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OIVIIi RIGHTS BILL. Section l. 'J hat nil persons horn in the United States, and'not subject lo any foreign powei'i ex 'copting Indians tint taxed, are hereby declared tobe citizens ol" the United State.-.; and such eitizi-ns of every race and color, without regard to any previous condition ol' slav? t y or involun tary servitude, except 'tts ti punishment for er il he, "whereof the parrs- shall have been duly eon vjcicd shall have lin same light in every state and'ter ? litory to make nial enterco contracts, t>. sue, to ; be snell, he parlies, and give cvider.ee, to inherit, ..purchase, lease, sell; hold and convey reid and i personal properly, and to thc full anti equal hen- i i-lit of all laws anti proceedings for the security ol'! person and property, as is enjoyed hy white aili- I zens; ?iud shall he subject to like piitiishiii-'iit, I .pains, and penalties, ami to none other, - any statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom to the veontr::ry not withstanding. .Section 2, And any person who, under any 'color of ?ny law, somite, ordinance, regulation or custom, shall sulyeet or cause io be subject1* . d any inhabitant ol' tiny statu or teiritory to the deprivation nf any light si cured or.pro tected hy this act. or lo punishments, pains, or penalties oil account ol' such peison having nt any time been held in a condition of shivery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof titi party shall have been duly convicted, or hy reason of his'race or co lor, than is prescribed for the 'punishment of 'white persons, shall be doittfod e. ii i I ty nf mis demeanor, and on conviction shall he punished ky n fine not exceeding;one thousand dollars, or imprisonment not exeetding one year; or both, in the discretion of thc court. Section 3. Thal the-disiriet courts of the U. .S. within their-respective districts, shall have, exclusively of the several states, cognizance ot .all crimes and til?eiiees committed against the provisions ol' ibis net, und al-o conciii rcittlv with the circuit coori of the United States, of all cases, civil or criminal, ali'ei'tiii" persons who ?ire denied or can ti ot enforce in the conns V br judicial tribunals ot the state or loettlitv where they may he, any of the r'igtits seen nd t<> them hy the iii.-1 section of this sci-, and it ?any suit or prosecution, civil or criminal, has been or shalt he commenced in u:iy state court against nny such person for luty iurest or im prisonment, tie.-pn.-scs or wrongs done or com 'witted by virtue or under'.colin' of itnthoritv derived from ti:itt act, or lite act ci-suhlis-hing a bureau for the relief of freed in en and refugees sud all nets amendatory ih'iriiuf, or for relusiug to tin : ti i y tiet upon the ground that tt would ?te inconsistent with titis act, such de fend nut f-'hall have the riitht to remove such ea ti so for trial to ttie pioper district or circuit, court in the muti ner prescribed hy the net regulating the habeas ' corpus, and regulating judicial proceedings in certain eas.'s, nppnrvcd March'3, liitT.i, and all nets iitn?ndiitiiry thereto. Tho -jurisdiction in civil ami ?liminai malters hereby .eoiU'orrcd on the distiiet and iii cuit courts ol the U. 6", so far as such laws are suitable to cai ry the same into effect-; hut in it 1 i eases where "such laws ate not adapted to lite object, or nro'ceficieut in the provisiniiH necessary to furnish suitable re medies and punish often ces against the laws, the common laws, as modified tiy'the Constitu tion and statutes of the states, wherein the ?court ha vint? jurisdiction iff the cause, civil or eiiniin.il, is-held, so lac aa-thu same is notineon- ' sistent with tho Constitution cf tho U. S.. shall -be extended to and eoyurn snitl eourts in the . I rial anti disposition of such cause, and, if of a r.riininnl nature, in thc?nllicttoti of punishment on thc party found guil.y. ?Sec; 4. That the district attorneys, in a rs h rds, | and deputy marshals of the United .States, thu 'commissioners appointed by tint circuit und tur* i ' vitorinl couru; of the sn-ne, with powt-rs of ur- i resting, imprisoning, or bailing offenders against i the laws of the same ; the ofUccrs und agenta of "the Freedmen's Mu renn, and every other of.i ser who shall he specially empowered by the l'rcsi- 1 dent of thc United 6'tales, shall be, and they i are hereby, specially authorized and required at thc expense-of tho same, lo institute procee?- j "".ngs nttaiust au aud ?ve'ry person who shall vib intc the provisions of this net, mid cause him or rtiem To be arrested and imprisoned,' as the < case may be, for trial before such court of the | United .States or territorial court ns by this act ! , has cognizance of tho ol" thc offence. And with a view to afford a reasonable .protection to all 1 persons in their cons?Uilional rights of cunnii- a ty before the law. without distinction ol race , or color or previous cc ntl it io'n of slavery or in- . voluntary servitude, except asa punishment for crime, whereof tho party shall have been duly 1 .convicted ; and to the prompt discharge of the' ? ?dutiefl of this ne.:, if shall he thc duty of rho , 'circuit coutte of the United >*}tutus, and the su poiinr courts of the territories ol' the same from 1 time to time to inclues1: the number of commis sioners so us to alford n speedy mid convenient means Tor tim arrest and examination of persons , 'ehnrj-ed with thu violation of-this ac;. .Soc.-5. That commissioners shall hnve-con current .jurisdiction willi thc judges ol' the cir tuit and district courts ot the United .Vinte?, and the ?T?idges offh? superior courts of the torr ti tories, severn Uv and collectively, in ter iii, time ?niul vnciii-ion-; upon satisfactory proof being mude, to issue warrants and precepts for ar tc:!- I lng mid bungin", 'before them all tiflehdcrs I against tho provisions of rbis act, and oe. exaiiti initient to dist-h urge or artiirii-io bail or eummit I Diem for trial, ns tho facts.may T.i.rruut. Section t. And Mich commissioners ure hereby .authorir.ed and required lo ?r.ereis? anil dis charge ail thc powers hud duties Conferred on them by this net, n ti rt the same duties with ri gnrtl to oilenees created by ibis net, ns they ure -authorized hy law to exercise with regard to tither offences against the laws of tho United Blutes. Thut it sholl be the duty of nil Mur shals and (Deputy Marshals to obey and execute nil warrants and precepts issued under the pre visions of thu act. and the same duties with r?Hiird to off-mces created hy ibis act, when to them directed.; und should any marshal or de puty rnurshul refuse to receive such warrant or other process, when -tendered, or to use all pro per muons diligently to execute ibo sume, he shall on convection thereof be hued in thc sum ?ol' ono thousand dollars, to the use -of the per san upon whom the licensed is alleged ta lia vd committed the offence. And the better to un able ?hd said commissioners to execu.te their duties faithfully und effectually, in Conformity With the Constitution ol tho United .States and fho requirements of this act, they are author rited anti empowered within tHeir counties res (n?tively In appoint jin writing, under their ianda, one or more suitable persons, "from time to time, to execute all such warrants and oilier processes ns may be issued ly them in the 'law ful performance of their respective dutiesi mid the person so appointed to ex 'cute any warrant or process as aforesaid shall have authority lo Call to^tjieir iud the bystander* nr posse comi tatus of the proper county, or such persons of ide land or narai service of the United Stuten, or ot the uiilitin, ai; may he necessary td tho performance of the dillies'Willi which they are charged, ami to observe rt faithful observance ol the clause of thc Constitution which prohibits slavery, iu conformity with the provisions of this act . and said warrants shall run und he executed hy snid oiKeers anywhere in the state or territory ,within which they fire issued. Section 7. Timi any person who shall know ingly mid wilfluliyovr,.Vet, hiiYderor prev?n! ?nv officer or oilier person Cb: rgcri with the e;;cuii?ii of any warrant or jnoco->' i.- lied hilder the provision . pt this iiit, orany person o . persohs lawfully assist ing him or tlirfni/from arresting any person fin '.vlinsii uppichi'tmioii suci' w.-irr.mt nr process may have ibeen i-snodi or .-h.ill re-eue, or attempt io rescue such persons froth thc ctisody nf ila- ollie.', ? . other or per. im ni pcriOliB'.or tit<>,<: lawfully osiris I - j lng ns aforesaid whjjti ?o ai?cMcd, pursuant to the ; rifuh'?ilty licv.-ii, i^l.v?li lind declared, or shill] ubi, i ithef.'or ?tssist:it.iy perkin fri'ritt'"-fed ns aforo.-aid,' Hired;y or ilpili? ; '.. -M . :., yf thc olliccr, or other ?icrsot? legally aiuhoiizctl avs , it foresail!, or shall harbor or conceal any person Cor whose arres? a wa ira nt or process slinll "have been issue?I a? ti forest dd, so as to prevent his dis co ve ty ami arrest, alter notice or knowie?lite of the li'i t that a warrain has been issued lor the appre hension ol' such person, .-balliol- either ol" said nlt'eiices bc siihjeel toa line not oxecedsng one thoiiiuid ?lullars and imprisonment not exceeding six, mouths, liv indictment coitvietiou licliirc tho ?District t'ou?t ot" the Fluted States, for thc diM-rici in w hich said ollenee may have been ci>mmitlcil, ol lie fore thc proper Court ol'criminal jurisdiction, if eoiimmcd within any of tho orgiiiir/.cd Tei-riloiies of th? United Slates! Section .-s. That tin- District Attorneys, thc .Marshals, their Deputies ami the Clerks of thc sahl District ami Territorial Conns, shall be pa ii I Tbl I hier services thc like fees a-may he allowed io tlltfin i<ir si i ? ifni- sondees in other ?ase.-. Ami in 'all cases whim* the prceedinus arc before a'Coin mlssiouer, he shall be entitled to a fee ol sjHHi! full ?br hi- services tn euell case, inclusive ot' ullsci'viec.? tU'?ideiii to such arrest and examination. Tho persbn "i- person's nut httri/cd to execute the pence. . to he issue?I hy such Commisioners for the tirresr ot' oll'emlcrs against the prevision ol' ibis ac* shall be entitled io a fcc of ?j for each person he or they may arrest ami tnko before auy swell Collin)is.-on er.- ui'oi'csuiil, with such oilier fe?: as may be deemed reasonable by such Commissioners li>r such other additional services a.- may tic necessarily perfonieti by him or them, snell vs attending tit the examination, keeping tin- prisoner in custody, ami providing him win? food ami lodging during tus detention, ami until thc ima! ?Icl?riniuatt?n of such | Commissi '1er, timi in general na- performing such I other duties as ion y l>e required in the premises, .-neh icc.- to I??- made up inconformity with the icc- ? usually charged by the oihccrs ol'"thc ?ourls'?f? justice within the proper tl isl rici or eoiuily.ns near as may Pe practicable, ?ind paid ?mt bf the Treasury i ol' thc United State on cerif?cate of the Judge uV I lie district within which I he arrest is mude, lind lo lu: recoverable fruin thc detendaiil its pan bi* I he judgment in cas? ot conviction. Section :?. Timi whenevr Hie Presidi?i.l of thc i'uived Suites .shall believe that otlciic.es hate been or ?uv likely to tie committed against lite pro. inion of this itel, wit h Lu :tiiy judicial district, it_,-hali be lawful for him in IK* di--crciioii indirect thc J litige Marshal ami Ditritvi Atibriiey ul' such tli.-trict lo atlcml ai a place within tho district, ?iud lor .-itch lune as bc may designate, for the purpdscof the more speedy airest cud trial til' persons charged with a,violation ul this act. And n .-hall lie (he tluty of every .lodge, or other ('Ulcer, w hen any such requisition .-hali IteTciTvetl by him, touttentl at the place ami for lime therein designated. Section lo. I'iial it .-hal! bc lawful tor tile President ol thc L'iiited Slates, or such persons as I he may empower lor that purpose, to employ .-itch part ol the laud or natal h uves of tin: United Males, or ot the mil.tia, as shall he necessary to prevent thc viol?t ou anti enforce thc tine execution of this act. Section II. That upon all questions of law arising in any cause uiuler thc provisions of Ibis act, ii linal appeal may bo taken-to the Supreme Court ol thc t luted .--late.-. CHARLESTON, S. C., Saturday, April 21, 1800. "~-. . .----JTZ ' '-' JLT'JT--!-" To Wh?m doos tho Negro 130101151? ls he the ptoporiy of the Southern or the Northern people : or hus lie a hill of sale for himself, gireii by (.'.od abd guaranteed by tho L'onstitiition rif his country : Ur fire we to believe that infernal, galvanized loyalist, who runs tliat accursed sheet, the .U.U.-] uno ml Ex lim iter,- that fuwjiing hullo.un to the skirts of my cause that hhs money, and who, if we are to believe what we hear, be has boan .an eye-sore :o the people of the South ?ill through tile late rebellion ; ?md when hu traitorous sheet w-as suppressed by (.icm tal Grunt, went to the so ?til?ipsI ?? Uiy?.ri?h (bailor, *' -t, ?< -Ott -bc.lita! knees beefed bis royal master to permit ibm mee nlt>re to issue his abortion of decency, dodging to sustuin him in nil his huts if he ivonld only givu him the pound of flesh. Yes, his thing, Who tnlks of a "iiec press, and the rig?it of American citizens, and "who accepta the situation," (und would accept any'oihcr }f ;t-wdrc oifered) hus, in un article of inst week, undertook to say w,hat kind- of pupers shall he II thc South, and w'hb shall read them. How leeent inch can rend that sheet is to us a won der. Perhaps he bull .'ed 'them into ii. That used to he tho rule in days gone by, when the i'ry o rs inn! Ii rooks went looking for the liurlin {.limes mid Potters, fi.cacl the impudoncu of this fellow ns he undertakes to dictate to lhat class of honest in en tn live South who tiru tining nil they cur. I ri help a jioor people, wilone 'billy crime is that their laces tire fe. shade darker und their hearts a thousand times whiter than tntiny of their would-be. lunstf.-s. First, he' writes of the New Nation - u paper just started in llbhtmmd, and, like ourself, tljvoted lo the i tl teres t of all. Mark - "If wc have Ruy proper menus left whenby this stinking nuisance, the "New- Nation," may be abated, let ns not fail to usc them U> their foillicit verge." Not co?tent with wishing that it inky lie! suppressed, lie also asks that any poor colored mau who conn ?bules bis mite to sustuin his friend und advocate, sbull be turned ont of em ployment ; anil toe lest of a gentleman shall bc, dues he bite a negro who reads the Nation r if he docs, hu is not Ht to move in the society of the edixoi ;f that is a bud thing for onr-ru'6Tn>) He wiitcs ?: "All negroes who putroiib?e the New Nation should nt once bc discharged frota tile employ ment of every genii.'tuan wini tespeols himself and thc society in which bc ino ves." Hut the worst is to come, and we would that the ministers of the churches in that State stop praying for thc President, and turn their ultim* tiou to thc F.xammer's dimmed. This from a paper (hut claimed the white mun wits in fear of his life ffbfK a war of race? by the grunting lo thc negro the hame right, to he hung ns the white Infill, and urge J them if thc ri'jlit of all men were acknowledged by Congress to sharpen ihe knives, and ntuko ready for the day of throat-cutting. Ves, let -it be known that ne says \ "All white men who give the New Nation countenance arc already dituilied. Timi paper is a ci ass which, floes more to keep tirso States fo-day in thc pos-iti'rtn they ure thiin nil the ru dionis in the country. |?c is not alone. There is another '. beautiful bird ?K Memphis, Tenn,, who und erl ult en lo cota pe) I men to llimk as he tines. We have seen (nut bird ic days gone by ; he used lo tell oT one "pure Southern ?ike him," being'eljnal to R'v'e poor Vunkees like Sherman's heroes. Hut ho went to jim ve it m the quartermaster depart ?nient at Jackson, Miss. ; and now when the boys in blue are nt home, and the poor deluded r '. v, t ' .I? ? o Muir gravee, brought there by such as lie-. Ile comes from Iiis luir mid says tu (lie men who tu the last clcciou in that Stale, voted td sustain the linverinieut ihiit they shoultl be proscribed. Ilowrit?: " We understand prominent merchants men who sell their haberdashery th SouthcrnpcO' ple, voled tor tin: radicals. Who are bey? We have here merchknts in every bruttili ts!' business-loya!, Union, eoitserviltive, ?ichtl inen, who arc of the Sou', li and With the Hm th. They ate surely more deserving of slippoitiiiiin the radic?is who are, with Sumner and Steens, for coniiscatioit, disfranchisement, am! ovty thing caleniutctl to degrade, iii in and cm ba i ties ihe peoplu to whom they propose lo .sell heir waies. Who are they? We desire, to ad er tise their minies, that the Southern people nay shun thein as they would it leprosy. Th? Ind ic?is are for war-let them hk'vc it. We live enlisted ns a volunteer." Yes, nuil we, too, have enlisted, and nreril ling to test the question which "shall it b a loyal papct or u disloyal tote: An honest nili bili or a disloyal one. We are not nfrail to speak what we think. The negro has as inch right to his life, Iiis living, choice of In Lr, which newspaper he shall read, and tn lin; ply thing now wanting to command respect for Im -the ballot. 1st EpiKtlo or St. Timothy to Thoo Laltcr-Day Sainta " Who Huv Como South to Couvert tho Hes then. Tor tlie sake of sonic of (lie churches, nu especially the Southern people, we are gilt thri'. a few of the Stubbly servants of (Jot! hov taken a rest, nial stopped maligning tbei neb'libors. They have now taken np this jin .pi'r ant! ils editor. Wc arc glad of it, anti Imp they will continue at it. They must not li "weary in well doing. Hut they can always hav the subject thine by leaving notice at this of .li?e. We do not intend titt il churches, ami per haps they tlo not rca?! the narnu .'?ble we tlo anil so we give them a few passages ont of our in order that tiley may see what (hpservants t our God are expected to do in the pulpit : follow prue? witli nil tuen, null holllivJB, tnilliot which no one shall set' the Lord. Illcsscd arc thc pcticemu'kcrs, far they shill! b called Hut children ot CMitf. Aitd winni y stand prayiro,;, Turplvo, If yo tute nullit aiiaitisi titty, that your \r'ulhcr also which is ti ll?..ven lituy'fdrgrVi; y'nu your tfoSpnSses. A lice co'uihaiultuciit I give unto you, Til?I ye lbf ufe nn?tiler, as I have loved you. 1)Wc'rio'tuan anything, bul to love one nnotiicr. ' . . If there lie atty oilier comm:imttiicut,ill* Inic^ comprehended io this pu? i?jj, namely,Thou-hull tor thy hclglihor'ns thyself;" ??'or dur kingdom ol' Cod is not meat unit drink, Ut righteousness anil peace uud joy In Ihe Moly Ubini JJOI all In! ii rne.-s amt u ral h timi linger and thiner nuil t vii speakinc be pill anny front you, nilli ill nu ilee : nuil he ye kimi one to another, fprgivlig o ie uiioi her. even as lind for Chi ?st's euko hiilli fu'givtii you. Mut if ya have Iii it cr envying and s 11 i fi- in i out heurts, jjliir* liol : anil lie net ausin-l the truth, I his ivis, lo m tlehecntleth not from above, hut ls eal lily, sensual, devilish. If it .muli say, " 1 love nod. " au.t liHtetlt lils iiigm' ltor. he i s ii P'tf Kot he tittil lovelh liol hts briber, whom hr titbit Veen, how cnn belove nod, winn he halli not seen I Anti this commandment hitit we from hun, That he who liivcth liodlovc his bittier also. Ucl! gio US. Thc lier. L. T. 15cm!well, assistant Proltfubl llbhop of Olim has been preaching ihroiigi the West to large audiences. Subject-Thc Cltrcli us thc 'l'eachcr vi' JJf<^lHl'n^^ScabriHik . o ?5 noi it I rn id to s t ' Jffi V. Sa ,V'i S |HMHRII>UV(-'1|S fall. His iiri'ieflBwHBBBB '" ?'fij?'.x'. ed neat cit minist v}^^^-^^~:-^:^^^*^?l^^S well i nil the Pintes laiit^ff?Tnomiii.'H?bns were as tonsis lont and conscientious in kut?itting yoting mei to lite ministry ns tiic Protestant Kpiscbpii .Church, ns far as education is 'concerned. At ?1 revival at Dr. Spear's new Presbyterial .church, Brooklyn, X. Y., hist week,'tif?n wen noitr.lv eight li timi red converts, and tlia'l'ttxi hi : neighborhood that bas always heh! aloof fron tile church. Let the good work go on. The unprecedented increase ot 22(),(v(?0 souh were lidded lo thc African Episcopal Church aili", tile report from all quarters is that Ihey art coming by .thousands, and no wonder for ?lit fains und the Tumers arc tapial to lire work ii this section,<tind they speak the truth. .A convention of all the Methodist clnrelici will iis.seinblo'in .Cincinnati, uhio, in May next with a view to nutting all into one Cun'ciciicc It will comprise about lilli) del, gates. At the New York-Conlcrcnce hold in Urook lyn last week, ivsoliiiioiis were introduced mn adopted cmi?r.??nu tliii action of Congress ii passing thc Civil Nights Lill, and sent a copy ii thc proceedings tb both'Mouses ami to thu Priisi tient. A committee on resolutions reported th following .recommendation, which we would ibu a few in lins city, who mu striving to keep liliv feelings that can do the colored mail no good Ai. is lo.Hitiy here while in und u few billers wi go to the place bom wheoco, we came. Conn gentlemen, practice ti lillie inure of the Guille Kule and less of sell, and while you ure doing i rend this advice from lltbso who arc almost 11 wise as we. * '. Your co-.imittec. nevertheless, would recoil mend that wu cherish great forbearance ami cfit yidcrution for Pie wounded leelings of Christin men in what Ihey consider a cotit|tiered an humiliating condition. Tender dealings ami get ennis ntl vance, which in the weaker party ma he. felt degrading, may in the victor may he mai n.iiiiiniiy. Your committee, therclorc, recoin meitd to our ciders, pastors, and people the eu Uv itt ibh of generous thought and forebenriii bnignago in regard io Southern Methodism. W conclude with the following resolution : Resolved, Thal it he earnestly rccomuieiulr to mir ministry und membership, both in priva mid bi our public soiigregniioti, to oiler frei)uel ?nd special prayers for the spiritual wei faro < our brethren ol'Mic Methodist l'.pir-copal ('linn south, and lor their attainment of stich a slate 1 heart and ininti .'is thal Ihey cnn so harmon ii with ns as that outspoken, loyally, impartis) ju lieu lo tito oppressed, anil equal rights for all Ol fellow men, may hecouie eonstitucnt parti '1 their religion. Matters in Congress. Congress hus beet, engaged all through tl week in measures rdnpn); lo the paying up bil due t'nc loya 1 Hintes for materials furnished 1 the (fiivernment; tho locating the Pacific Uni road; Mut establishing of n new navy-yard, i inili ina ; thc stoppage of (li? suie of intoxica lng liquors in the Capitol; the army bills; un rt dc'.iatc on the Righi Hour movement. Abolition (>f Slavery.- At thc taft session of tl Kreuch Commute for the rihsnclptilbin of HIP negro* I?., rcaddsics terre read, one io the f/ueeii of Spain', m the lilli? r lo the t'.mpuror nf Hra/il. These address? ula-cli ask Tor lin- n'l.olliiou of shu erv lu ike {?paull eoiouts (ititi thc lir*?illtiii Kmplre, are aijtlM'tl hy Ml ilul/.nt Uv'^hc. Mont.tlatnbeil, fallout, Henri .Maili I.tihoulaye, art?! iMhcri, OUR l'KKS?DKNT, LT. S. ? ol' Mc*. VJCK-I.M?iiSlOliNTi Hon. \V. I). K i<:i/i,i<:v, or Pennsylvania. I Kocp stop to tho music of tho Union and Justico. In thv .Si iHif?, ."3 /<> Iv?. in tif House 122 to I 1. Ami, ns you elsewhere rend,the second crown ing net of thc Loyal Congress; Thu work is ! not yet finished; the pledges mude to the loyal pahlieis who fell nt Wagner, that they mid theirs should stand equal before the law, will be cnn ?ed out to the letter; and no ihntt alinl I Ibo judged according to hi? color; (hu-more act! Prepare yourselves fur it. Don't be ignorant when you ure wanted. Wpbator. What ts Webster : What docs Wehfctr'r want 5 Fron? Whence is Webster 1 ! Who knows Webster"! I ts Webster white : j 'Is Webster black ? I Dot? Webster lake thc ?.ruder} Does Webster pay for it ? Doe? "Webster borrow it? Who 'ia Webster : We birre'neither time nor space th'is week to sjicnk at length of the individual referred to. j Wc will merely reinatk that he is no', the slates I inn ti nor yet t"V, . author of '. Webster's Un abridged;'' Xi st wed; we shall inform our renders what mini-tier of man he is, mid, ht the sallie tint?, faVtir them with II full-length like In ess of the worthy, -executed with womiei'fui \ accuracy hy our special arli.-t " Chnrciinl.*' E'?*" To'; Til bs p. IN A ni: KAUS - Those of our 1 [subscribers who have tit)" paid their subscrrp- J j lion fees will, if t! ey do ii ot immediately settle ; j amounts, have their papers discoujinucd nh*! j flteir names struck from our li-t. We hope everyone will ?ce the necessity of conforming to ' oar rules. A newspaper cannot live on pioin- | I isis. .Some '. ahh- editors "from Massachusetts" I ?muy be willing to llev?le their time and labor I gmt is,-jost for the sake of "the cause,"-but J j we don't lui ii vi it. At any ihtcj we frankly . i confess our inuhlity lu manage a newhphpe'r I j without money. j V ten MK oV x M II. IT A tar COMMISSION.- The Alexandrin Gazelle thur, describes ilie depart ti rn of lin.-young men recently li n d and eunVieied liare hy li miluury commission". A rumor that l'he "(.'Cristinas riot" prisoners htid berti s??tite'hcPO and were io be neill off had lu'i-n e'irculnied through the city, and to wai ils I*.kt -hour for the live o chick Washington train |.J ii.sAi.ri, n large crowd, ineludtiig many hole s, j tnai i'i>tL.t.)(.(j ut (ile upper end ot Duke streit to ? I witness .jK.jr drpiiriiuc. We will attempted i j express th {,.(.hnL.., excited in nil the spectators [ j ai thu sod C><Jii,g af% m niost. a Christmas ii oin-; lint thc appeal,,,^ "f five res?dcbts ol' this city I burn and iiii>et.Hcri;( k'"0wn'to al* our "obi 1 ; citizens, ah h?mst f ixQ n|)r:xlit Vonni; men. . ?I?BIIIIIICUHI rogeilK, Wl,ij, .^"n hn?dc?ili's, and i -earried through the "rr.,., elmrge ni a military , jpwrtlj 'he issue / u". pL.BCt. proclamation, was ni?Scieut cause of ai,Mtv ," "u. Thc sob and eries of soi'iu- of the ladi?iWVI0 ,,|wi,ilV audible, ! I .mil the 'feelings bf one wir. so llct,;,j \,f,on timi. , j she fainted, and fell upon tlu streets; 1 j Ye*, the players of the :igJitbMl9 nyail nVich. ! ; Poor fellows ! all they did was ti.kill n fewW 1 I gmo*", biirn a few houses, and steal a ,,t 0f plun ! ?yii ?sd lo think of their belonging to the fust j fiimi.ies! lt's awful. One poor soul muted; .J Where wa? Mi*. Winslow with ht r h'?oti'mg i syrup: They have the light to keep it no\\ j the veto to the contrary not withstanding'. l| The llnlttnore American for march .'llst ?c III pinn ched ministers of Uhrtstain churches for il l their silence ir: regard tb a series nf unmanly i*| outrages against the colored people of the state, e| of which il spen*hs iii tho following words* I "We publish to day an nc coo, nt ol the burn* e inj; of anothei, making the- twelfth?chool house ,sttil church burned in Maryland. Week nfter week these things occur. Their nnotincement senilis at least to fall upon, if not callous, little sensitive hearts. People tri our state, ri fourth of eur population, for whom our religion iii iu theory ut h ast demands a neighborly kindness, .vhile taxing themselves to educate their lillie ones-already taxed for two centuries lo cu i-I neate ours-are burned out of churches and u hello o ls ; pulpits, so far as our information poes, ]' |ate ??hut as if the intlcunitn had dawned. We mist, since cur legislature, refused to allow these people tn appcnl to tho tribunals of thc Mnto for redress, their cry for succor will not lie unheeded hy those who worship at tlic ejallar", Surely it would be A benefit to the whole state anti to every intercbt in it if one or two of these incendiaries were sent lo State Prison for life. That would, Ve suppose, help tn reform public ricrittntcnt, at leant on the ques tion whether Bison is a gentlemanly crime. The Loyal congress of the Nation lins fixed thnt style of doing bnisness, The civil rights Hill will stretch thc-lordly neck. iftViXTtsii i iNHS.- The following is a copy of un original poem picked up in one bf thc streets of Milwaukee, Milwaukee is a town Of g rent renown For "bogus sp?culation", Whre may bc found. For miks around Tito dregs of (Joli's creation; Where fever quake Ami ngues si.a kc Along the stinking river, And actors' curse, ,r! And "houseen" worse 1 Have d-d thc town forever. ;?. I Sui? posed lo have been written bv Fallen Fi'c'rin '.I' Luhe wns giVc'n lo poetry and could feel for ii ? oeil tu tunes when liier? was no molloy corri n, ? COMMUNICATED. Articles iiiM-rtcil under this hr^ nr? written by correspondent H. Ue iihall li? chu to pulill.sli cuni iiniuii'iiiiou> ol' merit, hut du nul ??lU o?irsulveii iii HpuiiHildi! tur their sctitiiiie?ttM. Dur correspondents uri; icstfeelfftiy requested tc scud ns inurv legible iriiinttscrnl We may 1 bit! unchristian, but wc must tu leant -isislupun , nu i for i, nuil dotted nt Hint. i Sevciul ciimin un ?cut ion's tm: unnvo.|rt0|v Crowded ?lilt this Week. 1 ltiiwii:vii.i.i:, S.e., April 'J. I SCO. 1 Mi:. KIM I OU-Allow mc si small space in mn, columns tt? express ii thought ur two upon iniit-y tern timi thuin* ?' pahlie itiieru.il. Thu war is J tiver mid peace has again dawned upon our once prosperous iitul happy Itititt. All anns of tin? Ker vire did (heir <luty, ?ntl did it nobly ; mid it ia owned that the gallant .'?Mh 'regiment wits not one whit he ?ii ml the foremost iti the hour of d tinsel'. li was snid bj" sonic of our Southern friends that thu colored race would toon emigrate or 'lie dut or he driven hack hy the iiiipressnre of tin- dotiiinant race; mid, like the red man of (lie forest, would he driven to San Domingo, J >ntnnay liny, or into the ocean. Hut we don't ininti all (hat the redis say about bs. They .?aid itycrir ago thal they would whip (du North, mid tims establish a Southern Cb ti tecle ra ey, mid thus kei*ji us in hondazo. Mut was it done ! tin the i* uitrar)'. They have missed their prognostica tions* Mr. editor, I think the cobirc-d folks have dom: enough to gi t their rights ; so if the t ?ovcrninciit win- us lo fight any rJ-ore they must give us all our righi* Iii.?:. Mr. editor, |ih'-isc in print lld.? letter in your paper, and 1 will send von a longer letter next week. Selgt, WlisoN Cox," UStli I S( ' I' ? Wliite Mond Pr?domin?tes.- thc accredited Correspondent of tlc- Nation, willi ho graphically del?ncales "The South ns it. is," tell? UH m his th it ty-four ti? lotter thai in Mississippi the MA CH ty teacher* in the colored schools ?rc l?q?i'r ed toreport monthly lu tl'e 'Freedmen's Hui nu. Miecifyin? ninon*; oilier things tin- uumhei of pupils Of (nixed blood. In the twelve schools wiehh happent d lo .-land Lt the head of tin- lid there nie retained -87 eli'ldrt"! of ?inte Africn.il blood and??-" of mixed blood. '1 he nbov ta very ll.meting to thc chivalry mid tiic figures speak will for there kindness to tin- poor blacks. MOOMIN AsrrtosoMV. - A negro looking nrouud in thc dav to see what cai: he stoku t-.t II ig li t. - ,^'oiti/i t 'ii >::-lin t ii ii, ASCIKST A?THOXO\'Y.- The truthful fellow ? ho ? rote the tthove, pet ung through thc smoke of the liist gun lin d nt Suinter, and s'ciny t! glass ..towing in the streets of New Vin ki The n gm brings home toe plunder, i 13?il he see the grr.ss ':) ? J/" Colored Soldiers can hear of ?oincthing to t'be:r n! vantage by'eaU'iig at ibisoiltec ; ulm those witt) biivi1 been in thc uin-.y. [ . We would state, lor the inlorniut'on of our readers, that wc will nt nil times inser? colli inunicatiotis if the-- are proper and ih> u>>t lend to injure any person, l r.", nc will not in-' rt ai deles in this ^mper ns reading matter aga iv .vt any Ciller naper, bi-ciiuso that paper does mu sc?; lit to call them gentlemen. Oilier paper's quarrels are non. of our business. Wi- make this statement in jus lice to ourselves and the piddle, us n certain ?las.? iff ofiicicus soothsayers ure going about niisrepre .-. iiiiiig to tlie t?i? contrary. The plainest lin. gjjsli ii- he.-: t-? he used towards such vagriihls liiii! we iiierefnre caution all to hewure of them, V- ha I S'S: ver may lie their calling. We rall attention to the advertisement (or pi pits, iii Teinpc'.nice Hall. -Mr. Pe I ol is we? ki own in this eily, ami will do all in his power io fd you tor hiisincss. A l..\itt)i: S\VI NIM K IN N I.W OKI.I'.AV.-. A Mississippi plantel ycccnily wein t?- Now Orleans j to procure (ieniicn lahnr?i'Si A linn in that eit> eoiitincled to Import two hun.Ired ?uni the planter Advanced ?2,0011 lo pny then tare. Some time al terward he was lohl iii il timi ?ere io Nc? \>?'k. and t..at he mud pay ?'I,.'?011 more t.. lake th.m New Orleans. Ile paid it. and On theil' arrival found thin instead id hcing Ircsiily imported Ocr mens, they were "t ?ii nationalities,p.. I.e.I up in New V..rk, and ioodciniiialiv.ed lor plantation work. Ti.f planter cou sue-tor lu- ninney, ami s.J...""" daiitagi-K. I ii.- iihove wne a'.l iicmocrnts mid caine lYirtii j ".m. .1. - district, and no doubt w en- -ev. south lore' fo?-tniet. l here has Peen a tew ..? those kind ?i?rci?|,cre. Ind Ihry n inain? Ask the planters. Henry ? Stumdmry, the ^eiilleinun wbi) ; wrote thc veto on Un- Civil lligbts Hill, which j Andrew .j. gave ti. the world, bus been rewarded j by nominating him ;,r " pu.sition on thc Su preme Hen ii. l'?tbups^c will c,.-i tm re. Tiine ! Will tell. j Thc colored people of Washington, 10,000 in ?nuinbet, celebrnted?their i'inaiii-ip?Vtou on thc lOtib nf April. 'I le y called on MOM?., nnd he bruno out of thc r?!;bes, A ml once tnoic. no iloubt, ask uti to lead them, lie thought bo w?" n better friend to them than any of their other prut ended ft ?ends. Wc think to too, ns tin othcts cannot speak what they don't think. One of the ponr unreconstructed A. J'*, ol this Mate, in nu appen! for ration* we Klippose nfked it. when "a .min in sterped in ppvortyj ii will not take All the strength out of him r" Wi ri ne weir no. Nrilhcr will bud whiskey draw (hi strength from a mun There is Sunlshury o Delaware, who has bern so ikcd in it for severa yenrs, and be is fis strong against the negro a? ever. Let mme of our icallers fail to study llie ex tracts on mir Hrst page taken from mir next Vic. President's speech, the Hon. Win. \). Kelley they go a long way to show to thc people of lin '?ountry ami ihc world that Kadical as he is, tim the destiny of free labor could bc in no belle j builds. After yon have read them, iel old inris j ter see il, be want* to know who Kelby is; le I will perhaps vole for him. South Carolina wil ? get to he represented tn a Kadic.il Union Conven ! non, rind who knows but by past and presen j Governors, nicnil'.er* of Congress ami a Vnhkci lime is a great changer, South Carolina x Muss rirliu sells in one Convention, IMO I J No ! Itifis. Ves. A cnll in iiBiied for n National Woman' night Convention in New Vork on the 10th of Mn next, to consider the question of su (Trage, nn tither miitteis; Our fiirhii r ed!f?r Mr. Collin (nm In rr.'.'irrrtiii) with Hon. Mr. Iv.lwm Coombs wil ?adv?cate the cause, from a trndle stand poini Vif' For tito waul ol' splice wo ure1 compelled 0 leave over several communications ami letters rom soliliers which will ?ill appear in good lim?. Tributo oritoHpcot. Ilya recent iv-mcrnl i\r<ler, rrotti l>i:i>artlnt*iil Head .'narien we Irani lb M thc present militar) arraiiR nciils of Mili ?ectl.ui an- to hi' tihllslied, nial garrison* lo iu selected luau Hu: tegular anny, willie Hits new manx neut alfulil ii- lillie to Hop?: for, any Improvement In Um 'cry judicious Impartial ami eliiclcnl military uiliititiiil ..rMIou, nuil.?r w lilith wi: have enjoyed >o lull; tho btes* ng of clv!!l?ed life. lt will bring ...onie cliaiiKei ? hielt ve shill] regret, pruitieiiluut .tunin;' these, will he thu ons of the servie,..' mut presence of major general '?.Yens, mid lils |{?litleiii(iiily stall', who im they ?ru ihoilt t"h? mustered ont service, will return lo their irolesKioiiN in civil life. General Hevens cvctllittlj tottens Inrglcy those rare quill Ivs th nt irako up th? t?.ive soldier, Hie sitccasfiit military lender whose C''il.'? natur" timI hi^h RCII-O ot" honor and justine, '-'. Hui Titiuieiitly for thc ililllcull position of Post i'mntiller in which he lins been so stieesHTiill ?nd popin.r hitioor; A|| classes here. Iii. ?iipcrioi legal attaints, ,,|H a* well as military bearing am' ?kill litiv? hut., brought into rc'|ulstinii lor I hu (asl tlx months n.il leo n rendered hilt ciptal lo any ?mar neiley. M.HMit liusetts \Till he proutl lo Wi'leontO home from S,, p,ri|, ,,f army life, a man so richly laden willi th. well carnell lioniir? nf ?ar, ii* C.eurrM Hevens; and Hut he univ bei. ?utensfull and proi perons in pen e b?ii?.reil ju war ls Ute wish of ? nany i-itl'e.i.i. N Kling A N.-^r...- A; ,,",. ol'thc stations nil thu .Ho'titli stdu lullrvail, ii few tl-tya since, a i.vollng specturln lo,.I; place lu prc settee "f me Passt-ngei?. A .' tchool luann ", ?I,,, |* '.tcaehlug Un- you up Idea how lo shout, !n oin: iii ncigh-i i,..i nix cunnii -, uc l Me re a lie?i-u ulster wliti'lito tcjoiccd het-tli.it sha Itieoutiiicntiy malled lo hu i-Kirruei: and . kettaiigcti u lu art; kl-?. The paiuiii i;ers stared ?villi supprKc. ?ititi settled piu/t?tl lu il? cilia which ol tl..- tw.? the sivc-teiil lio?ie}'. lite hight ivas itu niiu.Mial .an in Hil? g.H.d old I Inmuiouwcitllh, mu?xvi y natu i mle matin tint school' w ?lilian ile- li at anett mille louie un ul.Jeei of contempt ott the patt ol those ?li., were traveling ?.?th le r. 'I'lic&lejTC tv Itoui the Ulchhxind Tillie* and seems I? l'au-jctli.liter a good deal ol trouble. 11 don't alarm US nile might, ?1? w e have atw nj - lilith'r-tooil ll to he tit? rule, niel Jude"! a : froiii Hi. eoinpIc\l..n ol the ? hil.I reit, we MIA ? lieu lhere lt br.m.- I" il- that he li lulstakeo, lt was not ?ir. unas tl sight loi whit.- .?1 nt leant to kin olored v. 01 II.s ll, lliej Maine.I tint tn one of lh.lt righi whi n they jececdi-.l,lint Hie civil right ? Lilt will lea? e I bein ..ulm I he cold. Sun liiere caa un dlsllitcttou on a< iiotlili ot e..lol-, th? why of Jl.--The Marysvite r.jtprci ? ants to know ?hy thu Kederalollhtci'Stloli'lotdiU'se Pru.Lieut .lohuson or resign. IT.? auswar I- 1 ?s> : Iii. ? Here moally ap pointed Ly ?1 Inion l'i ..-1 . I. . 111 aol approved itj a Inion Se?ale. I he uio.t ut Hiern have loo much princip?ela shh: willi the ITct-ldent ?l?enle.- stdci with relui-, and ei-|,p,M head!. Unit'.-, H. t:\. The c..hued troops lu thc ml'.lnai y department ..f rh?; M sslslppl have ln'-ii onl.-reil t.. r.iide/A ons et .la ck sou lu that ?talc, lol ile- pm ?.I heilig lull.It-red out. A Virginia -rtperTlamci tl st .l.diin;. lln-ckenrldgc. ..I the rel.el tinily, ls re ading ia Toronto, 1 . W. U.- I. icporti ti lo inj ?eai y ol ? xii-. I he > .. ?u ral should Int allo'.ved lo t'oiiie hack. Hie democrat I?: patty tuav waul to run ug.tlit fur Vice p.t.-hh nt. li it i-tm. that Hui President l.i up mr election he won Id run will ona ticket ?Uli .Ulai t. h. Peing a deUiueral. I here ?..ucl uti chain.t tl.e t a l.-al- gii ? nug int.. poiter a?' tleii.oertille men ticvci die In oiiltic", Mittlers In Tcxes are alarinlng. Si ec-: loul>ts are raw paiil and " run" thing.-, a- tin y plas.-. liol. Ilnmilloil lia- -i.n led for Washington ti, st:e v. Lat can h.- .lone, in: had helter -ii-lulh Andy. ..r le- ? Ht done tar. .tell'I lavis li liiore considerate Mutti lome ..HUTS of Hie I'resl.lem's pm Il/.anr.. Ile and lu- ll lends ?il Ulehmoud have eoiieilieded iel lu pii'-.i lu- uah ase 11 ]?? m .1 hithciti corpus, h st they thotilJ eui!,?tri ass Prcslilniit iltdli|.i.?ti, 'I'hey wert! not. M? tender .e.gu! cinbarr">-lng PrcSl deal Lincoln a year ago. Thurs right j elf} . keep "it Hie g.,o.| .Ide ul .1.dui ?on .Lou Sunt uer, and Stevens, and lalk ahotit ?lead ?lucks, aii.l your pordoii l i M. re. Tin: .s?'ooi..>iAs ri:its or i'l.tlitlliA.- The .lack.om Un [I'T.'i.] Times sa} that tlioiisntitts ol negro .'lill.li eu iirii nov?'e.luealed li'U'.il statu hy their \11esent i-nptoyers, who ?cte .-iaieh'.ldei s. hull} for their fatlutrs-Miat 1. ? e ne-.in lliclr fornn'r owners, -niter Uti le childi en to ritme Into ni" f ir of snell I med lo get nt\ rew a'rils. A VV.'tslilngloit spei'liil .-ays Inli'IHgenec has I ie rn re eut i, d ul thc dep.o tun-. ..a Minn dat Let. noni San Fran 1 ebro of Mr. I ole, the Senator elect l>?r t'aUfoi'llia. Mr [ ? nie ls a iladloal ItepuMtcaii. Whit .h. Hie people nie.m .Jan't Mle}' know thal ill fending Hint kind ol Col'! '.hal Hie} ate a.hiing niel lo the tire.-, already hut nm/ Iii the Ir ait- ol all the new mad? loyalist!, in Ute country. ? ti" hive their pardons lu I lull ?loclielsY H..? IOU:;. ' . I ord! II. 1. ct. Ul AN I lil >- l'ltl V'A'i'K HOARD WAN T ed?rA g.ml.m reuitlri . partial hoar?l In ? nihill Stuiilierii family, n lin. V alikee* af- l.tken. Terni.-' ri'a-oiial.l". l..?.ilHe. nhiilil live lillnilte.s walk lr.au st. Uieuaei's I har >i. 'Applj h? h lt? r uni; 1.? !.'. Hu- "Hi.'?'. 'llic it bo ve, taken fi om tine ol" I he ilailics, 1.1 uboiil a's cool a " want" ns wc have nen tor some tune. Wc, being n Yankee ourselves, never knew of hut one pince that a Vunkee WOliill mu gOi tmil tliat was lo the ('.'. S.H'oll ft Ht rute Stutts, nml hu?, to ot.e place where ho j was not witnleil, und tliit place is hill. An litlTerUsement in a New VinU paper pro mising, oiijthc icceipt Vf 'i? cent?, to senti a icccipt to keep waler in wills ami eiste in* fi om freezing. A pierson forV.'uitlfil thc riiirency anti rcifcivcil hy rtSturn mull th? following answer - .'Take in ymir well anti cistern on cold nighli, and kecji iTrfiu by tile ll ie." The N. V. NVjtlfcii lina cvphered it down to ivis- JW fie only problem tjv?ri f Dre seems to ho, is Mr. Joliiiton in /?vor ot 4ns own iidminiMiutieh. ll bc is, Heister (;!yi%i4- will be (iov. Uuitin't surct^sor.. ''ir\ht^%lrt knows herself, mid she think she do,*', ^^?l,Johl!^oll is not in favor of any " iidmiiiiilrutitV' that will help the copperhead party into a nWitioti where ii can treal hun a? il did dunne, hKl? ,- ( 'unnrct'irut frets. "Have yoii^ccn niy blaek-facr.l antelope," inquired Mr. I.ewmpc, v.ho has 1. collection of ahimaln, of his ffienil. " No, 1 haven't. Who dill your black-faced aunt elope with i " That very law which moulds it tea. ? And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the eartli a sphere And guides the pl mets in their eo?i?se. IT" The Fair of thc A. M V.. (Mniicb, in this city, netted to th? chinch about ifl/iOO. I'hi? speaks w i ll for the colon il people, w ho without distinction of creed, attended thc fair in goodly nnrnilers. Not much " love of dress" there, and "camed by honest money" too. The Hov. Ur. lt ny nor writing from Karriwell ma triel, S. C. limier date of thc un,, eoinmtiiilcates the lollowing pleasing Information : " Thc freedmen ur?' doing well in our country, they have censed their wanderings "to ami fro," hare made contracts, sei tied tloWn, iiml ure working Willi energy and spirit. They sr?' ?pilct, 01 der ly mid well behaved, mill wc. arc all hopeful ot the future, From present Indications? I think I li? usual ced iou nop will lie IIIMIC in thia neighborhood, altogether with un abundance of provisions."