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:.] \ t BT PU Ri SOE, KEEi.SE & CO. ?.llll|l|,Pl|,"."l.'lll,l,".l,i|Ml,H,l'l1n,/'l,l>ll'l,l..Hl,'!,!.,,'!,,! ^".."H,!.,,.,.i. 'J. . : ? EDGEFIELD, S. C.; MA11CH 7, 1866. VOLUME X?X?.--N0. 10. SrLT?STER CAHILL. GBO. H. Hor-pocic . ; CAHILL & CO, WHOLESALE fROGERS, AND ? . Commission Merchants, NO. 185 EAST BAY? "Cornet of Dodge Alley, O:FT A HTISSTOKT, ts. c. Office in New York, 51 Coartlaadt Street, 'feb 13 -5m 7 GEO. W, WILLIAMS & CO, Merchants -?ND Bankers, Wo. 1 iind. 8 IEC.?*3rtxo ?3t.. CHARLESTON, S. C., KEEP constantly on hand a.full assortment of (JROCERI?ES, an', will ?ell them at the lowest prices possible in this market. They will rocoire and sell on Consignment COTTON and o;her PRODUCE, and will ad .-imco liberally on Cotton consigned to their Hosue, or to '.WlfLIA'MS, TAYLO? & CO., 147 Maiden )Lanc, ?Ma WILLIAM G. WHILDEN, FORMERLY OF HAYDEN t WHILDEN, KS King St., Corner of'Mu?ai?c St,' CHARLESTON, s. c., Iii? opened a large and complete stock of PCT vtrovreinvii timur (/rockery and China Glas3 Ware, PLATED.GOODS OF EV KR Y VARIETY, ChekSf Waites and Jewelry, SOCKET AXD TAU LE CUTLER Y, BUCKETS, BASKETS, BRCO.TOS, Ac, Ai.'. Ac. t~r7" WATCHES aid JEWELRY repaired. Old <1 ?ld au ! Silver purchased. Orders promptly filled and forwarded. Jau lt 2meow - 4 vmm &C0. Wholesale Dealers. : IN . . . m, WM, pi ?, Q IIAYXE STREET". Corncj of Church Street, CHARLESTON, S. C., Having Resumed Business. AT THEIR OLD STAND, 2. HAYXE-STREET, CORNER CHURCH S-T,, ARE NOW RECEtV ING A LARGE AND WELL. ASSORTED STOCK OK BOOTS, SHOES, . TRUCKS, &?~ Which will ho s-ldat the LOW~Eg? PP ICE " The Patronage of fap--rtKonds aa* the pub lie is respectful!* ? p j, j; MING, SAM'L. A. .NELSON, JAS. Itt WILSON. Charleston, Dac 25 tf 52 Dry Groocls. . y tts THE UNDERSIGNED OF THE LATE FIRM OF ROBERT ?DGEE& CO, Has this day commenced me .WHOLESALE AM) SERAIL siness ? Y tx t? ?V-rVi : .;*T.' ? . ..... At 252, King Street, (Ia tho Bend,) CHARLESTON, S. C., And oXers a Stock adapted toa first-class trade. Tho bnsinees will Wcouductcd strictly npon the 'ONE PRICE SYSTEM. The patronage of tho frionds of his late Firm, and of the public genora'iy is respectfully soli .?i :ftt??r? v??? ? A?.-. JAS. B. BETTS. Charleston Jan 10 . 2ts5 r' MRS? S. JTCOTCHETT, - FASHIONABLE BONHET EMP0R1?M, AND l,Aney M?linexy Goods, "WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, ]S"o- 263, King (Street, CHARLESTON, S. . ? -' ? .*;.''. *? OVER READ'S LACE STORE, OPPOSITE IHSEL STR?ET?. . . ^B&'Cwjntry Ord-rs Glied wtib' Nearness and ?espsreh. * ' - - ?* Charleston. Jan ?9 4teow5 - -> * -- ' A. C/. DKCOTTBS. ?'F. P. BALAH. Late Cashier Dank of Hamburg. DECQTTES & SALAS,, Cattail Factor & Commission CHELESTON/ S. C., WILL GIVE PROMPT ATTENTION TO THE SALE OF COTTON,. LUMBER AND OTU ER ?OUNTK?. PRODUCE. -vJ ,?ba?.?eit?n,.Jan 1 tf_j & \_ F. GOWW?R-i? C0, 7C East Bay, CHARLESTON, SC., COH??ISSaOS ASP, FOB.VABBIM." ?S O. Wholesale Dealers iba. Wi?r gire prompt ?ur* personal a tira rion to ?Il enUr* estrvs?cd ?? ?l^r'rsra. J? J? ? 4 My Wife. I bave a pleasant little wife, Who nothing, nothing locke; ? She keeps herselfand things about "' The house as neat as wax. And everything, with woman's taite, i Seems pieced or.prossly for Tho pleasure of a mao who long Ha: lived a bachelor. Her handkerchiefs are white as milk, , _^_.Her skirts as white as snow, . . Her slippered foot are small and neat, And always "on the go." 'She floats about an if npb me On gum clastic ;<pring.?, . Or como un ?cen mysterious power, With undiscovered wings. Her glossy hair is deepest brown, ' Her eyes ore softly dark, And from their loviog depths shoots forth Full un ny a cheerful ?park ; Her smiles send speeding on their flight Tho swift-wing rosy houri-', . And what was once my darksomo way Is radiant now with flowers. My linen has a glossy white, More pure than ever shone On Parian marble, and, what's mor?, There's ne'er a button gunn. Sho knits me stocking.?, makes mo shirts, Aud darns up all reals, And saves mo half of what was once My bachelor expenso. Now, all 3'ou crusty bachelors, With life's great battle sore, Go got a wife and settle down, And play tho fool no more. Don't be tao nice-they're angels all With loving hearts and true, i Th' ?teret it, be kind to them, And they'll be kind- t? yov. Diadem Scandal. A long lime ago, in "the Western England, there lived an aged couple, whose time had passed away, since early youth, ii ..ho every day round ol'farm life, aad who were never known to have the least ill felling towards each other, since thc time when good pld Jr'ar?on Heriot had ttni'cd ihi-m in the hoi}' bonds of wedlock, twenty five years be fore. SJ Well was the fact ol tueii Conjugal happiness Knmn, thal they were f>p<>L::i of fur and Dear as the happiest pair in England Now the devil (excuse the abrupt mention of ai* nunc) had been trying for twenty years to create wont is called a "fus? in the family v between these old companions. Hut much to his mortification ho had not been able t induce th-^ old gentleman to grumble about break'a-t being toa Tate or the old woman to ^ire a single curiain lecture., After repeated efforts, the devil became discouraged, and had be not been a perron i?i great determination, he would doubtless have gi viii, thc work up in despair. Ooo day as he Walked along in a very surly mood, after a other attempt to gut ihe old lady to i] u ? rr ol about-.the pjii getting lula the v?rd, fee met an old lady, 5*b&gooor of thu agra couple. As Mr. Devil and tho neighbor were orel ty gocdi fricn'ds, f ey must needs stop on the way and chat a little. " Good mnriiiiig. sir," she s'tid, "and pray what on etjrth makes Vtol look so bad thi? inoruing ? Isn't the controversy between all the couches doing good service?" ? Yes.'' ?Isn't Deacon W. making plenty of bad whicker ?': " Yes." " Weil, what'd tbe matter, my highly bott or<^ meister ?? "Everything is going on well enough," re plied the devi!, but, {?:.-d Le looked as Roar .--s a uto^koy in a crab apple tree) old Blue ford and his wife are injuring the cause terri bly by their bad example, and -alter trying for years to iudu;e them to do right I must say I consider them hupuliss." The hag stood a montent in deep thought. " Are you sure you have tried every way ?" 1 Every way I can think of." u Are you certain?" "Ves." -" Weil," she replied, " if you wi!) p'rorvse to make me a prient of a new paie of shoes, in case I succeed, f will make the attempt myself and see if 1 can raiso a qna: rel between their." To this reasonable request thc devil gladly assented. The old hag went to BlucfordV house and fonndMrs. Blueford busily engaged in getting things ready for her husband'* comfort on his return from work. Affer tbc usual compliments had passed, the following dialogue took place : " Well, friend B. j ou and Mr. B. have lived a lonj: time together." - , " Five and twenty years come next No vember," replied Mrs. B. {i And all this time you have n?ver had a quarrel 7" '.'Nob one" ! "Tam truly glad to hear it," continued the bag. "I consider it my duty to warn you, thongh this is the case, yon must not expect it to be always. Have you observed that ol late Mr. B. has gi own peevish and sullen at times ?" A l?telo so,*' observed Mrs. Biucford. " I knew if," continued tho h g j aud let me warn you to bo "on \ou'r guard?' . Mrs. B. did think she b?d belter do so, and asked advice as to how she should manage the case. ,: Have yo.u not noticed," said the bag. " that your husband hus a bunch ol long, harsh hair growing under thc chin near bis throat?" "Yes." . M These are the cause of the trouble, and as long, a? they remain, you bad bettfr look out. Now, as a friend J would advise you to cut them off the first tim* you .get a chance, and thus end the trouble, ard you had better look out." Soon after this the hag Started for borne, and made it convenient to meet MK B. on the way. Much the same talk in relation to .his domestic happiness passed between him ajtid the old woman. .; But, friend Blueford," said she, "I think i: my duty as a Christian to warn you to be on your guard, for 1 tell you, your wife in tends y?>ur ruin." J Old Air. B. waa very tunch astonished yet ho could not wholly discredit her words. When be reached home he threw himself fin abed in perplexity, and feigning himself asleep studied the matter over in his mind. His wif* thinking thi< a good opportunity tri ciit'cdfthe 'obnoxious !ia:r, took ber husband'? razor and crept softly to bis side. Now thc old lady was mur-.h twitched at holding a ruzjr so close to ber husband's neck, arid her bandeo? itot'so ?f?ady as it wns once; so between the two, she went to work very awk wardly,, and pulled-tho'unirs instead of cut-'] ling tfK-m off. B. opened his eyes, and there Rkood hrs wife with a razor at bis throat, i Af ter What bad bein told him and seeing ibis, be could not dcobt but that she intended to murder him. He sprung froth tho bed in hur.or. and no explanatio'i ore-treaty could convince him to the contrary. So from that tuno there was juw, jaw, quarrelling and wrangling nil the time. With delight thffde'?dl heard of fbe success of bi? faithful emjaSaryr and saut ber word il ab? Would me t bim ai the end of the Uno at M?tt6n^#H^ -would pay her-the^sboes. ~?Vtn?':fime: ap*pt?bt?d' -Srhe' repaired- to the soot and found tia devil at tho place. Ho ?Qt ?fee *b?e? oa ? polo, ?od tmmfm tie opposite side of the fonce, handed them over to her. She was much pleased* with thom they were exactly the articles. * But there is one thing, Mr. Devil, I wculd like to have explained ; that is, why yon band them to mc on a stick ?" "Very easy to explain," replied ho, "any ono who has tho cunning and meanness to do as you have done, don't get nearer than twenty feet to me," so saying ho fled in ton or. After a while the old- woman died, und when she applied for admission to tho lower regions the devil would not let ber in for fear she would dethrone him, s he was so milch his superior. So the old woman is yet condemned to wander over the world, creating quarrels aud strife in peaceful families and neighbor hoods. . 1 Would you know her name ? lt is Madam Scandal. Wheu she died, the young Scandals were lef? orphans, but^he devil, in consideration of pa?t services-done by the mother, adopted them ; and so you see that ho is father to that respectable class called scandal-mongers. - The Carter of a Female Robber in Mexico . A woman, named Feliciana Vogas, was lately sentenced to death at Jalapa. The Mexican Times', edited by Ex-Governor Al len, ol Louisiana, says : The career of crime which at last, leads this woman to the scaffold is so extraordina ry as to excite the attention of 'tLo entire press of this city. She wn*, the mistress ol one Gonzalez, a confect ?oner, and soon after the arrival of a detachment of French troops at Jalapa^ in conjunction with him, mixed poison in the food of the soldiers and killed teuofthem. Gozdlez was soon after arres :od, tried, ?nd executed for "the crime. Feliciana, suspecting who had denounced 3onzaltz, to (he authorities, dressed herself ip men's clothes, enticed him beyond" the imits of the city, and killed him ; but before loing so she fbi ced bim to kneel at her feet, iud opening her bosom, exposed her sex, and '?aimed to be the better mah of the two. Thia irime she cou fessed at the time of her trial, i being unknown previously . It would take up loo much space to re ?o?ht the many crimes which have been 'bmmitted by this woman, ?lid we pass tc he last, und the one for which alie has been :on<ifcin:icd-which "ra** the tobberry of $V )00 in gold aud the jewelry of Senor Acosta ni thc night of th': 15th ?f August last. I'he family bad recentfy moved into the louse, au'i Feliciana waa employed as a do iiestic. Public curioMty was mu;h excited to seo )\-liciana, and the ci ur t-ruo tn and the streets vere crowded with people. She was cool md collected, and declined to sit down when irouglit before the Court, r ut remained stanJ ng, without any perceptible emotion, except he occasional quiver of the lips in answer to i question. Her voice was low, but periectly ntelligible. Upon being asked if sue knew mh what offence she was charged, she repli ed " I suppose for that on the table." On he tr.biu was the ?tulon jewelry. On being .shed how she came by it, she replied that ??ore* ga ve it to her. "With what 'rbject lid he give it to you?'' was .-.skod. She nn werca i'nai ?nie Sng?rt heep wein "??t?"" tue ~' arioiis erimes which she knew had been iomtnitted by him. Thc court sentenced her to die, and she istened to the scnlcr.co without tho slightest ?motion. She then toked to be informed vho were in prison on charge of thc robbery. LS she Wished tn tell if they were guilty or nnoceut, and, on being formed, said tha: he r?i'.?Tu r and wife of Flores were guilty, md that others were net. She than expre-a :d her acquiescence in thc sentence, on the "round lhat'in that way alone would she die he death of a.Christian. The announcement of her condemnation rcs received with sympathy by the people, ibb had LI* v*>* known a womau to bc cxecu ed, and'pei sons bf influence sent a courier o Veri-. Cruz and coLimunicatcd with the government at Mexico, which resulted in th-j espite of thc woman. A WAIINIM? TO YOUNO MEN.-The Jack ?on Citi/'-.'ii tells a good story of a youngman n that city who bsd been in the habit of yis ting thn. rc.'-ideneo of a widow lady who bad i daughter passing fair. The young man was i>si;iui.us in his attentions, , and a constant isitor. This notice awoke in the young lady's ienrt the leader passion,, and in her dreams he. imagined that she sh-mli become the vile of her Adonjs. Matters kept on in thc same old way. The ?oung man continued his marked attentions, ind people began to whisper amoug iheru .clves, A match, sure!*' wbilo the knowing >D5a whispered, with a solemn toss of the lead.-" What did I tell you ? ' , Thc young man went out to his supposed .'harmer's hunse the other evening, for the jurpose of taking tea. During .the meal the no'.hcr of the girl asked, " Whoa are you and - to be married ?" Tho young man leaned back in" bis chair, ind coolly remarked that he had no idea of liarryhg anybody, and that he and ber were inly friends. Ile said that he supposed 6he .ihdersi-ootT it so all -be time. Thc youug lady said not aword, bot rose ap and seized the tea-pot,, which was filled with hot tea, tbok off. the lid, and threw its boiling eimtt-nt* iuto his lace, scalding him severely and leaving au ugly mark. She then t'uripusly ordered him cut ?'f hcrsigbt. f Hell bath no fury ?ike a woman scorned," is an 'j?? saying, and this young man can attest to its :ruth. CHICKEN JN nts HAT.-Nat. a friend of ours, is very pvor, rather -light fingered,, andjt is said, not so bright as his p?renla could wish. Thc other day, while- passing a neighbor's, Nat raw a brood of chickens and immediate ly caught a tine one to carry home. He bad not- gone far, however, before be saw thc owser earning up the road, a id not knowing what tu do with the chicken to couceal it, at las' succeeded in crowding it iuto his hatH which ho again placed upon his head. But the chicken having a longing for liberty, a::d being also pressed for air, managed to thrust his head through an opening in. Nat's old straw hat. Nat waa presently accosted with, " What have yon got iii your hat V '. Nothing but my head,",said Nat. " But I s-?e a chicken's head sticking through the top of it, Nut." Nat, taking off his hat and looking at it in feigned astonishment^ exclaimed : ".Wall how do you s'pose tliat critter como in there? He roust have crawled up my trowsers leg !" fJraxT A Lim.! Bitooc.;-A stmp'o but Very tpuching incident has aeen related to us, sasys the Maine '. Pres'," 'iu connection with the last-moments of a' beautiful girl in Bath, who lately died at-the ago of nine. A little while beforft sho died, as tho sorrowing friends stood aremod her, watching the last moving of the gentle brer.tb, and tho last faint fluttering of the little pulse, they be camo aware," from broken words, that sho shrank with natural dread from thc unknown wtiv tint was opening before her. She had come to the borders cf tho mysterious river which separate? ns from thc aim hereafter, and her timid feet seemed, to hesitate and fear t?st?ni the flood. But after a time her fear subsided^ she grew calm and ceased to talk abo!? the long, dark way, till at the very last f-he brightened euddenly, a smile of confj dence and ebur?ga lighted- Up h?r sweet face, .f Oh, it ?;oniy n little brook I'.ihoorie^j and .SQ pawed ow lo Ik* beivTODJj shoes. President Johnson's Great Spee< Tho following is the substance of Presi Johnson's great speech, delivered in jil ington, on the 22d inat.r at* meeting ol National Monumental Society. Alluding to WasJungtoirfsFarewell Adc as containing tbs principles by ?whicl sought to bo guided, and expressing the 1 that all the States would continue their trilutions to tho structure t to be comph as an enduring memorial to the restora of all the StateB "to theirptoper relatior the government, be said : I say that w these States comply with3 the Constitu? wbeu they Lave giren Sufficient eVidenc their loyalty, and that? they can be trusi when they yield T?bediance to the ?aw, I extend to them thc right Land of fellow; .and let peace and union bc restored. I I fought traitors and treason in thc South, opposed thc Davis, and (he.Toomba''and Slidells, and a long list of others wi names I noed not repeat, and now wbe turn round at the other en i of tho line fl men I care not by whatnarae you call th [A-^'oice.-Call them traitors.] Who still stand opposed to the restorat of the union of those States, and I am 1 to say to you that 1 am still for the proser lio? of this-compact. I am still for tho i toration o' this Union. I am still in favoi this great government of ours Jiving and I lowing out its destine. , [A Voice-Give us the?Dames.] ' A gentleman calls for'tbeir names. Wi suppose I should give thew. ' [A Voice-We know them ] 1 look upon them, I repeat it, as Preside or citizen, as much opposed to the fundami lal principles of this government, and 1 Hove they are as much.laboring to prevent destroy thom as were the men who foug ag mit them, .f ? Voie*-What aro their names ?] 1 say Thaddeus Stevens/ofPennsylvania.. [TiCmendous applause.] v i say Charles Sui ncr, [great applause ;] ? < ssy Windell Ph lips, and others of thu same stripe among them. -. 2j ? [A Voice-" Give it taEornoy."] Some gentleman in the crowd says " Gi' it to Frrr.e.y." ' I have only just to say that lo not waste my ammunition npon do; ducks. [Laughter and applause.] I star for in)- country ; I htooa Tor the Constitute where I placed my fpet'tap'ou my entrant into public life. They mly traduce me j the may slander; they *inay "vituperate, but li me say to you that it has no effect upon m [Chet:?t.J Let me sayjn.addition that I ii not iuttu d tc be bullied ..bj enemies. (Aj plauso ar d a cry-'.. The "people will snstai I know, my countrymen,it has boen insint ated, but not paid dircctly^?be intimation hs been given in hijh placcs^lhat ifsuchausui pation of power had been exercised two kur dred years ago in a particular region, it woul have cost a certain individual bis h'.ac What usurpation has Andrew Johnson beei guilty of? Nono, nono. ^The only usurpa tion I have boen guilty of was standing be tween the people and the encroachment c powor-anti because I dared to say in con vnrxation with ?v^llo?d;???M> and_a Secatoi that I thought amendments to the Co?slitti lion ought not to be too frequently made that it would lose kl] its dignity, and tha th3 old instrument vou'd be lost t-ight of ii a ?.hort timo ; because I happened to say i it .vas amended, such and such amendment should be adopted, it .was a usurpation o power that would have cost a King his hca< at a certain time. (Laughter and applause. In connection with this .subject, it was main tai ned by the same gentleman that we wen iq the midst of an earthquake; that Li tn mblccl and could not yield. (Laughter.) Y(s, there is an earthquake coming; there ii a grouud-swell coming, of popular judgmen und indignation. [A Voice-that's true.] ' The American people will speak by theil interest!?, and they will know who aro theil f; i;nds and who are their enemies. What positions have I held under this gov ernment, beginning with an Alderman, and running through all branches of tho Legis lature. I A Voice-From a tailor np.] ?some gentleman says I have been a tailor STremendous applause.] Now, that did nol iscorafit me iu tho least, for when I used to bo a tailor I had tho reputation of beings ?ood one and making close fits-[Great Jaughter]- always punctual to my customors and always did good work. [A Voice-No patchwork ] No, I don't want any patchwork. I want a whole f-uit. But I will pass by this little facetiousness. My friends, somo may say, ,: You aro Presi dent and you must not talk about such things." When principles are invaded,"my countrymen, when the existence of my coun try is imperiled, I will act as I have on former occasions, and speak what I'think. I was saying that I had held nearly all po sitions, from Alderman, through both branches of Congress to that ?hich I now occ?py, and who is there that will say that Andrew Johnson ever made a promise he did not ful till. Who will say that he has ever acted any other way than in fidelity to the great mass of the people? They may jjalk abouu beheading and usurpation, but when I am beheaded I want the American people to wit ness it. I don't want, by inuendoes, by indi rect remarks in high places, to soo the man who has assassination breeding in his bosom, exclaim, this Presidential obstacle must ba got out of thc way. I make use of a very strong expression when I say I hBve no doubt ibe intention was to incite assassination end get ont of thc way the obstado from place and power, whether by assassination or not. There aro individuals in this government, I doubt not, who waRt to destroy our institu-. lions and change the character of tho govern ment. Are they not satisfied with" tho blood that bas been shed? Does not the murder of Lincoln appease the vengeance and wrath of thc opponents of thia government ? Are the/ still unslaked 7 Do they wauk more blood ? Have they not got honor and cour age enough to obtain their objects otherwise than by tho hands of tire assassin ? No I I am not afraid of assassins attacking mo when a brave, courageous man would-aitack another. ' I.orily dread him when ho would go in dis guiic, and his footsteps noiseless. If it is blood they want, let ihem have cournge enough to strike like men. I know tbey re willing to wound, but they aro afraid to strike. [Afplauae.]-If my blood 'ia'to bc shed be cauj'j I vindicate the Union and the preser vation of this government in its original, puri ty a nd chastity, let it bo shed. Let an altar io the -Uniim bo erected, And then, if it isiie cejfary, take me and lay me upon it and the I blood that now warms and animates my exis ! tence shall be poured oat as a fit libation to the Uuion of these States. [Great applause.] But let tho opponents nf this government ro member that when it is found out the-blood of tho martyrs will be the eeed of the church. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, this Uuian will grow. It v;ill continue to increase iii strength and power, though it may bo cemented and cleansed with blood. I havo talked longer now than I intended. Let me thauk you for the honor you have done rae. -So far as ibis government is concerned, .let me say one other word in rcfereuce to.the amondment to the Constitution of the United States. When I reached Washington for the purpose of be ing inaugurated as Vice-President1 of the UnitecTStateitj I had a conversation with'Mr. Liflisolh; We were talking about tho condi : lion of aflaira, &od ia ra&rjcaco to matters in Imy own State. I said tb at we bad ct convention, and bad amended our coi lion by abolishing slavery in that Sit State not embraced iu bis proclamation, met his approbation and gave him enco rnent, and in talking upon tho amendm the Constitution, he said : " When thc amendment to the COE tion is adopted by three fourths of the S we Rhall b&vo all, or pretty near all, 11 favor of amending in the Constitution." there was one other adopted," said he. " is that, Mr. .President," said I. ''I hat bored to preserve the union of these S intact under the Costitution a., they before." "Eut," said % "Mr. Prcsi what amendment do you refer to." He he thought there should bc an amend added to tho Constitution which would pel all the States to send their Scuuton Representatives to theCongressofthe Ul States. Yes, compel them. The idea in his mind that it was a part of the doc of secession to break up the gcvemmei tbc States withdrawing their Senators Representatives from Congresn, and, tl fore, he desired a constitutional amen?t to compel them to.^>e sent. Now, how tho mutter htand in tho Constitution of country? LI von that portion of it which vides for the amendment of thc organic says that no ?tale shall bo deprived ol representation in Congress. Now, wha we lind? The position taken that the St shall not be represented* that wc may pose taxes ; that* wo send our tax gatbe to every region and por. iou of a State ; I thc people are tu bo oppressed with ta but when they come here to participate iu 1 gislatioi) of the country, they aro t " You must pay your taxes; you'raustL the burden of the government, but you nt not participate in the legislation of the co try which is lo effect you- fur alltiine to con: Is this just? Tbeu, I say, lot us admit i tho councils of the nation those who are mistakably and unequivocal!? loyal ; th men who acknowledge their allegiance to government and swear to support the Cou: tntion. Il w all -embraced in that ; the ti plification of an oath makes no difference a man is not loyal, but you inaj'-ndoptwh ever test oath you please to prove their loyal While thc rebellion was going on, the Ct slitntion was rolled up ns a piece of pan ment. If it was violated in some particuli to save the government, there may have bc some excuse to justify it; but now thal pei ?3 come, war is over, we want a written Ct iii lotion, and I Ray thc time b*3 come to ta .ho Constitution down, unroll it, und undi ?Und its ..revisions... I come litro to vin .ate tho Constitution aud lo save.it, lor iocs seem to mo that encroachment after t ?roachment is proposed. I stand to day pi pat ed, .-o far as I can, to resist these encroac merits up^n thc Constitution and governing I tell tho opponents of this government :are not from what quarter they come, y ?vho are engaged in the work of breaking i tue government, by amendments to the Co ?titution, that the priuciplcs of free gover meat are deeply rooted into thc Araeric heart. All the powers combined, I care n af what character, canuot destroy that gre instrument, the great charter of freedoi IHrcy- -mr^r-iiot^ ?-a-c;ue<M?.i fur a 'tirai', b their attempts will be futile. They m: i hink now that it can be done by a con?u rent.rosslution, but when it.is submitted the popular judgment and the popular wi they will fl::d that they might ai well ha' undertaken to introduce a resolution to r peal thc laws of gravity as keep this Unie from being restored. It is just about as pc sible to resist the great law of gravitatio which hinds all to a common centre, os th: ?rreat law which wiil bring back tip se Stall to their regular relations with the Union. I have detained you longer than I intende [A Voice-Go on.] wc are in a great struggle. I nm your i strumer.*. Who is there that I have u< toiled und labored for? Where is the tra or woman either, in public or private Iii'-;, wc has not always received ?ny attention or time They say that irfaii .Johnson is a lucky mar that no man can defeat me. Twill tell yo what constitutes good luck. It is due tb d right and for tho p-.'ople. That is what co: slitutos pood luck. Some hoar or other th people will Grid out and understand who tor and who is against them. 1 have bec placed in as many trying positions as an mortal was ever placed in, and so far I bav n"t descrtod the people, and I believe thc will not desc"t me. What principle have violated 1 What sentiment have ? swerve from?" Cnn they put their finger upon i Llave you heard thr-m point out any discrcj ancy ? Have you beard them quote my pn deccssor, who fell a martyr to his country cause as goiug in opposition or contradicts to what I have done ? The very policy that I am now parsuin was pursued by me under his adraiuistritior. I having been appointe by him in a particc lar position for that purpose An iuscrutabl Providence taw proper to remove him fror this to, I trust, a better world, and I cam into his place; and there is Dota principle <: his in reference to the restoration of th Uuiou from which I have -departed Thci tho war is not simply nponme. but it is upoi my predecessor. I have tried to do my dutj I know that some aro envious and jealous and speak of the Whito-Hotise as having at tractions for tho President. Let rae say t< you the charms of the White Houso have ai little influence upon mo as upou any individ ual in the country, and much less than up?r those who are talkrrrp about it. Tao differ ence between the little that suffices -nj* stomach and back is more thnn enongh, anc has no charms for me.. Tho proud and con scious antir^faction of having performed mj duty to my country, to my children, and lc the inner men, is all the reward I ask. (Great applause.) In conclusion, let mo ask this vast concourse here to day, this sra of upturned faces, tc come with mo, or I will go- with you and stand around the Constitution of our coun try, it is again* unfolded. The people are invited to read and understand, .sustain and maintain its provisions. Let us stand by tho Constitution of our forefathers. Though the beavens full ; though factions should rage; though taunts and jeers may come; though abuse and vituperation may be passed out ia the most virulent form, I mean to be stand icg by thc Constitution, as the chief ark of our safety ; as the palladium of our civil and our religious liberty. Yes,'let us cling to it as tho mariner clings to thc last plank when tho night and tempest close around him. Let Us go away, forgetting the past and looking \o tnoifutnre, resolved to endeavor to restore the jrovernmeatto its pristine purity, trusting in Him who is on high, but, who controls all herc below, that ere long our Union will be restored, and that we shall have peace, not only with all tho nations of the earth, but peace and good will among all parts of the people of thc United States. 1 When your country in gone and you are about thtft place, look out and you will find-- th? humble indi vidual who now stands before yon, weeping over its final dissolution. ?27- Major General J. Vf. Festenden, who hoi ju?t beon mustered out of the service has accepte? the position of Superintendent .of the New Eng lund Division of tho National Kx;>rcs8 Company of which General Joscpb E. Johnston ii President ??3" A bill has beon introduced in tho Penn ; sylvania-House of Representatives requiring ??7, UJ3? to bo p dd by any railroad compnny to th ' widow or minor child of any person killed cn J railroad while riaisj within a oar. Beecher on the Teto. Henry Ward Beecher delivered a ' in Brooklyn on last Tuesday. "We m following-extracts: u There is a Freedmen's Bureau, was in Congress a bill for the more e organization of it. All men's bearii been to day excited by the tidings th Freedmen's Bureau bill has been vctt 1 the President. (Some hisses.) I am .that he felt it to be his duty to veto it am sorry that the bill was so drawn was obliged to feel it to be his di?t; to ; But, mark ! this is not vetoing a bu ref j an amended or re-?rganized bureau, bi that particular form of bureau which ti contained. It does not commit tho deut against any proper department a istering to the blacks throughout the I We know, ou the other hand, that he favor of such a bureau. And I confess on reading his mesnage, it has left a prc impression upon my mied that he jrg*f serious and weighty reasons why, in the in which it went before him, it shouh have become the law of the land: But lieve and am ??ureti:at no man in this h more in favor of some legislation that amount to an efficient protection foi black mau thau President Johnson hil (Applause.) Mon who have knowledi tho Jraedinen may be warpod by their patby and by the;r generous sentimen as not well lo consider that while legist to savo the freedtren it may be at th pease of those laws and those instrumei which his very safety itself r?sides; A they are carried pasl. the peint of modem it is well there should be opportunity fe construction." ' The words in italic* are a clear cxpre: of Beecher's opinion, that the bill was objectionable. ' We ?eel confident from and other indications, that the President secure the support ol two-thirds of thc pie even of the North on this is>ue betv himself aud the rad cal?. Again, says Beecher : .? Do you suppose that yuu will always 1 a President like Mr. Johnson ? But I mistaken in my judgment if lhere has, s the earliest and bist ;?ays of our Preside been a man more hottest, more singlo-miu for liberty, who, without bias of the ieeli or of the heart, without bias ol'tiny kind, deavored to do that which he thought 1 for the interests of the country,,, and whole country [ApjIause.J Not anot man. . "I hold it would ba better that tho Stn should bo brought in io tho Union lo-morr every one of them. And in this regard low me to say that I cannot go with ei: the President cr Corgres?. 1 would br all in at once. They mean to keep them out at once. [Laughter.] They would iu a part, ai'd let the rest wait und see h they would like it." Beecher is a representative man. Ile spc the thoughts of the property holders of North. In relation to the South and the South people, he has the following n. marks : '. But then you say, ' We want guarant thtt they won't meddle with and dishonor julv'ifirinhtJL I donpt doubt that they wo> like to~do'??. I judge it from " my own fe ings. If I were in tueir place I should h to be taxed to pay for whipping myself. "1 oogh not lo?xp<'Ct that this morsr-l should roi ed as a peculiar luxury under their tong Tho bonds bf the Uciled States are the ba of the national banks, and all tho banki business of the^e United States are the gu antee that the national hotu-r is to be p served. Do you want anything more th that?- (Applause.) Formerly the South h au interest und an ambition ia breaking aw and in putting herself iu an antagonism the National Government. Her staleitn were d- ttnk wilh vanity-her reason es wt wild in their political theories. They belie ed that slavery, I do not doubt it, was t best foundation on which to build State.*, a< they meant to build up a.power in the Sou fiich-as the world had.never seen. They L gan by taxing labor, aa il e North hy hone ing latter; they began by building up wi despised workmen, as thc North did wi honest, intelligent workmen ; they built th< country of clay, and the North hera of ire and God took the two balls in his han smote them tOL'clher in the war, and tl South fell to dust and nihes, while the Nor is solid, and unfraclurcd yet. (Loud a plauso.) "Now circumstances 1.nye changed, ai having no longer thia illusion, that slavery to stand in tho State, they have no long ambition for that empire in tho future which they should mri wi-h cotton for th? king. That is all go-.-.e, and they are whe Belshazzar was wh. n he had feathers on i body aud grass in his ur uth. Each day w develop the prosperity of the South movii upon a new basis, and each day will make plainer and plainer to them that nationali is necessary for their prosperity. Old a<-pir tious must die. Thc war passions mn cease. It is a mw South we aro talki: about. It hus a ni w political economy. '. I hos a new future. God hos sud by th.- M I pulcbre. * South, to:ne forth," and the Soitt has come, lb 'ugh. bojnd baud and foot. Mi thinks I hear the Saviour say, 'Loose her an let her go.' " Oh tho Other lian.', look for one momon at the effects of a prolonged exclusion of th Southern-States. It is weaniug the citizen of those States more and moro from the Na tional Governmeut. Forfive years they hav not thought of Wn.-hington, except to curs her. They have m t felt the need of it. The; have not felt any b:ood running through then tbatcame from tte national heart. It i proposed to make them live five .years mon out of the Union. Ia that the way to maki them love it / Is that the way lo make then feel their need of thc Government ? "I will now glance at the state of feelinf in the South. When we eonsidor Wja they suffered ; who they were that suffered when I consider where they started from anc where they brought up ; when I consider the whole history of tho caso, the state of public feeling South is far more peaceful than wc could expect, lt is bad enough, but it is far better than we could expect. Letter writers, travelers, say a 'reconstructed South,' 'a nice condition thc South is in tobe reconstructed.' They are our bitter enemies ; they gnash their teeth and all. I wonder if you think that alter you soundly whip a mau that he is go ing to thank yon for it? Do<yon suppose .that Gen. Lee, when ho surrendered, should have thrown hi hands round Gen. Grant's neck, and thanked bim for whipping him and compalling him to surrender? cr that Gen. Johnson should have regarded Sher man aa his be leractor ? And should tba South go upon ils knc-<*5 when it 6ces a Yan kee', and say, 'God ble?? you, Yaiikee, for all you have done- for mc?' The?j men' that talk thu i do uot like thc state of feeling at tho South. The Yankees tell os that the South is-not fit to be reconstructed. It you do not tako the South in till she heals of bet wound?, you will not take her in for a long time to come. Human natura does uot ruc this way. It is not a question of abstracl juMioe; it ia a practical question, and yoe must decide according to knoivn law and t( - human nature. ' Iknow the South will fee , sore. They bel ie ved in their cause; the] were defeated ; and a greater ? disaster coub not befall them. They lost everythiug - money, fame, ambition, character and all - deep gloom overhangs them, and profouni oy sorrow oppresse? them, and th?ynrc "expcctoi v PP. givtisevidencea-- of . tirankfuines*. and joj They must firs tb ave Ibo htxn? of kindiies stretched to them. Y JU must give them nev ? hopes. New btwinc". will lead them to for get old graves ; new thoughts will check old tear*. Kindness and business-that ii what they want. I hold no Community can do better than to take the example of Christ-in this matter, wbo, though pure and just, wax * the object of all cifencer the. most forgivipg and forbearing, and who suffered rather than that we should softer ; and as he was to ns, let us be to others. There is a Christian magnanimity in it for wounds and woe that no other medicino will touch. [Applause.] It is asked, why not leave them out UH they learn bolter ? For the same reason that the father and the mother do not throw the Re bellious son out of doors and expel him " till ho learns. " No j* but by: kindness and lore and patience, they endeavor to rc inspire him with hope ; they open anew the spent fountains of vir:nc, and be. is again taken ta to the family. I am asked if I would tako a man iuto my church knowing him lo be n sinner. If I didn't take them, ia. while they were still sinners, t wouldn't have enough ia the church to say :we.' [Laughter.] I take the sinner in to reform him. Jf they do not wa;it forgiveness and patience, I don't know what need they wculd have for a church at ai!.; I wr uiu let them walk oa their own legi-throw away the crutches and.ordinance? ef tho church. The South wanta kindness words of graciousness and truth. They need no patronizing, hut they need fraternal sym pathy, and that, with them, will "go ian her and bring them a better miod than any de nunciations jon can utter. I havo made war fdr thirty years against slavery,, and wherev er I saw tho serpent, without hesitation I smote him. I thank God the work is done. The Constitution stands now as the bummer sky stands'-advancing and advancing ; and though no dais i en blossom nor sun warms', - do wc not know that every advancing mouth bringa us near to the summer and to the per fect day of liberty." [Applause.J ? m * Censorship of the Press. " HE A tl QUARTERS ? RMI ES OF THE U. S. ) " WASHINGTON, Feb 17,1$G(J. j " You will please send to . these headquar ters as sot>n as practicable, and from lime to time thereafter, such copies of Eew?ualiers published in your department ns contain sen timents of disloyalty and hostility to the gt.v (.rniueat in any ot its branches, and stale whether such paper is habitual in ILS utter ances of such sentiments. Thc persistent publication of articles calculated to heep u?j the hostility of feeling between the people of ihe different sections of the country cannot be tolerated. This information is called for with a view to their suppression, which will be done from these headquarters only. "By command of Lieutenant General Grant. iC (Signed) S. S. BOWERS. "Assistant Adjutant General. We aro sorry to record, in view of the abovo order, that Gen. Grant has cssuraed the censorship of the Press in this country. The order is not sufficiently sp?cifie j fer, without qualification of some kind, we must assume that its authority extends Northward as well Southward. If this bo the cace, .we have^meJiUle^^ erins 'hat the entire Kadtcal pft?s- nftist go down before the General's pronunciamenv, " inasmuch as that press is most disloyal, rabid and anti-Constitutional. If thc Lt. General would only com meneo with the agitating sheets East and Wost, silencing their foul mouthed abuse of the President a Dd slander ous prevarication of men and ?maffers in this scctio*, we undertake to assert that his order would become a dead letter in cur region. The major part of what is styled thc ''disloy alty of the South" was nothing bu-, ari asser tion of tho right to hurl back slander and vit uperation upon our quill-diiving .rssailanta farther North. Had they met us witl\mode ration, amity an? charity, wo would not . have been galled into letorts and stung to indignant sarcasm. By tboso journals our bent men have been caricatured, our women slandered, our lest cause made infamous. Good care has been taken that we ?l:ould drain th?* goblet of woe to the uttermost dregs. Worse than dogs, meaner than worms would we be could we lick the hand that unites us, or nover turn upon the crushing heel. Our past annals do not speak ol' us aa despicable -, how very despicable would future annals stig matize us, if, like crazy Lear, wc hound our heads with crowns of straw and let the temp est lacerate us, in maniacal submission ? Let, then, thc Lt. General stop the mouths of Radical editors; and we of .the Sou: h will cleave to the Constitution, as we ever have done, and to the champion of tho Const tutiou, r.s .ve intend to do, without harsh language or feverish impatience. If, however, this order is intended, as we fear, for the South alone, much aa we grieve to see it emanting from such a man, we havo oo other recourse but ".bat of acquiescence, biding tho time when a trae Restoration will accord us equal privilege with more favored co m ru on weal! hs. We confess that wo do not clearly compre hend how, in the distracted condition of this country, a military man can justly determine upon disloyalty. T?iis journal, for example, desires nothing so much as a true rcstoratiou ac:ordioj.r to thc programme of thc President. We regard him as one raised up by Provi deuce to befriend this Unhappy section, and the ouly one that can lead us, as well as the North and West, back to thc principles of our Fathers and the Constitutional compact. ' Thus believing, we have never ?eased striving with all our might to uphold his hands. Bu; while supporting him, wo could not likewise befriend his enemies. Arjd jet, according to this order, we must be disloyal, since, in denouncing the antagonists of thc President in Congress, wo become hostile to the govern ment tn some of its brandies. Is Sumner loy al ? Is Fred Dou^ltss loyal ? Is Thad. Stevens loyal ? Is Wendell Phillips loyal ? li Garrison loyal ? If so, Andrew Johnson is of all men most disloyal : if not, it is our bounden duty to maintain the President mid the Constitution agaiuetthom and their machi nt ti ms. if this censorship must continu?, at least, let us have the same chane- that is "given to an Au;trian, Russiaa o: French newspaper, viz : admonition befere ?oppression. This is not asking a great deal, and from the super abundance of the vanquishers, it is not much to grant.-Augusta Constitutionalist. PEaiLS OF OaiKOLlXE-A fine Io.:king yoong woman in more than the usual t.uip? tude of crinolino,. entered a theatre ?ately with her beau, and was making her way through the airead? well Glied seals io.the front row of the dress circle, where places had Leen reserved for tiena. To dose with all thc bold freedom of fimi:.?no Young America, she atepped upon the se ita, whoa unfortunately her hoop, or ratina;, tho lower hoop of her skeleton shirt caught upen thc , back of one of the seats as Mie svv?v>tLy, and tho faining about the waist j arUtvgjthc whole concern came down " by the run'^^and as she stepped forward and out of i;, was lefr. hangirg in full view upon the s-*at. The change was astonishing: thc.full blown I ello at ono moment, the next looked like a. lamp post with a silk dress tied around iL For a moment also thc young lady was quite uncoa f?ci?os of tho accideDt. In another she saw 1 the full extout of it, a:ad blushing .cwmion, . saak into her seat, and for the next.lina'hour ; had undoubtedly the m ost brilliant compte x 1 i ion in the audience.. Though mmjLiff'mp; to 1 j the young lady, tho .circcrnstance^royjidi od '. tho risibilities bf thsscwhb'witue??ci ;:?ox a I ceedingly.