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VOL XXIII. SPARTANBURG, S. C., TIIURSBAY, MARCH 3, ISOC. NO 6.
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The PrcMcnt DlNiinlonlNtn.
The following article wc take from tho
New York Times, a paper which has
tho reputation of being (he exponent of the
views of Secretary Seward :
THE WAR FOR THE UNION AND TI1E WAR
AGAINST IT.
Mr. Thaddeus Stevens and his Radical
friends ore not unlikely to overshoot their
mark. Their fiery zeal will in due titue
defeat itself, and bring upon their own
heads the punishment with which they
threaten others. For all this agitation in
Cougress, this piling up amendments to the
Constitution, this denunciation of every
man who differs from them, thisanxietv to
d sable and punish our fellow-citizens in
the Southern States, is in strunge forget
fulness of considerations which the stateswan
who would live must ever keep in
view. It pre supposes the continuance du- i
riug peace ot a public opinion which ac '
quired force under tlio excitement nud '
perils of war. It makes no allowance lor
the abatement of feelings which derived
their strength from a conflict involving the j
lifo oi the nution, and which are naturally
modified, if not eradicated, now that danger
hasgiven place to triumph. And it ignores
the fact that many of the measures urged
by Radicalism, and which the Radical leaders
would fain push to completion between
the rising and the setting of the sun, cannot
acquire any guarantee ol permanence,
and may be annulled without ceremony by
another Congress. Kvcii wiih regnid to
Constitutional auicudim nts, it takes for'
granted the concurrence of the requisite '
number of States, although the known j
weakness of the Radical element in several
ot them renders such a result extremely
improbable. There is lolly, therefore, as
well as mischief, in some of the scenes now
being enacted at Washington. The idea
of subjugating the Southern States and reducing
them to the condition of conquered j
provinces, obtained no favor during the !
peiiod most likely to foster it. True, the ,
\\r i _11 in-?if
it eiiucu 1 nmipses i n tlie plattorm enact- |
<d the same role oi' characters now played , '
by the Stcvcnsea of another place, but the (
great body of the people repudiated it un .
qualitiedly and always. The Copperheads, ;
taking their cue from the Phillips school
of ltadieals, opposed the war under the al- j 1
legation that it was a war ot conquest. ! '
Put the people, from whom men and means '
to carry on the war were derived, never , '
regarded it us other tliun a struggle to pre- '
serve the national integrity. All their !
plans, all their arms, were predicated upon '
the continued exis^etico of the I'nion in 1
its entirety, and consequently upon t! e
continuance within the I nion of the n bel
States, throughout the whole term of the | (
rebellion. The entire policy of the (Jov | (
crnmem, foreign and domestic, proecede 1
on this hypothesis. The proclamations of
President Lincoln, the correspondence oi (
the Sarte Department, the legislation of i
Congress, the efforts and aspirations of the 1
Northern people?ull were in harmony upon (
this point. It was this and this alone which |
iustified tin* ? ,l" 1
^ ...... . . II Hi- HUB 11I1U Ull'Jf (
this which sustained the North under re
verse, animated it when things wore their
gloomiest aspect, and gave unceasing vigor (
to the spirit which lo>l to victory. The
States weic held to he States ail ilie time ,
And the close of the war was hold to imply '
the resumption of their former relations a.- j
between the Federal Government and the
several States which hud been concerned
in the rebellion. This popular appreciation
of the question is of more value, for \
most practical purposes, than the abstract
arguments of publicists on either side. As ; '
the subtleties of the secession problem have
, been blown into nothingness from tho can
non's mouth, so the theorizing of Messrs. |
Steven's and Shellaburgcr is blotted out as ,
of no account by the deliberate judgment '
of tho people. We have ilm testimony of j
Gen. Grant to the good faith with which |
the citizens of the S.>uth acquiesce in the ,
verdict of tho war, and resume their ullo (
gi&nce to the old flag. Tho terms diet; ted |
bjr Gen. Grant, with the full knowledge of
.President Lincoln, wore calculated to bring
about this happy condition ot nflairs The j
great soldier who guided tho struggle to
its ond dreamed not of arrogating to him- j
elf the lunctions'of conqueror, or of iui- | j
posing upon the South terms of vassalage. ; j
They who did the fighting iclt always that j
they were fighting, not to extend a con- t
queror's flag over alien territory?not to |
add provinces to a republic and make its ^
glorious symbol '-a Haunting lie," but to
put down rebels and restore the authority
of the Union over all its component parts.
The armies ol the Union fought only for
that. And when that was accomplished,
soldier and people alike Iclt that the work
of the war was ended, and that nothing ro
maincd to keep Northern und Southern
States apart. The l:t ion was restored,
and with the restored I Tnoii came back the
equality of the States and the lull title of
Ollfll tn fit** I.rivtlit.fou rtonl. rrn.l l?? !?"
Constitution The Northern people have
gone yet further. From the moment when
the rebellion was known to be .suppressed,
thoy have striven to heal the wounds occasioned
by the war, and to reassure the
South in every respect. They have established
lines of steam communication almost
without number. '1 hey have provided the
oieuns o! reconstructing railroads. They
have furnished capital to cultivate platita
tions and to promote industrial and com
tnercial enterprises in every Southern State.
They have settled liberally with Southern
debtors, and have sent on credit goods to
supply the Southern market. In this
manner the question of the Fnion and the
relations of Northern States to Southern
States have been virtually and satisfactorily
settled by the people of the two sections.
Southern people come hither and lind
friends and fellow-cit izens, instead of aliens
ami subjugators. Northern people go there
ami find, in the varied resources ol States
now freed from the curse of slavery, fresh
grounds of confidence in the power and
prosperity of the I 'nion It remains for
men like .Mr. Thuddcus S*evens to declare
the work of the (irauts and Shermans ol
the army unfinished, and to condemn the
magnanimous spit it of the American pco
pie. To a man who had dared anything
or done anything befitting a hero, wo might
be disposed to listen with resj.ee*. hut
that men who never shouldered a musket,
nor exposed their precious persons to danger,
should now scold and hector, and talk
about terms which a conqueror may dictate.
is siinolv intolerable. And alien Mr
Stevens, who during the war attempted j
nothing more formidable than the drafting
of absurd gold bills, spits his v -uotu '
upon the President, and impugns the sagacity
and patriotism of Andrew Johnson,
the people will not be long in deciding to
whom their confidence should be given.
On one hand, they see the type oj a class
whose radicalism \ears ago afforded South- j
cm lire eaters the means of fomenting see i
tiouul strife, and whose zeal to day stuack.s j
mote of Austrian absoluisiu than of ra !
tional republicanism. On the other hand,
they have a Southern loyalist who risked
life aud everything in the cause el the ;
l.'nion, who did more than any other single
tuan to organize loyal sentiment in j
the border States, and whose policy since
his elevation to p iwcr has been marked
by consummate skill and judgment, and
by a disinterested devotion to the res'ora
tion ot national peace ami unity, which
entitles him to the eo operation of the :
Mn.lni 1? -t : - - - . 1
yuuuvij, u in against iiiis puirior, i riou i
mil true?against tl is statesman, endow- '
L*tl so eminently with ijuilitios peculiarly i
suited to the crisis?that Mr. Stevens pre- :
iuuiptuously and insolently proposes to ar- :
ray the great onion party. *+* j
Important to am. I'kusons iiayino
Hi.aims AO a inst tiik (joyf.It.N M k.n j'.- 1?V '
die tenth action of an Act approved '
March U, 1HG3, (I'd Statutes at Large, p.
7110,) it is enacted that every claim against
lie I'nited Stutefl, cognizable hy the Court
jf Claims, shall be forever barred, unless
die petition setting forth a lull stat utent
>f the claim be ft ed in the Court, or trans
iuitte-1 to it within six years after the
daiui first accrues, provided that c.aims
iccrued six years before the passage of the
Act, shall not Le barred if presented within
thieo years after the passage of the Act.
Thus, all e!.:i:n> against tlio United)
States, cognizable by the f'ourt of Claims,
u.d ol more than six years' standing, will 1
tie barred after t!ic .Ad of March, I Mid. j
The claims cognizable by said Court
ire : 1. All claims founded upon any law
>i Congress, li. I'pon any regulation ol
iny Executive Department, o I pun any ,
contract expressed or implied, except (1)
. luiins growing out of or Ucp-ndent on any
reaty stipulation, and ("J) claims for prop
;rty dniiuged, dnptroyed, or appropriated
!iy the army or nav\ engaged in the suppression
ol the rebellion.
riu ?
i no uuovo mnitaiiuii, though contain:d
in an net respecting the (,'uurt of Claims, 1
Iras been by ninny supposed to extend to !
'all claims against the United States,"
ivhethor prosecuted before the departments
)r offered to be set oil by defendants in
?uits by the United States against thein us
iebtors.?National Jntrlliijt itccr.
A cotemporary says: "There is a man
n our e-ounty who always pays for his pa
icr in advance, lie never had a sick day
n his life?never hud Coi ns or toothache? '
lie frost never kills his corn or beans?
lis babies never cry in the night, and his
vifc never scolds."
The South In t'oui;rciN.
Tlie lion. C. V. hangdon, formerly editor
of tlie journal to which he writes, now
a member of Congress from the Mobile
District, ban addressed to the "Mobile
llcgiitcr nnd Advertiser" a letter, dated at
Washington, in which, after reviewing
; very forcibly the action of Congress u;on j
the admission of the Southern i.epresen-j
tatives, he .slates that he has come to the
conclusion that the Southern States will
be deprived of representation during the
existence of the present Congress.
The motives which, in hi* opinion, con
trol the action of the radicals areso clearly
and well stated in his letter, that we quote
that portion of it: <
"The motive of all this is perfectly
transparent. The radicals ur? anxious to
pass certain measures, and among them
amendments to the Constitution tXi- #r..
double purpose ol consolidating their own
power, and at o as further punishment of
the " wicked rebels." Were they to ad
uiit the Southern members, all their well
laid scheme* would he certainly defeated?
especially all those whi :li they require a
two third vote?while, if the Southern
members are kept out, the radical majority,
in each House, is sufficient to enable
fhctu to cairy all tlieir measures, Lidding
defiance even to the Kxccativc veto ; for
instance : parties in tho Senate now stand .
dS Kepuhiicans, 11 opposition and one
vacancy trom Iowa. \Vo will give the
vacancy to the Republicans, making their ;
number Admit the 11 Senators from j
the Nun hern States, and parties will then j
1 stand o!) Republicans, Mid ilo opposition.
No two third voto lor them here And I
besides, there are d Senators classed as
11.:publicans, who will vote with the oppo!
sitiun en all cxtrcuie measures ot the radicals.
These arc Messrs, Cowan, Roolittie
and lhxoti, utid this will make it a tie 1
in the .Senate?3G Republicans and GG
opposition. 80 the admission of the Southcm
Senators would de prive the radicals ol
their power in the Senate. And this is
rouson 1 uju^h for keeping them out. It:
the House, parties now stand: 130 Republicans
to 35 opposition. Admit the
Southern members and the opposition
is increased to lid?making it impossible
tor the radicals to carry any measure that
requires a two-third vote. This view ot
the case satisfactorily explain.; why it is ;
the Southern members -re not admitted. ;
It is newer vpnih i'i.i.chiiim??->l ?
J ? ? . WIKVUUVIUNUI 1 l^Uk.
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A Hold lor lanitirmen.
The (ieorgia ?'ilizen contains some 1
words of counsel to the sterner sex which |
w<; copy below :
tlcntlcnien, you are very hard to please I
in regard to female fashions. What must j
we dn to please you, gentlemen? You i
preach one theory ami encourage and
practice ol another. You grumble when
we wear leathers, flowers and siuall bon 1
nets. Quarrel over silks and satins.?
Make.port id false curls and beau-catchcrs,
ai d make up iaees at paint, powder
and po'i atuin. You abominate low necked
dresses, (ocr tin- I ft) and curl your
lip scornfully at a well wadded high necked
one Short waists objectionable and
long waists intolerable. You declare we
l ill ourselves with tight lacing, yet you go j
into ruptures over 44 splendid lortrs," and 1
the tighter they are drawn the more 44 an ;
gi lie" they uppear?think they look
u isj'j/,) and the longer they make your
cali-. and /nr />armt!i> s<, whenever you see
a lady uhase waist is 4' but a span" shorten
y nr culls for the sake of suffering humanity
1 I he dear creatures cannot live
without breathing ! When hoops are not
in vogue you laugh at our slimncsa, and I
vi< i vcrs i when we try to spread ourselves
vou laugh the same. It our uro.es trail
you t ill us street sweepers ; jf they do i
not trail vou maliciously sav we wish to
show our?slippers. j i
You grow sentimental over carnation
clu'i n-i ami talk " beds ot roses. No
wonder ladits cultivate roses when they j
are such objects ut ultraetion and subject ,
ol 1l;?:Ming < fl'usion.- l.ct a richly dross- I
ed and highly rouged lady enter a bull '
room find how many masculine lips ex- '
claim," How divinely beautiful !'* "How
lovely and bewitching!"' and ' O what a
inucniHcent creature!" Some knowing j
old logy in the corner sarcastically mut- j
for.- fudge ! merely a magnificent bundle
ol dry goods !" That remark hails us
to bcliuvo he has been " taken in" n /<?
matrimony, by one of those bundles, and
experience has taught him the truth ol
the old proverb, " All is not gold (hat ,
glittors."
Now, gentlemen, bow and scrape to as
many hoops us you please, and follow with
your eyes us many trails as yuu please, but
don't praise us one minute and laugh at us
.1 rp?..l.. .1.- ... ... l - --- I
iiiu I ii/a i. i i iiiu jinn mminiuiMi ymi
sex better tlian we do when he cxcluiuied, ,
" O, consistency, tljou art a jewel 1''
The following advertisement appears in ;
an Arkansas paper: "Any gal what's got
a bed, a coffee pot and skillet, knows how
to cut out britches and take kcer of chil
ft An /tin lifit'it m U a..ri'in/lkj till .1-intk *.nrtn '
VlifMj VHIi Iiniv iuj WWI ' ?\ Wki Vi .aui |Jili !
both on u?."
Xbe Three ITIsIich.
There was once a wise emperor who
made a law, that, to every stranger who
came to his court, a tried fish should be
served. The servants were directed to
take notice if, when the stranger had eaten
the fish to the bone on otic tide, he turned
it over and began on the other side. It' he
did, he was to Lc immediately seised,
and, on the third day thereafter, he was
to be j at to death. Hut, by a great stretch
of imperial clemency, the culprit was per
initio I to utter one wish each day, which
the emperor pledged himself to grant, pro
vided it was not to spare his life. Many
had already perished in conse<|ucnco of
this edict, when, one day, a count .and his
2vuuu sou prescnicti tiicmselvus at court
The ti->h was served as usual, and when
ihc c unt had removed ali the Gsh from
ono side, lie turned it over, and was about
to commence on the other, when lie was
suddenly seized and thrown into prison,
and was told ol his approaching doom.
Sorrow stricken, the counts young son
besought the emperor to allow him to die
in the placo of his fither ; a favor which
the monarch pleased to accord him. The
count was accordingly released from prison
and his son was ihrowu into his coil in his
stead As soo:i as this had been done, the
young man said to his jailors : '* You know
1 have the right to make three demands
before 1 die; go and tell the emperor to
send me his daughter, and a priest to marry
us. The first demand was not so much
to the emperor's ta-te; nevertheless, he
r?.w v. i i- i *
en lmjuiiu iu Keep nis word, and, therefore,
complied with the request, to whioh the
princess Ik id no kiud of objection. This
occurred iti the times when kin*:* kept
tin ir treasures in a cave, or in u tower set
apart tor the purpose, like the Km* i'Mr of
Morocco in these days; and, 0:1 the second
day of his imprisonment, the youuar mau
demanded the kind's treasures ll his
tirsw demand was a bold one, the second
was not less so; still,an ?mpTor's word is
suered, au-1, having made the { remise, ho
was lorccd to keep it ami the tnasurcs of
gold arid adver were plac.'d at the prisoner's
disposal. Ou g< tting possession ot'
them, he distributed them { rolu^?ly among
the courtier?, and soon ho hud made a host
of friends by his liberality,
The ctupcror legan now to feel crcccdiugly
uncomfortable. I'nable to sleep, he
ro?e early on the third morning, and went,
with fear iu his heart, to the prison to hear
what the third wish was to he.
' Now," said ho to the prisonjr, * tell
uio v hat your third demand is, that it uiay
he granted at once, and y?u may he hung
out of hand, foi 1 am tired of your do
matids."
44 rfivc," answered his prisoner, 44 1 have
hut one mora favor to request ofy< ur majesty,
which, when you have granted, I
shall die content, k is merely that you
will cause the eyes of those who saw my
>k.fi I. ? ?
< ? *.! tuiU HIV *1311 UUT IU UU J1UI OUl.
" Very good," replied the emperor,
" your demand is but natural, and springs
from a good heart, litt the chamberlain
be seized," ho c.utinued, turning to his
guards.
' 1, sire !" cried the chamberlain ; " 1
did not sec anything?it was the steward."
44 Let the steward ho seized, then/' said
the king.
liut the steward j.iote.-tcd, with tears in
his eyes, that he had nut witnessed anything
of what had been reported, and said
it was the butler. The butler declared
that he had seen nothing <>t the matter,
mil tl?nf if '-1' *- ?
?.?.v %..MV * *1114)1, UUf V L". XII Ullf U1 HIU
valets. liut they protested that they were
utterly ignorant ot rhat had been charged
against the count ; in rhurt, it turned out
that nobody oould be found \th ? had seen
the count commit the oft'eue , upon which
the princess said :
" 1 appeal to you, my iathcr, as to another
holounn. If n .body saw the offence
committed, the count cannot be guilty, and
iny husban i is inn <. t;\"
The cn:j>eror lruwncd ; forthwith the
courtiers bi n to uiuiniur; then be smiled,
and iiiirn, ' : t' i 1 v' tlx'. ? !? ! ' - t.
radiant.
" I .ft it be so/' m J his majesty; let
liitn live, though 1 have j>nt many a man
to death twr u lighter iffoncc than his.
lint if he is not hung, ho is married. Justice
has been done."
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A Noni.fi Skni'imkm".?[it his reply to
the Montan a delegation, publish.* 1 yesterday
morning, the 1'rcsidcut made an utterance
which, we have 110 doubt, will he
remembered throughout future uenetations.
It is this : "1 teel that I can uffurd to do
iiL'lit: and so leelitt" (lod In in > ui'li ?> < I
o ' ----- n* - O *
intend to do light; and, so far a* in iuc
lies, I intend to administer this (JoYiminent
ujion the principles that lio at ;hc
foundation ul it." I his is the l.nigu ?_* ol
a noble patriot, an 1 deserve.-, the commendation
of the good men and true in overs
section of our country.
Soft Ginokriuifad.?Ono cup of molasses,
one of sour cream, two eggs, ono
teaspoon id soda, one of ginger. Mis
rather tiro.
Female Society.?We endorse every
word John Randolph said about lodiea'
aociety. Rend what he saje, young man,
l i v %
(ana acc accordingly :
" You know my opinion of female society.
W ithout it we should degenerate into
brutes. This observation applies with ten
! fold force to young and those who are in
the prime of manhood. For alter a ccitaiu
time in life, the literary man makes a shift
(a poor one, I giant,J to do without the
society of ladies. 'I o a young man nothing
i.s so important us a spirit of devotiou
| (next to his Creator) to some auiiab'e
| woman, whore image may occupy hit
! heart, and guard it trom pollution, which
. besets it on all sides A man ought to
I choose a wife us Mis. l'rimrose did her
i wedding gown, for qualities that " wear
well." One thing at least is true?that if .
1 matrimony has its cares, celibacy has no
1 pleasures. A Newton, or a more eminent
scholar, may find enjoyment in mcro
study ; a man of literary taste can receive
in books a powcrlul auxiliary, but a man
must have a bosom friend, and children
i around him, to cherish and support the
! dreariness of ago "
fireat crimes work great wrong, and
the deeper tragedies of human life spring
I 4V l..?..- ....- ; n..? ?..r.,i i
vim iij i*?i?\ i 1'a^iunoj uub viuiui uuu
most melancholy arc the uncatalogued
tragedies ihat issue from goesip and detraction;
most mournful the shipwreck often
made of noble natures and lovely lives by
the bitter winds and dead Mlt-wat;rs of
slander. So easv to say, yet so hard to
disprove?throwing on the innocent, and
I unishing them as guilty if unable to pluck
out the sting* they never Bee, and tosilenoo
words they never hear. Gossip and slander
arc the deadliest and crudest weapons
itiau has for his brother's hurt.
'1 he History of Mexico shows that during
the last forty ytars Mexico has bad
t llipfr H Tflilv ilifTiTAiif ffirtna nf tmirnrn.
loont,thirty two of which were" Republics,"
and seventy live lVcfideoto ! Its revolutions
during that time have amounted
to over two hundred. Many years
since a Mexican Protectorate was urged
upon the United States Senate by
General Houston, upon the ground that
tho Mexican people otherwise would fall a
prey to some European power. Tho project
was condemned and abandoned. But
perhaps in view of tho past aud present it
would have been well.
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When cares " like a wild deluge come,"
wnon ine soui i<> weary ana the burdens
are Ucuvy to bear, let us repose on that
one comforting fuct?tliat we cannot get
away, even it we would, from the love that
encircles ami pervades us. lielieve it or
not, God's promises never lail us; Iiis
j Almighty arms never cease to be about us.
; Sometimes, when low in tho dust, the
j earthly crosses and ini>fortune9, and the
soul darkened, we lose this sense oi the
' Divine care?God seems very far from us
then ; but when He seems farthercst IIo
i is really nearest.
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The Ctar has addressed a rescript to
the Government of Warsaw, promulgating
I .
i ;t scries ui euuoanonai measures to De car*
ried out iu Poland. Superior and clemen
tary j-chools arc to bo established for Poles,
(1 recks and Russians, and separate schools
lor Germans and Lithuanians. All scholars
1 will Lc taught the Polish and Russian his
tory and languages.
The religious instruction will be intrusted
to tho secular clergy of each respective
' denomination.
Where we to ask a hundred men who,
from small beginnings, have ut'ained A
condition of re* poet ability and influence,
to what they imputed their success in life,
tho general answer would be, " It was
fro u boing oarlv corspolled to think for
; and dor-cud ou ourselves."
(iinokn Cook u o.?Three tablespoons
of incited hu ur. throe of buttermilk; put
into a teacup; till up the cup with mclas80s,
one teaspoon of ?u la and one of ginger,-sur
with n spoon, and add a? little
Hour as possible, and roll out smoothly.
Wife (cotpla ningly:) ''I haven't more
than n third of the be 1." Ilu>band (triumphanlly:)
"That's all the law allows
you."
"What a Cue head your boy hue!" said
an hJimving friend.
"Yes," naid the father?"lie's a chip oflf
ili.1 4.1.1 block : aiut von 111 v hov ?"'
* % j y
i os, lather, replied the hoy, "teacher
said yesterday that I wa.s a j-ouncr block*
head I *
t As the qu-ckr-bt wry to make a fortune
a cotempoiai\ 'v.*gu6t? marrying a fashionable
young lady aiul selling her clothe*.
Frugality id u fair fortune, ami indtu*
tiy a good cbtatc.
'A..ii?ou U valuable in a*! kind*
cf b'islnc?s cxc^i V>"rc