The Carolina Spartan. (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, May 10, 1866, Image 2
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>. M. TRINHIER, EDITOR.
T>iir?Oyt Way 1Q, 18687
FiMral Notice.
The Friend* and Acquaintances of Ma. and
& Mm. J. Mils* L**t are requested to attend
tbe Funeral services of their Infant Son from
their residence this (Wednesday) Afternoon at
4 o'clock.
|^1b consideration of the great demand for
ingle eoplee of our paper, In oonsequence of a
want of mail faoilitiee, we will issue a number
Of eoplee every week roa s alk. We do this
for the accommodation of those living in sections
of the district where there are no mails,
and who occasionally have, opportunities of
getting papers from this Office. Persona will
Veatember thai they can get any number of
eoplee, weekly from this office, they may order.
Frequently we have application for si*a lb
copies, which we cannot furnish, as our issue
was alone for regular subsoribore.
MP* Mas. BcTLsa and her pupils return
Uteir united thanks to Mr. and Mre. Irwin,
Mr. 8myth and the Marshal's, Messrs. Dean,
Irwin, Loekwood and Williams, for their valuable
assistance in their May-day oelebration,
aad to escA friend who kindly aided them in
decorating the room.
A New Garrison.
We have been for a few days without the
"bayonets," but Tuesday evening Capt. N. K.
Rein arrived with a garrison for this place,
numbering we understand, about twety-flve.
Decorating Confederate Graves.
The soldiers's graves in our Tillage graveyard,
were visited by many ladies of our town
on the first of May, and covered with wreathe
of flowers. We cannot adequately express our
great admiration of this touching and patriotic
aet of our ladies.
The citizens of Greenville, Alabama, in a
public meeting, says the Columbia Carolinian,
' resolved to dedicate the first of May to the
memory] of the soldiers who are buried in the
graveyards of Greenville. Business of every
kind was suspeuded, and the oitixens and the
children of the schools went quietly to the
oemeteries with wreaths of flowers to deck the
soldiers' graves."
We also notice a dispatch from Augusta,
April 26, which reads: "To-day the graves
of the Cenfederate dead, buried near this city,
were visited and decorated by the ladies. The
stores were closed during the patriotic ceremony."
Are there any who read these lines who do
not feel an emotion stirred within them by their
beantiftil and touching sentiment. How silent,
yet how expressive is this beautiful tribute to
our lamed and honored dead! Were it possible
to conceive a scene more impressive or language
more pathetic than that conveyed in
this silent impressive oercmony. To see our
people thus devoting this holy-day?this day of
gaiety and joy?in paying homage, in this quiet
way, to the memory of these who gave their
lives to their oountry, conveys an impression
that "Words cannot with equal warmth declare,
-?the silent heart its deep emotions bear !"
We hope that an annual dedication of this day
made to this "labor of love."
<l> 1^1
Friday Evenlcf at the Palmetto
llall.
At Palmetto Hall on Friday evening, a large
assemblage met to witness the beautiful ceremonies
of ;he coronation of the "queen of flow
an," and to participate in the mirth and festivities
of (he evening. All suitable arrangements
had been made for the performance of
the programme of the evening, and the Ilal1
was beautifully decorated with appropriate
transparencies and festoons of flow en and evergreens.
At the appointed hour tue Queen ent?fa
'1, with grace and majesty, accompanied by
her tm> of fair attendants. The coronation
was perfot.^od with the usual imposing stato
and regalia 0 f sovereignty and royally. The
courtly ceremony was handsomely perfot ued
by all who played apart. The speeches of the
Crown-bearer," "Crowner," and "Queen/'
were all appropriate and fitly spokon. Esther*,
"the beautiful q noon," could not have been
more beautiful, and with more modest dignity
assumed the puno.'ilio of royal state, and
better commanded (L o homage and fealty of
her subjects, than the queen of tho evening.
The showtr of adulations to her beauty and
majesty were received, in a manner well comporting
with her representative character, in
oomplimeat of whioh no remark was extravagant.
The "Maids of Honor,'" who oomposed
the retinue, we must say, presented a scene of
graceful forms and pretty faces it is seldom our
good fortune to witness. With all .'his was
blended the beauty and grace of onr tow n, in
the large attendance of those who had mat to
witness and participate in the pleasures of (be
evening. The following wore the principle
oharaoters :
Miss Emma Bitixos, Queen.
MissLAunACuvsi.axd, Miss Qcssia Moors,
Miss Bus Smith, Miss RaanocA Cabsox, Miss
Cattib InwiR and Miss Illa Bora, Maids of
Honor.
Mr. W. M. Pr.KMixo, Crowner ; Mr. Haery
Qrimball, Crown bearer; Mr. Ciumuts Walkbb,
Herald.
Upon the timely announcement by the Herald
that the ceremonies of the coronation were
ended, the "giddy danoe" was commenced, and
tie twirl of the "light fantaetio toe" was, after
a time, interrupted by a summons to a riehly
tad an table, whioh was not the least interesting
of the evening's programme. There was nothing
wanting to make everything go "blithe,
jocund and gay!"
Concert and Coronation.
The extensive programme, below, will give
oar reader* some adequate idea Of the grand
concert, and coronation by Mr. Hmdsksoji and
his pupils, on Wtdonday evening, the 2d. in.
tant. The Court room was crowded to overflowing,
and each duett and song receivad from
the audience their warmest and most enthusiastic
plaudits. We confess to a want of that
musical discrimination which would enable us
to speak aptly of the merits of the respective
performances, but are warranted in saying,
that the whole was not only a success, but one
of the richest vocal and instrumental entertainments
of the kind we have had the pleasure
of eqjoying. Some of the pieces wero so entrancing
aud so artistically executed, that the
most cultivated ear was charmed, and the soul
held spell-bound by the fascinating " concord
of sweet sounds."
To individualise would be improper, we apprehend,
unless we oould present the claims of
the several performers to tho public approval
in such manner as to do each full justice. We
cannot forbear a passing expression, however,
as to the coronation. The ceremonies were so
imposing and so suitable, that eye and ear wit
ucoa ien mm me arrangements oespone a Ulie
highly creditable to all who assisted in the inauguration
of this most beautiful entertainment.
Tho little girls who pcrsouated the
flowers, most modestly, yet distinctly ,asserted
their claims to the throne, and most gracefully
bowed acquiescence to the floral edict, when
pronounced that, the Hose should be Queen.
Miss Mary Ella Massie, who was invested
with the iusignia of royalty, handsomely received
the crown and sceptre, and made a most
beautiful address to her subjects. The address
by C. P. Lessksnb, on behalf of the nobility,
was not only fltly spoken, in clear and audible
tones, but in a smooth and graceful manner.
The whole performance evinced a thorough
knowledge on the part of Mr. and Mrs. IIekdebsow,
not only of what is necessary for tho
delight of children, but how to blend the most
difficult pieces of musio in such a way as to
gratify the most appreciative audience. We
append the programme of the evening wiLhout
a detailed comment, which would extend this
notice to a length our space will not admit.
1. Grand March from "The Prophet"?Piano
Duet?Miss Walker and Mr. Henderson.
2. Hong?Indians Prayer?Miss Ncsbitt,
3. Variations on Theme?Do they miss mo at
Home?Miss Laura Maxwell.
4. We are the flowers, the fair young flowers,
Chorus?by Children.
5. Fanfare Militaire?Piano solo?Miss Loiuax.
fl. Maying?Vocal Trio?Miss Walker, Mrs
Henderson, and Mr. Henderson.
T.Galopode Quadrille?Trio for Piano?Miss
Mary lloyd, Ida Walker and Clara Maxwoll.
8. Chorus?Who shall be Queen of the flowers ?
y. Misa Carrie Arnold who personifies the cro
cus, sets forth her claims to regal honors
In an address.
30. Peony, personated by Miss Minnie Boyd
appears as a rival to the crocus.
11. Miss Nannie Milsler rebukes both the crocus
and peony for their vanity.
12. Miss Ilattie Vernon personating thejaponica,
claims the honor of being Queen.
18. The Sun flower personated by Miss Florence
Walker, dedans herself to be the
rightful sovereign.
14. Miss UeView Nesbilt calls for the Lily and
Violet personated by Miss Ida Walker and
Miss Lela Lesscsnc.
16. They come forth, and, in concert, declare
they are not aspirants to the throne.
16. The Rose is by unanimous acclamation
chosen Queen.
17. Coronation and address by Miss MaryBoyd.
18. Presentation of Sceptre, and address byMiss
Alice Arnold.
19. Address by Charles P. Lessesne on behalf
of the Nobility.
20. Queen's Address?Miss Mary E. Massic.
21. Chorus?Long live our Queen with echo
22. A page is dispatched from Her Koyal Highness
to the teachers, requesting that some
of the school songs be sung in the Koyal
presence which is done.
23. Little Augusta Teppe recites a little song
about bcr school, which is sung in chorus.
24. By request, Misses Alice and Sallie Barnett
recite a dialogue on the social position
of the school teacher.
25. 8trakosch Magie bell?Piano solo?Miss
Moore.
26. Schulcrt's Serenade?Vocal solo?Miss
Walker.
27. By request?The Sensitive Coon
28. Grand Trio for Piano?Overture Barbierc
do Seville?Misses Moore, Louinx and
Walker.
For the Carolina Spartan.
Mr. Editor: It was our fjrtune to be one
t/.f an invited company to the School's reception,
&t the house of Professor H kkdruso*. on
Thurso'?y evening last, and to us it was indeed
a season of pleasure. The school room was
thrown o,"on to childish sport, and there for a
time we ret urned to boyhood, the Merry Ring,
Blind Man's Buff, and other games were cn
gaged in with all the spirit of " Auld Lung
Syne." About 2 1 o'clock, "supper'' wu? announced,
and otu ideas of "supper" were
somewhat altered, lately being rather constrained
in that " lime -honored institution,"
We found tables actually' groaning under a
weight of good things, and of which all partook
with npparent delight. Tht company then
returned to the Evening's recri'otion, and listened
to the humorous songs of .'he Profes or
and the children's lively strains. We returned
to our homo foeling that life as it w?'s was still
extant. HARRY.
Th* Cholbsa.?The New York Herald of
May 1, says :?No fresh oases of cholera have
been received on board the hospital ship .Falcon
since the lost report. Four deaths took
place on Sunday, and Dr. Bissell reported lLal
the condition of those remaining in the hospital
has much removed. The Health Officer,
Dr. Swinburne, calls the attention of pilots
and masters of vessels to the fact that it is a
violation of law to throw any refuso ma tier
overboard inside of Sandy Hook.
The production of petroleum for the current
year is estimated at 2,8*0,000 barrels. In two
months New York received no less than 186,682
barrels.
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For the Carolina Spartan. i
"Walt and be Patient " |
History for agon has unfolded her revelations i
to mankind?day after day, measuring up cen- ^
turies and consigning them to eternity?reveals ?
the desperate struggles between the good and t
the eviL That people is wise who oan tako the i
anumaras pointing to the good! Solomon Mid: *
"The thing that hu been, it i? that whioh shall J
be ; and that which is done, is that which shall b
be done, and there is nothing new under tho 1
son 1" The evil passions of men?the mythical
Pandora * Box" of the ancient heathen?have ?
filled this beautiful planet of ours with all of t
God's denunciations Looking back, we see 1
Adam in ".God's image " standing forth, the
im personification of majestic purity ; wo see t
him falling from this stature, like "Lucifer, the c
morning star, never to rise again!" His 1
mantle of disgrace dropped upon posterity? *
from this time "man's inhumanity to man made t
countless millions mourn !" Coming down 8
further, the "Dark Ages" had spread over the
earth its black pall; through its rents myths,
mixed up with glimmerings of truth, ahowed
us tnan again striving for the unknown aud
clutching at power to oppiess, Nations ugitatod
by wars abroad or faciions at home Kmpires
reeling and toppling down beneath the power
of might. Chaos come again! The Mediaeval
Age, next floats before us with its great efforts
at reconstructing the acts of mankind?Religion.
Science and Arts, struggling with the
base passions, and effecting to blend tlie true,
useful and good with the rugged manners of (
the times. 8ince then other ages stalk before
us with its blood-stained history, recording on
its pages, nations battling with nations, and em.
pires gone down, erimsoned with human gore
ntul agonised with human shrieks. Rut pass
on, aud come down to the Rritish Isles. Her
people, from whom we have sprung, havo
waded for centuries through blood?a decade
hardly passing through its cycle without recordiug
on its pages, hecatombs of human sao
rifices to the restless and mad ambition of now
( (
er. The oppressors and the oppressed, reck- i
lestdy contending with their ("words for rights '
assumed or possessed. The land of Fenian, 1
% i
stript of its birthright and consolidated to nno- ]
titer, nl this day stands ready in arms to cut i
herself adrift. The canker worm has been at I
work for years! Milesian brethren, how we J
now can feel for you ! How wo now cau un- <
derstand thy undying hate?such as 11atnilea
swore 'his sons on his country's ultar!
Our own land?once tho boasted refuge for the J
oppressed?the '-Hail Columbia ' is now going |
through another of its transitioned states. The t
Hydra head of party, flushed by its success anil
conquests, demands acquiescence to all of its
overt and unconstitutional acts. The author
of the Spirit of Laws" says, Great success,
especially when owing to the people, swells
them so high with pride that it is impossible to
manage them. Jealous of their magistrates,
they soon become jealous likewise, of the magistracy
; enemies to those that govern, they
soon prove enemies to the Constitution.'* Hut
let us wait and be patient?put on the panoply
of the christian, never having our iuith shaken
in God's providence. The love of ones country,
we know, is a high moral quality. It lias
been indoctrinated in its front so early a period,
that language, through the long vista of time,
has handed down to us the axiom?"Didec tl
decorum, t*t pro patria tnori." It becomes a
higher moral courage to live for our country
through all of its humiliation of defeat and op
pression. We, as a people, have felt the Lit tern
ess of blasted hopes, and ha\ e seen the
ruthless hand of power impinged on nil we held
most dear and sacred liut wail und be patient
! Other nation.- have gone through these
tribulations. Macauly in hi- Lttglish history,
makes three fourths of 4 voluimts bla/.e with :
grnpic descriptions of " wars and rumors of '
wars," uud looking as it were, front his stand
point, with his mental telescope cast upon
America, he foresaw the shadows of thinzs
illm have recently happened. Writing of the
time wltcu Jutncs the Second brought over
Irish troops to garrison London, ha uses the
following language: "llie Mood of the whole
nntion hoilcd nt the thought. With Frenchmen
und bpaniurds we had been accustomed to
treat on e<|u:il terms. We had sometimes on
vied their prosperity, sometimes dreaded their
power, sometimes congraulatcd ourselves on
their friendship. In spiteof our unt?ciitl pride,
we admitted that they were great nations, and
that they cuii'.d boast of men eminent in the
arts of war and peace. Hut to be subjugated
by an inferior caste, was a degradation beyond
all other degradation. Tho English felt as the
white inhabitants ot Charleston and iNon Orleans
would feel, if those towns were occupied
by negro gartisous!" Look on this history,
inv Irish brethren, and yon will find the I'uri
tans of New Lngiuml, putting your social status
ou the sauic fooling. Macauluy's vision has
become a reality, lint wait and bo patient.
We are going through a probations of (iod's
dispensations. We have not appreciated tho
many mercies showered upon us; even now,
in this deepest of all humiliatiwn, is there no
'balm in (Jilcud for us?" Can we not see in
this seperation from the North we are freed
from the glut of mendacious power, political
intrigue and sin ? Open your eyes and see the
success of party ignoring truth, ami rushing
wildly over constitutional powers. Tneir will
is the law?the Constitution is a rope of sand?
fanatics with Alectos' torch, burning up tho
Alexandrine library ! Years to build?one
hour's innducss to topple down ! The great j
Southern heart has spilt its best blood, and now i
has almost ceased to beat under this terrible
humiliation. But God reigns !
We as a people, have been proud of our history,
and we went into this war with a lordly
self reliance, without asking the blessings of |
God, and trusting in our own self-sufficiency. |
We doubted if there hail been a solitary individ- I
tial in (lie whole South, who forgot hiut*elf, i ,
vthilM, with the faith of a child, he invoked the I Messing*
of (iod on his country. Think of | ,
thfcie matters, my countrymen, and when the ,
dec}' spirit of revenge for mortification, defeat,
and humiliation, stir you up to an in*ane redress.
Oo to your chambers, ami like lieiekiah ]
of old, and apread your grievance* before Al- i
mighty Qod! We know that the North, in the i
fluah ol power, has demanded from us, appa- 1
*
?nUy, more than human nature can endure;
tut turn to your Bible for coneolation. There
'ou will find their beat men exiled, persecuted,
tilled. So much so that yoa will fiud the
tpostles speaking of citizenship as a place only
n Heaven. They had all the better love of
ountry, but hated and despised, their aspiraions
mounted higher, Whenever our distress
s mocked, and we are told to reeant our dirg
is and to sing paeans to the glorious Union, we
tan repeat the language of the psalmist, in his
listress ' By the rivers of Babylon, there wo
at down?yea we wept, when we remembered
Sion." We hanged our harps upon the wiU
owe, in tho mid-*t thereof. For they that caried
us away captive, required of us a song ;
uid they that wasted us required of us mirth,
"sing us one of the songs ofZionV
low shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange
aud? If 1 forget thee. Oh, Jerusalem, let my
ight hand forget lis cunning. If 1 do not reuember
thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof
if my mouth : if 1 prefer not Jerusalem above
ny chie joy!" The true grief a christian peo>le
is sublime?earnestly directed, it elevates
>oor, fallen human nature, raising us above
lie ills oflife, nnd halfway cmplants us on the
bores or Eternity ' EXPECTO.
Civil Authority Fully RestoredThe
following is the order referred to by us,
ays the Charleston News, on Friday as having
>ccn issued by command of the President. It
dearly defiues the extent of military authority
ind restores all the privileges and protection
if the law (God be thanked) to all citizens who
tave no connection with either the army or
iavy. At length we breathe freely :
WAR DEPARTMENT, \
Adjutant Qnnui Office, y
Washington, May 1, 1866. )
[General Orders, No. 26.]
Whereas some military commanders are embarrassed
by doubts as to the operation of the
proclamation of the President, dated the 2d
lay of April, I860, upon trials by military
sourts-marlial and military commissions. To
remove such doubts, it is ordered by the ITcsilentthat?
Hereafter, whenever offences committed by
:ivilianH are to be tried where civil tribunals
ire in existence which can try them, their
rases are not authorized to be, and will not be,
Drought before military courts-martial or commissions,
but will be committed to the proper
:ivil authorities. This order is not applicable
lo camp followers, as provided for under the
10th Article of War, or to contractors and others
specified in section 16, Act of Ju'y 17, 18412,
ind sections 1 and 2, Act of March 2, 1863.
Persons and offences cognizable by the Kules
ind Articles of War. aud by the Acts of Con
;ress above cited, will be continued to be tried
ind punished by military tribunals as pret-crib
?d by the Hules and Articles of War and Acts
>f Congress, hereinafter cited, to wit:
Sixtieth of the Rules and Articles of War.?
All Millets and retainers to the cauip, aud all
persons whatsoever serving with the armies of
he United Stales in the field, though not on
iste<! soldiers, are to l?e subjected to orders,
recording to the rules and discipline of War.
*?***?
By order of the Secretary of War.
K. I>. TOWM8EKD,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Ti:e Daukik os the Rampage.?The col
urcd population are begiuning to feel their
civil rights. Wc hear of four or live ef thoru
promenading into a fashionable restaurant
lilting down among white latlies and gentle
men and appealing to the Civlil Rights bill to
protec' them from ejectment. This little game
will probably be tried at our churches, theatres
ind other places of resort, and it will cause
lome temporary inconvenience and annoyance
?but in course of time all these things will
settle themselves and the darkies will be quiet
ly regulated by the force of public opinion.
Rut perhaps the most amusing instance of
the civil rights furor is the presentation to the
Senate of a petition, signed by a couple dozen
larkies, for the expulsion of Senator Davis, of
Kentucky. This abMtrb petition, with such
names as "Ram." "Jeff.* " Has," Bill." and
" Clem," attached, whs gravely presented by
the irrepressible Sumner, and the Senate as
gravel;- referred it to the Judiciary Committee
Instead of laying it on the table, or under the
able, or in the waste basket. Wc dot not say
hat Senator Davis does not deserve this token
of remembrance from the children of Africa,
Tor he has been pretty hard upon them iu his
time; but certainly the Senate ought to have
sufficient respect for its own dignity not to en
rottrage such petitions and petitioners.?JV. T
HnaUL
Daiuku Uoiiniuv.?Six burglars entered the
residence of the cashier of the Harrison National
Batik of t'adis, Ohio, booked and gnggid
hat gentleman, aud compelled his wife to deliver
up the keys of the bank and saro. l'ro
seeding then to the bank, they effected au enhance
without much difficulty, and robbed the
afe of three hundred thousand dollars in
United States bonds arid about fifty thousand
tollers in deposits. After locking the watch
nun iu the safe they made'good their escape
in a hand car, culling the telegraph in two
laces Tlic rubbers abandoned the hand car
u a station near Alexandria, ou the Pittsburg
tnd Columbus Railroad, and took to the
*oo<U. The surrounding country has been
iroused, ami a large force lias bceu iu pursuit.
Twenty 'hcusand dollats reward is offered for
he arrest of the robbers.
Radical Logic ?The New York Tribune of
t recent date savs: "If you want cotton and
obucco aud sugar and rice, you must treat the
negro] prtduccrs as huuian being- or you
uay bid a long farewell to those products.
To which the New York News pertinently
cplies by saying : "\\'c suppose the Tribune
will hardly deny that, in times past, the South
produced large nmounts of the four great sialics
named; aud, if the Tribune's authority be
:orrect, it follows that, during those years,
icgrocs must have been treated as 'human
eings.' What, then, is the value of all the
Tribune's bowlings about the cruelties praoiced
on the 'chattels 1'"
fioCTiii us HKrnKsKsrATios.?A respectable
Yiend of the Richmond Dispatch suggests how
lie Southern Representatives may gain admislion
to Congress. Ho says they "should preient
themselves at the table of the Clerk of
;ilher House of Congress and demand to bo
iworn in as lawfully electe?Lmembers of that
ijody. 1,'pon the refusal of the Clerk so to do,
in application might be made to the Supreme
ourt lor a writ of to compel the j
7derk to chow cause why he sbouM not be
tompelled to administer the oalh an aforesaid,
rtiiw, it is contended, is the proper mode of
raising the issue; and it has not yet been retorted
to by the Southern Kepresentatives "
National Banks.?There are 165ft National
Hanks, with an aggregate capital of $414,021,179,
circulation, c>2t>&,948,256. Last week the
uue to 6ucb corporations amounted to $1,919,
115.
rir^on
lion CoUBlltlM.
Tb* Mlovisg U tbe fall report vkfek tk*
Reconstruction Committee ip>id opn m Ik*
28th ult. i
Hie Joint Committee on Reoonsirnotlou, tf.
ter^? soMion of some four boon to
which all the members of the oonniXoe were
present, agreed to report, on Monday neat, the
following proposition*:
a joist nseoLCTioK ntoroenio as mmnt
TO Tns CO.NBT1TUTX.OJI Of TMS 0. S.
Be it resolved by the Senate end House of
Representatives of the United 8tales of i\nr
ica, in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both
Houses concurring, That the following article
be proposed to the Legislatures of the several
States as an amendment to the Constitution of
the United States, which, when rallied by
three-fourths of said Legislatures, shall be
valid as part of the Constitution, vis :
AaTicba?Section 1. No State shall tanks
or enforce anj law which shall abridge tha
Brivileges or immunities of citixens of tho
nitcd Stales, nor shall any State deprive any
person of life, liberty of property without duo
process of law, nor to deny to any person
within its jurisdic-iou the eqnal protection of
the laws.
Section 2.?Representatives shall be apportioned
among the several Stales which may bo
included iu this Union according to the respective
numbers, counting the whole number of
persons in each State, excluding Indians not
taxed, but whenever in may State the elective
franchise shall be denied to any portion of its
male citixens, not less lhaa tweniy-one yean
of age, or be in any way abriged, except for
participation in rel?eUitm or other crime, tho
basis of representation in such State shall be
reduced in the proportion which the number
of Mil/*K mulo MfUns.a aWnll W? a- aX- ? ?
.. w IW TWM
uumher of mule citizen* not less than twenty
one years of age.
Section 3. Until the fourth day of July,
1870, all persons who voluntarily adhered to
the Into insurrection, giving it aid and comfort,
shall bo excluded from the right to vote
for members of Congress and for Elect*re for
l'resident and Vice 1'reaident of the United
States.
Section 4. Neither the United State# nor
any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation
already incurred, or whieh may hereaitcr
be incurred in aid of insurrection or war
against the United States, or any claim for
compensation foe loss of involuntary service
or labor. %
Section 6. The Congress shall have the
powi.r to enforce, by appropriate legislation,
the provisions of ibis article.
A 11111 to provide for the restoration of the
States lately in insurrection to their full political
rights.
Wtureat, it is expedient that the States lately
in insurrection should, at the earliest day
consistent with the future peace and safety of
the Union, he restored to full participation i&
all political righla; and
Whereat, the Congress did, by joint resotalion,
propose for rati heat ion to the Legislatures
of the several States, as an ameudment
to the Constitution of the United Slates, an article
in the following words, to wit: [The constitutional
article is here inserted.] Now,
therefore,
llo it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Amer
tea in Congtess assembled. That wheuever the
above recited amendment shall have become
part of the Constitution and any State lately
in insurrection shall have ratified the same and
shall have um lifted its Constitution and lass
in conformity therewith, the Senator* and Representatives
from such State, if found duly
elected and qualified, may, after having taken
the required oath of office, be admitted into
Congress as such.
Section 2. And be it further enacted. That
when any- Slate lately in insurrection shall
have adopted the foregoing proposed amendment
to the Constitution, any part of the direct
tax under the act of Anguat 6th, 18ttl, which
may remain duo and unpaid in such State, may
lie Assumed and paid by such StAte, and (he
payment thereof", upon proper assurance* from
such Siate, to be given to the Secret*ry of the
Treasury of the United Steles, inay be postponed
for a period not extending leu yenrs
irom and after the passage of this act.
A Bill declaring certain persons ineligible to
oflioe under the Government of the United
States.
lie a tnaclcJ, etc.. That no person shall be
eligible to any office under the Government of
the United S ates who is included in any of the
following cases, namely :
1. The President and Vice-President of the
' Confederate States of America," so called, and
the heads of the depart incuts (hereof.
2. Those who in other countries acted an
agents of the "Confederate States of Amerioa,"
so called.
H. Heads of departments of the United States,
officers of the army and navy of the United
States, and all persons educated at the military
or naval academy of the United Sta.es; judges
of the courts of the United States, and members
of either House of the thirty-sixth Congress of
the United States who gave aid or comfort <
the ate rebellion
4. Those who acted as officers of the "Confederate
States," so called, above the grade of
Colonel in the army or Master in the navy,
and any one w ho as Governor of either of the
so-called "Confederate Slates'' gave aid and
comfort to the late rcbclliou.
5 Those who have treated officer* or soldiers
or sailors of the army or navy of the United
Stales, captured during the late war, otherwise
than lawfully as prisoners of war.
The commit tee removed the injunction of
secrecy so far as the above propositions are
concerned, and pormitted copiea to be furnished
to the press.
It is understood that the vote upon them
was twelve against three, as it is known thai
Senator Johnson and Representatives Grider
and Rogers only voted in tho negative. The
affirmative must be Senators Fessenden, Grimes,
Harris, IIo*ard and Williams, and Representatives
Sievena, Waahburne, of Illinois, Morrill,
Bingham, Conkling, Bout well and Slow.
Severe Torsado.?We learn that several
portions of the State were visited by a severe
and quite a destructive tornado, on Sunday
last. In the vicinity ot Hamburg, Peiry Co.,
houses, trees and fences wero leveled with the
ground : and Pisgah Church, near the line of
Dallas, was destroyed ; besides doing a great
deal of other damage to fenoee, He.
Such an occurrence at the present time is
much regretted on account of the injory of
fruit trees, and the great backset to the planters
by the destruction of the young and growing
orops.- Moniyomery Advtrtutr, April 16.
Ocn. Canby was tried la the United 8tates
Circuit Court at New Orleans on fcaturdey far
contempt of Court in preventing the exeeutioa
of an order for the sequestration of Ave hu>
dred bales of cotton. The decision was reserved.