So the motion was not agreed to.

Mr. Rutledge offered the following amendment:

We, the People of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assemUled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained,

That all citizens of this State who, at the date of the Ordinance of Secession, were holding office connected with the Customs, under the Government of the United States, within the limits of South Carolina, be, and they are hereby, appointed to hold under the Government of this State, exclusive of any further connection whatever with the Federal Government of the United States, the same offices they now fill until otherwise directed, and to receive the same pay and emoluments for their services.

That until this Convention, or the General Assembly, shall otherwise provide, the Governor shall appoint to all vacancies which may occur in such offices.

That until otherwise provided by this Convention, or the General Assembly, the Revenue, Collection and Navigation Laws of the United States, so far as they may be applicable, be, and they are hereby, adopted and made the laws of this State, saving that no duties shall be collected upon imports from the States forming the late Federal Union, known us the United States of America, nor upon the tonnage of vessels

owned in whole or in part by the citizens of the said States; and saving and excepting the Act of Congress adopted the third day of March, 1817, entitled "An Act authorizing the deposit of papers of foreign 'vessels with the consuls of their respective nations;" which said Act is hereby declared to be of no force within the limits of this State.

That all moneys hereafter collected by any of the officers aforesaid shall, after deducting the sums necessary for the compensation of officers and other expenses, be paid into the Treasury of the State of South Carolina, for the use of the said State, subject to the order of this Convention, or the General Assembly.

That the officers aforesaid shall retain in their hands all property of the United States in their possession, custody or control, subject to the disposal of this State, who will account for the same upon a final settlement with the Government of the. United States.

Resolved, That fifteen thousand copies be printed of the Address to the Southern States, the Declaration of Causes, and the Report of the Committee on the Address of Members of the General Assembly of Georgia.

On motion of Mr. Memminger, the Convention was adjourned at thirty minutes past ten o'clock, P. M.

B. F. ARTHUR,

Clerk of the Convention.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1860.

At the hour to which the Convention was adjourned, the President took the chair, and the proceedings were opened with prayer by Rev. J. H. Honour.

The Clerk called the roll, and the following Delegates answered to their names

Messrs. Allison,

Appleby,

Atkinson,

Messrs. Barron,
Barton,

Beaty,

The journal of yesterday's proceedings was read.

Mr. Spain offered the following resolution, which, on motion of Mr. Inglis, was ordered to lie on the table:

Resolved, That the Governor be requested to communicate to this Convention, in secret session, any information he may possess in refer

ence to the condition of Forts Moultrie and Sumter, and Castle Pinckney; the number of guns mounted and ready for service in each; the number of workmen employed in each, and in what kind of labor; the number of soldiers, sailors and marines in each, and what addition (if any) has been made thereto since the 20th inst.

Also, whether he has any assurance that said forts and castle shall not be reinforced; and if so, from what source these assurances emanated, and what limit as to time and circumstance is attached thereto. Also, what police or other regulations (if any) he has made in relation to the harbor of Charleston and the coast of the State.

Mr. Gist offered the following resolution, which was considered immediately, and was agreed to:

Resolved, That Hon. J. W. Garrott, a Commissioner from the State of Alabama to the State of North Carolina, be invited to a seat on the floor of the Convention.

On motion of Mr. McIver, leave of absence, on and after this day, until and inclusive of Monday next, was granted to Mr. Inglis, on account of important business.

Mr. A. H. Brown offered the following resolution, which was referred to the Committee on the Constitution of the State, and was ordered to be printed:

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Resolved, That all citizens of the United States, domiciled within this State at the adoption of the Ordinance of Secession, to wit, the 20th December, 1860, be, and the same are hereby, declared citizens of South Carolina, entitled to all the privileges and subject to all the liabilities incident thereto.

On motion of Mr. Fair, leave of absence from and after this day, until Wednesday next, was granted to Mr. Williams, on account of. sickness in his family.

Mr. Kinard offered the following resolution, which, on motion of Mr. Lyles, was ordered to lie on the table :

Resolved, That this Convention take a recess from and after four o'clock, Friday, the 28th inst., until two o'clock, P. M., Friday, the 18th day of January next, unless called together at an earlier day by the President.