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TE N MBE R?F R ER D w ; -1 -F.> Q-O T 10N 1IS IN AI)A .0~A __ VOLUME .I. NEWERRY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCT. 11, 185- NUMBER 42. IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY, At Newb-erry C. H., By THOS. F. & R. H. GRENEKER, TERM, -, FOR sIX MfS TEE IN CURI:ENCY OR IN PluVISIUN. (Payment required invariably in advance.) AdvermontnLerted at '$1 ,.% per square, for m 'inseti onl, e i ~r~ rf,r t ch., :C !e 3arr'age no:ices, F : ::-. ( r and Comun ea. onS o: Plr6ul"" a as advertisem+: nts. THE CONSTITUTI N STATE OF SOUT1 C.kOLINA, SEPTEM - 7, 1 Fe, (Y'pak n a, 7by w r 1 111 .1 jA o"Z,! the Gore::a' ARICLE., I. Sec. . The Legative fuhm y f tis State shall he westod i a enrl -eb which sha! consist Gf a eno ad a a of Repreentivre. Sec. 2. The %Ie cer cen a.-'es be composed of MdmrW d1wn h.b .uvery second V:A by C:, e n t I State, quan!! kd s 1: 1t,C,;:., pro 0. F'I0. vided. -lhal Con.".t 'Chrlest into two o. th la eP; ctl, to be %\ !i panrt of the -w . the oii " t * av the Ex.-z- cf, cl' thev :.re . Sec. 5. T the r.. ' \-re' -the Gene.razi A t er .direct, or of u . , 0f prn.perty Ccd in u ta *anrd eighlt hund'e :I1 \i an a he mnade in the cos:r e ofe:ytnhya theefter, in :h :;.:ne 5 0a- fa direted; . :1 f. Repr ::iVes sh:>'h e I to *he di :et Disa ie 0M : the ove-m'n tioned pro ortion, by Aet of the (> \. semnbly at. the 'essi)n ;:nmed C ateI i urcced * every enumertionI : Pr I t~ un apportionment, n' bien seu Ke up:1. next enumner:it:n, sha; t re - sen,taitin .f the s~'eera ,.vcon . a hercin coni ttedi.', sha:d cint n ', ra the las't app~ortionment, eachn D)i t et whichi has been hemetofore divni ito ,rms:er Is 'ricts,i nrin :is P0: ihcs, hei. deee gate number of R..'rd : vs Parishnes : l hettui: nl enie Cc I I hiave had since that n' palrr;titmer, eR presenttive to wich) the Parih <> f .\ ! ait has been heretof' re enitied, be ,' duingi 'this interval, assignted to Hion y ELection i rie t. Sec. t. It the entmnrat:an ;:vrem iret shaltnet be male la th coutrse of v ear apntdfor the ;:prpose, i t sh':eth dt 'of the Governor to haIve it ec!te.d as soonl -thereafter as shall he prantic:le 'Sec. 7. In assigning Ret rese:tatives to the -several Dist:iets, the Gieneral Assecubiv shiall allow one Representative for every sixty-sec ond part of the whole number ef w hite inhab itants in the State, and one Rletresenlttatire also for every sxty-seennd part of the whole I taes raised by the Gen:eral As,embh-. There 'nall be further allowxed oneRprsnttv for such fractions of the six: v second part of the white inhabi!ante, anhd oif the 5ity-second *part of the taxes, as when added together oma unit. Sec. 8. A.R taxes uopen property, real or personal, shall be laid upon the r.etuail valuetI of the property taxedi, as the. samte shall bo ascert,ined by an aisssment mnade fcr the purpose of layv ir such ta x. Ini the t'rst a p portionmnent whi.ch shall be m:aile unidr this -Constitution, the amiont cf tax, shltii be is timiated from the average C f the tw o yea0rs -niext p..receding suet apportiom'nent hobt in e cry subsequenlt apportc ton:ent, f"rm the .e ae of the ten years then i.ex t preceinig. ' 0 If, in the iapport io nmentt of. Rcp re senlttves, ..ny Ei'ed "a D-t:jct shai! app ear flo- to be , .ad, frm its populating and it taxes-, to a -,.. el;t-itive, such e!eetionf D)is trict shall rec'~ .s send o ne Repest tive ; an. *stl a dcficiency gf the 'numbe'r of u s~c ir d by se assigning Repre. those E-lect~in Districts having the a. -a s fracti ns, whether thos# fracion.-: -. a conmbina tion of population and ta x Ctpulation up Prvi ed,however, t':nt ::t more than twve Roresetatives sh :i, In a'y ainor i nat, be Ts-rn d a:: o'.e Eeten L - one meber from each ri:ain I)istrict, ex ciept tc hections D S I it Cl i: 1,iston, n ., alowcu. . ,I,V. m:m:S 1 i :i t ., er n t :ow:.f C 'e" - ur provi:co s ca f potn tt. Sc . t he Se natet ha ' he .2 :pse of t one vacate(a E 9 e cOf two eep)t' the ein Dia feti: of Chareton, t whuichsal be a!!owe two' anters.i1e General Ac1ssem. y, whic 1)>:1 te e2s -:It C :- 11O o Senao:- allbe i) ,tl bye t, int tioJ clas t i, vaatd a th e: irt-.o f two. yar aftr theI SCOtd ] V u n tegeea .,e 0io an . f s e f th. At,:r cl kf , ter sC:piOati n : y s tnse umer ofn tIe tt'le i the abe N* p n t.o Ne: hat ehmath a of thrs S:y, threafV cOter e se2cl Ce".f lf t i .-,wi', ar,14' ha'!3 c(.:i ti:;,.., a- i d n (At S . No person , L:r ' eli to, c r t:,e or rtain, a st1 in 3 the > tou e , Igre t t n o tofo y r, a a ti zn I ai a c"P' . P . No perso shl b t,o 4, n 1 .-c w : 2 m : 2 u. I th e of th irt are o . U n a''in:n .7' t'f I da C( t 8' ti1 m C.b nT d::: o b, reQ~S?:~ di .!. othe D:ait wha S... 1. .ch.oe' a::1 M::Urs of t'he 'U naton, 1i2I a i' ..I a 1 no e:su uriOe Hea et:lC i a s ebo- :a al~1C ;nerd n13 1sha. Le 3in l/ 'C on teMa: i th ai: K.1. Each 1:-n s::!! j:t 8.f theI 3. , re'.n:: It a l i-ication lro iltw '2.:-: m is ; C:II a f.f mIty ci ech bHivjne ay, an OlCfmayl t ot:t a S.i t com fe r thi a r I-. 812 , ( t-i 2 ' - od, wtht. tea cocurenc ..7i two1 thr,ex-e h n!I a:nember utate oa seand tier fhe o:ane c:11. hp., 1e.3 . .b 19-.-- , na' f s t i( o2 : hpu:ns, 0y :m a..t amer 1::rcs:.n a2 :otys of dC: sh escuo tin House.by ay edirdby ore co en:prousCi hehir n, it~s presc orn o lurin thea tie oft. si'ning, han hree mtoi findy.o hestGcn of n Meber for thi eado d onei!CV031 t t i :h-',j r aor , tor wey haft ascntan tf Illthirat therefor orh thos S S Sau l o rt any "2 it ne(1 ss or to pr eS'on or1. red ->.Po atend t e rouse, in his h'al' bee anyi perl.I.n( arretd b~ ordr o Senae; 2(.2h member s 0 oth Houe sa! eni a spevo st thet'I1)',a 31VII , iig i, a te dy fier -'.C. v th tajo r. e t teef e h s tivegts-'ofi sh:a not be xtene to h a t oe pro reaon,fj-an er br ach th fpeae. UI St . 1. Bil c or.' ra4iin a levti'enuleS shta 011 l te in' the- H31' of' 1 h-pre snt a 10(t ente; 52I tna al otCe 4 it ::.a:ia ret r .e hv the " ': other . u"c 'teP'' Siec.:-l' " - Evey A t i' Cke Restnis haing he fore of law sh! r1:. o bu'nesb .ce. 24. No hill '!.:0 hae.b fr e (of1 h utili I sha:1 aebn bea ! the ties, and on three'. sevra t ays " - C :hHos,h. a the s.,: 01 f th rt ail Se to ite-, 11 d has~Cli beensi ed n te SnseHouenb thet Pre 1r.t gv e :.j ite "1. te 1 'OCen e ol3 f J' hea cHouse of Ipnta hiti esetv& S. 2.Nom r.y-:!hedaw uto the u le Tr::.::ry but by d ie;isltiv a h r i of ' th -t'e tG'n, sa:! b id to retceA out of the bi C:-:ry, for thiCx expnSdres in thei t tece .: i to and! retnrnk.g naom the Aenr& .x,m:ohh, five do-.ars for er r ,of,tr e l:.'i -: .0ate (f tral! hn Capitol or other place of sitting ch the Woneral Asbb' , both gIng a returin ; and the sale nv be increal'ed or 6hni1.:nhed '. by 1:ii, if c iu tances shall require ; but no alt ati . e ade to~) take efLfct d-ring . c of ti: G;ne,l Assemb!v w hich r. c . -\either H1ouse, (durin ies of the Gen Assemijbly, thall, w%ithout the. conscn t of the oth-er, hdjourn for more than three days. or to any)v other place thal that i' wi ICh the A.,iembiv shall be, at the tiie; Se-2. 29. No prSOn SlhEl be cl:gh!e to a cet iin the Neneral Ass.b;ly hilst he lholds any, oiee ofprofiIt or -'rust under thi tate, tIe Unitd StteS of Almerica,or anY of them, or umier any other power, e.*ept 'ileer in h 11111iia, army or navv of this Sttate, Mag istrae !j or -> stw( of Inaferior Corts, whiie I 1 Sneh u.1s:i s r.Cive no s:aries ; nior SOd ny contrnctwr o the army or navy of ti Rate, the UNte1 SZ:ttes Of A!'ieca, 01r n (f them, or thy aZnts of s.wh contractor, h :Ibb31 to a ia in e -her H use. And if any MembUr 0..': a-CAL or mvrdie n:y of thc .o:d a;nA g , V :aA S, Im kaal vucat? ds sont. FvA 29. If a n y -' t io iti odt h all ne g-(ct tC' e a1 me:be1o'ebr 01 the! day of C"c, if any p1rson chosenI a m :nhevr ' etithvr >n-e hal refNse to qIali yan.t tIke hy, an:. 6riq1WreiAn, die,e Ym , a %V Z rf ':i V C : -be --s.:y d bV th Peankt < i the nate 01' Speo:lkr of the 11 -u..n of R n1 m se:ni ves, as the case miny be, fr the 1w ." of AlQi te vaC *oalcy himchyq e::' I : remi :nerI~ of toe trm:n f>r u ic tn rfu g to r;uia!i fy, r, rt1ing~O the Sat, or1 be n) ,wa~ elcted to.~erV. or d t-ict tO-U:t tLo haV "I"I nC 11 C ' di S wvi n 11:! en11re of Sonls, h -1 :ie:ted d:vl m the great JUQ X tce:r r is therfo ni -::cr-1for er of the ".' cr punh!c Ieacher of any eligious ~ ~ 1- eru:n,w;th Cor".:nnes in the exrA Ci o i pastoral functions, shall I !!gib a th,. o.c of venor), i ltel as . n s e toa cat im t11e Sen:ate or S.:.. I Te E xecuIt ive authorinit y of his Sta.te sha re ve-ted -n a &'a&f Magi' : ni, who.1 1ha he '-tyled'. The0 G;overnIor of MeC. 2. The (vernr s'all be electedl by' th.e (21eters (lvX qIIali!ied to vote for the nume.r4S If the IH.:se if Rcpresentatives, amd -shaUlirhti hi' Oic fo" four) years5, andI mil hi suger. sh 'he chosen andI gui ecd ; but the saeC 1er,an -i. not be Go'. I!!nor' far two c'nv:cti .ve terms. Sec. .No pe-o shall be el~igil to te oHiie of ( dernor, unles<'-he hath1 at1talined the nee of thrt ve , anrj nath been aI citi 7--n and re-I:ln o.'I f this State for the ten \'e'c next. pre s!!ng te dlay of e!C(etion. A\ nd t i erson - ha; I old the ofiee oft Gover nof, and1 anyV other ocac or commission101, Civi! cr mijl itary', (excep.t in the militia,) under this Sr te or tihe f~nited States, or any of them, or ainy other p)ower'l, at one and the samie time. Sec. 4 The returns of every election of Gov' rnor slatl be se-Oed ny by the Managers of Flection in : their respect ive D istricts, anid trans-n1itted, by a messenger ciaecn by thm, to the~ seat onf G;ove'rnmecnt, dlirected to the Scretary of State, who shall dleliver theCm to the Speaker of the. House' of Representatives-, t the next ensuinlg session of thle General aesemibly, durinlg thle firiu a eek of which ses ao the Sp eaker shaill openl and publish them f in1 the presence of both rI5uss of the .Gene ral Assemnbly. The person having the high est numOber of votes shall bo Governor, but if two or moCre Thnll be egnaI1l anid highest inl votes, the -General Assembly shall, during the ame ses,1;m, in tile HIoue ot' Representa tices, choose one of them Governour rm roce. Con It';.ted elyections for Gov ernor shall be dle tenin ed biy the Gjeenal A'-sembly') in rtch manne00r as shlaU be presihedi by law. Sec. 5. A Lieu tenanlt-Governor'fI)l shall bc :h'>en at the 51ame( tOime, in the samec manner, (ontinu in0 ofi e fo!)C r thet 5i0e perio'l, and b 'Iese f 2.he( same (-uah3 tcations as the Goivrnor,,jnd shall er' ofetv be President of tIe Scna'e. Scr. S3. The Lieutenant-Governor, acting as Presidlent of toe Seniate, shall have no vote, nnIl c- the' Senfate be er1 illy dlivlided. Sec. 7. The Senate shall chioose a President --r 1 (I; i on t aCt illn the ablsecelL of the Lieu elant-Go (v ernor !, Ir' whenC he shall e xecIise the (UILee0 of GovernIor. ee '. A '11em >er of the Scenate 0or (of the Houmse of R, presen tatives being Chlosen anId 0(ethIg as Govero;r or Lieutenat-Gov'ernor shall thereup?on vacate his seat, and another person shll be elecd in his stead. Sec. U. In case of the imnpeachment of the Gov,ergecr or mhis rem2oval from offce, death, resignaIltion,Wlisqualiticati on,disabilit.'r remlo 'ni frota :he Statec, t:e Lieutenuant,o overnocr impacmet f to- LieteantGovernor or hi remVal from offce, (L-ath. resignation, disqul i ficationl, (<aliility or rIioval from tile State, th Pit-sid'.not pi-o /enq'ore of the Son Act sha!! .m e t, h.t! oPice lad when the otice of the Governor, .tutenant ;hvernor and P're:i,lent ic's- u/ the S&nte sh:l iec,e -aeant L the rece: -i the inatte, the Secretary of State, for the i me bein Sha1, by procm'a:tion, convene the Senate. that a PresiJent .,ro teiporc im-ty lhe thosen to exercise the oic o.f Governur f-r the in cxpired term. ,ec. 10. Thc .?: err shail b. :-,mannd er-in-Chief of the Arny ard Navy( of thik State and of the miitia, except when ther shall be called into the actual service of the United States. Sec. 11. He !Jl have powe- to grant.z rz prieves azd pard.ns after convicr ion, (except in cases of iilm achlent,) in such manner, on such termis and r.der siuc restrictions as he sh:.'l tl:ii.k proper, a id liv rdl line power to ren; t 0n10s an(i frfit res, unle-s other%% ise 'directed by n br. It shalil he l; ti!y to re port to the General Assenly ,t the next regular ttion tr e,fter nll pardonis granted by .him, w ith a fMl staemiwt of each case and the rcasons movin hi n -unto. Sec. 2. He ui: take care that the la-s ba faithflJ 1 .eetVi inwmer Se. 1.. The GovC:eor -md uentn.nt-Gov ernou -Al. at stwtd tins, recive fur their servicas a cneen,at.ii % hieb shall be neither increased or ii.ibe during the-peiod for which they shal lve be eletcd. Son 14. All : in h Executive De iartme:na, nkien r':.ired b y ..he Gouvernor, shall give him info mation in writing upn any s1bje1 t reling to the duties~of their re spective oU.iees. Sec. 15. .1 he 1.ven:Or shall, fromi t-me &C time, give to the Ganral .\ .mbly mfirma V.m of the coniion (f the State, n. recom mienl to thir considerabnm such me:nsurcs a he shai jude nenosmiry or expedient. Se 16. Hle mny, wn extraorlinaty occ siin., convvene the Geeral A seembly, a-d SoiUM A O Z:.nse retnin without a quo - ru, for three d is, nrin ca,e ordisagree:nent between the two llouscs, with rev. ect to the time of adwjurl.m t, nmy a!j1 n thum to such thmt. an L. sha thiNk prop r, not be Von! :he U'rth M d-y of NuvemNer- then W. 7. ea c m,i-. : of&crs cf the S.a e. Se I. It shaL be the duty of the Man n!er: f E-eCtiOns Of this State, at the first j-ilneral e:euto: udt.er thiS C 4tituti"n and at each alternt general elcton herfte-r t,) hold an el,ction for Governor and Lieu tenant G:-ero. Sec. 19. Tihe Governor and the Uientna nt Go vermn r, bef ore en termingi upon the dntiecs of their respec'tive nflh es, shall, in the pn-scnce of the- General Asemby, take the oath of ohice prese:ibed in this Constituti':i. Sec. 21. TIhe Gona ;h.al redde, during the slin :g of the Ge:oral Assembly, at the place where its sessimn may be bel ; anrd the General \ ssemly may, bay hwv, require him to reside at the Capi tol of the State. Sec. 21. l'-ry 161 tu hich shall harve passed the (G enra Aa-embly ', snall, before it be co:ms a laiw, lhe p(rear'nted to the GjiCiovror; if he approve, he shall sign it; but if r ot, he sh all retecyn it, wi th his obecios to shat. Htein~ which t shill have originated, who shail en ter the Cbjetion ac e on their jour na!., and1( pro.eed to reconsider it. I fafter such reconisiideation a m aji tty of the whole rep re sentationi f t at House sharll agrce to piass the Bill, it shall be sent, togetheCr with the~ objections, to the other House, by which it shall lhkewise be reconsidered. and if approved by a mai:ty of the whu!e represenrtationa e that-other hInuse, it shall becomne a law. But in all such eases the votes of bjoth Houses shall be determined by y,eas and nays, an:! the niamnes of the personr, vodng for and :gainst the Bill shall he enteredi on the jour nal of each H ouse respec.ively. If any Bill shall not ho returned by the Governor within two days~ (Sundays excepted)..after it shall ha'e been presented to him, the samni shall le a law in like mnanner as if lie had signed it. And, that rrme ma? &,1-ys 1be allcwed the Goveirn-or to consider Bills passed by the General Assemblyv, neithier liiouse shall read any Bill on the la-t day of its session,. except such Bil!s as hm been reto.rned by the Gov ernor as herein prov iden. ' A RT-IEt I. Sec. 1. The ja.hcal power shall be vested in such Surperi'r and Jnferi'r Conrts (of Law and Equity as the Generarl Asse-mbly shiril, f rm tine to.timec, direct and estabhlish. The Judges of-the Siuperiior Cour*ts shall he el e ted by the General Assemtbly, shall hold their oflces dluring ood behavior, a~nd sh-tti, ait sta ted times. re-ceive a cormp1ensatioin for their services, which shall neither be increasedl nor dimii hed during thIierr con tin ra:ic :nofie but they shall receive no fees or perqnisites of oflice, or h0ld any other ollice of profit or tr-ust und(er this State, thre Uited States 'f Anmer ica, or any of them, or- any other power. The Genrera:l A ssemlyv shall, as soon as pos,ible, establish for each Di-trict in th - State an Infer-or Court or Courts, to be styled "Tfhe Distrct Court,"' the Judge w hereof shall be resident in the Dijstrict while 'r efiee, shall be elected by the General A me:~mbly for for years, rand shall hie re-eligible, whic-h Court shall have j urisdictiona of all civil causes wherein one or both of the parties are per san of .,alor, nn nf all e -imoinal cases where zeral Asemly ii v mpower to c:en the jurisdiction of the said Coutt to other subjects. Sec. 2. The Judges shall meet and set -t C. orumian, at sneh timre a:s the Genrera Awsem ly Act precri be, f.r the purpo'c of he:an i n, and ibtru I i7.:1, a, m .o; -s f,r new " , triaS anId 1n ar est Uf jI,hmIIent, and such po;ints of law as may be submitted to theim. and the Genersl Asenbly may by Act ap point such other places for such meeting as in their discretion may seem ft See. 3. The qtyle of all processes shall be, "The State of -:S b1 Carolnn." All po tions .shll be czrried on in the namne and by t authority of the State of South Carolina, and concludc, "against the peace and dignity -of C' ; same." ARTICLE IV. In all elections .o 're Imade by .02-e people o. this State, or of any part thereof, for civil or political offices, everV person shIall he entitled to vote who has -h; folloving qualieations, to wit He shali he a 'rec white rjan, who- has at tained the.age of twenty-one years, and is not a pauper, nor a n-n-comnissioned of'icer or private Foldtlr of the army, nor a semnan or mirine of the navy of the Unitel States He shall, f r the two ye.rs rex.t recedt the day of election, have )CC- n C_t.e-. 7nof is State; or, for the same period, an cli iant fiom Europe, who has dc,:Iar%I his memion to b,t-ecome a citizen of the Un i o:td States, ac ccrding to th.u Consttuton and La 's of the United Sates. Le s'n.! have re.sidcd in t is State for at least two ears next precedi: g the dry of election, and, fIr the hist six. tomI.ths of th2t time, :.; the trit 'n whih he oftrs to vote. Provild, howtever, That the Gen eral Assembly nry, hy requiring a registry of voters, or other suie lei.lation, gard against frauds it, elections, ai;d .surpations of t .lc1d t of lm the rigt fsiraga, imay: impvose disquam~f Mtlion to vote as a p;u pmishnent for crime, and ma3y prescribe additional qualiLic-ttions for vo ters in munlicip!l elertions. 44 A RTICLE V. All persons, who shall be elected or appoin ted to any office of profit or t.st, before en tering on the excention thereof, shall take (be-ides speci-d oaths, not re; ognant to this ,'unstt prescribed by the General As emi,) the fil)N iIg oath : "I do swear (iw a ffrn) that I am duly quilifled, accontiing to the C nstitution of this StUte, to exerci-e thle office to "which I have been app,nted, a-nd that I will, to the be-t of my abi!.ity, dicharge the duti.there of, and protect ind deferrd the Con sttution of this State, and that of the Unite States. So help me God. ARTICILE VI. See. 1. The House of Representatives shall have the see vower of impeachin,btn hne cment shalli he made, u niess w ith tIhe -oneurrence of two-thirds of the house of Represen t:t irVeS. , Sie. 2. All imnpeachmecnts shiall be tried by the Smonato. Whlen sitting for that pui ose, the Senrators. shall be on oath or alihrmation, ad no persor shall be convicted without the -oncurrenice of two-third.s of.the members See-. 3. The Governor, Lieutenant-Govr nor, a'nd all ci' il officers, sh all be Ii.le to implearnnent for* high crimres rand mrisdemnea nors, for any niisbeha.vior in office, for cor criptirn in pr(ocuring ofie, or for any nect which shall degrade their ofiicial dhracter But judgmenit in such cases shal not extend further than to removal from off-ce, and dis qrualliention to rhld any oece of honor, tr-ust or profit, under this State. The party con victed shall, nev-etheless, be liable to indiet men t, trial, jurdgment and punishment accor ding to law. See. 4. All civil otfB ers, whose authority is limited to a single J cial District, a single Election Djistrict, or part of either, shall be rpp(!nted, hold their office, beC removed frotm ottice, atnd in add(ition to liability to impeach inent, tmay be punished for offieial misoonduct, in such miannrer as the General Assembly-, nre viouis to their appointmen.t, rtay provide. Sec. 5. If any civil oflicer shral became dE abied fronm dischaingvi the duties of bis ofBe-e, by reasron of any permianent bodily or mental infirmity, hris office may.b~e declared to be vi cant, by joint resolution, agreed to b)y two thirds of the whole represenmtation in each HIou:se of the General Assembly : Pr-ovid&, Tha t such resolution_shaill contain the grounds for the propch;ed removal, and .before it 81 all pass eiher. House, a copy of it shall be served ont .he officer, and a hcaiing be allowed him. A RTICLE VII. Sec. 1. 'T he Treas' er and the Secretary of Stante simill be electe y the General Assem bily in the House of iRertat ivo, shiall ha'd their oalic-es for four years, and shaiI not be eligible for the next succeeing term. See- 2. All oter officers shall he appointed, as they hitherto harve been, until otherwise directed by law ; brut the same person shall not hold the o*iee cf sheriff for two cornsecu tive terms. Sec. :3. Alil comtrmissions shall be mn tIre naime and by the authority of the' State of South Ca:nrdona, be seal'ed wi.th the seal of the State, and be signed by th1e Governor. ARTICLE VIlI. All laws of force in this State, at the adop :ion of this Constitution, andi not re; rgnant hereto, shall zo continue, until altered or re pealed by the General Assembly, except where they are temnpor-arv, in which cage they shall expire at the time's respectively limited for thir,duratin, if not on nne bv Act uf the .ETICLEIX. e 1. All poi r or i b.2ily v'ti I in the peop!e, nnl a fi F:ee oernte are f6r their potce, 'afety a-, h Sco- 2. -No trso; sh bi% 1 t:., or im. oneti or een-e - fhis foho ,wbrtiesq r prit I - . 'a - 1 r e.xile , or in any m:wm- d.. ived of his lifler ty orpre .t y-?b by in. pre15 of law ; nor sh:all any hill of pr .yst facto law, or law iu. pairi,- the oili,_ation of contracts, ever be Sec. 3. The milit:y shidl be subordinate to the, civil powcr S Ie. Trivil,e Of the-, writ (r 7.a7,a.q -s rn-h.pened(, nt when, V;t.O; of rebellion r invasion, the public safety requ-li it. Sc 5. E\ve--ive ai! Ohall not beriqu,ired, nor e. :eive fines imposed, nor cruel punish. mennts inflic ted. Se. (. 'he G?n-rnl Assembly shall not grant ai titi.e o "nility, or hereditary dis otnci.n, no* e t .y Olice, the appoint me"rnt to whieb s.f.h b- for any longer time So. 7. The tr:-1 by jnr.y,a- I erctoF,re used i.1 thi, St:te, :11i -he liberty of t1e press, hail be flre%er inviolah!y preserved. But the (rne.- Ar.-mwbly lhall have power to de termine th-z nuenilr of persons w ho shall con :,titute the Jury in the Inferior and District S. 8r T':nl C'terei0- nd enj)ymnflt of religious pr.f:-:..-o and wor<hip, wi:hour di; CleriIlN n: ion or prVfrence, .il b nlowd,with in -I 'k.u , 1o :ill I'll-:,:ad.Th the libe,ry f con-cle:nce h'e ibiy e_',ired sh;l not - 1. , 'o t cos i'L.d I , to .IXCS Bei Of licentOu (ss, or je ify pr:t'ices i1-I n:-i.Lr-t with the e Ne 'ni s.f - i of h e. See. 9. The rIghs, pri i mmnO and est:tes of boLt iw l aul r ligion n ns, and of corpor;itt bodies, shidi re; ain asif the Consti tu:,on of th;is State had not Leen Aherid or ametd ed. Sece. Di.Th ri-.ht of pirmog'i:-:re sll not he re-. iblli,bed, aid :ire -s: al rot ;il to he somie le"i!ttive prov-on oTr the equitable dis ,IJi ,ionI o*fihe 1-4WeS ff inlteSl_ats. Se. 1 e1. The .ve in Sw;t aolina lavin, blen eml"waip:t (d by ile !eion1 Af the United Sates a .thori:eS, nithr ,.avery nor ilnvohntd ry eiiY S V:n1 ', L%cePt as a pl::. n1d:ent for crite, whereof rIe part V1h:1: hve beet dlly convicted, shall ever be re-estaMiihed in this State. AlRTII X. See. 1. The Goierrl Asemlly, w% henever a t4lx is laid upon klnd, sha, it the same time, tin pose a ca'pinaiion tiax, w5rch sia!l not be les.-, upon each pll thian ont-f-irth of thn tax laid upon each hundired dolh-is Airti of the assesed valu,e of the Lirvi taxd; excepting, however, firm the operation of seb ealiTi1;ot tax :l such! ' elas.e ( persons, as from di,lity or otherwi5o, 4)uglt), in the juldgmient of the General Assembly a be . xempted. ARTICLE X1. Sec. 1. The businhs of the Treasury shallh condc;e. by one Tieasrer,'v ho al hold hi:3 otliCe and! reide at the -at o Gover: nent. See. 2. The Secretary of Stite s(iall hold his ri-lce and rcide :xt te st of (.'oveurnmet ARTICLE N'J,. Sec. 1. No Convention of the people shrall be called, unless by the conerrence of two thirds of :he w% hole representaiion'ia each Huuse of the General Assenibly. Sec. 2. No part of ti is Constitution shaill be altered, urnless a hill to abler tire samte shaill have heen re;rl, on thri ee several days, in the' I!louse of Representari' es, rand on three several Jays in *&Ses anid agieed to, at the :aeconrd and third rea.tdin:ss, bry two thirds of the whi!e repre se ntationi in each Ho use of th Gen-( tteralI A so irbly; neither Thall any: alteration takeri eWhe', it .tIl the hill, so agreedl to, shall be pub)Iilred for thr ee - nmths Prevuious to a~ new election fot'rmemrbers of the Ihouse of Reprtese'intat.ves ; anrd, if the al teraltioni proposed by the precedinrg General As 'ienM'v sha ll be agrs ed to, by :thre new General Asse nlh!y, in their first session, by theC concur - iOf w thirds of the whole representation in aeb>oc, after the samie sha:ll Irave been read on :hree sever.d days in eacb ; then anrd not. otherni3.3 the samne shall beco e a part of th.e Doe.in C onvention at ('ahimnbiai. in the State of' Son,ih Cairoliuna, tihe twemty-s'enrtt hra of Sep ten,ber, int thre year of our Lord yre thousand eight hundred anid sixtv-five. D. L WARDLAW, Presidenit of the Convention. JOHN 'F SLO.1N Ch-rk of the Cote..rmo. THY 'RE5I'iT WILL NOT Fonet NEGRo SUFFRAGE CN THE soUTH. "Tihe President of the United States-we affirm .this Lroom In s pub lic a1cts ~ h s nro desigrn to. force n"gro siuiae On the~ Somth. Therefore let this Sbugheari' die ! uh an isu wouldV) I defeat any panrty in the ZNorth-that is, utnless the South shali turrn out in tIre end to deceive the hcpes g.f ts Northrernr friends. The Chnief Magistrate re roses on a clear rand inunriovable position. IHis oicev, ii - flnet says: "You see tire provisions of myr act of ronneCsty ; i htave arso g'iven you the form of civil life ; I al-o desire to see a new order of patriotism in thre Southr. Whliie I recognize the Sta tes ris within thre Utnion, I deumand like wi-e for the na tion aull the~ resutlta for wvhichr the war was foughr.r It is for you to do the res. I gnrrison the-South~' for :n-oirouOs reao. Jt.is for the Somb ht.self to say evherher her proba ion will be- lotn or u-hort." And these things he h: a) onsttil right to sav and to dc mand." IU ! of , a S.Doze in> astate of naturc n ver bak ;i *e r simply whnire, howl, anrd growl; tii explosive noise ri.' My found amirong those which are domest'~icated. To-nnin sreaks of thne shephrerds' doners in rthe w~il of Egy pt as- not hay ite this faenity; anid Qolumbur r foutnd the dogs whlichr hue rid pr evrorr- . crr:e to1 Ameriea to have Iris their propenr-y to barsin.g. 'thne tan eirts were aware of ti"r cirmance. Isaiah cotpr"iit the' blitr watcme~,n of Israel to these animalni : They; are d .mb- thyv cannrot bairk." Burt on the contr:a v, Dav~ id cormpares tire noise gi his e,emi-s ro the "'.dot. run abhout the ehy ." ienee the backinrg of a.rO dog in aerInired fa .1ltv, an effort to spork !; le he''' deriv-es fromt ris a-isociadag~ wih A Bneers Eon's (Or tos.:-"The Enack Re-. ,::. n r i -. n. eape . r :n New Oriecans, edi' ed by a e:ored mr .i (a cerymarnl,) who c it would iem frno:n the fo .ig dlos ntrO thinn that thel elvatiron of his brethrren is t > be ac-complished by vo:in.'' andlr' axpyinrg: "The c olotrd manr isthe ar nman cannrot live together in tihe cua' ntr,v hey- imu-t, anrd wi I havYe to se parate unless th C' ongres o~f the nattion wink give themin a p lace for themselves-u fur, as Ir :r.with Abra him aind Lut, o it is.i:h us, anth Isoofner wo seka hrome tor 0oit r,i o geerartion, the~ 1et tr it will be~ fo:- is. tim li!md le'tiry, so fr as.' I can dimtle se5, is tha t int three hrtdred y.earsi it will be' a rare thing to s"m a colored ma3.ninti country. L ke the I diar., our rais destirA to becomo extt n '.Nu :