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. - - ?S> ' . . ' - ~ . : ' / . ' #- " .? r . "|'V> - - - J -L'1 - .... r J...' !? ' ' 1 I tag is a a ? b iBfi ssaasaa. BY K. M. TRIMMIER. Devoted to Iidueatiov, Agricultural, Manufacturing and Mechanical Arts. $2.00 IN\A.DVANCE VOL XXIII. SPARTANBURG, 8. O., THURSDAY, 11 AY 3, 1806. NO 14 T II E I H r V B I. I 8 II r. I) K V K R T Thursday moiining, A T Two Dollars (Specie) in Advance. RATES OF ADVERTISING. ^iio Square, Firfit Insertion, $1 ; Sul>sequen Insertions, 75 cents. \ ? . , ?-am Tlio President'!* Speed*. On the 18th instant, in Washington a procession of soldiers and sailors waited on 3) !1 ?? T -1 - - i xtusiuuih .jonnson, loiiuenng mm tbcir grateful acknowledgements for his recent 'order giving preference in appointments to thoso who had pcrforrftod honorable service to the country in the army and navy. , Tt is not affectation in me to say that language is inadequate to convey the heart lelt feetihgs produced on this occasion by I your presence here, and by the prescnta tion ot your sentiments as expressed by you representative in his address, and in the resolutions which you have thought proper to adopt. I coufcss that in the peculiar posture of public affairs, your presence and address give encouragement and -confidence to me in my efforts to discharge the duties incumbent upon me as Chief Magistrate of the republic. And in what I have to say, I shall address you in the character of citizens, sailors and soldiers I shall speak to you in thoso terms, and none others. I repeat my thanks for the manifesta tion of your approbation und of your en coura^i'iiicut. \Ve are to day involved in one of the most critical and trying struggles that have occurred sinco this Govern moot was spokon into existence. Nations, -like individuals, must have a beginning? must have n birth. In stiuggling into existence, a nation passes through its first try rug ordeal. It is not necessary for uic now to carry vour minds back to the strugglo when this nation was born. It is net necessary lor rue to allude to the privations and hard ships of those who engaged in that struggle to achieve the national b'rth. It is not necessary to point to the bloc<3 shed und the lives lost in accomplishing that j result. The next ordeal through winch a 1 nation has to pass in which it is called up- ! -on to give evidence tliut it has strength, j capacity und power to uiaiatniu itself! umong the nations of the earth. In giving sueh evidence, we passed thro' ; the war of 1N12, and through the war j with Mexico; and we passed through all the struggles that huvo since occurred up to the beginning of the rebellion. That was our second ordeal ! Hut a n ition has ! ?:n i - - i ? .. . I auvviict IU.-5I atlll tU UllUUIg'', illlU I IIill IS lO give evidence to the nations of the earth, and to its own citizens, that it has power to resist internal iocs; that it has strength enough to put dowu treachery at home und treason within its own borders. [^Cheers.J Wc have commenced that ordeal, und I trust in God wo will pass through it sue cessfully. I feel complimented by the allusion of your representative to the fact that I stood in the Senate in 1 iSGU and 18G1, when tho nation was entering on this third ordcul, and raised my voice and hands against treason, treachery und traitors at hoinc. I stand here, to day, holding to and maintaining the same principles which 1 then enunciated. Wc are now in the nation's third ordeal. We are not yet through it. We said that States could not go out of the Union. Wo denied the doctrine of secession, and wc have demonstrated that we were right?wc demonstrated it by the strong arm. Yes, the soldiers and tho "sailors, God bless them, have demonstrated by their patiiotie hearts and strong arms that States have not tho power to leavo the Union. What followed ? The Confederate armies were overpowered and disbanded, and there was n willingness on tho part ot tho people ol those States to couie back, be obedient to the laws, and acknowledge the supremacy of the Constitution of our fathers. For what huvo wc passed through this third ordeal? It was to cstublish tho principle that no State had the power to break up Ibis Government. It was to put down the rebellion.. Tho rebellion has been r.m down, and for what? Wasit to destroy the States? (Voices " Norer.") For what have all those lives been sacrificed and ull ' this treasure expended ? Was it lor the purposo of destroying the States ? No; it was for the purpose of preserving the States in tho Union of our lathers. It was for that you fought; it was for that I toil cd; nut to break up the Government, but , to break down the rebellion and preserve ' tho union of these States. That is what we have been contending for, and to estab- 1 lish the fact that the nation can lift itself above and beyond intestine iocs and treason and traitors at houie. ?c? When the rebellion in Massachusetts was put down, did that put Massachusetts out ol the Union and destroy the Stato ? And when the Kbellion in Pennsylvania was put down, did that destroy the State and put it out of the Union '( So when the recent great rebellion was put down, and the Constitution and laws of tho country restored, the States engaged in it stood us part of the Union. The rebellion being crushed, the law being restored, the Constitution, being acknowledged, these States stand in the Union, constituting a part of tho glorious and bright galaxy of States. * We said to tho Postmaster Ooncral :? " Let the people have facilities for mail communication, and let them begin agaio to understand what we all feel and think? that we are one peoplo " We looked out again and saw that there was a blockade; that the custom houses were all closed. We said : " Open the door ol the custom house and remove the Llockude. Let trade, commerce and t! e pursuits of peace be restored;" anil it was done. We thus traveled on, step by step, opening up custom houses, appointing collectors, cstab lishiug mail facilitic, and restating all the relations that have been interrupted by the rebellion. Was there anything undertaken to be done here that was not authorized by the Constitution, that was not justified by the great necessities ot tho ease, that has not been clearly concurrent witli tuc Uonstitution and the genius and theory of our Government '/ (('licfers x What remained to be done'/ One other thing re mained to demonstrate to the civilized and Pagan world that we have passed successfully through the third ordeal of our na tionul existence, ami proved that our Govcrniucnt was perpetual. A great principle was to be restored which WH6 established in our revolution. When our fathers were contending against the power of Great Britain, what was one of the principal causes of their complaint'/ It was that they were denied representation. They complained of taxation without representation. One of the great priu cipl&s laid down by our fathers, and which tired their hearts, was, that there should he 110 taxation without representation, llpw, then, does the matter stand '/ Who has been usurping power, and who has boon defeating ttie operation of the t'onsttluaon/ And what now remains to he done to coin j pletc the restoration of these States to all their former relations under the Federal Government, and to finish the great ordeal through which we have been passing? It is to admit representation. And when we say, wiiuit representation in the constitutional ami law abiding sense, as was intended at the beginning ol the (lovernnient. And where do s that power liu .' The Constitution declares in express terms that each house, the Senate and House ol' It.-p rescntativcs, each acting for itself, shall be the judge of the returns, of election and qualifications of its own members. It is lor each house to settle that question under the Constitution, and under the solemn sanction of an oath ; and can wo believe that either house would udu it any member into its body to participate in the legisla tion of the country who was not qua'iticd, and tit to sit iu that body and participate in its proceedings ? They have the power ?not the two houses, but each houses, but each for itself. The Constitution further declares that no State shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate of the I nited Stales Without its consent. Then where do we ' stand? All that is needed to finish this great work of restoration is for the two houses respectively to determine these questions. "Oh !" but some will say, "a traitor might come in !'' The answer to that is : Each house must be the judge; and. if a traitor presents himself, cannot either houfc know that he is a traitor, and if he is a traitor, can they not kick him out of the door and send him back, saying to tho people who sent him, "Vou must send us a loyal man." Is there any difficulty ubout that ? [Cries of "No, no."} If a traitor presents himself to cither house, cannot that house say to hitn, "No, you cannot be admitted into this bodv. (in back. Wo will not deny your people of the right of representation, but they must send a ioyal representative." And when the States do send loyal representatives, can you have any better evidence ol their loyalty to the Constitution and laws? There is no one, learned in constitutional law, who will suy that if a traitor happens to get into Congress the body cannot expel him after he gets in. That makes assurance doubly sure, and conforms the action of the Government to the Constitution of our fathers. Ilenoc, I say, let uh stand by that Constitution, and in standing by it the covenant will be preserved. While 1 have been Contending against traitors and treason and secession, and the dissolution of the Union, I have been contending at the same time against the consolidation of power hero [Cries of'good.'] I think the consolidation of power hero is m|U;tiiy dangerous with (ho separation of the States. The ono would weaken us and might run into anarchy, while the other ! wonld concentrate and run into monarchy. ' O, but there in an idea Abroad that one man can be a despot; that one man be tisnrpcr, but ft hdftdrcd or ttor? hundred meu ! cannot. Mr. Jefferson, the apostle of liberty, | tells us, so does common seuso, that tyranny 1 and despotism can be exercised by many more vigorously and more tyiannically than illV nnn \V li.it nftwui* t>-?1.1 ? * J V..V. ?? %? I'WUVI UUO JVUI I 1 l^HICUI to bo a tyrant ? What can he do ? What ' | can lie originate? Why, they say he ex- I i erciscs the veto power ! What is the veto | power? ("A voice?*'to put down the nigger." Laughter.] I In olden times, when tribunes wore first elected in the 1 toman Republic, they stood at the door of the Roman Senate, which ( was then over reaching on the popular : rights, and putting the heel ol power on the necks of the people. The people chose a tribune and placed him at the door of the Senate, so that when that body ncnturcd an oppressive act he was clothed 1 with power to say 1 veto"?I forbid. Your President is now the tribuno of the people, and thank (lod, 1 am, and 1 intend to assert the power which the people have placed in me [Cheers.] Your President, standing here day after day, and discharging his duty, is like a horse on the tread-wheel; and because be dares to differ in opinion iu regard to pub lie measures, lie must be denounced as a usurper and tyrant. Can he originate any thing under the veto power? 1 think the veto power is conservative in its character. ! All that can be done by the veto power is to say, when legislation is improper, hasty, unwise, unconstitutional, "stay, stop action. Wait till this can be submitted to the people, and let tlieiu consider whether it is right or wrong." That is all there is in it. Hcncc T say that tyranny any power can be exercised somewhere else than by the Executive, lie is powerless. All that he can do is to cheek legislation?to hold it in a state ot obeyancc till the people can consider and understand what is being done. Then, what, has been done? I have done what 1 believed ?ho Constitution required roc to do. 1 have done what I believed duty and conscience required tee to do. Ho believing, 1 intend to stiel to my position, relying on the judgment, integrity, and the intelligence ul tho masses o! the American people?the soldiers and sailors expressly. As the President closed his speech, he was loudly and continuously cheered. The band pertorincd some more patriotic airs, ami the immense crowd dispersed. ? ? Tiik Vicissitudes of Life.?There died in this city, a few days ago, a woman who e lite has been a strange admixture of good and ill fortune?ot opulence and inr" L digence. Her name was Louisa olcyco, a 1 native ol Canada, and descended from a| very old family of that time. She came 1 to St. Louis from Canada some forty five years ago, being at that time, a young lady, to pay a visit to some relatives in that city. While there she was a great deal in society, and met a man of whom she became enamored, and finally eloped with him to New Oilcans. Kvery inducement was held out by her lricnds lor her return, but she refused to listen to their counsels. To avoid their constant solicitations she with her paramour removed to Kuatan Island, in the Hay of Honduras, and in time became Very Wealthy. Iter botrayor dying tin re, she was stripped of her property by an unprincipled rogue of an Englishman, and was forced to depend upou the charity of the , captain of n fruit schooner fur a passage to the States. She arrived in New Orleans about tl irty years ago. pcnnilcos, and has at one time since then been possessed of property to the amount of over *?1<>0,UU0 ; but misfortune again overtook her and she died destitute, at the age of sixty fine. Jfcfcifi' Tribune. Lawks'Fair Histi kukij.?Last night, about half-past eight o'clock, considerable excitement?during which one lady fainted?was created in the rooms, corner ol King and Koyal streets, for which a fair for the benefit of the Methodist Kr i.-:conal Church, South, is now being held, by tfle | appearance there ol a ssjuad of soldiers, j who inarched in, preceded by the Cnited States flag. They demanded the instant removal of the pictures, representing (ienerals Lee and Stonewall Jackson, which were on exhibition there, threatening, in Case of rclusal, to tear them down themselves. Fearing a disturbance, and wishing to avoid any ting out of which political capital could possibly be manufactured in this transition stage in the country's histo ry, the managers ol the lair complied with the demand, and the obnoxious likenesses were taken from their position ou the wall. ?Alexandria (jazcttc, llith. In blowing off a steam boiler, under a moderate pressure, after the water has us caped, the hand may be held without in convunieneo in the dry steam which follows; when, however, the stoatu begins to come u.. u1....t.. .... . . i - 1 - - I n?/ nr. ?U ll?4VC IIINC IU l/VIIUl IIMI U|I'JI1 the hand, the latent heat, not until then disengaged, \% ill scald severely. Tile Kttlmln MIIIS. We hud occasion, a lew days ago, says the Charleston News, to rei?c to this new enterprise, now in progress in the western part of our State. Since thon we have learned some futher particulars, which may be oi interest to some of our readers. The mills are being erected by a chartered company, whose capital is hall a million ot dollars, but they have the privilege of increas:? i"t ? iji It iu inij lilllllOUS. The company owns about six thousand acres of land on House Creek, between lands of Hath Caper Mills and (Jranitevillo Manufacturing Company. On tho laud there is ample water power for all purposes of the company, and numerous springs of the purest water, which is indispensable in bleaching cloth and making paper. Their springs at one place form a body oi water twenty feet deep, aud so pure that the smallest objects can be seen at the bottom. All the buildings are being constructed in the plainest but mo6t durable form ot brick, with tin and slate roofs, and arc in the most improved modern style. The factory buildings arc immediately on the South Carolina Railroad, nine miles from Augusta, and the dwelling houses on high table land, a lew hundred yards distant. lJoth houses and factories will be lighted with gas, and the factories heated by steam. . Ml the machinery is driven by water power. The situation is one ol the very beat that can be obtained, both on the score of convenience and health. The machinery in the cotton mill consists of ten thousand throstle spindles, to spin the warp, and ten thousand self-acting mul spindles, to spin the filling, and live hundred looms, to work up their productions. The company also proposes to add blenching machinery to bleach their cloth, which will mainly consist of the finer grades of shirting, print good3 and long cloth. There is one large eighty four inch Foudenicr paper mill for making printing paper, and one forty-two inch machine for making the finest writing papers. All the machinery is the very best that can be got in Emrlaiid, ami has been all specially tr>a nutucturcd to the order of the {'resident of the Company, who went abroad last suin mer lor this purpose. Kvorvthing " '.!! he fini^ho-1 and in war king order within the next four months. The Officers of the Company are: Benjamin F. Kvans, President. K. Jj. Korvison, Treasurer. I 'i r koto its.?John W. (Irady, Benjamin Mordecai, and I?r J. .J. Cliisolm. John L. Branch, Chief Engineer. Monky.?Men will work for it, fight for it, beg for it, steal for it, starve for it and die for it. And all the while, from the cradle to the grave, nature and God are thundering in Our cars the solcmu question, 14 What shall it profit a man, it he gain the whole world nnd lose his own soul ?" This madness for money is the strongest and lowest of the passious ; it is the insatiate Moloch of the human heart, before whose remorseless altar all the finer attributes of humanity are sacrificed. It makes merchandise of all that is sac-red in human affections, and even traffics in the awful solemnities of the eternal. ?w# ? A Li:cii? Explanation.?1 Mother,' said little Nod, one morning, after having fallen out of bed. *1 think 1 know nlm I ?J fell out of boil last night. It was because I slept ti-o near where I gut in.' Musing u little while, as if in doubt whether he had given the right explanation, he added 'No, that wasn't the reason, u was because I slept too near where 1 fell out.' *?-<^??? Personal respectability is totally independent of a largo income. Its greatest -.ecrot is self respect. Poverty can never degrade those who never degrade themselves by prctcnco or dupli-ity. m m ? lie was justly accounted a skillful poisoner, who destroyed bis victims by boqucts of lovely and fragrant flowers. The art lias not been lost; nay, it is practised every day by?the world.?[Bishop Latimer. In extent of territory, Russia is the fir?t empire on the globe ; (Jrent Britain the second, and Brazil the third. Brazil has f>7 1 ,*35 souarc miles more than the I'nitod States, ami a population of P,150,000. lie alone is wise who can accommodate himself to all tho contingencies of life; but the Pool contends, and is struggling like a swimmer against the stream.?[Prom the Latin. It is folly for men of merit to think cs capiug censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. Fabius Muximus fluid he was a greater coward that was afraid of roproach than he that fled from his enemies. A Tastf. of Wok.?1 clasped her tiny hand in mine, 1 clasped her beauteous form:! I vowed to shield her from the world's cold storm. She sot her beauteous eyes on me, the teats did wildly llow, and with her little lishe said,'?Confound you, let mc go 1" Want's a Wide. ^ The following advertisement recently appeared in a St. Louis p&per t Wanted.?1 havo lived solitary long enough. I want someone to talk at, quarrel with?then kiss and make up again. Therefore I am ready to receive communications from young ladies and blooming widows of more than average respectability, tolerable tame in disposition, and hair of any color. ? As nearly as I judge of myself, I am not over eighty nor under twenty-five years of age. 1 atn five i'cct eight, or eight ieet live, I forget which. Weigh 135, 315 or 531 pounds, ouo of the three; I recollect each figuro?j>erfocUy well, but as to their true position. 1 am somewhat puzzled. Have a wholo sftit of hair dyed by nature and free fVora dandruff. Kycs buttermilk brindlc, tinged with pea gtecn. Noeo blunt, according to the Ionic order of architecture, with a touch of the composite and a mouth between a catfish's and an alligator's?made especially for oratory and tho reception of large oysters.?Ears palniatcd, long and elegantly shaped. My hair is a combination of dog's hair, moes and briar brush?well behaved, fearfully luxuriant. 1 am Bound in limb and on tho negro question. Wear boots No. 9. when corns are troublesome, and can write poetry by the mile, with double rhyme on both edges ?to read backwards, towards, crosswise or diagonally. Cun play tho Jews' harn or La.** drum and whistle Yankee Doodle in Spanish. Am very correct in my morals, and first-rate at ten pins ; have a great regard for the Sabbath and never drink unless invited. Am a domestic animal, am perfectly docile when towels arc clean and shirt buttons all right. Ill possess a pre cminating virtue it is of forgiving every enemy*whom I deem it haxardous to handle. I say my prayers every nigtot, musquitoes permitting; as to whether I snow in my sleep I want somebody to tell. Money is no object, as 1 never troubled with it, and never expect to be. 1 should like some lady who is perfectly able to support a husband, or ii she could introduce mo to a family where religious example would be considered sufficient compensation fur board, it would do just as well. ? On Marrying. Some fellow who seems to think well of the 'institution/ discourses of marrying. Hear him : (let married young nun, and be auick about it, too 1 Don't wait for the Millenium, hoping that the girls may turn to angels, before you trust yourself with one of them. A pretty thing you'd be along side an angel, wouldn't you?you Drute I Dont wait another duy, but right now?this very night ask some nice, industrious girl, to go into partnership with you to help clear your pathway of thorns, and plant it with dowers. Suppose she 'kicks' you, don't you know, you blockhead, that there is such a thing as trying again, and that the 'minnows' having bitten at the hook and ran away, there is now a chanco to catch a better tisb 7 Marrying wont hurt you?it won't. It'll sow thu buttons on your shirt, and mend your breeches and your manners too?it will 1 Going to get out of this subjugated country, and try your fortune in Mexico or Uracil, are you? Well, if you will go, take somebody with you who will lovoand care for you, where all others may bo indifferent to your welfare. But dou't go? at least for a time. Get married ! There mver was a better time, for we are ail subjugated rebels together, and no ono will 'make remarks' about the scantiness of your ward robe, or tho coarseness of vour furniture. You can but tho wood and she can do tho cooking, with a nice little stovo that won't cost much. Plenty ol f'rccdwomen to wash and iron, and clean up generally. Stop your whining about being poor, and get married ! Stop drinking whiskey, chewing and smoking tobacco, and playing cards, and save tho money thus foolishly?worse than foolishly spent. Your wile?that is to bo ?will take care of your savings, and furnish you in return with woman's affection, and pure coffee to warm your froacn nature. tiet married?you esj>ccially who are in the "scar and yell w leaf" of bachelorism, and if you don't may ybu freeze to death some of these cool nights. You ought to freezo, you good for-nothing buttonlcss creature ! A greenhorn standing by a sewing machine at which a handsome young lady was at work, looking alternately at tho machino and its fair operator, at length gave vent to ms uumiration witb: "lty golly ! its purty, 'specially the part kivcred with oaliker." A Frenchman, who promised to establish a school, hearing that a high school would be more respectably patronized, took a room in tho garret of a four story boose