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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. Tit? ADVERTISER it pablUhed rognlarl j ey er/ WEDXX3DAT HOBXlHQrftt THREE DOLLARS peraannm; ONE DOLLAR end FIFTYCTS. fer Six Morphs; SEVENYY-F?VE CENTS for Tiree Mentha,-??i.-ay? tn ????fi ce. jf&*All papers diseoaUnued at the expiration e? ta? tim* for which they have boas paid. ; Th? " Y?nng Widow.?' Sh? ia modest, bat not bashful, Free and easy, bot not bold, Like aa apple ripe and mellow, Nat toe youag and not too old ; Half-iavltlng half repulsive, Mow ad*aacta?\?ad sow thy ; Thora ia mischief in bar dimple, '- - There ii di:: ger ia bar eye. Sh? has atudied hasaaa aatare : . Sho ia sehooled in all her arta, Sha has taken bar diploma Aa the mistress of all hearts. Sh? ean tell the rory moment When to sigh and when te smile ; 0! a maid ss sometiese? charmin-, Bat ffo-widow all the while. Are yon sad? how very serious Will her handsome fae? fcecomo ; Are you angry, she it wret?h?d, Leuoly,i'ri?B?:<5ss, tearful dumb : '* Aro you m ?rib ful ? how aar leaguter, ? Silver ??andiag, will ria? ?ut Sh? ?an lure ?ad oauk and play yen . At tho angler does tho treu t. Te old bach elora Of forty, Wbe have grown ae- bald and ?ia?, . Yeang Araeri?a?? ?f twaaty, With the love-looks ia year eyes, Tan may practice all Ute Iesaoaa Taught by Cupid siseo tie fell. Bat I know a little widow . Wae eonld win ead feel you all. News and Miscellaneous Items. JEST A New Orleans letter informs us that Mr. Short, the owner of ube. maneion oc cupied by Governor Hahn and General Banks, is about to commence proceedings for the value af the articles of furniture, <fcc., which he finds missing on thc resumption of his property. jgy Major General E. B. Howard, com misions: ot freedmen, hu. authorised the establishment of a eeo rt for the examination into all difficulties ariaing "between the freei mea and their employers. The assistant su perintendent of the bureau, with two citizeus, one te be elected by the white citizens and the other by the freedmen, ar? to constitute this court, the Jurisdiction of which is limited ' to the case indicated above. In furtherance of this, plan Gen Howard balbeen making th? tour of Virginia. On the 20th instant ho had an interesting interview with tb? (ffi eials of Portsmouth and Norfolk. g&- A correspondent of th? Tribun? says, . that in fourteen of the Southern counties in Illinois, and in a few in Indiana, cotton ia eyerywhere to bo seen. Tpns of thousands of refugee? find constant employment. J53C"B?-*. Dr- Wilmer formerly Pastor or St. Marka ^Episcopal Church, in Philadel phia, who went South at the beginning of the war, reappeared in Philadelphia, on the 2d, as sisting ia the communion service, creating an intense sensation, many of the congregation leaving the church. J622t~ lu * cemetery ia Sharon, Connecti cut, is a family lot in which ?re seven graves arranged ia a circle. Six stones comm?mo r?t* six deceased wives of one gentleman, while the seventh and moro stately, slab bears the simple bat effecting inscription, "Our Husband." 5fetT" A Frenchman, who had nothing bet ter to do, put three thousand ?ica into a room, with a loaf of sugar pounded up, and at the end of fonr days ne found they had eaten it all but a table-spoonful. He therefore cal culates that at thirteen cants per pound, a fly in its little Ufa ?ats th? value of twenty five cent?. t@T The receipts at tho St. Loni? Poet of fica daring the fiscal year ending June 60, lS65i amounted to $201,351,77, while the *\ pr ns ea wcre$47,143;02, leaving a clear profit to the Government of $153,608,75. The number j?f letters mailed during the year from the e/Gce wa? four million onay hundred and sev enty-four thousand live hundred and thirty, ?od the revenue derived from box rents $1, 10745. A-B-AB.-Ckarlottsville is fairly entitled to be called the literary centre of the South". There, is, first, the University of Virginia, with its ?earned professors on all: sorts of sub jects. Then we have two large female semi naries, where young ladies learn thirty or forty things ending in ology. Then we baye, some half doeea ti rat class acadeni3s for boys. Thea several select schools. - Tien a number of schools for tho . English brime bes. And then the whole colored population of all sex ca and age? is repeating from morning to night .x-b^-a-b, e b-eb, ?-b -ib, c-a-t--cat, d-o-g dog, c o p-cup,Ac., through all the varieties -of the first lesson in orthography! There are 3ome four or Jive colored ICJOOJS, and lit tle negro chap? darken every door with i primera ia their hands. If we pee* ? black smith's shep, we bear a-b-ab ; if the cook .?oes out to suckle her infant, it is a b-ab j thu dining.-room servant washes up. O?K dishes', .and plates, crying a-b-ab;'tao hostler cur ries his horse, repeating a-b-ab; Jerry blacks your boots, saying, with rapid stroked, a-b-ab, a-b-ab ; the whole air h> resonant with a-b-ab. Th? little yellow boy who sleeps ia our' chan er-awoke us the other night, muttering itv ??is dreams a-b-ab. Mt. Gr eely has" stirred tip thunder hore. If you send a.little negro boy on an errand, he is spelling every thing-Lo u-.oeis in ope ay liable. Th? little' white roy? ilooVat'them ?ondei 'ingly,,aad_ fry to eorls^Jthem. Ia a month Or so jsre expect to?sue an evening edition of the Chronicle in monosy?ables, to increase out1 circulation-per Lap? a pictorial, wit h tv* ; aad spade?, and ants and cows, and owls sad bats-like the primor-ClmrlUtesxi''le ( Va.) Chronicle. JES" A coffin, filled wi h bottles Glied with gin was seized at the Odensburg, N. Y , Cus tom house a few dava since. BY ?BBISOE, SEES? 4 to. EDG-EFIELD, S. G., F?BMJAEY 28, 1866. " ^ v?T nu* 9. "_' _:___ ^ _;_:_'_:_:_?_ I ---M-?MMM THE COKS TIT li TIO! OF TBS STATE OF SOUTH CAROL SETTEMBEB, 27,1865. We, the people of the' State cf South ? nc, tydur'Delegates in Contention n j ordain and establish this Constitute . the Governmentof the said- State: ' ART?CLE I. SECTION 1. Th? Legislative author this State shall be Tasted in a Gcnen semblr. which shall consist of a Seaat a House of Representatives. SECTION 2. Tho House of Eepresont shall bo oomposed of Mombers choai ballot, every second year, by tho citizi this State, qua!: lied a? in this Cou s ti I is provided. SECTION C. Each Judicial Distr?c? ii Slate shall constitute ono Election Dh except Charleston district, which sha divided into two Election Districts, one aisling of the lalo Pariahes of St. Phili] St. Michael, to bu designated the Eic District of Charleston j the other contd of all that parc of the Judicial District, * is without tha limits of tho said Parish he kaowa as th?'Ekction Dist lie', of Berk SECTION 4'. Th? boundaries of the se Judicial and Elecfioa Districts shall rei vas they aro BOW established. SECTION 5. The House of Ropr?senta1 shall consist of one hundred aaa twenty I Members; tobo apportioned among the i ? ral Election Districts ef the State, accor t ? the number'of vi hite inhabitants cont? ! ia ?ach, and lb? amount ?rall taxes rt by th? General Assembly, wkethor direi indirect, or of whatever species paid in . dod acting therefrom all taxes paid on ace? of property hold in any other District, adding thereto all taxes elsewhere pail account of property held ia 'such Dist An OBUmeratioa of the white inhabitants thi? purpose, was nude in the year one tl sand eight bandrod and fifty-nine, and s bo mad? in th? course of ?very tenth j thereafter, in such manser as shall bo" law, directed ; and Representatives sha! asaigri?d to the different Districts in above mentioned proportion, by Aet of General Assembly at tba session immedia succeeding every ?numeration: Provit I that until the apportionment, which aball made upon the next enumeration, shall < effect, th? representation o? th?several E tioa Districts, as heroin constituted, st continuo as'assigned at the last apportionmi ?ach District which baa been heretofore di dad into naal 1 sr Districts, known as Paris! having the aggregate number of Represen ti ves which the Parishes hero to lom e morai within its limits hav? had since that app tionment, the Representative to which I Parish of All Saint?-has bean heretofore < titled, baiag, during this interval, assigned I Jorry Election Dia cri ct. SECTION 6;' If th? ?numeration herein < rscted shall not be otado in the eo?rsoof t rear appointed for the pm pose, it aball be t duty of the Governor to have it effeoted .soon. vhxu'eafter.asLflhalLhe daetiiaMs \ - SECTIO? -?.Tn assigning Koprasoatattves the several Districts, the Genoral Assenfa shall allow one Representative for every aixt second part of the whole number of wai inhabitants in the State, and one Represent tivo also for ere ry sixty soooad part of tl whole taxes raised by the General Assembl Thor? shall bo further allowed one Represe tative for such fractions of tba - sixty-secot part of tho white inhabitants, and o? tl sixty second part of tho taxes, aa whor. ai dad together fora? a Muir. SECTIOK ft. AH taxes upon property, re or personal, ?hall be laid upon the actual va ue ef tho properly taxed, a? tho same sha be ascertained by an assessment made for th pOrpfse of laying such tax. in the first aj portioament which shall bo made under th Constitution, tho amount of taros shall I estimated from the average of tko twoyeai next preceeding sueh apportionment ; bi in every subsequent apportionment, froi tho average of the ten years then next pn ceding. SECTION 9. If, in the apportionment e Representatives, any Election District sha appear not to be entitled, from its populatio and its taxes, to a Representative, such Elo< tioa District shall nevertheless ??nd one ile j reS3titative ; and, if rh -re be still a deficisuc of the number of Representatives reqairei by 8?oi.ioa rjfjh, *uch dt?glg&ahsll be sup plied by assigning R^pf^sntanvos to th?s< Elcctios Districts baring the lexgesf sur plu. fractions, whether those fractions consist ef : Combination of population and tex>s, or o population or taxes aoparat?!y, until tba nom ber ef ono hundred and twenty-four Member be made np; Provided, Itoioecer, that no more than t*elvo Representatives s ball, ii any apportionment, ha assigned to Any om EkotioB District. SECTIOS 10. No apportionment of Repre j seatatfves shall be construed to take effect in any manner, uutil the general eleotioi which shall succeed such apportionment. JSE?TJON ll. Tho Senate shall be compos?e of one member from each Election District except the Election District of Charles!on, tc which ahull be allowed two Senators. SECTION 12. Upen th? meeting, of the fi rsi General Assembly, which shall ba chosen un der the prjvisiwas of .this Constitution, th? Senators aball be divided, by lot. into twe classes; th? seats of tho Stators of th? OMS class to be vacated at the e?pjrhtioq of twe years after the Monday"fallowing tb? ge?t/ral election, and of thees ef thc other class at th? expiration of futir years ; and the numbat of these* classes shall be so proportioned that ene-half of the whole number^ of Senators tu ay, as nearly as possible, continue to bs chosen thei ?after every seeond year.. ?ii ?rxrjoN 13 No person shall be eligible to, or take or relaiera fa8t 'n the House of Rep rosen tat i ve*, u nless he is % free . white man, who hath attained the age of twenty-one yoars, hath been a citizen and resident of this State three years next proceeding the day of election, and hath been (or tho last six months of this lime, and shall cont moe, g resident of tho District, which he. is to represent. , SECTION 14. No person shall be eligible, to, or take or retain, a seat in tho Senate, unless -he ia a free white man, who hath attained the ?ge of thirty years, hath been a oitizen sod resident' of this Stato five years next preceding the d*y of election, and hath been, h> the last six months of thia time, and shall . -:uDtinue to be, a resident of the' District which he is tc represent. ... SacrtoM 15. Senators and Members of the -House of Ucproaenutif es shall be chosen A at a general election on the third Wednesday ia October i u the pto ?out year, and on the same day in every second .year thereafter, in eui:B manner, an J fur such terms of office,- aa an- hartin directed. Tiley shall moot oa the fourth Monday ia November, annually, .at Columbia, (which shall romain thf!stat of5 G./reromeBt, until .?,UiefT'>e determin.-d bi tb? concurrence ofttV^ibirds ofljotb branches of the whole rept?-tfnf?flon,) ^liles?' tb?lesV F u&l ti PH of war UT contagions disorders.aha I render it unsafe torraeet there; in either/ i which cases, the Governor. 01 Coirnnauder-in jxhiefj'for the time heinfr, may, hy prociams : tion, appoint a more secare and convenier I place of meeting. SECTIO* 16. The terms of office of th Sanators : and. Representa ti v?a, chose? - at j general election, shall begin- on the Monda following such election. SECTION 17.. Lath House shall jadge of tb elections, returns and qualifications of it own Members ; and a majority vf each Hon* shall constitute a quorum to do business;'bo a smaller number may adjourn from day ti day, and may be authorized to compel the at tendance of absent Members, in such manner and under such penalties, as maybe provider by law. . - . - SECTION 18. Each House shall chooee itt own officers, determine it? rules of proceeding punish its Members for disorderly behavior and, with the concurrence of two-thirds expel a Member, but not a second time foi the same canse. SECTION 19. E ich House may punish, bj imprisonment, during ita siitiug, any pernou not a Member, whu 6ba)l be guilty of disr** spect to the-Hon?? by any disorderly or con t aptuoua behavior in its presence ; er who. during the time of its sittiug, shall, threaten harm to body ur estate of any Member tot any thing said, or done in either Hoase, ot who shall assault- any of thea therefor, ot who shall assault br arrest any witness or other person ordered mattend the House lu bis going thereto, ur returuing therefrom, or who shall rescue any person arrested by or der of the House. SECTION 20. The Members of both Houses shall be protected in their persons and es cates during their attendance on, going,to, and returning from, the General Assembly, and ten days previous to the sitting, and ter days , after the adjournment thereof. Bat these privileges shall not be extended ?o a" to protect any Member who shall be charged .vith treason, felony, or breach of the peace. SECTION ??t Bills for raising a revenu* shall originate in the House of Representa tives, but may be altered, amended or rejec ted by the Su nate ; and all other bills may originate in tither HOUNO, and may be amen ded, altered ur rejected by the other. SECTION 22. Every Act or Resolution hav ing the force of law shall relate to but oh? subject,and that shall be expressed in the title.' SECTION 23. No bill shall hara the force of law nu lil it shall have been read three times, and on three several days, in each House, baa had the seal of the Sate affixed to it, and has been signed in the Senate House by the President of the Senate and .the Speaker of the House of Representatives. SECTION 24. No money shall be di awn eut of tho Public*Treasury but by the legislativ*: authority of the State. SECTION 25. lu all elections by the Gene ral Assembly, or either House thereof, th? members shall vote " viva voce,'' and their rotes, thus given, shall be entered upon thc journals of the House to which they rcspoc tively belong. tatton, shall be entitled to receive out of the Public Treasury, f?r their expenses during their attendance on, going to and returning from the General Assemblv, five d* Hors fur :ach day's attendance, and* twenty cents for avery mile of the ordinary route of travel between the residence of the Member and the sapitol or other place of sitting of the Gene ral Assembly, both going and muming ; and the same may be increased or diminished by law, if circumstances shall require; but no literation shall be made a take effect during the existence of the General Assembly which ihall make such alteration. SECTION g7. Neither House, during the lessiun of the General Assembly, shall, with out the consent of the other, adjourn for more than throo days, aor to any other place than that in which the Assembly shall be, at tho time, sitting. SECTION 28. No person shall be eligible to a seat in the General Assembly whilst he holds any office of profit or trust under this State, the United Sates of America, or any j of them, or under any other power, except i .fileers in the militia, army or aavy of this j Slate, Magistrates or Jnstiees uf Interior! Courts, while such Justices receive BO sala ries ; uqr shall any contractor of the army or navy of this Sate, the United Sates ol America, or. any of them, or the agents of Buch contractor, be eligible to a seat in either House. And if any Member shall accept or exercise any of tho said disqualifying offices, he shall vacate his seat. SEC TIOS 20. If any Election District shall neglect to choose -a member or members on the day of election, or if any person chosen a member of either House shall refuse to qualify and take hit seat, or shall resign, die, depart the State, accept any dQualifying of fice, or become otherwise disqualified'to hold bis seat, a writ of election shall be issued by the President of the Senate or Speaker of the i House of Repr?sentatives, - aa the case may be, for the purpose of filling the vacancy thereby occasioned, for the remaindar of the term for which the person so refusing to qual ify, resigning, dying, departing tho 8tate, or b-.c >ming disqualified, waa elected to serve, or the defaulting Election District ought to have chusen a member or members. SECTION 30. And whereas the ministers of tho Gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the Berrica of God and the cure of BOUIS, and^qghvnet to b? diverted from the great du tic? of their functions | therefore, no min ister of the Gospel pr public preapjjer pf ^?y religious persuasion, whilst he 'continues in the exercise ot his pastoral functions, shall be eligible te the office of Governor, Lieuten ant-Qovernor, Pr to a seat in the Senate or House of Representation, ARTICLE H. SECTIO? 1. Tho E ree a ti ve authority of this State shall be vested in a Chief Magistrate, who shall be styled Tao Governor of the State of South Carolina. SECTION 2. Tho.Governor shall be elected by the electors duly -qualified te Vote, for members of the House of Representatives, and nball bold his office for four years, and until bis successor shall be chosen and quali fied ; but thesame person shall not be Gov ernor for two consecutive terms. SECTION 3. No person shall be/ eligible to tbe office of Governor, unless he hath'-at tained the age of thirty years, acd'hath been a citizeu and resident el cuis Sate for the tea years next proceeding the day ef election. Aud no person shall bold the office of. Gov ernor, and any other office or commission, civil or militury, (except in the militia,) un der this Sate or the United States) or any of them, or spy otl.tir power, at one and the 'same time, SECTION 4. The returns of every election of Governor shoji be sealed up by the Mana gers of Kl ec tiona in their respective Districts, and transmitted, by a messenger chosen by : them, to the seat.of Government, directed te I tho Secretary of Stair, whu shall deliver them I to tlie ?}*aUt r of the- Hou'ee" ?f Representa tires, at.the neit.ensuing session of th? Get eral Assembw, during the fipit week of whic session ibo Speaker shall open and publis thea in the^reseace of both Houses of th General Assembly. Tho person having th highest number of votes shall bo Govarnoi but if two ogmore shall bo equal and highei in votes, ths-Goneral Assembly shall, dunn] the same session, in the H. o uso of Represeu tatives. choose one Of them Governor tiri voce. Contested elections for Governor sha! be determined by the General Assembly ii such mai>ner?s shall be prescribed by law. SECTION 2Lc A Lieutenant-Governor shel be chosen at the same timer, in tho same man uer, continue? in office for tbe same period and be possessed of the same qualifir.atioai as the Governor, and shall ex officio bo Presi dent of the Senate. 8ECTION 6. .The Lieuteuant-fiovcrnor, act ing as President of the Senate, shull have n : vote, unless the Senate be equal!}- divided". SECTION 7i"The Senate ?hall choose a President pro tempore to act in the a bronc* bf the Lieutenant-Governor,or wheu he shall exercise the office of Governor. .SECTION 8. tit member of tho S?nate ur ot the House of Representatives being chosen and acting as'Governor or Lieutenant-Gover nor shall,-thereupon vacate his seat, and another person shall be elected in his stead . SECTION 9~-In case of the impeachment of tho Governom or his remo- ' from office, death, resignation, disqualification, disability or removal frlira the State, the Lieutenant Governor shall succt-ed to his office, and in case of the impeachment of the Lieutenant Governor or ?ps-removal from office, death, resignation,' disqualification, disability or re moval from tbVState, the President pro tern pore of the-Senate shall succeed to his office ; and when tho';offico of the Governor, Lieu tenant Governor end President pro 'tempore of the Senato-B.luill become vacant in the re cess of. the Sedate, the Secretary of. State, for the time beinp, shall, by proclamation, convene the S'enate, that a President pro tempore may be chosen to exorcise the office of Governor fijf" the unexpired term. . SECTION 10; 'The Governor shall be Com mander-in Chief of the At my and Navy of this State.andj-.of the militia, except when they shall be called into the actual service of the United S'aW SECTION ll. "Ile shall have power to grant reprieves and^pardons after conviction, (ex cept in cases of impeachment,) in such man aor, on sach teTms and under such restrictions is he shall thibk proper, and he shall hare power to remit fines and forfeitures, unless otherwise directed by law. It ahull be his duty to report to (bc General Assembly ar :be next regular session thereafter all par Ions granted by him, with a full utatomeut sf each- case and the reasons moving him thereunto. ? . SECTION 12. He shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed in mercy. SECTION 13. The Governor and Lieutenant- ? Gfovemor shall, at stated times, receive fori ;heir services a ccmpepsati Tn which shall be j seither increased nur diminished duriug the i seriod for which they shall have been elected. : ga^aS'nT'vjhen ift/r?.fr*?^ j ihall give bim information in writing upon ! my subject relatirg to the duties ef their re ipective offices. SECTION JJ}. The Governor shall, from time ,o time, give to tut Geueral Assembly infor nat;on ui die condition uf the State, and re ?ummend to their consideration >uch ineaa ires at he shall judgfcneces<ary or expedient. SECTION 16. Ile rali, on extraordinary oe :asions, convene the General Assembly, and ihould either House rekiain without n quorum or three days, or in'cioeof disagreement be ween the two Housos, with refpect to the imo of adjournment, way adjourn them to ! neb time as he shall think proper, not be fond the fourth Monday of November thou ?ext ensiiim?. SECTirtN 17. He shall commission all officers if the State.' SECTION 18. It shill be the duty of th* uanagers of Elections of this State, at thc ? irst general elaetiou under this Constitution, ? md al each alternate general elect: >n there- j titer, to ho|d an election for Governor lind ' jieutenant Governor, SECTION 19. Tho Governor and the Lieu- j eaaat-Governor,. before entering upon the . Inties of their respective offices, shall, in the j iresehceof the General Assembly, take the . ?th of office prescribed in this Constitution. SECTION 20. The Governor shall reside.! luring the sitting of the General As^rmbly, I kt the place where ita session may be held ; j ind tho General Assembly may, by law, re- ; [uire hint toreaice at the Capitol of the State. ; SECTION 21. Every. Bill which ?hall ha?s j mssed the General Assembly, Khali, before ii ? ?ecome a law, be presented to the Governor ; j f he approve, he shall sign it ; but if not, 1 ie shall'roturn it, with his ol ject'ons, to thai j l?me in which it sha!) have originated, who i, ?ball enter tho objections at large on their 1 ou rn al, and pro teed tu reconsider it. If after \ j luca re co a sid erat; on a majority of the whole -epresontation of that Hwuso shall agree to ' )ass the Bill, it shall be sont, together with he objeotions, to the other Mouse, by which , t shall likewise bs rocotmidered, and if ap- [' jroved by a rasjorjty of th? whole represen ? ' .ation Of that other Hou?e, it shall became a 1 aw. $ut in all aqqb eas/* (?bc votes of both. Houses shall be dttcrmiued by yeas and nays, I ind tho namOR of the persons voting forand ! tgainst the B'll,shall be.entered on the jour- | uti of eaeh Hou'iO respectively. If au) Bill i iha}l wi bj returned by the Gov?ruor within I we : days (Sunders excepted) aller it ak'all 1 layo been presented to bim, the same shall 1 aa a law in like ?auaer ai if he had signed j t. And, that tia o may always be allowed ! .he Governor to consider Bills passed hy the Glenara! Ass?mbl>, neither House shall read any Bill ou the lat; day of its session, except , mea Bills as have been returned by thc Gov jrnor aa herein provided. ,, T . - ARTICLE III. -, SECTION 1. Tte judicial' power shall be i vested ?u such Superior and Inferior Course ?] of Law and Equity, as the General Assembly < shall, from time t?-time, direct and establish". < The Judges of tho Soperior Courts shall bo < Blected by the General Assembly, shall hold their offices durhg good behavior, and ?hall, i at stated times,- receive a compensation for their-servicea, whbh shall noitlter bo increased i nor diminished diring their continuance ia "' office ; but they mall receive no fees or per | quiaites of office, lor bold any ether office of: profit er trust ualer this State, the United : < States of Amerisr? or of inc?i or any I < other powe*. Tl? General Assembly shall, I as som as possibb, establish for each District j'i in the State an Iiferior Court or Cour;?, to. < pe styled "Tho Distilflfc Court,"??the-'.th.i&'i i whereof sb*U he paid?ne ia tho Pisti ici wLi'lr jj i ia ofiioo, shall be sleeted hy the (teatral As sembly fM feoryoirs, and shall be re-eligible,.- t which Court shal have jurisdiction of all i civil,causes wherdn ona or bjtb of the par- J (?os are pei son* o: color, and of ?ll criminal. ! oases wherein theaccusCd i? a person of col- < br, and the Geneal Assembv is empowered 1 to ?tend tko ju?r-Jictioa of" the said Court to ol her subjects. SECTIOI: ti. -The Judges shall aaeet aud sit at Columbia, at such tima' as the Genera? Assembly nay bj Acr prescribe, far tba pur pose pf hearing and determining ail motion* Cr new trials and in arrest of judgmortt, and such points o? law aa may-, be submitted to them, aud the G SD aral Assembly nay by /ct ap-?o:n^aneb other places for such sni;etiag as io their discretion may seem fit. . SECTION-3. The atjle of all procoas?s shall bo, "The State ef South Carolina." All prosecutions abell be carried on in the nairne aud by the authority of the State bf Sooth Carolina, and conclude, (>against tho peace and dignity of the same.'' - ARTICLE IV. In all elections to ba made bj tba people of this State, or of anjpart, thereof, for .civil or political efiicers, evrry per-on shall be eu titled ta vote who has the following qualifica tions,'te wit: He ahall be a free white mai, who him at tained the age of twenty-one years, and is ?ot a pauper, nora aon-conlmisaioued ticer or private soldier of the army, nor a aenmaO or marine of the nary of the United State*. j He shall, for the two years ne?: preriidiug the day of elect ion,, have been .a 'citi/.sn of this State ; ar, for the same period, an ami:, grant frear Europe, whe has declared his ic? tent ion to become a citizen of tte "United Statcs, according io the Coaatitutiorj and Laws of the Uaitod Slates. He ahall have resided iu this State (br at least two years next proceeding the day ol election, and, for the last six months of that time, ia tho Dis trict ia which he offers to rote. Prodded) h&wctxr, That the General Assembly maj,, by requiring A registry of voters, pt; other a?ila-? bie legislation, guard ageinst'frautU in dec lions, and usurpations of thc right of suffrage, maj iar.poae disqualification to vote aa a pun isbment tor crime, aud maj prescribe addi tional qualifications for voters in municipal elections. ARTICLE V. All persons, who shall be elected or ap pointed to any office of profit or trust, before intering on thc- execution thereof, shall take, (besides special oaths, not repugnant to this Constitution, prescribed bytho General As ?embly,) the fullowipg oath : "Ido swear (or affirm) that lani duly qualified, according to the Constitution of ? ;uis State, to exercise the office to which I ; aare been appointed, and that I will, tu the >est of my ability, discharge thc duties .hereof, aud preserve, protect and defend the Joustjjution of this State, and .that of the Gaited States. So h-Ip rae God.*' ARTICLE VI. SECTION 1. The lloase of Representatives j thal I have the sole pnw?r of* imprachii g, but ? io impeachment shall he made o'les* with toacurrence ef two tkird? ? f the House of , lepressntativea. SECTION 2. AU imp?aehm-?nt?shtil bu tried , >j tae Senat?. When sitting for ?hat pnr- , tose, the Senators shall br- on oath or aflir- ( nation, and to p<r*4?" shall re convicted ' vi thom the concurre nco of iwc ' '.. ir JP of tie < :rnor, and all civil ntiicere, shall be lip.bla to tt'.peachracnt for high crime?. and mtadrmea iors, for any nifabe?-evlnr m ? Wee, tor cor uption iu procuring office. ? r f'<r any act rhich shall degrade th*?ir official ohs rsc'Pr. Jut judgment in auch castra shall not ex tomi arther than to removal from nfh>e, and dis , |ulification te bold any office <>| h'?oor, tmat ir profit, under this State. The party "cot?: icted bhall, nevertheless, bo Hab?? 'o ir dint- < sent, trial, judgment and pu-i<-bme>.t accord- j ag to law. I SECTION 4. A 1 civil officers, whose ari?k?ir ty ia limited to a single Judicial Pi-trict, a ' ingle Elidion Pi?rict, or part rf either, < hall be appointed, enid their office, ba ie- ; noved frJni nfFico, a'td. iii addition to liabili jr to impeachmnnt, may ht? punished for offi ial misconduct, in such rt.annrr as the Gen? 1 al Assembly, previous to their appointment, 1 ?lay provide. i SitCTiuN 5i If any civil officer shalt b-comc j is? bled from discharging th* duti-u* of hie ffiee, by reaten of any p*nnaienr. bodily or 1 aenial irlirmtty, bia office maybe dc.Jared - D be vacant, b\ joint resolution, agreed to by i wo-thirds of thu whole representation iu t sch House of the General Assembly : Pro idol, That such resolutions abai I Coat aim the rounds for the proposed removal, and before ! t shall pass eitk -r H >use, . copy of it sbjUi. t is set ve J on the officer, and'a hearing, ha al i jwed him. ARTICLE VII. SfXTroN 1. The Treasurer and the S-erti- J ary of Stattrahall he placed by tba General * issetnby in tba Ho?a? 'of 'Repr?sentatives,- j hall hold their office-, for fonr yara, and f hall not-be eligible for the next ?ucoeedine: ? arm. ?. . . : SECTION 2. AU other officers "hall be' nt, U oinied, as they hiihprt?< hove fc-eti. 'ami ?? therwise directed by liv? ? bi,t ihn strut- pur j . un shall not hold the effie-? ol saerifT for tw ? onsectitivo tei??. !1 SECTION 8 Ail eemmUiioW shall be is* th?- ? W ame and by the authority ai tb* State ot ? t louth Carolina, b* fettled with ibo sealoi'tlie ! . i talc, and be signed by the Govern, r. i ; ARTICLE VIII. jj AH laws efforce in thia State, at tbtadot- j iou er this Constitution aud mu repugaaut-' 1 crelo, ahall no courin iii', until al tated af re> s ?rilled by th? General Assembly, excupi. ? chere they aro temporary, in \raiLb cam t hey shall expire al t.e times. reactively . muted for tu-ir dtiratien, if nut cuntiuued 1 y Act of the MfH^fai Assembly. 1 ARI IC Wi; a. -SEOTiex 1. AH P*v??r ,8' originally vested 1 u the.people, and all free Government are. t .jiHnded on their authority, and are iuetiitired ^ or their peace, safety and hap ni uv is, I?ECTION 2. No person shall'bo'tait en, or nipriaoned, dr disseized' vf lila freehold, lil?-1 '.\ ir?ea or privilagea, or outlawed or iailed, ur a any-inannar deprived ef Wa lift, h bf pi y or irr.ncrty, " but. by due <Jtf?oe*ee et. law] noe a hall any bill ot attainder, ex po*t fact& lawr t it law impairing the obligation <>f contract**, j iver be pwd hy the Gen<*ral A-mrnbljt .. SttCTi'JN 3. The hiiJitary shall. be subordi- * lat? to the civil power-.. i SBCTIOS 4. The privilege of the writ of icb?** corpUx abai! Hot be s?apevtded; nuless vhen, in case of rebellion or invasion, the 1 mblic sufrir requires it. | SKCTIO:: 5. Kxeesrive. bail ahall not be re- < [uired, nor excessive fin? ^mpo^ied, nor tr??l punisha-e;Ua indicted. ' SBcnoN G. The General Assembly ebal! iot grant any title of nubility, or hereditary i ia ti cet ion, nor trente any uSe?, the^uppKne- ' nant - to which shall b.j tor any longer- CLUA? < ban during good heb&vior.. ' < StcTioN JU The trial by jury, ns het^orojre j < ?od ?:tai* State, and tba'liberty-- of the i )reas, ahall be forever inviolab'y preserved. l Sat the Generat Assembly ahall have power [ o de'.ermihe the number of per?cb? who '? ?halt constitute'the .jury in ' the .lafrvior aad District Oanrta. # " - . : 4' ; rAyABL?l?^VANXE? ' ! Advertisements will ?e inrnte^ -at tbe rat* vf ? OSb lXiLLATl eojl t^m! .CES^TTer S^eer? (.10 Minion linea ur le?Sj). fer 'r^M?l^y,^lx?l|S and QSZ DuLLA? fove^snbsiijii-ttU^ 3B?P"A liWftJ J i coo ut will .ha atado t* those j wisbi ug f> adrer.ti.ee; by. ? L o a. on th o r v e s r. . .. Aun?nnc?r.g Candidates *v,l>0, in advance. SECTIOS n. Th/fre? -Vxer^ise W\W*wf? ment of Irfflitf ffii? jivc^^flA^^ulrm^vfp * rt without discrimination er pttfereaeei etnrit^r-' be allowed, ir i thin th ix Statt?, to all eaahkisd : cs Prorkloti, That .ti^ liberty., .of wascieace;, . hereby deda -oe shs ll net be *? coeetraed te .to'excuse acta' .of licenttotSisrisW, or justiry practice? ixuxmaietest with tbe' p<saco ac? i SECTION 9. .The rights, privil?ge?i.i?waai>,.r. j lies and. estates of both civil and religie.ua . [ societies and of cor|K>rate.*?odiea, shall remain . " 4a if lb? CoBstitatioi bf this State ';hat? nar" bees altered ?r amended. ' ' \' ' " " SUCTION 10. Th*.ty$&.oi priacegeaftu.-e shi?ll aot_be re-established,', aneT tker>.aheli. *ot fail te be setae" legislative' provisi?n''fer the equitable ?Uatrih???n" of the "estates "af ' iateatatea': . '-' * ' -^c; &f SefTttiN'll. ThsvalaVea m$?iit\<?arol?Ba having been emancipated by th* acifon af the United StitterauthoriTiee. aeitlrar ?.lavery por irrvol untai^ aery j'iidr, except, iabmoat for ^mac^a-lu'Coc-f .the :'jmly ?hali--' have beend?V coi?icted,- shall,, etver. he. ra-,... aatablisbed in this Sate. ' r .' ?iSbi ' ' ir ? ' ' SECTION 1. Theene ral Assembly,, waei ev*r:a. ta* ia- Uid^wn,|and, abai!,, at tao . sometime. inip?e?. capitation tax, which shall not be leasoApa eacti pd] thau one-. Fr tit th of. the Ux"*?id, Hpon.eacu. hui;.Kati' ' dollars worth oY.thf a.*s<*?ed Valu '.. ot' the*'***' land taXtd: ercej r|ng, .however, \frein' tB#A,*~" operation, el ..?.iich, capita; i oa . tax. all .such classes of persona, as:frohV^disability or ota-?., erwiae, ought, ja the judgment hf ihtfCVa.' eral Aa*etsb?y,Vbe exempt;" -' : * - '**? ARTICLE -il. ' SECTION.1. ?he.baxiuess ?rf th? '?Tzt&aXjf shill be conducted by oh? Tj^aanror,' wa* shalt hold his officeand r?ti?V ?i the ?Vat *f Government.' . ' ' Sfcci io\' 1'. Tba Secretary ' of State 'sYaU > hold his offic? aad reside at the a<?ai el' <?ov ernmeaU " . r . . . ARTICLE NIL SECTION* l.'.No Convention ?f ?ie peupla- c shall be called, unless by the concturreaca of . wc -thi rds of t h B whole representation ia each <. HWe of the. General % Assembly. SECTION '2: No part of thia Coast'tUitioa ihaU.be altered, unless a *>.'' J alter (he Ba me shall hare been read, three eaver?l days, in the. House of Re .><ontative*, ^and on three aiveial dava ? . the Senate, 'nr.d agreed to, at this second abd third readings, by two-thirds of the whole'represehutlen-ln aach House of the General Assembly neither shall any alteration take eilect, nutil tho bill, ?0 agreed to, .shall be published for three months previnuu to a new cloctioa . for mern- . bera of- the limine of. H?pre?eotntive? ; and, if the alteration proposed- by .the preceding General Assembly shall be agtvd to, by the new General Assembly, io their k'rat SesaiuJi, by the coneurlence, *of twe-thirda' fif the whole reprecent2.(ion in each House, after the .ame shall have been read en three aererkl las a in each ? thea and net otherwise the lame ah all became s part of the Cuns-i tution. " of September, in the year of onr Lord ona . thousand eight hundred gnd sixty five. D.L, WARD JJ AW, 1'reMden* <?( the Conventios. Aititt: Jo?x T. ST.OAN. Clerk of the CoaveatioH. Mill Our Peace o He rio g* be Accepted *. Willing to accept..the vieira of ???raaja? .ious President, (vhoia proving bims'Jf t? . Je superior to the clamors of political nltta-. ats) that tho a?ce'ed.ng Slatea were hover nit of the Union, wfl contend that the action ' >f our ConTehtic n, has accomplished alf that s necessary to entitle ua to a full re-runien with our sister States, and we mar BOW n.iih jerfect propriety onsiiit upon, and ask at the ianda of the people ol the 1'nioo, all tnt. ? ?ghts.under the Constitution^ save only the ight of the property iu tlave's^' which' right' re. staked and lest in the great cen test wk ?tb . tas just ended, und. which our Conventian vith unexampled unanimity surrendered aa !3 he great peace offering thought to-be-?*cee- ^ a ry to secure a homogeneous' bssis upon rbich eur people everywhere, from the lake? o the gulf,'and from ocean to ocean, anight ia roi ? Hiou-dy p?'r]petu?te our fn*titttrlfms.' lflisai-?eippi ha* t?k*n thr lead inker exaR - tle of loyalty, and we expect te reap the jent tits of that ftctjoa. We shall, be di<a^? jointed if. tan ^landing armieaare not taken. . rom our midst. They- aye.dangeroua to the, ibprtiea of-the people. Athena .?as once ree, b it a favorite of the people recuring a [Lard of City men,".managed ??'to increase bair number that'he finally destroyed the :unimon.wealth a^d ntade himsjrli the tyrant . ?f tliH.-Arhenians. Qg&Ssi artfully aecunrg. he a?tec?on8 ot* his army made bimsel?^per petual d-ctetor arid it ix not imponible tl.at .miller despots in our land m?<rht ^rdea^-f 0 im?ttte their ignoble example. Ww ran lever feel bursclvi 3 free until'we'have a (.Vis it itutionalcheck 'mpq the1 p-iwur ?<? .^pprf?-j. i'ho beam ol'rebelliorl h?4been carried oway* 'rom <>ur eyes ?7 tue llowtn^ blood .ol o.tjr^ wople. arid wo viow ?sil . for tk? r?ujpval ut he Tiiqte luvthe ?7e>iif our Norjhafn broihefj (fis have heen^eepla?, but-we ,:fca*4Mieilher v B oat nor aold ear *bit'tb>? ightof freeda?* W o ire fr&t?nlfo^^ ! VeedoiD, and ^tixpect lb* trna uj?? of th* - ? ?urth to don their political armor ami W-me - o-otir res/ru'e.-Jutl'soi^ C??m^) '?>^*^*fJ**?. -%?- -- ? .'".;" jjy Tho Ch?io /apera .ar? fa er^toclei Drer the fact {hat at a reB^tou^ n that city recently,'? go\??^f^M}f\^ \ . . n the t?r4r?bol|on.bcx%r Th?y accept it pa ; v idencG that spec ie pay moi, t ur tl e-m.illepi . im is apprbachiapi \ . t -* : the following" . ?'r.0111 Ifen. Sliefihh?''s foto sp??oh at ^ancaater, "(>))io, giy?^ pretty clearly the. rwpH.m?ib??l?v- o? tho ievostAtion iii his line of maret : '* So, aoldlcrs, when - wa. r*wrchetk> throtigte^isijsajnquered the country.? ?f ihr? ??heiavTS-^.rx-cutac owners of al 1 they liaci aiul^s>?.waut yoa to he tioubled , tu ycKir e?essiriiW^f^ while ou. . jur greatajialBTfA, the -property tit' UMt* quered'it?aTdV l?tey tbrfeHed their rigbt? i I to it- an^ijn?oetn^ ag?rtt tor 4he Go vern- . mo?t to which 1 gonged, gave ywLeu Lhority ?j. keep aH" the quarterjrjj??krt cQuldu't tike p-MSKslon of .<j|,^^V faint,7 &s&ru*m ^?sx??-$. bsjm}