THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1860.

At the hour to which the Convention was adjourned, the President took the chair, and the proceedings were opened with prayer by Rev. T. R. English.

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

Resolved, That the Mayor of the City of Charleston be invited to a seat on the floor of the Convention.

Mr. Means moved that the resolution be amended so as to include in the invitation the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

The amendment was accepted by the mover of the resolution, and the resolution, as amended, was adopted.

The President announced the following Committees :

Committee to draft a summary statement of the causes which justify the secession of South Carolina :

Messrs. C. G. Memminger,

F. H. Wardlaw,

R. W. Barnwell,
J. P. Richardson,
B. H. Rutledge,
J. E. Jenkins,

P. E. Duncan.

Committee on so much of the Message of the President of the United States as relates to the claim of property of the United States within the limits of South Carolina :

Messrs. A. G. Magrath,
L. M. Keitt,'

Messrs. J. S. O'Hear,

J. D. Pope,

E. W. Charles.

Committee on Commercial Relations and Postal Arrangements:

Messrs. B. F. Dunkin,

E. McCrady,

H. W. Conner,

R. N. Gourdin,
J. L. Nowell,
T.'D. Wagner,
Wm. Gregg,
J. J. P. Smith,

J. Jenkins,

W. Middleton,

A. H. Brown,

E. M. Seabrook,

R. F. Simpson.

Committee on the Constitution of the State:

Mesrs. D. L. Wardlaw,

J. N. Whitner,

T. W. Glover,

I. W. Hayne,
R. DeTreville,
J. A. Dargan,
T. Thomson,
J. Buchanan,

A. C. Spain,
II. McIver,

T. C. Perrin,
W. D. Johnson,

J. B. Kershaw.

The President announced that Mr. R. C. Logan is appointed Cashier, and Mr. J. G. Pressley Deputy Cashier, of the Convention.

Mr. Rhett offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That a Committee of Thirteen be appointed to report to this Convention an Ordinance proposing and providing for the assem