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_____~~e "Z__ - -~ Am" I I DEFOR TE DON F FU T -."NSAYMAC ~-Q..--. VOL. IV. ...M.. - ~WEDNE-SDAY MORNING, MARCH 11, 1868. .CTKERtRAL - k das"e.t 11,111bm , bri - eAnIal" chment Meet g i*]New York. - Waae M!to3 RO?!X&, ZTC. 4 -02 Bopp-ma~", IMi, edl was the diene om was 7 ayne ea.m.lo said; AN* et aoag the invited ~~ Hnam as Z a silent as abe'to make an earn . protesta Minfta grievome Ati thessed in th-espital of : 11w Ubtry. He spoke, not as a !tw si Ammecan .Citi I rt of utter. his the - W" *t. mie O -po et poirted~t$d ae did mht - 44ebwol e-rmd ]Cto and ~'toa ffl iierso g6. Mrisaeemeabor. 40ie'n o t fL ~he PrsiestliM Sagins of one President and l Jpnaeers, of another will Mtand.idey side on-the pages ofU histoy with-ike odium. [Cheers.] c He wead wgra.-Congr"es not -to f proceed in this mittec Therer j &tbebsistaseby-foreei but g 4h gaut trvidf anfeimlized age a sti ire p0Blie opltion ex- *c ii dti&iHbli6 know' how r Tbe fg)i~gre lati?ase wer entiusiastically adopted: Ryoe J presaM*po f iitaaIai fraught with gra am in - te nthe United e ts. -U t Resolved, That the chief, if not - . y of ant mis -goiidr awit s hole e i i "i~blligf ofo * re ~ nblican i upon whieh iaebaa on Cpv Onsi f a ebngst the will of the n -erd c t)its own MIN, Sop-d C6 -it is orhfk. ad the D 1tates, A-% $4% pr ensieftftgi IV'"*1 . aId-ft p On, commit "ssIfg Wfi iee-of a -iacr4nsth firt ~b Ui Seeawfomaleadfrom i {sT sis;Q Wasngetoy o thet en3~e of-C Ar egeii itnoh wia taninccrdt wsth it anarehyo e- an 'tyandy ta ial a&wo9i'th4 Fre4dtiaet sg-tanlan reellatiot, te lamte oiernon atitution,--d t he Secetares o h.thed veralde o4nyuei o a ha ble, t eiir e onsi-o ?b eatdbthat, eheg r a ira wflashingtona toti resernsa xe ogur e of seeato denrve oi o has peer toatemnand vrne parothe atoernrA_rwfMya L~tisnlitifheietgeaplie.n~6 r (lisresidet~ oree t & selet, i whc ;hnata beeztr~ing t kim, with the assent of the people nimpaired, from . the - days. of Vashington, -with such high 'rimes and misdemeanors a lhe -amers of the Constitution cou led with treason and bribery, is , palpable absuidity and it. mon trous perversion of the power Onferred upon the 494e,of Rep esentatives. Resolved. -That the impeach aent T aPresident otihe- United itates shotild be the last resort Dr the roteetion- of- the repub ic rom sueh disgraee r- grievous "rong as hondrable nen of all arties - would feel and ~w6uld trive together to avert; and that ho'dqption of such a. measuse by, ,-trpt vote, beeaue-of-the Presi ebt't etiAe in regard to legisla ioxIe tech.es his right in MpW Ptiiea bousehold and is k varianve wlh .the Constitution a- it.jas been interpreted from We titne -of Wishington, AdaMs ie erson-to the present day, ad opposed-to the vieweand the ing of a large proportion,If qt a-ydrity ofuhe people, is ot impeachment a&:onzteniplWd a theftming of the Constitution, utls_mere device by: whidh 'the o&iint majority in amy Con ,es difidii itelf into accuser nd jud, 'may assume to decide s a court of sr ort the ,oon titutionalitgaf -SIe wn-tots, a reedS. - _4 sLwara with he fundamngatAl principles of laI, f reason and of honor and one ,hich must degrade.wlat- should a a solaen svindiestionr- of~ Ith'e ignity and welfare *-he Vatioir, ite'an instrITtent*'of arftac es and of partyrevene. 'esoived2lTt" bio IV u n:.n a rgg and judicial ioegrity oft he in ividual Sea-er., say.- the Duntry .fk4ntgd' rQqg rith -rhicb i-tia-thIetened, and -oethe.. eniee erlkshyich Resolved. That this meeting rotest&a&gnst the- im achbn as ndaro' wrong ii and o ipg M i; stitde"fie-e less 4rreedted ie rese.rg ia.violent.anesre6'-or adiwnets that the Amerk~anpe e h?fbo1 :ith ealinnesy even pea the .viadi0airs asteshon-t hTossible edyplacemient of' tLie: re.slinY th& Unijed Statef e~T:~ oAl4.pe 4eela I mioa~ ofadiseussieu--and thet ~e tathed theorestorair~ ei igo tr the coaneis of ,the na Oaou.AiAvexehange, referB#~g a the fact of a doctoi in dede1. ergdpi%tof ohis asBistanitshaV ~die.&of.gnippin eenseueeoI aeking'4he blood dfo*ing 'durin'g successful operation of tracedto yistated^th~at-tht ds9s is al rays cur~ay sa very simple emedy,even when th'e patient is a the vergeof enaatiwg.c 'This onsists, first, in applying water o t&foatty megn fa.ye^nge istidtcloth, sohot as toIe very giafuto4heJanLohtbQ -,OPera or, instin ~ ief4eing esually af arded. .A1Te t1hs has beeri cdn riied@fNi n t or twenty min tes, a poultice of linseed,. meal, 61edagin acloth, is to be. ap lied while very hotamd left on r some timie. The remedies are o be repeitted sliould'the attack eturn; but the writer states~after. ,long experience he has never :nown it to fail. Evejpg.-.-he afternoon session raspent in discussing the 4th etion of the educational -eport rithout any sotion. Thie sun i alwys shinng &e flowits resbraytblomings the birds ar6 -*1 rays singing, somnewhere in this icked rorld. - ' "If all the world were blin~ hat a-melancholy sight it' would & "-aid an Irish e'ayvmari. Daniel- Webster.and Jennie Lind. Jennie Lind gave a concert at Washiigton duringts session of -Congress, and as a _p#r-k of her respect, and with a .ew to the eclat, sent polite invita&on to the President, Mr. Fillnioj% the mem bers of the Cabinet, M Clsyj and many other distinguiMd members of; both housesof 6fgress. It happened that on thai 6ay several menibers of the Cbini 'and Sen ate were dinning wit1 . Bodisco, the Russian _Xinister,His good dinner and choice.wieV had kept the party so, late tha, Whe concert was nearly over wb& Webster, Clay, Crittenden, andthers canie in. Wheter froin h u'rf in which they'canie, frdthe bftf of the room, their ae_i-e a littie Hushed and theyD spOmI what turried. After the appla,se .ith which these- gentlemen-wr- vomed had subsideds Amd Muce' -n'er more restored,tbe si paitof he conbrt-was ope1i& 6i .Tnnie Lia with feraw-b M iif TDito t el e or the elate. and htea, -e , the slavery questigE,,al . he eoM proamise resoatinsaat[r Clar; and:.thiepatriotieasi*dy aspart.o thegog, amme, iuasusisered ,*46r ebAiehd 6f.i6aformene an-d a #argt hiuinev ht. bijW eche o -- flei th p<rmeDt were prcsent. pt4 cio'oeof he :r& verse. Web,ster. epatriQt 8m boiled over ;-ledsidnole'ogeiT and risi6g fikeauFr 0hpiian Jwe, he,iiddedhi ee itrsni v6%$e tbille cflords? aidf4 reituff r9eiye enhalf of4s applaase as tIhat with i e olg aud Web~ uer's choeus:ere greeted-. - ,rs. Webste,*ho sat tinniedi Aely-behnd hti- kept t4ging' t* his taffbt-inake him lit doiwn or d 06 sitigtng it it Was no eart61) use-and at. t . Uee of eeiferse WebsterVinedib, zatl it was bard t6ay-whemherJinmie Iud, Webstr; ere the aftdiee ye tfes iEoeC91 dcgted. flane senRKiihi, tT ee and the tiJo Grini 3i 3k stage at one tin infJer naionalt air -"ai4 Calama;-' a,-ennie Liudmstener aeeeWis@ again Atitb&ocose tif the afi,Ni-. Web r th ii iis h :I ap4 and mde harsugh a box aes-1e, tetieldl weald amiee4ned a 4or taaefr-is asIe su( whkieh .elipe raedIOrsay's best.. Jeniay-ind, blushing' atM--the distinguished hobor- on~rtisied~td the ffoi- lhe aadience afp aiedd ti tiiPvory~ echo;We!tster, datemne ot o be 'Outdone iin pIpolen hosvd again Miss Idukd re isede, the 4iouse reapplauded nd tbis was repeated ni times, o e I'm a villian else.' - I have seef1iigra,AndTa lidni, Mars and MEallbran avh~e walkef(lbrough the guin) aPs tuml and the.Colloseat by croon hightyarossed the Menia 4Bridge and the Thames-Tannet, but noee white memowiteil&isseene fade away.~ ~ ankri1tcy. As a matt.ex of igterest to many of our readers, we give some points in connection with 4he oe rations of the Ban.krupt"Law r-. eently passed byCongreess which will pvt the; matter mote cfearly before them. And first, in regai to the amount and character of property exemfpted1 and'eewared 'to t,hevdeb top. This aembraed in~ the fol loxing'? "hy neessary household ad kitcbftritard and such other er'tlcles and necessaries. of such bankrupt as the 4 assignee shall dlesignate and set apart, hav-' fAmily. condition, and circumstan ces of the bankrupt, but altogeth er not to exceed in value in any case, the sum of five hundred dol lars; "'And also the wearing apparel of such bankrupt, and that of his wife and children ; "'And the uniform, arms and -equipments of any person who is or has been- a soldier in the mili tia or in the service of the United States; "'And such other property as now is, or hereafter shall be ex empt from attachment, or seizure, or levy on exeettion by the laws of the United States; .11!Ad such other property not included in the foregoing excep tions as is exempt from levy and sale, upon execution or other pro. cess. or order of any -court, by the las of ther State in which the bankrupt has his domicile at the time of the commencement of the proceedings in bankruptcy, to an amount, not exceeding. that al lowed by. such State exemption law in fore in the year eighteen hu6dred and sixty four.' -"MAid in all -roceedingsin bank rtiptcy conmenced aftet one year fronihe timetLis act shall go into 6qeration, no discharge shall be grpa.te4 to A debtor whose assets do not pAy fifty per-eentem,f the claims against his estate, un les the asseir1n writing of a ma ority infmberiand salue 'f his laims is filed in the case at,or.be torth ime of application for discharge. !Xho.00th- and last section of the M t-thibact shal ,einietee, r4niIt rithe offce-. dreated here I and the .promulga"tion of- rules and general orders, from and after the dite of its approval: provided, tat no.petition or other proceed 'nge under ths act shAll be -filed, received, or conimn ced tefore the Iirst day of Tune, Anno -Dofini igh teen hundred and sixty-seven. The~ Cos"athm. Fcbrnory 21.-The meeting.was open ad 7iitty prayer by' Raion. tie, burning with wrath, rose to a niestkws of privile~ge, -aun s,ett tothe ~lerkfhbe M cry's~ p.hotgraph of .hisn 25iL -Thejskeed a'as reatdhy the clerk. Fry muelito the edi~Icato r En - - eblagratd the piling 'p of the wrath , Lcalie. -When the reading seas imnih d, the boraner iudignation rf the -irate Dtarles broke forth .in lava streams of doquer.c,whicih ought to have caused everg^cpf of the of,-ing ned-spaper, gLe objeret of.hL:* wrata-, that camewrith-' int&ua ck-tl to chalei15- It YOuly, oeyer caus'ed a few upper4Jpa iv .cu'l ith irrepressible smuiles. lie went ito long -explaneation to show whast a per$ peetedindtvidutal-he was,~ aid-66w cnn ong The-Mercury was, to slander< with. as offending the law. .a - The report of_the_ Committe on. the executive Department af the ConNtitu tiwas then taken up, anud sectidri I pased to its third readin'g, the word b"Oine" being changed to "two." - Sectiont S in relation to the division of harlest4on and Picke~ns,. Dia et wva's jased .to a third readingg. Ayes usa 23, absent 19. iieisruay -22-Nothing worth noting. 28d Sunday, recess. .February 21.-The meeting was opened with prayer by our old . acquaintance "Cry al-ud and spare not !" alhas W. E. JhnsI.of,ef Sunmter. - Randolp)h, from the Commiittee on Mijcllneous Provisions of. te Consi ttion, re-ported the following o)rdinance, which was made the special order .for Saturday, next. W hereas, During the lae war be tweenthe two sectionus of ths countryl, resulting disastrously to thea Southern people,, by which all classesaiv suffered beyond repar ston ; therefore Be it ordained, That equity and jus icedthantd for the minoi- children of this State, in all classes where real es,tate as transf~erred either at public sale or - utherwise, for GJonfederate sureties or currency, during the existence or the late -rebellion, the said tran,.fer, no mat ter by whom wnade, shall- be absointely null and~ void wherever based upon such aid sureties, and tbe original o.wuers mud guardians may enter up and- take possestion of such real estate n' behalf of said minor children, unless the same is p aid for in the currency of the. United States. .McGregor Mlackey offered .a resolution~ ror-the appointment of a comittee of nine to arrange.for the submiission ,of the constitutio)n to the people and for the electio" of State ofgeers. -Adopted.. Parker from the Commitiee on Finance offered thle followi ng substitute fo,r the nineteenth section'n QATinance and.Ta,' aien, which was passed to its second readng, aft ardared to be nrintedI. SEcTioN l9.-Suiable laws shall te passed by the Legisatijre for the safe keeping, trn,er nr.d disirseinent f the State, County and Shoil fund. ; nnd all offlerb and other persons charged A ith the same, shall keep an accurate entry of each stim received, and of each '>fy. ment and transfer; and shall give sui* secuity for the faithtul discharge of such duties as the Legislature may provide. Aud it shall be the duty of the Legisla ture to pass laws making embezzlements of such funds a felony, punishable by a I tine and imprisonment proportioned- t the amount of deficiency or embezzle ment ; and the party. convicted of such felony shall he disqualiled forever from holding any offce of honor or emolu ment in t' isstate; Provided, however, that the Legislature, by a two-third vote, may remove the disability upon payment in full of the principal and interest of, the sum embezzled. The abseniblage then went into a dio cussion of the section relating ,to the qualitications of Governor. which lasted'I until R(Iis'urnment, without result. The principal fight was on -the length of resi denee in the State, which % as changed from four years to two 3 ears. Februsay 25.-The meefing n as opened with prayer-by & J. Snetter. McGregor Mackey introduced a reso lution providing that, hereafter, a morn ing session be held Irom 104 A. M. to 2 P. M., and in evening .se&d>n rom 7 P. M.ta 1O. P. M. Referred to tle Com tittee on Rules and Regulations. Thu unfinished business was-taken up. Uhittemore offered the following sab stituie for the third section of the report of tbe Committee on the executive -pait of the Constitution,4h1ch waadoped ayes 89; rays 7; a6sent2.1 -No person snnll be eligible to the of-. 'Bee of Governor who denies the existence if tbe Supreme Being, or who, at the time of such election 1as not attained the ag of thirty years, and *ho, except at :the rA'6 iection tad&-this confiuihnr, 1 -Wll nothave beew a citizen ot the. rid ted States; a .citIsen resident of this State,. two years next preceding the elec. titn. No person..while Governor, shall hod nay otheroffilc- or commiksion, ex eeptirriue mditary, under this State, or ~y oth"we,-p3 _at one and the ne tim,e. -l- : - At tit. point otipproceedings Mnjdr General' IL S. Canby, CAimanding ~ the SCoNId- Military District, enet' the CWb Huse; #nd of course, a great sea aation~sareated among the, slaves by the appearauce of their royal master. They imedatily voted thenielves five the General,and the ineense whi&a they offered up-P,ust. have been igreeable in the extreme. At the end of th4 recess business was resumed,.and seetwoos 4 to --14 inclusive were passed to a third reading srith little or .no afteration. N. G.Prker moved a ian addition to peOtiw)T ih fit the 6rst Legiiture elect an A4jutmwr-nd fhspeetor-Geneil -to bold tWe fur.the ame term as tle Gov erp, wbich was adopted, and tb_a see, ii.ih*o atrnMeded was passed to its third reading'. Seutions 18 to 19:insive-were passed tothdrd rad'inw. Dorican offered an amendment to see tion BU reqir ig the oath of'- offi'-e to be taken, which' was adopted, and the sec tion so amended was passed to its third readling. - : 3.tion Sl a-as passedto its third read Bowen offt-red-a substitute for s.ection 22, wihb was" ad.'pted, pr..idrog for a veto by the govers.or, anid the reterrulinmg ..f the veto by a vote of two-this oif each brauch of.khe Legislature; -giso re q.iring the-giveruor to seMdin his ob jections in three days, unless an adjrrn met prevenited, and then. within two days after the eomunencem,ent-of the next1 se'.ion. -. Sec tioni7nf the report'of the Commit toe e,1nhle Juiiiary,'ws -then tak-en up mtwctthe Word "ouny'' substituted for "district," --Febrtary' 96.-rothier Whit temnore 1rayed. An aimusing discussiim melative to the dnubte dadly seuaion took' - p th~e moningof thi& day, whietr cloed with a1 esolution;,which ras adoptT, thiat the assembavMe the two sesions~ Swailsfram Coronittee on Riles and Regulatisins, reported infavorab~ly op a resolntion ,that delegates should dra w no pav after March 5th. - A fterinoon -Bowen,from the Judic'iiary Committee, recommended the follow in, resolution, which- was piassed: That 'the Generai' Commanding 4hi. iitary District he reqigeed to iksUe or-oderappheable tothe State nfSmnt Caroina,-authoriuing any authority, so liitor or counselor, a imisted to pra' tie in thb-courts if the United Smntes, orin ani' Court of Record in any -Stare- smnd residen.t in thi5 State, emappear and prae tice in all the courts of thiis State, atiu I that any mate person t*entv -nie year-s of age, who is a citmzen of the State. and whit satisitas 'he Vontt of Couiinm'on Ples, id general ses-i"ms, or Distr ict Court-of this State. that he possesses the regni site learnir-g,-:pav be lleensed to prac-tie in aill of the courta of this State upon khis1 taking the usual oaith. George Washington Solomon Dill, of fered three resolutions, line nmakiung all male persons twenty-ne years of age quaified voters, another vacating all State 'pffees immediately on the ratifica tion of the constitutin, and the third provding that del.-gates . receive pay from the day they left home until -the-ir return, allowing the same tiene for return' that it took them to come-all;eferred to appropriate committees. Trhe first section of the report of the Judiciary Committeeg was passed to its third reading,.ndturing.the discusion j of the second, th ho of adjgunment; February 27,-Ranion prayed, anDnnan, tom the special eomrn- 1 mittee of ei ht on dividing the State into C ressional distrits, reported the following ordinance: That the State shall be dividedL into 1our Congressional Districts, as follows: First district; Laneas ter, Chesterfield, MarilArough, Darlington, Marion, Horry, George. town, Williamsburg, Sumter, Cla; rendon, and Kershair. Seeond dis trict; Charleston, Colleton, Beau Port and Barnwell. Thiid district; rang6burg, Lexington, RichlaId, Newberry, Edgefield, Abbeville nd Anderson ; and the fourth di.. triet; Oconee, Pickens, Greenville, Lauren-, Spartanburg, Union, York, Chester and Fairtield. Section 2. That until the next .ppointment by Congress, each of the said districts shall. elect oe mrember to represent, this State in.. Dongress. After such new. ap pointmnent by Congress, the- Leg islature shall divide the State into is many Congre'ssional Disfri&t is we are entitled to, menbeis in the Hduse of Representatives.;. Section 3. At the first election Lnder this constitution, two Rep-, resentatives shall be elected as large on ,he State ticket, to fepre. ent' the overplus of popuition. 4Iould th'ey obtain seats,. they. ihall continue to be so elected a. til the new appnintment after the ensas of 1870. February 28--Morning.-Brocke anton -prayed and resolutions wefe ffered by W. J. McKiiaf ind 'adopted requiring member Who obtained leave of absence tW repot io the assemblage an their' retarn, nd -to riake -easomablw 3rne for -any -extension tT b eone under penalty of losing thOW 9er diem during wnuuthorized 16 - ience.. Alo prohibiting leave or. ibsence to more than eight mema4 bers at ore4ime except iasgek '1 -urned. ige were forked over to It . - aless, and also to those who-' ot penniless, flat pocket book.ae umed a more comfortablehap %nd fnl potket books became fitse bills which were thrust into tw_ po.kets oteoate, rests and tra** kers, or tied up in the corners or ed Cotton handkerchiefs. February 29-Morning.-Frank li prayed,. and the. following d*6b titute forthe 19th seetiozia&?of' rered byutland: Section 19. The Judgej Of th Dourt of ConrmonT lea* sbat bhi,* Jfter be ibVested with all ~9 powers of Chancellore.to hear as4 ietermine Equity causes', nd'the rules and practice which no1w goV - rn Courts bf Equity in thierr ::ediiissbqhlfcontinute tilichuned~ by lw. Thei-E slil be tt' a4? wo annual sessions 'of the. 'Cn f Equity in each Judicial Distei nx the State, to be held at .aucht imcs itnie; y m~ay be pre ~rei bed 'by law. 3t shiilt 1i6 lint Af'the Judges in Equity to ile. their decisions within ninety - kys.fromn the day,of thme heartug~ > the causes respet-tiv'ely. T Iberes, 'all be one Conimissioner in Eqbl. :y or each judicial distriet'1in -ly State, to be elected by the1eole >f such district, whose'term ofa ce shall be twrgears. andWhj ees gud dluties .'hail coatpws be same as. at the present tim~ ill changed by law. A fternoon.-George Washin -- on Sotomon-Dill piaid his cpt n'ets to the Charleston 4fareng or certain aunsions to,is poi6x. - haracter which were too trjue t0 se agreeable. Moses moved . a suspensionof :h rules to prevent Dill frt ~vating the time of the ,aae, age, but the motion was lost. * .-. March 2.-Anot her-prayer. Im - Runion. -Holmes, from a sipeiii eport on & geherbe for* robbing~ Peter to pa4 Paul. (3keury) en- - :itled arrn "ordinance- to create 'a oard ofland cornmmssioners," safid )oard: to 4ave authority undei regulations provided by law, to: aurchdase at oublic sales, or othep' vise, improved and unimprov6d eal estate within this State, to be old to actual settlers, purchaser o pay interest ann ually upon the ~mount. remaining unpaid, and aU axes imposed thereon by the tate or United States,'and every ear after the third to pay such >ropotion of the principal as shal e :regnired by the General As. emVbly. Afternoon.-Runion ered a esolution to adjourn siW die, on ,he 12thb which was lost. Jenks' resolutionm praying Con. res thatthe import duty on riew nay be retained, wa1s adopted. Langley introduced a 20th' eg ion pt ovidiiig that no'deti,nourred ry te State in sup port 'of'a rebel inn shan1d evar hb. naid, which