Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, March 18, 1868, Image 1

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ESTABLISHED 1802, CHARLESTON" COURIER, DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY, BY A. S. WILLING TON & CO. Daily Paper, 88.00 per Annum. Tri-Weekly Paper, 84.00 per Annum. -o TUE COURIER has entered on the sixty sixth year of its publication. During this long period of its existence, despite the mutations of fortune and time, it has been liberally sup ported, whilst many of its contemporaries have been compelled to succumb to financial necessities. Wc gratefully record this evidence of thc appre ciation of our own, and the efforts of our prede cessors, to make it .srbat it is, and always bas been. ONE AMONG THE LEADING COM MERCIAL AND NEWS JOURNALS OF THE SOUTH, and ?Ul renew oar exertions to add to its acceptability to the public, as well as to place it easily within thc reach of all who desire a FIRST CLASS CHEAP PAPER. In furtherance of this purpose we now issue thc Duily and 7W- Weekly Courier to our Sub scribers, at the rate of eight and four dollars per annum respectively. Our purpose is to furnish a first class paper upon the most reasonable living prices. Charleston, Jan 2U tf 4 The Great Popular Paper! THE iAli??AM NEWS. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE Six Dollar* a Year ! The Charleston Tri-Weekly News, THREE DOLLARS A YEAR-TWO DOL LARS FUR SIX MONTHS ! TERMS, CASH IN ADVANCE ! _#S&-No Paper sen: unless the Cash accompa nier the order. S3*"No Paper sent for a longer time than paid RIORDAN, DAWSON A CO., PROPRIETORS. Charleston, Dec 2:; 5t51 1868 ! THE SOUTHERN FAVORITE. BURKE'S WEEKLY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. Beautifully Illustrated, and Ele gantly Printed. Pronounced by the Southern, press io lie thc most elegant ami talented young people's 'paper printed in itt is. country ! We arc now publishing 'Aarooncr* inland, a Se>|Uel to the Young Maroeacrs, and Jack Dobell, or a Doy'* Adventure* in Texan, by one of Fan Ilia's men-pronounced '* equal to the brit of Mayne Reid's) stories." Wo ?h?ll lie-in. in tho tiru number of 1S63, a thrilling story, by a lady of Virginia,entitled " ELL?:N HUNTE*: A Tole nf thr War," which will run for several months. Among the regular contributor* to BURKE'S WEEKLY aro Rev. F. R. GOULDIXC, author of "The Young Marooner'*;" Mrs. JAM: T. H. CROSS : Mrs. Foan, of Rome, Ga. ; Miss MARY J. UPSIIDS, ?f Norfolk, Va , and many others. TURMS-$2 a year in advance: Three copies for Si : Five copies for SS : Ten copies for $i5, and Twenty-one copies for $30. Clergymen and Teachers turcisbed at $1 ?0 per annum. The volunte begins with thc July number. Rack numbers can be supplied from thc first, and all yearly subscribers may receive the num bers for tho first six months, stitched in an elegant illuminated cover. Address, J. W. BURKE ? CO.. I'ttbl'ikem, Macon, Ga. Dec 25 If 52 {^"Subscriptions received at thc Advertiser Office fi r BURKE'S WEEKLY. UNIVERSALIST HERALD, NOTASULGA, ALA. JOHN C. BURRUSS. Editor A Proprietor. Terms, $2,UU per Year in Advance. THIS PAPER has entered upon its lf.th Vol ume. It ia thc Orgiin of the 1'nivcrsalist denomination in the South and Soutbwe.-t. Try it a year. Money can be sent by mi.il, at the risk of the editor. Feb 24 lm 9 P INSURANCE AGENCY. ARTIES wishing to Insure their DWEL LINGS, GOODS, 4c , can do so on the lowest terms, und in the BEST COMPANIES, by call ing on tho Undersigned. D. R. DURISOE, Agent for A. G. HALL'S Insurance Agency. Jan 1 J?1 PLANTERS' HOTEL. AUGUSTA, GA. Newly Furnished and Refitted, Unsurpassed by any Hotel South, Was Reopened to the Public Oct. 8, 1SC6. T. S. NICKERSON, Proprietor. Jan. 1. tf 1 Notice ! Notice ! ALL Persons indebted to the lato Firm of TEAGUE Ji CAR WILE will mike imme diate payment to either of thc parties. All Bills unpaid by January Mst, 1SGS, will be placed in an Attorney's hands with instructions to sue at once. Pay up and s.-.ve costs. TEAGUE * CARWILE. Dec 24 :?? 52 BEEF MARKET. I WILL CONTINUE TO FURNISH GOOD BEEF and MUTTON to the people of Edgefiold on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday mornings at reasonable price?, but STRICTLY FOR CASH. A. A. GLOVER, Agent. Jan? tf * I Wait for Thee. Thc hearth is swept-the fire is bright, Thc kottle sings for tea ; The cloth is spread, the lamp is light, The muffins smoke in napkins white, And now I wait for thee. Come home, love, come ; tbj task is done, The clock ticks listcningly ; The blinds aro shut, the curtain down, The arm-chair to the fire-side drawn, The boy is on my knee. Come home, love, come: his deep fond eye Looks round him wistfully : And when the whispering winds go by, As if thy welcome steps were nigh, He crows exultingly. In vain-he finds the welcome vain, And turns bis glanco on mine So earnestly, that yet again, His form unto my heart I strain, That glance is so like thine. Thy task is done-we miss thee hero; Where'er thy footsteps roam, No heart will spend such kindly cheer, No beating heart, no listening ear, Like those who wait thee home. Ah, now along thc cross-walk fast, The well-known step doth come ; The bolt is drawn, the gate is past, Tho boy is wild with joy at last A thousand welcomes home. SPEAK GENTLY. " I am certainly at a loss to know what to do with the boy,;' said Mrs. Burton to her husband, with much concern on her face, and in an anxious tone of voice. ,; I never yield to his imperious temper ; I never indulge him in anything; I think about him and care about him all the time, b?t see no good results.'' While Air*. Burtou was speaking, u bright, active boy, eight years of age, came dasiring into thc room, and without heeding any one, commenced heating ou thc window .'.ills and making a deafening noise. ,; Incorrigible boy !'! exclaimed his mother, going quickiy up to him and jerking the stick out of his hands, " Can I learn you neither tn.inuers ncr decency ? I have told you a hundred times that wheu j ou come ?uto n room where atty one is sitting, you must be quiet. Go up stairs this moment, and don't let me see your fac e for aa hour.'1 The boy became sulky for a moment, and stood where he was, pouting sadly. " Did you hear what I said? Go up stairs this moment!"' Mrs. Burton .?poke in a very angry tone, ind looked quite as angry ns abe spoke. Slowly the boy moved toward the door, a scowl darkening his face, that wa> but a mo ment before so bright and cheerful. His sleps ?vere too deliberate for the over excited ngs of his nrorbTT: she sprang towards him, und seizing him by the arm, pushed him from ihe roora and closed the door loudly niter him. "I declare I am all out of heart! ' she ex claimed, sinking down upon a chair. " It is line upon line and precept upon precept, and all to no good purpose. The buy will break my heart yet I" Mr. Burton said nothing, but he saw plain ly cnougli that it was not nil the child's fault. Ile doubted thc use of comir.^ out and saving this unequivocally, although he had often been on the point of doing so involuntarily, ile knew the ten:per of his wife so well, and her peculiar sensitiveness about everything that looked like charging any fault upon her self, that he leafed that more harm than good would result from any attempt on his part to show her that she was more than half to blame for the boy's perverseness of temper. Unce or twice ;bc little fellow showed himself atthedoot. but was driven back wi'h her harsh words until thc hour for tea arrived. Thc sound of the tea-bell caused an instant oblivion of all the disagreeable} impressions made upon his mind. His littie feet answered the welcome summons with a clatter that stunned the ears of his mother. u Go back, sir !" she said sternly,^ he burst open the dining- room door and set it swinging, with a loud concussion, aga-nst. the wall, and see if you cant walk more like a boy than a horse." Master Henry withdrew, pouting out his rosy lip? to the distauce of full an inch. Ile went up one (light ol stairs, and then returned. " Go up to the third story where you started from, and come down quietly al! the way, or you shall not have a mouthful of sup per." " I don't want to," whined the boy. "Go up, I tell you, this instant, or 1 will send you to bed without anything to eat." This was a threat that former experience had tatt? ht might be expo-ted, and so he deemed it better to submit, than to pay too dearly for '.laving his own way. Thc distance to thc thitd story was made in a few light springs, and then he "ame pattering down as lightly, and took bis place it the table quickly but quietly. " There, there, not so fast ; you've got. plenty to eat, and time enough to eat it in." Harry settled hitnseif down to the table as quietly as his mercurial spirits would al j low, and tried to wait until he was helped, but in spite ol' his efforts to do so, his hand went over into the bread basket. A look from his mother caused him to drop thc slice he had lifted; it was nota look in which there was much affection. While waiting to be helped, his hands were busy with his knife and fork, makirg a most unpleasant clatter. " Put your hands down !"' harshly spoken, remedied this evil, or rather seut the active movements from the little fellow's hands to his feet, that commenced a swinging motion, his feet striking against the chair. " Kee-p your feet still," caused this to cease After one or two more reproofs, thc boy was left to himself. As soon as he received his cup of tea, he poured the entire contents into his saucer, and then tried to liftit steadi ly to his lips. lu d ung this, he spilled a third of its contents on the table cloth. A box on the ear, and a storm of angry words rewarded this feat. " Haven't I told you over and over again, you incorrigible bad boy, not to pour the whole of your tea into the saucer ? Just see what a mess you have made with that clean tjjje cloth. I declare I am out ol all man ner of patience with you. Go away fron table this instant !" Harry went crying away, not in anger, in grief. He had spilled his tea by acck His mother had so many reproofs and inj tions to make, that the bearing of thee in mind was an impossible thing. A pouring out all his tea at a time, he hat recollection of any interdiction on the sub although it had been made over and i again dozens of times. In a little timi came creeping slowly back, and resumed place at the table, his eyes gazing wistf on his mother's face. Mrs. Burton was sorry that she had j him away for what was only an accid She had felt she had hardly been just to thoughtless boy. She did not object to coming, but said, as he took his seat, " N time see that you are more careful. I h told you again and again not to fill your s cer to the brim-you can never do it with spilling your tea on the table cloth." 1 was not spoken in kindness. A scene somewhat similar to this was acted at every meal, but ?Dstead of improvi in his behaviour, the boy grew more heedh Mr. Burton rarely eaid anything to Ha about his unruly manners, but when he d it was sufficient. That word was mildly, ; fiimly spoken. He did not think him a t boy, or difficult to manage. At least he nei found Lir" o. M 1 wis). 1 knew what to do with that child said Mrs. Burton, after thc little fellow h been sent to bcd an hour before his time, consequence of some violatiou of law a: order. " He makes me feel unhappy all t while. I dislike to be forever scolding him but what can I do ? If I did not curb hi some wa} , there would be no living in ti house with him. I am afraid he will cause world of trouble." Mr. Burton sat silent. He wanted to si a word on the subject, but he feared thc elle might not be what he desired. " I wish you would advise mc what io do ?aid his '.vife, rather petulantly. " You *i and dou:t say u single word, as if you had r kiud of interest in the matter. AA'hat am io do 1 I have exhausted ail my own n sources, ;uid feel completely ata loss.-' ''There U a way which, if you adopt, think might do a great deal of good." Mi liu.-tou spoke with a alight appearance c Hesitation. "If you would speak gently to Harry, ira sure you would be able to manage Lir melter than you do." Mis. Burton's face was crimsoned in au in ?tant : she felt the reproof keenly ; her self ??teem was s?verely wounded. " Speak gejtlr. indeed !'" she replied. <: i night as well speak to iL? , x .-._r.._ y heard now, at thc lop of my voice."' As her husband did not argue the mattel Kith her, nor say anything that was calc?lalo .o keep up thc excitement under which shi iras laboring, her feelings i:i a little while [uieted down, arid her thoughts became ac ?ve. The words " spt;tk gently," were con ?tautly in her mind, and there was a reprov ing import iii them, (?II going to bcd thal ..'.'?'?A, sic could not sleep for several bours ier mind was too busily engaged in reviewing .er conduct to her child. She clearly pei? :eived that she had te>o frequently suffered bet ni nd to get angry and excited, and thal ?he iras often annoyed at trilles, that ought t'i ?lave been overlooked. '; I am afraid I have been unjust to my mild," she sighed, turning over and over igain on her pillow. ****#** 111 will try to do bettor.'' she said to her self, as she arose in the morning, feeling little refreshed from sleep. Before she was ready :o leave her room, she heard Harry'*} voice tailing Lu- from tke next chamber, where he dopt. The loties were fretful ; he wanted lome attendance, and was crying out for it in \ manner thut instantly disturbed the moth er's feelings. She was about telling him to be quiet until she could finish dressing herself, when the words 11 Speak gently'' seemed whis" pored in her Car. Thc effect was magical the mother's spirit was subdued. t; I will speak gently," she murmured, and went immediately to Harry, who was still crying out fretfully. The boy looked up with surprise ; bis eye brightened, and the whole expression of his face changed in an instant. '* I can't lind my stockings, mamma," be .said. ,; They arc under tho bureau," replied Mrs Barton, as gently as she bad first spoken. " Oh yes, so the}' arc," cheerfully replied Harry ; " I couldn't see them nowhere." " Did you think crying would bring them ?" This was said with a smile, and in a touc so unlike his mother's that the child ?gain looked np in her face; with surprise tht.t wa?, Mrs. Burl?n plainly saw, mingled with pleasure. u Do you want anything else?" she asked* u No, mamma," he replied cheerfully, ;< I can dress myself now." The first little effort was crowned with the most encouraging results to the mother ; she felt deep peace settling in her bosom-the consciousness of having gained a true victory over the heart of her boy. It was a little act? but it was the first fruits and gathering so small a harvest was sweet to the soul. For the first time in many months the breakfast table was pleasant to all. Harry never once interrupted the conversation that passed between his father aud mother. When bc asked for anything, it was in a way pleas ing to all. Once or twice Mrs. Burton found it necessary to correct somo little fault in maimers, but the way in which she did it dis turbed not his temper, and instead of not iiceming to hear ber words, as had almost al ways been tho case, he regarded oil that was said, and tiied to do ns she wished. " There is a wonderful power in gentle words," remarked Mr. Burton to bis wife, af ter Harry had left the table. " Yes, wonderful, indeed : their effect sur prises mc." " Love is strong." " So it seems-Btronger than any other in i fluence we can bring to bear on a human (being." Days, week?, months and years went by ; during all this time the mother continued to strive earnestly with her child. The happiest results followed; the fretful, passionate, dis orderly boy, became eveu-minded and order ly in his habits. A word gently spoken was all-powerful in its influence for good, but the least shadow of harshness would arouse his stubborn will and deform the fair face of his young spirit. "Whenever mothers complain to Mrs. Bur ton of the difficulty they find in managing their children, she has but one piece of advice, | to give, and that is to "speak gently."-Gos pel-Messenger. Sergeant Bates. j His MARCH THROUGH THE SOUTH WITH THE OLD FLAC UNFURLED. A Montgomery correspondent of N. Y World, writing to that paper, says: "You bave seen telegraphic mention, that an ex soldier named Bates was carrying the flag on foot throughout the South, and desired some fuller account of thc undertaking. To begin, therefore, Gilbert H. Bates, lives at Edgerton, Hoch county, Wisconsin, and during the war served a3 a sergeant in thc First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery. At the dose of hostilities he went home, and after mt ing some re versos in business, which deprived him of nearly all his little si . purchased about five :cres of good, deep, ..oU soiland went into thc grape culture. While thus engaged and laving as little idea ol coming South as he aad of flying, thc ex-sergeant dropped into thc rillage one evening to get his mail. Some tccident delaying thc train ho waited for a ?virile at the oilkc and finally started home, )nly to remember alter going a few atcp3 hat he wanted a pipe-a common clay pipe, jrice one penny-and from thc purchase of ;his pipe came the trip from Vicksburg to IVashington City, as hereinafter to be de scribed. Stepping in for his pipe, ourgrapist bund thc usual knot of village politicians lolding high debate, thc great theme being, )f course, Reconstruction. ' This was the 1 li h >f December last, and now let me give the tory for a while as related to mc by Sergeant J. himself. Most of 'em was rampant Rads. ; had lever been in thc war and didn't know any .bing about tho feelings of the Southern peo )!e, or anything of the sort. I directed most >f tay conversation with one man, and he ays: "The people.in thc South are justas isd ivbcls nov.- as they ever v. ere. That's go, Sergeant Bates'isn't it ?" No, says I, part if them gave np in good faith aiid are well 11.-posed now to thc Ui.ion. " Whoo f says ie, " why, don't you believe thal if tho troops vas lo bo withdrawn that the (lag would bc om down and trampled under foot almost leforc thc blue coa!s could got out of sight ? Vby," says he, " why, d-n 'cm, they're just ike thc Irjuns on The plains. They're just ?ku thc dimanches bynature. They possess io generosity." Now, continued thc sergeant, I was in a .ad humor that day, not tuat I often am; '(morally Fm in a good humor, but ? got a ?Ule angrv^a-li**?-r~\ '. "T*1 ' 7" -I TV ?ef??J P?* 10 my "ead, but says I. aro Ou in carne!11 "Yes," says he, "they'd eur the I1",' dow ti and trample it auder fool." AV-:1 says I, I'm a poor man and can't afford o lc. vc my family, but, if you'll give mo u lollur a day for lin in, I'll go to Vicksburg don't know what made mo think of Vieks iurg, p'rhaps, because it was i he backbone of ho rebellion-without money, and then brough the S 'Ulli wiih tho \\&gt unarmed. io aller some moro talk, they drew up the writings there in regular lawyer form, and We. greed on it. Pretty soon ho insisted on roy cceding. " K?;r (Jud's sake give it up," -aid ie, "you won't gel ten ini'o? from Vicks ?urg :" and lin honestly believed, and so did ?tilers, and tried to persu?deme not tego. Che mau thai made tho proposition tried gain saying, "I'd never get to Washington, bal I'd be wiped nut, and then all tbencigh KM'S would blame him for it." Bul it was no ?sc. 1 was determined to go then, and just ?ere tho j lucky grapi-t looked as firm as il ie was at his ??un ready for action. Then he csumed. This is the agreement : To enter Vicksburg vitboul money and carry tho United Stati s lag from there to Washington on loot, ??rough all cities and towns, and by all col ectioiis of people, and carry tue llajr unfurled. 31 nights and during storms to furl the flag, irovided 1 passed no such cities or towns, and JV no such collections ol people. And not :o travel by night and at all times to bo liu irmed. To employ, If 1 wished, ono person is guide, but to havo no person or persons lo protect me day or ni<_'ht, though any might iccompuny mc who desired voluntarily. One dollar a day to be paid my family in case 1 trot to Washington, but if thc flag was in sulted or i, while bearing it, thc one dollar a day to be forfeited. The Sergeant left Vicksburg, nt noon on tho 2'sih January last, and has been on the march ever since. All along the entire route from Vicksburg to Milledgeville, Ga., (which point bc had reached at last accounts,; he bas met with the warmest welcome from the people. By some lime in April he trusts to reach Washington, his journey's end, and thence hies homeward to Mrs. B., and one child about six, unothcr, a tiny, wee " doddle" of three. His way lies by Columbus, Milledgeville, and Augusta, Georgia; Columbia, South Caroli na; Haleigh, North Carolina; and so on to Washington. I/it us hope, without a hair touched, the stout Wisconsian may make his statement good-to travel from one end of the South to the other, unarmed, alone, on loot, without money, and with the stars and stripes in hand. So far he has met the open palm instead of Ibo clenched fist, and hence forward may all the gods still wait upon his way. We annex thc following from thc N. Y. Journal ofCom,narc : THE OLD FLA? AT MONTGOMERY.-Strange news come3 from Montgomery, Alabama. A telegram tells us that Sergeant Bales, who has uudortaken on a wager to carry the old flag through the principal cities of the South, ar rived at that headquarters of ??reconstruction ou thc 17th inst., was met b' citizens in car riages bearinT' old flags to' and, beaded by a band of music, . suited through thc city in triumph, was "waived at" by the handker chiefs of hundreds of fair ladies, was taken to a hotel as a guest of thc city, was copious ly " addressed," and was bidden to feast at the municipal expense as long as ho cared to stay there ; and oh I wonder of wonders ! that these frantic ebulitions of joy were tho work of ex-Con federate soldiers. "All the speakers aud thc marshals of the day'' were of that class of men, says the telegram. " Can this be true ?" we ask. Because, if it is true, there must bo a great deal of heavy romanc ing in tho Alabama letters that find their way into Radical journals, and in thc speeches that ring daily in the hails of Congress, according to which thc ex-Con federates of Alabama are ns venomous aa ever they were to the old flag, and arc marking for future vengeance every man of every color who revives his fealty to it. We seo thc great discrepancy between those stories. But we are not long in deciding which to believe, for the reception of Sergeant Bates and his upborne bunting in Montgomery is but a repetition of what he has met at every foot of his march thus far. He has carried the old flag from Vicksburg through thc heart of ex-secession, down and up to thia time has mot only cheers and music, and ovations, and free board and lodging, and God speeds from the people. Had the Sag or its bearer anywhere been insulted, be sure, tve should have heard of it from a dozen spe cial correspondent?!, who would have been de lighted to telegraph to their Radical employ ers so capital a text for thrilling editorials. Sergeant Bates, with his flag, is a living and moving refutation of that spirit of slander which denies to the vanquished inhabitants :>f the South the possession of any genuine love or reverence for the Union. They do not like Congress, in which respect they agree with many thousands of intelligent men in ;he North. They will not bend their necks to :he yoke of negro suffrage ; but they are no nore reluctant to admit the political and social ;quality of the black man than Northerners general ly are. They have a preference for )ld and tried constitutions over new fangled mes, and that wilful attachment is fully ihareddry. a powerful minority, if not a ma ority,'3? the Northern States. The Bill of Rights. The ' following Bill of Rights passed its hird reading in the Negro Radical Conven ion of South Carolina, on Saturday, the 7tb} ind was ordered to been grossed; and will be, in iccordance with an Ordinance by said Con rentioft submitted to the people for ratifica ion oifthe 14th, loth and 10th da; s of April ?ext : We, 'fie People of Hie Stale oj South Car )Una,,in Conveition assembled, Grateful to Umighjty God for this opportunity, deliberati . y andjpecaeably, of entering into an explicit ?nd sd?ftnn compact with each other, and orming a new Constitution of civil govcrn nent for ourselves and posterity, recognizing he necessity of thc protection of the people n all tSat pertains to their freedom, salety ind tranquility, and imploring the direction if thc jgreat Legislator of the Universe, do apon, ordain and establish the fol ITION OF RIGHTS AND FORM OF QOV ratT AS THE CONSTITUTION OF THE iXWEALTH OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ARTICLE I. DECLARATION OF RIGHTS. )N 1. All men arc born Iree and equal -endolfed by their Creator with certain ma ienablt 'rights, among which are the rights f enjg ing and defending their lives and lib rtics, x f acquiring, possessing and protecting imperf and of seeking and obtaining their afety aid happiness. SECTION 2. Slavery shall never exist in his Stale, neither shall involuntary scrvi nde, except as a punishment for crime, rhcreofjthc party shall have been duly con icted. I SECTION 3. All polbical power is veted in nd derided from the people only ; therefore hey haj(e the right, at all times, to modify heir fenn of government in such manner as key may deem expedient, when the public ood demands. SECTION 4. Ever}-citizen of this Stale owes aramdwtt allegiar.ee to the Constitution and rovc-rniAcnt of the United States, and no uv or ordinance ol' this State in contraven ion or Subversion thereof can have any bind ig force!. r^??rOTwiiVAmerican Union, and all at ?mpts, from whatever source, or upon whate ver pretext, to dissolve the said Union, shall e resisted with the whole power of the tate. SECTION (i. Thc right of the people, pcacc-a ly to assemble to consult fur the common oed, r.nd lo petition thc Government, or nv department thereof, shall never be bridged. SECTION 7. All persons may freely speak, rritc and publish their sentiments on any ubject, being responsible for the abuse ol' Lar right; and no laws .-hall be enacted to cstrain or abridge thc liberty of speech ur ol lu: prc-?. SECTION 8. In prosecutions for tho publica ion of papers investigating the official con uct of officers or men in public capacity, or rhen the matter published is proper for pub ic information, the truth thereof may be giv n in evidence; and in all indictments fur ?bel, the jury shall be thc judges of thc law ,nil the lac's. SECTION 9. No person shall be deprived of bu right to worship God according to tho die atc-of his own conscience ; Prodded, That be liberty of conscience hereby declared shall tot justify practice inconsistent with the peace md moral safety ol society. SECTION'll). No f>rm of religion shall be ,'stablishcd by law ; but it shall be the duly if tho General Assembly lu pa** suitable iiws to protect every religious denomination n tho peaceable enjoyment of its own mode of vorsbip. SECTION ll. Thc right of trial by jury shall .cmain inviolate. SECTION 12. No person shall be disqualifi ed a< a witness or be prevented from acquir ing, holding and transmitting properly, or be liudercd in acquiring education, or be liable to any other punishment for any offence, or be subjected in law to any oilier restraints or lisquali fi cation in regard to any personal rights, than such as are laid upon others un der like circumstances. SECTION 13. No person shall be held to an swer for any crime or offence until thc same is fully, fairly, plainly, substantially and for mally described to him ; or be compelled to accuse or furnish evidence against himself; and every person shall have a right to pro duce all proofs that may be favorable lo him, to meet the witnesses against him face to face, to have a speedy and public trial by an im partial jury, and to be fully heard in his de fence by himself or by hiscounscl? or by both, as he may clcot. SECTION 14. No porson shall be arrested, imprisoned, despoiled or disposses-ed of his property, immunities,or privileges, putout of thc protection of thc law, exiled or deprived of his life, liberty or estate, but by the judg ment of his peers or the law of the land. And thc General Assembly shall not enact any law that shall subject any person to punishment without trial by jury ; nor shall he be pun ished but by virtue of a law already establish ed, cr promulgated prior to the ollence, aud legally applied. SECTION 15. All Courts shall be public, and every person, for any injury that he may re ceive in his land, goods, person or reputa tion, shall have remedy by due course of law and justice administered without unnecessary delay. SECTION lu*. All persons shall, before con viction, bc bailable by sufficient sureties, ex cept for capital offences, when thc proof is evident or the presumption great; and exces sive bail shall not, in any case, be required, nor corporeal punishment inflicted. SECTION 17. The privilege of the writ of Habeas Corpus shall not bc suspended, ex cept when iu r?~n nf insurrection, rebellion or invasion, thc public safety may require it. SECTION 18. No persou, after having been once acquitted by a jury, shall again, for the same oilenco, bc but in jeopardy of his life or liberty. SECTION 19. All offences less than felony, and in which the punishment does not exceed a fine of one hundred dollars, or imprison ment for thirty days, shall be tried summari ly before a justice of tho Peace, or other offi cer authorized by law, on information under oath, without indictment or intervention of a Grand Jury, saving to the defendant the right of appeal ; and no person shall be held to an swer for any higher crime or offence unless on presentment of a Grand Jury, except in casca arising in tho land and naval service, or ?n the militia when in actual service in time of war or public danger. SECTION 20. No person shall be imprisoned for debt, except in cases ot fraud ; and a rea sonable amount of property, as a homestead, shall be exempted from seizure or sale for the payment of any debts or liabilities, except for payment of such obligations as are provided for in this Constitution. SECTION 21. No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, nor any law impairing the obliga tion of contracts, shall ever be enacted ; and no conviction shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate. SECTION" 22. All persons have a right to be secure from unreasonable searches or seizures of their persons, houses, papers or possessions. All warrants shall bc supported by oath or affirnation and the order of the warrant to a civil officer to make search or seizure in sus pected places, or to arrest one or more sus pected persons, or to seize their property, shall be accompanied with a special designa tion of the persons or objects of search, ar rest or seizure ; and no warrant shall bo issu ed but in cases and with the formalities, pre scribed by the laws. SECTION 23. Private property shall not be taken or applied fe; public use, or for the use of corporations, or for private use, without the cuisent of the owner or a just compensa tion being made therefor ; provided, however, that laws may be made securing to persons or corporations the right of way over the lands of either persons oi corporations, and for works of internal improvement the right to establish depots, stations, turmuts, etc., but a just compensation shall, in all eases, be first made to the owner. SECTION 21. The power of suspending the laws, or thc execution of the laws, shall nev er bc exercised but by the General Assem bly, or by authority derived there-from ; to bo exercised in such particular cases only as the General Assembly may expressly pro vide for. SECTION 25. No person shall, in any case, be subject to martial law, or to any pains or penalties by virtue of that law, except those employed in the army or navy of the United States, and except the militia in actual ser vice, but by authority of the General As sembly. SECTION 2O\ In the government of this Com monwealth, thc Legislative, Executive and Judicial powers of the Government shall bc forever separate and distinct from each other, and no persona exercising the functions of said departments shall assume or discharge ibo duties of any other. SECTION 27. The General Assembly ought frequently to assemble for thc redress of grievances, and for making new laws as the common good may require. SECTION 28. The people have a right to keep and bear arms for the common defence. As in times of peace, aimies are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to bc maintained without the consent of the General Assembly. The military power ought always to be held in an exact subordination to thc civil authori ty and be governed by it. SECTION 21). In time of peace no soldier shall bc quartered in any house without the consent of thc owner ; and, in time of war, such quarters shall not be made but in a man ner prescribed by law._ ly scruples to bear arms shall be compelled so lo do, but he shall pay an equivalen; for per sonal service. SECTION 31. All elections shall bc free and open, and every inhabitant of this Common wealth possessing the qualifications provided for in this Constitution, shall have an equal right to elect officers and be elected to lill pub lic office. SECTION 32. No property qualification shall be necessary for an election to or the holding of any otlice, and no <;flice shall bc created the appointment to which shall be for a lon ger time than good behavior. After the adop tion of this Constitution, any person who shall fight a duel, or send or accept a challenge for that purpose, or be an aider or abetter in lighting a duel, shall bo deprived of holding any office of houor or trust in this State, and shall be otherwise punished as thc law shall prescribe. SKCTIOX 38. Tho right of suffrage shall be protected by laws regulating elections, and prohibiting, under adequate penalties, all un due influences from power, bribery, tumult or improper conduct. SECTION' 34. Representation shall be appor tioned according to population, and uo per son in lilia St.itu- shall be disfranchised or de prived of any of the l ights or privileges now enjoyed except by the law of Hie land or the juu^oicnt of his peers. SECTION :;5. Temporary absence from thc Stale Miall not forfeit a residence once ob tained. SECTION 3(1. AH property subject to taxa tion shall bc taxed in proportion to its valac. Euch individual of society has a right to be protected in the enjoyment of life, liberty and property according lo standing laws. He .should, therefore, contribute his share to ike expense of his protection and give his personal service when necessary. SECTION' 37. No subsidy, charge, impost lax or dulie? shall be established, fixed, laid or levied, under any pretext whatsoever, with out thc consent of tlie people or their repre sentatives lawfully assembled. SECTION 38. Excessive fines shall not be imposed nor cruel and unusual punishment in dicted, nor shall witnesses be unreasonably detained. SECTION 39. No lille of nobility or heredi tary emolument shall ever be granted in this State. Distinction on account of race cr col or, in any case whatever, shall be prohibited, and all classes of citizens shall enjoy equally all common, public, legal and political privi leges. SECTION -lG. All navigable waters shall re main forever public highways, free to the citizens of the State and the. United States, without lax, impost or toll imposed ; and no tax, toll or impost or wharfage shall bo im posed, demanded cr received from the owner of any merchandize orcommodity, for the use of the shores or any wharf erected on the shores, or in or over the waters of any naviga bio stream, unless the same be authorized by the General Assembly. SECTION 41. The enumeration of rights in this Constitution shall uot bc construed to impair or deny others retained by the people, and all powers not herein delegated remain with Hie people. j52T Jack Baker was recently examined in an important case in a Western court. Counsel found it extremely difficult to ex tract thc whole truth from him. His ingenui ty and ignorance combined, enabled him to evade thc question. At last the lawyer, los ing patience, exclaimed ; " Why, Mr. B. do you prevaricate so much V Jack, supposing that he referred to his peculiar manner of ut terance, convulsed thc court and audience by replying indignantly, "I would like to know how a teller can help prevarication, when he has lost three of his front teeth ?" J?3jT" ft is stated, upon thc authority of those who have heard, that a cat, when her tail is pinched between a door, utters the vow els a, e, i, o, u, with great distinctness. Ii the injury ia prolonged, she gives w and y also. S3T An old bachelor in New York offer ed a young lady a pony for a kiss. She gave him the kiss. Ho refused her the pony. He plead " no consideration." The Court deci ded that a kiss was a legal consideration, and made him pony up. I Democratic Protest Against the A trary Rule of tl;c Radical Maj< iu Congress. The annexed is the protest of the D eratic members of the House of Represi tives, offered after the articles of impe ment had been gone through with in body, but which the House refused toree or even allow to be printed: The undersigned, members of the For Congress of the United States, represen directly, or in principle, more than one of the whole people of the United States hereby, in the name of law and order, an behalf of those they represent, most solen protest against the tyranny and injustice r. ticed by the majority of the House in vi ting the saced right of free debate and constrained deliberation upon thc grea questions ever brought before an Amer Congress. The rules of the House, made for the tectiou of minorities, and M by a rtrict ad ence to which the weaker party can onl protected from those irregularities and ah which tho wantonness of power is but often apt to suggest to large and succ?s majorities," have beeD, during this en Congress, in violation of their true spirit intent, wantonly and unprecedently suspen and set aside, not upon a particular and p sing matter, but upon all pending subject legislation, so that by the reckless and a trary suspension of the rules, and the wan abuse of the previous question, tho right the minority have been utterly disregard the House of Representatives bas ceased be a deliberative body, and the minority h been compelled to vote upon the mest im] tant questions without any proper or reas able time for debate or consideration, such un extent has this dangere us and pressive practice obtained that measures fecting vitally the whole country and the rect interests of our constituents, tending we believe, to the subversion of our Repu can form of Government, in their very nat demanding of the people's representatives most careful examination and scrutiny, b; been hurried through the forms of legislat without being printed, without one wore debate, or one moment's consideration ; wi out, indeed, the opportunity of the und signed to protest, except in violation of then operaiing rule enforced by the major as the " order of the House." These alarming abuses of power might seem to demand this formal protest if were not forced to the belief that a deten nation exists with the majority to revolutii ize this Government, by destroying the otl co-ordinate branches and vesting all the pov of the Government in Congress. In the sb taken f.j depose the President of the Unii States we are admonished that there is end to their oppressive measures to erip; the power and silence the voice of the minori The resolution was pushed through t House uuder the operation ol thc previc question, referring the matter to the Co mitteeon Reconstruction ; the Committee, hot haste, citting when thc House was in s sion, in violation of one of its express rul considered and by a strict party vote adopt and presented it again to thc House for action. And then wa3 exhibited one of t m^VeTitefalivVp?rliamcntary body!' Tflfe bers were allowed some thirl}', some Uren some ten, some five, some one minute only discuss thc most momentous questions cv presented in Congress. Many could not n even one minute under the arbitrary rule the majority. And more than half of thc even ol the party voting to enforce the pi vious question, who desired io bc heard, wc permitted speeches only in the Globe, aft thc question upon the resolution was decid? and which were never delivered in the Hom No comment can demonstrate more complet ly than the facts themselves thc viciousnc and illegality of such proceedings. But tl wanton and excessive use of thc power of tl majority dues not stop herc. While the Coi millee were in session upon thc further pr cecdiugs to remove the President, and in ai ticipation of its action, under the operatic of the previous question, without debate, violation of an express rule, new, special ar most extraordinary rules for the conduct this proceeding, changing, without prcvioi notice, the standing rules of the House, wei adopted to further limit debate and moi completely io place the minority in the pow? and at the mercy of the majority. Thus, while the majority of Congress ai warring upon thc other co-ordinate depar ments-the executive and judicial-endea1 oring to subjugate and bring them both undi the will and control of Congress, the minor ty of tbc House of Representatives are stead ly and surely being stripped of all power, an their constituents deprived of all proper rc] rcsentative voice,in the councils of thc ri public. We do, therefore, most solemnly prote! against thc indecorous and undignified bast with which the majority of the House ?nat gurated, presented and rushed through, by strict party vole, in plain and palpable viol; lion of ono of the standing rales of the linus, a resolution demanding the impeachment < lite Chief Magistrate of the people for allege high crimes and misdemeanors in oflice, whe the gravity ol thc charge and the charade of the high officer against which the attac was directed, and the unforeseen and tremei dous consequences which might result then from to tho peace aud prosperity of thepeop called for the calmest and winest judgmen the most unprejudiced and impartial delih ration on the part of those who had the pn ceedings in charge. We do also most solemnly protest again; this thrice repeated attempt to degrade an break down ouc of the great coo-dinal branches of the Government, through tl spirit of party hatred and vengeance again; the person who, by the Constitution, is in tl rightful and conscientious discharge of i functions, thus consuming the precious tin which ought to bc faithfully devoted to carne: efforts to relieve the pressing wants of tl people, a restoration of a torn and devastate country to union and good order, and t lightening the burden of a taxation which pressing down the energies of trade and con merce to the point of universal bankruptc and ruin. . We do again most solemnly protest agains and profoundly deprecate and deplore an and all attempts to array iu hostile antagi nism to each other any of the departments i the Government upon tho mere question i the constitutionality or construction of a la' of Congress, the proper jurisdiction and fin: adjudication of which belongs exclusively 1 the judicial tribunals ; and we hereby wai the people of the United States thattho pul lie liberty and the existence of free instill tions are involved, and that they arc in :mm nent danger of utter overthrow in this suic dal struggle. We do further most solemuly protei against that wild and radical spirit of in nov. tioa upon tho early and well settled practic of the Government-a practice establishe by the men who framed the Constitution, an who best understood its spirit and meanin which puts the Chief Magistrate of the r< public, the representative of the dignity an power of the people, at the mercy of one < bis own subordinates, assuming to be Seen tary of "War in violation of his own pre nounced conviction of the law, who has th ' unblushing effrontery to place himself in th i unwarrantable position of communicating d i rectly with Congress, in utter contempt < the authority of his superior, and with til 1 deliberate purpose of resisting his authority The undersigned, therefore, in their cha ? acter of Representatives of the people, being deprived, by the despotic power of an inexor able majority, of the high privilege of debate, tha1; great instrument, in the discovery of truth, and the most cherished heritage of a free people, do hereby, solemnly and earnest ly, protest against these infractions of the rights of the people, and respectfully ask that this their protest may be spread upon the journal of the House. 'CHAS. A. ELDRIDGE, P. VAN TRUMP, And Others. Old Debts. What disposition shall be made of the debts of the Southern people? If the indus try of the country had not been demoralized, and the crops had succeeded, some provision might have been made for their settlement. In the meantime the palliatives that have been applied leave the difficulty untouched. The debts remain. The postponement of their liquidation simply pushes them on in larger volume into the future. We watch their increase as the Switzer watches the gathering'balk of an avalanche. The longer the descent is delayed, the mightier will be the mass which, when it is at length precipi tated from the heights, will desolate Ibe homes of thousands. Our city, in all its interests, is now suffer ing severely from the operation of those very measures which were devised for the relief of the people. Provisions instituted in behalf of the poor are often abused by the fraudu lent. Thus the houses of proprietors are taxed, when tho tenants will not pay and can not be ejected. The public insecurity causes money to be locked up for safety, or loaned at usurious interests, s.nd industry and energy are crashed. It is plain enough that these evils will be enhanced with the progress of time unless a general consent shall adopt remedies more practicable And equitable than any likely to arise from legislation. It is important that men of business and men of humanity shall come to some speedy conclu sion in reference to what ought to be done. The Virginia journals propose to the peo ple of that State a general movement by pub lic meetings for a general compromise between debtors and creditors of all debts contracted previous to July 1, 1801-the basis to be laid by ten or a do2en of the best men of the State. It is argued that an arrangement of this sort, made voluntarily by the parties con cerned, in a spirit of mutual kindness and forbearance, would be worth more than any decrees of law. The move is in the right di rection. The only difficulty is that it does not go far enough,-Charleston News. TUE CONSERVATIVES ORGANIZING rs SPAR" TANBURG.-Last week the citizens of Spar tanburg, from every part of that District, as sembled in the Court House and effected the organization of. a " Constitutional Club." Hon. Simpson Bobo, being in ti? ?narr: "At another meeting held in the same place, and for the same purpose?, the following resolu tions were adopted : Resolved, That it is the duty of every good citizen, white and black, to resist by all law ievoTuTio^iillf mnfl n"rnosPS ?f lhe fanatical Resolved, That we cordially afllliate with the National party in the Northern Staus, now nobly contending in t" same common cause, and against the sumo common enemies of law, liberty and free government. Resolved. That we will earnestly and zealously co-operate with our Northern allies and the President, in their manly resistance to tyranny and despotism. Ile oked, That wc heartily concur in tho principles avowed by this great party at the North, of a limited Federal Government at Washington-the recognition of the States, with all their reserved rights under the Con stitution ; and thc preservation and perpetua tion of thc Constitutional Government trans mitted to us by Washington, and his compa triots. <; Tn KAT TUE ELECTIOX AS IF IT HAD NOT BEEN IlELn.:'-That was the advice of T?ad. Stevens to his party friends in 1838, and which came near producing civil war in the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania. That calamity was only averted by that bad man &nd con freres leaping out of a back window of tho State-house, and abandoning their rascally in tentions. Some double-barreled guns, loaded with buckshot, in the bands of an incensed people, were the moving cause of the baxy abandonment of the scheme of the conspira tors, and the restoration of quiet and or<W to the Legislative proceedings of Pennsyl vania. The same spirit chat impelled Thad. Ste vens, in 1838, to advise bis party friends to treat the election as if it had not been held, would seem to have reappeared in Washing ton. Bingham has introduced a bill to treat the recent Alabama election as if it had not boen held, and to declare the State entitled to bc represented in Congress under :ho con stitution lately made by thc negroes, but which thc people refused to adopt. So we go. Is it that we shall find bottom in a monarchy, with its military rule, and io accordance with tho views of those who think a gt cat government should be a great milita ry power ?-Cin. Enquirer. lt was a. happy thuught to revive thia re miniscence ol "Old Thad." Perhaps tho Pennsylvania Democracy remember it too, aud mean to repeat thc Harrisburg rem against those who " treat the election aa if it had not been held." Tho Keystone Demo cratic Club, of Philadelphia, has resolved it self into a military organization, says the tel egraph.-Mobile Register. THE QUESTION OF COLORED CONGRFSSME.V. -Many people, both North and South, (says a special correspondent of the New York Times,) are much puzzled by the question us to whether we shall have colored Congress men or not. By reading tho Constitution they will S nd this question definitely settled, lt provides that no person can be & Senator who has not beeu nine years a citizen of tho Uni ted States, nor any person a Rcproscntativ who has not been seven years aJ citizen. It makes little difference, at present, whether the citizenship of the blacks dates from the proclamation of emancipation, or frc m the abolition of slavery by the Constitutional Amendment, or from their enfranchisement by tho Reconstruction Acts of Congress. At least two years must yet elapse before any Representative of color can be admitted to the halls of Congress. Southern Conventions who are sending delegates up here to find out whether Congress wants colored men in or not, can save traveling expenses, and. have the question satisfactorily answered by refer ring to the provision ot the Constitution above alluded to. Tho Nashville Banner allegrizeit thus : Andrew Jobnsou bas already tamed two jacks ; holds the ace, deuce, jack and ten of trumps ; Congress is bound to u give him one,*' when he makes thc " high, low, jack, gtft and the game," and " goes out." There is no possible chance for the Radicals to tate the stakes without kicking over the table and scattering the u chipa." And when they do that, the people will oiep in and take a hand. ?. ?^^AnegrostandingonthestreettofLynch? burg bare foot on one of the coldest mornings ! of this winter, in reply to ?n inquiry why he went bare foot in such cold weather, said, u Iso free now, and docs .jost os I d-n please."