill in relation TO IIawker.
and Pedlars that Gen. MCGOWAN has in
! trodrccd n Bill into the House, providing
against the imrrovident disposition of property y
| to charitable use, and Capt. J. n. Cochran a
, Bill TO remove Free persons Of color from the
| STATE.
| Among the important measures Of tho Scs-
sion, is that for extending aid to the Blue Ridge
Railroad and it seems probable that til hc aid will
; be granted. The course of the President and
Dir ectors, i'll expending all their re sources dc.
rived from pr ivate sources, is said TO have i'm
pressed the Legislature with increased conf
dencc in the en:crrrisc.-and so much money
has been already expended, that few are willing
to undertake the responsibility of making o.
Ia! sacrifice of the work. The proposition now
before the Senate, is the same W l,ch passed the
House Mt the last session. with an additional
provis", that The means derived from the State
be spent within her borders. This "bviatcs the
objection to spending TIE money Of the State
without her limits.
prominent feature of the Session has been
the passage Of numerous resolutions on FEEDER
al affairs, and which indicates the Ccner-
al excitement which prevails in rrfcrcrce to
the recent Abolition movements at the North.
Wise und conservative men nre beginning to
count the value Of the Union, and to prepare
for the event its dissolution. The follow
ing Resolutions, introduced into the House by So
consistent and Jealous urholder cfthe Union,
ns the Hon. y. +. Perry form significant fea-
tur- Of the times:
Mr.. Perry offered the following:
Ltcsoircd, That the people of South Carolina
feel no apprehension rs to the permanent OK.
istence, safety and security Of their domestic.
institution Of African slave labor, founded "a
1t Is in the best interest and happiness OF thr.
black and white races, and which we are pre-.
pared to protect and defend at any and every
sncritice either Of political relations with ,li..
Federal Government or the Nor thern States
should 1t he involved or assaiicd in any manner
or form whatever.
htmtFu, lnHr inc state oi South Carolina
holds herself III readiness at all lines to act in
concert with her sister slavehosling States. in
any manner which they may deem advisable,
10 maintain and to defend the interests of The
south in the Union or out Of it, us they in
their wisdom may determine.
F"soircd, That she feels inexrrcssblescorn
and contempt Mt the Infamous md hypoertical
symnathy expressed by portion of the
Northern people. in the recent attempt at in.
surr.ction ut Uarpcr's Ferry hpa,).d lv n M
.orious horsethirf, assassin and traitor, whom
hey have "ndaciously eulcgiscd as hero and
:l'rIstlrn martyr i'll his treason, murder and
'otbcry.
Hcsotrcd That the general adoption Of such
ceiling and such Il sentiment. alike revolving to
and civilization, by the Northern
states, will make it. dishonoraLle and dishonor.
ng in South Carolin and the other snvehull-
ng ats, to continue united in the same
government with people whose social and
moral tone characterized them rs n natl on Of
pirates. savnges assassins and traitors.