Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, February 21, 1866, Image 1

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^^SSS^SS?^.^ ...... ... -T-rr--.-... ..... ^T^^^^^^^^^t^^^^^^^^ ?..-^?'>- ^^^^^^ ?? . . . . v ..... .-, BY DtEisoE, sEEsE & o. EDGEFIELD, S. G., .mg&JAM % 1866, miME *. J. FRASER 'SHECtTT, ARTHUR B. BELL, T. H. HAMETT, Formerly of Charleston, S; C. -o--. .., GIFT EMPORIUM. Great Sale of :W?TCHES, JEWELRY, Sit VES 'AND FfcATED WAKE, 1 : OIL PinrriNGs/ ^NGEAVINGS, Ac., ic.,A*c. ALL TO BE SOLD FOR " ONE DOLLAR EACH ! Without regard to Value, and not to be .paid for until yea know what you are to reeei"e.' This very popular plemof distribution, in which ' there ara NO BLANKS, ' Gives Universal Satisfaction, SHEC?T, BELL & .CO., I3G Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia. tSF Wo-hsreno connection .whatever with any other house,jicithcr in this. City or elsewhere; have no branch houses, but give our undivided attention to please ALL our patrons. We have, honre vcr, A gouts ia various par ^ of this and ad joining Sutes. ??T S. H. MANOET, Agent for Edgcfiold. Call at my storo and see Circulars. , r S. il. M. Jan 30_tf_5 LillTEVENS, . Grocer and Commission MERCHANT, 399 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA., HAS NOW IN STORE A LARGE STOCK OF SUGAR, COFFEE, CHEESE, FLOUR, BICE, BUTTER, SOAP, CANDLES, TOBACCO, RAISINS, SARDINES, YARNS, frc, &c. WINES & LIQUORS In Barrels and Boxes. Fifi) Mids. Choice Bacon. Together with a full u?ior;uieot of overy article to be had in Wholesale and Retail Grocery estab lishments. Augusta, Nov 20 . fira 47 SHERMAN, JESSUP & Cfc MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS IN SADDLES, BIDDLES, mttTmou, WHIPS, TRUJVKS, SHOE - FffiDINGS, LEATHER, SADDLERY AND COACH HARDWARE AND COACH MATERIALS, LEATHER AND Ri.BIM MACHINE BELTISG STEAM PACKING, AND AN ASSORT ?EN T OF FINDING For Cotton and Wool MaM'actnrers, No. 225, Broad Street, AUGUSTA* GA. * Dec. ll, Sm 50 M. HYAMS'&^C? ? (OF CJIABLESTOX, S. C.,) G00IMISSI0N MERCHANTS, NORTH-EAST CORNER Broad and McIntosh Streets, .Augusta, Gra? Cj^SjXl?TLT'ON HAND AN ASSORTMENT ?UWANGY GOODS ! xiyt ? ALSO PERFUMERIES; SOAPS, HARDWARE "&c, Ac, &C. Angfls?iSeptA: <5m - 3C O?ealibam & iori, D?NT?flS TILLE, S. C., WITA VE just rcccirod .-vnoiher' STOCK OF JO. GOODS, which, together with our former Stock, giv?s us almost EV Eil YT U?NG usually kept in a w?Il furnished Country 6toreU>~ r" 'Ocr,Stock, haa beea bought entirely for Cash by our Senior Par:oe -, who hr.s bad thirly years experience in the mer cm tile, business and wc intehoY*? sell EN TIR KL Y FOR CASH, and'at Angosta Retail "Prices. ^ We have on han-! TWENTY DOZEN best Steel-Blade-WEED INK T3>ES, which" were b'ju^ht durir.g the war, **d which we offer to alawn ebeap for ossa. K'H **V-?afr sC*Jibcrll shar-j of public patronage solici tad. ' ?^^*P*asc.?all and examine our stock. .Vf+Tt-iA* - ' CirEATIIAM & SON. Jan 30 '. tf 5 ?. Simon, Agent, HAS NuW. IK STQRE, and is constantly re ceiving, ct his new ?tami on tho Martin Town Road, near" Garfjfnn Htdlwway's, Esq., 7>?ESH SUPrLrES -OF CilOtOE *?HIQC?RIKS? BOOTS fi?? SHOES, Aral Every Liad of ? Elegant aid FasiiiomiDle DRY GOODS. ALSO. A LAKGE ASSORTMENT OF THE ^ BESTjDKVaS ^ AU of which will be sold at GREATLY.RE . .ul'Cb O iKlCKat and to which he respeotfntlji "aarlici tho aJteJittsa of the pnbUc. , . <? ; Jan 30_*_? . -*; Medical Notice. -^TfiaOSE who expect our services for tho prcsmt JL jear w ll please vfcserve tho following nres; , JTiftj cent* a' aril.,-and ? dollar for th? visit. Medicine when furnished will bo cbargoU at a ??delate rates. . ? 'j We will not bo cypc-ctcd to praciicc r.t nmnt hulees in extreme caws, and then douty? theabove " TatBSwiH be charged. ? - Simple Obstetrical case3, Ten j>ollars, without mileage. * Difficult care?, charged" bighor. Consultation fcc, Ton Dollars and mileage. All tr? be paid-in ?o?d. or Us equivalent. Pro vision, Corn and Bacon taken at market price. *~ ' ' Freodmen who require our sarvioes will have white person-to stand Xor them. Thooo indebted for"l*st y?ur, and .serdra'l-yeari ** itrav?oas, wilt come forward and sottleni an early tW. [ THOS.-H. PATTISON J ****** J. .* fi.CL?AS&STS. J" j ' There Gomes a Time. . . There comes a^t?me when we grow old, And like a sunset down the sea, Slope gradual, and the night windi qold . Come whispering sad and chillingly ; - And leeks are grey ?As" winter's day, "1 And eyes of saddest lino behold The leaves nil-weary drift away, Tho lips of fadod coraT say, There oomes a tim? when we grow old. j ' "' . ''*';'' . . ''rt ? " There comes a time when joyous hearts, . ; "Which leaped as leaps the langhing main j - Are desd to all save momofy, . A prisoner in his dungeon ohain, i And dawn of day Has passed away, Tho noon hath into darkness roiled, . ALd by the embers wan and groy, I hear a voice in whipper say, Therocomes-a time when we-grow- old. " There comes a time when manhood's prime Is shrouded in tho mist of years, ?And beauty, fading Uko a dream, Hath passed away in silent tears ; And thon how dark! . Bat oh, thc spark That kindled youth to hues of gold, Still burns with omar and steady ray, And food affections, lingering, say, There comes n time when we grow old. * There cames a time when laughing Spring And golden Summer cease to be, And wc put OG thc Antumn robo . ? > To tread the last declivity ; But how thc slope, With rosy Hope, Beyond the sunset wo behold, Aaothcr dawn with fairer light, While watchers whisper through the night, J There is a time when we grow old. Judge Aldrich Snstains the Constitu tionalists of the Stay La tv. From the Charleston Courier. THE STATU ?. JOHN* X. CAREW, 8UERIFT. Charlestun} January 'Term, 1SCG-Aldrich, J. This case was submitted to me upon a rule on Mr. Carew, the Sheriff of Charles toa Dis trict. The rule, the return thr.eto, and the grounds jf appeal, which will appear iu the Brief, will sufficiently indicate all that is cecessary to a full understanding of the case. 1 have not been enlightened by argument. The learned counsel, Mr.JL.ord, who moved the role, supposing that, as the point submit ted involved a constitutional question, tho case would necessarily go to the Cou rt of Errors,-contented- himself with furnishing mc. with the authorities upon which be intends to rely for tho support of bis motion. . My library was burned by Gen. Sherman's army when" it passed throngh Barnwell, and I have ?iot had the opportunity to examino the cases submitted. My brethren of the Bar have kindly given roe the usc of'such books as they have saved, and I will now pro ceed to give tbe reasons which govern me in discharging the rule, regretting that I have j amination. I anVnoTsaCisfiea', on^A^q?fcs of such general interest andvo great impor tance., to simply indicate my judgment with out giving thc reasons for my opinion. The case? cited are as follows : Sturges rs. Crownintbield, 4 Wheat., 200 5 1 Kent'? Com., ?drg. p. 41? ; Green vs. B.d dle, 8 Wneat., p. 1 ; Ogden vj. Saunders, 12 Wheat., p. 213 ; Braun vs. Kensie, 1 Howard, 411; 14 Curtis, G2S; McCracken vs. Hey ward, 2 Howard, 608 ; 15 Curtis, 228. The first Act passed b\ the Legislature was presented by me, and was prepared ia the Solicitor's room al my instance. It wa* somewhat altered from the original draft, and was adopted with but little discussion. 1 did not then, and have not since, carefully exam ined the constitutional question here raised. I propose-now briefly tu make that examina tion. The whole argument f urns upon thc single proposition, Vial Vie remedy is a part of the contract. If this be trae, the ruling that I have made is wrong and must be reversed.- . The only books and cases that I bave been able to consult arc Kent's Commentaries and Sturges va. Crowninsbield, aud Ogden vs. Saunders, cited in Marshall in. tbe Federal Court. The question is very fully exawiri ed in these authorities, and while I ara free to say that I have never ' considered Chan cellor Kent as'very high authority oh consti tutional law, yet I am quite prepared to yield roy judgment to tho force of his-reasoning .whenever it da convinced of thc truth of his proposition... Tho fact that the distinguished jurists,, whose opinions are collected in these caaesj differ in their conclusions, is a very strong reason wliy, on so important a qu?s- ] lion, i-sbould exercise myindepeudent judg ment. AT the time tho first'Act was passed by tho Legislature-popularly called the Stay Late-"his constitutional objection was rai* cd, and at each subsequent enactment the ?ame exception bas been taken, although -! do Dot now remember that-it bas been ear nestly pres?ed or ' fully argued. I thought then as 1 think no'w, that the -reniedy is an incident io thc cwdfaet; bul no 'part of the contract It is true that a contract, in itself \ legal, once entered into, cannot be destroyed by. subsequent legislation, because that wqnld bc directly in the re?th not ?nly of the-Con 8titution of the United States, but of onrown ?tatft, for both Constitutions have tho same) provision : " No Stale shall pass any Bill ci attainder, expost facto law, or Jaw. imparing the obligation of contract''-Const. United States, Sec 10. Art. 1. " Nor shall any Bil) of a i oin dc/, expost iactoihw'or lawimpar iug tho obligation of contracts, ever be pass.- j ed by the General Assembly"-Const., S J.. Ca., 1790. Art.. 10, Sec. 2. COWL'So. ,'Ca, I Ht;5. Art. 0, Sec. 2. ? ? . - . When tbe State says to'tbe Creditor (in ? time.of general distress) you may not add to the calamity which overwhelm* thaJaud, "by uarrassing .willi la* 6uits> and Sheriff** salee those who happen to be in your debt, .does such a mandato impair the obligation of the ? entr?t-1 ? A iu November' promises to pay B one hundred" d ol lars?, sixty ddys- after date, la ?'occuibtT- the LcgLsta'iurc passed thrfaw, entitled "'An A?* ?0 exteud rfdiof lo debtq'rs, and to prevent tee sacrifie: ot- pmperty at public hates"." The Act suspocdsthc reme dy and also suspends tb';'operation of the statute of limitations. Now what is tho ob ligaron of that contract? .'bat in sixty days B will pay to A tho'buudred . dollars. That the whole obligation^ nothing . moro ^and nothing less. AB an incident to this contract, ^however, if B. does not pay tho hundred hanr, as thendiratipulatod, A bas the right to 'sue him, and! B runs the risk of C03ta, and a j sale of his .property by ?be .Sheriff. But is this right to sue. and this danger of costs and . >alera part of the obligation of tho contract, j or oui* the Jegal incident, remedy to the contract if W ho can oblige A to sue ? Thc law' cannot. B cannot.- - No power can com J p J Lim.to institute a suit for the enforce ment of Bis" contract. If the-retrtfdy bea' part of thc contract, it is equally* binding upofl ,tlie ?reditor'ind debtor, upon both par tie!? to. the ogr??m?oV I have^said, the deb tor cannot oom pol th? creditor to sue \ if" bo conUI. it might relieve him from hopeless iu s?lvcDcy; and enable him' by a surrender of ?llJti? ilfecfa to ceatmeooo life ?new with a -.-_-_-p so ; tho ?-editor relying upon the integr tho industry, the experience) ?nd tho b "ness capacity of the debtor, rests upon remedy and refuses-to press it, thus tramr ipg the energies and ruining the fortune. Che honest.debtor who cannot surmount difficulties. Now if the remedy be a par the contract, a part pf the obligation, it as biuding upon the creditor as it is h] the'debtor ] and whilo the creditor has right to-e*nfbrce it for the collection or' debt, the debtor should hare th* right to force it for^the relief of hi? condition ; for can all conceive the casa in which it may as important io. the .debtor to cospel i enforcement, as it may be to tho creditor insist upon the performance. But ai no at mutuality exists, it does not come within 1 .Idea of the contract, the obligation of wi is equally binding on all the parties there If the remedy be a part of the contract; nnny be insisted upon by both debtor a creditor ; but as this is- not true, it is th no part of the obligation, " a contract bei an agreement between two or more part to do or not ta.do a certain thing." If t right to suo be a part of the contract, and u an incident, it is equally binding, upon bot and the moment the terms are. brohea, t ?nit may be commenced by the one par thereto, or insisted iipon by the other pai thereto, tho remedy being a part of th* o ligation. But as this is not true, then I a at a loss to per eivehow the legislation, whii stays the collection cf the debt at tho * san ti aie 'bat it stays the operation of thc statn of limitations, impairs the . obligation of tl contract. The State, tho common mothe when the land was about to engage in tl most terrible war known in history ; wh( all the resources of the country were fequi ed to maintain that war : when all the mc i of cbc country were needed and called upc to support On the battlefield, the great prit ciplo which the' State, in her sovereignty, ha j awerted ; in tho exercise of her aoveroig power, and for the common good, said to a hudor her protection, for the present lot tl collection of debts be drayed. For thc pre eut the grand privilege of State aovercignt; secured under the Constitution, is abbot t be asserted, and while that great question I being triod, let all minor issue? Stand stil The creditor was not told, you shall not co led your debt-tho debtor was cot told; yo may not pay your debt: bot both cr?dito and debtor were told, while yon are engage in this mighty struggle yon, creditor, sba not add to tko distress of theland by iuntio down your debtor with the sheriff ; and yoi debtor, may display your patriotism in tb field without the fear that your family wi! be harrasaeti, or yOur fortutio dissipated b lawsuits. This was simply an alteration c the remedy, a postponement of it. It did no impair the obligation of the contract, for th contract remained in full force, and the crcd i tor waa protected against tho delay ! in col lection by the suspension of the operation o the statute of limitations. It w?s only f-ay ing, for the present hold your hMd ; thcr ave great public considerations to which al private interests must yield, and so soon ai this terrible calamity of war is arrested*** soon as thc cou?.try can reg-iin its abtiflpi resume the customary duties of civil lif?, yoi will be permitted to enforce your contract bj tho aid of the Couria, for in the meantimi delay shall not oporate to hinder tho eolUxx sustained in this view by that eminent anc good man, Chief Justice Marshall, who in tat case of Sturges vt; Crowninsbield says, " with out impairing the obligation of the contract the remedy may certainly bo modified as tut wisdom of the nation may direct." Take an example, comiug under my own observation and similar cases^ 1 suppose, have come with in the knowledge of us all. I know a gen tleman, a friend and client, whose business 1 transected, who bad over one hundred thou sand dollars invested in bonds, roost of them in sums of a thousand dollars each ; but tor this law, tho constitutionality of which I am now considering, ho might have put these bonds.iu putt, recovered judgment, ordered tho Sheriff to collect in coin, or to sell the lands of the debtor. The consequence would have been, had he been a hird man, and not, as be wae, a man of large benevolence, he could have owned tho lands of most of the3e creditors, and turned their families out cf their homes, while the husbands and sons were in the front fighting for him and his property, he being too old to tako the field. The.Legislature, in its wisdom, .?aid again and again, (for the law has been re enacted yearly) no such temptation to make great gain,' to commit so great oppression, to arouse an indignation so great, tbat-the law may bc resisted; shall exist ; the-obligation af the contract shall-not bo impaired, but tho iaci dent to the contract, Uu riyhC io sue and levy and.selt the property of; tho abnent Bcldier, shali be suspended. In the.language of Chief Justice Marshall, " the ) emcdy sht?l be uiod "'This State has exempted, by ber inrolven la-fs, certain property of'the debtor from law and safer?*Tkn?w of no decision by our Courts questioning tho constitutionality of this law. ' The Congress ol the.United States passed a General Bankrupt Law,- and,, although-its conslituUlnality waa .questioned in, the de tonie on tho passage of the Bill, I do not know the decision of the Supremo Court which de cides that the law was unconstitutional. The Legisloturo ol' South Carolina and tho Congress of the Uuited Stale*, have passed laws sanctioning ' the suspension of specie payment* by the banks, ano, although I have heard the constitutionality of sooh laws.ques tioned, I do not know that- tho Conrbi have .?o'ruled. . -, . Do not all of these 'awainterfero,wHh the r. niedyof toe creditor ? And, yet, no Court has ventured to assert that they aie uncon stitutional. : Thcrearo two revolutions,r aimost'erjnally brtte't1 rn their cons?quences, to which society is continually exposed--tho political oad.the courmwial revolution. The ftrst bripgs,war and ail its consequent horrors and suiferingj a devasted land, a ruined ,and. .aBbrigg peo ple. The second brings ? 'deringeratkat of the whore"1 financial systc'm-'?n'd ' its -ftonse qoence?, the lo*s Pf credit, tho'ieprachstion of the paper which Tcpreamta- money, the derangement of values, the , dificulte In ob taming the mesas of'.support; in fine, all ihot is conveyed, by the word, poverty, The one inevitably follows tho other. ^TJI? Leg i?l?tive'department of ti? GovorntneRt, when il. inaugurated this revolution,hoped that it' might-lead to a settlement of prmcipl's* un- - der the Constitution, but feared that it would lead topiary and attempted, to protea .the debtor claas.(which is always the large/- class) against the creditor pr smaller class, which is sometimes justly, and sometimes unjustly, called the hard and griping clogs. They knew, that let'the'matter ena as it may; "in tuc establishment of the great State RlgHts principles and a strict construction - of tho I Constitution, for which we had aHroys con tended, or in tho cansolidalion of tho Gov ernment, still there would be a commercial revolution, which would iuevitably follow arid greatly afflict the peoplo, unless benificent provision was made in'advance. And so they eaacted cid continued' to enact 4 law, which, while it'does not? tmpatrihe^ obligan, lion of tho contract, postpones -awi . modifies lie remedy.- Now,-if it be true,* that," Gov ernments are instituted for tho protection of jhe many against the few," for tho parp?se of contributing the greatest happiness to the largest number, who will 'Say that the'law is unwise, unjnafj dr anconstit?ticnial ? Who will say that it is not tho daly of a cc-ordi- : mat? fatfjckof rt* mLwmmm?&JmB??, ary-to sustain such & law. '- ?nr^taa^nmis " let Justice be dono though tfsi'heaveijs fall!" I feelits truth, its power Apel its force ; but here is a question of doubt, th i greatest ju dicial minds in the country .have hesitated and divi led. On the one bandya s prospect of gradual restoration to comfort and com parative prosperity. OnTth? spread ruin" and distress. ' Ot is a multitude of debtors-"pi and for time, holding up th? fondly hoped was their prot other is a rampant band-of: J in g for their consiittUional j Steased io call it. So that ii oubts on the - subject ? tbs woold.unhesitatingly say," such vast importance, involvi "ble consequences, that * it'lsl Judiciary to sustain" therWj] ?lent of the Government.'T'11 Thc fact that' the law waa?etrded-to pro tect the property and the families of -those who were bighting the bat?/Mof^?ie connlry - the facl .that tho Legislatpro -had.. pa:aed j this law, again, and again, fact that the great judici?" country have arrived at ?pj and the further fact that thc eficent ar.d just-all indue its constitutionality. Let the rule be discka --Ai ler^ is wide-, Sefone Ttin? ring for mercy 'rywlich ffey jn. - On the clamor taaPi*hey ar? |Oad grayer ; r' ^entertain, 11 question of ' sucV-terri gf ??ty of the Patito '?part id again-the linds pf the conclusion?," 'isjwis?,'b?n ^"maintain LLDRICH. LEOLINA. vs. THE STATE OF SOUTH/ . JOHN E. .CAREW? The following grounds o handed to Iris Hooor : 1st. Because tbo-Acto?. sembly entitled '< An Act debtors and to prevent the ert^at public sales,, passe.! December, 1861, aad the.i al Assembly passed onlhe ?lst day of D comber* 805, entitled in ??t lo amend .tl rpeal have been 4. 2 .General As stend relief to orifice of prop ' e. 21st dav of I of _ the Qeuor e the Law known as the Stay ^jfa,winnpair the obligation of cohttTtcts'eXWwig'at-the time ol tho passage of the said.'-ijfet; are;repngnant to the Constitution of tke&nited Slates and of this State, and are unconstitutional and ?oid. ..-.it?'.i. 2. Because tho said Ac ^discriminate be tween causes of action wh ?R?^'gfaate? pre: vious to their passage^ an .jpmilar causes of action originating snbseqt lint to "their pas sage, destroying a?T reme Hies in the* former class of cases, showing thi -'latter to be en forced in the ordinary^ co rie? of legal pro ceedings, and are therefwt ^unconstitutional and void. * V .WHAlgy & LOBD, Attorney? The Sack of Bagdad- Mfmolition, Pil lage au d Out srvvTyV The Malamoras " Ran ?ero," bf the 9th ult., thu? fastens the respn'sibilUy of a war between Maximilian ant the United States on tho lal ter country: A a ; The Fnderal commandi y upon being ap prized ol tho unholy ant hellish.pillage of Bagdad by bis ewn soldie fyjeft Brownsville for that place. Twp dayslifter the pillage commenced, he crossed ioKBagd'ad a force of three hundred men, wftjthe object, wo are told, of protecting the Hv?tof thef-non-com batant population. But, 3<;markable to re }ai^a?M^?Z!?r^l^^^^ authority, but highway robbers, who from his soldiers and who w^nt into it from the Texas aide. Thus he recognizes thc right of his soldiers to take and ajbk a town of tba Mexican Empire and after tey had enjoyed two days pillage, lie sends ?to it a force aud commands tho peace, but ikstead of putting the place in the hands of t jose from whom his soldiers took it, he virtually turns it over to Liberal robbers and maces himself and government respousible fonthe whole affair. His soldiors attack andaake a city from the hands of the Imperial. Government of Mexico ; his soldiers captare the Imperial garrison ; assassinate imperial citizens ; shoot Imperial soldiers '; sackt? city, and turn all over to " fill ?busters and so-called Liberals, who enter the place from thc soil of the Uni ted States. Such, even, ii tho picture we are called upon to contemplate ; and such is not only a declaration.of wat ou the part of the United States, but the copmencemcnt of ac tual hostilities by the government. ** WhetLer the Federal authorities have com mitted this awful crime %ilfully, or whether they are guilty of tho hi?ier crime, inertia, stupidity, ignorance, wo laiveit for the public to determiosj. Ono thingj. however, is cer tain, the coarse wbtch the Federal comman der has taken, fastens, jn-nvocably fastens, the entiro responsibility of thc ignoble affair upon his government. The Ranchero of thojDlh gives further particulars of>the sackiqgof Bagdad, from which we take some, extraite : ...The pillage of Bagdad-continues, but on a small scale iucorapariaoa ip the first few days proceedings. Thc negroes cross bnx'ejfcofchampagne and other wines aDd liquors,"besides packages of merchandise, without m?le'station from Fede ral officials, but when thi'.wliites attempt to carryon the same work,-?jbey arc picked up by tue Federal custom boase officials and made to pay duties. \ All the principal bou|& of Bagdad have been gutted completely.'^8ome nrrnsio this city inform us of their receiving houses and branches having been redbed. . uf. eyer; arti cle worth carry i n|?, off including their safes, which had been taken to tho Texas Bide and blown open. ^ ; The federal commander has been at Clarks vi I ie, and has sent a force over to this side to keep order, an was holding the place in conjunction with o'ii?aws and nll:bu3terj. Ho had dono nothing toward restoring, the place to those from whaifc his soldiers took it. Ho left "yesterday morbjag for Brownsville, having been, and saw, and done nothing. % The.Federal commander arrived up. yes terday from below, ani?as ascertained that very feW of his soldtcra*u?d n hand in tho taking and sacking of^agdad. Those few he is going to have arijitcd. W.e do not underused ? that he computes -the. number of bis soldiers who took part in that hellish affair.. Lest he should arrest too many of.tbem, wo woul?jnforin bim that not more toan from five Shared to'eight hun dred took haud in the) #ork of pillage. Only a few-very fow. '* "Woare~toW "tbat]jeodg takon ntUagdad continue to mips: ia ^E,rownavi}le, and are al ready affecting .that^arket... . The number killedjaud' woundqd at Bag" dad is so variously cjumited, that without something more reliable it would not" bo worth, while to makeVn'estimate. Willie Reese, a soldier in the Confedtrate army, left Rieh wondon the Itith day of last. March, for big home, in Alabama? ' He ljaB never been heard frotnaince he left Richmond, and we now appeal tp tty public and the press" of this'Stttto. of Virginia and of South Carolina} to give usauy information regard ing him that can be--obtained. His parents aro living in Selma, Ala?, and aro anxious to know his fate.- Ho^ae. in bad health, and probably died somewhere ou the .litre of. rail-, road from Richmond via Danville, ..Qrcensr boro and Charlotte.i-Salisbun- (N. C.)"Ban ucr.Stb/' . jg j ' -' -^ -"'X*, XST aa . nnall.poxv^Mvo il s to au alarming ^ extent throngh??t m?*j parts of tho Southe -Tho flunta\n^-\ou?.) Iin?epaad?nt says, thati?nles? -some organized effort is maJo to arrest its pro gross, it eill hocomc atmoiphe?cy And sweep oval Itobtote? ^rr-' .?ss v ? i f ' ^?he President to the Negroes. A.few days ago, we published aparag sta ting that a deputation of colored Waited on President Johnson, asking hi interfere.in their belialf.- "PhefoHowinj foll report of the "President's reply : u " In reply to some of your inquiries to make.n' speech about this matter.foi always"be3t to talk plainly and disti about suclr qnestibns-I -will'say, that have not given evidence-in my former cc that I am a friend of humanity, and to portion of it which co aa ti ta tes the col population, I can give no evidence hero. I ery^hi ug that I have had, both as regard; , and property, has been periled in this cs and I feel and think that I understand to be egotistic-~what should bo the true reefton of thtVquestion, and what cOursi policy would result m the amelioration ultimate elevation, not only of the colo bot of thc great mass of the people of United States.' I'say/that if I have not en evidence that I am a friend of" iumac and especially the friend of the colored n in my past conduct, there is nothing th can do more that would. I repeat, thal that Xposaessed-life, liberty, and propert have been put up in connection, ^.when I every inducement held out to take the ot -course ; by adopting' which I would have compliahed', perhaps, all that the most an -tioufl could hav? desired. If I know mys .and the feelings' of my own heart, they h been for the colored men. I have owi slaves and bought slaves, bot I never sold c I might say, however, that, practically, se. as my connection with slaves has gone hare iieeu their flare instead of their be mine. Some have even followed me he while others are occupying and enjoying properly with my consent. For the colo: race, my means, my" time, roy all,"have be periled ; and now, at this late day, after g ing ovidence-that is tangible, that is pra< eal, I ara free to say to you that I do not li to be arraigned by some who can get handsoraely-ro?ndecT periods and deal rhetorical talk about abstract idea bf lib ty, who never periled life, liberty, or propi ty; This kind of theoretical, hollow, t practical friendship amounts to but very 1 tie. While I say that I am a friend to t colored man, I do not want to adopt a pol i that I believo will end ia a contest bstwe the races, which, if persisted in, will resi ia the extermination of one or the other; 6 forbid that T'should be engaged in such work. Now, it is best to talk practically and in common sense way. Yes, I have 6aid, and repeat here, that if the colored mar ia ti United States could find no other Moses, any Moses that would be more able and ci c ent, than myself, I yould be his Moses lead him from bondage to freedom ; that would pass him from a land where he h: lived ?D slavery to a land-if it were in or reach-of freedom. Yes, I would be willii to pass with him throughout the Red Sea at thc Land of Promise to4he land of libert But I am not willir.g, under either cireur stance, to adopt a policy which I believe wi only result in the sacrifice of his life and tl shedding of his blood.. I think I know wilt I.say. I feel what I say,' and I feol well a: sured that if the policy org'ed by some t persisted in, it will result in great, injury t ^^a^^^?^ejraat? thecolored man. Thei hand accomplislnngtmtSWlna^^ accomplishing another attbe ballot box. The. things all do very well, and sometimes hav forcible application. We talk about- justin We talk about right. Wc say that the whit man has been in the wrong in keeping tb black man in slavery as long as he'las. Th: is all true. Again, wc talk about the Declai ation of Independence and equality befar thc law. You understand all that, and koo* bow to appreciate it. Bat now let ns loo each other in the face ; let us go to the gres ma<s of colored people throughout the slav States ; let us tako the condition in whicl they are at the present time-and it ia bat enough, wo all know-and suppose you coull say to every one, rou shall vote to-morrow how would ^ameliorate their condition a this time? Now, let us get closer up to thi: subject and talk about it. "What relation: have the colored man and the white man oe cupied in the South heretofore ? I oppcsei slavery upon two grounds: First, it wast great monopoly, enabling those who control led and owned it to constitute au aristocracy enib'iag the few to derive groat profits, ant rulo thc many with an iron rod, as it mj?rc And that is one great objection to ?tin a gov eminent-its beiag a . monopoly. I was op posed to it, secondly, upon the abstract prin ciple of slavery. H<Sg, in getting clear of a monopoly, we were jeting clear of ?lavery at the same lime. So you see there wei u two right cuds accomplished in thc accom plishment of the one. Mr. Douglass-Mr. President, do you wish The President-I am not quito through yet. .Slavery has. been abolished; a great national guaranty bas been given-ouu that cannot be revoked. I was.getting at the re lation that.subsisted between tho white man and the colored man. A very small portion of white lnen, oompared with the whole nurn Ber of such, owned the colored peoplp of the South. I might instance lhe St te of Ten nessee in illustration. There were tweuty 5?ven non-slaveholders *to ono Mtveholdcr, and jet the slave power controlled that State. Let us talk abvut this matter as it is. Al though the colored tr,an?w?l i? abwary there, and owned as property in tho sense and in tho language ot tba*, locality and of that com munity, yet in comparing his condition and bia position therewith the noa slaveholder, he usually estimated his - importance just in proportion to the number of slaves, that his mister owned, with the non Slaveholder. Have you ever lived upon a plantation ? Mr. Douglass-I have, your_Excellency. ' The Presideut-When you would lookover and se? a man who had a large family strug gling hard .upo? a poorer piece ' of land, you' thought a great Jeal' less of him than you did of. your master.? M-. Douglass-Not I. ..-Tho- President-Well, I know .such was the case with a largo majority of you in those sections. Whore siicb is the case,- we koo * there is an enmity ; we 'know ? there is a bate. Tho pobr white man, on the other hand, was .opposed to tho slave and his mai; ter, for the colored man aud bis master com bined kept him in slavery by depriyiug hird bf 8 fair, participation in the labor and pro ductions of the rich land of the country. Don't yon know that when'a colored man is going to bunt a master, ai.tbey call it, for the next year, they will prefer living with a roan who owned slaves" rath?r that with one who djd not ? I know the factual sjll events. Mr. Douglass-Because they treated him better. The President:-They did not consider it quilo "as respectable there tb'hiro to a man who. did not own negroes aa to'one who did. Mr. Douglass-Because ..he would not bo treated un Troll. - - Tho Presidents-Then that is another ar fument in favor of what J am going to say. ? shows- that the colored man appreciated the slaveholder more highly than he did the man who did not own slaves ; hence, the en mity between the colored man and the non .al?veholders. . The white man-waa permitted to vote before the Government was derived from "him*. " lie' is a part nnd parcel of the political machinery? Now, by rebellion, or revolution, and when yon como back to the object ?f tits war, JOB tod that the Aboli-, - ? lion of slavery was not one of the objects .Congress; and the President himself declared that-it was waged on our part in order tc suppress tho - rebellion. ; The abolition ol slavery bas come as an incident to the sup pression of the great, rebellion. As' an in cident, and as au accordant,. we should give it the proper direction. Tho colored man went into this rebellion a slave; by the op eration pf the rebellion, he came out a freed man, equal to a freeman in any other portion bf the country. There, then, is a great deal done for him on this point. The non-slave holder, who has forced into the rebellion, and was af loyal as those whb lived beyond the" limitbf the State, was carried into it, and his property, and, in a number of instances, the live?,of such weresaonfied ; audie who has survived, bas come out of it with nothing gained, but a great deal lost. Now, upon a principle of justice, should they be placed in a condition different from what they were before ? On the one hand, one has lost a great deal, and, in a political point of view, scarcely stands where he did before. Now we are talking about what we are goiog to argue. * We have got at the hatc'tliat existed between the two races. The query "comes up, whether these two .races, situated as tbey were. before, without preparation, without timo/or passion and excitement to be ap peased, and witbont time for the slightest turned loose upon the other, and be thrown together at the ballot-box with this enmity and hate existing between them ? The query aomes up, will we not then commence a -.var of races? I think I uuderstand thia thing. Especially is this tho case when 3-00: force it upon a people without' their consent. The darkies, with this flea in their cars, departed, grumbling at the President's iucou si.tcncy. They forthwith wrote out and published in the Chronicle a card,, a^ ? .?sed to the President, whose views and unions they pronounce "unsound and pr ^Jicial-to the highest interests'' of the neg 0 race, and pay they are bound to " oxpose." Thi3 re joinder is signed by Fred.. Douglas and ii', e other dorkier. What will thc radicals do now? . . From tho Richmond Whig, February 5. The South. , : General Sickles, now in command of the military department of South Carolina, has just issued, says tho Philadelphia. Ledger, his " General Orders, No. 1," directing what shall and shall not be done in that State, in many I important particulars. As to the justice of his directions, we hav? no remarks io make, but the tone of bis "orders" soiinds very like that of the decree of an absoluto monarch. In many respects the order regulate matter? that belong exclusively to the law-making power and to the civil tribunals, and, as thc President haa recognized the present State Government of South Carolina as being in full oporation, it is difficult to understand why General Sickles intervenes. Such an occurrence goes to show the vexatious un certainty of everything in the Southern States while they aro kept in their present anomo lous position. They are recognized by the President as being restored to their right to regulate their own local affairs by their Leg islature and Executive officers, and yet a subordinate of the President may stop in and override not only thc powers of that Legisla ture, but the decision of his own superior, th&P^srdfmt himself. The people aro thus subjecfcfc&gvo 'ool governmeuts, conflicting fa1 il.'liiut lil 'ln^fr|i^l islation in Congress. The confusion, distrac tion, division and disturbance to which, such a state ot'affairs must lead will strike the plainest uuderstauaing. Such a condition mnst unsettle- every relation of life, interrupt busioess, check enterprise and industry, and do damage in all directions. No man can undertake any affair of a business character, for he cannot tell whether his contracts will last from hour lo hour, or what tribunal he ia subject to if any difference arises between himself and those bo is dealing with. Thi is one great reasoa why there is sp much staguaiion in some of the Southern States Tt would be botter to have any sort of gov ern m ?nt, so that it should bo one govern ment, steady iu its character, and settled in its policy, than to be thus subject to SJ maur conflicting authorities, no ' matter how good thc intentions-of'tbe latter may bc. It \a this same disturbance and clash ng of so many authorities that misleads the freedmen, and preven?s them from going to work with the heartiness and good will of laborers bise where. It is well kuown, from tho report of General Grant and others, that they rue un der the delusion thnt they arc to receive free lands, or get a support, somehow, from the government. Gen. Howard and Some of his officers have tried to disabuse their minds on these points, bat can they be blamed for be ing puzzled and hard of belief about the matter, when they And Congress discussing tjueslion?-about giving a fen' of them land, and when they Hud the. subordinates of the President treating with contempt the govern meuts which have the sanction of thc Presi dent? It will never be bolter while tie Southern Stales tre kept in their present un settled and uncertain condition. Nor will the people of those States over be able to 50 to work safely or earnestly in the pursuit? of j peaceful industry until the President's policy ia adopted. Parties from Arkansas aud Tennessee have been in our yillage during the past two weeks oflmiag thc greatest inducements in tho way jf high wages to freedmen to emigrate to those Statos-in some cases paying as much is SI5 psr monto, with food and clothing. As a consequeaco great numbers have been induced to go. There has hence been a re duction iu the homo supply, and other causes have contributed to the samo result, at tho samo limo that tho demand has increased. Female labor bas been ia a great measure withdrawn from agricultural operations, whilst a. large number of the males arc now em ployed by small farmers, who formerly relied upon their own labor td mako a crop. As. a g?n?rai rule, thc blacks"have with commen dable spirit made contracts- and gone to work. Whether, they will adhere to them, remaioa to ba soon. Ono ground of appre hension as to their reliability, saems to have arisen from .the otlbrts whichJiave been made in ccrtaiu quarters, to induce them tr, leave tho soi vico of their employers under tue stimulus of higher wages. Such efforts should bc severely punished. There seems toben general disposition amo?g bur citizens to give negro labor a fair trial. With us, theexpori meru is mide under auspicious circumstances, and if unsuccessful, the question is settled, and tho fate pf the negro sealed forever. II? can only rise* iu the scale of being with tlc aid of the white man, and is incapable of es tablishing an independent civilization.-Ab beville Press. Lately, in Georgia, a Confederate turned up who bad beeu in tho war and no'ver been home j had been four times reported dead, and 00 at last coming home,' found his' wife had believed the reports, 'and had married another man. He determined to give har up. "But," said he to a number of sympath izing friends, " tho thing that eticka in my craw, gentlemen, is her a marryin' a durnod conscript ; ef he'd a been a man and foot for his country as I hev done, I shouJd*nt,keer ed. Ho waa lyin' up in lie mountains when I was doin' my duty,, the infernal cuss, and that's what-1 don't like him forlorn him !" jp*- Mrs. Pr?sidant Johnson bas received Lom 1 Sir Morton Peto a most elegant and costly present ki abe Ann of a Christmas box of ran and exq&b alto dcrieo, flited with fri?m ta&no. ^ Little by Little. One atop.aod thea another, . And tho longest walk ls ended, Ono stitch ami thon another, And th* largo; t rent is mended : One brick upon snottier, And tho highest will is made ; Ono flake upon another, . And deepest snow is laid. So the little coral workers, Ey their slow and constant motion, Hare built those pretty- islands . - - lu thc distant dark-blue ocean; And tho noblest undertakings Man's, wisdom hath conceived, By oft repeated efforts Have teen patiently achieved. PLATFORM OP TOT Cossxcrictrr DEMOCRA CY.-The following are three cf the resolu tions adopted at the. Democratic State- Con vention, held at Hartford o i Wednesday of last week. Resolved, That the Congress of the Uni ted States posseaseft no power wader the Con stitution, to determine who shall be eligible to tho right of suffrage. That it is a right be longing and appertaining to the States, or the people of the States as such ; and that any and all attempts upon the part of -Con gress to force upon tho people of any State or States any class as citizens thereof, and entitled to the right of suffrage, are violations of the spirit and letter ol tho Coo s ti ta ti on, and see infringements upon the rights of the States. . - Resolved, Thatifr-ia th? duty of- the Sena tors and Representatives of this State in the Congress of the United States to devote tkeie time; their talents, and energies, to the best interests of their constituents, to so far as possible release'the m from burdensome taxa tion, td'eanse the army and navy of the Uni ted States to be reduced as soon as practica? ble to a peace establishment,'sud insist upon such a just and economical administration cf the Government as will restore the country at tho earliest moment to its former prosper ity nd greatness ; to attend to the interest of that class who formed the ' Govern men t the white man-and rest salie lied that in bis ' prosperity the African race will have a sore guantee of ita weltare. Resolved, That justice demands that the bunion of taxation should bo borne equally by all who enjoy the protection of the -Gov ernment. The last resolution means that the rich men who own United States bonds ought to pay some tax upon them. Tm: END OF TROUBLE WITH FRANCE.-The French Minister at Washington, M. Montho lon, and Mr. Seward, the Secretary of State, had-, we learn, their final interview in relation to- Mexican affairs on the 7th instant It is distinctly understood that Louis Napoleon has issued orders for th? positive withdrawal of all French troops from Mexico, and that Maximilian will be left alone, to far as the French Emperor is concerned, to Work ont for himself, and by himself, his "Mexican problem. Those journals who have been made nahjepy for the last few days at the van i shin prance of a war with Franco, and who have refused to believe that Louis Na poleon's speech was anything but a sham and a cheat, may accept no?, with the best grace they can, the certainty of a lost oppor been longing for the fra/ must"turn their In genious minds to tho discovery of some new occasion to lick all creation.-New York Tribune. INTEUESTIXU TO BLOCKADE Rvsssaa.-The Tribune's sp?cial Washington dispatch says : The government is taking the ground that blockade running was part of the war, and that all property used, and all profits made in it, aro subject CD the rules of warland has sent agents South, who have called upon all engaged in this business to state, ander oath, their associates, and the amount of their profits, kc. Most of the witnesses have told the full tale of their business, but ono o;- two, probably unwilling to disgorge, wera sent to prison on account of their refusal to fortify. One of thc largest stockholders in this en terprise was Hon. G. A. Trenholm, lat? Sec retary cf tho Treasury of the Confederate States. In the course of his examination, which tock place on the lCdi instant, Mr Trenholm slated that just previous to the evacuation of Richmond, tho total amount of specie in thc Confed?rate vanlts was from ..$350,000 to ?100,000, of which sum about $300.000 was in the Treasury at Richmond. This $300,001) Was carried off and distributed, partly among the soldiers of Johnston's ar my, and partly among the military escort of Jeff. Davis, at the time of .heir^disbandment. .Mr. Trenholm stajed, in his opinion, Mr. Daf vis, and other Confederate officers, refused-to receive any part of jt. The examination of Mr. Trenholm as ex-Secretary and bkxkade runner, was quite long, and showed much frankness on his part in stating all he know. . ? ? ? ARREST OF AXOTHKR NORTH CIROLTV.V EDITOR.-The publisher of thu Go?daboro* Daily News has been arrested by the Assis tant Superintendent of Freedmen of the Goldsboro' district, for the publication of ar ticles distastoful to that functionary. Th? New York Nows, the staunch friend of the South, and the able exponent of State Rights, makes the following commente in re ference to this disgraceful outrage on tho freedom of the Press in what- purports to be a Republican country. ? Eave the agents of the Free?man'u Bur ean been invested with- absolute power % ? year or two ago there was no such Bureen io existence- It was a thin unknown to our political trystem. Has it climbed sonwrnlly that a'ready it overshadows judicial authori ty, and controls tho publio presa and tho W\h erty of thc citizen? It an Assistant Super intendent of Freedmen can throw an editor into prison, we suppose that General How ard can wave him into eternity with a flour ish of his pen/' - - SUPPOSEO MUUDBO.-The ,body of an Un known man wai lenna on.Monday afternoon, on the road side, on the other aide rf the river, about three-quarters of a mila from Guiguards Ferry, by a party of hunters fro? Columbia; and a gentleman who .passed the spot, yesterday morning, informs na that tte body is still laying there- Will no ene look after i t? A* bullet hole through the forehead shows how thc unfortunate beiug came to bis end-but whether by tke hand of the assas sin or. his own, of course it is imposible to say. .Tho remains of a fire show that Jhe had endeavored to make himself comfortable. From appearances, it is supposed that lae had been dead several days, andi the po cl teta of tho dead man had been rifled of their con tents. ' Thc deceased, was dark complected had dark heir, and waa dressed }n a fanoy colored woolen ebbt, paper collar, black cloth cutt, moleskin, overcoat, gray ,panis ?nd patched boots ; but neither hat nor cap. .This is the second affair-.of the kind wtitcnTiaa occurred ia. that vicinity-about. two yew* ego the body of a woman having.been lound nair there.-Columbia Phoenix, Feb- 8* . ?-*>???-? R. P. Waaiso.-We understand t*at R. P. Waring E*q., editor of th* Charlotte ftmes, having," by the award .of the t&Mtary com mission, the choice ofais j?prilhs Q8nT?*** vitude or pay ? fine of three hundtw terara, electa to comply with* tho latter tftta?*?ve, hss paid the tnoniry, and will s?bTi^eWMo CM^iLfe Sj *** wMff Hy?? si. Av