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The journal of the previous day having been read, the Hon. R. W. BARNWELL offered the following resolution, which was agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That the President of the Senate, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, be invited to take seats upon the floor in the Chamber in which the Convention is now assembled.

Judge COLCOCK, from the committee of twenty one, made a further Report to the Convention, consisting of an Address to the people of the State, which having been read by Robert J. Turnbull, Esq., on motion of Judge COLCOCK, it was ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed.

Mr. SAMUEL R. GIBSON, a Delegate from Lancaster, presented a memorial from a portion of the citizens of that district, praying an alteration of the Constitution as to the basis of representation in the State Legisla

ture.

Mr. S. D. MILLER moved that the memorial be laid on the table.
Mr. MCDUFFIE moved the question of consideration.

The President deciding the first motion to be first in order, the question was taken, and the memorial ordered to be laid on the table.

The Hon. J. L. WILSON then introduced the following resolution, viz:

Whereas, the Convention of the People of the State of South Carolina, having learned with deep and unfeigned regret, the death of Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independ ence, and lately the only living link that connected us with that important event—as a testimony of respect to the memory of the deceased,

Resolved, That the members of this Convention wear crape on the left arm, for the space of thirty days.

This resolution having been adopted by the unanimous vote of the Convention, it was ordered to be so entered on the journal of the proceedings.

The Ordinance, which was made the order of the day, was now taken up for consideration. The Ordinance having been read by the Clerk, Col. WILSON moved that it should be read again, clause by clause; but at the suggestion of Judge COLCOCK, that further time for consideration was desirable, the motion was withdrawn.

Judge COLCOCK then moved that the consideration of the Ordinance should be made the order of the day for to-morrow, and that the Convention should stand adjourned until 11 o'clock on that day, which being agreed to, the Convention adjourned accordingly.

ISAAC W. HAYNE, Clerk of the Convention.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1832.

The Convention met according to adjournment, and the proceedings were opened with a prayer by the Rev. Mr. Freeman.

A Parchment Roll was then exhibited, on which, at the President's request, the members enrolled their names, with the respective Election Districts which had delegated them, which was ordered to be deposited with the Records of the Convention. The following gentlemen were found to be present:

From Greenville-B. F. Perry, Thomas P. Brockman, Silas R. Whitten, Henry Middleton.

From Spartanburg-John S. Rowland, J. S. Richardson, J. B. O'Neall, James Crooke, Alfred Huger, J. P. Evans.

From Laurens--Archibald Young, William Arnold, John S. James, A. Fuller, Robert Long.

From Abbeville-George McDuffie, John Lipscomb, John Logan, A. Bowie, Samuel L. Watt, A. Burt.

From York-Benjamin Chambers, I. A. Campbell, James A. Black, Jas. Moore, John L. Miller.

From Marlborough-Renjamin Rogers, Nicholas Ware.

From Union-J. S. Sims, Thomas Ray, A. Lancaster, John Littlejohn, George Douglas.

From Kershaw—Everard Cureton, Chapman Levy, John Chesnut, C. J. Shannon.

From Chesterfield-P. Phillips, James R. Ervin, Alfred M. Lowry.
From Darlington-William H. Cannon, S. B. Wilkins, Robert Ervin.
From Marion-A. L. Gregg, Thomas Harllee, William Evans.

From Williamsburg—T. D. Singleton, Sr., William Waties, P. G. Gourdin.

From Clarendon-John P. Richardson, Richard J. Manning, W. R. Burgess.

From Claremont-Stephen D. Miller, John B. Miller, James G. Spann, Stephen Lacoste.

From All Saints-Peter Vaught, J. Walter Phillips.

From Prince George, Winyaw-Philip Tidyman, Allard H. Belin, J. A. Keith.

From St. Peter's-J. Hamilton, Jr., A. J. Lawton, John S. Maner. From St. Luke's-A. Huguenin, T. E. Screven, James Mongin Smith. From St. Helena--R. W. Barnwell, Charles G. Capers, M. Jacobs. From St. James', Goose Creek-Isaac Bradwell, jr., G. H. Smith. From St. Thomas and St. Dennis-Francis D. Quash, John L. Nowell. From St. John's, Berkeley-Peter Gaillard, jr., William Porcher, J. H. Dawson.

From St. John's, Colleton-William M. Murray, Joseph L. Stevens. From Chester-R. G. Mills, John Douglas, Thomas B. Woodward, Thos. G. Blewett, William Stringfellow.

From Fairfield-William Harper, D. H. Means, Edward G. Palmer, John B. McCall, William Smith.

From Richland.-Pierce M. Butler, Wm. C. Clifton, Sterling C. Williamson, Sen., James Adams, John G. Brown.

From St. Philip's and St. Michael's-James Hamilton, Sen., Richard B. Baker, Sen., Robert J. Turnbull, S. L. Simons, John Magrath, Charles Parker, Barnard E. Bee, Elias Vanderhorst, Peter J. Shand, Nathaniel,

Heyward, Robert Y. Hayne, C. J. Colcock, John Ball, John L. Wilson,
James Lynah, C. C. Pinckney, Philip Cohen, B. A. Markley.
From Christ Church-Jacob Bond I'On, James Anderson.
From St. James', Santee-Samuel Cordes, Samuel Warren.
From St. Stephen's-W. Dubose, Theodore L. Gourdin.
From St. Matthew's-Benjamin Adams, John Rivers.
From St. Paul's-F. Y. Legare, Thomas W. Boʊne.

From St. Bartholomew's-W. C. Pinckney, F. H. Elmore, Isham Walker. From Prince William's-Wm. Williams, Thomas H. Colcock, J. B. Ulmer.

From Orange-Edmund J. Felder, Donald Rowe, Elisha Tyler.

From Barnwell-Jennings O'Bannon, Stephen Smith, L. M. Ayer, J. G. Brown.

From Lexington-West Caughman, Jacob H. King, Edwin J. Scott. From Edgefield-James Spann, John Key, John Bauskett, Abner Whatley, John S. Jeter, R. G. Mays, F. H. Wardlaw.

From Pendleton-R. Anderson, Thomas Harrison, J. B. Earle, Thomas Pinckney, J. T. Whitefield, Francis Burt, Jr., F. W. Symmes, Bailey Barton. From Newberry-Job Johnston, George W. Glenn, John Counts, John K. Griffin, John Hatton.

From Lancaster-Samuel R. Gibson, Miner Clinton.

From Kingston-D. E. Huger.

The Journal of the day previous having been read, on motion of Chancellor JOHNSTON, a correction of the Journal was ordered, and made accordingly.

Judge COLCOCK, on the part of the select Committee of twenty-one, announced that the Committee were ready with a further report, consisting of an Address to the people of the United States. This Address having been read by the Hon. GEORGE MCDUFFIE, was, on motion of Mr. TURNBULL, adopted by the Convention.

The Ordinance which had been made the special order of the day, was now taken up for consideration. Having been read by the Clerk, Judge COLCOCK moved so to amend it as to exempt the members of the Legislature from the oath required of the civil and military officers of the State, which amendment was adopted.

Mr. TURNBULL moved to amend the title of the Ordinance, by striking out the words "provide for arresting the operation of," and substituting the word "Nullify," so that when amended it should read, "AN ORDINANCE to NULLIFY certain acts of the Congress" &c. This amendment was likewise adopted.

The question was then taken on the adoption of the Ordinance thus

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