The Carolina Spartan. (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, April 12, 1866, Image 2
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8PARTAMJ UUG :
F- M TBDIMIEK, EDITOR.
Tburttday, April 14,
The Proclamation
Which has beeu promised for some time, at
last- sees the light. In it I'i evident Johnson
declares the wnr at an end. "standing armies,
military nccupation, martial law, military tribunals.
and suspension of llio privilege of the
writ of hubtii* cvrpua as dangerous in times of
peace" and no longer necessary. It will he
found in another column.
Garden Seeds.
Mr. J. W. McCravy has our thanks for a
rariety of fresh home-raised garden seeds of
the following speceies: Gulden Squash, Six
Weeks (lunch Dean, Orange Watermelon, white
Bunch Cucumber, Long Pod White Ochra nttd
Running Snap Bean. Mr. McChavy assures
us that theso are inost^cxeelicnt species. A
quantity of theso seeds may be found at Twitty
& Co's, for sale.
Tbe So 11 tli Carolina Railroad.
We are gratified to learn from our Charles
iuu cicnnigi'9 mac ilie iiugu^ui branch of ilic
South Carolina Railroad was completed 011 flic
6th instant, ami that the trains arc now ruu
ning through as in former days We are glid
to hear of the rebuilding of our railroads which
arc so essential to tho recuperation aud advancement
of the commercial prosperity of our
country. We hope soon to hear of all the
Southern railroads being rebuilt, as we learn
energetic efforts are being made to this cud.
m -last-?? ? ?
Trl-weckly Courier
The Daily Charleston Courier of the 6th inst ,
announces that the publication of the tvi-wcek
ly will this day be resumed, and published
every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at
$8.1 a a year, "containing the latest aud most
reliablo telegraphic, foreign and domestic
news, with commercial and inarino intelligence
of the latest dates." We here again return
our thanks to our city fi ieuda for the frequent,
welcome, and valuable visits of this sterling
sheet. Wo fully appreciate the courtesy and
kindness thus shown us, and will take great
pleasuro in giving frequent credits to its columns.
This is a valuable newspaper, well
filled with general intelligence.
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The Veto Message
On our first page wo publish entire this ublo
and imporlaut document, in which President
Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Dill, which
might with more truthfulness bo called the
Uncivil IVrcnys Dill. The President in his veto
takes up section after section and au ilizc- it
thoroughly, and shows very clearly without
muoh effoit, (hut it is alt icronj Rut unfortunately
Truth, Right and Argument are all
worth nothing when presented to those who
concocted this diabolical scheme?to llictu i hese
are a frightful Three. To present truths, dc
fine rights and udduoc arguments to thc%Civit
Rights men, is casting pearls before swine.
They have uo use for llictn and gbe thetn no
consideration Their guiding star is Might,
under which they bceome oblivious of all prin
ciplcs of Right and Justice and constitutionally
defined powers. Individual and party agraiidiiemcntisullof
which tlicy are mindful. "Is there
not somo s.cret curse?some bidden thunder?
in the stores of Heaven, to blast tbc man who
owes his greatness to his country's ruin We
ask lor this message a perusal by all our readers.
It is fair and plain in its statements, for
eible and convincing in arguments, and shows
an honesty of intention and devotion to consti
tational right that cannot fail to elicit the ad
miration of all the honest and iuii artiul. Heshows
by the plainest reasoning the unconstitutionality
of the measure, and th-it Congroi-s
has no right to abrozate anv of the laws of ?
Stale, and if so they could nullify nil. If Congress
had llio tight to declare who tdtould be
otoro in u Stute, it has an equal right to wipe
out every law in said Stale drawing a line I
distinction between the black an I white race.
Negro equality would be the tc.sull as far as
Radical legislation could make it mi h, and
this is about the gi-t of the whole s h. tnc ol
Civil Rights. This Bill, to us. is obnoxious in I
the extreme, nn 1 more offensive than anything
that has yet emanated from its source ha
passage would sweep away the -light ve-tige
of States rights and powers, tints centraliiing
all power in the Federal government by nullifying
the State Judiciary and making them nu
wcrahle to Fedetal authority. We lint t ounfess
that we now have an admiration for the
President, and a confidence in his honesty of
purpose, and firmness and ability wo never
entertained before. We cannot but tvdmiio the
firmness with which lie resists the powerful j
influence against him. Right and the 1:011sti- |
tution appear to be his only guides and incen 1
tivos to action. He is a bulwark between us i
and a tide of Radical despotism that would j
sweep over us like, an avalanch, were lie not 1
possessed of this stopping power.
By reference to tlie "news by last mail," i:
will be seen that this Bill has passed in the
D' uutr, u*pr i?JU vciu, it vuic Ul OO IU 1 >.
Tbo II 11 will yot have to undergo the onlr.il of >
the House, and tlicro receive I lie two thirds ;
vote. We fear the result.
Alabama Taxei.
The Governor of Alabama has sent a commu- I
nication to the government at Washington, j
asking that the Statoof Alabama be allowed to I
assume nnd pay in State bonds the tax now
due by the State, or that delay of payment be
granted until the State oan make arrangement .
for liquidation
or Last Court. On
Saturday last iho Court of Sessions and
Common Plena adjourned until its next regular
session. Only three cases of interest came up.
Each was lor murder. Quite a number of civil
cases were finally disposed of, but (lie time
consumed for their hearing was no brief that
the Civil Docket has not yet, in these still disjointed
times, attained its supremacy. Enough j
has boeu done in both judicial departments, [
however, to satisfy tie that the laws will be en- I
forced, and the wild and reckless dominion of j
lawlessness and riot i* at an ond. We rejoice
tIjat it is so. We congratulate our friends and
the advocates of pence nnd justice that il is
| verily ho. The criminal action* of mnny urc
the result* of ua opinion that the late revolution
h is produced; mid while these opinions
are false in conception, in morality nnd their
practical results, we cannot but reiterate our
Congratulation* that society will be improved
and such sentiments have licen suppressed by
tlio timely and judicious administration of the
laws. But to revert to the direct action of the
court Of the three cases of murder, each of |
the accused was acquitted. It is n remarkable
fact that from so larg.* a number ol cases,
cncli should escape the penalty of violated law,
but we ascribe it more to the excusable circuni
stances which accompanied each, than to the
Want of a proper appreciation of the sense of
octal obligation or legal acknowledgment.
( Certainly none can charge our people with a
revengeful disposition. Bach and every acquittal
shows dispassionateness of judgment
and coolness of deliberation. The following
are the oases alluded to: The St.ato Vs. Benjamin
Finch, the State vs Samuel Jeffries, the
State vs Herbert (bush.
[ I'or the Carolina Spalran.]
The Deaf and Dumb.
Mn, Editor : As this subject is a very interesting
one. 1 have collated and condensed a
| few fact* from a .scientific essay by a dislin1
trililllOtl Ifich nKi'uiaion f I ? ? 1! ?
, ?... J?n rim limn glVCS
I this string language?a just tribute to the
i teachers of the " Mil ten : " "For wealth, men
I ha\o risked their Mtlv.ition ; for fume, men
have periled their existence; for religion, or
( enthusiasm, nu n have died at the slake , the
miser, or tho murJcrer, saw how in the goldI
en glare of riches beyond the gulf of crime.
! the warrior fell already the laurel on his brow
! aud heard the shout of his welcoming countryi
men as lie sought the thickest of the fray : and
J the martyr beheld heaven opening to hint in
the blue above his head ; but to mc it lias
appeared that the patient instructor of the
deaf aud dumb deserved a reward that nothing
cartnly can bestow."
The first taction we have of "deaf-durnhnesa"
I is from 'ho Bible, found in Mark : "Ilis ears
' wire opened and the string of bis tongue w is
loosed, and he spake plain !" The memorable
Bc le relates an insiance of a deaf-mute taught
to repeat and uudera'aud certain words and
sentences. This is as early as the seventh
century. Since the invention of printing we
gain more knowledge of the history of Mutes.
; ltodolphus Agricola, born near Crunengene,
| HI 11, relates that a mute was able to write.
| Jaachin 1' ischa, 10(50, taught his mute dough
I tors by pictures and mimic signs, Jerome
' fnrden of l'avi i. a philosopher. loTfi. promul
g ated the doctrine that the deaf mutes could
be taught to icad ar.d write, and the blind to
read. The first systematic attempt at instrue
tiou w is by l'etro dc l'once, a Benedictine
monk, iu tho middle of the sixteenth century
From the days of Aristotle, who styled "the
ear the organ of instruction," to the time of
IV. l? * '
, i UHU1-, uniurv is HOI uenClt'W III instance*
' of instructed mutes. I'liny tells us of Quintns
' IVjius, u relative of fsoMr Augustus, who
! though mute from birth, attained to great pro
fioicney in painting; an I in the sixteenth ceuj
tuty another ih-nf atul dumb artist, Juuti Fer
nnndt z Nararetli, ha 1 the following epitaph in
j commemoration of his talents: ' Heaven do,
nii'd him the gift of speech that he might give
! groat or life and eloquence to the works of his
pencil, nn.I as lie could not speak himself, he
! la.nie them speak for hint!' John Paul Ihnrt
iu ISJ-t, puli11-died a hook upon the uiode of
teaching the deaf uid dunib the curliest work
ext.ml on that subject John lhilwar, tin J'.n
glisli physician, seventeenth century, is the
t?rst writer in the English language on <he sub
jeci lu his i'nirolngia. or natural language of
the hand, lie gives an a-count ot one M i-ter
Uibt.iiigton, iu the eotiuiy of Essex, au ingeni|
ttv gent'otii.iti, who (lunugii -ome sickness, b",
com'tig deaf, tlot It. ii it w it i s I a tiding, feel w ordnf
and a- it lie It id eyes in his fingers, sees signs
in i ho dark, who-o wile diseoursct h with him
by a stl.ihge way of anthrologic or alphabet J
contained in lue joints of his lingers. ' lli? I
second w ok. cut.tied " I'hilocophtt or the
Deal and Dumb Mill's Friend," wis published
ill ItifH. In Dilt>. Sir Kue'iii I'ighy, in his
treatise on the 'Nature ot llodi*'*," gives an
account of a ft pan. sh nobleman, a mute, whose
ubil ii y to read be wis an actunl witness I . ?
Itib'd, l?r. \V. I' llobdun wiotelhe Elements
ol Speech," with nit appendix concerning per
sous \v..c> were deal nn I dumb. In 171>?> was
the most i einni knble period in the history of
ilie ileat' tind dumb 1 hotnas llrnidwool ihe
lalhcr of the itiiii.-h instructor* of drat nod
dubili, opened n -chonl in Ediubttrg, ibe first
in Inn<>|>e T?? pi-- over many thing- to come
io h litier period, ibe mules are much indebted
to Aiibc De I I'ee. In 1801, this meiliod of j
e localtug ilie deal and dumb was translated, i
mid in which ibe system of thai celebrated i
author and icaolior was fully explained. A j
deaf and dumb hoy was found wandering the
at reels ot l'nri <; lie was adopted and eduea'cd \
by I lie good Abbie, and n i ecd Theodore. This j
boy was discovered ufierwards to be the son of
a nobleman, and the rightful heir of a large ;
foil line, of which bo had beeu deprived by tiie
villniny of a near relative." So romantic an I
incident naturally attracted much attention in j
Pun.-, and become the basis of a Drama, by M '
llumlli, entitled, L'Abbe de l'Kpee," which j
was long popular in Paris, and has hecn
ti insl ited in several languages. De 1'Epce
was tIn' great advocate for methodic il signs? |
the base of that system now vised For fear of |
(re.-tp&asing upon your tune aud your loaders,
I vjll close (Lis iuij crfct selection * J
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Proclamation by the President.
>Vhki>kas. By proclamation of die 16th aud
19lli of April, ltttil, the President of the Uhited
ia virtueof the power reeled iu him by
the Constitution mid laws, declared that the
laws of the United tStntcS Were opposed, aud
t hfl AVAAlllInn i k.runi' nKulfunt?.l --- *? ?
luvkW. VWOM uv>vut IU 111*1 OIBIVB
of Soul It Carolina. Georgia, Alabama, Floiida,
Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, by combination
too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary
course of JudicL'. proceedings or by the
powers vested lit the Marshals by law :
Aud whereas. Uy another proclauiation,made
on the 10th day of August, iu the same year,
in pursuance of mi Ac; of Congress, approved
July 18th. 1801, the inhabitants of the States
of Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, North
l urolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana,
Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi utid Florida, except
the iuhitbilatiis of that part of the State of
Virginia lying West of tiie Adcghuny Mountains.
and to such o.hcr parts of thai State,
and the other Males before named, as might
maintain a loyal adhesion to the Union and
the Constitution, or might be from time to time,
occupied and controlled by ilie forces of the
United States, engaged in the disj ersion of the
iusurgents, were deolaicu to be in a slate of
insurrection against the United States.
And whereat), Itv another piocl.tnitioti of
the 1st day of July, 1802, issued iu pursuance
of ntt Act of Congress, approved Juue 7th, in
the same year, the insurrection was declared
to be still existing iu the States aforesaid, with
the exception ol certain specified counties iu
the State of Virginia.
And whereas, l?y analiier proclamation made
on the 2d of April. 1803, iu pursuance of th?
Act of Congress of July 18th, 18ol, the ex j
cepttons named in the proclauiat urn of August '
10th, 1801, were revoked, uml the inhabitants
of the Males of Georgia, -outhCarolina, North
Carolina, Tcunossce, Alabama, Louisiana, Ar
kansas, Texas, Mississippi, Florida auQ Virginia,
except the lurty-cighl counties of Virginia,
designated as West Virginia, and the
ports of New Orleans, Key West, l'ort Royal
and lleaufort, iu Soutli Carolina, were declur.
cil to bo still iu n state ol iusuircctioa against
the United {States:
And whereas, the Ilouso of Representatives
on the --d day ol July, 1861, udoptod a resolution
iu the words following, namely :
Resolved by tliu House ot Representatives
of the Congress of the United States, That the
present dej lornhle civil war has been lorced
upon the country by the disunioni-ts of ti.e
Southern States, now in revolt against the
Constitutional Government aud iu arms around
the Capital.
That, in this national emergency. Congress
banishing all feelings of mere passion or reseutincut,
will recollect only its duty to the
wbolo country.
That this war is not waged on our part In
any spirit of oppression, not for any purpose
ot overthrowing or interfering with the lights
or established institutions of these States, but
to maintain and defend the supremacy of the
Constitution, and to preserve the Union, with
nil its dignity, equality uud rights of the several
States unimpaired And that as soon as
those objects are accomplished, the war ought
to cease
And whereas. The Senate of the United
States, on the 2-ith of July, 1S01, adopted a
resolution in the words following, to wu :
lie-mired, Thai the present deplorable civil
war lias heeu forced upon the country by the
dtsunionists ot the Southern Stales, now iu revolt
against the Constitutional Government,
uiid in arms around toe Capital ; that iu tins
national "emergency. Congress, banishing ail
Iceliug of mete passion or resentment, will re
collect only its whole duty to the whole country
; that this ?ir :a uoi prosecuted on our
part in any spitii of oppression, nor for any J
purpose of conquest or suhjugaiioa, no pur j
pose of overthiowing or interfering with the |
rights or cstubli he I institutions of these '
States, but t ? deteii 1 and maintain the suprc j
macy ol tlic Constitution and all laws made in I
pursuance thereof and to preserve the Union !
with all the dignity, equality and rights of the I
several on.impaired ; (lint, as noon a- [
licsc objects arc iiccuuiplislicd, (lie war ougni
10 crn.se. !
Ami whereas, These Ilcsolutioas, though not '
joitil or concurrent in lorm, are Mth-i.,ntialU
identical, and us such may be regarded n* I
having expres-e 1 ilie sense ol Congress upon
the subject to which they relate;
Ami whereas, uiy proclamaliott of the
l:ith day ol .lune last, the insuuevlion in the
(State ol Tennessee was declared to hare be n
suppressed, the authority ol the United States
t.erein to he uu disputed, nud such United
.states o beers as iiad be?'ii duly couitbi-.Hour i
to l>c r.i the uiiiuterrupted exercise ol their .
otlicinl (unctions ,
And whereas, There now exist-, no ofginiz
eduruit .l resistance of misguided citizen* or
others to the amliority ot <hc bulled Mates, iu
the Stales ol Geo gia, S..ut h Carolina, Vu guiia.
North t '.iioliiii. '1 ciiuv see, Ala am i, l.ouisi
ana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Mor.da, ami ilie '
laws can be sustniued and enforced therein by j
ilie proper civil uuitioriiy. Stale or Federal; !
and the people ot the said States are well nod
loyally disposed, and hire conformed, or will
conform, in iheir legislation, to the condition
ot atlatrs growing out ot the amendment to the
t 'oii-utuiiuii ol r e United States, prohibiting
slavery within the limits and jutisdictiou ol
the I titled St ilcs;
Ami where is, In view of the before Yecited
premises, it is the inunifost determination ot ]
toe Ainrric .it people that no State, of its own |
will, has the light or power to go out of, or
separate uselt iroui, or be separated fr? ni, I lie (
American I nun; and that, iherelore, each
State ought to remain and constitute iiu in
tcgrnl part ol tlie I nited State-;
And where i-, '1 no people Ot the several be- |
for. luetittoned Slates have, iu the manner ,
atoresaid, given sati*fiioiory evidence (hut they |
Hcijuiesce in the - vcieign and important res i (
loratioii of national tin ly; ,
And whereas, As it is believed to be a fun
dainetitul principle of Government that people
who have revolted, and who have been overdone
and subdued, ui.asl be dealt with so us to i
induce them, v iliiiilni llY. to become Iricutl-. . -
or ol^e they must be held by absolute military ]
power or devastated, so aa to prevent iheui
11 tiiu ever again doing harm as enemies, which
last named policy is aiiboi rent to humanity |
nn<l freedom, ,
And whereas, The Constitution of the United
.States provides f<r const it ut lonat coniiuiiiuiies j
only as Slates, and not as territories, dependencies.
provinces or protectorates;
And whereas, Such constituted States must \
necessarily be, and by the I'ousti uiion and t
laws of ihe United Siu es art- niadc equal, and i
are placed ujioii a like looting as to , oluical j
rights, i in in ii ii it i.-s, dignity and power with <
the several Stales w ill which tliey are imiieil;
Ami whereas, J'lie observance ot political
equality as a principle ol tight and jusiice is t
well calculaied 10 encourage the people ol the <
aforetaid ."states to be an>i become more and t
more constant ami persevering in their renew
cd ullegi nice.
An i whereas, Standing armies, military oc- r
CUMitl ll. Illirli.1 1-1IV Iiiilil.il v 11 1 till mils iitwl ! ^
I ho UHjioudion ol the privilege ol tho writ of! j
Habeas Corpus, in time of pcaoe, endanger Ihe j a
public liberty, is incompatible with the individual
rights of the oitizou, contra? j to the genius
and spirit of our free institutions, and cxhaus
live of tho national resources, and ought not
therefore to he sanctioned or ullowed, except
for eases of actual necessity tor repelling invasion
or suppression of insurrection or rebellion;
And whereas. The policy of the Government
of the United Slates from the beginning of the
insurrection to its overthrow un<l final suppression,
has been in conformity with the
principles herein set forth and enumerated;
Now. therefore, I. Andrew Johnsou, 1'resident
of the United Suites, do hereby proclaim
and declare that the insurrection wlrch heretofore
existed iu the Stales of Georgia, South
Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee,
Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi
an.I t lottilu, in al au end, anil is henceforth to
be so regarded;
In testimony whereof, I liavo hereunto act
tny liand and caused the seal of the United
.State* to be affixed.
Bono at the City of Washington, tlie second
day of April, in the year of our Lord one
[_l. s.] thousand eight hundred and -sixty six,
i\nd of the Independence of the United .
Sta.es of America the ninetieth.
ANDUKW JOHNSON.
By tho I'rcsi lent :
W. II. SnwAitu, Secretary of Stuto.
A correspoude.it of the Cincinnati Commercial,
who has made a tour of several of the
Southern States, takes a different view of matters
and things in general, and of the "Bureau"
in particular, to the majority of his confreres
who visit l>ixie (so called) to see and report
whut they do sot sec. Hear him :
Having now made tlie tour of Mississippi,
Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Texas, sueoe-sively.
1 have a lew remarks to offer concerning
this institution, which I have a better right to
make than it i had seen less of it. The gorgeous
cot uscations of your c>ri e?pondent "('ineino
>ti," who, snug in Washington, scents the
South from alar oil, and beholds in the veto
"the direful spring of woes unnumbered'' to
the hapless negro, are. to one who has seen the
actual bureau, simply ridiculous. If he chooseto
seise out the rases of wrong and cruelty
thai are concentrated at Washington from the
whole vast territory of the South, and work
himself into a towering passion over them,
and make rhetoric tliAt would "split the ears
of the groundlings," while he wholly ignores
the millions of instances in which tne negroes
are h ippy aud at work for fair wage-, he is
welcome to his Ionic nud his rhetoric, but men
o: sense will know how to lake litem.
It is pmper to speak of the bureau, #rst as |
it is, next as it ong t to be.
First, then, 1 uni bound to say that the
Frecdmen's Bureau, as it now is, is, in ino?t
of the Stales, almost an unmitigated humbug,
and a nuisance. Il is made so by thu personal
character aud the acts of its officers.
Finn IN I UAPLKSTllN Tho fir. Krt..O? ? ~
iice?l in our i?uc yesterday, we regret to Mate,
resulted in n destructive conflagration and loss
of properly, amounting, at the lowest estimate,
to 5l00,(MH>. Seven fine brick building-* and
stores on King street namely, Nns. l'.'C, 108.
litH?, VO'2 20-1, 2<H> and 2t?S. belonging to the
estate of Mr. James Hobb, and known it? the
Kobb Kunge, recently repaired at heavy cost,
were totally con-uuie I Nothing whatever has
been ascertained of the orign of tbe fire. The
smoke was first discovered a litiU? alter one
o'clock, issuing from the second story windows
of Mr. W. .1 Trim's establishment. No 1VM1,
King street. t>y the policeman on duly in that
neighborhood. The establishment contained
an extensive stock of groceries, lienors, crockery,
oils, etc., and burned with great rapidity.
The building and stork were! tally consumed
Mr Trim's stock w.i- insured to the amount of
SO, HO? vix: S7.1MO in W. it Ileum's agencies,
and 52 800 iu the agenc es of Messrs. Tapper
A: l.ane.
The adjoining three story biiek building ot
Mr. I. ! . I't-tit. on the South, took fire, and
lor a time w is considered in imminent danger
of total destruction. The active excrtious of
the firemen, however arrested the progress of
the tire in that direction, and extinguished the
tlaiiies before the building sustained any reri
ons damage. The roof and upper story were
slightly burnt. Mr. Petit had just nrrived
from the country and taken possession of his
residence. Fortunately his furniture had not
yet arrived lie w s insured for 53,500. It is
thought 5500 w ill repair the d images.
The lower story of Mr. Petit'* building had
just hern opened Mr. Isaac Kiin ns a vtillinery
and Fancy Good stoie His stock, which
wis si ghtly d imaged t>y removal was insured
for 58.U0O. C^'irii/
Tip: Si\.\Ti?it- wiin Sr?r*iSTnn PnrstneMT.
? V loll it 1 ruin Washington states that the illlowing
Senators will -nio'v sustain ilie veto ot
iho Lxecutive niiil his policy. viz: Me-srs
liuckalew, 1'iiwiii, Paviw. lfixon, Pooliltle,
Guthrie. Ilendi icks. Johnson, l.?nr of K >iiia<,
Mrl'nugall. Morgan, Nestnith, Norton, Kiddle,
S iiil-bui v, Viin W inkle and W dley? seventeen
in nil, -in<I si sufficient number in prevent ttic
pas-age nt ilio ItiII. even though every seat of
ilie filly was filled, ainl every other Senator
voted oppositely
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Sm 11 L 1'ox .?A riwo ol Small pox has liro
ken out between this point nmt Pendleton, on
the person of a voting man Mr. T. B I'ower.
The cane i? represented to us to he n had one,
tin I w.is I r night from Georgia. Everybody I
ihoilld he vaccinated .it .?i?e,>>. ? Kmuft L'ourur
^ ^ ? The
Grand l-mlge of Pennsylvania has authorized
M. W. Grand Master Orr to draw upon
their treasury for the sum of $1,000 in aid of 1
the Grand l.udge in South Carolina. In addition
to this, considerable sums have keen donated
Ly the New York ami Pennsylvania
Lodges hi behalf of local lodges in Columbia.
?
There are Masonic Lodges and 1.800.DHI
Free and Accepted Masons in the world.
There are lodges i t Senegal, Guinea, Mozambt-.pie.
Chum. Java arid Aradia.
We learn tr m a gentleman, savs the Charles
Oil t niil'inr lli??i Vl?,?..? li..,...?.l M 11 II--.-.
i\ho * is brnight to Charleston from l'dgeficld
hisiriof tinder nrrost, and committed to jail,
lias been released on parole.
The repairs to the Winchester and Potomac '
[liver liailroid are last approaching oo nip loom
to Winchester, Va. The track is now laid
0 within two nii'es of the town, an I it is expected
the remaining distance will he completed
by the first of April.
Nashville, March 111. ?At the election for)
1 member "l the Legislature, Lewis, (Consor- .
rative )was elected over Itrien . { Kadical,) in [
lie ftiislivillu Oislrict, t>y ltytO majority.
PlllLAhCl miia. April 1. ? J.'lie fire in Ihe art?
inity ?t Petroleum Centre yesterday was one
>1 the most do?li net ire erer known iu thai region.
$160,000 worth of property was deitroyed.
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W 4BH1N0TUN, April 6.?The President lo-day
transmitted to congress a communication from
the Secretury of the Treasury and Postmaster
General, suggesting some modifications of the
test oath, l'lifj show the great importance of
such legislation, both in a pecuniary and harmonious
point of view, aud the President earnest
ly commends the ?ubj ct to the early con.
mderation of Congress. The communication
was referred tc the Committee on the JudiciaIn
the Scn:.te, Mr. Lane of Kansas, offered
' a joint resolution to-dnw .i? - '?'
( w /f riv|?wo.?,g IUO (lUIUlfl*
siou of rlie Southern S utcs lo representation
in Congress on coi dition of repudiating the
Confederate endorsing the Federal debt,
untitling all Ordinances of Secession, and gran^
ting ilie rig it of suffrage to colored persons
who pay a tux on two hundred and fifty dollars
worth of pr< perty, and can read and writ*. ' <
Mr. Lane spoke of the uecessity for immediate
action o'i the subject ol reconstruction to
save the Republican party.
The veto tuessnge was taken up, and sninn
sharp conversation ensued between I.nne ami
Meade The former eudorsed the President
with groat vigor. The discussion created conl
auterublc sousation. Further debate eusnedy
which was kept up to six o'clock. No vote
, had been taken.
In the Mouse to-day Brooks was unseated
and 1) odge voted in.
The t ivil Rights Rill, in the Senate this evening,
passed over the President's veto by a
vote ot thirty three to fifteen. The excitement
here is intense.
Trektov. N J., April 6.?The probabilities
are strong that no Senator will be elected. The
| House has coucurred in the Senate resolution
to adjourn *m? die. Both parties watch each
| oilier closely, aud the feeling is intense.
ArpoMTMEKT or U. 8. Senator ru n V?nmo.nt.
? Moutpelier, Vt., Tuesday, April 8.?
UovcrnoV Dillingham has appointed lion. Geo.
K. Rdtntmds, ot Darlington, to the Senatorial
vacancy occasion? i by ?tie death of Hon. Solotuun
Fool. Mr. Kdumuds ia a lawyer, and
Mumls high in liia piolessiou. lie haa been
cotisidwrahly in public life, and was Speaker
of tlio Vermont House of Representatives in
1807 and 1858. lie leaves tor Washington
immediately.
riiLr.i>mi:s'i aii> from enolaxd.
Another invoice wf goods, amounting in value
to S-i.UOO from the F.eeJ turn's Aid Sooiety
ot Dradford. lytglattd, and cousigned to the
Presilent of the National Kreediueii's Relief
Association in New York, has just been received
by the Secretary of the Treiiaury, who htta
directed their udnuasiun iuio pori free of duty.
tiwai. ok jarr. Davis.
Reliable information has beeu received here
to-day from Richmond, to the ffeel that a
movemeut is on foot to obtain a writ of habeaa
corpus for the release of Jefferson Davis. The
writ in question may issue either 1 rem the
United States Distiicl Court, Judge Underwood
presiding, or from a Mate t ourt. It ia
not likely that a man of Underwood's wellknown
views would grant a writ for such a
purpose. The civ 1 trial of Davis will now be
strongly urged, lie can be held in this district
under the indictments pending against him ia
the Supreme Court of the district.
Si w Orleans, April 4, J8f>6.?The Method.si
Conference has organized. Bishop Andrews
pro-i ting Hisliop Fatly assisting, and
l?r. Summers as 8. w-eiiuy. A Standing Com
inn tee of one from each State was appointed.
The city Clergymen comprise the l ommittee
on l'tihiic \Norship Preaching has been arranged
for every night. A hundred delegates
were present, and hrhi her hundred are coming.
It in a venerable liody. A letter from Hiabop
\ Smile advises that the name Southern be retained.
This i* the first t onference held in
j eight years. A newspaper iu the interest of
I the Loufereace is to be published.
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' Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.
Washington, April 3.
The Connecticut election has resulted, as was
expected, in ilie election of Oen Hawlej a
popular Republican candidate but by a very
small majority. The result exhibits a great
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I'ruei&tnation had twee issued six weeks ago
itic Stale w.iuld hare gone Democratic. The
I'roclutuaiion of peac* ni.d resioration will
Iiutc a t - unquilizing otleci all overihe country.
It will advise n 1 ttint tlie tiiuc tor pacification
tins route. and lint none bill ilisuuionists can
continue to keep up sectional agitation. It ia
the raliral disunion men of the North that
lorni the ctuei trarr er to actual restoration.
I tic prucl '.nuiiion w ill have a good etfect in
Pennsylvania The October election in thai
Stair will be of great importance, and may deici
mine the question of the success or failure
ol President Johnson's administration
The l'icsiilcnt prepared the proclamation
sumo week s ago, and then waited lor the organization
of Florida and Testes, so as to include
mem. Texas is -o slow that he move*
without her.
It will follow, of course. Irom the principles
of the Proclamation that lue writ of habeas
csrpnt must be re-tored, and martial law
abau loiied. tbe civil tribunals recognized, and.
the military forces withdrawn. All this will
be done l?y a future proclamation.
This docuiucn' fixes the date of the legal and
technical termination of the war. From this
late the duration of the Freednien's Bureau,
under existing la", will be computed. That
institution will terminate on llio id of April
ucxt.
It is officially stated that the army will be
reduced by the I si of May to forty seven thousand
men, only seventeen thousand of whom
will be wliite. Tlierofore, we shall now have
practical peace, even without the co-operation
of Congress. LKO.
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Tiik CossrcTicrT Election.?Joseph R.
llawlcy the Kepuhlican candidate for Governor
of Connect icut, was elected by a mnjority probably
ranging from five hundt ed to one thousand
votes. The returns are not very full; but
enough have been received to show the success
ot the Republicans, nit hough the majority may
prove to be even less than our lowest estimate.
The Legislature is also Republican, thus giring
that body nit opportunity to choose a United
JStHtes Senator in the place of Mr. Foster,
whose time expires next March.
Finr. \T Marios.?The Marion Crescent, of
he 2i<th ull., announces disturbances at that
place, on i he part ol the soldiers. It says that
they net tire to the house of a woman named
Kate Lewis, a eortezan. and to the building
used as a school room for freed people." which
later greatly endangered the principal part of
the buildings ou the public square
It nlso says, "the spile of the soldiers seen
ed directed specially to the freed people, err*
oral of whom were beaten quite eeTerely