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ON TUE PRESENT CONDITION OF THE SOI [Fron the Southern Opinion.] She lies before thee a pale, pulseless Land No mero her great eyes burn with hopeful About her worn and belmless droop her I A shattered weapon in each dead right hat The trumpets that aroused that warrior b: To pluck fresh honor from an hundred fig Seem distant now as echoes up thc hcigl Of fabulous Legend borne to realms unsc Yet fear'st thou this Qucon Titan from her May start whilst thou art slumbering ? again lier ringing battle-cry o'er mount and phi With Conquest blazing on her fiery crest? Aye ? ntch thy dread ! hence to all Earth's d Thy ruthless sword still gores her prostrate PAIL H. HA -? -? -. - Constitution of thc South Carol .Radical Negro Comcutiou. Last week wc published Article 11 Constitution of the " Great Riuged Strei This week we prcseut to our readers Ai II and III as adopted by the same body these Articles form a part of the Osnsti! to bc ratified or rejected by the peep] hope our read:rs will give them espec tention : ARTICLE II, LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. SECTION 1. The Legislative power o State shall be vested in two distinct brat the one to bc styled the '' Senate," an other the " Houso of Representatives,'' bolh together the " General Assembly o State of South Carolina.'-' SECTION 2. The House o? Represente shall bc composed of members chosen b lot every second year, by the citizens ol State, qualified as ia this Constitution is vided. SECTION 3. Ti.e Judicial Districts shall after be designated as Counties, and the I. daries of the several counties shall rema they arc now established, except the Cu of Pickcus, which is hereby divided into couuties, by a linc leaving the Southern L dary of the State of North Carolina w While Water River enters this State, thence down the centre of .said river, by v ever names knowD, to Ravenel's ?ndg< Seneca River, and thence along the Cent the road leading lo Pendleton Village, i it intersects the liue of the County of Ar son ; and the territory lying East of said shall be known us ibe Couuiy of P:ek< and ib;; territory lying West of said shall bu knowu as the County of OcOl Prodded, that the Legislature shall have [lower at any time to organize new Com; I by changing the boundaries ?.!' cny of the ones : bm no nev.- County shall be heres formed tf less extent than six hundred twenty-five square miles, nor snail any e.> ing Counties Oe reduced to a h-as extent t six hundred and twenty-Ore square mi L:>.c!i county shall constitute one elco district. SECTION 4. Tho House of R. pr?sent?t; shu.il consist of one hundred and twenty-! members, to be apportioned among the ? ral c ?unties according to the number ol' habitants contained in each. An enum< tion of the inhabitants, for thu purpose, si be made in Id?'J, aud again in 1 i>75, and s! bc made in lhe course of every tem h y thereafter, in such manner as shall bo by directed ; and Representatives .sha:l bu signed to the different counties in the ab mentioned proportion, by Act of thc Gem Assembly at the session immediately s?cct ing every enumeration : Provided, Tl,a? u tho apportionment which shall be made U] ibo next enumeration shall take eilVsct, representation of the several couuties, herein stated, shall be as follows: Abbcvi y : Anderson, 3 ; Barnwell ti ; Beaufort, Charleston, IS: Chester, 3; Clarendon, Colinton, ? ; Chesterfield, 2 ; Darlington, Edgefield, 7 ; Fairfield, 3 : Georgetown, Greenville, 4; llorry, 2: Kershaw, 2; L easter, 2: Laurens, 4 ; Lexington, 2j Mari 4: Marlboro', 2; Newberry, 3 ; Oconee, Orangeburg, 5 ; Picken?, i : Richland. Spartanburg, 4 ; Sumter, 4; Union, Z j V liatmburg, 3 ; York, 4. SECTION ~>. li the enumeration herein reeled shall not be made in i be course of year appointed for the purpose, it shall be duty of the Governor to have it ciiectec soon thereafter as shall be practicable. SECTION ?j. In assigning representative the several c-untie?, the General Ancua sbc.il ailow one icpreseiitative to every > hundred and twenty-fourth pari of l!,o wt number of inhabitants in thc Stale; Pu ded, That if in the apportionment ofreprct , tatives any county shall appear noe to be titled, from its population, lo a representati such county shall, nevertheless, send o:.er ! rescnlative ; and if there be stdl n eb fi?is? j of the number of representatives required . Section 4 of this Article, such deficiency si be supplied by assigning representatives, those counties Laving the largest surp fractions. SECTION 7. No apportionment of re prc s tatives shall be construe] lo lake edict, any manner, until ibe general election wh shall succeed suchapp ?rtionment. SECTIOSS. The Senate shall recompo I of one meml)Cr Hom each County, to be el tedi for the term of lour years, by the qu bed voters cf tho State, in Ike .same man in wLich members of the ll;.use of Reprc* tativts arc chosen; except the county Charleston, which s?mil be allowed two S ' atora. [ SECTION 9. Upon the meeting of the fi ' General Assembly which .-hall be ein s. n i der the provisions of this Constitution,! Senators shall be divided, by lot into t . classes, as nearly equal as may be; tho se of thc Sena toi s of the first class to be vecal at the expiration of two years after tho Ml day following the general election, and - tho3col the seeond class St thc expiration t four years ; so that, except as above provide - one half of the Senators may be chosen cv< second year. SECTION 10. No person shall be eligible r. a seat in the Senate or House of Represen lives who at the lime <>f bis election is no: - citizen cf thc United States; ncr any ii who has not been for one year next. prece, ing bis election a resident of this State, a (br titree months next, proceeding bi* eleeti a resident of the county whence, be may chosen, nor any one who bas been convict f)f an infamous crime. Senators shall be least twenty-five, and Representatives at les twenty-one years of age. SECTION ll. The first election for Senate and Representatives under thc providions lf this Constitution shall be held on thc I4l J. loth and lGth days bf April, of the prese !". year; and the second election snail be li? n on the third Wednesday in October, 187 it and forever I hereafter on the same day every second year in such manner and such places as the Legislature may bereuft - provide. SECTION 12. The first session of the Gene; Assembly after thc ratification of this Co stitution, shall bc convened on thc seco D Tuesday in May of thc present year, in t !J i city of Columbia (which ."h..!! remain tho sr ?? i cf Government uuiil otherwise dctermin EL I by the concurrence of twu- thirds of bo Ibranches of tho whole rcpresenUtioo.) .ai thereafter OE tho fourth Tuesday in Novsi ber annually. Should the casualties ol or contagious diseases render it unsa meet at the seat of government, then the ernor may, by proclamation, appoint a secure and convenient place of meeting. . SECTION 13. The terms ol oilice of Senators and Representatives choseu at a eral election, shall begin on thc Monda lowing such election. SECTION 14. Each House shall jud{ the election returns and qualifications i oxvr. members ; and a majority ol* each I shall constitute a quorum to do business a skalier number may adjourn from d: day, and may compel the attendance o sent members, in such manner and i such penalties as may be provided by lai SECTION 15. Each House shall choo? own officers, determine its rules of pro< ing, punish" ?is members for disorderly I vior, lind, with the concurrence of tv?o-tL expela member, 'but not a second tim thc -ame cause. SECTIOX lo'. Each House may punis Imprisonment, during its sitting, nny pc rot a member, who shall be guilty of di pc-ct to' the"House by any disorderly or tempt uous behavior in its presence ; cr \ during lbs time of its sitting-, shall thre harm to a body or es'ate ol' any membe: anything said or done ?neither House, or shall assault ?ny of them therefor, or shall assault or arrest any witness or c person ordered to attend the House, ii going thereto or returning therefrom, or shali rescue any person arrested by orde thc House ; Provided, That such term of pi ison meut shall not in any case extend yond the term of the session of tho Gen Assembly. SECTIO? 17. The members of both Hoi shit!I bc protected in their persons and est during their attendance on, going to, and taming from the General Assembly, and drys previous to the sitting, and ten day.' ter the adjournment thereof. But these p: lego? shall not be extended so as to pro any member who shall be charged with ti sor:, felony, or breach of the pence. SECTION l?. for raising a revenues' orig?nalo in ?he House of Representad but may be altered, amended or rejected the Senate; and all other billi ma)' origir in either lions?, and may be amended, alte cr rrjected by*the other. SECTION 19. Tiie style of nil laws shall " Be it cuacted by the Senate and Housi Re; rcsentatives of the State of South Car na, now mei and sitting in General Asscml aud by thc authority of thc same/' SECTION 20. Ever}- act or resolution hav the foi co pf -AK" shall ??late to but one s j?.> r, and th., shall be expressed in the ti SECTION 21. N'o bill t-nall have the fore-, Uw until ;i shall have been read throe tim and o? three seror'al day?, in each House, h id thc Gr-.-ji Seal of State ailixcd to it, t lias been signed in the Senats House, by t President of ihe Senate ?md thc Speaker the H<uise of Representatives. SECTION -1. No money shall bc dra from '-he treasury bur in pursuance of an : pro? rial ?on made by law ; and a regular sta me: : an ' account of the receipts and exp? ditnres of ali public moneys shall bc pt li-iteJ annually, in such manner as may be law directed. SECTIOS 23. Eich member of the first Gi ral Assembly under this Constitution sh receive MX-dcUcjPS perdinna while in so^i. and ihe further sum ol' twenty cent- for.eve mile ol the ordinary route of travel ia goi to aud returning from the place where su session is held : after which they shall recti =?uch compcn*a;ion as shall bu fixed by li :. Genera! Assembly shall have tin: pu er to \..>::>...:? ? the compensation of its o' members!; And when convened in extra s si--:; they s!);;li rec .ive the sauie milt ugo a per diem compensation an are fixed by li ?br the tegular session, and ::one other. SECTION ?i. in ail tho elections by ; G- ucra! Assembly, or cither House there tl.tj membfc.s shall vote ,; viva voce,'1 and lb voies, thus given, shall be entered upon t journal of the House to which they resp? lively belong. Six nov 25. Neither House, during thc a sion of tii; General Assembly, shall, wir bc the COii3Ciit' of thc other, adjourn for m< th -n three days, nor to any other pince th Lual ??i ?vhieb thu Assembly shall bc at t time sitting. SECTION Each House shall keep a jot nal of i s ov. :: proceedings, aud cau-e t .;a:nc lo bc published immediately after its : jourotnuut,' excupiing such parts as in judgment may require secrecy j and the ye and nay.-- of lue memb-rsof either House, i any question, shall, at the desire ol any I members present, bo entered na ihe journa Any member of either H iuse shall iiavc li 1 crty to dissent from, and protest against, a act or resolution which he may thinlc iiiju ons to thu public ur lo an individua); a ? haw the reasons c-i his dissent entered ? the j iurnals. ? I SECTION -7. The doors of each House sh ? be open, excepi on such occasions as in t : opinion of ib.- House may require secrecy. SECTION 23. No person shall bc eligible ' a seat in t!ic General Assembly whilst ! holds a y i Hice of profit or trust under t! I Suite, tho United Slates of America, or a; ) of them, or under any other p ?wer, oxer ' officeis in tho militia, magistrates, or just ic ol' inibrior Courts, while such justices recei . no salary. And it' any member shall acco ' or exercise any ol' tho s ud di.squal fying ol J ces, Le shall vacate his sen'.,; I'roclJcd, Th ihi* prohibit iou shall not extend to the mei 1 hers ? ? the first General Assembly. SECTION 2?. If any cle:ti,m district sh; neglect to choose a member or members i 1 the day of election, or if any person chosi " a member cf either House shall refuse qualify ?nd luke bia seat, or shall resign, d oVpart the Si .t.^, accept any disqualifying < flee, cr become otherwise disqualified to he his scut-', a writ of election shall b . issued i t'<e President of ihe Senate, or Speaker u tho iii.usj ol Representatives, as thc ca " may be, for the purpose of filling ihr. vacan j thereby occasioned, for the remainder of I [1 tenn ibr which thc person so refuging '* qualify, resigning, dying, departing the Stat '. or I; coming disqualified, was elected to sen j' or tho defaulting election district ought ? have chosen a member or members, y SECTIOS 3O. Members of thc General A sctubly, r.ad all officers before they enter up; 0 tho execution el thi: duties ol their respecti '" olUces, and all members of thc bar, befo u they enter upon tho practice of their profe |u sion, shalt ta!;o and subscribe the followii oath : f' 1 d > soi innly swear (or affirm as thc cn " may be) 'b'?t I am duly qualified according |J i the Coristiluli >n ot tho United Slates and (^ this St:-.te to exercise the duties of tho otfi il i to which I have been elected, (or appointed ,l ! and that I will faithfully discharge to thc bc lof rny abilities thc duties thereof; that rs ! recognise th? supremacy of the Coustiintk rd'i and laws of thc United States over the Co h, i Rtitutiun and laws of any State; and that it : v iii support, protect and defend the Consl ld t union ol' tue United States and tho Constit 0, i ti on ot South Carolina, as ratified by the pe in i plc on thc-day of-, 18GS. So UKI lt ! MK GOD." And the President of this Qo er I vention is authorized to f:ll the blanks in th I section whenever ; o shall receive satisfactoi al I information ot' t> day on which this Const a- ! tution slmli be ratified. id' SECTION .'H. Officers shall be removed fi io ; incapacity, misconduct or neglect of dut at ; in su:!i manner as may bc provided by lin id . w.hen ?;o mode Q.f? trial or removal is providi th : ?a 1 iii:i Coastituljon. id j SECTION 32. Thc House of Reprcsentalivi a- ' shall havo the sole power of impeaching ; bi ft majority of all the members elected i concur io an impeachment All impe ments shall be tried by the Senate; and v sitting for that purpose thc Senators anal upon oath, or affirmation, to do justice ace ing to law and evidence. No person sha! convicted without the concurrence of I thirds of the Senators present. SECTION 33. The Governor, Lieutcn Governor, and all other civil officers, shal liable to impeachment for high crimes misdemeanors, for any misbehavior in ol for corruption in procuring office; or for act which shall degrade their official cha ter. But judgment in such cases 6hall extend further than to removal from o: and disqualification to hold any office of 1 or, trus:. or profit under this State. The ; ty convicted shall nevertheless, be liabl indictment, trial, judgment and punishu according to law. ARTICLE III. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. SKCTION 1. The'Supreme Executive autl iiy of this StiUo shall be vested in a C Magistrale, who shall be styled lf The Go' nor of the Stale of South Carolina." SEC. 2. The Governor shall bu elected tho electors duly qualified to vote for mi berg of the General Assembly, and shall h his office for two years, and until his suc< sor shall be chosen and qualified, and si be re-eligible. SEC. 3. No person shall be eligible to office of Governor who denies the existe o? the Supreme Being, or who it the tim* such election has not attained the age thirty years, and who, except?t the first el tion under this Constitution, shall not hi been a citizen of the United States and a i izen and resident of this State for two ye next preceding the day of election.' Nor. son while Governor shall hold any other oil or commission, (except in the militia,) uni this State, or any oilier power, at one and I same time. SEC. 4. Thc returns of every election Governor shall bc sealed up by the manag ol elections in their respective counties, a transmitted, by mail, to the seat of Govi mont, directed to the Secretary of State, w shall deliver them to the Speaker of I House of Represen tal ives at thc next ensui session of the General Assembly, and a f plicate of said returns shall be file ; with i Clerks of thu Courts of said Counties, win duty it ?hall boto forward to the Secreti of Stale a certified copy thereof, upon bei uotificd that the r< turns previously iorwarc by mail have not been received at his offi It .-hall Le tie duty of thc Secretary of Si: after thc expiration of seven days from ; day upon which thc votes have bie : count if tho returns thereof from any County bu nut been received, to notify th* Clerk of t Court of said County, an I order a copy the returns filed in his office to be forward forthwith. The Si crclary of Slate shall < liver the return-. to tue Speaker of ibo Hoi of Representatives, at the t ext ensuing s siou of thc General Assembly: and duli the first wo k i f thc ssssion, or as Poon tin; General Assembly shall havcorganiz by th- election of the presiding officers ibo tw> Ilou-ts, ihe Speaker shall open a publish them i:: the presence of both HODS .Tu? person Laving the highest number votes shall Ix; Governor ; but if two or mi tittil b.-'< qm-.', !?? 1 highes! h Votes, the O' oral Assembly shall, during the samo sessic i i thc House ol Representatives choose o of them Governor vir i voce. Contested eic tiona !'?r Governors!:.:!! bc determined br ! General Assembly in such manner nash be prescribed bj law. SKI:, J. A Lieutenant-Governor shall chosen at the same lime, in the same niacin continue iu ellice for li:e sana: pct ?od, and possessed uf ?Lc- sr.un qua ?(icalious as t j Governor, and :.haJI r.-: t?flicia bj President the Semite. Sec ?;. The f.ieuler.ant-Govcmor, wh presiding in-thc'Senate; shall Lave no vol unless the Senate be equally divided. SEC. 7. The Senate ?Uall choose a Pre dant pro tciHjiore, 'o ac; in the absence ol t L\u-.e::a:.t-(?own or, or whoa he shall (Xi eise ibu i Uieo of Governor. S KC. S. A luctiiber of lbs Senate, or of tl Uou.-c ol Rsprscntalives, being cb* sen ftCtiig Governor or Lieul :.a:u Gove rr,, ?bnll thereupon vacate bis .v:r, ami anoth person shall bo eli cted i:i his stead. SEE: 9. In ca?e ol the removal of ?he G crnur from his < iliac, or his death, res'gnalic rumora! from Iii? Slate, or inability t.j (] i charge the powers and duties of the said < : lice, the same sh;i?? devolve on the Licutenai Governor, andi Le General Assembly, ut Iiis! session after thc ratification nf this Co stitution, s'.a'.i, by law, provide fur thc case removal, d ath, resignation, r.r inability, bj of the Governor and Lieutenant G .verm declaring what officer shall then act as G^ Crnor, and such officer .?hall aol according! until such disability shall have been remove or a Governor Find' have been elccied. SEC: ll). Thc Governor shall be comma j der in chief of tho militia of thc Rtat>'. o eept when they shall bc called into tuc act ii i service of the Coiled States. St:c. ll. HQ shall have power lo grant i prieves and pardpua after conviction, (exec ; in <ase; of impeachment) in such macuer, i fach lernis, and under such r strictions as shall think proper ; and he shall have pow to remit fines and forfeitures, unless other wi , directed by law. Il sha I be his duty ?o i pin t to the General Assembly at the no regular session thereafter, all pardons grant I by him, with a full statement of eaeh ea: , and the reasons moving him thereunto. Sec. 12. Jiff shall toko care that ibo lal , bo faithfully executed in mercy. SEC. 13. The Governor and Lieutenni ' Governor shall, at staled times, receive I I their services a compensation which shall . neither increased nor diminished during 1 [ period f.)r which they shall have been ekctc SEC. 14. All officers in thc Executive 1J ~{ partaient shall, when required by the Gove j nor, give hun information in writing up j any suijecl relating to the duties of theiri spective offices. ,! SEC. 15. The Governor shall, from time ?J time, give lo the General Assembly inform tion of the condition of thc State, and t . commend to their consideration such men -, ures as he shall judge necessary orexpedici Q Sue. li!. Ile may, on extraordinary occ u sions, convene tho General Assembly ; ai . should either House lemain without, a quorn a. for live days, or in case of disagreement 1 5 tween thc two Houses with respect to t 3 time of adjournment, may adjourn them 0 such time as ho shall think proper; not I f youd tho time of thc annual session thi 0 next ensuing. \ SEC 17. He shall commission all officers ( the State. j SEC. 18. There shall be a Seal of the Sta! n for which tho General Assembly, at its iii . session, shall provide, and which ?ball be ns 1 by tho Governor officially, and shall be calli ?. "The Great Seal of the State of South Cat i. lina." SKC. 10. All grants and commissions ah: p bc issued in the name and no au thor i . ol ibo State of South Cardinia, sealed wi j3 thc Great Seal, signed by the Governor ai " countersigned by the Secretary of State. ?. Ste. 20. The G ?vernor and the Lieuteuai Governor, before entering upon the duties )r their respective offices, shall take ami sn K. scribe the oith of ellice as prescribed in A *' ; tielc two. section thirty-one ol this Consti'. ,j tion. SEC. 21. The Governor ?hall resido at t jg capital of thc State ; but during the sitting rt Ibo General Assembly be shall resido who its sessions are held, except in case of con tagion. SEC. 22. Every Bill or joint resolution which shall have passed the General Assembly, ex cept on a question of adjournment, shall, be fore if. becomes a law, be presented to 'he Gov ernor, and, if he approve, he shall sign it; if not, he shall return it, with bis objections to the House in which it shall have originated; which shall enter the objections at large on its journals, and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such'reconsideration, two-thirds of that House shall agree to pass it, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other House, by which it shall bc reconsidered, and, if approved by two-thirds of that House, it shall have the same effect as if it had been Hgned by the Governor; but, in all such cases the vote of both Houses shall be taken by yeas and nay, and the names of thc persons votitig for aud against thc Bill or joint reso lution, shall be entered on the journals of both Houses respectively. It a Bill or joint resolution shall uot be returned by the Gov ernor within three days after it sbnll bave been presented to kim,"Snndajs excepted, it shall have the same force and effect as if he had signed it, unless the General Assembly, by their adjournment, prevent its return, in which case it shall not have such force and effect unless returned within two days after their next meetiug. SEC. 23. There shall be elected by the qual ified vctert pf the State a Comptroller-Gene ral, a Treasurer, and a Secretary of State, who shall hold their respective offices for the term of four years, and whose duties and compensation shall be prescribed by law. THE NEWARK STEAM MAX.-Mr. Zaddock Derick has brought his "steamman" to New York, and will exhibit in Broadway, in a building nearly opposite theruius of Barnum's Museum. This steam man i? 7 feet 9 inches in height, weighs 300 pounds, and measures 200 inches around the waist. The motion of thc legs is quite natural. The abdominal regt' u is occupied by a good sized furnace which was in full blast. The boiler is concealed from the public gaze, but it is presumed to be somewhere above the furnace. Thc steam whistle is fixed in th? rear of thc hat. ja>t above thc brim, the gauge at the back of his head, and the safety valve in an appropriate position. He wears a large stovepipe hat-stovepipe literally, for it is through the cranium ihe funnel passes. The steam mau proper is but thc figure-head, as it were, of a photon.capable of accommoda ting four persons, together with a tank to con tain half a day's supply of waler and a bunker fe-r a days coal. Tlie entire driving machine ry is at the. rear ol the steam mau, and with in easy grasp of the driver seated on the front scat, who, at any time, can increase or di minish thc speed, turn, slop, curve, ?fcc. Twen ty pounes of steam will set the man in mo tion, and twenty cents' worth cf coal will werk him for a day-so thc inventor says. The eunice is four norse power, and the man takes thirty inches ia each stride. lVrhaps the mest extraordinary attribute of the ani mal is the faculty of slopping over ail ob structions not higher than a foot. The inven lor proposes aiso to produce shortly a steam horse adapted to ploughing and tho heavier kinds of draught and bunh u. In consequence of objections on the part of insurance com panies, thc owner of the building where the n?w i.-' untion is now exhibited refuses to al low any ambulatory movements of the iron .nan, and hu wa? seen yesterday in a fixed po sidon, with thc legs moving backward? and forth. In a short time thc inventor will be able to show tlie machine in another location where free motion will not be proscribed. Ai soon us the weather will permit, thc iron man will sst out on his travels to Chicago, to dem ?rale the entire success of the invention, i he visitors yesterday were quite numerous -N. V. Tm;es. -_. ? *. STATE CONVENTION OK WHITE MEN.-A Stat.- Convention ol thc white men of ihe .Sta"- of Alabama who are oppose ! lo nejre domination and Radical misrule, is called te meat at Montgomery ou the lirai Wednesday of June, fyr ike purpose of taking measur? lo .sustain, and co-operate v. ii ii, th'' Nat iona Democracy in the approaching Presideotia election. This is tho most important Convention moro imp..nant tl.au ?ur which Ins evct taken place in thc State. Every county should i ol I foil county me-m g< and appoint a dele gation of ihe vc-rv ablest mon cf His coramu uity. Expenses wi ich cannot be met by tin delegations should bs provided for by lin Conservative Clubs of the counties. Tia ik-h-gates will incur no expense while al Montgomery. They will be th? guests ol tin Montgomery Conservative Club. It will be ob-cived that the call of tilt Committee is upon the white rae. of Ala ba ma, without, reference to old poliiical pani ? a:id thc object of the call is to throw thi '.- ight of tho white race of Alabama upoi the side of that Northern party which i- ii favor of granting us our Constitutional right, in ihe Uni?n.-Mont. Mail. -- ? ?. i VALUE OF A Goon HOAD.-!: is well knowi that Hie value of land is, io nome exteat, dc pendent upon its accessibility to market Lind situated close to a good road, i? alway Worin more than the Fnma quality-of lan? cut oil" from it by a bad road : but few per sons arc aware how much this dillVrence o ' location does affect thc price of land. W lind a good illustration of the value of a goOi road in railing thc price of land, in th Cviinlry Gentleman. A subscriber to tha journal, wiiting from Ballimore County, Md Eays that a turnpike, six miles in length, i uow being constructed in his neighborhood Atone end of thc road, isa (met of lair, containing one thousand acres, which ha been for sale for several years without findili a purchaser ; because the road haling toi was so bad that no one would buy it, a'.thoug the quality of the land is very good. Th owner has now advanced its juice Si'-5 pe acre, which makes his tract worth ?i'J?^?U more than it was bel--re the turnpike wn commenced-a sum m >re than sullicient t have buiit tho road. And from tho cxper euee of other sections of the country, th rule holds good that a good road will mor than pay for ihe money spent on i', by th additional value it gives to the land it. pass? through. On the other hand, a bad road is very expansive luxury, both on account of ii depreciating lands and the additional ce which it throws upon thoso who are oblige to haul their crops to market over it. 'll: wagons used upon such a road are frequei visitors to tho black-smith's shop, the IJ-JU small, and the extra limo consumed in Lau ing thc crops would probably suffice to put in good order. SST Thc editor of thc Petersburg Indc telegraphs from Washington to his paper i follows : " The universal opinion among tho; best informed herc is that the d?position Mr. Johnson is already a fixed fact. Thc in poachers aro very bitter in their expression and announce the determination to finish tl job cut out for tho Senate with all possib dispatch." This coincides with the stat aie-nts of all thc best-informed Washing!) correspondents. Whence those who lind impeachment nothing but a goodjoko dern their information we cannot in'agino. If son unexpected turn is not given to the trial, M Johnson might as well prepare to give pla in a short time to old Ben Wade. ?0* Tho llr.-?t colored jury ever impanelled Uotuphu is uuw s-iUing iu Ibo criminal court, u murder case, whero tho ?mrlics aro colorod pi eons. Very Important Order from Gen. C Thc following order, just issued by Gen. will bo road with general interest. Ii i seen by Section first that tho election i question of adopting or rejecting tho Co tion to bc presented, as framed by tho '. struction Convention, nnd also for Sfato an oral offices, will be commenced on thc Hth mo, and by Section second, that tho books o istration arc to bo rc-opened and Tcviscd commend tho order to thc perusal of our re HEADQUARTERS SHCOXD MILITARY DISTR; CHARLESTON, S. C., March 13, 186 [General O dern, Nb. 40.] Tho Constitutional Convention of tho St South Carolina, in conformity with the J Congress of March 23, 1867, supplementary Act of March 2, 1867, " to provide for the efficient government of tho rebel States," h framed a Constitution and Civil Governme carding to tho provisions of tho aforecited .md having, hy an Ordinance adopted on tl day of March, 1SGS, provided that tho said stitution shall bc submitted "for ratiCcati thc persons registered under tho provisio this Act (March 23, 18C7, Section 4 at an eb to be conducted by tho officers appointed or appointed by tho Commanding General as inbeforo provided, and to be held after tho o; tion of thirty days after the notice thereof given by thu said Convention;" and having i er provided, by tho aforesaid ordinance, th tho same time an election shall be hold 'or ornor, Lieutenant-Govcrnor, Adjutant ant spector-Gcneral, Secretary of State, Comptr General, Treasurer, Attorney-General, Sup tendent of Education, and members of the ( ral Assembly, and further that in each Con sional District of tho State on election sha held for a member of the Houso of Repres fives of the United States Congress, and for members at largo; It is orlored, First. That an election bo hold in tho Stn South Carolina,commencing on Tuosday, tho day of April, and ending on Thursday, tho day of April, 1868, at which all registered v of paid Stale may voto "For Constitution " Against Constitution," and also on the i ballot for thc State officors and membors of House of Representatives spocifiedan the afo ted ordinance. Second. It shall bc thc duty of tho Boari Registration in South Carolina, commencing I teen days prior to tho election herein ordered, giving reasonable public notice of the timo place thereof, to revise for a period of five i thc registration lists; nnd upon being sati: that any person not entitled thereto ha3 been intered, to strike thc namo of such person j thc lists, and such person shall not be entitle vote. Thu Boards of Registration shall also, ring tho same period, add to such registers n.nnies of all persons who at that timo possess qualifications required by said Acts, who have already been registered. Third. In deciding who aro to be stricken f or added to the rcgi-tration lists, the Boards bc guided by the law of March 2, 1S67, and laws suppUmmtary thereto, and their afen is specially directed lo tho supplementary A< July ld, 1?G7. Fourth. Any duty registered rotor of this S who may have removed from thc District in wi he wits registered, shall be entitled to vote in District (County) to which he has removed hus resided for thc ten days next preceding election, upon presentation of a certificate of I istration ?rum thc District in which he was or nally registered, or upon his affidavit or other , Ufuctory evidence that bc was so registered, that he has not voted nt this election. It s' be thc duly of the Registrars, upon the appl lion of any duly reg'utcred voter who has rem , ed, or ii about to remove from tho precinct , which ho was originally registered, to fun , him with a certificate that he was so registoi nnd to note thc fact in tho registra'ion book : the precinct. In default of the certificate, ? affidavit of the voter must set forth thu Dist : aud prei ?nc; in which be was originally rejjis cd, and tho length of time bc bas resided in county in which bc desire* to vote. In doub j ea-e?, thc Registrars >.r Managers of Eked . shall requi: o such additional evidence as may . necessary to s-iii.-fy them that the applicant is : pall}' entitled t" volo. Blank forms for thc co ; ficatc? and tor the affidavits herein required, ' ' be fui i.l-he.1 the Registrars and tho Managers ' Elections, and when used will be attached to ballots cast by such ruters, and will bc tra tu Ked ttl District Headquarters with thc rctu required by law. Fifth. Thc -aid election will be held in ci > Di.-lv'u t at .mell places ns may hereafter bc des i nated, under thu superintendence of thc Boa i I nf Registration as provided by law, and in aceo * uuco willi instructions bereifter to bo given said Boaids in conformity with tho Acts of C gross and as far a' ia iy bc with tho laws of Soi Parolina. Sixth. The polls" shall bc oper.od at such voti s placcs.at six o'clock in the forenoon, and clo! 1 al .?ix o'clock iu the afternoon of each day, a shall lie kept open during ihcso hours without i f termUsion or adjournment, e Seventh. All judges and dorks employed ' conducting .-aid cleetion shall, bufore commend '' tn hold thu same, bc sworn to thc faithful pi fi.riuance nf their duties, nnd shall also take a '' subscribe thc oath of omeo prescribed hy law ] officers <>f thc I" ii ?ted States, j Eighth. No member of the Board of Regist: .s tiou, who is a candidate for election to any ofti g to bc filled tu ibis election, eball serve as a Jud it or Manager of tho E cction in any precinct whi h ho seeks to represent. c Ninth. Thc sheriff and other penco officers ench County aro required to bc present during t U whole time thal thc polU aro kopt open, and u til thc election ii completed ; and will bc ma responsible that (hero shall bo no intorferen e with Judges of Elections, or other interrupts C of good order. Ifthcro should bc more than o e palting placo in any County, tho Sheriff of ll :S County is empowered aDd directed to mako sui a as.-i"nuients of ki.i deputies, and other pcaco of! ^ corr, to thc other po ling places, as may in h j judgment best subserve thc purposes cr ^uict ai 0 order ; and ho is further required to report thc: ,t, arrangements in advance to the Commander ls thc Military Bust in which his County is situate I- T< nth. Violence, or threats of violence, or 't discharge from employment, or other opprcssii moans to prevent nny person from registering < exercising his right of voting, is positively pn !* hibitcd; and any such attempts will bo reporte 13 by thc Registrars ur Judges of Elections to tl i?' Post Cotnmandir. and-will causo tho nrrcst an ? triul of the offenders by military authority. Th exhibition or carrying of deadly weapons in vic jy tatton of Gouoral Orders No. 10, of 18G7, at or i le thc vicinity of any polling piucos .'aring tho clct C- lion herein ordored, will bo rogardoa ?nd trcate ?u as an additional offence. in Eleventh. All bar rooms, saloons am1 otbe ,? places for tho salo of liquors by -retail, wi'I b 10 closod from six o'clock of tho ovoning of the 13t -' of April, until six o'cloek of tho morning of th CC 17th of April, 186S, and during this time tho sal of all intoxicating liquors at or near any pollin in ' pince is prohibited. Tho polico officers of citie on ?md '.owns, and tho Shoriffs and other poaoo off jr- cord of countios, will bu held responsible for th I strict enforcement of this prohibition, and wi! promptly arrest and bold for trial all persona who may transgress it. Twelfth. Military interference with eloctions, "unless it shall be necessary to repel tho armed onemies of the United States, or to keep the peace at the polls," is prohibited by the Act of Congress, approved February 25, 1865, and no soldiers will be allowed to appear at any polling place, unless as citizens of the State they are qualified and are registered as voters, and then only for tho pur pose of voting ; but the Commanders of Posts will keep their troops well in hand on the days of elec tion, and will be prepared to act promptly if the oivil authorities aro unablo to preserve the peace. Thirteenth. Tho returns required by law to be made to the Commander of tho District of the re sults of this election, will bo rondered by the Boards of Registration of the several registration procincts through tho Commanders of tho Milita ry Posts in which their precincts are situated, and in accordance with the detailed instructions here after to be given. Fourteenth. Thc Stato officers to bo voted for at this election are : 1. Governor. 2. Lioutenant-Governor. 3. Adjutant and Inspector-General. 4. Secretary of State. 5. Comptroller-General. 6. Treasurer. 7. Attornoy-General. 8. Superintendent f Education. 9. Members of the General Assembly, as fol lows : County of Charleston,* 2 Senators and 18 Rep resentatives. County of Colleton, 1 Senator and 5 Represen tatives. County of Beaufort, 1 Senator and 7 Represen tatives. County of Georgetown, 1 Senator and 3 Repre sentatives. County of Horry, 1 Senator and 2 Representa tives. County of Williamsburg, 1 Senator and 3 Rep resentatives. County of Marion, 1 Senator and 4 Represen tatives. County of Darlington, 1 Senator and 4 Repre sentatives. County of Marlboro', 1 Senator and 2 Represen tatives. County of Chesterfield, 1 Senator and 2 Ropro tentatives. County of Sumter, 1 Senator and 4 Reprsscntn tives. County of Clarendon, I Senator and 2 Repre sentatives. County of Barnwell, 1 Senator and 6 Represen tatives. County of Edgefield, 1 Senator and 7 Represen tative!. County of Orangeburg, 1 Senator and 5 Repre sentatives. County of Kershaw, 1 Senator and 3 Represen tatives. County of Richland, i Senator and 4 Represen tatives. County of Lexington, 1 Senator and 2 Repre sentatives. County of Nowberry, 1 Senator and 3 Repre sentativos. County of Laurens, 1 Senator and 4 Represen tatives. County of Abbeville, 1 Senator and 5 Represen tatives. County of Anderson, 1. Senator and 3 Represen tatives. County of Greenville, 1 Senator and 4 Repre sentatives. County of Pickens,* 1 Senator and 1 Represen tative. County of Spartanburg, 1 Senator and 4 Rep resentatives. County of Union, 1 Senator and 3 Representa tives. County of York, 1 Sonator and 4 Representa tives. County of Chester, 1 Senator and 3 Represen tatives. County of Fairfield, 1 Senator and 3 Represen tatives. County of Lancaster, I Senator and 2 Repre sentatives. County of Oconcc,* 1 Senr-tor and 2 Represen tatives. Fifteenth. Tho First Congressional District is composed of tho Counties of Lancaster, Cheater field, Marlboro', Darlington, Marion, Dorry, Georgetown, Williamsburg, Sumter, Clarendon aud Kershaw ; tho Second is composed cf the Counties of Charleston, Colleton, Beaufort and Barnwell ; thc Third is composed of the Counties of Orangeburg, Loxington, Richland, Newberry, Edgefield, Abbeville and Anderson : thc Fourth is composed of tho Counties of Oconcc, Bickens^ Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union, York, Chester and Fairfield ; in each of which one per son shall bo elected as Representativo to tho Con gress of the United States. In addition, two oth er members of that body will be elected by tho ballots of tho registered voters voting at largo throughout the State. Bv command of Brevet Mnjor-Gencral ED. R. S. CA.NBY. LOLiS. Y. CAZIARC, Aidc-do-Camp, Act'g Adg't. Gonoral. * NOTES.-(1 ) Tho territorial subdivisions here tofore known as "Districts" arc designated as .' Couutios" by the new Constitution. (2) The Districts of Charleston and Berkolcy aro united, and constitute thc Couucy of Charleston. ('.'.) The County of Ocouce is formed by tho division of Pickens District AX IXTKRFSTINf? FEATURE OF TENNESSEE I'OUTICS.-According to the ruling of the so called election ou Saturday last, thc people ol Nashville will be liable to arrest by a negro constablo, trial by a negro magistrate, and imprisonment by a negro jailor.-Xashvillt Union. The white people of this city should seri ously consider the warning conveyed to them in the above extract from their sister city ol Nashville. If they do not wake ap and shake off thc fatal lethargy which bas for moro than twe yen rs past prevented them irom taking a prop er interest in the progress of political allairs, tiley will lind the government of their city pass into the hands of tho black race, anti that class of mean whites who, to accomplish private and dishonest purposes, have a! read j placed themselves very high in tho regard o' their sable friends. The property owners 'and those who pay the taxes and bear tho burdens of city gov ernment, will commit a fatal and, wc believe irreparable mistake if they, by their luke warmness and indifference to the importance of tho ?-sues involved, permit tho approach ing elections to be carried in favor of the Radicals. Under the Radical programme w< are not only in danger of having negro mag istrates, constables and jurymen, but w< must make up our minds to submit to toe su uremacy of a negro Mayor, Councilmen Treasurer, Tax Collectors and all the otlicori required to carry on thc city government This can only bo prevented by thc defeat o the negro-Radical party. The whites can de Icat them if they will only determine to do so Chronicle ic Sentinel. The New York Tribune is thus driving awaj at Gen. Grant, the anticipated standard-bear er of i ts party. It says: " To elect a man to office who dcliborateb pots drunk is to bring delirium tremnns inti our legislation, and to make the preparatioi and execution of our laws uncertain, wild ant spasmodic. Now is the time for the mei who really believe in the virtue of temperanci to show their faith by their works. Let u resolve to vote for no man who has no strength enough to reoist the temptatioi. o wine." ty A wag belonging to tho Atlanta bar pro pounded the following conundrum at the Oiunt; court recently: "Why is a child hooked am killod by a cow like a modern lady's dress?" Ii vain did the judge and officers of the court on deavor to solve it. With a roguish twinkle o the eye bo said, " BeiauM it's gored to death." Letter of Acceptance from General Scott. The following letter has been received from General Scott: HEADQ?AF.TBRS ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, ") BUREAU REFUGEES, FREEDMEN AND | ABANDONED LAND*., ^ DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. I CHARLESTON, S. C., March 11th, 1S?8. j Messrs. F. J. Moses, Jr., Dr. B. A. Baseman, and Ur. J. L. Neagle, Committee : GENTLEMEN-I have the honor to ackuowl edge thc receipt of your cotnmunicatijn of the 11th inst., notifying me of my nomination by the " Union Republican State Nominating Convention" as its candidate for the Cover-, norabip of South Carolina. I have not sought from the people of tho State this expression of their confidence, and therefore do I the moro highly appreciate the action of your convention. I cordially ac cept the nomination, and shall do all in ray powe.- to contribute to the success ol the purty and the future prosperity of the S ia1, P. I have the honor to be, gentlemen, Very respectfully, your ob't serv't. R. K. SCOTT, Brevet Major-General. The following are the remarks of General R. K. Scott, Republican nominee for Go /ir nor, made at the Club House banquet Fri Jay night, the, 13th: Afr. President and Gentlemen ;-I amforci bly reminded of the truth of the say inp. i hat there is no new thing under the sun, for thc reason that it is impossible to say anything that has not been repeated again and again by every candidate for political preferment since the foundation uf Republican institutions, each clothing his thoughts according to bis peculiar taste. Allow me to say that it is a matter of sur prise to me that I should have been selected for this most responsible and honorable place upon your ticket, when jou have so many able and true men among you, men who would discharge the duties of the office of Governor of South Carolina alike with honor to themselves and credit to the pceple, the whole people. I can therefore only regard your action as an endorsement of my course as Assistant Commissioner during tho past two years. If the past meet your approval, you have in it a guarantee for the future. Having assisted in the organization of the Republican party, and witnessed the soundness of its political theories while passing through the ordeal to which they have been subjected, the convic tion is forced upon my mind that the Ameri can people can look alone to that party for the perpetuation of Republican institutions, and to sustain the broad principles of *' equal and exact justice to all gien." Permit me, gentlemen of the Convention, to say, that I trust on returning to your homes, you will forget that there is an up country or a low country, but that you will only remember that the boundaries of the State enclose one com monwealth with common interest to protect. Iofthe organization of a civil Government, which should be so just and impartial in all its features, that the opposers of civil liberty will bc compelled to admit their error, and make common cause with us in our efforts to make South Carolina one of the great States of a great brotherhood of Staten, limit ed only by thc Northern lukes on the one hand, and the Gulf of Mexico on the other, and extending from ocean to ocean, whoso common purpose is to transmit to posterity, our institutions perfect, harmonious and lib eral. In conclusion let me say if the Civil Gev ernmentof this Stato bc once failry inaugura ted on a Republican basis, securing to all classes of citizens the fullest justice and pro tection, I Joel justified in assuring you of prompt assistance in replenishing your State Treasury, and of unlimited capital Irom the North coming here to seek investment cad assist in tho developcracnt of the rich md abundant resources of the State, now lying idle for the waut of means and enterprise. I thank you again for your friendly greet ing and the expression of confidence exhibit ed iu my Domination. -? ? ? Let us Organize. It was a wisc premonition of the Charles ton Mercury, that in the late elections held in this State, the white people should regster their names, but not vote. Time, aud tho results in other States Lave proved, tha? to stay away from the polls, and yet to use all other proper efforts to defeat the radical mea sures underthe Reconstruction Acts, was the best and most efficient course for the South ern people. Anti wo verily believe the con vention questiou was defeated in SoutM Caro lina if the truth was known. That journal, of true, consistent, and irooiirrcness, :;..-.-v ad vises a thorcugh organization of the wbir. people of tho State ; and Gov. Perry (. .nie to its aid in a very forcible letter in the Ma airy, proposing thc organization of Demo cratic Clubs everywhere in the State, M ?th tho purpose of co-operatine. with thc- e-eat Democratic party ci the North. Gov. Per . ry's letter will be found on another ps.-eof this Spartan. We all see and feel tba. th? negroes are now made our legal and po' tical equals by the Reconstruction Acts of tb. rad ical Congress. But that they could hav.- be come practically so, would have been ir.pos sible, without the aid of a strict and gi ncr?! ? organization in the form of Union League.--. Their organization is tho true source of their , power ; our disorganized or confused st ne. is i our weakness. To organiz:., is to bring j',out concert of action in different sections, a I hav ing common interest and common principles. ! A disorganized people becomes demot t'zed, [ and corruption and tie loss of moral princi , pies destroys natural vigor, and thus subverts , all individual plans or schemes, however wiso p ly designed or set forth. Good intentions and patriotic feelings are worth notbir g with . out action-energetic and united action. Thc . horrible catastrophe of a conflict of races now pending, calls upon every white man [ and woman, and every good blackman in tho j land who has any love of peace or Lope for . the future, to act, and to act now. Good , men, white or black, can do nothing individ \ ually, however good their intention-. Then ' let our disordered ranks come to order. Let , us unite, let us organize in self defence. In . every town and village and settlement ot the State, let there bc a Democratic Club The I noble State of Georgia is up and putting on her armor. Alabama has delivered battle, j- and the hellish schemes of Ute Radicals have been discomfited ; other States of the South arc shaking off the apathy and gloom of the times, and preparing to strike another blow for lifo and honor. Thousands of Democrats at the North and West, are contending nobly f for the restoration of the Constitution and the . Union of our fathers. If wo can sfave off tue hellish rule of brutal radicals fora few months, our enemies will bo crashed ; the sun of pros ^ pority will drive these dark clouds from our 3 sky, and hope and pence will again gladden ? the hearts of our people. If we fail to act now we fail forever. To be thrown from the % circle of civilizfttijn is worse than death. To 8 help ourselves we must act in unison with ? our friends at the North and the "West, The ? National Democracy ist our only hope, and the least that we can do is, to co-operate with them. Let tho solid men of every class in the country, and in the towns and villages, take hold on *he subject, and be prepared on T salesday next, to act as men determined to II be free. To deipair qsf our country now, i without another effort to throw off the ac - cursed rule of radicalism, is a crime-a crirao f against our children and future generations. -Spartanbwy Spartan,