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DURISOE ia oar authorized Agent for Edgefield And ?vicinity, end parties wishing to insure will fiud it ioihoir interest to call on bim. AWUt*,Csi22 Sm 43 Spring is Coming. I know it by tho hyacinths Which now begin to blow, And flitting voices strangely sweet And tremulously low. By something purer in tho sun, And softer in thc air, And holier in the twilight stars, That Spring will soon be hero. The almanacs aro woll onough For gardeners and for cooks I seek the seasons in the sky, And find them by the brooks ; I hear them on the breezy hills, And, in the hollows, seo Tho token-flowers and sig as that sp?&k Their messages to mo. And thus I glean from gleaming isles Of sunset in tho Wost,* From wavings of untiring wings That will not go to rest ; From spells of fragrance spiced afar, And pooping spears of green, And silver bugles in the wind, The advent of u Queen ! I know it by the hyacinths Which now begin to blow, That Winter, on his icy bed, Is dead or nearly so. And soon will come, with iaxen curls, Led by tho laughing hours, The blue-ojod daughter of the Sun, In glorifying showorsl Written for the Advertiser. EOSA CASSELS; OR, THE CONTRAST. EY S. A. L. COX C LUDE D. "W th a look of unutterable scorn and fiend ish h.Ue, Aurora Glydon and her sister left the room, taking with them the basket of fruit and confectionery so highly prized. They had not walked far before they met Ed win La Motte and his sister,-a girl worthy of her brother. Now tho sympathy evinced by tue former oa that memorable day had heightened the jealousy aud dislike that Au rora had always felt for her unoffending schoolmate, and she was determined that ii he evor had thought favorably of Rosa, she would at once aud for ever blast her fair fame. So she commenced with " Well, we have had the boner to be dis misse 1 the Hon. Mr. Merton'., school, Mr. La ?lotte. Do you not congratulate us." "It there is cause of congratulation wc assuredly do, Miss Glydon.'' Now Edwin La Motte and his sister had both been educated at a distance frum home, and Edwin had studied bis father's profession with ene of thc fiif.t !ogai men ol' thc country in a neighboring city ; so neither had seen jut littie of the GlydoMS. They univ knew that they- were-on'tlej wealthy, f<>r old Aaron Glydon was said to be worth some hundreds of thousands. They Lad large fbowy bouse, with showy furniture, pictures selected tor their gaudy colours and showy Imnes: for with all their pretensions, they di : not know a good picture fi om a bad one. They bud also a line carnage aud blooded horses. These were their idols, aral because- th ry worshipped at juca shrines themselves, they had so little real sense as to think that others must do the same. Old Aaron had told bis daughters, of whom he had eight, that bo had thc money, and they should have ail advantages, and must marry sack men as Judge La Motte and hi-: son, or General Claire or Cul. Jen kin?, rr Dr. "-"torrs, all of whom bad money and position too. Thc eldest, Tatty, who was turned of thirty, had boon nibbling fur the Judge for the last ten years ; tlc second, Malvina, had cast sheep's eye*,-i. e. loving glances, at the gallant General ; but nothing bad come of it ali but disappointment. And now Aurora, who had all the beauty of tho family, and was loaded down with accom plishments, bad commenced a scige against young La Motte, her father promising ber a cool fifty thousand when the young lawyer should ground tutus. Some how, she bad a faint dread that tho beautiful Rosa Cassels would be ber rival, yet her worthy sire bad comforted her with the following when she whispered lier fears to him : " Never believe it, Aury. What L La Motte's son marry the daughter of a poor devil of a lawyer, whose widow bad tu live by slaving ! Never bink it, child ; l.c'd readily jump at your rosy face and bank stock. Money makes the mare go, child ; only play your cards well and you'll sec." "When the Glydons met the La Mottes and had been questioned as to their dismissal from school, Aurora had with hundreds of embellishments and prevarications which went to justify herself, related the scciie, reminding Edwin of the scene in the jeweler's shop, and then with an unblushing face declared her belief that it was the ring stolen from thc traveller which had been disposed of. There were some little circumstances attending the theft, which, lo those unacquainted with thc widow, would have left doubts on their minds. She bad made a set of shirts for the stranger, who had sojourned a week in the town. On the completion of the work, he had called in his bugu'y at the doc.-, and settled. for the same, lie bad business ofter wat ds on the opposi'.e side of thc street, and begged Mrs. Cassel;;, as she was standing at the dcor, to have au eye to the horse which was perfectly gentle. His valise was under the scat. Ile return od in a few moments and drove on. As bi* business required speed, and an indisposi tion ha d precluded his making tho journey at the time intended, and as thc weather was nov/ fine, the moon shining ail night, he con tinued his journey and arrived athis place of destine tion about suurise on the morning after hs left (jlairsvilie. Several friends and acquaintances met him at thc door of his bo to!, ami he conversed some minutes before an ostler came round to take his horse. The buggy "?tas driven away before the baggage was taken out, and what was tbo dismay of the owner when he ultimately found bis va lise missing. Seaich was instantly made, but without avail ; tho valise wus gone. The stranger, whose name was Hays, went back to Claireville, but without avail. Mrs. Cassels declared that she did not leu,vo bc;- door ; there was such au air of high-toned rectitude about her that Htfys was conviuced sha knew noth ing of the missing valiso. It wt*s the remem braire of Ibis old &?air that tbs ismapMid Miss Glydon had used in her attempt the reputation of Rosa Cassels. So artfully was her tale told, that it effect upon the mind of the brothc though Adele La Motte had intended on th* Miases Cassels, she concluded a while at least. Aurora Glydon and her sisters n< Tailed on their parents to give a large so that they could show Mr. Morton ho they cared for his displeasure ; and ii too to give Mr. La Motte an insight int grand style of living; for though tb called more than once on the La Motte; visits had never been returned. Alt they knew enough of etiquette to i Miss La Motte first, as she had been i from home for a length of time ; yt violated its rules by calling again and in order perhaps, like the importunate ^ to gain their point by persistence. In a town like Clairsvillo a party was always by the young people with delight, and \ ally every one was invited who was th worth speaking to. In the present case, preparation was made. A great deal c pense was gone to ; for the givers of the as well as their hopeful daughters, thi the eclat of an entertainment consisted i money spent and the abundance prov and though they would not have best on a poor neighbor five dollars to keej from perishing, or have done a favor fo who had shown them any amount of kind yet they would lavish their means in ord make a show, or to enhance their reput for wealth. Invitations poured forth; ( one who bad a little money, let it have gotten as it would, was invited. All school were invited excepting Mr. and Merton, the Cassels, and a family who very poor. Coarse and insensible to all i of refinement or real delicacy of feeliu they were known to be, invitations wen cepted by all ; for even the fastidious high bred Col. La Motte told his children had better attend, as he knew nothing b lege against these Glydons but their pt proud proclivities. "But, ruy dear chiIdr said be, as he sat with his daughter and son beside him, "I think I amsuffi.ieutlv quainted with you both to know that w you marry, it will be for tho wealth whic imperishable, high-toned principles am pure and liberal soul; for where there many who make pretensions, there is, I a^amcd to acknowledge, but little of true metal. ' For instance, when I was a I had a partiality for a pretty little girl wi family I thought unexceptionable. Tl were not only wealthy but educated peo and had a certain position in the city, my dismay, 1 by accident learned,tliaf-' viry tri ri 1 believed perfection, would ta those less lavorcJ by fortune with their sit lion ; she would bc very polite to some wi otbets more favored were absent; but let I meet the same persons in public or in presence of others, "and che would igui their very existence. She was a mischi maker too, and would tell things back a forth which were in themselves altogetl bartules6} until she would BJir.eumcs sc;t I dearest friends at variance ; and though 1 family Lad risen froto obscurity, she wou in order to wound the feelings of others, bri up any little matter, however trivial, agait them. Did a young acquaintance marry a do well, the would endeavor to .slight her every way. Poor, unhapy girl, she tboug she was slighting ibem, but they only mai merry over her exhibitions of jealous spice I found her out in time to break loose fr* her thralls, for 1 really hud thought her pc fection. When I became acquainted wi; your dear and henored mother, her fatherh: failed in business, and I saw that unfeelli girl of whom I have spoken, turu up ber pt nose-I had not thought it a pug before her ; n:y love for her died an easy deat and from that time, I learned lo love her wi proved thc light of my life. Never let ti dross of earth bliud you. Gold is a goc thing in its way, but I had rather you woul marry beggars than persons whose sou could go into the shell of a hazle-nut." Thc party came off, and to hear Mrs. Cly don's expressions of delight and gratificatio was really amusing. " Now, aint it splcudu girls? I guess people will lind out it aintever bo ly can afford to have sich an abundance Just look what lots of oranges i.nd tbing3 they cost rights of money, I'll teil you." And here tho poor dame heaved a sigh, fo she had already been devising ways an means to stint and squeeze out of her doper donts in order to make up for this outlay But she continued to expatiate on the gooi things until the amiable Miss Auroray, as he ftiothcr called her, said, " Do pray ma, don' make such a fuss about it, people will thin) you are not used to such things." But the old creature fussed and fumed rind continued to tell the poor neighbor whi bad come in, how many dollars worth cf su gar had been used, and how much flour, hov many eggs ; and what thc fruits cost, &c. ifcc; thinking to astonish her humble auditor who calmly replied, " Why, Mrs. Glydon, Maj. Collius, witt whom I live, isn't as rich as you, and they're always giving little parties ; and fruits ar? no rarity there." Mrs. Glydon pretended as if she did no! hear and changed the conversation to hei daughter's dress. "How much do you think Aury's drese cost, Mrs. Lee ?" " Well, I don't know, madam." " Well, sixty dollars ; besido her wreath and fixing." " Miss Collin's only cost twenty that she wore to tho Governor's ball, Mrs. Glydon, and they say the Governor said she showed good sense these bard times, and she was the sort of a wife be wanted his son to take." " Well, I reckon Maggie Collins hasn't such a eddicatioii as my girls. They've all bera off to boarding school except Aury ard Sylvy, and lluyre going soon. We're going to send them to a great 'Cademy where sil the teachers is female ladies." With a laugh that could not bj resisted, the, visitor, who, though in reduced circum stances, was a woman of education and re spectable family, rejoined "?Ve boca to wv* eral schools myself, Mrs. Glydon, taugh female ladies, as well as my mother and grandmother before me." 11 Good bye, Mrs. Glydon ; please hand money to your husband, as I hear he int( sueing rae. Col. La Motto aud Maj. Col have been kind enough to advance me sum ; and though they made a present c to me, yet, if I have good health, and dear boy succeeds in business, I hope aooi return it." "The impudent beggar," mumbled 1 Glydon, as the door closed, " I know she only envious of my finery." The evening of tho party came, and gay misses, of the family shone resplenti in high colours and showy jewelry. WI the La Mottes entered, Aurora Glydon mi .up to the young gentleman and by her si fui manouvres kept him near her. He 1 thoughUof thc tale of the ring, and had t evening told his father of the allegation mi by Aurora agaiDst Rosa Cassels. Judge Motte wa s a friend of Mrs. Cassels ; her h band bad studied under him, and bee; favorile with him ; and he determined to i the matter to rho bottom, believing that.if could trace out the truth, the maligned ?J Cassels' memory would be cleared. So told his son to say nothing about it, but bide the time for developmeuts to which thought he had a faint clue. Miss Glydon, the elder, had manged to r the Judge's arm for a promenade, at the sai time that her sister had secured his s( There were loDg piazzas surrounding t house and thc latter pair were on one whi was pretty well deserted. "I don't see the Miss Cassels here to nigl Miss Aurora," said Edwin. "I hope you don't thiok we'd invite common thief to our party, Mr. La Motte "But, Miss Aura, even if the ring was t one stolen, it could not have been taken her; she was at school, I have heard, at t] time." "Well, if she did not take it herself, h mother must have done it, as she stood in tl door during the abseuco of its owner." " Miss Cassels is a very lovely girl, and cannot think ber capable of doing any thii really wrong or culpable. I am astonish you do uot like her, M ss Aura; I hear si is a great favorite in school." " Ob ! that is because she is so deceitful she waits on every one, and talks as if hone was always on her tongne." "Why, then, is Mr. Merton so partial I ber? I heard my father say that ho toi bira she was u pattern in the school, and e: erted a healthy influence on the rest of tl. young ladies." *ObI that is easy tobe seen into; Mr Merton is dying of consumption, ami Mis Cassels thinks to lill lier place when she i out of tho way ; so she pretends to be vcr pious and dignified ; but I can see throng her uris. And, oh, Mr. La Motte, let we tel you what she thinks of yourself. I shoul not tell you, but I have heard that your fiithe bad some lime ego au idea of getting herscl and sister to live as companions with you sister. I over-board ber telling her sister on day that ?f slic went, she wo'jld have a splendii time catching you ; and that if she succeeded she and Jennie could live without having t< drudge at school teaching. She said ?he lovet yeti, and that her love was returned ; for yoi had written several letters to ber. But knew it was not so." " Pid Miss Cassels really say so, Miss Aura Is it possible that she could have made sucl an assertion ?" " She certainly did. and I can prove it I13 my sister Syl." " If such is her idea, I do not think il would do for thc sisters to become inmates 0 our home. My father has, since ray sister* return from school, spoken of getting some young girl to bear her company ; and having so good an account from Mr. Merton, he thought of inviting Miss llosa, and at the euc1 of Miss Jennie's term, her also. But it would never do under existing circumstances." Tbero was a dull pain at the heart of Ed win La Motte after this conversation, that bc could not got rid of. Ile had fancied that Rosa Cassels resembled bis sainted mother, and her lovely, yet sad face, more beautiful than those of all the furbelowed beauties who attended the village Church. Sbo sat in Mr, Merton's pcw, just opposite his own, and he was compelled to acknowledge that many a choice sentence of rhetoric from his favorite minister, was iost whilst dwelling on the sweet face beneath the black hat*of bis neighbor. But the skillful stories of bis would-be inamo< rata bad somewhat shaken his allegiance, for be could not believe any one so vile as to fab ricate such a base slander, lt seemed as if be and the teacher, Mr. Merton, were to be chosen between, for Miss Rosa's victim ; but time would determino. A few months after tho party, an old roan stopped at the village inn for the night. He made a good many enquiries of the landlord relative to the chaDges which had taken place in Claireville for the past two years, and finally revealed that he had entrusted a valu ble casket of jewels to an acquaintance who had stopped there some two or three years ago. The jewels bad been sent him by an old acquaintance in LondoD, fora young man named Tremaine. It was known that Tre maine had changed his namo after emigrating to America. He bad bad the promise of a splendid legacy, provided ho did so, from a bachelor uncle who emigrated about the same time, rbeir destination was Norfolk, Vir ginia. After thc change in name was made, voung Tremaine awaited tho arrival of his uncle who was in a most precarious state of health ; but ho waited in vain. The latter never came. However, three years before, a man who was in thc last stages of an incura rable disease, sent for tho old man Martin who was a lawyer, and placing the casket in his care, implored bini to endeavor to discover Tremaine and deliver it. In the casket was a letter in cypher which would reveal to Tre maine who possessed t*ie key, and thus put him in thc way to recover a large fortune. Among other articles of value in thc casket was a ring-a solitaire, but tho brilliant was large and of the finest water. Tho one to vbom the casket was wai could prove beyond all contesting evidenej that the" ring was inasmuch as he possessed a duplicate, var; from it in no respect. An old man had on the vessel, very suddenly, having i sufficient t:me to make thc foregoing rev tions to him who had delivered the caskc the last named possessor. But he could get from the dying m:m the name which ' maine now went by. JBe was so far g that he could only articulate with difJBcc Ho bad placed before him paper, and a was put in his band ; lie had written the tl letters Cas-, when a paroxysm of ag contracted his fingers and they fell nerve on the bed, never to move voluntarily. 1 old man Martin had come, boping to g some eke to the missing jewelry, and althoi investigations had beea made at the time i since, nothing had bee : gained in the matt but a week or so ago a young lady, a mi ber of his family, had. received a letter fr Miss Glydon of Claireville, stating thi young girl in the village had set her cap a gentleman" for whom she herself had ap chant, but as the former had been knowe steal a eostly diamond ring, she had run herself. Martin thinkir.g it might be the sa ring, had come on, hoping to get some lij on the subject of the casket. Whilst the old man had been speaking thick-headed,' or rather, an almost idic creature, who had for years performed I most menial offices about tho place, had co in and was moving restlessly about the ape meut. Ho was, for hi 3 miserly procliviti called Stingy Dick. Be was subject to a s of epilepsy, and when he Buffered from t worst phases of his disorder, would take da to regain the little sense he possessed. ] was such a striking object of charity ti small sums of money 'were being constant bestowed on him. Ho was nsver kno^ though, to speDd a cent, but was fed a clothed by his employe; of the inn. Whe he kept his hoards it was hard to find out. The restlessness of Stingy Dick attract the attention of the occupants of the roo: particularly that of the stranger, Martin, wi: never having seen him before, could not kc his eye off the singular being. His face 5 ternately flushed and paled, and finally J left the room ; and in a few moments w seen by the tavern-keeper who was near tl window, going toward a ruined building whit had been partially destroyed hy fire, son years previous. " What's Dick up to now?'' bc exclaime Upon which the stranger sprang up and stai ing to thc door, shouted, ''after, and wat? him ; for I believe he kuows the whereabou of that valise." In a moment's time they wore up wit him, and in the b?seme it of the old btiildin, in a corner of the room to which ?hey trace Lim, were the remains of a closei;. The fal ing bricks had choked up the cutrauce, b Dick had scaled thc pile and wa3 upon h knees on the floor. Iii! had an old trow? and was in the act of lifting a large flag c square of soap-stone, ile screamed on seein bis pursuers, and cndeivored tc keep fher elf, but in vain. Ia a moment the block c stoue was removed and the hidden treasur revealed. A tin box, old and rusty, Ailed wit bits of silver of all denominations, severn breastpins, watch-keys, bits of jewelry ; am at the bottom, the mixsin;/ casket. Nothioj could bc got out of Dick until a considerable bril)e was 'ottered, and a promise that al should be returned to bim but thc casket a.-id that he should not lie.harmed. By dint of being questioned and cross ques tioned, he at last confered that on the eve ning of the departure ol' the gentleman whi had possession of the casket, he was orderoi to hold the horse until his owner should b? ready to leave. On the gentleman's goin< back to the bur with a parting word to th keeper, Dick had slipped thc valise from th buggy and secreted it ?tr* o wagon of foddi near the door ; aud immediately on the l-ugg; leaving brui managed to ,jet it to bis treasun depository. On the same evening these events trans pi red, Rosa Cassels sat in her chamber weep ing as if her heart wou.d break. A younr lady who brid heard tht conversation at th< party, between Aurora Glydou aud yount La Motte, had repeated it word for word ; anc with a crushed and b'.eeding heart, Rosi prayed for patience to bear this cruel perse cution. At lust, with a sudden determination she ponr.ed the following note : MR. LA MOTTE.-I have just been apprised of a conversation between yourself and Miss Glydon, of which I waa the subject. Mis? Glydon'fl assertion that ?. had been heard tc say I had received letters from yourself, is false as the tongue that uttered it ; is falso a.? tho lieclaratiou that I had expressed mysell as being in love with yoa. The very denial of '.he same causes my cheeks to burn with shame, and my bosom to heave with emotion which I cannot define ; and I can only declare to you before tho Searcher of hearts that not only have I never expressed myself in such a inaiincr,"but. never has a thought cf tne kind entered my mind. If I ever thought of you at all, it was as one too good an! noble to entertain any foelings for one so borne down with sorrow as I have been, save those of pity and sympathy.. As: to the assertion of Miss Glydon that I had pawned a stolen ring, it is another of her own infamous inventions ; and my Guardian and friend, Mr. Merion, will call ber to an account for it. With the hope that I may be believed, I remain, Respectfully &c, ROSA CASSELS. The next movning as Edwin La Motte re turned from the post office, reading the foie going note, he met the inn-keeper with Mr. Martin, who was talking very excitedly. The mention of a diamond ring caused him to Stop and enquire of the inn-keeper if any thing had happened amiss. Tho story was soon told, and with a buoyrftit heart, Edwin determined to fathom the mystery. The one for whom the casket was intended, had a diamond ring which was an,exact duplicate of the one contained in it. Might not the ring which was bartered by Miss Cassels be the one? It took but a five minutes'walk to reach thc shop where it had been sold. The merchant was absent, pqt hi?j clerk thought his wifp might know something about it; so i he wont up stairs to see hor. Yes, her husband had bought a ring from Miss Cassels tho wiuter of herniother's death, , which ring he had given to a daughter by a 1 former marriage. Tbe lady lived some blocks off, but house was soon gained; and on expia tiorjs beingtnade, the ring was exhibited ; i sure enough, it was a fae simile of the i contained in the casket. The thro lett written by the dying man were mention and the paper produced, and as it coirespo ed with the three first in Cassels the myst was soon being unraveled. Another f minutes walk brought them to the door Mr. Merton, where himself and Miss Cass were asked for. The cheeks of tha fora rivaled the blush rose in its first openi bloom, as she saw La Motte among the vi tors. His kindly glances re-assuied h though ; and the object of the call was stab "When the lotter in cypher was brought light, she sprang up, and in a few setorids: turning from her room, exhibited the ke and the skillful ind interested La Motte so deciphered the directions therein contain for recovering the hundred thousand poun invested in Bank of England Stock,.whi had been left Edward Tremaine provided took the name of his maternal granc-fathc Edward Cassels. The inn keeper and his guest, Martin, sot retired, and they were not gone long, befo Edwin La Motte convinced Rosa Cassels th he had believed Miss Glydon'a tale at arra fabrication from first to last. It tock but fer/ days for the gossips of Claireville ( which commodity I believe every corcmuni1 has its share,) that the Misses Rosa and Jenn Cassels were the loveliest girls in the work that every one kuew they were incapable doing any thing mean or dishonorable. Ar it was also soon known that on the eighteen! birth day of Rosa, she was to be married Edwin La Motte ; Adele and Jennie to act ? bridesmaids ; and that on the morning aft? the ceremony, the trio of fair ladies, accon panied by the bridegroom and his fathe would set sail for New York, there to tat passage on the Persia for England. In process of time the property wa: recoi ered ; and as tho star of the Cassels rose, s did that of their whilome enemies, the Glj dons, decline. Thc last speculation of ol Aaron proved a failure, and the mon cnei getically he endeavored to retrieve his losse; tbe more money he sauk ; and by the tim the La Mottes had made the tour of the Bril ish Isles and the Contient, and rc.turne home, he had not only given up house, land and other etceteras, but Aura had oarrio Dan Wilkes, notwithslauding rumor gs vc hit one or tv. o other wives in another Stat ;. Jen nie Cassels married a son of Maj. Collins, an she and her sister became the ruling spirit among the elite of Claireville. Edwin La Motte hos often said to bin swec young wife, I loved you, my darling, fron -the day I saw you, timid and blushing, dis posing (.f the jewel that was to procure neets saries for your sick mother. Poor a id ob scurc though you then were, I could :!ce thi germ of a noble woman. No false serisibili lies deterred you from your duty. ? couh see the really riir.ed woman contrasted will thc would-be ene at my side. Wealth- couh not gloss the con.rseue>s of thc oue. Foverti could not conceal the true metal of thc other The one was tho diamond in its goldia set ting: the other was galvanized brass." Thc Military Government Bi l. We re-publish below the Militar- Bill, am append thereto the Constitutional Amend mont alluded to in the 5th and Gth Section: of the said Bill : AX ACT TO raovinE FOR THE MORE EFFTCIENI GOVERNMENT OK THC REDET, STATES. Whereas no legal Slate Governments 01 adequate protection for life or property now exists in the rebel States of Virginia, Nortr, Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi. Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Texas and Arkansas: and whereas it is necessity thai peace and good order should be enforced in said Stall's until loyal and republican Statt governments can be legally establ shed ? therefore, lie it enacted by the Senate a-'.d House oj Representatives of the United Stales of Amer ica in Congress assembled, That said rebel States shall be divided into military districts and made subject to the military authority of the United States, as hereinafter prescribed, and for that purpose Virginia shall co::?.filute the first district ; North Carolina and South Carolina the second district ; Georgia, Ala bama and Florida the third district : Missis sippi and Arkansas the fourth district; and Louisiana and Texas tho fifth district. SEC. 2. And be it funiter enacted, That it shall be the duty of the President to assign to the command of tach said districts an offi cer of the army, not below the rank of ;3riga dier-Gencral, and to detail a sufficient milita ry force to enable such officer to perform his duties and enforce bis authority within the district of which he is assigned. SEC. 2. And be il further enacted, That it shall be the duly of each officer assigned as aforesaid to protect all persons in their l ights of person and property, to suppress ins irrec tion, disorder and violence, and to puni>h or cause to be punished, all disturbers of the public peace and criminals, and to th's end he may allow local civil tribunals to take ju risdiction of an'l to try offindcra, or, when in his judgment it may bb necessary fer the trial of otlenders, he shall have power to or ganize militnry commissions or tribunals for that purpose ; and all interference undci color of State authority with the exercise of mili tary authority uuder this Act shall be null and void. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all persons put under military arrest by virtue of this Act shall bo tried, without unnecessary delay, and no,cruel or unusual punishment shall be inflicted; and no sentence cf any military commission or tribunal hereby au thorized, affecting tho life or liberty of any person, shall bo executed until it is approved by the officer in command of the district, and the lu,wa and regulations for the government of tho army shall not be affected by thin Act, except in so far as they conflict with it3 pro visious : Provided, That no sentence of death under tho provisions of this Act shall bo car ried into effect without the approval bf the President. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That wlfcn the people of any one of said rebel States shall have formed a Constitution of i Government in conformity with' the Consti tution of the United State* in all respects, framed by a convention of delegates elected hy tho male citizens of said State, tweniy-one years old aud upward, of whatever race, color, or previous condition, who havo been rendent in said State for one year previons to the day of election, except such as may be disfran chised for participation in the rebellion, or ? for felony at common law, and when such Constitution shail provide that the elective j franchise shall be enjoyed by all such p irsons j aa hare the qualifications herein stated for 11? wi i nil UBI Mimili ii.IWII III in wi HUI III election of delegates, une. when such cor sti tution shall be ratified br a majority of the persons voting on the question of ratification, who are qualified as electors for delegates, and when such Constitution shall have been submitted to Congress for examination and approval, and Congress shall have approved the same, and- when said State, by a vote of its legislature under said Constitution, shall have adopted the amendment to the Consti tution of the United States, rjroposed by the Thirty-Ninth Congress, and known as article fonrteen, and when said article shall have be come a part of the Constitution of the Uni ted States, said State shall be declared enti tled to representation -in Congress, and Sena tors and Representatives shall be ndmitted therefrom on their taking :Jie oath prescribed by law, and then and thereafter the preceding sections of this Bill shall be inoperative in said State : Provided, That no person "Bxclu ded from the privilege of holding office by said proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States shall be eligible to elec tion as a member of tho Convention to frame a Constitution for any of said rqfeel States, nor shall any such person vote for members of said Convention. . SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That until the people of said rcSel States shall bo by law admitted to repr?sentation in thc Con gress of fho United State?, any civil govern ments which may exist therein shall Lc deemed provisional only, and ia all respects subject to tho paramount authority of tho United States at any time so abolish, modify, control or supersede tho same; and ju all elections to any office under such provisional governments, all persons shall be entitled to vote, and none other, who are entitled to vote under the provisions of the fifth section of this act ; and no person shall bu eligible to any office under any such provisional govern ments who would be disqualified from holding office under the provisions of the third article. of said constitutional amendment. THE CONSTITUTIONAL aJtENDMENT. Resolved by the Senate and IIOUAC ojJ Rep resentatives of tim United Stoics nf America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of both House---concurring), That the fi?!lov,-?ng arti cle be proposed to the Legislatures of tho several States as an amendment lo the Con stitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of said Legislatures, shall be valid ad a part of the Constitution, namely: ARTICLE.-SECTION 1. All per.wus. born or naturalized in thc Unite! States, ajd sub ject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizen.- r>f the United Stales, and of th?State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of ritizeus of the United States. Nor shall any State deprivs auy person ct life, liberty or property, wi .bout due process of law, nur deny to any person within its ju risdiction the equal protection of the laws. SEC. 2. .Representatives shall be apportion ed among thc several States according to tho respective numbers, counting thc whole nun ber of persons in each Sta.e, excluding In dians not taxed; but whenever thc rijjhl tr? vote at auy election for electors of Presiden S and Vice-president or for United Stales Rep resentatives in Congress, executive' and ju dicial officers, or the members of thc Legisla ture ^thereof, is denied to any of thc male in habitants of such State, being tw'ntv <... : years of age, and thc citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation iii rebellion or other (.rime, tba basis of representation therein sha!! be re duced in the proportion which the number - f such ma!e citizens shall bear tc ll;.; wboie number of male citizens twenty-o*ic years of age in that Slate. SEC. 3. No person shall bc a Senator or Representative in Congress, elector of Presi dent aud Vice President, or hold any of'i?.e, civil or military, under thu United StaUs, ur under any State, who, having previously takon an oath as a member of Congress, or as au olfictr of thc United States, or as o member Of any Stale Legislature, tr as a? executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in ?nsurrcct'.'in or rebellion against tho satne, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof; but Congress may, in* a vote of twe-tnirdsof each House, remove such disability. S BC. 4. Tho validity of thc public ?lebt of tho United States, authorized by law, inclu ding deb's incurred for thu payment of Ten sions and bounties for service i:i suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall hot bc ques tioned, but neither thc United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obli gation incurred in at>1 of insurrection cr re bellion against tao United States, or mini for thc loss or cmaircipaiioa of any slave, but all such denis, obligations, and claims : nail be held illegal and void. SEC. 5. The Congress .shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provi sions of this article. ANDREW J, PELLETIER, Hamburg, S. C. -DEALER IX CHOtfE DRUGS, CHEMICALS, DYE STUFFS, PERFUMERY, And MEDICAL SUPPLIE?. Paints, Oils and Glass, Cosmetics, Soaps, Comos, Brashes, ? And Fancy Goods. SUPERIOR PATENT MEDICINES, TRUSSES, Dental, Surgical and Obstetrical In struments, Tlioiusonian Medicines, REEDS,; HAIR RESTORATIVE?, SPONGES, SNUFF, GELATINES, CHOCOLATES, Flavouring Extrae >ts, NUTMEGS Of HULL, And Fresh Imported Spices? All of which we take plcasuro in offering to tho jellie at reasonable rates. A. J. PELILETIEIi, Druggist and Apothecary. Hamburg, Feb 13 6tn 7 Fisk's Metallic Burial Gases. JUST rewired z lot of FISK'S CELEBRA TED METALLIC BURIAL CASES-ol' the latest styles. Also, on hand, of my own manufacture and finish, a beautiful assortment of MAHOGANY, .WALNUT, POPLAR and PINE COFFINS. All of which I am selling at LOW FIGURES, and STRICTLY FOR CASH. M. A. iii AHKERT, Next door to Advertiser Office. Jan 16 tf . 3 TO RENT, ^ THE PLANTATIOW-fctoly oecuprtd iby the Messrs. Earle, belonging , to Caji t Eugene Burt, on Big Turkey Creek." Terms vory reason able. ' M. C. BUTLER, Attorney. Feb 18 Im